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HOME  MISSIONARY: 


FOE  THE  TEAE   ENDING 


APRIL,  1871. 


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THE  AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY. 
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idams,  Rev.  E.,  Articlo  by,    .  158 

Agricaltaral  Prospecto,        .  185 

American  Home  Missionaiy  Society, 
49;  Forty-fourth  Anniversary, 
49;  Officei8,51;  Meeting  of 
Board  of  Directors,  51 ;  An- 
nual Beport  of,  52 ;  Sommary 
of  Results,  53;  Treasury,  54; 
General  Comparative  Results, 
55;  Distribution  of  Mission- 
aries, 56,  57 ;  Principal  Auxil- 
iaries, 58. 
Among'  the  Lumbermen,  .  78 

Anaheim,  CaL,  ...  8,284 
Angel  Ministries,         .        .  120 

Another  Gospel,  .  .  .  .170 
Answers  to  t^e  Appeal,  .  .  244 
AK>eal  for  Help,  ....  173 
Are  Ministers  Hirelings?     .        »  43 


Baldwin,  Rev.  Theron,  D.D.,  De- 
cease of, 

Baldwin,  Rev.  Theron,  Article  by, 
Barbour,  Prof.  W.  M.,  D.D.,  Article 

by, 

Barrows,  Rev.  William,  D.D.,  Arti- 
cle by, 

Bees  paying  Church  Debts, 

Beginning  Anew,    .  *       . 

Benton,  Rev.  J.  A.,  D.D.,  Articles 

^     bjs 1, 

Bereayed,    ..... 

Better  Things,        .... 

**Bewareof  Dogs,"     . 

B%  Meeting, 

Big  Trees,  .  .        . 

Blakeslee,  Rev.  S.  V.,  Article  1^,  . 

Books  Wanted,    .... 

Brethren  of  the  Dispersion, 


151 
109 

293 

15 
16 


79 

38 

18 

34 

185 

177 

11 

176 

116 

15 

265 

117 

148 

165 


Bris^terLook, 

Bright  Spots  and  Dark, 

Building,         .... 

Building  a  Meetang-House, . 

BnBding  for  the  Future, 

Burnt  Over,         ....         266 

By-Ways, 165 

CaMfOTnia,  .  20, 45,  72 

Changes, 17 

Chinese  Problem,        ...         126 
Christian  Union,     .  .248,289 

Church  at  Greeley,  CoL,     .        .         185 
Church  Edifice  Completed,     .        .     142 


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Churches, 209 

Church  Home  Wanted,  ...  120 
Church  of  Age,  .....  293 
Church  Organized,  .  .  169,  186 
Circuit-Riding,  ....  76 
Colorado,  Dakota  and  Wyoming,  72 
Comfort  in  Sorrow,  .  .  .121 
Congregational  Idea,  ...  1 
Congregational  Statistics,  .  297 
Connecticut,  ....  201 
Connecticut  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety,      61 

Contract, 2:)9 

Conversion,          ....  284 

Conversion  of  our  Country,     .        .  85 

Corey,  A,  W.,  Article  by,    .        .  198 

Council, 259 

Country, 189 

Courageous  and  Grateful,       .        .  286 

Cramped, 244 

Curtis,  Mra  A.  W.,  Articlo  by,        .  295 


Dana,  Rev.  M.  M.  G.,  Article  by,  25 

Dancing  before  the  Lord,  .  .  147 
Dark  and  Bright,         ...         121 

Dark  Look, 116 

Debt  of  the  Country  and  the  Age  to 

the  Churches  of  the  Pilgrims,  229 
Death^s  Doings,  .  .  .  .149 
Decease  of  Rev.  G.  C.  Morse,  124 ; 

Benjamin  Perkins,  Esq.,  197; 

Rev.  P.  C.'Pettibone,  171 ;  Mrs. 

St.  Clair,  194;  Rev.  Benjamin 

P.  Btone,  D.D.,  223 ;  Rev.  S.  J. 

Whiton,  104;  Rev.  G.  L.  Wood- 
.     hull,  196. 
Dedication,  ...  10, 78 

Deficiency, 221 

DiscoTiragements,  .  .  .  184 
Distribution  of  Missionaries,  .  56,  57 
Drinking  in  the  Word,  .  .  143 
Dying  Miner, 43 


Early  Harvest, 
Employed  Minister,    . 
Enough  Wheat, 

Features  of  the  Country,    . 
Field  and  Man, 
Financial  Question,    . 

Fire, 

First  Impressions, 

First  Service,  .        .        .        . 

Fiske,  Rev.  J.  O.,  D.D.,  Articlo  by. 


36 

169 

35 

167 
120 
238 
10 
146 
167 
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Five  Years  on  the  Frontier,    .        .188 

Flood, 288 

Fluctuations,           .        ...  141 
Footprints  of  the  Pilgrims  across  'the 

Continent,  ....  277 

Foreign  Work,        ....  118 
Forty-Fourth    Anniversary  of  the 
American  Home  Missionary  So- 

deiy, 49 

Four  Years  and  Graduated,        .  37 

Fourteen  Years,     ....  33 

Four  Years*  Work,     ,        .        .  123 

Freedmen  Looking  Up,  .        .        .  125 

From  Dark  to  Light, ...  36 

From  Home  to  Foreign,         .        .  38 

Fruit  Gathered,          ...  121 

Fruits  of  Eevival,  ....  168 

Gain, 286 

Chithering  and  Building,         .        .  15 

Gathering  the  Fruit,  .        .        .  169 

Gaylord,  Rev.  Reuben,  ...  45 
Article  by,  102;     Resigns  his 

Agency,       ....  30 

General  Comparative  Results,         .  55 

Qem^anWork,  ....  77 

Getting  Homes,      ....  166 

Glimpses  of  Home  Missionaiy  Life,  205 

"Going  West,"       ....  117 

Good  Beginning,         ...  261 

Greatness  of  the  Work,  ...  33 

Growth  of  the  West,  ...  125 

Had  Never  Heard  of  Christ,   .        .  288 

Happy  Times  in  the  Parsonage, .  295 

Hard  Heads, 241 

Hard  Times,       ....  226 

Health-Seekers,      ....  259 

Hearing  Candidates,  .        .        .  200 

Helpers  Needed,     ....  285 

Helper  Wanted,          .        .        .  117 

His  Field, 186 

His  First  Quarter,  ...  16 
His  Home  in  Ashes,  .  .  .  264 
His  Home  Work,  ...  79 
His  New  Field,  ....  76 
Hobart,  Rev.  L.  S. ,  Visit  to  Virginia,  18 
Holmes,  Rev.  J.  Milton,  Article  by,  105 
Holy  Competition,  ...  191 
Home  Missionary  Beginnings  in  Da- 
kota,         253 

Home  Missionary  Collegfe, .        .  145 

Home  of  General  Grant,         .        .  198 

Homework,      ....  119 
Hooker,  Rev.  H.B.,  D.D.,  Articles 

by,.        .        .        .         41,178,182 

How  shall  we  get  Ministers  ?     .  109 

Illinois,  .       .        45,  65,  116,  154,  224 

Improvement,      .        .        .        218,  262 

Independent, 147 

Indiana, 64 

Indian  Massacre,    ....  32 

InfideKty  Giving  Way,                .  293 

Ingatitiering, 77 

In  His  Father's  Steps,        .        .  214 


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Installation, 33 

Invading  the  '*  Old  Dominion,"  .  172 

Iowa, .,  .  .  .  .21,  68,  153 
Iowa,  As  it  was  and  As  it  is,  .  .  158 
Itinerant  Congr^^ationalists,      .  169 

Itinerating, 33 

Joy  in  the  Service,     ...  12 

Just  Starting,         ....     237 

Kansas,  .  .  .  .  20,  45,  70 
Keeping  Tavern  and  Hospital,        .     239 

Labor  and  Recompense,     .        .  211 

Lack  of  Ministers,  ....  296 
Large  Contributions,  ...  45 

Lay  Sermon, 247 

Letters  from  Missionaries:  F.  W. 
Adams,  146 ;  J.  W.  Allen,  154, 
218;  F.  Alley,  10,  286;  B.  M. 
Amsden,  215 ;  R  Andrus,  217 ; 
F.  A.  Armstrong,  15,  195;  L 
W.  Atherton,  141,  236;  J.  L. 
Atkinson,  120;  A.  A.  Baker, 
239;  Z.  Baker,  20;  R  Barber, 
187;  D.  R.  Barker,  145;  J.  S. 
Barris,  21 ;  W.  H.  Barrows,  13 ; 
R  M.  Betts.  115,  258;  J.  M. 
Bowers,  81,  99 ;  R  T.  Branch, 
15;  C.  C.  Breed,  101;  L.  W. 
Brmtnall,  21 ;  J.  li.  Burger, 
20;  W.  R.  Butcher,  184;  M.  J. 
Callan;  243;  O.  P.  Champlin, 
189;  J.  Chew,  261;  W.  J. 
Clarke,  20;  O.  P.  Clinton,  217; 
J.  T.  Closson,  21 ;  W.  L.  Cole- 
man, 192, 215  •  D.  W.  Comstock, 
237;  T.  Condon,  75;  A.  Con- 
net,  31 ;  J.  Copeland,  287;  F. 
Crang,  12,  291 ;  M.  K  Cross, 
14;  A.  W.  Curtis,  121,  154;  W. 
A.  Cutler,  212,  288;  R  P. 
Dada,  21,  166 ;  J.  F.  Damon, 
282;  J.  A.  Davies,  46;  T.  W. 
Davies,  16:  J.  D.  Davis,  10, 
19,  165,  259 ;  H.  P.  De  Forest, 
101;  F.  B  Doe,  240;  S.  R. 
Dole,  38,  148;  J.  W.  Donald- 
son, 45;  C.  Doolittle,  45;  A. 
Dresser,  166,  236;  M.  L.  East- 
man, 265;  J.  R  EUiott,  33 ;  G. 
R.  Ellis,  96,  165;  P.  Fay,  21 ; 
Z.  R  Feemster,  124,  242;  J. 
W.  Fitzmaurice,  169;  A,  H. 
Fletcher,  79;  W.  C.  Foster,  20, 
290:  H.  T.  Fuller,  78,  216;  R. 
Gaylord,  20,  80,  45 ;  R  Geny, 
285-  S.  B.  Goodenow,  144;  A. 
M.  Goodnough,  258 ;  D.  Gore, 
149;  J.  F.  Graf,  77,  289;  R. 
Graves,  184;  C.  Gray,  238;  G. 
Griffiths,  219;  S.  N.  Grout,  97; 
d.  Hardy,  39 ;  B.  F.  Haskins, 
154;  R  Hatch,  169;  B.  F. 
Haviland,  214;  W.  D.  Henry, 
244;  H.  L.  Higgins,  39,  147; 


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R.  S.  HilL  153;  P.  H.  Hol- 
lister,  90,  lo4,  193;  Home  Mis- 
Bionajry's  Widow,  245;  A.  V. 
House,  191 ;  G.  A.  Hoyt,  11 ; 
G.  B.  Hubbaid,  172;  F.  T.  In- 
galls,  261;  C.  Irons,  46;  I. 
Jacobus,  116,  188;  A,  P.  John- 
son, 154 ;  J.  R.  Johnston,  18 ; 
J.  A.  Jones,  78 ;  T.  Jones,  123 ; 
W.  L.  Jones,  76 ;  W.  W.  Jones, 
153;  F.  W.  Judiesch,  291;  S. 
H.  Kellogg,  32;  A.  Kidder, 
224;  J,  S.  Kidder,  122;  J.  W. 
Kidder,  237;  E.  E.  Kirkland, 
80;  D.  Lane,  145;  A.  C.  La- 
tiuop,  262;  M.  M.  Longley, 
220;  H.  D.  Lowing,  37;  J.  M. 
McLain,  20;  A.  Manson,  33; 
J.  T.  Marsh,  88;  M.  M.  Mar- 
tin, 193;  C.  H.  Merrill,  263; 
R  W.  Merrill,  33;  J.  G.  Mer- 
liU,  209;  O.  W.  Merrill,  20, 
142,  209,  285 ;  W.  C.  Merritt, 
235;  O.  H.  Miles,  12;  M.  N. 
Miles,  260 ;  Missionary,  14, 192, 
221,  222,  223,  244,  245 ;  A.  R. 
MitcheU,  243;  J.  G.  Myers, 
147;  J.  F.  Morgan,  116;  L.  P. 
NorcrosB,  266;  G.  B.  Nutting, 
118,  289;  A.  A.  Overton,  121; 
A.  K  Packard,  77;  J.  D.  Par- 
ker, 211,  287;  J.  S.  Pattengill, 
150 ;  S.  D.  Peet,  248 ;  S.  Pen- 
field,  154;  E.  Perkins,  101 ;  G. 
G.  Pei^ins,  46,  123;  L.  M. 
Pierce,  36;    A.  J.  Pike,  289; 

A.  Pinkerton,  167 ;  H.  D.  Piatt, 
154;  L.  H.  Piatt,  238;  J.  0. 
PXtunb,  188;  0.  H.  Pope,  20; 
A.  H.  Post,  214;  J.  Porter,  17, 
40;  J.  J.  Powell,  116,  258;  J. 
N.  PoweU,  241;  R  N.  Ray- 
mcHid,  80;  A.  L.  Riggs,  38;  J. 
G.  Roberts,  293;  S.  R.,Rosboro, 
76 ;  G.  B.  Rowley,  149, 171 ;  R. 

C.  Rowley,  45;  A-  St.  Clair, 
194,  241 ;  C.  C.  Salter,  100  ;  J. 

D.  Sands,  34,  264;  L.  J.  Saw- 
yer, 211 ;  J.  Sootford,  148 :  R. 
W.  Seaver,  218;  H.  W.  Shaw, 
117;  C.  B.  Sheldon,  190,  288; 
S.  Sheldon,  186,  260;  G. 
Smith,  190;  W.  J.  Smith,  213; 
W.  W.  Snell,  98;  «.  Spauld- 
ing,  85,  121:  W.  Spell,  18;  J. 
G.  Spencer,  220 ;  £.  R  Stiles, 
153:  S.  D.  Storrs,  286;  C. 
Tmyior,  85 ;  0.  A.  Thomas,  31 ; 
A-  M.  Thome,  169;  N.  Thomp- 
aon,  129,  142,  185,  285;  S.  H. 
Thompson,  14, 122 ;  J.  D.  Todd, 
119 ;  R.  Tohnan,266;  J.  Tomp- 
Idns,  129;  R  M.  TmmeU,  262; 

B.  B.  Turner,  129;  J.  R.  Up- 
ton, 98,  167:  J.  M-  VanWag- 

r,  12;  P.  W.Wallace,  46;  J. 


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Ward,  97,  185 ;  J.  H.  Warren, 
8,  30,  283 ;  W.  H.  Warren,  16 ; 
C.  L.  Watson,  170;  R  R  Web- 
ber, 153 ;  M.  Wells,  36, 168 ;  F. 
Wheeler,    195;     H.      Willaid, 


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119;  W.  Wilmott,  195 
Williams,  154;  J.  T. 
129,284;  C.D.Wright, 

Liberal  offer,    . 

Life  on  the  Frontier, 

Light  Breaking  in, 

Light  Shines, 

Lions  in  the  Way,    . 

Looking  for  Eden, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.,    . 


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60, 


Maine, 

Maine  Missionary  Society, 

Making  a  Place,    . 

Manley,  Rev.  Ira,  Article  by. 

Manning,  Rev.  J.  M.,  D.D., 

Massadkusetts  Home  Missionaiy  So- 
ciety, 
Material  Blessings, 
Material  House, 
Means  to  Stay, 
Meeting  of  t^ie  Board, 
Mental  Hunger,    . 
Men  Wanted,    . 

Mif*higftn^ 

Mingled  Cup,   . 

Ministerial  Support,     . 

Minnesota,       ....         21 

Missouri,      .        .        .        .46,  66, 

Model  Frontier,        .... 

Money,  Man  and  Horse  Wanted, . 

Moral  Swamp,  .... 

Morse,  Rev.  G.  C,  Decease  of,    . 

Mrs.  Porter's  School, 

Must  have  a  Bell,  •       .        .        . 


G.  W. 

Wills, 
129. 


270 
260 

187 
166 
212 
258 
8 

200 
58 
12 


45,67, 


88 

175 

10 

190 

75 

51 

13 

169 

154 

166 


104 

260 
99 
34 

124 
17 

165 


Nebraska,     .  .        .      20, 45,  71 

Nebraska's  Opportunity  and  Need,  285 
Needs  and  Pr(»spects,       .  .    264 

New-Comers,        ....        117 
New  Experience,      ....    21f6 
New  Hampshire  Missionaiy  Society,      59 ' 
New  Haven,  Conn.,  Ladies^  Soc.  of 

First  Church,    ....    245 
New  House,         ....  77 

New  Man  and  New  Field,  .  .  261 
Newport,  Cal.,  ....  284 
New  Territories,  ....  19 
New  York,  ....  62 

Noble  Example,  .  .  .  .224 
Not  Dead  Yet^  ....  115 
Not  Discouraged  Yet,  .  .  .  *  89 
Not  on  Another's  Foundation,  .  118 
Nourishing  Mother,  ...      98 

Obstacles, 266 

Of  Judgments,   ....  35 

Of  Mercies, 86 

Ohio, 46,  63 

Old  Story, 237 


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One  GeimoQ  Church  off  the 

One  Year  Ago, 

One  Year  and  Goes  Alone, 

One  Year  Closed,    . 

Oa  the  Frontier, 

On  the  Pacific  Road, 

On  the  Skirmish  Line, 

Open  Door,     . 

(^)en-Handed,    . 

Opening  Field; 

Ozdination, 

Oregon, 

Organize  Churches, 

Oroville,  Cai,    . 

Our  Church  Fair,   . 

Our  Hopes, 

Our  Nation^s  Resources, . 

Our  New  Haven  Helpers, 

Out  in  the  Woods,  . 

Outlook,    . 


List, 


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291 

149 

101 

17 


.     102 

285 
.      193 

293 
.     293 

264 
20,  73,  201 
.  271 
9 
.  116 
97 
.   127 

245 
.     124 

142 


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Pacific  Pilgrims,     . 

Parsonage, 

Parting  Words, 

Passages  in  the  Histoiy  of 

Church, 
Past  and  Future,    . 
**  Pegging  away  "  in  Egypt, 
People,  .... 
PerkiniB,  Benj.,  Decease  of, 
Pettibone,  Eev.  P.  C,  Decease  of, 

Peripatetic 

Pilgrim  Fathers  of  New  Kngland, 

Pilgrim  Memorial, 

Pioneer  Experience, 

Pioneering  in  Dakota, 

Pleasant  Incidents, 

Pleasant  Reminiscence, 

Plenty  of  Work,     . 

Plenty  to  Do,     .... 

Plud^,  .        .        .        . 

Porter,  Rev.  Jeremiah,  Article  by. 

Precious  Revival,    . 

Prejudice  against  Color,     . 

Principal  Auxiliaries, 

Privilege  of  Woric,      . 

Protracted  Meetings, 

Quickening  Spirit, 

Railroad  Excitements,^  . 

Railroads  Means  of  Grace, . 

Rejoicing,       .        .        . 

Rejoicing  in  the  Sanctuary, 

Relation  of  Home  to  Foreign  Mis- 
sions,     • . 

Reports  Progress, 

Resigns  his  Agency, 

Results, 

Review  and  Prospect, 

Revivals :  Albany,  Kan. ,  81 ;  Anoka, 
Minn.,  87;  Arena,  la.,  121; 
Augusta,  Kan.,  287;  Blandens- 
viUe,  Di,  45;  Brookfield,  Mo. 
100;  Burlington,  Kan.,  287, 
Central  City,  la.,  18;   Cresoo', 


258 

10 

150 

150 

178 

195 

288 

197 

171 

34 

133 

101 

98 

152 

18 

40 

12 

87 


291 
266 
68 
267 
116 

13 

211 
215 
213 
145 

41 
260 

80 
100 
285 


FA6B 
la.,  78;  Franklin,  la.,  291; 
Glenwood,  Mo. ,  36 ;  Greenville, 
HL,  220;  Haipersfield,  N.  Y., 
38;  Harvard,  HL,  149;  James- 
town, N.  Y.,  244;  Kidder,  Mo., 
46,  123;  Manchester,  la.,  158; 
Mattawan,  Mich.,  128;  Oak 
Grove,  Wis.,  86,  168;  Osseo, 
Wis.,  14;  Percival,  la.,  290; 
Pinckney,  Mich.,  169;  Quin- 
daro,  Kan.,  286;  Rio  Vista, 
Cal.,  116, 258;  Rochester  Mills, 
HL,  46 ;  St.  Charles,  Minn.,  12; 
Salem,  la.,  21;  Shirland,  HI., 
154;  Victoria,  HI.,  154;  Weep- 
ing Water,  Neb.,  11;  West 
MSlgrove,  O.,  46;  Windsor, 
Mo.,  81,  99;  Winnebago  City, 
Minn.,  119;  Woodstock,  Hli, 
154. 
Revival  Labors, ....  28T 

Rhode  Island  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety,      .        .        .        .        .       61 
Robbins,  Rev.  S.  W.,  Attide  by,  267 

Roy,  Rev.  J.  E.,  D.D.,  Articles  by, 

103, 152,  277 


Sad  Bereavement,      .        .        .      * 
St.  Clair,  Mrs.  A.,  Decease  of. 
Saint  Mary ^s,  Kan.,    . 
Salter,  Rev.  William,  D.D.,  Article 

by, 

San  Bernardino,  CaL, 

San  Buenaventura,  Cal.,        .        .  9, 

Sanctuary,         .... 

Santa  Barbara,  Cal,      .  .9, 

Sectarian  Divisions,   . 

Sectarianism,  .... 

Self-Support,     .... 

Shall  they  Build  ?  . 

Shipman,  Rev.  T.  L.,  Article  by. 

Sickness  and  Bereavement,    . 

Signs  of  Good,    .... 

Silver  Lining,         .... 

Slightly  Healed, 

Some  of  our  Hindrances, 

Sons  of  New  England, 

Sorrow  and  Joy,    .... 

Southern  Trip,  .... 

Southern  Caliiiomia, 

Spiritism,  ..... 

Spiritual  Blessings, 

Spiritual  Warfare, 

Starting  Anew,*"    .... 

Stone,  Rev.  Benj.  P.,  D.D.,  Decease 

of, 

Stray  Sheep, 

Struggling  Along, 

Struggling  to  Build, 

Success  of  Missions,   . 

Sunmiary  Justice,   .... 

Summary  of  Results, 

Sunday  Picnics,      .... 

Sunday  School,   .... 

Sunshine,       .        .        .        •        ^ 

Superintendents, 


122 

194 

81 

188 
9 


288 

122 

266 

190 

80 

150 

241 

81 

36 

14 

96 

19 

119 

8 

80 

266 

11 

219 

217 


263       I 
242-^' 

my 

287  ^    -J 

172  \^ 

195 

120     . 
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Sapplj, 222 

Sore  Oorenant,    ....  248 

Taking' Leave,         ....  14 
Tappan,  Arthur,  Memoir  of,  by  his 

Brother,        ....  174 

"  Teaching  Prieets  "  Wanted, .        .  164 

Temptationfi  of  Dependent  Churches,  1 82 

Thankless  Service,       ...  192 

Thanks, 83 

That  Welcome  Barrel,  13 

The  Home  Work,     ....  44 

The  Land  and  its  Needs,  1 

Then  and  Now,        ....  217 

TheSouth,            ....  73 

The  Pbice  and  the  Work,         .   >     .  243 

lUck  Cloud,         ....  35 
Three  Months'  Growth,  .        .        .144 

To  Promote  a  Kevival,         .  42 
Tour  of  Exploration,        .                 .185 

Tiammg-Schools,         ...  101 


Tteasory, 


54,  198,  221 


Under  the  Eod,    ....  193 

Underwood,  Rev.  A.,  Article  by,     .  42 

Vennont, 201 

Vermont  Domestio  Missionaiy  So- 
ciety,        .         ...       50, 197 

Yeteran's  Overcoat,      ...  246 

ViattotheLaterior,        ...  260 


Walker,  Alfred,  Article  by, 


205 


PAOS 

Ward,  Eev.  Joseph,  Article  by,  .  268 
Way  to  Build,  ....  288 
Week  of  Prayer,  .  .  .  285, 286 
Welcome  Commission,  .         .  16 

What  of  To-morrow  ?  .  .  .267 
What  has  made  New  England  ?  .  lOS 
Wheat  for  Nothing,  ...  38 
Whiton,  Rev.  S.  J.,  Decease  of,  .        104 

Wide  Field, 184 

Widow's  Prayers,  ...        236 

Williams,  Eev.  F.,  Article  by,  .     104 

Wine  and  Wealth,        ...  9 

Wisconsm,  45,  67,  156 

Woodhull,  Rev.  Georpe  S.,  Decease 

of,  ...  .  196 
Work,  .  .238,282,280 
Work  and  Gratitude,    ...  38 

Working  Trip,  ....  240 
Work  in  Kansas,                   .  200 

Work  in  Texas,  .  .  •  .  260 
Work  of  the  Spirit,  ...  290 
Wreck, 86 

Tale  College  and  Home  Missions,    .  181 

Yankee  Settlements,    ...  18 

Yankees  not  Faded,                 .        .  287 

Year  in  His  New  Field,        .  97 

Year  of  Jubilee,      ....  215 

Year  of  Planting,         ...  214 

Year  of  Trial,          ....  193 

Year's  Work,                .        .        .11,  119 

Year's  Work  in  Illinois,   ...  103 


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MISSIONARY  BOXES. 

Boxei  of  Clothing,  sent  directly  and  witboot  anj  pardcultr  detignatioii,  to  ih&  offlo* 
of  the  Americen  Home  Mlssioiiary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  sodi  miiwionariea  aa  are 
known  to  be  most  in  need  of  them,  with  requesta  from  the  Society  to  those  who  reoeife 
them,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respectife  donors. 

Experience  has  shown  as  that^  when  an  indiridaal  or  association,  intendteg  to  prepare 
a  box,  writes  to  the  Societj  to  naye  a  particular  missionary  desi|^ted,  and  a  detailed 
account  of  the  dronmstances  of  hSs  family  giTen,  the  information  is  not  always  at  hand, 
so  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when  it  is,  it  not 
nnfreqnently  happens  Uiat,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  the  missionary  remains  for 
months  nnsupphed,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designatloii,  he  might  be  furnished 
with  articles  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  In  other  cases,  while 
the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  misrionary  from  other  sources,  so  thai 
when  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want  as  many  others. 

It  is  pr«ren«d,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors,  that 
the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  dothine  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  indiridnal  in 
particular,  shoiUd  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Sodety,  a/Hr  thty  reach 
tk$  ^fl€$.  It  is  belieTed  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  the  designs  of  those  who 
generoualy  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which  the  B<Mlety  can  baTe  aa 
agency. 

OISBCnOHB  70B  YOBWASDDre. 

1.  Put  indde  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  a  papet 
or  letter  oonta|ning  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  and  the  estimated  Talue  of  the  whole^ 
with  the  name  of  Uie  Indiridual  or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the 
Indiridual  to  whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent 

2.  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  of  the  box  diould  be  sent  In  a  lettet 
to  the  office  of  the  Sodety.  In  this  letter  it  should  be  stated  when,  and  by  what  convey- 
anc&  the  box  was  forwarded ;  in  it  should  be  indosed,  also,  such  mon^  as  is  intended 
for  toe  payment  of  freight  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  prorided  for  in  all  cases, 
if  practicable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  ? arr  from  $8  to  $6,  aooordbg  to  itf 
dae  and  the  distance  it  is  seat  A  harrd  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense  than  a  box  ol 
tiiesameslse. 

8.  The  box  should  be  fhlly  and  plainly  mariced,  amd  the  plaee  from  wkkk  U  eomM  shoul# 
ALWAYS  appear  mi  (A*  cmtiUk^  so  that  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening  it  ai  the 
office.  It  should  be  strong,  ti^^t,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  be  hooped,  ot 
otherwise  friUy  secured  aninst  the  effects  of  hard  usage  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  aUreetd  to  dtiier  of  tiie  Secretaries,  BIMe  House,  Aitor  FUce 
KewToik. 

HO  FAST  OF  A  MISSIOHABr B  8AI.ABT. 

Bcaes  of  Clothing  form  no  part  of  a  misdonaiy's  regular  appropriation.  The  Sodetj 
needs  the  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptiy  its  stipulations 
with  Its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  It  would  be  no  faror  to  a 
missionary  to  recdTc  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money  that  woul/ 
otherwise  be  sent  him  roust  be  proportiondly  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  MissicHiary,  therefore,  will  ererywhere  see  to  It  tha^ 
they  giTO  none  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  thdr  giring  other  things  that  are  need- 
frU  anid  conyenient  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  thdr  sympa^ies  will  be  so  awakened  in 
the  preparation  of  the  lesser  fg^  that  they  wul  fed  it  to  be  their  pririlege,  not  only  to 
continue,  but  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

SUOOBBIIOn  A8  TO  THUB  OOlTUTSi 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box,  while  dothfaiff  of  woollen  or  Ifaien  fiMca, 
shoes,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  be  specially  valuable,  scarody  any  thbig  in  the 
ahape  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  appard  or  bedding,  or  which  is  of  common  use  in  any 
form  in  a  fiunily,  will  come  amiss.  KnlTcs  and  forks,  spoons,  a  pdr  of  sdssors,  a  spool  dr 
ootton,  a  skein  of  yam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles,  a  cake  of  wax,  a  dosen  of  buttons,  a 
thimble,  a  tnmbler,  a  thi  cop,  a  ddmmer,  or  a  pepper  box,  need  not  be  left  out 

When  artides  of  dotUng  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  tiie  families  to  which  boxeo 
are  sent,  missionaries  are  in  the  way  of  makhig  such  exchanges  with  each  other  thai 
almost  Sffery  thtaig  which  a  box  max  contain  is  turned  to  good  account 


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THE  HOME  MISSIOMRY. 

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How  shall  they  preach  exoept  thej  be  bxiit  f .  ,Rom,  z.  15. 


Vol  Xlilll.  MAY.  1870.  No.  1. 

THE  CONGREGATIONAL  IDEA. 

Bj  Professor  Joseph  A.  Bemtok,  D.D.,  of  San  Frandsco,  Califoroia.       ^  "     J 

[We  gladly  reproduce  in  these  pages  the  sabstance  of  a  Discourse  preached  By  the 
Be?.  Professor  Benton  in  the  Second  Congregational  church  of  San  Franoisco, 
December  19tb,  1869,  in  commemoration  of  "Fore&thera'  Day/'  The  Diocourse  will  be 
found  worthy  of  a  wider  circle  of  readers  than  would  be  likely  to  see  J%e  Pac{fie,  in  which 
it  was  printed.  It  may  also  serve  to  remind  our  Home  Missionary  brethren  of  the  reoom- 
mendation  of  the  "  Jubilee  Committee,**  *'  that  during  the  month  of  May  every  Gongrega- 
tional  pastor  set  forth  ttom  the  pulpit  our  obligations  to  the  Pilgrim  Fathers,  the  in- 
ftHoee  oi  their  fidth  and  polity  upon  the  character  of  the  nation,  and  the  duty  we  owe 
to  the  memory  and  principles  of  the  Fathers,  to  maintain,  enlarge  and  transmit  the  in- 
heritance we  have  received  at  their  hands.*'] 

^'And  when  they  ven  come  to  JertfoUmy  they  were  received  of  tlw  church  and  of  the 
epodiee  and  eldert,  and  they  declared  all  thinfft  that  God  had  done  with  them,*^ — ^Acrs  XT.  4. 

Thb  text  records  the  assembling  of  the  first  Oonnoil  held  by  the  Ohristian 
church,  sabaeqaent  to  the  planting  of  ohnrches  of  Christ  beyond  the  limits  of  the 
Holy  Land,  and  in  vorioas  parts  of  the.  Boman  empire,  and  among  the  gentile 
population.  This  conncil  had  a  question  of  doctrine  and  daty  to  settle,  as  between 
some  Jewish  and  some  gentile  converts.  Its  work  was  soon  happily  aocomplished, 
and  it  was  formally  adjonmed,  because  the  q>ecial  reason  for  its  existence  was 
nokoger  in  force.  Yet  it  remains  on  record  as  the  divinely  sanctioned  means 
of  dJ^KWJDg  of  all  chnroh  questions,  there  being  no  record  of  any  different 
method  daring  the  life-time  of  the  apostles,  and  the  earlier  Ohristian  fjetthen. 

We  hold  that  all  the  evidence  we  have  concerning  the  Christian  churches 
of  the  first  oentnry  of  the  Christian  era,  and  a  part  of  the  second  oentory,  shows 
them  to  have  beoi  separate^  indepeodent,  and  self-^^emed  bodies,  hearing 
what  gnidesi  teachers  and  in^eaohers  had  to  sAy  and  soggest^  and  thenrprooeed- 
ing  to  the  choice  of  <^oer8,  teachers,  deacons  and  agents,  or  to  the  administra- 
tkn  oi  discipline,  by  popolar  vote,  expressed  by  the  uplifted  hand ;  although 
fhe  mode  of  election  schema  not  in  all  cases  to  have  been  uniform*  In  some  way, 
howerer,  positively  or  negatively,  the  believers  all  had  a  voice  in  the  manage- 
BM&t  of  aifidrs,  the  use  of  discipline,  and  in  the  choice  of  officers,  servants,  pastors 
■nd  teadiers.  This  order  of  proceedings  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  continued 
where  H  was  introduced,  for  .'a  hundred  years,  without 'Imuoh*  change.  In  the 
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latter  half  of  the  second  century,  we  perceive  here  and  there  innoTations,  and 
osarpations  of  authority,  and  exaltations  of  this  man  and  that,  who  was  the 
pastor  of  some  groat  city  church,  and  especially  of  some  church  in  which  one  of 
the  great  apostles  had  lahored,  in  the  laying  of  its  foundations.  And  abont  the 
beginning  of  the  third  oentury  we  find  that  there  were  some  who  were  called 
bishops  and  presbyters,  somewhat  in  the  modern  sense. 

And  then  the  Roman  empire  was  fkUing  upon  its  evil  days.  Its  glory 
waned ;  darkness  crept  in  ;  edacation  was  more  than  ever  neglected ;  the  public 
morality  degenerated  ;  faith  faltered ;  the  churches  grew  cold  and  quarrelsome. 
Rulers  patronized  religion  for  the  sake  of  the  popularity  it  might  bring;  clergy  • 
men  grew  ambitious  of  place  and  power ;  Christianity,  lifted  into  high  places, 
was  tainted  with  their  corruption ;  the  world  bowed  down  to  it,  and  it,  in  turn, 
bowed  down  to  the  world.  As  piety  went  out,  prelacy  came  in.  Losing  its 
holiness,  the  church  lost  its  liberty.  Ceasing  to  govern  itself  by  the  light  of  the 
divine  wisdom,  it  became  the  victim  of  those  who  were  only  worldly  wise. 

This  gradual  decay  of  piety,  and  encroachment  of  ignorance,  and  usurpation 
of  power  by  ecclesiastics  and  rulers  went  on  from  the  beginning  of  the  fourth 
century,  until  it  blackened  out  into  the  fearftd  shadow  of  the  papacy  at  Rome, 
for  a  part  of  the  church,  in  the  sixth  and  seventh  centuries.  "  The  gradations 
of  ecclesiastical  organization  and  church  management  in  this  backward  and 
baleful  movement,  were  from  congregational  to  parochial,  from  parochial  to 
diocesan,  from  diocesan  to  patnarchaJ,  and  from  patriarchal  to  papal.^'  With  the 
papacy  began  what  is  distinctively  Roman  Catholicism.  There  were  no  Roman 
Catholics  in  the  earlier  centuries.  The  name  does  not  appear  in  history  till 
after  the  best  ages  of  early  Christianity  had  passed  away. 

During  all  the  primary  centuries  of  the  exbtence  of  the  Christian  church, 
that  branch  of  it  which  existed  in  Europe  was  known  as  the  Western  or  Latin 
church,  in  contradistinction  from  the  Eastern  or  Grecian  church.  And  during 
these  early  centuries  the  preeminence  was  largely  with  the  churches  of  the  East, 
even  if  it  has  not  been  so  since.  And  when  our  pert  Roman  Catholics  inquire 
of  us  where  our  Protestant  churches  were  before  the  time  of  the  Reformation, 
we  can  answer,  by  asking  them  whepe  the  Roman  Catholic  church  was  before 
the  time  of  the  Longobards  ?  We  can  answer,  again,  by  saying  that  they  were 
in  the  bosom  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  all  the  while  protesting  against  its 
crimes  and  trying  to  reform  its  abases  and  to  correct  its  errors. 

By  the  time  the  Roman  Catholic  church  had  become  consolidi^ted  under  the 
papacy,  in  the  seventh  century,  the  Christian  church  elsewhere  had  fallen  apart 
into  various  divinons,  of  a  doctrinal  or  national  origin.  Most  of  these  sections 
of  the  original  church  have  survived  all  the  changes  of  time  and  circumstance, 
and  are  found,  in  large  or  small  numbers,  in  a  more  or  less  degenerated  and 
nnscriptural  condition,  near  the  regions  where  they  flonri^ed  of  old.  These 
sections  of  nominal  Christendom  are,  chiefly,  the  Ibllowing:  The  Roman  oihurch, 
the  Greek,  the  Armeoian,  the  Nestorian,  the  Syrian  and  the  Coptic  church. 
Of  these,  the  Roman  and  Grecian  l>ranche6  are  muck  the  largest ;  and  either  one 
of  them  is  more  numerons  than  dl  the  remaining  four  together.  The  Grecian 
chvroh  differs  from  the  Roman  in  some  matters  of  organisation,  ceremony^ 
ritual  and  practice,  bnt  not  very  essentially  in  doetrine.  It  claims  to  be  tbk 
original  and  true  churchy  from  which  Romanism  has  separated  itself  sohlsmat- 
loally,  and  is  therefore  heretioal,  in  so  to  ae  it  differs  fh>m  itself  and  sets  up 
claiiiB  in  opposition  to  itseUl  In  general^  it  may  be  said  that  there  is  not  mudi 
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elsewhere.  They  are  intereetiog ;  not  for  piety,  beaotj,  goodness  and  Christian 
bre;  hot,  as  monuments  of  the  past,  studies  of  history,  developments  of  human 
nature,  instances  of  the  vitality  of  the  Christian  ideal  under  the  worst  auapioea, 
and  as  warnings  against  the  insidious  errors  of  prelacy,  and  the  ambitions  of  a 
titled  and  worldly  priesthood. 

After  the  papacy  had  flourished  three  centuries,  in  its  own  bad  way,  admin* 
iitsring  eodefiiaatieal  affiurs  as  if  they  were  political,  and  using  church  machinery 
to  subjugate  nations,  and  the  Inquisition  to  enable  it  to  set  its  foot  on  the  necks 
of  longs,  and  dreaming  ambitious  dreams  of  despotic  sway  over  tributary  con- 
tinents, the  Mohammedan  fanaticism,  in  wildness  and  ftiry  surpassed  its  own, 
and  the  Saracens  swept  over  Africa,  Asia  Central,  Syria,  Asia  Minor,  crossed 
over  into  Europe,  and  at  length  thundered  at  the  gates  of  some  of  the  proud 
cities  of  Romanism.  These  were  dark  ages  indeed.  There  was  no  inward  light 
nor  outward  visi(m.  ^'  Darkness  covered  the  earth,  and  gross  darkness  the 
people.^'  The  world  swung  out  into  chaos  and  night.  The  chill  of  death  fell 
open  the  nations.  But  the'approach  of  danger  aroused  some,  and  the  thought 
that  the  infidel  and  false  prophet  were  in  possession  of  the  holy  places  of 
ehriftendom  disturbed  others ;  and  then  the  voice  of  Peter  the  Hermit  broke 
the  slumber  of  Europe,  and  the  Crasaders,  for  two  centuries,  were  doing  their 
work  of  rescue  and  of  failure.  When  all  was  over,  and  Saladin  remained  the 
lord  of  an  nnbroken  empire  covering  the  great  East,  and  tlie  broken  ranks  of 
the  Graaaders  had  straggled  back  to  their  homes,  something  had  been  gained, 
but  not  the  precise  thing  sought  Some  new  forms  of  knowledge,  of  science, 
of  aequaiotance  with  the  world,  of  facts  of  history,  and  store  of  classic  books, 
euse  to  the  mind  of  Europe  with  the  returned  Crusaders. 

Then,  for  three  centuries,  men  wrote,  and  argued,  and  preached,  and  mul- 
tqilied  copies  of  ancient  writings.  In  the  church  arose  new  lights.  The 
'^Belbrmers  before  the  Reformation"  fought  their  good  fight  and  kept  the  faith.  . 
The  better  part  of  the  church  could  scarcely  refrain  from  bursting  out  into 
lebelfion  a^nst  the  growing  corruptions  and  abuses  at  Rome.  Finally,  in  the 
nzteenth  century,  the  profligapy  of  the  times,  the  efOrontery  of  power,  and  the 
public,  wioked,  and  unblushing  sale  of  indulgencof  for  the  sake  of  raising 
BKMwy,  led  to  the  great  Reformation  under  Luther,  to  the  renewing  of  the 
JttteHeetnal,  moral  and  spiritual  l\fd  of  Europe,  and  to  the  changing  of  the  des* 
tiey  of  mankind.  The  greater  and  the  better  half  of  Europe  renounced  the  cor- 
raptioDs  aod  errors  of  Romanism,  and  retained  whatever  was  good,  and  pro-^ 
teaUd  against  every  thing  evil  which  it  could  not  remove.  Romanism  felt 
terrfldy  the  blow,  from  which  it  has  never  recovered,  and  never  can.  It  called 
at  ooee  a  grand  Council,  that  of  Trent,  on  purpose  to  meet  and  put  down  the 
BsioriBation.  It  met,  time  and  again,  fbr  several  years,  but  accomplished 
ahnost  noChhug  beyond  sha]^  tiie  attitude  of  Roman  CathoScs  toward  Protest- 
aata,  unleashing  the  hounds  of  persecution,  kindling  the  fires  of  martyrdom, 
dsikeniog  the  dungeons  of  the  Inquisition,  and  making  havoc  of  God^s  heritage. 

Kowy  at  length,  after  more  than  three  cwtnries,  the  Roman  church  has 
calkd  another  grand  Council  of  its  forces,  to  resist  and  put  down  the  schools 
of  the  age,  the  spirit  of  liberty,  the  spread  of  Protestantism,  the  advance  of  the 
wwrid ;  to  assert  the  snperiority  of  itself^  as  it  was  a  thousand  years  ago,  and 
iserea  itself  infidlible,  even  in  its  changes— for,  it  has  been  chaDgIng,  is  changed, 
md  Hves  iadreadofftirtiier  change.  In  animus,  tn  purpose,  and  in  other  t^egards, 
ilaay  be  always  the  same ;  but,  in  how  vmaf  things  is  the  Romw  dknroh  a 
dUbrint  ehnrob  ever  since  the  great  Reformation !    That  movement  reacted  on 


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it  powerfollj.  That  reaction  has  heen  idtt  in  no  period  more  powerfUly  than 
doruig  the  last  three  years;  nor  has  it  heen  seen  at  any  time  more  manifestlx 
than  in  the  altered  relationiB  of  snoh  powers  as  those  of  Austria  and  Spain — 
heretofore  bigoted  and  blind  in  their  deyotion.  Bomanism  can  no  longer  b« 
what  it  has  been  in  the  world.  It  most  be  again  severed,  or  reformed*  The 
Council  at  Borne,  now  in  session,  may  precipitate  such  a  movemeot ;  it  can  do 
nothing  to  hinder  it.  The  very  attempts  it  diall  make  to  block  the  swift  wheda 
of  progress  will  bring  the  catastrophe  down*  P^re  Hyaointhe  is  the  mant 
cowrier,  the  forerunner,  we  trust,  of  the  goodly  number  who  ediall  flee  the  errors 
they  cannot  support ;  and  fleeing,  shall  hasten  the  impending  crisis,  and  make 
sure  the  grand  upheaval 

As  already  intimated,  our  Protestantism  has  the  same  remote  ancestry  as 
Bomanism.  It  had  the  same  history,  after  the  first  two  centuries,  down  to  the 
period  of  the  Beformation.  It  was  neither  better  nor  worse  than  Bomanism 
till  that  time.  It  has  existed  always,  but  for  many  centuries  in  the  bosom  of 
the  Boman  church.  It  existed  there  just  as  liberty  has  existed  through  ages  of 
despotism,  in  the  hearts  of  thinkers,  in  the  persons  of  the  pure  and  prayerful, 
in  the  society  of  the  few  who  could  love  and  trust  each  other,  and  talk  privately 
of  their  views,  desires,  aspirations  and  hopes.  It  has  existed  in  that  which  is 
known  as  the  church  immble,  in  every  age.  It  has  waited,  and  watched,  and 
never  found  its  opportunity — existed  even  in  times  when  it  was  thought  to  have 
no  being.  And  when  the  secrets  of  the  ages  are  unfolded,  it  will  amaze  most 
of  us  to  learn  how  numerous  have  been  the  genuine  protestants  in  every  century 
and  country  against  the  abuses  and  errors  of  Bomanism — ^how  many  hundreds 
and  thousands  there  have  been  who  have  not  bowed  the  knee  to  Baal  nor  kissed 
their  hand  to  the  pope. 

That  there  is  held  by  the  Boman  church  a  great  deal  of  truth,  that  it  holds 
most  of  the  truths  which  are  essential  to  salvation,  that  many  pious  and  saintly 
souls  have  been  reared  within  it,  and  that  it  has,  at  this  day,  valuable  elements 
and  worthy  members,  is  not  denied,  but  granted.  But  the  full  statement  of  the 
case  is,  that  the  truth  is  so  much  buried  up  in  rubbish,  overlaid  with  traditions, 
muffled  with  errors,  and  cdbcealed  behind  forms  and  ceremonies,  as  to  be  rarely 
perceived  and  slightly  felt  In  some  of  the  classic  buildings  of  'antiquity  were 
walls  that  had  been  exquisitely  painted.  These,  coming  into  the  possession  of 
ignorant  monks  and  superstitious  p(q>ists,  were  smeared  over,  washed  over, 
plastered  over,  and  painted  over,  time  and  again,  with  daubs  of  those  ecclesiastic 
subjects  fashionable  in  the  middle  ages.  No  one  looking  at  such  a  wall  could 
surmise  what  was  underneath.  Accident  might  lead  to  suspicion,  and  suspicion 
might  lead  to  search,  and  search  might,  by  the  aid  of  chemistry  and  water,  bring 
out  the  beauty  of  the  original  painting.  Just  so  are  the  precious  truths  of  the 
gospel  held  by  the  Boman  church.  They  are  held  down  so  feu*,  and  are  covered 
so  deep,  and  are  smeared  over,  and  varnished  over,  and  painted  over,  and  cur- 
tained round,  and  so  dimly  lighted,  that  none  suspect  their  existence  who  do  not 
dig  for  them,  and  scrape  for  them,  and  wash  them  o£^  and  thus  bring  them  into 
the  light 

Beautiful  parchments  have  been  found  in  monasteries  and  libraries,  which 
were  apparently  covered  with  but  the  lucubrations  of  dreamy  mystics,  and  writ- 
ten all  over,  and  crosswise,  with  the  fabled  lives  of  imaginary  saints  and  legends 
of  *the  times  when  the  world  was  difOarent  On  examination,  some  of  these 
parchments  have  given  evidence  of  a  previous  use  and  of  a  former  record,  par- 
tially erased,  or  obliterated.    Learning,  skill,  eoienoe  and  truth  have  taken  hold 


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of  them,  obliterated  the  reoent  wiitiDg,  and  brought  ont  the  original — and,  lot 
there  is  a  beantiAil  mannsoript  of  some  renowned  work  of  the  claBsic  Greek  or 
Latin  age.  Just  so  with  the  soriptrntd  doctrines  of  the  Roman  chnroh.  One 
who  is  skilled  can  find  tiiem ;  the  nnddlled  cannot.  They  most  be  searched  for 
andemeath  all  this  modem  writing.  One  mnst  use  chemicals,  alcohol  and  water 
—must  wash,  rnb,  obliterate,  dean,  and  restore,  before  he  can  find  the  original 
and  beantiAil  troths  of  CSiristianitj  on  papal  tablets. 

At  this  day  Romanism  is  in  yery  mnch  the  condition  in  which  Judaism 
was  in  the  time  of  Christ :  overloaded  with  glosses,  and  spoiled  by  traditions,  and 
operated  by  the  commandments  of  men.  It  has  the  Jesuits  for  its  Scribes,  the 
priesthood  for  its  Pharisees,  the  educated  laity  for  its  Saddncees,  and.  the  ascetics 
lor  its  Essenee.  And  it  needs  just  as  radical  a  cure,  and  Just  as  thorough  a  sup- 
banting  as  Christianity  applied  successfully  to  Judaism. 

At  the  time  of  the  gp-eat  Reformation,  such  a  change  was  largely  wrought 
vpon  it — ^not  to  speak  of  other  countries — in  Great  Britain.  In  one  part  of  the 
leafan  the  reformed  churches  took  on  the  Presbyterian  form  of  organization,  and 
in  the  other,  the  prelatical,  or  Ohurch  of  England  form.  After  a  generation 
or  two,  some  persecuting  papists  came  to  the  throne,  and  there  were  reactions 
toward  Romanism.  During  one  of  these  reactions,  when  the  Ohurch  of  Eng- 
land authorities  were  demanding  conformity  to  rules,  dresses,  and  practices  bor- 
rowed from  the  dark  ages  and  the  papal  supremacy,  a  very  large  element  of  the 
best  and  noblest  people  in  the  then  Ohurch  of  England,  refused  to  conform  to  such 
roles  and  customs— so  needless,  useless  and  hurtful ;  to  measures  so  new,  made  out 
of  material  so  old,  and  long  ago  fitly  cast  away.  And  these  people— earlier 
called  Puritans,  and  later  non-conformists— compelled  to  leave  the  church  in 
which  they  had  been  reared,  and  forced,  for  conscience'  sake,  out  into  the  cold 
world,  or  driven  into  banishment,  and  refused  the  consolations  of  religion  in  their 
own  parishes,  and  denied  Christian  burial  in  the  sepulchres  of  their  fathers,  went 
by  themselves — ^where  they  could — and  united  themselves  together,  in  Christian 
love,  with  prayers  and  tears,  in  what  was  called  "  the  coiigregational  t^ay."  The 
movement  from  under  tl}e  oppressiveness  of  the  Church  of  England,  in  the  time 
of  Whitefield  and  the  Wesleys,  did  not  occur  till  a  century  and  a  half  subsequent 
to  this. 

Thus  was  Congregationalism  revived,  after  a  suspension  of  a  thousand  years. 
It  has  increased  with  every  year,  for  the  three  centuries  since  its  restoration, 
as  a  method  for  conducting  church  affairs.  The  churolies  thus  organized  are 
lew,  outside  of  the  lands  where  the  English  language  is  spoken.  In  Great  Brit- 
ain they  have  become  numerous,  prosperous  and  powerful.  They  are  doing  more 
than  any  other  single  infiuence  toward  reforming  the  English  government,  church 
and  people.  Their  tendency  is  toward  individual  liberty,  freedom  of  thought, 
and  republican  institutions.  And  all  seers  can  see  that  another  century  will 
find  churches  of  this  style  dominant  in  the  father-land,  and  kings,  princes,  and 
aristocracies  dismissed  to  private  life. 

After  the  existence  of  Congregational  churches  for  fifty  years  in  England, 
and  on  the  continent,  their  numbers  all  the  while  increasing,  their  trials  and 
difilcnlties  not  rapidly,  diminishing,  there  was  a  movement  toward  America 
on  the  part  of  many.  A  few  were  able,  in  1620,  to  make  good  their  escai>e,  and 
to  land  on  this  continent,  as  religious  exiles — two  hundred  and  forty-nine  years 
ago  the  preeent  week.  Year  by  year  they  came  afterward,  until  colonies  were 
plaated,  fhim  the  bay  of  Fundy  to  the  harbor  of  New  Amsterdam.  This  re^on 
embraces  what  was  afterward,  and  is  still  known  as  New  England.    Other  settle- 


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mentB  and  colonies  were  founded  in  America,  but  by  people  of  different  views 
and  practices  in  church  organization.  Of  these  others  we  liave  nothing  evil  to 
say.  Our  attention  is  drawn  most  toward  those  in  New  England,  where  churches 
were  ordered  in  'UA<t  eongregatUmal  toay^^^  and  all  of  whose  civil  institutions 
were  moulded,  as  far  as  possible,  after  the  model  of  the  church.  The  early 
town  of  New  England  was  a  pure  democracy,  in  which  all  laws  and  rules  were 
enacted  in  an  open  meeting  of  the  whole  body  of  voters,  after  SOTmon,or  prayer, 
or  both ;  the  minister  being  simply  a  voter  and  citizen,  like  the  rest.  When 
the  towns  came  to  bo  numerous,  the  commonwealth  arose,  and  its  officers 
must  be  chosen  every  year,  and  its  legislators  elected  in  open  town-meeting, 
and  no  opportunity  must  be  given  for  power  to  become  too  strong  in  high  places 
— for  corruptions,  for  extortions,  for  "  rings,"  or  any  other  fleecing  combinations. 
This  polity  in  the  churches,  and  in  the  States,  has  been  the  salvation,  strength 
and  glory  of  New  England.  This  polity  has  done  much  for  the  civil,  social, 
moral  and  spiritual  welfare  of  the  Northern  and  Western  States  of  the  Union, 
and  is  now  increasing  as  rapidly,  at  least,  as  any  other  polity  on  the  broad  conti- 
nent. 

What  is  this  Congregational  idea,  which  is  thus  working  itself  out  into  insti- 
tutions. States,  nations  of  freedom  and  power — ^whose  motto  is,  "  God  and  lib- 
erty," and  whose  purpose  is  the  rehabilitation  of  mankind  and  the  freedom  of 
the  world? 

The  Congregational  idea  is:  that  every  society  of  believers,  united  for  wor- 
ship, edification  and  usefulness,  is  a  church,  competent  to  manage  all  its  affairs, 
under  Christ,  choose  its  own  officers,  discipline  its  own  members,  and  prescribe 
its  own  rules ;  and  that  it  depends  on  none  but  Christ  for  its  existence. 

The  Congregational  idea  is :  that  there  is  properly  no  priesthood  in  the  Chris- 
tian church— or  rather,  that  every  believer  is  his  own  priest,  offering  himself  a 
living  sacrifice ;  and  that  Christ  is  the  great  High  Priest  of  his  church. 

Consequently,  the  Congregational  idea  is :  that  pastors  and  teachers  are  only 
officially  different  from  the  other  members  of  the  church ;  are  made  pastors  and 
teachers  by  the  action  of  the  church  itself;  are  on  an  equal  footing  before  they 
are  chosen,  and  are  on  an  official  footing  of  equality  after  they  are  chosen ;  and 
are,  in  general,  the  servants  and  not  the  masters  of  the  church. 

The  Eoman,  or  prelatical  idea  is :  that  the  clergy  are  priests ;  that  the  clergy 
are  the  church,  or  make  the  church,  and  not  the  church  them ;  that  the  church 
is  only  a  school,  which  they  keep,  and  that  the  people  have  nothing  to  do  but  to 
submit  themselves  to  be  operated  upon  as  the  priesthood  may  please.  How  sla- 
vish this  idea  I    How  admirable,  how  inspiring,  how  exalting,  the  other  I 

The  Congregational  idea  is :  that  every  church  is  a  distinct,  well-defined  or- 
ganization, with  established  rights,  among  which  are  those  of  admitting  or  exclu- 
ding members,  under  the  law  of  Christ,  and  of  making  their  own  officers,  of  every 
kind ;  so  many,  of  such  qualifications,  and  for  such  periods,  as  they  themselves 
ordain. 

The  Congregational  idea  is :  that  every  church  shall  be  accustomed  to  meet  in 
one  well-known  place ;  shall  hold  and  manage  its  own  property,  and  shall  be  firee 
from  all  dictation  from  every  source ;  provided  that  the  just  laws  of  the  land  and 
the  true  rules  of  morality  be  not  in  any  wise  contravened. 

And  the  Congregational  idea  is:  that  every  church,  while  independent  of 
every  other  church  in  its  local  and  internal  affiurs,  is  nevertheless  bound  by  the 
bonds  of  Christian  amity,  concord  and  fellowship,  to  consult  the  neighboring 
churches  concerning  all  such  acts  and  proceedings  as  can  have  an  important 


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beariog  on  the  peace,  prosperity  and  general  wel&ro  of  tlioso  neighboring 
churches,  since  the  good  of  all  the  chnrches  shonld  bo  dear  to  every  one. 

Sach  is  the  Congregational  idea  of  a  church,  and  such  in  substance  we  be- 
lieve to  be  the  scriptural  idea  of  a  church.  It  has  the  grand  advantage  of  being 
as  nmple  and  as  far  removed  from  complication,  intricacy  and  technicality,  as 
any  thing  efficiently  organized  for  power,  progress  and  aggressive  endeavor  can 
be ;  and  more  quickly  susceptible  of  alteration,  correction  and  amendment  than 
any  different  sort  of  an  organization  can  be. 

All  people  see  and  admit  this  simplicity  and  this  ease  of  amendment ;  and  if 
human  nature  were  not  so  imperfect,  and  if  all  Christians  were  as  pure  and  holy 
as  the  he$t  of  them  are,  all  people  would  say  at  once  that  the  Congregational 
way  was  altogether  the  purest,  freest,  simplest  aud  best ;  nothing  better  being 
practicable.  But  some  people  urge  that  the  Congregational  system  is  loose,  weaik, 
ifl-defined,  uncertain  and  wavering ;  not  firm  enough  for  discipline,  and  not  strong 
enough  to  keep  out  heresy.  It  may  be  freely  admitted  that  this  form  of  church 
government  is  not  firm  enough  to  administer  discipline  so  as  to  satisfy  all,  nor 
strong  enongh  at  all  times  to  keep  out  of  heresy ;  nor  is  any  oth&r  form  of  church 
government  able  to  do  these  things.  It  is  human  nature  and  men^s  imperfections 
that  are  most  at  fault,  and  not  the  church  polity.  Among  good,  wise,  holy 
Christians,  any  polity  will  work  smoothly.  Among  the  mixed  people  who  con- 
stitute the  mass  of  the  churches,  no  form  or  polity  works  perfectly,  and  without 
friction.  What  we  claim  for  the  Congregational  method  is,  that  it  has  fewer 
faShngs  and  more  advantages  than  any  other ;  and  not  that  it  works  with  abso- 
lute perfection  on  imperfect  materials,  and  in  rude  societies. 

The  same  classes  of  objections  which  are  made  to  Congregationalism  are 
made  to  republics,  and  other  free  governments  in  the  political  world.  But 
the  world  is  learning  that  republics  can  live  and  thrive,  and  make  their  way 
through  the  storms  of  time,  while  tlie  people's  freedom  remains.  And  every  in- 
dication of  freedom  in  the  State,  is  a  plea  for  Congregationalism  in  the  church. 
And,  on  the  other  hand,  the  training  of  men  to  self-government  in  the  churches, 
and  to  tbe  notions  of  equality  and  brotherhood,  is  the  best  possible  preparation 
of  them  for  the  maintenance  of  the  rights  and  liberties  of  free  men  and  free 
States. 

And  so  long  as  Congregational  churches  shall  multiply,  grow  and  flour- 
ish in  the  land,  so  long  will  righteousness  have  advocates,  and  freedom  have  de- 
fenders. These  churches  in  our  land  have  never  taken  the  wrong  side  of  a  great 
moral  question ;  and,  by  their  very  form  of  existence,  they  must  be  arrayed  against 
an  the  despotism,  oppression,  hardship,  hoary  wrong,  the  leagued  wickedness, 
mocking  infidelity,  and  gigantic  crime  of  the  world.  And  they  deserve  our 
confidence,  our  sympathy,  our  support,  our  encouragement,  our  cooperation,  our 
good  wishes,  and  our  contributions ;  our  smiles  and  our  cheers,  our  sacrifices,  our 
prayers  and  our  tears — evermore  I  And  the  noble  organizations  whose  work  it  is 
to  assist  in  the  planting  and  nurture  of  such  churches  all  over  the  continent, — let 
tiiem  have  fullest,  heartiest  support^  for  the  sake  of  Congregationalism,  for  the 
sake  of  the  Pilgrims,  and,  most  of  all,  for  thk  sake  op  Christ  I  » 


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OAUFOBHIA. 

I^rom  Hev,  J,  JK   Warrmy  Affetit^  San 
Franciico. 

A  SoutllMn  Trip. 

Two  thiogs  bare  more  recently-  stim- 
ulated the  filling  up  of  Southern  Oali- 
fomia  :—fint^  the  taxing  of  the  large 
ranches  at  something  .near  the  market 
value  of  the  land,  so  compelling  holders 
to  sell  quickl^r  for  tax-monej;  and, 
second,  the  predestined  railroad.  The 
southern  counties  are  alive  to  the  ne- 
cessity of  cheap  and  speedy  communi- 
cation with  the  central  markets;  and 
just  as  soon  as  the  railroad  from  Stock- 
ton, fyia  Yisalia,  to  San  Bernardino,  is 
started— likely  to  be  within  sixty  days 
— a  movement  will  set  that  way  which 
will  call  for  our  best  efforts  and  most 
liberal  appropriations.  These  railroads 
as  they  pash  oat  here  and  there  keep 
your  Agents  on  the  move.  I  will  give 
you  some  fects  gained  or  confirmed  by 
my  recent  southern  trip. 

Iios  Ansreles. 

In  Los  Angeles  I  was  delighted  to  see 
the  good  work  done  by  Rev.  Mr.  Ather- 
ton  during  the  past  year— a  year  of  toil, 
self-denial,  and  happy  growth.  The  Lord 
has  blessed  him  exceedingly.  The 
church  and  people  are  united  in  •him, 
and  he  is  an  earnest  helper  in  all  things 
that  concern  our  general  interests  in 
that  region. 

Los  Angeles  has  now  an  estimated 
population  of  12,000,  with  enough  farm- 
ing country  around  it  to  sustain  a  larger 
State  than  Connecticut.  It  is  connect- 
ed with  its  seaport,  San  Pedro,  by  rail, 
and  otber  railroads  will  reach  it  very 
soon.  It  is  bound  to  be  a  metropolis, 
and  much  sooner  than  I  supposed.  It 
will  not  be  long  before  the  Congrega- 
tional church  of  Los  Angeles  will  sit  as 
a  mother  of  churches  and  wield  a  power 
for  good  to  be  felt  far  and  near.  Though 
feeling  very  poor  just  now,  they  readily 


agreed  to  take  up  a  collection  for  the 
new  enterprise  in  Anaheim,  on  my  tell- 
ing them  the  time  would  come  when 
they  would  be  called  upon  to  help  feeble, 
struggling  churches,  and  they  might  as 
well  begin  now. 

Analiaiiii. 

I  am  glad  the  Germans  failed  to  make 
money  in  wine.  When  I  was  there, 
many  were  so  disgusted  with  the  ex- 
periment that  they  were  cutting  up  the 
vineyards  into  homestead  lots. 

They  ha^l  no  trouble  in  making  wine, 
but  the  wine  was  such  a  drug  it  did  not 
pay.  It  is  a  beautiful  country;  soil 
rich  and  fertile,  adapted  to  wheat,  bar- 
ley, oats,  potatoes,  also  for  the  culture 
of  the  lemon,  orange,  olive,  fig,  mulber- 
ry, grape,  etc.,  and  especially  good  for 
corn.  While  the  Germans  had  full  con- 
trol of  the  country  it  seemed  useless  to 
undertake  much  in  the  way  of  our 
churches ;  but  for  over  a  year  land  in 
small  quantities  has  been  in  good  de- 
mand, and  tbere  is  now  a  more  hopeful 
population  to  work  for  and  with.  Rev. 
Josiah  Bates  has  been  there  some  three 
months — ^the  first  pioneer  preacher.  He 
finds  many  families,  just  moved  in, 
ready  to  do  all  in  their  power  to  estab- 
lish the  ordinances  of  the  gospel ;  but 
they  are  poor ;  most  have  spent  dU  their 
means  in  getting  there,  making  first 
payments,  and  putting  up  a  shanty. 
There  they  are — industrious,  economi- 
cal, poor,  but  bound  to  prosper  and  be- 
come a  strong  community.  Other  de- 
nominations are  moving,  *'  not  for  what 
Anaheim  is,"  they  say,  "  but  for  what 
it  is  going  to  be."  It  is  our  usual 
fortune  to  be  so  reinforced.  The  idea 
seems  to  be,  that  where  the  Congre- 
gationalists  go  there  is  something  big 
ahead,  and  others  must  hurry.  Kow 
we  must  do  one  of  three  things:  not 
go  ahead  at  all ;  leave  when  others 
come;  or  stay  and  live  where  we  da 
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Ton  wUl  see  from  Mr.  BaWs  report 
that  he  is  driviog  his  stakes,  and  is  not 
anjwajr  disoounged  bj  the  hardness 
of  his  field.  In  a  few  weeks  we  hope 
to  report  a  CoDgregational  ohnrch  in 
Anaheim. 

Wine  and  Wealth. 

The  history  of  Anaheim  shows  that 
a  wine  -  growing,  chorohless,  godless 
ooloDj  is  a  perfect  failure.  The  picture 
drawn  hj  some,  of  its  wealth  and  com- 
fort, is  very  far  from  true.  The  heavy 
mortgages  on  many  of  the  vineyards, 
and  the  dull  sale  of  wine,  look  more 
like  rain  to  those  concerned  than  '*  com- 
fort and  comparative  wealth."  All  that 
has  saved  Anaheim  is  the  sale  of  lands 
aroond  it  and  the  coming  in  of  a  new 
population.  With  this  new  population 
must  come  schools,  churches,  etc.  The 
vines  are  being  taken  up  in  many  of  the 
vineyards,  and  orange  and  other  trees 
sobstatated.  All  that  is  said  of  soil, 
dimate,  prodnctions,  is  substantially 
troe.  With  a  flourishing  church  in 
Anaheim,  and  two  more  within  a  circle 
of  six  or  eight  miles,  the  country  can 
be  made  a  x>crfect  garden  of  the  Lord. 

San  Bernardino. 
I  found  the  city  very  much  improved 
in  appearance,  size,  and  perhaps  in  po- 
polation,  as  compared  with  two  years 
ago.  I  preached  in  the  Campbellite 
cborch  to  a  good  congregation,  and 
fbund  the  church  -  members  united  in 
Ceding  that  the  time  has  come  to  begin 
again.  They  have  maintained  their 
organization  admirably,  and  can  go 
ahead  on  call,  or  as  soon  as  a  good  man 
can  be  found.  We  are  to  have  no  more 
^experiments^' with  San  Bernardino. 
There  are  over  two  thousand  people  in 
the  city  limits,  and  we  count  on  twenty- 
one  ikmilies  ready  to  cooperate  when 
we  commence. 

San  BuanATentnra. 

It  was  with  no  ordinary  satisfaction 
that  I  attended  the  council  in  San  Bue- 
naventura and  shared  in  what  must 


have  been  to  some  a  great  surprise^the 
organization  of  a  Congregational  church 
of  twenty  members. 

The  council  met  in  the  unfinished 
church  edifice  of  the  Presbyterians. 
There  was  a  fine  congregation,  includ- 
ing, with  Bev.  Messrs.  Bristol  and  Har- 
rison, six  Congregational  ministers.  The 
sermon  was  by  Mr.  Atherton,  the  prayer 
by  Father  Turner,  the  fellowship  of  the 
churches  by  your  Agent,  and  the  charge 
by  Bev.  Mr.  Betts.  It  was  a  season  of 
unusual  interest  and  significance,  giving 
many  people  a  chance  to  know  some- 
thing about  our  polity.  The  new  church, 
and  the  way  of  doing  it,  was  the  talk  of 
the  place  for  a  time  at  least.  The 
church  are  at  work  with  might  and 
main  on  a  commodious  house  of  wor- 
ship, to  be  ready  we  hope  in  sixty  days. 
At  this  same  gathering  '^  The  Southern 
Association ''  of  ministers  was  formed, 
starting  with  the  apostolic  blessing  of 
Father  Turner.  I  shall  look  to  it  for 
much  help  in  future  operatious  in  that 
region. 

Santa  Barbara. 

The  church  is  prospering,  temporally 
and  spiritually.  Thirteen  have  been 
added  to  the  church  since  Mr.  Betts  has 
taken  charge  of  it.  He  has  been  hold- 
ing meetings  every  evening,  and  quite 
an  interest  prevails.  The  prayer  meet- 
ings have  gjrown  ftom  three  to  thirty- 
eight  or  forty ;  his  Sunday  school  from 
twelve  to  sixty,  and  is  increasing.  He 
writes  me  that  he  has  a  young  con- 
verts' meeting  every  Saturday  after- 
noon. Their  new  church  is  a  grand 
success,  so  far,  and  they  hope  it  will  so 
continue. 

OroviUe. 

The  church  and  its  minister,  Bev. 
Mr.  Buchanan,  are  taking  us  rather  by 
surprise.  A  good  deal  of  hard  work 
was  done,  in  a  John-the-Baptist  fashion, 
by  the  Bev.  Mr.  Bates,  now  in  Anaheim. 
The  church  has  suddenly  grown  from 
two  or  three  members  to  eighteen,  with 
a  goodly  number  to  unite  at  the  nejt 
communion.    They  find  that  with  this 


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revived  iuterest  la  sapporting  the  gos- 
pel In  Oroville,  it  is  comparatively  easy 
to  raise  $700  or  $800.  When  Mr.  Bu- 
chaoan  first  went  there,  the  prospect  ef 
even  $500  from  the  people  was  very 
douhtfiil.  The  successful  reviving  of 
that  church  makes  us  hopeful  of  others 
in  like  condition. 


WYOimra. 

From  liev.  J.  J).  Davis,  Chej/cntu, 

The  Dedication* 
You  are  already  aware  of  the  prin- 
cipal event  of  my  last  quarter,  the  ded- 
ication of  our  new  church.  Your 
missionary  was  all  alone,  save  that  the 
Lord  was  with  us.  Money  enough  was 
raised  to  cancel  all  indehtedness  and 
ftirnish  every  thing  needed,  except  a 
hell.  One  brother,  who  had  but  thirty 
dollars,  gave  twenty  to  the  Lord  that 
day.  Since  the  dedication  we  have 
held  regular  services  Sunday  morning 
and  evening,  with  a  steadily  growing 
congregation.  We  have  also  an  in- 
creasing Sabbath  school,  and  an  inter- 
esting Bible  class  of  40  or  50  members. 

The  PaxBonaee* 

Since  my  return  in  September  I  have 
built  a  parsonage  with  my  own  hands 
and  means,  placing  it  beside  the  church 
on  the  church  lots,  and  secured  so  as 
to  fdways  be  kept  sacred  for  this  pur- 
pose. 

I  have  nearly  completed  a  canvass 
of  this  city,  and  find  that  only  about 
one  in  twenty  of  the  people  attend 
church  regularly.  Many  of  them  have 
been  in  this  wild  West  from  &re  to 
fifteen  years,  much  of  the  time  away 
from  all  church  privileges,  and  the 
habit  is  formed  of  staying  at  home.  I 
am  rejoiced  every  Sabbath  by  seeing 
new  faces  in  our  little  sanctuary.  Our 
prayer  meetings  take  a  free,  social 
form,  and  are  very  profitable.  We 
have  no  special  religious  interest,  and 
the  most  discouraging  feature  of  the 
field  is  expressed  in  the  reply  of  a 


business  man,  when  asked  to  attend 
our  church  services :  "  We  all  think 
so  much  of  the  almighty  dollar  out 
here  that  we  canmt  get  time  to  attend 
church."  Our  city  is,  however,  rapidly 
improving  in  morals.  The  Sabbath  is 
observed  more  generally,  and  good 
Ohristian  families  are  coming  in  from 
the  East  every  month. 

The  Fire. 

Six  weeks  ago  a  fire  laid  two 
blocks  of  our  city  in  ashes  in  two 
hours.  In  nearly  all  these  buildings, 
however,  liquor  was  sold  and  the 
Sabbath  profaned ;  and  the  result  will 
be  that  substantial  brick  buildmgs  will 
arise  from  their  ashes  in  the  spring. 
The  Railroad  Company  will  also  go  on 
in  the  spring  to  complete  their  exten- 
sive repair  shops;  and  altogether  w^e 
are  encouraged  and  hopeful.  The 
great  need  of  our  church  is  a  baptism 
of  the  Holy  Spirit,  which  will  enable 
us  to  reach  and  win  some  of  these 
thousands  of  souls  who  are  in  the  broad 
road  to  death.  This  people  are  made 
up  from  almost  every  State  in  the 
Union  and  almost  every  nation  in  the 
world,  and  each  month  brings  great 
changes  in  our  population.  Our  own 
little  fiock  has  so  far  remained  intact. 
We  now  number  18,  with  the  pro^>ect 
of  others  at  the  next  communion. 


NKBK/VftKA, 

Ft-om  Rev.  F,  Alley,  Plattsmouth,  Cats  Co. 
Material  Blessinflrs. 
The  past  quarter  has  been  full  of 
work,  and  the  Lord  has  been  blessing 
my  field  materially  and  spiritually. 
The  material  blessings  are  principally 
in  Plattsmouth.  The  ehurch  of  six 
members,  organized  here  last  August, 
have  erected  a  church  building,  24  x  86, 
with  vestibule,  etc.,  costing  about 
$1,400  when  completed.  Though  not 
yet  finished  within,  we  have  had  it 
comfortable  for  use  for  the  past  two 
months.    Between  $200  and  $800  of 


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the  whole  amouDt  is  ttill  unprovided 
for ;  bat  we  hope  to  have  it  idl  finish- 
ed and  paid  for  within  a  month  or  two. 
The  membership  is  poor  as  well  as  few, 
and  contributed  altogether  onl]rt220. 
We  had  to  depend  mainlj  upon  the 
citixens  for  means,  and  the  Lord  moved 
their  hearts  to  give  liberally.  Our 
success  is  owing,  in  a  great  measure,  to 
iht  substantial  aid  of  a  good  brother 
from  Charlestown,  Mass.,  connected 
▼ith  the  B.  &  M.  railroad  in  Nebraska, 
whom  the  Lord  seemed  to  send  along 
just  at  the  right  time.  Others  are 
coming  here  who  love  our  faith  and 
polity,  who  will  be  glad  to  find  a  home 
among  us  and  work  with  us  in  the  name 
of  the  common  Master.  I  am  satisfied 
that  the  movement  here  was  at  the 
right  time ;  but  in  order  to  make  this 
church  the  center  of  moral  power  that 
it  should  be,  it  will  need  one  man's 
whole  labor. 

flpirltoal  Blessins*- 

At  Weeping  Water  the  Lord  lias 
been  blessing  us  spiritually.  The  week 
of  prayer  was  unitedly  observed  by 
our  church  and  the  Methodists,  with  a 
good  attendance  and  interest  The 
meetings  were  continued  the  following 
week,  with  two,  perhaps  three,  hope- 
ful conversions,  and  a  marked  increase 
of  brotherly  love  in  the  community. 

Weeping  Water  has  a  very  thrifty, 
enterprising,  intelligent  farming  com- 
munity, and  I  think  ought  to  be  made 
a  center  of  operations.  The  wheat 
crop  last  year  was  almost  a  failure,  in 
tome  instances  only  paying  the  ez- 
pernes  of  cultivation  ;  else  I  think  we 
would  have  a  church  buUding  there 
also  this  spring.  We  must  bide  the 
Lord's  time,  learning  '*  to  labor  and  to 
wait" 

XAHSAB. 

From  Jite.0,  A,  Jloj^  Hiawatha,  Brown  Co. 
Thm  Tear's  Work* 
Another  missionary  year  is  ended. 
We  have  not  realized  in  it  all  our  fond 


anticipations  and  resolutions ;  many  a 
fit  word  has  been  kept  back,  and  many 
a  deed  left  undone,  but  it  has  been  a 
year  of  very  hard  labor,  as  we  meant  it 
should  be.  We  feel  sick  and  gloomy 
when  not  hard  at  work,  and  hope  we 
shall  never  feel  well  in  idleness. 

But  what  has  been  done?  Every 
Sabbath  but  three  has  found  me  preach- 
ing, usually  two  and  sometimes  three 
times,  as  good  sermons  as  I  feel  able  to 
produce. 

I  have  made  a  very  large  number  of 
calls,  acquainting  me  with  the  people, 
who  usually  return  them,  thus  doubling 
the  opportunity  to  speak  a  word  for 
Christ.  Many  tracts  and  religious  pa- 
pers have  been  distributed.  Every  body 
wants  a  paper,  and  we  regard  it  a  sin  to 
waste  a  Congregatwnalkt  and  Recorder, 
an  Advance^  a  CJiristian  Vnioriy  or  a 
Chriitian  at  WorJc,  We  take  them  out 
on  our  Sunday  preaching  tours  and 
give  them  away.  So  there  are  ten 
times  as  many  religious  papers,  to  say 
nothing  of  otliers,  taken  in  this  county 
this  year  as  ever  before.  The  papers 
preach  when  we  ore  at  home. 

We  were  told  that  Hiawatha  would 
be  a  hard  field,  and  found  it  so,  labor- 
ing a  full  year  and  a  half  before  results 
came.  Help  came  at  last  as  a  most 
signal  answer  to  prayer.  The  church 
is  now  in  a  healthy  state,  and  we  hope 
soon  to  be  enabled  to  erect  a  lecture 
room.  This  new  organization  made 
work  for  us,  and  came  near  wearing  us 
out. 

Another  burdensome  thing  was  the 
building  of  my  dwelling  house.  It  is 
only  16  by  20  feet,  with  12  feet  posts, 
but  let  a  Home  Missionary  build  such  a 
house  almost  entirely  alone,  from  bottom 
to  top,  without  materially  hindering  his 
other  duties,  and  he  will  find  that  one 
Job  of  that  kind  is  quite  enough  for 
several  years. 

Books  Wanted. 
Books  I — ^Howthe  Home  Missionary 
needs  them-*laboring  as  he  does,  not 
among  heathen,  by  any  means.    But  a 


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takry  which  affords  only  a  few  of  the 
oommoD  neoeaaariet  of  Ibfo  does  ];u>t  per- 
mit of  maoh  inveatment  in  even  aach 
highly  priced  nAoMDm  as  Dr.  Dale'a 
-watli  on  B(q>ti8m,  or  the  New  Cjol^^Md- 
dia  of  Biblical  literature^  etc.  We  re- 
oeiye  BOoreB  of  circulars  of  good  wcHrka 
which,  instead  of  helping,  diaconrage  na. 
Bat  once  in  a  while  an  ezeellent  book 
will  come,  soch  as  Dr.  Hawes^s  Sennona, 
or  Be7.  Dr.  Oowlea's  Notes  on  Daniel 
and  the  Minor  Prophets,  or  Dr.  Thomp- 
Bon's  "  Man  in  Genesis  and  in  Geology." 
These  gifts  make  oar  hardens  lighter. 

Joy  in  the  Serrioe. 
Well,  with  all  its  deprivations,  this 
western,  stirring  home  missionary  life 
has  very  many  CDJoyments,  and  I  would 
not  exchange  it  for  any  other.  We  are 
conscious  of  the  Master^s  approbation. 
We  are  working  for  Him.  This  is 
enough.  Let  come  what  may,  Christ 
will  care  for  U3U  The  reward  of  his 
presence  and  love  is  worth  more  to  us 
than  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  world ! 


From  JRef.  J.  M,    Van  Wapier^  Jfuseotahf 
Atchiwn  Co. 

MalciTig  a  Place. 

My  Sabbath  appointmcDts  have  been 
permanently  arranged — at  Musootah, 
Effingham,  Nettawaka,  Oentralia  and 
Wetmore,  besides  preaching  during  the 
week  at  several  different  points  at  some 
distance  from  the  railroad,  where  there 
is  great  destitution  of  the  means  of 
grace.  In  all  of  these  places  the  con- 
gregations are  large  and  attentive, 
though  as  yet  I  can  report  no  especial 
awakenings.  I  have  recently  been  as- 
sisting the  Bev.  Mr.  Thomas,  of  Albauy, 
Nemaha  county,  whose  church  is  in  the 
midst  of  a  precious  revival,  extending 
far  and  wide. 

The  church  building  in  Mnscotah  is 
enclosed  and  lathed,  but  not  plastered, 
and  is  in  no  condition  for  holding  con- 
tinuous meetings.  How  much  good 
some  wealthy  man  conld  do  here,  with 
a  few  hundred  dollars  I 


Kanaaa  is  making  ra^  stridea  ki 
population  and  improyements,  and  era 
long  many  of  these  churches,  planted 
by  your  Society,  will  become  large  and 
sel^oitaining,  ezoiing  their  eonserra* 
tive  influence  upon  our  State  for  all 
time  to  come. 


XXHirxsOTA. 

Fi-oin  Rev.  G.  H.  Mile$^  St.  Ch/trles^  Wi- 
nona Co. 

BsTlTal. 

I  am  happy  to  report  a  blessed  work 
of  the  Spirit.  Christ  has  been  passing 
through  this  place;  he  is  even  now 
with  us,  and  souls  are  often  heard  aay- 
ing,  "Sirs,  we  would  see  Jesus."  In 
Saratoga,  where  I  have  been  holding 
meetings  for  five  or  six  weeks,  25  souls 
are  rejoicing  in  a  new  hope  in  Christ. 
Last  Sabbath  five  united  with  us,  and 
numbers  more  expect  to  come.  Chris- 
tians in  St.  Charles  ^re  encouraged  also 
to  hope  and  pray  for  a  revival.  We 
hold  prayer  meetings  every  evening, 
and  the  interest  is  increasing.  Al- 
ready there  have  been  conversions,  and 
sinners  daily  are  inquiring  what  they 
must  do  to  be  saved.  Brethren,  pray 
for  us  I 


IOWA. 

From  Ree.  F,  Crang,  JhUch  Creek,  Wash- 
ington  Co. 

Plenty  of  Work. 

This  has  been  the  most  laborious 
quarter  of  my  missionary  service,  with 
much  to  encourage,  and  some  severe 
trials,  from  family  sickness  and  priva- 
tions, pecuniary  anxiety,  etc.  Severe 
toils  have  told  upoa  my  own  health 
and  strength.  But  let  me  not  dwell 
upon  difficulties  and  discouragements. 

At  the  Sooth  English  church  we 
have  had  five  additions  since  my  last 
report.  This  little  church,  of  nx  mem- 
bers when  I  began  to  preach  there,  now 
has  17.  At  Franklhi  church  we  have 
also  received  five,  with  good  prospect  of 


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otibera  ooming*  The  jroiisg  people  also 
hold  Sabbath  eveiuDg  prajer  meetiiigt 
witb  a  good  deal  of  interest 

I  bave  now  eiffht  preaohiag  statioM, 
80?ea  to  twelre  milea  diBtant  from  eadi 
other,  at  which  I  haye  regular  preach- 
ing. At  some  of  these  there  ia  a  grow- 
ing interest,  as  in  Scotland,  Talleyrand, 
Webster,  and  East  Lafl^rette. 

That  "Welooiiie  BarreL 

We  have  receiyed  a  barrel  of  outer 
dothing,  overcoats,  etc.,  which  has  not 
onlj  remoyed  mach  anxiety  but  added 
yery  much  to  our  comfort — espedally 
my  own,  in  my  long  cold  rides.  I  can 
only  say  :  "  Bless  the  Lord,  0  my  soul, 
and  forget  not  all  his  benefits ! ''  Hy 
heart  is  fall  of  gratitude  to  the  dear 
Mends  who  sent  us  these  much-needed 
comforts,  encouraging  me  to  press  on 
in  the  glorious  work. 

When  I  find  a  whole  school-district 
with  not  one  professor  of  religion,  and 
when  I  hear,  as  I  lately  did,  an  audience 
told  that  they  could  not  be  Christians 
without  shouting — ^with  not  a  word 
directing  them  to  Christ— I  long  to  go 
out  still  farther  and  bear  the  gospel 
message. 

Xental  Hnnarer.  * 

I  must  mention  one  great  priyation : 
the  want  cfhooJa,  I  haye  drawn  very 
largely  from  supplies  laid  by  in  early 
days,  and  haye  not  means  to  keep  up 
the  brain-food  from  my  scanty  library, 
and  am  left  with  a  longing  desire  for 
books,  which  I  cannot  satisfy.  But 
•Crt)d'8  will  be  done! 


Trom  Rev,  W.  H,  Barrowif  Ccm^  Jonu  Co, 
A  Tankee  Settlament. 
I  find  here  a  nnlted,  intelligent  farm-, 
iqg  oommnsitj;  the  people  moetly 
.Americana  from  the  Statea  east  of  ua. 
An  uraanally  large  proportion  are 
dmrch^ng  familieii^  free  from  intem- 
pvinoe  and  kindred  yioen  Intaxica> 
ting  drinks  aie  not  sold  in  the  towA- 
ahip.    Th*  paople  are  aa  indnatriooai 


morale  and  intelligent  aa  in  ahnost  any 
similar  New  England  oommnnity. 

The  church,  numbering  a  little  oyer 
fifty  resident  members,  includes  in 
many  instances  the  parents  and  chil- 
dren, and  in  some  cases  the  grandchil- 
dren. We  haye  a  neat  church  edifice 
in  the  center  of  the  township,  with 
puUic  services  regularly  upon  the  Bab- 
bath,  morning  and  eyening,  cheered  by 
excellent  singing,  and  an  interesting 
Sabbath  schooL 

An  effort  for  a  needed  parsonage  al- 

most  succeeded,  but   the  unexpected 

low  prices  of  wheat  (scarcely  paying 

the  cost  of  raising  It)  put  off  the  happy 

day. 

••• 

From  Rev,  W,  8pell,  Central  Ot/y,  Linn  C; 
The  Qoiokeninar  Spirit. 

The  Head  of  the  church  is  with  us 
in  tokens  of  his  love,  in  answer  to 
prayer,  and  in  the  "  word  of  faith " 
which  we  preach  by  his  grace  and 
Spirit.  The  church  is  greatly  quick- 
ened, and  is  abiding  in  an  intelligent 
faith  and  hope  of  the  gospel. 

I  trust  some  souls  have  been  saved 
by  divine  grace,  and  will  unite  with  us. 
There  is  great  seriousness  of  attention 
to  the  me&ns  of  grace,  especially  the 
prayer  meeting,  among  our  young  peo- 
ple. Our  services  are  well  attended  at 
all  points,  and  intimations  of  good  up- 
lift the  hearts  of  the  brethren  and  my 
own.  Tet  I  feel  my  weakness,  and 
constant  dependence  on  Him  who  has 
said,  **I  am  with  you  alway.''  This 
thought  cheers  me  when  I  sit  alone 
with  the  divine  Word,  and  when  I  face 
the  wintry  storm.  The  Home  Mission- 
ary needs  this  assurance,  **I  am  with 
you;''  and,  dear  brethren,  how  must 
yon  need  it,  aa  your  eyes  run  over  the 
yaat  field,  looking  at  the  work,  at  the 
workmen,  and  at  the  treasory.  Ton 
look  at  the  past,  and  say,  '^Hehasbeen 
with  na;''  yon  hear  him  say  in  hia 
Word,  '*I  will  nevor  leave  yon,"  and 
thua  encourage  yoonelyea  for  the  fti- 


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May, 


tare.  Oh,  may  tiie  <'  wheels  wlkhin  tlw 
wheels  '*  roll  on,  and  the  liTing  fire  go 
witAi  them  I 


Fi-om  Rev,  M.  K.  Cross,  Waverljf,  Bremer 
County. 

Takinff  I«eave. 

I  have  to  report  the  oancellation  of 
my  last  quarterly  installment,  by  oar 
annual  oolleotion  of  that  amount.  At 
the  annual  meeting  of  the  ohuroh  I 
read  your  appeal  in  the  Home  Mimon- 
ary  and  urged  the  duty  of  assaming 
henceforth  Uie  entire  support  of  the 
minister.  In  due  time  action  was  taken, 
and  I  am  happy  to  hand  yon  this  as  the 
resnlt : 

^^Besolced,  That  the  sincere  thanks 
of  tliis  church  be  returned  to  the  Amer- 
ican Home  Missionary  Society  for  its 
timely  aid  in  the  days  of  our  weakness ; 
and  that,  in  taking  onr  leave  of  the  So« 
oiety,  we  invoke  the  continued  blessing 
of  God  opon  it,  and  pledge  our  cordid 
support  in  its  beneficent  work  of  aiding 
feeble  churches  in  the  new  settlements 
of  the  West." 

With  this  resolation  I  desire  to  add 
my  own  most  grateful  testimony  to  the 
ever  cheerful  and  Christian  sympathy 
which  I  have  received  fi-om  the  officers 
of  the  Society,  during  the  twelve  years 
that  I  have  been  partially  dependent 
upon  the  Society  for  my  salary.  We 
shall  hope  to  do  something  towards  re- 
paying your  favors,  in  years  to  come. 


WI0OOH8IK. 

From  Rep,  8.  M,  Thompaom,  Ossso^  Trempsa- 
leau  Co, 

•  Bevival. 

In  one  portion  of  my  field  we  are  in 
the  midst  of  a  most  interesting  and 
powerful  revival  of  religion.  The  wi^ 
was  pr«tNMd  in  part  last  mwHi  %9r  the 
•n^aniaation  and  malotebaBoe  of  a  Sa¥- 
bath  tchwd  where  no  efther  sMana  of 
gn»e  were  aajoyed.  leemaioneedttia* 
aionarf  labor,  and  was  deeply  nwfed  by 


the  deirtUxition*  The  way  was  further 
(^>eDed  by  the  ^nployment  of  one  of 
my  family  to  teach  the  distriot  sohooL 
She  was  opposed  by  one  of  the  tmneipal 
men  of  the  plaee  for  her  reading  the 
Bible,  singing  and  praying  with  her 
scholars;  but  being  sustamed  by  ike 
district  board  she  persevered,'  with 
prayerful  interest  and  personal  effort. 
The  result  has  been  that  a  large  majority 
of  the  school  give  evidence  of  conver- 
sion. In  a  neighborhood  about  four 
miles  from  thb  school,  I  have  for  some 
time  past  preached  once  in  two  weeks, 
and  have  felt  that  the  field  was  ripe  for 
a  precious  harvest  The  whole  valley 
of  Elk  creek,  an  extent  of  some  twelve 
miles,  is  moved,  and  demands  the 
work  of  harvest-men.  I  am  invited  to 
labor  in  "  a  special  effort  "  four  miles 
still  farther  down  the  valley,  where  God 
in  a  remarkable  manner  has  prepared 
the  way,  and  some  are  already  hope* 
fuDy  converted.  The  place  is  twenty 
miles  from  Osseo,  at  what  I  have  con- 
sidered the  extreme  point  in  my  mis- 
sionary field.  My  next  report  I  hope 
may  tell  of  precious  souls  gathered  in. 


KIOHiaAN. 

From  a  JiMonary, 
SUahtly  Healed. 
When  I  read  Dr.  Bushnell^s  sermon 
on  the  "  Tendencies  of  Emigration,"  I 
thought  it  rather  overdrawn.  But  I  do 
not  think  so  now.  I  have  a  practical 
demonstration  of  it  continually  before 
my  eyes.  It  is  aloKMt  impossible  to 
conceive  the  extent  to  which  men  will 
lose  the  sense  of  m<MiU  and  religioaa 
obligation,  care  for  G^d,  for  the  Savieur, 
and  for  the  things  of  eternity.  And  yet 
this  people  hare  had  preaching,  sudi  as 
it  was,  moet  of  the  time  shice  tiie  set- 
tlement of  this  section.  But  from  what 
I  learn  from  others,  and  have  heard  my« 
self,  It  basnet  been  preadimg  calculated 
to  lusliftat,  ^erata  end  save  men.  Its 
teodendei  and  resdtb  are  but  too  plainly 
vfffiile  afl  around  lis.    Bvery  year  or 


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two,  and  sometimes  oftener,  special 
meetiiigs  baye  been  heM,  and  an  exolte* 
ment  got  np  that  has  raged  witb  all  the 
fary  of  a  tornado.  Converts  bave  been 
oomtedbT'soores ;  bot  when  tbe  excite- 
mentfied  away,  their  interest  la  religion 
died  with  it.  To  most  people  here  the 
word  "revival*'  is  synonymons  with 
"excitement."  There  are  meetings 
now  in  progress  around  us,  of  a  charac- 
ter to  awaken  only  disgust  in  the  minds 
of  intelligent  x>^rBons,  and  that  will 
probably  leave  blight  and  desolation 
bebind  them.  These  things  work  a 
fearfol  injury,  the  extent  of  which  eter- 
nity only  can  reveal. 

for  this  state  of  thiogs  I  know  of  but 
one  remedy — the  glorious  gospel  of  tbe 
8on  of  God ;  the  preaching  of  the  truth 
09  it  is  in  JeauSy  in  all  its  beauty  and  ful- 
ness, the  distinguishing  doctrines  c^the 
cross.  This  I  am  endeavoring  to  do, 
especially  in  my  Sabbath  evening  ser- 
vioee.  A  la.rge  proportion  of  my  con- 
gregation at  that  time  are  young  people, 
and  I  am  trying  to  nnfi>ld,  in  their  rela- 
tion to  eaob  other,  the  doctrines  of  the 
go^  as  held  by  ns ;  and  we  have  grow- 
ing evideace  that  our  principles  are 
taking  root  and  spreading  in  tiie  com- 
munity. 

••• 

FnmRe9,  E.   T.  JBrancJi,  Maple  Jie^pidSy 
Clinton  Co, 

i}atli«rlnr  and  BnikUaff. 
Ihave  held  a  searies  of  meetings  in  a 
ickodl-hoQae  about  two  miles  from  Hbe 
TiB^  and  preaehed  each  evening  and 
tfcne  times  on  the  Babboth  for  five 
weeks.  As  the  result,  eighteen,  all 
keaisof  fismiliis,  united  witk  the  elinrch 
hem,  and  five  with  the  Esses  ehnreb. 

We  tiiooght  it  best  to  try  and  build 
a  house  of  worship — a  great  nnder^ 
taking  finr  nsL  We  conmenoed  work 
H  on  the  9&  of  August  The 
^  ki  05  hy  SS,  witik  a  basement, 
r  one  end,  S9  by  80,  and  nine  ibet 
ktteeisir.  TfaMreoMisnotflDlsML 
Ov  main  room,  65  by  82,  with  a  gal- 
hff  MTost  on4  end,   we  deOoiiled 


Jan.  16th,  your  Agent,  Rev.  W.  B.  Wil- 
liams, preaching  the  sermon.  A  foil 
share  of  the  work  came  upon  me,  la- 
boring six  days  about  the  churchy 
and  then  preaching  on  the  seventh.  I 
feel  rewarded,  however,  in  having  so 
tasteful  and  convenient  a  house  to- 
worship  in.  We  have  pledges  enough 
to  cancel  all  indebtedness. 


lassouBi. 

From  Jiet\  F,  A,  Armstrong^  Pleamnt  Hilly 
Ca$8  Co, 

A  Briirhter  I<ook. 

I  found  tbe  little  church  here  in 
rather  a  discouraged  condition,  with- 
out preaching,  far  outnumbered  by 
other  churches,  drawing  from  this  con- 
gregation and  Sabbath  school  till  they 
presented  but  a  feeble  appearance.  Ko  w 
all  looks  brighter.  The  Sabbath  school 
is  decidedly  stronger ;  regular  services 
are  kept  up  morning  and  evening  with 
fair  attendance.  Having  planted  onr 
artillery,  we  intend,  the  Lord  willing, 
to  keep  firing  until  a  breach  is  made. 
We  have  organized  the  members  of 
the  church  and  some  of  its  friends  into 
seven  committees :  1.  To  welcome  and 
introduce  strangers,  and  secure  names 
and  residence  for  the  pastor's  list; 
2.  To  look  after,  relieve  and  report 
cases  of  sickness,  etc;  8.  On  music; 
4.  On  social  gatherings;  5.  On  mis- 
sionary work ;  6.  On  church  Improve- 
ment'; 7.  On  Sabbath  school  visitation. 
These  committees  are  appointed  for 
three  months,  and  report  monthly. 
We  are  to  take  up  collections  for  the 
six  objects  recommended  by  the  gen- 
eral association,  and  once  in  two  months 
a  collection  to  defray  inoidental  ex- 
penses, and,  if  possible,  generate  a  sink- 
ing ftmd  to  pay  the  church  debt. 


Ohttxoli 

A  member,  w^  acquainted  with  the 
managem^t  of  bees,  pr<^N)ses  to  take 
care,  free  iji  charge,  of  all  that  may  be 
eottmiCted  to  htm,  for  the  benefit  of 


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the  oboroh.  When  this  ohnroh  debt 
if  in  a  fiur  way  of  being  pud,  one 
stambling-blook  will  be  removed.  I 
have  not  been  able  to  do  mnoh  yet  for 
the  benefit  of  the  fireedmen,  bnt  hope  in 
oomiDg  months  to  be  able  to  do  more. 


Fnm  Rev.    W,  H.    Warrm^  JSUeardvUU^ 
SL  LauuCo. 

Hia  First  Quarter. 

The  Holy  Spirit  with  his  gentle  in- 
fluences has  been  with  ns.  The  re- 
sults thus  for  are  apparent,  not  so  much 
in  the  number  of  those  who  have  re- 
cently determined  to  live  for  Christ, 
as  in  the  increased  respect  which  is 
manifested  all  through  the  community 
for  the  Sabbath  and  the  institutions  of 
religion.  The  number  of  attendauts 
upon  Sabbath  worship  is  constantly  in- 
creasing. Men  who  have  hardly  been 
to  church  for  years  are  regular  attend- 
ants. To  understand  what  an  encour- 
agement this  is,  you  must  remember 
that  of  the  upwards  of  250,000  people 
in  St  Louis,  it  is  estimated  that  only 
about  7,000  regularly  attend  Protestant 
worship.  To  those  who  have  always 
lived  in  the  East,  one  of  the  most 
striking  features  of  St.  Louis  is  its 
Sabbath  desecration.  Many  places  of 
business  are  open;  draya  and  express 
wagons  are  transporting  merchandise ; 
crowds  are  flocking  to  the  theatres  and 
places  of  amusement  in  the  evening. 
Of  course  the  amount  of  Sunday  busi- 
ness is  small  compared  with  that  on 
other  days  of  the  week.  Still  there  is 
enough  to  enable  all  so  disposed,  to 
easily  forget  that  it  is  the  Lord's  day. 

The  increased  interest  in  our  pray- 
er meetings  is  another  way  in  which 
God  has  blessed  the  labors  of  this 
little  band.  The  attendance  is  nearly 
three  quarters  of  the  average  Sabbath 
congregation.  Men,  women  and  chil- 
dren come  to  these  meetings,  be- 
cause they  feel  that  it  is  good  to  be 
there.  Often  do  I  hear  the  remark, 
and  from  some  who  are  not  Christians, 


^  What  a  good  prayer  meeting  we  have 
had."  The  Holy  Spirit  is  prompting 
na  to  a  more  entire  consecration  and 
greater  earnestness.  We  feel  sore  that 
still  richer  blessings  are  in  store  for  ns 
in  the  fiiture,  and  that  Plymonth 
ohnrch  is  to  be  a  grand  power  for  good 
on  the  outskirts  of  this  great  city. 


From  Bet,  T.  W,  Dame^y  Downy  lAving9Um 
ComUy, 

The  Welcome  Oommieaion. 
Knowing  as  you  do  that  I  have  a 
wife  and  four  children,  ranging  from 
fifteen  to  four  years  old,  when  I  tell 
you  that  our  expenses  for  moving  hero 
and  refitting  will  amount  to  nearly 
three  hundred  dollars,  and  that  to  meet 
these  we  have  as  yet  received  but 
eighteen  dollars  in  money  from  the 
people,  you  can  judge  how  eagerly  and 
anxiously  we  waited  for  your  commis- 
sion, and  how  our  hearts  were  cheered 
by  its  coming.  As  your  missionary  in 
Ohio,  I  had  learned  what  your  commis- 
sion meant,  and  how  certain  your  aid 
would  be  in  this  new  country,  where  is 
such  scarcity  of  money,  and  where 
every  body  seems  engrossed  with  sec- 
ular interests. 

Beginning  Anew. 

Whether  I  have  done  wisely  in  de- 
clining more  attractive  calls  and  com- 
ing into  this  comparatively  unevangel 
ized  State,  time  alone  can  show.  I 
know  that  I  followed  the  impulse  of  my 
heart;  and  I  trust  also  the  direction  of 
divine  Providenoe  and  of  tiie  Holy  Spirit. 
When  we  came  the  ehnroh  building 
was  not  half  finished,  and  owing  to 
some  minmderstanding  the  work  on  it 
had  ceased;  there  was  no  Sabbath 
school,  no  preaching,  no  regular  Sab- 
bath worship.  Now  the  building  is 
made  quite  comfortable,  and  all  the  s^- 
vioea  are  resumed.  Witii  the  aid  of  the 
Congregational  Uaion  we  expeot  to 
oompleto  and  dadioate  the  koose,  free 
of  debt 

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largest  congr^gatidn  ever  assemUed 
bere,  Dearly  fining  the  new  ohorcb.  I 
preached  to  them  on  *'  the  new  family 
wMch  Ohriat  is  gathering  in  the  world, 
foimded  on  lore,  aod  made  np  of  those 
vho  do  his  will.''  There  was  evidence 
iliat  hearts  were  moved,  and  I  hope 
that  a  lasting  impression  was  made. 
The  atmosphere  is  beginning  to  be  per- 
vaded with  mntoal  love,  peace,  sym- 
pathy, and  the  spirit  of  forgiveness. 
Bat  as  onr  members  are  from  different 
parts  of  this  coontry,  are  of  diverse 
character  and  comparatively  strangers 
to  each  other,  it  will  reqaire  sagacity, 
wbdom  and  circmnspection,  to  keep 
them  at  work  harnonioasly  and  effi- 
ciently. Your  missionary  feels  the 
need  of  those  excellent  gifts,  and  asks 
yonr  prayers  in  his  behalt 


iVom  Bt9.  J,  PorUr^  BrwmmUe,  Cameron 
Cotmijf, 

Oam  Y— g  Oloaad* 

A  year's  labor  nnder  commission  of 
yoor  noble  Society  has  dosed.  Some 
ef  the  hopes  that  snsftained  ns  in  enter- 
ing tins  fteld  have  been  realised,  and 
iome  of  the  fears  that  made  ns  shrink 
hare  proved  nnneoessary. 

Onr  ddef  eatise  of  grkf  has  been  the 
wide  spread  of  error,  delusion,  and 
Clime;  and  the  absence  of  the  convino- 
ing,  converting,  and  sonotiiyiog  power 
of  the  Holy  Spirit  We  think  he  has 
been  tritli  ns  in  Mrs.  IPorter^s  sohool,  in 
oor  prayer  meetings,  in  onr  Sabbath 
school,  and  In  the  honse  of  God  from 
the  day  cf  its  dedication ;  yet  we  have 
not  seen  the  Inmdred,  nor  the  sixty, 
nor  even  the  thfrty-ibld  ttcm  &e  seed 
sown,  (hir  eyei  haft$  not  $em.  Q(A 
may  see  that  the  harvest  Is  ripening  fcr 
t  gnat  afid  not  distant  ingal^^ring. 


Oor  Bomber  of  pEg^Fiag  ones  is  so 
rednoed  by  army  changes  as  to  make 
some  almost  despondent  Several  pray- 
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ing  officers  are  gone,  and  five  members 
of  the  ehnroh  have  removed,  finding 
no  means  of  snpport  after  the  quarters 
of  the  troops  were  finished.  These 
changes  seem  to  be  agi^nst  ns.  We  had 
confidently  hoped,  if  we  could  unite  all 
Protestants  in  one  religious  society,  we 
should  have  moral  and  pecuniary  power 
to  walk  without  the-  sustaining  hand  of 
your  Society  at  the  dose  of  my  first 
year  of  service  here ;  but  that  hope  is 
disappointed.  The  town  is  growing 
very  poor.  The  Mexicans,  the  mass  of 
our  population,  are  producers  of  nothing 
but  garden  vegetables.  Our  Catholic 
neighbors  are  as  desponding  as  ourselves 
with  regard  to  pecuniary  prosperity, 
though  the  wealth  of  the  plaoe  Is  chiefly 
with  them.  Mexico  is  so  unsettled  in 
its  mutable  government,  that  it  sends 
no  wealth  to  our  side  of  the  river.  We  - 
are  now  conscious  of  our  weakness, 
and  pray  God  to  interpose  for  us,  that 
our  labors  be  not  in  vain.  We  have 
gone  forth  weeping,  bearing  precious 
seed,  the  word  of  life,  believing  that 
our  hour  of  rejoicing  will  come. 

Onr  citizens,  waking  up  to  the  fact 
that  our  poverty  is  coming  as  an  armed 
man,  are  turning  their  attention  to  agri- 
culture. Having  the  best  lands  on  the 
continent  for  raising  cotton,  sugar-cane, 
the  ramie  plant,  com,  and  the  castor- 
bean,  and  having  thousands  of  men 
unemployed,  they  have  formed  com- 
panies for  farming,  and  have  now  much 
hope  of  restored  prosperity.  This  is 
the  one  bright,  redeeming  feature  in 
our  sky.  It  is  now  a  lltUe  cloud,  no 
bigger  than  a  man's  hand.  The  success 
of  one  gentleman  in  raising  a  fine  crop 
of  cotton  and  in  sending  the  first  bale 
of  the  yield  in  the  United  States  of  the 
year  1869,  has  given  a  great  impulse  to 
agricolture. 

Xrs.  Porter'a  School. 

Mrs.  Porter  will  still  superintend 
the  school,  until  she  can  safely  leave  it 
in  other  hands.  She  has  entered  on 
her  second  year  with  more  than  one 
hundred  scholars  on  the  roll,  and  de- 


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Totes,  gratuitously,  as  mauy  liours  a 
day  to  teaching  as  she  did  when  the 
first  aud  only  lady-teacher  in  Chicago, 
thirty-six  years  ago.  IXaving  renewed 
her  youth,  she  loves  the  work  as  sin- 
cerely as  she  did  then,  and  as  she  did 
her  four  years'  service  in  the  army,  not 
wishing  to  rest  here,  but  looking  to 
the  rest  that  remaineth. 

In  the  school  are  children  from  six 
Protestant  sects,  from  the  families  of 
Jews,  Catholics,  and  Spiritualists — and 
of  four  or  five  nationalities.  These  all 
sing  together  of  Christ  our  Lord,  and 
listen  daily  to  his  precious  words  and 
to  the  voice  of  prayer.  Some  are  ex- 
pressing an  earnest  desire  to  become 
l^liristians,  praying  in  the  teachers' 
prayer  meeting,  and  a  few  seem  really 
taught  of  the  Spirit  and  begin  to  hope 
in  Christ. 


VIBOINIA. 

Ff-wn  Riv.J,  R.  JohnMs  Hemitm^  Fairfaz 

Bev.  Kr.  Bobart'*  Visit. 

Yonr  Agent  for  New  York,  the  Rev. 
L.  S.  Hobart,  has  spent  a  Sabbath  with 
us,  preaching  one  excellent  sermon  at 
Hemdon,  and  another  in  a  private 
house  near  Guilford  station.  He  visit- 
ed also  Occoquan  and  other  localities 
in  the  region.  In  the  prayer  meeting  he 
gave  us  much  encouragement  His 
visit  refreshed  my  soul  and  cheered  us 
all  who  are  laboring  amid  many  obsta- 
cles. We  hope  that  he  can  be  spared 
from  New  York,  to  come  and  hold  a 
series  of  meetings  with  us  at  Herndon 
and  Guilford.  The  people  are  much 
interested  by  kia  preaching.  He  will 
long  be  remembered  in  our  pray- 
ers. 

*'  Beware  of  Dogs.*' 

I  feel  much  inclined  to  understand 
this  literally.  Cross  dogs  hinder  the 
progress  of  the  gospel  in  Virginia. 
They  often  keep  me  away  from  fimiilies. 


When  a  southern  family  calls  the  dog 
away,  or  sends  a  servant  to  guard  me 
against  him,  I  feel  assured  that  the 
truth  is  gaining.  Some  of  the  dogs 
were  trained  to  hunt  slaves,  and  such 
need  mach  '*  reconstruction "  before 
they  will  tolerate  radical  missionaries. 

Pleasant  Inoidents. 

The  people  have  made  me  a  donation- 
visit.  Thirty  families  were  represented, 
twenty-eight  of  them  being  northern 
fiamilies.  In  cash  we  received  about  $80 ; 
provisions,  etc.,  brought  the  amount  to 
$70.  The  cheerfulness  and  good-will 
which  were  manifested  much  encour- 
aged me  and  my  family.  That  several 
southern  families  shared  in  the  giving 
is  a  matter  of  pleasant  record.  One 
southern  farmer,  who  had  been  earnest 
in  the  rebellion,  came  several  hours  be- 
fore the  company,  on  horse-back,  with 
a  bag  of  potatoes,  apologizing  for  not 
giving  cash.  His  two  daughters  were 
with  the  company,  and  urged  my  wife 
to  visit  them.  Such  events  as  these  are 
our  prominent  way-marks. ' 

Our  recent  coming  to  the  Lord's  ta- 
ble was  gladdened  by  the  appropriate 
ftumiture  which  arrived  the  night  pre- 
vious, a  donation  fh>m  the  Congrega- 
tional church  of  Medway,  Mass.,  Bev. 
David  Sanford  pastor.  One  united 
with  us  by  letter  from  a  Congregation- 
al church  in  Maine ;  another  from  the 
same  church  was  prevented  from  attend- 
ing by  ill  health. 

Through  your  agency,  also,  the  La- 
dies' Society  of  PhilUpiton,  Mass.,  sent 
UB  a  barrel  of  clothing,  which  cheered 
the  hearts  of  my  wife  and  myselfl 

Feeling  greatly  the  need  of  religiouB 
pi4>ers  as  an  aid  in  my  pastoral  work, 
I  sent  a  brief  note  to  that  effect  to  Tkt 
Oonffr^ationaUit.  In  response  I  have 
received  from  various  quarters  a  liberal 
supply,  which  we  have  used,  and  can 
still  use,  to  great  advantage.  For  these 
fkvors  I  return  hearty  thanks  to  many 
known  and  unknown  donors. 


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Tbe  Hew  Territoriei. 

BY  MY,  J.  D.   DAYI8,  OF  CHBYBNXE. 

I  should  do  iojnstioe  to  this  vast  West, 
to  oor  Puritan  polity,  and  to  tbe  cause 
of  Christ,  did  I  not  speak  of  the  fature, 
and  the  immediate  wants,  of  this  field. 
We  cannot  appreciate  the  vastness  of 
oar  West  till  we  cross  it ;  nay,  not  then, 
iriuried  80  mfles  an  hour  across  an  nn- 
nbdoed  empire  stretching  from  five  to 
eight  hundred  miles  north  and  south  of 
m  Ten  States  as  large  as  Massachu- 
setts could  be  carved  from  this  "Wy- 
omiog,  with  fhigments  enough  left  for 
iboat  two  Rhode  Islands.  New  Eng- 
hmd  would  have  to  be  applied  to  the 
rtgion  beyond  the  Mississippi  more  than 
thbtj-fiTO  timea  to  cover  it  And 
it  itqdres  bo  perilous  ocean  voyage  or 
tedkras  steam  Journey  to  reach  this  West 
WW,  The  locomotive  will  place  here 
tbe  emigrant  from  either  ocean  in  three 
dtji.  Our  own  East  is  in  motion  to- 
wards US ;  the  millions  of  Europe  and 
ef  Asia  have  heard  of  our  spare  room 
nd  our  wealth,  and  are  conung.  To 
a^  nothing  of  the  great  belt  of  prairie, 
500  milea  wide,  which  stretches  from 
the  **  New  Dominion  "  to  the  Gulf;  and 
which  will  yet  be  the  garden  of  the 
Bition,  here  is  another  vast  region,  a 
mountain  belt,  600  miles  wide  and  1200 
loag^  rich  in  every  mineral.  Gold  is 
£Mmd  almosi  everywhere  in  it.  Large 
Eiitern  companies  are  forming  to  take 
possossitnof  it  in  the  spring.  It  is  esti- 
mated that  10,000  people  will  be  fitted 
out  in  Cheyenne,  in  the  early  spring,  to 
go  to  the  headwaters  of  the  Missouri, 
in  the  Big  Horn  Mountains  of  Northern 
Wyoming,  to  dig  fbr  gold,  which  Indians 
ind  soldiers  say  is  there  in  fabulous 
ipxantities.  This  region  is  not  to  be  set- 
tied  slowly,  as  the  States  of  the  interior 
grew  up.  It  is  to  reoeive  hy  iteam  the 
surplus  millions  of  Europe  and  Asia: 
"  a  nation  will  be  bom  in  a  day."   And 


here  is  to  be  a  great  moral  battle- 
ground. Christianity  is  here  to  grapple 
with  superstition,  paganism  and  infi- 
delity, and  overcome  them.  And  what  is 
the  duty  of  the  hour  ?  What  is  the  duty 
of  our  own  Home  Missionary  Society '{ 
In  the  army,  on  the  eve  of  battle,  the 
hospitals  were  put  in  readiness  to  re- 
ceive the  suflterers  whom  the  long  ambu- 
lance trains  would  soon  unload  at  their 
doors.  They  did  not  wait  till  the  trains 
arrived.  Just  so  here,  we  know  that 
millions  of  sick,  perishing  souls  will 
soon  fill  these  waste  places.  Shall  we 
wait  until  the  vast  trains  are  unladen 
here,  and  then  come  and  establish 
churches  over  the  graves  of  the  dead  ? 
Shall  we  sit,  with  folded  hands,  till 
Romanism  and  her  half-sister  Ritualism 
get  a  foothold  in  every  town-site  in  this 
vast  empire  ?  Are  our  polity  and  min- 
istry unsuited  to  the  millions  who  will 
soon  be  here  from  every  nation  ?  Nay, 
these  are  beat  of  all  adapted  to  the  seek- 
ing out  and  bringing  together  of  the 
Christiana  in  any  new  settlement  And 
the  people  of  the  West,  even  in  the 
rudest  village  or  mine,  are  among  the 
keenest,  shrewdest  minds  in  the  nation. 
Many  of  them  are  men  of  Uberal  educa- 
tion. They  can  appreciate  the  keenest 
logic,  and  the  most  profound  argument, 
and  they  can  be  reached  and  held  with 
no  other  style  of  preaching.  Our  great 
need  is  men,  men  of  the  best  culture, 
men  of  energy  and  discretion,  who,  with 
Christ  in  their  hearts,  and  love  in  their 
hands,  will  come  here  at  onee  and  lay 
the  foundations  I 


The  Sons  of  Hew  England. 

The  people  of  New  England  are  a 
singularly  unmixed  race.  There  is, 
probably,  not  a  county  in  England  oc- 
cupied by  a  population  of  purer  Eng- 
lish blood  than  theirs.  It  is  a  race  still 
more  especially  to  be  characterized  as^ 


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representiDg  a  peculiar  type  of  the  Eng- 
lishmen of  the  seventeenth  century* 
A  large  mcjoritj  of  the  early  plant- 
ers were  Paritans.  Sequestered  from 
foreign  influences,  the  people  thus 
constituted  was  forming  a  distinct  char- 
acter by  its  own  discipline,  and  was 
engaged  at  work  within  itself,  (m  its 
own  problems,  throngh  a  century  and 
a  hall 

This  people,  so  isolated  in  its  pupilage, 
has  now  diffused  itself  widely.  In 
making  an  estimate  of  the  numbers  of 
this  vast  tribe  of  men,  exactness  is  not 
attainable,  bu^  it  would,  probably,  be 
coming  somewhere  near  the  truth  to 
divide  the  present  white  population  of 
the  United  States  into  three  equal  ports 
-—one  belonging  to  the  New  England 
stock ;  one,  the  posterity  of  English  who 
settled  in  the  other  Atlantic  colonies; 
and  another  consisting  of  the  aggregate 
of  Irlshf  Saptch,  French,  Dutch,  Ger- 
man, Swedish,  Spanish  and  other  immi- 
grants and  their  descendants.  The  New 
England  race  has  contributed  largely  to 
the  population  of  the  great  State  of  New 
York,  and  makes  a  nugority  in  some  of 
the  new  States  farther  west.  We  pre- 
sume there  is  one-third  of  the  people  of 
these  United  States,  wherever  now  re- 
siding, of  whom  no  individual  could 
study  the  annals  of  New  England  with- 
out finding  there  the  history  of  his 
own  progenitors.  "The  principles  of 
New  England,"  says  Be  Tocqueville, 
"  spread  first  to  the  neighboring  States; 
then  they  passed,  successively,  to  the 
more  distant  ones ;  and  at  length 
they  involved  the  whole  confedera- 
tion." 

We  may  conclude  from  this  summary 
of  statistics,  which  has  been  selected,  widi 
some  abridgment,  from  Dr.  Palfrey's 
History,  that  the  descendants  of  tiie 
New  England  forefathers  are,  at  present, 
the  most  namerous  of  the  various  races 
which  constitute  the  nation.  They 
are  clearly  the  dominant  power  in 
the  United  States.— iTew  York  Etening 
Post. 


Miflcallaneout  Items. 

Obegon.— Rev.  "W.  J.  Clark  reports 
the  twenty-six  members  of  the  church 
of  Astoria  as  holding  on  their  way, 
amidst  many  obstacles,  hoping  for  re- 
enforcements  by  the  incoming  of  a  more 
congenkd  population.  The  Sabbath 
school  numbers  100  scholars. 

Caufoenia.— The  church  in  Clover- 
dale,  Rev.  J.  S,  Burger,  have  built  and 
dedicated  a  neat,  substantial  house, 
50x82  feet,  into  which  they  gather  in- 
creasing audiences.  The  people,  being 
chiefly  from  the  Southern  States,  had 
not  before  been  generally  drawn  to  the 
simple  service  of  this  church.. 

—Rev.  C.  H.  Pope  believes  that  this 
Society  has  been  called  on  for  its  last  ap- 
propriation to  the  church  of  Benicia, 
under  his  care. 

NsBBABKA.-— Rev.  Reuben  Gaylord, 
one  of  the  Iowa  pioneers,  and  for  nearly 
SIX  years  agent  of  this  Sodety  in 
Nebraska,  has  been  led  by  impiured 
health  to  resign  the  severe  labors  of  the 
agency,  though  it  is  expected  that  he 
will  continue  to  raider  important  aer- 
vioe  to  the  Society  and  the  churches  of 
that  State. 

Rev.  O.  W.  Merrill,  of  Anamosa, 
Iowa,  has  been  appointed  Mr.  Gaylord^s 
successor  in  the  agency,  and  has  ac- 
cepted the  position. 

—Rev.  W.  C.  Foster,  late  of  Massa- 
chusetts, now  laboring  in  Nebraska  City, 
and  his  brotiier  RosweQ,  at  Oamp  Cre^ 
and  out-stations,  report  themselves  hap- 
py and  hopefhl  in  their  genuine  mis- 
sionary work,  laying  foundations  for 
generations  to  come. 

Kansajb.— Rev.  Zebina  Baker  has  re- 
signed his  mission  service  in  Waushara, 
and  is  to  be  succeeded  by  Rev.  John 
Phillips,  late  of  London,  England. 

— Rev.  J.  M.  McLain  writes  that  his 
congregation  in  Burlington  has  tripled 
or  qoadrnpled  since  entering  the  new 
sanctuary,  the  Sabbath  school  has  more 
than  doubled,  a  "  temperance  revival " 


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has  changMl  the  bad  bftbito  of  some, 
and  a  great  rash  of  immigration  is  put- 
ting a  new  face  upon  things  in  that  part 
of  the  State. 

MzsNBsoTA.  —  Eev.  Prescott  Fay, 
latel  J  £pom  the  hills  of  New  Hampshire, 
writes  cheerfoUj  of  his  first  quarter's 
experiences  with  the  Vine  street  church 
in  Jtfinneapolis,  and  of  the  realization  of 
his  long^herished  desire  to  take  part  in 
"lajing  foundations  "  at  the  WesL 

—The  chnrdi  in  Mazeppa  meets 
monthly  with  the  pastor,  Rev.  E.  F. 
Dada,  when  the  corenant  is  read  and 
renewed  by  each  member.  At  the 
prajer  meetings  every  member,  male 
and  female,  takes  part,  if  only  by  the 
repetition  of  some  scriptnral  warning, 
e^ortation,  or  promise. 

Iowa. — ^Bev.  J.  S.  Harris,  of  Salem, 
Peary  oonnty,  at  the  age  of  70,  is  re- 


joiiHng  in  "  a  good  work  that  has  been 
in  progress  alnoe  the  week  of  prayer." 
At  the  March  communion  23  were  re- 
ceived on  profession  of  faith — the  fathers 
and  mothers|of  four  families,  the  mothers 
of  fonr  others,  and  twelve  yoong  persons 
from  18  to  20  years  of  age. 

—Rev.  L.  W.  Brintnall,  of  Winthrop, 
reports  the  dedication  of  a  house  of 
worship  on  the  13th  of  February,  when 
pledges  were  given  to  eaucel  the  entire 
indebtedness  of  $3,000,  with  aid  ex- 
pected firom  the  "  Union." 

—The  ehorch  in  Fayette,  Hev.  J.  T. 
Olosson,  is  bnilding  a  small  $2,500 
house,  at  great  sacrifioe.  They  have 
recently  doubled  in  numbers,  and  more 
thaa  doubled  in  influence.  Their  mis- 
sionary says,  *'You  will  seldom  find 
a  people  so  united,  ooble-hearted, 
and  willing  to  straggle  for  the  good 
cause." 


APPOINTMENTS  FOR  MAEGH,  1870. 


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Eer. 
IUt. 

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Uf. 
Ker. 
B«v. 

4k 

£«T. 

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BCT. 
£CT. 


Kol  in  C&mmitthn  latt  ywr, 
John  W.  BtiM^  Jr^  OiehiB  Grtek  Mid  Wood- 
la.  Bom- 
k/,  Iowa. 

N.Y. 


ThomM  Coadon,  DallM  City,  Oregon. 

Saancl  L.  Adair,  Oidwatomio  tad  vkinitj, 

a. 

0«»fa  A.  BMkwitb,  Olatha,  Ean. 

John  D.  Bell,  Bnpotla,  Kan. 

Chflvlet  L.  Onnd,  Cottonwood  Falls  nd  Mid- 

•  CMokfKaa. 

Oilman  A.  Hojt,  Hiawatha  and  Walaat  Creek, 

IL 

Bdward  Bnnni,  Hedfetd,  Minn. 
Palnar  Utta,  Bprlng  Yailoj,  Mtan. 


BoT.  Alfrad  Mofse, Nevada  and  Bose  Creek  station, 


BeT.  Orlando  Clarke,  Lansing,  Iowa. 

Bar.  Albert  Maseoo,  QoaeqaetoBtlowa. 

Bar.  Edwin  E.  Webbar,  Dorant,  Iowa. 

Ber.  John  Cadwadedar,  MUwaokeat  Wle. 

Bev;  John  P.  Chamberlain,  New  London,  Wis. 

Ber.  EHtba  W.  Cook,  New  Lisbon,  Wia 

Bar.  Bobert  Bewell,  Brooklyn,  Win. 

Ber.  J.  HinsAdtley,  Brady,  Hlch. 

Ber.  Joaeph  IX  MUkrd,  Fkaauton  and  Tklnlty. 

Mieh. 
Ber.  DaaM  MiUer,  Glaa  Arbor  and  foor  oat-ala- 

tlonaMlcb. 
Ber.Chariee  8.  CaHIhtn,  Wyaoonda  and  Prospect 

Gnre,  Mo. 
Bev.  Duitol  B.  MlUer,  Pilot,  Balina  and  Blair*s 

8obool-booae,Ill. 
Bar.  Ebeneser  HalUday,  Angola,  Ind. 
Ber.  Thonuis    B.    MoCormlck,    Frandaco     and 

MeehanlcaTille,  Ind.   . 
Ber.  Cnrtls  0.  Baldwin,  SalUvan,  Ohio. 
Ber.   William    Potter,  OaxrettoyiUe  and   Maple 

GroTO,  Ohla 
Bev.  Samnel  a  Feemster,  CMnmbns,  Miss. 
Ber.  George  A.  Bockwood,  Benasdaer  Fulls^  N.  Y. 


EEOEIPK  IN  MARCH,  1870. 


The  following  ftatanent  iododea  tba  amounts  paid  direetly  Into  tbe  Treasury,  together  with  thoee 
Mitsd  by  Aoxfllarlea,  as  expended  in  their  fields  dnrfng  the  last  missionary  year. 
Tbe  same  aiptnHed  bf  AvdUariea  within  tbeir  booada  are  marked  (*). 


XAI5E- 

Mdaa  Miaaionary  Boelety,  •flS^  09 

8oatb  Freeporlt  Ladlee,   by   Bar. 
H.  Daley,  5  00 


NEV  HAMPSniBE— 

New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society,    •|7,1S2  78 

YEBMOHT- 
Yermon^Dom.  Missionary  Society,         *8,S56  00 


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B«nioii,  Ezra  Strong.  tS  00 

Bnttleboro,  Mrs.  a  H.  Van  Doom.  90  00 
CMtleton,  Harrejr  Orliwold,  bj  O.  Bf. 

Wilkrd,  100  60 

Onfton,  Mrs.  8.  B.  PetUngell,  4  00 
Poacbam,  A  Friend,  to  conat  Jmdm  B. 

KiaerBOD  a  L.  BL,  80  00 

Stowe,  R.  A.  8aTaf^  U  00 
WelU  Bl?er,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Boo..  $lSw00  ; 

A  Friend,  ISO,  bj  W.  8.  Palmer,  4S  60 


MASSACHUSETTS— 


Mai 


Home  Misstonary  Sodetv, 
Home  Mtoa.  Boe^  bj  Benjamlo 


Perkina,  Trea&, 
Hampthire  Mies.  See.,  bj 
Wmiama,Trea8., 
6oeben,Cong.  Cb^ 
Bontbampton,  Cong.  Ok, 
Weathampton,  Cong.  Cb.^ 
Otber  SOU! 


6,000  00 


119  00 
49  00 
69  00 
Utber  souroea,  800  00    48T  00 

Maasacboaetta,  From  Tbree  Friends^       1,000  00 


ende. 
PI  vmontb,  on  acootnt  of  Legaej  of  Mrs. 

Nancy  Darie,  bj  J.  Harlow  and  A.  L. 

Barnes,  Esa,  1,486  81 

West  Stookbridge,  on  aoeonnt  of  Iiegaoy 

of  B.  Ck>ne,  by  H.  W.  Taft  and  O.  J. 

Tucker,  Traateea.  HX)  00 

Yarmontb,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  Ber. 

J.  W.  Dodge,  65  80 

UHODE  ISLANI>- 

Bbode  Island  Home  Mlaaionary  Soelety, 

^68,047  00 
Providence,  Legacy  of  Dea.  J.  B.  Nlchou, 

by  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Nlcbols,  £xz.,leaB  Qot. 

tax,  80900 

CONNECTICUT- 

Conn.  Home  Mlaalonary  Society,       *|16,856  57 

Derby,  WllUa  Hotcbkiaa,  by  Tbomaa 
Oray,  10  00 

Edwin  HaUook,  .  4  60 

Uartfurd,  on  aoouant  of  Legacy  of  Mra. 
Mary  A.  Warborton,  by  K.  Sblpman 
and  H.  A.  Perklna,  Eza.,  6,825  00 

J.  D.  R,  by  Mra.  M.  Parker,  6  00 

Ledyard,  Ladlea  of  tbe  Cong.  C3h.  and 
Soc,  by  Mra.  A.  M.  Cook,  1  OO 

Mlddletown.  Fh^  Cong.  Cb.,  by  H.  B. 
Sawyer,  Trees,,  T  50 

Mllford,  First  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc,  by  £. 
B.  Piatt,  Trees.,  860  00 

Boxbory,  Cong.  Cli.  and  Soc,  by  A.  W. 
Fenn,  TreaSn  to  oonat.  Mra.  Ellxabetb 
Warner  a  L.  M.,  48  40 

Seymour,  Cong.  Ch.,  Mr.  Armatrong, 
by  Bev.  H.  P.  Collin,  60 

Sbaron,  Mrs.  Ann  M.  B.  Oowlca,  In  fbll  to 
conat.  MIsa  Ada  Dean  a  L.  M.,  10  00 

Stratford,  Mrsw  Lanrana  North,  to  const 
Mrs.  Antoinette  N.  Bicbarda  a  U  M.,       80  00 
Gen.  G.  Loomls,  by  O.  B.  Kingsbury,         8  SO 

NEW  TOBK- 

BecelTcd  by  Ber.  L.  S.  Hobart, 

Onondaga  Valley,  Preab.  Cb.,  14  50 

BaUTla,  Mra.  Harriet  L.  Tracy,  10  00 

Bellport«  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Ber.  J.  Glbba,  4  70 

BerryTlUe,  Cong.  Ob.,  $3;  Foreatburgh 

etotion,  Cong.  Cb.,  $1.78,  by  Ber.  F. 

Kyte,  8  78 

Brooklyn,  Plymovth  Cong,  Ch^  by  O. 

B.  Cooroea,  Treaa.,  497  48 

Puritan  Cong,  CL,  by  T.  F.  Stoddard,  08  53 
Candor,  Ber.  George  A  Pelton,  10  00 

Columbna,  Legacy  of  Mra.  Anna  W.  Bai^ 

rowB,  by  Anatin  Barrowa,  Ex.,  Icaa 

Got.  tax,  94  00 

Deanayille,  E.  B.  Barton,  800  00 

Eaat  Pbarsaila,  Cong.  Cb.,  89.04 ;  Dea. 

Jonaa  Herrick,  dec,  $10,  by  Her.  C. 

W.Burt,  '  19  61 

Eaat  Pitcaim,  Cong.  Cb.,  85.06;  Harrls> 

▼Ille,  Oong.  Cb.,  111.55^  by  B«t.  A.  L. 

Greene,  ^  16  61 


Hancock,  Mra.  W  heeler,  by  Ber.  J.  D. 
Com  wen,  $6  00 

BCalone,  on  account  of  Legacy  of  Lyman 
8.  Cotton,  by  €b  O.  Cotton,  adm.,  100  00 

New  York  City,  Broadu>avJKb9rna<sl6 
Ch.  (additional),  L  W.  Bamnm,  to 
const,  bim  aL.  M.,  $80;  James  Taloott, 
to  conat  him  a  L.M.,  $80;  I.  8.  Caae, 
toeonatblmaL.M..$50.  110  00 

A  Friend, $40:  W.S.  Carman, $5;  A 
Lady,$8;  ALadr,$5,  53  00 

Oawego,  Oong.  Ch.,  ny  D.  O.  Fort,  09  8S 

Potadam  Junction,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by. 
Ber.  G.  Hardy,  85  50 

Poogbkeepaie,  Dennis  Jonea,  by  Ber.  F. 
B.  Wheeler,  10  OO 

Bocbeiter,  8.  D.  Porter,  by  O.  B.  Kinga- 
bury,  50  03 

Saratoga  Bpringa,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  O.  B. 
Flab.  Treaa.,  11  00 

West  Newark,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Ber.  W. 

Macnah,  T  70 

WQmington  and  Upper  Jay,  Cong.  Cha., 
byBer.T.Wataun,  5  82 

NBW  JSBSST— 

Cheater,  Fiiat  Oeog.  Ch.  and  See.,  by  J. 

H.Cramn,  18  00 

Eliaabethport,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber. 

S.  B.  BoMAtor,  10  00 

Trenton,  Third   Presb.  Cb.,  by  J.  G. 

Brearl^,  14  69 

PENNSYLVANIA— 

Cheater,  George  Hood,  5  00 

Weat  Spring  Creak,  Cung.  Cb.,  by  Ber. 
8.  Bowland,  10  00 

YIBGINU- 

Chantniy,  Mr.  SImpaon,  $1:  W.  L.  H. 
Kendriok,  $1,  br  Ber.  J.  B.  Johnaon.       3  00 

Cottage  Grore,  Eider  Jaroea  Smith  and 
llunilr,  by  Ber.  J.  B.  Johnaon,  1  80 

FarmrlucDarld  Brinckorboli;  by  Ber. 
J.  B.  Johnaon,  8  00 

GuUford,  a  8toy,81;  Mijor  E.  Hart- 
well,  dOc  ;  John  Ely.  $1 ;  Two  Frienda, 
SOo,  by  Ber.  J.  B.  Johnaon,  8  00 

Herndon,  B.  B.  Blanchard,  $2:  O.  J.  Gil- 
bert, $1;  B.  W.  Clark,  $1;  A.  £. 
Banka,  81 ;  Dea.  0.  Burton,  $1 ;  D.  H. 
Famham,  $1 ;  H.  Payne,  $1 ;  Three 
Frienda,  $1.50:  S.  Hilfam,  81 ;  Bev.  J 
B.  Johnaon,  $1 ;  Cash,  $8,  by  Bor.  J. 
B.  Johnson,  14  50 

OHIO- 

Beeelred  by  Ber.  L.  Kelsey. 
Aurora,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  nvt, 

G.  C.  Bead,  $8  25 

Berlin  Heights,  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Ber.  J.  OL  Tbompaon,  15  00 

Clereland  Helgbta,  Cong.  Oh., 

by  Ber.  T.  B.  Noble,  52  00 

Cincinnati,  SwenihStrtei  Cong. 
CJLy  by  C.  L.  F.  Huntington, 
Treaa.,  800  81 

Vm$  Orui  Cong,  CBL,  by 
Ber.AH.Boa^  180  00 

Cook*a  Four  Comera,  Cong. 

Ob.,  1^  O.  B.  Cook,  4  00 

Cuyahoga  Falhi,  Oong.  Ch.,  by 

Lottie  A  Lawaon,  87  57 

Plain,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  W.  B. 

BUnton,  18  00 

Sylranla.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber. 

B.  McCnne,  90  06 

Wayne,  Cong:  Oh.,  by  Ber.  E. 
Thompson,  90  00    545  18 

Delta,  Cong.  Oton  hj  Ber.  J.  Yttter,  8  60 

Elyria,  ll€.  Metcal(  86  00 

Lafltyette,  Cong.  Cb.,  B«r.  J.  M.  Fraaer, 
to  oonat  Doa.  Boewell  WlUlama  and 
Dea.  Bben.  Ohapin  L.  Ma.,  60  00 

Madlaon,  Flrat  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  J.  a 
Bumell,  18  95 


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llsrUnibargb,  Cong.  Ch^  $35.50;  Rer.  E. 

F.  Balrd,  |5:    Onmbter,    Cons.   Cb., 

I&SO.  bj  B^v.  &  F.  Baird,  140  00 

UlMnl  Bidge,  Cong.  Cb.,  byBev.D. 

TbomaM,  XS  78 

PBinwTlUe.  Lake  Erie  Fern.  Sem.,  by 

Mary  A.  Evana,  20  00 

ILLINOIS— 

Beeeived  bj  Bev.  H.  D.  Flatt, 

Beardstown,  Oonff.  Cb.,  to' 
taoML  Samnel  P.  Dale  aod 
Tbomaa  W.  Oatlln  L.  Ms.,       |T5  00 

JeffenooviUe,  Q.  Q.  WakefMd,  5  00 
Atkinson,  Conf.  Ch.,  by  Bov.  J.  T.  Cook, 
Barry,  Goog.  Gh^  by  Bev.  A.  A.  Wbit- 

more, 
Big  Bock,  OoDf.  Cb., 
Bada,  FfaMt  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  B.  A. 

Arnold, 
Cantoii,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  H.  Bates,  to 

toui.  Amniattoe  MeOutobeon  aud  Miss 

Sarah  EL  Beers  L.  Ms., 
Coal  Talley,  Thomas  I.  DaTlet, 
Creaton,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  A.  Barnain, 
Ciystal  Lake,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  B.  Hay, 
Downer's  Orove,  Cong;  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T. 

Ghaftr, 
Elmore,  Cong.  Oh.,  13.60 ;  Victoria,  Cong. 

Cb.,  $L&4,  baL  of  oolL,  by  Bev.  B.  F. 


60  00 
656 


15  00 
6  00 


15  40 


T6  00 
T  00 
6  00 

10  00 

1126 


HaakBuL 
enssec,  i^i4 


dies*  Mils.  Circle,  by  Mrs.  M. 

ILPleree, 
Geneva,  Cons.  Ch.,  to  const  Bev.  H.  M. 

Whitney  a  LwM^ 
OreenvlUe,  Den.  Burchested,  by  Bev.  M. 

M.Longle7, 
Bamfiton,  Con^  Ch.,  by  Bev.  B.  Ham- 
^Phwy, 
Kewaaee,  Cong.  Ch.,  nwm.  eon.,  $89,  an. 

coU.,  966^  to  const.  Hiram  Lay,  Milo 

Doty  and  O.  U.  LoomU  L  Ms., 
U  Harpe,  Cong.  CIl.  by  Bev.  D.  Gore, 
Lee  Cenbe,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  Wright, 
LUa,  Goo^  Cb.,  by  Bev.  &  F.  Btratton, 
Lombard,  Jamea  Claflln. 
Omego^  Cong.  Cb^ by  Bev.  D.  J.  Baldwin, 
PsTion,  Cons.  Cb.,  by  B.  Bobbins,  in  ftill 

to  const  Joseph  Elfiutta  L.  D.,  and 

Daniels.  Bobbins  a  L.M., 
Pn>vldenee,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  D.  Todd, 

to  const  George  B.  Cashing  a  L.  M., 
Qaincy,  Batata  of  Rev.  A.  Froweln,  by 

Bev.  C.  £.  Conrad, 
Bosevllle,  Flrtt  Cuog.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  J.  J>. 

WyckoH; 
Udlna.  Fizst  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  C.  M. 


4  84 

18  16 

88  41 

100 

600 


106  00 
88  00 

10  00 

11  86 
25  00 

,  18  76 


9140 
81  00 
S6  00 
16  CO 
16  00 

19  60 
650 


MI980UBI— 
Klddsi^^FlrsfCong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  6. 6. 

Owk,  Cong.  Ch..  $2.50 ;  Christian,  Cong. 
Ql,  $a00,  by  Bev.  Z,  X.  f  eemster, 

WCBiaAN— 

Beeelved  hf  Bev.  W.  B.  WlUlams, 
Battle  Creek,  Cong.  Ch.,  $14  58 

EstaU (/LndndaPerdval,         S18  00 
Cbi^ea,  Cong.  Ch.,  17  91 

Detroit,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  an.  eolL, 

$1!S8:  mon.  eon.,99S  18,         SI5  18 
Batoo  B«pid^  Cong.  Cb.  eoa, 

Innart,  1  00 

Port  Baron,  Cong:  Ch.,  17  80   438  67 

Beeelved  by  Bev.  L  Warren. 
CaanoMbnrgfa,  Cong.  Ob.,  bal. 

«f  coD.,  8  00 

Derr,  Cong.  Oh.,  17  86 

Ahno,  Flist  Coag.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  B.  F. 


Almlta,  (tons.  Cb^  $4  81;  BImwood, 
Goaf.  Ch^HOO.  by  Bev.  A.  H.  Dean, 

B«tt7and  Bast  OlUad.  Union  Cong.  Obii; 
Hg^OrtuMi, Cong.  Oh.,  $14,  by  Bev. 


19  86 
400 
6  21 

80  85 


Cedar  Bpringii.  Rev.  E.  Booth, 

Dorr,  Cong.  Cb.,  bal.  ot  cqIL,  by  Bev.  C. 

N.  Conlter, 
East  Johnstown,  Cong.  Cb.,  by   Rev.  J. 

W.  Yoangs, 
EdwsrdsboKgb,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  W. 

J.  Trimble. 
Flat  Book,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  C. 

Machln, 
Hopkins,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  L.  E.  8lkes, 
Itbaca,  First  Coug.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  E.  W. 

Shaw, 
Flnekney,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  J.  W. 

Fltxmaurioe, 
Ulloa,   First  Cong.  Cb..   by  Bev.  W. 

Piatt  to  const  Dea.  John  B.  Chapman 

wiscoireiN- 

Beloit,  John  C.  Neweomb, 

Green  Bay,  First  Presb.  Cb.  and  Soc, 

by  W.  H.  Korris,  Tress., 
Marion,  German  Evan.  Cong.  Cb.,  by 

Bev.P.J.Hof, 
New  Chester,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev. 

J.  W.  Perkins, 
Pleasant  Hill,  Pr.  Ch.,  by  Bar.  A.  Pink- 

erton, 
riymoutb,  Cong.  Cb^   by  Bev.   S.   H. 

Barteaa,  to  const  Charles  W.  Wilder  a 

L.  M 
Stockbridge,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  L.  P. 

Norcmss, 
Tomah,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  B.  S. 

Baxter, 

lOWA- 

Becelved  by  Bev.  J.  Gnerneey, 

Dnbnqae,  Cung.  Ch.,  to  conct  Monroe 
B.  Amsden,  James   N.  Foye,  and 
Josephine  E.  Dorr,  L.  Ms., 
Davenport   Ladies*  8ow.  Circle  of  the 

German  Cong.    Cb.,  by  Bev.  J.  F. 

Graf, 
Decorah,  German  Evan.  Cong.  Cb.,  by 

Bev.  O.  F.  Veltz, 
Flint  Creek,  Ooog.  Ch.,    by  Bev.  E. 

Griffith, 
Gamavnio,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.   K   A. 

Dean. 
GreenMonn  tain,  Cong.  Ob.,  $18;  Bev.  B. 

Stoart,  $7,  by  Bev.  B.  Staart 
Iowa  Falls,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  bal.  of  coll., 

by  Bev.  J.  L.  Atkinson, 
Keosaaqaa,  Cocg.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  J.  P. 

Blcbards. 
Long  Creek,  Welsh  Cong.  Ch^  by  Bev.  0. 

Owens, 
Mason  City,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  J. 

BGllbeFi, 


Bocklbrd,  Cong.  Ob.,  by  Bev.  L.  Warner, 
Balem,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  J.  S.  Barris, 
Babula,  Confc  Ch.,  by  Bey.  O.  Emerson, 


Wlnthrop,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  baL  of  coll., 
byBev.UW.Brintnali, 

MINNESOTA- 

Bnttemot  Valley,  Cone.  Cb.,  $&60;  He- 
bron, Cong.  Oh.,  $8.07 ;  Judson,  Cong. 
Cb.,  $9168,  by  Bev.  P.  Perearine, 

Glenwood.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  A.  C. 
Lathrop, 

KANSAS- 

Burlington,  First  Cong.  Oh.,  baL  of  colL, 

byBev.J.  M.McLaro, 
Vienna,  Cong.  Cbn  by  Bev.  A.  Oonnet 
Waosbara,   a  Young  Lady,  by  Bev.  Z. 

Baker, 

NEBBA8KA— 

Blair,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  M.  Tlngley, 
Milford.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  T. 

N.  Skinner, 
Irving,  Bev.  E.  B.  Harlbat 


$3  50 
6  00 
550 

87  00 

25  00 
500 

8  42 

14  00 

80  00 

10  00 
70  17 
10  00 

4  00 

5  85 

82  00 
1  00 
5  00 


100  00 

400 

7  30 
20  80 
10  00 
25  00 

6  00 

18  10 

12  50 

20  00 
17  00 

8  0() 
6  00 

5  S5 


11  50 
8  00 


800 
10  00 


50 


18  60 


18  17 
5  00 


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CALIFOBNIA- 

BenloU,  Pint  Cong.'  Ch.,  bj  Bev.  C.  H. 

Pop^ 
Olajton,  Cong.  Ch.,  bj  Ber.  M.  Hwkeri 
ll«f ward,  Coog.  CIl,  by  Bev.  B.  a. 

Seymour, 
Loekeford,  Cong.  Ch.,  bj  Ber.  J.  J. 

Fowell, 
Unknown,  n  FilAnd  to  tbo  CaiHe, 

HOME  MISSIONABY, 
Expended  daring  the  rear  hj 


♦T70 
800 

10  00 

900 
1  00 

81  IS 


)  AnxUUries  named.    $61,77i  98 
B^eelved  attbis  office  in  Mareb, 
1870,  118,987  85    $88  768  88 


Donations  of  Clothima,  «tc 

BrooklTD,  N.  T.,  Ladles*  Benev.  Boo.  of  the 
Soatb  Cong.  Cb.,  bj  Mrs.  C.  H.  Parsong, 
Sec,  two  boxes  and  a  barrel,  |485  87 

Chester,  Vt,  Ladies'  Cong.  Sew.  Soe.,  bj 
Mrs.  J.  G.  Hale,  a  half-barrel,  44  65 

Crown  Point,  N.  Y.,  Ladles'  Sew.  Circle  of 
the  First  Cong.  Cb..  by  Mrs.  K.  C 
IValker,  a  barrel  of  olotbing  and  a  oom- 
munlon  set,  160  00 

DoTer,  N.  H.,  Ladies'  ITome  Miss.  Boo.  of 
the  First  Cong.Ch^b7  Mias  C.  M.  Pal- 
mer, a  barrel,  168  00 

Farmington,  Conn.,  Lsdlai,  bj  M»  &  a 
GewlM,  a  iMrrel,  100  00 

Ledjard,  Conn.  Ladles  of  the  Cong.  Cb. 
and  Soe.,  bj  Mra.  A.  M.  Cook,  a  barrel        66  26 

Middletown,  Conn.,  Lsdies'  Home  Mlia.  So6. 
of  the  South  Cong.  Cbn  by  Mrs*  John  P. 
Taylor.  Sec,  a  box,  925  61 

Monaon,  Mass^  Ladles'  Benev.  Bocl,  by  Kn. 
W.N.  Flint,  a  barrel,  80  00 

Monnt  Camel  Conn.,  Ladies*  Soe^  by  Lo^ 
W.lTSfl,  a  barrel,  148  00 

New  Haren,  Conn.,  Ladles'  Home  Miss. 
Soe.  of  the  First  Cb.,  by  Misa  £.  North, 
Sec,  eight  boxes  and  two  oommanion 
setf  1*660  28 

Ladles'  Soe  of  the  North  Cb.,  by  Mn. 

Henry  Champion,  a  barrel,  188  00 

Ladies  of  CoUege  st.  Cb.,  by  Bov.  J.  W. 
Habbellabox, 

New  York  City,  Ladles  of  th«  Bni«dwa|p 
Tabemaele  Ohl,  by  Mrs.  Dr.  J.  P.  Thomp> 
son,  another  trunk  of  olothing,  etc.,  (five 
in  all).  750  00 

Plymouth,  Conn.,  a  bnndle, 

Kldgefleld,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Beiiev.  Soe.,  by 
M.  J.  Boyd,  a  barrel,  127  00 

Sooth  Freeport.  Ma.,  Ladles,  by  Ber.  B.  _ 

Hsley,  a  barrel,  64  68 

Westfleld,  MaM.»  LadM*  Bener.  Socw  of  the 
First  Cong.  Cli,  by  F.  A.  Cbadwiok,6ec, 
abox,   •*."*''  168  84 


ReeslpU  </  the  3iattaekuutt»  Rome  UimUmary 
Soddy^  in  February^  BxifJAiinr  Pnkim,  2Wm. 

Andorer  North,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boe.,  $13  43 

Ashburnham,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soei,  39  72 

Ashland,  Cong  Ch.  and  Boo.,  8  00 

Boston,  Essex  st  Ch.  and  Boo.,  an.  eoll,  612  00 
Old  South  Ch.  and  Soe,  an.  ooll,  1,137  90 
Balance  of  Legapy  of  Oilnuux  B.  Lowe,  by 

J.  Field andJ. e. Cary,  Bxs.,  616  00 

A  Friend,  $20 ;  a  Frteod,  $6,  Si  00 
Brimfleld,  Lenqr (inpart)  of  >ilsLwli» 
Homer,  by  Ira  D.  HaMl,  Ex.,              ,l^KO  00 

Lesacy  of  Persis  BUsa,  $88  61 

Brookfleld,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Boc,  bal  of  oolL*  10 
Boston  Hlgbknde,  Vina  st  Gong.  Ch.,  moD. 

con.,  IS  10 


Cambridge,  Bhepard  Cb.  and  8oc, 

E.  W.  Haynea, 
Chelsea,  Ber.  A.  Burpee, 
Charlestown,  John  Stetson, 
Cobasset,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soe., 
Dighton  Nortb,  Natban  Ide, 
Dracnt  West,  Cong.  Ch., 
Draeut,  Centre  Cbn 
Fall  Birer,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soe., 
Freetown,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soe:, 
Gloucester.  Evan.  Ch.  and  Boa, 
Great  Barrlogton,  Legacy  o#  tbd  tote  Hark 

Bosseter,  by  .Mrs.  Boiseter,  lew  Got. 

tax, 
Holland,  Ladleij*  Bener.  Soo, 
Hopklnton,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Boc, 
Lincoln,  Ladlo^  Miss.  Boc, 
Littleton,  Evan.  Cong.  Ch., 
Medford,  Mrs.  Galen  James, 
Monson,  A.W.  Porter,  Esq.. 
Newburyport,    flrom  the  Estate  of  Miss 

Frances  Banister. 
N<  ,  tx  1869, 


$185  35 
80  00 

200 
60  00 
85  26 

600 
15  88 
13  87 
70  T5 
30  00 
144  50 


470  00 
80  0(1 
71  20 

125  00 
7  15 

125  OO 

300  00 

714  40 

822  87 

10  OO 

25  00 
904  65 

20  OO 

30  OO 

12  12 

129  85 

101  25 

26  00 
591  65 

500 

$8,169  21 

Seeeiptt  qf  the  Connecticut  Borne  MUeUmary 
Society^  in  March,  S.  W.  Paxsoxs,  TWciil 

$8  50 

100  00 

22  94 

4  75 

58  00 


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Barkbamsted.  Cong.  Cb., 

BHdgeport,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  N.  8. 

wordin.  Trees., 
East  Bridgeport,  Cong.  Cb.,    by  W.    B. 

Smith,  TSreaa., 
Falls  Village,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Ber.  H.  B. 

Mead, 
Griswold,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  BeT.  B.  F.  Nor- 
throp, 
Hartford,  a  Friend,  $200;  Bev.  A.  Winter, 

$1  20300 

Manchester,  Omff.  CH.,  81  50 

J9eoond  Cong,  Ch..  by  Dr.  W.  Scott,  to 

const '  John   O.   Bpencer,   Mrs.  C.  M. 

BpeneoL  Alvab  D.  Noble  and  Mm  J.  B. 

Noble  L.  Ms.,  140  65 

MlUbrd,  Plymouth  Ch.,  50  00 

PoguonnocK,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Ber.  N.  G. 

Bonney,  8  85 

Preston,  Conff.  Cb.,  by  W.  Loring,  19  00 

Bouthbury,  Cont^.  &t^  to  const  Harrey 

Bronson  and  Mrs.  E.  H.  Brown  L.  Ms.        64  83 
South  KHUngly,  Ber.  W.  W.  Atwater,  8  75 

Stafford  Springs,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  B.  Newton, 

Treasn  27  41 

Btonington,  Second  Cone.  Gh^  by  Be^.B. 

W.  Gilman,  to  const  Ellen  Kirby,  Mary 

F.  Kirby  and  Martha  £.  Edwards  L. 

Ms. ;  of  which  $100  from  S.  B.  Stone,  to 

const  Fannie  B.  Bnrgls,  of  Guilford,  and 

Kate  O.  Btanton  L.  Ms.,  and  $80  flrom 

Charlee  P.  WilBami,  to  const  Xmily  D. 

Breed  ALlM.,  280  00 

TmmboU,  Cong;  Cb.,  by  BeT.  N.  "T.  Mer- 

win,  20  65 

WethenfleM,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  J.  Lovelsnd,        11  50 
Westford,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  C.  Wblton,  18  00 

West  Meriden,  Oong.  Cb..  by  B.  H.  Oatlln, 

^eas.,  to  const  £11  J.  Merriao)  and  Mn. 

Bnnloe  Perkins  L.  Ms.,  9418 

$1,109  01 


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R»T.  DAVE)  B.  COE,  D.  D., 
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Mr.  CHRISTOPHER  R.  ROBERT,  Trtwwer, 

Ejoovtitb  Oosfiirrm— Mb.  WILLIAM  6.  LAMBEBT,  Ckaiirman;  Bit.  WILLIAM  PAT- 

TOK.  D.D  ;   Ms.  SIMEON  a  CHITTENDEN;   Rbt.  BICHARD  8.  BT0BB8,  Jb^  D.  1>.;   Bbt. 

WILLIAM   L   BUDINGTON,  D.  D. ;   Mb.  WILLIAM   H.  SMITH ;    Mb.  CALVIN   a  WOOL- 

WOKTH;  MB.CHABLES  ABEBNETHT;  Mb.  JOHN  B.  HUTCHINSON ;  with  the  memberaex- 

oOdo— Tfr:  AUSTIN  ABBOTT,  £b^,  Recording  SeorMmrft  ibji  Tbbasvbbr,  and  the  SBOBXTABm 

rw  CoBBWOimBsoB. 

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COMMVHICATIOHS 

Bdatbg  to  tl.e  bnsiDeflB  of  the  Society  genenllj,  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  tlie  Secre- 
taries tor  Correfn[Kiiidence. 

SOHATIOHS  AHD  BVBSCBIPTIOnS, 

hi  Drafta,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Post-OiBoe  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  sent  to  the 

Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  Toric 

A  paymeni  of  thir^  dollars  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Life  Member ;  and  of  one  hun- 
ted dollars,  (or  a  snm,  which,  in  ad<Ution  to  a  prerioos  payment,  makes  one  hundred 
doUars,)  a  Life  Director. 

SECBZTABIES  AHD  TBZASUKEB8 

or  THK 

PRINCIPAL  AUXILIARIES. 

Rer.  SrapBSif  Thurston,  Secretary,  Maine  Misti.  8oe,^  Searsport,  Me. 

Joshua  Maxwkll,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  '*        *'        Portland,    '* 

Rer.  William  Clark,  Secretary,  New  Hampehire  Mise.  Soe.^  Amherst,  N.  H. 

Rev.  B.  P.  BroHS,  D.D.,  Treasurer,  •♦  "         "         Concord,      " 

Rer.  C.  &  &irni,  Secretary,  VerrMtU  Dcm,  Mim.  8oc,^  Montpeller,  Y t 

C.  W.  Srotas,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  **  "  *•  " 

R«fv.  H.  B.  HooKKR,  D.D.,  Sec,  JTom.  ff,  M,  Soe,^  81  Washington  st,  Boston,  Mass. 

BnuAMiii  Pkrkihs,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  *'  "  *'  *'  ** 

Rer.  Jamu  G.  Yosb,  Secretary,  JL  I,  Home  Mies.  8oe.^  Providence,  R.  I. 

KowiM  KmoBT,  Esq.,  Treasurer,        "  "  "  '*  •* 

ReT.  WiLLLAX  H.  MooRi,  Secretary,  Conn,  Home  Miee.  /Sbe.,  Berlin,  Conn. 

B.  W.  Passohi,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  *'  ''  '*       Hartford,  <' 

AOEHTS. 


Rer.  L.  Smith  Hobart,    Syracuse,  N.  T. 
Rer.  LTBAHuni  Relsrt,  Columbus,  0. 
Rer.  Natb*l  a.  Hti>i,    Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Rer.  JonrH  E.  Rot,       Chicago,  IlL 
Rer.  Hurt  D.  Platt,    Brighton,  HL 
Rer.  KnwiH  B.  Turxir,  Hamiibal,  Mo. 
Ber.  W.  B.  Williams,    Charlotte,  Mich. 
Rer.  Loot  Warren,     Ellc  Rapids,  Mich. 


Rer.  Drztxr  Clart,        Beloit,  Wis. 
Rer.  Franklin  B.  Doe,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis. 
Rer.  Jesse  Guernsey,    Dubuque,  la. 
Rer.  Julius  A.  Rbed,     Darenport,  la. 
Rer.  Richard  Hall,       St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Rer.  HARrsT  Jones,       Wabaunsee,  Kan. 
Rer.  Reuben  Gatlord,   Omaha  City,  Neb. 
Rer.  James  H.  Warren,  San  Franciseo,CaL 


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FOETY-FOTTRTH.  AHNIVEESAEY. 

The  Anniybbsabt  Ssbmon  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  will 
be  preached  in  the  Broadway  Tabernacle  Church,  corner  of  Sixth  Avenue  and 
84th  street,  by  Rer.  Jacob  M.  Mahnino,  D.D.,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  on  Sabbath 
evening.  May  8,  at  7f  o'clock. 

The  Annnal  Meeting  will  be  held  at  the  rooms  of  the  Society,  in  the  Bible 
House,  on  Wednesday  aiternoon.  May  11,  at  4  o^clock. 


APPLICATIONS  FOB  AID. 

Feeble  congregations,  desiring  aid  in  supporting  the  Gospel,  are  requested,  in  their 
applications,  to  make  full  statements  of  their  condition  and  prospects,  and  of  the  reasons 
for  granting  their  requests.  They  are  desired,  also,  to  furnish  the  following  particulars, 
namely : 

The  population  of  the  place. 
.    The  name  of  the  church  or  congregation. 

The  number  of  communicant8,and  the  average  number  of  attendants  on  public  worship. 

The  denomination  and  size  of  congregations  immediately  contiguous,  with  the  distance 
to  their  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  which  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  given  time,  and  the  arrange- 
ments that  are  made  for  securing  it. 

Whether  aid  is  expectcnl  from  any  other  source. 

The  least  amount  that  will   suffice  from  this  Society. 

The  name  infuJH  and  post-office  address  of  the  nunister  for  whom  a  commission  is  de- 
sired. 

Bis  credentials. 

Whether  he  is  a  resident  of  the  plaoe  in  iHiich  he  preaohcs,  and  is  engaged  in  any 
other  calling  than  that  of  the  ministry. 

Whether  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  church,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangements  are  made 
or  contemplated  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  the  year. 

The  applications  should  be  ngned  by  the  officers  of  the  church,  and  by  the  trustees  or 
a  committee  of  the  congregation. 

If  the  eccIeaiMtical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  have  a  **  Ck>mmittee  of 
Missions ''  lo  act  ia  their  behalf,  the  members  of  this  committee  are  the  proper  persons  to 
certify  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  minister,  and  his  prospects  of 
usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  services  are  desired ;  and  the  application  should  be  sent 
to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation.  Where  no  such  *^  Committee  of 
Missions  "  exists,  the  application  should  receive  the  indorsement  of  two  or  more  neighbor- 
ing clergymen  of  the  same  deoorainaUon,  acquainted  with  the  facts. 

Applications,  after  being  properly  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  be  sent  to  the 
Agent  (or  Secretary  of  the  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  applicants  reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriations  are  for  twelve  months  frwn.  Hie  daie  of  the  appHea- 
Hen  ;  at  the  end  of  which,  if  further  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must  be  made,  con- 
taiping  all  the  particulars  above  stated,  and  indorsed  and  recommended  in  like  manner. 
Each  congregation  applying  for  renevoed  aid,  $houid  furnish^  oZw,  the  certificate  of  the 
mieeionary  that  they  havefulfiUed  their  previoue  pledges  for  hie  support. 

The  address  of  the  Society  *s  Agents  and  the  Secretaries  of  its  Auxiliaries  will  be  found 
on  the  cover  of  its  reports  and  of  the  Home  Miesionary, 

THE  HOME  MISSIONAIIT. 

The  Home  Mimonary  will  be  sent  grattdtouely  to  the  following  classes  of  individuals, 
unless  they  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers : 

.  To  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Missionaries  of  the  Society 
and  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clergyman  in  whose  congregation  a  collection  is  taken  up 
every  year  for  the  Society,  or  one  of  iis  Auxiliaries.  To  every  individual  who  contributes 
ten  dollars,  or  upward,  during  the  year.  To  every  Auxiliary,  Association,  or  Congrega- 
tion, one  copy  for  every  ten  dollare  collected  and  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Society,  or 
of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  confer  a  special  favor  by  availing  himself  of  the  facilities  offered 
above  to  introduce  the  Home  Missionary  among  his  people. 

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PIOK 

THB  LAND  AND  ITS  KEEDR....  26 

MI8SIONAR7  INTELLIGENCE. 

CSalifomia.— From  Rev.  J.  H,  War- 
ms  Agent— Southern  California..  30 

Hebras]ca.~Froni  Hev.  R.  OayUyrd, 
Agent.— B«sigtiB  his  Agency 80 

TfH*^» — From  Rev,  O.  A.  Thoam», 

Albanv.— A  Preclons  Reviml 31 

From  Rev.  A,  Connetf  LouiiiTiUe.— 
Baint  Kary*a 81 

Minnesota.  ^From  Bev.  S.  H,  JTe^ 
hgg^  Oleuooe.— The  Indian  Maf  ea- 

mcte 32 

From  Rtc,  E.  W.  Merrill^  Camion 
Falls.  —  Instnllatlon  —  Tho  Great- 
ness of  the  Work— Thanks 83 

I  lomu— From  Rev.  A,  Manaon,  Qoas- 
onetoo.— Foorteen  Tears— Wheat 
for  Nothing 33 

From    Met,  J,   E.    EUiott^    Lucas 

Orore.— Itinerating 83 

B'gXeeting 34 

From  Bev,  J,  D,  Sanda^  Belmond.— 

A  Moral  Swamp-Peripatetic 34 

Enongh  Wheat 36 

From  Ret.  C.  Thtylor,  Algona.— Of 
Jodgmeota— Of  Mercies 36 

Wifloonsin.— From    Rev.    O.  Spal- 
ding^ Depere.— A  Thiok  Cloud....  35 
Its  Sliver  Lining 30 


PAQS 

From  Ren,  M.  Wetln,  Oak  Grove.— 
From  Dark  to  Light 36 

MissouTl.— From  Rev.  L.  M,  Pierce^ 
Glenwood.— An  Early  Harvest. .. .  36 
From  Ren.  H,  D,  Lomng.  Neosho.— 
Plenty  to  Do 87 

Illinois.- From  Rev.  L.  H.  Higgint^ 
Lanark.— Four  Years  and  Graduat- 
ed  87 

From    Rev.    8.  R.  DoU^  Morris.— 

Work  and  Gratitude 88 

From  Rev.  A,  L.  Rigge,  Woodstock.^ 
From  Home  to  Foreign 88 

New  York,- From  Rev,  J.  T.  MartK, 

Harpvrsfield.— Better  Things 38 

From  Rev.  Q,  Hardy^  Potsdam  Junc- 
tion.—Not  Discouraged  Tet 80 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Rbv.  Thirov  BALDwnr,  D.D 80 

Plbabakt  Rbmirisobhob 40 

Thb  SncOBBS  or  Missions 40 

RBLinoN  or  Homb  to  Fo&bign  Mis- 
sions  41 

To  pROMOTB  ▲  Rbvital 42 

Arb  Ministebs  HzrblimosT 43 

Thb  DtikoMinbb 43 

Thb  Homb  Work 44 

MI80BU.A1IB0U8  ItbHS. 44 

Mianonary  Appointments 46 

Aeknoteledgment  ^Receipts 46 


PUBLISHED  BY  THE  AMERICAN  HOICE  MISSIONABY  SOCIETT, 
Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 


PRICE    FIFTY  CENTS  A   YEAR,    IN   ADVANCE. 
POSTAGE.—  Tiotlv  cent*  a  year^  in  advance. 


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APPLICATIONS  FOR  AID. 

TeMb  OQOgregationa,  desiring  aid  b  rapporting  tlie  Goipel,  art  requested,  in  their 
applieation^  to  nuUce  full  ttatementt  of  their  oondition  and  prospectf,  and  of  the  reasons 
for  gnmting  their  requests.  They  are  desired,  also,  to  Airnish  the  following  particuUra, 
namely: 

The  population  of  the  place. 

The  name  of  the  church  or  congregation. 

The  number  of  communicants,  and  the  arerage  number  of  attendants  on  public  worship. 

The  denomination  and  sixe  of  congregations  immediately  contiguous,  with  the  di^anoe 
to  their  pUces  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  which  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  giten  time,  and  the  aixang*- 
ments  that  are  made  for  securing  it. 

Whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 

The  least  amount  that  willl  suffice  from  this  Society. 

The  name  inJkU  and  post-office  address  of  the  minister  for  whom  a  commission  is  d«- 
rfred. 

His  credentials. 

Whether  he  is  a  resident  of  the  place  in  which  he  preaches,  and  is  engaged  in  any 
other  calling  than  that  of  the  ministry. 

Whether  he  Is  the  pastor  of  the  churdi,  or  if  not,  whether  any  artangements  are  made 
or  oontempUted  for  his  instalment  in  the  course  of  the  year. 

The  applications  should  be  signed  by  the  officers  of  the  church,  and  by  the  trustees  or 
a  committee  of  the  congregation. 

If  the  ecclesiastical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  hsTe  a  "  Committee  of 
lOssioos  **  to  act  in  their  behalf,  the  members  of  this  committee  are  the  proper  persons  to 
certify  the  statements  of  the  church^  the  standing  of  the  minister,  and  his  prospects  of 
usefulness  in  the  place  where  hb  scrrices  are  desired ;  and  the  application  should  be  sent 
to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation.  Where  no  such  '*  Committee  of 
Missions  **  exists,  the  application  should  receive  the  indorsement  of  two  or  more  neighbor- 
ing clergymen  of  the  same  denonii nation,  acquainted  with  the  factsi 

Applications,  after  being  properly  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  be  sent  totho 
Agent  (or  Secretary  of  the  Auxiliiiry)  lor  the  region  where  the  applicants  reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriations  are  for  twelve  months  from  Uu  dafs  of  th$  applwth 
ihn  ;  at  Uie  end  of  which,  if  further  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must  be  made,  con- 
taining all  the  particulars  above  stated,  and  Indoraed  and  reconunended  in  like  manner. 
Each  congrtgaiion  applying  for  renewed  end,  Mhould  fumidi^  aUo,  <A«  ceri^/ieaU  of  tJk$ 
miMtkmarg  iat  thtg  Mtw  fulfiued  their  jntmou*  pledget  fcr  ku  tupport. 

The  address  of  the  Society's  Agentt  and  the  Secretaries  of  its  Auxiliaries  will  be  found 
on  the  cover  of  its  reports  and  of  the  Home  Mieeionarg, 

THE  HOME  mSSIOHABT. 

The  Home  Mietionary  will  be  sent  grahnUmdy  to  the  following  classes  of  individuals, 
unless  they  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers : 

To  Life  l>irectors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Sodety.  To  Missionaries  of  the  Society 
and  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clergyman  in  whose  congregation  a  collection  is  taken  up 
fvery  year  for  the  Society,  or  one  of  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  individual  who  contributes 
ten  dollars,  or  upward,  durine  the  year.  To  everv  Auxiliary,  Association,  or  Congrega- 
tion,  ofis  copy  for  every  Un  doUart  collected  and  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Society,  or 
of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  eonfer  a  special  iavor  by  availing  himself  of  the  facilities  offered 
above  to  introduce  the  Home  Jimionary  among  his  peopfo.  In  notifying  the  Secretaries  of 
his  desire  to  have  the  work  sent  on  these  terms,  he  is  requested  to  mention  the  name  of 
)  person  to  whom  each  copy  shall  be  addressed. 


FOBS  OF  A  BEQVE8T. 

I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  In  iruet,  to  pay  over 

the  same  in  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is 

payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the 
ci^  of  New  Tork,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to  the 
charitable  uses  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


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THE  HOME  MISSIONARY. 

Go^ PaiACH  the  Gospil. Mark  xtL  15. 

How  ahall  they  preach  except  thej  be  skmt  f .  .Bom.  x.  15. 


Vol  XLIII.  JUNE,  1870.  No.  2. 

THE  LAND  AND  ITS  NEEDS. 

By  Bey.  M.  M.  G.  Daka,  of  Norwich,  Connecticat. 

These  are  eome  doties  which  circnmatances  may  conspire  to  make  of  more 
immediate  importance  than  any  others,  and  which  admit  of  no  postponement. 
If  not  attended  to  at  once,  and  thoronghly,  they  pass  beyond  recall,  and  leave  to  ns 
the  sad  consequences  of  oar  neglect.  Among  such  duties  I  place  the  Home  Mis- 
sionary work.  In  the  claims  it  has  upon  American  churches,  in  the  nrgency  with 
which  it  appeals,  in  its  inestimable  importance,  it  has  no  rival.^  It  does  not  admit 
of  being  moderately  prosecuted,  or  of  receiving  only  a  fair  support  Its  nature  is 
such,  the  relations  it  sustains  to  the  present  development  and  future  character  of 
the  eountry  are  such,  that  it  must  be  pushed  with  a  most  determined  energy,  and 
nmA  command  the  unparalleled  benefactions  of  all  Christians  and  patriots.  It  is, 
moreover,  a  work  which  cannot  be  left  to  the  future,  for  what  that  future  is  to 
be,  depends  upon  what  the  churches  can  be  incited  now  to  do  in  the  home  field. 
"  Five  hundred  years  of  time  in  the  process  of  this  world's  salvation  may  depend," 
said  Professor  Phelps,  of  Andover,  "on  tJie  next  twenty  years  of  United  States  Ai9- 
tory.'*^  Therefore  is  it  necessary  to  be  in  haste  with  such  an  enterprise  as  this, 
for  the  swelling  tide  of  emigration  is  every  day  making  more  difficult  the  task  of 
ifflboing  the  nation  with  Christian  faith.  If,  through  the  spread  of  scepticism  and 
tbe  opspringing  forms  of  irreligion,  the  newer  States  and  Territories  are  preoccu- 
pied, then  will  tlie  entrance  and  sway  of  a  pure  Christianity  be]  longer  delayed, 
and  the  possession  of  them  by  the  gospel  of  Christ  be  possibly  prevented.  A 
work  which  is  to  keep  pace  with  the  moral  needs  of  a  country  like  ours,  which  is 
to  compete  with  the  tireless  energies  of  evil,  must  be  urged  onward  with  all  the 
ipeed ever  aogmenting  laborers  and  means  will  permit.  **  Opportunity  is  the  flower 
of  ttme,'*  and  if  we  would  not  see  the  devil  drive  his  preemption  stakes  in  our 
frontier  settlements,  and  where  young  cities  are  starting  into  being,  we  must  get 
before  him  with  the  institntions  of  religion.  If  we  cannot  with  evangelizing 
iaflneoces  keep  abreast  of  the  ^  Star  of  Empire  "  in  its  westward  march,  we  shall 
be  left  behind,  and  the  forces  of  sin  will  have  time  to  consolidate  and  establish 
their  sway  in  the  new  centres  of  trade  and  popnlation,  before  their  position  is 
aastiled  by  a  gospel  which  should  have  gained  first  possession.  It  is  for  such 
reasons  that  this  Home  lOasionary  work  is  urgent  beyond  every  other,  and  lays 
datm  to  the  largest  servioe  and  support.  It  needs  now  more  than  ever  before, 
every  man  and  every  dollar  that  can  be  consecrated  to  it. 


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THR  ^ORK  TO  BB  DONE. 

The  call  is  to  take  possession  of  the  land  in  the  name  and  for  the  sake  of 
Christ :  to  organize  a  chnrch  that  shall  publish  the  life-giving  gospel  in  every 
town  and  village  throughout  the  needy  "West:  to  carry  the  Bible  and 
its  blessed  hopes  to  every  home,  however  remote  or  humble.  There  are  broad 
wastes  where  as  yet  no  Ohristian  institutions  have  been  established,  and  it  is  this 
virgin  territory,  now  being  thrown  open  for  the  occupancy  of  man,  already  filling 
with  an  eager,  enterprising  population,  that  we  are  summoned  to  enter  with 
the  influences  of  the  gospel.  Schools,  colleges,  churches  must  be  thickly 
planted  in  all  this  newly-settled  country.  When  we  think  what  is  driving  into 
our  Western  and  Southern  fields,  the  various  vices  there  rooting  themselves,  the 
systems  of  infidelity  and  false  religions  already  flourishing,  we  can  foresee  the 
conflict  which  is  before  us,  if  ever  Christianity  is  to  possess  the  land.  We  can- 
not safely  permit  the  foundations  of  great  States  to  be  laid,  and  not  be  present 
with  gospel  instrumentalities  to  nurture  and  shape  these  nascent  empires.  To 
leave  entire  districts  without  a  preacher,  and  hamlets  without  the  Sabbath  school 
and  church,  is  perilous  in  the  extreme.  The  morals  and  opinions  of  the  people 
will  depend  upon  the  evangelizing  influences,  which  with  omnipresent  power  we 
can  set  at  work.  As  the  eye  sweeps  over  the  wide-extended  region  which  awaits 
the  entrance  of  evangelical  religion,  the  sight  ought  to  kindle  within  us  a  new 
ardor  to  push  on  its  conquest  for  the  Lord.  We  ought  not  to  be  content  till  we 
know  that  our  missionaries  are  visiting  every  district,  itinerating  through  sparsely 
settled  counties,  threading  the  ravines  of  the  Rocky  mountains  and  Sierra  Ne- 
vadas,  stationed  in  the  rising  villages  scattered  along  the  great  highway  of  inter* 
oceanic  travel  and  penetrating  into  the  gulches  where  the  mining  population  lives 
in  a  destitution  verging  on  barbarism.  What  a  call  comes  to  us  from  the  fair  do- 
main we  have  not  as  yet  entered  with  the  multiform  agencies  of  our  common 
Christianity  I  Have  we  risen  to  the  grandeur  of  this  work  ?  Are  we  praying 
and  scheming  over  a  duty  so  all-important  ?  Have  we  massed  our  forces  with 
the  aim  of  bringing  the  whole  land  under  the  dominion  of  Christ  ? 

THE  VASTNE88  OF  THE  UNOCCUPIED  TEBRITOBT. 

It  is  this  which  makes  the  Home  Missionary  work  the  paramount  duty 
of  the  hour.  The  contest  is  for  the  Christian  possession  of  the  land ;  and 
have  we  begun  to  realize  its  extent?  Three  hundred  and  sixty  such  c^nmion- 
wealths  as  Connecticut  lie  west  of  the  Mississippi  Thirty-flve  times  the 
area  of  all  New  England  does  not  exhaust  the  territory  stretching  from  the  same 
river  to  the  Pacific,  and  in  this  immense  area,  fast  filling  up  with  emigration  from 
the  Old  World  and  the  Eastern  States,  our  churches  have  only  about  five  hundred 
and  seventy-five  missionaries.  You  might  place  all  New  England  in  the  single 
State  of  Minnesota,  and  have  a  quarter  over ;  its  population  is  already  reckoned 
at  450,000 ;  and  yet  only  forty-one  of  this  Society's  representatives  are  main- 
taining the  conflict  there.  In  like  manner  Missouri  and  Nebraska  will  each  con- 
tain the  whole  of  New  England,  the  former  having  a  million  and  a  half  of 
inhabitants,  with  but  thirty-six  missionaries  sustained  by  us. 

California  is  three  times  the  size  of  New  England,  and  with  the  living  stream 
of  humanity  pouring  in  from  China,  Japan,  and  the  Pacific  Isles,  in  the  form  of  a 
semi-civilized  heathenism,  the  very  destiny  of  our  whole  Western  elope  seems  to 
turn  now  on  the  question  whether  Christianity  can  get  possession  of  that  State. 
"There  are  sixteen  counties,"  writes* an  Agent  for  Iowa,  "in  which  we  havQ 


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neither  minister  nor  charcb,  and  in  which,  so  far  as  I  know,  there  U  no  church 
edifice  of  any  sort."  And  Tvhat  shall  he  said  for  the  Sooth,  where  li^e  those 
latest  bom  into  freedom's  family,  needing  radimentary  instruction  through  schools, 
and  Christian  training  by  means  of  Puritan  churches  ?  Here  is  opened  a  field 
which  every  sense  of  honor  and  Christian  love  impels  us  to  occupy.  In  the  State  of 
Arkansas,  whose  moral  destitution  is  fearful  to  contemplate,  with  a  population  in 
1860  of  485,000,  we  have  not  a  single  missionary.  Thus  scattered  throughout  this 
unpoffiessed  land,  are  teeming  millions  now  open  to  gospel  influences.  Absorbed 
by  the  ambitions  and  hardships  of  their  life,  they  are  for  the  most  part  living 
without  the  restraining  or  fostering  influences  of  vital  religion.  Error  has  gone 
ID,  false  forms  of  belief  are  seducing  the  credulous  or  careless,  and  thus  some  of 
the  best  portions  of  our  national  domain  are  but  feebly  held  for  Christ.  These 
germs  of  States,  arbiters  of  the  nation's  future,  are  not  feeling  as  they  should  the 
shaping  pressure  of  an  aggressive  Puritan  faith.  This  question  of  occupancy  is 
therefore  a  most  serious  one  to  every  lover  of  the  Master's  kingdom.  The  inspi 
ration  to  a  new  advance  in  Home  Missionary  work  comes  from  this  immense 
unchristianized  territory.  It  brings  us  face  to  face  with  a  new  epoch  in  evan- 
gelistic efifort.  Can  we  raise  an  army  of  devoted  Christian  men,  who  will  enter 
this  field,  conquer  it  with  love,  overcome  it  with  the  gospel,  and  unfurl  over 
its  vast  extent  the  banner  of  the  Prince  of  Peace  ?  On  this  question  hinges  the 
loss  or  possession  of  this  continent  for  the  Lord. 

THE  AGENCY  WIUCH  13  TO  DO  THIS  WOBE. 

It  is  through  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  that  we  are  to  do  this 
work  ot  christianizing  our  land.  Home  evangelization  is  its  single  aim. 
Through  living  churches,  it  would  extend  a  free,  pure  Christianity.  It  exists 
for  our  country,  it  seeks  her  perfected  development  in  whatever  is  just  and  noble. 
While  preaching  Chrigt,  it  has  disseminated  the  principles  of  civil  liberty,  and 
proelahned  the  gospel  of  humanity.  Its  missionaries  have  been  foremost  in  all 
good  works.  They  have  planted  churches  which  have  become  the  saving  pow- 
er in  populous  communities.  They  have  founded  institutions  of  learning  by  which 
the  intelligence  and  virtue  of  the  people  have  been  fostered. 

The  staple  argument  from  the  first  in  behalf  of  this  work  has  been,  that  the  gos- 
pel alone  can  unify  the  diverse  elements  of  our  body  politic ;  only  the  gospel  has 
power  to  fuse  into  one  mass  the  various  foreign  nationalities  among  us.  This  con- 
viction led  to  the  formation  of  the  Society,  whose  province  it  should  be  to  send  the 
educated  preacher  into  every  new  settlement.  Thus  was  it  hoped  that  no  com- 
munity would  long  be  without  a  Christian  sanctuary,  and  all  the  moral  and  edu- 
cational influences  which  are  the  outcome  of  a  vigorous  church.  The  East  with 
this  riew  took  up  the  work,  and  now  for  forty-four  years  has  this  agency  been 
operating,  keeping  Christian  watch  over  our  common  country,  and  striving  to 
accompany  the  advancing  wave  of  population  with  the  forces  of  pure  religion. 
During  this  period,  it  has  had  hundreds  of  earnest,  self-denying  men,  preaching 
the  gospel  statedly  at  every  important  centre,  from  the  shores  of  I^e  Erie  to 
the  Golden  Gate.  And  over  two  thousand  churches  stand  to-day,  not  to  speak  of 
other  institutions,  as  blessed  memorials  of  the  fruitage  of  these  years.  Sim- 
ple in  its  constitution  and  method  of  working,  this  Society  is  able  to  continue  its 
evangelizing  efforts  on  a  greatly  extended  scale.  Instead  of  the  nearly  one  thous- 
and laborers  which  it  now  employs,  it  could  set  double  that  number  to  work.  If 
those  forming  its  constituency  will  raise  the  men  and  the  money,  there  is  no 
reason  why  the  growth  of  thoroughly  Puritan  churches  shall  not  hereafter  be  com- 


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mensurate  with  tlie  growth  of  population.  There  is  now  no  portion  of  the  knd  that 
oar  missionaries  cannot  enter.  God  Himself  has  been  ao  shaping  events  as  to 
prepare  the  way  for  a  vastly  augmented  field  of  usefalness  for  this  Society. 
What  has  been  achieved  oagbt  to  be  bnt  the  earnest  of  a  far  grander  work. 
We  have  jast  the  agency  needed  to  save  our  conntry,  and  on  ns  rests  the  solemn 
responsibility  of  seeing  that  its  resources  are  made  equal  to  the  sublime  work 
opening  before  it.  Everything  indicates  that  our  religious  future  is  to  depend 
upon  the  earnestness  and  liberality  with  which  this  Home  Missionary  enterprise 
is  prosecuted. 

OUB  IMMEDIATE  WANTS. 

Evidently  it  is  not  more  machinery  that  is  called  for,  but  an  immensely 
increased  motive  power  to  operate  that  which  we  already  have.  With  all  its 
opportunities  and  &cilities,  it  is  but  a  comparatively  limited  work  this  Society 
can  do,  unlesi  itt  reioureei  he  increased.  It  needs  more  men  and  more  money.  On 
the  unstinted  supply  of  both  depends  its  fullest  efficiency  for  the  ftitore.  The 
time  has  come  when  the  churches  must  recognise  tbeir  obligation  to  point  their 
young  men  of  promise  and  devoted  piety  to  this  work.  An  enthusiasm  should  be 
kindled  in  reference  to  it,  like  to  that  which  kept  the  armies  of  our  country  full. 
A  new  and  popular  interest  needs  to  be  awakened  in  the  cause  of  theological 
education,  and  a  more  generous  support  should  be  henceforth  accorded  to  the 
youth,  who,  amid  many  embarrassments,  are  preparmg  for  the  gospel  ministry. 
How  many  of  our  churches  have  felt  their  responsibility  in  this  matter,  and  with 
earnest  prayer  and  loving  benefactions  turned  to  the  colleges  and  seminaries,  as 
the  places  whence  must  come  the  missionaries  our  country  to-day  is  needing  ? 
Where  is  the  Christian  public  sentiment  which  should  have  made  this  work  of 
Home  Missions  to  be  a  privilege  and  au  honor  in  the  eyes  of  our  young  men  I 
Had  it  been  held  up  as  the  great  heroic  work  of  the  times,  into  which  none  should 
be  suffered  to  go  without  the  warmest  sympathy  and  ample  support  of  the  church- 
es, then  would  we  have  seen  the  Christian  students  from  all  our  collegiate  institu- 
tions hastening  into  it,  and  giving  up  the  ignoble  search  for  occupations  of  ease  and 
pecuniary  profit.  The  real  heroes  of  the  nation  are  our  Home  Missionaries. 
They  are  the  men  to  whose  toils  we  owe  the  Christian  character  of  growing 
commonwealths.  And  we  wait  now  for  an  army  of  such  to  enter  through  the 
open  doors  of  present  opportunity  into  these  wide-reaching  fields,  and  engage  with 
consecrated  ardor  in  this  home^evangelizing  effort.  If  the  heart  of  the  church 
is  in  this  work,  her  sons  will  give  themselves  to  it  If  Home  Missions  is  made  a 
subject  of  constant  prayer,  its  progress  anxiously  watched,  the  Sabbath  schools 
interested  in  it,  then  will  be  awakened  a  new  desire  on  the  part  of  the  young  to 
be  dedicated  to  it,  and  more  generous  contributions  will  flow  into  the  Society^s 
treasory.  Let  the  churches  pray  for  a  quickened  spirit  of  devotion  to  this  sacred 
work,  let  them  plead  with  our  fathers^  God  to  summon  into  it  a  multitude  of  men 
and  women,  who  will  forego  ease  and  wealth  and  wordly  honor  for  the  sake  of 
the  Master,  and  their  native  land : — ^the  land  which  calls  upon  you,  fathers  and 
mothers,  to  give  for  its  christianization,  your  choicest  sons  and  daughters  I  The 
immediate  want  of  the  hour  is  young  men  of  earnest  piety  and  thorough  culture, 
to  shape  the  future  of  the  country.  Every  unoccupied  field  in  the  West  and 
South  sends  its  appeal  to  the  churches  for  devoted  laborers.  Every  germinant 
community,  as  yet  without  the  living  preacher,  calls  to  the  Christian  student  to 
come  and  guide  its  moral  growth,  to  found  its  institutions  of  learning  and  religion. 
Oh,  what  urgency  there  is  in  this  cry  borne  to  ns  from  these  fields  already  white 
to  the  harvest!    In  such  an  emergency  as  this,  can  it  be  that  our  young  men  of 


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edacation  are  to  be  fonnd  wanting?  Have  the  pressing  demands  of  this  work 
beeo  Bofficientlj  presented  to  them,  and  have  the  churches  united  in  urging  and 
sustaining  the  claims  of  so  lofty  a  service  ?  Not  one  of  us,  pastor  or  layman,  is 
exempt  from  some  share  of  responsibility  as  to  this  deficiency  of  tnen^  for  a 
work  upon  whose  energetic  prosecution  our  national  existence  depends. 

The  need  of  inerea^fed  expenditures,  if  we  are  to  enlarge  our  Home  Missionary 
efforts,  is  also  apparent.  Unless  there  can  be  developed  in  our  churches  a 
more  Inrge-hearted  benevolence,  this  work  of  evangelizing  our  land,  now  grown 
to  appaUing  immensity,  cannot  be  accomplished.  The  greatly  extended  field 
most,  of  course,  necessitate  larger  outlays.  Such  resources  as  the  exigency 
requires  can  be  had  only  through  that  giving  which  has  triumphed  over  the  old 
retaining  passion.  The  spirit  of  self-sacriflce  should  no  longer  be  confined  to 
those  we  send  into  the  field,  but  be  henceforth  shared  by  those  living  in  afflu- 
ence in  the  East.  Whoever,  as  patriot  or  Ohristion,  ciures  for  his  country,  and 
would  do  augbA  to  promote  its  troest  prosperity,  is  now  called  upon  to  give  with 
ooprecedented  liberality.  The  annual  income  of  this  Society  should  not,  in 
jastioe  to  the  work  providentially  opening  before  it,  be  suffered  to  fall  below 
half  a  million  dollars.  Nay,  considering  the  importance  of  Christianizing 
America  for  the  sake  of  the  world,  is  not  this  sum  far  too  small  ?  As  respects 
onrselves,  it  is  a  struggle  for  all  that  we  hold  dear, — for  our  religion,  our  Chris- 
tian Sabbath,  our  national  integrity.  There  is  no  appeal  in  magnitude  and  urgen- 
cy at  all  comparable  to  this  made  by  the  Home  Missionary  Society,  to  the  Ohris- 
tian  people  of  the  land  which  its  labors  have  hitherto  so  signally  benefited. 
Its  attitade  on  the  great  questions  of  the  day,  its  advocacy  of  the  principles  of 
loyalty,  its  development  of  the  spiritual  energies  of  a  living  fkith,  have  made 
this  organization  a  power  on  this  continent ;  and  if  we  would  feel  its  inflaence 
even  more  widely  in  the  eventful  years  Just  before  us,  we  must  give  with  a 
lavish  bend.  Money,  money  to  flow  in  swelling  streams  into  its  treasury,  will 
be  the  token  that  we  appreciate  its  work,  and  that  we  are  equal  to  the  august 
opportunities  of  the  hour.  It  is  the  money  that  lags;  it  is  the  church  that  £eiils 
to  meet  the  cost  of  establishing  the  Master^s  kingdom  in  her  immediate  vicinage. 
Would  God  that  at  least  for  this  Society,  in  whose  support  is  enlisted  every 
pitriotio  impulse,  every  philanthropic  sentiment,  every  Ohristian  feeling,  there 
might  never  be  needed  the  appeal  for  money !  False  must  he  be  to  his  country 
'  tnd  his  Christ,  who  withholds  from  it  his  every  benefaction. 

Le(  us  make  this  year,  which  recalls  the  coming  to  these  shores  of  our  Puri- 
tan ancestors,  memorable  by  our  contributions  to  this  Home  Missionary  cause. 
Let  Ds  give  with  the  intent  to  crucify  our  fiery  greed  for  gain,  embalming  and 
Titaliang  our  gifts  by  the  hearths  sacrificing  love.  Let  our  estimate  of  the 
inboitanoe  received  from  our  fathers  be  shown,  in  the  treasures  we  shall  freely 
devote  to  enriching  it,  in  the  holy  efforts  we  shall  make  to  render  it  even  more 
precious  to  the  posterity  to  which  we  in  turn  bequeath  it  I  Consecration  to 
thif  work  of  our  substance  and  our  sons,  earnest  unceasing  prayer,  an  unswerv- 
ing faith  in  God  and'  fidelity  to  his  gospel,  these  are  the  forces  which  are  to 
save  our  land.  Through  these  oau  we  bring  all  its  commingled  peoples  under 
the  sway  oi  Christian  truth,  under  the  control  of  Christ. 


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MISSIONARY  INTELLIGENCE. 


CAIiIFOBNIA. 

From  Rev,  J,  H.  Warren^  Ageivt, 

Southern  Oalifomia. 

Mj  recent  visit  to  the  southern  part 

•  of  the  State  Las  impressed  me  more 

than  ever  with  a  sense  of  the  extent, 

wealth  and  power  of  the  land  that  is 

and  is  to  be. 

The  rush  in  California  just  now  is  all 
that  way.  A  large  ocean  steamer  leaves 
San  Francisco  every  four  days,  loaded 
with  passengers  and  freight;  but  that 
is  hardly  sufficient  for  the  immigration 
pressing  in.  A  large  proportion  of  it 
goes  to  San  Diego.  The  growth  of  that 
place  onsequently  is  rapid — too  rapid 
indeed  for  the  greatest  good.  It  is 
mostly  in  anticipation  of  the  railroad ; 
and  unless  the  railroad  is  speedily  com- 
menced, to  give  substance  and  sight  to 
hope,  many  will  see  hard  times.  The 
growth  of  Santa  Barbara,  San  Buena- 
ventura, Los  Angeles,  Anaheim,  and 
San  Bernardino  is  constant,  healthful, 
and  more  and  more  promising.  T^e 
occupancy  and  holding  of  all  these 
places  by  the  American  Home  Mission- 
ary Society  gives  us  a  foothold  in  South- 
ern California  second  to  no  denomina- 
tion in  the  State. 

The  Master  has  opened  a  vast  and 
wonderful  field,  and  by  a  series  of 
special  providences  pushed  us  into  it. 
If  we  are  wise  and  earnest,  if  we  have 
faith  in  the  day  of  small  things,  and 
zeal  for  the  future,  it  becomes  us  to 
spare  no  cost  to  secure  what  is  in  itself 
an  empire.  Nothing  could  be  more 
opposite  to  the  old  order  of  society,  re- 
ligion, and  civilization  of  that  region 
than  the  New  Testament  Puritanism, 
that  takes  with  it  the  Bible,  the  spell- 
ing-book, gang-plows,  locomotives,  and, 
lo!  the  solitary  place  is  a  city,  and  the 
wilderness  buds  and  blossoms  like  the 
rose.  The  brethren  here  are  under 
conviction  in  this  matter,  and  we  want 


all  the  churches  in  New  England  and 
the  whole  East  to  think  of  it,  to  give  us 
warm-hearted  prayers,  quick  and  liberal 
responses  in  all  that  kind  of  aid  that 
shall  enable  us  and  them  to  justify  the 
faith  and  wisdom  of  our  fathers.  To 
read  the  statements  of  the  pecuniary 
condition  of  the  Society  in  the  *'  Home 
Missionary,^'  and  then  look  at  the  inter- 
ests imperiled  by  such  a  lack,  is  start- 
ling. To  think  of  stopping  when  we 
have  made  a  forward  povement,  and 
committed  or  pledged  the  good  faith  ot 
our  Zion,  —  one  may  as  well  commit 
suicide.  Brethren,  this  work  cannot 
stop.  "We  are  in  it  and  must  go  for- 
ward. If  all  others  fail  us,  we  must 
trust  in  him  unto  whom  all  power  in 
heaven  and  in  earth  is  given,  and  who 
has  promised  "  I  am  with  you  alway." 
I  consider  Dr.  Todd's  book,  "The 
Sunset  Land,^'  a  timely  presentation  of 
facts  and  argument  in  respect  to  the 
importance  of  California  as  to  its  pres- 
ent and  future  influence  and  position  in 
the  great  conflict  between  the  king- 
doms of  this  world  and  that  of  the 
Hedeemer  of  men.  I  commend  it  to 
ever/  Christian  family,  to  every  Sun- 
day school  library ;  and  those  chapters 
which  connect  this  Golden  State  and 
Pacific  Coast  with  the  divine  plans  of  ^ 
human  redemption,  to  every  Christian 
reader  in  the  wide  land. 


KBBBASKA. 

From  Rev,  R.  Oaj/lordf  Ageni, 

Beslffns  hia  Affenoy. 

I  now  resign  my  agency;  not  be- 
cause I  am  tired  of  the  work,  or  have 
any  less  love  for  it  than  formerly.  I 
commenced  preaching  in  Iowa,  at  the 
age  of  twenty-six,  Dec.  1st,  1838,  un- 
der a  commission  from  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society.  After  labor- 
ing seventeen  years  in  that  State,  eleven 
of  them  as  pastor  of  the  church  in  Dan- 


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TiUd,  which  came  up  to  self-support 
under  mj  ministry,  I  came  to  Nebraska 
and  took  up  my  abode  in  Omaha,  then 
in  its  infancy.  Here,  under  the  foster- 
ing care  of  your  Society,  I  organized 
the  firi^t  Congregational  church  in  the 
Territory,  (and  others  afterward),  and 
labored  with  it  nine  years,  until  called 
to  act  as  the  Agent  of  the  Society  for 
Nebraska  and  Western  Iowa.  I  came 
here  in  the  prime  of  life,  and  with  per- 
fect health,  full  of  ardor  for  the  good 
cause  to  which  I  had  devoted  my  life, 
and  entliusiastic  with  the  idea  of  plant- 
ing a  pure  gospel  in  a  new  land.  I 
began  my  work  as  your  Agent  in 
November,  1864,  and  have  devoted  my 
time,  streDg^,  and  energy  to  the  inter- 
ests of  the  Society,  and  what  seemed  the 
best  good  of  the  field,  always  refasing 
to  mix  with  my  work  any  kind  of  secu- 
lar business.  I  have  the  satisfaction  of 
feeling  that  I  share  a  good  measure  of 
the  love  and  esteem  of  the  people 
whose  spiritual  welfare  I  have  tried 
to  promote.  As  I  now  lay  down  my 
work,  I  look  out  upon  a  goodly  family 
of  churches,  eighteen  in  number,  the 
way  to  organize  others  preparing,  and 
gospel  influences  extending  more  rapid- 
ly than  ever  before.  I  seem  to  have 
come  to  the  end  of  a  long  path,  with  a 
wall  before  me,  through  which  as  yet  I 
see  no  opening.  I  can  only  lay  myself 
down  at  my  Master^s  feet,  and  wait  his 
bidding.  If  he  has  no  more  work  for 
me  to  do,  I  will  try  to  be  content. 

But  I  will  close  my  communication, 
already  too  long.  It  is  my  prayer  that 
Qod  may  bless  the  Society,  and  make 
it  instrumental  in  accomplishing  a  much 
greater  amount  of  good  in  the  future 
than  it  has  in  the  past 


BLAJnSAS. 

From  Rev,  O,  A,  ThomoM^  AVbany^  Nenuiha 
Cofunty. 

A  Fredonfl  BevivaL 

The  last  quarter  has  been  one  of  ab- 
sorbing interest.    Reviving  influences 


begnn  with  the  week  of  prayer,  and 
with  one  aocord  we  resolved  to  con- 
tinue in  prayer  and  effort  fur  the  salva- 
tion of  souls.  Preaching  services  and 
morning  prayer  meetings  were  estab- 
Ibhed,  to  which  inquirers  were  invited. 
These  were  seasons  of  precious  inter- 
est and  Christian  growth.  Leading 
members  of  the  church  suspended 
nearly  all  business  and  gave  them- 
selves to  the  work.  Meetings  of  in- 
quiry were  held,  and  soon  nearly  all 
our  scholars  were  inquiring  with  tear- 
ful interest  for  the  path  of  life.  From 
the  school  the  influence  spread  to  the 
conmiunity,  and  our  young  men  are 
nearly  all  won  to  Christ  Several  fam- 
ily altars  have  been  erected.  The  un- 
converted in  our  community  are  fewer 
than  the  converted.  Almost  all  the 
children  of  the  school,  we  trust,  have 
embraced  Christ. 

One  lady  said  that  on  looking  over 
the  community,  she  could  not  think  of 
one  who  could  be  regarded  as  having 
been  under  the  influence  of  the  church 
for  the  last  two  years,  who  had  not  ex- 
pres^sed  a  Christian  hope.  Yet  perhaps 
the  greatest  work  has  been  done  in 
the  church  itself,  in  the  increases  of 
brotherly  attachment,  and  readiness  for 
Christian  labor. 

Our  meetings  continued  over  forty 
days.  I  was  assisted  by  Bev.  Messrs. 
Stewart,  of  Seneca,  and  Van  Wagner, 
of  Muscotah.  "We  have  hardly  dared 
to  count  numbers.  About  fifty  have 
expressed  a  determination  to  commence 
the  Christian  life. 


From  Bev,  A,  Connet^  Louisville^  PoUawa- 

tomie  Co. 

Saint  Uary'fl. 

St  Mary's  is  a  village  of  three  or  four 
hundred  inhabitants,  on  the  Kansas- 
Pacific  railway,  fifteen  miles  east  of  us. 
It  is  the  seat  of  an  old  Romish  mission 
among  the  Pottawatomie  Indians  and 
whites.  I  am  the  first  Protestant  minis- 
ter, so  far  as  I  know,  that  ever  preached 
there  regularly.    I  find  a  goodly  num- 


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ber  of  professors  of  religion  and  more 
of  Protestant  proclivities,  anxious  to 
have  regular  preaching.  My  heart  has 
been  deeply  moved  for  these  ^^  sheep 
having  no  shepherd."  I  have  been  ad- 
vised to  discontinue  the  appointment, 
and  had  even  consented,  but  when  the 
time  came  to  dismiss  the  congregation, 
I  could  not  see  them  separate  without 
hope  of  meeting  again  to  hear  God's 
word.  The  audiences  have  been  growing 
in  numbers,  attention  and  seriousness. 
A  prayer  meeting  has  also  been  started. 
The  services  have  been  held  mostly 
in  a  hall  over  a  liquor  and  billiard 
saloon — the  saloon-keeper  furnishing  us 
the  hall,  warmed  and  lighted,  free. 
Steps  are  being  taken  for  the  erection 
of  a  public  school-house.  (There  has 
never  been  a  school  there  except  the 
Oatholic.)  When  this  is  completed,  it 
will  be  open  for  Protestant  worship. 
The  Bomanists  have  decided  to  make 
St.  Mary's  the  seat  of  one  of  their  great 
Western  colleges,  and  expect  to  begin 
some  of  their  buildings  this  year.  The 
town  is  growing  rapidly,  having  more 
than  doubled  in  size  in  the  last  ten 
months.  Protestants  are  constantly 
coming  in,  and  the  need  of  a  Protestant 
church  there  cannot  be  doubted.  I  ex- 
ect  to  organize  one  soon.  The  (Quaker) 
Indian  Agent  for  the  Pottawatomie 
tribe,  located  at  St.  Mary's,  is  a  zealous 
Christian,  and  seconds  all  my  efforts. 


MINNSSOTA. 

From  fiev,  8.  J7.  Kellogg,  Oleneoe,  McLeod 
County 

The  Indian  SCassacre. 

I  must  say  a  word  or  two,  that  you 
may  better  appreciate  the  spiritual  and 
temporal  condition  of  my  congrega- 
tion. 

Following  close  upon  the  heels  of 
the  first  settlements  west  of  the  ^^  big 
woods,"  came  the  Indian  raid,  or  mas- 
sacre, in  1862.  Of  the  two  villages  in 
the  county,  one  was  burned  by  the  In- 


dians, and  the  other  is  that  occupied  by 
your  missionary. 

Nearly  every  able-bodied  man  went 
into  the  army,  and  the  homesteads  were 
left  to  the  care  of  the  chUdren  and  their 
mothers.  In  August  of  that  year  came 
the  Indians,  yelling,  stealing,  capturuig, 
shooting  and  scalping.  The  helpless  wo- 
men and  children  were  compelled  to  flee. 
Roads  to  the  towns  and  villages  east  of 
us  were  thronged  with  footmen  and 
vehicles  of  every  description.  They 
left  their  stock,  harvest,  homes,  all 
their  living,  to  be  wasted  and  burned, 
if  not  by  the  savage,  by  the  relentless 
prairie  fires  and  the  inevitable  tooth  of 
time.  Some  were  sick  and  died ;  others 
yet  live  tortured  by  diseases  resulting 
from  the  fatigue,  fright,  and  night  ex- 
posures of  that  double  war  of  the  rebel 
and  the  savage. 

The  prospects  of  this  church  were 
nearly  destroyed.  The  edifice  was  giv- 
en up  to  the  soldiers,  her  men  were  in 
the  army,  and  her  women  had  fled. 
Many  never  returned.  Judging  from 
the  records,  this  church  and  congrega* 
tion  have  not  recovered  their  numbers, 
strength  or  pecuniary  ability. 

The  people  generally  are  (»f  New 
England  origin,  intelligent,  refined  in 
feeling;  but  (largely  owing  to  the 
losses  of  this  two-edged  sword  of  war), 
destitute  of  comfortable  houses,  out- 
buildings, fhmitQre  and  clothing.  In 
many  houses  I  find  only  stools,  or 
an  old  broken  chair  or  two,  to  which  I 
am  invited,  while  the  rest  occupy  ^^  the 
bench:" 

Some  children  and  some  parents  are 
kept  from  Sabbath  school  and  meeting 
because  tbey  have  no  decent  garments ; 
yet  the  most  go,  though  in  clothes  that 
would  not  be^pronounced  decent  by 
Eastern  people,  even  for  a  log  school- 
house.  I  could  particularize  and  draw 
tears ;  perhaps  could  get  money  to  re- 
lieve the  pressing  wants  of  the  sons 
and  daughters  of  dear  New  Eng- 
land. You  might  thereby  be  disposed 
to  send  a  ^'box  "  to  the  people  as  weU 


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u  the  nnasioDary.  But  I  forbear. 
The  coontrj,  with  lU  fine  pranrie  and 
hwTj  timber,  is  destined  to  be  a  rich 
land,  and  its  ehnr<^es  independent. 
Bat,  for  the  Home  Missionary  Society 
to  withdraw  its  helping  hand  now* 
would  be  death.  My  family  reoeived  a 
choice  trank  of  vataable  articles  for 
onr  comfort  and  cheer,  from  the  Broad- 
way Tabernacle  Chnroh,  New  York. 
May  the  Lord  bless  them ! 


F)tm  JU9.  Jg,  W.  Merrill,  Cannon  FaU$, 
;  Ooodhve  Co. 

At  the  noanimons  wish  of  this  chnrch 
and  society,  a  council  of  the  neighbor- 
iog  chnrches,  Feb.  23d,  installed  me  as 
pastor.  I  hope  it  will  be  for  the  inter- 
est of  the  chnrch  and  of  Ohrist's  cause 
in  this  place.  For  two  years  and  a  half 
oor  strength  has  been  constantly  in- 
creasing, and  I  think  I  can  safely  say 
oor  influence  is  now  preeminent  in  this 
oommnnity. 

The  OreatneM  of  th«  Work. 

This  chnrch  will  slall,  for  a  while,  be 
dependent  on  yoor  Society,  bnt  we  look 
forward  to  the  time,  as  not  &r  off, 
when  we  shall  contribute  to  your  fimds, 
imtetd  of  being  beneficiaries.  Though 
•0  often  told,  and  by  such  a  cloud  of  wit- 
oetMs,  it  is  impossible  for  you  to  fully  re- 
ili»  the  amount  of  good  the  Home  Mis- 
Aonary  Society  is  doing  here  in  the 
West,  or  the  loving  estimate  in  which  it 
is  here  held.  The  seal  of  the  Lord's  ap- 
probation, in  the  triumphs  of  the  gospel 
here,  most  be  your  best  evidence  of  the 
greatness  of  Uie  work. 

Tbanks. 
A  oopy  of  Dr.  Thompson's  **  Man  in 
Genesis  and  in  Geology ''  has  been  re- 
ceived, and  also  the  '^  Congregational 
Qoartorly,'*  for  '69,  for  which  I  am  truly 
thankfbl.  How  many  good  books  lie 
wselesB  in  Eastern  homes,  that  here 
woold  be  prized  more  than  our  neces- 
foodl 


IOWA. 

From  Rev,   A,  Manton,   Qitiuqudon^  Bu- 
chanan Co, 

Foorteen  Tears. 

This  day  completes  the  fourteenth 
year  of  service  under  your  commission, 
though  nearly  sixteen  years  have  been 
spent  in  pioneer  labor.  As  I  look  back 
upon  those  years  of  privation  and  toil, 
(I  never  said  suffn'ing),  my  heart  is  fill- 
ed with  tbanksgiviog  to  Qod  that  I  have 
been  permitted  to  labor  so  long.  And  un- 
der God,  we  owe  mudi  to  your  Society. 
But  for  its  work  and  influence,  how  dif- 
ferent a  home  would  Iowa  be ! 

Wheat  fox  Nothing. 

The  quarter  has  been  one  of  peculiar 
trials.  This  is  a  wheat-producing  coun- 
try ;  and  wheat  is  the  principal  depend- 
enoe  of  the  people.  Sinoe  harvest,  the 
prioe  has  ranged  about  fifty  cents  per 
bushel ;  and  the  wages  of  harvest  la- 
borers have  been  about  three  dollars  a 
day,  leaving  the  producer  but  a  small 
income  from  his  labor.  In  every  new 
settlement  in  the  West,  the  beginner 
must  raise  wheat ;  no  other  crop  does 
as  well  for  the  first  years.  Almost 
every  man  in  our  ohnroh  and  society 
depends  upon'  wheat.  Disappointed 
and  crippled  in  resources,  they  will 
have  much  diflSculty  in  sustaining  the 
gospel  the  present  and  coming  year, 
without  reducing  the  amount  asked  of 
your  Society. 

Our  hunger  is  for  the  bread  of  life, 
not  for  bread  of  wheat  Woold  that 
our  benefactors  could  have  our  wheat 
at  the  prices  we  sell  at !  The  transpor- 
tation monopolies  grind  us  severely,  yet 
we  are  thankful  that  it  is  not  famine. 


From  Rev,  J,  E,  FUiott,  Lucas  Grove,  2iu$» 
Co, 


Itinaratinff. 

This  church,  Ave  miles  west  of  Mus- 
catine, is  an  ofisboot  of  Dr.  Bobbins' 
church,  and  has  been  tenderly  cared  for 


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Jane, 


by  him  and  his  people.  The  friendship 
of  that  dear  pastor  and  his  people  is  a 
great  joy  to  ns. 

During  the  past  year,  besides  oar 
home  senrioes,  I  have  been  preaching 
once  aod  sometimes  twice  on  the  Sab- 
bath, in  school-honses  from  three  to 
eight  mUes  distant,  and  have  risited 
places  fifteen  and  twenty  miles  away,  to 
preach.  At  Grand  View,  in  Lonisa 
Oonnty,  I  have  preached  in  the  German 
Gongregrational  ohnrch,  at  the  request 
of  your  Agent. 

At  present  I  am  preaching  at  Oolnm- 
bus  Oity  once  a  month,  my  people  re- 
leasing me  every  fourth  Sabbath  for  that 
purpose.  I  have  just  returned  from  my 
third  visit  to  that  place.  That  church, 
two  years  ago,  was  apparently  strong 
and  flourishing,  but  unhappily  was 
broken  down,  and  I  am  caring  for  the 
fragments.  Lest  Saturday  morning,  it 
being  too  cold  to  attempt  the  journey  of 
twenty-two  miles  on  horseback,  with 
the  uncertainties  of  getting  across  the 
Iowa  river,  I  walked  to  Muscatine,  five 
miles,  took  the  oars  to  Clifton,  twenty 
miles,  and  completed  the  journey  on 
foot,  three  miles  further.  My  congre- 
gation the  next  mornmg  numbered  eighty 
the  severe  weather  keepiog  people  at 
home. 

I  walked  home  with  a  brother  after 
church,  three  miles,  took  dinner,  and 
walked  some  distance  further  to  spend 
the  night.  Monday  evening,  preached 
to  a  full  congregation  in  a  school-house, 
and  walked  some  six  miles  fhrther,  on 
Tuesday  morning,  to  visit  and  preach  in 
another  school-house  in  the  evening.  I 
would  gladly  have  spent  the  whole 
week  thus,  but  an  invalid  wife  made  it 
necessary  for  me  to  return.  I  was 
kindly  carried  to  the  depot,  there  to  be 
left  by  the  train,  with  others. 

Biff  Kaetiziff. 

Walking  three  miles  to  the  next  sta- 
tion, I  found  my  way  accidentally  to  a 
church  where  a  "big  meeting''  was  in 
progress.    I  was  astonished  at  the  noise 


and  excitement,  but  being  invited  to 
join,  did  what  I  could  under  tlie  circum- 
stances. Taking  my  seat  by  the  side  of 
one  of  the  ^*  mourners,''  and  putting 
some  questions  to  him,  I  learned  that 
the  confusion  was  such  that  he  was  be- 
wildered. Said  he,  "  when  I  am  alooe 
I  can  think,  but  here  I  know  nothing." 
At  a  similar  meeting  held  nearer  my 
home,  one  preacher  said  to  another  who 
was  attempting  to  sing:  "Shut  up, 
brother  0- — ,  and  go  to  shouting ;  we 
can  do  more  at  tliat."  Are  we  not 
called  to  preach  the  gospel  f 


From  Rev.  J,  D,  8and»,  Bdmoitd,  WrigJU 
Coimiy, 

JL  Xoral  Swamp. 

Six  have  united  with  this  little  church. 
The  Sabbath  services,  Sunday  school, 
and  prayer  meetings  are  better  attend- 
ed; morals  are  somewhat  improving; 
yet  I  feel  that  we  are  on  the  edge  of  a 
^^  moral  swamp,"  and  sometimes  I  fear 
I  shall  get  the  ''spiritual  chills;"  but  so 
far  I  have  not  had  them,  and  if  a  few 
more  good  Eastern  people  will  come  in 
next  spring,  as  we  expect,  we  shall  be 
able  to  drain  the  swamp,  and  make 
good  firm  land. 

Peripatetic. 

At  Amsterdam  the  house  will  scarce- 
ly hold  those  who  come;  yet  this  is 
but  a  "picket-post,"  where  we  keep 
guard  over  the  enemy's  forces.  The 
same  is  true  of  Hickory,  in  a  part  of 
the,  county  fast  filling  up.  At  Clarion, 
or  "  the  Center,"  I  have  made  a  per- 
manent preaching  place.  As  the  coun- 
ty seat,  this  must  soon  be  an  important 
point  At  Liberty  I  found  a  few  Con- 
gregational families,  very  anxious  that 
I  make  this  a  point  also.  I  intend  to 
do  so.  The  only  difliculty  is,  that  there 
are  about  seventeen  miles  of  prairie, 
with  never  a  house  between  Bel- 
mond  and  Liberty,  and  in  some  of  our 
storms  I  dare  not  cross  such  a  prairie. 

It  is  my  intention  to  preach  in  every 
school-district  in  the  county  durmg  the 


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present  spring — ^there  are  about  twen- 
ty-seyen  organized  districts.  I  have 
fdready  commeoced  the  work. 

Enoufirlx  Wheat. 

You  kDow  tliat  our  people  have  lost 
fearfollj  ia  their  grain-raising.  We  get 
eooagh  to  eat,  for  wheat  is  only  thirty 
cents  a  bushel  here;  bnt  we  have  no 
potatoes,  as  their  price  i^  above  oar 
reach.  Enough  wheat  has  been  given 
me  to  last  my  family  till  next  fall.  I 
have  received  in  goods  all  that  the 
people  promised  to  give  me  for  the 
year  oow  closing. 


FfomReu.  C,  Taylor^  Algona^  KomUh  Co, 
Of  Jndsx&ents. 

The  last  few  months  have  been  a 
period  of  Jadment  to  this  people.  Two 
men  have  been  mangled  in  threshing- 
maehines  so  that  they  died  in  a  few 
hours.  One  of  them  was  one  of  my 
rapporters,  his  wife  and  most  of  his 
friends  being  members  of  our  church. 
Two  men  have  been  killed  on  the  rail- 
road. Another  perished  on  the  prairie 
in  one  of  oar  severe  storms.  He  had 
lesB  than  a  mUe  to  go,  and  it  was  not 
night  when  he  set  out,  but  he  lost  the 
track,  probably  became  conftised,  and 
finilly  perished  only  aboat  half  a  mile 
from  where  he  started.  Persons  who 
have  not  experieaced  it  can  form  no 
idea  of  the  difficulty  and  danger  of 
travernng  these  prairies  in  one  of  our 
•evere  storms,  especially  in  the  night. 

Sidkuess  has  been  very  general  *  here 
and  in  all  the  sorroonding  regions  for 
two  or  three  months  past,  and  now  a 
kind  of  influenza  has  effected  almost 
every  one. 

Of  XeroiM. 

For  ourselves  we  have  occasion  to 
sing  of  mercies.  While  we  have  not 
been  well  much  of  tiie  winter,  and 
sometimes  prospects  have  been  rather 
dark,  pecuniarily,  stUl  our  Father  has 
given  us  assurance  that  he  knows  what 
are  needed.    The  Obristmas  ship,  which 


we  rigged  here  instead  of  a  tree,  mostly 
for  the  interest  of  the  Sabbath  school, 
was  found  to  be  well  laden  with  good 
things  for  the  pastor  and  his  wife,  in- 
cluding some  *^ tender  notes"  which, 
Uncle  Bam  says,  (and  he  ought  to  know), 
are  legal  any  where.  Then  came  a 
barrel  well  filled  with  clothing  from  the 
Asylum  HiU  church,  Hartford,  Conn., 
containing  almost  every  article  of 
clothing  which  man  or  woman  can 
need,  bedding,  raw  material,  stationery, 
and  money.  I  should  be  a  poor  hand 
to  estimate  the  value  in  dollars  and 
cents,  and  as  a  token  of  sympathy,  I 
know  of  no  standard  of  comparison. 
There  came  a  check  for  $5,  contributed 

by  Rev. ,  and  last,  but  not  least, 

a  draft  for  $20,  a  present  from  Dr. 
Todd's  Sabbath  school,  in  Pittsfield, 
Mass.  While  I  have  never  intended  to 
represent  or  authorize  any  one  to  repre- 
sent that  I  suffered  peculiar  hardships 
here,  pecuniarily,  still  it  is  often  true 
that  the  prospects  are  rather  dark,  and 
I  do  not  see  how  I  could  have  got 
along  comfortably  and  honorably  with- 
out the  aid  that  these  gifts  afforded. 
The  Lord  often  anticipates  my  wants 
and  answers  me  before  I  call,  and  thus, 
instead  of  prayers,  I  have  occasion  for 
thanksgiving. 


WISCONSIN. 

Fn>m  Rev,  G.  Bpalding^  Depere^  Brown  Co, 

JL  Tlilok  doiuL 

A  shadow  has  come  over  my  house- 
hold. Our  very  dear  oldest  daughter, 
the  stay  and  staff  of  her  mother  in  all 
household  duties,  and  in  the  care  of  five 
younger  ones,  is  very  low  with  con- 
sumption. We  had  not  suspected  this 
disease  till  the  beginning  of  winter, 
when  rapidly  failing  strength  indicated 
some  organic  difficulty,  and  an  examina- 
tion showed  tubercular  deposit  and  a 
cavity  in  the  left  lung.  She  can  sit  up 
but  part  of  the  day,  and  requires  much 
of  our  attention.  She  understands  her 
condition,  and  quietly  tinists  in  Jesus. 


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Jane, 


God  is  her  refage,  and  the  eyerlasting 
arms  are  nnderneath  her. 

Its  Silver  Lining. 

We  reoeived  a  verj  touching  token  of 
sympathy  from  oar  recent  £aa  Olaire 
people.  Upon  hearing  of  our  daughter's 
ilbiessy  a  few  of  them  made  np  a  pnrse 
of  $65,  and  sent  a  young  lady,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  church,  and  a  friend  of  my 
daughters,  to  express  to  us  their  Chris- 
tian sympathy  and  continued  interest  in 
our  welfare ;  the  amount  above  her  tra- 
veling expenses  being  a  present  to  our 
daughter.  The  young  lady — ^the  daugh* 
ter  of  your  misdonary  at  Mondovi,  but 
residing  at  West  Eau  Claire — ^is  still 
with  us,  and  is  a  great  comfort  I  feel 
that  a  church  that  thus  send  a  delegate 
nearly  across  the  breadth  of  the  State 
of  Wisconsin,  in  mid-winter,  to  express 
its  Christian  sympathy  with  the  af- 
flicted family  of  a  pastor  who  has  left 
them,  deserve  to  have  this  spoken  "  in 
remembrance"  of  them.  The  world 
needs  to  know  of  such  a  firuit  of  Chris- 
tian love. 

You  wish  to  know  both  the  trials  and 
the  joys  of  yoar  missionaries ;  I  there- 
fore mention  these  personal  matters,  as- 
sured of  your  Christian  sympathy. 


From  JRev,  M.  WtU%,  Oak  Orove^  Dodge  Co. 
From  Dark  to  Ziiffht. 
My  labors  with  the  Oak  Grove  church 
commenced  with  great  fear  and  tremb- 
ling from  phymcal  weakness.  For  two 
years,  as  you  know,  I  had  been  wholly 
laid  aside  from  ministerial  labor,  and  re- 
sumed it  rather  as  an  experiment.  For 
a  number  of  years  this  little  church  has 
been  struggling  against  great  difficulties. 
They  had  settled  down  almost  into  des- 
pair. With  the  darkness  oame  unbelief, 
so  that  they  sometimes  felt  that  God^s 
arm  even  would  not  save  them.  They 
had  seriously  thought  of  disposing  of 
their  house  of  worship  and  disbanding. 
At  that  juncture  God  met  them  in  the 
fulfilment  of  the  promise :  *'  I  will  make 


darimess  light  before  them,  and  crooked 
things  straight.  These  things  will  I  do 
unto  them,  and  n^tfMtdke  themJ*^ 

They  took  encouragement.  They  re- 
pented of  their  unbelief.  A  series  of 
meetings  was  commenced  on  tiie  first 
Sabbath  of  the  year,  continuing  till  Feb. 
22d.  God  came  down  in  great  power 
by  his  Spirit,  and  at  least  fifty,  as  we 
hope,  have  embraced  Christ.  The  sa- 
cramental occasion,  last  Sabbath,  was 
the  most  solemn  and  impressive  ever 
witnessed  in  the  place.  Thirty  converts 
were  baptized,  thirty-eight  entered  into 
fellowship  with  the  church,  and  all  but 
one  received  for  the  first  time  the  tokens 
of  their  acceptance  of  the  covenant  of 
grace.  Of  these  thirty-eight,  seventeen 
were  heads  of  families,  fifteen  were 
youth  between  the  ages  of  sixteen  and 
twenty-four,  and  the  remainder  were 
children.  A  number  of  family  altars 
have  been  erected.  There  is  great  se- 
riousness yet  upon  the  minds  of  many, 
and  we  are  confidently  hoping  to  see 
other  conversions. 


mSSOTTBI. 

From  Rev,  X.  M»  Fierce,  CHemooody  Sehuy- 
UrCo, 

An  Barly  Harvest. 

The  last  quarter  has  brought  a  great 
blessing  to  the  church  and  community. 
I  had  thought  that  I  had  the  most  diffi- 
cult field  imaginable.  Almost  faithleds, 
I  labored  on.  The  congregation  wos 
attentive,  but  none  seemed  to  be  moved. 
I  learned  that  the  people  expected  to  be 
converted  in  protracted  efifbrts,  and  saw 
no  way  but  to  adapt  the  work  to  the 
state  of  affidrs.  A  few  of  the  church 
met  with  me  for  three  successive  even- 
ings, and  talked  and  prayed  over  the 
matter.  Then  we  commenced  a  series 
of  meetings— prayer  meetings  in  the 
afternoon,  and  preaching  at  night  Our 
good  Inrother  Bowers,  of  Macon,  came 
to  our  help.  The  Methodists  were  in- 
vited te  cooperate.  The  meetings  con- 
tinued for  sixteen  days.   Our  unfinished 


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hall  was  crowded,  often  to  overflowing. 
Tbere  was  a  qniet,  tboughtfcd  attention. 
Abont  50  arose  for  prayers.  Of  tbis 
namber  30  have  already  united  wilh  the 
two  ohnrdies.  The  work  was  largely 
coofloed  to  the  young  people.  A  ball 
bad  been  arranged  to  take  place  before 
the  meetings  were  over,  droulars 
were  printed ;  bat  the  revival  made 
great  inroads  upon  tbe  list  of  managers. 
Hie  remainder  met,  and  ^<  out  of  defer- 
ence to  the  meeting/'  postponed  the 
baH  Nearly  every  eligible  yonng  lady 
was  converted,  and  the  few  remaining 
managers  for  the  dance  met,  and  ad- 
journed 9ine  die. 

The  revival  has  made  great  impres- 
son  apon  the  whole  oommnnity.  The 
churches  are  greatly  cheered.  Our  lit- 
tle band  will  be  about  doubled.  The 
tide  of  interest  reached  out  to  our  little 
prairie  church,  three  miles  away.  We 
hope  to  build  the  coming  season.  The 
town  proprietors  have  given  us  a  lot,  and 
about  $1,400  are  subscribed. 


iVwi  Ra,  H.  D.  Lowing^  Neoshoy  Newton 

Plenty  to  Do. 

To-day  I  returned  from  Newtonia, 
wb^e  Bev.  Mr.  Shattuck  and  I  have 
occupied  an  academy  building  on  the 
fi^  Sabbath  of  the  month,  for  the  last 
two  years.  I  preached  Saturday,  Sun 
day,  Monday  and  Tuesday  evenings  to 
a  crowded  house,  and  much  interest  was 
manifiMt  Some  twenty  or  more  rose 
for  pn^er,  and  quite  a  number  ex- 
prmcd  a  determination  to  give  up  the 
world  and  follow  Christ  It  baa  not 
bam  thought  advisable  to  move  for  a 
dmrch  organisation  yet»  ^ough  I  think 
that^  at  nodiatantday,  it  will  be  neces- 

I  do  not  fM  at  liberty  to  be  diverted 
from  my  ministerial  labors  in  the  least 
in  this  field.  I  have  seven  stated  ap- 
pointments ootside  of  Neosho  now,  and 
we  have  arranged,  for  three  Sabbaths  in 
a  month,  for  two  servioes  each  Sabbath 


at  the  new  church.  "  As  much  as  in  me 
is,  I  am  ready  to  preach  the  gospel,^'  and 
am  sorry  there  is  no  more  in  me ;  for 
surely  here  is  a  great  field,  and  it  is 
white  for  the  harvest. 


njjHois. 

From  Bev,  i.  If,  HigginB,  Lanark^  CarroU 
County. 

Four  Tears  and  Oraduated. 

On  the  fourth  anniversary  of  my  pas- 
torate, I  preached  an  historical  dis- 
course, reviewing  the  history  of  the 
church  through  her  ten  years'  expe- 
rience. In  these  last  four  years,  27 
have  been  added  to  the  church ;  the 
Sabbath  school  has  increased  from  80  to  ' 
160 ;  and  over  $8,000  have  been  raised 
for  church  and  charitable  purposes.  It 
seems  a  remarkable  providence,  that 
during  these  four  years  but  one  adult 
out  of  the  church  and  congregation  has 
died. 

Last  year,  as  you  know,  your  Society 
aided  us  $100,  the' people  raising  $700. 
At  the  close  of  the  sermon,  I  appealed 
to  those  present  to  celebrate  the  occa- 
sion, by  declaring  the  churches  inde- 
pendence of  missionary  aid,  and  thus 
virtually  giving  $100,  ttirough  your  So- 
ciety, to  some  more  needy  church.  The 
appeal  "  took."  A  meeting  was  called 
to  take  action  in  the  matter,  and  it  was 
voted  not  only  to  assume  self-support, 
but  also  to  increase  the  pastor's  salary. 

At  a  fair  and  festrval  held  during  the 
winter,  a  sufficient  amount  was  raised 
to  paint  the  outside  of  the  church,  fur- 
nish blinds,  carpets,  sc^  for  the  desk, 
new  lamps,  etc ;  so  that  in  view  of  the 
whole  ten  years,  and  especially  the  last 
four,  we  have  abundant  ocoaaion  to 
say,  *'  Hitherto  hath  the  Lord  helped 
ua.'*  Profoundly  grateM  for  the  help- 
ing hand  extended  us  by  your  Society, 
through  seven  years  of  weakness,  we 
hope  in  the  future  not  only  to  go  alone, 
but  also  to  aid  other  churches  in  reach- 
ing the  same  point. 


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June, 


From  Rev.  S.  R,  DoU,  Morris^  Grundy  Co, 
Work  and  Qratltud*. 

The  past  three  months  have  been  Ml 
of  labor.  I  have  lathed  and  plastered 
the  upper  part  of  onr  house,  making  the 
mortar,  carrying  It,  and  patting  it  on ; 
have  dog  a  cistern,  laid  the  brick,  and 
plastered  it,  with  the  help  of  a  man  to 
bring  the  brick  and  mortar.  This,  with 
the  thousand  and  one  cares  of  a  family 
of  five  small  children  and  a  wife  by  no 
means  strong,  has  kept  me  from  pastoral 
visitation  and  almost  entirely  from  my 
study.  There  has  been  a  good  deal  of 
anxiety  also  about  paying  for  the  parson- 
age. The  total  failure  of  the  corn  crop 
(the  roainAtay  in  this  region),  and  the 
almost  total  failure  of  the  wheat  and 
oat  crops  have  made  it  almost  impossible 
to  raise  money.  But  by  great  sacrifice 
the  debt  has  been  reduced  to  less  than 
$100,  and  we  breathe  easier. 

As  a  family,  we  have  reason  to  thank 
God  for  the  evidence  of  his  gracious 
care.  A  few  weeks  ago  we  received  a 
large  box,  well  packed  with  clothing  of 
all  kinds  mostly  new,  from  the  ladies  of 
the  First  Congregational  church  of 
Westfield,  Mass.,  and  seldom  does  a 
larger  box  packed  with  better  clothing 
enter  a  Home  Missionary  family,  and 
not  often  is  such  a  family  made  happier 
by  the  reception  of  a  box  than  was  ours 
when  we  opened  that.  You  can  under- 
stand this  better  when  I  tell  you  that, 
out  of  my  salary,  (which  you  know  is 
$500  this  year),  I  have  had  to  pay  $250 
for  my  horse,  buggy  and  cow.  If  we 
had  not  had  some  help  from  personal 
friends,  we  could  not  have  got  through 
the  year  without  running  largely  in 
debt.  The  church,  also,  has  had  a 
generous  gift  from  the  Congregational 
church  of  Springfield,  Vt,  of  a  com- 
munion service.  What  is  better  still, 
we  have  good  evidence  that  the  Lord  is 
at  work  in  our  Sabbath  school.  Some, 
we  trust,  have  given  their  hearts  to  the 
Saviour,  and  others  still  are  anxious. 
There  is  more  of  a  spirit  of  prayer 


among  Ohristians  here  than  ever  before. 
All  of  which  we  take  as  indications  of 
our  Father^s  gracious  presence  among 
us,  and  an  earnest  of  yet  .greater  dis- 
plays of  his  power  to  save  souls. 


From  Rev.  A.   L.  RiggB^   Woodstock^  Mc- 

Henry  Co. 

From.  Home  to  Forei«:n. 

I  found  the  church  weakened  and 
disheartened.  Instead  of  the  increase 
they  had  good  reason  to  look  for  when 
they  organized,  they  had  grown  weak- 
er. A  number  of  the  best  families 
were  about  to  move  away  and  the 
finances  had  run  behind.  But  we  close 
the  year  in  much  better  condition  than 
we  began  it.  Those  who  were  going 
have  gone,  and  we  miss  them  sadly, 
tliough  we  know  that  they  are  doing 
good  elsewhere.  The  ch uroh  has  rallied 
its  courage,  borne  the  burdens  of  tho 
year,  and  paid  up  most  of  the  past  de- 
ficiences,  raising  in  all  over  $1,100. 
They  own  their  house  of  worship,  a 
beautiful  building,  free  from  debt.  The 
Sabbath  school  is  in  good  condition, 
and  there  is  considerable  interest  in  a 
portion  of  the  congregation  in  spiritual 
things. 

Being  now  under  appointment  of 
the  American  Board  to  go  to  the  Dakota 
mission,  my  work  here  most  soon  end. 


NEW  TOSK. 

From  Rev.  J.  T.  Marth,  Harptr^fieldy  Dela- 
ware Co. 
Better  Things. 

I  think  I  may  truly  say  that  there  is 
a  better  state  of  things  among  us  now, 
than  there  was  three  months  ago.  As 
the  week  of  prayer  approached,  I  made 
arrangements  for  union  services,  and 
during  that  week  the  Spirit  was  poured 
out  upon  us  so  mercifully  that,  at  its 
close,  one  of  the  Methodist  brethren 
rose  and  moved  that  union  services  be 
continued  for  a  few  weeks.  It  was 
carried  by  a  standing  vote,  most  of  the 


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oongregatioD  cising)  and  ever  since  these 
meetings  have  been  maintained.  I  think 
we  can  see  that  their  effect,  both  on  the 
ooQunonity  and  the  two  ohnrches,  has 
been  excellent  in  the  main.  Christians 
are  waking  up  and  beginning  to  feel  the 
power  of  nnited  prayer;  and  some  of 
the  unconyerted  are  coming  in  to  see 
what  it  is  that  so  draws  these  Obris- 
Uans  together. 

In  tbe  yonng  people^s  meeting  I  have 
beard  some  open  their  lips  for  the  first 
time  to  speak  a  word  for  Jesns.  The 
aged  members  of  onr  chnroh  are  pass- 
ing away,  and  we  must  have  recruits 
from  among  the  yonng.  There  has 
recently  been  an  awakening  in  the 
ndgfaboring  village  of  Stamford,  and 
sereral  members  of  the  Sabbath  school 
there  hare  been  hopefally  converted. 
We  are  hoping  that  good  influences 
from  that  neighborhood  may  be  wafted 
orertous. 


Frvm  Rev.  ff,   Bardy^  Potsdam  Junction^ 
8t,  Lawrtnce  Co. 

Not  Discotiraared  Tet. 

Afl  I  think  of  the    feeble,  vacant 
churches  in  this  region,  and  of  onr  own 


great  losses  within  a  short  time,  I  have 
a  sad  feeling  that  is  getting  almost 
chronic.  tYet  there  are  gleams  of  hope 
here  at  home.  We  have  some  faithful, 
earnest  ones,  more  than  would  hav» 
saved  Sodom  if  they  had  been  there. 
Some  old  troubles  in  the  church  are 
healing.  A  debt  that  has  been  resting 
on  the  society,  the  larger  part  incurred 
in  building  the  pai*sonage,  seems  likely 
to  be  canceled  this  Jubilee  year.  At 
the  annual  meeting  one  man  offered  to 
take  half  the  debt,  if  within  the  year 
the  rest  would  take  the  other  half. 
This  is  moving  them  to  see  what  can  be 
done. 

There  are  other  minor  hopes  and 
fears,  encouragements  and  discourage- 
ments, but  as  yet  the  burden  has  not 
been  greater  than  the  strength.  I 
think  that  God  will  lead  us  out,  in 
his  own  good  time  and  way.  Thus 
far,  I  have  had  light  to  take  the  step 
which  was  just  before  me.  The  dark- 
ness seems  to  be  greatest  in  reference  to 
steps  some  time  in  the  future.  I  am 
trying  to  learn  to  walk  in  the  light  I 
have,  and  believe  that  more  will  be 
given,  just  when  it  is  a  present  need. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


Eer.  Theron  Baldwin,  D.D. 

Bev.  Thkrox  Baldwut,  D.D.,  Oor- 
reipondiiig  Secretary  of  the  Society  for 
the  Promotion  of  Collegiate  and  Theo- 
logical Education  at  the  West,  died  in 
Onoge,  N.  J.,  April  lOfti,  1870,  in  the 
Wtk  year  of  his  age.  Dr.  Baldwin  sus- 
tained intimate  relations  to  the  cause  of 
Home  Missions  during  the  whole  period 
of  his  profiMsional  life,  and  it  is  proper 
that  some  reference  to  his  services 
should  ^pear  on  the  pages  of  the  Home 
Mimionary,  While  he  was  a  student  in 
Theology  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  he  be- 
came deeply  interested  in  this  enter- 


prise, and  read  a  dissertation  on  Chris- 
tian Evangelism  before  the  Society  of 
Inquiry  in  the  Theological  Seminary, 
which  brought  other  students  into 
sympathy  and  cooperation  with  himself. 
Early  in  1829,  seven  young  men,  stu- 
dents in  the  Seminary,  formed  the 
^^  Illinois  Association,"  pledging  them- 
selves to  the  service  of  Home  Missions 
and  Christian  education  in  Illinois. 
For  a  particular  account  of  the  labors 
of  these,  yocmg  men,  and  of  those  who 
soon  followed  them,  we  must  refer  our 
readers  to  an  article  by  Rev.  Dr.  Roy, 
in  the  Home  Mmionary  for  December, 
1860.    In  the  spring  of  1838  he  became 


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the  General  Agent  of  this  Society  for 
Illinois  and  Missouri,  and  for  four  jears 
performed  the  ardaoas  daties  of  that 
offioe,  amid  manifold  privations  and 
perilfl,  and  with  a  wisdom,  zeal,  and 
heroism,  for  which  he  is  still  held  in 
honor  over  the  wide  regions  which  he 
traversed,  and  hy  tens  of  thousands  who 
never  saw  his  &oe  nor  heard  his  voice. 
Of  his  services  in  securing  the  estab- 
lishment and  endowment  of  Illinois 
College,  in  founding  and  superintend- 
ing Mooticello  Female  Seminary,  and  in 
administering  the  affairs  of  the  Western 
Oollege  Society  for  more  than  a  quarter 
of  a  century,  we  cannot  speak  in  this 
brief  notice.  Duriog  aU  these  years  his 
interest  in  the  Home  Missionary  work 
never  abated.  By  his  voice,  his  pen, 
and  his  prayers,  he  ever  sought  its  ad- 
vancement. A  few  weeks  before  his 
death  he  commenced  a  series  of  articles 
in  this  magazine,  containing  reminis- 
cences of  his  missionary  experience  in 
Illinois.  Only  a  single  number  had 
been  prepared  when  his  hand  was 
arrested  by  death.  His  contributions 
to  these  pages,  commenced  more  than 
forty  years  ago,  are  ended,  ttid  they 
will  contain  no  further  record  of  his 
missionary  services ;  but  his  mem6rial  in 
the  churches  and  institutions  of  learn- 
ing, for  whose  planting  and  nurture  he 
so  faithfully  toiled,  will  remain  to  be 
read  by  a  great  clond  of  witnesses  on 
earth  and  in  heaven. 


Pleasant  Beminiicence. 

BT  BSV.  JEREMIAH   FORTKR.' 

I  have  spoken  to  you  of  our  friend, 
Captain  King,  residing  now  near  Corpus 
Christi,  who  had  given  towards  the  pay- 
ment of  our  church  debt  $600  in  coin. 
A  pleasant  Home  Missionary  reminis- 
cence is  suggested  by  the  mention  of 
Captain  King.  He  married  here,  some 
fifteen  years  ago,  the  oldest  daughter  of 
Bev.  Hiram  Chamberlain.  Mr.  C.  and 
the  Bev.  Augustus  Pomeroy  went  as  the 
first  missionaries  of  the  American  Home 


Missionary  Society,  (then  just  formed), 
over  the  Mississippi  river,  in  1829. 
Rev.  Salqaon  Qiddings  had  gone  to 
Missouri  seven  years  earlier,  sent  by  the 
Connecticut  Missionary  Society.  The 
freezing  of  the  Ohio  river  before  these 
two  missionaries  reached,  it  on  their 
way  to  Missouri,  so  delayed  them  that 
they  did  not  enter  that  field  until  the 
following  spring.  China  is,  in  time, 
nearer  your  o£3ce  now,  than  St  Louis 
was,  that  winter.  Mr.  Pomeroy,  after 
years  of  successful  labor  at  the  West,  is 
is  now  living  in  Western  Kew  York.  Mr. 
Chamberlain  came  by  degrees  south- 
ward, formed  the  Presbyterian  church 
here  in  1882,  and  labored  (except 
during  the  war,  when  he  was  a  Confed- 
erate chaplain),  till  his  death  in  1866. 
Having  heard  of  his  missionary  labors, 
while  I  was  a  student  at  Andover  Semi- 
nary, in  1826,  it  gave  me  pleasure  to 
mention  the  fact  when  I  met  him,  forty 
years  save  one  afterwards.  Captain 
King,  his  son-in-law,  has  brought  three 
children  and  left  them  in  Mrs.  Porter's 
care.  So  we  have  the  privilege  of 
helping  to  train  in  the  love  of  Christ 
these  precious  grandchildren  of  one  of 
your  earliest  Home  Missionaries.  These, 
with  two  children  of  Mr.  Chamberlidn, 
were  the  nucleus  of  this  first  Protestant 
school  opened  here,  after  the  war,  four 
years  ago,  by  Mrs.  Porter.  The  same 
five  children  are  now  in  the  school. 


The  Snceeis  of  Xiisions. 

The  world's  future,  as  well  as  the  fVi- 
ture  of  British  North  America,  depends 
upon  the  success  of  missions.  The  sal- 
vation of  the  hdman  race  depends  upon 
it.  The  health  and  prosperity  of  the 
churches  depend  upon  it.  The  rescue 
of  the  degraded  slaves  of  superstition  ; 
the  elevation  of  millions  of  human  be- 
ings fhnn  the  lowest  intellectual,  social, 
and  moral  condition ;  the  preservation 
of  society  in  civilized  lands  from  cor- 
raption,  anarchy,  and  ruin;  the  right 
direction  of  politics,  education,  and  pro- 


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gressi?e  cirilization ;  yes,  the  temporal 
as  well  as  the  eternal  fatare  of  haman- 
ity  depends  cliiefly  on  the  progress  of 
the  gospel  in  the  world.  There  is  now 
nothing  else  beside  the  gospel  whioh 
ean  ^g^ten,  inspire,  or  control  man- 
kind ;  there  are  no  other  individnals  or 
commnnities  that  are  now  proposing 
anj  plans,  or  are  engaged  in  anj  enter- 
prises fbr  the  regeneration  and  welfare 
of  man,  temporal  or  eternal.  And,  in 
onr  own  yonng  oonntry,  there  are  no 
foundations  that  can  be  laid  for  the  fa- 
tore,  that  are  worthy  of  confidence,  or 
tiiat  afford  any  security,  except  the 
prineiplee  of  Uie  religion  of  Christ. 
Let  this  be  borne  in  mind;  to  the 
friends  of  mismons  belongs  the  distin- 
goished  honor  of  being  the  only  trae 
philanthropists ;  they  are  the  only  people 
who  are  aiming  at  the  amendment, 
eonTersion,  and  eleyation  of  mankind. 
^Toronto  Owtrdian, 


Belatioii  of  Home  to  Foreign  His- 
sions. 

1^0  man  can  question  that  God  has 
aheady  made  this  nation  an  instrument 
in  difinsing  the  principles  of  ciyil  lib- 
erty in  the  world.  Slow  has  been  the 
growth  of  these  principles  anywhere, 
bat  greater  has  been  the  growth,  and 
more  abundant  the  fruit  here,  than  in 
any  other  land.  And  the  spectacle  of 
their  progress  here,  has  sown  the  good 
seed  in  many  lands.  These  principles 
hare  been  suoh  an  exposition  of  the 
rights  of  men — have  so  exhibited  the 
tne  nature  of  civil  government — ^so 
ttimolated  all  the  activities  of  men,  by 
Mooring  their  rights  in  the  lawful  pur- 
soits  of  life— have  so  advanced  the 
otoae  of  religion,  morality,  social  order, 
«nd  every  other  element  of  human  hap- 
piness, that  our  country  has  presented 
»  powerfol  attraction  to  the  needy  and 
QfipreflBed  in  many  lands,  and  from  all 
^larters  of  the  globe  have  they  come  to 
find  their  homes  among  us. 

But  we  cannot  doubt  that  richer 
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blessings  than  even  those  that  civil 
freedom  confers,  we  are  to  bestow  upon 
the  nations.  It  does  not  seem  doubtful 
that  this  country  is  designed  to  be  one 
of  the  leading  nations  in  the  great  work 
of  evangeliziDg  the  world.  If  we  regard 
its  geographical  position,  as  confronting 
in  the  West  the  most  populoas  of  the 
pagan  nations,  and  the  countless  isles 
of  the  sea— if  we  regard  its  wonderful 
growth  in  all  the  elements  of  national 
power — the  activity  and  energy  so 
characteristic  of  the  American  people, 
eminently  fitting  them  for  missionary 
work— the  power  abready  gained  by  the 
gospel  in  the  land,  and  the  great  and 
rapidly  inoreasbg  spirit  of  missionary 
enterprise,  and  its  great  results  in  many 
lands— in  view  of  such  facts,  it  is  not 
unreasonable  to  believe,  that  God  is 
making  our  nation,  the  offer  of  standing 
in  the  fore-front  in  that  great  spiritual 
warfare,  by  which  the  whole  earth  b  to 
be  subdued  to  Christ. 

There  is,  therefore,  a  most  intimate 
and  important  relation  between  the 
evangelization  of  our  own  land,  and 
that  of  the  heathen  world — between 
the  Home  and  Foreign  work. 

1.  The  Foreign  Missionary  work  of 
gospel  times  began  with  the  Home 
work.  The  Great  Missionary  from 
heaven  and  Divine  Founder  of  the 
church,  gave  direction  that  the  apos- 
tles should  be  his  witnesses,  ^^  both  in 
Jerusalem,  and  in  all  Judea,  and  in 
Samaria,  and  unto  the  uttermost  parts 
of  the  earth."  But  they  must  begin  at 
Jerusalem.  The  Foreign  "Work  would 
naturally  and  certainly  issue  out  of  the 
Home  Work.  The  great  apostle  must 
be  first  a  Home  Missionary  among  his 
own  countrymen — ^to  the  Jews  first — 
which  would  fit  him  for  a  wider  sphere, 
in  that  the  growing  benevolence  of  his 
heart  would  press  him  into  the  great 
foreign  field.  The  apostles  were  to 
begin  evangelizing  where  they  were — 
operate  on  the  field  actually  before 
them— and  as  a  supplement  to  that 
work,  or  an  extension  of  it,  widen  the 


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circle  till  the  ends  of  the  earth  were 
reached. 

2.  The  relation  of  the  Home  to  the 
ForeigQ  work  is  that  of  streams  to  their 
fonptain.  Whence  oame  the  three  han« 
dred  missionaries  we  have  located,  and 
are  sastaining  in  heathen  lands  ?  They 
came  firom  a  land  already  in  an  impor- 
tant degree  christianized.  It  has  been 
the  power  of  the  gospel  npon  the 
Christian  commnnities  where  they  once 
lived,  that  has  created  the  sense  of 
ohligation  to  engage  in  the  missionary 
work.  Onr  missionaries  would  never 
have  gone  to  the  heathen,  had  not  their 
own  homes  and  their  own  hearts  heen 
evangelized.  They  are  streams  from 
the  fountain  which  the  gospel  has 
opened  in  this  Christian  land. 

3.  The  Foreign  Misdonary  spirit  in 
this  country  was  eminently  the  result 
of  the  spirit  of  benevolence  which 
Home  Missionary  labors  had.  begotten. 
The  most  intelligent  and  energetic  of 
the  eminent  men,  by  whom  the  Amer- 
ican Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign 
Missions  was  brought  into  existence, 
were  the  very  men,  who  for  years  be- 
fore had  been  consulting  and  acting  in 
the  great  work  of  the  evangelization  of 
our  own  country.  '*  I  speak  advisedly. 
Wherever  was  the  birth-place  of  Foreign 
Missions,  and  whatever  their  aliment 
in  their  infancy,  they  were  dandled  on 
the  knees  of  the  Massachusetts  and  Con- 
necticut Missionary  Societies,  while 
they  themselves  were  yet  feeble.  The 
directors  and  executive  officers  of  the 
Foreign  Board  were  chosen  from  among 
those  whose  wisdom  and  experience 
had  ripened  into  maturity  under  the 
teachings  of  the  Home  Missionary 
spirit;  its  plans  and  movements  were 
devised  by  those  who,  like  Worcester 
and  Evarts,  had  taken  their  lessons  in 
the  Home  MlssioDary  school,  and  its 
successful  labors  have  been  accom- 
plished by  men  whose  earliest  philan- 
thropic emotions  were  inspired  by  the 
genius  of  Home  Missions." 

4.  Our  power  to  sustain  our  labors, 


and  enlarge  their  operations  on  tlie 
Foreign  field,  depends  npon  the  moral 
power  generated  by  the  faithftil  cultiva- 
tion of  the  Home  field.  Our  miseiona- 
ries  are  the  advanoe  of  those  great 
spritnal  forces,  by  which  ^the  sacra- 
mental host  of  God^s  elect "  are  to  con- 
quer the  world  in  the  name  of  and  £or 
the  glory  of  the  Great  Captain  of  Sal- 
vation. We  put  them  forward,  but  we 
can  sustain  them  and  augment  their 
strength  and  numbers  only  as  we  in- 
crease the  strength  of  Hon  at  home. 
With  abundant  spiritual  and  matmal 
resources,  with  fervent  prayer  and 
living  faith  and  glowing  benevolence 
and  earnest  zeal  at  home,  we  give 
conrage  and  hope  to  those  who  go  for 
ns  to  enlighten  the  heathen.  With  the 
oonsoionsness  of  powerful  reserves,  onr 
spiritual  soldiers  go  into  the  conflict 
with  boldness  and  confidence,  assuring 
themselves  that  ample  snccor  is  at  hand. 
The  triumph  of  the  Home  work  makes 
it  sure  that  the  Foreign  shall  not  fail. — 
Rev.  ff.  B,  HooJcer,  D.D, 


To  Promote  a  Beviyal. 

So  far  as  means  are  concerned,  the 
thing-most  needed  is  the  concentration 
of  interest.  There  is  often  interest 
enough  in  a  church  to  produce  the  hap- 
piest results,  if  you  can  only  bring  it  to- 
gether. 

The  late  Dr.  Taylor  of  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  told  me,  some  years  ago,  how  he 
effected  this.  It  was  a  time  of  general 
declension  in  his  church.  He  invited 
three  of  his  brethren  to  come  to  his 
house  one  evening  for  prayer  and  con- 
sultation. They  came  and  spent  the 
time  in  prayer  and  conference.  Before 
they  separated  they  agreed  to  invite 
others  to  come  with  them  on  the  same 
evening  of  the  following  week.  Some 
twenty  were  present,  and  before  they 
separated  they  agreed  to  invite  others 
to  attend  the  next  meeting.  When 
they  came  together  again  at  his  honse, 
the  parlor  was  more  than  filled.    At 


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tbeir  aezt  meeting,  the  paiior,  dining- 
room,  and  kitchen  were  all  filled  to 
OTerflowiig.  AJl  this  interest  lay  in 
the  breasts  of  Christians  before,  bat  it 
needed  eoneentrating  to  render  it  op- 
eratire.  They  then  moved  to  the  yes- 
trj  for  their  next  meeting.  A  general 
vork  ef  graee  followed  and  many  were 
oonTerted.  The  mass  was  moved  by 
first  moving  the  individaols  that  eom- 
poiedit. 

lamyowA  congregation  at  Fongh- 
ke^e,  I  sQoceeded  in  accomplishing 
the  same  ia  the  following  manner: 
There  were  sereral  yonths  who  were  in 
a  very  impressible  state.  Some  of  them 
I  knsw  to  be  thonghtf  qL  I  called  npon 
them  and  invited  them  to  meet  me  at 
ow  Isetore-room  for  religions  converse- 
tioB.  At  onr  first  meeting  there  were 
•ix  or  eight.  Another  meeting  was  ap- 
pobted  for  the  next  week.  Several 
more  were  present.  As  soon  as  Ohris- 
tiaos  ase^tained  the  state  of  thmgs, 
there  was  a  general  manifestation  of  in- 
teraBt,  and  we  appointed  meetings,  night 
after  lig^  for  months.  The  honse  be- 
came thronged,  and  mqre  than  a  hon- 
drad  professed  to  be  born  again.  It 
vaa  the  social  element  which  was  here 
Qied  to  eonoentrate  the  interest  and 
reoder  it  effeetnal  in  saving  sonls.  It 
gsaerally  adds  to  one^s  interest  to  know 
that  others  are  simikriy  affected.  The 
Bungling  together  of  awakened  sym- 
pithies  exdtes  the  flame  of  interest  to  a 
greater  intennty. 

At  other  times  the  interest  has  been 
soooeotrated  by  the  appointment  of 
eootinaons  prayer  meetings,  as  in  the 
jean  '57  and  ^58,  when  sach  mnltitades 
v«e  converted.  The  Holy  Ghost 
worked  throngh  this  channel  and  de- 
■QBStrated  his  power  to  save. — Eev.  A. 
Underwood,  in  Ths  Advance. 


Are  Kiniitan  HireUngs  I 

"Are  you  the  man  we've  hired  to 
preach  for  ns  !  "    * 
**  No,  sir,  I  am  not" 


**  I  beg  pardon.  Are  you  not  the 
minister  t " 

**  Yes,  sir;  I  am  pastor  of  the  church 
here.  Bat,  do  yon  really  think  I  have 
been  hired  to  preach  for  you  ? " 

**  Why,  yes,  sir ;  I  was  at  the  meeting 
when  the  vote  was  taken  to  raise  the 
money.  Did  you  not  come  here,  ex- 
pecting to  receive  a  salary! " 

^  Certainly ;  so  does  the  Governor  of 
this  State  enter  upon  his  duties  expect- 
ing to  receive  a  salary ;  but  would  you 
say  that  he  is  hired  to  govern  the 
State!" 

"Not  exactly," 

^  And  the  reason  is  exactly  this :  the 
Gbvemor  is  elected  to  fill  a  certain  of- 
fice, and  when  you  speak  of  him,  you 
think  more  of  his  office  than  yon  do  of 
his  salary.  You  do  not  hire  him  to  do 
whatever  you  may  wish  to  set  him  at; 
but  you  6lect  him  to  an  office  fixed  be- 
forehand, and  expressly  defined  by  the 
constitution,  and  then  you  fix  a  salary, 
that  he  may  attend 'to  his  duties  with- 
out embarrassment.  The  same  is  true 
Qf  a  pastor.  You  do  not  hire  him  to  do 
a  job  of  preaching  for  you.  You  elect 
him  to  an  office  ordamed  by  Christ,  and 
defined  in  the  constitution  of  the  church, 
and  then  you  affix  a  salary,  that  he  may 
give  himself  wholly  to  the  duties  of  his 
office." 

'*  Your  theory  appears  very  well ;  but 
what  practical  difference  does  it  make! " 

'*  Just  this.  When  you  hire  a  man, 
you  expect  him  to  do  oi  you  say.  When 
you  elect  a  man  to  an  office,  you  ex- 
pect him  to  do  what  the  constitution 
says." — BaptUt  Tidings. 


The  Dying  Miiier. 

Being  invited  to  visit  a  dying  young 
man  at  Atlantic  City,  Idaho,  I  found  him 
in  a  small  log  cabin.  It  was  a  room 
perhaps  eight  by  twelve  feet,  without 
any  floor  or  window.  A  door  occupied 
one  end,  and  a  small  fireplace  was  at  the 
other.  Four  small  poles  had  been  driv- 
en into  the  ground.     From  these  were 


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nailed  cross-bars  to  the  logs  in  the 
side  of  the  building.  Small  poles  laid 
apon  these  and  covered  with  armj 
blankets  made  the  bed.  There  were 
two  of  these  along  one  side  of  the 
room.  A  table  and  a  conple  of  trunks 
occupied  the  other  side,  leaving  a  nar- 
row way  through  the  center  of  the 
room.  The  young  man  had  received  a 
college  education,  and  all  the  culture 
and  refinement  that  the  upper  walks  of 
Eastern  society  ksould  give ;  for  his  father 
is  wealtliy.  But  here  he  lay  dying,  far 
from  home,  without  any  comforts  what- 
ever. A  companion  that  sat  watching 
him,  and  wiping  from  him  the  dampi< 
of  death,  was  reading  a  low  novel.  He 
felt  its  unsnitableness,  and  as  my  eye 
fell  upon  it,  apologized,  saying  '*he 
could  obtain  no  other  reading."  And 
it  was  true,  as  far  as  the  book -stores  of 
the  village  were  concerned.  Standing 
by  that  dying  man,  and  preaching  Je- 
sus, I  knew  those  &r-distant  Ohristian 
parents  would  cheerfully  give  a  thousand 
dollars,  if  need  be,  to  secure  their  dying 
son  Ohristian  attentions.  But  if,  in  the 
place  of  an  annual  contribution  of 
tfventy-ftve,  fifty,  or  a  hundred  dollars 
even,  to  Home  Missions,  they  had  con- 
tributed one  thousand  dollars,  which 
they  could  have  done,  and  if  others  had 
done  likewise,  there  would  probably 
have  been  a  minister  to  care  for  their 
son  in  both  temporal  and  spiritual 
things ;  and  ministers  in  other  destitute 
settlements  to  care  for  the  living  and 
dying  children  of  other  Ohristian  pa- 
rents. No  Bible  there  for  his  companions 
to  read  to  him ;  no  Ohristian  instruction, 
for  when  I  met  him  his  mind  was 
clouded.  And  thus  he  passed  away. 
But  how  about  the  living  t 

Shall  the  hundreds  in  the  Sweet  Wa- 
ter mines  have  a  preached  gospel! 
And  there  are  hundreds  of  other  set- 
tlements similarly  situated.  Shall  tJ^eif 
have  the  gospel?  Or  most  your  chil- 
dren (for  the  mining  population  is  very 
largely  American),  that  come  to  the  Far 
West,  be   compelled  to  live  and  die 


without  the  gospel,  and  probably  per- 
ish in  their  sins?-— i2^.  8.  Jaek$on. 


The  Home  Work. 

When  we  consider  how  God  views 
things,  the  grandeur  or  nobleness  of  an 
object  does  not  depend  so  much  on  onr 
location,  on  the  multitudes  that  may  be 
embraced  in  a  given  diameter  around 
us,  on  our  acting  immediately  for  a 
sparse  or  dense  population,  for  great 
numbers  of  our  fellow-mortals  or  few, 
as  on  our  deliberate  aim  to  serve  God. 
In  some  instances,  God  views  him  as  a 
more  devoted  Ohristian,  and  as  aiming 
at  nobler  objects^  who  toils  unremit- 
tingly in  an  obscure  parish,  or  as  a 
domestic  missionary  in  some  of  our 
mountain  tracts,  than  he  who  excites 
the  world's  gaze,  while  he  traverses 
the  mighty  ocean,  ^and  labors  to  pro- 
mote the  welfare  of  the  most  populous 
kingdoms.  While  I  hold  in  high  es- 
timation the  missionary  character,  I 
suppose  it  IB  not  certain  but  that  a  man 
may  possess  as  pure  a  mind  and  as 
warm  a  heart, — as  much  self-denial,  as 
much  devotedness  to  God,  and  as  much 
desire  to  have  the  gospel  preached  to 
"  every  creature,"  who,  contented  to  be 
unknown  but  by  his  flock,  and  to  live 
on  a  small  salary,  while  he  serves  two 
parishes  in  a  sparse  population,  climbs 
our  cliffs  and  buffets  our  winter  storms, 
to  save  men  who  are  a  part  of  the 
human  family,  as  he  who  sits  down 
amidst  the  millions  of  India.  And  it  is 
not  certain  but  that  some,  who  appear 
to  meet  the  admired  self-denial  of  the 
latter  condition  with  a  happy  frame, 
would  absolutely  shrink  from  the  un- 
commended  self-denial  of  the  former. 

The  idea  of  distributing  ministers 
equally  through  the  world,  which  is 
sometimes  urged  adversely  to  our 
domestic  interests,  is  so  preposterous 
that  no  discreet  man,  whatever  he 
might  urge  in  its  favor,  would  do  it, 
had  he  power.  Ko  Foreign  Mission 
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in  distrilfctiDg  their  missionariefl.  It 
would  hardly  consist  with  sending  forth 
ministers  two  and  two  ;  and,  if  taken 
in  connection  with  the  maxim,  that  it 
is  our  daty  to  go  to  those  who  have 
not  heard  of  the  gospel,  would  snatoh 
avaj  every  foreign  missionary  from  the 
most  promising  fields,  as  soon  as  he  had 
msde  known  to  his  hearers  the  grand 
•obeme  of  redemption.  To  say  that  a 
minister  will  do  more  good  abroad  than 
at  home,  is  a  mere  assumption  of  the 
iwj  point  to  be  proved.  Were  it  an 
estabfished  fact,  it  would  evince  that 
ereiy  pastor,  and  every  clerical  Agent 
for  Foreign  Missions  in  the  land  had 
shrank  from  their  duty,  and  become 
recreant  to  their  Master's  interests. — 
Vmmni  Chronicle. 


Miscellaiieoiis  Items. 

Bev.  Bbtjben  Gaylobd,  who  has  re- 
cently resigned  his  office  as  Agent  of 
this  Society  for  Nebraska,  has  been 
onployed  by  the  Executive  Committee 
to  make  a  reconnoiesance  of  the  region 
traTcrsed  bj  the  Union  Pacific  Railway, 
and  to  prepare  the  way  for  the  perma- 
nent occupancy  of  such  fields  as  de- 
mand the  attention  of  the  Society.  He 
entered  upon  his  work  early  in  May. 

LiBOE  CoNTEiBunoNS. — The  Treas- 
orer  acknowledges  the  receipt  of  $6,887 
in  the  month  of  April,  from  Norwich, 
Conn.  Of  this  amount  the  Second 
Church  and  Society,  Rev.  M.  M.  G. 
Dana,  pastor,  contributes  |5,402  ($5,000 
being  the  gift  of  Mr.  J.  F.  Slater), 
and  $935  are  from  the  Broadway  church. 
Her.  D.  Merriman,  pastor.  These  lib- 
eral gifts  are  peculiarly  acceptable,  as 
the  Society,  with  diminished  resources, 
has  just  ventured  upon  enlarged  ex- 
penditures. Other  churches  **will 
please  copy." 

OxurossiA. — The  Pac\fie^  rejoicing 
orer  Rev.  Dr.  Stone's  return  to  his 
people,  says  that  he  not  only  secured 
for  the  Theological  Seminary  the  $25,- 


000  whidi  he  came  Ea^t  to  raise,  but 
that  he  has  pledges  which  it  is  hoped 
will  endow  a  second  professorship  with 
a  like  sum.    May  the  hope  be  realized  1 

— It  also  reports  an  extensive  revival 
in  Lockeford. 

l^RASKA. — Rev.  Charles  Little  has 
resigned  his  charge  of  the  church  in 
Lincoln.  During  the  two  years  of 
his  service,  twenty-nine  have  been  ad- 
ded to  the  eight  members  of  the  church 
whom  he  found  there. 

Kansas. — After  two  years'  service, 
Rev.  0.  Gray  leaves  the  church  of 
Grasshopper  Falls,  increased  in  num- 
bers, its  house  repaired,  a  successful 
mission  school,  with  50  scholars  at  work 
in  the  suburbs,  and  a  fair  prospect  for 
some  working  successor. 

— Rev.  J.  M.  McLain  has  been  obliged 
by  ill  health  to  leave  Burlington. 

Wisconsin. — Rev.  J.  W.  Donaldson, 
of  Wautoma,  writes :  "  If  you  know  of 
a  church  that  has  laid  aside  the  Church 
Psalmist,  please  ask  for  twelve  copies 
for  a  Home  Missionary  to  carry 
in  his  satchel,  from  place  to  place.'' 
The  remains  of  the  feeble  church  in 
Richford  have  united  with  the  church 
of  Wautoma,  and  share  Mr.  Donaldson's 
services,  whose  mission  field  he  thinks 
is  pretty  wide — his  nearest  neighbors 
being  18  miles  distant  in  one  direction, 
and  45  in  another. 

MioHiGAN. — Rev.  C,  Doolittle,  of  La- 
mont,  preaches  uniformly  three  times 
each  Sabbath,  riding  from  12  to  18 
miles  to  do  it.  With  this,  the  care  of 
three  Sabbath  schools,  and  his  many 
labors  through  the  week,  he  says  he  is 
often  very  weary,  but  eiyoys  the  hard 
work  as  never  before,  and  is  seeing 
some  of  the  good  fruits. 

Illinois. — ^Rev.  R.  C.  Rowley,  of 
Blaudensville,  writes :  *^  The  Lord  has 
been  very  gracious  to  us  the  last  quar- 
ter, manifesting  his  presence  in  the  con- 
version of  some  20  souls,  and  in  the 
refreshing  and  comforting  of  this  little 
flock." 


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—Rev.  P.  W.  Wallace,  of  Rochester 
Mills,  also  reports  increased  religions 
iaterert,  and  the  union  of  six  to  the 
cbareh,  five  of  them  heads  of  fami- 
lies. 

MissouBi. — Rev.  G.  G.  Perkins  re- 
ports a  religions  awakening  in  Kidder — 
abont  SO  seriooslj  inquiring  aft0r  the 
way  of  life,  and  some  trusting  that  thej 
have  found  it. 

— At  Hamilton,  his  other  .station,  a 
chapel  has  been  built,  and  matters  there 
have  a  hopeful  aspect 


Ohio. — ^Rev.  Charles  IronslJ  of  West 
Millgrove,  writes  of  ^*a  dee^^  revival 
interest  commencing  with  the  week  of 
prayer,"  as  the  first-fruits  of  which  ten 
persons  have  already  united  with  the 
diurch. 

— From  Siloam,  as  a  center,  Rev.  J. 
A.  Davies  still  works  among  the  people 
of  several  nations  and  many  creeds, 
preaching  and  conducting  Sabbath 
schools  and  prayer  meetings,  "with 
some  tokens  of  spiritnal  refreshing." 


APPOINTMENTS  FOR  APRIL,  1870. 


Not  in  Commiuiion  last  year. 

Bav.  Alexander  Parker,  Nevada  City,  CaL 

Rer.  B.  M.  Tannell,  Wamego,  Kan. 

Ber.  Thomas  A.  Wadswortb,  Waseca,  Minn. 

Ber.  M.  Henry  Gyr,  Sberrlirs  Meant.  Iowa. 

Ber.  Wllllain  W.  Jones,  Qlendale,  Klroy,  Lemon- 

iretr  and  Wrights,  Wis. 
Bev.  wnUam  IC  Campbell,  Vernon,  MIoh. 
Ber.  WUItam  G!dd{ng%  Whitehall,  MIoh. 
Be?.  N.  Dimie  Glldden,  Grand  Ledge,  MIeh. 
BeT.  John  L.  Maile,  East  Johnstown,  Mich. 
Ker.  David  J.  Baldwin.  Kokomo.  Ind. 
BeT.  Asa  W.  Banders,  Amboj,  Ohio. 

Bt-oommimioiud. 
BeT.  Phares  Harrteoo,  San  Boen«Tentara  and  Santa 

Clara.  Gal. 
Be?.  William  L.  Jones,  Booth  Ban  Joan,  Oal. 
Ber.  Nathan  Thompson,  Bonlder  City,  Col. 
Rev.  Jacob  F.  Guy  ton,  LooisviUe  and  rielnity, 

Kan. 
Be?.  Ozro  A.  Thomas,  Albany,  Kan. 
Be?.  Nahnm  W.  Gro?er,  Mantorrille^  Minn. 
Be?.  William  W.  Bnell,  Bosbford,  Minn. 
Be?.  Orson  C.  Dickerson.  Garden  Prairie,  Iowa. 
Be?.  Cyras  H.  Eaton,  Prairie  City  and  yicinlty, 

Iowa. 


Be?.  Bmtth  B.  Goodenow,  Grand  Junction,  Iowa. 

Be?.  Henr?  Hess,  Fort  Atkinson  and  three  out- 
ststions,  Iowa. 

Be?.  Christopher  J.  Switxer,  Maqnoketa,  Iowa. 

Be?.  MontflOUMiy  M.  Wakeman,  Farmenborg,  Na- 
tional, Windsor,  Elkader  and  Boberts.  Iowa. 

Be?.  John  N.  Williams,  Parkersbarg,  Iowa. 

Be?.  Dan  a  Curtiss,  Fort  Howard,  Wis. 

Be?.  Henry  A.  Gonld,  Hammond  and  Kinniekin- 
nlok,Wto. 

Be?.  Moses  M.  MaiUn,  Btonghton,  Wla. 

Be?.  Lanson  P.  Noroross,  Oakfleld.  Wis. 

Bet.  James  Armstrong,  Wayland,  Mich. 

Re?.  Philander  H.  HoTlister,  Hancock,  Mich. 

Be?.  Haxel  Lucas.  (Vienna)  Pine  Bun,  Mich. 

Re?.  Edward  N.  Baymond,  Mtddle?ille,  Mich. 

Be?.  Alanson  St.  Clair,  Hart  and  Shelby.  Mich. 

Be?.  Charles  Bpettigne,  Boyal  Oak,  Mich. 

Be?.  James  H.  Bar  wood,  Bprlngtield,  Mo. 

Ber.  William  S.  HUls,  Be?ler,  Mo. 

Be?.  James  T.  Hanning,  Utica,  IlL 

Be?.  Bei^amin  F.  Haskins,  Elmore,  (Bochester), 
and  Victoria,  lU. 

Be?.  Moses  M.  Longley.  Greenville,  TW, 

Be?.  John  0.  M?ers,  Monee,  111. 

Be?.  Marshall  W.  Diggs,  Plsffah.  Ohio. 

Be?.  Felix  Kyte,  Lumberland  and  Barryville, 
N.  T. 


RECEIPTS  IN  APRIL,  1870. 


MAINE- 

Kennebonk^isB  Lacy  Bewail, 
Portland,  a  Friend, 

Yarmonth,  Ladiee  of  the  Central  Ch.,  by 
Mrs.  0.  Chaadlsf , 

NEW  HAMP8HIBS- 

West  Hempstead,  a  few  Friends,  by  S.  P. 
Ordway, 

VEBMONT— 

Chelsea.  Dea.  Saroael  Donglasa,  by  J.  C. 

Hongbton,  Jr.,   to  eonst  Mrs.  Polly 

DoaglsasaLuMM 
Wect  Hartford.  Be?.  A.  Hemmenwa?, 
Westminster,  Jaoob  Chapin,  986 ;  F.  X. 

Ha?waid,jlO, 
Woodstock,  on  aceoant  of  Lsgaey  of  Mrs. 

Ann  C.  Bumell,  by  C.  Marsh,  adm., 


$100 
100 

400 

500 

80  00 
600 

85  00 

800  00 

MASSACHUSETTS-^ 

Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by  Benjamin 
Perkins,  Treasi,  $8,000  00 

LMsaey  of  Mies  Mary  Heard,  by  J. 

«  „%*^»  •?••  1<^  <^v- 1»^  ♦*>»  *TO  00 

Fan  Bi?er,  New  Boston  Sab.  School,  by 

av.  B.Bemington, 
Hadley,  First  Pwbh  Ladles'  Sew.  Grde, 

by  MfB.  Edwin  Smith,  to  const  Mm 

Lather  Barstow  a  L.  M., 
Lndlow,  on  account  of  Legacy  of  Pa- 

melia  Bikes,  by  Elisha  Parsons.  Ex.,        150  00 
MiUbory,  Leaacy  of  Susanna  Holmei,  by 

N.Stone,  Ex.,  ^ 

Newburyport,  a  Friend,  |5 ;  Mis.  J.  H. 

Spring,  W  ^      '  85  00 

Newton  Oeatr^  Mrs.  Mary  Ward,  to 

eonst.  Samuel  Ward  a  L.  M.,  67  00 

North  Brookfleld,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  raon. 

con.,  by  J.  Porter,  Treas.,  17  8T 


10  00 


87  00 


100  00 


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PbiUiHton,  on  Mcoant  of  Legaoy  of 
Mhs  Nabby  Hajbew,  br  Jaaon  Goald- 
log.  Ex,  $1S2  23 

»atb  ~ 


GoBtb  SgroDont,  Gong.  Cb.,  by  C.  W. 
Beojaimii.  to  eonft  Ber.  Hortee  S. 
Sbarpldgh  and  Mrs.  8.  Emma  B.  Tail 

Boatb  Hadlejr,  ML  Hoh-oke  Fern.  Sons., 

b/MlM  Helen  M.  French. 
UzSridge,  on  aoooant  of  JLtgaer  of  MUs 

Sarah  Jaqaitb,  by  A.  Chapin,  £z^ 

COSUEOnCUT— 

CoDnectieat,  a  Friend,  to  conat  Dea.  Nel- 

BOoHaUaL.D., 
Clbiton, CoD||^  Cbiby  W.  E.  Brooki,  to 

eonit  Mrs.  Sllaa  w.  Wellman  a  L.  M., 
Daobory,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc.,  by 

B.  A.  Bonedlet,  Treas.. 
Harwiflton,  Oodk.  Cb^  by  Ber.  O  Cnr- 

til,  to  eonat.  .0ea.  Martin  L.  Qoodwin 

aLM., 
MidiMW,  First  Ecdedastleal  Cb.   and 

Soe..  by  Dea.  J.  T.  Lee,  Treas., 
Ifaaflleld  Gentre,  Flnt  Cong.  Cb.,  by 

B.  P.  Barrows,  Treas., 
mUbfd,  Miaa  M.  A.  Marshall, 
K«w  London,  Second  Cong.  Cb.,  by  C. 

Butler,  pf  wb.  $80,  to  const.  Mrs.  Jane 

Harrison  a  L.  IL, 
Norwich,  Second  Cong.  Ch,  and  Soo., 

br  Eb  Learned,  Treas^  of  wh.  6*001  J, 

r.  Slater,  |9J)00 ;  Charles  Johnson,  to 

eoDst  Mlas  Bf  ary  M.  Johnson  a  L.  M., 

e);  Mrs.  William  WlUiains,  to  const. 
T.  Samnel  C.  Damon  a L.  M.,  $30; 

from  the  missionary  box,  $50. 
Broadway  Cong,  Ch.,  by  S.  B.  Bishop, 

Trean, 
Old  I^me,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J. 

A.  Bowland, 
Spngne.  Uanorer  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  E. 

Tcrmidge,   to  const  Eva  Bingham 

sLM^ 
Strstford,   Oen.   O.   Loomls,  by  O.  B. 

Klapbnry, 

5EWT0RK— 

Btrkshire,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 
ILP.  Belcher,  Treas., 

BrwUts.  K.  T»  SoM  Cong,  O.,  bal. 
timSL,  by  J.  CroweD,  Tcsaa., 
Lewis  Chichester, 

Coonty  Line,  Mre.  Amanda  Foote.  to 
eoDst  J.  Chester  Foote  a  L.  M., 

Oown  Point,  Ladies*  Sew.  Circle  of  the 
Tint  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Birs.  E.  C.  Walker, 
Sec, 

Sist  Bloomlleld,  on  aeoonnt  of  Legacy  of 
UrlBeaeh,  by  O.  Bice,  Ex., 

MoraTla,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  E.  Bene- 
dict 

Hew  York  City,  JJartom    Ccng.  Ch,, 
■on.  coo,  by  W.  W.  Ferrler,  Treaa, 
On  aeeoont  of  Legacy  of  Benjamin  F. 
Bntler,  by  WiBiam  Allen  Bntler, 
MiiL  JoUlaF.  Hayes,  $100;  W.  C.  Ban- 
ter, $61, 

KorJbUc  FIftt  Cong.  Cb.,  coll.  and  mon. 


61  30 
218  00 
000  00 

100  00 

57  T5 
100  00 

45  85 

42  83 

25  00 
10  00 

818  18 


6,402  70 

$85  00 

40  00 

81  18 
260 

27  88 

100  00 
600 

80  00 

600 

60  00 

22  00 

15  60 

160  00 

106  00 

88  48 

11  60 

30  88 

- , 10  00 

Wadbama  Mills,  Tonth^  Mtoii  Boa,  by 
W.F.WhItBey,  12  00 

HEW  JXBBET- 

Bewsik,  on  aeeDnnt  of  Legscy  of  Darld 
Hajea,  by  A.  B.  Hnbbell,  Ex.,  1,064  18 

DsTid  A.   Hayes,  to  const.  Howard 
W.HafesaL.M.,  80  00 

Orasfi^  Becood  Prssb.  Cb.,  George  W. 

60  00 


eon.,  $88  IB;  Bmsondville, Cong. Ch., 

$M0,  byBoT.  W.  W  ^ 

HcrthT 


W.  Warner, 
Cong.  Cb.  of  Chippewa 
Yonng, 


street,  by  Rot. 
Cswen^  Bab.  Bcfa.  of  the  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

H.C/Dei>ton,  Treas., 
BcbenectadT,  A.  Brown,  by  Ber.  J.T. 


PENNSTLYANIA— 

Meadrllle.    Legacy   of    Bov.    Bradford 
Marsh,  by  Derrlckson  and  Brawiey,       $1S8  33 

OHIO- 

Avon.  on  aceonnt  of  Legacy  ot  ElUab 

Otbbs,  bj  Joshaa  Brooks,  adm.,  560  00 

B^_..._     ^     ^.« ^^^ 

J  r.  W. 

1  28  00 

Es  10  00 

Gi  ^tber 

12  00 

Le  ktVal- 

] 


ngton. 

Fry,       80  61 


INDIANA— 

Becelred  by  Bat.  N.  A  Hyde, 
Indianapolis,  Mayflower  Cong.  Cb..  8  05 

Hart  Township.  Cong.  Ch.,  $12.50:  Mont- 
gomery, Cong.  Cb.,  $7.75,  by  Bev.  L. 
Wilson,  20  25 

Ontario,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  £.  Halllday,    11  00 

ILLINOIS- 


Amboy,  Cong.  Ch.  to  const  Bf  r.  G. 

Huntington  Wells  a  L.  D..  and  James 

Bosebrngh  and  J.  Henry  Ires  L.  Ms., 
Brighton,  BcT.  H.  D.  Piatt, 
Champaign,  Cone.  Cb., 
Chicago  500.  of  Inqniry  la  Beml&ary, 
Crete,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  B«r.  8.  Porter, 
Elmwood,  Xk>ng.  Ch.,  to  const.  Bev.  W. 

G.  Pierce  s  L.  D^ 
Qslesborgh,  First  Cone.  Ch.,  to  const.  A. 

G.  Bears  snd  Elisba  Jenney,  Jr.  L.  Ms., 
GalTa,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll., 
Garden  Prairie,  Cong.  Ch.,  $5.86;  Union 

Cong.    Ch.,   $8.65,   by    Ber.    £.   G. 

Biyant, 
Lockport,  Cong.  Ch.,   by  Ber.  H.  C. 

Abernethy, 
Loda,  Cong.  Ch«  by  Ber.  a  L.  Watson, 
Holine,  Gone.  Cb.,  in  full  to  const,  ^y, 

Henry  B.,  Barnes  aL.  D., 
Ottawa,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const.  8.  B. 

Qrldley  a  L.  M., 
PAlnfleld,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  J.  Hagar, 
Sandwich,  Cong.  Cb.,  mon.  con.. 
Teuton,  Cong.  Cb. ,  by  Ber.  B.  L.  McCord, 


175  00 
5  GO 

17  52 

18  00 
850 

100  00 

8S  00 
2  80 


950 

20 '00 
14  20 

92  00 

45  00 
10  00 
646 
21  17 


MICBIGAN- 

Cbesterfleld  and  New  Haren,  First 
Cons.  Cbs.,  by  Ber.  &  D.  Breed,  6  85 

€k>odricb,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  A.  Sander- 
son. ^$  00 

Hlnsdsle,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Ber.  F.  Bascom, 
D.D.,  •        •    '  *     17  65 

Lealle,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Ber.  J.  W.  Allen,       7  00 

WISCONSIN- 

Becelred  by  Ber.  F*  B.  Doe, 

Friendship,  Cong.  Ch.,  $2^;  Sheboy- 
gan Falb,  Cong.  Cb.,  $11,  18  80 
Qnlncy,  Cong  Cb^  by  Ber.  J.  H.  M. 

Cbesney,  4  21 

Johnstown,  Cong.  Ch«,  by  Ber.  N.  G. 

Goodhue,  10  00 

Princeton,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Ber.  W.   M. 

Bicbaids,  4  75 

BextonTlUe  and  Willow  Creek,   First 

Gong.  Cbs.,  by  Ber.  8.  Spyker,  8  75 

IOWA— 

Boeeired  by  Ber.  J.  W.  Pickett, 
Agency  City,  Cong.  Ch.,  $8  40 

Tabor,  Cong.  Ch.,  16  00     24  40 


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Amof,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  bj  Eer.  A.  A. 

Baker, 
AtlantJc,  CJorg.  Ch.,by  Rev.  E.  8.  HIM, 
Owa  Towxwhip,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E«7.  W. 

H.  Barrotra, 
Golesbarg  and  Yankeo  Settlement,  Cong. 

Cba.,  by  Eer.  L.  P.  Mathews, 
Eldora,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  C.  F.  Boyn- 

ton, 
Fort  Atkinson,  First  Cong.  Ch.  by  Ber. 

J.  Hnrlbat, 
Keokuk,  Cong.  Oh,,  by  L.  C.  Ingenoll, 

Treas., 
Lewis,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rer.  B.  F.  HatI- 

Iftnd, 
Nevinvllle,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  P. 

Canfleld, 
Postville,   Cong.   Cb.,    by  Rer.   G.  F. 

Bronsoi, 
Slont  City,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bey.  J.  H. 

Morley, 
Wankon,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  "W. 

F.  Rose, 

MINNESOTA— 

Gleneoe,  A  Teaober, 

Monticello,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rer.  0.  M. 

Smith, 
Qalnoy,  Cong.  Ch.,  Rer.  J.  E.  Barbank, 

KANSAS— 

Bnrllngame,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  L.  J. 

Sawyer, 
Barlington,  Rev.  J.  M.  McLaln, 

NEBRASKA— 

Fremont,    Cong.   Ch.,  by  Rev.   J.   B. 
Chase,  Jr., 

DAKOTA  TER.- 

Tankton,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 
Ward, 

CALIFORNIA- 

Oakland,  Second  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  D. 

B.  Gray, 
Peaoadero,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Eey.  G. 

B.  Ellis, 
Stockton,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  A. 

Daly, 

OREGON— 

Albany,  Rev.  W.  R.  Bntcber, 
Portland,  First  Gong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  G.  H. 
Atkinson,  D.D., 

HOME  MISSIONARY, 


•1  00 
15  00 

20  00 

25  00 

20  00 

6  00 

89  90 

22  50 

40  00 

21  00 

87  80 

600 

500 


12  00 
8  00 


12  00 
688 


60  00 

5  75 

7  76 
535 
25  00 

500 
10  00 
28  56 


$16,712  ^ 


Donations  of  Clothing,  ate. 

Black  Bock,  Conn.,  Ladies*  Soc.  of  the 
Cone.  Cb.,  by  Mrs.  Sarah  J.  Bartram, 
two  barrels,  $286  00 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Sewine  Olrde  of  Ply- 
moatb  Cbnrcb,  by  Mrs.  J.  W.  Hayes,  two 
boxea,  818  00 

Hnntington,  Mass.,  Legacy  of  Miss  Jolia 
Taylor,  by  G.  Mnnson,  Sz.,  two  boxesi       151  88 

New  Britain,  Conn.,  Ladies  of  the 'South 
Cong.  Benev.  6oc»  by  Mrs.  I.  8.  Lee, 
Sec.,  a  barrel,  140  00 

.  Norwich,  Conn.,  Ladles*  Sewing  Cirde,  by 

Miss  £.  a  Woodbol),  a  box^  275  00 

Racine,  Wis.,  Presh.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  W.  8. 
Alexander,  a  box. 

West  Haven,  Conn.,  Yovne  Ladies  of  the 
Cong.  Oh.,  by  Mrs.  E.  O.  Kimball,  clothing 
and  cash,  126  50 

Yarmonth,  Me.,  Ladles  of  the  Central  Ch., 
by  Mrs.  Charles  Chandler,  a  box. 


B^eipta  qf  ihs  MasaaehutetU  Boms  MisHonary 

JSooUtjf,  in  March,  Bbmjjluiv  Pbsxins,  Treas. 

Ameebary  and  Salisbarr,  Union  Cb.  and  Soc.,  99  65 
Andover,  Sonth  Cb.  and  Soc,  mon.  con.,  167  5S 
Theo  Seminary  Ch.,  colL,  79  46 
Andover,  North,  Cong.  Clj.,bRLof  colL,  5  00 
Ascutneyvllle,  Vt,  Rev.  8.  8.  Arnold,  10  00 
Ashbnm ham  North,  Cong.  Cb.,  4  11 
Athol,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soci,  86  90 
Ballard  vale,  Con|L  Cb.  and  Soc,  8Q  00 
Boston,  PblUips  Ch.  and  Soc.,  mon.  con^  50  00 
A  Friend,  to  const  Mrs.  Lovanla  R.  Up- 
hamaUM.,  80  00 
Boston  Highlands,  Vine  St.  Ch.,  mon.  con.,  11  00 
Braintree,  Dr.  Storrs^s  Cb.,  quarterly  coll.,  17  00 
Brimfleld,.Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc^  101  76 
Burlington,  Mra  Townsend,  1  6U 
Carlisle,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Sue,  16  80 
Dorchester,  iSecond    Cong.   Ch.,   Sabbath 
School,  4  00 
Village  Cb.  and  Soe.,  55  45 
yiUftge  Ladles'  Home  Miss.  Soc^  49  55 
East  Douglass,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Sua,  80  00 
Enfield,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc,  214  00 
Franklin,  Legacy  of  Miss  Esther  Ware,  dec'.,  50  00 
Grsfton,  Mr.  Force,  2  00 
Harwich,  First  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc,  10  00 
Ipswich,  Linebrook  Parish,  Ladies'  Homo 
Miss.  Soc,  6  85  . 
Linebrook  Parish,  oontribatioo,  5  55 
Lynnfield  Hotel,  Cong.  Cb.,  8  50 
Mansfield,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc  20  20 
Milford,  First  Parish,  Female  Prayer  Meet- 
ing, 5  60 
NewtenvilIe,Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  96  20 
Phillipston,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  100  00 
Salem,  Soath  Ch.  and  Soc,  for  1869,  491  10 
Somerset,  Cong.  Cb.,  6  00 
SoathviUe,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc,  4  20 
Walpole,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  45  00 
Ware,  East  Conf.  Ch.,  bal  orcoIL,  5  00 
Warren,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc,  188  82 
Weston,  Mrs.  M.  A.  W.  Bigelow,  80  00 
Westport,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc,  $88;  Sab. 

School,  penny  coll.,  $21.86,  68  86 

Worcester,  Central  Ch.  and  Soc,  306  17 


2,889  01 


Receipts  iff  the  Oonnectieut  Boms  Missionary 
SooUty,  in  April,  S.  W.  Pabsovs,  Treas. 

Ansonla,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  W.  D.  McGiffert, 
Treaa.,  $08  40 

Colchest«r,  Miss  Eliza  Day,  by  Rev.  8.  G. 
WUlard,  to  const  Fannie  A.  Day  a  L.  M.,    80  00 

East  Avon,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  A.  N. 
Thompson,  to  const  Rev.  H.  £.  Marshall 


85  00 

18  80 


East  Hampton,  Union,  by  Rer.  H.  E.  Hart, 
Fairfield,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Rankin, 

to  const  Miss  Mary  A.  Osborn  a  I<.  M., 

and  $80fh>m  O.  B.  Jennings,  to  const 

Abby  Nichols  a  L.  M.,  181  00 

Mlddlebory,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  M.  De 

Forest,  Jr.,  46  95 

Mobegan,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  C.  F.  Muzzy.       8  81 
New  London,  First  Cong.   Cb.,  by  Rial 

Chancy,  of  wh.  $80  fh>m  J.  C.  Learned, 

to  const.  Mrs.  Louisa  A.  Tate  a  L.  M.,  742  1 1 
Plantsvine,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  P.  Hotcbklss,  86  48 
Poqoannock,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Eev.  N.  G. 

Bonner,  11  09 

Sonth  Glastenbnry,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc,  by 

H.  D.  Hale,  17  81 

Sonth  Windsor,  Second  Cong.  Oh.,  by  W. 

Vinton,  27  00 

Waterbury,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 

F.  B.  Hoadley,  Tr.,  S86  95 

West  Hartland,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 

Rer.  C.  G.  Goddard,  25  00 

Wlllington,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc,  by  Dea. 

Griswold,  14  00 

Windsor,  Ooog.  Oh.  and  Soc,  by  L.  T.  Frls- 

bie,  76  00 


$1,578  85 


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MISSIONARY  BOXES. 

BosM  of  Clothing,  sent  directly  and  without  any  particular  designation,  to  the  offloo 
of  the  American  Home  MissionaTy  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  such  missionaries  as  are 
known  to  be  most  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  to  those  who  reoeiye 
Ibem,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respectiTO  donors. 

Ezpeiienee  has  shown  us  that^  when  an  indiridual  or  association,  intending  to  prepare 
a  box,  writes  to  the  Sodety  to  have  a  particular  missionary  dedgnated,  and  a  detailed 
aeooont  ol  the  drcumstances  of  his  family  given,  the  information  is  not  always  at  hand, 
so  thai  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactonly  answered.  And  when  It  is,  it  not 
nn&equently  happens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  the  missionary  remains  for 
iDODlhs  misapplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  might  be  furnished 
with  artides  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  In  other  cases,  while 
the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  fit>m  other  sources,  so  that 
when  the  box  is  ready,  this  nussionary  is  not  so  much  in  want  as  many  others. 

It  Is  prefernBd,  therdbre,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors,  that 
Ibe  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  dothins  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  indiTidual  fai 
parlioBlar,  shoiud  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Sodety,  m/Ur  thmf  rmek 
Urn  ^/U9.  It  is  bdicTed  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  the  designs  of  those  who 
feaaionaly  contribate  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which  the  Society  can  hare  an 
sgen^. 

DIBBCTI0H8  FOB  FOBWASBDre. 

1.  Pot  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  a  papet 
er  letter  containing  a  Ust  of  the  artides  in  the  box,  and  the  estimated  Talue  of  the  whole^ 
with  the  name  of  uie  indiyidual  or  assodation  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the 
incBfidiial  to  whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent 

S.  A  copy,  in  (hU,  of  the  monorandum  put  inside  of  the  box  should  be  sentfai  a  lettei 
■•  the  ofllce  <^  the  Sodety.  In  this  letter  it  should  be  stated  when,  and  by  what  convey* 
aaoe,  tiie  box  was  forwarded ;  in  it  should  be  Indosed,  also,  such  money  as  is  intended 
kt  the  payment  of  freight.  It  is  desu«ble  that  frei^^t  should  be  provided  for  in  all  casea^ 
if  piacaeable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  $8  to  $6,  according  to  iti 
ibe  and  the  distance  it  is  sent  A  barrel  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense  than  a  box  of 
ihesameaixe. 

t.  The  box  should  be  fhlly  and  plainly  marked,  and  thepUee  from  vhieh  ii  eomet  shouU 
ALWAYS  appear  oit  tht  ouUide,  so  that  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  openine  it  at  thi 
iflfee.  It  shoold  be  strong,  tight,  wdl  nailed,  and,  when  huge,  should  be  hooped,  « 
tthawiso  fully  secured  aninst  the  effects  of  hard  usage  on  the  way.    . 

4.  Boxes  may  be  adaruMd  to  dther  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place 
VewTock. 

VO  PABT  OP  A  XUSIOKABT'S  SALABT. 

Bc<es  of  nothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  reguhir  appropriation.  The  Society 
seeds  the  ssme  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptiy  its  stipulations 
with  Its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  be  no  favor  to  a 
Busrionary  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money  that  woul^ 
eCherwise  be  sent  him  roust  be  proportionally  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to  it  tba« 
they  give  iMoe  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  giidng  other  things  that  are  need- 
fU  aad  convenient;  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  sympathies  will  be  so  awakened  in 
Ike  prepsrmtioa  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  fed  it  to  be  tiieir  privilege,  not  only  to 
csntinse,  but  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

BVGGE8TI0V8  AS  TO  THEIB  CONTENTS. 

In  regard  to  wlut  is  to  be  put  Into  the  box,  while  dothing  of  woollen  or  linen  fabrics, 
shoes,  boots,  wiitbg  paper,  and  books  will  be  spedally  valuable,  scaredy  any  thing  in  the 
ihape  of  plain,  sobMuitial  wearing  appard  or  bedding,  or  which  is  of  common  use  In  any 
fHm  in  a  family,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  forks,  spoons,  a  pair  of  sdssors,  a  spool  of 
sottOB,  a  skdn  of  yam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles,  a  cake  of  wax,  a  dosen  of  buttons,  a 
fhisibli,  a  tarobler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skimmer,  or  a  pepper  box,  need  not  be  left  out. 

When  articles  of  dothing  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  which  boxes 
Sfs  sent,  misdonaries  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  witii  each  other  that 
*      \  sirery  thing  which  a  box  may  contain  is  turned  to  good  account 


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JTJNK.  1870. 

AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  A8TOB  PIiACE,  I7EW  YOBK. 


Rev.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.  D., 
Rk7.  DAVID  B.  COE, 
Rkv.  a.  HUNTINGTON 


ER,  D.  D.,  1 

,  D.  D.,  V  SecreUtries  for  Correspondence. 

>N  CLAPP,  D.D.,) 


Mr.  CHRISTOPHER  R.  ROBERT,  Treaturer. 

ExsouTtTS  CoiiMrrTn.~Mm.  WILLIAM  O.  LAMBERT.  Chairman;  Etr.  "WILLIAM  PAT- 
TON,  D.  D.;  Mb.  SIMEON  B.  CHITTENDEN;  R«v.  RICHARD  8.«TORR8.  .!»..  D.  D.:  Ret. 
WILLIAM  1.  BUDINGTON.  D.  D. ;  Mr.  WILLIAM  H.  SMITH;  Ma.  CALVIN  G.  WOOL- 
WORTH;  Mb.  CHARLES  ABERNETBY;  Mb.  JOHN  B.HUTCHINSON;  with  the  memberiM- 
offlcio— vis.:  AUSTIN  ABBOTT,  Es^,  Beeording  Secretary,  the  Tebasubbr,  mod  the  SBOBBTABm 

VOE  COBBXBPOMDBMOB. 

COMMITNICATIONS 

Relating  to  the  bosioess  of  the  Society  generally,  may  be  addressed  to~  either  of  tlie  Secre- 
taries ior  Correspondence. 

DONATIONS  AND  SITBSCBIPTIONS, 

In  Drafts,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Post-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  sent  to  tbe 

Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Life  Member ;  and  of  one  hun- 
dred dollars,  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makes  one  himdred 

dollars,)  a  Life  Director. 

#♦» 

SECBETABIES  AND  TEEASTJBEBS 

or  THB 

PRINCIPAL  AUXILIARIES. 

Rev.  Stkphek  Thurston,  D.D.,  Secretary,  Maine  Mistt.  Soc,,  Searsport,  Me. 

Joshua  Maxwell,  Esq.,  Trea.««urer,  **        "         Portland,    ** 

Rev.  William  Clark,  Secretary,  J^'ew  Hampshire  Mite.  Soc.y  Amherst,  N.  H. 

Rev.  B.  P.  Stone,  D.D.,  Treasurer,  "  "  "  -       Concord,      " 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  Secretary,  Vermont  Dom,  Mist,  Soc,,  Montpelier,  Vt 

C.  W.  Storrs,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "  **  " 

Rev.  H.  B.  Hooker,  D.D.,  Sec.,  Mass.  H,  M,  Soe.^  31  Washington  st,  Boston,  Mass. 

Benjamin  Perkins,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  **  "  *'  *'  ** 

Rev.  James  0.  Vosi,  Secretary,  Jt  I.  Home  Miss,  Soc.y  Providence,  R.  I. 

Edwin  Knight,  Esq.,  Treasurer,         "  "  "  "  ** 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary,  Conn,  Home  Miss.  Soc,y  Berlin,  Conn. 

E.  W.  Parsons,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "  "        Hartford,  " 


AGENTS. 


Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart,    Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Ltsandbr  Kelsbt,  Columbus,  0. 
Rev.  Nath'l  a.  Htde,     Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Rev.  Joseph  £.Ror,D.D.,  Chicago,  111. 
Rev.  Henrt  D.  Platt,    Brighton,  111. 
Rev.  Edwvn  B.  Turner,  Hannibal,  Mo. 
Rev.  W,B.  Williams,    Charlotte,  Mich. 
Rev.  Lerot  Warren,      Pentwater,  Mich. 
Rev.  Dkxter  Clart,        Beloit,  Wis. 


Rev.  Franklin  B.  Dob,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis. 
Rev.  Jesse  Guernsey,     Dubuque,  la. 
Rev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett,  Des  Moines,  la. 
Rev.  Richard  Hall,        St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Rev.  James  G.  Merrill,  Topeka,  Kan. 
Rev.  Orvillk  W.  Mer- 
rill, Omaha  City,  Neb. 
Rev.  James  H.  Warbbn,  San  Francisco,  Cal 


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PAOI 

FOBTY-POtTRTH  AKNTVERSARY 
OP  TOE  AMERICAN  HOME 
MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 49 

lf«etliur  of  the  Board 61 

FORTY-FOTJRTH  REPORT 52 

Sommaiy  of  Results. 53 

The  Treacnrj.... 54 

Ctoneral  Oomparatiye  Results 55 

DUtrfbation  of  Missionaries,  No.  1. . . .  66 
IHstribiition  of  Missionaries,  No.  2....  67 

PRINCIPAL  AUXILIARIES  AND 
MISSIONARY  FIELDS 68 

Maine  Missionary  Society. 58 

New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society. . .  59 
VennOBt  Domestic  Missionary  Socivty.  59 
MaaaftoiiasettB   Home   Mlssionury  So- 
ciety  60 

Rhode  Island  Home  Missionary  Society  61 
Conoectfeut  Home  Miesionary  Scciety.  61 

1  Nev  York 62 

1  Oiiio 63 

Indlanaw 64 

DUnoia. 65 

MlflMmrL....... >•.... 66 

Michigan 67 

'  Wi«5onBin 67 

Iowa 68 

Minnesota*. 60 

uua& 70 

'  Nebcaska 71 

Colorado.  DakoU  and  Wyoming 72 

California 72 

Oregon 78 

Xte  South. 78 

Conclusion 74 


PAOI 

MISSIONARY  INTELLIGENCE. 

Oregon.— From    Ren.     T,    Cbndon^ 
Dalles.— Means  to  Stay 75 

California.— From  Rev.  W.  L.  Jones^ 
South  San  Juan.— His  New  Field..  78 
From  Rev.  8.  R,  Rosboro^  Lincoln.— 
Circuit  Riding...  76 

Minnesota.  ^Frorn  Rev.  A.  K.  Pack- 
ard^ Anoka.— The  New  House- 
Ingathering. 77 

Iowa.— From  Rev.  J.  F.  Qrafy  Daven- 
port—The German  Work 77 

From   Rev.   J.   A,  Jonea^  Cresco.— 
Dedication— Revival ! 78 

Wisconsin. —From  Rtv.  H.  T  PttUer, 
Pe^htigo.— Among  the  Lumbermen  78 
His  Home  Work 7tf 

Michigan.— From  Rev.  A.  BL  Ftet- 

Cher.  Frankfort— Bereaved 79 

Shall  they  Build? 80 

From  Rev.  E.  N.  Raymorut^  Mlddlo- 
vilc 80 

From  Rev.  E.  E.  Kirklandi  Homo- 
stead.— A  Wreck 80 

Signs  of  Good 91 

TVX  SUPKRIMTBNDEHTS 81 

MissonrL— From  Rev.  J.  M.  Bowers^ 
Windsor.— Works  of  Grace 81 

Miteionary  Appomtments 82 

AckmncledgmeiU  tf  Receipts 82 


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APPLICATIONS  FOR  AID. 

Fc«b1e  congregations,  desiriDg  M  io  supporting  the  Gospel,  are  requested,  In  their 
application^  to  make  full  statements  of  their  oondition  and  prospects,  and  of  the  reasons 
for  granting  their  requests.  They  are  desired,  also,  to  furnish  the  following  particulars, 
namely : 

The  population  of  the  place. 

The  name  of  the  church  or  congregation. 

The  number  of  communicants,  and  the  average  number  of  attendants  on  public  worship. 

The  denomination  and  size  of  congregaUons  immediately  contiguous,  with  liie  distance 
to  their  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  sahury  which  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  given  time,  and  the  arrange- 
ments that  are  made  for  securing  it. 

Whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 

The  least  amount  that  wilU  suffice  from  this  Society. 

The  name  in/uU  and  poslroffice  address  of  the  minister  for  whom  a  commission  is  de- 
sired. 

His  credentials. 

Whether  he  is  a  resident  of  the  place  in  which  he  preaches,  and  is  engaged  in  any 
other  calling  than  that  of  the  ministry. 

Whether  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  church,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangements  are  made 
or  contemplated  for  his  instalment  in  the  course  of  ibe  year. 

The  applications  should  be  signed  by  the  officers  of  the  church,  and  by  the  trustees  or 
a  committee  of  the  congregation. 

If  the  ecclesiastical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  have  a  "  Committee  of 
Missions  "  to  act  in  their  behalf,  the  members  of  this  committee  are  the  proper  persons  to 
certify  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  minister,  and  his  prospects  of 
usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  services  are  desired ;  and  the  appUcation  should  be  sent 
to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation.  Where  no  such  '*  Committee  of 
MissionB  "  exists,  the  application  should  receive  the  indorsement  of  two  or  more  neighbor- 
ing clergymen  of  the  same  denomination,  acquainted  with  the  facts. 

AppUcations,  after  being  properly  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  be  sent  te  the 
Agent  (or  Secretary  of  the  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  applicants  reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriations  are  for  twelve  months  from  Uu  daU  of  the  mppUcth 
Uon  :  at  uie  end  of  which,  if  further  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must  be  made,  con- 
taining all  tlie  parUculars  above  stated,  and  indorsed  and  reconunended  in  like  manner. 
Each  congregation  applying  for  renewed  atd,  §houid  furnish,  also,  the  eert\ficai€  of  the 
missionary  that  they  nave  fuljaled  their  previous  pledges  for  his  support. 

The  address  of  the  Society^s  Agents  and  the  Secretaries  of  its  Auxiliaries  will  be  found 
on  the  cover  of  its  reports  and  of  the  ffome  Missionary, 

THE  HOME  HISSIONAET. 

The  Home  Missionary  will  be  sent  gratuitously  to  the  following  classes  of  individuals^ 
nnless  they  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers : 

To  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Missionaries  .of  the  Society 
and  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clergyman  in  whose  congregation  a  collection  is  taken  up 
every  year  for  the  Society,  or  one  of  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  individual  who  contributes 
ten  dollars,  or  upward,  durine  the  year.  To  every  Auxiliary,  Association,  or  Congrega- 
tion, one  copy  for  every  ten  dollars  collected  and  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Society,  or 
ef  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  confer  a  special  favor  by  availing  himself  of  the  facilities  offered 
alcove  to  introduce  the  Home  Missionary  among  his  people.  In  notifying  the  Secretaries  of 
bis  desire  to  have  the  work  sent  on  these  terms,  he  is  requested  to  mention  the  name  of 
some  person  to  whom  eaclT  copy  shall  be  addressed. 

FOBH  OF  A  BEOUEST. 

I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trust,  to  pay  over 

the  same  in  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is 

payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the 

city  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to  the 

.haritable  uses  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


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THE  HOME  MISSIONARY. 

Go, Pkuch  tb«  GosPKl Markifi.  IS. 

How  shall  tbey  preach  except  they  be  SBin  t.  .Bom.  x.  16. 


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FORTT-FOUETH  ANNIVERSAUT 

OF  TO! 

AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY. 


PuBuo  services  were  held  on  Sabbath  evening,  Maj  8th,   1870,  in  the^ 
BMidwaj  Tabernacle  Ghnrch. 

Prayer  i^as  offered,  and  a  statement  of  the  work  of  the  Society,  daring  the^ 
jwr,  was  given  by  Rev.  David  B.  Ck)E,  D.  D.,  one  of  the  Secretaries. 

k  Sennon  was  preached  by  Hev.  Jacob  M.  Manning,  D.  D.,  of  Boston^  l^^es., 
from  Isaiah  Ix.  18 :  ''  Violence  shall  no  more  be  heard  in  thy  land,  wasting  nor - 
dastmction  within  thy  borders,  bat  thou  shalt  call  thy  walls  Salvation,  and  Ihy 
» Praise." 


On  Wednesday,  May  11th,  the  Society  met  at  their  Booms,  in  the  Bible  Hoitse, . 
It  4  o^dock,  p.  M. 

Saicukl  Holmbs,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Vice-Presidents,  occupied  the  chair. 

Prayer  was  offered  by  Bev.  Henbt  M.  Stoebs,  D.D.,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

The  Treasurer's  Report  was  read  by  Rev.  A.  Huntington  Olapp,  D.  D.,  one 
of  the  Secretaries. 

An  Abstract  of  the  Annual  Report  of  the  Executive  Committee  was  presented 
by  the  Secretaries,  whereapon  it  was 

J?«oJMtf— That  the  Beports  now  presented  be  adopted  and  published  under  the  directfea . 
•f  the  Executive  Committee. 

On  the  Report  of  a  Committee  of  Nomination,  tne  following  officers  weve 
elected  for  the  ensuing  year ;  and  after  prayer  by  Rev.  Rat  Palmes,  B.  B.,  pf 
Kew  York,  the  Society  adjourned. 
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PBESIDENT. 
Rev.  THEODORE  D.  WOOLSEY,  D.  D.,  LL  D.,  of  Kew  Haren,  Ot. 

VI0E-PRB8IDENTS. 

Rev.  Geoegb  E.  Adams,  D.  D.,  Orange,  N.  J, 

Rev.  Leonabd  Bacon,  D.  D.,  New  Haven,  Ot 

Rev.  Albebt  Barnes,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Rev.  Nathan  S.  S.  Beman,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Oarbondale,  HI. 

Hon.  Marshall  S.  Bidwbll,  LL.  B.,  New  York. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  Bouton,  D.  D.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Hon.  William  A.  Buokingham,  LL.  D.,  Norwich,  Ot. 

Hon.  Jacob  Butler,  Muscatine,  Iowa. 

Rev.  John  P.  Oleaveland.  D.  D.,  Ipswich,  Mass. 

Rev.  Samuel  H.  Oox,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  New  York, 

Hoo.  William  Darling,  Reading,  Pa. 

Hon.  Edward  Dickinson,  LL.  D.,  Amherst,  Mass. 

Hon.  Charles  G.  Hammond,  Omaha,  Neb. 

Samuel  Holmes,  Esq.,  Mont  Clair,  N.  J.  * 

Rev.  Mare  Hopkins,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President  of  Williams  College,  Mass. 

Rev.  Harvey  D.  Kitohel,  D.  D.,  President  of  Middleburj  College,  Vt 

Rev.  Nathan  Lord,  D.  D.,  Hanover,  N.  H. 

Rev.  Simeon  North,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Clinton,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Edwards  A.  Park,  D.  D.,  Theological  Seminary,  Andover,  Mass. 

Rev.  George  E.  Pieroe,  D.  D.,  Hudson,  O. 

Rev.  Enoch  Pond,  D.  D.,  Theological  Seminary,  Bangor,  Me. 

Douglas  Putnam,  Esq.,  Harmar,  O. 

Rev.  Samuel  S.  Sohbcucker,  D.  D.,  Gettysburg,  Pa. 

Rev.  Thomas  H.  Skinner,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  New  York. 

Rev.  Asa  D.  Smith,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President  of  Dartmouth  College,  N.  H. 

Rev.  WiLLL&M  A.  Stearns,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President  of  Amherst  Coll.,  Mass. 

Rev.  Andrew  L.  Stone,  D.  D.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Rev.  Richard  S.  Stores,  D.  D.,  Braintree,  Mass. 

Rev.  Seth  Sweetser,  D.  D.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

John  Tappan,  Esq., ^Boston,  Mass. 

Hon.  Henry  W.  Taylor,  LL.  D.,  Canandaigua,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Joseph  P.  Thompson,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  New  York. 

Rev.  Mark  Tucker,  D.  D.,  Wethersfield,  Ct 

Rev.  Charles  Walker,  D.  D.,  Pittsford,  Vt 

Gen.  William  Williams,  Norwich,  Ot. 

J.  Payson  WiLLisTON,  Esq.,  Northampton,  Mass. 

Rev.  William  Wisner,  D.  D.,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 

Hon.  Bradford  R.  Wood,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

DIREOTORS, 

Rev.  WiLUAM  Adams,  D.  D.,  New  York. 

Rev.  Israel  W.  Andrews,  D.  D.,  President  of  Marietta  College,  O. 

Rev.  Zedekiah  S.  Barstow,  D.  D.,  Keene,  N.  H. 

Rev.  Samuel  C.  Bartlett,  D.  D.,  Theological  Seminary,  Chicago,  III. 

Rev.  Flavel  Bascom,  D.  D.,  Hinsdale,  111. 

Rev.  Alvan  Bond,  D.  D.,  Norwich,  Ot 

Rev.  Edward  Beechsr,  D.  D.,  Galesburg,  111. 

Rev.  Constantine  Blodqett,  D.  D.,  Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

Rev.  Horatio  N.  Brinsmade,  D.  D.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Rev.  Samuel  G.  Buckingham,  D.  D.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Rev.  William  Carter,  Pittsfield,  lU. 

Rev.  Aaron  L.  Chapin,  D.  D.,  President  of  Beloit  College,  Wis. 

Rev.  George  B.  Cheever,  D.  D.,  New  York. 

Rev.  Oliver  E.  Daggett,  D.  D.,  Yde  College,  New  Haven,  Ot. 

Rev.  William  T.  Eustis,  Jr.,  Springfield,  Mass. 


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Rev.  James  H.  Faibohild,  President  of  Oberlin  College,  0. 

Bev.  Edwakd  TV.  Oilman,  Stonington,  Ot. 

Kev.  AiBEBT  Hale,  Springfield,  111. 

R«v.  Edwin  Hall,  D.  D.,  Theol.  Bern.,  Auburn,  K  Y. 

J«v.  GoHDON  Hall,  D.  D.,  Northampton,  Mass. 

Samuel  Hamilton,  'Esq,,  Rochester,  K  Y. 

Bey.  Edwabd  Haweb,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Bev.  Hbnbt  L.  HrroHoocK,  D.  D.,  President  of  Western  Reserve  College,  0. 

Bev.  John  0.  Holbbook,  D.  D.,  Homer,  N.  Y. 

Ber.  Henby  B.  Hookeb,  D.  D.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Be?.  Kanoius  S.  Hutton,  D.  D.,  New  York. 

WmiAM  J.  King,  Esq.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Bev.  Benjamin  Lababee,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Hyde  Park,  Mass. 

Bev.  Jacob  M  Manning,  D.  D.,  Boston,  Mass. 

VK0B6B  Mebbiam,  Eso.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Bev.  John  J.  Miter,  D.  D.,  Beaver  Dam,  Wis. 

Bev,  Rat  Palmee,  D.  D.,  New  York. 

Bey.  Joel  Pabkee,  D.  D.,  New  York. 

Bey.  William  W.  Patton,  D.  D.,  Chicago,  HI. 

BnrjAMiN  PsBKiNS,  Esq.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Ai^BBT  H.  Pobtek,  Esq.,  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 

Bey.  Tbuman  M.  Post,  D.  D.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

JUCUEL  H.  Potteb,  Esq.,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Bey.  WnjjAM  Salteb,  D.  D.,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Bey.  Henby  Smith,  D.  D.,  Lane  Sem.,  Cincinnati,  C. 

Bey.  Benjamin  P.  Stone,  B.  D.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Bey.  Henby  M.  Stobbs,  D.  D.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Bey.  RioHABD  S.  Stobbs,  Jr.,  D.  D.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Bey.  Julian  M.  Stubtevant,  D.  D.,  President  of  Hlinois  College. 

Bey.  Asa  Tubneb,  Santa  Barbara,  Cal. 

Bev.  Bobebt  G.  Vebmilte,  D.  D.,  Theo.  List.,  Hartford,  Ct. 

Boo.  Ohablbs  I.  Walksb,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Bev.  Samuel  H.  Whxet,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Bev.  Samuel  Woloott,  D.  D.,  Cleveland,  O. 

Edwabd  J.  Woolset,  Esq.,  New  York. 


TBEASUBEB. 
Mr.  William  Henbt  Smith. 

AUDITOR. 
Mr.  Geobge  S.  Coe. 

SECRETARIES   FOR   CORRESPONDENCE. 

Rev.  Milton  Badoeb,  D.  D. 

Rev.  David  B.  Cob,  D.  D. 

Rev.  A.  Huntington  Clapp,  D.  D. 

RECORDING  SECRETARY. 
Austin  Abbott,  Esq. 

MEBTINa   OF   THE   BOABD. 

The  Board  of  Directors  met  on  Wednesday,  May  11th,  at  the  Society's  Rooms, 
Bible  HoDje,  Astor  Place,  and  appointed  the  members  who,  in  connection  with 
tbi  ofiBcers  designated  by  the  Constitntion,  compose  the 


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EXECUTIVE  COMMTITEE. 

Mr.  WiLUAic  6.  Lambkbt,  Chairman, 
Mr.  Ohbibtofhxb  R.  Bobbbt. 
Mr.  Simeon  B.  Chittendbit. 
Rev.  RioHABD  S.  Stobbs,  Jr.,  D.D. 
Rev.  William  I.  BuDinaTON,  D.D. 
Mr.  Calvin  0.  Woolwobth. 
Mr.  Chables  Abebnbtht. 
Mr.  John  B.  Hutchinson. 
Rev.  Hbnbt  M.  Stobbs,  D.D. 


Mr.  William  Hsnby  Smith,  Treasurer. 

Rev.  Milton  Badgbb,  D.D., 

Rev.  David  B.  Cob,  D.D.,  r  ^     snxmdenee. 

Rev.  A.  Huntington  Olapp,  D.D.,    )         eaponacnce. 

Austin  Abbott,  Esq.,  Eeeording  Secretary. 


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FORTT-FOURTH   REPORT. 

Each  returning  Anniversary  of  this  Society  reminds  ns  of  the  breaches  which 
death  is  making  in  the  oirde  of  its  counselors  and  patrons ;  and  our  rejoicings 
over  the  work  accomplished  are  tempered  with  grief  for  the  loss  of  the  compan- 
ions of  our  toil.  Since  the  year  began.  Rev.  Absalom  Peters,  D.D.,  one  of  the 
Vice-Presidents  of  the  Society,  and  Rev.  Abatus  Kent,  one  of  its  Directors, 
have  been  removed  by  death. 

Dr.  Petebs  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Society.  Previous  to  its  organi- 
zation, be  was  the  CorrespondiDg  Secretary  of  the  United  Domestic  Missionary 
Society,  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  measures  which  led  to  the  formation 
of  the  National  Institution.  He  was  elected  its  first  Secretary  for  Correspond- 
ence, and  discharged  the  duties  of  that  office  with  signal  ability  and  success  for 
nearly  twelve  years.  To  bis  wisdom  and  sagacity  the  Society  is  largely  indebted 
for  the  adoption  of  those  principles  and  methods  which  subsequent  experience 
has  approved,  and  for  the  favor  with  God  and  his  people  which  it  at  once  se- 
cured, and  has  ever  since  enjoyed.  On  his  resignation  of  this  office,  in  1837,  he 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  Executive  Committee,  and  continued  to  participate 
in  its  deliberations,  acting,  during  a  part  of  this  period,  as  its  Chairman,  till  hi« 
removal  from  the  city  in  1846.  He  was  then  elected  one  of  the  Vioe-Presidente 
of  the  Society,  and  continued  in  this  relation  till  his  death.  He  ever  cherished 
the  warmest  interest  in  its  welfare,  sharing  in  its  counsels,  frequently  presiding 
at  its  anniversaries,  advocating  its  claims,  and  rejoicing  in  its  triumphs. 

Mr.  Kent  gave  his  whole  ministerial  life  to  the  cause  of  Home  Missions.  He 
was  engaged  in  missionary  service  in  Western  New  York  and  Ohio  for  several 
years  before  this  Society  was  formed.  He  received  his  first  commission  to  labor 
in  its  service,  in  its  second  year.  Early  in  1829,  he  was  stationed  as  a  missionary 
at  Galena,  III.,  then  a  small  mining  settlement  on  the  Northwestern  frontier,  and 
for  several  years  he  was  the  only  missionary  of  the  Society  in  Northern  Hlinois. 
In  1848  he  was  appointed  its  Agent  for  that  part  of  the  State,  and  performed  the 
arduous  duties  of  this  office  with  great  wisdom,  assiduity  and  succets  for  fourteen 


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joan.  Not  oulj  the  hoDdreda  of  sonls  whom  he  had  begotten  in  the  gospel,  bnt 
multitodet  of  chorches  that  were  indebted  to  him  for  their  exiatence  and  earlj 
Dortore,  as  well  as  the  institntions  of  learning  in  whose  estabUshment  he  took  a 
leading  part,  delighted  to  honor  him  as  their  ^^  Father/'  He  rests  from  his 
labors ;  bnt  the  streams  which  he  opened  in  the  desert  will  continue  to  flow,  In 
erer  increasing  volume,  to  the  end  of  time. 

Six  of  the  missionaries  of  the  Bocietj  have  died  within  the  year :  Rev.  Me- 
LAiroTHOH  G.  Wheklbb  and  Rev.  Thomas  N.  Jonbs,  in  Massachusetts;  Rev. 
Javbs  Loxtohead,  in  Hlinois ;  Rev.  Osristopher  C.  Oadwell,  in  Missouri ;  Rev. 
WnxiAM  W.  Crane,  in  Michigan ;  and  Rev.  Watson  W.  Tobbet,  in  Iowa. 

SUKMABT  OF  BEST7LT& 

The  number  of  ministers  of  the  gospel  in  the  service  of  the  Society,  the  last 
year,  whose  names  are  found  in  the  General  Table  of  the  full  Report,  together 
with  those  engaged  in  superintending  the  work,  is  944. 

Of  these,  698  were  in  commission  at  the  date  of  the  last  Report,  and  246 
bave  been  since  appointed. 

They  have  been  distributed  in  29  different  States  and  Territories,  as  follows : 
h  Maine,  89;  New  Hampshire,  42;  Vermont,  65;  Massachusetts,  74;  Rhode 
iBlaod,  6 ;  Connecticut,  84 ;  New  York,  65 ;  New  Jersey,  7 ;  Pennsylvania,  9 ; 
Yirginia,  8;  Mississippi,  1;  Louisiana,  1;  Texaa,  1;  Tennessee,  1;  Ohio,  84; 
Indiana,  9;  Hlinois,  72;  Missouri,  86;  Michigan,  77;  Wisconsin,  76;  Iowa,  124; 
Minnesota,  41 ;  Kansas,  89 ;  Nebraska,  14 ;  Colorado,  1 ;  Dakota,  1 ;  Wyoming, 
1 ;  California,  26 ;  Oregon,  5. 

This  distribution  gives  to  the  New  England  States,  811 ;  Middle  States,  71 ; 
Southern  States,  6 ;  Western  States  and  Territories,  including  81  on  the  Pacific 
soest,556. 

Of  the  whole  number  in  commission,  556  have  been  pa$tor$  or  stated  sup- 
fUm  of  single  congregations ;  257  have  ministered  to  two  or  three  congregations 
mA ;  and  181  have  extended  their  labors  over  still  wider  fields. 

The  aggregate  of  miniiterial  labor  performed,  is  698  years. 

The  number  of  c<mgregatio7is  and  miseionarp  dUtrieti  which  have  been  fully 
Applied,  or  where  the  go^l  has  been  preached  at  stated  intervals,  is  1,886. 

fWe  tnmioTiaria  have  been  in  commission  as  pastors  or  stated  supplies  of 
eoBgregations  of  colored  people,  and  48  have  preached  in  foreign  languages; — 
tt  to  Weleh  congregations ;  17  to  German  congregations ;  two  to  congregations 
of  ^edet^  and  one  to  a  congregation  of  Bohmniane. 

The  number  of  Sabbath  school  and  Bible  class  scholars  is  not  far  from  75,750.' 

The  contributions  to  benevolent  objects,  reported  by  574  missionaries,  amount 
to  186,158.70. 

Ssventy-tkree  missionaries  make  mention  of  revivals  of  religion  during  the 
yetr,  in  some  of  which  there  have  been  50,  60,  75,  and  in  one  case  95,  hopeful 
coBTertions.    The  number  of  conversions  reported  by  420  missionaries  is  8,470. 

The  additions  to  the  churches,  as  nearly  as  can  be  ascertained,  have  been 
6,404,  namely: — 8,322  on  profession  of  their  faith,  and  8,082  by  letters  from 
«ther  churches. 

Sesenty-si*  churches  have  been  organised,  in  connection  with  the  labors  of 
tka  oisstoiiAries,  during  the  year,  and  fifty-ttDO  have  assumed  the  entire  sup- 
port of  their  own  gospel  ordinanees. 

Forty 'three  houses  of  worship  have  been  completed :  one  hundred  and  thir- 
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Eighty-four  young  men,  in  cozmeotion  with  the  missionarj  churches,  are  reported 
as  in  different  stages  of  preparation  for  the  gospel  ministry. 

THE  TBEASTTBT. 

Resoubobs.— The  balance  in  the  Treasmy,  April  1, 1869,  was  $8,882.91.  The 
reeeipta  for  the  succeeding  twelve  months  have  been  $283,102.87 — making  the 
reflonroes  of  the  year,  $291,995.78. 

LiABELiTiKs. — There  was  due  to  missionaries,  at  the  close  of  the  last  year^ 
$15,911.49.  There  has  since  become  due,  $269,216.73 — ^making  the  total  of  lia- 
bilities,  $285,128.22. 

PATMINT8. — Of  this  sum,  $270,927.58  have  been  paid,  leaving  $14,200.64 
still  due  to  the  missionaries  for  labor  performed.  In  addition  to  these  past  dues, 
appropriations  already  made  and  daily  becoming  due,  amount  to  $187,588.85, 
making  the  total  of  pledges  $151,788.99,  toward  canceling  which  there  is  a  hal- 
ovnce  in  the  Treasury  of  $21,008.20. 

These  statements  show  that,  in  some  important  particulars,  there  has  been  a 
gratifying  advance  in  the  work  of  the  Society,  in  comparison  with  the  preceding 
year.  The  number  of  laborers  has,  indeed,  been  less  by  twenty-eight ;  but  this 
diminution  is  principally  in  the  Eastern  and  Middle  States,  while  in  some  por- 
tions of  the  West,  especially  in  those  regions  where  the  greatest  destitution  ex- 
ists, there  has  been  a  considerable  increase.  There  has,  also,  been  an  increase  in 
the  number  of  churches  organized,  of  children  instructed  in  Sabbath  schools, 
and  of  souls  converted  to  Christ  under  missionary  labor ;  and  in  other  respects 
the  results  are  greater,  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  laborers  employed,  thnn 
in  the  previous  year.  The  amount  received  into  the  Treasury  exceeds  that  of 
(my  former  year  in  the  history  of  the  Society,  by  $88,711,  and  the  expenditures 
are  greater  than  in  any  year,  except  the  last,  by  $16,258.  Though  the  receipts 
^oeed  the  expenditures  by  more  than  $12,000,  the  Oonmiittee  have  been  embar- 
rassed, during  a  large  part  of  the  year,  by  the  lack  of  funds  to  meet  the  demanda 
upon  the  Treasury.  At  the  dose  of  the  previous  finanoial  year,  the  balance  at 
their  disposal  was  insufficient  to  cancel  their  obligations  ta  the  missionaries  for 
labor  already  performed,  while  the  current  expenditures  were  largely  in  exoesa 
of  the  income.  The  Committee,  therefore,  in  apprehension  of  serious  embar- 
rassment, reduced  the  seale  of  their  appropriations,  though  at  the  risk  of  involv- 
ing the  missionaries  and  their  families  in  pecuniary  difficulty  and  distress.  They 
ecercised  the  utmost  caution  and  the  most  rigid  economy  in  all  their  operations. 
Plans  of  enlargement  in  their  work,  whith  they  had  under  consideration,  were 
postponed ;  inviting  fields,  white  already  unto  harvest,  remdned  unoccupied ; 
and  to  many  of  the  most  urgent  appeals  for  aid,  no  encouraging  response  could 
be  made.  Yet,  with  all  this  caution  and  effort  to  retrench,  the  Committee  failed 
to  reduce  their  expenditures  to  the  level  of  their  income,  and  before  the  close  of 
the  autumn,  the  Treasury  was  entirely  exhausted. 

These  facts  were  laid  before  the  churches,  and  an  urgent  appeal  was  made  for 
the  means  to  supply  the  wants  of  the  missionaries,  and  to  oarry  forward  the 
work  of  the  Society  as  the  providence  of  God  plainly  demanded.  Some  generous 
responses  to  this  appeal  were  received  from  churches  and  individual  friends  of 
the  Society  among  the  living ;  but  the  relief  which  it  is  out  privilege  to  rep<^ 
came  chiefly  from  the  gifts  of  the  departed.  The  income  from  legacies  largely 
increased,  and  the  total  amount  received  from  this  source  during  the  year,  is 
greater  by  about  $86,000  than  in  any  previous  year.    The  Committee  were  thus 


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enabled  to  redeem  their  pledget  to  the  miasionaries  as  thej  matured,  an^  an 
available  ■orpins  of  $6,807  remained  at  their  disposal  at  the  close  of  the  finaooial 
jear. 

But  60  large  an  income  from  legacies  is  not  to  be  expected  daring  the  coming 
jear,  and  the  Conmiittee  contemplate  the  prospect  before  them  with  deep  solici- 
tode ;  jet  thej  do  not  purpose  to  pause  in  their  work.  Confiding  in  the  caro-of 
bim  whose  servants  tliej  are,  and  in  the  liberality  of  the  churches  whose  bonnlr 
they  distribute,  they  are  preparing  to  occupy  the  new  fields  that  are  opening  be- 
fore them.  They  hope  to  send  large  reinforcements,  during  the  present  year, 
into  Southern  Missouri,  and  into  those  parta  of  Minnesota,  Kansas  and  Nebraska, 
where  their  work  is  scarcely  begun.  They  have  entered  upon  the  ezploratiDn 
of  the  r^on  trayersed  by  the  Pacific  Railway,  and  design  to  do  their  full  shave 
toward  the  erection  of  a  cordon  of  spiritual  fortresses  along  the  line  of  that  gi^at 
highway  across  the  Continent  They  are  also  maturiug  other  plans  of  enlarge- 
meot  in  their  work,  which  will  involve  greatly  increased  expenditure.  And  mey 
they  not  expect  that  the  churches  of  the  Pilgrim  faith,  which  have  sastaiDcd 
tham  80  generously  hitherto,  will  signalize  this,  their  year  of  Jubilee,  by  lai^er 
gifts  than  they  have  ever  before  made  to  establish  the  institutions  and  propagate 
the  principles  of  the  Pilgrims  from  ocean  to  ocean  ? 

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113,984  17 

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17,849  22 

201 

89 

244 

153 

1,000 

184 

89 

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26.814  96 

34>4 

169 

401 

186 

1,678 

423 

144 

88 

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42,429  60 

892 

166 

600 

974 

1,969 

672 

156 

106 

5-18S(^«l 

24  73 

47.847  60 

463 

164 

?iJ 

994 

2,632 

700 

160 

102 

^Utl-92 

32  12 

52,808  89 

609 

168 

361 

6,136 

783 

146 

104 

7-1832-83 

27  17 

66,277  96 

606 

209 

801 

417 

4,284 

1,148 

159 

109 

S-l«St-I4 

1144 

80,015  76 

676 

200 

899 

463 

2,736 

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172 

118 

f-18S4-85 

63  22 

88,a»4  28 

719 

204 

1,060 

490 

8,800 

62,000 

170 

116 

lO-lS86-a0 

]        65  16 

98,188  94 

766 

249 

1,000 

646 

8,750 

66,000 

169 

122 

u— isis-a7 

0160 

99,689  72 

786 

232 

1,035 

654 

8,753 

80,000 

180 

m 

U-l«87-«8 

22  45 

66,066  96 

684 

128 

840 

438 

8,876 

67,000 

194 

134 

12-1SSS-99 

64  68 

82,666  64 

666 

901 

794 

478 

8,920 

68,600 

175 

194 

l«-188a-40 

46  20 

78,688  89 

680 

194 

842 

486 

4,760 

60,000 

162 

116 

U-lUHhH 

13  84 

84,864  06 

600 

178 

862 

601 

4,618 

64,100 

169 

133 

li-lS41-42 

68  64 

94,800  14 

791 

248 

987 

694 

6.614 

64,300 

159 

119 

I7-M4a-48 

12  34 

98,216  11 

848 

228 

1,047 

657 

8,223 

68,400 

149 

116 

XI-184S^ 

]        0499 

104,276  47 

907 

287 

1,846 

666 

7^603 

60,800 

167 

116 

1S-U44-45 

1        4628 

118,860  13 

M8 

200 

1,385 

786 

4.929 

60,000 

160 

190 

M-lSa-46 

1       24  70 

198,198  16 

971 

228 

1.463 

760 

6.8U 

76,700 

166 

180 

12-1146^7 

1       17  94 

119,170  40 

972 

160 

1,470 

713 

4,400 

78,000 

167 

123 

0-1847-48 

]       97  10 

130,283  84 

1,006 

906 

1,447 

778 

6,030 

77,000 

180 

188 

S-164a-i0 

1       2891 

143.771  67 

1,619 

193 

1,610 

808 

6,650 

83,600 

178 

141 

M-l84»-«> 

1       60  78 

146,466  09 

1,082 

205 

1,675 

812 

6,682 

75,000 

179 

141 

S-1860-«l 

1       4025 

168,817  90 

1065 

311 

1.890 

863 

6.578 

70,000 

160 

144 

lS-1851-42 

1       63  25 

162,831  14 

1066 

904 

1,948 

862 

6,880 

66,600 

189 

168 

17— 18iS-68 

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174,489  24 

1087 

218 

2,160 

678 

6,079 

72,600 

199 

160 

a-issa-M 

1       09  07 

184.036  76 

1,047 

167 

2,140 

870 

6,025 

06.400 

312 

176 

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1       8660 

177,717  84 

1,032 

180 

2,124 

816 

6,684 

64,800 

318 

171 

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186^11  03 

986 

187 

1,966 

776 

6,603 

60,000 

241 

189 

a— 1886-67 

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180.660  44 

974 

201 

1,986 

780 

6,660 

62,600 

231 

186 

m^imi-M 

1       7187 

190,786  70 

1,013 

243 

2,064 

796 

6,784 

66,600 

240 

188 

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1       8929 

187,084  41 

1064 

260 

9,126 

810 

8,791 

67,300 

381 

178 

8i-18ie40 

1       16  17 

193.787  69 

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260 

3,175 

868 

6,887 

72,200 

222 

174 

I4-I8t0-«1 

1       6180 

188,762  70 

1,063 

212 

2,095 

836 

6,600 

70,000 

220 

173 

88-1881-e3 

1       63  61 

166,886  88 

'668 

168 

1,668 

612 

4,007 

60,800 

266 

183 

87-uai^ 

]       1499 

188,848  89 

784 

166 

1,456 

662 

8,108 

64,000 

240 

184 

88-1188-04 

1       87  89 

149,836  58 

756 

176 

1,618 

60S 

8,902 

66,200 

248 

108 

18    1884  86 

1       6760 

189,966  89 

802 

109 

1,675 

686 

8,820 

68.600 

299 

237 

48L-1888-«8 

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908.81118 

818 

186 

1.594 

643 

8,094 

61,200 

825 

856 

41-1888-S7 

i       0768 

227,908  97 

846 

908 

1,645 

665 

6,959 

64,000 

848 

289 

4S.1887-68 

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264.668  66 

908 

260 

1,710 

702 

6,214 

66,800 

864 

282 

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274,082  56 

972 

946 

1,056 

784 

6,470 

76,800 

374 

288 

44-188S-70 

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270,927  68 

944 

946 

1,836 

693 

6.404 

76,760 

390 

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Bemarli.—l.    The  total  of  receipts  for  forty-three  years,  is  $5,788,816.51. 

2.  The  total  of  years  of  labor  is  27,188. 

8.  The  whole  number  of  additions  to  the  churches  is  211,660. 

4.  The  average  ezpenditnre  for  a  year  of  missionary  labor  includes  the  entire 
it  to  the  Society  of  obtaining  the  missionary,  defraying  his  expenses  to  his 
fieid,  and  sustaining  him  on  it,  as  well  as  the  average  proportion  of  all  the  ex- 
peoies  in  conducting  the  Institution. 


DISTSIBUTIOK  OF  mSSIOVABIBS,  No.  1. 

The  following  Table  gives  the  number  of  missionaries,  each  year  of  the  Sooi- 
^tfs  operations,  in  the  geographical  divisions  of  Eattem,  Middle^  Southern  and 
WtiUm  States ;  and  also  in  Canada.' 


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1 

169 

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5 

180 

9               56 

201 

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72 

127 

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2 

804 

4-1829-80 

107 

147 

5             122 

8 

892 

5—1880-81 

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160 

2             145 

2 

468 

6—1831-82 

168 

169 

)             166 

1 

509 

7—1882-88 

289 

170 

J             185 

8 

606 

&— 1888-84 

287 

201 

)             169 

6 

676 

9—1884-85 

289 

2l6 

5             187 

9 

719 

10—1885-86 

819 

219 

I             191 

15 

755 

11—1886-87 

831 

227 

I             195 

22 

786 

12-1887-88 

288 

198 

)             166 

24 

684 

18—1888-89 

284 

198 

}             160 

14 

665 

14—1889-40 

290 

205 

5             167 

12 

680 

15—1840-41 

292 

215 

5             169 

9 

690 

16—1841-42 

805 

249 

5             222 

10 

791 

17—1842-48 

288 

258 

r             291 

9 

848 

18—1848-44 

268 

257 

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7 

907 

19—1844-45 

285 

249 

5             897 

6 

948 

20—1845-46 

274 

271 

}            417 

971 

21—1846-47 

275 

864 

)             483 

972 

22—1847-48 

295 

287 

J             456 

1,006 

23-1848-49 

802 

289 

S            463 

1,019 

24—1849-50 

801 

228 

5             488 

1,032 

25—1850-51 

811 

224 

$             515 

1,065 

26—1851-52 

805 

213 

i            530 

1,065 

27—1852-58 

818 

215 

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1,087 

28—1858-54 

292 

214 

L             530 

1,047 

29—1854-65 

278 

207 

)            587 

1,082 

80—1855-56 

276 

198 

)             504 

986 

81—1856-57 

271 

191 

5             506 

974 

82—1857-58 

291 

197 

J             521 

1,012 

88—1858-59 

819 

201 

634 

1,054 

84—1859-60 

827 

199 

581 

1,107 

85—1860-61 

808 

181 

578 

1,062 

S6— 1861-62 

295 

87 

481 

868 

87—1862-68 

281 

48 

405 

784 

88—1868-64 

289 

44 

423 

756 

89—1864-65 

293 

58 

I      451 

802 

40—1865-66 

283 

64 

t             467 

818 

41—1866-67 

284 

66 

{             491 

846 

42—1867-68 

807 

78 

r             521 

908 

48-1868-69 

827 

73 

I             564 

972 

44—1869-70 

811 

71 

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PRINCIPAL  AUXILIARIES  AND  MISSIONARY  FIELDS. 

MAINE  KISSIONABT  SOOIBTY. 

Rev.  GiOROi  E.  Adams,  D.  D.,  Prendent;  Joshua  Maxwell,  Etq,,  Treasurer;  Rtv. 
Stephin  Thurston,  D.  D.,  Searsport,  Secretary. 

The  receiptf  of  this  Society  for  the  year  ending  March  1st,  were  $28,848.^4. 
Of  this  amount  $18,122.75  were  the  avails  of  legacies.  The  sum  sent  from  this 
State  to  the  Treasury  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  during  its 
financial  year  was  $597,20,  making  the  entire  contributions  to  the  cause  of 
Home  Missions,  $28,945.54.  This  exceeds  the  amount  raised  in  the  preceding 
year  by  $10,057.44.    The  expendiPurei  within  the  State  were  $18,506.69. 

The  number  of  mi»i(marie$  under  commission  during  the  year  is  eighty- 
nine.  This  exceeds  by  four  the  number  sustained  in  the  previous  year.  "  Last 
year,"  says  the  Secretary,  "an  effort  was  made  to  induce  young  men,  just 
completing  their  preparatory  studies  for  the  ministry,  to  spend  the  first  year  of 
their  ministerial  labor  on  missionary  ground.  Five  young  men  of  this  class  have 
been  thus  engaged  during  the  year  just  closed.  If  a  goodly  number  from  the 
successive  classes  leaving  the  Theological  Seminaries  can  be  persuaded  to  do  like- 
wise, many  of  our  feeble  churches  would  approximate  as  near  to  a  permanent 
supply  as  can  be  expected  for  a  long  time  to  come."  We  trust  this  effort  will 
be  continued,  and  we  suggest  that  the  same  experiment  be  tried  in  the  other 
New  England  States,  for  the  mutual  advantage  of  the  laborers  employed  and  of 
the  churches  served.  The  year  has  not  been  distinguished  by  revivals  of  relig- 
ion, yet  several  churches  have  been  spiritually  refreshed,  two  ehurches  have 
been  organized,  one  has  become  self-BUstaining,  and  two  houses  of  worship  havo 
been  erected. 

The  Trustees  again  call  the  attention  of  the  churches  to  the  urgent  want  of 
more  laborers.  "  This  want  presses  harder,  year  after  year.  More  might  have 
been  accomplished,  the  past  year,  in  our  missionary  work,  if  we  had  had  more 
men.  The  fact  that  eighteen  less  than  two  years  since,  have  been  found  for  our 
needy  fields,  ought  to  wake  the  churches  to  fervent  prayer  to  the  Lord  of  the 
harvest.  Why  should  not  the  want  of  men  be  now  felt  as  well  as  when  the 
country  was  in  peril  ?  Then  the  cry  rung  through  all  the  land  for  men,  men — 
more  men,  till  it  echoed  from  every  hill-top,  and  a  million  rushed  to  the  rescue. 
Mothers  gave  up  their  sons,  wives  their  husbands,  young  maidens  their  lovers, 
and  with  the  blessing  of  God  on  their  labors  and  sacrifices,  the  nation  was  saved. 
As,  in  civil  government,  rebellion  is  quelled  and  crushed  by  the  aid  of  the  loyal, 
90  the  great  moral  rebellion  against  God,  of  which  this  world  is  the  theatre,  is  to 
•be  overcome  by  the  blessing  of  Heaven  on  the  labors  of  men, — men  first  reoov- 
ered  to  allegiance  and  loyalty.  The  demand  for  such  in  the  ministry  is  so  urgent 
that  every  church,  every  Christian,  should  be  impressed  with  the  duty  of  fervent 
prayer  and  earnest  effort  to  bring  into  the  work  young  men  of  fervid  piety  and 
of  suitable  gifts  and  culture,  who  shall  be  willing  to  go  into  our  broad  fields,  and 
eount  not  their  lives  dear  unto  them,  that  they  may  win  souls  and  finish  their 
coarse  with  joy." 


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NEW   HAMFSHIBE   KDBBIONABT   SOCIETT. 

Ber.  Asa  D.  Smith,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President ;    Rev.  William  Clark,  Secretary ;    Bev. 
Benjamin  P.  Stonb,  D.D.,  Treasurer.    Office  in  Concord. 

The  receipts  of  this  Auxiliary  dnring  the  year  en  ding  March  1st,  were 
$7,978.48,  of  which  $1,299.77'  were  designed  for  the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society,  and  were  remitted  to  its  Treasury.  There  were  also  sent  directly  to  the 
Parent  Society  dnring  its  financial  year,  in  payment  of  legacies  $1,158.49,  and  hy 
iodividoals  and  congregations  $1,548.45,  in  all  $2,701.94,  making  the  whole 
amoont  contributed  in  the  State  to  Home  Missions  $10,680.42,  which  is  less  by 
$14,172.27  than  was  reused  for  this  purpose  in  the  previous  year.  The  expen- 
diturei  within  the  State  amounted  to  $7,182,78,  and  $4,001.71  were  placed  at 
the  disposal  of  the  Parent  Society  for  its  general  work. 

The  number  of  mimonaries  who  have  been  in  service  within  the  year  ib  forty - 
two.  Thirty-six  of  them  have  labored  through  the  year,  and  the  others  for 
periods  Tarying  from  two  to  six  months.  Sixteen  churches  report  about  one 
hundred  hopeM  conversions,  and  seventeen  churches  report  eighty-four  additiouB 
to  their  membership — sixty-five  by  profession  of  faith.  Six  of  the  missionary 
churches  have  enjoyed  seasons  of  special  religious  interest.  One  missionary  has 
been  called  from  his  labors  to  his  reward  on  high. 

In  relation  to  the  importance  of  this  enterprise  in  New  Hampshire  and 
throughout  the  country,  the  Trustees  speak  as  foUows:  ^^  Much  home  missionary 
vork  needs  yet  to  bo  done  in  our  own  little  State.  Indeed,  its  necessities  are 
Dot  much  less  to-day  than  when  our  New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society  was  first 
organized.  But  New  Hampshire  is  less  than  one  four  hundredth  part  of  our 
national  territory ;  more  than  three-fourths  of  which  is  missionary  ground, 
l^ly  one  thousand  missionaries,  under  the  care  of  the  American  Home  Mis- 
doDtry  Society,  are  sowing  in  this  field  the  seeds  of  piety,  morality,  good  order, 
edocation,  obedience  to  law,  benevolence,  patriotism,  philanthrophy.  Conser- 
Tstives  are  they  and  the  churches  which  they  organize,  and  to  which  they  min- 
uter, of  whatsoever  things  are  loyely  and  of  good  report  in  the  domestic  and 
social  relations,  in  civil  government,  in  national  existence.  More  than  all,  in- 
itnimentally  they  are  preparing  untold  multitudes  for  a  glorious  immortality. 
Ko  finite  mind  can  estimate  the  value  of  the  Home  Missionary  enterprise  to  the 
present  and  to  the  future  millions  of  our  countrymen.  Let  this  enterprise  then 
take  strong  hold  of  our  hearts ;  let  it  stimulate  us  to  more  pray  erf q1,  earnest 
«ffi>rt  for  its  success." 

YSBMONT    DOSICESTIO    MISSI0NAB7   SOOIETT. 

I W.  HiCKOK,  Esq.,  President ;  C.  TV.  Storbs,  Esq.,  Treasurer ;  Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  Secretary. 

Office  in  Montpelier. 

The  receipts  of  this  Society  for  the  year  ending  March  1st,  were  $10,031. 
There  was  also  received  into  the  Treasury  of  the  National  Society,  during  its 
financial  year,  in  payment  of  legacies  $97,  from  congregations  and  individuals 
$1,030.90,  in  all  $1,127.90,  making  the  whole  amount  raised  for  Home  Missions 
in  the  State  $11,158.90,  which  is  less  by  $1,293.45  than  was  contributed  in  the 
preceding  year.    The  expenditures  within  this  State  were  $8,256. 

Sixty-flee  missionaries  have  been  employed  during  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the 
jetr.  They  have  preached  in  seventy  fields,  and  have  performed  forty-eight 
jears  of  service.    One  church  has  been  organized,  four  have  become  self-sustain- 


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ing,  one  missionary  has  been  removed  bj  death,  three  have  been  installed  as 
pastors,  one  has  been  dismissed,  three  chnrch  edifices  have  been  repaired,  and 
four  parsonages  have  been  bnilt  or  parchased.  Ko  eztendve  reyivals  have  been 
reported,  but  the  gentle  dews  of  grace  have  refreshed  several  of  the  chnrchea. 
*^  Our  work,"  says  tbe  Secretary,  ^'  has  been  somewhat  hindered  by  a  lack  of 
efficient  laborers.  Several  of  the  chnrohes  have  had  no  preaching,  during  tbe 
winter,  for  the  reason  that  no  men  could  be  found  to  minister  to  them.  Tbe 
West  has  not  only  taken  away  a  large  namber  of  our  sons  and  daughters,  but  has 
also  attracted  to  its  enterprising  towns  our  ministers  and  the  young  men  leaving 
the  Theological  Seminaries,  so  that  some  of  our  churches  have  been  as  sheep 
without  a  shepherd," 

"There  are  also,"  say  the  Directors,  "quite  a  number  of  towns  skirting  tbe 
Green  Mountains,  where  the  population  is  scattered  and  many  of  the  people  poor, 
in  which  they  have  almost  no  religion^  privileges.  In  some  of  these  we  have, 
from  time  to  time,  sent  students  for  a  few  weeks  or  months  in  the  summer.  We 
see  no  way  to  meet  the  wants  of  such  places  except  by  county  missionaries  going 
from  house  to  house,  talking  with  the  people  on  religious  subjects,  gathering 
them  together  for  prayer  and  instruction  in  private  houses,  school-houses,  and 
diurches,  where  they  have  them,  and  to  follow  up  this  method.  To  do  this 
work,  much  patience  and  self-denial  will  be  requisite.  No  rapid  and  astonishing 
results  can  be  expected  in  such  fields.  But  the  seed  oast  upon  these  barrens,  and 
in  the  gravelly  soil  of  these  mountain  slopea,  will  some  of  it  take  root  downward 
and  bear  fruit  to  the  glory  of  God." 

UASSAOHTTSBTTS  HOltB  KIS8I0NAB7  800IBTT. 

Rev.  William  A.  Stkarns,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President;  Bsmjamin  Perkins,  Esq.,  Treas- 
urer; Rev.  HsNRT  B.  HooKSB,  D.  D;,  Secretary.    Office  inBottoiL 

The  receipts  of  this  Auxiliary  daring  the  year  ending  March  Istj  were  $61,- 
816.15,  of  which  $7,636.80  were  the  avails  of  legacies.  The  expenditures  within 
the  State  were  $17,426.49,  and  the  amount  forwarded  to  the  Treasury  of  the 
National  Society  daring  its  financial  year  was  $81,000.  There  were  also  received 
by  the  Parent  Society,  from  this  State,  in  payment  of  legacies,  $20,887.02 ;  from 
the  Hampshire  Missionary  Society,  $8,176.61 ;  from  congregations  and  individuals, 
$6,227.60 — in  all,  $80,290.18 ;  making  the  whole  amount  raised  for  the  cause, 
daring  the  year,  $81,606.28,  which  exceeds  the  sum  contributed  in  the  previous 
year  by  $20,848.64.  The  amount  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  National  Society 
was  $61,290.18. 

Secenty-four  missiona/ries  have  been  in  commission  during  the  year,  minister- 
ing to  seventy-five  churches.  Six  of  these  ministers  have  been  installed,  and  two 
have  been  called  to  their  rest.  One  church  has  completed  a  house  of  worship, 
and  one  has  reached  the  condition  of  self-support 

In  reviewing  the  seventieth  year  of  the  Society^s  labors,  the  Trustees  say : 
*^  Though  we  are  not  privileged  to  speak  of  any  marked  and  dbtinguished  events 
in  the  past  year,  yet  we  are  not  to  undervalue  the  happy  influence  of  those  means 
of  grace  which  have  been  employed  during  this  period.  The  fervent  and  earnest 
work  of  sixty  faithful  Christian  ministers,  in  seeking  the  best  welfare  of  men,  in 
all  the  diversified  ministrations  of  the  gospel,  has  been  an  ageney  of  great  power 
for  good — so  many  sermons — so  many  prayers — so  many  personal  appeals,  touch- 
ing the  welfare  of  the  soul.  Such  labors  have  not  been  in  vain,  for  they  have 
been  employed  to  build  up  and  beautify  sixty  Christian  churches,  each  of  them  a 


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di?iD6  lostitation — each  of  tbem  a  pillar  and  ground  of  the  tmth— each  of  them, 
to  a  greater  or  lees  extent,  atestimoDj  of  the  power  of  the  gospel,  and  charged 
with  the  high  responsibilitj  of  extending  the  spiritual  power  of  that  gospel  on 
fiH  sides  arennd  them.'' 

^The  ministrations  we  have  thus  sustained  have  reached  not  less  than  ten 
thoiuaod  people,  who  otherwise  would  have  heard  few  or  no  gospel  appeals ; 
tnd  more  than  five  thousand  children  and  youths  have  been  instructed  in  the 
right  ways  of  the  Lord,  and  not  less  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  persons  have 
hopeftilly  experienced  the  grace  of  God.  The  sixty  churches  we  have  tlds  year 
aided,  are  scattered  throughout  the  Oommonwealth.  They  are  found  in  the  rural 
valley— <m  the  bleak  mountain-top— amid  the  din  of  the  manufacturing  village— 
or  down  on  the  shores  of  the  sea.  They  are  stars  of  greater  or  feebler  radiance, 
tedng  in  wide  or  narrow  spheres,  but  all  of  them  ports  of  the  visible  kingdom  of 
theBedeemer,  and  oodperatlng — the  weak  with  the  strong — ^in  promoting  the 
^ory  and  besuty  of  Zion." 

BHODB  I8Z.AND  HOKB  MISSIONABT  SOOIETY. 

Hoo.  William  W.  Hoppiic,  President ;  Edwin  Knight,  Esq.,  Providence^  Treasurer 
Rev.  James  G.  Vosi,  Providence,  S^cretarj. 

The  reeeipti  of  this  Society  for  the  year  ending  March  1st,  were  $2,050.90. 
There  were  also  received  into  the  Treasury  of  the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society,  during  its  financial  year,  in  legacies,  $1,889  ;  f^om  congregations  and  in- 
diriduals,  $819.28;  in  sll,  $1,658.28 ;  making  the  total  for  the  cause,  $3,709.23 ; 
which  is  $1,409.03  mere  than  in  the  preceding  year.  The  expenditures  within 
tlk^tate  were  $2,047.50. 

The  number  of  mimonaries  in  commission  has  been  m,  one  of  them  minister- 
ing to  a  congregation  of  colored  people.  One  church  lately  organized  has  bnilt 
a  commodious  chapel,  and  gives  promise  of  rapid  growth  and  early  independence. 
Others,  after  many  years  of  faithful  missionary  culture,  continue  feeble,  and  some 
of  them  are  probably  destined  to  decline  rather  than  to  increase  in  strength. 
'^Bot  they  are  worth  sll  the  expense  bestowed  npon  them,  and  other  States,  and 
natknis,  eyen,  reap  the  benefit  of  their  existence." 

*^  It  is  a  pleashig  fact,"  say  the  Directors,  **  that  one  chnrch,  which  was  for- 
merlj  a  beneficiary,  is  now  a  generous  contributor.  Less  than  ten  years  ago  it 
received  $300  a  year  toward  its  support.  It  is  now  in  a  very  prosperous  con- 
dition, and  has  within  the  past  year  contdbuted  the  sum  of  $88.96  to  this  Soci- 
etj.  Meanwhile,  there  ought  to  be  new  claimants  upon  our  resources.  There 
ire  several  places  in  our  State  where  the  Congregational  brotherhood  of  Ohristians 
CH^  to  be  at  work,  building  new  churches  or  fostering  the  life  of  such  as  are 
feeble.  There  is  every  motive,  therefore,  for  increased  effort  for  our  own  State, 
while  we  do  not  forget  the  wants  of  the  Parent  Society.  That  Society  demands 
cor  affection  and  our  support,  and  eyery  contribution  to  the  destitute  churches 
in  our  State  should  be  accompanied  by  renewed  liberality  toward  the  churches 
of  the  great  West  and  South.  Let  every  church  offer,  according  to  its  ability, 
mdClod  win  surely  add  his  blessing." 

OOHNBOnOUT  fiOXB  UISSIOVABT  80CIET7. 

Bev.  William  H.  Moobe,  Secretary ;  Edwabd  W.  Pabsons,  Esq.,  Treasurer. 
Office  in  Hartford. 

The  rteeipU  of  this  Society  f<v  the  year  ending  March  1st,  were  $19,241.99 ; 
and  the  npendiPurei  within  the  State  were  $16,855.57.    The  amount  forwarded 


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from  the  Anziliarx  to  the  Treasnrj  of  the  Parent  Society,  daring  its  financial 
year,  was  $6,500.  There  were  also  forwarded  direotiy  to  the  Treasury  of  the 
National  Society,  from  congregations  and  individnals,  $10,819.04;  in  payment 
of  legacies,  $57,264.69— in  all,  $68,083.73 ;  making  the  total  for  the  canse  ^87,- 
825.72,  which  exceeds  the  amount  riused  in  the  preceding  year  hy  $55,757.45. 
The  amount  put  at  the  disposal  of  the  National  Iiistitution  was  $74,583.73. 

The  number  of  misn&fumes  in  commission  during  the  year  has  heen  thirty- 
four.  One  of  them  has  been  installed  pastor  of  the  church  he  serves ;  one 
church  has  assumed  the  support  of  its  minister,  and  another  that  had  become  self- 
sustaining  has  been  compelled  to  apply  for  missionary  aid. 

The  last  Beport  of  the  Directors  states  that,  *^  since  1864,  the  number  of 
churches  receiving  aid  has  been  reduced  more  than  one  quarter,  and  the  average 
salary  of  their  ministers  has  been  increased  more  than  one  third ;  the  number  of 
churches  giving  to  this  Society  has  increased  yearly,  and  has  nearly  doubled ;  on 
an  average,  70  churches  yearly  give  nothing  to  either  Society ;  the  receipts  of 
this  Society  have  more  than  doubled ;  the  amount  granted  to  aided  churches  bas 
increased  nearly  one  quarter ;  the  amount  spent  in  Connecticut  has  increased 
about  one-third,  and  the  amount  sent  by  this  Society  yearly  to  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society  has  averaged  for  the  last  four  years,  $6,375.^' 

^'  The  Directors  have  a  growing  conviction  of  the  magnitude  and  importanee 
of  the  service  in  which  the  State  Missionaries  are  engaged.  At  least  200,000  of 
the  citizens  of  this  commonwealth  are  not  yet  reached  by  the  preaching  of 
the  gospel  in  our  Protestant  sanctuaries,  and  they  will  be  effectually  benefited 
only  by  a  concerted  movement  on  the  part  of  the  churches  to  reach  them  at 
their  homes.  And  to  keep  this  duty  constantly  before  the  ohurches,  and  to  be 
ever  bringing  forward  facts  and  considerations  that  will  kindle  into  a  glow  their 
interest  in  these  thousands,  and  also  in  the  more  destitute  millions  in  other  parts 
of  our  land,  is  a  work  which  cannot  be  overestimated.*' 


The  total  of  receipts  from  New  England  is,  $208,083.98 ;  which  is  more  than 
the  amount  of  the  preceding  year  by  $64,209.58.  Of  this,  $64,774.98  were  ex- 
pended within  its  own  bounds,  and  $143,258.95  forwarded  to  the  National  Inati- 
tntion  for  its  general  work. 

NEW  TOBK. 

Rer.  L.  Smith  Hobabt,  Syracuse,  Superintendent 

The  number  of  miasionariea  under  appointment  in  this  State,  during  the  year, 
isJifty-Jwe.  They  have  ministered,  statedly,  to  seventy  churches  and  at  twenty- 
four  out-stations.  One  church  has  been  organized,  two  have  become  independ- 
ent of  missionary  aid,  and  four  have  been  quickened  and  strengthened  by  the 
outpouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  The  amount  contributed  within  the  State  to  the 
Treasury  of  the  Society  is  $34,749.95. 

But  these  statistics  are  a  very  imperfect  exponent  of  the  fruit  of  the  yearns 
labors.  In  the  language  of  the  Superintendent,  "  the  value  of  the  Home  Mis- 
sionary work  done  among  the  churches  in  this  State,  is  not  to  be  judged  by  the 
results  which  appear  at  once,  and  in  the  immediate  loeaUtiee  where  it  is  wrought. 
Many  of  them,  by  reason  of  the  migration  constantly  flowing  Westward  from 
the  conmmnities  where  they  exist,  are  kept  small  and  pecuniarily  weak.  They 
live  and  are  often  replenished— Sometimes  largely ;  but  this  constant  depletion 
prevents  their  attaining  permanent  enlargement  and  strength.    This  has  been  to 


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them  a  source  of  discouragement,  and  sometimes  has  awakened  the  inqairj 
whether  their  continued  existence  was  not  maintained  at  too  great  a  cost.  Bat 
the  case  of  these  churches  has  another  aspect— one  of  wider  range  and  brighter 
promise.  We  may  well  believe  that  what  we  see  occurring  in  their  historj,  is  a 
proTidential  indication  of  the  manner  in  which  they  most  effectuallj  advance  the 
Christian  cause.  We  maj  assume  that,  besides  the  ordinary  church-functions, 
thej  are  called  of  God  to  a  special  service.  Their  mission  is  to  gather  in  the 
jomig,  instruct  them  in  religious  troth,  win  them  to  Ohrist,  teach  them  how  to 
be  workers  in  the  Master's  vineyard,  and  then  dismiss  them  to  the  new  settle- 
ments of  the  "West,  there,  as  intelligent  and  active  Ohristians,  to  aid  in  the  for- 
mation of  new  and  efficient  churches;  or,  entering  those  already  formed,  to 
bring  hope  and  help  and  new  life  to  these  weak  and  struggling  bands  of  disciples. 
Under  this  view,  it  may  be  regarded  as  more  than  probable  that  some  of  these 
Home  IGssionary  churches  among  us,  reluctantly  asking  aid,  always  small,  con- 
itantly  losiiig  their  acquisitions,  and  kept  weak  by  the  removal  of  their  young 
nd  enterprising  members,  are  nevertheless  making  most  valuable  contributions 
toward  the  evangelization  of  the^West.  Indeed,  it  can  hardly  be  doubted  that 
they  are  every  year  accomplishing  more  for  this  object— more  toward  building 
up  Christian  society — more  toward  founding  Christian  institutions  in  our  new 
States  and  Territories,  than  is  accomplished  by  an  equal  number  of  our  self-sns- 
taming  and  strong  churches  that  make  only  their  annual  contribution  of  large 
rams  of  money. 

We  have  in  this  State  fifty  or  more  of  these  small  churches  requiring  help 
to  maintain  the  ministry  of  the  gospel,  and  keep  themselves  in  a  condition  to 
oontinue  their  invaluable  contributions  to  the  Christian  material  of  the  West 
Some  of  them  have  existed  for  half  a  century  and  over.  They  were  once  large 
tod  independent,  and  generous  in  helping  forward  the  causes  of  Christian  benev- 
olence. Their  earlier  history  presents  a  worthy  record  in  this  respect.  But  in 
flie  providence  of  God  a  change  has  occurred.  Now  a  different  service  is  re- 
quired of  them.  In  this  they  should  be  encouraged,  and  the  needed  assistance 
•bonld  be  cheerfully  rendered — not  for  the  good  they  hate  done,  as  we  give  a 
pension  to  a  disabled  and  worn-out  soldier — but  for  the  work  they  have  in  hand, 
and  are  now  doing.  They  should  be  aided,  not  mainly  that  these  little  compa- 
nies of  Christians  may  remain  in  the  enjoyment  of  church  privileges — not  chiefly 
to  secure  the  conversion  of  the  impenitent  in  their  immediate  neighborhoods — ^not 
merely  to  maintain  intelligence,  morality,  and  good  order  in  the  conmiunities 
aboat  them ;  but  because  of  the  great  and  indispensable  work  of  training  young 
ChristianB  for  the  varied  service  of  Christ  in  the  newer  portions  of  our  land,  in 
which  they  are  engaged ;  and  because  of  the  important  relation  which  they  thus 
■istaio  to  the  perpetuation  of  our  civil  and  religious  freedom,  and  to  the  con- 
▼ersion  of  the  world. 

OHIO. 
Rev.  Lysandeb  Eilset,  Columbus,  Superintendent. 

The  number  of  tnmionariee  sustained  in  Ohio  during  the  year  is  thirty-fottr, 
Thej  have  supplied  regularly  forty-four  churches  and  missionary  districts, 
frequently  extending  their  labors  over  a  wide  territory.  Five  churches  have 
eojoyed  revivals  of  religion,  and  several  others  have  had  tokens  of  the  Spirit's 
presence  in  the  conversion  of  souls.  Two  houses  of  worship  are  now  in  pro- 
oesi  of  erection,  four  others  have  been  repaired,  and  two  churches  have  been 
organised.  The  avumntpaid  into  the  Treasury  from  this  State  is  $10,639.56,  of 
which  $6,659.55  were  the  avails  of  legacies. 


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Of  the  one  hnndred  and  eightj-nine  Ooogregational  churches  in  Ohio,  only 
ftboat  one-third  are  self-Bustaining,  and  many  of  these  are  not  strong ;.  yet  in 
some  cases,  by  uniting  two  or  three  churches  in  the  support  of  the  same  nunl»- 
ter,  they  are  enabled  to  dispense  with  missionary  aid.  Thirty-five  churches  ave 
nearly  extinct,  and  unless  self-denying  laborers  can  be  found,  who  are  willing  to 
bear  to  them  the  gospel  message,  they  will  soon  cease  to  exist.  The  Committee 
will  do  what  they  can  to  furnish  and  sustain  such  laborers  in  rebuilding  these 
decaying  altars,  and  in  keeping  alive  upon  them  the  fame  of  spiritual  worship. 

The  SuperintendeDt  speaks  of  "  two  large  sections  of  Ohio  that  possess  pecu- 
liar interest  as  fields  of  missionary  culture — ^the  iron  and  coal  regions,  between 
the  Scioto  and  Muskingum  rivers,  and  the  valley  of  the  Maumee  in  the  north- 
western part  of  the  State.  In  the  latter  section,  a  Oonference  of  Oongregational 
churches  was  formed  two  years  ago,  conmsting  of  four  churches.  It  now  com- 
prises nine  churches.  In  October  last,  a  Oonference  was  formed  in  north-western 
Ohio,  combining  the  scattered  churches  of  Trumbull  and  Mahoning  counties,  and 
providing  the  means  for  .their  acquaintance,  fellowship,  and  co5peration.  Its  b^ 
ginning  is  small,  but  its  prospects  of  growth  and  enlarged  useftdness  are  flattering. 
The  work  of  organization  is  not  yet  completed,  but  the  churches  are  becomipg 
more  uniform  and  methodical  in  their  action,  and  increanng  from  year  to  year  in 
strength  and  efficiency.  The  Master  is  blessing  the  missionary  band  with  health, 
inspiring  them  with  sincere  devotion  to  their  work,  and  cenfirmmg  the  words 
which  they  proclaim,  with  signs  following— the  salvation  of  souls.  Grateful  fat 
what  has  been  done  by  the  help  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society — ^mosft 
of  which  must  have  ever  remained  undone  without  its  aid— we  will  press  toward 
the  mark  which  lies  before  us,  until  this  gredt  State  shall  be  permeated  with  a 
pure  and  free  Christianity." 

INDIANA. 

Rev.  Nathaioxl  A.  Htdi,  Indianapolis,  Superintendent 

Since  the  last  Annual  Report,  nijM  mimana/nei  have  held  commissions  to 
labor  in  Indiana.  They  have  ministered,  statedly,  to  nineteen  congregations, 
and  have  performed  occasional  service  at  other  points  on  their  respective  fields. 
Two  of  these  laborers  have  been  installed  pastors  of  the  flocks  they  serve.  Four 
churches  have  been  orgamzed— one  at  the  capital  of  the  State,  and  the  other  at 
an  important  county  seat.  Four  churches  have  been  visited  with  the  special 
influences  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  others  have  enjoyed  a  heaithfhl  growth. 
Three  of  those  recently  formed  are  preparing  to  erect  houses  of  worship  during 
the  coming  year.  A  district  Association  has  been  formed  within  the  year,  in  the 
northern  part  of  the  State,  which  promises  to  be  useftd  in  uniting  and  strength- 
ening the  efforts  that  are  employed  to  establish  gospel  institutions  in  that  region. 
Though  the  results  of  the  year's  labors  are  not  large,  compared  with  tiiose 
realized  In  some  other  States,  they  are  more  encouraging  than  those  which  we 
have  ordinarily  been  permitted  to  report,  and  warrant  the  expectation  of  more 
rapid  progress  in  years  to  come.  The  pecuniary  contributioni  to  Home  Missions, 
by  the  churches  of  the  State,  during  the  year,  amounted  to  $270.29. 

One  interesting  feature  of  the  Society's  work  is  presented  in  the  Superin- 
tendent's report,  as  foUows :  Among  the  difficulties  encountered  on  this  field, 
none  is  greater,  perhaps,  than  that  which  arises  from  the  multiplication  of  sects. 
Communities  are  so  divided  from  this  cause,  that  it  is  impossible  for  any  religions 
order  to  supply  the  stated  preaching  of  the  gospel  It  must  be  gratifying  to  the 
friends  of  the  Society  to  know  that  this  difficulty  is  often  happfly  overoome 


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through  ifs  agency.  The  principles  of  Bpiritnal  Christianity  and  the  self-govern- 
ment in  church  management  which  its  missionaries  represent,  bo  commend  them- 
iel?es,  that  Christians  of  different  denominational  connections  have  been  organized 
for  maintaining  gospel  ordinances,  who  could  not  be  united  on  any  other  basis/* 
The  Superintendent  has  great  difficulty  in  finding  laborers  to  occupy  the  fields 
that  demand  immediate  culture.  He  says :  ^*  I  cannot  but  think  that  a  grave 
mistake  is  made  by  candidates  for  ministerial  service  at  the  West,  in  overlooking 
the  claims  of  this  older  portion  of  the  missionary  field.  The  destitution  can 
scarcely  be  greater  on  the  frontier  than  it  is  in  some  of  the  villages  and  rural 
districts  of  thb  interior  ^tate ;  and  no  field  opens  a  wider  door  of  inflaence  and 
Qsefalness  to  an  earnest  and  consecrated  ministry.  In  all  the  elements  of  ma- 
terial prosperity,  Indiana  is  making  rapid  progress.  Located  in  the  very  center 
of  the  nation,  its  forests  and  prairies  are  being  crossed  in  all  directions  by  lines 
of  railway.  In  the  last  few  years  its  educational  institutions  have  made  great 
advancement.  The  next  census  will  probably  show  a  population  of  nearly,  if  not 
quite  2,000,000,  thus  placing  it  among  the  foremost  States,  as  to  its  political  and 
moral  influence.  Can  we  then  plead  in  its  behalf  too  earnestly  for  Christian 
laborers?" 

ILUN0I3. 

Bit.  Josi^h  E.  Roy,  D.  D.,  Chicago,  Superintendent  for  Northern  Illinois;  Rev.  Henbt 
B.  Platt,  Brighton,  Superintendent  for  Southern  Illinois. 

Setenty-two  missionaries  have  been  under  commission  in  Illinois  since  the 
last  Report,  preaching  statedly  to  ninety-two  churches,  and  at  a  large  number 
of  stations  where  no  churches  exist.  The  contributions  of  the  churches  to  the 
Treasury  of  the  Society  amount  to  $5,842.67. 

In  Northern  Illinois  sixty-four  laborers  have  been  under  commission, 
ministering  to  eighfy-two  churches,  and  at  ten  out-stations.  Seven  churches 
have  been  gathered,  nine  have  become  self-supporting,  seven  have  erected  houses 
of  worship,  and  one  has  been  afflicted  in  the  removal  of  its  minister  by  death. 
Several  congregations  have  been  visited  by  revival  influences,  and  nearly  all  of 
them,  though  they  have  sufiered  pecuniarily  from  the  partial  failure  of  the  crops, 
have  made  progress  toward  self-support. 

Eight  missionaries  have  labored  in  Southern  Illinois,  and  have  preached  stated- 
Ij  to  ten  congregations.  Four  of  these  congregations  have  experienced  revivals 
cf  religion,  and  all  the  others  are  enjoying  a  healthful  gro w  th.  One  church  has  re- 
iDoved  a  heavy  debt,  and  two  others  have  made  important  improvements  in  their 
chnrch  edifices.  Two  churches,  however,  that  have  been  assisted  to  maintain 
the  ordinances  of  the  gospel  in  past  years  have  discontinued  public  worship,  and 
one  of  them  has  sold  its  house  of  worship  and  disbanded.  "As  to  the  general 
<wtlook,"  says  the  Superintendent,  "  I  have  become  better  acquainted  with' the 
field  than  I  have  been  hitherto,  but  I  still  find  few  who,  by  education  and 
previous  associations,  are  in  sympathy  with  our  polity,  and  those  few  are  either 
■0  scattered  that  they  cannot  be  gathered  into  churches  of  our  order,  or  they 
have  already  been  brought  into  other  ecclesiastical  relations.  Some  places  which 
•  year  ago  seemed  to  promise  church  organizations,  have  not  yielded  the  fruit 
that  was  anticipated;  There  is  need  enough  of  preaching,  but,  in  many  places, 
it  would  not  be  sufficiently  appreciated  to  lead  the  people  to  fiive  anything  to 
■nstain  it,  while  the  religious  forces  already  in  the  field  would  be  found  in  active 
^JpOiitioB.  In  such  a  region,  rapid  progress  in  our  work  is  not  to  be  expected 
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Yet,  if  we  compare  the  condition  of  Southern  Illinois  with  what  it  yeas  forty 
years  ago,  we  find  a  wonderful  improvement  Each  new  railroad  crossing  the 
State  farther  to  the  south  than  the  preceding  ones,  hecomes  the  north  line  of 
"  Egypt."  Formerly  it  was  in  the  latitude  of  Springfield ;  next  it  was  the 
line  of  the  road  from  Terre  Haute  to  Alton ;  now  it  is  the  line  of  the  Ohio  and 
Mississippi  Railroad,  running  eastward  from  St  Lonis;  and  soon  it  most  be 
pushed  still  farther  southward.  Among  the  evangelizing  forces  that  have  co- 
operated with  secular  enterprise,  to  produce  this  result,  none  have  been  more 
effective  than  Home  Missions." 

This  Society  has  planted,  or  aided  in  t)ie  support  of,  abont  870  churches  in 
Illinois,  at  an  expense  of  about  $460,000.  Of  these  churches,  about  230  are  in 
the  Congregational  connection,  and  embrace  all  but  twenty-one  of  the  existing 
Congregational  churches  of  the  State.  In  view  of  these  facts,  the  General  Asso- 
elation,  at  its  last  meeting,  expressed  its  grateful  acknowledgments  to  the  So- 
ciety for  its  liberal  aid,  and  adopted  measures  to  induce  the  churches  to  assume, 
at  the  earliest  possible  period,  the  entire  burden  of  the  missionary  work  in  the 
State.  Among  the  resolutions  adopted  was  the  following:  "  That  the  year  1875 
be  the  point  fixed  in  or  before  which  independence  shall  be  declared,  and  beyond 
which  the  Society  shall  be  recommended  to  make  no  more  appropriations  to 
Illinois.  Thus  the  year  1876  will  be  the  centenary  of  our  national  life,- the  year 
of  jubilee  for  the  ^i^erican  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  our  first  year  of  Con- 
gregational manhood." 

Missoxmi. 

Rev.  Edwin  B,  Turner,  Hannibal,  Supermtendent 

There  have  been  thirty-six  mimon<irie8  aided  by  the  Society  in  Missonri 
within  the  year.  These  have  ministered  to  fifty-two  congregations,  in  which 
fourteen  revivals  of  religion  have  been  enjoyed.  Nine  churches  have  been  organ- 
ized, seven  houses  of  worship  have  been  dedicated,  and  eight  are  in  process  of 
erection.  One  missionary  pastor  has  been  installed,  and  one  has  died.  One 
aided  church  has  assumed  self-support,  and  several  have  made  good  progress  in 
the  payment  of  debts.  The  aided  churches  contributed  to  this  Society  during 
the  year,  $317.85,  to  which  other  churches  added  $928.55  ;  making  tlie  receipts 
from  the  State,  $1,246.40. 

Many  of  the  churches  have  been  blessed  with  a  marked  increase  of  spiritu- 
ality, and  nearly  or  quite  two  hundred  members  have  been  added  as  the  fruit  of 
revivals,  in  the  last  six  months.  The  material  progress  and  increase  of  popula- 
tion have  been  unprecedented ;  the  vast  coal  and  iron  mines  are  rapidly  develop- 
ing ;  over  360  miles  of  railroad  (nearly  as  many  as  in  four  years  previous),  have 
been  built ;  1,085  miles  are  in  process  of  construction,  and  many  other  roads  are 
projected,  which  are  giving  rise  to  new  towns  and  imparting  fresh  life  to  the 
older.  Millions  of  acres  have  been  purchased,  and  are  being  dotted  with  the 
homes  of  new  settlers. 

"  The  general  aspect  of  the  missionary  cause  in  this  State,"  says  the  Super- 
intendent, "was  never  more  encouraging,  and  the  calls  for  increase  of  labor  are 
numerous  and  imperative.  A  score  of  earnest,  self-denying  men  could  find  room, 
work  and  encouragement,  at  as  many  points,  where,  with  the  growth  of  towns, 
strong  churches  might  be  established.  And  no  time  should  be  lost,  for  error  in 
^very  form  stands  ready  to  preoccupy  the  soil. 

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this  wide  State,  see  something  of  its  prospective  greatness,  and  take  into  account 
the  Tasfc  popalation  that  in  a  very  few  years  must  occupy  these  inviting  regions, 
they  would  regard  its  spiritual  interests  as  second  to  no  other.  In  the  natural 
highway  between  the  oceans,  closely  allied  in  history  and  destiny  with  the  South, 
its  moral  and  religious  character  must  materially  affect  the  States  around  it. 
Conld  we  have  ten  or  fifteen  efficient  men  added  to  our  missionary  corps,  and 
conld  the  Treasury  furnish  them  a  support,  with  what  could  be  raised  in  their 
fields,  the  Society  would  begin  in  some  just  raeasare  to  meet  the  opportunities 
open  to  her  in  this  State." 

UICHiaAK. 

ReF.  WoLCOTP  B.  WiLLiuis,  Charlotte,  Superintendent  for  Southern  and  Eastern  Michi- 
gan ;  Rev.  Lkboy  Wabbkn»  Pentwatcr,  Superintendent  for  Northwestern  Michigan. 

In  Michigan,  during  the  year  now  under  review,  the  Society  has  aided  in  the 
rapport  of  ieventy-seven  mimonaries^  supplying  regularly  more  than  one  hundred 
congregations,  and  preaching  often  with  good  results  in  places  without  the  stated 
means  of  grace.  One  missionary  has  died.  Nine  churches  have  been  organized, 
nine  have  oome  to  self-support,  two  houses  of  worship  have  been  completed  and 
dedicated,  seven  are  in  process  of  building,  two  have  been  thoroughly  repaired, 
three  parsonages  have  been  buiit  or  purchased.  The  contributions  from  the 
SUte  have  been  $2,818.83. 

In  the  Southern  District,  eleven  churches  have  eiyoyed  revivals  of  consider- 
ihle  power.  The  character  of  many  communities  in  this  portion  of  the  State  is 
gradually  changing,  by  the  incoming  of  foreigners,  whose  sentiments  and  habits 
are  uncongenial  to  American  ideas  and  institutions.  One  church  has  become 
extinct  from  this  cause,  and  others  are  weakened.  Still  others  are  enfeebled 
by  the  change  of  centers  of  p6pulation,  consequent  upon  the  location  of  railroads 
opening  through  the  State,  which  roads  are,  however,  adding  daily  to  the  wealth 
and  population. 

The  Superintendent,  speaking  of  feeble  churches  without  pastors,  says :  "  If 
etmest,  self-denying  men  could  be  found  willing  to  endure  hardships  for  a  few 
jears,  laboring  in  such  fields,  they  might  do  a  glorioas  work  in  building  up  these 
enterprises  to  a  state  of  self-support. 

The  Superintendent  for  the  Northern  District  has  made  a  complete  exploration 
of  the  Lower  Peninsula,  where,  for  lack  of  suitable  men,  many  needy  towns  are 
nnsnpplied  with  preaching.  He  says,  however,  that  "  most  of  the  churches  have 
grown  in  nombers  and  influence,  and  there  are  fewer  vacancies  than  there  were  a 
year  ago.  But  our  chief  want  still  is  men  adapted  to  the  missionary  work,  and 
willing  to  undertake  it.  There  are  six  vacant  churches  within  twenty  miles  of 
the  city  of  Grand  Rapids,  and  in  the  newer  portions  of  the  State  the  need  is  still 
greater.    Mnst  our  calls  continue  to  bring  forth  so  feeble  responses  ? " 

WISCONSIN. 

ficT.  DcxTiB  Clart,  Beloit,  Superintendent  for  Southern  Wisconsin ;  Rev.  Fbanklin  B. 
Doe,  Fond  du  Lac,  Superintendent  for  Northern  Wisconsin. 

Se^enty-nx  mimonaries  have  been  aided  by  the  Society  in  Wisconsin  within 
tlie  year  now  reported,  supplying  statedly  one  hundred  and  ^yq  churches,  and 
aixty-eight  oongrtgations  where  churches  have  not  been  organized.  Eight 
Biinisters  have  been  ordained  and  five  installed,  five  churches  have  been  organ- 
i«d,  five  have  become  self-supporting,  six  houses  of  worship  have  been  completed. 


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others  are  in  process  of  building,  ten  or  more  have  been  enlarged  and  repaired, 
two  parsonages  have  been  built.  Twenty  churches  in  the  Southern  District,  and 
perhaps  as  many  in  the  Northern,  have  enjoyed  revivals,  some  of  which  are  si  ill 
in  progress.    Received  into  the  Treasury  from  Wisconsin,  $3,223.34. 

The  venerable  "  Father  Clary  "  reports  among  the  labors  of  this  twentieth 
year  of  his  agency,  6,095  miles  of  travel,  forty-two  sermons  and  twenty-five 
addresses  delivered,  twelve  conventions  and  cooncils  attended,  $3,000  distributed 
in  clothing  and  other  gifts,  800  letters  written,  etc.  Twelve  additional  laborers 
have  entered  the  District  under  his  care,  and  of  the  thirty-two  now  in  service, 
fourteen  have  each  the  charge  of  two  or  more  fields.  The  low  price  of  grain,  the 
emigration  of  Americans,  and  the  incoming  of  an  uncongenial  foreign  population, 
are  among  the  trials  of  the  churches.  Mr.  Clary  speaks  of  the  general  deepening 
of  spiritual  feeling  among  ministers  and  Christians,  unanimity  of  sentiment,  con- 
solidating of  religious  influence,  progress  in  Sabbath  school  work,  temperance  and 
other  reforms,  and  concludes ;  "  On  the  whole,  with  all  the  wickedness  that  pre- 
vails, and  the  opposition  from  error  and  worldliness,  it  seems  to  me  that  the 
night  is  far  spent  and  the  morning  cometh,  when  Zion  shall  look  forth  fair  as  the 
moon,  clear  as  the  sun,  and  terrible  as  an  army  with  banners." 

In  the  Northern  District,  as  the  fruits  of  revivals,  350  have  been  added  to 
the  churches.  The  Superintendent  has  traveled  8,276  miles  in  the  survey  of  his 
field,  and  as  a  result,  is  "  convinced  that  our  missionary  gain  must  come  from  a 
closer  working  of  the  material  already  on  the  ground."  Emigration  to  the 
Southwest,  to  Missouri,  Kansas  and  California,  will  take  from  the  churches  more 
than  they  will  gain  by  new  comers.  Yet  every  church  planted  on  the  prairie  or 
in  the  wilderness  becomes  a  leavening  force  to  the  foreign  as  well  as  the  American 
population. 

Here,  as  everywhere,  the  great  want  is  men.  Says  Mr.  Doe,  "  The  old  diffi- 
culty is  still  upon  us,  of  finding  the  right  men.  We  need  a  higher  style  of  minis- 
ters, abler  and  better;  but  where  are  they?  We  need  aggressive  workers,  heroic 
generals  who  shall  lead  the  Lord's  hosts  to  victory.  We  need  ministers  who 
shall  be  fishermen,  not  waiting  for  souls,  but  going  after  them ;  willing  to  preach 
anywhere — in  a  city  pulpit,  if  they  must ;  in  a  log  school-house,  on  a  dry -goods 
box,  or  a  stump,  if  they  can ;  men  of  such  patience  of  hope  as  to  despair  of  none ; 
pious,  able,  consecrated  men.  Sach  men  the  Home  Missionary  work  needs;  such 
men  it  is  fitted  to  produce." 

IOWA. 

Rev.  Jesse  Gcbrnsey,  Dubuque,  Superintendent  for  Northern  Iowa;  Rev.  Joseph  W. 
Pickett,  Dcs  Moines,  Superintendent  for  Southern  Iowa. 

The  number  of  missionaries  commissioned  by  the  Society  in  Iowa  within  the 
year  is  one  hundred  and  twenty-four.  Of  these,  thirteen  bore  their  first  com- 
missions in  Iowa ;  sixty-six  have  labored  through  the  entire  year ;  the  aggregate 
of  service  has. been  eighty-eight  years;  fourteen  have  left  the  State,  and  one  has 
died.  Seventy-six  have  given  their  labor  chiefly  to  single  congregations,  thirty-nine 
have  served  two  to  four  congregations  each,  eight  have  extended  their  labor  over 
fields  ranging  from  two  to  four  towns  to  as  many  counties.  Eleven  have  minis- 
tered to  German,  and  seven  to  Welsh  churches.  Not  less  than  two  hundred  and 
eighty-five  congregations  have  been  regularly  ministered  to,  and  many  more  have 
occasionally  enjoyed  missionary  service.  Eleven  churches  have  been  organized, 
ten  have  assumed  the  entire  support  of  their  pastors,  thirty-one  have  been  blessed 


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with  revivals ;  thirteeo  church  edifices  have  been  completed,  at  a  cost  of  more 
tbaa  $80,000,  eight  are  in  process  of  building,  six  have  been  thoroughly  repairetl. 
The  amount  received  into  the  Treasury  from  the  State,  is  $2,785.56. 

Of  the  congregations  in  the  Northern  District,  forty-four  have  raised  for  the 
support  of  their  missionaries  $2,675  more  than  in  the  previous  year,  and  have 
asked  $2,175  less  from  the  Society ;  twenty-eight  have  increased  their  subscrip- 
tions from  $25  to  $400  each;  thirty-one  have  reduced  their  applications  for  aid 
from  $25  to  $200  each.  More  churches  have  made  an  advance  in  subscriptions, 
and  more  have  lessened  the  amount  asked,  than  in  any  previous  year. 

The  railroad  from  Dubuque  to  Sioux  City  is  to  be  completed  by  July.  That 
from  Calmar  to  Des  Moines  is  in  process.  These  will  open  within  the  year  hun- 
dreds of  miles  of  country.  The  lately  completed  Des  Moines  Valley  road  is  to 
be  carried  northwest  to  the  Minnesota  line.  Vhese  will  open  a  region  larger 
than  any  New  England  State  except  Maine,  in  which  scarcely  a  beginning  of 
misaonary  work  has  been  made.  Is  there  need  of  men  ?  For  the  older,  more 
developed  fields,  for  churches  which  can  pay  salaries  of  $800  to  $1,000,  Mr. 
Guernsey  answers,  No ;  but  "  for  the  frontier,  where  beginnings  are  to  be  made 
amid  privations,  and  where  labor  will  in  due  time  bring  abundant  rewards,. Yes! 
In  all  our  history  as  a  State  there  was  never  more  room  for  men  able  and  willing 
to  do  fouqdation  work  for  Christ  and  his  cause  in  a  new  country.  Send  us  such, 
if  you  can :  send  all  that  the  churches  by  their  contributions  will  sustain." 

In  the  sunmier  of  1869,  Rev.  Julius  A.  Reed  was  compelled  by  ill  health  to 
resign  the  agency  of  the  Southern  District,  which  he  had  efficiently  administered 
since  1862 — having  previously  for  twelve  years  served  the  Society,  with  singular 
zeal  and  fidelity,  as  Agent  for  the  entire  State.  He  was  succeeded  by  Rev. 
Joseph  W.  Pickett,  of  Mount  Pleasant,  who  has  been  by  personal  visitation  ac- 
quainting himself  with  his  field,  its  needs,  its  opportunities,  and  its  workers. 

"A  marked  characteristic  of  the  labors  of  the  missionaries  during  the  year," 
he  writes,  "  has  been  their  desire  to  reach  out  into  regions  beyond  their  imme- 
diate centers,  thus  greatly  extending  their  usefulness  and  stimulating  the  zeal  of 
the  churches.  I  believe  that  the  world  offers  no  nobler  field  for  Christian  effort 
than  Iowa  presents  to-day.  Three  lines  of  railway  now  pass  westward  through 
my  District,  crowded  with  passengers,  some  of  them  seeking  homes  here,  while 
others  pass  across  the  continent.  Towns  are  springing  up  with  marvelous  rapid- 
ity. The  proximity  of  Southern  Iowa  to  a  former  slave  State  no  longer  militates 
against  the  planting  of  churches  of  the  Pilgrims'  faith,  whose  principles  are 
coming  to  be  better  understood.  The  field  is  full  of  promise ;  and  by  God's 
Wasing,  this  year  should  witness  greater  results  than  any  that  has  gone  before  it. 

MINNESOTA. 
Rev.  RiCHABO  Hall,  Saint  Paul,  Superintendent. 

There  have  been  under  commission  in  Minnesota,  since  the  last  report,  forty- 
^M  mimonariesy  who  have  statedly  supplied  fifty-six  congregations  and  eleven 
oat'ftations.  Nine  missionaries  hare  come  into  the  State  within  the  year ;  two 
have  been  installed.  Three  churches  have  been  organized,  two  have  come  to 
•elf-fupport.  One  house  of  worship  has  been  built,  one  is  building.'  The  contri- 
hitioTis  to  this  Society,  for  the  yeai,  were  $623.98. 

Of  the  sixty-eight  Congregational  churches  in  the  State,  thirty-five  have 
honies  of  wonhip,  thirty  worship  in  school-houses,  halls  and  private  dwellings; 


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8i'x  have  settled  pastors,  six  are  without  preaching,  thirteen  will  this  year  be 
self-supporting.  The  year  has  not  been  one  of  special  religious  interest,  yet 
seyeral  churches  have  rejoiced  in  the  converting  presence  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

Of  the  estimated  population  of  the  State  (470,000),  275,000  are  Americans, 
90,000  Germans,  65,000  Scandinavians,  46,000  Irish ;  about  one-sixth  are  Ro- 
manists. Within  the  year  783  miles  of  railway  have  been  completed,  being 
224  miles  more  than  Kist  year.  Work  has  been  commenced  on  the  Northern  Pa- 
cific, which  traversing  the  northern  portion  of  the  State,  is  to  bo  intersected  by 
at  least  three  important  lines  already  radiating  from  Saint  Paul.  Unprecedented 
as  has  been  the  growth  of  Minnesota,  the  immediate  construction  of  these  roads 
promises  to  secure  even  an  increased  ratio  of  advance  in  population  and  all  ma- 
terial interests.  To  keep  pace  with  this  advance,  a  Continually  increasing  mis- 
sionary expenditure  will  be  indispensable.  Minnesota  is  highly  favored  in  the 
character  of  its  population — few^States  having  among  their  native  citizens  so 
large  a  proportion  of  New  England  origin,  and  among  those  of  foreign  birth  so 
many  from  the  hardy,  industrious  Protestants  of  Northern  Europe.  An  increased 
interest  is  awakened  among  the  pastors  and  churches  of  the  State,  for  extending 
the  Home  Missionary  work  throughout  all  its  borders.  May  the  men  and  money 
be  forthcoming  to  occupy  the  fields  which  God's  providence  is  so  rapidly  open- 
ing! 

KANSAS. 

Bev.  James  G.  Merrill,  Topeka,  Superintendent. 

Thirty-nine  missionaries  have  been  under  commission  within  the  year,  being 
seven  more  than  in  the  previous  year.  These  have  cared  for  fifty -two  churches 
and  fifty-eight  out-stations.  Five  churches  have  been  organized ;  three  report 
revivals.  Five  church  edifices  have  been  built;  six  are  in  process  or  about  com- 
mencing ;  four  have  been  thoroughly  repaired.  The  receipts  from  Kansas  into 
the  Treasury  have  been  $794.75 ;  more  than  double  those  of  the  previous  year. 

Rev.*  Harvey  Jones,  at  the  close  of  the  year,  resigned  the  agency  in  which 
he  has  faithfully  served  the  Society  since  1866,  and  Rev.  James  G.  Mebbill,  of 
Topeka,  has  already  entered  upon  duty  as  his  successor. 

Nearly  every  church  has  advanced  upon  the  pledges  of  previous  years  for  the 
support  of  the  ministry,  though  none  has  reached  the  condition  of  self-support. 
The  five  substantial  church  edifices  built  during  the  year  make  the  number  now 
in  the  State  twenty-seven — "  some  of  them  commodious  and  beautiful,  all  of 
them  comfortable  and  in  good  repair,  and  built  at  a  cost  of  not  less  than  $150,- 
000.  In  every  one  of  them  the  gospel  is  preached  every  Sabbath,  and  each  is  a 
monument  of  the  wisdom  and  economy  of  Home  Missions."  Mr.  Jones  pleads 
earnestly  in  behalf  of  the  feeble  churches  unable  to  build :  "  "With  only  a  hall  or 
a  school-house,  often  small  and  uncomfortable,  used  in  common  by  several  de- 
nominations, and  for  all  kinds  of  meetings,"  he  says,  "  it  is  well  nigh  impossible « 
for  a  little  church  to  make  headway,  or  secure  the  attendance  of  the  people ;  and 
yet  the  toil  and  sacrifice  of  such  a  work,  often  falling  mainly  on  the  missionary, 
our  Eastern  friends  can  hardly  conceive.  A  brother  recently  said  to  me  '  that 
church  building  has  made  me  seven  years  older  and  turned  my  hair  prematurely 
gray.' " 

As  to  the  supply  of  ministers,  Mr.  Jones  says :  "  Every  one  of  our  organized 
churches  has  stated  preaching  and  pastoral  oversight ;  and  if  we  had  a  score  of 
flourishing  churches,  with  houses  built,  in  thriving  railroad  towns,  we  could  get 
men  at  once  from  the  East  to  take  them ;  bnt  to  get  men  able  and  willing  to 


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make  their  places— men  ombitioas  to  go  to  the  regions  beyond,  where  Christ  is 
not  named — that  is  quite  another  thing/'  And  he  adds :  ^^  We  are  relatively 
losing  ground  in  onr  attempts  to  evangelize  the  State.  We  have,  indeed,  gained 
seren  ministers,  five  new  churches,  and  probably  twenty  per  cent,  in  church 
membership ;  but  we  do  not  keep  pace  with  the  growth  of  population.  It  is 
believed  that  in  each  of  the  last  two  years,  100,000  people  have  made  homes  in 
Kansas,  and  the  influx  for  the  coming  year  will  probably  be  as  great.  Within 
the  year  two  railroads  will  reach  the  southern  line  of  the  State,  on  their  way 
to  the  Gulf;  two  others  are  pushing  south  and  southwest;  one  is  nearly  com- 
pleted to  the  north  lino  of  the  State;  four  are  building  or  built,  cutting  the 
State  east  and  west.  From  twenty  to  fifty  new  towns  have  been  started  within 
a  year,  some  of  them  sure  to  become  centers  of  trade  and  influence.  Of  these 
we  have  been  able  to  occupy  five  or  six ;  some  are  cared  for  by  others ;  some  are 
yet  unoccupied.  It  is  the  day  of  opportunity  fw:  Kjyisas,  and  if  the  brethren  of 
the  Eastern  churches  could  see  these  things  as  we  see  them,  surely  it  would  not 
be  for  leant  o/ money  if  the  Society  should  fail  to  take  possession  of  these  prairies 
for  Christ  But  money  cannot  buy  a  spirit  of  self-sacrifice  and  zeal  for  the 
establishment  and  extension  of  Christ^s  kingdom.  Only  the  Lord  of  the  harvest 
can  send  forth  devoted  and  successful  laborers  into  his  harvest.  May  he  send 
them  in  numbers  equal  to  our  need !  " 

NEBBASKA. 

Rev.  Obtillb  W.  Herrill,  Omaha,  Superintendent. 

The  number  of  missionaries  commissioned  by  the  Society  in  Nebraska,  within 
the  year,  preaching  to  twenty-five  congregations,  is  fourteen^  of  whom  nine 
were  already  in  the  field ;  three  have  left  the  State,  one  has  charge  of  a  self- 
nstaining  church,  and  one,  without  aid  from  the  Society,  ministers  in  destitute 
communities  as  he  has  opportunity.  Seven  churches  have  been  organized,  two 
hive  assumed  self-support,  one  young  church  has  never  been  aided  by  the  So- 
ciety— ^making  three  self-supporting  churches  in  the  State.  Three  houses  of  wor- 
ship have  been  completed.  The  contributions  from  Nebraska  for  this  Society 
have  been  $154.82. 

Stimulated  by  the  ofier  of  State  aid  in  lands,  six  new  railroads  have  been 
oommenoed,  and  the  lands  through  which  they  pass  are  being  rapidly  settled. 
Two  or  three  men  who  have  gone  into  these  new  settlements  to  preach  the  gos- 
pel, find  themselves  taxed  beyond  their  strength,  and  beg  for  reinforcements. 
Far  up  the  Elkhorn  valley,  some  of  the  good  New  England  stock  are  finding 
bodies,  and  calling  for  educated  ministers  for  themselves  and  their  children. 
Everything  indicates  a  large  immigration  this  season,  and  consequent  demand  for 
lasKfied  laborers.  "  Notwithstanding  the  increase  of  laborers  during  the  period 
Wider  review,"  says  Mr.  Gaylord,  "  the  call  is  for  men — such  men  as  can  adapt 
themselves  to  the  new  fields  that  are  opening  on  every  hand.  There  remaineth 
yet  much  land  to  be  possessed,  and  in  view  of  the  present  outlook  of  this  fron- 
tia  field,  I  earnestly  hope  tljat  the  resonrces  of  the  Society  will  enable  it  to  enter 
and  occupy  the  new  openings  for  the  gospel  and  that  are  constantly  coming  to 
our  knowledge.^' 

With  the  close  of  the  year  Rev.  Reuben  Gatlobd  resigned  the  Agency,  to  which 
for  six  years  he  has  devoted  himself  with  the  earnestness  and  zeal  that  have 
marked  all  his  life-long  service  in  the  West.  Rev.  0.  W.  Mebbill,  of  Anamosa, 
Iowa,  was  appointed  to  succeed  him,  and  is  already  entering  on  his  work. 


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COLORADO,  DAKOTA  AND  WTOMIKa. 

There  has  been  little,  if  any,  improvement  in  the  business  of  Colorado  since 
the  last  Report,  and  for  a  part  of  the  year  the  single  missionary  aided  by  this 
Society,  in  Boalder,  has  been  the  only  resident  member  of  the  "  Rocky  Moun- 
tain Association."  Even  he  has  had  to  blend  with  pastoral  duty  the  oversight  of 
the  germ  of  a  future  college.  The  chnrehes  of  Boulder  and  Denver  have  so 
nearly  completed  their  houses  of  worship  as  to  be  able  to  occupy  them.  It  is 
expected  that  at  least  two  of  the  vacant  pulpits  will  be  shortly  supplied,  and 
with  the  looked-for  revival  of  business  activity,  there  will,  doubtless,  be  other 
reinforcements  and  an  advance  in  spiritual  things. 

The  church  in  Yankton,  Dakota,  grown  to  80  members,  have  completed  their 
church  edifice,  regularly  contribute  to  Home  and  Foreign  Missions,  and  cheer- 
fully work  with  their  pastor  in  preliminary  efforts  for  planting  churches  in  the 
regions  about  and  beyond  them.  They  are  also  interesting  themselves  for  the 
education  of  their  children.  "  By  next  October,'*  writes  Mr.  Ward,  "  we  expect 
to  have  a  good  school  building,  and  two  or  more  teachers.  This  school  will 
soon  grow  into  an  academy,  and  then  comes  the  college  I '' 

On  the  24th  of  May,  1869,  Rev.  J.  D.  Davis,  whose  bravery  and  persistence 
had  been  proved  as  a  color-bearer  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  and  who  had  just 
completed  his  studies  in  the  Chicago  Theological  Seminary,  was  commissioned  to 
labor  in  Cheyenne,  Wyoming.  On  the  13th  of  June,  he  organized  a  church  of 
thirteen  members  (since  increased  to  twenty-one),  and  on  the  19th  of  December, 
their  completed  house  of  worship  was  dedicated.  Four  hundred  miles  to  the  east, 
or  twelve  hundred  miles  to  the  west,  this  church  must  go  to  find  another  of  like 
faith  and  polity.  In  the  Home  Missionary  for  May,  1870,  Mr.  Davis  appeals  for  re- 
enforoements  in  Wyoming,  and  other  opening  Territories  along  the  line  of  the 
Pacific  Railroad.  The  Rev.  R.  Gaylord,  late  Superintendent  in  Nebraska,  has 
undertaken  a  survey  of  the  field,  and  the  Committee  hope  to  occupy  other  points 
at  the  eaj-liest  possible  day. 

CAIiIFOBNIA. 

Rev.  James  II.  Warren,  San  Francisco,  Superintendent. 

Ttcenty-Bix  missionaries  have  been  aided  during  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the 
year,  ministering  to  thirty-six  congregations.  Three  churches  have  undertaken 
the  entire  support  of  their  ministers.  No  extensive  revivals  are  reported,  but 
ten  or  more  of  the  churches  have  had  more  than  usual  religious  interest,  result- 
ing in  considerable  numbers  added  to  their  membership.  Two  missionaries  have 
been  installed  as  pnstorg,  and  two  others  ordained.  One  has  died.  Six  churches 
have  been  organized,  with  an  aggregate  of  86  members.  Seven  church  edifices, 
the  value  of  which  is  $19,600,  have  been  dedicated,  free  of  debt,  except  about 
$2,000.  Five  other  churches  are  nearly  completed,  to  cost  $20,200.  One  par- 
sonage has  been  built  The  contributions  from  California  to  the  Society's  Treas* 
ury  are  $1,664.62. 

Since  the  opening  of  the  Pacific  Railroad,  twenty  ministers  have  been  added 
to  the  force ;  three  have  left,  and  one  has  died,  leaving  a  net  gain  of  sixteen.  In 
the  new  Theological  Seminary  are  five  men,  "  who  bid  fair  to  endure  burdens, 
to  go  out  and  maJce  fields,  such  men  as  Califomia  wants  and  will  want  for  the 
next  twenty  years." 

"  I  almost  despair,"  says  Mr.  Warren,  "  of  giving  you  an  idea  of  our  condition, 
want?,  openings  and  prospects.    I  thank  God  for  what  has  been  doiie,  but  agon- 


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ize  at  the  prospect—the  extent  of  the  work,  the  kingdoms  spaced  off  for  it,  the 
forces  gathering  to  carry  awaj  the  prize,  the  despatch  with  which  this  terrible 
battle  must  be  fonght.  "  From  Sacramento  the  rail  is  aiming  for  Oregon  on  tlie 
north  and  San  Diego  on  the  south.  From  this  stem  will  branch  off  scores  of 
local  roads.  The  agricultural  region  through  which  this  central  road  will  run, 
is  of  immense  extent  and  incalculable  fertility.  Towns  will  spring  up  as  if  by 
magie.  What  will  the  religion  of  this  population  be  ?  "What  is  to  be  the  force  of 
Obristianity  on  the  Chinese  race  ?  There  are  signs  of  cheering  activity  among 
the  various  divisions  of  the  Redeemer's  hosts.  We  can  occupy  the  lending  place 
in  the  grand  army,  if  the  Society  is  supplied  and  strengthened  to  venture  on  a 
scale  of  work  twice  as  great  as  the  present.  Instead  of  $9,000  or  $10,000  a  year 
for  California,  after  this  fifth  jubilee  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers'  dedication  of  this 
continent  *  to  Christ  and  his  Church,'  the  Society  should  be  enabled  to  devote  at 
iMst  $20,000  a  year  to  the  evangelization  of  this  State,  until  the  kingdom  of  our 
Lord  shall  be  fally  established." 

OBEOON. 

The  difBcuUy  of  securing  qualified  men  for  this  distant  State,  still  embarrasses 
the  CoBimitlee.  Bat  one  has  been  sent  from  the  East  by  the  Society  within  the 
year— Rev.  William  J.  Claim:,  from  the  Chicago  Theological  Seminary,  who  enter- 
ed on  his  work  at  Astoria  in  November.  One  of  the  young  men  from  the  same 
Seminary,  appointed  a  year  ago  decided  to  labor  in  Kansas.  Another  labo/er  who 
VIS  sent  in  January,  1867,  into  one  of  the  most  important  positions  in  the  State, 
vas  compelled  by  the  utter  fail  are  of  his  health  to  return  to  the  East.  Ill  health  has 
also  caused  the  resignation  and  removal  to  California  of  one  of  the  older  mission- 
ariea,  leaving^r^  as  the  number  who  have  borne  the  Society's  commission  during 
the  year — an  increase  of  only  gne  upon  the  year  previous.  The  Committee  have 
had,  grataitously,  the  counsel  and  aid  of  the  older  brethren  in  locating  the  young 
mtn  lately  sent,  and  it  is  beyond  question  that  these,  with  the  pastors  before  on 
the  ground,  hold  the  most  important  positions  in  the  State.  Yet  othtr  fields 
equally  promising  are  constantly  urged  upon  the  notice  of  the  Committee,  which 
they  will  gladly  snpply  as  fast  as  proper  men  for  the  work  can  be  found.  But 
it  will  avail  little  for  indifferent  men  to  seek  that  distant  coast  where,  as  one  of 
the  missionaries  says,  "  people  have  no  conscientious  scruples  in  favor  of  church- 
going;  and  will  attend  only  where  they  are  interested."  He  adds,  '*  The  men 
Oregon  needs,  might  be  called  regenerated  popular  preachers — men  who  can 
preach  the  truth  with  such  life  as  shall  compel  the  unconverted  to  come  and  hear." 

There  has  been  within  the  year  a  renewal  of  interest  previously  manifested 
for  carrying  the  work  of  the  Society  into  Washington  Teuritory ;  and  steps  have 
been  taken  to  secure,  by  personal  survey,  such  trustworthy  information  as  may 
1^  to  the  early  occupation  of  a  few  of  its  most  hopeful  points. 

THE  SOUTH. 

The  two  missionaries  who  have  been  sustained  since  the  close  of  the  war  in 
Fairfax  and  Prince  William  counties,  Virginia,  continue  to  minister  to  those 
•hnrches  and  to  such  scattered  Christians  as  they  can  reach,  hoping  to  form 
other  churches  as  these  groups  shall  be  increased  by  Northern  immigration.  It 
has  not  seemed  wise  to  continue  the  outlay  for  a  missionary  at  Occoquan,  and 
fi>r  a  part  of  the  year  that  little  church  has  had  such  temporary  service  as  could 
be  procured. 

The  missionary  in  Lowndes  county,  Mississippi,  is  still  at  his  post,  with  a  few 


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faithful  brethren  bearing  testimony  for  Christ  Strong  opposition  from  without 
is  one  of  the  indications  that  their  influence  is  reaching  a  wider  circle  than  here- 
tofore. 

.  The  church  in  Memphis,  Tennessee,  has  been  weakened  by  emigration  conr 
sequent  upon  business  depression,  and — Rev.  Mr.  Bliss  having  felt  it  necessary  to 
change  his  sphere  of  labor — ^is  temporarily  without  a  pastor.  Others  besides  the 
church,  however,  are  more  and  more  convinced  that  such  an  organization  has  an 
important  mission,  and  the  members  are  confident  of  attaining  to  self-snpport  at 
no  very  distant  day. 

Since  October,  1869,  the  church  in  Few  Orleans,  now  under  the  pastoral 
charge  of  Key.  M.  W.  Reed,  has  been  sustaining  its  operations  without  aid  from 
this  Society.  Its  growing  influence  as  a  permament  pbwer  for  good  in  the  com- 
munity, amply  justifies  the  outlay  called  for  during  its  forming  period. 

The  church  in  Brownsville,  Texas,  has  been  weakened  by  the  removal  of  the 
garrison,  taking  some  of  its  most  intelligent  and  active  workers,  yet  under  the 
leadership  of  the  ever-fresh  veteran.  Porter,  the  church  is  full  of  faith  and  zeal, 
and  with  the  school  of  Mrs.  Porter,  to  train  recruits  from  among  the  young,  there 
seems  every  prospect  that  spiritual  victories  shall  reward  this  self-denying  effort. 

It  becomes  more  evident,  year  by  year,  that  the  hope  of  planting  efficient 
churches  of  the  Pilgrim  faith  and  polity  at  the  South,  depends  under  God  mainly 
npon  the  modifying  of  the  Southern  spirit  by  the  large  incoming  of  the  Northern 
element.  At  a  few  points,  and  only  a  few,  this  process  has  commenced.  In  due 
time  such  points  will  be  occupied ;  but  with  the  vastly  more  numerous  and  hope- 
ful openings  at  the  West,  and  the  more  liberal  supply  of  Southern  fields  by  other 
evangelical  denominations,  it  has  not  thus  far,  appeared  to  the  Committee  the 
part  of  Christian  wisdom  to  divert  largely  of  men  and  money  to  a  general  move- 
ment in  the  Southern  States.  It  is  believed  thatw  the  time  will  come  for  such  a 
movement,  and  that  the  patrons  of  the  Society  will  not  be  slow  to  improve  it. 

GONCOiiUSION. 

The  Executive  Committee  cannot  close  this  brief  record  of  the  Society's 
doings  for  another  year  without  giving  thanks  anew  to  God.  That  work,  thoagli 
so  much  less  than  the  needs  of  the  country  and  the  good  of  the  giving  churches 
have  called  for,  has  been  greatly  prospered. 

And  now  the  Committee  call  upon  their  faithful  helpers  to  forget  the  things 
that  are  behind,  and  to  take  up  the  greater  burden  laid  upon  them.  Each  year 
brings  a  growing  sense  of  the  vastness  of  the  field,  the  spirituality  of  the  work, 
the  preciousness  of  the  interests  at  stake,  the  urgency  of  the  call  for  labor  on  a 
grander  scale  than  ever.  Every  worker  in  the  older  States  makes  room  and 
wakens  the  desire  for  others.  Immense  new  Territories,  specially  those  opened 
by  the  Pacific  Railroad,  are  calling  for  more  men  and  much  larger  outlay. 

This  summons  to  advance  comes  at  a  time  not  unlike  that  when  Israel  was 
told  to  "go  forward,"  while  before  them  was  only  the  sea.  The  Treasnry  is 
nearly  empty.  Not  for  years  has  there  been  such  dullness  in  business  circles, 
such  fear  to  enter  on  new  enterprises,  or  to  expand  the  old.  Liberal  givers  find 
themselves  straitened.  The  dearth  of  fit  men  for  the  work  still  continues.  The 
Committee  have  called — ^the  Superintendents,  the  Eastern  Auxiliaries,  the  re- 
ligious press,  pastors,  teachers,  friends  of  the  cause  have  called  for  men ;  but 
those  who  have  answered  are  at  a  drop  in  the  ocean  of  need.  Death  and  disease 
have  taken  from  our  counsels  and  our  work  some  wh<)  have  long  been  foremost 
in  them;  men  to  whose  wisdom,  prayer  and  self-devotion  this  Society  owes 


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more  than  can  be  told.  Yet  there  is  no  occasion  to  lose  heart  or  hope.  Men 
fail)  bat  the  Master  lives,  and  his  good  work  can  never  cease  till  all  its  ends  are 
gained.  The  young  men  are  his,  the  silver  and  gold  are  his,  and  nothing  is  so 
sore  as  the  folfillment  of  his  purposes  of  mercy. 

This  "  Jubilee  Year  "  the  churches  acting  with  the  Society  have  resolved — 
^^  without  diminishing  their  offerings  to  the  Christian  causes  which  mahe  their  an' 
nual  appeal  to  the  benevolent  ^^ — ^to  make  memorable  by  noble  deeds  and  gener- 
ous gifts  in  honor  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers.  Among  those  *•'  Christian  causes,''  is 
there  one  so  directly  in  the  line  of  the  memorial  oferiug  as  this  of  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society  ?  How  can  such  honor  be  shown  to  the  memory  of 
the  Pilgrim  Fathers,  as  by  widening  the  reach  of  their  ideas,  by  planting  and 
training  churches  of  the  faith  and  polity  they  loved?  Surely  the  land  for  whose 
welfare  they  gave  their  lives  had  never  greater  need  of  their  principles  and  their 
institutions.  How  short  the  time,  since  the  nation  was  on  her  knees,  begging 
God  to  make  bare  his  arm  in  her  extremity.  He  heard,  he  came,  the  Rebellion 
was  crushed,  the  nation's  head  was  lifted  from  its  bloody  baptism.  Shall  it  so 
soon  be  said  of  any  of  her  people,  shall  it  ever  be  said  of  the  mass  of  them, 
^They  remembered  not  his  hand,  nor  the  day  when  he  delivered  them  from  the 
enemy  ? "  Shall  the.  thousands  fleeing  hither  from  the  ignorance,  supei*stition 
and  despotinn  of  the  Old  World,  find  in  the  New  a  people  given  up  to  unbelief, 
materialism,  mammon-worship,  immorality  in  high  places  and  low  ?  Shall  they 
come  to  find  a  State  without  God,  churches  without  spirituality,  schools  without 
the  Bible,  homes  without  piety  ?  It  can  not,  must  not  be,  that  a  nation  with 
such  an  origin,  such  a  history,  and  such  possibilities  as  ours,  shall  be  left  to  guide 
its  course  by  dancing  lights  from  the  graves  of  dead  systems  or  the  marshes  of 
infidelity,  while  overhead  are  shining  evermore  Heaven's  serene,  eternal  stars. 
Nay,  rather,  of  all  peoples  shall  not  this  most  fully  realize  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
"Thou  shaxt  be  called  Hephzibah,  and  thy  land  Beulah,  fob  the  Lobd 

DIUGHTBTH   IN  ThEE  !  " 

In  behalf  of  the  Executive  Committee, 

Milton  Badges, 

David  B.  Cob, 

A.  Huntington  Clapp, 

Secretaries  for  Correspondence, 


MISSIONARY  INTELLIGENCE. 


OBBOON. 

^rtm  Rev.  T.  Condon^  Dalles^  Wasco  Co, 
Means  to  Stay. 

I  have  continued  my  labors  with  this 
church,  preaching  twice  on  the  Sabbath 
ftnd  taking  charge  of  the  Bible  class  at 
iKMMi,  with  tlio  usual  attendance.  The 
pnyer  meeting  is  well  sustained;  the 
Sabbath  school  full  of  activity  and  lively 
interest.  We  received,  at  our  last  com- 
mnnion,four  new  members  to  the  church 


on  profession  of  their  faith.  The  last 
quarterly  report  of  the  Superintendent 
of  our  Sabbath  school  shows  a  roll  of 
273  scholars  and  teachers,  and  an  aver- 
age attendance  of  216.  We  have  no  im- 
provement in  the  j)rospect3  of  our  town 
to  report.  The  population  is  slowly  mov- 
ing away,  leaving  a  county  town  with 
county  buildings  and  business  behind. 
My  work  grows  harder,  but  has  so  many 
enoouragements  that  I  find  no  discon- 
tent in  my  heart.     Our  prayer  meet- 


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ing  alone  would  keep  me  at  the  Dalles ; 
our  Sabbath  school  alone  would  keep 
me  at  the  Dalles;  our  Sabbath  congre- 
gation would  keep  me  contentedly 
laboring  here ;  and  all  three  combined 
give  me  so  many  assurances  of  our 
Master^s  approval  and  blessing,  that  I 
find  my  faith  more  constant  with  each 
year  of  service. 


OALIFOBNIA. 

From  Rev.  W.  L.  Jones^  South  San  Juan^ 
Monterey  Co, 

His  New  Field. 

Since  my  last  report  we  have  done 
the  usual  things  belonging  to  new  fields. 
"We  have  had  a  Sabbath  school  concert^ 
largely  attended,  the  first  of  .the  kind 
in  the  tovm ;  have  raised  money  and 
bought  a  cabinet  organ  for  church  and 
Sabbath  school,  and  have  proved  that 
some  things  can  be  done  here  which  are 
not  done  by  the  Romanists.  Our  congre- 
gations are  good,  and  the  Sabbath  school 
is  flourishing. 

I  noticed  in  a  report  of  this  place  that 
other  denominations  are  called  "con- 
tiguous," which  I  do  not  see.  They  may 
be  sometime,  but  there  is  no  congrega- 
tion out  of  town  nearer  than  eight  or 
nine  miles,  and  in  town  the  only  minis- 
terial labor  performed,  except  by  your 
missionary,  is  by  a  Baptist  minister,  who 
comes  twelve  miles  once  a  month  and 
preaches  to  my  congregation,  and  a 
Methodist  who  preaches  now  and  then 
in  the  evening,  but  who  lives  nine  miles 
off,  and  has  neither  church,  class  nor 
building.  So  you  see  that  their  ideas 
of  contiguity  difier  from  mine  some- 
what. 

But  the  "  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  " 
is  to  reach  us  this  summer,  and  as  it 
passes  at  once  through  the  mountains 
before  going  down  the  coast,  it  will  make 
this  place  a  sort  of  terminus,  and  by 
common  consent,  the  most  important 
place  in  this  section  of  country.  Then 
we  shall  have  "other  denominations 
contiguous.^'    There  is  more  work  in 


this  field  that  I  saw  at  first,  and  it  is  in- 
creasing. We  are  about  to  organize  a 
church,  small  but  good.  I  learn  from  old 
neighbors  that  Eureka  has  nearly 
doubled  its  population  since  I  left  it,  and 
a  San  Francisco  man  told  me  the  other 
day  it  was  the  smartest  town  in  this 
State.  I  am  glad  the  old  church  is  not 
80  lonesome  now  as  it  was  in  the  days 
when  I  made  the  personal  acquaintance 
of  almost  every  stick  of  timber  in  it, 
and  looked  many  a  time  from  its  tower 
upon  a  dense  forest,  where  now,  they 
tell  me,  are  graded  streets,  sidewalks 
and  occupied  houses.  I  would  like  to  go 
back  and  look  at  the  place  in  company 
with  the  hear  that  I  used  sometimes  to 
frighten  from  the  trail  on  my  way  out 
from  our  forest  home  to  church.  Was 
I  born  too  soon,  or  bom  for  a  certain 
kind  of  work? 


From  Rev.  8.  R,  Rosboro^  Lirtcoln,  Placer 
County. 

Circuit  Bidinff. 

At  the  desire  of  persons  connected 
with  the  respective  communities,  I  have 
consented  to  occupy  two  other  places — 
Sheridan,  eight  miles  northwest  from 
here,  and  Roseville,  twelve  miles  south 
— preaching  at  those  places  on  alternate 
Sabbaths  in  the  afternoon.  This  arrange- 
ment imposes  upon  me  some  labor — 
having  to  preach  three  times  every 
Sabbath,  and  to  travel  from  sixteen  to 
twenty -five  miles.  Say,  e,  (/.,  that  I 
preach  here  on  the  first  Sabbath  fore- 
noon ;  ride  twelve  miles  and  preach  in 
Roseville  at  three  o'clock;  then  ride 
five  miles,  and  preach  at  Rocklin  in  the 
evening ;  after  which,  for  want  of  other 
than  hotel  and  livery  stable  accommo- 
dations, I  ride  eight  miles  to  Lincoln. 
The  next  Sabbath  I  preach  here  in  the 
morning,  ride  eight  miles  to  Sheridan, 
and  preach  at  three ;  then  return  and 
preach  here  again  in  the  evening.  Be- 
sides all  this,  I  have  an  immense  amount 
of  travel  and  visiting  during  the  week. 
This,  as  you  see,  makes  it  necessary  to 


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keep  a  good  liorse  and  buggj,  which  ia- 
7oI?es  considerable  expense.  I  regard 
this  as  tbe  most  promising  Home  Mis- 
sionary field  I  ever  had,  were  it  not  for 
the  flactuatiDg,  transitory  condition  of 
eocietj.  This  trouble  is  growing  less  as 
the  conn  try  grows  older,  and  the  people 
learn  that  tbey  have  to  live  in  Califor- 
nia, as  in  other  countries,  by  their 
honest  iudnstry. 


MINNESOTA. 

Fi-om  Rev.  A.  K.  Packard^  Anoka^  Anoka 
County. 

The  New  House. 

We  have  just  dedicated  our  house  of 
vorship.  It  is  not  completed,  but 
Te  have  the  pews  in,  and  the  outside  is 
Nearly  finished.  The  exterior  is  very 
h^dsome,  the  architect  having  followed 
directions  to  make  it  handsome,  not  by 
ornamentation,  but  by  beauty  of  pro- 
portions and  the  fitness  of  the  parts 
to  each  other  and  their  use.  The  spire 
is  pronounced  the  finest  in  State ;  tbe 
inside,  too,  is  very  pleasant,  though  the 
walls  and  some  other  parts  are  unfin- 
ished. 

Our  dedication  service  was  an  oc- 
casion of  great  interest.  Tbe  house 
was  beautifully  decorated  with  ever- 
green wreaths  of  flowers,  bouquets  and 
flowering  plants.  Minneapolis  friends 
sent  ns,  for  this  occasion,  and  for  the 
commnnion  service  of  the  following 
Sabbath,  elegant  contributions  of  rare 
«Dd  beaatiful  flowers.  Prof.  Campbell, 
of  the  State  University  preached 
"Christ  the  chief  Corner-stone;"  a 
most  eloquent  sermon,  full  of  learning 
indof  the  right  spirit ;  a  masterly  argu- 
ment for  the  divinity  of  Christ. 

Inflratlierixiff. 

At  our  communion,  yesterday,  we  re- 
ceived twenty-one  to  the  church,  on 
profession  of  faith.  The  addition 
more  than  equaled  a  third  of  the  pre- 
vious membership.     One  was  a  boy 


twelve  years  old,  most  of  the  others  were 
young  men  and  women.  There  are 
four  pillars  under  the  arches  at  the 
pulpit  end  of  the  church.  Two  of  these, 
given  by  friends  at  the  East,  stand  as 
memorials  of  the  aid  received  from 
there ;  another,  standing  between  the 
pulpit  and  the  organ,  was  raised  by  the 
young  converts  as  a  memorial  of  their 
church  vow,  and  the  fourth,  being  be- 
tween the  pulpit  and  library  case,  by 
the  church,  as  a  thank-offering  and  a 
memorial.  The  latter  was  yesterday 
crowned  with  a  wreath  of  oak,  evergreen 
and  amaranthineflowers;  and  the  young 
converts'  pillar,  with  a  beatiful  wreath 
of  pure  white  blossoms  of  fruit-trees 
and  other  white  flowers.  At  the  con- 
clusion a  charming  little  bouquet  of 
flowers,  furnished  to  the  pastor  by  a 
lady  of  Minneapolis  for  this  purpose,  was 
presented  to  each  of  those  received  to 
the  church.  The  interest  of  these  two 
occasions  has  never  been  equaled  in  the 
previous  liistory  of  the  cburclj. 


IOWA. 

From  Rev.  J.  F.  Grafy  Davenport^  Scott  Co, 

The  Oerman  Work. 

Tbe  work  among  the  Germans,  espe- 
cially in  our  congregation,  gets  on  a 
firmer  foundation;  and  although  some 
of  our  countrymen  say  that  we  have 
fallen  off  from  the  faith  (rather  forms) 
of  our  fathers,  by  becoming  Congrega- 
tionalists,  our  denomination  is  getting 
strength,  and  will  gain  in  numbers.  In 
a  fQVf  weeks  we  shall  get  some  help  by 
a  tract  in  German,  perhaps  the  first 
published  in  the  German  language  on 
Congregationalism,  which  I  translated 
into  German :  "  Congregationalism : 
what  is  it?"  There  will  be  printed 
2,500  copies,  which  will  soon  be  spread 
over  the  land.  It  is  a  small  beginning, 
but  who  shall  despise  the  day  of  small 
things  ?  With  such  a  help,  we  hope  that 
much  misunderstanding  can  be  removed 
from  the  minds  of  the  Germans.    This 


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small  tract  will  soon  be  followed  by  a 
larger  one  published  by  the  Congrega- 
tional Publication  Society.  Our  mem- 
bers are  more  diligent  in  work  for 
Christ;  teaching  on  Sabbath  morning 
the  children  in  German,  and  in  the  after- 
noon in  the  English  langnage.  An  addi- 
tion of  18x26  feet  has  been  bnilt  to  ac- 
commodate the  smaller  children,  for 
which  some  sixty  or  seventy  dollars 
were  raised  by  oar  members. 

One  thing  more:  I  have  to  express 
my  gratitnde  for  the  clothing  which  we 
got  through  your  Society.  It  brought 
joy  into  our  family,  and  many  needful 
things  filled  our  (so-called)  bureau, 
which  is  no  bureau,  but  something  that 
answers  for  one.  I  am  thankful  that 
your  Society  remembers  our  necessities. 


communion,  and  as  many  are  expected 
to  join  at  our  next.  The  Lord  hath 
done  great  things  for  us,  whereof  we 
are  glad. 


WISOONSIN. 


PeshiigOy  Oconto 


From  Rev.  H.  T,  Fuller^ 
County. 

AznonfiT  the  liumbennezu 


From  Rev.  J.  A.  Jones^  CretcOj  Howard  Co. 

Dedioation. 

Our  Church  edifice  at  Florence  has  at 
last  been  dedicated.  Rev.  Superintend- 
ent Guernsey  preached  the  sermon,  and 
the  other  services  were  shared  by  Rev. 
E.  Adams,  of  Decorah,  and  Rev.  J.  "W. 
Windsor,  of  Cresco.  The  church  is 
42x82  feet ;  is  of  wood,  with  a  steeple 
and  bell;  will  seat  250  persons,  and 
cost  $3,600,  to  which  add  for  window 
curtains,  chandelier,  pulpit  furnishing, 
and  an  organ,  $270.  Five  persons 
joined  the  church  at  the  dedication. 

BdvivaL 

We  were  blessed  in  the  winter  with  a 
precious  outpourmg  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
On  the  first  Sabbath  in  January  I 
preached  on  the  person  and  work  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  and  we  observed  the  week 
of  prayer.  On  Wednesday  evening 
parents  were  moved  to  earnest  prayer 
for  the  salvation  of  their  children,  and 
on  the  next  evening  those  children 
came  forward.  We  held  meetings 
nearly  every  evening  for  five  weeks, 
and  God  glorified  his  grace  in  the  con- 
version of  about  thirty  souls.  Thirteen 
persons  joined  our  church  at  the  last 


Our  hope  of  a  church  edifice  was 
almost  given  up,  so  dull  was  business  in 
the  winter.    Most  said  it  was  of  no  use 
to  try  to  build.    But  having  previously 
gained  the  promise  of  a  lot  and  lumber 
from  the  Peshtigo  Company,  just  before 
the  log-cutting  in  the  forest  ceased,  I  ac- 
cepted an  invitation  from  the  superin- 
tendent  of  that  part  of  the  work,  to 
visit  with  him  the  camps    "up    the 
riv€r."  For  six  days  we  traveled  nearly 
one  hundred  miles,  walking  much  of  it 
through  deep  snow  or   on  the  hard 
crust.    At  these  camps  I  solicited  aid 
for  the  meeting-house.    The  wages  had 
been  small,  with  frequent  contributions 
for  sick  and  broken-limbed  men,  so  that 
many  gave  nothing,  and  no  one  more 
than  five  dollars;  but  the  end  of  the 
trip  found  $250  pledged,  and  secured  by 
being  charged  at  the  Company^s  ofiSce. 
On  another  paper  here  we  have  about 
$1,000  either  paid  or  securely  pledged. 
With  this  we  propose  to  go  forward. 
The  Company  generously  offer  us  two 
lots,  for  church  and  parsonage,  from 
any  vacant  corner  not  needed  for  their 
own  business  purposes.    We  hope  to 
build  without  calling  on  Eastern  friends 
for  assistance,  and  to  be  ready  for  dedi- 
cation before  the  end  of  the  year.  That 
tour  among  the  lumber  camps  was  full 
of  interest,  though  generaUy  of  a  sad 
sort.    Among  over  200  men,  I  find  but 
one  member  of  a  Protestant  church.   A 
good  Methodist  brother,  formerly  living 
in  the  Maine  pineries,  was  a  "  light " 
not  "  hid  under  a  bushel."    And  yet  he 
seemed  disacouraged  in  his  efforts  for  the 
Master,  among  those  rough  men.    He 


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said  tbat  half  a  truDk-full  of  tracts  had 
been  sent  him  for  distribntion,  but  he 
found  them  useless.  The  men  would 
hardlj  look  at  them,  much  less  read 
theuL  My  own  experience  in  all  this 
region  is  like  his.  Tracts  are  not  read, 
except  by  Christians  and  inquirers.  I 
haye  used  Bamell's  cards  with  some 
profit,  but  papers,  like  the  American 
Mettenger^  Eterybody^a  Paper^  and 
Eeaoenly  Tidings,  are  the  best  printed 
weapons  of  a  small  sort.  I  had  only 
one  or  two  opportunities  for  preaching, 
bat  held  religious  conversation  with 
maoj.  A  score  or  more  were  from 
Christian  families.  Nearly  one-half  were 
foreigners  and  Romanists,  who  gave 
more  liberally  than  some  calling  them- 
lelvea  Protestants.  Most  of  the  re- 
mainder came  from  Canada.  Only  now 
and  then  did  I  meet  a  Yankee.  Most 
of  these  lumbermen  spend  their  winter's 
wages  for  liquor  in  a  very  few  days 
ifter  they  come  from  the  woods.  Some- 
times men  in  three  dajs. squander  in 
l}illiards  and  whiskey  the  earnings  of 
four  months.  By  many  the  "  spring 
spree ''  is  anticipated  with  the  glee  with 
which  a  child  looks  forward  to  his 
Christmas  toys.  In  one  camp  a  dozen 
men  pledged  themselves  not  to  drink 
this  year,  but  after  they  had  been  in  the 
▼iUage  twenty-four  hours,  not  one  of 
them  was  sober.  A  lumberman's  life 
it  like  a  sailor's. 

His  Hom«  Work. 

Oar  permanent  population  is  increas- 
ing. The  prospect  of  the  railroad  from 
Green  Bay,  this  Summer,  is  putting  up 
real  estate  and  favoring  the  speedy 
settlement  of  our  farming  lands.  Our 
people  number  now  about  1,600,  hardly 
oue-fourth  of  them  Romanists.  I  preach 
at  four  out-stations,  each  once  in  four 
weeks,  and  ride  every  Sabbath  from 
eight  to  sixteen  miles,  besides  preaching 
three  times.  I  have  nearly  200  families 
to  visit,  and  two  or  three  hundred 
nogle  men  employed  in  tlie  miUs  and 
wooden-ware  factory  to  care  for.    Too 


many  here  are  what  John  Foster  calls 
"practical  atheists,"  "without  God  in 
the  world."  Some  of  these  are  of  good 
moral  habits,  and  in  all  neighborly  and 
social  relations  above  intent  to  do  the 
slightest  harm.  But  duties  to  God  are 
neglected,  and  by  too  many  his  precepts 
practically  discarded. 

Calling  in  the  vicinity,  I  found  a  man 
who  represents  a  large  number  here- 
abouts, only  he  is  outspoken.  The 
Bible,  he  said,  was  no  better  than  any 
other  book.  It  contradicted  itself, 
countenanced  inmiorality,  etc.  I  asked 
him  to  mention  the  contradictions  and 
verify  his  other  assertions,  all  of  which 
were  far  from  the  truth.  "  His  memory 
was  poor."  I  then  proposed  a  reference 
to  his  Bible.  This  brought  out  the  fact 
that  he  had  none,  that  all  his  objections 
were  second  hand,  and  that  he  had  but 
little  better  idea  of  the  Scriptures  than 
of  Sanscrit.  Then  he  plumed  himself 
on  his  morality,  and  said  that  he  had 
done  but  one  or  two  things  in  his  life 
th at  he  was  sorry  for.  I  mistrusted  tjiat 
he  ought  to  be  sorry  for  more,  and  on 
departing  left  him  some  hints  on  sins 
that  would  "  find  us  out."  I  afterwards 
learned  that  he  had  repeatedly  broken 
nearly  every  precept  of  the  decalogue, 
and  was  dead  to  the  common  instincts 
of  humanity. 


MICHiaAN. 

Fi-am  Kev,    A.    B,    Fletcher^    Frankfort, 
Benzie  Co, 

Bereaved. 

The  great  event  of  the""  last  quarter, 
for  us,  is  our  sad  bereavement  Our 
el4est  daughter  died  on  the  19th  of 
March,  of  consumption.  She  had  been 
for  six  months  gradually  failing,  though 
she  passed  away  quite  suddenly  and  un- 
expectedly at  the  last.  She  was  twenty- 
four  years  and  five  days  old,  While 
deeply  afflicted,  we  are  greatly  com- 
forted, for  she  was  the  Lord's,  and  he 
took  her  to  his  own  bright,  beautiful 


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borne.  She  Lad  been  a  Cbristian  for  six 
years. 

You  are  aware  tbat  we  were  formerly 
missionaries  of  the  American  Board  in 
Ceylon.  She  was  born  on  the  Indian 
ocean,  in  the  ship  Malabar,  Oapt. 
Freeman,  about  two  weeks  before  our 
arrival  at  Madras.  She  was  baptized 
by  the  late  Rev.  H.  R.  Hoisington,  in 
the  mission  church  at  Batticota.  In  the 
MinsioThary  Herald^  for  March,  is  an  ex- 
cellent picture  of  the  church.  The 
number  reached  us  a  few  days  before 
her  death,  and  she  was  much  gratified 
at  being  shown  the  place  where  she 
was  consecrated  to  the  Lord  by  baptism. 

ShaU  they  BuildP 

Our  Sabbath  congregation  Las  in- 
creased, so  that  the  school-house  is  too 
small,  and  either  we  must  arise  and 
build,  or  fail  of  that  progress  which  all 
desire.  But,  somehow,  it  seems  diflBcult 
to  get  flt  it.  The  school-house  can  be 
had  for  nothing ;  and  it  answers  after  a 
fashion ;  and  to  build  will  cost  some- 
thing in  money,  time  and  labor.  The 
church  has  been  formed  over  two  years, 
and  still  there  is  no  movement  towards 
getting  a  home.  This  has  a  bad 
look  for  the  future.  It  is  our  principal 
discouragement.  There  is  a  good  degree 
of  religious  interest  all  the  time,  and 
perfect  union  in  the  church  and  society. 
May  God  come  and  breathe  upon  us  all, 
and  show  us  our  duty  I 


the  Spirit  of  God  used  as  a  net  to  catch 
him.  At  his  own  request,  a  sermon  on 
the  Object  of  Prayer,  and  two  on  the 
Person  of  Chrbt  were  preached.  On 
Monday,  after  the  last  sermon,  he  called 
me  to  his  house,  and  opened  his  mind. 
He  looked  and  acted  like  one  in  despair. 
He  sought  a  controversy,  but  seeing  that 
he  could  not  have  it,  said :  ^'  You  have 
made  a  fool  of  me  long  enough.  All 
my  18709  seem  to  jump  before  me  as  toads 
out  of  a  spring,  and  I  feel  now  that  I 
have  nothing  more  to  rely  on.  I  am  in 
great  trouble  of  mind,  and  you  are  the 
cause  of  it."  After  an  hour  or  two  I 
went  to  see  him  again.  We  both  fell 
on  our  knees,  and  having  prayed  to  God 
for  his  Spirit  upon  him,  \  said,  "  My 
brother,  begin  now  to  pray  for  yourself," 
which  he  did  in  the  following  manner: 
"Father,  here  is  a  child,  desiring  the 
sincere  milk  of  the  truth;  I  believe, 
help  thou  mine  unbelief ;  for  Christ's 
sake,  Amen."  It  was  a  desperate 
effort,  but  he  arose  from  his  humble 
position,  confessed  Christ,  asked  for  ad- 
mission into  his  church,  was  baptized 
and  received.  Thus  he  was  caught ;  his 
wife  followed  him,  and  others  with  her. 
That  was  a  precious  day  to  us  all. 
These  converts  are  to  this  day  living 
epistles  of  Jesus  Christ. 


From  Rev.  E.  JV.   Raymond^  MiddUvilley 
Barry  Co, 

"We  rejoice  that  our  Father  has  blessed 
us  with  quite  an  addition  to  his  church 
here.  Among  all  the  wonders  he  has 
wrought,  let  me  note  one.  A  gentleman 
came  to  our  village,  with  a  mind  full  of 
ckepticism.  He  had  been  an  atheist,  a 
pantheist,  a  Universalist,  and  I  know  not 
what.  Drawn  to  the  sanctuary  by  a 
series  of  lectures  on  the  first  chapter  of 
Genesis,  he  became  attached  to  our 
mode  of  instruction  and  worship.  These 


Frcfni  Rev,   E, 


E,    Kirkland, 
Benzie  Co. 

A  Wreck. 


Homnieady 


In  my  pastoral  visits  I  have  found  an 
old  man  who  appears  to  be  a  wreck  in 
soul  and  body.  In  the  early  part  of  his 
life,  he  thought  for  a  while  that  he  was 
a  Christian,  but  says  he  became  an  infi- 
del "by  reading  the  Bible."  He  has 
been  a  bold  blasphemer,  denying  even 
the  existence  of  God.  Last  fall  he  was 
taken  with  paralysis,  and  has  since  been 
unable  to  use  his  left  limbs. 

His  prospects  for  this  life  and  the  life 
to  come  are  all  dark.  When  I  pressed 
upon  him  the  importance  of  coming  to 
Christ  for  b'ght  and  life,  he  wonld  say : 


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**I  oan't  belieye ;  if  there  is  a  God  he 
has  BO  made  me  that  I  can't  believe.  I 
wish  I  conld  believe  as  Christians  do,  and 
have  hope  for  the  future,  but  I  canH." 
He  weeps  often  in  view  of  his  dark  pros- 
pects, and  sometimes  makes  remarks, 
implyiog  that  he  believes  in  the  exis- 
tence of  a  Ood.  In  some  of  his  remarks 
there  even  appears  conviction  of  sin. 
He  did  not  object  to  my  praying  with 
him,  and  in  my  visits  seemed  much 
affected  by  prayer.  I  would  not  limit 
the  Almighty ;  it  is  possible  he  mny  yet 
repent  and  be  saved.        ^ 

SisnB  of  Gk>od. 

I  have  reason  to  believe  that  one  has 
been  led  to  Ohrist  during  the  last  quar- 
ter, and  in  i>6rsonal  conversation  with 
others,  have  found  some  degree  of  in- 
terest, that  led  me  to  hope  that  ere  long 
they  would  yield  to  the  Saviour.  We 
greatly  need  a  general  outpouring  of 
the  Spirit,  to  awaken  the  church  and 
bring  them  to  feel  the  importance  of 
laboring  for  the  salvation  of  sinners. 


MISSOUBI. 

Ffm.  Rev,  J.  if.  Botoert,   Windaor,  Henry 
County, 

Works  of  Qrace. 

During  the  past  three  months  God 
has  smiled  upon  us  in  a  precious  work 
of  grace.    Neighborhood  prayer  meet- 


ings, with  additional  preaching  during 
the  week,  were  continued  for  four  or 
five  weeks.  Christians  were  quickened 
and  consecrated  themselves  anew ;  the 
impenitent  were  awakened,  and  at  least 
ten  have  been  hopefuUy  converted,  five 
of  whom  have  already  united  with  our 
church.  Others  await  our  next  commun- 
ion. The  work  was  quiet,  deep, 
thorough,  and  we  believe  will  be  lasting. 
Our  extra  meetings  were  held  indif- 
ferent neighborhoods  in  the  country,  in 
the  dwelliugs  of  our  brethren,  and  a  few 
in  a  school- house.  God  was  pleased  to 
hear  and  answer  prayer,  and  I  find  the 
neighborhood  prayer  meeting  one  of  the 
best  means  of  grace  and  revival,  reach- 
ing some  that  can  scarcely  be  reached 
by  any  other  means.  The  converted 
are  mostly  young  people ;  two  are  heads 
of  families.  The  first  Sabbath  in  March 
was  a  good  day  to  this  little  church. 
Sixteen  joined  us  on  that  day.  Of  those 
who  united  by  letter,  ten  came  from 
a  Presbyterian  church  in  Ohio.  They 
could  not  go  with  the  disloyal  party, 
and  tliere  being  no  church  of  their 
own  they  have  cast  in  their  lots  with  us, 
and  seem  to  feel  much  at  home.  Thirty 
have  united  with  this  church  since  my 
coming  here,  six  months  ago,  making 
our  present  membership  68.  God  is 
prospering  us  much,  and  I  pray  that  we 
may  feel  that  our  responsibility  grows 
with  the  increase  of  our  members. 


The  Saperintendents. 

For  many  years  the  annnal  reports  have 
Kited  that  '*  this  Society  has  in  its  employ 
■0  mtrtly  collecting  agentSy  nor  any  whose 
Krrices  are  not  required  for  other  purposes 
in  tbe  region  where  they  labor."  In  most 
of  tbe  States  and  Territories  where  its  work 
ii  carried  oo,  one  or  two  general  mission- 
■riet  are  employed,  to  ascertain,  by  corre- 
spondence and  pecsonal  visitation,  the  wants 
of  destitute  communities  in  their  districts; 
to  gather  and  preach  to  the  people  thus  des- 
titDte ;  to  advise  and  help  them  in  forming 
drarcbes  and  securing  missionary  pastors; 
to  iatroduce  them  to  the  fellowship  of  neigh- 
boring Christians ;  to  present  to  this  Society 
7 


the  facts  bearing  on  their  applications  for 
aid ;  and  to  exercise  a  general  supervision 
over  the  work  in  their  several  districts,  that 
there  may  be  unity  of  plan  and  action ;  that 
good  men  may  be  secured  for  the  service, 
and  improper  men  kept  out ;  that  there  may 
be  both  economy  and  a  just  proportion  in 
the  use  of  men  and  money ;  and,  in  a  word, 
that  the  Sodety^s  one  work — of  founding  and 
aiding  churches — may  be  prosecuted  intelli- 
gently and  eflSciently. 

Their  quarterly  reports  show  that,  beside 
the  great  amount  of  correspondence  and 
office-work  these  general  missionaries  per- 
form, most  of  them  do  more  than  the  aver- 
age amount  of  preaching  and  visitation  done 
by  pastors,  East  or  West;   while,  in  the 


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newer  fields,  this  work  is  rendered  to  those 
who  otherwise  would  have  no  ministerial 
care  whateyer. 

Such  men  obyionsly  are  not  "  agents,"  in 
the  ordinary  use  of  that  name  by  religious 
and  other  organizations — describing  those 
whose  chief  work  is  the  gathering  of  money. 
On  the  fields  of  some  of  the  busiest  of  these 
general  missionaries  there  is  almost  no  money 
to  collect  Their  chief  oflBce  is  to  prepare 
the  way  for  the  most  judicious  expenditure 
of  money  and  labor,  and  to  see  that  each 
brings  the  largest  posMble  returns.  They 
are  superintending  missionaries. 

To  avoid  misapprehension,  therefore,  and 


to  indicate  more  nearly  their  real  serrice, 
the  Society's  "  agents "  will  henceforth  be 
called  SuperifUendents,  Their  names  and 
post-ofiSce  addresses  are  gLven  on  the  coyer 
of  the  Home  Miuionary ;  and  either  of 
them  will  cheerfiilly  answer  inquiries  con- 
coming  openings  for  missionary  labor,  etc., 
in  his  district. 

— ^A  change  in  the  Kansas  district  will  be 
noticed.  Rev.  Harvey  Jones  having  resign- 
ed the  ofiBcc  in  which,  since  1866,  he  has 
acceptably  served  the  Society  with  great 
zeal  and  self-denial.  Rev.  James  6.  Merrill, 
of  Topeka,  has  been  appomted  Superinten- 
dent. 


APPOINTMENTS  FOR  MAT,  1870. 


Sot  in  Oommisfion  la^t  year. 

Bey.  George  B.  Nattlng.  Mower  City,  Browns- 

dale  and  Waltham,  Minn. 
Bev.  Leroy  8.  Hand,  wayoe  and  CrawfordsyiUe. 

Iowa. 
Bev.  J.  8.  Taft,  Exira  and  Oakfleld,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Samael  P.  Barker,  Sharon,  Wit. 
Bev.  W.  C.  Hioks,  fiig  Spring  and  Briggeville, 

Wli. 
Rev.  Alva  D.  Roe,  Preaoott,  WU. 
Boy.  John  lb  Granger,  Altona,  III. 
Rev.  Mortimer  Smith,  Ciinfleld,  Ohio. 
Rev.  Richard  Tolman,  Hampton,  Va. 
Rev.  P.  Z.  Baaton,  Comao,  Brentwood  and  the 

Hlll»,N.Y. 
Rev.  Hiram  W.  Lee,  MannsvUle,  N.  Y. 

ReKommiaHonvL 

Rev.  William  R.  Batcher,  Alhany.  Or. 

Rev.  £11  Corwlo,  San  Franolsoo,  Cal. 

Bev.  Algernon  M.  Goodnougb,   South  Yallejo, 

Cal. 
Rev.  Thomas  Donglaai,  Fontenelle,  Neh. 
Rev.  Robert  8.  Armstrong,  Hamilton,  Minn. 
Rev.  Loren  W.  Brintnall,  WInthrop,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Merritt  F.  Piatt,  Pacific  City,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Reed  Wilkinson,  Toledct;  Iowa. 
Rev.  Orson  P.  Clinton,  Hortonviile,  Hortonia, 

Ellington,  Oreenvllle  and  Dale,  Wis. 


Rev.  Asher  "W.   Curtis,  Elk  Grove,  Bashford, 

Jenkinsville  and  Belmont,  Wis. 
Rev.  Horace  H.  HInman,  Reodsbarg,  Oak  Hill 

and  Ironton,  Wis. 
Rev.  Beriah  King,  Oak  Creek  and  CaledonU,  Wit. 
Rev.  A.  A.  Overton,  Arena,  Wis. 
Rer.  Arthur  H.  Dean,  Almira,  West  Elmwood 

and  Kaeson  Township,  Mich. 
Rev.     Charies     Doollttle,     Eastmanville    and 

Coopersvllle,  Mich. 
Rev.  N.  Dimic  GUdden,  Grand  Ledge,  Waconsta 

and  Delta,  Mich. 
Rev.  Alon«>  Sanderson,  Goodrich,  Mich. 
Rer.  Gay  C.  Strong,  Berlin,  Mloh. 
Rev.  William  B.  Atkinson,  Waterloo,  Ma 
Rev.  Zenas  £.  Feemater,  Christian  and  Ozark 

Counties,  Ma 
Rev.  John  T.  Hason,  Bedford  and  Stakes  Mound, 

Mr>. 
Rev.  Henry  G.  Pendleton,  Chenoa,  HI. 
Rev.  Samael  Porter,  Crete  and  Matteson,  HI. 
Rev.  Clarendon  M.  Sanders,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Rev.  Winiam  Irons,  Bowling  Green  and  Centre, 

Ohio. 
Rev.  John  R.  Williams,  Chapmanville  and  vioin- 

ity,Pa. 
Bev.  William  C.  Sexton,  Paterson,  N.  J. 
Rev.  John  A.  Farrar.  Centre  Lisle,  N.  Y. 
Bev.  Edward  N.  Raddook,  Parma  and  Greeee, 

Rev.  Cicero  C.  Stevens,  Ciown  Point,  N".  Y. 


RECEIPTS  IN  MAT,  1870. 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE- 

Received  byRev.  B.  P.  Stone,  D.D., 

Tres8.N.H.M.  8., 
Henniker,  Cong  Ch.  and  Soc,  flOO  00 

Pembroke,  A  Friend,  1  00 

Winchester,  Ladies*  Home  Miss.  Soc., 

Mrs.  Alfred  Willis,  Treas.,  to  const. 

Mrs.  E.  L.  Putnam  and  Mrt.  Caroline 

C.  Burbank  L.  Ms.,  82  00 

VBRMONT- 

Franklii),  Cong.  Ch.,  bv  Charles  Felton,  12  00 
Grafton,  Caroline  B.  Aiken,  10  00 

St.  Albans,  Mis.  Mary  Gorham,  by  C.  B. 
Swift,  to  const  Miss  Nellie  M.  Flet- 
cher a  L.  M.,  80  00 
Woodstock,  on  aocoont  of  Legsoy  of 
Mrs.  Ann  C.  Bornell,  by  C.  Marsh, 
i       Adm.,  28  67 


MASSACnUSETTS— 

Mass.  Home  Min.  Soe.,  by  Beitjamln 

Perkins,  Treas.,  $5,600  00 

Amherst,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 

D.H.  Kellogg,  ^126  70 

Bozford,  Lenipy  of  Mre.  Sarah  Sawyer, 

by  Moses  Dorman,  Ex.,  lessgov.  tax,     9i  00 
Cambridge,  Legaoy  of  Elisa  Tyler,  by 

JohnM.  Tyler jfix.,  fiOO  00 

Florence,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  A.  L. 

Willleton,  68  50 

^onson,  Dea.  R  Homer,  by  E.  F.  Mor- 
^  ri«f   .  6  00 

Springfield,  «*  TTnabridged,»»  1,000  00 

Worthington,  W.  Padoud,  1  00 

RHODE  ISLAND— 

Kingston,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  H. Wells,  12  00 
Providence,  Anthony  B  Arnold,  in  fUl, 
to  const.  Anthony  B.  Day  a  L.D.,  60  00 


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CONNECTICUT— 

ABMwia,  a  C.  Blair. 

Bridgeport,  Seoood  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H. 

Hlgby, 
Colombia,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boo.,  by  F. 

D.  Avery, 

Coimectioat,"D.  L.,"  

£ul  Caoaan,  Coii|r.  Ch.,  by  T.  Elton, 

Treai.,  to  cooat.  L.  T.  Adanu  a  L.  If.,    40  15 
Salt  Haddam.  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bey. 

a  V.  BobHjia, 
Fair  HaveD,  FIrat  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W. 

Hemingvay,  Jr., 
Oilead,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  W.  Clark, 
CoUfonL  First  Cong.  Ch.,  A  Taloott, 
Harti)rd,  Legacy  of  Ellaha  Sage,  by  E. 

B.8age,  Ex., 
Kniinffworth,  Home  Miaa.  8o&,  by  J. 

Boetl  Treaa,  to  const.  Mrs.  Hannah 

EMIUeraL.M., 
Nev  Haven,  Centre  CTk.,  A  Friend, 

Norwalk,  John  Hamphrey, 

M.  Darfing, 
Northfleld,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soo.,  by  J.  H. 

Hopklna,  Treas., 
North  GnilforA,  Legacy  of  Miss  Jalla 

C.  Dudley,  by  John  Bossiter,  Ex., 
North  Stamford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  J. 

Beabody, 
Bidgefield,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E  Jones, 

Tk^aa.,  to  eonat.  Rev.  P.  Steel  Boyd 

and  Hannah  A.  Bmlth  L.  Ma., 
Scotland,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  J.  Bniw 

nett, 
SoothBritain,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  H.  S. 

Newconb, 
Stratford,  Home  Miss.  Soc.  of  the  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  Miss  E.  N.  Hawes,  Treas..  to 

eonat.  Mrs.   Mabel  Falrohild,  Miss 

OiiTla  R.  Sheldon  and  Mias  Eliza  M. 

Hawea  L.  Msl, 

Qen.  G.  Loomis, 
Waterbory,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  D.  F, 

Mattby,  Treas., 
Watertown.  Cong;  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  Eli 

Cutia,  of  wh.  $100  fh>ni  John  Be 

Forest,  to  const.  Bev.  Stephen  Fenn 

a  LB., 

NSW  TORK- 


Hill,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Bev.  L. 

aHobait, 
Irkport,  J.  P.  Cas^  by  O.  B.  Eings- 

b«y, 
Centsr  Llale,  Cong:  Ch.,  by  Bev.  J.  A. 

Farrar, 
Candor,  Cong;  Ch.  and  Boc.,  by  J.  B. 

Hart,  to  const  Emily  Ada  Stnrgea  a 

Detp  River,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  L.  Hnl- 

Iden  and  North  CoUlns,  Cong  Chs.,  by 

Bev.  W.  I.  Hnnt, 
Franklin,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  O. 

Bmitb,  Treas.,  to  const.  Bo  v.  J.  J. 

Bongfa  and  Silas  Smith  L.  Ma., 
QainesTlUe,  Cong  Oh.,  by  Bev.  P.  Camp. 
Otnera,  Mrs.  iT  P.  Sqalcr, 
Oailford,  First  Cong.  Ch..  B.  A.  Ires, 

S? ;  E.  M.  Whltney,|2,  by  C.  bI 
^▼hittemore, 
Samllton,  Second  Cong.  Oh.,  Bev.  O. 


lide,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  C.  Coy,  Treas.,  to 
^eoMt.  :^Mn  N.  Whitney  a  L.  M., 
Middle   Oraavllle,     Cong.    Ch.,    $5; 

£amesT{ll«,  Cong.  Ch.,  Ift.lS,  by  Bev. 

8.Jonea» 
New  York  Clty^Harlem  Cong.  Ch., 

»•«.  coo^  by  w.  W.  Ferrler,  Treaa., 

2?  lAwrence,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  J. 
^»y. 
'»*«hogue,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  F.  Mnn- 

P«^,Mn.AbigaaPeck, 


•6  00 

172  00 

25  00 
80  00 

40  15 

50  00 

08  47 
22  78 
25  00 

500  00 

80  78 

10  00 

800 

1  26 

800 

46  00 

507  50 

50  00 
1 

76  00 

87  60 

27  00 

110  00 
250 

187  84 

150  00 

10  00 

200 

800 

8180 

600 

7  70 

60  70 
6  47 
500 

22  00 

1166 

85  00 

10  12 

17  40 

SO  00 

16  17 
15  06 

West  Brook,  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch«  by 
T.  8.  Hoyt,  Treas.,  ' 

NEW  JERSEY— 

VineUnd.  First  Presb.  Ch.,  by  J.  In- 
gram, Treaa., 

PENNBYLVANIA- 

BundaiT,  Bethel  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
Rev.  E.  Jenkins,  to  const.  Samuel 
Owens  a  Xi.  M., 

MARYLANB— 
Baltimore,  Adella  and  Annie  Tail's 
Miss,  box,  by  Mrs.  H.  N.  VaU, 

OHIO- 
Beoelved  by  Rev.  L.  Eelsey, 
Amherst  North,  Cong.  Ch., 
^  $9.48 ;  Rev.  J.  E.  Todd,  $6,     14  42 
Amherst  Sonth,  Cong.  Ch., 

•7.68;  J.  B.  Clark,  14.50,         12  18 
Ashtabula,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H. 

Faaaett,  20  75 

Cleveland,  First  Cong.  Ch., 

by  W.  Newton,  68  60 

Columbus,     John      Bavies, 

$1.50:  W.  Richards,  50c.  2  00 

F*mr   Comers,     Cong.    Oh., 

$9.50;  Sabbath  School,  $150,  12  00 
Hartford,  Cong;  Ch.,  by  L. 
,Bos©.  20  00 

Johnston,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

J.  B.  Bavlaon,  lo  00 

Mecca,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  J. 

B.  Davison.  15  00 

Newark,  Wetoh  Cong.  Ch.,  8  94 

Oberlin,  Finl  Oong.  Ch.,  by 

E.  J.  Goodrich,  115  10 

Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  P. 
Johnaon,  Treaa.,  42  18 

Olive  G-reen,  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

L.  C.Meeker,  24  00 

Parkman,  Cong.  Ch.,  H.  A. 

Converse,  $8 ;  Mrs.  H.  Ford, 

•2.50;  Mrs.  Parkman.  |2.60; 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richards,  62  > 

Mrs.  Harris,  |1 ;  Mrs.  Pit- 

ner,  50c  ;  Mrs.  Barling,  25o ; 

Mrs.  £.  Freeman,  25c,  by  L. 

M.  Burt,  Treas. 


12  00 
9  10 
16  00 
51  80 
20  25 


Baybrook,  Cong.  Oh,,  by  Bev. 

H.  Geor, 
Btorra.  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  H. 

Busbnell, 
Wakeman,  Oong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

J.  Edwards, 
York,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  S. 
Bryant,  _ 

Alliance,  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L. 

R.  Powell, 
East  Cleveland,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  Ford, 
Jerome,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  N.  Ham- 
lin, 
Nelson,  Cong.  Ch.,  bv  Rev.  H.  Mataon, 
Rootstown,  Oong.  Oh.,  820  :   Bea  G. 

Case,  ISO,  by  a  a  Sanford,  Treas., 
Tallmadge,  Mrs.  Almira  Scott, 

INBIANA— 

Received  by  Rev.  N.  A.  Hyde, 
Terre  Haute,  Cong.  Cb., 

ILLIN0I8- 

Anrora,  New  England  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T. 
N.  Haskell, 

Chicago,  First  Oong.  Ch.,  to  const  B. 
Lewis  B.  Speare  a  L.B., 

Galesburgh,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of 
ooiL, 

LamolUe,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T.  Light- 
body, 

Malta,  Cong.  Oh., 

New  Rutland,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  F.  H. 
Bums, 

Nora,  Cong.  Ob.,  by  Bev.  A.  M.  Bizon, 


•8  00 


18  00 


47  40 


700 


483  27 


18  OO 
87  00 


800 
825 


50  00 
10  00 


85  12 

40  00 

222  16 

12  00 

18  01 
3  00 

26  80 
18  8« 


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July,  1870. 


Ottawa,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll^  |2  00 
Pecatonlca,  Cong.  Ch.,  Dy  Rev.  J.  G. 

Sabin,  ft  20 

Poplar  GroTO,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L. 

Wheaton,  ,       12  W 

RoBOTiUe,    Cong.    Oh.,    Rev.   A.     L. 

Pennoyer,  _      ^      „         ^,    ^        ^  ^ 

Seward,   Cong.    Ch.,  by  Rev.   CO. 

Adams,  **  W 

Bterllng,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M.  Poet,  62  89 
Toulon,  Cong.  Ch.,  baL  of  coll.,  6  00 

Turner,  Cong.  Cb„  by  W,  J.  Wilson,  18  66 
Wethersfleld,  A.  B.  Kellogg,  $8;  Belah 

Loomis,.$2,  6  00 

Winnebago,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  H.  M. 

Daniels,  21  00 

MISSOURI- 

Alexandria,   Cong.    Ch.,  by  Rev.  R. 

Everta,  2  40 

HemphiB.  Cong.  Ch.,  $30  ;  Union  Grove, 

Cong.  Ob.,  $20,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Thome,  60  00 
New  Cambria,  Cong   Ch., to:  Valley. 

Cong.  Ch.,  $10.60,  by  Rev.  G.  Griffith,  15  60 
Welleville,  Firat  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  J. 

S.  Rounce,  7  00 

MICHIGAN— 

Adrian,  on  account  of  Legacy  of  D. 

Garragus,  by  R.  R.  Beeohcr,  Esq., 
Port  Huron,  H.  A.  Bench, 
Richland,  First  Pr.  Ch.,   by  W.  Doo- 

litUe, 

WISC0N8IN- 


Plymouth^Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.. 


by 


627  90 
2  00 


23  62 


Received  by  Rov.  D. 
Firtt  Cong. 


Clary, 
CA.,  by 


Beloit,  o'tf**  ^ 

Prof.  Porter, 
Second  Cong.  Ck,,  by  O.  E 

Merrill,  Treas., 
Emerald  Grove,  Cong.  Ch., 

by  Rev.  G.  8.  Shattuck, 
Lancaster,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

a  W.  Eaton, 
Madison,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  F.  L 

Lamb,  Treas., 
Mitwaukie,  Plymouth  Cong. 

Ch.,    by  'T,    S.   Hayden, 

Treas., 


$165  50 
67  82 
10  00 
16  00 
38.00 

60  92 


.  J.  D.  Mason, 

SherrilPs  Mount.  German  Evan.  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  Gyr, 
Wilton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by.  Rev.  A  Clark, 

MINNESOTA— 

Received  by  Rev.  R.  Hall, 
Northfield,  Cong.  Ch.,  $10  75 

St  .  Paul,    Plymouth  Cong. 
Ch.,  mon  coo.*,  8  10 

Fairbault,  Plymouth  Ch., 

Hamilton,  Cong.  Oh.,  bal.  df  coll.,  by 
Rev.  R.  S.  Armstrong, 

KANSAS- 

Emporla,  Second  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  H.  Rees, 
Eureka,  Cong.  Oh.,  $16;   Elk  River, 

Cong  Ch.,  $5.26.  by  Rev.  L.  H.  Piatt, 
Leavenworth,  Filth  Avenue   Mission 

Ch.,  by  Maggie  J.  Douglass, 
Quindaro,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  6.  D. 

Storrs, 
Seneca,   First  Cong.  Ch.,  f! ;  Valley 

Township,     Plymouth     Cong.    Oh., 
$6.50,  by  Rev.  W.  0.  Stewart, 

NEBRASKA— 

Elmore,   Cong.    Ch.,  baL  of  ooll.,  by 
Rev.  S.  N.  Grout,  ^ 

OREGON- 

Porest  Grove,  Cong.  Ch.,  mon.  con.,  by 
Rev.  8,  H.  Marsh,  DJ>., 

HOME  MISSIONARY, 


$6  00 

16  00 
16  00 


18  86 
24  45 

60 

30  00 

20  26 

600 

10  00 

12  60 
800 

500 

13  60 


$12,860  U 


846  74 
14  60 
7  16 

114  00 


Windsor,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F.  B.  Doe, 
Albany,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  Jameson, 
Beloit,  on  account  of  Legacy  of  Edward 

Burrall, 
Big  Spring  and  Briggsville,  Cong.  Chs., 

bal.  of  coll.,  $1.50;  Rev.  J.  M.  Hayes, 

$6,  hj  Rev.  J.  M.  Hayes,  6  60 

Bloomfield,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F.  J. 

Douglass,  5  00 

BoscobeL  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  Slod- 

dart,  20  00 

La  Crosse,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  H. 

Jones,  Treas.,  40  00 

Royalton,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M. 

L.  Eastman,  18  00 

IOWA— 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  Guernsey, 

Anamosa,  Cong.  Ch.,  baL  of 
ooU.,  $  6  00 

Marlon,  Cong.  Oh.,  108  10    114  10 

Central  City,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  W. 

Spell,        •''*•'•'  .         1  25 

Enterprise  Cong  Ch.,  $18  75;   Given 

Sation.  $1.25,  by  Rev.  D.  R.  Lewis,       20  00 
.     Fort  Dodge,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

D.  Wirt,  13  00 

Jamestown,  Cong.  Ch.,  $9;  "Wentworth, 

Cong.  Obi,  $2  25,  by  Rev.  O.  S.  Marw 
vlS,  11  25 

Jasper  City,  Cong.  Ob.,  by  Rev.  A.  Ly- 
man, 26  26 
Muscatine,  German  Evan.  Cong.  Ch., 

by  Rev.  J.  Reuth,  16  00 

Otho,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  V. 

House,  24  06 

Pa'rkersburgh,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

N.  WUUams,  10  00 


DonatioM  of,Clothinat  s^ 

Boston,  Mass.,  a  Ladv,  a  box,  $289  00 

Brooklyn,  N.  T.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of 

the  South  Cong.  Ch..  by  Mrs.  iX  H. 

Parsons,  See.,  a  barrel,  85  00 

Granby,  Mass.,  a  barrel, 
Hartford,  Conn.,  Ladies  of  Center  Ch., 

a  box,  860  00 

Hoi  lis,   N.   H.,   Female  Reading  and 

Char.  Soa,  by  Mrs.  Joseph  E.  Smith, 

a  bundle,  37  48 

BecHpU  of  the  MoMocKuHtU  JSotM  Mimionary 
JSooUtv,  in  April,  Bbmjauin  Pxsuns,  Trtat. 

Boston,  Legacy  of  Jabes  O.  Howe,  dec, 
by  G.  O.  Hovey  and  8.  Johnson,  Exs.. 
less  U.S.  tax,  $2,820  00 

Essex  St.  Ch.  and  Soc.,  balance  of  coll.,      15  00 
Boston  Highlands,  Vine  St.  Ch.,  mon. 

10  00 

112  00 
9  00 
43  00 
12  60 
61  61 

275  36 
28  87 
15  00 

26  60 
400 

80  00 

100  00 

27  36 
5  00 

000  00 
69  46 
10  00 


Braintree,  Ladiea'  Home  Miss.  Soc, 

First  Parish, 
Bridgewater  East;  Oong.  Ch., 
Hadley,  Russell  Cong.  Soc, 
Halifax,  Cong.  Oh., 
Haydensville,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soo., 
Leicester,  First  Cong.  Oh.  and  Soc, 
Newburyport,  Whitefield  Cong.  Ch., 
New  Salem,  Oong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
-^       .Ch.ar  — 


Frescott,  Cong. 
Salisbury,  a  Me 


.  and  Socv 

fember  of  Rocky  Hill  Oh., 

Shrewsl>ttry,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  mon. 
•  con., 
Southbrtdge,  Samuel  M.  Lane,  to  const. 

him  a  L.  D., 
Templeton,  Coi^.  Ch,  andSoe^mtau 

con., 

A  Friend,  _        ^,^      ^ 

Woburn  Confsrenoe  Home  Miss.  Soc, 

by  J.  R.  E^mball,  Treas., 
Worcester,  First  Cong.  Oh.  and  Soc, 
Wrentham,  Mrs.  J.  v.  Markham, 


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MISSIONARY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  CIothiDg,  sent  directly  and  without  any  particular  designation,  to  the  office 
of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  such  missionaries  as  are 
known  to  be  mo0t  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  to  those  who  receiT# 
them,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective  donors. 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  individual  or  association,  intending  to  prepare 
a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  missionary  designated,  and  a  detailed 
account  of  the  circmnstances  of  his  family  given,  the  informadon  is  not  always  at  hand, 
ID  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when  it  is,  it  not 
onfreqnently  happens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  the  missionary  remains  for 
months  nnsupplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  might  be  furnished 
with  articles  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  In  other  cases,  wb^g 
the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from  other  sources,  so  that 
vben  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want  as  many  others. 

It  is  preferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors,  that 
the  special  desiCTation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  individual  in 
particular,  shomd  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Society,  after  they  reach 
tin  ^ffiee.  It  is  believed  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  the  designs  of  those  who 
gfoeronsly  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which  the  Sc^ety  can  have  an 
•gency. 

DISECTIONS  FOB  FOBWAXDIITe. 

1.  Pot  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  a  paper 
or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  and  the  estimated  value  of  the  whole, 
viih  the  name  of  the  individual  or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the 
infividoal  to  whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent 

1  A  copy,  in  fall,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  of  the  box  should  be  sent  in  a  letter 
to  the  office  of  the  Society.  In  this  letter  it  should  be  stated  when,  and  by  what  convey- 
UMe,  the  box  was  forwarded ;  in  it  should  be  inclosed,  also,  such  money  as  is  intended 
for  the  payment  of  frdght.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  provided  for  in  all  cases, 
if  pcMdcable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  |3  to  |6,  according  to  its 
■ai  iod  the  distance  it  is  sent  A  barrel  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense  than  a  box  of 
tbenmerize. 

S.  The  box  should  be  fblly  and  plainly  marked,  and  the  place  from  tehich  U  comee  should 
ALWATB  appear  on  the  ouUide,  so  that  Uiere  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening  it  at  the 
office.  It  shoold  be  strong,  tight,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  be  hooped,  or 
odwrwise  fully  secured  against  the  elTects  of  hard  usage  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  addreued  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place, 
VevTork. 

HO  PAST  OF  A  MISSIONABT'S  8ALABT. 

Boxes  of  Clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriation.  The  Society 
Meds  the  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptly  its  stipulations 
vidk  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  be  no  favor  to  a 
■isBioaary  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money  ^at  would 
i^erwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionaJly  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to  it  that 
(l^give  none  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  giving  other  things  that  are  need- 
fid  and  convenient  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  sympathies  will  be  so  r  wakened  in 
^•preparation  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be  their  privilege,  not  only  to 
MB^oue,  hot  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

BUGOESTIONS  AS  TO  THEIB  C0NTEHT8. 

^h  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box,  while  clothing  of  woollen  or  linen  fabrics, 
'■oei,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  be  specially  valuable,  scarcely  any  thing  in  the 
■Mpe  of  pbin,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  biedding,  or  which  is  of  common  use  in  any 
nm  Id  a  Cunily,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  forks,  spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of 
Moo,  a  skein  of  yam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles,  a  cake  of  wax,  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a 
tfcnble,  a  tumbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skinimer,  or  a  pepper  box,  need  not  be  left  out 

When  articles  of  clothii^  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  which  boxes 
ve  sent,  missionariefl  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  other  that 
'*      t  every  thing  which  a  box  m"v  contain  is  turned  to  good  account 


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JXJi:.Y,  1870. 

AMERICAN 'HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOB  PIiACE,  NEW  YOBK. 


P,D.D.,) 


Rev.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.  D., 

Rkv.  DAVID  B.  COE,  D.  D.,  }►   Secretaries  for  Correi^jtondence. 

Rkv.  a.  HUNTINGTON  CLAPR 


Mr.  WILLIAM  HENRY  SMITH,  TreoKurtr. 

"ExmavrttM  CoMMirrmi— Mb.  WILLIAM  G.  LAMBEBT,  Cfutirman  :  Mr.  0.  R.  BOBERT ; 
Mb.  SIMEON  B.  CHITrENDEN ;  Kbv.  BICUAUD  8.  8'1H>HKH.  .Ir.,  I>.  1>.:  Kbt.  WIL- 
LIAM I.  BUDINOTON,  D.  D  ;  Mb.  (^ALVIN  C.  WOOLWOKTII;  Mr.  cnAULKS  ABEK- 
NETHY;  Mb.  JOHN  B.  HUTCHINSON;  Rky.  HENKY  M.  BTOUH8,  D.D.;  with  l!ie  inenibera 
«x-offlcio— viz. :    AUBTIN   ABBOIT,  Esq.,  Becording  SeoreUiry^  the  Tbbabukkk,  aad  the  ttvoBB- 

TARUB  rOB  COBBBBPOMDRNOB.  , 

«.*.# 

COMMUHICATIOHS 

Relating  to  the  bui<iDe8s  of  the  Society  generally,  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  tlie  Secre- 
taries for  OorreHpondcnce. 

DOHATIOHS  AND  SUBSCEIPTIOHS, 

In  Drafts,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  FostpOflSce  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  sent  to  the 

Treasarer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Life  Member ;  and  of  one  hun- 
dred dollars,  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makes  one  himdrcd 
dollars,)  a  Life  Du-ector. 

8ECRETAEIES  AED  TEEASUBEBS 

or  THB 

PRINCIPAL  AUXILIARIES. 

Rev.  Stiphrn  Thurston,  D.D.,  Secretary,  Mmru  AftM.  See.,  Searsport,  Me. 

Joshua  Maxwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "        "  **    Portland, 

Rev.  William  Clark,  Secretary,  liew  Hampshire  Miss.  Soc.j  Amherst,  N.  H. 

Rev.  B.  P.  Stonr,  D.D.,  Treasurer,  **  "  "         Concord,      " 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  Secretary,  Vermont  Dom,  Miss.  Soe.y  Montpelier,  Vt 

C.  W.  Storrs,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "  **  ** 

Rev.  H.  B.  HooKKR,  D.D.,  Sec.,  Mass,  H.  M.  Soc,,  31  Washington  st,  Boston,  Mass. 

Benjamin  Perkins,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  **  ^"  ** 

Rev.  James  G.  VosK,^ecretary,  IL  I.  Home  Miss,  Soe.y  Providence,  R  I. 

Edwin  Knight,  Esq.,  Treasurer,         **  "  "  " 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretarv,  Conn,  Home  Misn.  Soc^  Berlin,  Conn. 

E.  W.  Parsons,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    *        "  "  **        Hartford,  " 

SUPEBINTEEDEHTS. 


Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart,    Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Lysander  Kklsey,  Columbus,  O. 
Rev.  Nath'l  a.  Hyde,     Indianapolis,  Ind, 
Rev.  Joseph  E.RoY,D.D.,  Chicago,  III. 
Rev.  Henry  D.  Platt,     Brighton,  111. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Turner,  Hannibal,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  B.  Williams,    Charlotte,  Mich. 
Rev.  Leroy  Warren,      Pentwatcr,  Mich. 


Rev.  Dexter  Clary,       Beloit,  Wis, 
Rev.  Franklin  B.  Dob,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis. 
Rev.  Jesse  Guernsey,     Dubuque,  la. 
Rev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett,  Des  Moines,  la 
Rev.  Richard  Hall,.       St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Rev.  James  G.  Merrill,  Topeka,  Kan. 
Rev.  0.  W.  Merrill,       Omaha,  Neb. 
Rev.  Jamks  U.  Warren,  San  Francisco,  Cal 


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MISSIONARY  INTELLIOENCE. 


Oalifonila.~Froro  RtM.  G.  R.  EUis^ 
Pescadero.— Somo  of   our  Illn- 

drmnoes 

Oar  Hopes 

Dakota.  —  From  Bee,  J.  Ward, 
Tan  kton.— Money,  Man  and  Hone 
Wanted 97 

Hebra8ka.->Frora  Rtv.  S.  N,  Grout, 
Klmore.— A  Year  in  bis  Now 
Field 97 

llixinesota.— From  Jiev.  W.  W. 
SneU,  Biuhford.— The  NonrUblng 
Mother 


Iowa.— From  Xev.  J,  R  DpUmy  Oko- 
bojL—Ploneer  Experience 98 

Michigan.— From  JHev.  P.  A  ffoU 
Uai/ar,  Hancock.— On  the  Fron. 
tier » 99 


Missouri.— From  jR«v.j;^.Bot£vr«,   ^ 
Windwr.— The  House  BoiU  and 
Blessed 99 

From  JUv,  C.  C,  SdUer,  Brookfleld.  ""^ 
—Results 100 


Illinois.— From  Jiev,  C.  C.  Breed,    ^ 
East   Paw  Paw.  —  The  Pilgrim 

Memorial lox 

From  Rev.  H.  P.  De  Foreut,  Chicago. 
One  Year  and  God  Alone 101 


New  York.— From  Rev,  E.  Per- 
kin$,  Phcenix,— Tralning-Schools.  101 


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Oh  thb  Pacific  Boad 102  . 

A  Ykar's  Work  ni  Illinois 103 

Dbcbasr  op  Rbt.  8.  J.  Wuiton 104 

What  hashadbNewEnolajio 106  ' 

Miaaionanj  Appointmenta 106 

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APPLICATIONS  FOR  AID. 

Feeblo  congregations,  desiring  lud  in  supporting  the  gospel,  are  requested,  in  thdr 
applications,  to  malce  full  statements  of  their  condition  and  prospects,  and  of  the  reasons 
for  granting  their  requests.  They  are  desired,  also,  to  furnish  the  following  particulars, 
namely : 

The  population  of  the  place. 

The  name  of  the  church  or  congregation. 

The  number  of  communicants,  aud  the  average  number  of  attendants  on  public  worship. 

The  denomination  and  size  of  congregations  immediately  contiguous,  with  the  distance 
to  th^  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  which  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  poftion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  given  time,  and  the  arrangements 
that  are  made  for  securing  it. 

Whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 

The  least  amount  that  will  suffice  from  this  Society. 

The  name  in  full  and  post-office  address  of  the  minister  for  whom  a  commission  is  de- 
sired. 

His  credentials. 

Whether  he  is  a  resident  of  the  place  in  which  he  preaches,  and  is  engaged  in  any 
other  ciilling  than  that  of  the  ministry. 

Whether  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  church,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangements  are  made 
or  contemplated  for  his  Installment  in  the  course  of  the  year. 

The  application  should  be  ^gned  by  the  officers  of  the  church,  and  by  the  trustees  or 
a  committee  of  the  congregation. 

If  the  ecclesiastical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  have  a  *^  Committee  of 
Missions  "  to  act  in  their  behalf,  the  membei-s  of  this  Committee  are  the  proper  persons  to 
certify  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  minister,  and  his  prospects  of 
usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  services  are  desired ;  and  the  application  should  be  sent 
to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation.  "V^Tiere  no  such  **  Committee  of 
Missions  '*  exists,  the  application  should  receive  the  indortrement  of  two  or  more  neigh- 
boring clergymen,  of  the  same  denomination,  acquainted  with  the  facts. 

Applications,  after  being  properly  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  be  sent  to  the 
Agent  (or  Secretary  of  the  Auxiliary)  fur  the  region  where  the  applicants  reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropiiations  are  for  twelve  months  from  the  dale  of  the  appliea- 
tion;  at  the  end  of  vvhich,  if  further  aid  be  needed,  a  new  appliciition  must  be  made,  con- 
taining all  the  particulars  above  stated,  and  indorsed  and  recommended  in  like  manner. 
Each  congregation  avplying  for  renewed  aid,  should  furnish,  aUoy  the  cerAficcUe  of  the 
mimonary  that  they  Mtveful/illed  their  previous  pledges  for  his  support. 

The  address  of  the  Society's  Agents  and  the  Secretaries  of  its  Auxiliaries  will  be  found 
on  the  cover  of  its  reports  aud  of  the  Home  Missionary, 


THE  HOME  HISSIOHAET. 

The  Some  Missionary  will  be  sent  gratuitously  to  the  following  classes  of  individuals, 
unless  they  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers : 

To  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Missionaries  of  the  Society 
and  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clergyman  in  whose  congregation  a  collection  is  taken  up 
every  year  for  the  Society,  or  one  of  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  individual  who  contributes 
ten  dollars,  or  upward,  during  the  year.  To  every  Auxiliary,  Association,  or  Congrega- 
tion, one  copy  for  every  ten  dollars  collected  and  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Society,  or 
of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  confer  a  special  favor  by  availing  himself  of  the  facilities  offered 
above  to  introduce  the  Home  Missionary  among  his  people.  In  notifying  the  Secretaries 
of  his  desire  to  have  the  work  sent  on  these  terms,  he  is  requested  to  mention  the  namjt 
of  some  person  to  whom  each  copy  shall  be  addressed. 


FOBM  OF  A  BEQUEST. 

I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trusty  to  pay  over 

the  same  in  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is 

payable,  shall  act' as  Treasurer  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to  the 
charitable  uses  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


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THE   CONVERSION  OF  OUR  COUNTRY: 

A  Sennon  in  behalf  of  the  AmericaD  Home  Misrionary  Society,  preached  iD  the 
Broadway  Tabernacle  Church,  New  York,  Hay  8,  1870,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Manning,  D.  D.,  of 
Boston,  Mass. 

IiAiiH  Ix.  18 :   Violenct  thaU  no  more  be  heard  in  thy  land,  woMiinp  nor  dettrueH&n  wUh 
in  thy  borders  ;  but  thou  ehalt  call  thy  walls  salvalion,  and  thy  gates  praise. 

^'The  6eM  is  the  world.**  I  do  not  forget  these  gjreat  words  of  Christ, 
though  now  limitiog  your  Tiew,  as  the  occasion  requires,  to  what  we  fondly  call 
oor  own  country.  If  American  Christianity  means  any  thing,  it  means  that 
America  is  to  be  given  to  Christ — to  be  conquered  in  his  name  and  incorpomted 
iQio  his  kingdom.  All  our  loyal  Chri^iian  efforts,  however  concentrated  or 
diffused,  whether  acting  through  tlie  churches,  or  through  voluntary  societies, 
itand  for  this  idea ;  just  as  the  Federal  armies,  in  the  late  war,  stood  for  the  idea 
of  a  restored  and  vindicated  Union.  We.  may  not  always  keep  in  mind  the  ob- 
ject of  our  struggles — may  forget  their  more  general  purpose,  while  toilmg  tor 
the  local  church,  and  for  the  souls  in  our  own  neighborhoods — as  the  Union 
■oidier  did  not  always  have  before  him  the  real  object  of  his  campaigns;  but, 
when  we  pause  a  moment  in  our  labors,  when  we  withdraw  to  the  serene 
heights,  and  there  read  the  commission  Christ  has  given  us,  looking  northward 
and  southward  and  eastward  and  westward,  as  far  as  our  lines  have  fallen,  then 
Uie  mighty  fact  begins  to  be  revealed  to  us.  It  is  no  trifling  issue  to  which  we 
are  moving  forward.  Wherever  our  special  lot  may  be  cast,  the  widow  with 
fatr  two  mites  and  tlie  rich  men  with  their  treasures,  the  traveling  missionary 
and  the  settled  pastor,  in  the  clof»et  or  on  the  street,  before  the  Sabbath  school 
class  or  at  the  prayer  meeting,  our  names  are  enrolled  under  a  single  Leader. 
We  are  the  army  of  the  Living  God  for  this  continent.  We  are  the  sacramental 
ho<4  of  Christ;  entered  into  the  la^rs  of  his  elect,  to  whom  he  unveiled  this 
New  World,  not  yet  three  centuriis  ago.  The  temtory  which  we  are  to  subdue, 
a  narrow  strip  of  sea-coast  at  first,  has  been  steadily  broadening.  Every  square 
mile  of  surface  added  to  the  Republic  has  given  us  a  larger  responsibility.  The 
banner  of  the  Croas  pressing  hard  after  that  of  the  nation,  or  going  in  advance 
of  it,  in  to  float  in  triumph  over  the  wliole  vast  area.  This  is  the  work  which 
we«  by  the  terms  of  our  discipleship,  have  undertaken  to  do.  We  have  enlisted 
fiMT  life.  And  not  only  our  persons,  but  our  possessions,  are  pledged.  The  pos- 
nbility  of  failure  we  dare  not  admit ;  and  the  assurance  of  success  makes  us 
itrong  both  to  struggle  and  to  wait.  These  swarming  millions  shall  be  evange- 
lised. Christ,  lifted  up  before  their  eyes,  shall  draw  them  unto  him.  The  salt 
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Bhall  not  lose  its  savor.  The  light  ahall  sbJDe  till  each  dark  place  is  illamiDed. 
This  migtity  mass  of  hnrryinfiT  and  seething  life  shall  be  leavened.  Everv  knee 
shall  bow  t()  Ohrist,  and  every  tongue  confess  that  he  is  Lord.  We  have  nailed 
this  purpose  to  onr  standards.  Our  heralds  proclaim  it  in  city  ai>d  forest.,  along 
either  shore  of  the  embracing  sea,  beneath  the  Northern  Anroni  and  the  South- 
em  Cross ;  in  the  vnlley,  on  the  monntain,  all  over  the  lakes,  and  beside  the 
streams  of  water.  Whether  the  Christians  of  America  are  awake  t«»  the  fact  or 
not,  yet  such  is  the  work  committed  to  them  in  their  own  country,  and  which 
God  will  require  at  their  hands.  We  undertake  no  more  than  we  are  respon- 
sible for.  in  proclaiming  that  this  whole  people  shall  be  converted  to  Christ.  It 
may  be  a  progressive  work ;  it  may  not  be  visibly  and  triumphantly  finished  in 
our  day  ;  but  it  is  the  work  which  God  has  given  American  Christians  to  do. 
We  are  guilty  of  no  self-laudation,  but  only  rise  to  the  level  of  our  responsibility, 
when  we  dare  to  address  every  sonl  of  onr  people,  from  the  center  all  around 
and  outward  to  the  remotest  verge,  in  the  language  of  the  pr«»phet  to  Israel, 
declaring  it  as  our  pnrpose,  and  the  work  to  which  we  are  committed,  that 
"  violence  shall  no  more  be  heard  in  thy  land,  wasting  nor  destrnctinn  within 
thy  borders ;  but  thou  shaltcall  thy  walls  Salvation,  and  thy  c^fttes  Praise.^' 

Let  me  first  ask  your  attention  to  a  few  facts  in  the  past,  going  to  show  that 
the  conversion  of  our  country  t«»  Christ,  though  so  great  a  work,  is  not  vij'i<»nary 
or  impracticable.  I  might  infer  the  sncoess  of  our  undertaking,  on  the  ground 
that  every  people  gradually  adopts  some  religion.  A  nation  or  race  of  men  with- 
out a  religion  nowhere  exists.  Each  one  has  its  faith  and  worship,  prevailing 
over  local  or  temporary  tendencies,  and  becoming  at  length  universal.  What  the 
rising  faith  and  worship  have  been  in  this  country,  does  not  a<lmit  of  question. 
In  our  origin  we  were  emphatically  a  Christian  people ;  we  have  been  such  in 
our  history.  The  religion  that  must  go  on  increasing  among  us  until  it  is  the 
acknowledged  faith  of  the  nation,  can  be  no  other  than  Christianity.  It  would 
be  interesting  t<i  trace  the  proof  of  this  conclu^on,  from  the  beginning  forward 
thronghout  all  our  growth  as  a  people.  But  yon  are  not  unfamiliar  with  the 
record.  We  will  come  to  events  in  the  near  past — to  changes  and  victories  wit- 
nessed by  many  of  us,  which  indicate  that  the  day  of  the  Lord,  however  remote, 
is  surely  coming. 

These  signs  of  the  progress  of  Christ^s  kingdom  in  our  land  are  partly  internal 
and  partly  external. 

Among  the  internal,  we  may  notice,  first,  the  attitude  which  different  de- 
nominations of  Christians  are  takinsr  toward  each  other.  There  is  a  deep  and 
widespread  desire  to  combine,  to  oo6v>erate,  to  make  more  of  that  in  which  we 
agree,  and  less  of  that  in  which  we  differ ;  to  exalt ''  Christ  and  him  crucified  *' 
over  all  our  human  preferences,  and  to  value  our  peculiarities  only  as  they  help 
in  giving  Christ  the  kingdom.  The  origin  of  the  denomination,  and  its  true 
place  and  uses,  are  beginning  to  be  clear.  He  is  not  abreast  with  the  Christian 
thought  of  the  times,  who  holds  that  any  denomination  has  exclusively  a  scrip- 
tural basis.  God  did  not  see  fit  to  make  tliis  a  subject  of  revelation.  He  opened 
a  fountain  of  cleansing,  whose  waters,  flowing  forth,  wear  their  own  channels. 
You  may  be  a  Oongregationalist,  a  Presbyterian,  a  Baptist,  an  Episcopalian,  or 
a  Methodist.  But,  if  you  carry  either  of  these  theories  of  church  order  to  the 
Bible,  yon  do  not  find  its  source  there.  You  read  it  into^  rather  than  in,  the 
sacred  pages.  Its  source  is  in  yourself,  your  individuality,  your  traininsr,  your 
surroundings,  your  culture,  the  social  atmosphere  you  breathe.  Let  any  man, 
who  has  no  preconceived  notion  of  the  Cliurch,  read  the  Bible  through,  keeping 


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hU  raind  to  the  great  trnths  which  are  revealerl,  and  he  would  come  away  from 
that  rending  as  UDdenon  inational  as  he  went  t<>  it.  For  him  there  would  be 
but  one  Name  under  heaven,  given  among  men;  and  if  he  should  assume  any 
other  name,  this  would  erow  out  of  something  in  himself  or  his  circumstances. 
Tlie  zealot,  seeking  to  buUd  np  one  denomination  and  tear  down  nil  others, 
tbro^  himself  into  the  Hidj  Word.  His  interpretation,  being  under  the  con- 
trol of  his  own  strong  bias,  distort^  the  mind  of  the  Spirit.  He  can  find  notices 
of  the  ftpost^dio  Church,  and  insulated  texts  here  and  there,  which  may  give  him 
a  quasi  warrant,  whatever  his  theory.  Seizins  hold  of  these,  and  stretching 
them  npon  lii-«  Procrustean  b^'d,  while  he  forgets  the  grand  purpose  of  revelation, 
be  may  persnade  himi»elf  that  God  has  taught  a  special  system  of  ecclesiastical 
order.  Thus  it  is,  no  donbt,  that  the  spirit  of  sectarianism  hns  grown  up,  and 
wrontrht  »uch  mischief  in  pa^^t  times.  Men  have  pearched  the  Scriptures  for 
their  favorite  theories,  till  they  have  found  there  little  besides  those  theories. 
And  these,  being  deemed  so  import»int,  have  been  arrayed  against  each  other, 
all  of  them  struggling  to  see  which  should  be  greatest;  while  the  poor  world 
lying  in  wickedness,  instead  of  listening  to  the  sweet  notes  of  redemption,  has 
beard  a  confused  noise  and  shouting. 

But  the^e  battles  of  ecclesiasticlsm  wonld  seem  to  be  pretty  nearly  fought  out. 
Their  din  is  receding.  They  do  not  mock  lost  men,  and  dishonor  the  Gross,  as 
tbey  once  did.  Christians  are  massing  themselves  under  their  Divine  Ca^tnin. 
If  they  still  cling  to  some  relic  of  hig»»try — brethrt^n  shutting  brethren  away  from 
Ohrist^s  table,  <»r  Christian  ministers  closing  their  pulpits  against  other  ChrHtian 
mmisters — ^yet  they  speak  less  and  less  openly  of  these  bars  to  a  common  fellow- 
ship, sometimes  even  confessing  that  they  are  painful  blemishes,  and  striving  for 
lome  method  by  which  to  pnt  them  away.  This  desire  that  all  should  be  one, 
their  diff^-^rences  not  hindering  Christ's  kingdom,  but  helping  them  work  to- 
getfier  in  extending  it,  is  seen  in  the  longing  of  Episcopal  ministers  for  a  more 
open  pulpit,  and  in  the  brenklng  away  of  mnltitndt'S  of  Baptists  from  the  nnfra- 
temal  dogma  of  dose  communion.  The  ri^e  and  spread  of  the  Evangelical  Al- 
hanoe,  too,  and  the  deeper  interest  It  is  awakening  in  all  Prote!>tant  1  mds  every 
year,  is  a  notable  sign.  Biblical  Christianity,  supreme  over  all  the  peonrmrities 
of  Christtan  sects,  is  its  motto.  It  hnd  only  to  proclaim  its  spirit,  and  forthwith, 
out  of  every  sect  in  Christendom,  the  representative  men  of  the  churches  came 
flocking  together,  greeting  each  other  with  open  arms,  seated  day  after  day  on  a 
common  plntform,  speaking  to  one  another  in  love,  and  often  in  tears,  concerning 
the  kingdom  which  is  to  be  given  to  Christ.  This  Alliance  may  not  be  perfect  as 
now  constituted,  and  may  lack  the  aggressive  spirit  of  the  gospel ;  but  as  a  sign  of 
the  longing  of  all  Christians  to  be  one,  and  tosnbordinate  their  peculiarities  to  the 
glory  of  the  Cross,  it  shows  that  a  brighter  day  Is  dawning  nponu*.  The  que-'tlon 
has  been  raised,  f»  the  Romish  Church  as  well  as  out  of  it,whether  even  papal  Chris- 
tianity  cannot  be  made  to  o« 'Operate  with  the  other  branches  of  the  Church  Univer- 
•il  in  tlie  great  work  committed  to  God's  people.*    The  errors  of  R<  »me,  however 

•  Frfdrrika  Brcnier  frives  the  following  convemation  betwwn  her^lf  »nd  Pope  Plnn  th«  Ninth:— 
**  ToQ  tre  a  Gbtbollo?**  asked  the  Pope — *Not  a  Rttman  Catholic.**— ** Then  yno  mnat  biKy'ine  one.**— 
"•"WTB  y«ior  UalfoeM  permit  me  to  aak  a  qn<>aUon  7''-»*  'Jea;  aak  It**—"  I  love,  with  my  wb«»le  heart,  our 
L«r4  and  MnMer  Jeaoa  Chri»t.  I  believe  In  htn  divinity.  In  hie  n^eemf ng  efficacy ;  I  will  obey  and  servo 
him  alime     Will  yimr  Holinet«  not  acknowledge  me  tor  a  Chrlrtlan  ?  *»— P.   **  For  a  Cbrhtlan  I  nio»t  cer- 

Waly.    But ^— F  B.  "And  a»  a  member  of  the  Chnrch  «if  Cbrirtf  "— P.*'T-€a,  In  acertMn  ^enae 

het.  then,  people  most  teknowledte  as  trae  every  thine  the  Chnrob  aaye  and  ei^oinsw  Ton  nnght  not,  in 
the  MMin  time,  to  believe  that  the  P«>pe  sende  to  bell  all  who  do  m>t  believe  in  the  InftllibiHiy  of  the 
Gatbnile  Cborcb.  No;  I  believe  many  persons  of  other  creeds  may  be  saved  by  living  Mccordlng  to  the 
tmh  wbtefa  tbey  acknowledge— I  believe  so,  most  certainly .7— P.  B.  <'  It  delighto  me  infinitely  to  hear 


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deeply  emVdded  in  her  traditions,  are  jet  no  essential  part  o{  ilie  faith  she 
originaUy  beM.  They  have  been  added,  one  after  fln(»tber,  by  ambitiiras  men 
daring  her  long  history,  or  are  the  resnlt  of  surrounding  inflaenoes  which  have 
been  hronght  to  bear  npon  her.  There  tire  mnltitndes  of  sincere  Ohri>tiftns  wirhin 
her  communion.  In  the  essentials  of  the  Christian  faith,  her  creed  is  not  only 
the  eqnal,  but  the  mf>del  of  all  otiiers.  Thonsands  of  sermons  are  preached  in  her 
pulpits  every  week,  which  any  of  onr  congregations  might  be  the  better  for  hear- 
ing. We  may  well  doubt  if  the  maj^ses  of  the  people,  whonr<  she  now  reaches, 
would  he  henefitt'd  by  lier  sndden  overthrow  and  extinction.  Is  it  reasonable  to 
hold  that  fthe  mast  be  destroyed,  a^d  Protestantism,  in  its  present  forms,  prevail 
throughout  the  world,  before  the  Millennium  can  come  f  May  she  not,  even  yet, 
be  ref<»rm(*d  ?  May  she  not  throw  off  the  snperf^  ions  by  which  she  is  now  over* 
grown,  cease  to  dream  of  a  single  visible  Ohnrrh  under  a  hnman  leader,  return  to 
her  first  lf>ve,  and  come  with  ns — spatting  her  shoulder  to  the  wheels  of  Ohrist^s 
chariot,  thfit  it  alone  maybe  rolled  forward!  Lnther  did  not  wish  to  leave  her; 
bat  that  was  the  age  of  her  blindness,  and  she  cast  him  oat.  Father  Hyacinthe 
is  a  loyal  Oatholic,  yet  he  welcomes  to  his  fellowsiiip  h11  who  serve  Christ;  nor 
is  it  likely  that  he  will  be  treated  as  Luther  was.  Are  the  scales  beginning  to  fall 
from  Rome's  eyes  ?  There  was  n  time  when  the  infallibility  of  the  Pope  might 
have  been  safely  decreed.  Bat  that  time  is  long  past.  Now,  each  a  decree 
divides  the  Church,  (ir  ftdls  dead  to  the  ground.  The  power  of  the  priesthood 
over  the  laity  today,  is  not  snch  as  it  once  was.  In  this  oonntry  es(>ecia]ly,  on 
which  we  are  now  looking,  the  gf-neral  Intel  igfuce.  love  of  pers<tnal  freedom, 
and  republican  ideas,  are  proving  too  strong  for  the  pHpacy.  Its  ancient  daims 
are  overborne.  It  is  obliged  t<»  loosen  its  grasp  on  the  individual  conscience,  to 
barter  the  reality  for  the  setnhlance  of  dominion.  And  a  great  many  earnest 
Catholics  are  secretly  glad  of  this.  A  few  dare  speak  their  joy  openly.  We  do 
not  know,  but  we  hope.  And,  whatever  we  may  find  to  tlie  contrary  here  and 
there,  the  general  drift  of  events  strengthens  our  liope.  How  the  reunion  is  to  be 
brought  about,  we  see  not  now.  It  is  enough  that  so  many  are  longing  for  it. 
A  goodly  number  of  both  Catholics  and  Protestants  are  together  in  the  mount. 
They  have  beheld  Christ  transfigured  before  them. .  They  are  beginnhig  to  say, 
with  one  voice,  **  It  is  good  for  us  to  be  here ; ''  and  they  see  no  manf  but  Jesus 
only.  We  have  only  to  foster  this  mighty  longing,  and  await  the  result.  It  will 
work  itself  out  in  some  way  yet  to  be  revealed.  We  shall  reap  in  due  time,  if  we 
faint  not. 

Some  of  us  may  still  be  living  when  the  line  between  the  Church  and  the  de- 
nondnations  shall  be  clearly  drawn ;  when  Rome  shall  confess  that  even  she  is 
but  a  denomination ;  when  not  only  she,  but  all  others,  shaU  own,  and  be  glad  to 
own,  that  they  are  members  of  one  body.  Then  it  nhall  be  deemed  no  wrong, 
but  to  the  conmnou  advantage,  that  each  Christian  should  be  in  the  sect  best 
suited  to  him.  Pro^elytism  wi'l  cease.  David  m-iy  fight  with  his  sling  and  stones, 
and  Saul's  mighty  men  in  their  heavy  armor.  Ephraim  and  Jndah  shall  not  vex 
or  envy  each  other.  All  the  members  shall  supply  to  the  several  members  that 
which  they  lack ;  and  so  the  whole  body,  the  one  Catholic  Church,  growing  up 
together  into  Christ  its  Head,  shall  make  increase  to  the  edifying  of  itself  in  love. 
Let  us  not  put  this  blessed  day  too  far  In  the  fbture.  Already,  on  the  mountain- 
top,  there  is  light    God  is  bringing  the  nations  of  the  earth  ti>gether.    We  know 

your  Uolinf*Cf  mj  so,  for  other  CtthoUct  fj. '  Yoa  are  not  a  ChrtatUn ;  yon  ouinot  be  Mvod,  if  yoa  do 
not  believe  as  we  and  oar  Cbarcb  d«>.*  '*— P.  "  Thia  U  vgrp  forong.^  ["  Two  Yeara  In  bwitxt»rland  and 
Italy ^'^  vol.  a,  p.  145;  London,  16«1.] 


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what  is  done  on  the  other  side  of  the  globe,  sooner  than  onr  fathers  knew  what 
was  done  in  their  own  neighborhood.  China  and  Japan  are  in  the  highways  of 
oomnieroe.  The  infidelities  of  the  Comtean  philosophy  are  pushing  hard  afttr  ns, 
and  before  us  a  host  of  idol- worshipers  is  swarming.  Onr  honse  is  ceHsing  to 
hive  any  temptation  to  be  divided  against  itself.  Something  of  more  solemn  im- 
port than  onr  internal  differences  engages  our  attention.  We  are  coming  face  to 
face  with  a  common  peril.  Ful>e  religions  are  confronting  the  Christianity  which 
is  dear  to  os  all.  It  is  not  our  shibboletlis,  but  i be  sword  of  the  Lord,  on  which 
we  most  now  rely.  The  sacred  symbol  of  the  cros«,  which  we  all  carry,  is 
threatened.  That  is  the  royal  standard,  which  we  are  lifting  higher  and  higher; 
girding  ouraelves  for  the  conflict  with  anti-Chrii^t,  and  caring  not  who  is  leant  or 
greatest  in  tlie  kingdom,  if  only  our  land  may  be  EmmanuePs  laud,  a  mountain 
of  holinesfs  the  dwelling-place  of  righteousness. 

Much  that  I  have  now  said  of  denominations,  might  be  said  as  well  of  theolo- 
gical systems  in  the  Chrisiian  Church.  These,  too,  are  finding  their  proper  place, 
as  we  have  had  noble  prtK>f  uf  late.  The  coming  together  of  the  two  branches  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  is  not  an  event  by  itsel£  It  indicates  a  general  wish 
and  tendency,  fast  ripening  into  a  purpose,  if  not  grown  to  that  already.  To  be 
tore,  the  reunion  just  brought  about  had  to  overcome  other  than  theological  ob- 
stacles. Yet  these  seem  to  have  been  the  last  to  succumb.  They  were  buttressed 
by  learned  faonlties,  by  publishing  societies,  by  able  reviews  and  newspapers,  by 
libraries  of  standard  works,  by  far-reaching  interests  in  which  the  glory  or  sliame 
of  many  proud  polemics  was  bound  up.  But  all  these  mighty  barriers  have  been 
forced  to  yield.  Tliey  are  overmastered.  They  are  lifted  from  their  foundations, 
and  flc-ited  oat  of  the  way.  This  school  of  theology,  or  that  school,  is  no  longer 
the  watchword  and  rallying  point.  The  pupils  of  one  seminary  are  not  trained 
to  vaDqui:(b  those  of  another.  Nor  are  their  teachers  expected  to  be  men  of  war, 
glowering  at  each  other  through  the  loop-holes  of  their  fortresses^  or  letting  off  a 
ednmbiad  whenever  they  see  a  shadow.  Their  only  rivalry  now  must  be  in 
isodiDg  forth  men  who  shall  stand  shoulder  to  shoulder  in  the  common  cause. 
The  cr*tm  is  to  be  lifted  up  more,  and  speculative  opinions  kept  down.  Each  one 
may  go  into  the  theological  armory,  and  choose  his  own  coat  of  mail.  The  most 
iinportanc  thing,  so  far  as  the  metaphysical  basis  of  belief  is  concerned,  is  that 
etery  minister  ctf  Christ  should  suit  himself.  Some  were  made  to  be  Old  School, 
others  to  be  New  SehooL  This  man  must  be  an  lingnstinian,  and  that  one  a 
Hopkinsian,  or  neither  of  them  can  be  at  rest  If  my  brother  chooses  to  wear  a 
tbedogioal  hair  shirt,  what  is  that  to  me,  so  long  as  we  have  both  put  on  Christ, 
vbo  isover  all,  blessed  forever?  Ye  can  discern  the  face  of  the  sky  ;  how  is  it 
that  ye  do  not  discern  this  time?  That  which  has  happened  is  but  a  hint  of 
what  wiUts  for  manifestation.  All  around  ns  the  creature  is  not  willingly  made 
nbjeet  to  vanity ;  and  this  restiveness  shows  that  the  day  of  redemption  draweth 
ni|^.  The  word  has  gone  forth :  speculative  views^for  private  comfort,  the 
Cross  and  its  salvation  alone  to  be  pressed  upon  others.  High  be  our  hope,  and 
fitr  from  ns  the  fear  that  our  land  may  not  be  given  to  Christ,  when  we  see  such 
nomistakable  mgns  that  he  is  coming  in  his  kingdom.  Let  this  closing  up  of 
ranks  which  has  begun,  go  on,  as  we  believe  it  must,  till  churdi  polities  and  sys- 
tems of  doctrine  serve  but  to  mark  the  various  regiments  or  brigades  in  onr  one 
great  army ;  and  soon,  from  forest  and  prairie  and  ocean,  the  shout  shall  go  up, 
"Thou  art  worthy,  for  thou  hast  redeemed  ns  by  thy  blo<^^." 

But  let  ns  extend  our  views  somewhat.    Beyond  ecclesiastical  Ihnits,  as 
sorely  as  within  them,  are  proofs  that  our  country  is  to  be  converted  to  Christ. 


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What  we  call  *^  the  religious  worM,^'  is  not  80  distinct  as  we  sometimes  think, 
from  the  oatljing  world  of  basineai  and  political  affairs.  These  two  worlds 
embrace  each  others— their  lines  crossing  and  interblending  at  all  points.  When 
the  State  separated  from  the  Ohnrch,  nearly  two  centuries  ago,  it  did  not  escape 
from  the  Ohrii»tian  conscience  of  the  country.  Tboagh  leaving  tlilngis  spiritual, 
and  claiming  only  to  deal  with  things  temporal,  it  was  not  brought  under  a 
new  law.  The  law  of  Christ,  ^*  thou  shalt  do  right^''  was  supreme  in  secular, 
as  in  religious  affairs.  However  sadly  departed  fVom,  this  has  been  ihe  standard, 
more  and  m*»re  owned  as  the  final  appeal  to  which  all  «>ur  legislation  onmes 
sooner  or  later.  Whatsoever  would  go  upon  our  statute-books,  must  at  least 
seero  t«»  pass  this  test;  and  if  it  does  not  prove  to  be  what  it  seem*  d,  it  is  sure 
to  be  cast  out.  It  was  to  this  tribunal,  which  Ohristianity  has  erectid,  that 
the  institution  of  American  hluvery  came.  That  iniquity  would  not  be  instruct- 
ed. It  did  not  kiss  the  Son ;  and  therefore  it  perished  when  his  anger  was 
kindled.  Christ  has  wielded  the  policy  of  our  country  in  this  whole  matter. 
The  stone  cut  out  of  tlie  mountain,  which  smote  the  image,  was  his  kingdom. 
Slavery  was  unchristian,  and  for  this  reason  tho  conscience  of  the  nation  de- 
clared that  it  should  not  stand.  Could  there  be  a  clearer  proof  that  the  law 
of  Christ  is  recognized  as  supreme  even  in  civil  relation**  ?  It  judges  all  other 
laws.  What  it  condemns  periithes,  and  that  which  it  approves  prevails.  Any 
selfish  or  oppressive  scheme  cowers  in  the  focus  of  public  sentiment.  Each 
forward  step  of  our  nation  in  regard  to  the  blacks,  from  the  repeal  of  the 
Fugitive  Slave  Law  to  the  adoption  of  the  Fitteenth  Amendment,  has  been 
another  bowing  of  the  knee  to  Christ.  Clearer  and  clearer  the  great  fact  has 
shone  forth,  that  he  sits  among  the  counselors,  dashing  in  pieces  all  their  phms 
which  op(K)se  his  will.  Emancipation,  enfranchineroent,  reconstruction,  show  in 
all  their  progress  that  the  ftioe  of  this  people  is  set  Zionward.  It  is  a  recog- 
nized maxim  with  our  legislators,  that  ^*  nothing  is  seitlvd  which  is  not  right." 
**Thou  shalt  love  tiiy  neighbor  as  thyhclf,"  is  the  princit>le  moulding  our  public 
action  m<»re  and  more  every  year.  The  paying  of  the  national  debt  must  not 
be  evaded,  since  it  would  be  an  immoral  act.  England  and  America  mu>t  not 
go  to  war  over  any  grievance,  however  bitter,  lest  a  check  be  put  to  the  ^'rowth 
of  Chrisi^s  kingdonu  Our  commerce  with  the  world  most  appn»ach  the  point 
of  free  trade  as  fast  as  it  safely  can,  for  this  is  what  Christianity  requires.  A 
heatlienish  institution  plants  itself  midway  between  the  Atlantic  and  the  Pacific, 
and  the  firmt  h>comotive  that  goes  screaming  pnst  it  is  a  warning  to  it  to  be 
off  with  itself.  Certain  wo  nen,  deeming  themselves  kept  oat  of  their  natural 
rights,  brbig  their  case  to  the  gospel  rule ;  and  that  rule  will  render  the  final 
verdict,  whichever  way.  There  is  an  indignant  outcry  ^from  all  parts  of  the 
land,  witen  the  poor  Indians  are  slaaghtered,  or  cheated  out  of  their  ju8t  duea. 
A  State-street  "  irregularity,"  or  a  Wall-Street  "  hwindle,"  is  denounced  in  the 
name  of  Christ.  Let  no  man  say,  then,  that  Christiinity,  even  where  it  touches 
earthly  interents,  is  a  thing  of  the  past.  The  world  has  not  outgrown  i^  but  is 
every  year  gr'»wing  toward  ir.  It  is  the  ideal  to  which  our  civiliz  ition  looks. 
Its  banner  waves  at  the  head  of  the  column.  Whether  worldly  men  know  it  or 
not,  thi-y  are  preparing  the  way  of  the  Lord.  This  overturning  and  overturning 
and  overturning  is  the  ferment  of  the  new  wine  of  the  gospel.  Every  vidley 
shall  be  exalted,  and  every  hill  brought  low.  Men  are  straightening  the  paths, 
and  m.ikitig  the  rough  pi  toes  smooth.  He  that  shall  come,  will  come,  nor  shall 
any  heart  refuse  him  a  welcome.  ^'  How  beauti  ul  upon  the  mountains  are  the 
feet  of  him  that  bringeth  good  tidings,  that  publisheth  peace ;  that  briugeth 


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good  tidings  of  good,  that  poblisheth  salvation;  that  saith  unto  Zion,  Thy  God 
rajgnethl*' 

Such  are  a  few  of  the  signs  that  Christ  is  sorely  snbdning  onr  land  to  his 
peaoefal  reign.  Hot  I  wonld  not  overstate  the  ca:^.  There  is  another  side  of 
the  pictare.  We  need  to  shift  the  scene.  Enough  has  been  done  to  awaken 
high  hope,  bnt  not  enough  to  dull  the  edge  of  our  Christian  activity.  We  are 
grievtKisiy  mistaken,  if  we  sit  down  satisfied,  as  though  nothing  still  demanded 
oar  zeal  and  devotion.  The  Oanaanite  still  dwells  among  us.  Much  laud  re- 
ULtins  to  be  possessed.  Christ  is  exalted,  but  we  see  not  all  things  put  under 
him. 

It  cannot  escape  the  eye  of  the  keen  observer  of  events,  that  many  things, 
even  in  the  line  of  this  Christian  progress,  yet  lack  the  real  spirit  of  the  gospel. 
The  reunion  of  parties  m  the  Churcb  may  be  due  si»mewhat  to  the  desire  of 
aggrandizement.  The  lull  in  the  scholastic  war  may  be  succeeded  by  another 
outbreak,  siiould  circumstances  favor.  Uow  far  movements  for  Christian  uuiun 
are  iiispired  ot'  God,  and  how  far  due  to  lower  motives,  is  still  a  question.  The 
papacy  may  exchange  the  silken  gh>ve  for  its  old  glove  of  steel,  should  the 
oppurtuniry  at  any  time  serve.  Ivor  ctm  the  fact  be  overlooked,  that  muchH)f 
oar  legislaii<}n,  even  while  embodying  principles  of  the  gospel,  is  yet  by  no 
means  the  frnit  of  disinterested  love.  We  have  formulated  our  rights  rather 
than  our  duties— have  not  legislated  what  we  owe  to  others,  so  much  as  what 
thvy  owe  to  us.  The  doctrine  of  equality,  put  into  the  Declaration  of  lode- 
petiilenoe,  was  the  cbild  of  self-interest.  We  know  how  it  has  returned  to 
plague  its  inventors,  as  it  ever  must,  t'dl  we  love  each  man  his  brother  as  his 
own  life.  Not  Christ-like  love  alone,  but  concern  for  our  own  safety  as  well, 
moved  us  to  let  the  oppressed  go  free.  We  needed  the  freedmau^s  ballot  to 
aeeure  the  objects  of  the  war.  We  pay  our  debt  lest  we  shonld  be  unable  to 
borrow  again.  Those  who  denounce  "  rings  "  in  business,  and  gigantic  frauds, 
have  need  to  pray  themselves,  ^*  Lead  us  not  into  temptation."  That  holiness 
to  the  I^rd,  which  they  would  see  on  other  men's  horse-bells,  is  not  written  on 
their  own.  Justice  is  not  pressed  beyond  the  limit  of  self  interest.  Our  ful- 
laioations  against  the  abuses  of  the  Indian  are  idle  thunderbolts,  save  as  his 
welfare  is  bound  up  with  ours.  Great  reforms  are  carried  through,  by  powerful 
parties  demanding  their  own  rights,  not  from  a  higii  sense  of  duty  to  other  men. 
Our  pnblH)  ftinciionaries,  though  called  ''  Sv  rvants "  of  tlie  people,  are  more 
eager  to  shear  the  flock  than  to  lay  down  their  lives  tor  it.  They  reverse  the 
Ghriftian  rule.  They  come  to  be  ministered  unto,  not  to  minister.  Instead  of 
girdiog  themselves  with  the  towel,  and  taking  the  basin,  they  expect  others 
to  wash  their  feet.  Justice  is  bought  and  sold.  Such,  notwithstimdiug  all  the 
progress  made,  is  still,  to  a  sad  degree,  our  condition.  We  are  the  most  self- 
eondenined  nation  on  the  face  of  ihe  eanh.  Our  principles  shame  our  conduct. 
Oor  practice  belies  our  iqrofeasit>ns.  The  good  we  would  do.  we  do  not;  and 
the  evil  we  would  not,  that  we  do.  The  public  reason  is  enlightened,  and  the 
MOaKnence  right,  but  the  will  is  not  yet  thoroughly  persuaded.  We  would  see 
6<kI'«  kingdom  come,  his  will  done  on  earth  as  in  heaven ;  but  the  cup  ot  self- 
ttcrifice  which  he  puts  to  onr  own  lips,  we  refuse  to  drink.  This  is  the  lack  in 
our  national  character  yet  to  be  supplied.  The  work  can  be  df»ne.  It  ciin  be, 
for  all  acknowledge  that  it  ought  to  be.  We  have  nnmbered  our  forces,  and 
among  them  we  find  the  reason  antl  conscience  of  the  whole  land.  Every  man 
who  withstands  na,  is  a  boose  divided  against  himself.  The  better  part  of  him 
la  on  our  aida    it  is  a  great  work,  but  we  shall  accomplish  it.    The  stars  in 


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their  oonrses  fight  for  us.  The  central  springs  of  society  are  issuing  into  a 
sin^cle  current,  on  which  our  cause  shall  triumphantly  ride.  The  nation  has 
shown  tliat  it  cannot  he  at  pence  with  it«elf  till  it  is  an  unselfish  nation. 
Nothing  hut  the  halni  of  Gilead  can  heal  the  hurt  which  it  confesses  with  shatoe. 
Christ  is  the  physician  for  whom  its  weary  heart  sighs.  The  tipevangelized 
masses  are  groping  after  him.  lie  <Hily  can  give  them  rest.  It  16  the  washing 
of  regeneration  and  the  renewing  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  that  shall  make  all  our 
people  righteous.  Herein  is  the  miglity  lack.  Let  this  come,  and  onr  walls 
shall  indeed  he  ^^  Salvation,*' and  our  gates  '*  Praise."  Alm<»st'all  but  this  is 
even  now  accomplished.  This  remains  to  us  to  fill  up  of  the  suflferings  of  Christ 
When  all  the  people  of  our  land  l<»ve  righteousness  and  hate  ihiquity — when 
their  life  is  as  pure  as  they  confess  it  should  be — when  all  preach  the  Sermon 
on  the  Mount  through  their  daily  conduct,  as  now  in  theory— then  only  may  we 
furl  onr  banners  and  return  to  Zion,  coming  with  the  joy  of  victory  on  our  heads. 

And  here  the  question  presses,  How  shall  this  moral  and  spiritUHl  regenera- 
tion of  our  people  be  accomplished  ? — bow  shall  it  reach  the  people  of  the  land 
through  us,  that  is  f  for  we  all  confess  that  its  source  is  in  the  Father  of  the 
spirits  of  men.  In  him  is  life ;  and  of  that  lift*  the  Son  partakes ;  and  he  is  the 
life  of  the  world.  Christ  sends  the  regenerating  Spirit.  That  Spirit  hovers 
about  the  broad  land,  broods  upon  each  lost  soul,  to  convince  of  sin  and  lead  into 
the  way  of  rest  How  shall  we  best  codperate  to  make  this  longing  of  the 
blessed  Trinity  effectual?  How  shall  we  make  channels  for  the  river  of  the  wa» 
ter  of  life,  through  which  it  may  send  its  streams,  till  every  tiiirsty  soul  through- 
out all  onr  vast  territory  shall  be  induced  to  drink  ? 

Some  would  recommend  a  grand  organization,  with  a  central  directory,  em- 
bracing and  controlling  all  Chrit^tian  effort  By  this  means,  it  is  thought,  the 
people  4if  God  might  be  kept  from  crowding  together  too  much  into  favored 
localities.  The  enture  country  would  often  pass  under  impartial  review,  and 
laborers  be  sent  forth  from  the  already  evangelized  centers  to  the  destitute  places. 
But  this  theory  forgets  that  no  one  can  be  a  good  missionary  withont  the  impulse ; 
and  if  any  man  have  the  impulse,  God  will  direct  him.  He  does  not  need  human 
masters,  but  only  helpers — the  greatest  po.'isible  facilities,  with  the  least  possible 
management  Besides,  a  vast  organization  is  too  apt  to  become  an  idol,  after  a 
little.  *^  They  sacrifice  unto  their  net,  and  burn  incense  unto  their  drag.*'  A 
grand  National  Church  tends  to  be  regarded  aa  an  end  in  itself,  rather  tha& 
simply  an  instrumentality.  Its  very  greatness  becomes  dazzling.  It  offers  strong 
temptations  to  the  ambitious  and  the  vain.  Its  members  may  begin  to  say,  *'  The 
temple  of  the  Lord,  the  temple  of  the  Lord  are  these ; "  seeking  honor  one  of 
another,  and  forgetting  the  honor  which  comes  from  Qod.  Human  pride,  lifted 
up  in  its  weakness,  cannot  repress  the  boast,  **  Is  not  this  great  Babylon,  that  I 
have  built  for  the  house  of  the  kingdom  by  the  might  of  my  power,  and  for  the 
honor  of  my  mi^esty  f  ^'  There  must  be  system  and  cooperation  in  our  work,  or 
the  whole  land  wiXL  not  be  given  to  Christ ;  but  these  must  grow  up  incidentally 
— not  be  etjipnaiized  and  doted  upon,  but  unconsciously  used  by  the  Spirit  which 
works  through  tdem — ^in  ord^  to  help,  and  not  hinder,  in  the  effort  to  evange- 
lize our  people. 

Nor  will  it  do  for  us  to  rely  too  much  on  voluntary  societies.  Christian  col- 
leges, and  divinity  schools.  These  may  contemplate  a  great  work  for  Christ, 
but  they  are  powerless  in  themselves ;  they  can  do  nothing  save  aa  God's  people 
pour  an  energizing  life  into  them.  The  Home  Missionary  Society  represents  to 
us,  better  than  any  other  institution,  perhaps,  the  idea  that  our  country  ia  to  be 


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obrudanixed.  Bat  what  is  it,  apart  from  our  gifts,  and  prayers,  and  personal 
agency  ?  The  factory  is  nothing  when  there  is  no  longer  any  water  to  drive  its 
machinery.  In  vain  do  we  moltiply  our  mills,  after  the  motive  power  is  used 
up;  vain  is  our  hope  that  they  will  do  any  thing,  if  we  havo  drawn  off  the 
power  ti>  other  uses.  Yet  this  is  the  way  we  are  tempted  to  treat  organizations 
which  are  not  strictly  and  formally  a  part  of  the  Church.  We  make  them  an 
excuse  for  perstmal  neglect  We  treat  them  as  though  they  could  make  bricks 
withiiot  straw ;  as  though  they  had  realized  the  dream  of  a  perpetual  motion, 
tod  could  run  on  inde£nitely,  doing  the  great  work  they  represent  by  virtue  of 
lone  inherent  energy.  Thus  do  they  become  but  castles  in  the  air.  Tlicy  do 
Boi  house  the  ungathered  maltitndes.  Our  neglect  converts  them  into  a  cheat- 
iog  mirage.  We  sit  taking  our  ease,  drawing  water  for  our  own  flocks  out  of  the 
wells  we  have  digged,  Hnd  point  the  thirsty  caravan,  forerer  mardiiug  past  us, 
to  a  priimise  which  is  not  fulfilled. 

There  is  but  a  single  course  open  to  us,  if  we  would  see  the  day  of  the  Lord 
hiftened  on.     Penonal  eon$eer(Uum  to  the  great  work  is  that  on  which  it<t  final 
trioniph  depend!^.    Chri^t  waits  for  a  hoi,  pe«>ple— for  a  purified  and  devoted 
Obnrch.     Those  whom  he  is  not  ashamed  to  call  his  brethren,  must  present  their 
bodies  a  living  sacrifice.    Like  him,  they  most  be  about  their  Father's  business ; 
fisd  their  meat  and  drink,  as  he  did,  in  doing  that  Father's  will,  and  finishing  his 
werL    When  John  was  in  Patmos,  he  heard  ^*  the  voice  of  a  great  mdltitnde,  as 
the  voiee  of  many  waters,  and  as  the  voice  of  mighty  thnnderings,  saying, 
AUdaial  for  the  L<trd  Ood  omnipotent  reigneth.    Let  us  be  glad  and  rejoice, 
ad  give  honor  t«>  him :  for  the  marriage  of  the  Lamb  is  come,  and  his  wife  hath 
■ade  hereelf  ready .'*    His  wife  hath  made  herself  ready :  a  conseorated  church, 
tD  ChriKt's  people  spending  and  spent,  denying  themselves  and  devoting  them- 
Mhes,  face  to  face  witii  the  great  work,  and  straitened  in  soul  till  it  be  accom- 
plidied  ;  this  is  the  |  reparation  before  which  the  gates  of  the  morning  are  lifted 
vp,  ami  the  King  of  Gl«>ry  rides  into  his  dominion  amid  welcoming  hosannas. 
It  was  jnst  an  well  that  the  disciples  should  tarry  in  Jerusalem  till  endued  with 
power  from  on  high ;  but  when  that  power  came  upon  them,  making  them  feel 
poionally  res|>onsib1e  for  Ohrist's  kingdom,  they  spoke  with  tongnes ;  nor  were 
»y  able  to  resist  the  wisdom  and  spirit  which  were  in  them ;  and  the  Wf>rd  of 
God  grew  and  was  multiplied,  till  at  length  the  Gross  towered  above  the  eagles 
of  Borae.    We  have  nf>  such  barbarism  to  meet  as  they  met    The  consciences 
ofthis  people  are  convinced;  their  own  hearts  condemn  them;  and  their  wills 
oaaoot  but  be  persuaded,  when  they  see  ua  living  such  lives  as  Christ  and  the 
aposdes  lived.    All  schemes  for  saving  our  country  must  fail,  save  as  tliey  are 
wielded  by  this  individual  consecration.     Tliis  is  the  living  spirit  within  the 
wheels,  in  obedience  to  which  they  are  lifted  up,  and  go  whithersoever  ir  directs, 
but  hi  want  of  which  they  must  be  powerless,  however  high  and  dreadful.    This 
devotion  to  the  work,  in  your  heart  and  mine,  is  that  out  of  which  all  else  that 
we  deem  important  must  come.    This  in  ns,  like  the  force  of  gravitation  in  a 
tniverse  of  diffbsed  matter,  will  gather  ns  into  masses,  and  fix  our  orbits,  and 
laanbal  ns  as  the  Lord  hath  need,  till  the  glory  of  God  shall  be  declared,  not 
amid  colliding  systems,  but  in  that  serene  and  orderly  shining  which  no  sonl  can 
withstand.    Ye  are  God^s  husbandry.    Ye  are  Qod^s  bnflding.    Ye  are  the  salt 
of  the  earth.    Ye  are  the  light  of  the  world.    Ye  are  builded  together  for  an 
habitation  of  God  through  the  Spirit    Ye  are  that  body  of  Christ,  the  living 
temple  in  which  he  dwells;  and  if  any  man  defile  God's  temple.  Mm  will  God 
dmteoy.    How  often  we  sit  wondering  at  the  mighty  resolta  ef  the  missionary 


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hibors  of  Paul  1  Bat  the  oaase  of  his  mftrvelons  achievements  is  "  an  open  secret ^^ 
Faal  was  a  consecrated  man.  **  God  forbid  that  I  should  glory,  save  Id  the  cross 
of  onr  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  by  which  I  am  crucified  to  the  world,  and  the  world 
to  me.'*  Hear  his  record:  **In  labors  more  abundant,  in  stripes  above  measure, 
in  prisons  more  freqnent,  in  deaths  oft.  Of  the  Jews  ^re  times  received  I  forty 
stripes  save  one,  thrice  was  I  beaten  with  rods,  once  was  I  stoned,  thrice  I  suf- 
fered shipwreck,  a  night  and  n  day  have  I  been  in  the  deep ;  in  joumeyings  ofren, 
in  perilH  of  waters,  in  perils  of  rolibers,  in  perils  by  mine  own  countrxmen,  in 
peril:*  by  the  heathen,  in  perils  in  the  dty,  in  perils  in  the  wilderness,  in  perils 
in  the  sea,  in  perils  among  false  brethren  ;  in  wenriness  and  painfulness,  in  watch- 
ings  often,  in  hunger  and  thirst,  in  fastings  often,  in  cold  and  nakedness.*'  Let 
all  the  ChrisMans  of  America  show  such  devotion  as  this;  let  them  drink  this 
eup,  and  be  baptized  with  this  baptism,  and  the  effect  could  not  but  be  corres- 
pondiiigl>  great.  "  Words,  money,  all  things  else,"  says  a  living  writer,*  *'  are 
comparatively  easy  to  give  away ;  but  when  a  man  makes  a  gift  of  his  daily  life 
and  practice,  it  is  plain  that  the  truth  has  taken  possession  of  him.  From  that 
sincerity  hin  words  gain  the  force  and  pertinency  of  deeds;  and  his  money  is  no 
Ibnger  the  pale  drudge  'twixi  man  and  man,  but,  by  a  beautiful  magic,  what 
erewhile  bore  tlfe  image  and  superscription  of  Osd^utr,  seems  now  to  bear  the 
image  and  superscription  of  God.*'  This  offering  up  of  ourselves,  this  personal 
consecration,  whereby  we  bear  about  daily  in  our  bodies  the  dying  of  the  Lord 
Jesus,  is  that  which  causes  the  Hie  also  of  Christ  to  be  manifested  not  only  in  us, 
but  thr(>u<;h  us,  even  upon  as  many  as  the  Lord  our  God  shall  call.  This  fellow- 
ship (»f  living  devotion,  in  the  great  work  committed  to  our  hands,  is  that  alone 
which  answers  the  blessed  prayer :  *^  Holy  Father,  keep  through  thine  own 
name  those  whom  thou  hast  given  me,  that  they  may  be  one,  as  we  are.'* 
*^  Neither  pray  I  for  these  alone,  but  for  them  also  which  shall  believe  on  me 
through  th^ir  word;  that  they  all  may  be  one,  as  thou,  Father,  art  in  me,  and  I 
in  thee,  that  they  also  may  be  one  in  us ;  that  the  worid  may  know  that  thou 
bast  sent  me.'* 

Tlie  motives  to  this  consecration  are  very  strong.  The  conversion  of  our 
country  to  Ohrist  is,  in  itself,  so  sublime  a  work,  that  it  ought  to  call  forth  all 
the  hidden  energies  of  our  natures.  We,  who  are  the  children  of  light,  may  well 
take  a  lesson  from  the  children  of  this  world.  Think  of  the  thousands  who  have 
laid  doA'n  their  lives  to  preserve  our  civil  rights,  to  extend  the  area  of  freedom, 
to  f.Ifil  the  hopes  of  the  Republic.  Yet  we  struggle  in  a  grander  caut^  than  tiiat 
to  which  they  gave  all.  Did  we  hazard  so  much,  and  load  the  present  and  future 
with  such  burdens,  to  gain  a  temporal  good?  But  what  is  the  brief  human  do- 
minion, to  the  government  of  which  there  shall  be  no  end  ?  Think  of  the  artists, 
the  invent  rs,  the  authors,  who  risk  health,  money,  and  life,  in  enthnsiastic  devo- 
tion to  their  several  ends :  and  shall  we,  who  have  an  everlasting  kingdom  to 
win,  deem  any  service  too  hard  or  any  sacrifice  too  great  9  Think  of  the  ambi- 
tious princes  who,  to  gain  the  prize  of  sovereignty,  venture  all  they  have,  and 
bathe  whole  C(»ntinent8  in  blood.  Tet  they  do  it  to  gain  a  corruptible  crown. 
What  is  their  hope,  to  the  kingdom  and  greatness  of  the  kingdom,  which  shall  be 
given  to  the  people  of  the  saints  of  the  Most  High  God  ?  It  is  no  national  vanity 
in  us,  but  the  simple  truth,  when  we  say,  thai  our  country  is  the  last  battle- 
ground of  Christiaally.  Here  the  fate  of  the  world  is  to  be  decided.  There  is 
■o  other  West  toward  which  the  star  of  empire  can  take  its  way — no  other  wil- 
derness into  Wbicfa  the  woman  that  bore  the  man-child  can  flee.    All  races  are 

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concentrating  here.  The  work  of  foreign  missions  must  be  done  on  onr  own 
sLores.  Let  America  be  oliristianized,  and  the  gospel  will  be  victorioas  around 
the  globe.  ShMll  we,  then,  be  idle  ?  Shall  we  grudge  the  last  farthing,  or  oonnt 
onr  lives  dear?  What  a  victory  it  is  to  be  I  Look  at  our  land ;  wnsbed  by  two 
ooeans  for  many  a  &ir  league ;  lying  along  between  the  two  borders  of  the  an- 
cient world ;  warmed  by  the  breezes  of  the  tropics,  and  cooled  with  polar  icei 
sending  the  thrill  of  a  mighty  life  outward  on  either  hand;  holding  the  balance 
in  whioh  £nn>pe  and  AsIh  are  to  be  weighed  against  each  other.  It  shall  be 
giTen  to  Christ !  He  shall  wield  it  Its  glory  nnd  power  shall  be  laid  at  hia 
feet :  all  the  hidden  wealth  which  the  vast  banin  of  the  Mississippi  is  yielding 
forth ;  the  great  cities  on  either  coast,  which  the  iron  road  is  bringing  to  each 
otlier's  door ;  the  abundance  of  that  mighty  sea,  stretching  between  Japan  and 
the  Golden  Gate,  over  which  the  leviathans  of  trade  are  building  their  highway. 
Tea,  even  the  electric  wires  running  under  that  sea  shall  be  his ;  and  through 
tbein  the  heart  of  China,  Bussia,  and  India,  shall  be  made  to  feel  the  pulse  of  hia 
all-oonquering  love. 

Great  is  the  gift  in  itself.  Yet,  what  is  it,  compared  with  him  to  whom  it 
sfaAlI  be  given  ?  It  is  to  the  Lord  who  bought  us  that  we  devote  this  land.  And 
bow  poor  the  offering  seems,  rich  as  we  may  deem  it,  when  lai^on  the  altar  by 
vbich  it  is  sanctified  I  Christ  bids  us  subdue  this  people  to  him.  Thin  is  a  mo- 
tiTs  before  whioh  all  others  fade  away.  Ko  h«»pe  can  be  so  dear  to  us,  as  the 
hope  of  doing  something  for  him.  Jonathan  Edwards  was  keenly  alive  to  tlie 
beauties  of  the  natural  world ;  but  when  God  opened  his  spiritual  eye,  so  that 
be  beheld  the  glories  pf  the  Lamb  in  the  midst  of  the  throne,  a  new  rapture 
mzed  him.  To  spread  abn>ad  the  name  of  that  wonderful  Bedet-mer,  to  exalt 
bii  honor,  was  all  the  joy  of  the  new-born  soul.  The  kingdoms  of  the  world j 
nd  their  glory,  were  nothing  to  that  transfigured  Saviour.  It  was  so  with  Paul| 
ifter  he  had  seen  the  vision  of  Christ.  Whether  in  the  body  or  out  of  the  body^ 
be  oi>uld  not  tell ;  but  he  had  been  caught  up  into  the  third  heaven,  and  seen 
nch  glories  in  Christ  as  are  too  wonderful  to  be  spoken:  Hence  the  unquencha- 
ble flame  in  his  souL  It  was  Christ  for  him  to  live ;  and  nothing  should  separate 
bim  from  the  love  of  Christ ;  for  Christ  he  was  ready  to  be  offered  ;  and  he 
lotiged  for  nothing  so  much  as  to  depart  and  be  with  Christ  The  glory  of  the 
S«leemer  is  that  which  gives  to  the  Revelation  of  John  its  great  power.  ^^  And 
I  tnroed  to  see  the  voice  that  spake  with  me.  And  being  turned,  I  saw  seven 
gulden  candlesticks :  and  in  the  midst  of  the  seven  candlesticks  one  like  unto 
tbe  Son  of  miin,  clothed  with  a  garment  down  to  tlie  foot^  and  girt  about  the 
ptps  with  a  golden  girdle.  His  head  and  his  hairs  were  white  like  wool,  as  white 
*>  'now ;  and  his  eyes  were  as  a  fiaine  of  fire ;  and  his  feet  like  unto  fine  brasBj 
<•  if  they  bameJ  in  a  furnace ;  and  his  voice  as  the  sound  of  many  waters.  And 
be  had  in  his  ri^ht  hand  seven  stars :  and  out  of  his  mouth  went  a  sharp  two- 
^Sed  sword :  and  his  countenance  was  as  the  sun  shineth  in  his  strength.''  Thi% 
kretliren,  is  the  adorable  mijesty  of  our  divine  and  exalted  Lord,  whose  king- 
^  is  the  New  Jerusalem  eoming  down  out  of  heaven  from  God,  adorned  as  a 
bride  Itr  her  husband.  And  he  shall  set  up  the  throne  of  his  kingdom  in  our 
Ittd,  if  we  are  faithful  to  prepare  the  way  before  him ;  and  he  shall  dwell  with 
^  and  shall  be  onr  Q<»d,  and  we  shall  be  his  people*  and  our  sorrow  and  sighing 
*Ull  flee  away.  He  will  do  this  for  us,  while  we  yield  ourselves  to  hjs  will ;  for 
bath  be  not  already  done  even  greater  things?  He  loved  us,  and  gave  himbelf 
^  oa.  Thougli  he  was  rich,  yet  for  our  »akea  he  became  poor,  that  we  through 
bit  poverty  might  be  rich.    He  laid  infinite  glories  aside,  and  wrappecT  himself  in 


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feeble  day,  that  he  might  die  for  yon  and  me.  Have  we  any  thing  good  enough 
to  be  given  to  him «  Yes,  thanks  to  God  who  made  us  in  his  own  image,  onr 
goals  are  an  olTering  which  Christ  wiU  not  despise.  His  own  blessed  lips  have 
told  OS,  that  the  least  of  these  is  worth  more  than  the  whole  material  world. 
All  other  offerings  are  a  vdn  ..blation ;  but  let  ns  toy  owr  heart*  on  the  service 
and  sacrlflce  which  we  bring,  and  even  whUo  the  smolce  U  going  np  from  the 
altar,  the  shout,  "Lol  thy  King  cometh,"  shaU  teaoh  «s  how  God  hears  and 
answers  prayer. 


MISSIONARY  INTELLIGENCE. 


OAUFOBNIA. 

From  Rev.  Q.  R  Ellis,  PeMcackro,  San  Mateo 
County, 

Bom*  of  o«r  HindnunoaB. 

These  are  not  temporal  privations  and 
sufferings,  snch  as  otten  attend  mission- 
:iry  labor  in  foreign  lan«ls,  but  rather 
those  which  try  the  sonl  and  teat  the 
moral  endurance.  The  California  mis- 
aVonary  does  not  dwell  among  a  barbar- 
ous people,  nor  announce  the  word  of 
life  to  those  who  have  never  before 
heard  it.  His  is  the  duty,  often  more 
difficult,  to  preach  the  gospel  to  those 
\^ho  regard  it  as  a  worn-out  tale ;  those 
who  have  become  callous  to  its  appeals 
and  insensible  to  its  claims;  men  who 
for  twenty  years  may  have  been  doing 
their  utmost  to  throw  off  the  restraints 
of  early  Christian  associations  and  teach- 
ings, and  to  stifle  the  voice  of  conscience. 

Snch  apostates  are  a  grievous  hin- 
drance, not  only  reftising  to  hear  the 
word  themselves,  but  doing  all  they  can 
to  prevent  others  from  hearing  it.  Hav- 
ing taken  to  themselves  "  seven  other 
spirits  more  wicked  than  themselve*, 
their  last  state  is  worse  than  the  first." 
Such  a  man  may  have  once  been  an  ac- 
tive member  of  an  Eastern  church ;  his 
name  may  still  stand  on  its  roll,  while 
be  is  here  profane,  godless,  hardened. 

Social  cohesion,  too,  is  greatly  want- 
ng  here.  Califomians  hail  from  every 
State  and  country  on  earth,  with  all 
varieties  o(  habits,  tastes,  and  prejju- 
dlces.    There  ia  ryx  common  bond  of 


sympatliy  and  interest  to  unite  them  in 
efforts  for  the  general  good. 

We  have  also  local  causes  of  disagree- 
ment, such  as  disputed  land  claicns, 
squatter  quarrels,  etc.,  which  occasion 
great  bitterness  and  contention. 

Another  indirect  hindrance  to  relig- 
ious improvement,  is  the  fact  that  much 
of  the  best  landx>f  the  State  is  owned  by 
a  few  men,  who  will  not  sell  in  mode- 
rate lors,  to  practical  farmers  of  limited 
means,  but  rent  to  migratory  parties  for 
a  short  time,  or  cultivate  it  thercselves 
with  transient  help.  Hence  in  a  con- 
.siderahle  population  the  number  of 
familiei  will  be  comparatively  small. 

The  intemperate  sectarian  zeal  of  va- 
rious denominations,  crowding  two  or 
three  clmrch  enterpriste  up«»n  little 
places  which  cannot  well  support  more 
than  one,  is  not  the  least  of  our  evils. 
And  the  heterogeneous  materials  of 
these  churches  is  a  frequent  occasion  of 
internal  trouble  and  discord.  In  organ- 
izing new  churches  our  covenjint  often 
includes  professors  from  various  evan- 
gelical denominations,  who  unite  with 
us,  but  still  retain  their  preferences,  and 
sometimes  display  them  in  a  practical 
way,  when  occasion  invites.  Many 
church  troubles  have  so  arisen.  These 
uncongenial  elements,  with  unworthy 
members  admitted  upon  very  meagre 
evidences  of  conversion  or  fitness,  are  a 
standing  reproach  to  many  of  our 
churches,  and  hinder  their  growth. 

Add  to  this  long  list  the  devil  ip  the 
guise  of  rnm  and  Sunday  traffic ;  stores 
and  saloons  wide  open  on  Sunday,  and 


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seldom  without  large  (x^ngregationB ; 
their  proprietors,  perhaps,  rich  and  in- 
fluential men — and  yon  can  understiuid 
the  circamstanoes  under  which  some  of 
your  miasioBiiries  labor  here.  Many 
pretty  and  hopefal  things  have  been 
justly  said  in  reference  to  this  **  Sanset 
Land,"  and  the  sonny  side  has  been 
pretty  well  set  forth.  It  may  he  well 
now  and  then  to  look  at  the  shady  side, 
though  I  would  not  write  in  a  mournful 
or  discouraging  strain. 

Our  Hopes. 

God  is  able  to  make  these  dry  bones 
fire;  to  diithe  these  barren  wastes  wiih 
^  joy  and  beauty  of  his  presence. 
Kerer  did  a  Christian  land  cry  out  more 
loudly  for  the  reyiving  presence  and 
power  of  the  Lord  than  this,  and  never 
WIS  there  a  time  when  Christian  hero- 
ism and  f  .ithfnlness  were  so  imperative- 
ly demanded  aa  now.  We  labor  and 
pray  hi  h^pe  of  God's  coming,  and  mean 
to  hold  up  the  banner  of  our  great  Cap- 
tiin  steadily  and  unflinchingly  in  the 
line  of  a  godless  generation.  My  own 
litart  b  being  blessed  and  quickened, 
and  I  hope  and  pray  that  these  precious 
drops  of  grace  may  increase  to  a  copi* 
ofB,  all-refreshing  shower. 


DAKOTA. 

Fnm  Rev,  J,  Ward,  Yankton,  Yankton 

County, 

■oney,  Man  and  fiorsa  Wanted. 

There  has  not  been  quite  the  progress 
I  had  hoped  for  dnring  the  year  just 
•oded,  "We  have  been  so  busy  with 
"wiDg  money  for  our  church  that  we 
tft  tired  in  body  and  mind,  and  our 
bcarta  have  not  kept  a«  warm  as  they 
■boQld.  I  hod  hoped  to  say,  in  this  last 
report  for  the  year,  that  we  Khould  not 
«11  npon  yon  for  further  aid.  The 
people  have  been  expecting  to  asstune 
My  whole  support,  even  though  we 
^^  a  hu^,  debt  on  our  house.  But 
^^tte  is  almost  no  money  in  the  Terri- 
tory, and  many  persons  who  have  pro- 


perty, cannot  get  money  to  pay  what 
they  have  subscribed  for  the  year. 
Still  worse;  S4»me  of  our  people  lest 
largely  in  the  storm  which  was  upon  us 
three  weeks  ago,  lasting  with  terrible 
fury  for  three  days  and  nights.  One 
man  lo.st  over  60  head  of  cattle.  This 
makes  them  feel  poor.  The  amount 
asked,  however,  will  be  less  by  fifty  per 
cent.  tliMu  lost  year.  We  are  going  bo 
call  on  you  for  another  missionary  be- 
fore long.  How  good  it  will  seem  when 
I  can  have  a  neighbor  nearer  than  65 
miles! 

As  the  spring  opens,  and  families  ore 
pouring  in,  the  question  comes  again ; 
Ckin  I  get  a  horse,  to  be  my  colleague 
in  the  missionary  work  ?  I  mtut  have 
one.  If  y<»u  know  of  a  way  to  save  me 
from  stealing  one,  tell  me  quick,  for  I 
must  have  a  horse,  and  that  very  soon! 


jFVojh  Jiev.  8,  N.  Orout,  Elmore,  Richard 

Bon  Co, 

A  Year  in  Hia  New  Field. 

My  first  year  in  Nebraska  has  been 
one  of  trials,  of  varied  labors,  of  sweet 
privileges  and  unusual  mercies.  Never 
befiire  have  we  been  so  kindly  remem- 
bered by  Christian  friends,  filling  our 
hearts  with  grateful  surp  ise  that  our 
wants  sliould  be  so  comprehended  and 
cared  for  by  those  far  away.  May  he 
whose  paternal  eye  has  been  so  kindly 
watchful  of  all  our  neceesities  in  thiil 
our  new  fit  Id,  abundantly  reward  each 
one  who  has  contributed  to  our  comfort 
during  the  year,  whether  in  clothing, 
religious  papers,  tracts,  hooks,  money  or 
prayers.  It  is  a  privilege  to  preach  the 
gospel  with  my  hands  thus  staved  up  by 
Christian  sympathy,  and  no  hing  gives 
roe  such  solid  pleasure  as  thus  waiting 
before  God  ami  endeavoring  to  proclnim 
His  truth.  Our  trials  are  those  incident 
to  a  field  where  the  few  church  mem* 
hers  have  beeti  crippled  by  the  ravage* 
of  the  grasshoppers,  and  drought  for 
three  or  more  years,  or  the  excessive 


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wet,  ns  during  the  last  season,  nr  by  the 
cost  of  moving  to  this  place  with  niiioh 
of  their  property  kept  back  by  the  fail- 
ure or  tardiness  of  pnrchaj^rs  in  Iowa 
fknd  Wisconsin.  Some  have  been  kept 
li*om  hasiness  by  protracted  sickness. 
In  their  necessities  we  hNve  sympathized 
with  them,  of^^n  not  knowing  where 
our  next  supplies  were  to  come  from. 

H.iving  taken  cold  while  preaching, 
I  had  long  fever,  was  quite  sick,  so  that 
I  stayed  at  home  for  three  Sabbaths. 
I  had  no  relapse,  as  others,  but  have 
regaitied  my  health  and  strength  so  that 
i  can  endare  as  mnch  as  before,  and  I 
trnst  the  sweet  experiences  of  the  word 
and  love  of  God  daring  my  sickness, 
will  not  be  lost  npon  me,  or  upon  the 
people. 


MINNESOTA. 

From  Rev,  W,   W,  Snell,  Hush/ard,  FVl- 
more  Co, 

The  Nonriahinar.llother. 

The  religions  interest  continues  in  a 
few  individaal  cnses,  but  there  have  been 
no  recent  conversions.  Onr  Sabbath 
•obool  is  fall  and  enconraging ;  and,  we 
trnst,  is  acoumplisliing  much  good. 

For  your  renewal  of  my  commission 
we  are  very  gratefoL  Wliat  would 
our  little  churches  do  without  the  aid 
of  the  Home  Missionary  Society?  I 
am  sore  that  very  many  of  them  could 
not  live.  And  as  to  the  minister,  he 
looks  to  your  drafts  as  the  only  regular 
8(»urce  of  supplies.  My  people  sre  very 
good  to  pay  what  they  promise,  but  it 
mostly  C(»mes  in  the  la^^  few  months  of 
the  year ;  very  little  being  handed  in  in 
the  summer. 

I  have  jost  received  a  letter  from  the 
church  in  Pr«>vtdence,  to  which  you  so 
kindly  presented  our  case,  sayinir  that 
they  have  forwarded  a  box  of  supplies 
for  our  use.  We  await  it  with  much 
interest,  as  our  childreii  are  greatly  in 
need  of  decent  clothing.  Here,  again,  we 
feel  our  dependence  upon  Eastern  Chris- 
tian friends,  without  whose  help  life 


would  be  still  more  burdensome  on  the 
Home  Missionary  field.  We  recognize 
the  g(»od  hand  of  God  in  moving  the 
hearts  of  his  children  to  this  benevolent 
w«>rk  for  our  comfort  and  relief;  espe- 
cially as  the  mother,  though  able  to  be 
Hbout  a  part  of  the  time,  is  too  feeble 
for  work.  ' 


IOWA. 

From  Rev.  J.  R,   Upton,  Okobcji,  JHck- 
in»on  Co, 

Pioneer  Experienoa. 

About  a  year  ago  your  Superintend- 
ent stated  in  TAe  Advance  that  there 
were  fifteen  counties  in  the  northeast 
corner  of  this  State  in  which  we  had 
no  church  or  minister.  This  deter- 
mined me  to  seek  a  field  of  labor  in 
them.  Accordingly  I  commenced  a 
work  of  exploring  nine  of  these  counties, 
and  found  almost  everywhere  new  set- 
tlements forming,  mo>t  of  them  scarcely 
three  months  old.  Nearly  all  were 
upon  homesteads,  given  on  condition  of 
five  years'  residence  and  improvements. 
I  found  neighborhoods  where  improve- 
ments were  begun,  and  the  men  had 
gone  back  to  their  families.  Now  they 
have  returned,  and  are  raiding  on  their 
homesteads,  but  the  number  is  very 
small,  who  can  be  said  to  possess  many 
of  the  conditions  of  comforts  Yet  all 
appear  cheerful,  itnd  hopeful  of  a  bright- 
er future.  The  climate  and  foil  are 
excellent.  Scarcity  of  timber  and  fear 
of  Indians  in  years  past  delnyed  settle- 
ment These  obstacles  are  now  not 
set  ions.  The  red  man  is  far  removed, 
so  that  he  cannot  repeat  his  outrages. 
Several  thousand  acres  of  timber,  rich 
peat  beds,  and,  net  far  ofif,  the  best  coal 
region  of  the  State ;  with  a  railroad 
nearly  completed,  three  others  on  their 
way,  and  another  to  pas?  near — all  this, 
added  to  cheapness  of  land,  is  cauhing 
the  country  to  be  settled  with  almost 
unprecedented  rapidity.  The  cla-s  of 
^ettiers  here  is  of  a  much  better  charac- 
ter than  the  average  of  other  portions 


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of  the  Sfcate,  so  far  as  do  little  travel 
lod  eighteen  years*  aoqnaintanoe  enable 
me  to  jadge.  Thej  are  largely  Ameri- 
can and  Protestant.  My  labors  bave 
been  mostly  confined  to  tbree  ranges  of 
eonnties  lying  in  the  valley  of  the  Little 
Sioux  river,  one  of  the  finest  in  Iowa. 
In  Cherokee,  Clay  and  Dickinson  coun- 
ties, I  find  at  fonr  important  points 
materials  sufficient  for  organizing  a 
chorcli,  and  have  evidence  that  at  other 
points  missiftnary  labor  will  be  needed 
soon,  and  churches  should  be  organized. 
I  meet  with  a  cordial  reception,  and 
ba?e  full,  attentive  audiences.  The 
time  is  not  distant,  when  several  more 
laborers  will  be  needed  in  these  conn- 
ties  but  at  present,  very  little  support 
coold  be  raised,  and  the  permanent  cen- 
ters are  not  established.  Three  coun- 
ties are  my  field,  and  several  others 
depend  on  me  for  an  occasional  visit. 
So  (ar  as  I  knnw,  I  am  the  only  minis- 
ter ctf  our  order  on  a  territory  eighty 
miles  sqnare.  I  am  separated  from  my 
^%i  by  the  most  feasible  route,  a 
distance  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  miles, 
yet  I  feel  joy  in  my  work,  in  the  full 
belief  that  God  has  sent  me  here,  and  is 
jpTing  me  great  opportunity  to  be  nse- 
foL  I  think  any  of  my  brethren  might 
well  covet  stfch  a  work,  and  trust  that 
some  will  be  ready  to  refund  when  God 
calls  them  to  come  and  share  it  with  me. 
Some  part  of  my  entertainment  is 
foniished  me  by  the  settlers,  but  I  have 
to  provide  fnany  things  or  fare  hard. 
Often  I  have  to  go  many  miles  for  a 
place  to  lay  my  head  at  night.  Many 
ftmilies  cannot  keep  me  or  my  horse  at 
all.  Some  are  living  in  sod  hduses,  in 
shanties  covered  with  hay,  and  others 
ia  caverns  dug  into  the  sides  of  hills 
roof«d  over  with  turf.  Log  cabins  are 
alm*t8t  palatial  compared  with  other 
dwellings.  Railroads  will  bring  pine 
Umber  and  houses  will  then  be  built. 
Kj  purpose  is  to  start  an  Academy  in 
this  oonnty  as  soon  as  building  materials 
eoroe  nearer.  This  will  invite  the  best 
class  of  settlers. 


MIOHIQAK. 

From  Rev,  P.  R,  HoUitUr,  Hancock^  Houpk- 

ton  Co, 

On  the  Frontier. 

We  have  received  to-day  our  first 
mail  for  something  over  a  week,  and 
the  first  papers  we  have  received  for 
more  than  two  weeks.  During  the 
period  between  the  dose  of  the  winter 
staging  and  the  opening  of  the  summer 
navigation,  our  mails  are  very  uncer- 
tain. Those  that  we  have  are  brought 
through  the  woods,  on  the  backs  of 
men,  100  miles. 

Our  new  church  edifice  is  nearly  com- 
pleted, and  will  probably  be  dedicated 
on  the  first  Sabbath  in  June.  Our  Sab- 
bath school  is  increasing  in  interest, 
and  numbers  about  180.  Besides  a 
teachers'  meeting,  we  have  two  praye 
meetings  during  the  week,  though  a 
prayet"  meeting  has  never  before  been 
maintained  for  any  length  of  time  at 
the  church.  Our  people  have  very 
kindly  undertaken  to  expend  $100  in 
repairs  upon  the  parsonage,  which  it 
sadly  needed,  but  I  did  not  feel  like 
asking  them  to  do  it,  with  all  the 
other  burdens  We  very  much  need  a 
bell  fi)r  our  church,  and  I  am  going  to 
make  an  effort  at  the  dedication  to  raise 
the  money  for  it. 

It  seems  to  me  that  one  more  good 
man  might  be  employed  to  advantage 
here.  Duluth,  at  the  head  of  the  lake, 
the  terminus  of  the  St.  Paul  and  Lake 
Superior  railway,  should  have  a  church 
before  long.  It  is  a  point  of  considera- 
ble consequence,  and  in  view  of  the 
openiuir  of  that  Great  Northwest  coun- 
try by  the  Northern  Pacific  railroad, 
an  early  occupation  is  very  desirable. 


MISSOITBI. 

From  Rev,  J,  It,  Bower$,    Windsor^  Henry 
County, 

The  Honae  Bnilt  and  Blessed. 

I  can  plainly  see  that  my  labors  in> 
the  Lord  have  not  been  in  vain  here. 


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On  my  arrival  £1*0111  Sedalia,  I  found  the 
new  house  of  worship  bj  no  means  fin- 
ished. It  appeared  to  he  fast  in  a  diffi- 
cult plioe,  and  would  go  no  farther. 
Some  one  was  needed  to  give  it  a  lift 
and  ^et  a  little  more  life  into  its  builders. 
In  a  few  weeks  the  house  was  made  very 
comfortable  and  the  people  filled  it  on 
Sond)iys  wich  such  glad  hearts  as  onlj 
they  have,  who  have  been  without  a 
hou«4e  of  worship  for  months  and  years. 
(Many  of  the  people  themselves  live  in 
small,  temporary,  unfinishe<l  houses, 
which  people  of  the  East  would  hardly 
think  fit  f«>r  their  nnimals.)  Meeting  hud 
been  held  in  the  chnrch  for  weeks,  be- 

0  re  it  was  pi  istered  or  had  a  chimney, 
the  stove-pipe  being  put  out  of  the  win- 
dow. It  is  now  a  neat,  comfortable  little 
house,  24x86  feet,  and  will  hold  about 
175,  when  crowded,  as  it  often  is. 

After  our  h<»use  of  worship  was  done, 

1  went  to  work  with  earnestness  and 
prayer  upon  the  spiritual  house.  The 
Lord  has  been  with  us.  We  have  had 
good  congregations,  and  when  the 
weather  and  the  roads  have  admitted, 
our  house  has  been  crowded  with  intel- 
ligent and  Attentive  hearers.  I  fear  it 
will  not  hold  all  who  would  like  to  wor- 
ship with  us,  and  that  we  shall  have  to 
add  to  it,  or  build  a  larger  house. 

In  the  last  three  months  four'een 
have  united  with  the  church.  We  are 
holding  neighborhood  prayer  meetings 
in  the  houses  of  our  brethren  scattered 
on  the  prairies,  and  the  Spirit  has  been 
present  in  them.  All  our  meetings  are 
attended  with  interest.  There  is  a  good 
state  of  feeling  in  the  church  and  I  am 
expecting  a  large  work  of  grace.  Sev- 
eral have  askei  an  interest  in  our  pray- 
ers; others  nppear  to  be  ready  to  c«>me 
to  him.  I  have  strong  hopes  that  this 
church  will  very  soon  be  self-supporting. 


F^rwn  Rev.  C,    C.  SalUr,  Brookfidd,  Linn 
C<mnhf, 
BemUto. 
As  a  result  of  the  ^Hhree  weeks' 


union  meetings  ^^  held  here,  probably 
forty  have  united  with  the  churches. 
The  impression  left  was  g«M)d,  although 
there  was  not  a  irreat  number  f>f  conver- 
sions in  our  congregation.  Six  adults, 
who  might  not  have  been  reached  by 
other  means,  were  *'  brought  out  '^  <m  the 
side  of  Christ.  These  with  four  others 
have  joined  our  ranks.  Of  these  one 
was  a  merchant  who  had  a  well  patron- 
ized bar.  The  signs  ^^  liquors  and 
Wines"  were  removed.  The  change 
was  an  amazing  one  to  all,  and  skeptics 
predicted  a  speedy  downfall.  Another 
is  the  first  (»fficer  of  the  division  of  the 
"Brotherhood  of  Locomotive  Engin- 
eers," organized  here. 

The  congregation  is  steadily  increas- 
ing—one hundred  and  twenty-five  to 
one  hundred  and  fifty  being  the  usual 
average.  The  evening  audience  is 
largely  made  up  of  young  men.  Much 
of  the  stren;^  of  the  congregation  is 
unstable ;  yet  I  hf»pe  that  the  time  is 
near  when  at  least  a  considerable  part 
of  the  present  burden  can  be  lifted  from 
the  Society's  shoulders. 

Three  miles  south  of  the  rAilroad  is  a 
new  school- h(»use,  where  we  expect  to 
have  a  good  Sunday  schooL  I  find  the 
people  hungry  for  it.  A  preliminary 
meeting  resulted  in  thirteeu  dollars,  and 
a  committee  t-  >  collect  more  for  a  library, 
and  in  the  purpose  to  organize.  A  man 
of  large  influence  said  that  he  was  not 
willing  that  his  children  should  grow  up 
ignorant  of  the  scriptures,  and  that  they 
would  come  to  the  school.  I  have  writ- 
ten for  a  floating  library  to  be  used 
there,  and  in  another  school  ten  miles 
to  the  north  of  us,  which  a  Oongrega- 
tional  brother  is  sustaining. 

I  had  the  joy  of  seeing  a  brother  of 
Rev.  H.  N.  come  out  of  a  most  settled 
opposition,  and  then  out  of  as  settled 
despair,  unt-o  perfect  peace.  ^^The 
promises,'*  he  says,  *"  are  for  me^  His 
life  is  rapidly  ebbing  in  a  long  decline ; 
but  we  r^'oice  in  the  assurance  that 
there  awaits  him  a  better  life  with  his 
Redeemer. 


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ZLUNOIS. 

Frwn  Rn.  C.  C.  Breed,  Batt  Paw  Paw,  Be 
Kalb  Co. 

The  Pilsiim  Xemorlal. 

The  "  Memorial  Convention  '*  at  Chi- 
cago, 80  notable  for  nnmbers,  for  char- 
acter, and  for  its  excellent  spirit,  was 
most  instmotive  and  refreshing  to  me, 
straggling  with  a  feeble  band  of  Pil- 
grim representatives,  amid  adverse  and 
rival  interests.  The  prayers  and  ad- 
dresses—indeed the  whole  tenor  of  the 
proceedings,  aroused  new  interest  in 
those  funndation  principles  which  made 
our  (athers  what  they  were,  and  our 
country  what  it  is.  Sometimes  it  has 
seemed  almost  useless  here  to  contend 
against  snch  odds — institutions  and  or- 
ganizations so  firmly  intrenched,  with 
so  little  sympathy  and  encouragement ; 
and  were  it  not  for  an  occasional  indi- 
cation of  an  under-current  of  good  at 
work,  the  heart  would  fail  and  the  ef- 
fort ceasei 

Bat  I  rejoice  in  the  accumulating 
eridences,  gathered  at  these  social 
anions,  that  the  views  of  our  Pilgrim 
aocestors  as  to  the  true  church  or- 
der and  faith  are  winning  their  way. 
I  know  that  out  of  weakness  our  God 
derelopes  strength,  and  that  the  feeblest 
of  these  churches,  that  is  true  to  prin- 
ciple, is  exerting  a  moulding  influence 
on  present  and  future  generations — a 
liberalizing  influence  which  in  time  shall 
root  out  all  centralized,  domineering, 
de^tic  orders  in  church  or  civil  life. 
The  true  Christian  life  is  so  simple,  so 
contrary  to  all  that  is  lordly  or  self- 
derived,  that  where  it  prevails,  the 
ntn-exalting  systems  must  go  down. 
The  two  systems  cannot  long  flourish 
*ide  by  side.  The  one  unifies  the  race, 
tbe  other  exalts  $el/.  This  is  why  I 
love  oar  polity,  and  am  willing  to  stand 
by  the  stuflT;  to  take  an  oversight  of 
the  fbgments,  to  try  and  keep  alive  the 
sparks,  hoping  to  gather  new  fuel,  to 
•how  a  brighter  light,  to  add  heat, 
power,  vitality,  to  doctrine  and  life— so 
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to  widen  the  influence  of  the  church 
for  good. 


From  Rev.  H.  P.  De  Forest,  Chicago, 
One  Year,  and  Qoes  Alone. 

To-day  closes  the  year  of  my  service 
under  your  commission. 

The  church  has,  with  unusual  prompt- 
ness, redeemed  its  pecuniary  pledges. 
At  the  annual  meeting  there  was  found 
to  be  a  deficit  of  $600  in  the  current  ex- 
penses of  the  year,  and  it  was  all  sub- 
scribed by  those  present,  although  it 
was  so  stormy  a  night  that  few  were 
out,  and  although  we  have  not  a  rich 
man  among  us.  It  came  from  young 
men,  almost  wholly,  and,  as  I  know^  at 
a  personal  sacrifice. 

I  feel  sure  that  the  condition  of  the 
church  is  healthy,  and  that  the  promise 
of  the  future,  though  it  may  be  delayed, 
is  not  uncertain.  In  the  parish  work 
we  are  trying  to  reach  as  many  as  pos- 
sible, and  have  divided  the  parish  into 
six  sections,  with  a  committee  not 
publicly  appointed,  but  under  pastoral 
guidance,  who  superintend  the  visita- 
tion in  these  districts. 

We  shall  hereafter  depend  upon  our- 
selves, mainly  or  wholly,  for  pecuniary 
support.  Our  regular  monthly  income 
from  subscriptions  has  gained  at  least 
one  third  over  that  of  last  year,  and  we 
hope  it  will  soon  equal  the  expenses. 

We  shall  try  to  keep  bright  the 
memory  of  your  assistance  during  the 
pa^t  year  by  regular  contributions  to 
your  treasury;  and  I  hope  the  time 
may  soon  come  when  we  shall  be  able 
to  render  efficient  help  in  the  grand 
work  of  keeping  the  gospel  abreast  of 
the  advancing  civilization. 


NEW  YOBK. 

From  Rev.  E.  Perkiti$,  Phemix,  Oswego  Co. 

Traininfir-Sohools. 

Though  something   more  than  one 

third  of  the  entire  membership  has  been 

added  to  the  church  since  my  oonnec- 


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tion  with  it,  for  two  years  only,  and 
though  many  of  them  were  young  men, 
we  are  very  little  strengthened  pecu- 
niarily. Our  village  can  afford  em- 
ployment to  only  a  limited  number  of 
its  young  men,  and  seeking  business 
they  leave  us.  Our  young  women  also 
marry  and  go  elsewhere.  Yet  we  are 
not  discouraged.  These  young  people 
are  somewhere  in  the  Master's  vineyard, 
and  it  is  of  more  importance  that  they 


trorjfc,  than  they  work  just  here.  This 
lays  upon  us  the  urgent  duty  of  labor, 
ing  the  more  faithfully  to  rouse  up 
others  to  fill  their  places ;  and  who 
will,  in  their  turn,  do  as  their  predeces- 
sors have  done,  "  go  We$V^  And  what 
is  true  here,  is  probably  true  else- 
where ;  so  that  many  of  our  churches 
are  in  a  sense  training  echooU  for 
churches  in  other  places.  May  God 
enable  us  to  do  our  work  well ! 


MISCELLANEOU  S. 


On  the  Pacific  Boad. 

[From  the  "  Notes  by  the  Way"  of  Rev. 
Reuben  Gaylord,  who  is  making  a  tour  of  ex- 
ploration along  the  Pacific  Railroad,  in  be- 
half of  this  Society,  we  present  the  following 
extracts :] 

Leaving  Omaha  on  the  2Ctli  of  May, 
I  came  at  once  to  the  end  of  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad,  and  propose  to  work 
towards  home.  I  reached  Ogden,  more 
than  1,000  miles  from  Omaha,  in  a  little 
over  two  days.  The  scenery  in  the  Black 
Hills,  a  spur  of  the  Rocky  Mountains, 
and  in  the  Wasatch,  another  range,  is 
grand  in  the  extreme.  The  road  may 
well  be  called  one  of  the  wonders  of  the 
world.  In  places,  solid  masses  of  rock 
rise  almost  perpendicularly  to  the  height 
of  150  feet  on  either  side  of  the  track, 
their  summits  covered  with  snow.  To 
build  a  railroad  through  such  a  coun- 
try was  a  herculean  undertaking.  HiUs 
are  cut  down  or  tunneled,  valleys  filled 
up  or  spanned  by  bridges,  and  the  train 
goes  thundering  down  as  if  hurried  on 
by  fate.  It  makes  one  shudder  to  think 
of  the  consequences,  if  by  any  means  a 
train  should  fly  the  track.  Ogden  I 
found  to  be  over  20  years  old,  instead 
of  a  new  town,  as  I  supposed.  It  is 
settled  mostly  by  Mormons.  The  Taber- 
nacle, a  large  structure,  is  the  only 
place  of  worship  in  the  city,  and  there 
is  no  other  religious  organization  here 


Its  importance  at  the  present  time  arises 
mainly  from  its  being  the  junction  of 
the  Union  and  the  Central  Pacific  roads. 
A  branch  railway  leaves  here  for  Salt 
Lake  City. 

Finding  no  place  to  preach  on  the 
Sabbath,  I  went  to  the  Tabernacle  to 
hear  the  Mormons  set  forth  their  doc- 
trine. They  all  seem,  so  ief  as  I  can 
learn,  to  have  a  stereotyped  line  of  dis- 
course, dwelling  largely  upon  the  per- 
secutions they  claim  to  suffer,  deducing 
therefrom  an  argument  for  their  being 
the  children  of  God;  claiming  divine 
authority  for  polygamy,  and  exhorting 
the  saints  to  live  faithful,  and  thus  illus- 
trate their  doctrines.  They  warn  the 
saints  to  guard  against  the  inroads  of 
civilization,  and  call  upon  heads  of  fam- 
ilies to  watch  their  wives  and  daugh- 
ters. These  were  the  leading  topics  of 
the  discourse  I  heard.  There  seems  to 
be  no  religious  element  here,  outside  of 
the  Mormons.  There  is  a  Gentile  popu- 
lation, but  not  much  hopefulness  among 
them  as  to  the  future.  I  understand  that  a 
new  junction  point  is  to  be  made  a  few 
miles  west,  which  will  take  away  all 
the  railroad  business,  and,  I  should 
judge,  largely  the  business  of  this  place. 
There  is  quite  a  population  there, 
mostly  Mormonized. 

I  took  the  train  to  run  down  to  Co- 
rinne,  80  miles  west,  on  the  Central 
Pacific.    That  is  the  only  Gentile  town 


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in  Utah.  It  is  a  point  of  considerable 
life  and  bosiDess  activity.  It  is  the 
shipping-point  for  freight  for  Montana 
and  Idaho,  and  reminds  me  of  early 
days  in  Omaha,  before  the  railroad  was 
boilt.  I  found  there  a  Presbyterian 
minister  aboat  organizing  with  16  or 
18  members.  The  Methodists  and  Epis- 
eopalians  are  on  the  ground  also.  I 
fonnd  only  one  Congregationalist  there. 

Betoming,  I  went  yesterday  to  Salt 
Lake  City.  I  met  there  some  who 
were  associated  with  Mr.  McLeod  in 
his  work,  though  not  church  members. 
It  is  hard  for  Gentiles  to  live  there  and 
do  bosinees,  the  Mormons  passing  them 
bj  to  trade  with  their  own  people. 
The  permanent  Gentile  popolation  is 
diminishing  gradually.  The  Episco- 
palians and  Methodists  are  trying  to 
boild  up  an  interest  there.  There  are 
two  grounds  of  hope  for  that  place: 
the  dissensions  of  the  Mormons,  and 
the  mining  interests  of  the  region.  The 
latter,  it  is  thought,  will  bring  in  a  Gen- 
tQe  emigration. 

I  had  a  feeling  of  sadness  as  I  thought 
of  this  large  territory,  so  rich  in  min- 
erals of  all  kinds,  with  agricultural  re- 
worces  of  great  value,  with  a  popula- 
tion of  100,000,  all  under  Mormon 
influence ;  and  if  this  should  disappear, 
only  opening  the  way  for  infidelity ;  and 
the  question  arose,  Can  nothing  be 
done  ?  I  wish  the  way  could  be  open- 
ed for  sustaining  the  right  man  in  the 
citj  of  Salt  Lake,  and  making  it  a  radi- 
ating point  for  gospel  influences.  One 
is  Sbtoniahed  to  see  what  has  been  ac- 
complished in  a  material  way  in  this 
barren  waste  within  a  few  years.  There 
tre  long  business  streets^  large  stores, 
private  residences  and  gardens  that 
would  attract  attention  in  our  eastern 
cities.  Brigham  Young  lives  like  a 
lord.  He  has  his  telegraph  office,  with 
lines  through  his  dominions.  The  Tem- 
ple square  is  enclosed  with  a  wall  not 
kea  than  ten  feet  high.  Within  this  en- 
doflore  is  the  old  and  the  new  Taber- 
nacle.   The  foundations  of  the  temple, 


of  hewed  granite,  hauled  80  miles,  are  in 
round  numbers  100  by  200  feet  in  extent. 

The  new  junction  which  I  spoke  of, 
when  operations  are  commenced,  I 
should  judge,  will  be  as  favorable  a  pcnnt 
for  a  minister  as  any  in  all  this  region. 
I  shall  be  in  a  situation  to  learn  the 
facts  about  this  more  fully.  It  is  the 
only  point  of  real  encouragement  I  dis- 
cover here  as  yet. 

I  am  happy  to  report  my  health  good. 
I  find  quite  a  change  in  climate,  and 
a  good  coal  fire  is  comfortable  in  these 
June  days,  with  snow  on  the  hills  above 
us  in  full  view. 


A  Tear's  Work  in  niinois. 

[The  followmg  items  are  condensed  from 
the  report  made  to  the  General  Association, 
at  its  last  meeting,  by  Rev.  Dr.  R07,  Super- 
intendent  for  Northern  and  Central  IlUnols. 
The  year  embraced  in  his  report  is  that  of 
the  Association,  differing  somewhat  from 
that  covered  by  the  Annual  Report  of  this 
Society :] 

During  this  year  fifty-eight  mission- 
ary laborers  have  been  employed  in  the 
Northern  District  of  Hlinois,  and  seven 
in  the  Southern, — sixty-five  in  all.  In 
the  Northern,  eighty-two  churches  and 
ten  out-stations  have  been  served ;  in  the 
Southern,  eight  During  the  year  elev- 
en churches  have  become  self-support- 
ing ;  eleven  churches  h^ve  been  organ- 
ized, all  but  two  of  which  were  devel- 
oped under  Home  Missionary  auspices ; 
seven  missionary  churches  have  dedi; 
cated  houses  of  worship.  Three  pastors 
have  been  installed  in  missionary 
churches.  Twelve  churches,  besides 
those  that  have  become  self* supporting, 
have  asked  less  aid  this  year  than  last. 

The  average  missionary  salary  in  Illi- 
nois, this  year,  has  been  $684 ;  in  Ver- 
mont, $589.60;  Michigan,  $661.10; 
Iowa,  $638  ;  Massachusetts,  $790  ; 
New  Hampshire,  $650;  Maine,  $600; 
making  the  average  missionary  salary 
in  these  seven  States,  $659. 

Of  the  235  churches  in  the  State,  103 


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are  Belf-sapportiog ;  90  have  mieslonary 
aid;  42  are  unable  to  go  alone,  bat 
unite  witb  other  churches  in  the  sup- 
port of  the  ministry,  or  are  unsupplied, 
or  in  suspense.  The  contributions  of 
the  churches  amount  to  $5,736.12.  The 
appropriations  by  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society  to  the  State,  this 
year,  amount  to  $17,165. 

The  Soperintendent  for  Southern  Dli- 
nois,  whose  field,  though  embracing 
only  the  Southern  Association,  covers 
nearly  one  half  of  the  territory  of  the 
State,  besides  looking  after  the  minis- 
terial supply  and  the  applications  of  the 
missionary  churches,  has  given  himself 
to  a  general  missionary  work.  But  the 
want  of  congeniality  with  our  system 
in  that  region,  the  rigidity  of  sectarian 
feeling,  and  the  want  of  Puritan  ele- 
ment in  quantity  large  enough  even  to 
be  a  leaven,  are  felt  by  him  as  only 
they  can  understand  who  come  into 
practical  contact  with  these  obstacles. 
Still,  the  work  will  be  pushed  with  pa- 
tience and  fidelity,  and  every  practicable 
opening  will  be  occupied. 

[The  Association  by  vote  recommended 
that,  wherever  practicable,  two  churches  be 
united  in  the  support  of  one  minister,  and 
that  aided  churches  reduce  the  amount  asked 
for  as  fast  as  possible.  The  Association 
also  voted  to  put  the  subject  of  Home  Mis- 
sions upon  the  docket  of  each  meeting  for 
reports  and  discussions,  until  the  time 
comes  for  the  organization  of  a  State  Home 
Missionary  Society,  whose  regular  anniver- 
sary exercises  will  occur  in  connection  with 
the  meetings  of  the  Association.] 


Decease  of  Sev.  &  J.  Whiten. 

[Seldom  has  this  Society  been  called  to 
part  with  so  devoted,  self-sacrificing  a  mis- 
sionary as  was  he  whose  name  heads  this 
notice.  He  literally  gave  bis  life  to  the 
work .  Others,  beside  his  bereaved  flocks 
in  Iowa,  will  be  interested  in  these  extracts 
from  the  funeral  sermon  by  Rev.  F.  Wil- 
liams, preached  in  Westford,  Conn.,  where 
Mr,  Whiton  was  born  and  died.] 


Rev.  S.  J.  Whiton  was  bom  in  West- 
ford,  Conn.,  September  11th,  1839.  He 
was  the  son  of  Dea.  Ohaunoey  and  Lu- 
cinda  M.  Whiton.  Given  to  the  Lord 
in  baptism  in  his  infancy,  he  became 
the  child  of  prayer  and  of  constant  re- 
ligions training.  Retiring,  studions, 
meditative,  he  gathered  books,  geologi- 
cal specimens,  and  the  prodnctions  of 
the  sea  and  of  foreign  lands,  and  became 
familiar  with  works  of  nature  and  of 
art.  His  prose  and  poetic  productions 
were  frequently  published.  He  taught 
with  much  enthusiasm  and  success. 
When  eight  years  old  his  parents  think 
he  gave  his  heart  to  God,  but  in  1859 
he  came  ont  decidedly  for  Jesus,  and 
ever  after  manifested  great  interest  in 
his  cause.  He  soon  wished  to  carry 
the  gospel  to  the  heathen,  and  went  to 
the  Mendi  mission.  West  Africa,  in  May, 

1862.  lie  returned  with  impaired 
health  the  next  fall ;  rallied,  and  retcrned 
to  his  chosen  field  of  labor  in  June, 

1863.  He  was  married  in  Freetown, 
Sierra  Leone,  July  6th,  to  Miss  Lydia 
0.  Danforthy  of  Oberlin,  O.,  who  was 
on  her  way  to  the  same  mission.  She 
died  in  Nov.  1864,  and  in  February, 
prostrated  with  the  African  fever,  he 
left-  for  home,  was  nearly  shipwrecked, 
and  took  a  cold  that  settled  on  his  lungs. 
When  raised  from  his  long  illness,  one 
lung  was  entirely  useless.  Unable  to 
return  to  Africa,  he  went  south  in  the 
fall  of  1865,  spending  a  year  at  Fortress 
Monroe,  Va.,  and  a  winter  at  Beaufort, 
N.  0. 

He  went  to  Iowa  in  the  spring  of 
1867  (under  commission  from  this  So- 
ciety), and  labored  with  the  Wittemberg 
church,  Newton,  for  two  years.  For 
the  last  year  and  a  half  revival  influ- 
ences were  constant  among  his  people, 
forty  uniting  at  one  time,  and  about 
one  hundred  and  forty  during  His  min- 
istry there.  Thi?  seemed  no  longer  a 
field  to  which  he  felt  called,  and  much 
against  the  wishes  of  his  people,  he  left 
them,  saying,  ^^  I  think  I  can  do  more 
for  the  Master  in  some  newer  missionary 


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field."  JoDe  9,  1869,  he  married  Miss 
Emilj  Pitkin,  who  survives  to  mourn 
hifl  early  deatJi.  He  had  not  yet  relin- 
qnished  the  hope  of  going  back  to  Afri- 
ca ;  bat  his  plans  were  not  to  be  car- 
ried out  He  had  an  attack  of  hemor- 
rbage  of  the  Inngs,  but  so  far  recovered 
that  he  preached  at  Monroe,  Iowa, 
during  a  part  of  the  last  winter.  Ev- 
ery  sermon  was  followed  by  utter  ex- 
haustion. In  February  he  preached  his 
last  sermon  from  the  text,  ^^  Come  unto 
me,  all  ye  that  labor  and  are  heavy 
laden,  and  I  will  give  you  rest."  How 
tppropriate  for  the  last  sermon  to  his 
people,  himself^  and  his  friends  soon  to 
be  bereaved  I 

Gathering  up  bis  remaining  strength, 
with  his  loved  and  loving  companion, 
be  came  to  the  welcome  paternal  home. 
Words  of  cheer  and  hope  were  often 
open  his  lips.  His  end  was  peace,  and 
bis  passage  over  the  river  quiet  as  a 
sommer  evening. 

On  the  Sabbath,  May  22d,  at  the 
early  age  of  thirty,  our  brother  dosed 
bis  labors  upon  earth,  and  we  doubt 
not 'rests  from  lus  loved  employments 
bere,  to  share  in  those  far  higher  and 
nobler  in  heaven. 


What  has  made  New  England? 

Ju9T  previous  to  the  great  eruption 
oftbe  civil  war  it  was  my  fortune  to 
dhnb  a  hill  of  vision  in  one  of  the  cen- 
tral counties  of  Virginia.  Far  along 
from  north  to  south,  like  a  huge  wall 
boilded  by  the  giants  and  flanked  witli 
dreamy  towers  and  buttresses  of  purple, 
ran  the  line  of  the  Blue  Ridge.  On  the 
distant  slopes  and  crags  the  solemn  old 
forests  slombered  and  nodded  to  the 
viod  of  May.  Far  to  the  eastward  was 
the  white  winding  ribbon  of  the  James 
river,  and  nearer,  the  broad  but  turbid 
current  of  the  Rapidan.  A  single  town 
was  visible  upon  the  horizon;  the  re- 
mainder of  the  scene  was  composed  of 
broad  plantations.    On  these  the  young 


crops  of  wheat  and  tobacco  displayed 
their  verdant  leafage.  The  peach  trees 
wore  their  rosy  bloom;  the  air  was 
musical  with  the  songs  of  free  and  hap- 
py bird?,  and  fragrant  with  the  wealth 
of  unnumbered  tribes  of  forest-flowers. 
Thus  did  nature  lavish  her  fairest  charms 
around  'that  well-worn  hill  of  Monti- 
cello,  the  resting  place  of  Jefferson. 

But  how  different  were  the  moral  as- 
pects of  the  scene  from  a  New  England 
prospect  I  The  dearth  of  villages  re- 
vealed the  lack  of  enterprise.  The 
absence  of  school-houses  betrayed  the 
deeper  lack  of  education.  Those  plan- 
tations, so  rich  and  ample,  spoke  of 
thousands  of  wretched  human  beings 
driven  to  ceaseless  toil,  like  oxen,  with 
the  lash.  In  those  aristocratic  man- 
sions, rising  up  proudly  out  of  the 
squalid  huts  of  worse  than  paupers,  the 
pampered  owners  were  even  then,  on 
that  sweet  May  morning  of  1860,  plot- 
ting the  blackest  crime,  save  one,  which 
ever  stained  the  page  of  history — the 
crime  of  assassinating  the  accumulated 
freedom  of  all  the  ages,  that  human 
bondage  might  be  eternal.  What  made 
that  moral  picture  90  different  from  the 
bright  proepect  of  New  England? 

The  Virginians  came  with  all  their 
laws  and  institutions  shut  up  in  a  box, 
by  order  of  King  James,  with  strict  or- 
ders not  to  open  it  till  they  landed,  and 
lo!  when  it  was  opened  not  a  single 
element  of  popular  liberty  was  to  be 
found  in  it.  The  Pilgrims  fashioned 
their  own  institutions,  and  had  provided 
for  their  civil  and  religious  rights  before 
they  left  the  cabin  of  the  Mayflower, 
not  in  the  name  of  the  king,  but  in  the 
name  of  God.  The  Virginians  came 
across  the  ocean  to  chase  the  mirage  of 
wealth — the  gorgeous  dream  of  the 
Spaniard. 

But,  on  the  other  hand,  the  Pilgrims 
came  with  the  loftiest  purpose  recorded 
in  the  annals  of  the  race.  Inspired 
with  an  undying  love  for  liberty,  mind- 
ful of  the  welfare  of  posterity,  and  with 
souls  conscious  of  a  sublime  destiny  un- 


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der  the  favor  of  the  great  Leader 
whom  they  served,  thej  soiled  to  these 
shores. 

This  glorious  aspiration  brought  them 
across  the  stormy  ocean,  and  when  thej 
landed  on  the  enow-clad  rocks,  their 
first  act  was  to  kneel  down  and  take 
possession  of  the  continent  in  the  name 
and  for  the  sake  of  Christ.  No  sooner 
'had  the  Pilgrims  constituted  their 
church  and  built  its  house  of  worship, 
than  they  founded  the  Free  School,  to 
be  the  tower  of  education. 

A  governor  of  Virginia  is  recorded 
to  have  uttered  his  thanksgiving  to  Grod 
that  in  that  commonwealth  there  were 
no  printing  presses  nor  free  schools. 


John  Eliot,  the  apostle  to  the  Indians, 
in  a  prayer  before  the  General  Court  of 
Massachusette,  in  1645,  thus  reversed 
the  desire  of  Berkeley  :  "  Lord !  for 
schools  everywhere  among  usl  That 
our  schools  may  flourish." 

These,  then,  are  the  institutions  of 
New  England — the  free  church,  the 
free  school,  and  the  free  commonwealth. 
These  are  the  strong  towers,  the  lofty 
bulwarks  of  the  Zion  which  the  Pil- 
grims builded  for  the  generations  fol- 
lowing, beautiful  for  situation,  the  joy 
of  the  whole  earth.  These  are  the 
New  England  institutions.  Are  they 
worth  preserving  f  Are  they  worth  ex- 
tending f — Bet>.  /.  Milton  Holmes, 


APPOINTMENTS  FOE  JUNE,  1870. 


Not  in  Commission  last  ytar. 

R«v.  John  F.  Uainon,  Seattle  and  vicinity,  Wash. 
Ter. 

Bev.  John  H.  Barrows,  BarlingtorL  Kan. 

BoT.  J.  M.  Cbeeseman,  Osawkee.  Kan. 

Rev.  B.  A.  Uall.  Parker  and  WeatraHa,  Kan. 

Kev.  John  Pbillips,  Waushara  an<l  Wilmington 
Township,  Kan. 

Rev.  John  Scotford,  Neosho  Falls,  Kan. 

Kev.  Samnel  A.  Vandvke,  Centralis,  Wetmore, 
Frankfort  and  vicinity,  Kan- 

Bev.  W.  A.  Cutler,  Little  Valley  and  Belle  Prairie, 
Minn. 

Rev.  B.  M.  Amsden,  Belle vue,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Lvman  D.  Boyntno.  Parkersburgh,  Iowa. 

Re».  Nlerrltt  B  Page,  Nanhua,  Iowa. 

Kev.  Milton  Rowley,  Albia  and  Georgetown,  Iowa. 

Bev.  John  Keep.  Stockbrldg*,  Wis. 

Kev.  Horace  A.  Wentz,  Bloomer  and  Cook's  Val- 
ley, Wis. 

Bev.  Willinm  P.  Bu.<«ell,  Memphl?,  Mich. 

Bev.  Joel  G.  !*abln,  Bockton,  111. 

Bev.  H.  B.  Swift,  Avon  and  Prairie  City,  III. 

Bev.  L.  B.  Boyce,  Elkhart,  Ind. 

Rt-amvmissioned. 

Bev.  Jerome  I).  Davis,  Cheyenne,  Wyoming  Ter. 

Bev.  Joseph  Ward,  Yankton,  Dakota  Ter. 

Bev.  Thomas  N.  Skinner,  MllfonI,  Neb. 

Bev.  Alfred  Oinnet,  8t  Mary's  and  RossviUe.  Kan. 

Bev.  Jonathan  Copeland,  Anirusta,  Towanda,  White- 
water. Douglass  and  vicinity,  Kan. 

Bev.  Lntber  Newcomb,  Pomona,  Kan. 

Rev.  Svlvesler  D.  Storrs,  Qalnda'o,  Kan. 

Bev.  Edwin  H.  Alden,  Afion  and  lAkeland,  Minn. 

Bev.  O.  P.  Champlln,  Falrmount  and  vidnity, 
Minn.  '' 

Bev.  Alfred  C.  Latbmp,  Glenwood  and  vicinity 
and  Grove  Lake,  Minn. 

Bev.  Phillip  Peregrine,  Hebron  and  Butternut  Val- 
ley, Minn. 

Bev.  Charles  B.  Sheldon,  Esoelsior  and  Chanhas- 
sen,  Minn. 

Rev.  Je?8e  G.  D.  Stearns,  Clear  Water,  Minn. 

Bev.  Asa  S.  Allen,  Clear  Lake,  Forest  City,  Elling- 
t«m  and  Concord,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Charles  F.  Boynton,  Eldora,  New  Providence 
and  vicinitv,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Phllo  Canfleld,  Washington,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Allen  Clark,  Wilton,  Iowa. 


Bev.  Herman  Flcke,  Dnbuooe,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Alphens  Graves,  Bradford,  Iowa. 
Bev.^lbert  V.  House,  Yatesville,  Pomeroy,  Mai- 

bone  and  the  Junction,  Iowa. 
Bev.  H.  Henry  Sallenbach.  Lansing  Ridge.  Iowa. 
Rev.  Gottlieb  Sclieuerle,  Llgin  and  Robert's  Creek, 

Iowa. 
Rev.  Cliauncey  Taylor,  Algr»na,  Iowa. 
Rev.  David  Wirt,  Fort  Dod^e.  Iowa. 
Rev.  Benjamin  S.  Baxter,  Hale,  Arcadia  and  Burn- 

sld«»,  Wis. 
Rev.  Hugh  Da\ies,  Berlin,  Wis. 
Kev.  Minor  W.  Fairchlld,  Dartford  and  Blnmon, 

Wis. 
Rev.  Moses   M.   Martin,   Mazomanle  and   Black 

Earth,  Wis. 
Rev.  James  M.  Mitchell,  Do  Soto,  Sterling  and 

Wheatland.  Wis. 
Rev.  Edwin  Booth,  Ada  and  Easton,  Mich. 
Rev.  Edwin  T.  Branch,  Maple  Rapids,  Essex  and 

Fulton,  Mich. 
Rev.  Lewis  M.  Hunt,  Jackson,  Mich. 
Rev.  HaKel  Lucas,  Mt  Morris  and  Genesee,  Mich. 
Rev.  William  H.  Osborn,  Augusta,  Mich. 
Rev.  Kdwio  W.  Shaw,  Ithaca,  Mich. 
Rev.  Levi  P.  Spelman,  Portland,  Mich. 
Rev.  Jamee  F.  Tavlor,  Saugatnck,  Mich. 
Rev.  Griffith  Griffiths,  New  Cambria,  Mo. 
Rev.  Henry  D.  Lowing,  Neoaho  and  vicinity,  Mo. 
Rev.  George  W.  Williams,  West  Hartford,  Mo. 
Rev.  Charles  M  Bingham,  Udina,Ill. 
Rev.  Smith  B.  Goodenow,  Coroo,  HI. 
Kev.  Darius  Gore,  La  Harpe,  III. 
Rev.  Charles  Hibbard,  Piano,  111. 
Rev.  Alfred  P.  Johnson,  Woodst/Kxk.  111. 
Rev.  George  B.  Rowley,  Harvard,  III. 
Rev.  Alexander  R.  Thain,  Turner  Junction,  111. 
Rev.  Levi  Wheaton,  Poplar  Grove,  HI. 
Rev.  Lewis  Wilson,  Montgomery  and  Hart  Town- 
ship, Ind. 
Bev.  Enoch  F.  Baird,  Martlnsbnrg  and  Gambier, 

Ohio. 
Rev.  George  V.  Fry,  Lexington,  Washington  and 

Paint  Valley,  Ohio. 
Rev.  Heman  Geer,  Monroe,  Ohio. 
Kev.  Austin  N.  Hamlin,  New  Albany,  Jerome  and 

Providence,  Ohio. 
Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter,  Brownsville,  Texas. 
Rev.  Joseph  K.  Johnson,  Chantilly  and  Fartnwell 

Station,  Va. 
Rev.  John  Williams,  West  Bansor,  Pa. 
Rev.  John  T.  Marsh,  Harpersflold,  N.  T. 
Kev.  Rev.  Edgar  Perliina,  Phoenix,  N.  Y. 


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MAINE  - 

Freeport,  Sanh  A.  H.  Uobart,  $15  00 

NEW  HAMPSHIRS— 

Beceived  by  Rev.  B.  P.  Stone,  D.D., 
Ttms.  N.  Ii>  At.  o.^ 

Holiis,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc.,  f41  73 
TroT,  Cong.  Oh.  and  8oc.,  22  86      64  OS 

Nev  London,  Latber  M.  Trtueell,  5  00 

MA8SACHU8KTTO— 

Amber«t,  LeavlU  Halloek,  Avails  of  a 
lot  of  land,  by  Profa  Tyler  and  Snell. 
lo  const  Rev.  Prof.  W.  8.  Tyler,  Prot 

E.  S.  SnelU  Miss  Maiy  L.  Snell,  Rev. 
W.  A.  Hallock,  Rev.  Leavltt  H.  Hal- 
lock,  Rev.  T.  U.  Rouse,  Rev.  U.  M. 
HazeiUoe,    Rev.  Tbomas   S.    Bmitb, 

L.  Ms.,  600  00 

Nurthanipton,  Ellphalet  Williams,  which 

consta.  biiD  a  L.  D.,  1,500  00 

HorthaniptoD,  On  account  of  Legacy  of 

Miss  Sarah  Dwigbt,  by  Harvey  Kirk- 

Isnd,  Ex.,  850  00 

CONNECTICUT— 

Csoton  C«nter,  On  aoooant  of  Legacy  <if 
Mrs.  Betsey  C.  Sort,  by  W.  G.  Hal- 
lock,  Adm.,  leas  Gov.  tax,  696  58 
Chester,  Samuel  Siiliman,  10  00 
Ownflald  Hill,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  R.  P. 

UibbanL  52  00 

Bvtfurd,  On  aeconnt  of  Legncy  of  Alfred 
,  Smith,  by  H.  A.  Perkins,  Fjc.,  2,800  00 

Lskevllle,  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Holley,  20  00 

MIddletown,  Ladies^  Home  Miss.  Soc.  of 
Uie  North  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Miss  0.  M. 
Bacon,  In  full  to  oonst  Rev.  A.  W. 
Hszen  a  L.  M^  20  00 

Middletown,  F.  H.  M.  Soc,  North  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  Miss  C.  M.  Bacon,  5  00 

New  Britain,  Charles  Nichols  and  family,    10  tO 
Nev  Haven,  Rev.  Williaui  Patton,  D.D.^ 
to  conat.  Rev.  James  H.  Warren  a 
^L.M.,  30  00 

New  London,  A  Friend,  by  H.  A.  Brock- 

»»y,  70  00 

Old  Saybrook,  Ladies'  Home  Miss.  Soc, 

by  tin.  M.  Bbipman,  Treas.,  66  00 

Eoxbnry,  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Camp,  by  A.  W.  Fens,  Ex.,  less  Gov. 
tu,  to  oonst  Samuel  Beebe  Sterling, 
Mr*.  Emily  Weaver  and  Mrs  Cyrus 
Sterling  L.  Ms.,  94  00 

wsningfonl.  Ladles*  Benev.  Soa,  by  Miss 

Jolla  Beedle,  Sec,  8  00 

West  KlUin^riy,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soa,  by 

6eo.  Dsniebon,  Treas.,  120  30 

woloott,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  8.  L.  Holchklsa, 
T««.»  15  15 

HEW  YORK— 

C-ong.  Ob.,  by  Rev.  B.  Bnmap,       SO  00 
_  iton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  Rev. 
UttiryWickea,  6100 

Brooklyn,  Ch.  of  the  Cotenant,  by  Rev. 

F.  Noble,  15  00 
^  BH  FUue  Cong,  Ch. ,  by  John  A  vila,     40  00 
OisUe  Creek,  Fanny  Wmmiok,  $3;  D. 
^'^'Jitl,  6  00 
"«  Athford,  Cong,  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

Johnston,  10  00 

mnklinvUle,  Presb.  Ch.,  by  J.  S.  Skld- 
,■»«■«♦  25  55 

Jerome,  Union  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  8.  Or- 
^•^  10  00 

■nniisTnie,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  W. 
•  ^  10  00 

■•w  York  City,  Mr^  Hannah  Ireland,        50  00 
"*S»»  CHy.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  R^v. 

A.  8.  Wood,  16  00 


Norwich,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  J. 
Hammond,  Treas.,  to  const  Mrs.  C. 
M.  Barnette,  Mrs.  C.  Mltoholi  and  Wil- 
liam Sutton  L.  Ms.,  |185  23 

Port  Leyden,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G.  A. 
Miller,  13  75 

Potsdam  Junction,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  |16; 
.  Hopklnton,  Cong.  Ch.,  |21  25,  by  Rov. 
O.  Hardy,  35  26 

NEW  JERSEY— 

East  Orange,  Grove  Street  Cong.  Ch.,by 

U.  D.  Weeks,  to  const  him  a  L.  M.,         80  00 
Jersey  City.  MUs  Mary  A.  Huntington,  50 

Newark,  Mrs.  Margsret  C.  IngaHs,  to 
const,  her  a  L.  M.,  by  Kev.  H.  W. 
Brinsmade,  30  00 

VIRGINIA— 

Farmwell,  G.  W.  Finch,  25 

Herndon,  Mrs.  Baker,  23c  ;  Miss  Baker, 

25c  ;  V.  G.  Sears,  $2,  by  Rev.  J.  r! 

Johnson,  2  50 

OHIO- 

Atwater,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  H.  E. 
Brush,  Treas.,  In  fUll  to  oonst  Rev.  8. 
B.  Shipman  a  L.  M.,  29  05 

Cleveland,  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch..  by  G. 
W.  Billings.  Treas.,  <.f  wh.  $80  from 
Miss  Ellxft  Hardy,  to  const  her  a  L.  M.,  122  00 
Elyria,  First  Presb.  Ch.,  of  wh.  from 
Herman  Ely,  $50;  T.  L.  Nelson,  $20, 
by  H.Ely,  180  00 

Freedom,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  L.  Bryant  IT  86 

Poland,  H.  J.  Clark,  6  00 

Richfield,  Cong.  Ch.,  of  wh.  from  N. 
Hammond,  |10 ,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Mo- 
Klnstry,  83  81 

INDIANA— 

Liber,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  H.  Hoddle,  1 1  00 

ILLINOIS- 

Reoeived  by  Rev.  H.  D.  Piatt 
ChandervIIle,  Cong.  On.,  $22  00 

Rosemond,  Cong.  Oh.,  16  50 '  88  60 

Chesterfield,  Cong.  Ai..  by  Rev.  H.  N.  Bald- 
win, 17  45 
Lyman,  First  Conff.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L.Wlloox,    9  00 
Ontario,  £.  Shedd,                                         20  00 
Plymouth,  Mrs.  Mary  Holton,  by  Rev.  H. 

Jones,  4  00 

Port  Byron,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  Harper,    7  60 
Woodbury,  A.  L.  Sturgea,  15  00 

MICHIGAN- 

P^«ivej  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Williams, 
Almont  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const  Rev.  Horace 

R.  Willlnms  a  L.  M.,  $41  00 

Alpona,  Cong.  Ch.,  50  00 

Augusta,  Cong.  Ch.,  18  25 

De.\ter,  Oon^  Ob.,  coll.  In  part  9  90 
GrasB  Lake,  Cong.  Cb.,  18  00 

Mrs  Swift,  15  00 

Hopkins,  Cons.  Ch  ,  8  86 

Litchfield,  Cojig.  Ch.,  10  15 

Mattawan,  Cong.  Ch.,  coll.  In  part,  7  01 
Ransom,  Cong.  Ch.,  16  60 

St  Joseph,  Ciing.  Ch.,  22  50 

Somerset  Cong.  Ch.,  18  75 

Yermontville,  Cong.  Ch.,  19  70  234  71 

Dorr,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll,  by  Rev.  a  N. 
Coulter,  1  00 

Grand  Rapids,  Cong.  Cb.,  by   Rev.  J.  Hol- 
way,  2  10 

Kalamo,  First  Cong.    CU.,  by  Rev.  J.  F. 
Bonghton,  9  OO  • 

South  Boston,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G. 
C.  Strong,  10  00 

Traverse  City,  First  C«>ng.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  R. 
Hatch,  60  00 


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BMtuwn,  Cong.  Ch^  $12  90 ;  Potosl, 

Cong.  Cb.,  913  65,  by  Uev.  N. 

Mayne,  |2«  60 

Menomonee,  FIret  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Ber. 

J.  C.  Sherwin.  16  00 

Rio,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  T.  L.  Brown,  11  60 

\Vaawat<«a,  Cong.  Cb  ,  $17  10;  Sab. 

School,  $6  »0.  by  J.  H.  Warren,  23  00 

IOWA— 

Reoelvetl  by  Rer.  J.  W.  Pickett, 
Eddyville,  Cong.  Cb.,  $10  00 

A  Friend,  3  UO    18  00 

Cedar  Fall^  Cong.  Cb.,  by    Rer.   L.    B. 

Fifleld, 
Conover,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  Hancock, 
Dubaqoe,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rer.  H.  Fioke, 
01enwuod,Ct>iig.  Cli.,  by  Rer.  J.  K^utting, 
UiUaboro,  John  W.  Hammond. 
I«RkeviIle,  Cong.  Ob.,  by  Rev.  J.  R.  Upton, 
Lima,  Cong.  Cb  ,  by  Rev.  8.  D.  Helma, 
MarshallUiwn,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  R. 

B.  Bull, 
Seneca,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  O.  Littieileld, 
Stacey  ville,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  T.  Tenney, 
to  const  Rev.  Tbomaa  Tenney  a  L.  M., 

MINNESOTA— 


10  00 

5  OU 
16  00 
20  00 

6  00 
8  00 

16  86 

16  00 
26  00 

6180 


Cannon  Fallt,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.   £.   W. 

Merrill.  11  80 

£a«t  Prairievllle,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev. 

L.  C.  Gilbert,  1«  60 

Minneapoliii,  Piymoath  Cong.  Oh.,  W.  D. 

Cnnnifigbam.  41  20 

Sank  Centre,  First  Oong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  A. 

J.  Pike,  6  60 

KANBAS- 

AugnstA,  Dongta«8,  Towanda  and  White- 
water, Consr.  Chs.,  by  Rev.  J.  Copeland,  10  65 

Cottonwood  Fulls,  Rev.  C.  L.  Oalld,  7  50 

Mascotab,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Van 

Wagner,  40  00 

Spring  Hill,  **A  Friend  to  tbe  Work,"  10  00 

NEBRASKA- 

Nebraska  City,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev. 

W.  C.  Fmter,  77  00 

Omaba,  W.  D.  H.,  ^  10  00 

WYOMING  TER.— 
Cheyenne,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  J.  D.  Davis,  30  CO 

ORBGON- 

Astoria,  Cong.  Ob.,  moo  con.,  by  Rev.  W. 

J.  Clark,  6  00 

Forest  Grove,   Cong.   Ch.,   by   Rev.    H. 

Lyman,  6  00 

Portland,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  mon  con.,  by 

Rev.  G.  H.  Atkinson,  D.D.,  7  86 

HOME  MISSIONARY,  11  00 


$3,167  86 


Donations  of  CMhing^  etc, 

Albion,  N.  Y.,  William  Chamberlain,  two 
boxes, 

Bethany,  Conn.,  Rev.  Samnel  W.  Barunm, 
three  copies  Smith  and  Barnum^s  Dic- 
tionary ittthe  Bible,  $18  00 

Concord,  N.  H.,  The  First  Cong.  Ch.  and 
S(K3.,  by  Mrs.  Moses  U.  Bradley,  r  barrel, 

Middletown,  Coun.,  Female  U.  M.  Soo.  of 
the  North  Cong.   Ch.,  by  Miss  C.  M. 
Bacon,  a  barrel,  110  00 

South  Cong.  Cb.,  Ladles*  H.  M.  Soc.,  by 
Mrs.  E.  R.  Marvin,  two  boxes,  826  06 

New  Haven.  Conn.,  Ladies*  Soc  of  Third 
Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.  Beobe,  three  boxes,  841  18 
Ladles*  Home  Miss.  Soc  of  the  First  Cb., 
by  Mlsa  £.  North,  Sec,  four  boxes,         I.IIS  00 


St.  Albaos,  Vr.,  Ladies'  Sew.  Soc  of  the 
First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Mrs.  A.  J.  Samson, 
two  barrels,  $197  64 

Torringford,  Conn.,  Ladles*  Social  Union, 
by  .Mrs.  Hopkins  Barber,  a  barrel, 

Yergennes,  Yt.,  Ladles*  Sewing  Circle, 
by  Mary  J.  Strong,  Sec,  a  box,  160  00 

Wallincrford,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc, 
by  Miss  Julia  Beadle,  Sec,  a  barrel,  U8  63 

VVinsted,  C<»nn.,  Ladies*  Sew  Soc.  of  the 
First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Lucy  C   Alvord, 
Sec,  a  barrel,  128  00 


lieceiptt  of  tiis  ConnsdiotU  Homo   MisHonmy 
SooUty^  in  May,  £.  W.  Parsoxs,  Troas. 

Brooklyn,  Fint  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  Robinson,  $69  74 
Buckingham .  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  Ordway,  7  00 
Burlington,  Oong.  Ch.,  by  G.  W.  Henry,  10  40 
Chester,  Ctmg.  Ch.,  by  W.  D.  Morton,  60  00 

Ellington,  Cong.  Ch  ,  by  E.  U.  Dillingham,  48  10 
Green's  Farms,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  B.  Beers,  2S  90 

Greenville,  Cimff.Ch.,  by  F.  W.  Carey,  46  93 

Hartford,  First  Cong.  Ck,hy  A.K.  S.,  856  89 

Psarl  Stru€  Oong.  Ch,  by  J.  B.  Eld- 
ridge,  Treas.,  to  const  Helen  Gage,  L.M^     410  96 
Hnrtland,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  C.  H.  B.,  12  00 

Jewett  aty,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T.  L.  Ship- 
man,  10  00 
Mt.  Carmel,  C<*ng.  Cb.,  by  E.  B.  Bowdltch,  44  50 
New  Haven,  Fir^t  Ch  ,  by  J.  Bitter,  Treas.,  660  00 
PlantsviUe,  Cong.  Cb.,  66  46 
South  Norwalk,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  N. 

Dunning,  50  00 

Union,  Cong.  Ch.,  in  Aill,  to  const.  Dca.  E. 

N.  Lswwm,  and  Miss  Adaieni  Paul,  L.M8.,  46  1$ 
Unionvllle,  Ch.  and  Soc.  by  K  N.  Gibbs,  60  uu 
Waterbury,  First  Cong.  Ch.,by  F.  B.  Hoad- 

ley.  Tress..  28  80 

Windsor.  Cong.  Cb.,  by  L.  T.  Frlsble,  to 

conAt.  H.  A.  Bidwell  aL.  M.,  126  42 

Woodstock,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  T.  Morse,  SO  60 

$2,686  66 


JUeoipts  in  Junt,  1870. 

Bethsny.  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  8.  W.  Bamnm.  $8  68 
Hinnlngham,  Cong.  cL,  by  Q.  W.  Shelton,   208  17 
Canton  Centre,  Cong.  Cb..  to  const.  Wsrren 
C.   Humphrey,  and  G.  M.  Cnse,  L.Ms., 
of  which  $80  fVom  Mrs.  A.  Shepard,  to 
const.  Rev.  A.  Gardner  a  L.  H.,  00  00 

Cheshire,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  G.  Keeler,  Treas.,     54  68 
EaglevlUe,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Bene- 

diet,  18  41 

General  Association,  10  00 

GIsAteobary,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  Mr. 

KIttredge,  171  50 

Go»ben,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  T.  Double- 

day,  100  00 

Hartford,  First  Cong.  Oh.,  bal.  of  coll.,  by 

A.  It.  S.,  175  00 

Higganum,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  S.  Gladwin,  26  66 

Lebanon,  Cong.  Oh.,  mon.  con.,  $89  85 ; 

an.  coll.,  $67  05,  by  O.  D.  H.,  106  90 

New  Haven,  First  Cb^  by  J.  RiUer.  Treas.,  2S5  39 
North  Greenwich,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  S.  Uusted, 

Trfas.,  42  00 

North  Haven,  Rev.  W.  T.  Reynolds,  to 
const.  Mb«  Ennloe  A.  Linsley  a  L.M.,  80  00 

L.  MA.,  7  00 

Rlverton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  C.  Smlth.Treas.,    16  00 
RIdgefleid,  Rer.  A.  Alford.  10  00 

Say  brook,  Second  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  W. 

Dennlson,  16  60 

Southington,  Cong.  Ch..  by  Dea.  T.  Hig- 
gins,  to  const.  Miss  Elixa  W.  Barnes  a 
L  M.,  216  00 

Taftville^  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Bene- 
dict, 4  40 
Westport,  Cong.  Ch..  by  E.  W.  Taylor,           84  60 
Wllllmantlc,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J  E.  Cashman,     45  60 
Wilton,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  B.  Gilbert,                   106  03 

$1,767  82 


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MISSIONARY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  Clothing,  sent  directly  and  without  any  particular  designation,  to  the  office 
of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  such  missionaries  as  are 
known  to  be  most  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  to  those  who  rcceiye 
then,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective  donors. 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  individual  or  association,  inteudiog  to  prepare 
1  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  missionary  designated,  and  a  detailed 
account  of  the  circumstances  of  his  family  given,  the  information  is  not  always  at  hand. 
80  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satismctorily  answered.  And  when  it  is,  it  not; 
nofrequently  happens  thtft,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  the  missionary  remains  foi 
moDths  nnsupplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  might  be  furnished 
with  artides  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  In  other  cases,  while 
tbe  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from  other  sources,  so  that 
when  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want  as  many  others. 

It  is  preferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the,  part  of  the  donors,  that 
the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  individual  in 
particiilar,  shomd  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Society,  after  Uity  reach 
iht  ofice.  It  is  believed  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  the  designs  of  those  who 
generously  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which  the  Society  can  have  an 
■gency. 

SIEECTIOHS  FOB  FOBWABDING. 

1.  Pat  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  a  paper 
or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  and  the  estimated  value  of  the  whole, 
with  the  name  of  Sie  individual  or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the 
iadividnal  to  whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent 

1  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  of  the  box  should  be  sent  in  a  letter 
to  the  (rfBce  of  the  Society.  In  this  letter  it  ahould  be  stated  when,  and  by  what  convey- 
uce,  tbe  box  was  forwarded ;  in  it  should  be  inclosed,  also,  such  money  as  is  intended 
far  the  payment  of  freight.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  provided  for  in  all  cases, 
if  pracUcable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  |8  to  $6,  according  to  its 
ne  and  the  distance  it  is  sent.  A  barrel  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense  than  a  box  of 
ftesameaze. 

Z,  The  box  should  be  fully  and  plainly  marked,  and  the  place  from  which  it  comes  should 
UVATB  appear  en  the  outride^  so  that  l^ere  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening  it  at  the 
dfice.  It  should  be  strong,  tight,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  be  hooped,  or 
otherwise  fully  secured  against  the  effects  of  hard  u^e  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  addreued  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place, 
Kew  York, 

NO  PABT  OF  A  XISSIOKABT  8  8ALABT. 

Boxes  of  Clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriation.  The  Society 
aecdi  tbe  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptly  its  stipulations 
vitb  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  be  no  favor  to  a 
■JMiouiiy  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money  that  would 
otherwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionally  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to  it  that 
t^fire  noae  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  giidng  other  things  that  are  need- 
Ad  ud  conveoieBt.  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  sympathies  will  be  so  awakened  in 
tbe  preparation  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be  their  privilege,  not  only  to 
coa^soe,  but  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

SUGOESTIOirS  A8  TO  THEIB  COHTEKTS. 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box,  while  clothing  of  woollen  or  linen  fabrics, 
iboes,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  be  spedally  valuable,  scarcely  any  thing  in  the 
■hape  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  which  is  of  common  u^e  in  any 
font  in  a  fitmHy,  will  come  amiss.  Kidves  and  forks,  spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of 
cotton,  a  skein  of  yam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles,  a  cake  of  wax,  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a 
thiable,  a  tnmbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skunmer,  or  a  pepper  box^  need  not  be  left  out 

When  articles  of  clothing  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  which  boxes 
ve  Sfloi,  missionaries  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  other  that 
'^     \  every  thing  which  a  box  may  contam  is  turned  to  good  account. 


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AMEKICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOR  PliACE,  NEW  YOBK. 


Rev.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.  D ,  \ 

Rkv.  DAVID  B.  COE,  D.  P.,  I    Secretaries  for  Correspondence. 

Rkv.  a.  HUNTINGTON  CI.APP,  D.  D., ) 

Mk.  WILLIAM  HENRY  SMITH,  Trc<unirer, 

ExeruTiTK  CoMMirrrK.— Mr  WILLIAM  G.  LAMBKRT,  Chairman;  Mr.  C.  R.  ROBERT; 
Mb.  SIMEON  B  rUlTTKNDKN  ;  Kev.  lilCIIAKI)  8.  STOUK8,  .Ie..  D.  U  :  Kkt.  WIL- 
LIAM L  BUDINGTON,  I).  D;  Mr.  TALVIN  C.  WOOLWOUTH ;  Mb.  CHARLIC8  ABEK- 
NETHY;  Mr.  JOHN  B.  irUTl'IIINSON;  Kkv.  HENKY  M.  STORKS,  D.D.;  with  the  uuniber* 
ex-ufllclo— vJz  :    AUBTIN    ABBOTT,  E8<j.,  Hecordhm  Secrttai-y^  the  Tkrasukkk,  and   the   8»c«e- 

TARUS  rOR  COKRESPOKDRMCK. 

♦•♦ »— 

COMMUNICATIONS 

RelalJDg  to  the  bu>iuc8S  of  the  Society  generally,  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  Uie  Secre- 
taries for  Oorre.«ipondence. 

DONATIONS  AND  SUBSCEIFTIONS, 

In  Drafts,  (feriificates  of  Deposit,  or  Poot-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  sent  to  U»e 

Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Life  Member ;  and  of  one  hun- 
dred dollars,  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makes  one  hundred 
dollars,)  a  Life  Director. 

4.*^ 

SECRETARIES  AND  TREASUEEBS 

or  THK 

PRINCIPAL  AUXILIARIES. 

Rev.  Stephen  Thurston,  D.D.,  Secretary,  Maine  Mist.  Soc.^  Searsport,  Me. 

Joshua  Maxwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "        "  **    Portland, 

Rev.  William  Clark,  Secretary,  ^ew  Hampshire  Miss.  Soc.j  Amherst,  N.  H. 

Jiev.  B.  P.  Stone,  D.D..  Treasurer,  "  **  "         Concord,      ** 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  Secretary,  Vermont  Dom.  Miss.  Soc.,  Montpelier,  Vt. 

C.  W.  Storks,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "  "  ** 

Rev.  H.  B.  HooKKR,  D.D.,  Sec,  Mass.  If.  M.  Soc.y  31  Washington  st.,  Boston.  Majis. 

Bk:njamin  Perkins,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "  •» 

Rev.  James  G*.  Vose,  Secretary,  E.  I.  Home  Miss,  Soc.^  Providence,  R.  I. 

Edwin  Knight,  Esq.,  Treasurer,         "  "  *'  ** 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  SecreiarA',  Conn.  Hotne  Mis*.  Soc.^  Berlin,  Conn. 

E.  W.  Parsons,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    *        "  **  "        Hartford,  •* 

SUPERINTENDENTS. 


Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart,    Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Lysandkr  Kklsey,  Columbus,  0. 
Rev.  Nath*l  a.  Hyde,     Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Rev.  Joseph  E.RoY,D.D.,  Chicago,  111. 
Rev.  Henry  D.  Platt,     Brighton,  111. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Turner,  Hannibal,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  B.  Williams,    Charlotte,  Mich 


Rev.  Dexter  Clary,       Beloit,  Wis. 
Rev.  Franklin  B.  Doe,  Fond  du  I^ac,  Wis. 
Rev.  Jksse  Guernsry,     Dubuque,  la. 
Rev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett,  Des  Moines,  la. 
Rev.  Richard  Hall,        St,  Paul,  Minn. 
Rev.  James  G.  MkRuiuL,  Topeka,  Kan. 
Rev.  O.  W.  Mkri:ii.l,        Omalia,  Neb. 


Rev.  Leroy  Warren,      Pentwater,  Mich. .      Rev.  Jamks  H.  Warken,  San  Francisco,  CaL 

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PAGX 

GET  MINIS- 
109 


MISSIONARF  INTELLIGENCE. 

California.— From  i?et>.  E,  M.  Setts, 
Snnxii  Bai-bara.— Not  Dead  Yet...  115 
From  Ji$v.J.  J.  PotceUj  Rio  Vleta.— 
Oar     Church     Fair— Protracted 
MeetingB 116 

Xanfias.— From  Rev.  J.  F.  Morgan, 
N<»rih  I^wrcnce.— ADark  Look 
-Brighter 116 

From  Rev.  I.  Jacobus,  Junctiou  City. 

— lUnesft 116 

New  Comers 117 

From  Rev.  H.  W,  Shaw,  White 
Cload.  —  Building  —  «*Going 
Wesr—Hclpcr  Wanted 117 

Minnesota.— From  Rev.  O.  R.  Kut- 
th%g.  Mower  City.— Not  on  An- 
other's FouDdaiion— The  Foreign 

Work 118 

—The  Home  Work 119 

From  Rev.  H.  WiUard,  Plalnvlcw. 

—Sorrow  and  Joy 119 

From  Rev.  J.  D.  Todd^  Winnebago 

C^ty.— The  Year»«  Work 110 

A'  gel  Miniatries— Church  Home 
Wanted 120 

Iowa.— From  Rev.  J.  L.  Atkinson, 
loTea  Fall*.  —  SuuHhine  —  The 
Field  and  the  Man 120 


PA  OB 

Wisconsin.— From  Rev.  O.  SpatUd- 
ing,  Depere.— Cumlort  in  Bor- 
row   121 

From  Rev.  A.  A,  Overton^  Arena.— 
Fruit  Gathered 121 

From  Rev.  A.  W.  Ci/rtM.Belniont.— 
Dark  and  Bricht 121 

From  Rev.  S.  H.  Thompson,  Oaeeo. 
—Sectarian  Divisions 122 

Michifiran. — From  Rev.  J.  8.  Kidder, 
Rocliester.— A  Sad  Bereavement.  122 
From  Rev.  T.  Jones,  Maitawan.— 
Revival 123 

Missouri.  —  From  Rev.  O.  G.  Per- 
kins. Kidder  —Four  Years'  Work  123 
From  Rev.  Z.  E.  Feemster,  Gaines- 
ville.— Out  in  the  Woods 124 


PUBLISHED  BY  THK  AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONABY  SOCIETY, 
Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 


PRICE    FIFTY   CENTS   A    YEAR,    IN   ADVANCE. 
POST.\GE.—  T^oelve  cents  a  year^  In  advonce. 


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MISCELLANEOUS. 

Deceasb  op  Rev.  G.  C.  Mobse 124 

Growth  of  tdb  West 123  ^ 

The  Chinese  Problem 126* 

Our  Nation's  Resources 127 

MiscEiJ^NEOUS  Items 128 

Missionary  Appointmenis 129 

A  cknouledgmmt  qf  Receipts 130 


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APPLICATIONS  FOR  AID. 

Feeble  congregaUons,  desiring  aid  in  supporting  the  gospel,  are  requested,  in  their 
applications,  to  make  full  statements  of  their  condition  and  prospects,  and  of  the  reasoni 
^r  granting  their  requests.  They  are  desired,  also,  to  furnish  the  following  particulars, 
tundj: 

The  population  of  the  place. 

The  name  of  the  diurch  or  congregation. 

The  number  of  communicants,  and  the  average  number  of  attendants  on  public  worship. 

The  d^omination  and  size  of  congregations  immediately  contiguous,  wiUi  the  distance 
to  thdr  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  which  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  given  time,  and  the  arrangements 
that  are  made  for  securing  it. 

Whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 

The  least  amount  that  will  suffice  from  this  Society. 

The  name  in  full  and  post-office  address  of  the  minister  for  whom  a  commiadon  is  de- 
sired. 

His  credentials. 

Whether  he  is  a  resident  of  the  place  in  which  he  preaches,  and  is  engaged  in  any 
other  calling  than  that  of  the  ministry. 

Whether  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  church,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangements  are  made 
or  contemplated  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  the  year. 

The  application  should  be  ragned  by  the  officers  of  the  dmrch,  and  by  the  trustees  or 
a  committee  of  the  congregation. 

If  the  ecclesiastical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  have  a  **  Committee  of 
Missions  "  to  act  in  their  behalf,  the  members  of  this  Committee  are  the  proper  persons  to 
certify  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  minister,  and  his  prospects  of 
usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  services  are  desired ;  and  the  application  should  be  sent 
to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation.  Where  no  such  **  Committee  of 
Missions"  exists,  the  application  should  receive  the  indorsement  of  two  or  more  neigh- 
ftoring  clergymen,  of  the  same  denomination,  acquainted  with  the  facts. 

Applications,  after  being  properly  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  be  sent  to  the 
Superintendent  (or  Secretary  of  the  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  applicants  reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriations  are  for  twelve  months  from  the  date  of  the  applica- 
tion; at  the  end  of  which,  if  further  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must  be  made,  con- 
taining all  the  particulars  above  stated,  and  indorsed  and  reconmiended  in  like  manner. 
Each  congregation  applying  for  renewed  aidy  should  furnish,  also^  the  certificate  of  the 
misslonarjf  that  they  have  fulfilled  their  previoxis  pledges  for  his  snjjport. 

The  address  of  the  Society's  Superintendents  and  the  Secreta  ies  of  its  Auxiliaries  will 
be  found  on  the  cover  of  its  reports  and  of  the  Home  Missionary, 


THE  HOME  MISSIOHABT. 

The  Home  Missionary  will  be  sent  gratuitously  to  the  following  classes  of  individuals, 
unless  they  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers : 

To  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Mis^onaries  of  the  Society 
and  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clergyman  in  whose  congregation  a  collection  is  taken  up 
every  year  for  the  Society,  or  one  of  its  Auxiliaries,  To  every  individual  who  contributes 
ten  dollars,  or  upward,  during  the  year.  To  every  Auxiliary,  Association,  or  Congrega- 
tion, one  copy  for  every  ten  dollars  collected  and  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Society,  or 
of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  confer  a  special  favor  by  availing  himself  of  the  facilitieB  offered 
above  to  introduce  the  Home  Missionary  among  his  people.  In  notifying  the  Secretaries 
of  his  desbe  to  have  the  work  sent  on  these  terms,  he  is  requested  to  mention  the  nami 
of  some  person  to  whom  each  copy  shall  be  addressed. 

FOEH  OF  A  BEQXnSST. 

I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trust,  to  pay  over 

the  same  in  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is 

payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  American  Home  Mis^onary  Society,  formed  in  th« 
city  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-six,  to  he  applied  to  th» 
charitable  uses  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


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THE  HOME  MISSIONARY. 

Go, Pbeach  the  Gospel Mark  xti.  16. 

How  shall  they  preach  except  they  be  sent?.  .Bom.  x.  16. 


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HOW  SHALL  WE  GET  MINISTERS? 

[The  G^eral  Conference  of  Maine,  at  its  session  in  1869,  was  pressed,  as  all  our  reli- 
gioDS  bodies  are  pressed,  with  the  question,  *^  How  shall  the  needAil  supply  of  young  men 
for  the  Ck)ngr^ational  pulpits  of  the  State  be  secured  f '' 

The  matter  was  referred  to  a  Committee,  Rcy.  Frof.W.  M.  Barbour,  D.D.,  of  Bangor  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  and  Bey.  John  0.  Fiske,  D.D.,  of  Bath,  who  reported  to  the  Conference  at 
iti  session  in  June  last  Their  report,  as  printed  in  the  Ckriitian  Mirror^  is  adapted  to  any 
latitode,  and  we  here  present  the  substance  of  it  to  our  readers,  asking  for  it  the  prayerful 
consideration  of  parents,  pastors,  teachers,  and  young  men  in  the  schools  and  churches  of 
all  parts  of  the  country :] 

Thkeb  is  no  hiding  the  fact  that  there  is  a  falling  off  in  tbe  numbers  of  those 
desirous  to  become  ministers  of  Christ.  With  oar  inctreasing  population  there 
should  bo  a  steadily  increasing  proportion  of  men  devoted  to  the  care  of  sools. 
Bat  this  is  not  so.  For  ten  years,  none  of  our  Seminaries  or  ministerial  Associa- 
tioDs  report  a  steady  increase  of  young  preachers.  And  not  only  so :  it  is  diffi- 
€dt  to  persoade  men  to  undertake  the  work,  and  after  they  are  persuaded  to 
begin,  it  is  with  difficulty  that  they  are  supported ;  partly  through  tbe  uncertainty 
cf  hicome  for  them,  and  partly  because  tif  their  increased  demand  for  personal 
eomforts.  Modes  of  living,  to  which  the  mcgority  of  the  ministers  of  this  Oon- 
ftrenoe  never  aspired,  are  counted  essentials.  Who  of  the  servants  of  Ohrist 
receiving  this  report,  lamented  the  want  of  carpeted  roomd,  and  fashionable 
dothiog,  and  sumptuous  fare  while  prosecuting  their  studies  ? 

Tour  committee  think  they  neither  detract  from  thd  good,  whose  zeal  m 
pressing  into  the  ministry  is  shown  by  enduring  hardships  that  the  world  knows 
Boio^  nor  slander  the  indifferent  who  seem  to  be  willing  to  be  borne  into  the 
ministry,  when  they  say,  that  at  present  the  heroic  is  not  in  the  ascendant 
imoiig  the  young  soldiers  of  the  cross.  And  not  of  oor  own  denomination  alone 
do  we  speak.  Our  Presbyterian  friends  (our  twin-brothers  rather),  say  the  same- 
thing;  they  miss  the  chivalrous  self-denials  of  a  less  wealthy  age.  Other  times- 
tlkio  ours  must  claim  the  fulfillment  of  the  beautiful  promise  to  Ohrist:  "Thy 
peo^  shall  be  wlunteen  in  the  day  of  thy  power.  .  .  •  thou  hast  tlie  dew 
of  thy  youth," 

Tet  yoor  committee  do  not  come  before  you  in  despair,  nor  with  any  lack  of 
fiuth  in  the  stability  of  Christian  institutions,  especially  in  the  preaching  of  the 
gospel  Christ,  they  believe,  was  not  speaking  at  hap-hazard  when  he  said^ 
**!  will  he  with  yon  in  this  work  till  the  end  of  the  world."  They  do* not  coont 

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the  present  listlessness  other  than  a  common  development,  or  rather  the  recur- 
rence of  a  well  developed  want  in  the  church  militant.  As  she  began,  the 
chnroh  goes  on.  ''  I  have  no  man  like-minded  who  will  naturally  care  for  your 
state,"  was  Paul's  expression  on  the  scarcity  of  young  men  like  Timothy  for  the 
apostolic  churches.*'  This  is  an  ^'  act  of  the  apostles,''  then,  to  lament  that  we 
need  men  who  will  naturally  care  for  the  spiritual  state  of  the  churches.  In 
the  hope  and  confidence  that  this  is  but  a  temporary  experience,  your  commit- 
tee call  attention  to  what  seems  incumbent  upon  the  churches,  the  present 
ministry,  and  the  younger  membership  of  our  congregations,  in  order  tiiat  the 
work  of  the  Lord  may'have  numerous  and  competent  workmen. 

Your  committee  with  all  humility  report  the  urgent  necessity  of  prayer  to  Ood, 
First  of  all  your  committee  urge  this,  because  in  their  judgment  it  not  only  ranks 
first  in  importance  but  is  the  foundation  of  every  other  means.  Our  Lord  him- 
self says :  "  Pray  ye  the  Lord  of  the  harvest,  that  he  will  send  forth— literally 
thrust  forth,  drive  forth — ^laborers  into  his  harvest"  It  is  usual  to  introduce 
prayer  at  the  close  of  a  report,  because  it  seems  courteous,  after  all  the  business 
is  discussed,  to  allude  to  human  dependence,  and  jbo  gracefully  close  with  some 
lofty  duty  that  will  glorify  the  whole.  But  in  our  judgment,  prayer  is  in  this  case 
the  main  business ;  and  certainly  the  first  business.  And  since  we  are  ever  facing 
the  white  fields,  it  was  evidently  intended  by  Christ  to  be  a  continuous  business 
of  his  disciples,  to  pray  for  the  laborer's  place,  and  the  laborer's  company.  "Were 
we  not  so  used  to  some  of  Christ's  sayings,  this  among  others,  wo  should  be 
startled  at  their  boldness  and  confused  by  their  strangeness.  Certainly  this  is  a 
strange  saying,  that  dose  by  fields  white  to  the  harvest,  the  Lord  of  that  harvest 
should  pause,  before  he  allowed  even  a  few  workers  to  begin— pause  until  prayer 
is  made  to  himself  to  send  them,  and  send  others,  to  reap.  Evidently  men  are 
not  to  be  hired  to  go ;  those  who  can  be  hired  are  not  wanted ;  men  are  not  to 
be  taken  who  of  their  own  selves  desire  to  go ;  nor  those  urged  by  their  personal 
friends  to  go ;  nor  those  who  fail  in  getting  any  thing  else  to  do,  and  think  they 
may  as  well  go  as  be  idle ; — ^no,  they  must  be  men  bom  of  prayer ;  out  of  and 
after  prayer  they  must  be  sent,  and  that  by  the  Lord  of  the  harvest.  Plainly 
Christ  was  in  the  secret  of  Providence  in  this  strange  declaration ;  for  from  the 
sending  of  the  twelve,  till  the  last  ordination  of  a  true  minister,  only  from  prayer 
and  because  of  prayer  to  the  Lord  of  the  harvest,  have  the  true  laborers  come. 
Lords  many  of  the  harvest  have  offered  themselves,  plenty  of  men  for  a  piece  of 
bread  have  been  in  the  field,  but  laborers  serving  in  the  burden  and  heat  of  the 
day,  where  have  they  been  found  except  when  sent  by  the  Lord  ?  By  the  way 
they  have  worked,  doing  his  work  and  not  their  own,  they  have  shown  that  by 
his  sending  they  came  in. 

This,  then,  so  far  as  Scripture  and  fact  go,  settles  that  there  is  no  raising,  of 
men  to  the  pulpit,  by  a  dead  lift  of  omnipotence ;  tiiat  they  must  come  sent  of 
God  after  prayer  on  the  church's  part.  Were  we  enforcing  truth  for  the  winning 
of  souls,  instead  of  reporting  it  to  souls  already  won,  it  would  be  our  delight  to 
show  how  wise  it  is  in  God  to  leave  room  for  a  prayerful  expression  of  interest 
in  the  bringing  of  men  forward  to  preach  the  gospel.  The  Loi-d  of  all — the 
owner  of  the  field,  which  is  the  world,  of  the  seed  which  is  his  Word,  of  the 
harvest,  and  the  laborers,  still  he  is  desirous  that  a  ministry  of  that  Word  be 
prayed  for.  And  this,  we  judge,  because  he  wishes  to  share  with  man  the 
blessedness  of  effort,  and  because  he  has  made  man,  like  himself,  capable  of  being 
prayed  to  undertake  the  work  of  saving  others ;  and  farther  because,  as  we  are 
made,  no  blessing  is  counted  worth  much  that  does  not  follow  a  need  which  rises 


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into  an  agonj  of  prayer  to  God.  But  looking  in  the  most  common  way  at  prayer 
for  the  sending  of  men,  it  is  the  best  thing  that  can  be  done  to  get  the  right 
snpply ;  for  the  connsel  simply  is  this :  Pray  that  you  may  live  by  the  words  of 
life ;  pray  that  you  may  hear  the  right  things  by  the  right  men,  sent  from  the 
right  source. 

Is  it  an  invented  fear,  then,  that  we  have  not  had  enough  of  men  for  want  of 
enough  of  asking?  Everyone  that  asketh  receiveth,  especially  when  a  certain 
thing  is  put  down  to  be  specially  asked.  From  the  fact  that  our  Seminary  classes 
invariably  fill  up  after  revivals  of  religion,  and  thin  out  as  revivals  decline,  we 
have  a  standing  evidence  that  the  more  prayer  there  is  for  salvation,  the  more 
men  are  sent  to  preach  it. 

Without  suggesting  any  reproach  under  which  they  do  not  place  themselves, 
without  charging  fault  on  those  conscious  of  no  neglect  to  pray  for  this  end, 
without  daring  to  say  that  there  is  no  other  cause  for  a  decline  of  interest  in  the 
ministry,  your  committee  are  very  decidedly  of  opinion  that  more  fervent  and 
effectual  prayer  must  be  offered  in  church  and  house  and  closet,  before  the  Lord 
of  the  harvest  sends  the  abundance  of  laborers  required.  If  a  true  apostolic 
sicceesion  of  preachers  is  to  be  continued,  it  can  only  be  by  apostolic  methods 
6f  continuance.  And  how  fully  the  apostles  kept  up  this  their  first  duty,  we  find 
in  their  letters  and  addresses  to  the  churches :  Pray  that  the  Word  may  have  free 
coarse;  pray  that  I  may  come  and  preach;  pray  that  a  door  of  entrance  be 
given;  pray  that  the  fullness  of  the  blessing  of  tlie  gospel  of  Christ  may  come 
with  ns ;  brethren  pray  for  us  I  Do  not  these  words  show  that  they  remembered 
the  words  of  the  Lord  Je^us  ?    And  can  toe  afford  to  forget  them  ? 

Bntthattheir  report  may  not  be  open  to  the  charge  of  one-sidedness,  and 
ffliy  be  free  from  all  mystical  and  fanatical  notions,  your  committee  venture  to 
«sy  that  an  irwreoM  cf  imtruetion  upon  the  divine  method  of  securing  men  for  the 
^i^Mtry  is  another  great  need. 

Redemption  is  what  the  word  says  it  is— a  remedy;  if  so  it  is  a  remedy  for 

s»n,  a  getting  of  him  back  from  where  he  actually  is,  to  where  he  originaUy 

▼as.   hi  such  a  work,  since  the  way  of  man's  loss  has  been  largely  by  men's  in- 

henoe  upon  one  another,  it  is  but  natural  to  suppose  that  the  recovery  will  be 

^  the  influence  of  bieu  upon  one  another.    And  it  is  so.    God  uses  one  man  to 

tetch  aaother— one  saved  man  to  save  another.    He  ever  employs  truth  to  com- 

^errpr;  love  to  conquer  hate.    He  simply  uses  the  wisest  means  to  gain  his 

ead.  This  should  be  explained  in  the  public  teaching  of  God's  word.    He  ought 

to  he  heard  in  his  own  behalf  calling:  Who  will  stand  for  me  against  the  evil 

^•ers!    Who  will  go  for  me?    Who  is  on  the  Lord's  side?    The  youth  of  the 

chorch  should  frequently  be  reminded  that  God  is  ever  calling  men  to  leave 

t^  own  plans  and  work,  and  help  him  out  with  his  plans  and  work.    Men 

ihoold  be  taught  that  to  this  day  Christ  comes  to  the  school-house  and  to  the  work 

Whes,  to  the  boats  and  to  the  counting  desks,  saying  to  this  Peter  and  that 

Matthew,  ^,  Follow  mo."    And  likewise  should  they  be  taught  that  he  does  well 

vho  arises  and  follows  Christ  in  the  preaching  of  the  word.    Merchants  who 

have  young  men  in  their  employment,  workmen  who  discern  in  others  talents  for 

preadung ;  we,  their  companions,  pastors,  and  Babbath  school  teachers  should 

fiHten  vpon  men  for  Christ,  and  teach  them  to  open  their  ears  to  his  call.    One 

Buaister  ia  known  to  your  committee  who  has  gained  over  forty  ministers,  in  this 

v^ay  of  looking  for  them,  speaking  to  them,  and  inducing  them  to  undertake  the 

work.  Our  ohnrohes  are  specially  jealous  of  an  unconverted  ministry ;  they  recoil 

UMtiiietively  from  a  ministry  that  is  a  profession  like  the  law  or  the  army  or  medi* 


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cine.  They  hold  it  to  be  a  career,  a  public  consecration  of  the  life  to  Christ  and  to 
his  glory  in  the  gospePs  service.  This  needs  to  be  held  boldly  forth,  so  that  those 
who  have  spent  part  of  their  lives  in  a  profession,  at  their  conversion  may  not 
withhold  themselves  from  giving  their  redeemed  years  to  this  way  of  serving  their 
Lord.  Especially  should  all  heads  of  ^families  be  free  in  their  teaching,  that  all 
souls  are  the  Lord^s,  that  the  pareut  is  not  responsible  for  the  child,  nor  the  child 
for  the  parent,  when  consecration  to  a  given  work  is  divinely  pressed  on  the  soul. 

To  the  churches  and  ministers  is  suggested  the  propriety  of  honoring  their 
own  prayers  and  consecration  to  Christ,  by  an  adequate  eupport  of  the  minietry 
on  tJie  one  hand ;  and  contentment  with  an  adequate  support,  on  the  other.  This 
grows  out  of  a  natural  necessity.  Human  beings,  who  retain  their  human  modes 
of  existence,  cannot  preach  the  gospel  and  care  for  hundreds  of  sonls,  and  work 
for  their  daily  bread  at  the  same  time.  Nor  does  the  Master  intend  they  shall. 
The  laborer— msTk  the  emphasis  I  the  laborer,  not  the  OTerseer,  nor  the  schemer, 
nor  the  one  called  a  laborer,  but  the  genuine  workman,  is  worthy  of  all  he  gets 
—his  hire,  no  matter  how  much  the  Lord  in  his  providence  may  grants  No  real 
laborer  gets  too  much ;  many  get  too  little.  **  The  laborer  is  worthy  of  his 
hire  " — ^that  protects  the  faithful  from  envy,  and  saves  fear  to  the  churches  lest 
they  overpay  the  servants  of  Christ  "  Let  him  that  is  taught  in  the  Word, 
communicate  to  him  that  teacheth  in  all  good  things,"  is,  as  we  understand  it^ 
instruction  to  the  churches  to  adequately  support  their  ministers.  And  promis- 
es, older  than  the  new  covenant,  affirm  that  he  who  trusts  in  the  Lord  and  d.>es 
good — surely  no  one  is  more  fairly  under  that  description  than  a  faithftil  min- 
ister—he shall  dwell  in  the  land,  and  certainly  he  shall  be  fed. 

These  and  the  like  Scriptures  counsel  the  churches  not  to  prevent  the  Lord 
from  keeping  his  word.  His  plan  is  to  have  his  laborers  supported ;  comfort- 
ably if  they  can  be,  uncomfortable  if  it  must  be,  but  supported  according  to  the 
churches'  ability.  And  very  few  would  be  deterred  from  entering  the  ministry 
on  the  score  of  support,  did  the  churches  identify  the  minister's  interest  with 
their  own.  Very  gladly  are  the  losses  of  farms  and  business  shared  by  those 
who  are  made  partakers  of  success  in  farm  and  merchandise.  A  tithing  of  wipit 
will  be  taken,  when  want  is  the  chief  abundance  of  the  year.  What  many  of 
those  looking  to  the  ministry  feel  most  keenly  is,  the  people's  expectation  of  a 
ministry  rich  in  thought  and  culture  when  nothing  to  foster  them  is  attainable. 
The  main  question  seems  to  be,  '*  Can  a  minister  live,  that  is,  keep  his  household 
in  food  and  clothing  upon  the  support  granted  him? "  Suppose  it  can  be  ooqd ted 
up  that  he  can  and  does  live— if  his  salary  Just  covers  that,  no  more  ought  to  be 
expected,  than  that  the  man  shaU  live  in  the  parish,  preach  to  the  living  and 
bury  the  dead ;  in  fact,  do  the  routine  of  a  pastor's  work.  Where  and  upon 
what  is  a  man  to  grow  ?  How  many  generous  emotions  are  his,  when  he  has 
no  means  of  generosity  ?  How  is  he  likely  to  inspire  his  people  with  the  joy  of 
giving,  when  an  opportunity  to  give  by  his  own  hands  must  come  like  ^  mirac- 
ulous dispensation,  if  it  come  ot  all !  The  means  of  mental  growth,  books,  trftrel, 
occasional  rest  and  intercourse  with  the  learned  being  denied,  as  man  is  made 
there  can  be  no  advance  in  mental  culture  nor  productiveness.  Treat  the  breath- 
less dust  of  the  earth  so,  and  it  will  not  produce  more  than  one  crop.  Strange 
if  our  Maker  has  put  less  dignity  on  dust  into  which  he  breathed  the  breath  of 
life,  and  made  a  living  soul.  Man  cannot  live  by  bread  alone ;  he  must  have 
truth,  he  must  have  the  Word  of  God.  Especially  if  other  souls  are  to  live  on  a 
man's  explanations  of  that  Word,  it  is  requisite  that  he  have  implements  by 
which  to  secure  these  explanations.     And  over-against  this,  it  must  be  allowed. 


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that  it  will  farther  an  entrance  npon  the  work  of  preaching,  if  the  coming  men 
will  make  their  minda  np  to  he  contented  with  an  adequate  support.  And  it 
will  also  aid  them  if  those  who  are  decently  cared  for,  will  confess  that  thej  are 
so.  It  is  the  tnisfortnne  of  the  ministry,  that  so  many  of  their  losing  men  are  so 
ready  to  bear  testimony  to  their  losses,  and  that  their  prosperous  men  are  gen- 
erally 80  averse  to  publishing  themselves,  that  they  do  not  rush  into  print  even 
with  tlieir  happiness.  To  their  credit  as  a  company  of  self-denying  men  be  it 
told,  that  the  mass  of  ministers  are  sorely  tried  by  the  pnblio  discussion  of  their 
salaries.  We  hare  always  thought  that  it  was  a  trial  to  the  apostle  Paul  to 
tbank  the  Philippians  for  their  collections,  and  to  beg  of  the  churches  to  be 
nundfal  of  the  duty  of  giving.  Yet  even  he  had  to  do  it ;  and  we  all  know  that 
he  was  not  a  discontented  minister,  nor  a  worldly  man.  But,  when  opportunity 
offers  to  give  Christ  and  his  people  credit  for  fairly  supporting  their  servants, 
we  have  fallen  npon  such  evil  times  of  detraction  that  it  becomes  those  who 
have  dwelt  in  the  land  and  have  been  fed,  to  testify  to  those  coming  forward 
that  they  have  not  been  left  to  want,  nor  have  their  children  begged  their 
bread. 

And  this  Is  all  the  testimony  needed ;  because  no  man  need  come  in  among 
08  to  make  money,  to  make  fame,  to  make  comfort  or  worldly  influence — any 
thing  bat  work.  The  ministry  is  a  good  work — not  a  good  banking  enterprise ;  in 
fact,  if  any  ministers  have  found  that  from  tlie  proceeds  of  their  preaching 
they  have  a  bank  acoonnt  growing  like  a  merchant^  they  would  from  that  very 
fict  have  reason  to  doubt  that  they  were  ministers  of  Christ.  An  adequate  sup- 
port, your  committee  say,  is  what  the  ministry  should  content  itself  with :  and 
an  adequate  support  the  churches  are  bound  to  furnish,  if  men  with  growing 
niods  are  to  be  their  ministers. 

The  only  remaining  aid  to  the  getting  of  men  that  yonr  committee  can  dwell 
ttpon,  is  a  more  general  exaUation  of  the  ministerial  office  ;  and  as  various  parties 
have  eacii  their  own  way  of  doing  this,  the  report  will  close  by  a  detail  of  ways 
and  means  of  the  desired  exaltation. 

The  miniitry  should  magnify  its  own  office,  if  it  wonld  see  itself  well  supplied. 
For  the  end  before  ns,  it  is  a  good  thing  to  preach  as  if  one  liked  to  preach ;  it  is 
A  better  to  preach  joyously  because  one  does  like  it ;  best  of  all  is  it  for  ministers 
to  constantly  declare  that  it  is  the  best  work  they  have  ever  done,  or  desire  to  do. 
It  b  said  that  every  man  owes  a  debt  to  his  profession ;  and  in  our  judgment, 
vhat  the  ministers  owe  to  the  pulpit,  they  should  pay  in  the  form  of  love  for  it, 
and  commendation  of  it  Young  men  will  soon  find  out  whether  a  place  is  to  be 
coveted  or  not  by  the  air  of  him  who  holds  it.  That  was  a  most  injudicious 
method  of  recruiting  adopted  in  Pennsylvania,  in  1864,  when  a  recruiting  office 
WS8  opened  dose  by  a  military  hospital,  where  the  groaning  of  the  wounded  was 
tbe  only  music  that  reminded  them  of  the  glory  of  battle.  Needless  was  it  to  say 
that  the  true  patriot  would  enlist,  whatever  lay  before  him.  That  might  be,  but 
oa  just  principles  of  securing  a  free  being's  consent,  that  was  an  unwbe  experi- 
ment The  greatest  apparent  good  was  not  presented.  And  smce  ministers  know 
how  to  make  an  application  on  a  mere  hint,  let  us  hint  that  it  will  be  well  for  those 
woanded  in  their  ministerial  oampdgns  to  suppress  their  groans,  while  the  young 
are  hearing.  When  nurses  and  surgeons  are  near  there  is  liberty  to  moan ;  but  it 
is  a  needless  and  a  hurtful  expenditure  of  breath  to  cry  out  when  those  looking 
to  the  service  are,  by  such  sounds,  likely  to  be  prejudiced  against  it. 

Granting  that  many  strong  men  have  been  cut  down  in  it,  many  solid  men 
worn  out  in  it,  many  young  men  killed  outriglit  in  it,  there  is  no  more  glori- 


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ojUB  work  than  the  preachiDg  of  Christ  He  had  the  true  preacher's  spirit  who  re- 
cently said  in  reply  to  an  offer  of  a  stranger  to  preach  for  him,  "  you  might  as 
well  ask  to  eat  my  food  for  me ; ''  a  homely  way  of  following  him  who  said  ''  it  is 
my  meat  and  drink  to  do  the  will  of  my  Father  in  heaven."  "  Gladly,"  said 
Philip  Henry,  '^  would  I  beg  my  bread  six  days  of  the  week,  to  be  allowed  to 
preach  on  the  seventh.'* 

The  acknowledged  poverty  of  the  ministeiial  class  is  an  honor,  and  should  be 
maintained  as  such.  That  a  class  of  men  are  willing  to  forego  what  almost 
all  other  men  make  the  great  strife  of  their  lives ;  that  neither  money,  nor  com- 
fort, nor  social  distinction,  nor  political  power,  nor  literary  fame  will  win  them  from 
their  work  of  explaining  and  enforcing  Chrbtian  truths — this  certainly  is  some- 
thing of  which  every  man  in  the  ministry  may  glory.  When  this  world  is  down- 
side up  as  it  will  soon  be  to  most  of  us,  when  the  unseen  and  spiritual  state  is 
better  appreciated  because  more  clearly  seen — who  is  the  rich  man  and  who  the 
poor,  who  is  the  honorable  and  who  the  vile,  will  be  more  thoroughly  settled  than 
it  is  now.  And  the  glory  of  those  who  dared  to  be  poor  in  the  flesh  that  they 
might  make  many  rich  in  the  spirit,  eye  hath  not  seen  nor  ear  heard,  nor  do  we 
now  conceive.  He  puts  his  office  high  in  human  esteem  who  lives  as  if  he  be- 
lieved this. 

The  household  has  a  noble  opportunity  of  exalting  the  ministry  of  Christ 
History  is  constantly  repeating  itself  in  this,  that  out  of  families  where  conversa- 
tion on  divine  things  is  intermixed  with  jests  and  vulgar  remarks,  few  converts  to 
Christ  come.  Especially  so  in  respect  to  the  children  becoming  ministers.  Find 
a  household  which  adjourns  from  the  church  to  "  take  off"  the  peculiarities  of  the 
preacher,  and  criticise  his  style  of  leading  the  devotions  and  preaching  tlie  Word, 
and  you  will  find  one  barren  of  those  bom  for  the  ministry.  8ee  how  the  hon- 
oring of  the  office  at  home  has  resulted  in  the  numerous  and  faithful  ministerial 
families,  thinking  of  nothing  but  the  honoring  of  Christ  by  preaching  him.  See 
the  missionary  families — the  Scndders,  the  Schaufflers,  the  Gulicks;  the  pastoral 
families — ^the  Beechers,  the  Duffields,  the  Tyngs,  and  the  Alexanders,  besides 
many  of  the  honored  living  who  have  two  and  even  three  generations  preaching 
together.  It  does  not  all  "  run  in  the  blood,"  for  we  are  expressly  told  that  not  of 
blood  or  descent  are  men  called,  but  it  runs  largely  in  the  training.  Train  the 
child  and  he  will  go.  Prayer,  precept  and  example  rarely  fail  to  make  a  son 
what  his  father  and  mother  desire.  In  your  committee's  judgment,  the  house- 
hold is  before  the  church  and  college  and  seminary  too,  as  the  mental  and  spirit- 
ual and  professional  birthplace  of  the  true  minister. 

To  be  comprehensive  in  their  deliverance,  your  committee  venture  with  all 
modesty  to  suggest  an  elevation  of  the  office  in  eonneetion  toith  our  process  qf 
ministerial  training,  A  great  evil  has  come  on  the  Christian  ministry  by  the 
multiplication  and  the  competition  of  Theological  Seminaries.  Too  great  eager- 
ness to  secure  numbers,  has  tempted  those  who  manage  these  institutions  to 
lower  the  grade  of  qualification  for  entrance — ^in  fact,  in  some  instances,  to  abol- 
ish all  inquiries  about  qualification,  and,  unlike  the  apostle  Paul,  to  snatch  at 
novices  and  make  them  bishops. 

While  all  due  facility  should  await  those  ready  for  professional  training,  in 
your  committee's  opinion,  the  Seminary  should  be  a  place,  which  it  is  worth 
some  effort  to  enter.  To  use  it  as  an  infirmary  for  the  mentally  halt,  lame,  and 
blind,  instead  of  a  directing,  bracing,  stimulating  and  testing  place,  for  those 
wiih  the  main  part  of  their  culture  secured  before  entry,  is  to  rob  it  of  its  honor 


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and  its  power,  and  to  farnish  the  ohorolies  with  men  who  confess  to  themselyes 
that)  as  thej  go  out,  they  ought  to  have  only  been  thinking  of  coming  in. 

It  is  significant  that  Christ  had  no  young  preachers  whom  he  sent  ont  from 
a  shorter  coarse ;  that  he  kept  them  all  by  his  side  for  three  fall  years.  And 
bat  one — and  it  was  the  falsity  of  his  heart,  and  not  the  want  of  competent 
teaching  that  ailed  him — ^bat  one  of  those  staying  all  their  time  with  the  Mas- 
ter, was  a  poor  preacher.  When  any  one  with  any  kind  of  training  is  made  a 
minister,  how  can  it  be  expected  that  a  landable  and  Christian  ooTeting  of  one 
of  the  best  gifts,  the  gift  of  preaching,  is  possible  among  our  young  men  ? 

And  yet  again,  there  is  need  of  a  revival  of  the  heroic  in  connection  toith  mwii- 
tmalmcrifiee  among  our  young  people.  The  days  of  suffering  in  the  flesh  are 
about  over ;  but  the  scourging,  and  mocking,  and  the  sawing  asunder  of  the  sou] 
can  be  endared  for  Christ  Christ  was  a  minister,  is  now  a  minister,  of  the 
aanctuary  which  the  Lord  pitched,  and  not  man.  Christ  still  has  a  reproach ; 
he  is  no  philosopher ;  his  gospel  is  foolishness.  *'  Where  is  the  promise  of  his 
coming^"  is  still  the  taunt ;  law  has  the  supremacy ;  all  things  go  on  as  from  the 
beginning.  The  question  is,  Who  will  bear  that  reproach,  go  out  with  him, 
itaod  by  him,  be  called  fools  instead  of  philosophers,  mad  instead  of  sane,  poor 
instead  of  rich,  yet  amid  all  be  blessed?  "  For,  Blessed  are  ye  when  men  shall 
revile  you,  and  persecute  you,  and  shall  say  all  manner  of  evil  against  you  fedsely 
for  my  sake." 

Can  our  youth  more  surely  gain  the  name  and  the  place  of  heroes,  than  by 
joining  the  ranks  of  those  wise  to  win  sonls  ?  Shall  a  dread  of  hardship,  or 
the  8com  of  men,  rob  them  of  the  reward  of  those  who  turn  many  to  righteous- 
neiB? 


MISSIONAKY  INTELLIGENCE. 


OALIFOBNIA. 

Fnm  Rev.  B.  Af.  BetU,  Santa  Barbara^  Santa 
Barbara  Co, 

Not  Dead  Tet. 

A  year  ago  our  church  was  generally 
believed  to  bo  dead.  Its  membership 
had  been  redaced  to  thirteen,  its  Sab- 
bath school  was  almost  broken  up,  and 
many  were  ready  to  attend  its  fnneraL 
Had  it  not  been  for  your  Superintendent, 
and  the  aid  of  your  Society,  it  doubtless 
wonld  not  have  revived.  We  fo^  how- 
ever, that  results  have  justified  all  that 
yon  have  done  for  us.  Eighteen  have 
been  received  into  the  church,  ten  by 
letter,  and  eight  on  profession  of  faith. 
The  Sabbath  school  now  numbers  75, 
and  the  congregation  nearly  200. 

This  has  been  a  year  of  re-action,  and 
particnlarly  a  hard  one  for  California. 
A  partial  dronth  has  added  to  its  se- 


verity. Money  has  been  hard  to  get  for 
any  purpose,  and  especially  for  church 
building ;  yet  our  people,  few  in  num- 
ber, and  of  slender  means,  felt  that  God 
would  help  them,  and  determined  to 
build.  As  a  result,  we  have  just  dedi- 
cated to  the  Lord,  free  of  debt,  a  beau- 
tiful house  of  worship,  which  has  cost 
over  $8,000.  Many  noble  sacrifices 
have  been  made,  but  as  a  church  we 
feel  that  we  are  all  the  stronger  for 
it. 

Thirty  miles  below  us  is  an  important 
field  for  Christian  labor.  It  is  the  out- 
let of  the  Santa  Clara  valley.  This  val- 
ley already  produces  largely,  but  in  a 
few  years  it  wiU  yield  enough  to  feed 
the  State.  It  is  being  settled  by  Chris- 
tian families.  A  Congregational  church 
of  18  i^embers  was  organized  there 
last  fall,  but  they  have  no  pastor.  A 
good  man,  in  good  health,  would  be 


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weleomed  to  a  deligbtfnl  and  most  im- 
portant field. 


From  Rev,  J.  J.  Powdl,  Rio  Vuta^  Solano 

County, 

Oar  Olraroh  Fair, 

It  was  opened  on  Taesdaj  eyening, 
and  held  throa^  Wednesday  and  Thars- 
daj.  All  the  articles  were  made  by  the 
ladies  of  the  ohorch  and  congregation, 
few  in  number,  who  deserve  great 
credit  for  their  conrage,  good  judgment, 
hard  work  and  perfect  management 
The  managers  determined  to  hare  no 
"post-offices,"  "grab-bags,"  "scales  of 
justice  and  beauty,"  "loss-tree,"  or 
other  tree  of  suspicious  character.  The 
whole  affair  was  carried  out  on  strictly 
Christian  principles,  and  proved  that  a 
church  fair  can  be  made  profitable 
without  any  of  Satan's  modern  inven- 
tions. The  receipts  were  about  $600, 
and  we  breathe  freely,  because  the  bur- 
den of  debt  has  been  removed.  More- 
over, we  have  bought  a  new  steel 
amalgam  bell,  and  one  of  Mason  & 
Hamlin's  organs,  which  aids  the  singing 
of  our  excellent  voluntary  choir,  all  of 
whom  are  members  of  our  church. 

Protracted  ICeetinffs. 

A  week  ago  last  Sabbath  we  opened 
our  batteries  on  the  enemy's  fortifica- 
tions, and  have  been  shelling  them  for 
ten  days  without  intermission.  They 
are  strong,  but  must  yield.  The  feeling 
is  increasing  daily,  and  a  few  have  ex- 
perienced a  change  of  heart.  We  are 
determined  to  fight  on,  until  the  whole 
place  is  regenerated  by  the  power  of 
the  Holy  Spirit. 


KANSAS. 

From  Riv.  J,  F,  Morgan^  North  Lawrenety 
Douglas  Co, 

A  Dark  Look. 

Since  my  first  year's  labor  yihere  has 
been  much  to  discourage  Cnristian  ef- 
fort.   Local  questions  have  constantly 


disturbed  the  peace  of  the  community 
with  strife  and  discord.  So  many  have 
desired  to  rule,  that  we  have  had  no 
rule  at  all,  except  the  destructive  power 
of  whiskey.  This  has  neutralized  our 
efforts  for  good.  It  has  prevented  the 
growth  of  our  town ;  few  but  the  god- 
lees  and  immoral  wishing  to  stop  here. 
Not  a  single  Congregational  family  has 
settled  here  during  the  past  two  years. 
1  have  many  tiroes  thonght  that  I  co«ld 
hold  out  under  these  circumstances  no 
longer;  that  many  other  fields  were 
much  more  inviting ;  but  having  labored 
so  hard  to  secure  a  church  edifice,  I 
could  not  bear  to  see  this  enterprise  go 
down,  and  have  clung  to  it.  I  have  be- 
lieved there  was  never  a  day  so  dark 
but  that  the  clouds  were  scattered; 
never  a  night  so  long  but  that  the  morn- 
ing dawned ;  so  I  have  labored  on  in 
hope  of  this  brighter  day. 

Brighter. 
Changes  have  occurred  during  the 
past  three  months  which  lead  us  to  be- 
lieve that  this  long  expected  day  is  near 
at  hand.  "The  morning  seems  to  dawn." 
One  quite  important  change  is  the  con- 
solidation of  this  town  with  the  city  of 
Lawrence.  We  feel  that  we  shall  no 
longer  be  at  the  mercy  of  whiskey. 
Though  it  has  been  but  a  week  since 
this  was  consummated,  we  already  be- 
gin to  see  its  effect.  Business  in  every 
branch  has  received  an  impetus;  streets 
are  being  opened  and  graded;  houses 
are  going  up ;  and  we  now  hope  to  see 
a  different  class  of  people  casting  in 
their  lot  with  us.  One  family  from  the 
Plymouth  Congregational  church,  Chi- 
cago, has  already  gladdened  our  hearts. 
May  the  Lord  send  many  such,  to  cheer 
us  and  lighten  our  burdens  I 


Jf^om  Rev,  I,  Jacobus,  Junction  City, 
Davis  Co, 


For  a  x>ortion  of  the  last  quarter  I 
have  been  laid  upon  the  stocks  for  re- 


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paira.  My  lungs  were  so  weakened  by 
a  siege  of  the  whooping  cough  that  I 
was  compelled  to  suspend  labor  for  a 
few  Sabbaths.  From  my  own  experi- 
ence, I  could  not  conscientiously  recom- 
mend the  whooping  cough  to  adults, 
and  would  most  heartily  advise  all 
mimtm  to  submit  to  it  when  they  are 
yonng.  I  have  been  most  fortunate, 
however,  in  securing  help  every  Sunday 
of  my  illness.  Brothers  Parker,  Cord- 
ley,  Merrill,  Butterfield  and  Tnnnell, 
have  each  given  me  a  Sabbath,  so  that 
80  far  as  feeding  the  flock  is  concerned, 
my  church  have  fared  far  better  and 
been  led  in  greener  pastures  than  if 
their  regular  under-shepherd  had  not 
become  lame. 

The  valuable  assistance  of  these  bre- 
thren has  done  us  all  good.    While  it 
has  toned  us  up  and  invigorated  us,  it 
has  generated  a  keener  sympathy  on 
I        tteir  part  for  our  struggling  church. 

K«w  Oomen. 
Our  congregations  have  increased  so 
liTgely  of  late,  that  on  some  occasions 
it  has  been  difficult  to  seat  all.  Thb 
comes  of  the  heavy  immigration  into 
onr  place.  Many  of  these  are  from 
England;  a  good  sprinkling  of  them 
members  of  the  "  Independent  church." 
j  Hike  these  English  Christians.    Their 

type  of  piety  is  of  a  higher  order  than 
that  of  some  of  our  weak-kneed  bre- 
thren on  the  border.  It  stands  trans- 
portation and  sea-sickness.  A  niece  of 
ReT.  Thomas  Bmney,  of  London,  and 
her  husband,  are  soon  to  present  their 
letters  and  give  us  their  valuable 
aid. 

The  city  is  building  up  rapidly;  we 
oount  the  new  buildings  by  scores. 
Many  of  our  order  come  in,  but  as  yet 
few  remain.  Our  old  members  move  on, 
but  we  hope  to  keep  our  number  good. 
We  have  a  more  encouraging  outlook 
BOW  than  ever  before.  A  deep  interest 
appears  to  pervade  our  congregations. 
Hiy  God  breathe  upon  us  the  breath 
oflife! 


From  Rev.  H.   W,  Shaw,    WhiU   aaitd, 
Doniphan  Co* 

Btdldinff. 
During  the  quarter  there  has  been 
much  to  encourage  us ;  not  that  any 
thing  has  been  accomplished  in  the  way 
of  outward  growth,  but  there  has  been 
a  very  decided  increase  of  earnestness 
and  courage.  The  incipient  effort  to- 
wards building  a  church  this  season  has 
infused  new  life  and  animation  into  all 
the  membership.  All  the  various  expe- 
dients for  raising  means  are  being  put 
into  requisition.  The  money  for  an  or- 
gan was  raised  without  difficulty  during 
the  winter,  and  to-morrow  the  women 
of  the  church  organize  for  the  raising 
of  funds  to  furnish  the  church  when 
completed.  Perfect  harmony  and  good 
feeling  prevail.  Our  services  are  more 
fully  attended  than  ever,  though  I  do 
not  know  that  there  is  any  especial  re- 
ligions interest. 

••  aolnff  West." 

Next  Sabbath  is  to  be  our  communion 
season  at  Highland,  and  it  is  expected 
that  a  few  will  be  received,  both  by  let- 
ter and  confession.  These,  however, 
will  only  fill  the  places  of  some  who 
have  recently  removed  to  "  the  West ; " 
for,  strange  as  it  may  seem,  in  this,  al- 
most the  Ultima  Thule  of  civilization 
and  of  regions  fitted  by  nature  to  be  the 
home  of  an  agricultural  people,  the  ten- 
dency of  all  the  unsatisfied  ones  is  to- 
wards the  West  1 

Helper  Wanted. 
If  these  two  churches  are  to  be  sup- 
plied by  one  man,  he  needs  greater 
powers  of  physical  endurance  than  I 
possess,  to  work  such  a  field  efficiently 
and  satisfactorily  to  the  church  and  to 
himself.  Each  is  extremely  desirous  of 
obtaining  the  entire  services  of  a  minis- 
ter :  Highland,  because  of  the  church's 
relation  to  denominational  influences ; 
and  Whi(ip  Cloud,  because  of  the  build- 
ing task  it  has  assumed  for  this  year, 
and  because  of  burdens  that  in  its  pres- 


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ent  weak  state  will  be  nnavoidable. 
Each  charob  wishes  to  engross  my  whole 
time,  and  I  am  in  a  strait  betwixt  two. 


MINNESOTA. 

From  Rev.   O.  B.  Nutting^  Mower  CUy^ 

Mower  Oounfy, 

Not  on  Another's  Foundation. 

I  came  here  with  my  family,  because 
there  was  no  minister  of  any  denomina- 
tion living  either  in  this  or  the  adjoin- 
ing towns  north  and  east.  I  had  been 
informed  that  a  Baptist  minister,  ten 
miles  distant,  who  had  preached  here 
once  in  two  weeks,  did  not  intend  to 
continne;  but  I  came  without  invita- 
tion from  any  one,  or  commission,  save 
that  general  one  in  the  last  verses  of 
Matthew. 

This  settlement  was  commenced  about 
fourteen  years  ago.  There  have  been, 
in  succession,  four  different  church  or- 
ganizations, viz.,  Methodist,  free-will 
Baptist,  Oampbellite,  and  close-com- 
munion Baptist.  The  lasf  only  sur- 
vives, having  been  in  existence  two 
years,  and  numbering  twelve  members, 
of  whom  five  are  men.  My  first  service 
was  in  a  school-house  on  the  prairie, 
two  miles  east,  where  I  have  preached 
once  each  Sabbath  since.  I  hold  a 
preaching  service,  every  alternate  Sab- 
bath, in  Waltham,  the  town  north  of  us. 
I  have  also  preached  regularly  every 
Sabbath  once  in  the  school-house  here. 
The  m^ority  of  the  village  population, 
although  mostly  of  New  England  ori- 
gin, have  not,  for  years,  been  in  the 
habit  of  attending  public  worship.  I 
am  glad,  however,  to  see  that  some  of 
that  class  have  recently  commenced  at* 
tending  regularly. 

The  Foreiam  Work. 

You  know  I  was  from  Jan.,  1858, 
until  Aug.,  1868,  missionary  of  the  A. 
B.  C.  F.  M.,  in  central  Turkey.  In  ex- 
tent of  territory  and  population,  this  is 
much  smaller  than  my  former  field, 
which  covered  an  area  of  10,000  square 


miles,  and  had  a  population  of  more 
than  200,000.  We  have  here,  as  there, 
the  same  corrupt  human  nature  with 
which  to  deal,  the  same  remedy  by 
which  to  seek  its  recovery,  and  the 
same  promise  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  to 
make  our  labors  effectual.  Yet,  in  some 
important  respects,  the  difficulties  to  be 
contended  with  here  seem  much  greater 
than  they  were  there.  Somewhat  less 
than  one  eighth  of  the  population  of  my 
former  field  were  nominal  Christians, 
our  work  was  directly  among  them,  and 
indirectly,  through  them,  upon  the 
Moslems  and  heathen.  Though  descend- 
ed from  Christians  of  the  first  century, 
they  had  retained  only  the  name  with- 
out the  life  of  Christianity,  and  needed 
to  be  converted  in  order  to  be  true  wit- 
nesses for  Christ,  to  the  Moslem  and 
heathen  around  them.  But  the  Bible 
was  acknowledged  by  them  to  be  of  d!* 
vine  authority,  though  for  centuries  it 
had  been  kept  froni  them.  And  when 
convineed  of  our  sincere  benevolence  in 
coming  among  them,  they  were  more 
than  willing  to  listen  to  us  while  we 
"  reasoned  with  them  out  of  the  Scrip- 
tures,'* and  taught  them  ^concern- 
ing the  kingdom  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ."  The  few  who  could  read, 
bought  and  searched  the  Bible,  and 
those  who  could  not,  applied  themselves 
earnestly  to  learn,  that  they  might  find 
out  for  themselves  whether  what  we 
taught  them  was  true.  ^*  Therefore, 
many  of  them  believed." 

Their  facilities  and  opportunities  for 
the  acquisition  of  this  world's  goods 
being  small,  they  did  not  grudge  the 
time  necessary  for  attending  the  public 
services  of  instruction  and  worship. 
Besides  the  two  sermons,  and  Sabbath 
school  on  the  Lord's  day,  and  two 
weekly  evening  services,  they  were 
ready  to  come  together  to  a  daily  ex-> 
pository  service,  whenever  we  had  time 
and  strength  to  hold  one,  either  in  the 
evenings  of  winter,  or  at  sunrise  in  sum- 
mer. *'In  season  and  out  of  season," 
in  their  shops  and  about  their  work, 


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thej  seemed  to  hunger  for  instructioD, 
comfort,  exhortatioD,  or  reproof  out  of 
the  Word,  and  loved  to  *'  speak  often 
one  to  another  "  of  the  things  they  had 
heard  or  read. 

The  Home  Work. 

But  here  the  whole  strength  and 
energy  of  every  one  seems  to  he  ab- 
sorbed in  an  agonizing  pursuit  of  this 
world's  goods,  so  that  it  is  quite  impos- 
sible for  them  also  to  ^*  agonize  to  enter 
in  at  the  strait  gate.''  Many  do  not 
hesitate  to  continue  their  work  through 
every  day  of  the  seven,  and  the  most  of 
those  who  cease  from  ordinary  work  on 
the  Sabbath,  are  so  exhausted  by  the 
week's  labors  as  to  have  no  strength  or 
heart  for  any  thing  but  sleep,  or  amuse- 
ment and  mere  physical  recreation.  A 
proposal  to  meet  together  at  sunrise,  or 
on  week-day  evenings,  for  religious  in- 
struction and  prayer,  they  would  con- 
sider evidence  of  insanity  in  the  pro- 
poser. 

Another  great  diflSculty  here,  from 
which  we  were  there  exempt,  is  the 
spirit  of  sectarianism.  Let  a  minister 
of  any  denomination  commence  labor 
in  an  unoccupied  field,  even  if  sincerely 
desirous  to  waive  all  denominational 
peculiarities  and  unite  all  who  love  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  immediately  others 
will  come  in  to  preach  and  make  divi- 
sioD,  in  the  interest  of  their  own  denomi- 
nations. 

•♦• 

f^rom  Rev,  K    WUlard,  Plainmeio,  Waha- 
thaw  Co, 

Sorrow  and  Joy. 

The  last  Sabbatl^  of  the  quarter  I  was 
Absent,  called  by  the  sickness  of  my 
brother  who  died  in  Troy,  N.  Y.  I 
trost  the  sad  experience  will  fit  me  bet- 
ter for  the  work  which  the  Lord  has  for 
XD6  to  do  in  this  place. 

We  have  been  made  to  rcyoice  by  the 
iocession  to  oar  numbers  of  seventeen 
P^sons,  mainly  on  profession  of  their 
faith,  about  equally  divided  between 


adults  and  young  persons.  Among 
those  who  united  with  us  was  a  former 
minister  of  another  denomination,  who 
has  already  found  a  field  of  labor  in  one 
of  our  churches  in  this  State. 

We  are  much  crowded  for  room  in 
the  uninviting  place  of  worship  we  now 
occupy;  and  the  last  payments  have 
been  made  on  a  $600  lot,  for  a  church 
edifice.  Stone  is  being  drawn  for  the 
foundation,  but  the  church  will  proba- 
bly not  be  completed  before  next  year. 


From  Rw.  J,  D,  Todd,  Wirmehago   Cify^ 
FaribauUCo, 

The  Tear's  Work. 

My  year  of  labor  under  your  commis- 
sion has  been  one  of  hope  and  fears 
and  toil ;  of  some  discouragements  from 
"  sight,"  and  much  encouragement  by 
"  faith."  I  have  planned  and  counseled, 
firtudied,  preached  and  pleaded  for  Christ, 
and  for  the  polity  of  the  Pilgrims,  of 
which  there  seems  to  be  a  strange  igno- 
rance in  these  parts.  I  have  preached 
one  hundred  and  forty  times ;  have  re- 
ceived into  the  Winnebago  City  church 
twenty-nine  members — ^almost  half  on 
profession  of  their  faith — and  to  the 
Woodland  Mills  church,  two  on  profes- 
sion ;  have  held  an  extra  meeting  of  four 
days  with  church  at  Fairmount,  the 
county  seat  west  of  us,  and  in  doing 
this,  have  traveled  twelve  hundred  and 
fifty  miles.  A  union  meeting  here,  of 
great  and  quiet  power,  from  the  week 
of  prayer  till  near  the  first  of  March, 
resulted  in  the  hopeful  conversion  or 
reclamation  of  sixty  souls.  At  Wood- 
land Mills  a  nine  days'  meeting,  in  which 
I  was  alone  with  the  church,  was  blessed 
to  the  bringing  in  from  the  world  of 
seven  souls,  while  five  or  six  who  had 
been  interested  for  months,  were 
brought  to  a  foil  decision  for  Ohrist. 
The  family  of  a  leading  infidel,  eight  in 
number,  have  expressed  hope  in  Christ, 
so  that  he  is  left  alone,  and  has  himself 
said  he  "  wished  he  could  see  as  Chris- 
tians do."    We  hope  he  may  yet  see* 


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The  Spirit  of  God  has  been  wonderfolly 
poared  out  in  all  this  field,  and  we 
greatly  rejoice  in  him. 

Anffel  Ministries. 

Mintsteriog  angels  have  visited,  sur- 
prised and  cheered  us.  What  a  box 
that  was!  Large,  rich,  full,  minute ; 
over-clothes  under-clothes,  thick,  solid 
garments  for  the  winter's  cold ;  clothes 
for  the  study,  clothes  for  father,  moth- 
er, and  each  child.  Opened  in  the  mid- 
dle of  the  sitting-room,  there  were 
cheers,  almost  shouts,  eyes  opening 
with  wonder  and  gratitude,  as  each  ar- 
ticle came  to  the  new  light  of  a  Minne- 
sota mission  cottage  I  Then  those  rich 
letters :  one  from  Father  -: — ,  77  years 
of  age,  and  desirous  to  help  fit  up  our 
little  home ;  another  from  a  boy  of  elev- 
en years,  who,  interested  by  reading  an 
extract  in  the  ffome  Mimonaryy  had 
saved  and  sent  his  spending  money  for 
the  children ;  and  yet  another,  by  post, 
from  Baltimore,  Md.,  from  an  unnamed 
angel,  whose  initi^  only  were  given. 
God  ble«)s  that  dear  old  man,  and  the 
boy,  and  the  kind  ministering  unknown 
one !  None  but  ourselves  can  ever  know 
the  comfort  afforded  by  their  gifts. 

Churoh  Home  Wanted. 
The  church  in  Winnebago  City  needs 
a  house 'of  worship  immediately — ^hav- 
ing to  hold  service  in  the  public  school 
room,  which  may  be  dosed,  leaving  no 
place  but  the  small  Baptist  house,  in 
which  the  Methodists  also  worship. 
This  is  soon  to  be  a  railroad  town ;  the 
growth  will  be  very  rapid,  and  it  is  im- 
perative that  foundations  be  laid  now, 
if  we  would  build  up  successfully.  Who 
of  God^s  stewards  will  make  an  offering 
of  $500  as  an  anniversary  memorial  gift  ? 


IOWA. 

Ihmi  Rev.    J,  JL  AUnnaon^  Itnpa  FaU$^ 

Hardin  Co, 

Sunshine. 

Here  closes  my  first  year  of  labor  as 

a  Home  Missionary.    The  year  has  been 


one  of  sunshine  and  shadow — ^the  sun- 
shine, however,  predominating.  Within 
the  year,  27  have  united  with  the 
churoh,  eight  of  them  on  profession  of 
their  faith  in  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 
During  several  months,  considerable  in- 
terest was  felt  in  spiritual  things,  both 
by  the  church  and  congregation.  As  a 
result  of  special  meetings,  a  few  sepa- 
rated themselves  from  the  world  and 
entered  the  church. 

Pecuniarily  we  ere  little  better  off 
than  last  year.  Business  is  dull,  partly 
because  this  is  no  longer  the  railroad 
terminus,  and  partly  because  farmers' 
produce,  especially  wheat,  brought  but 
little.  The  prospect  for  a  good  wheat 
crop  fbr  this  year  is  also  poor,  on  ac- 
count of  the  drought  These  things  com- 
bine to  lengthen  faces  and  tighten 
pocket-books.  Still,  suhscriptions  for 
your  missionary's  salary  have  been  paid, 
and  a  larger  amount  than  in  previous 
years  has  been  contributed  to  various 
benevolent  causes. 

The  Field  and  The  Kan. 

My  labors  have  mostly  been  confined 
to  this  place,  though  I  have  preached  a 
few  times  at  a  village  two  miles  distant, 
when  I  could  endure  three  services.  I 
intend  soon  to  visit  a  few  places  of 
which  I  hear  contradictory  reports. 
Two  of  these  places  are  eleven  raUes 
from  here.  One  of  them,  with  from 
200  to  800  people,  is  called  a  "  hard 
city,"  in  great  need  of  the  gospel.  An- 
other is  called  ^*  respectable,''  and  is  the 
centre  of  a  farming  community.  If 
these  places  are  open,  they  will  furnish 
a  grand  field  for  some  self-denying,  hard- 
working minister,  and  I  think  I  have 
the  man.  A  member  of  our  church, 
who  united  by  profession  this  year,  has 
concluded  to  prepare  for  that  sort  of 
work.  He  is  about  thirty,  is  married, 
has  a  good  English  education;  thinks 
he  cannot  go  to  the  Seminary,  but  says 
he  will  study  with  me,  beginning  his 
studies  this  fUl.  We  all  think  he  will 
do  a  good  work. 


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WISCONSIN. 
/Vom  Rev,  Q,  Spauldinff^  Depere^  Brown  do* 

Ck)znfort  In  Sorrow. 

When  this  report  was  due,  I  was  ab- 
sent with  our  oldest  daughter,  of  whose 
sickness  I  wrote  jou.  [See  Home  Mu^ 
nonary  for  June.]  We  had  hardly  the 
£untest  hope,  but  thought  it  possible, 
that  she  might  temporarilj  rally  by  a 
'  trip  to  the  sea-shore.  She  lived  but  ten 
dsjs  after  reaching  our  Eastern  friends. 

We  feel  that  the  Lord^s  mercies  have 
been  very  great  in  this  affliction : — so 
numy  kindnesses  all  through  our 
daaghter*8  sickness ;  the  love  and  sym- 
psthj  of  relatives  and  Christian  friends; 
the  unexpected  provision  for  our  jour- 
ney to  the  East  with  her ;  the  kind 
conrtesies,  in  traveling,  from  conduo- 
tora  and  even  hackmen  towards  an  in- 
valid stranger ;  her  meeting,  on  the 
roQte,  with  friends  she  greatly  desired 
to  see;  the  few  days  by  the  sea-shore 
among  relatives;  the  seclusion  and 
quietness  of  her  grandmother's  home, 
in  Lowell,  for  tiie  last  days ;  the  grate- 
fnl  recognition  by  the  weary  one  of  all 
these  mercies  from  the  heavenly 
Father's  hand ;  her  ever-trusting  spirit 
and  beaotifnl  simplicity  of  faith ;  the 
gratification  of  all  her  earUily  wishes; 
the  feeling  that  every  thing  had  been 
done  for  her  that  could  be  done ;  the 
brave  and  quiet  patience  with  which  she 
waited  for  the  last  of  earth ;  and,  when 
flbe  felt  the  wing  of  the  death-angel, 
the  happy  smile,  the  light  of  victory  in 
ber  eye,  and  her  '^  please,  Jesus,  come 
quickly ;  *>  and  finally  her  burial  in  the 
ipot  she  had  chosen.  Though  we  miss 
her  more  than  words  can  tell,  we  can 
but  say.  How  good  is  the  Lord ! 

Then,  too,  the  manner  in  which  thb 
afllktion  was  received  by  the  remaining 
diildren  comforts  U8»  The  only  brother, 
next  to  her  in  age,  says,  **  She  has  only 
pme  a  little  before,  to  wait  for  us 
there."  The  next  sister,  of  fifteen,  "I 
did  not  think  that  Lottie,  could  die,  I 
opected  to  see  her  again,  bu|  she  is 


well  and  strong  now."  Said  the 
youngest,  of  nine  years,  when  we  had 
come  home  and  gathered  about  our 
table  for  the  first  time  without  the 
loved  one,  "  Let  us  not  cry,  we  shall  all 
of  us  see  her  again." 

Our  mercies  are  greater  than  our 
affliction,  and  our  joy  greater  than  our 
sorrow.  We  will  sing  of  the  goodness 
of  the  Lord.  We  bless  Him  for  the 
faith  he  has  given  to  our  children,  so 
early  that  they  know  not  when  it  was 
not  in  exercise. 


Jf^om  Rev,  A,  A.  Overton,  Arena,  loufa  Co, 
Fruit  Oath^red. 

In  my  last  I  spoke  of  cheering 
signs  of  a  special  work  of  the  Holy 
Spirit.  The  Lord  has  made  us  glad 
with  the  great  things  he  hath  done 
for  us.  We  count  twenty-six  conver- 
sions; but  I  am  confident  there  are 
more  who  savingly  believe  in  Jesus. 
Several  of  our  new  converts  are  heads 
of  families. 

I  have  had  no  assistance  from. any 
evangelist  or  any  brother  from  another 
field.  With  the  exception  of  Saturday, 
I  preached  every  evening  for  six  weeks. 
Our  Sabbath  school  is  still  increasing  in 
numbers  and  in  love  for  the  study  of 
the  Word.  This  I  superhitend,  and 
give  the  scholars  each  Sabbath  a  short 


I^om  Rev.  A,  W.  CurHe,  Belmont,  La. 
fayette  Co. 

Dark  and  Bright. 

Some  of  our  most  efficient  and  best 
paying  members  have  sold  out  to  Ger- 
mans and  left,  and  this  noble  church, 
generously  respodsive  to  every  good  ob- 
ject, has  been  sadly  broken  up  of  late, 
both  because  of  these  removals,  and  of 
the  ill-health  of  their  late  pastor— finally 
compelled  to  give  up  labor.  The  church 
has  been  reduced  in  number  from  98  to 
8S  daring  the  ptlst  year,  and  others 
have  left  who  have  not  yet  taken  let- 


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ters.  Two  were  added  at  the  last  com- 
munion, by  profession,  both  recent  con- 
verts. We  have  had  no  special  pro- 
tracted meeting,  but  a  good  degree  of 
interest  for  some  time  past.  Last  night, 
through  storm  and  mad,  a  man  came  to 
the  prayer  meeting,  and  lifted  his  voice 
to  God  with  strong  crying  and  suppli- 
cation, who  but  a  few  weeks  ago  was 
exceedingly  profane,  and  unapproach- 
able on  the  subject  of  religion.  His 
wife  is  a  praying  woman,  and  little  by 
little  he  has  been  induced  to  come  to 
church,  and  finaUy  to  the  prayer  meet- 
ing. The  stormiest  day  we  had  thb 
year,  he  came  to  my  house  with  hands 
BO  full  of  gifts  from  his  wife,  that  he 
could  not  protect  his  face,  and  both 
ears  were  frosted.  But  after  thawing 
out,  he  acceded  bo  readily  to  my  invita- 
tion to  the  study,  that  I  was  astonished; 
and  yet  more  to  find  his  errand  was  to 
get  me  to  pray  with  him,  and  to  tell  me 
that  he  desired  to  follow  Jesus. 

The  daughter  of  our  belove  d  Warner 
who  was  the  means  of  building  up  this 
church,  who  finally  died  in  the  harness, 
worn  out  with  over-work,  now  lies  at 
the  point  of  death  in  the  last  stages  of 
consumption,  but  preaching  most  elo- 
quent sermons  by  her  patient  suffering 
for  Christ, 


From  JUv,  S,  ff,  Thompton^  Osseo,  Trempeo' 
Uau  Co, 

Sectarian  Divisions. 

The  people  are  too  poor  to  support 
one  minister,  yet  are  disposed  to  multi- 
ply churches  and  ministers — difibring 
more  as  to  polity  than  doctrine.  Should 
we  retire,  as  we  are  strongly  inclined  to 
do  for  the  sake  of  avoiding  coUisionj 
others  would  soon  retire  for  the  want 
of  adequate  support,  and  shortly  we  fear 
the  field  would  be  abandoned.  Such 
results  we  have  seen  to  our  sorrow. 
Quite  a  number  have  been  hopefdlly 
converted.  Classes  have  been  formed. 
Others  stand  aloof.  To  organize  them 
into  a  Congregational   church  would 


make  a  third  organization.  This  would 
seem  to  hinder  rather  than  promote 
Christian  unity.  Yet  Congregational- 
ists  were  first  in  labor,  and  appropriate- 
ly should  be  first  in  organization.  But 
established  "isms"  emphatically  say 
"JTo/  meekly  and  modestly  coalesce 
or  retire."  What  shall  be  done  ?  Shall 
not  Oongregationalists,  having  the  sim- 
ple republican,  Puritan,  Bible  polity,  , 
stand  their  ground  ?  We  have  been  too 
retiring,  too  much  afraid  of  sectarian 
zeal.  Thus  other  sects,  with  their 
adapted  machinery,  boldness  and  tact — 
sometii»es  perhaps  disregarding  Chris- 
tian comity — ^have  multiplied  and  mo- 
nopolized, under  the  name  of  true 
Christian  zeal. 

In  much  that  is  good  and  commend- 
able we  would  rejoice,  while  yet  we  are 
zealous  of  the  better  way.  We  shall 
probably  soon  form  a  Congregational 
church  at  Elk  Creek,  where  numbers 
are  anxious  for  it. 


ICIOHiaAN. 

From  Rev,  J,  S.  Kidder ^  Rochester^  Oakland 
County, 

A  Sad  Bereavement. 

On  the  second  of  May  last,  at  our 
morning  devotions,  we  read  the  history 
of  Job's  great  afflictions  and  his  trust- 
ftd  assurance,  "  The  Lord  gave  and  the 
Lord  hath  taken  away,  and  blessed  be 
the  name  of  the  Lord."  Then,  leading 
my  horse  to  the  well  for  water,  I  hand- 
ed the  halter  to  my  little  boy,  Freddie, 
to  hold  while  the  horse  ate  for  a  few 
minutes.  To  make  sure  of  his  hold,  the 
little  fellow  fastened  the  halter  around 
his  waist.  Something  startling  the 
horse,  he  ran  with  my  boy  hanging  by 
the  halter,  until  the  strap  broke,  and 
my  child  was  left  on  the  grass,  dead. 
Then  the  language  of  Job  became  ap- 
propriate for  me,  and  I  trust  that  its 
sentiment  found  a  lodgment  in  my 
heart.  The  boy  was  eight  years  old, 
my  youngest  of  six  children.    It  is  the 


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first  break  in  our  little  family  circle. 
God,  my  heavenly  Father,  seeras  nearer 
and  dearer  to  me  than  ever  hefore,  and 
I  can  666  that  I  needed  the  discipline. 


From  Rev,  T.  JoneSy  MaUawan,  Van  Buren 

BeviTaL 

You  have  been  informed  that  this 
dmrch,  so  lately  distracted  and  nearly 
ready  to  disband,  was  in  the  midst  of 
a  glorions  work  of  grace.  It  continued 
in  the  winter,  nor  is  it  yet  done.  We 
have  received  87,  and  there  are  several 
more  to  come  in.  Our  church  is  well 
filled  on  Lord^s  day ;  our  Sabbath  school 
numbers  140,  and  we  are  all  in  union 
among  ourselves.  I  trust  that  your 
ttoble  Society  will  not  have  cause  to  re- 
gret the  means  expended  here.  Three 
or  four  young  men,  poor  though  they 
are,  have  given  their  individnal  notes 
for  the  debt  of  the  new  church,  and 
nov  are  struggling  hard  to  pay  them. 
We  trust  that  this  little  church  has 
brigbter  days  before  it.  To  the  blessed 
Ulster  be  aJl  the  praise  I 


lOBSOUBI. 

Frm  Rev.  G.  G.  Perkins,  Kidder,   Cold- 
KH^  Co, 

Pour  Team'  Work. 

Four  years  ago  I  found  here  a  church 
«f  seven  members,  a  small  Sunday 
lehool,  and  a  congregation  of  about 
fifty.  Under  the  auspices  of  your  So- 
ciety, I  turned  my  back  on  my  hooae 
md  labor  in  Massachusetts,  set  my  face 
westward,  and  with  wife  and  five  child- 
ren reached  this  point,  **  drove  my 
rtike,''  and  by  God's  abounding  mercy 
we  have  continued  till  this  present 
thoe,  all  living,  and  one  added  to  the 
•nmber.  Some  of  my  Eastern  friends 
thoo^t  I  was  insane,  to  take  my  young 
and  numerous  family  to  this  distant 
nd  ^soni-civilized'*  section,  as  some 
regarded  it;  but,  '* Hitherto  bath  the 


Lord  helped  us,"  and  blessed  be  his 
name! 

I  have  met  with  disappointments 
and  trials ;  sickness  has  visited  me  and 
my  family ;  but  there  has  been  joy  in 
the  service  of  the  Master,  good  seed  is 
sown,  and  good  results  are  already 
realized.  The  seven  has  been  increased 
more  than  ten-fold,  the  congregation 
has  become  regular  in  attendance,  the 
Sunday  school  is  a  power,  the  cause  of 
Temperance  is  so  prospered  that  there 
cannot  be  even  a  licensed  saloon  in  the 
place,  the  public  school  is  brought  up 
from  two  months  in  the  year  to  nine  or 
ten  months ;  and  in  all  this  I  have  been 
permitted.to  do  something. 

Last  winter,  and  during  this  quarter 
we  have  enjoyed  a  glorious  revival ; 
bringing  thirty  or  more  hopefhlly  to 
Christ.  Twenty  have  united  with  the 
church  during  this  quarter,  making 
nearly  fifty,  in  fifteen  months. 

I  have  been  disappointed  in  the  slo^ 
growth  of  this  village.  The  country 
around  has  settled  up  considerably,  but 
immigration  hither  is  not  large  just 
now.  The  high  price  of  land  and  other 
reasons  have  operated  to  ssend  it  else- 
where. 

The  college  building,  incomplete, 
has  been  standing  still  for  several  months 
of  these  '*hard  times ;  "  but  though  the 
extravagant  expectations  of  some  will 
not  be  realized,  I  believe  it  will  succeed. 
It  has  not  had  enough  either  of  time  or 
money  to  give  it  a  fair  start  I  have 
been  disappointed  too  in  not  having  a 
house  of  worship  ere  this,  but  the  plea 
has  always  been,  "  wait  till  the  college 
comes  I  "  The  people  are  now  realiz- 
ing, that  it  will  not  serve  them  for  a 
church  even  when  completed,  located 
at  such  a  distance  from  the  centre  of 
the  village. 

As  yon  know,  I  have  served  the 
church  at  Hamilton  the  past  six  months, 
preaching  here  in  the  morning  and 
there  in  Uie  afternoon,  and  often  visiting 
Hamilton  during  the  week.  They  have 
{ost  completed  a  small  bnt  neat  house 


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of  worship,  which,  by  the  aid  of  the 
"  Union,"  is  free  from  debt 


From  Rev,  Z,  E,  FeemtUr^  OainuviUe^ 
Oxark  Co, 

Out  In  the  Woods. 
After  an  absence  of  abont  three 
months,  for  removing  my  family  from 
Mississippi,  I  am  again  at  my  ministeri- 
al labors  in  Ozark,  Douglass,  and  Chris- 
tian connties,  filling  appointments  in 
eight  different  places,  mostly  nnder  un- 
favorable circumstances.  The  state  of 
religious  feeling  had  declined  during  my 
absence.  The  weather  has  been  unfav- 
orable for  meetings  held  generally  in 
dwellings  and  school-houses,  small  and 


not  very  comfortable.  My  family, 
without  a  house,  have  tented  out  in  the 
open  woods.  My  time  has  been  mnch 
taken  up  in  providing  for  the  temporal 
wants  of  my  family.  Provisions  and 
materials  for  houses  had  to  be  secured, 
and  as  necessary  help  could  not  be  ob- 
tained, much  had  to  be  done  with  my 
own  hands.  Some  others  were  depend- 
ing upon  me  to  assist  them  in  getting 
homes,  and  as  several  of  the  places  I  had 
selected  for  that  purpose  were  tnken  up 
by  others,  we  were  subject  to  disap- 
pointment and  perplexity,  and  our  colo- 
ny is  scattered  over  a  wider  space  than 
was  desired;  but  we  hope  it  will  prove 
to  be  for  the  best. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


.     Decease  of  Bev.  0.  C.  Mone. 

Wk  hare  the  sad  duty  of  recordmg  the 
sadden  and  painful  death  of  this  devoted 
missionary,  at  Emporia,  Lyon  Co.,  Kansas, 
on  the  Idth  of  July. 

About  t^  sell  his  tittle  homestead,  that 
he  might  enter  on  a  new  field  of  labor,  he 
thought  to  increase  its  value  by  digging  a 
well,  and  to  save  expense  took  on  himself 
the  oversight  of  the  work.  Attempting  to 
descend  mto  the  well  too  soon  after  a  blast, 
he  was  overcome  by  the  foul  air,  and  called 
to  the  man  at  the  windlass  to  raise  him. 
This  man,  a  Qerman,  did  not  understand 
the  order,  and  Mr.  Morse  fell  several  feet 
upon  the  sharp  rocks.  It  was  an  hour  or 
more  before  he  could  be  reached,  when  it 
was  found  that  his  thigh  was  broken,  his 
head  so  bruised  that  he  was  unconscious ; 
and  though  several  skillful  physicians  used 
their  best  efforts  to  restore  him,  he  died  in 
a  few  hours.  A  wife  and  three  young 
children  are  left  to  mourn  their  sudden 
and  terrible  bereavement.  We  know  that 
thousands  of  praying  ones,  who  read  this 
notice,  will  bear  them  with  Christian  affec- 
tion and  sympathy  to  the  Qod  of  the  widow 
and  the  fatherless. 
Mr.  Morse  was  bom  in  Aoworth,  N.  H., 


April  19,  1827;  was  converted  in  Dart- 
mouth College,  where  he  graduated  in 
1864 ;  studied  three  years  in  Andover  Theo- 
logical] Seminary,  and  in  July,  1857,  waa 
commissioned  for  Kansas  by  ihis  Society, 
with  his  classmates.  Rev.  Messrs.  R.  Cordley, 
S.  D.  Storrs  and  R.  D.  Parker,  who  are  atUl 
working  in  that  Stote,  and  Rev.  Wm.  Wind- 
sor, who  chose  Iowa  for  his  field. 

Mr.  Morse  settled  in  Emporia,  a  com- 
munity then  presenting  many  discourage- 
ments. Through  his  efforts  a  church  was 
organized,  a  house  of  worship  built,  and, 
Uter,  a  Normal  School  established,  through 
his  connection  with  which  Mr.  Morse  has 
exerted  a  great  and  beneficial  influence  on 
the  educational  mterests  of  the  State. 

After  ten  and  a  half  years'  service  at 
Emporia,  he  took  charge  for  two  years  of 
the  church  in  Grasshopper  Falls;  bat  im- 
pressed with  the  need  of  pioneer  work 
in  the  newly  opening  southern  portion  of 
Kansas,  at  the  request  of  the  Superintend- 
ent,  he  made  an  exploring  tour  in  Wilson 
and  the  ac^'oining  counties.  It  was  with  a 
view  to  laboring  in  these  new  counties  that 
Mr.  Morse  undertook  the  work  which  cost 
him  his  life. 

He  had  previously  visited,  as  he  wrote 
us,  nearly  eveiy  cabin   in   Southwestern 


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Kansafl,  snppljiog  Bibles  and  organizing 
Sandaj  schools.  Going  in  with  the  first 
setUen,  when  aU  was  new  and  wild,  he  had 
been  called  to  great  priration  ;  had  '*  seen 
famine,  war,  and  every  drawback  ever 
known  to  the  first  settlers  of  a  country." 
During  the  war,  but  one  male  member  of 
bis  dmrch  remained  at  home.  . 

Two  yean  ago  Hr.  Morse  wrote,  <'  My  ex- 
perience will  be  worth  a  great  deal  in  going 
to  I  new  field ;  but  the  wear  and  tear  of 
inch  a  crowded  life  is  beginnlDg  to  tell 
upon  my  energies,  and  I  need  rest.  I  have 
endued  ten  times  what  I  supposed  possible 
when  I  left  the  East  Though  aU  has  not 
been  tceomplished  that  we  desired,  yet 
foundations  have  been  laid,  upon  which  I 
hope  others  will  bidld  with  greater  success.'' 
Eren  amid  the  sadness  of  such  a  death,  there 
B  comfort  in  the  thought  that  on  these 
foondttioQa  worthy  successors  are  grandly 
tod  sorely  building.  Together  they  shall 
bATe  their  eternal  reward. 


Growth  of  the  West 

It  is  cnrions  to  observe  Low  slow  the 
people  of  the  East  are  to  understand  the 
tdrtntages  of  the  West.  "Oh,"  say 
bimdreds  of  young  men  in  the  old  towns 
ereryday,  "if  I  had  only  come  here 
when  my  father  did,  and  bought  some 
of  this  land,  how  rich  I  would  have  been  I 
Then  it  sold  for  a  few  dollars,  now  it  is 
worth  many  thousands."  So  the  young 
fcnner  of  the  East  eomplains :  "  Land 
11  ao  high  I  can  never  own  a  farm. 
^Hien  my  father  bought  here  it  was  onl/ 
worth  $10  and  $20  per  acre,  but  now  it 
MQt  for  $50  and  $100,  and  were  I  to 
W>  I  oould  not  pay  the  interest  on  the 
pvchase  money,  much  less  ever  pay  for 
the  land."  Every  one  seems  to  think  that 
^  day  for  speculations  is  past,  and  they 
f^gr^t  a  hundred  times  a  year  that  they 
were  not  bom  fifty  years  sooner.  Do 
not  be  discouraged ;  for  what  has  been  oc- 
wring  for  two  hundred  years  in  the  East 
M  now  occurring  every  day  in  the  West. 
^^^  the  old  men  bought  the  houses 
•nd  lands  they  now  own,  there  were 
few  if  any  railroads,  and  immigration  was 
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exceedingly  slow.  Their  property  was 
forty  or  fiffcy  years  in  reaching  its  pres- 
ent value.  Now  railroads  are  every- 
where, and  ten,  or  at  the  most  twenty 
years,  will  do  what  it  took  them  fifty  to 
accomplish.  Millions  of  people  are 
pouring  westward ;  and,  go  where  you 
may,  you  will  soon  find  yourself  sur- 
rounded by  neighbors,  not  by  twos  and 
threes,  as  were  your  fathers  when  they 
settled  in  the  East,  but  by  hundreds  and 
thousands. 

The  growth  of  the  West  is  miraculous, 
and  yet  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at ;  for, 
not  counting  the  thousands  of  our  native 
population  that  come  west  annually,  the 
Old  World  is  every  year  throwing  vast 
multitudes  of  people  upon  our  shores. 
During  the  past  year  three  hundred  and 
ninety  thousand  immigrants  landed  at 
New  York  alone.  Add  to  this  one  hun- 
dred thousand  Chinese  and  other  immi- 
grants who  landed  at  San  Francisco, 
and  to  these  again  the  immigrants  ftom 
Oanada  and  those  who  landed  at  New 
Orleans,  Portland,  Oregon  and  other 
ports,  and  the  foreign  immigration  to 
this  country  must  have  been  something 
over  one  million  souls  in  twelvemonths. 
At  the  present  time  about  one  thousand 
five  hundred  foreigners  land  upon  our 
shores  daily.  Next  year  it  is  estimated 
that  not  less  than  three  million  immi- 
grants will  come  to  this  country.  Is  it 
any  wonder,  then,  that  the  West  is  rap- 
idly settling  up  ?  This  vast  accession  to 
our  population  (an  accession  nearly  equal 
every  year  to  half  the  population  of  the 
United  States  when  we  achieved  our 
independence),  find  homes  in  the  West. 
That  this  inmiigration  will  not  only  con- 
tinue, but  increase,  is  altogether  proba- 
ble. 

And  the  result  of  all  this  will  be, 
what  ?  The  settlement  of  the  West  and 
the  trebling  of  our  population.  Young 
men  who  have  already  polled  a  vote,  I 
believe,  will  live  to  see  the  day  when 
there  will  be  a  hundred  millions  of  peo- 
ple in  America.  It  might  be  curious 
here  to  consider  what  effect  such  an  in- 


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crease  of  population  would  have  upon 
the  form  of  government  nnder  which 
we  live ;  bnt  I  prefer  not  to  discuss  that 
subject,  not  being  jet  firmly  couvinced 
of  the  indefinite  expansive  power  of  re- 
publicanism. 

There  will  soon  be  no  West.  Several 
lines  of  immigration  have  already  pene- 
trated all  the  way  to  the  Pacific  coast, 
and  civilization  is  rapidly  spreading  from 
the  right  and  left  of  them  until  they  in- 
tersect each  other.  And  when  the 
West  is  settled,  what  then  ?  Then  in- 
deed may  young  men  say,  "If  I  had 
only  been  bom  thirty  years  ago  I  might 
have  been  rich.''  There  will  then  be  no 
unoccupied  lands,  no  homestead  law,  no 
West  to  go  to.  The  country  will  be  one 
vast  sea  of  farms  from  ocean  to  ocean. 
Who  shall  live  to  see  it  that  is  now 
bom?  Perhaps  not  many;  but  thou- 
sands of  poor  men,  at  present  toiling  in 
the  East  without  homes  or  land,  will 
live  to  see  the  day  when  these  prairies, 
now  to  be  had  for  living  upon  them, 
will  bring  forty  or  fifty  dollars  per  acre. 
They  will  live  to  see  towns  and  cities 
spring  up  upon  them,  and  beantifhl 
houses  spread  all  over  them.  Here  yet  is 
land  for  the  landless,  but  it  is  going,  go- 
ing very  fast,  and  soon  all  will  be  gone. 
The  very  best  of  farm  land  may  yet  be 
had  in  the  West  for  $2,  $4  and  |10  per 
acre,  and  those  who  are  not  able  to  buy 
land  at  all,  can  go  a  little  fturther  and 
take  up  two  or  three  hundred  acres, 
under  the  homestead  law,  and,  if  they 
will  but  live  upon  it  for  five  years,  it  is 
theirs  forever. — Oct,  Chicago  TribuM. 


The  Cadneae  Problem. 

[The  eeonomie  view  of  this  problem  we 
have  seldom  seen  presented  in  so  dear  and 
forcible  style  as  in  the  ensuing  article,  from 
the  commercial  columns  of  The  PaciJU,  the 
organ  of  the  CongregaUonalists  of  Califor- 
nia, published  In  San  Francisco :] 

It  is  within  the  memory  of  the  pres- 
ent generation,  that  when  machinery 


for  spinning  cotton  and  weaving  wool- 
en fabrics  was  introduced  in  England, 
the  spinners  and  weavers  arose  en  mat$e 
and  bunded  or  destroyed  the  machi- 
nery. In  their  blind  and  ignorant  rage 
they  conceived  that  the  introduction 
of  machinery  would  deprive  them  of 
employment  The  Government  was 
compelled  to  subdue  those  mad  people 
by  the  exercise  of  force,  and  they  have 
since  discovered  that  machinery  was, 
in  reality,  their  best  friend,  cheapening 
the  cost  of  manufactured  articles,  in- 
creasing their  consumption,  and  inde- 
finitely expanding  their  field  of  employ- 
ment. The  Ohinese  are  just  so  many 
human  machines,  which  can  be  utilized 
in  the  prosecution  of  many  occupations 
quite  distasteful  to  the  white  races,  but 
nevertheless  of  determined  importance 
and  prime  necessity.  They  can  afford 
to  work  for  less  than  other  jieople, 
because  they  are  more  firugal  and  eco- 
nomical in  their  manner  of  living.  They 
waste  no  time  in  nonsensical  discus- 
sions of  subjects  in  which  they  hare  no 
real  interest  We  never  see  the  Chi- 
nese collected  in  large  numbers,  idly 
looking  on  for  hours  to  see  a  safe  hoist- 
ed into  a  window,  or  a  pavement  laid 
down.  They  do  not  patronize  saloons, 
nor  support  lager  beer  cellars.  They 
do  not  crowd  our  police  court  for  half 
the  day  or  more.  They  do  not  want 
all  the  offices,  nor  clamor  for  the  ex- 
clusive possession  of  every  privilege. 
They  do  not  form  organizations  to 
bring  us  into  conflict  with  other  na- 
tions. They  do  not  fit  out  filibustering 
expeditions.  But  they  dig,  delve,  labor, 
multiply  the  products  of  our  country ; 
engage  in  mining,  fishing  and  agricul- 
tural employments ;  enable  white  peo- 
ple to  live  with  more  independence ; 
unfold  the  resources  of  the  State ;  add 
largely  to  our  reyennes,  and  by  the 
comparative  cheapness  of  their  labor 
are  encouraging  enterprises  that  would 
never  have  been  undertaken  without 
them.  They  are  enabling  this  State  to 
compete  with  others  of  the  Union,  and 


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sa?iog  for  home  use  the  money  that 
would  otherwise  be  sent  away  from 
home  for  the  purchase  of  manufactur- 
ed articles.  They  are  increasing  the 
market  for  consumption,  and  enlarging 
the  field  of  production,  thereby  open- 
ing a  door  for  the  employment  of  skill- 
ed white  labor.  Properly  utilized,  they 
form  an  element  of  strength  and  mate- 
rial wealth  to  our  entire  community. 

It  only  requires  judicious  manage- 
ment to  realize  these  benefits  from  their 
presence,  and  their  cheerful,  uncom- 
pltining  docility.  We  never  see  them 
bullying  gentlemen  who  are  endeavor- 
ing to  impart  useful  information.  They 
do  not  crowd  the  lecture-room  and  in- 
sult those  who  are  teaching  them  valu- 
able troths.  Kearly  every  one  we  meet 
is  busy  doing  something,  no  matter 
bow  trivial  it  may  appear.  There  are 
few  drones  among  them.  .  Each  is  con- 
tributing something  to  the  public  weal 
—each  adding  his  drop  to  the  ocean 
of  production  and  consumption.  The 
land  is  broad  and  long:  its  resources 
are  boundless.  It  depends  upon  Eu- 
rope and  other  foreign  countries  for 
fomr  hundred  millions  of  dollars'  worth 
of  goods  every  year.  .It  pays  that 
amooot  amiually  for  the  cheap  labor 
of  other  countries.  It  supports  mil- 
fioDs  of  foreign  manufacturers  and 
laborers,  and  employs  thousands  of 
fore^n  vessels  to  transport  their  pro- 
dnctfl  to  this  country.  Instead  of  be- 
^  BO  dependent— instead  of  paying 
iQchvast  sums  to  other  people— why 
M  save  them  by  manufactnrmg  for 
o'onelves,  at  prioes  that  will  insure 
ooDsumption  ?  Is  there  any  thing  gain- 
^  by  paying  so  much  money  out  of 
tbe  country,  when  it  can  be  kept  at 
borne?  With  low  cost  of  production, 
tbe  expense  of  living  is  correspond- 
^Ij  reduced.  The  man  who  receives 
fi^e  dollars  per  day  for  his  labor,  and 
n  compelled  to  pay  four  for  his  sup- 
port, is  no  better  off  than  he  who  gains 
but  one  dollar  a  day  and  maintains 
^^fawelf  equally  well  for  seventy-five 


cents.  If  twenty-five  cents  wiU,  at  one 
time,  buy  as  much  as  a  dollar  at  an- 
other, then  they  are  equally  as  valu- 
able, for  they  have  the  same  purchasing 
power.  It  is  not  the  number  of  dol- 
lars a  man  may  possess  which  makes 
him  rich,  but  it  is  the  quantity  and 
utility  of  the  articles  he  can  purchase 
for  his  money  which  denotes  his  wealth. 
Suppose  one  person  to  own  a  hundred 
dollars  and  another  one  fifty ;  then.Jthat 
the  first  is  compelled  to  pay  his  hun- 
dred for  a  suit  of  clothes,  and  the 
second  buys  an  equally  good  outfit 
with  his  fifty;  is  not  the  second  in 
reality  as  rich  as  the  first?  There  is 
no  sense  in  being  tributary  to  other 
nations,  when,  by  the  proper  use  and 
appreciation  of  the  means  at  our  dis- 
posal, we  can  become  independent. 


Our  Ni^tion'a  Besourcea 

We  are,  undeniably,  a  boastful  peo- 
ple ;  but  it  is  equally  undeniable  that 
we  have  much  to  boast  of.  No  nation 
ever  had  more  favorable  auspices;  to 
none  have  nature  and  nature's  God  been 
more  bountiful.  The  material  interests 
and  progress  of  the  country  are  almost 
boundless.  Stated  a  priori  at  any  pre- 
ceding decade  they  would  have  seemed 
t-o  be  incredible.  We  can  hardly  be- 
lieve the  facts  to  be  sober  truths  when 
we  put  them  in  mathematical  or  statis- 
tical statements  under  our  eyes,  as  far 
as  they  are  ascertainable  in  current  re- 
sults ;  and,  as  to  their  potential  or  fu- 
ture meaning,  we  are  almost  afraid  of 
extravagance  when  we  figure  them  up, 
however  reticently.  Our  territory  has 
expanded  firom  less  than  900,000  square 
miles  to  more  than  8,500,000 ;  our  pop- 
ulation from  8  or  4,000,000  to  40,000,- 
000 ;  in  both  territory  and  population 
we  shall  be  equal  to  Europe  within  the 
life-time  of  some  thousands  of  our  chil- 
dren. Our  shore  line  (including  Alaska) 
is  equal  to  the  entire  circumference  of 
the  planet;  we  have  a  river,  lake  and 
coast  commerce  of  over  2,000,000,000 


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of  dollars  per  year,  and  a  railroad  traffic 
of  from  6  to  6,000,000,000;  our  yearly 
domestic  ezchaoges  reach  nearly  $10,- 
000,000,000 ;  there  are  invested  in  onr 
raanufactoring,  mining,  and  mechanical 
business  more  than  $2,000,000,000 ;  our 
agricultural  crops  are  estimated  at  more 
than  $8,000,000,000,  and  we  have  land 
enough,  if  settled  as  densely  as  Belgium, 
to  subsist  a  people  equal  to  all  the  pres- 
ent population  of  the  globe.  Our  pop- 
ulation doubles  every  generation ;  our 
wealth  doubles  every  ten  or  twelve 
years.  With  these  advantdges  we  have 
the  greater  blessings  of  civilization, 
freedom,  the  common  school,  and  the 
Christian  church.  How  could  a  nation 
be  more  blessed?  Who  can  say  that 
the  people  cannot  take  care  of  them- 
selves— that  popular  government  is  not 
the  best  social  system  ? 

And  tbese  grand  devislopments  and 
resources  of  the  Republic  are  fall  of 
gratifying  significance  for  the  church. 
We  have  an  immense  church  work  yet 
to  do  for  the  moral  safety  of  the  coun- 
try, and  we  evidently  have  the  fiscal 
means  for  all  of  it.  Ohurch  building 
must  go  on  at  a  greater  rate  than  ever, 
for  we  are  thus  fortifying  the  nation 
with  its  best  possible  defences.  Our 
educational  institutions  must  be  vastly 
enlarged  in  their  very  foundations.  All 
our  Christian  and  philanthropic  ma- 
chinery must  be  extended  on  the  right 
and  on  the  left.  The  rich  men  of  the 
nation,  and  especially  of  the  church, 
most  become  public  workmen  in  laying 
its  charitable  foundations.  No  Chris- 
tian citizen  should  feel  that  he  can 
^*  live  unto  himself.''  In  no  land  has 
there  ever  before  been  such  opportuni- 
ties, in  none  such  responsibilities. — C%r. 
Advocate, 


Miscellaneoiis  Items. 

Bbitibh  Benevolenos. — The  aggre- 
gate incomes  of  the  benevolent  societies 
that  held  their  anniversaries  in  London 
in  May  last,  is  £1,480,980,  nearly  seven 


and  a  half  million  dollars;  for  foreign 
missions,  £059,470;  for  home  missiona, 
£286,688;  for  educational  purposes, 
£164,866 ;  for  missions  to  the  Jews,  the 
colonies  and  the  continent  of  Europe, 
£225,126.  The  total  is  not  much  more 
than  equal  to  one  penny  in  the  pound 
of  government  income  tax.  The  largest 
income  is  that  of  the  Bible  Society, 
£182,265.  The  largest  missionary  in- 
come is  of  the  Weeleyan  Society,  £145,- 
761 ;  next  are  the  two  Episcopal  socie- 
ties. Church  mission,  £141,828,  and 
Propagation  of  the  Gospel,  £106,484; 
then  the  London  society,  £104,670. 

Foreign  Missions. —  In  connection 
with  Protestant  evangelical  churches, 
there  is  now  in  the  missionary  field  a 
grand  aggregate  of  8,500  ordained  mis- 
sionaries, foreign  and  native,  6,600  as- 
sistant missionaries,  foreign  and  native, 
820,000  communicants,  and  225,000 
scholars  in  the  mission  schools.  Here 
are  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  million  of 
souls  reclaimed  from  idolatry,  added  to 
the  church  of  Christ,  and  standing  as 
living  witnesses  of  the  power  of  his 
gospel. 

CoNGBKGATiONALiSM. — ^lu  reply  to  the 
charge  that  Congregationalism  is  dying 
out  in  New  England,  the  Congregation- 
aliit  shows  that  since  1831  that  denomi- 
nation hasjn  Massachusetts  added  to 
its  force  218  new  churches  and  over 
42,000  members,  thus  nearly  doubling 
its  ministry  and  more  thui  doubling  its 
membership  in  the  last  40  years.  This 
is  somewhat  better  than  the  increase 
in  the  population  of  the  State. 

Pbesbttbkiamism. — ^The  Interior  says 
that  over  one-half  of  the  Presbyterian 
churches  of  the  country  (2671)  are 
found  in  the  four  States — ^New  York, 
Pennsylvania,  Ohio,  and  lUinoiB.  New 
York  has  730,  Pennsylvania  712,  Ohio 
680,  Illinois  446,  Indiana  810,  Iowa 
286,  New  Jersey  214,  Missouri  168,  and 
Michigan  160;  making,  with  smaller 
amounts,  a  total  of  4,100.  Of  the  cities, 
Philadelphia   has  63,  New  York  89, 


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Brooklyn  23,  Chicago  16,  Newark  16, 
Cincinnati  16,  Baltimore  and  San  Fran- 
cisco 11  each,  and  Washington  and 
Pittoborgh  10  each. 

Oauforioa. — Rev.  J.  T.  Wills,  of  Eu- 
reka (Humboldt  Bay),  calls  his  "a  zea- 
loos  people,  worthy  of  much  praise." 
They  have  built  and  furnished  a  parson- 
tge,  costing  about  $1,400,  and  have 
speot  $800  in  repairing  and  painting 
the  church;  and  this  amidst  great  de- 
pression of  the  lumber  trade,  on  which 
the  town  mainly  depends. 

—From  Oroville,  Rev.  Mr.  Buchanan 
writes,  with  the  thermometer  standing 
it  above  100^,  that  his  people  have  gone 
to  the  mountains  and  the  bay,  but  he 
itfll  gets  around  to  his  four  preaching 
stations,  with  an  occasional  trip  to  his 
scattered  flock  upon  the  hills. 

—Rev.  I.  Jacobus,  of  Junction  City, 
is  in  high  spirits  over  the  purchase  of  a 
bell,  church  carpets,  pulpit  chairs,  etc., 
dkiefly  through  the  efforts  of  the  ladies 
of  his  church. 

Ck^LORADo. — The  house  of  worship  in 
Boulder,  on  which  Rev.  N.  Thompson 
tod  his  people  have  laid  out  so  much 
labor,  money  and  care,  has  been  com- 
I^ted,  and  was  dedicated,  July  8d, 
Rev.  R.  Gaylord  and  Rev.  G.  D.  A. 
Hebard  assisting  Mr.  T.  in  the  services. 
The  church  have  unanimously  invited 


Mr.  Thompson  to  settle  as  their  perma- 
nent pastor.  He  has  labored  with  them 
since  Oct.  15, 1865. 

MiwNBsoTA. — ^Rev.  J.  Tompkins,  clos- 
ing a  year's  service  in  St.  Cloud,  reports 
12  additions  to  the  church,  and  progress 
made  toward  independence  of  '"  the 
alma  mater  of  the  New  Testament 
churches." 

Iowa. — Churches  have  been  formed 
at  Avoca  and  Anita,  in  Pottawatomie 
Co.,  under  the  care  of  Rev.  C.  D. 
Wright,  late  of  Ezira,  who  expresses 
great  hope  of  usefulness  in  his  new  field. 

MissouBL— The  Society's  indefatiga- 
ble Superintendent  in  Missouri  lately 
ceased  work  for  a  day,  and,  with  his 
wife,  celebrated  their  "silver  wedding." 
Gifts  flowed  in  freely,  from  the  Hannibal 
church,  from  guests  from  St.  Louis,  from 
personal  and  fiamily  friends, — ^among 
the  rest,  a  silver  ice  pitcher  and  goblets, 
**  a  love-token  from  the  missionaries  of 
North  Missouri,"— a  grateful  recogni- 
tion of  Mr.  Turner's  services  in  the 
organization  of  more  than  50  churches 
in  the  State  within  less  than  six  years. 
The  best  thing  about  the  presents  is, 
that  they  were  richly  deserved.  We 
hope  the  future  of  the  recipients  will 
be  as  happy  and  useful  as  their  past  has 
been. 


APPOINTMENTS  FOR  JULY,  1870. 


Mot  in  Commimion  last  year. 
J«v.  in>ioB  H.  JohiuoD,  Antioob,  CaL 
i«».  J«eob  H.  BtroDf,  Boqael,  Ctl. 
i^'  A.  W.  8«A>nI,  WiobV  Kad. 
{•v.D.  B.  Seoit  Almii  ud  Newborj,  Kan. 
lOT.GmMrtT.  Holoombe,  Princeton.  Minn. 
••».  j[iliu  H.  Dixon,  Ag«ooj  CItj,  Iow». 
•     S?**I»  ®-  PoH^I^ogM,  Iowa. 
«».  J.  H.  Powell,  PljmoaUi  and  Qlenbealab, 

i>       ^ 

{•».  John  O.  Tarlor,  Vlroqaa,  Wis. 
I«T.  WUliuD  B.  SMTor,  SMUlte,  Mo. 
■^>  Hmiy  Johnaon,  Berea,  Ohio. 

«T?*  Plaroe,  Alleganj  Indian  Beservatlon, 


J»-  f  odah  Bataa.  Aoaheli 

■^.  Ltumn  W.  Winalow,  fljdaevllla,  BobnarriUe 

.    M  Farndale,  CaL 


elm,  Oal. 
•  rredatMrAHeTrplattsnioatb,  Neb. 


5^'  {mm»  W.  Kidder,  Norfolk  ani  Tidolty,  Neb. 
■^- lJ«Ma   H.  Oanfleld,  Mound  Vallej  and 
yVmuff  Kan. 


Bev.  Jostln  E.  Barbanl^Quiney,  Minn. 

Bey.  Lnman  C.  Gilbert,  East  PrairleTiUe,  Minn. 

Bev.  James  D.  Todd,  Winnebago  City  and  Wood- 
land Milli,  Minn. 

Ber.  John  L.  Atkinson,  Iowa  Falls,  Iowa. 

Ber.  Bobert  Hunter,  NevinvlIIe,  Iowa. 

Bev.  WlUam  J.  Smith,  Alden,  Iowa. 

Be7.  Christopher  J.  Swltzor,  Maquoketa,  Iowa. 

Bev.  Thomas  Tennej,  StaoyTiile,  Iowa. 

Bev.  Chaonoej  D.  Wright,  ATOca  and  Anita, 
Iowa. 

Ber.  Elisha  W.  Cook,  New  Lisbon,  Wis. 

BoT.  William  H.  Cnna,  Tomah,  Wis. 

Ubv.  Frands  J.  Dooglasa,  BloomAeld,  Wia^  and 
Bichmond,  III. 

Ber.  Smith  Norton,  HarUand  and  Pewankee,  Wle- 
eonsln. 

Bev.  William  M.  BIcharda,  Princeton,  Wis. 

Bey.  J.  Wine  Allen,  Leslie  and  oat-siatlon,  Mich. 

Bey.  James  lu  Crane,  Somerset  and  North  Adams, 
Mloh. 

Bey.  Edmnnd  Dyer,  Dandee  and  London,  Mieh. 

Bey.  John  W.  Fitzmanrice.  Pinckney,  Mloh. 

Bey.  William  Glddings,  Whitehall,  Mich. 


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Rev.  Benben  Hateh,  Traterte  Cit/,  Micb. 

Rev.  Obarlea  Maobio,  Flat  Rock,  Micb. 

Rev.  Joaeph  T.  Cook,  Brenckenridse,  Mo. 

Kev.  Oeorge  G-.  Perkloa,  Kidder.  Mo. 

Rev.  Joaepb  8.  Gravea.  Koaooe,  IiL 

Rev.  Henry  JacobSi  Wayne  and  Mayne  Station, 

Rev.  Edward  P.  Wblting,  Bowenabarfr,  Dl 
Rev.  Henry  Hoddle,  Liber  and  Portland,  Ind. 


Rev.  Wlllard  Bnrr,  Brighton  and  Boobeater,  Obio. 
Rev.  John  M.  Tbomaa,  Ironton  and  Baal  Irooton, 

Ohio. 
Rev.  'William  D.  Henry,  Oambrldgeboro,  Pa. 
Rev.  Walter  E.  O.  Wrigbt,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Rev.  Merit  8.  PlaU,  Franklinville,  Newflekl  and 

North  Vlneland.  N.  J. 
Rer.  Georce  A.  Miller,  Port  Leyden,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Cbarlea  Strong,  Angola,  N.  T. 


RECEIPTS  m  JULY,  1870. 


NEW  HAMPSHIRS— 

Received  by  Rev.  B.  P.  Stone, 

D.D.,  Treaa.  N.  H.  M.  800. 

Ck>neord,  First  Cong.  Cb.  and 
80c.,  to  const  Cbarlea  Robin  • 
son  and  Mrs.  John  A.  West 
L.Ma.,  1^5  58 

Beerfleld.  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc,     25  00 

Berry,  First  Cong.  Cb.  and 
800.,  to  const  Lemael  Floyd 
a  L.  M.,  CO  00 

Francestown,  Joseph  Kings- 
bury, 40  00 

Pelbam,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc,       2S  00 

Seabrook  and  Hampton  Falls, 
Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc.,  12  00    S40  58 

Hampton,  Mrs.  Oorotby  Ward,  3  00 

VERMONT- 

St  Albans,  Ladlee^  Sew.  Soc,  by  Mrs. 
A.  J.  Samaon,  7  60 

MASSACHUSETTS— 

Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by  fi.  Perkins, 
Trees.,  2,000  00 

Boston,  Legacy  of  Louisa  Grosvenor,  by 
G.  M.  Brooks,  Ex.,  500  00 

LesacT  of  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Habbard,  by 
J.  M.  Pinkerton,  adm.,  lesa  Gov.  tax,       470  00 

Charlemont,  Cong;  Cb.,  by  Rev.  B. 
W.  Pond,  8  14 

Hampehire  Miss.  So&,  B.  WIU 
liamejTreas., 

Eaat  Hampton,  First  Pariah,     |46  10 
Granby,  Cong.  Cb.,  56  50 

Hadley,  First  Parish,  45  02 

Northampton,  First  Pariah,       855  65 
North  Hadley,  Cong.  Cb.,  17  00 

Southampton,  Cong.  Cb.,  baL 
of  coll.,  10  00    680  27 

Hatfield,  Cong;  Cb.  and  Soc,  by  J.  A. 
Billings,  Treaa.  96  65 

Hnntington,  Leffaoy  of  Miss  Jnlla  Tay- 
lor, by  G.  Manaon,  Ex.,  leaa  Go?, 
tax,  2  S20  00 

Lenox,  on  account  of  Legacy  of  B.  Cone, 
lesa  Gov.  tax,  by  H.  W.  Taft  and  G.  J. 
Tacker,  Exs..  68  00 

North  Brookfield,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  J. 
E.  Porter,  Treas.,  17  00 

Sheffield,  Mrs.  Cbarlea  Spnr,  6  00 

South  Hadley  Falla,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Avery,  50 

Springfield,  Galen  Ames,  to  const  him 
a  L.  M.,  80  00 

CONNECTICUT- 

Bridgeport,  Sab.  School  of  the  South 

Cong.  Cb.,  bv  Edward  Sterling,  75  00 

Colchester,  a  Friend,  1  OO 

Cromwell,  by  Mrs.  Crocker  and  Miss 

Porter,  7  00 

Guilford,  Mrs.  Joel  Tuttle,  to  const  Rev. 

C.  L.  Kitchen  a  L.  D.,  100  00 

Hartford,  a  Friend,  to  const  Rev.  E.  N. 

Kirk,  D.  D.,  a  L.  D.,  162  86 


Middletown,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  mon.  con., 

by  H.  R  Sawyer,  Treas.,  8  68 

New  London,  Mra  C.  L.  Ames,  5  00 

Norwalk,  Firat  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc.  by 

C.  8.  Lockwood,  of  which  $80  ^om    . 

Rev.  8.  B.  8.   Bitsell,  to  const  R. 

Havana  Biasell  a  L.  M.,  153  80 

South  BriUin,  Cyrus  Mitchell,  CO  00 

Southport,  C-ong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  G.  E. 

Hill,  .  19  00 

Stratford,   Gen.  G.  Loomis,  by  R.  O 

Kingsbury,  6  00 

Waablngton,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  C.  L.  Hickox, 

Treaa.,      '        *        »   ^  '    157  75 

NEW  YORK— 

Received  by  Rev.  L.  8.  Hobart, 
Homer,     collection,    |S8  10;  Ladiee* 
800,170 ;  Mra.  B.Boot,  |S0,  |208  10 
Ottsco,  Cong.  Cb.,  85  66    888  75 

Allegany,  Misaion  Cb.,  by  Rev.  D.  B. 
Jimeson,  6  00 

Antwerp,  Cons.  Ch.,  by  J.  A.  Oanfield,         85  00 

Astoria,  R  J.  Woolsey,  500  00 

Ballston  Spa,  a  Friend,  aged  81  yean, 
by  T.  M.  Mitchell,  85  00 

Brooklyn,  Ch.  of  tbe  Pilgrims,  by  8.  P. 
Pbelpa.  Treas.,  Coll.  $4d4  61;  S.  B. 
Cbittenden,  11,000  ;  R.  P.  Buck, |800 ; 
S.  F.  Pbelpa,  $100  ;  a  Adams,  $50  ; 
J.  H.  Prentiss,  $60  :  A.  F.  Goodnow, 
$50;  J.  H.  Stow,  $25:  W.  F.  Merrill, 
$25;  H.  D.  Atwater,  $26 ;  J.  P.  Dyke, 
$25 ;  M.  D.  Thomas.  $20;  C.  Dun- 
ning,  $20;  J.  P.  Robinson,  $20;  A.  C. 
Brownell,  $10,  8,054  61 

Crown  Point,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
a  C-  Stevens,  is  ^ 

Fairport,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  R.  and  W. 
Howard,  25  00 

Hopkinton,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  J.  W. 
Grush,  81  25 

KeeaevUle,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cyras  An- 
drews, 1  50 

Madrid,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D.  H. 
Gould,  16  30 

Halone,  on  account  of  Legacy  of  Lyman 
8.  Cotton,  by  G.  O.  Cotton,  Ex.,  275  00 

New  York  City,  Broadway  Tab.  Cb., 
David  Bliss  Dudley,  to  const  himself 
a  L.  M.,  $40 ;  Dr.  Thomas  Bitter,  $^    65  00 

Riohford.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G.  Porter,      17  00 

Speedsville,  Dea.  Freeman  and  wife,  by 
Rev.  W.  Maonab,  1  qq 

Walton,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  bvG.  W.  Fitch, 
Treaa.,  to  const  Rev.  B.  J.  White  a 
L.  M.,  66  14 

Watertown,  E.  M.  Mack,  to  const  Delia 
A.  Mack  a  L.  M.,  80  00 

NEW  JERSEY— 

Madison,  a  Friend,  ^  590 

Newark,  Bellville  Avenue  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
W.  T.  Roe,  Treaa.,  to  const  AUie 
Weeks  and  Frank  H.  Strieby  L.  Msw,        77  61 

PENNSYLVANIA— 
Philadelphia,  Mrs.  Enuna  Sutler,  5  00 


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OHia- 

Seeelred  by  Ber.  L.  Kelsey, 
AkroD,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  D.  A. 

Hibbtfd,  $76  62 

Austin biBrgb,  Oong^   Cb.,  bj 

8.  Reed,  29  60 

Bellevae,  Cong.  Cb.,b7Bev. 

8  B.  SberriU,  50  00 

Colamboa,  Cods.  Cb.,  by  Bev. 

G.  W.  PhlfflpB,  116  6T 

Conneant  Cong.  Cb.,  $14  50; 

8«b.  School,  JlT,  by  Eev.  E. 

M.  Keyet,  81  60 

Bnntsborgb,  Cong.   Cb.,  by 

Rev.  J.  a  Bnrrdl,  24  80 

Medina,  Coog.  Cb.,  by  W.  P. 

Clark,        ••      •»    -^  100 

Nortb   Amberst,  Cong  Cb., 

by  Bev.  J.  Todd,  60 

Plerpont,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bey. 

H.  Oeer,  60 

Saybrook,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev. 

S.  Cole,  •  1  00 

SprinKfleld,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  B. 

C.  Woodward,  61  67 

StrongsTllle,    Cong  Cb.,  by 

B«T.  O.  W.  Wblte,  7  67 

Twinebnrgh,  Cong.  Cb.,  by 

Rev.  A.  Sbarpe.  36  00 

Wayne,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Ber. 

KThotnpeon,  12  40    488  28 

Chagrin  Falla,  Cong.  Cb.,by  Bev.  O. 

^Walker,        "^  '  35  qq 

Elyri*,  First  Freab.  Cb.,  bal.  of  eoU.,  by 

Heman  Sly,  11  26 

Hannar,   Cong.  Cb.,  mon.  con.,  by  D. 

Pntnam,  22  70 

Kent,  Pint  Coog:  Cb.,  by  J.  8.  Cooke, 

TreML,  34  07 

PiinetvtUe,  T^Mben  and  PnpfU  of  Lake 

Brie  Fem.  Bern.,  by  Mary  A.  Evans, 

toeonst.MiasL.8.  PreacottaL.  M.        80  00 

Kandolph,  M.  J.  Dlckinevn,  2  60 

WlMlbam,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  T.  Wales,  Trees.,  80  71 

IHBIAJIA—      * 
Terre  Hante,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  N.  A. 
Hyde,  81  25 

nXINOIS- 

Aledo,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  P.  F.  Warner,  20  00 
Cbteafo,  Park  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  W.  B. 

Hdyoke^  9  00 

namimtk  Cong,  CK,  to  const.  C.  W. 

Hewtoo  a  L.  It,  49  96 

Mark  Skinner,  dO  00 

Dandee,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D.  D.  HilJL  18  70 
IraMtofi,  Coni^  Cb.,  to  const  Bev.  X. 

M.  Paokftrd  and  John  M.  Williams 

L.  Ms.,  60  38 

FirmlagtoB,  Coog.  Cb.,  to  const  G.  W. 

Little,  Andrew  Bobb,  Mia.  Clara  L. 

GbldwenL.Jfa.,  98  00 

Oeaeseo.  Cong.  Cb.,  by  E.  P.  Van  Yal- 

keaben,  8180 

U  Sale^  Coog.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  N.  A.  Pren- 
tiss, i060 
Usboo,   OoB|^   Ob.,  bj   J.   Bnahnell, 

Twas.,^^  17  20 

MoBtebeUo.  Coog.  Ch.  by  J.  Morse,  5  00 

fsxtoB,  Coag.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  L  Bmodage,  90  00 
ntlBleld,  Bev.  W.  darter,  5  00 

BbsOald,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  A.  W.  BOTdeo,  90  00 
TiSBODt,  CoBi.Cb.,  by  Bev.  G.  L.  Bob- 

•rti,  18  00 

Sola,OoBg.Ch.,byBev.A.B.MitcbeIl,  10  00 
Wibasb  Co.,  Coog.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  P.  W. 

WaUaee,  10  25 

WaBkcfw,  First  Coog.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  M. 

H  Cdbam,  44  00 

WstkeiBSeld,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  Mr.  El- 

dridgaT^  10  25 

MIBSOinU— 

Onasroo,  FInt  Coog.  Cb.,  by  Bev,  W. 
A,  Watennaa,  85  86 


Carthage.  Con«.  Ch.,  bv  Bev.  H.  B.  Fry,      11  00 
Kneardvllle,  Plymouth  Cong.   Cb.,  by 
Bev.  W.  H.  Warren,  15  00 

MICHIGAN- 

Chesterfield  and  New  Haven.  Cong.  Chs., 

bal.  of  coll.,  by  Bev.  S.  D.  Breed.  1  75 

Homestead,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  £. 

E.  Eirkland,  6  60 

Leiand,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  G. 

Thompson,  19  16 

Newaygo,  Coog.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  M.  B.  An- 

gell,  10  00 

Victor  and   LalngBborg,  Cong.  Chs.,  by 

Bev.  W.  Mulder,  20  00 

WISCONSIN— 

Beceived  by  Bev.  P.  B.  Doe, 
Milwaukee,  Spring  tt  Cong. 

CK,        '    ^    ^  ^     $88  81 

Wdsh  Cong.  CK,  10  00 

Sheboygan,  Cong.  Cb.,  29  00     72  81 

Depere,  First  Cong  Cb.,  by  Bev.  G. 

Spanlding,  20  00 

Elk  Grove,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  A.  W. 

Curtis,  18  85 

Kenosha,  a  Friend,  by  Bev.  H.  C.  H.,       8  00 


New  Bichmond,  Cong  Cb.,by  Bev.  W. 

W.  Norton, 
Pine  B{?er,  Cong.  Cb.,  $5;.  Bev.  D. 

'    -       ■  II.  $5;  •-  '      "■        - 


8  09 


A.  Campbell,  $6;  Union,  Coni;.  Ch.,    ' 

$6;  Anroraville,  Cong.  Ch.,  $5;  by 

Bev.  D.  A.  Campbell.  20  00 

Princeton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  W.  M. 
Bichards,  6  00 

Sextonville  and  Willow  Creek,  First 
Cong.  Chs.,  bal.  of  coll.,  by  Bev.  8. 
Spyker,  25 

IOWA— 

Belle  Blaine,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  D. 

Lane,  28  00 

Monona,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bey.  J.  M.  Smith,  10  60 
Monroe.  Cong;  Cb.,  by  Rev.  P.  F  Walker,  18  05 
Ogden  BUtion,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev. 

G.  W.  Palmer,  3S  00 

Poetville.  Cong.  Cb.,  bal.  of  coll.,  by  Bev. 

G.  F.  Bronson,  2  00 

MINNESOTA— 

Anoka,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  A.  K. 
Packard,  18  60 

Beaver,  Cong.  Cb.,  $3  85:  Plainview, 
Cong.  Cb.,  $10  85;  Smithfield,  Cong 
Cb.,  $5  80,  by  Bev.  H.  WiUard,  20  00 

Glencoe,  Cong  Ch.,  by  Bev.  8.  U.  Kel- 
logg, 6  00 

St  Cloud,  First  Cong  Cb.,  by  Bev.  J. 
Tompkins,  10  25 

KANSAS- 

Geneva,  First  Cong  Ch.,  by  Bev.  C. 

Gray,  9  00 

Junction  City,  First  Cong  Cb.,  by  Bev. 

L  Jacobua,  12  00 

NBBBA8KA- 

Calbs  Cong  Ch.,  by  Bev.  M.  N.  MUes,         10  00 
Irvington,  Coog.  Cb-  by  Bev.  E.  B. 
Huflbnt,        •        •»    -^  12  50 

DAKOTA  TER.— 

Yankton,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  J. 
Ward,  •■        «    '  j^ 

CALIFOBNIA- 

DizoD,  Cong  Cb.,  by  Bev.  J.  W.  Brier,  12  60 
Eureka,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  J.  T. 

WUls,  88  00 

Oakland,  Second  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  D. 

B.Gray,  18  65 


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September,  1870. 


OroTilla,  Cong.  Ch.,  |90;  Sab.  Bobool, 
$9,  by  B«v.  P.  G.  Baobanui,  29  00 

Santo  Babara,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bey. 
B.  M,  Betts,  -••        »   ^  j^  g^ 

OBEGON- 

Portland,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  bj  Bev.  0. 
H.  Atkinson,  D.D., 


800 


HOME  MISSIONABY, 


10  75 


$12,770  13 


Donations  of  ClotMnff^  etc 

Cletsland,  Ohio,  Plymouth  Confc  Ch. 
Benev.  Assoc.,  by  L.  A.  Lewis,  a  bar- 
rel, $tS  40 

New  Haren,  Conn.,  Ladies^  8o&  of  North 
Ch.,  by  Mrsw  H.  Champion,  Sea,  two 
barrels,  83t  00 

Do.t  CoUeire  Street  Chnroh,  Bey.  Sam- 
uel W.  Bamnm,  two  copies  of  Smith 
and  Bamniii's  Dictionary  of  the  Bible,      1%  00 


BeM^)t$  of  fhi  MoMoehutetta  Some  MiatUnarp 
Societff  in  June,  Bbxjamix  PssKUft,  Dreae. 


Ameebnry  and  Sallsbary,  Union  Ch., 
Anbumdale,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Boston  Uighhuids,J?I<ot  C%.,bal.  of  coll.. 
Vine  Street  Ch.,  mon. 
oon.. 


Soc, 


Soo., 
ndSoc., 

loa, 


Ch.and 
r  support 

A^ugustus 

M.Lane, 
Tress., 
Upton,  Mrs.  Bnth  C.  Flsk, 
Uzbridge,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soe., 
West  Boylslon,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soci, 
Westford.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soo., 
'Wobnm,  Ladies*  C.  B.  Soo., 

i2see<pte  In  July,  1870. 

Ameobury  and  Salisbury,  MHIs  Tillage 

Andoyer,  M.  E.  H^ 

Boston,  Mt  Yemon  Ch.,  bal.  of  oolU 


$8  00 

866  00 

10  00 

10  00 
16  00 
15  41 
10  25 
200 
78  12 
85  00 
85  00 
24  18 
668 
52  00 
110  05 
48  05 
52  00 
50  OO 

6  00 
45  00 

7  00 
6  00 

900  00 
26  00 

100  00 

219  25 
60 

105  00 
15  26 
18  57 
30  00 


$1,690  12 


$14  86 

6  00 

100  00 


04  00 


a 


of 

J. 


600 
12  00 


60  00 


h, 


60  00 
060 


200  00 


Ludlow,  Legacy  of  Pamelia  Sikea,  by 

B.  T.  Parsons.  Bx.,  479  88 

HatchriUe,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  6  00 

Hinsdale,  N.  H.,  Hlel  Proctor,  80  00 

LaDoaster,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  22  00 

LlttletoUijCong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  S8  09 

London.  England,  Miss  £.  H.  Bopes,  10  00  * 

.MjBllford,  Cring.  Ch.  and  Soc,  48  42 

Keedham,  Mrs.  Bullen,  10  00 

Bandolph,  Firet  Cong.  Ck.  and  Soe.^  88  89 

Aiherton  Wales,  for  support  of  a  West- 
ern Missionary,  100  00 
Bowley,  Evang.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  43  25 
Townsend,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  17  75 
Washington,  D.  C,  Mm  Annie  S.  Bam- 

field,  40  00 

Wellesley,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  108  92 

Weymouth,  8««ond  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc,  20  00 

Whateley,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  7  00 

Wrentham,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  27  00 


$1,622  10 


Receipts  qf  the  Oonaiectieut  Home  Missionary 
SocMy,  in  July,  £.  W.  Pabsoxs,  TYeae, 


Brldgewater,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bey.  W.  H. 
Dean,  $28 

Bristol,  Ladles'   Assoc,  by  L. 
Beokwlih,  $75  25 

Gent's.  Assoc,  by  A.  Morton,    114  36    160 
Cfb.,  by  J.  - 


.  Stevens,  to 


844  81 


Cromwell,  Cong  ' 

const  Sarah  E.  Waters  and  Mrs.  Lnella 

8.  Niles  L.  Ms., 
Coventry,  A  Friend, 
East  Hartford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  A.  Wll- 

lUms,  of  wh.  $80,  fh>m  Walter  Pitkin, 

to  const  Nellie  C.  Stanley  a  L.  M., 
Farmlngton,  Cong.  Ch.,  of  wh.  $100  from 

H.  D.  Hawley.  to  const  B.  A.  Bsr- 

rows,  of  Plain  ville,  L.  I.,  a  L.  M., 
Hartford,  A  Friend, 

South  CK,  by  W.  Blatohley, 
Morris,  Cong.   Ch.,  by  Bey.  D.  D.  T. 

McLaughlin, 
New  Britahi,  South  Ch ,  by  Bev.  C.  L. 

GoodelL  to  const  Isaac  8.  Carlton  and 

Dr.  A.  P.  Meglert  L.  Da.,  E.  A.  Kim- 

ball,  Orrin  Slate,  O.  Jonea,  Jr.,  J.  L. 

Dowd.  Eli  H.  Porter,  W.  H.  Lee,  W. 

C.  WiUiams,  H.  E.  Hsrt,  Mrs.  G.  M. 

Sanders,  Mrs.  G.  Hinsdale  and  Mrs.  W. 

Binghsm  L.  Ms.,  1,428 

New  Haven,  Howard  Avenue  Ch^  by  G. 

W.  Haiel,  to  const  C.  W.  Foots  a 

L.  M., 
Norfolk,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  J.  Eldridge, 

D.D., 
Phanville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  T.  H.  Darrow, 

to  const.   Bobert  C  Usher,  Nelson 

Goodale  and  Mrs.  J.  Hough  L.  Ms., 
Prospect,  Cong.   Ch.,  by  Bey.  T.  W. 

Chapman, 
BockviUe,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  0.  H. 

Dillingham, 
Bocky  Hill,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  T.  D.  Wil- 
liams, to  const  uattte  Ulckok  a  L.  BL, 
South  Meriden,  Cong.   Ch.,  by  A.  M. 

Kirtland, 
Uniooyille,  Cong.  Ch.,  byJB.  N.  Gibbs, 


00 


23  25 


10 


80  00 


115 


00 

60 
12  00 
276  00 


124 


Vernon,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  G  H.  Dillingham, 
Wallingford,  Bey.  E.  B.  Gilbert, 
Windsor  Locks,  Mrs.  Uayden,  to  const 
Bev.  W.  Beach  a  LM., 


116  96 


$8,472  27 


iteeefpte  in  coin,  of  Ceisifvn^  Ageney^  hy  J.  W. 
Clau,  M.D.,  Fim/anwial  Agmt. 


Oakland.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  mon.  con., 
Bedwood  City,  Cong.  Ch., 
Sacramento,  Cong.  Ch., 
San  FranoiMO^  Beoond  Cong.  Ch., 


$800  00 
10  00 
46  16 
1100 

$867  16 


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MISSIONARY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  Clothing,  sent  direcdj  and  without  anj  particular  designation,  to  the  offlc% 
of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  such  missionaries  as  are 
known  to  be  most  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  to  those  who  reccita 
than,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective  donors. 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  individual  or  association,  intending  to  prepare 
I  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  missionary  desi^ated,  and  a  detailed 
icoonnt  of  the  circumstances  of  his  family  given,  the  inforn^ation  is  not  always  at  hand« 
■0  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when  it  is,  it  not 
unfrequently  happens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  the  missionary  remains  fo? 
iDooths  unsnpplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  might  be  furnished 
with  articles  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  In  other  cases,  while 
the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from  other  sources,  so  thai 
vhen  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want  as  many  others. 

It  is  preferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors,  that 
the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  individual  in 
particular,  should  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Society,  after  they  reach 
tie  i^ke.  It  is  believed  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  the  designs  of  those  who 
generotttly  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which  the  Society  can  have  an 
•gency. 

SIBECTIONS  FOB  FOBWAEDIirG. 

1.  Put  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  a  paper 
or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  and  the  estimated  value  of  the  whole, 
with  the  name  of  the  individual  or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the 
iafiiidQal  to  whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent. 

1  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  of  the  box  should  be  sent  in  a  letter 
to  the  office  of  the  Society.  In  this  letter  it  should  be  stated  when,  and  by  what  convey- 
moe,  the  box  was  forwarded ;  in  it  should  be  inclosed,  also,  such  money  as  is  intended 
for  the  payment  of  frdght.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  ehould  be  provided  for  in  all  cases, 
if  pracdcable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  $3  to  $6,  according  to  its 
■xe  and  the  distance  it  is  sent  A  barrel  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense  than  a  box  of 
the  aune  size. 

3.  The  box  should  be  fully  and  plainly  marked,  and  the  place  from  which  it  comes  should 
AI.WAT8  appear  en  the  outnde^  so  that  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening  it  at  the 
office.  It  should  be  strong,  tight,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  be  hooped,  or 
otherwise  fully  secured  againist  the  effects  of  hard  usage  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  addressed  to  dther  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place, 
KewToriu 

HO  PABT  OF  A  XISSIOKABT  S  SALABT. 

Boxes  of  Clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriation.  The  Society 
needs  the  same  amount  of  moa^^y,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptly  its  stipulations 
with  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  be  no  favor  to  a 
■uaaoviary  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money  that  would 
otherwise  be  sent  him  roust  be  proportiomdly  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to  it  that 
they  give  none  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  giving  other  things  that  are  need- 
ful and  convenient  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  sympathies  will  be  so  awakened  in 
the  preparation  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be  their  privilege,  not  only  to 
contmiie,  but  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

STTGOESTIOHS  AS  TO  THEIB  OOKTEKTS. 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box,  while  clothing  of  woollen  or  linen  fabrics, 
■Imcs,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  be  specially  valuable,  scarcely  any  thing  in  the 
>h*pe  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  which  is  of  common  use  in  any 
mm  in  a  ftmily,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  forks,  spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of 
^0^^  a  sk^  of  yam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles,  a  cake  of  wax,  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a 
thimble,  a  tnmbler,  a  tin  cup,  .a  slununer,  or  a  pepper  box,  need  not  be^  left  out 

When  articles  of  clothing  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  which  boxes 
■re  lent,  mi»onariee  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  other  that 
•Imcst  erery  thing  which  a  box  may  contain  is  turned  to  good  account 


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lero. 


AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIOMRY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOH  PLACE,  KEW  YOBK. 


Rkt.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.  D., 
Rbt.  DAVID  B.  COE,  D.  D., 
Rkv.  a.  HUNTINGTON  CLAPP, 


'   1 

•D.D.,) 


Steretariet  fcT  Correspondence. 


Mr.  WnXIAM  HENRY  SMITH,  Tiewmrer. 

ExvouTiTB  CoHmrmL— Mb.  WILLIAM  G.  LAMBEBT,  Chairman;  Mr.  C.  E.  ROBERT; 
Mb.  SIMEON  B.  CHITTENDEN:  Bbv.  RICHARD  8.  8TORR8,  Jr.,  D.  D.:  Rev.  WIL- 
LIAM I.  BUDINGTON,  D.  D.;  Mr,  CALVIK  C.  WOOL  WORTH;  Mr.  CHARLES  ABEE- 
NETHY;  Mb.  JOHN  B.  HUTCHINSON;  Rbv.  HENRY  M.  8TORR8,  D.D.;  with  the  memben 
«x-officIo— viz.:   AUSTIN  ABBOTT,  Eb^,  lUoordlng  Secretary ^  the  Trbasusxr,  and  the  Sborb* 

TARIXB  FOB  GOBRBaPOKDXRCB. 

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GOMMUKICATIOKS 

Relating  to  the  business  of  the  Society  generally,  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secre- 
taries for  Correspondence. 

DONATIONS  AND  SUBSCEIFTIONS, 

In  Drafts,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Post-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  sent  to  the 

Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Life  Member ;  and  of  one  hun- 
dred dollars,  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  addition  to  a  preyious  payment,  mAkes  one  hundred 
dollars,)  a  Life  Durector. 

SECBETAEIES  AND  TEEASTJBEBS 

or  THE 

PRINCIPAL  AUXILIARIES. 

Rev.  Stephen  Thxtroton,  D.D.,  Secretary,  Maine  JHue.  Soe.^  Searaport,  Me. 

Joshua  Mazweli^  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "        "  "    Portland, 

Rev.  William  Clark,  Secretary,  J^ew  Hampshire  Miss,  Sac.,  Amherst,  N.  H. 

Rev.  B.  P.  Stone,  D.D.,  Treasurer,  "         "         "         Concord,     " 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  Secretary,  Vermont  Dom,  Miss,  See.,  Montpelier,  Vt 

C.  W.  Stores,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  «*  "  "  " 

Rev.  H.  B.  Hooker,  D.D.,  Sec,  Mass.  Jff,  M.  Soc.y  81  Washington  st.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Bekjamin  Perkins,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  t<  4i  ci 

Rev.  James  G.  Vo3e,  Secretary,  72.  /.  Ifome  Miss,  See.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Edwin  Knight,  Esq.,  Treasurer,         "         "         "  " 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary,  Conn,  Home  Miss,  Soc^  Berlin,  Conn. 

E.  W.  Parsons,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "  "        Hartford,  " 

SUFEEINTENDENTS. 


Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart,    Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Ltsandee  Kelset,  Columbus,  0. 
Rev.  Nath'l  a.  Htds,    Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Rev.  Joseph  £.RoT,D.D.,  Chicago,  111. 
Rev.  Henrt  D,  Platt,    Brighton,  111. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Turner,  Hannibal,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  B.  Williams,    Charlotte,  Mich. 
Rev.  Leroy  Warren,      Pentwater,  Mich. 


Rev.  Dexter  Clary,      Beloit,  Wis. 
Rev.  Franklin  B.  Dob,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis, 
Rev.  J.  Guernsey,  D.D.,  Dubuque,  la. 
Rev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett,  Des  Moines,  la. 
Rev.  Richard  Hall,       St,  Paul,  Minn. 
Rev.  James  G.  Merrill,  Topeka,  Kan. 
Rev.  0.  W.  Merrill,       Omaha,  Neb. 
Rev.  James  H.  Warren,  San  Francisco,  CaL 


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APPUCATIONS  FOR  AD). 

Fe^le  ooDgregations,  demring  aid  in  supporUn^  the  goeptH,  are  requested,  in  thcff 
applications,  to  make  full  Btatements  of  their  condition  and  proepects,  and  of  the  reaaons 
or  granting  their  reqaesta.  They  are  deiired,  also,  to  famish  the  following  particolan, 
timely: 

The  population  of  the  place. 

The  name  of  the  church  or  congregation. 

The  nmober  of  communicants,  aud  the  average  number  of  attendants  on  pablio  worsUp^ 

The  denomination  and  size  of  congregations  mmiediately  contiguous,  with  the  distance 
to  their  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  which  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  given  time,  and  the  amngementi 
that  are  made  for  securing  it 

Whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 

Hie  least  amount  that  will  suffice  from  this  Society. 

The  name  in  full  and  post^ffice  address  of  the  n^nister  for  whom  a  commisskm  is  d»> 
sired. 

His  credentials. 

Whether  he  is  a  resident  of  the  place  in  which  he  preaches,  and  is  engaged  in  any 
other  culling  than  that  of  the  ministry. 

Whether  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  diurch,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangements  are  made 
or  contemplatcKl  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  the  year. 

The  application  should  be  signed  by  the  officers  of  the  diuroh,  and  by  the  trustees  or 
a  committee  of  the  congregation. 

If  the  ecclesiastical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  have  a  "Committee  of 
Missions  "  to  act  in  their  behalf,  the  member^  of  this  Committee  are  the  proper  persons  to 
certify  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  minister,  and  his  prospects  of 
usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  services  are  desired ;  and  the  application  should  be  sent 
to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation.  Where  no  such  **  Committee  of 
Missions "  exists,  the  application  should  receive  the  indorsement  of  two  or  more  neigh- 
boring clergymen,  of  the  same  denomination,  acquainted  with  the  facts. 

Applications,  after  bemg  properly  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  be  sent  to  the 
Superintendent  (or  Secretary  of  the  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  applicants  reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriations  are  for  twelve  mouths  from  the  date  of  the  appliea- 
tion;  at  the  end  of  which,  if  further  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must  be  made,  con- 
taining all  the  particulars  above  stated,  and  indorsed  and  recommended  in  like  manner. 
Each  congregation  applyivg  for  renewed  aid^  should  fumiehy  aUo^  the  certificate  of  the 
mistiotiarif  that  they  have  fulfilled  their  previou*  pledgee  for  hie  sfipport. 

The  address  of  the  Society's  Superintendents  and  the  Secret  a  ies  of  its  Auxiliaries  will 
be  found  on  the  cover  of  its  reports  aud  of  the  Home  Miteionarff, 


THE  HOME  MISSIOHABY. 

The  Home  Mienonary  will  be  sent  gratuitously  to  the  following  classes  of  individuals, 
unless  they  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers : 

To  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Missionaries  of  the  Society 
and  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clergyman  in  whose  congregation  a  collection  is  taken  up 
every  year  for  the  Society,  or  one  of  its  Auxilianes.  To  every  individual  who  contributes 
ten  dollars,  or  upward,  during  the  year.  To  every  Auxiliary,  Association,  or  Congrega- 
tion, one  copy  for  every  ten  dollars  collected  and  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Society,  or 
of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  confer  a  special  favor  by  availing  himself  of  the  fadlitieB  offered 
above  to  introduce  the  Hom4  Missionary  among  his  people.  In  notifying  the  Secretariei 
of  his  desire  to  have  the  work  sent  on  these  terms,  he  is  requested  to  mention  the  nami 
of  some  person  to  whom  each  oopy  shall  be  addressed. 

EOEH  OF  A  BEQUEST. 

I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trust,  to  pay  over 

the  same  in  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is 

payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  ths 
city  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-six,  to  be -applied  to  tb» 
chi^ritable  uses  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction, 


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THE  PILGRIM  FATHERS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 
By  Rev.  William  Saltsb,  D.D.,  of  BurliDgton,  Iowa. 

Thk  Ret.  Dk.  Salter  has  rendered  a  good  service  to  pastors  and  churches  of  the 
FOgrim  £uth  and  order,  by  his  faithful  *'  redaction  of  the  second  and  third  chapters  of 
tbe  first  book  of  Cotton  Kather*8  Magnolia  ChrUti  Americana^^*  printed  in  the  Congrega- 
tkmal  Quarterfyf  for  Julj,  1870. 

We  are  very  sure  'that  many  of  our  Home  Missionary  brethren  and  other  readers, 
Mho  may  not  see  the  Quarterly,  and  who  during  this  Memorial  Year  are  giving  special 
attention  to  the  early  history  of  New  England,  will  thank  us  for  transferriog  so  valuable 
in  article  to  these  pages. 

L — ^Thk  Voyage  to  New  England. 

1.  A  NFMBEB  of  devoat  and  serions  ChristiaDs  in  the  north  of  England,  find- 
log  tbe  reformation  of  the  church  in  that  nation,  according  to  the  word  of  God, 
and  the  design  of  many  among  the  first  Reformers,  to  labor  under  hopeless  re- 
tardation, entered,  in  the  year  1602,  into  a  covenant,  wherein,  expressing  them- 
•elres  desirous  not  only  to  attend  the  worship  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  with 
freedom  from  human  inventions  and  additions,  bat  also  to  enjoy  all  the  evangeli- 
cal institutions  of  that  worship,  they  gave  themselves  up,  like  those  Macedonians, 
that  are  therefore  by  the  apostle  Paul  commended,  "  first  unto  God,  and  then  to 
006  another."  These  pious  people,  finding  that  their  brethren  and  neighbors  in 
tbe  Cbnrch  of  England,  as  then  established  by  law,  took  offence  at  their  endeav- 
on  alter  a  scriptural  reformation,  and  being  loath  to  live  in  the  continual  vexa- 
tions ariiing  from  nonconformity  to  things  their  consciences  accounted  supersti- 
tioos  and  unwarrantable,  peaceably  and  willingly  embraced  a  banishment  into 
the  Netherlands,  where  they  settled  at  the  citj  of  Leyden,  about  seven  or  eight 
7Mr8  after  their  first  combination.  In  that  city  this  people  sojourned,  a  holy 
ditffch  of  tbe  blessed  Jesus,  for  several  years  under  the  pastoral  care  of  John 
Robinson,  who  had  for  his  help  in  the  government  of  the  church  a  most  wise, 
grare,  good  man, — ^William  Brewster,  the  ruling  elder. 

2.  The  church  had  not  been  very  long  at  Leyden  before  they  found  them- 
•elf  es  enconntered  with  many  inconveniences.  They  felt  that  {hey  were  neither 
fot  health,  nor  purse,  nor  language,  well  accommodated ;  but  the  concern  they 
most  of  all  had  was  for  their  posterity.  They  saw  that,  whatever  banks  the 
I>ntch  had  against  tho  inroads  of  the  sea,  they  had  not  st^cient  ones  agdnat  a 
flood  of  manifold  profaneneis.    They  conld  not  bring  their  ndghbora  particularly 

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to  ao J  suitable  obserration  of  the  Lord^s  Daj ;  without  which,  thej  knew  that 
all  practical  religion  mast  wither  miserably.  They  beheld  some  of  their  children, 
by  the  temptations  of  the  place,  drawn  into  dangerous  extravagances.  Moreover, 
they  were  loath  to  lose  their  interest  in  the  English  nation ;  but  were  desiroos 
rather  to  enlarge  their  king's  dominions.  They  found  themselves,  also,  under  a 
very  strong  disposition  of  zeal  to  attempt  the  establishment  of  Congregational 
churches  in  the  remote  parts  of  the  world,  hoping  that  the  ecclesiastics  who  had 
driven  them  out  of  the  kingdom  for  nothing  but  nonconformity  to  certain  rites, 
by  the  imposers  confessed  indifferent,  would  be  ashamed  to  persecute  them  with 
farther  molestations,  at  the  distance  of  a  thousand  leagues.  These  reasons  were 
deeply  considered  by  the  church ;  and  after  many  deliberations,  accompanied 
with  solemn  humiliation  and  supplication  before  God,  they  took  up  a  resolution, 
under  tlie  conduct  of  Heaven,  to  remove  into  America,  the  opened  regions 
whereof  had  now  filled  all  Europe  with  reports.  It  was  resolved  that  part  of 
the  church — ^the  minor  part  of  younger  and  stronger  men — should  go  before  their 
brethren  to  prepare  a  place  for  the  rest;  the  pastor  to  stay  with  the  m^or  till 
they  should  see  cause  to  follow.  Nor  was  there  any  occasion  for  this  resolve,  in 
any  weariness  which  the  States  of  Holland  had  of  their  company,  as  was  whis- 
pered by  their  adversaries ;  for  the  magistrates  of  Leyden  gave  this  testimony : 
*'  These  have  lived  now  ten  years  among  us,  and  we  never  had  any  aoousation 
against  one  of  them." 

8.  These  good  people  were  satisfied  they  had  as  plain  command  of  Heaven  to 
attempt  a  removal  as  Abraham  had  for  leaving  Chaldea ;  and  nothing  but  such 
a  satisfaction  could  have  carried  them  through  the  otherwise  insuperable  diffi- 
culties they  met  with.  In  this  removal,  their  destination  was  not  yet  resolved 
upon.  Guiana  flattered  them  with  promises  of  a  perpetual  spring,  and  a  thou- 
sand other  comfortable  entertainments.  But  the  probable  disagreement  of  so 
torrid  a  climate,  and  the  more  dangerous  vicinity  of  the  Spaniards,  made  them 
fear  that  country  would  be  too  hot  for  them.  They  propounded  some  country 
bordering  upon  Virginia,  and  to  this  purpose  sent  agents  over  to  England,  who 
treated  not  only  with  the  Virginia  Company,  but  with  several  great  persons 
about  the  Court,  to  whom  they  made  evident  their  agreement  with  the  French 
Eeformed  churches  in  all  things  whatsoever,  except  a  few  small  accidental 
points.  After  many  delays  they  obtained  a  patent  for  a  quiet  settlement  in  those 
territories,  and  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  gave  them  some  expectations  that 
tbey  should  never  be  disturbed  in  that  exercise  of  religion  at  which  they  aimed. 
Notwithstanding,  they  never  made  use  of  that  patent;  but,  being  informed  of 
New  England,  diverted  their  design  thither,  induced  by  several  reasons,  particu- 
larly by  this :  that,  the  coast  being  well  circumstanced  for  fishing,  they  might 
have  immediate  assistance  against  the  hardships  of  their  first  encounters.  Their 
Agents,  again  sent  over  to  England,  concluded  articles  between  them  and  such 
^wiventnrers  as  would  be  concerned  in  their  undertaking, — articles  sufficiently 
hard  for  those  poor  men  that  were  now  to  transplant  themselves  into  a  wilder- 
ness. The  diversion  of  their  enterprise  caused  an  unhappy  division,  and  many 
fell  off.  But  the  removers,  having  sold  their  estates  to  put  the  money  into  a  com- 
mon stock  for  the  welfare  of  the  whole,  and  their  stock,  as  well  as  time,  spend- 
ing fast,  despatched  the  best  agreements  they  could,  and  came  away  furnished 
with  a  resolution  for  a  tract  of  land  in  the  southwest  part  of  New  England. 

4.  All  things  being  in  some  readiness,  and  a  couple  of  ships— one  the  Speed- 
well, the  other  the  May-Flower — ^being  hired  for  their  transportation,  they  set 
apart  a  day  for  ftisting  and  prayer,  wherein  their  pastor  preached  unto  them 


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updn  Ezraviii.  21 :  "I  proclaimed  a  fast  there,  at  the  river  Ahara,  that  we  might 
aflBict^ifrselves  hefore  our  God,  to  seek  of  him  a  right  way  for  us,  and  for  our 
little  ones,  aodfor  all  oar  substance.'' 

After  the  ferVent  snpplications  of  this  day,  accpompanied  by  their  friends,  they 
took  leave  of  the  pleasant  city  where  they  had  been  pilgrims  and  strangers  for 
eleven  years.  Delfl- Haven  was  the  town  where  they  went  aboard  one  of  their 
ships,  and  had  snch  a  mournful  parting  irom  their  brethren,  as  even  drowned  the 
Dutch  spectators  standing  on  the  shore  in  tears.  Their  pastor,  on  his  knees,  by 
the  sea-side,  poured  out  their  mutual  petitions  unto  God ;  and  having  wept  in 
one  another's  arms,  as  long  as  wind  and  tide  would  permit,  they  bade  adieu. 
Sailing  to  Southampton,  in  England,  they  found  the  other  ship  come  from  Lon- 
don with  their  friends  that  were  to  be  the  corapanious  of  the  voyage.  This  was 
on  Jnlj  2, 1620.  The  faithful  pastor  of  this  people  sent  after  them  a  pastoral 
letter,  filled  with  holy  counsels  to  settle  their  peace  with  God  in  their  own  con- 
sciences, by  an  exact  repentance  of  all  sin,  that  they  might  more  easily  bear  all 
the  difficulties  that  w6re  before  them,  to  maintain  a  good  peace  with  one  anbther, 
ind  beware  of  giving  or  taking  offences,  and  to  avoid  a  touchy  humor,  but  use 
much  brotherly  forbearance ;  as  also  to  take  heed  of  a  private  spirit,  and  all  re- 
tiredness  of  mind  in  each  man  for  his  own  private  advantage ;  and  likewise  to  be 
carefol  that  the  house  of  God,  which  they  were,  be  not  shaken  with  unnecessary 
novelties  or  oppositions:  which  letter  produced  most  happy  fruits  among  them. 

6.  On  Angnst  6th  they  set  sail  from  Southampton ;  but  heart-breaking  disas- 
ters befell  the  beginning  of  their  undertaking.  They  were  twice  beaten  back 
by  bad  weather  before  they  came  to  the  Land's  End.  They  were  forced  to  dis- 
miss the  lesser  ship.  Being  all  stowed  into  one  ship,  they  put  to  sea  September 
6th.  They  met  with  such  terrible  storms,  that  the  principal  persons  had  serious 
deliberations  upon  returning.  However,  after  long  beating  upon  the  Atlantic 
ocean,  they  fell  in  with  the  land  at  Cape  Cod,  about  the  9th  of  November,  where, 
going  on  shore,  they  fell  upon  their  knees  with  hearty  praises  unto  God,  who  had 
been  their  assurance  when  afar  off  upon  the  sea,  and  was  to  be  further  so,  now 
that  they  were  come  to  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

But  here  was  not  the  port  they  intended.  There  was  a  wonderful  providence 
of  God  over  a  pious  and  praying  people  in  this  disappointment. 

6.  Their  design  was  to  have  sat  down  about  Hudson  river.  But  some  of 
their  neighbors  in  HoUand,  having  a  mind  to  settle  a  plantation  there,  contracted 
witk  the  master  of  the  ship  to  put  a  trick  upon  them.  In  pursuance  of  this 
Hot,  not  only  the  goods,  but  also  the  lives  of  all  on  board,  were  hazarded  among 
the  shoals  of  Cape  Cod,  so  that  the  company  broke  off  their  intention  of  going 
Cuther.  And  yet  this  false  dealing  proved  a  safe  dealing  for  the  people  against 
whom  it  was  used.  Had  they  been  carried  to  Hudson  river,  the  Indians  in  those 
pwts  were  so  many  and  mighty,  that,  in  probability,  this  little  number  of  Chris- 
ty had  been  massacred,  as,  not  long  after,  some  were ;  whereas  the  good  hand 
of  God  now  brought  them  to  a  country  prepared  for  them  by  a  sweeping  mor- 
tality that  had  lately  been  among  the  natives.  "  We  have  heard  with  our  ears, 
0  God,  our  fathers  have  told  us,  what  work  thou  didst  in  their  days,  in  the  times 
of  old ;  how  thou  didst  drive  out  the  heathen  with  thy  hand,  and  plantedst 
them ;  how  thou  didst  afflict  the  people,  and  cast  them  out."  The  Indians  in 
these  parts  had,  a  year  or  two  before,  been  visited  with  a  pestilence,  whereby 
they  were  consumed  in  vast  multitudes. 

7.  Inexpressible  the  hardships  to  which  they  were  now  exposed.  Our 
Saviour  directed  his  disciples  to  deprecate  a  flight  in  the  winter ;  but  these  disci- 


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pies  were  now  arrived  at  a  very  cold  conntry,  in  the  beginniog  of  a  ron^  and 
bleak  winter.  If  Abraham,  called  out  of  Ur,  had  been  directed  to  the  deeerta 
of  Arabia,  instead  of  the  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey,  the  trial  of  hia  faith, 
had  been  greater  than  it  was ;  bat  such  was  the  trial  of  faith  in  these  holy  men 
who  followed  the  call  of  God  into  deserts.  All  this  they  cheerfully  underwent 
in  hope  that  they  shoald  settle  the  worship  and  order  of  the  gospel,  and  the 
kingdom  of  onr  Lord  Jesns  Christ  in  these  regions ;  and  that  enlarging  the 
dominion,  they  slionld  merit  the  protection  of  the  crown  of  England,  as  to  be 
never  abandoned  nnto  further  persecntions  from  any  party  of  their  fellow-sab- 
jects  for  thdr  conscientions  regards  nnto  the  Reformation. 

8.  Finding  what  other  powers  they  had  made  useless  by  the  undesigned 
place  of  their  arrival,  they  did  as  the  light  of  nature  directed,  immediately  in 
the  harbor,  sign  an  instrument  as  a  foundation  of  their  future  and  needful  gov- 
ernment, wherein  declaring  themselves  the  loyal  subjects  of  the  crown  of  Eng- 
land, they  did  combine  into  a  body  politic,  and  solemnly  engage  submission  and 
obedience  to  the  laws,  ordinances,  acts,  constitutions,  and  officers,  that  from  Ume 
to  time  should  be  thought  most  convenient  for  the  general  good  oi  the  colony. 
This  was  done  on  November  11, 1620,  and  they  chose  Mr.  John  Carver,  a  inoua 
and  prudent  man,  their  governor. 

Hereupon  they  sent  two  expeditions  to  look  a  convenient  seat  for  habitation, 
which  however  prospered  little  more  than  to  bring  occasions  of  doubtful  debate 
where  they  should  fix  their  stakes.  Yet  this  smile  of  Heaven  was  on  them,  that 
they  met  with  some  Indian  com  that  served  for  seed  the  spring  following,  which 
else  they  had  not  been  seasonably  furnished  with;  so  that  it  proved  in  effect 
their  deliverance  from  famine. 

0.  The  month  of  November  being  spent  in  many  supplioationa  to  God,  and. 
consultations  with  one  another  about  the  direction  of  their  course,  at  last,  on 
December  6,  they  manned  the  shallop  with  eighteen  or  twenty  hands,  and  went 
upon  a  third  discovery.  Bitterly  cold  was  the  season,  yet  they  kept  cruising  about 
the  bay  of  Cai>e  Cod,  and  that  night  they  got  safe  down  the  bay.  There  they . 
landed,  and  tarried  that  night  Unsuccessfully  ranging  about  all  the  next  day 
(December  7),  at  night  they  made  a  little  barricade  of  boughs  and  logs,  wherein 
the  most  weary  slept.  The  next  morning  (December  8),  after  prayers,  they  sud- 
denly were  surrounded  with  Indians,  who  let  fly  a  shower  of  arrows  among 
them,  but  fled  at  a  discharge  of  muskets.  Hence  they  coasted  along  till  a 
storm  arose,  when  they  got  under  the  lee  of  a  small  island  where  they  kindled 
fires  for  their  succor  against  the  wet  and  cold ;  it  was  the  morning  (December  9X 
before  they  found  it  was  an  island,  whereupon  they  rendered  their  praises  to  him 
that  hitherto  had  helped  them.  The  difficulties  upon  them  did  not  hinder  them 
from  spending  the  day  following,  which  was  the  Lord's  day  (Decenlber  lOX  in 
the  devout  and  pious  exercises  of  sacred  rest-  The  next  day  (December  11, — 
21st,  new  style),  they  sounded  the  harbor  and  found  it  fit  for  shipping.  They 
visited  the  mainland  also,  and  found  pleasant  fields  and  brooks,  and  resolved 
that  they  would  pitch  their  tents  here.  This  was  Plymouth,  by  the  Indians 
called  Patuxet.  On  the  25th  of  December  they  began  to  erect  the  first  house,  yet 
it  was  not  long  before  an  unhappy  accident  burnt  it  to  the  ground.  After  this 
they  soon  went  upon  the  building  of  more  little  cottages,  and  upon  the  settling 
of  good  laws. 

10.  The  rest  of  the  melancholy  winter,  besides  the  exercises  of  religion,  with 
other  work,  there  was  the  care  of  the  sick  to  take  up  no  little  of  their  time. 
It  was  a  heavy  trial  of  patience  the  first  winter  of  their  pilgrimage,  and  enough 


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to  remind  them  that  they  were  bnt  pilgrims.  The  hardships  they  enoonotered 
were  prodactive  of  deadly  sicknesses,  which  in  two  or  three  months  carried  off 
more  than  Iialf  their  oompany.  There  died  sometimea  two,  and  sometimes 
three  in  a  day,  till  scarce  fifty  were  left  alive ;  and  of  those,  sometimes  there 
were  scarce  five  well  at  a  time  to  look  after  the  dck.  Yet  their  profonad  sab- 
mission  to  the  will  of  God,  their  Christian  readiness  to  help  one  another,  accom- 
panied with  a  joyfnl  assurance  of  another  and  better  world,  carried  them  cheer- 
folly  through  the  sorrows  of  this  mortality ;  nor  was  there  heard  among  them  a 
nrarranr  against  those  who  had  by  unreasonable  impositions  driven  them  into 
these  distresses.  There  was  this  further  in  the  circumstances,  that  if  disease 
had  not  taken  so  many  to  heaven,  a  famine  would  probably  have  destroyed  them 
dl  before  their  expeeted  supplies  from  England  arrived. 
-  11.  The  doleful  winter  broke  up  sooner  than  usual.  But  our  planters  were 
not  more  comforted  with  the  early  advance  of  spring  than  they  were  surprised 
vith  ^e  appearance  of  two  Indians,  who  in  broken  English  bade  them  Welcome, 
EiigUAmeA !  One  of  these  Indians,  Sqnanto,  did  them  much  service.  He 
brought  Masi^asoit,  the  chief  sachem  of  the  Indians  within  many  miles,  to  make 
ow  people  a  kind  visit,  the  issue  of  which  was  that  Massasoit  entered  into  a  firm 
4^greeroent  of  peace  with  the  English.  Squanto  also  assisted  them  in  trading 
with  th'e  Indians  to  the  northward,  and  before  his  death  he  desired  tliem  to  pray 
for  him,  that  he  might  go  to  the  Englishman's  God  in  heaven. 

n.— The  Difficulties  and  Delivebaj^oes   through  which  the  Plantation 
OP  Kew  Plymouth  ajbbiyed  unto  the  Oonsistenot  of  a.  Colony. 

1.  Setting  aside  the  grief  of  our  planters  for  the  death  of  their  excellent 
gorersor,  who  was  succeeded  by  the  worthy  Mr.  Bradford,  early  in  the  spring 
(W21),  tbey  spent  their  summer  somewhat  comfortably.  On  the  day  twelve- 
nwoth  after  the  first  arrival,  a  good  number  of  old  friends  from  Holland  arrived ; 
bit  as  they  brought  not  a  sufficient  stock  of  provisions,  they  rather  weakened 
thai  strengthened  the  plantation.  Such  was  the  scarcity,  with  the  dispropor- 
tion of  the  inhabitants  to  the  provisions,  that  for  two  or  three  months  together 
tkcy  bad  no  kind  of  corn.  They  were  often  upon  the  very  point  of  starving. 
Bnt  in  their  extremity  Heaven  always  furnished  them  with  some  sudden  reliefe, 
bjeausing  vessels  of  strangers  to  look  in  upon  them,  or  putting  them  in  a  way  to 
catch  fish,  or  by  some  surprising  accidents^  for  which  they  rendered  solemn 
thanks  unto  Heaven.  They  kept  in  such  good  working  case  that,  besides  build- 
ing, planting,  and  fishing,  they  formed  a  fort,  wherein  they  kept  a  nightly  watch 
for  security  against  treachery  of  the  IndiaLS,  being  awakened  thereunto  by  a 
iMrrible  massacre  lately  in  Virginia. 

S.  In  one  of  the  first  summers  a  drought  threatened  the  ruin  of  all  their 
Ina^dry.  From  about  the  middle  of  May  to  the  middle  of  July  a  hot  sun  beat 
^n  their  fields,  without  rain.  In  this  distress  they  set  apart  a  day  for* fasting 
ttd  prayer,  in  the  morning  of  which  there  was  no  sign  of  rain ;  but  before 
•▼ening  the  p ky  was  overcast  witli  clouds^  and  gentle,  yet  plentiful,  showers  xe- 
^fA  a  great  part  of  their  corn  for  a  comfortable  harvest  The  Indians  took 
Botiee  al  this  answer  from  Heaven  to  the  supplications  of  tliis  devout  people, 
•od  one  of  tliem  said,  "  Now  I  see  that  the  Englishman's  God  is  a  good  God ; 
for  he  hath  heard  you,  and  sent  you  rain,  without  such  tempest  and  thunder  as 
venae  to  have  with  our  rain,  which,  after  our  powwowing  for  i{,  breaks  down 
the  com ;  whereas  your  corn  standa  whole  and  good."    The  harvest  which  God 


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thus  gave  to  this  people  caused  them  to  set  apart  another  day  for  solemn  thaoka- 
giviog  to  the  Hearer  of  prayer. 

8.  Another  wonderfal  preservation  was  vonohiafed.  Mr.  Weston,  a  merchant 
of  good  note,  interested  at  first  in  the  Plymouth  design,  afterwards  deserted  it, 
and  in  1622  sent  over  two  ships  with  about  sixty  men  to  begin  a  plantation  in 
Massachneetts  Bay.  Being  well  refreshed  at  Plymouth,  they  traveled  north  to 
a  place  since  known  as  Weymouth.  These  Westonians,  who  were  Chnreh-of- 
England  men,  did  not  approve  themselves  like  the  Piymouthians, — a  pious,  hon- 
est, industrious  people, — ^but  followed  bad  oourees.  By  idleness  bri>ught  to  pen- 
ury, they  stole  corn  from  the  Indians,  and  in  many  other  ways  provoked  tliem. 
The  Indians,  far  and  near,  entered  into  a  conspiracy  to  cut  them  off,  and,  lest  the 
inhabitants  of  Plymouth  should  revenge  it,  to  murder  them  also.  But  the  plot 
was  discovered  in  the  nick  of  time,— Massasoit,  who  had  been  solicited  to  enter 
into  tlie  bloody  combination,  confessing  it  to  good  Mr.  Winslow, — and  some  <^ 
the  chief  among  these  Indians  were  killed  by  Ci^)tain  Standish  and  his  little  army 
of  eight  men.  The  peace  of  Plymouth  was  preserved,  and  the  Westonian  plan- 
tation broke  up,  and  came  to  nothing.  It  was  much  wished  by  the  holy  Robin- 
son that  some  of  the  poor  heathen  had  been  converted  before  any  had  been 
slaughtered. 

4.  A  gentleman  (if  nothing  in  the  story  contradict  that  name),  was  employed 
in  obtaining  from  the  Grand  Oouncil  of  Plymouth  and  England  a  patent,  in  the 
name  of  these  planters,  for  a  convenient  quantity  of  the  oountry.  This  man, 
speaking  one  word  for  them  and  two  for  himself,  surreptitiously  procured  the 
patent  in  his  own  name,  reserving  for  himself  and  his  heirs  a  huge  tract  of  the 
land,  intending  the  Piymouthians  to  hold  the  rest  as  tenants  under  him.  He 
took  on  board  above  a  hundred  passengers,  with  their  goods ;  but  the  ship 
sprung  a  leak,  and  disaster  and  storm  drove  tliem  home  to  England  agsin.  And 
this  man,  by  all  his  tumbling  backward  and  forward,  growth  sick  of  his  patent, 
assigned  it  over  to  the  company ;  but  they  obtained  another,  under  which  they 
could  more  effectually  carry  on  their  affairs.  The  passengers  went  over  in  another 
vessel ;  and  quickly  after  another  vessel  of  passengers  arrived,  namely,  in  1623. 
Among  these  passengers  were  divers  worthy  and  usefnl  men,  who  were  come  to 
seek  the  welfare  of  this  little  Israel ;  though  at  their  coming  they  were  as  di- 
versely affected  as  the  rebuilders  of  the  temple  of  Jerusalem ;  some  were  grieved 
when  they  saw  how  bad  the  circumstances  of  their  friends  were,  and  others 
were  glad  that  they  were  no  worse. 

5.  The  immature  death  of  Mr.  Robinson  in  Holland,  with  many  disasters, 
hindered  a  great  part  of  the  English  congregation  at  Leyden  fro>m  coming 
over.  Hence,  although  this  remnant  of  that  church  were  blessed  with  an 
elder  so  apt  to  teach,  that  he  attended  all  the  other  works  of  a  minister,  yet  they 
had  not  a  pastor  to  dispense  the  sacraments  among  them  till  1629,  when  Mr. 
Ralph  Smith  undertook  the  pastoral  charge.  But  before  that,  in  1624,  the  ad- 
ventufers  in  England  sent  over  a  minister,  who  did  them  no  good^  but  used 
malignant  endeavors  to  make  factions  among  them.  The  first  neat  cattle  ever 
brought  into  this  land — three  heifers  and  a  bull  coming  with  him— did  the 
land  better  service  than  was  ever  done  by  him.  Being  convicted  of  wicked  and 
lying  accusations  against  the  people,  and  sentenced  to  be  expelled  the  plantation, 
he  expressed  repentance,  and  confessed  the  censure  of  the  Church  less  than  he 
deserved,  and  they  permitted  him  to  preach  again.  But,  after  two  months,  he 
so  notoriously  r<^newed  the  miscarriages  he  had  bewailed,  that  he  was  banished, 
because  his  residence  was  utterly  inconsistent  with  the  life  of  this  infant  plants- 


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tion.  He  went  into  Virginia,  where  he  shortly  after  ended  his  own  life.  Qnicklj 
after  these  difficulties,  the  company  of  adventorcrs  for  the  support  of  this  plan- 
tation became  rather  adversaries  to  it,  or  at  least  a  Be  ye  warmed  and  filled; 
a  few  good  worda  were  all  the  help  tbey  afforded  it.  They  broke  to  pieces,  but 
the  God  of  heaven  still  supported  it. 

6.  After  these  many  difficulties  were  thus  a  little  surmounted,  the  inhabitants 
of  this  colony  prosecuted  their  affairs  at  so  vigorous  and  successful  a  rate,  that 
they  not  only  fell  into  a  comfortable  way  both  of  planting  and  trading,  but  also 
in  a  few  years  there  was  a  notable  number  of  towns  to  be  seen  settled  among 
them,  and  very  considerable  churches,  walking  so  far  as  they  had  attained,  in  the 
faith  and  order  of  the  gospel.  Their  churches  flourished  so  considerably,  that  in 
1642  there  were  above  a  dozen  ministers,  and  some  were  stars  of  the  first  mag- 
nitode,  shining  in  their  several  orbs  among  them.  And  as  they  proceeded  in 
the  evangelical  worship  and  service  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  so  they  prospered 
ia  their  secular  concerns.  When  they  began  to  divide  their  lands,  tbey  wisely 
eontrived  the  division  so  that  they  might  keep  close  together  for  their  mutual 
defence  ;  and  then  their  condition  was  like  that  of  the  Bomans  in  the  time  of 
Bomolos,  when  every  man  contented  himself  with  two  acres  of  land.  But  since 
then  their  condition  is  marvelously  altered  and  amended ;  great  farms  are  now 
seen ;  and  in  fishing,  from  catching  cod  and  less  fish,  they  are  passed  to  the 
catching  of  whaler,  whose  oil  is  become  a  staple  commodity  of  the  country.  So 
does  the  good  God  here  give  his  people  to  suck  the  abundance  of  the  seas. 

7.  If  my  reader  woiild  have  the  religion  of  these  planters  more  exactly  de- 
scribed,— after  I  have  told  him  that  many  hundreds  of  holy  souls,  having  been 
ripened  for  heaven  under  the  ordinances  of  God  in  this  colony,  and  having  left 
an  example  of  wonderful  prayerfulness,  watchfulness,  tliankfulness,  useful* 
ness,  exact  conacientiousnesa,  piety,  charity,  weanedness  from  the  things  of  this 
world,  and  affection  to  the  things  that  are  above,  are  now  at  rest  with  the  blessed 
Jesus,  whose  names,  though  not  recorded  in  this  book,  are  yet  entered  in  the 
Book  of  Life ;  and  I  hope  there  are  still  many  hundreds  of  their  children,  even 
of  the  third  and  fourth  generations,  resolving  to  follow  them  as  they  followed 
Christ, — I  must  refer  him  to  an  account  given  thereof  by  the  right  worshipful 
Edwin  Winslow,  Esq.,  who  was  for  some  time  (1638, 1636,  1644)  governor  of 
the  colony.  He  gives  us  to  understand  that  they  are  entirely  of  the  same  faith 
with  the  reformed  churches  in  Europe,  only  in  their  church  government  they 
are  endeavorers  after  a  reformation  more  tliorough  than  what  is  in  many  of  them, 
yet  without  any  uncharitable  separation  from  them.  He  gives  instance  of  tljeir 
admitting  to  communion  among  them  communicants  of  the  French,  the  Dutch, 
the  Scotch  churches,  merely  by  virtue  of  tJieir  being  so ;  and  says,  "  We  ever 
phu^  a  large  difference  between  those  that  grounded  their  practice  on  the  word 
cf  God  (though  differing  frpn^  us  in  the  exposition  and  understanding  of  it)  and 
those  that  hated  such  reformers  and  reformation,  and  went  on  in  antichristiaik 
opposition  to  it  and  persecution  of  it.  True,  we  profess  and  desjire  to  practise  a. 
iepara.tion  from  the  world,  and  the  works  of  the  world.  And  as  the  churches 
d  Christ  are  all  saints  by  calling,  so  we  desire  to  see  the  grace  of  God  shining- 
^th  (at  least  seemingly,  leaving  secret  things  to  God),  in  all  we  admit  into 
church  fellowship,  and  to  keep  off  such  as  openly  wallow  in  the  mire  of  their- 
sins ;  that  neither  the  holy  things  of  God,  nor  the  communion  of  saints,  may  be- 
leavened  or  polluted  thereby.  And  if  any  joining  to  us  formerly,  either  when 
we  lived  at  Leyden,  in  Holland,  or  since  we  came  to  New  England,  have  with 
the  manifestation  of  their  faith  and  profession  of  holiness  held  forth  therewith 


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separation  from  the  Chnrch  of  England,  I  baye  divers  limes,  both  in  the  one 
place  and  the  other,  heard  either  Mr.  Robinson  oar  pastor,  or  Mr.  Brewster  oor 
elder,  stop  them  forthwith,  showing  them  that  we  required  no  snch  things  at 
their  hands,  bnt  on]}r  to  hold  forth  faith  in  Christ  Jesns,  holiness  in  the  fear  of 
God,  and  submission  to  every  ordinance  and  appointment  of  God.^ 

It  is  time  there  have  been  some  varieties  among  this  people,  bnt  the  bod 7  of 
them  do  with  integrity  espouse  and  maintain  the  principles  upon  which  they 
were  first  established.  However,  I  mnst  express  my  fear  that  the  leaven  of  that 
rigid  thing  they  call  Brownism  has  prevailed  sometimes  a  little.  There  was  an 
hour  of  temptation,  wherein  the  fondness  of  the  people  for  prophesyings  of  the 
brethren,  that  is,  the  preachments  of  those  whom  they  called  gifted  brethren, 
produced  those  discouragements  unto  their  ministers  that  almost  all  the  minist^v 
left  the  colony,  apprehending  themselves  driven  away  by  neglect  and  contempt 
This  eclipse  upon  the  light  of  the  gospel  in  the  churches  continued  until  their 
humiliation  and  reformation  before  the  great  Shepherd,  who  hath  since  blessed 
them  with  a  succession  of  worthy  ministers.  Moreover,  there  has  been  ona 
church  that  has  questioned  and  omitted  the  use  of  infant  baptism ;  nevertheless, 
there  being  many  good  men  among  those  of  this  persuasion,  I  do  not  know  that 
they  have  been  persecuted  with  any  harder  means  than  kind  conferences  to  re- 
claim them.  There  have  also  been  Quakers,  Seekers,  and  other  sectaries  who  have 
given  ugly  disturbance  to  these  good-spirited  men  in  their  temple-work ;  but 
they  have  not  prevailed  unto  the  subversion  of  the  first  interest. 

Some  little  controversies,  likewise,  have  now  and  then  arisen  in  the  adminis- 
tration of  discipline;  but  synods,  regularly  called,  have  usually  put  into  joint  uil 
that  was  apprehended  out 

Their  chief  hazard  and  symptom  of  degeneracy  is  in  the  verification  of  that 
old  observation :  Religio  ptperit  dwittM,  etfilia  decoravit  matrem^ — "  Religion 
brought  forth  prosperity,  and  the  daughter  devoured  the  mother."  One  would 
expect  that,  as  they  grew  in  their  estates,  they  would  grow  in  the  payment  of 
their  quit-rents  unto  God,  who  gives  power  to  get  wealth,  by  more  liberally 
supporting  his  ministers  and  ordinances  among  them, — the  most  likely  way  to 
save  them  from  miserable  apostasy.  Nevertheless,  there  is  danger  lest  the 
enchantments  of  this  world  make  them  forget  their  errand  into  the  wilderness; 
and  some  woful  villagers  in  the  skirts  of  the  colony,  beginning  to  live  without 
the  means  of  grace  among  them,  are  still  more  ominous  intimations  of  the 
danger.    May  the  God  of  New  England  preserve  them  fi-om  so  great  a  death ! 

8.  I  shall  repeat  the  counsel  which  their  faithful  Robinson  gave  the  first 
planters  of  the  colony,  at  their  parting  from  him  in  Holland.  Said  he  (to  this 
purpose) : — 

^^ Brethren:  We  are  now  quickly  to  part  from  one  another;  and  whether  I 
may  live  to  see  your  faces  on  earth  any  more,  the  God  of  heaven  only  knows. 
But  whetlier  the  Lord  has  appointed  that  or  no,  I  charge  you  before  God,  and  be- 
fore his  blessed  angels,  that  you  follow  me  no  farther  than  you  have  seen  me 
follow  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

"  If  God  reveal  any  thing  to  you,  by  any  other  instrument  of  his,  be  as  ready 
to  receive  it  as  ever  you  were  to  receive  any  truth  by  my  ministry ;  for  I  am  verily 
persuaded,  I  am  very  confident,  the  Lord  hath  more  truth  yet  to  break  forth  out 
of  his  holy  Word.  For  my  part,  I  cannot  sufficiently  bewail  the  condition  of  the 
Reformed  churches,  who  are  come  to  a  period  in  religion,  and  will  go  at  present 
no  further  than  the  instruments  of  their  first  reformation.  The  Lutherans  can- 
not be  drawn  to  go  beyond  what  Luther  saw  ;  whatever  part  of  his  will  otir 


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good  God  has  imparted  and  revealed  unto  Calvin,  tliey  will  rather  die  than  em- 
brace it.  And  the  Calvinists,  you  see,  stick  fast  where  they  were  left  by  that 
great  man  of  God,  who  yet  saw  not  all  things. 

'^This  is  a  misery  much  to  be  lamented;  for  though  they  were  burning  and 
shiniDg  lights  in  their  times,  yet  they  penetrated  not  into  the  whole  counsel  of 
God,  but  were  they  now  living  they  would  be  as  willing  to  embrace  further  light 
as  that  which  they  first  received.  I  beseech  you  to  remember  it  is  an  article  of 
your  church  covenant,  *  That  you  will  be  ready  to  receive  whatever  truth  shall 
be  made  known  unto  you  from  the  written  word  of  God.'  Eemember  that,  and 
ereiy  other  article  of  your  sacred  covenant  But  I  must  exhort  you  to  take  heed 
what  yon  receive  as  truth ;  examine  it,  consider  it,  compare  it  with  other  Scrip- 
tores  of  troth,  before  yon  do  receive  it  For  it  is  not  possible  the  Christian 
vorid  should  come  so  lately  out  of  such  thick  antichristian  darkness,  and  that 
perfection  of  knowledge^ should  break  forth  at  once.  I  must  also  advise  you  to 
abandon,  aToid^  and  shake  off  the  name  of  Brownist ;  it  is  a  mere  nickname, 
and  a  brand  for  making  religion  and  the  professors  of  it  odious  to  the  Christian 
world.  To  this  end  I  should  be  glad  if  some  godly  minister  would  go  with  you, 
or  come  to  you,  before  my  coming.  For  there  will  be  no  difference  between  the 
unemfarmdble  ministers  and  you,  when  you  come  to  the  practice  of  evangelical 
ordinances  out  of  the  kingdom.  And  I  would  wish  you,  by  all  means,  to  close 
with  the  godly  people  of  England ;  study  union  with  them  in  all  things,  wherein 
700  can  have  it  without  sin,  rather  than  in  the  least  measure  affect  division  or 
separation  from  them.  Neither  would  I  have  you  loath  to  take  another  pastor 
beddes  myself;  inasmuch  as  a  flock  that  hath  two  shepherds  is  not  thereby 
endangered,  but  secured.'^ 

Adding  some  other  things  of  great  consequence,  he  concluded  most  affection- 
ately, commending  his  departing  flock  unto  the  grace  of  God,  which  now  I  also 
do  the  ofibpring  of  that  holy  flock. 


MISSIONARY  INTELLIGENCE. 


OAUVOBHIA. 

^rm  Rt9.  L  W.  AthtrUm,  Lo$  Angde$^  Lo$ 
Angde9  Co, 

VliMtoations. 

At  the  last  communion,  three  persons 
^i&ited  with  us;  and  at  the  next  we 
•h«H  have  an  addition,  we  hope,  of  at 
^•••t  four  OP  Ave.  The  congregations 
*^  still  good,  and  the  Sabbath  school 
Fromiaing  and  hopefuL  At  one  time, 
^Dg  to  the  dry  season  and  hard 
^iBM9,  and  the  removal  of  some  persons 
upon  whom  we  relied,  the  pecuniary 
o«tlook  was  unfavorable ;  but,  in  one 
^«y  and  another,  help  has  providen- 
tially been  provided,  and  at  the  present 


time  all,  in  this  respect,  is  as  hopeful 
as  usual. 

We  are  in  the  midst  of  a  dry  season. 
The  crops  are  short  Money  is  scarce, 
and  can  hardly  be  obtained,  even  for  a 
short  time,  at  ruinous  rates  6f  interest. 
Yet  improvements  are  all  tlie  while 
going  on.  Buildings  of  all  kinds  are 
constantly  being  erected.  A  new  first- 
class  hotel  has  just  been  opened ;  sev- 
eral fine  stores  just  completed ;  others 
projected  or  iu  process  of  erection; 
dwelling-houses  going  up;  and  so, 
withal,  there  is  life  and  stir — the  sound 
of  the  hammer  and  the  ring  of  the  an- 
vil. Strayers  from  the  East  —  persons 
of  intelligence  and  character  as  well  as 


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means  —  keep  dropping  in  here,  and 
tarrj*  for  awhile  at  onr  hotels  and  pri- 
vate boarding- honses.  A  few  of  them 
remain  permanent!  j.  Near]/  all  of  the 
rest  are  pleased,  especiallj  with  onr 
fine  climate.  At  no  distant  daj,  many 
of  them  will  be  back  again,  to  cast  in 
their  lot  with  ns  as  citizens.  Let  them 
come;  the  sooner  the  better.  We 
need  them.  Especially  do  we  need 
them  in  oar  churches  and  schools,  and 
in  every  department  where  the  leaven 
of  intelligence  and  virtue  can  be  felt 
(oh  1  how  great  the  need !)  as  a  power 
for  good. 

In  general,  every  man  from  the  East 
is  a  missionary.  He  need  not  wait  for 
a  commission.  He  has  it  already  in 
what  he  is,  and  is  capable  of  doing.  Let 
liiro,  then,  take  the  steamer  or  the  rail- 
road and  come ;  but  let  him  oome  ex- 
pecting plenty  of  hard  work,  and  many 
a  disappointment  in  respect  to  quick 
fortunes  and  piles  of  money. 


pastor.  It  is  a  pleaaore  to  me  to  re- 
ceive it  A  few  weeks  since,  the  ladies 
began  a  weekly  prayer  meeting,  and  it 
is  doing  us  all  good.  We  also  bow 
have  a  Sabbath  evening  prayer  meet- 
ing at  the  church,  led  by  the  brethren. 


COLOBABO. 

From  Rev,  -AT.  Thompson^  BotUder^  Boulder 
County, 

Olmroh  Bdiiloe  Completed. 

I  am  thankful  that  our  labor  of  love 
is  ended.  Onr  little  church  edifice  is 
finished,  and  last  Sabbath  we  dedicated 
it  to  Christian  worship.  We  extended 
invitations  to  the  pastors  of  surround- 
ing churches  to  be  with  ui  and  assist 
us.  But,  for  various  reasons,  none 
came.  I  was  in  imminent  danger  of 
being  alone.  But  Saturday  evening 
brought  Rev.  Mr.  Gajlord,  of  Omaha, 
and  Kev.  Mr.  Hebard,  of  Oskaloosa, 
Iowa. 

Dedication  day  was  a  peculiarly  hap- 
py one  to  me,  as  it  was  also  to  all  our 
people.  The  church  takes  new  resolu- 
tion and  new  courage.  They  feel 
stronger  to-day  than  ever  before.  The 
sympathies  and  interests  of  the  people 
are  more  with  us.  They  have  extended 
to  mo  a  unanimous  call  to  become  their 


From  Rev,  0.  W,  Merrill^  Superintendent. 

Rev.  Mr.  Merrill,  who  has  been  appointed 
Superintendent  of  the  Sodetj's  woric  in  Ne- 
bradKO,  has  been  oconpied  during  the  sum- 
mer in  surveying  his  field  of  labor.  In  his 
first  qvarteriy  report  he  presents  the  billow- 
ing as 

The  Outlook. 

This  is  such  as  to  produce  a  most 
profound  oonviction  of  the  great  and 
growing  necessities  of  onr  Home  Mis- 
sionary field.  This  one  State,  one  of 
many,  larger  by  one  fifth  than  all  New 
England ;  lying  in  the  very  heart  of  the 
cx>ntinent,  having  a  salubrious  olimate, 
and  soil  unsurpassed  in  f<;rtility,  is  capa- 
ble of  supporting  a  population  of 
6,000,000.  Already  the  incoming  tide 
lias  reached  200,000.  Having  railroad 
facilities  possessed  by  no  other  State,  in 
its  early  settlement,  we  must  look  for  a 
proportionally  rapid  settlement  and 
development. 

The  southeastern  portion  of  the  State 
already  begins  to  wear  the  appear- 
ance of  an  old-settled  country — farms 
fenced  with  Osage  orange,  farm-houses^ 
groves  and  orchards  on  every  side. 
Going  out  from  Nebraska  City  to  the 
south,  jou  will  pass  through  miles  of 
farms  thus  improved,  and  continuing 
your  course  to  the  southern  border  of 
the  State,  your  way  will  lie  through  a 
weU-settled  country.  In  1866,  your 
Agent  estimated  seven  of  these  coun- 
ties as  having  each  a  population  of 
10,000,  yet  for  these  70,000  souls  we 
had  but  one  feeble  church.  For  the 
now  increased  population  we  have  but 
seven,  and  only  four  of  these  have  pas- 
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hAve  we  to  anawer  to  the  great  moral 
want?  TweDt^-fiye  churches  have  a 
name  to  live,  though  some  of  them  are 
nigh  Qoto  i>erishing.  There  are  also 
eighteen  oot-statioos,  where  occasion- 
all/  the  Word  is  proclaimed.  Three 
points,  where  no  church  or  minister  is, 
have  Sabbath  schools ;  and  for  all  these 
we  baT6  eleven  preachers  in  active  ser- 
Tice.  Eight  churches  are  to-day  pas- 
torleea.  At  a  dozen  points  we  have 
material  for  the  beginnings  of  churches. 
Nor  is  the  demand  better  supplied  by 
o&er  denomioations.  If  we  would 
coflserre  this  goodly  heritage  for  Christ, 
we  wuit  hate  more  men  at  once ;  men 
practica],  energetic,  and  consecrated,  to 
take  huld  of  this  organizing  work.  The 
field  of  redemption  has  never  opened 
op  a  more  hopeful  work  than  this. 
Toong.  intelligent,  energetic  men  see 
here  a  field  in  which  ambition  for 
wealth  may  realize  its  golden  dream, 
and  they  pour  in  by  thousands  to  gain 
the  advantages  of  a  new  country.  The 
same  advantages  in  the  work  of  Christ 
are  here  for  him  who,  from  small  be- 
ginnings, would  look  for  great  redeem- 
ing reaAilts. 

Thousands,  moved  by  a  desire  of  gain, 
eheerfoUy  endure  the  hardships  incident 
to  t  new  country ;  why  should  not  the 
motive  of  gains  in  the  department  of 
ipiritual  wealth  move  the  minister  of 
Christ  to  endure  the  same  hardships 
for  the  far  higher  end  ?  As  between 
minister  and  people,  the  hardship  is  not 
greater  for  the  minister,  except  as  the 
miniiter  is  educated  away  fh>m  the 
People  in  his  tastes  and  demands.  I 
look  put  upon  this  great  harvest-field  of 
•oola^  ahready  Hpe  and  going  back  to 
the  ground,  and  my  heart  utters  a  great 
cry  to  God,  and  to  our  young  men  in 
^  ministry,  for  help. 

The  immediate  want  here  is  ldborer$, 
A  dozen  men  for  this  foundation-work, 
fcr  tills  now  ripe  harvest,  we  need,  to- 
^yt  snd  we  shall  need  more  to*morrow. 
We  btTe  in  I^ebraska  more  than  fifty 


railroad  stations,  around  which  are  be- 
ginning to  gather  towns  where  no 
church  of  our  order  is  found.  These 
points  will  soon  be  centers  of  influence, 
and,  one  by  one,  they  will  oome  to 
need  the  church  and  the  living  teacher. 
Then  the  vast  farming  population— who 
sliall  care  for  them  ?  I  wish  I  could 
place  the  wants  and  the  h&pejulnesi  of 
this  field  before  such  men  as  can  come 
over  and  help  us. 


KANSAS. 

FrwnRev,  J,  Seot/ard,  Neotho  FoUm^  Wood- 
ion  Co, 

IMnking  in  the  Word. 

At  my  appointment,  six  miles  out  in 
the  country,  I  noticed  an  old  lady  who 
seemed  to  drink  in  every  word  I  ut- 
tered. When,  after  the  service,  she  was 
introduced  to  me,  she  inquired  what 
church  I  belonged  to.  I  told  her  I  was 
a  Congregationalist.  She  replied,  "I* 
nimost  knew  yon  was."  "  How  did  you 
know  it  ? "  I  inquired.  "  You  preach 
like  one,"  was  her  reply.  She  was  a 
member  of  a  Congregational  church  in 
Wisconsin,  and  was  greatly  rejoiced  to 
learn  the  prospect  of  the  organization 
of  a  church  so  near  to  her,  with  which 
she  could  unite.  I  have  found  that 
some  fourteen  or  fifteen  at  least  will 
unite  in  it. 

Importance  of  the  Field. 

I  think  this  village  a  place  of  much 
importance,  prospectively.  It  is  grow- 
ing very  fast.  Buildings  have  been 
erected  at  the  rate  of  three  each  week, 
since  I  came  here,  in  the  latter  pnrt  of 
April,  and  the  population  has  increased 
from  200  to  800  within  the  last  year. 
It  is  in  the  best  wooded  part  of  Kansas, 
on  the  Neosho  river,  with  a  fine  water- 
power  and  ample  natural  £icilities  for 
manufacturing.  The  river  is  one  of  the 
finest  in  the  State — rapid,  the  water 
pure,  more  like  the  streams  of  New 
England  than  any  other  stream  that  I 
have  seen  at  the  West.  An  iron  bridge, 


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of  two  bandred  feet  span,  and  to  cost 
about  $16,000,  is  being  built  at  tbig 
place.  Tbe  Sedalia  and  Fort  Scott 
Railroad  is  being  bnilt,  and  is  to  have 
one  of  its  termini  at  this  place ;  so  that 
the  village  cannot  faXi  to  be  one  of  im- 
portance at  no  distant  day.  It  seems, 
therefore,  highly  important  that  we 
maintain  a  foothold  here,  and  labor  to 
grow  with  the  growth  of  the  place. 
Oan  yon  send  ns  good  men  who,  while 
securing  for  themselves  a  home  and  a 
business,  may  also  aid  in  building  up 
the  kingdom  of  Christ? 


IOWA. 

F^m    Rev.    8,   B.    Goodenow^  Jefferaon, 
Green  Co, 

A  Three  SConths*  Orowth. 

Tiie  new  labor  I  undertook  the  past 
winter,  forms  a  forcible  illustration  of 
,  the  rapid  movement  of  things  in  the 
West.  We  here  see  towns  and  cities 
growing  up  as  if  by  magic;  and  Chris- 
tian people  must  be  on  the  alert  to  keep 
pace  in  their  religious  enterprises  with 
the  worldly  institutions  around  them. 
If  a  nation  is  not  literally  born  in  a  day, 
a  city  often  seems  almost  to  be  built 
in  a  night  It  has  been  so  at  Grand 
Junction. 

With  watchful  mind  ond  eye,  I  last 
summer  heard  the  rumors  of  the  coming 
railroad  (the  Des  Moines  Valley  Rail- 
road), which  was  to  cross  our  great 
Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway, 
they  9aidy  only  seven  miles  from  this 
my  old  field  at  the  county  seat  With 
interest  I  noted  the  prophecies  of  a 
great  town  to  spring  up  there.  In 
August  of  last  year  I  went  upon  the 
designated  ground— out  upon  the  wide, 
uninhabited  prairie,  to  see  if  I  could 
find  any  stakes  driven,  where  a  railroad 
or  a  settlement  was  to  be.  Amid  the 
tall  grass  of  the  wide-spreading  swales 
and  glades,  I  sauntered  **out  of  sight  of 
land,''  that  is,  with  no  sign  of  human 
existence,  no  building,  no   fence,  no 


shmb,  no  pathway  to  be  seen  in  any 
direction — nothing  save  one  broad,  roll- 
ing sea  ci  untamed  verdnre ;  and  there> 
in  mid- prairie,  \  found  at  last  the  little 
pine  sticks  driven  down  in  a  long  van- 
ishing line,  which  told  where  the  com- 
merce of  distant  regions  was  soon  to  .roll 
along  its  iron  way;  where,  in  a  few 
weeks,  the  busUe  of  business  should 
hum  through  numerous  streets.  I  conld 
not  see  it  then ;  but  I  see  it  now. 

My  other  duties  ocoapied  me  for 
three  months,  and  it  was  not  till  Ko- 
Tember  that  I  went  again  to  note  what 
had  meanwhile  been  done.  And  lof 
I  found  a  thriving  town,  and  the 
prancing  steam-steeds  careering  in  every 
direction,  streets  all  laid  out,  many 
stores  occupied  and  driving  a  flourbb- 
ing  business,  two  fine  hotels  bnilt  and 
guests  in  plenty,  a  great  number  of 
dwelling-houses  full  of  people,  a  great 
railroad  ronnd-house  of  brick  finished 
and  occupied,  a  bank  in  process  of  erec- 
tion, and  numerous  other  signs  of  pro- 
gress. The  ''  old  settlers ''  of  the  place 
were  already  beginning  to  put  on  airs 
before  the  green  new-oomers;  and  I, 
who  three  months  before  had  roved 
those  untrodden  slopes,  seemed  to  the 
citizens  only  as  one  of  the  aborigines 
of  the  realm  left  over  from  the  prime- 
val times. 

•*  A  GhMpel  Head-Z<i8:ht" 

It  was  Saturday.  I  found  to  my  sar- 
prise  that  there  had  not  been  as  yet  any 
such  thing  as  a  Sabbath  service,  or  indeed 
any  preaching  service  in  the  place ;  and 
these  hundreds  of  busy  people  were 
literally  without  the  gospel.  What  a 
wonder  that  sectarism  could  have  held 
itself  back  so  long,  and  that  a  half 
dozen  preachers  of  as  many  orders  had 
not  already  driven  their  stake,  as  nsaal, 
along  with  a  dozen  doctors,  and  a  score 
of  lawyers,  all  anxious  to  hold  the 
ground  ^^in  advance  of  all  others!  ^' 
Sorely,  here  was  a  call  for  labor,  and 
a  chance  to  build  on  no  mau*s  fonoda* 
tions.    So  I  bestirred  myself,  got  per* 


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minioii  of  the  mason,  and  eommenoed 
arrangements  for  Sunday  preaohiDg  in 
the  large  and  elegant,  but  yet  unfinished 
station-honse  of  the  rdilrond.  The  mor- 
tar and  shavings  were  shoved  back,  the 
stage  planking  arranged  on  nail-kegs,  a 
work-bench  adjusted  for  a  pulpit,  and 
then  I  proceeded  to  "  ring  the  bell." 

An  Iowa  church  bell — you  know  what 
that  is?  It  is  a  personal  invitation  by 
the  preacher  to  every  body  in  town. 
Into  shops,  stores,  and  houses,  af  front 
doors,  and  back  doors,  and  cellar  doors, 
op-stairs  and  down-stairs,  over  fences 
and  behind  wood-piles,  everywhere  a 
call,  a  few  kind  words,  and  a  welcome 
for  young  and  old  to  the  dedication  of 
depot  and  town  to  God.  They  were  all 
there.  It  was  a  success.  And  then, 
again,  at  a  later  hour.  And  so  also  a 
fortnight  afterward  at  my  dedication  of 
the  new  school-house.  Thus,  beginning 
from  Thanksgiving,  I  have  kept  up  full 
aervices  every  second  Sunday,  with  a 
Snnday  school  set  up  and  in  successful 
operation  every  Sunday.  And  so  was 
established  the  first  religious  enterprise 
at  Grand  Junction,  with  no  other  enter- 
prise, for  all  the  long  winter,  to  com- 
pete with  it. 

That  is  now  a  city  rapidly  growing, 
with  established  institutions,  a  large 
newspaper,  the  ^'  Grand  Junction  Head- 
Light  ^' — emblem  of  the  engine-lights  to 
be  seen  coming  from  all  four  directions, 
a  dozen  miles  away.  Let  God  be  praised 
that,  at  that  important  center,  we  have 
been  privileged  to  set  up  the  Gospel 
Head-Light  by  a  "  pre-emption  "  daim, 
to  shine,  we  hope,  for  all  ooming  time. 


/Ww  lUv,  D,  R.  Barker^  College  Springe^ 
Page  Co. 

Ecjolclnff  in  the  Sanotuary. 

The  third  quarter  of  my  missionary 
Itbor  in  this  field  has  been  one  of  severe 
trial  While  laboring  last  fall  to  get 
the  meeting-honse  plastered  and  warm- 
^  ao  that  w«  oould  use  it  during  the 
winter,  I  over-worked  and  exposed  my- 


self, and  the  result  was  a  rheumatic 
fever.  I  suffered  much  for  four  or  Hy^ 
weeks,  and  have  not  been  able  to  speak 
for  ten  weeks.  During  my  sickness, 
wifti  aid  pledged  from  the  Congrega- 
tional Union,  the  house  was  finbhed. 
Last  Sabbath  it  was  ready  to  be  used, 
and  I  was  able  to  preach.  That  it  was 
a  joyftil  day  for  us  I  need  not  say.  The 
house  was  fdll.  It  seats  850.  Our 
friends  and  neighbors,  who  met  with 
us,  were  happy.  The  Sabbath  school 
children  were  happy,  and  we  were  all 
as  happy  as  we  well  could  be. 

Without  a  house  we  were  almost 
nothing.  With  the  house  we  have  a 
place  and  position  in  the  community 
worth  having.  How  kind  the  Lord  has 
been  to  us  I  Fifteen  have  recently  been 
added  to  the  church,  and  some  others 
are  waiting  for  an  opportunity  to  unite. 


From  Rev,  D,  Lane^  BeUe  Plaine^  Benton 
County. 

A  Home  Hlsaionary  OoUeffe. 

I  have  just  returned  from  Grinnell, 
where  we  enjoyed  a  richer  intellectual 
feast  than  in  any  previous  year  in  the 
history  of  the  college.  The  examina- 
tiona  and  the  performances  of  the  stu- 
dents in  the  public  exercises  were  all  of 
a  high  order. 

The  day  is  not  far  distant  when  Iowa 
College  will  be  to  us  what  Amherst  is 
to  Massachusetts,  and  what  Tale  is  to 
Connecticut.  Money,  the  blessing  of 
Qod,  and  the  right  men  in  the  Faculty, 
will  do  it  The.  institution  will  be  one 
glorious  monument  of  Ho^e  Missions. 
I  trust  and  pray,  more  than  all,  that  it 
may  always  be  a  monument  of  the  grace 
of  God. 

We  have  made  arrangements  for  can- 
vaaaing  the  State  in  behalf  of  the  col- 
lege. We  are  aiming  to  raise  some 
$60,000  or  $70,000  in  our  own  State  be- 
fore the  dose  of  this  memorial  year.  I 
am  not  without  hope  that  we  shall  ac- 
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**  Dedicated  and  Paid  For.'» 

Since  my  last  qaartcrly  report  oar 
honse  of  worship  has  been  dedicated 
and  pud  for,  and  fifteen  persona  united 
with  the  church  on  the  day  of  dedica- 
tion. On  the  evening  of  the  same  day, 
a  collection  for  Home  Missions  was 
taken,  anioanting  to  $28.  We  have  a 
good  andieoce.  When  the  weather  is 
faTorable  the  honse  is  qnite  fall.  There 
are  180  seats,  and  nearly  all  are  occa- 
pied. 


HISSOTXBI. 

Frcm  Rev.  F.  W,  Adanu,  Lathrop^  Clinton 
County, 

First  Impressions. 

When,  in  answer  to  the  letter  that  I 
wrote  y  on  while  I  was  in  Ma^achasetts, 
last  winter,  yon  gave  me  yoar  advice 
respecting  my  coming  to  this  place,  I 
had  no  conception  of  the  real  condition 
of  this  country  as  missionary  ground. 
From  correspondence  with  one  of  the 
church  members  here,  and  the  Super- 
intendent for  this  State,  I  learned  that, 
by  reason  of  its  rapid  growth,  the  char- 
acter of  its  citizens,  and  its  availability 
for  bnsiness  purposes,  it  was  a  promis- 
ing and  desirable  field  for  ministerial 
labor.  But  I  find  that  the  half  had  not 
been  told  me. 

Encouraged  by  your  generous  pledge 
of  needful  assistance,  in  the  prosecution 
of  my  work,  and  your  interesting  state- 
ment concerning  the  wonderful  work 
that  is  now  being  efiioiently  carried 
forward  for  Christ,  in  this  State,  I 
came.  Thus  far  I  have  had  no  reason 
to  regret  my  determination,  and  if  my 
interest  in  the  work  increases  in  the 
future,  as  it  has  since  I  came,  I  never 
shall  regret  it.  For,  no  one  whose  real 
desire  is  to  find  opportunities  where 
his  time  and  talents  can  be  so  nsed  for 
the  Master  as  to  produce  the  largest 
results,  could  desire  a  better  field  than 
this  State  furnishes; 


Tli6  Oliiiroh. 

When  I  came  here,  three  months 
since,  I  found  a  membership  of  ten  per- 
sons who,  some  six  months  pre v  ions, 
had  been  organized  into  a  Congrega- 
tional church  by  a  Council. 

We  have  secured  a  fine  lot,  the  gift 
of  the  Railroad  Company,  and  are  al- 
ready engaged  in  erecting  a  honse  of 
worship.  Thns  far  every  thing  promises 
well.  ♦We  hope,  within  a  year  or  two, 
to  be  self-supporting,  and  then  to  be 
one  of  the  tributaries  to  the  stream  that 
is  fiowing  into  the  treasury  of  yoar 
Society,  instead  of  being  necessitated 
to  receive  aid  from  it.  We  can  assure 
yoa  that  your  present  help  will  not  be 
soon  forgotten.  Without  that  help  we 
could  not  snstain  our  organization,  and 
this  would  also  be  the  case  with  many 
very  promising  churches  in  this  part 
of  the  State,  which,  although  at  present 
bat  little  bands  of  Christ's  disciples, 
will,  in  a  few  years,  become  centers  of 
the  largest  Christian  infiuence. 

Ths  Town. 

Every  day  that  I  am  here  I  am  addi- 
tionally impressed  with  thewiddom  and 
Christian  foresight  that  the  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society  has  evinced  in  pre- 
empting this  field,  as  a  point  for  estab- 
lishing churches  representing  the  polity 
of  the  Pilgrim  fathers. 

Two  and  a  half  years  ago  there  were 
but  two  or  three  houses  near  the  site 
which  this  village  now  occupies.  About 
that  time,  two  or  three  far-seeing  busi- 
ness men,  passing  through  this  country, 
were  impressed  with  the  very  attract- 
ive appearance  of  this  fine  rolling  prairie 
and  the  pleasant  location  for  a  town. 
They  decided  to  secure  homes  here,  and 
erected  places  for  basiness.  Since  that 
time,  a  popalation  of  about  1,000  have 
made  homes,  and  are  engaged  in  bnsiness 
here.  Another  railroad  has  been  built 
through  the  place,  and  we  have  a  fair 
prospect  of  securing  still  another.  The 
longer  I  remain  here,  the  more  am  I 
impressed  with  the  great  desirableness 


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of  this  country  as  a  borne  for  the  peo- 
ple; and  the  more  do  I  wonder  that 
theyhave  not  funnd  it  out  before. 

Ko  BeU. 

All  the  means  we  can  raise  will  be 
devoted  to  finishing  onr  house  of  wor- 
ship. When  the  house  is  finished  we 
shall  need  a  bell.  There  is  none  in  the 
community.  Often  do  I  hear  the  re- 
mark made  by  members  of  my  congre- 
gation, who  have  left  pleasant  homes  in 
Kew  England  to  come  here,  **  If  we 
coold  only  get  a  bell,  how  home-like  it 
would  be  I  "  I  have  thought  that  if  I 
were  to  mention  this  fact,  perhaps  some 
of  the  disciples  of  the  Master,  who  are 
living  within  the  sound  of  Sabbath  bell 
that  calls  them  to  the  house  of  God, 
would  like  to  avail  themselves  of  the 
opportunity  that  is  now  ofiered  them  to 
present  us  with  one  suitable  to  our  ne- 
cessities. To  us  it  would  be  an  invalua- 
ble gift;  and  I  am  certain  that  never 
should  we  hear  its  sound,  without  call- 
ing to  mind  the  name  of  the  generous 
donor,  for  whom  our  grateful  hearts 
would  pray. 


our  lips  form  themselves  to  ask  God^s 
blessing  on  the  kind  ladies  of  Br. 
Todd's  church  in  Pittsfield,  Mass. 


ILUNOIS. 

Fnm  Rev.  J.  C,  Myert,  Monee^  Will  Co, 
Danoiofi:  before  the  Lord. 

A  few  weeks  ago,  you  ought  to  have 
been  able  to  look  in  upon  us.  You 
woold  no  doubt  have  thought  us  all  be- 
ode  ourselves ;  but  we  might  have  ez- 
pUined  it  all  to  your  satisfaction  by 
pointing  yon  to  the  clothes  that  were 
mattered  all  over  the  house.  The  chil- 
dren danced — and  will  you  pardon  me  if 
I  confess  to  having  been  guilty  of  like  ac- 
tion, as  well  as  the  poor  wife  ?  Bat,  you 
most  remember,  before  you  excommu- 
nicate me,  that  one  greater  than  I  set 
iQd  an  example.  I  read  that  David 
"danced  before  the  Lord,"  and  ours 
was  something  like  it.  The  only  music 
we  had  was  that  pf  the  heart,  and  it 
^tt  sweet.    Even  now  we  hear  it,  and 


From  Rev,  L.  H,  Higgine^  Lancark^  Carroll 
County. 

Index>endent. 

On  the  fourth  anniversary  of  my  pas- 
torate here,  I  preached  an  historical 
discourse  (text,  1  Sam.  vii.  12),  review- 
ing the  ten  years  of  this  church's  exist- 
ence. During  my  connection  with  the 
church,  twenty-seven  have  united  with 
it;  the  Sabbath  school  has  increased 
from  80  to  160 ;  over  $8,000  have  been 
contributed  for  church  and  charitable 
purposes;  and,  what  seems  like  a  re- 
markable providence,  during  this  time 
but  one  adults  out  of  the  church  or  con- 
gregation, has  died. 

At  the  close  of  my  discourse,  I  ap- 
pealed to  those  present,  as  earnestly  as 
I  could,  to  celebrate  the  occasion  by  de- 
claring their  independence  of  the  Amer- 
ican Home  Missionary  Society,  and  thus 
virtually  give  $100  to  some  more  needy 
church.  The  appeal  had  the  desired 
efiect  A  meeting  was  held,  the  fol- 
lowing evening,  at  which  it  was  voted 
not  only  to  assume  self-support,  but  also 
to  increase  the  pastor's  salary  to  $1,000. 
I  have  but  little  expectation  that  my 
people  will  be  able  to  raise  this  amount, 
yet  it  serves  to  indicate  their  good-will 
in  the  case,  and  any  increase  of  salary 
will  be  appreciated,  as,  in  not  one  of  the 
four  years  of  my  labor  here  have  I 
been  able  *'  to  make  the  ends  meet.*' 

As  a  church  and  people,  in  view  of 
the  past  we  have  abundant  occasion  to 
say,  "  Hitherto  hath  the  I-K)rd  helped 
us."  I  think  I  may  safely  assert  that, 
had  it  not  been  for  the  aid  and  encour- 
agement received  fVom  you,  this  church 
would  not  now  be  among  **  the  things 
that  are."  Hence,  profoundly  grateful 
for  the  encouraging,  helping  hand  of 
the  Society,  through  seven  years  of  its 
weakness,  we  pray  that  '•  the  Lord  of 
the  harvest"  will  raise  up  friends  for 


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this  cause,  proportionate  to  the  demands 
of  the  fields  which  are  now  white  unto 
the  harvest,  and  that  we  may  ever  prove 
a  child  worthy  of  each  a  foster-mother, 
and  manifest  oar  gratitade,  in  part,  by 
helping  other  churches,  through  this 
agency,  to  reach  the  condition  of  self- 
support. 

»#> 

From  Rev,  8,  R»  Ddt,  Waupontie^  Qrundy 
Couniy. 

Btiildiaff  a  Ueeting^houso. 

You  will  perhaps  be  interested  to 
know  that  our  people  are  straggling 
desperately  to  build  a  meeting-house 
this  year,  and  to  know  the  ways  and 
means  that  are  being  employed  to  do  it 

One  yeor  ago  lost  spring,  our  people 
said,  ^^As  soon  as  we  can  raise  one  more 
crop,  we  will  build  a  meeting-house.'* 
Most  of  our  leading  men  are  paying  for 
their  farms,  and  have  no  money  ahead. 
They  were  waiting  to  get  one  more  crop 
to  give  them  a  start  But  there  was  al- 
most an  entire  failure  of  crops,  last  year, 
and  this  discouraged  them  so  much  that 
they  gave  up  all  idea  of  building  a 
meeting-house  this  year.  But  our  ne- 
cessity was  great  There  was  bitter 
opposition  to  our  worshiping  in  the 
school-house,  and  something  must  be 
done.  This  our  ladies  felt  most  keenly, 
and  one  of  them,  who  possesses  a  great 
deal  of  the  old  Puritan  spirit  of  "^(? 
ahead^^^  said,  ^^  Something  tihall  be  done 
toward  building  a  meeting-house  this 
memorial  year."  Then  all  the  rest  of  the 
ladies  seemed  to  be  of  the  same  mind. 
Accordingly,  in  March,  they  met  at  the 
parsonage  and  organized  themselves 
into  a  Ladies^  Memorial  Society,  some 
pledging  themselves  to  *give  a  penny  a 
day,  and  some  a  penny  a  week,  accord- 
ing to  their  circumstances,  and  each 
pledging  one  half-  day's  work  each 
week,  the  avails  of  which  should  go  to- 
ward building  the  house. 

Out  of  Cabbages  and  Onions. 
Then  the  President  conceived   the 


plan  of  getting  the  Sabbath  school 
scholars  to  do  something.  Accordingly, 
she  wrote  to  a  wholesale  garden-seed 
dealer,  and  asked  him  how  he  would 
fhrnish  garden  seeds,  the  avails  of  which 
should  go  toward  building  a  house  of 
worship.  He  replied  that  he  would 
give  them.  So  now  our  Sabbath  school 
children  are  raising  cabbages,  onions, 
squashes,  pop-corn,  eta,  for  the  church. 

And  Korway  Oats. 

Then  she  thought  to  get  the  farmers 
to  do  something  in  a  similar  way,  and 
wrote  to  a  roan  dealing  in  Norway  oats, 
asking  him  on  what  terms  he  would 
furnish  oats,  to  responsible  farmers,  and 
take  hb  pay  when  the  oats  were  har- 
vested, telling  him,  at  the  same  time, 
her  object.  He  replied,  by  sending  a 
bushel,  as  a  present  to  the  Ladies^  Me- 
morial Society.  But  she  took  that  as 
an  earnest  of  something  better,  and 
wrote  again,  asking  if  he  would  famish 
ten  or  twelve  bushels,  to  responsible 
farmers,  and  take  Lis  pay  out  of  the 
crop  that  was  raised  from  them.  He 
replied  that  he  would  like  to  see  the 
President  of  that  society.  Accordingly 
she  went  to  see  him,  and  after  hearing 
her  story  he  was  interested,  and  told 
her  that  if  she  would  take  forty  bushels 
of  the  oats,  he  would  give  her  $100  of 
the  purchase-money,  and  she  could  take 
her  time  to  pay  the  balance.  To  this 
she  agreed.  He  then  paid  all  her  ex- 
penses, and  gave  her  a  written  pledge 
to  take  the  entire  crop  and  pay  the 
highest  price  for  it 

On  her  way  home,  she  stopped  in 
Morris,  the  county-seat,  and  a  friend 
was  so  well  pleased  |rith  her  enterprise, 
that  he  drew  up  a  subscription  paper 
and  headed  it  with  $20,  and  told  her 
to  go  around  in  Morris  and  raise  money 
enough  to  pay  for  the  oats.  It  was 
done ;  so  that  now  we  have  forty  acres 
of  Norway  oats  growing,  the  entire 
avails  of  which  are  going  toward  paying 
for  a  meeting-house. 


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Thm  ICarket  Price. 
Wliile  I  was  at  the  East,  I  told  this 
storj  at  a  prajer  meeting,  and  at  the 
close  two  ladies  and  a  gentleman  came 
to  me,  saying  thej  wanted  a  sack  of 
those  Norway  oats,  and  gave  me  $20  to 
bring  to  onr  ladies.  While  I  was  in 
Newark,  N.  J.,  I  told  the  Sahhath  school 
children  of  the  Roseville  Preshyterian 
choreb,  that  onr  Sabbath  school  chil- 
dren were  raising  cabbages  and  onions 
to  help  bnild  a  meetiog-honse.  After- 
wsrd  Uie  pastor  of  that  ehnrch  told  me 
that  he  wanted  one  of  onr  cabbages, 
and  he  would  give  ns  $5  for  it,  and  the 
next  rooming  a  lady  sent  me  another 
$5  for  a  cabbage.  There  are  a  few 
more  for  sale  at  that  price,  and  some 
smaller  ones  for  less. 


From  Rev,  G.  B,  Rowley^  Harvard^  M6- 
Henry  Co, 

Qda  Tear  Aco. 

We  came  here  a  year  ago,  with  mnoh 
trembling,  feeling  that  it  was  duty,  and 
yet  not  knowing  what  might  befall  ns. 
The  clinroh  was  snouill ;  it  had  changed 
ministers  often ;  it  was  feeble  and  dis- 
cooraged;  sectarianism  was  rampant; 
the  apparent  means  of  bailding  np  were 
noalL  Some  said,  "Harvard  is  a  hard 
place— Satan's  seat ;  infidelity  and  irre- 
Bgion  are  overpowering;  good  men 
bare  tried  the  field  and  failed,  and  it 
will  be  of  little  use  for  you  to  try."  I 
thoQgfat  ni  a  growing  fitmily  to  be  edn- 
etted  and  cared  fbr;  of  wider  fields, 
tad  cfanrdiet  with  ampler  means  of  snp* 
port,  and  leea  wear  and  tear  of  nervous 
•nd  mental  constitution ;  but  as  1 
preached,  stray  beams  broke  through 
the  darkness,  hearts  began  to  open,  my 
sympathies  were  aroused  and,  by  and 
hy,  tbe  united  voice  of  the  church  and 
PMpIe  seemed  to  me  as  tbe  voice  of 
God, laying,  ** Gome!  ^  And  I  came; 
trembling,  yet  hoping— almost  as  when 
**  Abraham  went  out  not  knowing 
whither  he  went" 

13 


To-Bay. 

I  have  been  in  tbe  ministry  more 
than  twenty-five  years,  sometimes  a 
missionary,  at  others  ministering  to 
larger  and  abler  churches,  but  I  have 
never  enjoyed  a  field  of  labor  more  than 
this.  Despondency  has  given  way  to 
hope  and  courage;  Christian  activity 
and  enterprise  have  come  in  the  place  of 
dormant  Tife.  The  congregation,  Sabbath 
school  and  Bible  class  have  increased ; 
the  prayer  meetings  are  more  spirited ; 
eleven  united  with  us  at  our  last  com- 
munion, all  from  the  older  and  more 
substantial  part  of  the  community.  The 
revival  has  left  a  heavenly  influence 
which  we  hope  will  long  remain.  Next 
year  we  hope  to  lessen  the  amount  of 
aid  from  your  Society  by  $50,  and  so  on 
until  we  can  swing  clear,  and,  like  a 
strong  and  healthy  child,  begin  to  run 
alone,  trusting  only  in  Grod  for  grace  to 
help  in  time  of  need. 

Pray  for  us  that  the  coming  year  may 
be  more  abundant  in  all  the  fruits  of 
Christian  labor. 


FnmRev,  D.  Chre^  La  Hearpe^  Hancock  Co, 

Death's  Boince. 

Death  has  removed  two  of  our  num- 
ber ;  one,  a  veteran  of  98  years,  who 
had  long  watched  and  prayed  for  the 
prosperity  of  this  church— our  old- 
est member,  and,  indeed,  the  oldest 
citizen  in  this  region.  The  other  was  a 
young  lady  of  eighteen  years,  amiable, 
gifted  with  great  musical  talents,  cnl- 
turedf  refined,  in  every  way  full  of 
promise.  These  providences  severely 
try  us ;  but  we  bow  to  tbem  as  the  ap- 
pointment of  our  heavenly  Father,  who 
does  all  things  welL 

Proeperitir. 

In  several  respects  we  have  been 
prospered ;  fourteen  new  members  have 
been  received;  an  old  troublesome 
debt  of  twelve  years'  standing  has 
been  removed ;  the  interior  of  the  sanc- 
tuary has  been  improved  by  repainting, 


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graining,  etc. ;  we  are  hopefnlly  trying 
to  build  a  parsonage  for  the  mioister's 
family,  free  of  rent ;  and  snch  a  spirit 
of  hopefolness  is  awakened,  that  the 
chnrch  is  now  pressing  forward  the 
-effort  to  become  self-sustaining.  For 
this  we  are  shaping  all  our  plans  and 
•efforts.  We  shall  ask  for  a  little  less 
this  year  than  the  last,  and  ^^  less  and 
less"  shall  be  our  motto  till  we  attain 
to  iudopendenoe. 


HEWTOBX. 

From  Rev.  J.  8.  PaiUngUl^  Bainbridge^ 
Chenango  Co. 

A  Parting  Word. 

During  the  year  a  parsonage  bas 
been  purchased,  which  has  now  cost 
mearly  $2,000,  and  must  cost  $800  more 
to  fit  it  np.  Nearly  half  is  paid,  and 
the  rest  is  provided  for.  The  church 
was  never  more  hbpeful  than  now,  and 
never  made  greater  exertions  than 
daring  tbe  past  year. .  Tlys  has  been 
a  result  of  your  aid  and  our  self-denial. 


I  have  been  under  the  necessity  of 
tithing  to  the  church  my  stipulated 
salary,  and  without  your  aid  I  ahall  be 
obliged  to  leave  or  do  more  this  year. 
They  have  done  so  nobly  and  beyond 
my  expectation,  that  I  cannot  leave 
them.  Did  not  your  nilea  forbid  help, 
it  would  be  called  for.  As  it  is,  I  have 
arranged  to  make  up  the  deficiency 
with  the  labor  of  my  hands.  This  is 
apostolic,  though  out  of  fashion*  Bat 
neoemty  is  a  rigid  master.  I  must  live, 
and  the  church  must  be  saved,  and  Grod 
will  aid  our  mutual  efforts.  As  700 
promised  aid  but  for  a  single  year,  we 
give  our  thanks  at  parting.  l£ay  God 
bless  yon  in  helping  other  needy  dinrob- 
es  t  We  will  take  up  our  burdens  with- 
out your  help,  trusting  in  God  for  suc- 
cess. Next  Sabbath  I  am  to  give  a 
history  of  the  church  daring  the  77 
years  of  its  existence.  During  these 
years  it  has  had  24  ministers,  and  has 
been  12  years  in  succession  without  a 
minister.  There  must  have  been  some 
tenacity  of  life  to  have  stood  so  many 
miniaters  and  so  long  desolations  I 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


Passages  in  the  History  of  a  Feeble 
Church. 

BT  BET.  T.  L.  fiHIFMAN. 

Eablt  in  the  Spring  of  1858 1  started, 
on  Sabbath  morning,  to  spend  the  day  at 
**Liiie  Meeting-House — so  called  from 
its  position  on  the  line  between  two 
towns.  Sterling  and  Voluntown,  Oonn. 
I  bad  gone  bat  a  short  distance  when  it 
began  to  snow,  and  I. was  tempted  to 
relinquish  my  purpose.  Indeed,  I  once 
more  ihan  half  turned  my  horse^s 
head  toward  home^  but  something 
within  seemed  to  eay  '*Goon."  As  I 
approached  the  hill  on  which  the  old 
meeting-house  stood,  Istriuned  my  eyes 
to  see  whether  any  smoke  was  issuing 
from  the  chimney,  but  I  could  perceive 


none.  Coming  up  to  tbe  church,  I  found 
the  door  closed,  and  I  passed  on  to  the 
house  just  beyond^  where  I  had  often 
stopped.  I  found  the  good  brother,  now 
one  of  the  deacons  of  the  church,  in  his 
every-day  attire.  The  morning  was  so 
unpromising  that  they  had  not  opened 
the  house.  We  talked  over  the  dealings 
of  God  with  them  in  past  years. 

Since  the^  death  of  Rev.  Jao<^  Allen, 
which  occurred  nearly  two  years  before, 
they  had  been  without  a  pastor.  They 
had,  however,  met  regularly  for  public 
worship,  and  the  attendance  had  spoken 
well  for  their  love  for  the  sanctuary; 
but  they  were  growing  faint-hearted.  1 
suggested  Qt  was  a  sudden  thought; 
whence  was  it?)  that  if  they  would 
raise  $150,  I  would  try  to  beg  $150 


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more,  and  with  $200  ttom  the  Home 
MuBiourj  Society,  wbioh  I  had  bo 
doubt  would  be  oheerfall  j  appropriated, 
the/  might  aoetain  stated  preaching. 

Toward  noon  the  son  broke  out,  and 
pretty  looa  we  saw  Deaeon  W.  ap- 
proaching from  the  aonth;  mj  host 
went  oat  and  informed  hlro  that  I  was 
in  the  honte,  and  woald  preach  in  tlie 
afternoon  if  a  congregation  conld  be 
gadiered.  These  brethren  went,  one 
soath  and  the  other  north,  and  at  tlie 
moal  hour  I  preached  to  a  congregation 
of  tbirtj.  At  the  close  of  the  service  I 
appointed  a  meeting  for  the  eyeniog, 
Id  a  neighborhood  where,  despite  all 
tbe  disadvantages  nnder  which  they 
labored,  there  was  special  religions  in- 
terest, and  where,  within  a  few  weeks, 
there  had  been  several  hopeful  conyer- 
iioni» 

Tbis  was,  it  will  be  remembered,  in 
the  Spring  of  1858,  that  season  so  re- 
Darkable  for  the  ontponrings  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  I  stayed  with  Deacon  W. 
Tbe  next  morning,  as  I  waa  about  leav- 
iag,  bis  sister,  who  had  moyed  qnietly 
about,  attending  to  her  domestic  duties, 
md  saying  Tery  little,  followed  me  to 
tbe  door,  and,  with  tears  in  her  eyes, 
nid:  ^  Mr.  S.,  can't  yon  come  again 
next  Sabbath  ?  What  will  become  of 
these  fBw  sheep  in  the  wilderness  ?  "  I 
tald  her  I  would  come.  Daring  the 
week  I  received  a  letter  from  a  yonng 
lieeotiate,  Mr.  Charles  L,  Ayer,  saying 
tittt  he  proposed  to  spend  the  next  Sab- 
bath at  ^'  the  Line."  I  was  happy  to 
give  place  to  him.  He  went,  entered 
•t  QQee  into  an  engagement  with  them, 
«t  at  work,  and  on  the  6th  of  January, 
18M,it  was  my  happiness  to  be  present 
It  a  twofold  service — the  ordination  of 
t  ptBtor  and  the  dedication  of  a  new 
dwreb  edifice.  In  the  same  year  a 
pi«aiaot  parsonage  had  been  erected 
vitbin  a  few  rods  of  the  new  church 
edifice.  All  this  bad  been  aocomplished 
^  a  people  feeble  in  number  and  of 
Baderate  means,  but  who  had  shown 
*  a  mind  to  woi4 ; "  not,  howcTcr,  with- 


out help  from  abroad ;  for  friends  in 
neighboring  towns  responded  to  solioita* 
tions  with  seasonable  and  generous  aid. 

Since  tliat  time  they  have  ei\joyed  the 
preaching  of  the  gospel,  with  slight  in- 
terruptions. An  interesting  event  in 
their  recent  history  is,  the  settlement  of 
Rot.  Joseph  Ayer,  the  father  of  the 
young  minister  whose  labors  were  so 
much  blessed.  His  installation  took 
place  on  the  11th  of  May  last,  at  tbe 
ripe  age  of  ieventy'Seven  years^  lachiaitg 
eight  day$.  He  has  entered  upon  his 
work  with  a  freshness  of  strength  which 
promises  years  of  earnest  and  successfial 
labor. 

I  sat  in  the  pulpit,  a  year  since,  with 
the  Secretary  of  the  Connecticut  Home 
Missionary  Society,  on  his  annual  visit 
to  this  people,  and  my  heart  reaponded 
(I  could  hardly  repress  the  outward  ex- 
pression, amen  I)  to  his  words  of  com- 
mendation and  cheer,  *^  My  friends,  this 
church  is  bound  to  outlive  you.  It  is  a  ' 
power  in  tbe  earth ;  and  it  will  make 
itself  felt  long  after  you  are  dead." 


Yale  Cdllego  and  Home  Miaaiona. 

At  the  laying  of  tbe  coraer-stone  of  the 
new  Divinity  Hull  m  Yale  College,  the  late 
Dr.  TnxBON  Baldwin  made  a  statement  re* 
specting  tbe  connecdon  of  that  SeminaTy 
with  Home  Missioua  We  have  room  for 
only  the  following  paragraphs  : 

Thb  first  two  students — Xenophon 
Betts  and  Chester  Birge — who  went  to 
the  West  from  this  seminary,  were  com- 
missioned by  the  American  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society  for  Ohio,  in  1828.  In 
November  of  the  same  year  a  disscita- 
tion  was  read  in  the  Society  of  Inquiry 
respecting  missicms,  the  design  of  which 
was  to  awaken  in  the  mind  of  every 
student  the  inquiry :  *^  What  can  I  as  an 
individual  do?"  and  that,  by  showing 
what  some  of  the  leading  spirits  of  the 
race  had  accomplished,  and  that  the 
present  state  of  the  world  was  favorable 
to  great  individual  results. 

Mason  Qrosvenor  went  to  his  room. 


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revolviDg  the  above  inqairj  in  bis  own 
mind.  It  distorbed  the  slnmben  of  the 
night,  bnt  the  conception  was  reached 
of  forming  an  association  of  students, 
who  should  select  for  their  field  of  labor 
some  one  of  the  new  States  of  the  West, 
and  bring  into  operation  within  its 
limits  all  the  olTilizing  and  Christian- 
izing agencies  of  society.  Illinois  was 
selected  as  the  field,  by  reason  of  its 
amazing  nndereloped  resources,  its  posi- 
tion in  the  sisterhood  of  States,  and  its 
prospectiye  greatness. 

The  "  Illinois  Association  "  was  form- 
ed, and  seven  of  us  put  our  names  to  a 
written  document,  pledging  ourselves  to 
this  work  on  certain  conditions.  The 
Academical  and  Theological  Faculties 
cordially  endorsed  the  ^terprise,  and 
in  the  fkll  of  1829  Julian  M.  Sturtevant 
and  myself  left  for  Illinois,  as  pioneers  of 
the  Association.  At  about  the  same  time, 
and  through  t£e  interest  excited  in  that 
field.  Stiles  Hawley  and  Charles  P. 
Grosvenor  went  to  Hlinois  as  Sunday 
school  missionaries.  In  the  month  of 
January  following,  the  devoted  Hawley, 
while  prosecuting  his  mission,  was 
drowned  in  the  Kaskaskia  river.  Eleven 
weeks  after,  we  took  him  from  his 
watery  bed,  constructed  a  rude  coffin 
and  buried  him  on  the  wild  banks  of 
that  stream.       *       *        •       ♦ 

The  sympathy  and  aid  of  the  Amer- 
ican Home  Missionary  Society  was 
given  to  the  movement  in  its  inception, 
and  in  all  its  progress ;  indeed,  a  com- 
munication in  the  Home  Mmionary  for 
December,  1828,  from  the  pen  of  Rev. 
J.  M.  Ellis,  then  at  Jaclcsonville,  111., 
had  much  to  do  with  the  selection  of 
that  State  as  a  field. 

The  Association,  in  the  meantime, 
was  enlarged  by  the  addition  of  others 
to  the  original  seven,  and  in  succession, 
as  they  completed  their  theological 
course,  they  took  their  departure  for 
Illinois.        ♦        *       ♦       »       ♦ 

As  a  result  of  the  interest  awakened 
at  New  Hayeo,  this  Seminary  has  had, 
first  and  last,  no  less  than  forty  repre- 


sentatives in  Illinois,  making  that  State 
its  special  field.  Ohio,  however,  was 
not  far  behind,  having  bad  some  thirfy 
Yale  Seminary  students  within  its 
bounds,  and  I  wish  some  Ohio  man 
were  present  to  speak  for  tiiat  State. 
Four  dumni  of  the  Seminary  also  fonnd 
their' way  to  Indiana,  four  to  Wiscon- 
sion,  and  ^Jt  to  Iowa.  Some  five-uxths 
of  the  whole  number  went  to  the  West 
under  commissions  from  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society,  and  the  other 
sixth  as  teachers,  or  as  pastors  of 
churches  by  which  they  were  sup- 
ported :  but  all  may  be  appropriately 
brought  into  the  great  Home  Missionary 
movement. 


Pioneering  in  Dakota. 

Tex  Congregational  enterprise  in 
Tankton,  and  in  the  Territory,was  start- 
ed by  a  lady  missionary  in  Turkey,  Mrs. 
C.  H.  Wheeler,  who  wrote  to  her  brother 
here.  Judge  Brookings,  urging  steps  for 
such  a  church.  He  wrote  to  the  head- 
quarters in  New  York.  The  telegraph 
was  put  into  requisition,  and  Rev.  E.  W. 
Cook  of  Ripon,  Wis.,  was  sent  <».  He 
found,  two  years  ago,  an  Episeopid  so- 
ciety, in  a  small  house  of  worship,  under 
Dr.  Hoyt  as  rector,  and  also  Baptist 
and  Methodist  beginnings.  Gathering 
a  church  at  once,  he  led  it  on  f<Mr  a  few 
months,  until,  in  November,  1868,  Rev. 
Joseph  Ward,  recently  firom  Andover, 
with  his  wife,  came  on  to  assume  the 
permanent  pastorate.  The  administra- 
tion of  Mr.  Ward  has  been  a  great  suc- 
cess, both  as  respects  this  churdi  and 
the  interests  of  religion  in  the  Territory. 
Universal  respect  has  been  won ;  every 
communion  has  witnessed  addi^ons ;  the 
church  has  assured  to  itself  a  high  posi- 
tion ;  and  the  great  work  has  been  ac- 
complished of  building,  finishing,  and 
paying  for,  a  house  of  worship.  It  is 
82  X  56,  of  gothio  style,  with  a  symme- 
trical spire.  Its  cost  was  a  little  over 
six  thousand  dollars.  The  lumber  was 
brought  from  Chicago.   The  ladies,  Grod 


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blen  them,  catobing  the  inspiration  of 
their  sister  in  Torkej,  raised  by  festi- 
Tab  and  oUierwiae,  $1,130  50.  The 
Congregational  Union  pnt  in  fitimnlas  at 
the  beginning  of  the  work,  courage  in 
the  midst,  and  five  hundred  dollars  at 
iha  end/  The  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety has  lifted  heavily  these  first  two 
jears,  and  now  the  Union  prospectively 
Dfts  the  chnrch  off  from  its  hands.  Was 
there  ever  a  wiser  adaptation  of  mutual 
help?  The  Baptist  church  is  in  sus- 
pense, and  the  Methodist  worships  in  a 
bdL 

Yesterday  the  church  was  dedicated 
with  much  joyfulness*  The  deficit  of 
$1,800  was  raised,  and  now  the  happy 
pastor  and  happy  people  leare  the  wan- 
dering home  to  enter  this  sanctuary  of 
rest  and  of  work. 

Yet  it  is  wonderful  how  with  all  this 
■train  of  home-work,  which  has  most  of 
it  been  upon  the  pastor,  he  has  acted  as 
Bishop  for  the  Territory.  As  the  result  of 
this  oversight,  yesterday.  Rev.  Stewart 
Sheldon,  his  brother-in-law,  who  had 
been  brought  to  the  Territory,  partly 
by  the  necessities  of  health,  and  partly 
by  the  missionary  call,  organized  a 
church  at  Richland,  in  the  valley  of  the 
Sioox,  and  preached  in  the  afternoon  at 
Elk  Point,  a  county  seat  on  the  Missouri 
river,  and  in  the  evening  at  Vermillion, 
another  county  seat  on  the  Missouri. 
In  both  of  these  county  seats  he  is  soon 
to  organize.  To  this  trio  of  churches, 
Mr.  Sheldon,  whose  health  has  become 
ragged,  will  minister,  under  commis- 
sion of  the  Bodety.  Up  the  river 
twenty  miles,  at  Bonhomme,  another 
county  seat,  where  Mr.  Ward  has  had 
a  monthly  appointment,  he  is  soon  to 
organize;  and  also  at  Springfield,  ten 
miles  farther  up,  the  location  of  the 
new  land-office,  he  will  organize,  follow- 
ing his  first  sermon  in  the  place,  in  the 
first  and  only  house  then  built  in  the 
town.  Over  the  river,  in  Nebraska,  he 
has  bad  an  sftemoon  appointment  for 
•ome  time,  and  there  the  material  is 
showing  the  rudiments  of  organic  life. 


At  Bonhomme  and  Springfield,  the  right 
man  (and  only  the  right  man  will  an- 
swer) is  needed  at  once.  At  two  other 
important  points,  exploration  warrants 
immediate  action.  I  think  the  most 
enthusiastic  home  missionary  friends 
will  be  satisfied  with  the  eloitieity  of  this 
policy  and  work,  and  the  most  conserva- 
tive will  be  assured  that  this  style  of 
laying  early  the  foundations  of  the  State, 
is  the  true  one. 

One  of  the  classmates  of  Mr.  Ward 
took  a  church  at  Norwich,  Oonn.,  and 
others  took  important  positions.  But 
to  no  one  of  them  was  gi^en  more  of 
privilege  and  honor  than  to  this  home 
missionary,  who  with  his  own  hands 
constructed  the  desk  upon  which  I 
write,  the  easy-chair  upon  which  I  sit, 
the  table  at  which  I  eat,  and  the  lounge 
upon  which  I  recline,  in  this  sweet 
home  ordered  by  the  wifely  taste  and 
culture,  which  would  adA*n  society  any- 
where, and  which  is  an  inspiring  influ- 
ence in  this  newly  forming  life  of  a 
Capital. — "  Pi^r/fn,"  in  The  drngrega- 

tionaliet. 

•♦« 

Hiscellaneona  Itema. 

Iowa. — The  church  in  Durant,  Cedar 
Co.  (Rev.  E.  E.  Webber),  has  received 
thirty  members  sioce  Jan.  1st.  Though 
the  house  was  enlarged  only  a  year  ago, 
changes  have  been  necessary  to  increase 
its  capacity  still  further. 

—Rev.  E.  S.  Hill,  of  Atlantic,  Cass 
Co.,  reports  the  completion  of  the 
church  building,  *'  with  bell,  organ  and 
every  thing  in  working  order ; "  thirty 
substantial  members,  a  congregation  of 
100  to  160,  favor  in  the  eyes  of  the 
people,  and  hope  of  still  better  things. 

— ^The  church  in  Manchester  (Rev. 
£.  R.  Stiles),  has  been  increased,  at  a 
recent  communion  season,  by  ^hirty- 
three  members,  twenty-four  of  them 
heads  of  fi&milies. 

WisooNsnr.— Rev.  W.  W.  Jones,  of 
Qlendale,  reports  the  organization  of 
two   small   churches   in    Ellroy   and 


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Wright's  8chool-hoiii«,  with  fair  pros- 
pect of  growth. 

— The  church  in  Belmont,  Rev.  A. 
W.  Curtis,  have  made  two  years'  pay- 
ments on  a  $500  memorial  scholarship 
in  Beloit  College,  in  lienor  of  their  first 
missionary  pastor.  Rev.  Calvin  Warner. 

Michigan. — Rev.  J.  W.  Allen,  of 
Leslie,  who  entered  on  his  work  with 
tome  misgiving,  now  writes,  ^^  a  nobler 
band  of  workers  than  are  some  here,  is 
not  to  be  found.  I  love  to  be  a  Home 
Missionary.  I  thought  it  would  be 
hard;  but  it  has  opened  np  to  us, 
friends  and  correspondents  that  have 
greatly  euriched  us.  What  precious 
eonls  the  Lord  Jesus  has,  hid  away,  I 
was  going  to  say,  everywhere  1 " 

— The  church  in  Hancock  (Rev.  P. 
H.  HoUister),  have  finished  and  dedica- 
ted their  house  of  worship — a  conveni- 
ent, tasteful  buildiug,  costing  $9,000. 
They  rejoice  also  in  a  steady  growth  of 
spiritual  interest. 

MiseoTJBi.— Says  Rev.  Q,  W.  Williams, 
of  West  Hartford,  "  I  have  plenty  to  do, 
and  an  open  field;  am  very  cordially 


received  even  by  some  who  were  in 
the  rebel  service.  For  the  first  time,  I 
am  laboring  with  a  chnrch  of  which 
all  the  members  give  or  pay  till  th$y 
feeliV 

Illikois. — Rev.  A.  P.  Johnson,  lately 
of  Kansas,  is  gathering  in  the  frnits  of 
the  revival  nnder  Mr.  Riggs'  ministry 
in  Woodstock.  He  reports  eighteen 
additions  to  the  church  and  a  great  in- 
crease of  the  spirit  of  Christian  nnion. 

—Rev.  H.  D.  Piatt,  Superintendent, 
reports  that  all  the  churches  of  the 
Southern  Association,  with  perhaps  one 
exception,  are  for  once  supplied  with 
the  stated  ministry  of  the  Word. 

—Rev.  8.  Penfield,  of  Shirland,  writes 
of  a  revival  among  his  people,  reclaim- 
ing backsliders,  reconciling  the  alion- 
ated,  and  resulting  as  is  hoped,  in  the 
conversion  of  about  sixty-five  persons, 
twenty-three  of  them  heads  of  fami- 
lies. 

—Rev.  B.  F.  Haskins,  of  Victoria, 
also  rejoices  in  a  good  work  in  that 
place  and  in  Elmore,  largely  adding  to 
the  material  and  spiritnal  strength  of 
these  struggling  churches. 


APPOINTMENTS  IN  AUGUST,  1870. 


Not  in  CommUtion  hut  year, 

Uer.  William  R.  Jojilln,  togn  to  Oreiron. 
Rer.  TbtMniis  H.  Ruu«e,  dan  Mateo,  Cal. 
Bar.  Btowart  Slielduo,  t.Vn  Puiot  and  Vermillion, 

Dakota. 
UeT.  Thiimaa  Bell.  PaUlej,  PaImjra,Kon«ryUiU 

and  vlclnitj.  Neb.  ' 

Rev.  Ellbn  Barber,  Ellgworth,  Kan. 
Bar.  Davillu  W.  Comatock,  Hiawatha  and  TlcinitT. 

Kan. 
Rer.  John  B.  Parker,  Barllngton,  Kan. 
BeT.  0.  A.  Hampton.  Prinoetun,  Minn. 
Bar.  Nathani.!  K.  Bvarta,  Codv'a  Millf,  ParU and 

Oalnea,Mich. 
Bev.  Jobn  B  :!arage,  Canandaiffaa,  MIeh. 
Bar.  Lewis  P.  Atwood,  De  Kalb,  111. 
Bar.  Cephas  F.  Clapp,  WarrenTiHa,  111. 
Bey.  Mjron  W.  Piiikerton,  Crescent,  IlL 
Bar.  Nowton  H.  B«11.  Wlncbeeter,  Ind. 
BeT.  Harvey  Miles,  Prentit^vale  and  vleinltj,  Pa. 
Bav.   Alraon  T.  (  Invke,  Nowcoinb  (Adirondack 

Wlldarncsa),  N.  Y. 

JU-eommUaUmed. 

Bar.  S.  A.  Hall,  Parker,  Kan, 

Kav.  Leieeeter  J.  Sawver,  Bnrlingame,  Kan. 

Bev.  Lewie  E.  dikes,  Vienna  and  vicinity,  Kaa. 

Bav.  Obarlea  H.  Merrill,  Mankato.  Minn. 

Bav.  Abel  K.  Packanl,  Anoka,  Minn. 

Bar.  Gaorra  8.  Blaeoa,  Tipton,  Iowa. 


Bey.  John  A.  Crozan,  Bvr  Oak,  Iowa,  and  Laaofa, 

Minn. 
Bev.  M.  Henry  Oyr,  Sherriirs  Moont,  Inwa. 
Rer.  Qaorga  D.  Marsh,  Altoona  and  yiciuity,  Iow«. 
Bav.  James  D.  Mason,  Nora  Springs  and  Bball 

Bock  Falla.  Iowa. 
Bay.  John  W.  Windsor,  Creeco,  Inwa. 
Rev.  James  Jameson,  Avnca  and  Mnseoda,  Wis. 
Bav.  Jamaa  W.  Parkins,  New  Ch«starand  yioinitj, 

Ray.  Jobn  O.  Bherwtn,  MeDomonea,  Wia. 

Bev.  Cyrenlos  N.  Coalter,  Dorr  and  two  ont-sta- 

tions,Micb. 
Bay.  Jobn  Hoi  way.  Grand  Bapida,  Mich. 
Bev.  Gny  C.  Strong,  Booth  Boatoa  and  Berlin, 

Mich. 
Bav.   George  Thompson,  Leland,   Concord   and 

vidoityjficb. 
Bev.  Jamea  Harrison,  Chicago,  TI. 
Bev.  Charlea  E.  Mar^h,  Summer  Hill,  III. 
Hoy.  John  A.  Palmer,  Nebrsftka  and  Gridley,  III 
Bey.  Lumond  Wilonx,  Lyman,  IlL 
Bev.  J4»bn  Tetter,  Plain,  Ohio. 
Bev.  Frederick  A.  Bauer,  Uawley,  Pnrdyvllla  and 

Laekawaxen,  Pa. 
Bev.  Samuel  Bowland,  West  Spring  Greek  and 

Spring  Creek  Station.  Pa. 
Bev.  Charlea  W.  Burt,  Union  Center,  N.  T. 
Bay.  Thomas  Wataon,  Wilmington,  Upi»er  Jay  and 

Keena,  N.  T. 
B  rr.  Abel  S.  Wood,  Niagara  City,  N.  T. 


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EECEIPTS  m  AUGUST,  1870. 


Portland,  WlUUoi  Ozn«rd,  $5  00 

NEW  HAMPSHIRS- 

BeeclT<4  bj  E«v.  B.  P.  Stone,  D.D- 

Tttm.  N.  H.  M.  8«c 

Bufcaven,  Bcqaest  of  little 
Willie,  to  const  IiIb  mot  liar. 
Mm  AtraettoBmltb,  a  L.M.,  $80  00 

Groton,  Legacj  of  Henry 
CammlDfs,  bj  Mrs.  Bttsej 
C.  F.  Cntimiinn,  Ex..  60  00 

PelliAin,  lCr«.  H.  C.  Wrmwi, 
by  Mr«.  K.  M.  Tyler,  SO  00    100  00 

Danbarton,  Cong.  Oli.  and  So&,  by  G. 

Kimball,  of  wh.  ftvm  U.  IL  Parker. 

15;  JoLn  Kimball,  $10, 


29  00 


S  00 

80  00 

1  00 

SOO 

1ft  60 


YSRMOirr— 

Brattleboro,  A.  Tan  Doom, 
FalrhaTen,  t>»iijr.  Ch.,  by  C.  lUed, 
Mtddlebiiiy,  J.  W.B., 
St.  Albana,  B.  B.  Nelson,  by  0.  B.  Swift, 
Wella  River,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soo ,  by  W. 
8.  Palmer, 

AASSACUUSBTTS- 


Mast.  Home  U\m.  Soo.,  by  B.  Perkins, 

Trei*,  1,000  00 

Beteliertown,  Cong:  Ch.  and  Soc,  br  E. 

M*»ntagQ«,    Treas.,    to     oonat.  lira. 

CkrisM  Adams  a  L.  M.,  64  00 

Manaebaseits  Three  Friends.  750  00 

PlUaSeld,  Soatb  Cong.  Ob.,  by  J.  Wilson, 

Trees.,  68  Tl 

riymoflih.  On  acoonnt  of  Legacy  of  Mrc. 

iTaney  Davie,  by  J.  Harlow  and  A. 

Barnes,  Bxa.,  889  70 

epcoecr,  A  Friend,  8  00 

Bpetagllrkl,  *"  Unabridged,'*  1,166  66 

AFitead,  7  80 

00N5ECTICUT— 

Cooi.  Haum  MLm.  Soe^  by  K  W.  Par- 
sons, Tresa.,  8,000  00 

Oiaabj,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soe.,  by  J.  0. 
Bartb«lomew,  Treasw, 

Griiwuld,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Joel  Bat* 

Hw?ord,  A  Friend,  In  ftdl  to  eonat  Bar. 

1.CL  JooesaL.'D., 
Ob  aceosut  of  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Mary  A. 

WartNirtoD,  bj  K.  Sbipman  and  H.  A 

Perkins,  Kza^  825  00 

Kew  Canaan,  CoBg.  Cb.  and  SoOn  by& 

Hickok.       .     _  _  80  19 


88  60 
8  08 

88  S9 


Bcw  Falrfleld,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soei,  by 

Kev.  a  B.  Dye,  to  ooast.  BlU*b  P. 

Brown  a  LM., 
Hew  Hafea,  Kobert  Crane,  M.D.,  In  fall, 

to  eunst.  Angastln  ATsriil  Crane  a 

L.M^         ^ 
Bew  biodnD,  Second  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc, 

AFrtend. 
Pntnain,  A  Friend, 
Boaibport  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bar.  O.  E. 

HUl,  to  «onat;  Bev.  Oeorge  B.  Hill, 

Ueivy  G««don  UUl  and  Laiira  Porter 

.muiLmh, 

8«rBt8«d.  Oen.  O.  Loomis,  by  O.  B. 

Blagsbory, 
Theoiaatun,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc.,  by  P. 


86  26 


16  00 

208  00 
1  00 


116  08 
600 


ilOOO 
800 


WdHtnaniic,  Mm  0.  Robioaoa, 

MKW  TOBK- 

Bsedved  by  Ber.  L.  t.  Hobart, 
Ctoaada^oa,  Cong.  Cb.,  $888  60 

MaesdoB,  Mrs.  Blackmoo,  8  00    886  60 


Brooklyn,  R.  D.,  New  Englnnd  Cong. 

Ch.,    tiy  J.  W.   Skinner,   Treat.,  to 

oonst  Kev.  John  H.  Brodt  a  L.  M.,  f40  00 
Candor,  Bev.  Oeorge  A.  Pelton,  10  00 

Comack,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  P.  Z.  £a»ton,  17  48 
Hancock,  Firat  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  I.  D. 

Corn  well.  20  00 

Fsirport,  Mrs.  Hnldab  Ayraair,  in  full  to 

oonst  ber  a  L.  M.,  85  00 

Malone,  On  account  of  Legacy  of  L.  S. 

CoUon,  by  O.  0.  Cotton,  Adm.,  125  00 

North  Walton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boo.,  by 

P.ev.  S.  N.  Robinson,  81  8S 

Ponghkeefnie.  Firnt  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A. 

Wlltoif,  Treits.,  81  00 

Woodhaven,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W". 

James,  6  gl 

NEW  JERSEY— 

Bloomfleld,  Lather  Clark,  880;  Huldsb 
Coe,  »10.  40  00 

Hadson  City,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev. 
L.  BarUett,  lo  44 

PENNSYLVANIA— 

Great  Bend,  Mm  E.  B.  Baldwin,  by  Rev. 
G.  C.Jndsoa, 

FLOBIDA- 

St  Augastine,  Preab.  Cb., 

OHIO— 

Received  by  Rev.  L.  Kelsey, 
Brookfleld,  Welsh  Cong.  Cb., 
by  E.  J.  Evans,  |]8  00 


600 


100  09 


Four  Cornerfl,  Cong.  Cb.,  by 

C.  B.  Cook, 
HsmpUen,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  M.  L. 

Maynard, 
Newbnry.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 


860 

11  25 

16  60 

288  40 

16  00 

8  10 
»byR. 


D.  Witter, 
Paloesville,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  C. 

R.  Stone, 
Sandusky.  Cong.  Cb.,  by  J.  B. 

Marshall, 
Byraense,  Welih  Cong.  Clu,  by 
T.  Mainvaing,  8  10    846  76 

Brownbulm,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
0.  Perry,  14  j0 

Bdinbnrgli,  Flr»t  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  O. 

F.Ladd,  27  q^ 

Elvria,  On  account  of  Legacy  of  Lather 
Lane,  by  John  8.  Coon,  Ex.,  600  00 

Lower  Lawrence,  Mrs.  Betsey  McOnIre,       6  00 

New  Albany,  C^g.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  A.  N. 
Hamlin,  3  go 

Rome,  H.  Arnold.  26  00 

Bnllivan,Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  C.  C.  Bald- 
win, 18  00 

Tallmsdge,  Tallmadge  Benev.  Assoc.,  by 
L.  H.  Asbanun,  Treaa.,  of  wh.  from 
Elijah  Lyman,  $20 :  Mrs.  Scott,  $5,  and 
wh.  const  Mrs.  Elijah  Lyman  and 
Edward  Chandler  L.  Ms.,  75  10 

Toledo,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  Edann  Allen,  10  00 

West  Millgrove,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev. 
a  Irons,  16  OO 

INDIANA-. 
Plymouth,  H.  Hervey,  5  00 

ILLINOIS— 

Allen'a  Grove,  Cong.  Ch.,  815.50 ;  East 
Paw  Paw,  Cong.  Ch.,  88.60 :  Individ- 
uals,  18.60,  by  Rev.  a  0.  Breed,  22  50 

Brickton,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  J.  H.  Laird,      10  00 
Cambridge,  Cong;  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  Grant,    20  60 
Forest,  Cong.  Cb.,  82A ;  Oswego,  Cong. 
Ch.,   12.60;  Sannamtn,    Coug.    Cb., 
IsiO,  by  Bev.  W.  B.  CaUio,  86  00 

Lisbon,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  Buahnell,  Treat.,    1 9  76 


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Oak  Park,  Ind.  Cong.  Oh.,  to  eontl  B«t. 

O.  Hnntinston  aL.  11.,  $57  OS 

PiitifleW,  OoDf.  Ch.,  bj  Ber.  W.  W. 

Rose,  i4  00 

8an<^wlch,  Cong.  Cb^  bj  C.  tt  Pratt, 

Treaa.,  OS  09 

Waakegan.  FIrat  Ckuig.  Cb.,  bal.  of  coll., 

bjr  B«v.  M.  It  Colburn.  t  00 

Woodbarn,  Cong;  Cb.  and  Soe.,  bj  J.  A. 

Bcaob,  Treaa.,  S9  95 

mSSOUBI- 

Brookfleld,  Cong.  Cb.,  bj  Bar.  a  a 
Baiter,  7  80 

Lamar,  W.  H.  C,  0  00 

Maoon,  First  Oong^i  Cb.,  bj  Bar.  A. 
Bowera,  0  00 

ByraenM,  Flrat  Cong.  Cb.,  bjBar.  L. 
Newoonib,  2  00 

WI800K8IN— 

Baealred  by  Rer.  D.  Clarj, 
Colunlbu^  lira.  Foater,  $2  00 

DelaTan,  Oung.  Ch.,  ooIL  ia 

part,  by  L.  fiddy.  Treaa.,  44  68 

Geneva.  Presb.  Cb-,  by  SUw,       i 

£.  G.  Miner,  M  70 

Plauvtlie,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rer. 

J.Bw  Pond,  SO  00 

ShulkboTf .  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bar. 

J.  U.  Wllliama,  8  00    108  33 

Beeelved  by  Ber.  F.  B.  Doe, 
Afpleton,  a>ng.  Cb.,  |00  00 

Fond  da  Lae,  Cong.  Ch.,  to 

const.  Ber.  Arthur  Little  a 

Henasbis,  Cong.  Cb.,  49  78 

Oabkoab,  Cong.  Cb.,  01  09 

Sheboygan,  Cong.  Ch.,  UtI.  of 
^K  10  00    870  07 

Kenoaba,  First  Cong:  Cb.,  mon.  con.,  by 

L.O.  Merrill,  Trie.,  8  28 

Ofseoi    Cong.   Ch.,    by  Ber.    fi.  H. 

Thotnpaon,  5  qq 

Peshtlgii,  Cong:   Ch.,   by  Her.  H,  T. 

Fuller,  9  50 

Salem,  Cong.  Ch.,  flO;  Wllmot,  Cong: 

Ch,  8TJH),  by  Ber.  B.  B.  Snow,      •^     17  00 
Waterloo,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  A.   O. 

Wright.  g  0(1 

W«ati»ma,  Cong.  Ch^  by  Ber.  J.  W. 

Donaldson,  a  ak 

Wanwatoaa,  Cong.  Ch.,  Mrs.  8.  Green. 

by  Ber.  L.  Clapp,  q  00 

IOWA— 
Amitf.  Flrat  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Ber.  D.  B. 

Clar.Bab'bath  School  elata,  by  Mrs.  T.  a 

Holmes, 
Florence,  Flrat  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Ber.  J.  A. 

Jonea. 
Grandrleir,  German  Bran.  Cone.  Ch  . 

byRer.Aw.Jadleach,  *^        * 

Iowa  City,  B.  Talbot,  by  Ber.  J.  W. 

Pickett, 


THE  HOME  MISSIONARY. 

KANSAS- 


October,  1870. 


S4  20 

GOO 
10  00 
00  00 

0  00 


Monnd  City,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  II.  P. 

Boblnson, 
OUitlie,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  G.  A. 

Beckwitb, 
Osawatomie,  First  Cong:  Cb.,  by  Ber.  8. 

L.  Adair, 

CALIFOBNIA— 

Clorerdale,  Flrat  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  J. 

8.  Burger, 
San  Boenarentara,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber. 

P.  Uarrison, 

OBBOOlTo 

Oregon  City.  First  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc« 
by  Ber.  B.  Gerry, 


BOMB  MIS6I0NABY, 


«30  00 
12  00 
90  08 

7  00 
6  00 

10  08 
17  00 
$10,637  91 


Lucas  Qrore,Goag.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  J.  E. 
Elliott,  to  const.  John  L.  Potter  a  L.  M..  37  80 


WlllUmabnrg,  WeUh  Cong.  Cb.,  by  ^97, 
D.  Price, 

MINNESOTA— 

Becelred  by  Ber.  B.  Hall, 
Marine  Mills,  L.  A.  Paddock, 
Northfleld.  Cong.  Ch., 
St.  Paul,  Plymoath  Cong.  Ch., 

mon.  con., 
Sank  Baplds,  Cong:  Ch., 
Winona,  Cong.  Ch.,  ,*  ^ 

MantorvlUe,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc-  by 
Ber.N.  W.  Grorer,  .     ' 

MMenpa,  Flrat  Cong.  Ch.,  Ber.  X.  P. 

^Jfy^  •S?  ^^  Cbarlea.  Flrat  Cong. 
Ch8,byBer.  G.  H.MIlea,  ^ 


10  00 


$S00 
38  70 

18S 
820 
41  00 


91  18 
10  00 
12  00 
82  00 


J>OHaUotu  of  ClotJUng^  etc 

Grlswold.  Conn.,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Joel 

Button,  a  box,  communion  set 
Plttsflold,  MsM.,  Ladlea'  Free  Will  Soc  of 

Dr.  Tiidd'a  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  C.  West,Sec, 

a  box. 
West  BntUnd,  Vt.,  Ber.  J.  B.  BoQm^  n 

bundle  of  books. 
Woodbury,  Conn.,  Ladles,  by  Mra.  S.  T. 

Abernethr.  a  barrel,  m  08 

Worcester,  Masa..  Salem  street  Sew.  arde. 

by  Mlas  M.  Loalse  Jenka,  a  box. 
Wasbingtt>n,  Conn..  Ladiea,  by  Mra.  A.  J. 

Galpin,  a  barrel. 


neeHptt  pf  tJu  Omnteticut  Boms  Mitlonmry 
aociety,  in  August,  K  W.  PABMva,  Tr^te. 

Bridgeport,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  N.  8.  Woiw 
^("t  $185  00 

Broadbrook,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  L,  T. 
Spanlding,  — 

Bolton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Eer.  &  B  Moore, 

BMt  Lyme,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  G.  GrUwdd, 

Falrflelj,  Legacy  of  Mis^Sarab  K.  More- 

house,  to  const  George  Morehouse  a 

L.  M., 
Hartford,  Asrlam  Hill  Ch.,  of  irh.  $100 

fh>m  8.  Colt,  to  const  Henry  Blodgett. 

Joseph  G.   Colt  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Colt 

L.  Ma., 
Kensington,  C-ong.  Ch.,  to'  const   N.  A. 

Moore  a  L.  M., 
MlUlngton,  Cong.   Ch.,   by  Ber.  A.   C. 

Beach, 
Montvllle,   Cong.    Ch.,  by  Ber.   W.  N. 

Burebard, 
New  Haren,  College  street  Cb..  of  wh.  $80 

from  Mrs.  8.  Merwin,  to  const  Thoroaa 

G.  Merwin  and  HatUe  N.  Gray  L.  Ma., 

alao  William  B.  Gnerneey  and  Charles  S. 

Gray  L.  Ms:, 
New  Mllford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  G.  H.  Whittle. 

sey. 
North  Corentnr,  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const  Zenaa 

LoomiaaL.M., 
Poqnonnock.  Cong.  Ch., 
Bofkrllle,  Flrat  Cong.  Ch..  by  C  H.  Dll- 

llngham,  Treaa^  to  const  MIsa  Jennie  R. 

SUekney  and  Mn.  Boaanna  M.  OUeott 

I^'Ms.*  85  25 

Wauregan,  Com.  Ch.,  by  G.  H.  FeHowfL  lo  0$ 
West  8u«>rd7eong.  Ch..  by  Ira  PettibJne,  88  2T 
Weat  Suffleld,  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const  Cyrus  H. 

King*  L. M., 
West  Wlnsted,  Second  Cong.  Ch-  by  J. 


85  $0 
14  71 

860 

100  00 

OSS  50 

45  80 

16  00 

80  00 

167  48 

107  4T 

48  00 
668 

Hinsdale, 

Wolcottville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  G.  P.  Boberts, 
TreasL, 


42  95 

07  57 
82  75 


$1,009  88 


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MISSIONARY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  ClothiDg,  sent  directly  and  without  any  particular  dengnation,  to  the  offloa 
of  the  American  Home  Missicnary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  such  miasionarieB  as  are 
known  to  be  most  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  to  those  who  receiTe 
them,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective  donoi-s. 

Eiperience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  IndiTiduol  or  association,  intending  to  prepare 
a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  mi8sionai7  designated,  and  a  detdled 
account  of  the  circumstances  of  his  family  given,  the  information  is  not  always  at  hand, 
•0  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when  it  is,  it  not 
onfrequently  happens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  the  missionary  remains  foi 
moDthB  unsopplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  might  be  furnished 
with  articles  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  In  other  cases,  while 
the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from  other  sources,  so  thai 
when  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want  as  many  others. 

It  18  preferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors,  that 
the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  individual  in 
particular,  should  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Society,  afier  Hiey  reach 
the  office.  It  is  believed  tliat  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  the  designs  of  those  who 
generously  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which  the  Society  can  have  an 
•gency. 

DIBECTI0N8  FOB  FOBWABDIVO. 

1.  Put  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  a  paper 
or  letter  contiining  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  and  the  estimated  value  of  the  whole, 
with  the  oame  of  the  individual  or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the 
individual  to  whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent 

2.  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  of  the  box  should  be  sent  in  a  letter 
to  the  office  of  the  Society.  In  this  letter  it  should  be  stated  when,  and  by  what  oonvey- 
aoee,  the  box  was  forwarded ;  in  it  should  be  inclosed,  also,  such  money  as  is  intended 
for  the  payment  of  freight.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  provided  for  in  all  cases, 
if  practicable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  $8  to  $6,  according  to  its 
Mze  and  the  distance  it  is  sent  A  barrel  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense  than  a  box  of 
the  same  size. 

8.  The  box  should  be  fully  and  plainly  marked,  and  the  place  from  which  U  comes  should 
ALWAYS  appear  en  the  outtide^  so  that  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening  it  at  the 
office.  It  should  be  strong,  tight,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  be  hooped,  or 
oCherwiee  fully  secured  against  the  effects  of  hard  usage  on  the  way. 

i.  Boxes  may  be  addreued  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place, 
MewYork* 

HO  PABT  OF  A  MI8SI0HABT  8  8ALABT. 

Boxes  of  Clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriation.  The  Society 
eds  the  same  amount  of  mon^y,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptly  its  stipulations 
with  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  be  no  favor  to  a 
auasionaiy  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money  that  would 
otherwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionally  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to  it  that 
they  give  none  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  giving  other  things  that  are  need- 
ful and  convenient  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  theur  sympathies  will  be  so  awakened  in 
the  preparation  of  the  lesser  gilt,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be  their  privilege,  not  only  to 
eontinuig,  but  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

SUGOESTIOHB  AS  TO  THEIB  COVTEKTa. 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box,  while  clothing  of  woollen  or  linen  fabrioSi 
•hoes,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  be  specially  valuable,  scarcely  any  thing  in  the 
•htpe  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  which  is  of  common  u^e  in  any 
fonn  in  a  fanoily,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  forks,  spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of 
cotton,  a  skein  of  yam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles,  a  cake  of  wax,  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a 
thimble,  a  tumbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skimmer,  or  a  pepper  box,  need  not  be  left  out 

When  articles  of  clothing  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  which  boxes 
ire  sent,  missiooaries  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  other  thai 
•hnoit  every  thing  which  a  box  may  contain  is  turned  to  good  account. 


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OOXOBKR.  1870. 

AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBIiE  HOUSE,  ASTOB  PLACE,  NEW  YOBK. 
^.^ 


Bmt.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.  D., 

Rkv.  DAVID  B.  COE,  D.  D.,  }.   Secretaries  far  Carrttpondm^, 

Rev.  a.  HUNTLVGTON  CLAPR 


P,D.D.,j 


Mb.  WnXUM  HENRY  SMITH.  Treamrer. 

BzKOUTiTK  CoMMiTTKS.— Mk.  WILLIAM  O.  LAMBERT,  Chairtnan ;  Mb.  0.  B.  BOBEKT; 
Mr.  SIMEON  B  CHITTENDEN:  K«v.  KICUAKD  8.  8TOKK8,  J»..  D.  I)  :  Ret.  WIL- 
LIAM  I.  BUDINGTON,  D.  D  :  ifE.  <  ALVIN  C.  W(K)LW(»UTH;  Me.  CUARLEd  ABEB- 
NKTHY;  M».  JOHN  B.  HUTCHINSON;  Key.  HENRY  M.  STORKS,  D.D.;  with  tbe  members 
cjr-ufiicio—vir:   AUSTIN   ABBOTT,  Eft<|.,  Recording  Seoretatyt  th«  Trbasukbk,  »nd  the  8ku- 

TABUS  rOB  COBBBftPOMDBBOI. 

COMMUHIGATIOHS 

R«latiog  to  the  business  of  the  Society  generally,  may  be  addresBed  to  either  of  tbe'Seore- 
taries  for  Con-eepondence. 

DONATIONS  AND  SUBSCRIPTIONS, 

Id  Drafts,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Post-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  sent  to  the 

Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  cuustitutes  a  Life  Member ;  and  of  one  hun- 
dred dollars,  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makes  one  hundred 

dollars,)  a  Life  Director. 

»»♦ 

SEOBETAEIES  AND  TBEASUBEB8 

OF  TH« 

PRINCIPAL  AUXIUARIES. 

Rev.  Stephkn  THURstOM,  D.D.,  Secretary,  Maine  Miu.  See.,  Searsport,  tfe. 

Joshua  Maxwell  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "        "  "    Portland, 

Rev.  William  Clark,  Secretary,  A>to  Uampthire  Mm.  jSoc.,  Amherst,  N.  H. 

Rev.  B.  P.  Stone,  D.D.,  Treasurer,  **  "  **         Cpncord,      " 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  Secretary,  Vermoni  Dom.  Mm.  Soc.,  Montpelier,  Vt 

C.  W.  Storrs,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  **  **  *' 

Rev.  H.  B.  UooKKR,  D.D.,  Sec,  Mass.  H,  M.  8oc.,  81  Wasluugton  st,  Boston,  Mass. 

Bknjamin  Perkins,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  **  "  ** 

Rev.  James  G.  Yose,  Secretary,  H.  /.  Borne  Mies.  Soc.^  Providence,  R.  I. 

Edwin  Knight,  Esq.,  Treasurer,         "  "  "  " 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary,  Conn,  Home  Miu,  Boc.^  Berlin,  Conn. 

E.  W.  Pbrsons,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "  **        Hartford,  " 

SUPEBINTENDENTS. 


Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobakt,    Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Lybandbr  Kelsey,  Columbus,  0. 
Rev.  Nath*l  a.  Htde,     Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Rev.  Joseph  £.RoT,D.l).,  Chicago,  IIL 
Rev.  Henrt  D.  Platt,    Brighton,  lU. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Turner,  Hannibal,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  B.  Williams,    Charlotte,  Mich. 
Rev.  LsROT  Wa&ren,      Pentwater,  Mich. 


Rev.  Dexter  Clart,       Beloit,  Wis. 
Rev.  Franklin  B.  Doe,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis. 
Rev.  J.  GcKRNSET,  D.D.,  Dubuque,  la. 
Rev.  JosEPu  W.  (ickett,  Des  Moines,  la. 
Rev.  Richard  Hall,        St.  Paul,  Miim. 
Rev.  Jamks  G.  Mkarill,  Topeka,  Kan. 
Rev.  0.  W.  Merrill,       Omaha,  Neb. 
Rev.  James  U.  Warren,  San  Francisoo,  CaL 


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APPLICATIONS  FOR  AID. 

Feeble  oODgregationa,  desiring  aid  in  supporting  ibe  gospel,  are  requested,  in  theff 
«ppUoalions,  to  make  fall  statements  of  thdr  condition  and  prospects,  and  of  the  reasons 
or  granting  their  requests.    They  are  desired,  also,  to  furnish  the  following  particolara, 
«mely: 
.    The  population  of  the  place. 

The  name  of  the  church  or  congregation. 

The  number  of  oommunicantfi,  aud  the  averace  number  of  attendants  on  pubUo  worship. 

The  denomination  and  size  of  congregations  immediately  contiguous,  with  the  distance 
to  thdr  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  which  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  given  time,  and  the  amngeoients 
that  are  made  for  securing  it. 

Whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 

The  least  amount  that  will  suffice  from  this  Society. 

The  name  inftM  and  post-office  address  of  the  minister  for  whom  a  commission  is  de- 
sired. 

Ills  credentials. 

Whether  he  is  a  resident  of  the  place  in  which  he  preaches,  and  b  engaged  in  any 
other  calling  than  that  of  the  ministry. 

Whether  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  diurch,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arnmgements  are  made 
or  contemplated  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  the  year. 

The  application  should  be  signed  by  the  officers  of  the  church,  and  by  the  trustees  or 
a  committee  of  the  congreffadon. 

If  the  ecclesiastical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  have  a  **€rommittee  of 
Missions  **  to  act  in  their  behalf,  the  members  of  this  Ck>mmittee  are  the  proper  pen>ona  to 
certifT  Uie  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  minister,  and  his  prospects  of 
usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  senrices  are  desSed ;  and  the  application  should  be  sent 
to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation.  Where  no  such  **  Committee  of 
Missions  '*  exists,  the  application  should  reoeiye  the  indorsement  of  two  or  more  neigh- 
boring clergymen,  of  the  same  denomination,  acquainted  with  the  facts. 

Applications,  after  being  properiy  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  be  sent  to  the 
Superintendent  (or  Secretary  of  the  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  applicants  reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriations  are  for  twelre  months  from  the  date  of  the  appHeO' 
tion;  at  Uie  end  of  which,  if  further  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must  be  made,  con- 
taining all  the  particulars  above  stated,  and  indorsed  and  recommended  m  like  manner. 
£aeh  cotigregatum  applying  for  renewed  aid^  ehould  fumiahy  also^  the  certificate  of  the 
misiiotiary  that  they  have  fulfilled  their  preeiove  pledgee  for  hie  etipporL 

The  address  of  the  Socie^*8  Superintendents  and  the  Secreta  ies  of  its  Auxiliaries  will 
be  found  on  the  oorer  of  its  reports  and  of  the  Borne  Jiiimonary. 


THE  HOME  HI8SI0HAET. 

The  Home  Mienonary  will  be  sent  gralmtoutly  to  the  following  rlnffim  of  individuals, 
unless  they  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers : 

To  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Missionaries  of  the  Society 
and  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clergyman  in  whose  congregation  a  collection  is  taken  up 
every  year  for  the  Society,  or  one  of  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  individual  who  contribute 
ten  dollars,  or  upward,  durine  the  year.  To  every  Auxiliary,  Association,  or  Congiega- 
tion,  one  copy  for  every  ten  dotlare  collected  and  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Society,  or 
of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  confer  a  special  favor  by  availing  himself  of  the  fadlitles  ofl^red 
above  to  introduce  the  Home  Mieeionary  among  his  people.  In  notifying  the  Secretaries 
of  his  desire  to  have  the  work  sent  on  these  terms,  he  is  requested  to  mention  the  netnei 
of  some  person  to  whom  each  copy  shall  be  addressed. 

FOBH  OF  A  BEQUEST. 

I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  truaty  to  pay  ovv 

the  same  in  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is 

payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to  the 
f  buritable  uses  and  purposes  of  said  Society^  and  under  its  direotioo. 


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IOWA,    AS  IT    WAS,  AND    AS    IT    IS. 
By  Rev.  f^PHRAiM  Adams,  of  Decorab,  Iowa. 

[The  eosuing  article  is  a  chapter  from  "  The  Iowa  Band^^^  a  Yolume  of  184  pages, 
racently  iswied  by  The  Congregational  Publishing  Society,  Boston.  It  was  a  wise  and 
pleasant  thought  of  one  of  the  devoted  company  who  left  Andovcr  Seminary  in  1848,  to 
celebrate  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  their  entrance  on  that  unbroken  field,  by  such  a 
▼olome.  In  his  dedication  to  the  Rev.  Asa  Tu&nkr  (*'  Father  Turner,"  whose  loving  face 
QMSt  appropriately  graces  the  opening  leaf),  the  author  says,  **In  this  little  book,  as  a 
Home  Missionary  offering  in  honor  of  that  noble  Society  which  we  dl  love,  there  is  given 
fnt,  a  brief  history  of  the  Band,  followed  by  a  few  facts  and  scenes  from  out  our  com- 
BOQ  efforts;  with  such  reflections  in  passing,  as  by  a  review  of  our  quarter-century  labors 
ue naturally  suggested.'* 

This  purpose,  so  very  modestly  announced,  is  more  than  fulfilled  by  the  author. 
Hiding  himself  as  much  as  possible  behind  his  brethren  and  their  common  service,  he 
tnoes the  movement  which  has  made  **The  Iowa  Band"  dear  to  all  who  love  the  mis- 
aooary  work  and  workers,  from  its  *' germ -thought "  and  *' suggestion,"  through  the 
i&oooligbt  prayer  meeting  In  the  Seminary  library,  the  forming  of  the  Band,  the  maturing 
of  their  plans,  their  westward  journey,  ordination,  getting  to  work,  on  to  the  Results— > 
Ksolts  set  forth  with  unaffected  sunplicity,  but  which  none  can  read  without  admiration 
^  the  men  who  wrought  them,  and  devout  gratitude  to  God  who  raised  them  up  and 
ned  them  for  so  grand  a  work.  A  spice  of  something  like  self-complacency  might  have 
becD  looked  for  (but  it  does  not  appear),  in  chapters  like  that  on  Iowa  College,  or  that  oa 
''The  Iowa  Association,"  starting  in  1840  with  three  churches  and  now  numbering  189» 
Whh  DO  ornaments  of  style,  the  story  by  its  own  attraction  takes  the  reader  on  from  the 
Iowa  of  1843,  with  60,000  people  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Mississippi,  to  the  Iowa  of  to- 
day, with  ks  1,200,000  or  more  stretching  on  to  the  Missouri ;  shows  us  how  States  are 
■Mde,  and  how  all  beneficent  Institutions  may  be  made  to  grow  up  with  them,  if  there 
sre  those  to  plant  them  in  the  virgin  soil 

In  the  "Diary  **  and  the  chapter  of  "  Fragments,"  one  may  find  touches  of  humor  that 
t^t  a  hmt  aa  to  how  the  rough  places  of  pioneer  experience  are  smoothed ;  that  **  rare 
chapter  and  short  ^  on  missionary  wives,  and  that  '^in  memoriam"  of  some  of  the  be« 
loved  dead,  can  hardly  fail  to  reaoh  the  fount  of  tears. 

The  entire  volume  is  at  once  an  illustration  of  Home  Missionary  life  and  a  con- 

^Mng  aignroeDt  for  Home  Missionary  work,  and  we  shall  hereafUr  make  further  draft* 

ttpoo  its  interesting  pages.    Meanwhile,  we  commend  it  to  all  who  love  Home  Missions  ; 

*nd  if  some  of  those  generous  souls  who  love  to  distribute  good  books  will  place  a  liberal 

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suppi J  of  "  The  Iowa  Band  '*  upon  their  list,  they  may  be  sure  of  conferring  at  once 
pleasure  and  profit] 

It  is  by  no  means  proposed,  in  what  follows,  to  give  a  connected  history 
either  of  the  Iowa  Band  or  Iowa  Missions  for  the  last  twenty-five  years.  "We 
seek  only  to  review  a  scene  here  and  there,  and  pnt  on  record  a  few  facts,  which, 
while  of  interest  to  parties  concerned,  may  stand  to  the  credit  of  the  great  Home 
Missionary  work.  If  but  a  glimpse  of  home  missionary  life  can  be  presented, 
especially  of  its  inner  view,  with  its  joys  yet  not  without  its  sorrows,  our  young 
men  preparing  for  or  entering  the  ministry,  we  are  sore,  will  be  attracted  rather 
than  repelled  by  it.  If  w«  can  hold  up  a  few  clusters  gathered  as  the  fruits  of 
Home  Missions  in  Iowa,  it  may  encourage  and  stimulate  all  workers  in  this  noble 
cause  to  push  it  onward  with  increasing  vigor  wherever  there  remaineth  land 
yet  to  be  possessed. 

As  preparatory  to  what  is  now  proposed,  nothing  perhaps  will  serve  better 
than  to  contrast  the  Iowa  of  twenty -five  years  ago  with  the  Iowa  of  to-day.  By 
this  view  of  the  '^  then  and  now,"  unfolding,  as  it  must,  the  nature  of  the  field 
occupied  and  the  changes  wrought^  we  can  better  appreciate  the  causes  at  work. 
But  going  back  twenty- five  years  brings  us  co  near  the  beginning  of  all  Iowa 
history,  that  a  word  or  two  of  the  prior  period  may  not  be  amiss. 

From  1848,  we  go  back  but  ten  years  to  find  the  first  settlement  of  the  State. 
This  was  June  1,  1833.  Before  that  date,  no  white  man  had  resided  within  its 
limits,  except  the  Indian  traders  and  their  dependents,  and  a  few  who  crossed 
the  Mississippi  in  defiance  of  all  treaties. 

Of  those  who  have  labored  here  in  the  gospel,  probably  the  first  Congrega- 
tional minister  whose  privilege  it  was  to  look  over  into  this  promised  land  was 
the  Rev.  J.  A.  Reed.  He  saw  it  as  early  as  May,  1838.  His  point  of  observation 
was  a  town-site  in  IllinoiSj  called  Commerce,  consisting  then  of  one  log  cabin 
and  a  cornfield,  since  known  as  Nauvoo.  His  eye  could  just  distinguish  blufBi 
^nd  prairie,  with  timber-skirted  streams.  Gazing  on  the  prospect,  his  reflection 
^as,  that  the  land  before  him,  all  the  way  to  the  Pacific,  was  the  abode  only  of 
.-savages.    All  seemed  buried,  as  for  ages,  in  the  silence  and  sleep  of  savage  life. 

During  the  first  ten  years  of  Iowa  history,  between  1888  and  1848,  the  only 
iportion  of  the  State  open  for  settlement  was  a  strip  of  country  about  forty  miles 
twide,  and  two  hundred  miles  long,  on  the  western  bank  of  the  Mississippi.  So 
far  out  was  this  on  the  frontier,  on  the  very  borders  of  the  Indian  country,  and 
so  much  good  land  was  there  unoccupied  and  easier  of  access  between  it  and  the 
older  settlements  of  what  was  then  the  West,  that  its  population  at  first  increased 
but  slowly.  In  1838,  ^vq  years  after  its  settlement  began,  the  population  of  the 
Territory  numbered  but  22,859.  Prior  to  July  4, 1839,  Iowa  was  included  in  the 
territorial  government,  first  of  Michigan,  and  then  of  Wisconsin.  At  this  date, 
its  own  government  was  established,  embracing  in  its  limits  the  most  of  what  is 
[now  Minnesota  and  Dakota.  Its  present  boundaries  were  established  when  it 
was  admitted  into  the  Union  as  a  State,  in  1846.  In  1840,  its  population  had 
reached  42,500.  In  these  first  years,  the  country  was  but  little  developed.  Pio- 
neer hardships  and  privations  were  the  common  ezperieneo  of  the  people.  These 
were  times  in  whicb  the  brethren  tell  of  letters  lying  in  the  post-office  for  want 
•of  money  possessed,  or  to  be  borrowed,  with  which  to  pay  postage. 

The  religious  condition  of  the  people  near  the  close  of  this  first  ten  years,  as 
I  near  as  August,  1842,  is  indicated  by  the  statements  of  a  writer  in  "  The  B&tm 
.Mitsianary  "  of  that  period.  He  puts  down  the  number  of  ministers  in  the  Ter- 
irito?y,of  all  denominations,  as  42,  and  the  number  of  professing  Christians  as 


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S,133.  ^  Sappose,"  he  says,  '*  that  ten  times  this  number,  or  21,880,  come  nnder 
the  stated  or  tradTsient  inflnenee  of  the  preached  gospel,  yon  have  yet  the  as- 
tounding &ct,  that  there  are  88,070  sonls  in  the  Territory  destitute  of  the  means 
of  grace,  a  large  portion  of  whom  are  under  tl)e  withering  blight  of  all  sorts  of 
pernicious  error/' 

Among  the  errors  allnded  to  was  Mormonism.  Its  headquarters  were  at 
Kanvoo,  III.  The  town-site  with  its  one  log  cabin  of  ten  years  ngo  had  now  be- 
come a  city  of  Latter-day  Saints,  claiming  from  16,000  to  18,000  people.  All  the 
males  were  under  military  drill,  the  men  in  one  division,  and  the  boys  in  an- 
other, to  the  number,  it  was  said,  of  8,000.  There  was  not  a  school  in  the  place. 
About  this  time  Mormonism  was  sanguine.  Its  apostles  were  everywhere, 
trtversiag  the  new  settlements  with  a  zeal  and  suc^sess  at  once  astonishing  and 
alanning.  Infidelity,  too,  was  presenting  a  bold  front  under  the  leadership  of 
Abner  Eneeland,  first  known  in  Vermont  as  a  Universalist  minister,  afterwards 
m  Boston  as  an  atheist.  He  had  settled  with  a  band  of  his  followers,  male  and 
female,  upon  the  banks  of  the  Des  Moines,  to  mould,  if  possible,  the  fiiith  of  the 
new  settlers  by  "  substituting,"  as  one  has  sold,  "  P«ne*s  *Age  of  Beason  '  for 
the  fiunily  Bible,  the  dance  for  the  prayer  meeting,  and  the  holiday  for  the  Sab- 
bath." Of  the  minraters  and  Christians  spoken  of  as  in  the  Territory  near  the 
dose  of  the  first  ten  years,  a  rery  few  only  were  of  the  Congregational  order. 

The  first  Congregational  ministers  that  explored  this  field  were  the  Rev.  Asa 
Turner  and  the  Rev.  William  Kirby.  This  they  did  in  May,  1836.  They  found, 
M  the  principal  settlements.  Fort  Madison,  Burlington,  Farmington,  Yellow 
Springy  Davenport,  and  Pleasant  Valley.  Had  they  continued  their  tour  north- 
ward fiur  enough,  they  would  have  found  Dubuque,  with  some  other  little  settle- 
ments scattered  here  and  there.  The  first  resident  Congregational  minister  In 
fte  State  was  the  Rev.  W.  A.  Apt^orp,  who  came  in  th«  fall  of  1886.  He 
preached  for  a  year  or  two,  mostly  at  Fort  Madison  and  Denmark.  At  Den- 
mark, the  first  Congregational  church  in  Iowa  was  formed,  May  5, 1888.  The 
ministers  present  were  Messrs.  Turner,  Reed,  and  Apthorp.  Denmark  was  then 
about  two  years  old,  with  a  few  log  cabins  and  a  frame  building,  20  by  24,  which 
served  as  a  school-house  and  meeting-house,  partly  finished.  The  church  was 
organized  with  thirty- two  members.  Every  New-England  State  but  one  was 
represented  in  it  Immediately  on  the  organization  of  the  church,  Mr.  Tnrner 
was  invited  to  take  charge  of  it ;  and  the  Invitation  was,  after  a  few  weeks,  ac- 
cepted. Mr.  Apthorp  was  soon  called  to  Illinois,  and  Mr.  Turner  was  left  the 
only  Congregational  minister  in  the  State.  So  intimately  connected  with  the 
history  of  onr  churches  in  after  years  did  the  church  at  Denmark  and  its  pastor 
beenuM,  that  Denrowrk  is  regarded  as  the  cradle  of  Congregationalism  in  Iowa ; 
»d  to  the  revered  pastor  who  so  long  labored  there,  the  Iowa  ministry  have 
given,  by  common  consent,  the  appellation  of  '*  Father  Turner.*'  He  did  not 
Isng  stand  alone.  Others  came  to  his  help,  bnt  not  enough  to  supply  the  wants 
of  even  the  slowly-developing  country  around  them.  In  a  few  years,  the  popu- 
lation began  to  increase  more  rapidly.  The  openings  ibr  labor  became  m<Mre  nu- 
acTDns,  but.  the  men  to  occupy  the  new  fields  eame  not  These  were  weary 
ytars,  in  which  the  few  brethren  here  explored  the  field,  reported  its  wants,  and 
tSiem  labored  on  without  re-enforcement  This  they  did  till  hope  deferred  not 
coly  made  the  heart  sick,  but  made  them  almost  despur.  But  at  last,  as  we 
have  teen,  help  came. 

Twcniy-five  years  ngo,  what  is  now  the  State  of  Iowa  was  a  Territoty,  whose 
chattered  settlements  were  mostly  confined  to  the  narrow  strip  of  country  before 


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mentioiiecl.  The  northern  and  western  portions  of  it  were  still  in  the  possession 
of  the  Indians.  It  was  only  a  little  farther  west,  abont  to  the  &ntre  of  the  State, 
that  the  Indian  title  was  eztingnished  in  October,  1848.  Now  the  State  stretches 
from  the  Mississippi  to  the  Missouri,  taking  in  a  belt  of  land  measuring  from 
north  to  sonth  nearly  800  miles.  Traversing  the  eastern  portion  of  it  are  five 
noble  rivers,  nearly  equidistant  from  and  parallel  to  each  other,  running  in  a 
south-easterly  direction  to  the  Mississippi ;  while  on  the  western  slope  of  the 
State  are  other  rivers,  with  their  tributaries,  tending  to  the  Missouri  With  this 
area  of  55,000  square  miles,  situated  in  the  very  heart  of  our  oountry,  embracing 
a  variety  of  climate,  bounded  and  intersected  by  the  noblest  rivers  of  the 
continent,  Iowa  is  equal  to  any  of  her  sister  States  in  the  richness  of  her  soil,  and 
more  favored  than  some  of  them  in  the  extent  of  her  forests.  Her  water-courses 
abound  with  facilities  for  the  manufacturer.  Her  mines  of  lead  and  coal,  and 
her  quarries  of  marble,  are  exhaustless  sources  of  wealth.  It  is  indeed  a  goodly 
land :  so  the  thousands  who  have  found  a  home  on  its  soil  have  esteemed  it. 

The  growth  of  its  population,  though  slow  at  first,  has  in  later  years  been 
truly  wonderful.  In  1848,  there  were  but  about  Y0,000  people  in  the  State ; 
now  there  are  over  1,000,000.  In  cities  where  then  there  were  but  a  few  hun- 
dreds, now  there  are  thousands,  and  in  some  oases  tens  of  thonsanda.  Twenty- 
five  years  ago,  a  father  in  the  ministry  was  calling  with  one  of  the  Band  on  a 
family  in  the  field  of  his  labor.  Wishing  to  impress  both  the  family  and  the 
youthful  minister  with  the  grandeur  of  the  Christian  work  in  a  new  country,  he 
remarked  on  this  wise :  *'  I  have  no  doubt  that  the  day  will  come,  some  time, 
that,  within  a  region  of  ten  mUes  aroupd  the  place  where  we  now  stand,  there 
will  be  as  many  as  10,000  people.'^  The  prophecy  at  the  time  seemed  almost 
startling.  But  that  family  is  still  living  where  they  then  were ;  and,  within  the 
region  alluded  to,  the  people  now  are  numbered  by  more  than  three  times  tea 
thousand,  while  the  two  ministers  are  still  living,  the  older  and  the  younger  be- 
holding in  wonder  the  advancing  growth.  Meantime,  as  might  be  expected,  the 
development  of  the  State  as  a  whole  has  been  wonderful.  The  Iowa  of  to-day 
rivals  many  an  older  State  in  agricultural  and  mechanical  productions ;  while 
her  coal-beds  and  her  quarries  are  proving  souroes  of  unexpected  wealth,  and  her 
mines  of  lead  show  no  signs  of  exhaustion.  Her  advance  in  all  the  arts  and 
achievements  of  civilized  life  has  been  rapid.  There  is  no  better  index,  perhaps, 
of  the  development  of  a  country  than  its  facilities  of  travel,  and,  especially  in 
these  latter  days,  the  number  and  location  of  its  railroads.  A  glance  shows  how 
marked  has  been  the  progress  in  this  respect. 

Twenty -five  years  ago,  the  nearest  approach  by  rail  from  the  East  was  the 
city  of  Buffalo.  Travelers  that  would  see  the  then  Far  West,  just  opening  on  this 
the  farther  side  of  the  Mismssippi,  were  compelled,  for  the  most  part,  to  cro» 
over  in  skifb,  fiat-boats,  or  horse-boats.  At  one  point  only  was  there  a  steam- 
ferry.  The  mode  of  travel  then  was  mostly  on  foot  or  horseback,  guided  often 
by  Indian  trails  or  blazed  trees.  Bridgeless  streams  and  sometimes  bottomless 
slonghs  were  to  be  crossed. , 

Many  are  the  incidents  and  adventures  which  the  members  of  the  Band  and 
the  older  ministers  have  to  recount  to  their  children  and  to  one  another  of  the 
days  in  one  sense  so  recent,  in  another  so  long  ago,  as  they  apeak  of  their  eoxlj 
explorations  in  looking  over  their  fields  and  hunting  up  the  people.  But  these 
things  have  passed.  Bailroads  have  come.  No  less  than  five  railroad  bridges 
aeross  the  Mississippi  are  or  are  being  o<mstructed,  over  which  the  iron  horse 
comes  to  find  here  a  fresh  pasture-ground  for  his  wide  roaming.    From  these 


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five  points  starfc  five  main  roads,  crossing  tlie  State  from  east  to  west.  Like  her 
five  prinoipal  rivers,  thej  are  abont  equi-distant  from,  and  in  the  main  parallel 
to,  eaoii  otJier.  Two  of  them  already  form  the  Iowa  links  in  the  great  Pacifip 
Bonte,  and  others  are  pressing  on.  Meantime,  from  north  to  south,  roads  are 
projected,  and  parts  of  them  completed ;  girlng  promise,  at  no  distant  day,  of  a 
railroad  system  at  once  complete  and  adequate.  In  the  aggregate,  about  1,400 
miles  of  railroad  are  already  in  operation, — an  extent  nearly  if  not  quite  equal  to 
idl  the  raflroads  in  the  whole  country  twenty-five  years  ago.  The  whistle  of 
the  engine  is  &st  becomiii^  a  familiar  sound  to  the  children  of  Iowa. 

The  rivers,  of  course,  have  been  bridged,  and  carriage-roads  have  been  made,  a» 
the  necessities  of  the  people  have  required.  Twenty^five  years  ago,  the  only  public 
buildings  of  Iowa  were  a  rickety  penitentiary  and  a  very  ordinary  State  House : 
now,  aU  over  the  State  are  scattered  her  public  institutions  of  all  sorts, — ^homes 
for  the  orphan,  asylums  for  the  blind,  the  insane,  and  the  deaf  and  dumb.  Her 
present  Oapitol  stands  in  a  city  claiming  a  population  of  15,000,  where,  at  the 
ooming  of  the  Band,  there  was  but  a  fort,  seldom  reached,  so  far  was  it  in  the 
betrt  of  the  Indian  country.  In  ad^tion  to  her  State  University,  whose  annual 
income  exceeds  $25,000,  her  Agricultural  College  generously  endowed,  and  a 
ijitem  (tf  common  schools  munificently  provided  for,  there  are,  among  her 
citizens,  schools  and  colleges  established  by  Christian  enterprise,  already  standing 
high  among  the  best  institutions  of  the  land.  Thus,  as  by  magic,  in  a  few  years 
hts  the  wilderness  been  peopled.  That  profound  sleep  in  which,  when  the  first 
Congregational  minister  gazed  upon  it,  the  whole  region  seemed  wrapped,  has 
been  broken.  Towns,  villages,  cities,  have  sprung  up,  where,  but  a  little  while 
igo,  no  trace  of  civilization  was  visible.  With  all  this  growth,  giving  life  and 
vitality  to  it,  hare  sprung  up  churches  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  We  will  not 
speak  of  these  now ;  but,  when  in  the  proper  place  we  do,  we  shall  find  that  here 
tke  tens  have  given  place  to  hundreds,  and  hundreds  to  thousands. 

Twenty-five  years  ago,  Iowa  was  almost  unknown,  and  its  character  a  blank : 
now  its  finme  is  at  once  world-wide  and  enviable.  Then  it  was  only  a  frontier 
Territory,  containing,  in  the  eye  of  the  nation,  but  a  few  scattered  homes  of  wild 
adventurers :  now  it  is  a  State ;  and  a  State,  too,  of  no  mean  rank  in  the  cluster 
of  States.  Welcoming,  from  the  fii'st,  to  her  soil  the  principles  of  education, 
liberty,  and  religion,  that  have  traveled  westward  from  tJie  land  of  the  Pilgrims; 
sending  them,  in  due  time,  to  the  opening  plains  of  Kansas  and  Nebraska ;  say- 
ing to  the  dark  spirit  of  the  South,  t^at  was  ever  struggling  to  press  its  way 
northward,  '*  Thus  far  and  no  fiirther;'' joining  hands,  in  the  mean  time,  with 
her  sister  States  of  the  North  and  the  Northwest  In  a  friendly  rivalry  to  develop 
«id  protect  every  noble  interest  and  true,— she  stands  forth  with  the  proud  in- 
wri[rtion  already  on  her  brow,  '^The  Massachusetts  of  the  West, "—an  inscription 
pUoed  there,  not  as  in  self-glorying,  by  her  own  sons,  but  by  friends  abroad,  as 
tbey  have  seen  the  freedom  of  her  people,  her  schools,  and  her  churches,  watched 
the  integrity  and  wisdom  of  her  legislators,  felt  her  power  in  the  councils  of  the 
Mtion,  and  especially  as  they  have  marked  her  noble  record  in  the  hour  of  the 
Aation*8  peril.  She  was  ever  prompt  with  her  fall  quota  of  men  and  means,  and 
^»  mindfiil  of  her  soldiers  in  the  field  and  their  families  at  home.  Of  all  her 
ristdt  States,  none  were  more  lavish  in  these  respects  than  she ;  and  yet  she  was 
the  only  one  of  them  all  to  come  ont  at  the  close  of  the  war  with  her  liabilities 
canceled,  and  free  of  debt.  Nor  has  she  since  been  untrue  to  the  character  then 
Mmed:  she  has  made  the  path  of  fireedom  broad  enough  to  include  all  her  citl- 
and.  in  every  case  in  which  theee  United  States  have  been  called  to  pro- 


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nounoe  upon  aoj  of  the  issues  of  the  times,  she  has  stood  shoulder  to  shoulder 
OQ  the  side  of  progress  with  the  noblest  of  them  all.  Such  is  the  Iowa  of  to-daj. 
Looking  at  things  as  thej  now  are,  we  can  hardly  believe  that  thej  are  &e  out- 
growth of  the  things  few  and  feeble  of  twenty-five  years  ago.  But  so  it  is.  There 
have  been  causes  for  this.    Where  and  what  are  they  ? 

The  growth  of  a  State,  free  and  mighty,  as  are  those  <^  the  Northwest,  is  a 
grand  event.  It  stands  forth  as  the  result,  not  of  one  cause,  but  of  a  thousand. 
Prominent  among  them,  to  say  the  least,  is  the  go^el  of  Jesus  Christ,  the  mes- 
sage of  God  to  man  by  his  Son,  It  is  the  preaching  of  this  gospel,  with  the  in- 
fluences and  institutions  it  includes,  that,  entering  into  the  individual,  domestic, 
social,  and  civil  life,  gives  (^aracter  and  prosperity  to  the  State.  To  prove  a 
proposition  like  this  is  no  part  of  the  present  object ;  nor,  with  the  history  of  our 
country  before  us,  is  it  needful  It  is  to  the  preachers,  teachers,  and  upholders 
of  the  gospel  in  Iowa,  we  are  bold  to  affirm,  that  she  is  in  co  small  degree  in- 
debted for  what  she  is. 

Somewhat  i^ominent  among  these  are  the  Congregational  ministers  and 
churches  of  the  State.  With  here  and  there  an  exception,  these  ehnrches  have 
all  felt  the  ISostering  care  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Sodety,-*-a  Society 
which  is  more  than  its  President,  its  Executive  Committee,  and  its  Secr^ariea. 
Be  it  ours,  then,  in  this  chapter,  to  set  Ibrth  the  workers  here ;  not  the  Home 
Missionaries  only,  but  their  helpers  also, — all  who  have  given  or  prayed  in  aid  of 
thb  work,  or  sympathized  with  them  in  it  If  Home  Missions  can  show  a  re- 
cord of  honor  in  Iowa,  let  the  honor  be  shared  by  all  who  should  participate  in 
it,  and  let  the  joys  of  it  be  wide-spread  and  mutual. 

The  grand  central  figure,  however,  around  which  the  picture  must  be  drawn, 
is  the  Home  Missionary  himself.  Look  at  him  as  he  is,  or  rather  as  he  was, 
twenty-fire  years  ago.  We  have  a  young  man  without  family,  and,  with  possibly 
here  and  there  an  exception,  without  friends,  in  the  new  Territory  to  which  he 
has  come.  His  property  inventories  a  fsw  books,  the  clothes  he  wears^  hb  trusty 
horse,  and  a  debt  at  the  Seminary.  On  a  beautifnl  morning,  as  beautiful  as  the 
light,  which  b  glorious,  and  the  air,  which  is  bracing,  oan  make  it^  he  is  riding 
out  from  his  home,  over  the  prairies,  into  the  surrounding  settlements.  He  is  in 
the  ardor  of  youth;  yet  all  things  just  now  seem  neither  very  bright,  beautifU, 
nor  hopeful.  The  prairies,  at  first  so  fascinating  in  their  novelty,  by  fiuniliarity 
have  grown  tame  and  unattractive.  They  are  now  actnaUy  dreary,  with  their 
verdure  stifened  by  the  frosta  of  autumn,  or  burned  to  blackness  by  autumnal 
fires. 

The  poetry  of  Western  lifSs  and  home  missionao^y  labor  is  Hat  changing  to 
fact.  The  fires  of  a  new  experience  are  passing  over  him.  What  wonder  now 
if  his  ride  be  somewhat  lonely,  and  his  thoughts  fiow  in  a  serious,  almost  sad- 
dened mood,  as  he  queries  with  himself:  ^^What  do  I  here?  I  came  here  to 
preach;  but  tiiere  are  no  meeting-houses  and  no  churches.  But  few  people  care 
about  my  commg,  going,  or  staying.  Among  them  all,  who  is  there  to  lean 
upon?  Nothing  is  organized.  The  materials  are  heterogeneotis  and  discordant 
There  are  no  counselors  near,  no  precedents,  no  established  cu^ms.  With 
some  denominations  there  are  set  rules  and  directions ;  the  way  is  marked  out : 
this  is  of  some  advantage,  at  least.  Some  ^nominations,  too,  are  popular :  mine 
is  not;  is,  indeed,  bnt  little  known,  and  many  are  prejudiced  against  it  I  am 
to  work  here  alone.  In  case  of  sickness,  or  general  failure  of  health,  what  tbeu  ? 
Poreign  Missionsries  are  provided  for  in  this  respect,  but  Home  Missionaries  are 
not    Who  is  so  little  supported  from  without  as  a  Home  Missionary?    Who  is 


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pat  so  much  upon  liis  self-reliance  f  And  on  whom  does  the  whole  work  in  which 
be  is  engaged  so  hang?  And  now,  an  inexperienced  yonth,  what  do  I  here? 
What  IS  my  life-work  to  he  f  " 

Oh,  from  the  depths  of  how  many  hearts  hare  these  questions  come  up  here 
in  Iowa,  and  in  all  tlie  newer  missionary  fields  of  the  West  1  How  often,  haying 
left  home  and  friends,  church-steeples,  and  the  soand  of  churoh-goiDg  bells,  be- 
Imid  him,  and  gcme  towards  the  setting  snn  till  he  found  himself  single-handed 
sad  alone  on  the  very  firontiors  of  dvilization,  has  the  Home  Missionary  in  per- 
I^exity  asked,  ''What  do  I  here?"  And  how  often  has  the  question  found  an 
answer  in  some  moment  of  loneliness  and  sadness,  when,  in  the  absence  of  all 
haman  stays  and  sympathies,  t'he  sonl  has  been  thrown  upon  God,  and,  for  the 
time,  the  whole  being,  the  whole  world  eyen,  has  become  as  the  holy  of  holies, 
filled  with  the  XHrine  presence! 

Then  it  is  seen  that  there  is  wotk  enough  anywhere ;  and  there  is  faith  and 
courage  to  do  it.  It  is  thus  that  to  the  lonely  missionary  rider  there  springs  up  a 
light,  and  Tisions  brighter  than  the  brightness  of  the  morning.  Qod  never 
seemed  in  his  fullness  to  fill  all  things  more  than  now  in  the  surrounding  soli- 
tudes. In  a  few  years  he  sees  that  the  Tirgin  soil  around  him,  with  as  yet  no 
trace  upon  it  save  here  and  there  a  bridle-path,  is  to  take  on  the  fraits  of  hus- 
baidry  and  toil ;  homes  are  soon  to  cover  it;  the  silent  forest  is  to  be  peopled, 
and  the  rirers^  banks  are  to  be  thronged  with  artisans.  For  the  people's  need, 
for  the  glory  of  God,  and  that  the  land  may  be  Ohrist's,  he  sees  that  spiritual 
seed  must  here  be  sown,  and  spiritual  harvests  reaped.  "•  Here,"  he  exclaims, 
"is  my  work  I  With  God  for  my  counselor,  and  taking  the  customs,  precedents, 
and  rules  of  his  Word  for  my  guide,  here  will  I  live  and  labor,  and  here  will 
I  die." 

Tes,  noble  Iowa,  nlany  are  the  germs  of  life-labor  that  thus  have  been  set 
within  thee  I  Out  of  them,  many  are  the  years  of  patient  toil  and  work  that 
have  been  given  thee  by  those  who  brought  salvation  on  their  tongues,  whose 
feet  trod  the  rude  dwellings  of  thy  pioneerSi  who,  in  the  ruder  school-houses, 
first  gathered  thy  children  together  to  teach  them  the  ways  of  the  Lord,  and 
whose  very  lives  have  fiowed  out  into  the  industry,  the  thrift,  the  virtue,  and 
the  integrity  of  thy  people.  When  as  a  young  man  thou  r^oicest  in  thy  strength, 
forget  not  by  what  powers  thy  sinews  have  been  knit ;  from  whom,  in  a  measure 
at  least,  the  currents  of  tfay  life  have  been  fed. 

Iowa  owes  a  debt  even  to  the  humble  Home  Missionary ;  but  not  to  him 
alone;  for  with  him,  in  him,  and  through  him,  she  has  felt  the  power  of  thou- 
aaads  besides^  That  miaskmary  entered  upon  his  work  with  a  commission, — a 
bosbeas-like  doenment,  sending  him  out,  perhaps,  to  find  a  field,  or  a  place  in 
which  to  make  one;  drawing  out,  somewhat  in  detail,  the  nature  of  the  duties 
e^^oiaed,  with  the  requisition  of  quarterly  reports  to  be  made,  and  the  promise 
of  peouiary  aid  in  a  certain  sum  stipulated :  all  duly  signed  by  accredited  agents 
^-the  Secretaries  of  the  Homa  Missionary  Society.  Accordingly,  laboring 
tlooQgh  the  months  of  the  first  quarter,  hunting  up  the  lost  sheep  of  the  bonse  of 
larael,  sowing  seed  as  he  may  beside  all  waters,  with  somewhat  of  trembling  at 
the  little  accomplished,  he  makes  his  first  report,  and  labors  on. 

In  due  time,  by  the  trl- weekly  or  bi-weddy  mall,  there  comes  to  him  a  letter 
with  the  Society ^s  hnprint,— the  first  from  New  York.  The  twenty-five  cents  of 
P<^*^  are  paid,  and  tiie  seal  broken.  There  before  him  is  his  first  missionary 
^^—good,  in  the  old  times,  as  so  much  gold.  It  seems  to  him  as  almost  sacred ; 
for  whence  comes  it?    Of  the  West  he  has  heard  from  his  youth.    He  knows 


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how  the  old  folks  at  home,  the  fietthera  and  the  mothers,  the  brothers  and  the 
sisters  too,  are  prajing  and  giving  for  the  West;  and  now  he  is  here,  a  receiver 
of  their  bonnties.  Throngh  him  is  the  answer  of  their  prajers  to  find  a  chan- 
nel; a  new  tie  is  felt  between  him  and  them.  These  are  allies  in  the  work,  re- 
cognized now  as  never  before.  He  must  be  faithfol  at  his  post,  to  the  duties  of 
which  he  commits  himself  with  a  new  consecration.  This  is  not  alL  That  first 
letter  is  no  mere  off-hand  bnsiness  note,  with  the  simple  anthoritj-  to  draw  so 
much  money.  There  is  appended  a  message  of  cheer,  of  warm  Christian  greet- 
ing and  encouragement  That  message  by  the  Secretary's  own  pen  is  as  the 
hand-grasp  of  a  ifriend.  By  it,  henceforth,  the  yonthfnl  laborer  feels  that  there 
are  indeed  loving  human  sympathies  with  him,  as  he  stands  in  this  holy  brother* 
hood  of  the  mission  work.  He  is  a  Home  Missionary,  the  Secretaries,  the  patrons 
of  the  Society,  those  who  give  and  pray, — all  are  as  one,  and  in  one  work. 

Yes,  ye  donors,— ye  men  of  wealth  who  have  given  your  thousands,  ye 
widows  in  Israel  who  have  bronght  your  two  mites,  all  ye  who  have  given  or 
prayed, — ^in  all  the  fruits  of  Home  Missiims  at  the  West,  you  are  sharers. 

And  you  who  with  noble  hearts  have  stood  between  the  giv«rs  and  the 
workers, — allow  us  who  once  were  young,  and  now  look  back  upon  our  quarter- 
century  labors,  to  give  expression  to  the  debt  of  gratitude  we  owe  to  you^ 
and  especially  to  the  Senior  among  you,  then  in  the  prime  of  his  life,  and  still 
fSuthfnl  at  his  post.  Could  his  brief  messages  of  cheer  in  missionary  correa* 
pondence,  scattered  all  over  Iowa  in  her  ea]ilerday8,be  gathered  together,  what 
a  volume  they  would  make  t  Could  it  but  be  seen  what  courage  and  energy  they 
inspired,  how  rich  a  reward  would  there  be  in  it  for  him !  Nor  Will  we  forget 
his  noble  colleague  of  the  earlier  days,  now  gone  to  his  reward.  Gk)  on,  then, 
brethren  at  the  Home  Missionary  Rooms,  in  these  words  of  your  cheer !  You 
little  know  what  power  there  is  in  them  sometimes  in  the  hearts  and  homes 
of  those  at  the  outposts  of  home  missionary  toil. 


MISSIONARY  INTELLIGENOE. 


OAIilFOBNIA. 

Frwn  Rev.  W,  L,  Jonea^  SotOh  San  Juan, 
Monieriy  Co, 

*'  Teaohinff  Frteirta '»  WantmL 

It  is  difiScult  for  one  whose  life  has 
been  spent  in  our  New  England  congre- 
gations to  appreciate  the  disadvantages 
under  which  Home  Missionaries  often 
labor.  In  my  earlier  work  in  this  State, 
I  found  many  in  my  congregations,  from 
some  parts  of  our  own  and  from  other 
lands,  who  had  had  very  little  religious 
instruction.  It  did  not  take  long  to 
learn  that  some  things  which  elsewhere 
we  might  assume  to  be  known,  needed 
to  be  stated,  as  if  new,  in  the  plain- 


est and  fdllest  terms.  The  *^  teaching 
priest  ^  mentioned  in  the  IGth  chapter 
of  2d  Cbron.,  and  not  t^e  preaching 
priest,  for  whom  there  is  so  much  de- 
mand, is  what  is  wanted,  after  all. 

I  med  to  wonder,  when  a  boy,  at 
Peter's  sermon,  in  Acts,  telling  at  euoh 
length  what  every  body  was  supposed  to 
know.  I  thought  oar  modem  preaobert 
were  far  before  him.  I  now  wonder 
that  more  sermons  have  not  been  made 
after  the  same  model 

But  there  is  another  trouble.  People 
who  have  lived  in  Christian  communi- 
ties, and  have  been  regular  attendants 
at  church,  have  stall  very  vague  or 
erroneous  ideas  of  religion.    For^gn 


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munonaries  saj  that  often  their  hearers 
have  a  rery  different  idea  belonging  to 
the  word  they  hare  taught,  so  that  their 
exhortations  only  confirm  them  in  evil. 
Home  missioDaries  have  the  same  tron- 
Ue  sometimes.  They  hear  men  say  they 
oljeot  to  religion;  when  they  only 
otject  to  certain  wordy  rhapsodies  that 
hare  no  control  oyer  the  life.  They 
know  no  other  meaning  to  the  term. 
Peq>]e  say  they  haye,  or  often  have  had^ 
reUgion,  when  they  have  only  had  a 
sort  of  intermittent  habit  which  made 
tiiem  come  np  like  whales  to  the  snrface, 
to  roll  and  "  blow "  awhile,  and  then 
descend  to  pass  long  periods  in  tin- 
known  depth?. 

0  for  the  ''  teaching  priest  ^  of  old,  to 
give  people  oorrect  definitions  as  well 
IS  fervid  appeals ;  to  pot  them  on  the 
track  before  they  get  np  steam.  The 
ladL  of  this  all  over  car  land  makes 
dow  work  ibr  onr  frontier  dmrohes. 


From  Hev,    G,  jB.  JSUis,  Peicadero,  San 
Mateo  Co. 

Building  tor  the  Future. 

We  are  enconraged  to  labor  here,  not 
•0  mnch  for  what  it,  as  for  what  it  to 
le. 

This  charming  valley,  and  the  region 
roond  abont  it,  is  one  of  the  most  fertile 
under  the  snn.  It  is  capable  of  sustain- 
bg,  and  most  eventnally  have,  many 
times  its  present  population.  It  is  com- 
paratively near  onr  great  commercial 
ceoter ,  has  a  most  salnbrions  climate, 
and  only  one  obatade  between  it  ;and 
tba  hi^^ieat  degree  of  prosperity— that 
presented  by  the  ^Ooast  Range; ''  and 
ev«n  this  is  likely,  before  long,  to  be 
overcome.  When  this  result  is  aooom- 
pHsbed,  and  these  rich  fiuming  and 
graalng  lands  are  offered  fbr  sale,  as 
they  moat  be  eventually,  then  I  tmst  it 
win  appear  that  theae  yeara  of  patient 
working  and  waiting  have  not  been  in 
vtfn.  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  onr 
ample  and  oommodiooa  ohnrch  bnild- 
isg  wta  erected  in  antidpatkm  of  this 


time,  and  in  this  respect  we  are  well 
prepared  for  any  anticipated  increase 
of  population. 

The  By-ways. 

There  are  several  isolated  districts 
lying  within  a  radius  of  ten  or  twelve 
miles  around  Pescadero,  which  are,  to 
a  great  extent,  deprived  of  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  gospel.  It  seems  to  me 
exactly  in  accordance  with  the  design 
of  our  missionary  work  to  carry  the 
word  of  life  to  them.  I  have  of  late, 
and  as  far  as  practicable,  acted  in  ac« 
cordance  with  this  conviction,  and,  in 
the  several  localities  which  I  have 
visited,  have  found  the  people  attentive 
listeners,  and  eager  to  have  regular 
preaching  among  them.  In  one  place 
they  have  taken  steps  to  put  up  a  suita- 
ble building,  in  which  to  hold  public 
services,  and  think  it  will  be  easy  to 
accomplish  the  plan,  provided  I  can 
preach  for  them  at  regular  intervals. 
I  thank  God  that  there  is  a  call  for 
the  gospel  in  these  by-ways ;  and  may 
the  divine  Spirit  accompany  it  to  these 
remote  places  with  life  and  salvation ! 


WYOXmOK 

From  Riv.  J,  D,  Davii^  Cheytmne, 
Xuet  Hare  a  BeU. 

We  need  a  bell  for  our  church.  We 
do  not  know  how  to  get  along  without 
it.  There  nner  was  a  place  before  that 
needed  a  bell  so  much  I  There  is  only 
one  bell  in  town — a  small  affair  hnng 
on  a  frame.  It  has  not  rung  on  the 
same  time  twice  in  two  months.  It 
never  rings  unless  the  Episcopalians 
have  service. 

This  people  do  need  a  bell  to  remind 
them,  when  Sabbath  oomes,  that  there 
is  a  house  for  the  worship  of  (Jod.  We 
must  have  a  bell.  We  have  two  kinds 
of  time  here — ^railroad  or  Omaha  time, 
on  which  all  the  trains  and  hotels  are 
run,  and  city  time,  86  minutes  slower ; 
and  the  timepieces  in  town  range  all  the 
way  between.    The  result  is  that  my 


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ooDgregation  don't  know  when  tbej 
are  ponctnal.  Part  of  them  eome  every 
Sabbath  morning  and  evening,  half  ao 
hour  too  early,  and  part  half  an  hour 
too  late !  With  the  Sabbath  school  and 
prayer  meetings  it  is  abont  the  same. 
It  13  almost  beyond  endurance.  Yes, 
we  must  have  a  bell. 

It  is  absolutely  impossible  to  raise 
any  thing  at  present  here  for  a  bell,  out- 
side of  our  own  weak  band,  who  have 
lifted  so  heavily  the  last  year.  The 
other  church  edifices  which  have  been 
crowded  in  here  this  summer  have 
drawn  on  every  body,  until  it  seems  as 
if  one-half  the  men  here  will  stoear  if 
church  is  mentioned  to  them.  We  need 
a  600  lb.  Troy  bell.  It  will  take  over 
$300  to  lay  it  down  here.  I  had  rather 
go  to  work  and  earn  that  money  than  to 
try  to  beg  it  Can  you  not  find  some 
friend  or  friends,  some  church  or 
churches,  who  can  send  us  a  Memorial 
Offering  of  a  bell,  which  shall  take  up 
the  peals  of  New  England  and  bear  them 
over  to  the  Pacific?  A  bell  we  must 
have  I 


WBBRAflTfA. 

From  Rev.   A.    Drener^   Linwood,  Butler 
County, 

The  Ziiffht  ShixiM. 

At  a  late  church  meeting  there  was 
present  a  teacher  from  another  State, 
whose  parents  reside  here.  She  thus 
expressed  her  joy  in  finding  what  Grod 
had  done:  ** Tears  ago  there  was  no 
Sabhath  school  here,  no  Sabbath,  no 
family  altar,  no  Toice  of  prayer ;  all  was 
dark.  Kow  I  find  a  light  here  and  a 
light  there;  the  Sabbath  school,  the 
stated  ordinanees  of  the  church,  a  min- 
ister of  the  gospel  residing  among  yon, 
my  sister  and  my  adopted  brother  now 
about  to  take  the  vows  of  Qod  upon 
them,  and  the  family  altar  erected  at 
home  t  Your  light  shines.  I  heard  the 
good  news  far,  fox  away,  and  my  soul 


exulting  exclaims,  *^What  hath  Gk>d 
wrought  I" 

Getting'  Homes. 

The  population  is  ocMutantly  increse- 
ing,  but  the  homesteads  are  usually 
taken  by  those  who  never  had  a  home, 
and  as  a  general  thing  their  all  Is  spent 
in  getting  to  and  securing  their  land. 
It  is  marvelous  to  see  what  inoonvan- 
ienoe  they  will  subject  themselves  to, 
what  deprivations  th^  will  endure,  in 
hope  of  a  home !  Frequently  days  and 
weeks  are  spent  in  a  covered  wagon  or 
a  cloth-tent,  till  a  house  can  be  reared 
or  dug  out;  and  then  one  nnacoustomed 
to  Western  prairie  life  would  never 
imagine  that  these  piles  of  logs  covered 
with  prairie  grass,  or  those  heaps  of 
earth  or  sods,  could  be  the  tenements  of 
the  heirs  of  €k)d  and  jointrheirs  with 
Jeans  Christ.  Surely  there  is  a  contrast 
between  these  and  the  Bible  descrip- 
tions of  the  "  home  beyond  the  grave." 
Ought  not  this  readiness  to  endure  in 
securing  an  earthly  home,  to  put  to 
shame  all  murmurings  at  hardships  en- 
dured in  the  service  of  Him  who  be- 
came homeless  that  we  might  have  a 
home ! 


VIirNBSOTA. 

From  Rw,   E,  P.  Dada^  Maz^ipa,    Wa^ 
Ixuhaw  Co, 

A  KlBgled  Gap. 

The  quarter  has  been  one  of  mingled 
joy  and  sorrow :  of  Joy,  because  Christ 
seems  more  precious  than  ever,  as  the 
sun  appears  more  brilliant  coming  from 
hehind  the  dark  dond;  of  sorrow, 
because  of  death  in  our  h(ane.  My 
wiki*a  mother,  Mrs.  £li£a  M.  Taggard, 
died  on  tiie  0th  of  July,  aged  75  yean. 
Her  relig^n  was  eminently  of  a  misnon- 
ary  character.  Thirty-eight  years  ago, 
after  listening  to  one  of  yovr  miaston- 
ariet  on  the  snhjeot  of  missions,  she  felt 
ao  deeply  that  she  gave  all  that  shs  had. 
It  was  not  money,  she  had  none  :  it  was 


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her  onlj  thM^  a  daagbter,  three  jears 
of  age.  She  then  and  there  asked  God 
to  cofiTert  her,  and  prepare  her  for 
labor  in  his  kiDgdom.  God  accepted 
the  gift)  and  that  daughter  is  a  faithful 
laborer  in  this  field.  Her  death  was 
one  of  peace  and  joy.  Oar  home  is 
lonely,  but  we  are  happy  in  Christ 

We  like  our  field,  and  God  blesses 
our  kbors.  The  interest  does  not  abate. 
The  attendance  on  church  and  Sabbath 
school  is  good. 


IOWA« 

f^cm  Rev.  J.  R,  Upton^  Okobcji^  I>icJcin$on 
County, 

The  Tint  Servloe. 
Yesterday  I  preached  the  first  ser- 
mon ever  preached  in  this  new  village, 
in  the  fireight-room  of  a  dommodions 
and  elegant  depot,  seven  miles  west  of 
Cherokee.  There  were  some  thirty  or 
forty  In  sttendanoe,  and  at  the  close 
several  brethren  held  a  meeting  to  con- 
sider the  expediency  of  organizing  a 
^ordi  at  Cherokee,  which  it  was  voted 
to  do.  Three  important  railroad  points 
wHl  be  embraced  within  its  bounds. 
It  win  start  with  a  goodly  number,  and 
has  many  reasons  to  ezpeet  an  nnnsn- 
illy  rapid  growth,  should  it  soon  se- 
eare  the  services  of  an  able  and  de- 
voted minister.  Such  a  minister  win 
reeeive  a  hearty  weloome  and  find  a 
field  of  much  promise. 

VMktnres  of  the  Ooontry. 

The  whole  region  is  one  of  great 
beauty  and  containa  sure  elements  of 
wealth.  It  is  very  healtbyi  and  most 
•ooQ  be  densely  populated.  I  have  been 
in  nearly  half  of  the  oonntiea  of  this 
Bute,  and  know  of  none  saperior  to 
t^  The  general  deficiency  of  timber 
ift  all  these  northwestern  counties  can^ 
^1  the  help  of  railroads,  coal,  peat  and 
pUM  Inmber,  be  got  along  with.  Live 
i^nces  and  groves  will  soon  be  started, 
^ving  to  the  landscape  new  charms. 
The  present  want  of  timber  I  consider 


far  more  than  compensated  in  the  char- 
acter of  the  people.  They  have  aagacit/ 
and  enterprise  sufficient  to  contend 
with  an  obstacle  formidable  in  the  eyes 
of  those  who  are  timid,  irresolote  and 
desirous  of  ease.  Some  of  these  coun^ 
ties  are  settling  up  almost  entirely  with 
families  that  are  of  Americau  and  Pro- 
testant birth.  Settlements  are  multiply- 
iog  very  rapidly,  and  several  important 
railroads  are  soon  to  be  completed 
through  the  connties  which  I  travel 
over.  I  hope  soon  to  be  permitted  to 
welcome  more  missionary  laborers  into 
this  most  interesting  portion  of  this 
great  Statew  I  expect  soon  to  organize 
two  or  three  other  churches  within  the 
limits  of  my  field.  I  am  separated  some 
two  hundred  and  fifty  miles,  by  usual 
routes  of  travel,  from  my  family,  and 
have  not  seen  the  dear  ones  at  home 
for  seven  long  months ;  but  I  hope  to 
locate  them  in  a  new  home,  in  the 
neighborhood  of  the  beautiful  lakes  in 
Dickinson  county,  before  another  win- 
ter. The  weight  of  fish  caught  the  pre- 
sent season,  in  the  outlet  of  Lake  Okobo- 
ji,  has  been  estimated  at  two  hundred 
tons !  I  do  not  doubt  the  accuracy  of 
this  estimate. 


wiscoNsnr. 

From  Rew,  A,  Pinkerion,  Orwn^  Richland 
CaurUy, 

An  Employed  Hinister. 

Early  in  June  our  little  meetiog-houae 
was  oom^ted  at  Bird^s  Creek,  and  that 
small  church,  of  only  four  male  mem- 
bers, had  evidence  <^  the  truth  of  the 
M^uig,  ^'Yon  don't  koow  how  much 
you  can  do  until  you  try.*^  It  is  a  little 
*^  picket-post,"  where  a  few  tru^-hearted 
Christians,  in  spite  of  manifold  oppo^ 
tions,  are  holding  the  ground  for  Christ. 
One  of  its  members  has  walked  six 
miles  every  Sabbath  morning,  to  super- 
intend a  Sunday  school,  in  a  still  darker 
corner  of  the  woods,  where  I  trust  we 
have  gained  a  foothold.    Trusting  in 


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Grod^s  promise  to  his  anoient  Israel,  that 
"wherever  their  feet  should  tread  wonld 
be  given  them  for  a  possession,  we  will 
hold  it,  and  press  still  farther  in  the  ene- 
my's territory.  There  is  so  mnch  land 
to  be  possessed  that,  were  I  moltiplied 
by  six  or  ten,  I  could  find  abundant  em- 
ployment. I  read  about  "  unemployed 
ministers,"  and  naturally  suppose  they 
are  ministers  who  think  a  snug  parson- 
age (of  coarse  very  convenient  to 
church),  and  a  nice  salary,  and  good, 
refined  society  are  essentials — else,  why 
should  they  be  unemployed?  I  fancy 
that  any  man  fbll  of  faith  and  the  Holy 
Ghost,  with  God's  promises  and  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society  to 
back  him,  could  find  all  the  preaching 
that  one  pair  of  lungs  could  stand.  Oh, 
we  want  just  such  preachers.  There 
are  plenty  of  sthcalled  preachers  among 
us,  that  preach  when  they  can  have 
some  big  excitement.  But  this  steady 
hang-on,  in  summer's  heat  and  winter^s 
cold,  in  spite  of  all  discouragements, 
teaching  in  Sabbath  schools,  leading 
prayer  meetings,  "being  all  things," 
preacher,  precentor,  sexton,  if  by  any 
means  he  might  save  some — ah,  this  is 
too  much  for  9ome  sorts  of  poor  human 

nature  I 

And  a  Happy  One. 

I  am  one  of  the  happiest  men  in  "Wis- 
consin. I  aspire  to  nothing  more  than  I 
now  possess — ^health  and  strength  to 
preach  Jesus.  And  my  wife — I  wish 
some  of  you  newspaper  and  magazine 
writers  would  write  a  hymn,  a  song,  or 
at  least  a  first-rate  article,  in  praise  of 
Home  Missionaries'  wives  —  stays  at 
home  with  the  stufl^  and  every  encour- 
agement that  a  wife  can  give  a  husband 
I  have  from  her.  Were  she  to  write  a 
report,  she  could  tell  of  many  lonesome 
days  and  nights,  of  many  "  chores  "  at- 
tended to,  evening  and  morning,  that 
usually  fall  to  the  husband's  lot,  of 
household  duties  hurried  over,  or  laid 
aside  for  a  time;  of  children  hushed 
and  coaxed  to  silence,  that  the  tired 
husband  may  have  a  few  quiet  hours  to 


read  and  study.    Tes,  thank  God  for 

such  helpmeeta !    We  should  work  with 

heavy  hearts,  indeed,  bnt  for  their  aid 

and  cheer. 

»♦• 

From  Rev.  M,  Wells,  Oak  Grotfe,  Dodge  Co. 
Fruits  of  BevlvaL 
The  revival  has  been  more  fruitfal  in 
its  results  than  we  had  anticipated.  A 
larger  proportion  than  is  usual  of  those 
professing  a  change,  prove  to  be  genuine 
converts.  More  have  been  added  to  the 
church,  in  all  42  since  the  awakening. 
These  all  eeem  to  be  good,  zealoas 
Christians.  They  have  entered  their 
Master's  service,  apparently,  with  a 
right  good  will.  A  few  others  I  think 
will  come  hereafter. 

Sunday  School  Work. 

We  have  organized  a  Sunday  school 
at  Minnesota  Junction,  numbering  about 
40  teachers  and  children.  With  a  few 
books  and  children's  pikers,  I  am  quite 
sure  we  might  increase  that  nomber 
considerably.  We  have  full  congrega- 
tions there  and  attentive  listeners,  the 
larger  proportion  of  whom  are  youths, 
and  therefore  more  hopeful.  A  num- 
ber of  Christians  there,  of  various  de- 
nominations, all  give  me  a  hearty  wel- 
come ;  I  hope  for  fruit  there. 

At  Clyman,  a[town  foar  miles  south 
of  Oak  Grove,  I  go  next  Sabbath,  with 
a  corps  of  teachers  from  my  young  con- 
verts, to  organize  a  Sunday  school. 
One  young  man  of  ability  and  promise, 
living  in  that  neighborhood,  converted 
in  our  revival,  consents  to  serve  as  su- 
perintendent if  others  will  assist  as 
teachers;  and  this  they  have  promised. 
Thus  we  are  enabled  at  once  to  bring 
our  converts  into  active  Christian  ser- 
vice ;  and  that  is  what  thej  need,  to  be 
Christians  of  any  value.  I  propose  also 
immediately  to  organize  a  Sunday  school 
in  a  dbtrict  three  miles  west  of  Oak 
Grove.  Its  teachers  will  also  have  to 
be  supplied  mainly  if  not  wholly  from 
our  church,  aa  they  have  no  profBSsing 
Christians  in  the  neighborhood. 


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mOKiaAN. 

Frwi  Bev.  J.    W.  -PUtmaurice^  Pinekney, 
lAmngtion  Co, 

Oatherinff  the  Trait. 

Our  chnrch  have  been  baptized  from 
on  high,  and  knit  together  in  love.  We 
hare  made  no  special  effort  since  the 
"  week  of  prayer,"  when  but  one  was 
eooTerted,  and  y^t  the  Lord  is  blessing 
09.  We  had  five  additions  on  profes- 
son  three  weeks  ago,  aU  influential 
hetds  of  families.  Upon  yiaiting  among 
the  people,  I  find  others  earnestly  say- 
ing, *^  Sirs,  we  would  see  Jesus ; ''  and 
sweet  is  the  work  to  point  such  to  the 
Lamb  of  God. 

I  called  upon  a  man  far  adyanced  in 
oonsumption.  My  heart  bled,  to  find 
him  unaware  of  his  danger,  and  with- 
out a  Christian  hope.  I  strove  to  point 
him  to  the  cross,  but  he  felt  no  neces- 
rity  for  Christ  as  set  forth  in  the  gos- 
pel. B^inning  at  Moses  and  the 
Prophets,  I  labored  to  show  that  Christ 
must  needs  suffer.  His  attention  was 
arrested,  his  soul  was  touched,  and  with 
tears  he  told  me  to  call  again,  saying, 
"How  plain  all  thnt  seems;  I  never 
heard  the  gospel  in  such  simplicity 
before." 

For  three  weeks  I  continued  to  visit 
him,  and  after  sore  rendings  and  tear* 
ings  the  evil  spirit  left  him  seated  at 
the  feet  of  Jesus,  clothed  and  in  his 
right  mind.  He  asked  for  Christian 
baptism ;  and  calling  a  meeting  in  his 
bedroom,  composed  of  Baptists,  Metho- 
diata  and  CongregatioDallsts,  we  ex- 
anuned  him  touching  the  hope  within 
him;  and,  no  one  forbidding  water,  bap- 
tized him.  The  next  week  he  died, 
dinging  to  the  crosa  of  Christ.  The 
week  following  I  buried  his  child.  His 
broken-hearted  widow,  three  weeks  ago, 
gava  herself  and  her  household  to  the 
Lord. 

This  18  one  of  many  precious  experi* 
«Doea  God  has  given  me  here,  and  with 
th«  eye  of  a  gardener  for  Christ,  I  can 
look  forward  from  present  blossoms  and 


buds  to  future  fruit  now  developing  and 
soon  to  ripen. 


From  Rev.  R,  ffatch,  Traverse  City^  Orand 
7}raverH   Co. 

Ohuroh  Organised. 

I  returned  home  last  evening  from  a 
journey  of  about  ninety  miles  through 
the  woods  to  Hersey,  with  Mr,  Warren, 
to  assist  in  the  organization  of  a  Con- 
gregational church  there.  "We  went 
with  my  horse  and  baggy,  lunched  by 
the  side  of  a  brook  at  noon,  slept  in  log 
shanties  at  night,  and  had  such  a  time 
as  only  pioneers  can  have.  I  suffered 
much  from  heat,  and  when  our  journey^s 
end  was  reached,  I  had  just  time  to 
wash  up  and  take  to  the  bed  prostrated 
with  fever.  Mr.  Warren's  mission  to 
Hei-sey  was  an  entire  success ;  a  little 
church  of  eight  members  was  formed 
with  most  hopeful  prospects. 

Ken  Wanted. 

Can  nothing  be  done  to  give  us  more 
ministeri  for  this  north  country?  Are 
all  the  ministers  of  the  great  East  in  the 
harness  ?  We  are  in  great  distress  up 
here  for  more  men.  I  own  that  the 
self-denial  of  coming  into  these  back- 
woods is  great — ^in  some  respects  great- 
er than  we  like  to  tell  of.  But  it  is  the 
Master's  work,  and  his  reward  is  sure 
to  all  faithful  laborers. 


mssouBi. 

FVom  Rev,  A.  M,  Thome^  Memphis^  Scot- 
land Co, 

Itinerant  Oonffresationaliats. 

During  the  first  three  months  of  the 
present  year,  oar  churches  were  called 
to  give  up  their  ministers,  in  turn,  every 
other  Sabbath,  to  go  to  the  county  next 
west  of  us.  The  reports  of  the  churches 
gathered  at  Glenwood  and  Pleasant 
Ridge,  give  the  results  of  that  labor. 
And  labor  it  was«-owing  to  ihe  exces- 
sive rains  and  oppressive  heat  Let  the 
account  of  one  trip  testify  as  to  the  vim 


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required  in  an  "itinerant  Congrega- 
tion alist" 

About  the  middle  of  last  Septem- 
ber, I  rode  twenty-five  miles  east  to 
attend  ministerial  Association  in  Olark 
countj.  Left  on  Friday  afternoon,  rode 
home  the  same  night,  and  slept  four  or 
five  honrs — wife  sitting  up  to  waken 
me.  With  a  fresh  horse,  started  for 
Glen  wood,  thirty  miles  distant.  Found 
the  streams  all  over  the  bottom,  bridges 
nearly  all  gone,  and  the  road  well-nigh 
impassable.  On  and  on  we  went,  until 
toward  sundown,  when  we  brought  up 
at  an  angry,  foaming  little  creek  that 
was  "on  a  rampage,*'  from  a  young 
water-spout  that  had  emptied  into  it  a 
few  hours  before.  Had  to  retrace  two 
miles,  stayed  all  night,  rose  at  four,  leav- 
ing^^  household  fast  asleep,  bridled 
andvlddled  the  horse,  and  struck  out 
for  Glenwood.  The  horse  was  a  long- 
legged  broken- winded  fellow,  but  a 
very  "  staver."  He  just  naturally  loved 
to  go,  and  I  quite  as  naturally  loved  to 
keep  up  with  him,  and  together  we 
made  "  a  go-team,"  for  certain.  We 
reached  Gleowood  at  six  o'clock. 
After  breakfasting  and  a  little  rest, 
preached  at  eleven ;  rode  four  miles  and 
preached  at  three ;  then  back  again  and 
preached  in  the  evening.  Of  all  this  is 
the  sum:  ^'Hitherto  bath  the  Lord 
helped  us." 

The  churches  here  have  felt  and 
borne  the  loss  of  regular  Sabbath  min- 
istrations. For  four  years,  scarcely 
more  than  a  Sabbath  a  year  had  they 
been  without  their  minister.  And,  as 
of  old,  while  men  slept,  the  enemy 
sowed  tares.  The  second  three  months 
our  meetings  were  resumed,  the  interest 
revived,  the  eongregations  increased, 
and  the  candle  of  the  Lord  again  shone 
upon  US.  Toward  the  close  of  the  year, 
a  festival  yielded  ns  a  beautiful  organ. 
We  began  the  year  with  the  blessing  of 
the  Lord  upon  the  church  at  Union 
Grove,  in  adding  twelve  members  to  it 
The  incoming  peoples  are  calling  for 
out-shining  graces  and  power.    Breth- 


ren, pray  for  us,  that  the  word  of  God 
may  have  free  course  and  be  glorified. 


ii<Zimox8. 

Fh>m  Rev,  C,  L,   Wattan^  Loda^  IroquoU 
Coitniy. 

"Another  CkMipeL** 

We  have  beeu  through  a  great  excite- 
ment A  young  preacher  of  the  heretical 

sect  known  as ,  came  among  us  and 

held  forth  his  *•  reformed  gospel "  for 
nearly  three  weeks,  including  three  Sab- 
baths. He  was  a  ready  and  vehement 
speaker,  and  bis  resources  of  dogmatism, 
impudence  and  affectation  of  learning, 
were  ample.  At  first  he  was  all  bland- 
ness;  greatly  deprecated  dissensions 
among  Ohristians ;  said  he  never  inter- 
fered with  other  denominations,  and 
hoped  that  all  who  loved  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  would  co-operate  with  him  in  hia 
efforts  to  promote  the  cause  of  religion. 
His  first  effort  was  to  prove  the  Bible  a 
divine  revelation.  Fext  he  preach- 
ed two  unexceptionable  sermons  on 
"  faitl),"  and  ^*  seeking  Gk>d  with  all  the 
heart."  Then,  by  a  great  display  of 
Latin,  Greek  and  Hebrew,  he  under- 
took to  show  that  almost  every  thing 
connected  with  the  plan  of  salvation 
was  falsely  translated  in  the  authorized 
version  of  the  English  Bible.  He  ex- 
plained "  conversion  "  as  a  simple  turn- 
ing from  evil  to  good,  in  which  the 
Holy  Spirit  had  nothing  to  do;  asserted 
that  man  in  his  first  moral  character 
was  a  lover  of  truth  and  purity,  and 
though  afterwards  corrupted  by  evil 
example  and  instruction,  never  became 
totally  depraved ;  said  "  regeneration  " 
meant  going  back  again  to  the  prinolples 
and  purity  of  a  former  age;  and  ex- 
pliuned  being  ^'  bom  again  "  as  immer- 
sion for  the  remission  of  sins.  He  taught 
that,  after  this  process  of  believing  that 
Jesus  Ohrist  is  the  Son  of  €k>d,  reform- 
ing the  life,  and  having  the  sins  washed 
away  by  baptism,  the  Holy  Spirit  would 
be  given  and  adoption  follow.    He  as- 


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niled  the  Westminster  Confession  of 
Faith  with  great  fory ;  eulled  scraps  of 
sentenoes  ending  at  commas,  and  pot 
ipon  them  an  utterly  ftlse  constniction 
to  8Qit  his  purpose,  and  declared  that 
having  traveled  extensively  in  the  great 
Vest,  be  had  fonnd  everywhere  that 
those  who  taught  such  doctrine  had 
oomipted  the  hearts  of  the  people  and 
closed  them  against  the  trath.  He  de- 
■opnced  sudden  conversions;  spoke 
eootemptaously  of  anxious-seats  and 
the  prayers  there  oflfered  in  hehalf  of 
persons  under  conviction  uf  dn ;  declared 
tbat  God  had  never  promised  to  hear 
SQch  prayers ;  that  the  work  to  be  done 
was  the  business  only  of  the  inquirers 
themselves ;  and  that  if  they  would  not 
do  it,  God  was  not  able  to  save  them ; 
that  uu'il  they  should  purify  their  own 
hearts  and  make  them  a  fit  residence 
hr  the  Holy  Spirit,  he  would  have  no 
hitercoorse  with  them.  He  ridiculed 
"theoloiry,"  and  profesned  to  teach  the 
Word  of  God,  and  spoke  facetiously  of 
doctors  of  divinity,  as  men  who  thought 
themselves  competent  to  doctor  Gotl's 
Word. 

Skeptics  and  scorners,  who  never  at- 
tend the  services  of  the  sanctuary,  heard 
him  with  deh'ght— ruot  because  they  re- 
oeived  his  doctrines,  for  this  they  were 
oarefol  to  disclaim — but  evidently  be- 
cause they  hoped  he  might  bring  evan- 
Celicai  religion  into  disrepute.  He  made 
only  two  converts,  women  who  had  re- 
cently oome  into  the  place ;  yet  such 
moltitodes  flocked  to  hear  him  as  were 
never  before  drawn  together  in  this 
eofflmanity. 

The  result  of  this  excitement  is  yet  in 
the  fbtore ;  I  hope  it  will  be  favorable. 
The  torpid  minds  of  the  people  have 
been  aroused,  and  I  am  quietly  preach- 
ing a  series  of  sermons  on  Regeneration 
•od  kindred  themes,  which  I  trust  are 
being  heard  profitably.  Without  allu- 
iioDs  to  the  heretical  preacher,  I  set 
forth,  as  clearly  as  I  can^  the  foundation 
truths  of  the  gospel,  which  are  the  po  w- 
^  God  onto  salvation. 


From  Rev.  G,  B.  Rowley^  Harvard^  McHwry 
County, 

Decease  of  Bev.  P.  O.  Pettibone. 
The  quarter  has  been  made  sad  to  me 
by  the  severe  illness  and  death  of  a  very 
dear  brother  in  the  ministry.  Rev.  Philo 
0.  Pettibone,  the  newly  appointed  finan- 
cial agent  of  our  Theological  Seminary 
in  Chicago,  late  agent  of  Beloit  College, 
and  formerly  for  years  one  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  Home  Missions  for  the  Con- 
sociation of  St.  Lawrence  County,  N.  Y. 
He  was  greatly  beloved,  and  of  wide, 
enduring  influence.  His  warm  piety, 
earnest  labor,  kind  yet  pointed  pre- 
Fcntation  of  the  great  truths  of  life, 
death,  and  immortality,  won  for  him 
the  warm  regard  of  the  best  hearts 
wherever  he  labored,  whether  ns  pas- 
tor, evangelist,  or  agent.  He  was  fifty- 
five  years  old,  and  had  been,  I  think, 
about  thirty  years  in  the  ministry. 
Thus  the  standard-bearers,  one  after  an- 
other, are  falling  at  their  posts.  It 
seems  as  if  we  cannot  spare  snch  noble 
spirits  from  the  wa^ls  and  the  vineyard. 
But  the  Lord  sees  not  as  we  see ;  his 
ways  are  not  as  our  ways.  The  brother's 
works,  well  done,  will  follow  him.  For 
the  College  he  secured  about  $60,000, 
and  gave  that  institution  a  place  in  the 
Christian  mind  and  heart  such  as  it 
never  had  before.  During  its  seasons 
of  refreshing,  which  come  every  year, 
none  wore  more  active  and  untiring  in 
their  efforts  to  win  the  young  men  to 
Christ.  For  the  Seminary  he  had 
preached  lut  one  sermon^  and  went  from 
the  pulpit  never  to  return.  This  loss 
almost  unmans  me.  We  had  been  so 
intimate,  had  labored  bo  long  side  by 
side,  had  depended  so  much  upon  each 
other  in  times  of  refreshing,  and  our 
hearts  were  so  knit  into  each  other,  that 
parting  was  like  severing  the  dearest 
ties  of  nature.  Oh,  that  it  may  serve  to 
make  me  a  more  faithful  minister,  and 
a  more  useful  man!  The  lesson  is  one 
of  warning,  and  yet  one  of  great  en- 
couragement.   His  success  cs  a  minis- 


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ter,  hie  fidelitj  in  everj  datj,  sndj  hb 
triamphant  death,  mingle  joys  with  the 
tears  wbieh  I  oannot  withhold.  The 
voice  of  this  providence  says,  "  Be  ye 
also  ready." 

He  died  at  his  son^s  in  Chicago ;  and 
on  Sunday,  Sept.  11th,  his  faoeral  was 
attended  in  Beloit,  where  his  family  re- 
side. He  leaves  an  estimable  wife  and 
five  children,  who  deeply  monm  his 
loss,  bat  not  as  those  without  hope.  Of 
the  large  circle  of  adolt  moorners  pres- 
ent at  his  funeral,  I  hear  that  but  one  was 
without  Christ,  and  he  the  son  of  a  bro- 
ther-minister, now  we  trust  in  heaven. 
May  he  meet  that  father  there ! 


From  Rev,  G,  B,  Hubhard^  Atlanta^  Logan 
County, 

Sunday  Pionios. 
Daring  the  warm  weather  we  have 
had  to  contend  with  a  diverting  influ- 
ence which  has  proved  to  be  no  small 
evil  The  Universalists  on  the  one  side, 
and  the  Freethinkers  on  the  other,  have 
been  appointing  their  meetings  in  the 
groves  on  the  Sabbath,  advertising  them 
as  " basket "  or  "picnic  meetings."  A 
sermon  or  lecture  is  delivered  in  the 
morning,  after  which  the  company  en 
tertain  themselves  with  their  picnic  din- 
ner and  social  eigoyment.  The  device 
has  had  its  intended  effect.  The  multi- 
tudes  from  all  the  surrounding  region 
are  attracted.  Forsaking  the  churches 
and  the  worship  befitting  the  day,  they 
go  to  the  groves  to  be  amused  and  to 
ei\joy  themselves.  Kext  to  a  prevailing 
apathy  in  matters  of  religion,  this  is  the 
especial  hindrance  with  which  we  have 
to  contend  just  now. 


viBanTiA. 

From  Rev,  R,  Tolman^  Hampton^  Elizabeth 
City  Co, 

Invading  the  '*  Old  Dominion." 

I  began  to  preach  in  the  chapel  of 
the  Normal  school,  the  last  Sabbath  in 
ApriL      Having  preached  there  two 


Sabbaths,  it  was  thought  that  the  in- 
terest among  those  not  connected  with 
the  school  might  be  deepened  and  ex- 
tended, if  we  should  worship  in  the 
pleasant  and  oommodioas  church  edifice 
near  by,  called  Bethesda  cbapeL  Ac- 
cordingly, I  preached  there  from  the 
second  Sabbath  in  May  nntil  my  return 
to  the  North,  the  last  of  June.  Besides 
the  members  of  the  Normal  school, 
numbering  about  seventy,  there  were 
gathered  into  our  Sabbath  assembly  be- 
tween  thirty  and  forty  of  the  Northern 
whites,  resident  there,  many  of  whom 
had  been  long  absent  from  the  sanctu- 
ary. I  became  deeply  interested  in 
my  work  while  there,  though  too  fee- 
ble to  do  much  pastoral  labor.  I  have 
now  occasion  for  thanksgiving  to  God 
that,  after  most  of  my  friends  had  ut- 
terly despaired  of  my  recovery,  my 
health  is  decidedly  better,  and  I  have 
the  joyful  prospect  of  going  back  to  my 
new  field  of  labor,  greatly  strengthened 
for  the  Master's  service. 

Importance  of  the  Field. 

This  appears  from  the  fact  that  there 
are  many  Northern  people  residing 
here,  who  cannot  easily  be  gathered 
into  Southern  churches.  There  is  so 
much  of  the  old  Southern  feeling  and 
prejudice,  still  remaining  in  these 
churches,  that  Northerners  do  not  feel 
at  home  in  them.  Unless,  therefore, 
we  would  leave  the  Northern  element 
of  the  population — ^that  element  possess- 
ing so  much  energy  and  enterprise, — 
without  the  blessed  influences  of  tlie 
sanctuary,  it  seems  of  the  highest  con- 
sequence to  plant  a  Northern  church  on 
this  Southern  soil,  and  thus  difltise  here 
the  savor  of  that  gospel  which  has  made 
New  England  such  a  power  for  good, 
in  the  land  and  the  world. 

Another  consideration,  showing  the 
importance  of  Hampton  as  a  missionar  j 
field,  is,  that  here  is  located  a  large  and 
flourishing  Normal  School,  which,  from 
the  new  accommodations  that  have  been 
provided,  is  expected  to    have,  next 


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jear,  about  one  hundred  and  thirty  pn- 
pUs.  All  these  are  to  be  tanght  in  spir- 
itnal  things  by  the  missionary  here, 
and  to  come  under  his  pastoral  watch 
and  care.  And  this  surely  is  a  precious 
opportunity  for  good.  To  endeavor  to 
train  for  Christ  and  his  service  these 


young  men  and  women  who  are  to  go 
forth  as  teachers  all  over  the  South,  and 
thus  seek  to  impress  the  truth  as  it  is  in 
Jesus  upon  multitudes,  who  might  not 
otherwise  come  under  its  salutary  and 
saving  influence,  is  a  work  worthy  of 
an  angel's  powers. 


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MISCELLANEOUS. 


APPEAL  POB  HELP. 

The  American  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety is  compelled  to  appeal  to  its 
friends  and  patrons  for  the  immediate 
sapply  of  its  empty  Treasury. 

The  work  is  one  that  cannot  be  sta- 
tionary. Every  missionary's  success 
makes  room  and  work  for  others.  Not 
to  go  forward  is  to  retreat.  Obeying 
what  they  believed  to  be  an  imperative 
can  of  God's  providence  and  Spirit, 
and  relying  on  the  churches  that  have 
long  and  faithfully  acted  through  this 
Society,  the  Executive  Committee  have 
been  steadily  increasing  the  number  of 
its  missionaries  in  nearly  all  its  fields. 
For  years,  scarcely  a  qualified  laborer, 
willing  to  give  himself  to  the  work,  has 
£uled  to  be  commissioned,  until  on  its 
liat  are  nearly  960  men,  supplying 
afanost  2,000  stations— not  a  few  of 
them  on  distant  frontiers,  where  living 
is  expensive,  and  the  resources  of  the 
people  are  small. 

The  outlay  for  the  last  year  was 
DMtfly  $271,000,  and  should  be  still 
greater  for  the  present  year.  But  "  the 
dullness  of  business,"  "  countless  other 
preaeing  calls,"  "  plans  for  special  oflfer- 
iaga  in  this  Memorial  Year,"  are  among 
the  reasons  that  have  been 'given  for 
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withholding  from  its  Treasury,  so  that 
its  receipts  for  the  six  months  now 
closing  have  been  but  |68,600,  while 
its  payments  have  been  $99,460 — com- 
pletely exhausting  the  balance  with 
which  the  year  commenced. 

This  Society  borrows  no  money.  Its 
pledges  are,  by  the  terms  of  each  com- 
mission, payable  as  soon  after  labor  is 
reported  as  the  state  of  the  Treasury 
will  justify  the  forwarding  of  its  draft. 

Money  is  now  due  to  missionaries, 
and  the  amount  is  daily  increasing, /(?r 
which  drafts  cannot  le  sent,  until  our 
friends  provide  for  their  payment. 
Meanwhile  the  missionaries  must  wait 
for  remittances  which  they  have  earn- 
ed, and  which  they  have  learned  to  ex- 
pect at  once  on  the  rendering  of  their 
quarterly  reports.  Those  who  know 
any  thing  of  the  inside  of  Home  Mis- 
sionary life,  need  not  be  told  what 
inconvenience  to  all,  what  actuU  suf- 
fering to  many  of  these  worthy  breth- 
ren, is  caused  by  even  a  brief  delay  of 
their  appropriations. 

Shall  such  a  band  of  Ohristian  work- 
ers be  left  to  suffer,  while  in  the  homes 
of  any  of  their  brethren  there  is  bread 
enough  and  to  spare  ? 

And  shall  the  great  work  of  founding 
spiritual  ohurches,  and  helping  to  ans- 


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tain  faithful  preachers  of  Ohiist  craci- 
fied,  in  which  the  Society  has  been 
80  blessed  of  Qod  for  these  forty-five 
years,  be  crippled  now,  at  the  very 
time  of  its  grandest  success  and  richest 
promise;  now,  when  so  many  doors 
are  open ;  now,  when  the  calls  for  a 
marked  advance  in  all  its  fields-— espe- 
cially in  the  newly-settliug  portions  of 
Minnesota,  Kansas,  Nebraska  and  Mis- 
souri—are more  urgent  than  at  any 
previous  time  in  the  Society's  history  ? 

The  respozisibility  of  answering  these 
qnettions,  we  must  lay  upon  yon  who 
read  these  lines.  Pastor,  with  your 
inflnence  in  your  eougregation ;  Chris- 
tian, with  property  intrusted  to  yon 
as  a  steward  of  God ;  humblest  mem- 
ber of  Christ's  body,  with  your  two 
mites ;  every  one  who  believes  that  in 
the  prevalence  of  true  Religion  is  the 
hope  of  our  country— what  will  you  do 
for  this  cause? 

Shall  we  have  your  answer?  shall 
we  have  it  at  once?  such  an  answer  as 
will  be  pleasing  to  IIdc,  who  for  onr 
sakes  became  poor,  that  we  through  his 
poverty  might  be  rich?  With  intense 
anxiety  we  wait  for  that  answer — ^toub 
answer— and  can  take  no  further  step 
till  we  receive  it.  The  Home  Mission- 
aries, with  winter  before  them,  wait 
for  that  answer.    What  shall  it  be  ? 


Arthur  Tappan. 

Ik  the  history  of  Christian  beneficence 
and  reform  in  this  country,  no  name 
holds  a  more  honorable  place  than  that 
of  Aethub  Tappan.  During  the  latter 
portion  of  his  life,  he  was  chiefly  dis- 
tinguished as  the  uncompromising 
champion  of  human  freedom,  and  as 


the  object  of  persecution  and  obloquy 
on  that  account  But  in  his  earlier 
years,  he  took  a  leading  part  in  the 
organization  of  nearly  all  our  national 
institutions  of  benevolence,  and  by  his 
far-seeing  enterprise  and  his  munificent 
gifts,  he  did  more,  perhaps,  than  any 
other  man,  to  set  them  forward  in  their 
beneficent  career.  The  cause  of  Home 
Missions,  with  others,  was  greatly  in- 
debted to  hb  counsels  and  his  pecuniary 
support  He  aided  liberally  in  sustain- 
ing the  institutions  which  preceded  and 
were  merged  in  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society,  and  at  its  organiza- 
tion he  was  appointed  its  Anditor, 
which  office  he  held  for  thirteen  years. 
During  the  period  of  his  mercantile 
pro^>erity  he  contributed  largely  to  its 
funds,  and  ever  manifested  the  warmest 
interest  in  its  welfare.  Indeed,  the 
record  of  his  beneficent  activities  forms 
no  inconsiderable  part  of  the  history  of 
our  national  systems  of  benevolence, 
and  we  rejoice  that  such  a  record  has 
been  presented  to  the  public. 

His  brother,  Mr.  LeWis  Tappan,  in 
t?ie  eighty-second  year  of  his  age — a  time 
of  life  when  most  men,  even  practiced 
authors,  have  laid  aside  their  pens — 
was  i>ersuaded  to  undertake  this  task ; 
and  he  has  executed  it  with  admir- 
able discretion,  fidelity,  and  charity. 
Though  he  has  traversed  fields  on 
which,  for  thirty  years,  the  fires  of  a 
fierce  controversy  raged,  he  has  not 
sought  to  fan  the  slumbering  embers ; 
and,  however  the  reader  may  differ  in 
opinion  from  the  author  and  the  sub- 
ject of  the  memoir,  in  regard  to  fMOi- 
ures  of  reform,  he  cannot  fail  to  admire 
the  character  portrayed  on  these  pages. 
We  doubt  not  they  will  be  read  by 
thousands  with  pleasore  and  profit. 
The  princely  gifts,  in  money,  which  were 
made  by  Arthur  Tappan  to  different 
objects  of  benevolence,  at  a  period  when 
such  gifts,  in  this  country,  were  almost 
unknown,  were  of  far  less  value  to  the 
cause  of  Christ  than  is  the  story  of  his 
pure  and  u^ful  life. 


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MJaine  IGBsionary  Society. 

TniB  efficient  Anxiliary  still  enjoys 
the  service  of  Rev.  Stephen  Thueston, 
D.D.,  as  Secretary.  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel 
HiBEB,  President  of  Bowdoin  College, 
has  been  chosen  President,  in  place  of 
Rev.  Dr.  Adahs,  who  acceptably  filled 
the  office  for  nine  years,  and  has  re- 
moved to  Kow  Jersey.  Hon.  Geobqe 
F.  Patten,  long  the  Vice-President, 
and  a  most  liberal  donor,  has  died  within 
the  year.  His  place  is  filled  by  Rev. 
Dr.  FiSKE,  of  Bath. 

At  the  63d  anniversary,  a  stirring 
and  pongent  sermon  was  preached  by 
Rev.  J.  K.  Ma80k,  of  Thomaston,  from 
Jeremiah  xii.  5— subject :  **  A  religion 
of  principle,  as  possessing  characteris- 
tics adapting  it  to  this  time,  and  to  all 
times," 

The  number  of  missionaries  employed 
the  last  year  was  89,  doing  56  years' 
service  in  81  mission  fields,  containing  93 
chnrehes  and  about  100  stated  preaching 
places,  with  others  served  irregularly. 
Of  the  preachers,  60  were  ordained,  and 
89  licentiates.  Revivals  have  not  been 
nnmerous,  though  205  hopeful  conver- 
soDfl  are  reported — 69  more  than  in 
the  previous  year.  Members  of  the 
missionary  churches,  4,166,  of  whom 
257  were  added  during  the  year.  In 
Sabbath  schools,  about  6,000.  Average 
number  in  the  congregations,  8,784. 
Two  churches  have  been  formed,  and 
two  houses  of  worship  built. 

The  Treasurer's  receipts  were  f  17,- 
876,  of  which  from  the  ordinary  annual 
oootributions  of  the  churches,  only 
t6,515^1e8s  than  the  previous  year  by 
more  than  $4,000. 

The  Secretary  says,  ^  Maine  is  em- 
inently missionary  ground,  not  as  well 
nipplied  with  the  ordinances  of  religion 
ts  most  of  the  Western  States;  suck  is 
the  opinion  of  those  acquainted  both  in 
the  East  and  the  West.  The  last  re- 
port of  the  A.  H.  M.  Society  shows  that 
more  mlsnonarles  are  employed  in 
Maine  than  in  any  other  State  to  which 


they  send  laborers,  save  Iowa.  Yet  not 
all  our  needy  fields  are  supplied.  Only 
about  100  of  our  churches  are  self-sup- 
porting, leaving  140  dependent  Of 
these  about  25  have  little  prospect  of 
growth  or  long  life.  Besides  these 
feeble  churches  to  be  nursed,  various 
places  in  which  no  churches  exist  need 
the  gospel,  and  are  accessible  to  the 
feet  of  him  who  bringeth  good  tidings. 
Such  is  the  field :  where  are  the  labor- 
ers?" 

"  Tlie  great  need  of  the  ministry  is 
a  vast  increase  of  primitive  piety,  such 
as  led  the  great  apostle  to  count  not 
his  life  dear  to  him.  To  meet  the 
necessities  of  our  rural  districts,  we 
need  a  class  of  ministers  willing  to 
adopt  more  inexpensive  habits  of  living, 
whose  love  of  souls  shall  prompt  them 
to  a  cheerful  self-denial,  and  the  earnest 
consecration  of  their  powers  to  the 
work  of  winning  and  saving  them. 
Oh,  when  Grod  shall  baptize  the  rising 
ministry  generally  with  such  a  spirit, 
they  will  not  shrink,  as  often  now, 
from  hard  and  difficult  fields!  " 


MfunaohiiBetts  Home  Missionary 
Society. 

The  71st  Annual  Report  of  the 
Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society 
shows  that,  though  one  of  the  oldest 
benevolent  institutions  in  the  land,  it  is 
losing  none  of  its  early  vigor.  Nearly 
200  churches  have  by  its  aid  been 
raised  to  self-support,  some  of  which 
are  now  among  the  strongest  in  the 
country.  During  the  year  it  has  aid- 
ed 60  missionaries,  ministering  to  62 
churches,  with  more  than  2,500  mem- 
bers, bringing  more  than  10,000  people 
under  the  influence  of  the  Word,  and 
4,500  children  and  youth  into  Sabbath 
schools.  Six  missionaries  have  been 
"  settled  "  within  the  year.  The  number 
of  reported  conversions  is  180. 

The  receipts,  by  donations,  legacies, 
etc,  were  $50,953.88,  an  increase  over 


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the  last  jear  of  $7,874.  Sent  directly 
to  the  treasury  of  the  National  Society, 
f  19,241,  making  the  Home  Missionary 
contributioDs  of  the  State,  $70,203, 
more  than  $12,000  greater  than  those 
of  any  previous  year  of  the  Society, 
with  one  exception. 

The  Beport  embodies  a  valaable  and 
timely  article  on  the  "  Temptations  of 
Dependent  Churches,''  which  we  intend 
to  present  la  some  future  number ;  one 
on  "  The  Pastoral  OflSce  in  Dependent 
Churches,"  in  which—after  stating  that 
of  the  sixty  missionaries  two-thirds  are 
hired  by  the  year,  and  among  these 
twenty  changes  had  occurred  in  the 
twelvemonth — ^Dr.  Hooker  makes  a 
sensible  and  earnest  plea  for  ^^  settled  " 
pastorates,  urging  that  such  a  course 
fixes  a  minister's  own  mind  in  reference 
to  permanency;  incites  and  helps  to 
settled,  permanent  plans  of  labor; 
saves  from  temptation'  to  anxious 
thought  and  care  as  to  a  new  location ; 
has  a  good  effect  upon  the  people ;  ex- 
alts and  honors  the  pastoral  office,  and 
secures  greater  confidence  in  its  moral 
value  and  power.  "  It  is  therefore  earn- 
estly urged  upon  the  dependent  church- 
es, when  seeldng  to  fill  the  vacant  minis- 
terial office,  to  make  it  an  express 
object,  and  as  a  vital  point,  to  secure  a 
regularly  settled  pastor;  and  this  is 
urged  in  the  deep  conviction  that  the 
best  interests  of  the  churches  require 
it,  and  that  missionary  funds  are  so 
most  likely  to  accomplish  the  ends  for 
which  they  are  given." 

Rev.  D.  P.  Noyes's  report  on  Home 
Evangelization  follows.  He  ppeaks  of 
progress  among  pastors,  churches  and 
conferences,  in  reducing  to  practice  the 
home  evangelization  idea,  'Uhat  the 
work  of  popular  Christtanization  is  the 
toorJc  of  the  churcTies^  and  a  work  that 
can  be  prosecuted,  successfully  only 
when  it  is  prosecuted  all  the  time." 
The  "out-districts"  reported  by  the 
several  conferences,  number  a  little 
more  than  200.  The  reported  "  neglect- 
ers  of  the  aanctnary  "  range  from  12 


per  cent,  to  89  per  cent,  of  the  popula- 
tion, in  different  parts  of  the  State. 
"  On  the  whole,  they  may  be  considered 
as  constituting  not  over  one-third, 
perhaps  not  more  than  a  fourth,  of  the 
inhabitants." 

As  prominent  causes  of  this  neglect, 
Mr.  Noyes  names  the  influence  of  une- 
vangelical  denominations  in  dimlnifthing 
confidence  in  the  Bible,  weakemng  the 
sense  of  the  saoredness  of  the  Sabbath, 
and  of  the  importance  of  religion ;  more 
acrid  forms  of  unbelief;  large  floating 
populations;  failure  to  maintain  stable 
pastorates,  and  intemperance.  The  re- 
sults have  been  far  less  than  they 
should  be,  because  of  want  of  perma- 
nency in  the  pastoral  office ;  yet,  on  the 
whole,  the  year's  experience  affords 
encouragement  to  faith. 


Brethren  of  the  Difperdon. 

BY  BEV.   S.  V.   BLAKESLEE. 

Foe  twenty-one  years  I  have  labored, 
most  of  the  time,  on  this  Padfic  coast, 
and  have  most  earnestly  and  heartily 
sympathized  with  you,  as  I  do  now, 
praying  ever  for  your  increasing  success. 
My  work  has  taken  me,  many  years, 
through  7,000  miles  of  travel,  and  led  me 
to  talk  personally  with,  I  think,  20,000 
persons  each  year.  What  I  am  contin- 
ually seeing  impels  me  to  write  you. 

My  object  will  appear  from  this  ex- 
ample :  I  have  just  left  a  fine  farming 
valley  in  the  mountains.  It  lies  central 
in  the  Sierras,  east  of  the  highest  ridge ; 
is  forty  miles  or  more  long,  twelve  or 
fifteen  wide,  beautifully  watered,  and 
romantically  situated.  Here  perma- 
nently reside  some  200  families.  In 
eight  years  I  have  visited  them  and 
preached  to  them  I  think  fiY^  times. 
Each  time  they  urge  their  request  for  a 
Congregational  minister.  In  one  of 
the  villages,  persons  called  ministers 
have  done  what  they  called  preaching, 
perhaps  a  third  of  the  time.  One  of 
these  always  speaks  of  the   Atlantic 


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States  as  the,^dantic  States,  and  in 
reading  from  the  hjmn,  "  What  timor- 
ous worms,"  emphasizing  the  word,  he 
reads  "  tremendtiovs  worms  I  "  This  is 
one  of  the  worst  specimens,  to  be  sure ; 
jet  the  lest  are  not  nearlj  equal  to  a 
good  New  England  farmer's  Christian 
talk,  while  a  large  portion  conld  not 
teach  a  oommon  school.  Good  Con- 
gregationalists  here  say  they  are  not 
benefited,  but  are  often  shocked,  by 
sodi  preaching.  The  "  world's  people '' 
are  more  and  more  disgusted.  Ee- 
ligion  is  not  honored,  religious  effort  is 
diminished,  and  religious  principle  is 
likely  to  die  out  of  the  people. 

In  this  place  ten  names  were  sub- 
scribed to  a  proposal  to  unite  in  a  Con- 
gregational ohurch,  and  there  were, 
perhaps,  as  many  more  who  were  not 
seen. 

The  question  is,  what  shall  these 
sheep  of  Congregational  folds,  scattered 
all  over  our  land,  as  in  this  place,  do? 
They  are  now  the  strength  and  support, 
to  a  great  extent,  of  those  who  so 
wretchedly  supply  them,  that  often 
they  "  run  all  religion  out."  They  feel 
tlone,  they  are  few  at  the  best,  they 
often  are  the  only  Christians  in  the 
place;  and  the  earnest  exhorter  says  to 
them,  "  We  are  here  and  will  preach  to 
70a ;  join  us,  and  you  may  go  to  your 
own  church,  if  there  evfer  is  one.''  But 
if  one  of  our  ministers  comes  into  the 
region,  every  effort  is  used  to  keep 
theee  sheep  in  the  other  fold.  *^  He  is 
not  needed ;  "  "  the  field  is  supplied ; " 
"  there  is  no  room  for  two  minbters ; " 
"he  it  trying  to  divide  Christ's  flock ;  " 
"  he  will  not  stay  long,  and  there  is  no 
we  in  withdrawing  from  us  to  join 
bun."  And  if  he  is  still  like  to  come, 
(we  have  known  no  exceptions),  a 
stronger  man  Is  sent  to  compete  with 
the  minister,  and  retain  hold  of  the 
people  till  ho  shall  leave,,  or  there 
•re  years  of  struggling  to  outdo  one  an. 
other. 

My  earnest  proposal  is  this:  Where- 
"Wrwr  three  or  Hve  or  more  are  found, 


who  feel  moved  to  honor  God  as  Con- 
gregational professors,  let  them  be 
decidedly  encouraged  to  unite  as  a 
visible  church  of  Christ,  iDithovt  a 
minister,  as  the  nucleus  of  a  church,  to 
toil  together,  and  gather  in  others  as 
they  come  into  the  place,  or  are  there 
converted  to  Christ.  Let  them  wor- 
ship with  others  if  they  see  best,  hut  he 
a  church  themselteB,  Let  them  be 
earnestly  encouraged  to  hold  public 
worship,  to  read  sermons,  to  toil  on, 
trust  Christ,  and  expect  to  abide,  as  a 
permanent  church,  perhaps,  greatly  to 
increase,  tiU  they  can  have  their  own 
stated  pastor.  Thus  the  way  is  ever 
open  for  an  acceptable  minister  to  set- 
tle without  opposition  ;  and  if  he  mu^t 
leave  them,  they  do  not  vanish  to 
nothing,  as  so  often  now.  With  us, 
unlike  most  other  organizations,  the 
minister  is  regarded  only  as  an  important 
instrument,  appointed  of  God,  and  to 
be  had  if  possible ;  but  the  church  is  the 
lody  of  Christ,  Let  Christians  be  thus 
encouraged  to  unite  as  "  The  Church  of 

Chrbf'in ,  to  hold  up  the  light  of 

the  gospel,  and  would  not  the  w^rk  of 
salvation  there  be  hastened  ?  As  it  is, 
the  sheep  waiting  for  a  shepherd,  and 
no  shepherd  coming  till  they  become 
numerous,  are  a  prey  to  all  sorts  of 
sectarians,  and  to  worldliness.  Let 
them  unite  early,  and  they  would  draw 
to  themselves,  and  not  be  drawn  from ; 
and  ministers  would  find  good  support 
where  now  they  cannot  go' at  all.  And 
even  if  the  visilU  church  does  die  out  of  a 
place,  from  emigration  or  otherwise,  its 
organization  has  done  no  harm.  If  the 
church  at  Jerusalem  had  all  been 
scattered  by  persecution,  it  would  have 
done  no  hurt  that  they  had  there  once 
united.  If  Christians  must  wait  to  see 
if  a  church  is  to  be  permanent,  they 
may  wait  for  evej*.  Let  them  unite, 
and  God  will  take  care  of  their  future. 
As,  at  Philippi,  Lydia  and  a  few  believ- 
ers held  publio  worship  together  till 
Paul  could  come  to  them,  so  rtow  wher- 
ever a  few  love  Christ,  let  them  unite 


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as  a  churcb,  hold  public  worship,  and 
when  God  sends  them  a  Paal,  thej  are 
ready  for  him.  That  little  lone  church 
at  Philippi  brought  Paul  there,  I  be- 
lieve, while  without  it  no  Macedonian 
call  would  have  been  made.  Let  us  go 
and  do  likewise. 


The  Past  and  the  Future. 
This  Jubilee  year,  as  it  calls  up  pre- 
cious memories  of  the  Christian  patriot- 
ism of  our  fathers,  and  reminds  us  of 
sacrifice  and  service  done  to  evangelize 
the  land,  by  the  same  precious  memo- 
ries calls  us  also  to  a  similar  devotion  to 
the  same  great  end.  Two  hundred  and 
fifty  year?,  as  they  have  witnessed  the 
marvelous  advances  of  the  land  in  every 
form  of  national  growth, — as  they  have 
seen  the  infant  colonies  of  those  early 
years  becoming  forty-five  millions  of 
people,  and  have  seen  all  our  history 
marked  with  kindest  divine  providences, 
and  the  nation  rising  to  be  among  the 
foremost  of  the  nations,  so  these  years, 
and  all  this  progress,  have  seen  the 
accumulation  of  the  motives  and  the 
deepening  of  our  obligation  to  carry  out 
the  benevolent  purposes  of  God,  as 
they  seem  combining  to  make  a  great 
Christian  people.  And,  if  the  Pilgrim 
Fathers  had  such  care  for  the  moral  and 
spiritual  welfare  of  the  then  compara- 
tively few  inhabitants  of  the  land,  with 
what  force  does  every  motive  that  in- 
spired them,  bear  down  upon  us,  now 


that  we  have  covered  the  whole  conti- 
nent with  States,  and  have  risen  to  be 
among  the  foremost  of  the  nations.  If 
the  little  company  of  the  Mayflower 
entertained  and  were  cheered  with  the 
grand  idea  that  they  had  come  here 
**  for  the  glory  of  God  and  the  advance- 
ment of  his  kingdom/'  and  girded  them- 
selves to  toil  and  sacrifice  under  such  an 
inspiration,  when  every  thing  was  so 
dark  and  cheerless,  how  intense  should 
be  our  emotions,  and  strong  our  pur- 
poses, to  make  this  a  Christian  people, 
now  tliat  the  little  nil  has  become  the 
swelling  of  Jordan,  and  that  a  conti- 
nent is  the  sphere  opened  to  our  labors, 
and  millions  of  people  are  the  objects 
of  our  spiritual  care. 

Our  fathers  saw  the  dim  outlines  of 
those  great  realities  among  which  we 
move.  They  could  not  repress  the  idea 
that  they  were  incipient  workers  in  an 
enterprise  which  only  ages  could  con- 
summate, and  were  conversant  with 
principles  which  were  to  have  a  vast  ex- 
pansion in  the  unfolding  future.  And 
if  they  acted  eminently  worthy  of  their 
dim  vision  of  the  future,  and  were  an- 
imated chiefly  by  faith  and  hope,  how 
elevated  and  fervent  should  be  our 
minds,  now  that  the  fathers'  feith  has 
become  the  children's  vision,  and  what 
was  faint  conception  two  and  a  half 
centuries  ago,  has  become  in  us  mo- 
mentous realities. — Bev,  K  B.  JBooker, 


APPOINTMENTS  IN  SEPTEMBEE,  1870. 


Not  in  Cammittion  hut  ytar, 

Rgt.  William  B.  Bishop,  Lookeford,  Cal. 
Bey.  Roswell  (ihravee,  DouglM  Flat,  CaU 
Rev.  John  Price,  Nortonvule,  Cal. 
Rev.  Walter  M.  Barrows,  Osage  City,  Kan. 
Rev.  B.  P.  iDglesoll,  Hilford  and  vicinity,  Kan. 
Rev.  Harvey  Jones,  Grasshopper  Falls,  Kan. 
Rev.  William  M.  Weld,  Marine,  Minn. 
Rev.  Aurelfan  H.  Post,  Boooesboro,  Iowa. 
Rev.  John  H.  Cameron,  Markesan.  Wis. 
Rev.  H.  M.  Case,  Allen's  Grove,  wis. 
Rev.  Elizur  Andrus,  Pentwater,  Mich. 
Rev.  Elam  Branch,  Alamo  Center,  Mich. 
Rev.  George  A.  Paddock,  Lebanon,  Ma 
Rev.  A.  B.  Tracy,  Marshfield  and  vidnity,  Mo. 
Rev.  Frank  D.  Kelsey,  Olive  Green  and  Lock, 
Ohio. 


Rev.  Ebenezer  S.  Jordan,  Ilemdon,  Va. 
Rev.  Samuel  N.  Robinson,  West  Brook  and  North 
Walton,  N.  Y. 

iZe-o0mo»isf<oti«l 

Rev.  Jofiiah  Bates,  San  Bernardino,  Anaheim 

and  Santa  Anna,  Gal. 
Rev.  £11  Corwin,  San  Franolaoo,  CaL 
Rev.  David  B.  Gray,  Oakland,  CaL 
Rev.  Mifflin  Barker,  Clayton,  Oal. 
Rev.  Samuel  R.  Rosboro,  Woodland,  Cal. 
Rev.  Marshall  Tingley,  Blair  and  two  outstatlons, 

Neb. 
Rev.  S.  D.  Storrs,  Quindaro,  Kan. 
Rev.  Reuben  Bverta.  Alexandria,  Minn. 
Rev.  Benjamin  A.  Dean,  Gamavillo.  Iowa. 
Rev.  OziM    Littlefleld,    Seneca,  Azmstxang^ 

Grove  and  Greenwood,  Iowa. 


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Ber.  James  IC.  SmitL,  Monona  and  Lncna,  Iowa. 
Rer.  William  Bpell,  Durango  nnd  Conoord,  lo^ra. 
fiev.  Chiiitian  F.  Yells,  Locust  Lane  and  De- 

oorab,  Iowa. 
Ber.  Lyman  Warner,  Rookford,  Iowa. 
RdT.  Lewis  Bridraiao,  Aufrosta,  Wis. 
Ber.  Sidney  B.  Demarest,  Windsor  and  Leeds, 

Wu. 
Rer.  James  H.  HoCfhesner,  Qninoy,  Friendship 

and  Easton,  Wis. 
Bev.  Nldiolaa   Mayno,   PotosI,   Waterloo    and 

vidnity.  Wis. 
Rev.  Simon  Spylcor,  Sextonvllle   and    Willow 

Creek,  Wis. 


Rev.  John  B.  Kidder,  Avon  (Rochester),  Mich. 

Bev.  Joseph  S.  Ronnoe,  Wellsville.  Mo. 

Rev.  Arthur  M.  Thome,  Memphis  and  Union 

Grove,  Mo. 
Rev.  Alfred  A.  Whitnoore,  Kahoka  and  vicinity, 

Mo. 
Rev.  John  Blood,  Hoyleton,  III. 
Rev.  Charles  C.  Breed,  Esst  Paw  Paw   and 

vicinity,  SL 
Bev.  Patterson  W.  Wsllace,  Wabash  Co.,  III. 
Rev.  Cyrus  L.  Watson,  Loda,  111. 
Rev.  George  Pierce,  Jr^  Paterson,  N.  J. 
Rev.  Albro  L.  Greene,  Rlchford,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  William  Macnab,  West  Newark,  N.  T. 


RECEIPTS  IN  SEPTEMBER,  1870. 


MAINE- 

Maine,  ••  Krro,"  $10  CO 

South  Berwick,  Cong.  Ch.  and  I^arisb, 
by  John  Plnmer,  44  88 

HEW  HAMPSHIRE—  . 

Received  by  Rer.  B.  P.  Stone,  D.D ,  ' 

TreasL  N.  H.  M.  S.  ! 

Brookline,  Am  Betterly,  5  00 

VKRMOKT- 

Bddport,  on  aocoont  of  Legacy  of  Mre. 
Sally  AUia,  by  L.  M.  Rockvood  Adm., 
to  const*  >lora  AlUs  Strong  a  L.  M., 
less  gov.  tax,  94  00 

MASSACHUSETTS— 

Msss.  Home  Mlsa.  Soc.,  by  B.  Perkins, 
Trsa^,  2,000  00 

Ballon,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc.,  by  Dea.  A. 
Brown,  to  const.  Joel  W.  Bardln  and 
Mn.  Porter  Mitchell  L.  Ms.,  60  10 

Oeorgetown,  Women's  Henev.  Soc.  of 
the  Memorial  Ch.,  1^  Mrs.  C.  P. 
Pslmer,  Treaa.,  0  00 

Hampshire  Hiss  See.,  by  E.  WUUams, 
Tresa., 

EasthamptoD,  a  K.  Clark,  |8  60 
Ooaben,  Coog.  Ch.  and  Soc,  69  00 
Other  Source^  860  00    422  50 

Lee.  Richard  B.  Cogswell,  10  00 

Walpole,  Ladles'  Benev.  Soc,  hj  Mary 
P.  Stetson,  Treas..  3  CO 

W««tboro,  Ladies'  Sew.  Circle  of  the 
Evan.  Ol,  by  Miss  Sosan  M.  Hardy, 
Tw.su.  6  00 

COMHECnCUT— 

Bridgeport^  Lowla  Jackson,  75 

Derby.  Firrt  Cong.  Ch.,  by  L.  D.  San- 

ferd,  Treaa.,  66  00 

Qreenwieh,  StUlson  Benev.  Soc  of  the 


Saoond  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  Edward 
Mead,  to  eonst  Mra.  Charles  Tim- 

,  Mn^  Dea.  Jonas  Mead,  Mrs. 
Mrs.  Henry  W.  Mead,  Mrs. 

ge  Ray,  Mrs.  Caleb  Holmes  and 

1  Bnulik  L.  Ma., 
Beeood  Cong.  Ch.,  I7  L.  P.  Hub- 
bard, Trees., 


SIX' 


dhipman 


Hvtfsrd,  on  account  of  Legacy  of  Mrs. 

Mary  A.  Warbnrton,  by  K.  SI 

aod  a  A.  Pttrkias,  ExV, 
Ifibe&oo,  James  M.  Peokham, 
lUiMfleia  Centre,  Ladie#  Sew.  Soc,  by 

Mrs.  E.T.  Sailer, 
■ff^Bddge,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  C. 

Kew  Vatrfleld,  Coac.  Cb.  and  Soc,  baL 

Worth  Woodstook,  C<mg.  Ch.,  by  J.  W. 
iK«a^Treai^ 


1,490 
5 


16 


Korwalk,  Albert  Hatchinson, 
Plymouth,  Mins  Phebe  Beach, 
SouUiport,  F.  Marquaud, 
Sumferd,  First  Presh.  Ch.,  by  Wells 

R.  Ritch, 
West  Chester,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  S.  Brown, 

Treas., 
West   Hartford,   Ladles'   Sew.    Soc, 

West  street,  by  Mrs.  L.  W.  Selden, 

Sec, 


NEW  YORK— 

Adams,  Mrs.  L.  Kellogtr,  60c  :  Mrs.  L. 

Wright,  ftl,  by  Mrs.  L.  Kellogg, 
Baiting  Hollow,  CoDg.  Ch.,  by  Ifev.  W. 


$1  25 

5  00 
70  00 

75  00 

26  69 

6  00 


1  60 


East  Bloomfleld,  Josiah  Porter, 
Franklin,  Legacy  of  Clarissa  Loveland, 

by  Beriah  Bowers,  Ex., 
Frewsborgb,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rov.  A. 

Bizby, 
New  LotU,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  G.  L. 

Thatford,  Treas., 
New  York  City,  Harlem,  Cong.  Ch. 

ann.  sub.,  |67.10;  mon.  con.,  $0.28, 

by  W.  W.  Ferrler,  Treas., 
Potsdam  Jonctlon,  First  Cong.  Ch., 

by  Rev,  G.  Hardy, 
Warsaw,  Cong;  Ch.,  by  H.  A.  Motoalf, 

Treaa., 
Warwarsing,  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Oliver 

Schuita,  by  L.  S.  ward,  Esq.,  Troas. 

A.  B.  C.  F.  M., 

NEW  JERSEY- 

Newark,  a  Friend, 
Plainfleld,  John  Peterson, 

PENNSYLVANIA— 

Chapmanville,  Welsh   Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  J.  R.  WiUiams, 
Danville  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rov.  J. 

W.Cook, 

OHIO- 

Avon,  on  acoonnt  of  Legacy  of  Elijah 

Gibbs,  by  Joshaa  Brooks,  Adm., 
Granville,  Welsh  Cong.   Ch.,  by  R. 

Jones, 
Greenwich,  M.  £.  Mead, 
Roggles,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  P.  G. 

Startevant, 
Southlngton,  Silas  H.  Griffin, 
Tallmadge,  L.  P.  "Wolcott,  by  L.   H. 

Ashman, 

ILLINOIS— 

Ladlow,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  O. 

Schlosser, 
Pavson.  CoDg.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  D. 


7  50 
S6  00 

108  86 

10  00 

20  00 

68  38 

16  60 

S7  20 

200  00 


1  00 
1  00 


260 
20  00 


617  00 


17  60 
2  60 


46  00 
6  00 


1  00 


90T 
20  80 


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MlfiSOURI- 

Pleasant  Monnt,  First  Gong.  Cfa.,  by 

Rov.  A.  H.  Missildine,  $11  45 

Utic*,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  I.  Oarloton,        4  00 


MICHiaAN- 

Received  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Wil- 
liamB, 

Yermontville,  Cong.  Ch.,  $16  29 

KeUey  Bushnell,   $5;    Mr. 

Foster,  50c,  6  50 

Franklin,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  B. 

Parmelec, 
Muskegon,  Cong.  Ch.,  by   Rev.  L. 

Warren, 


W1SC0N8IN- 

Beetown,  R.  A.  Kilboum,  by  Rev.  N. 

Mayne, 
Belolt,  Miss.  M.  L.  Newcorab, 
Berlin,  Union  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  a  Dod- 

Bon,  Treas., 
Bird's  Creek,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A. 

Finkerton, 
Depere,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G. 

Vlrooua,  ^rst  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rov.  J. 
G.  Taylor, 

IOWA— 

Agency  City,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  H. 

Dixon,  ,   ^„ 

Boonsboro,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  W. 

Bambart,  thro.  Rev.  J.  Guemsoy, 
Burr  Oak,  First  Cong.  Ch^  by  Rov.  J. 

A.  Crozan, 
Calmar,  Cong.  Ch.,  |5  68;    Madison, 

Cong.  Ch.,  |6  87,  by  Rev.  C.  Han- 
cock. 
Clear  Creek,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev,  A,  8. 

Allen, 
Deep   Creek    and   Watcrford,   Cong. 

Chs.,   |14-,    Elk  River,  Cong.  Ch., 

f  10,  oy  Rev.  O.  Emerson, 
Dewitt,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J. Van  Antwerp, 
Earlville,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  C.  Glbbs, 
Mt.  Pleasant,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 

H.  Barnard, 
Onawa  City,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev. 

G.  L.  VToodhull, 
Salem,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  J.  a  Barrls, 
Sterling,  Cong.  Ch^  by  Rev.  O.  Emer- 
son, 
Webster  City,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

W.  F.  Harvey, 
West  Spring  Creek,  First  Cong.  Cb., 

by  Rev.  8.  Rowland 


MINNESOTA- 

Farlbauit,  Plymouth   Cong.   Ch.,  by 

Rev.J.  W.  Strong, 
Granville,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  colL,  by 

Rov.  E.  W.  Merrill, 


KANSAS- 

Albam-,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rov.  O. 

A  Thomas, 
Diamond   Creek,  Cong.  Cb..  #11  iO ; 

Council  Grove,  Cong.  Ch.,  |18  80,  by 

Rev.  I*  Harlow, 
Louisville,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

F.  Guyton, 
Rosevllle.  Cong.  Ch.,  $4 ;   St.  Mary's, 

Union  Cong.  Ch.,|6,  by  Rev.  A.  Con- 
net, 
Tonganoxie,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

H.  B.  "Woodcock, 
Wvandotte,  Jesse   Cooper,   to   const 

himself  a  L.  D., 


21  7» 
23  00 
0160 


4  00 
80  00 

0  80 

000 

14  00 

10  00 


12  00 
14  00 
12  00 

12  40 
8  15 

24  00 
17  00 
10  00 

12  00 

10  00 
7  00 

5  00 

23  00 

5  00 


17  63 
825 


25  00 

26  00 
12  00 

10  00 

12  75 

100  00 


NEBRASKA- 
Nebrajika  City,  First   Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev,  W.  C.  Foster,  #4  00 

Weeping  Water,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F. 
Alley,  1«  00 

HOME  MISSIONARY,  7  » 

$6,818  44 

Zhnatimu  tif  Clothing,  etc. 

Georgetown,  Mass.,   Women's   Bene  v. 

Soc,  of  the-Memorial  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  C. 

P.  Palmer,  a  barrel.  $110  80 

Lowell,  Mass.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Boo.  of  the 

Kirk  street  Ch.,  by  MUs  Sarah  H.  Stiok- 

ney,  a  barrel.  10100 

Mansfield  Centre,  Conn.,  "a  broken  up 

Homstead,"  by  Mrs.  B.  T.  Salter.  60  00 

North  Cornwell,  Conn.,  Ijadtes'  Benev. 

Boa,  by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Baldwin,  a  box.  81  22 

Vernon,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Charitable  Soc, 

by  Miss  a  E.  Batler,  Sec,  a  box. 
Walpole,  Mass.,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc,  by 

Mary  P.  Stetson,  a  barrel.  94  59 

Westboro,  Mass..  tiadies*  Sew.  Circle  of 

the  Evan.  Ch^  oy  Miss  Sasan  M.  Hardy, 

Treas.,  a  barrel.  HO  CO 

West  Hsrtford,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Sew.  Soo., 

West  street,  by  Mrs.  L.  W.  Selden, 

Sec.',  a  barrel.  70  06 


lUceipU  <^  1h€  Oonneotieta  Bams  MisHonaty 
JSocMy,  in  Septeniber,  E.  W.  PABSon,  Treas. 

Bethlehem,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  R.  Colt, 
Treas.  to  const.  Dea.  T.  Bird  a  L.  M., 

Colchester,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  Ran- 
som, Treas., 

Easton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M.  Dadley, 

Enfield,  H.  B.  Kingsbury, 

Fair  Haven,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  F.  T. 
Jarman, 

Falls  VUlage,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  U.  H.  Minor, 

Franklin,  Cong.  Ch,,  by.W;  B.  Hyde, 

Middletown,  South  Cong..Ch.,by  J.  Dan- 
fortb,  Treas., 


f42  05 

223  19 
27  00 
10  00 

60  60 
13  53 
62  50 


126  50 
Orange,  Cong.'Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  H.  B.,  28  00 

Pomfret,  Cong.  Ch.,by  G.JJ.  Matthewson,  48  60 

388 


Poquonock,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.N.  G.  Bon- 
West  Hartford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  T.  Brace, 
of  which  |100  from  Charles  Boswell,  to 
const.  MUs  Mary  E.  Bos  well,  Chester 
Colton  and  Geonco  Carrlr.gton  L.  Ms., 
Willi iigton,  Rev.  J.  B.  Grlswold, 


274  47 
6  00 


$011  10 


$23  00 
640  OU 
40  60 

10  00 
20  60 
20  60 
150  95 

627  46 


Receipts  o/  the  Massaclttisetts  Home  Missionary 

Society y  in  August,  Benjamin  PeRKINB,  Trtas, 
Amherst,  South  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Andover,  South  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Ashby,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc, 
Boston  Highlands,  Vine  st.  Ch.,  Mon. 

Con., 
Centreville,  Cong.  Ch.and  Soc, 
Chelsea,  North,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Dedham,  Allin  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Franklin  Co.  H.  M.  Soc,  D.  a  Bammis, 

Treas., 
Great  Barrington,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and 

Soc 
Groton  JancUoo,  Oong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Huntington,  Miss  Julia  Taylor,  dec, 
Lowell,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Lynn,  Central  Ch.  and  Soc, 

Chesnut  st  Oh.  and  Soc, 
Petersham,  Cong.  Ch.  and.  Boc, 
Royalston,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc, 
Scituate,  North,  Cong.  Soc, 
SomervlUe,  East.  E.  Stone, 
Southboro,  Pilgrim  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Starling,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Wlnohenden,  North  Cong.  Oh.  and  Soo., 

$1^99 


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NKTUY;  Mb.  JOHN  B.  HUTCHINSON;  Riv.  HENRY  M.  8TORE8,  D.D.;  with  tbe  m^mbert 
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taries for  Correspondence. 

DONATIONS  AND  SXJBSCEIPTI0N8, 

In  Drafts,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Post-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  sent  to  tlie 

Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  coustitutes  a  Life  Member ;  and  of  one  hun- 
dred dollars,  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makes  one  hundred 
dollars,)  a  Life  Dureotor. 

8ECBETABIE8  AHD  TEEA8UBEK8 

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PRINC^AL  AUXILLARIES. 

Rev.  Stiphsk  Thurston,  D.D.,  Secretary,  Maine  3iis».  See.,  Searsport,  Me. 

JosHUi.  Mjjlweu.,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "        "  "    Portland, 

Rev.  William  Clare,  Secretary,  New  HanipafUre  Afiaa.  Soc.j  Amherst,  N.  H. 

Rev.  B.  P.  Stone,  D.D.,  Treasurer,  **  "  **         Concord,      " 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  Secretary,  VermorU  Dam.  Miu,  8oc,,  Montpelier,  Vt 

C.  W.  Storrs,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "  "  ** 

Rev.  H.  B.  HooKKR,  D.D.,  Sec,  Mass,  H.  J/.  Soc,,  81  Washington  st,  Boaton,  Mass. 

Bknjamin  Perkins,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "  " 

Rev.  James  G.  Vosk,  Secretary,  JL  L  Home  Miss.  Soc.^  Providence,  R.  L 

Edwin  Knight,  Esq.,  Treasurer,         "  "  "  " 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary,  Conn.  Home  Miss.  8oe.,  Berlin,  Conn. 

E.  W.  Parsons,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "  **        Hartford,  "  . 

8XrP£BINTENDENT8. 


Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart,    Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Ltbandkr  Kelset,  Columbus,  0. 
Rev.  Nath'l  a.  Htde,     Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Rev.  Joseph  E.RoY,D.D.,  Chicago,  III 
Rev.  Henry  D.  Platt,    Brighton,  111. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Turner,  Hannibal,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  B.  Williams,    Charlotte,  Mich. 


Rev.  Dexter  Clary,       Bdoit,  Wis. 
Rev.  Franklin  B.  Doe,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wisi 
Rev.  J.  Guernsey,  D.D.,  Dubuque,  la. 
Rev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett,  Des  Moines,  la. 
Rev.  Richard  Haix,        St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Rev.  Jamp^  G.  Merrill,  Topeka,  Kan. 
Rev.  0.  W.  Merrill,     Nebraska  City,  Neb. 


Rev.  Leroy  Warren,      Pentwater,  Mich.    '    Rev.  Jamks  U.  Warren,  Son  Frandsoo,  CaL 


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TEMPTATIONS  OF  DBPENDBNT 
OHUBOHB0 181 

lCIBaiONAR7  n^ELLIGEKGE. 

Qre»m«~Fioin  Jiev,  W.  R.  Butcher, 
Albany.— DiBCouragementB 184 

Oaliibmia.— From  Rev.  R.  Grwe», 
IfokdimmeHiU.—A  Wide  Field.  184 
«  The  Big  Tree«.'» 186 

OoIomdo.'^Froai  Jiw.  JT.  Thomp&mj 
Boulder.— AgricultmtU  Fioepeoti 
— Chordiat  Greeley 186 

Dakota.— From  Rev.  J.  Wardj  Tank- 

Um.— A  Tour  of  Exploration 185 

Cbvrch  Oxgaoized 186 

From  Rev.  &  Shddm,  Elk  Point.— 
His  Field 188 

Kansas.— From    Rev.  S.  Barbery 
KlBWorllL— Light  Breaking  In..  187 
From  Rev.  J*.  C.  Piumbj  Fort  Soott. 

—Stniirgllnff  to  Build 188 

From  .Rio.  /.  Jaeobue^  Junction 
City.— Ftre  Tears  on  the  Fron- 
tier  188 

FraatierFoDOTala 188 

Xlmieflota.  —  From  Rev,  0,  P. 
ChampHn,  Fairmonnt.  —  The 
Ooontry-Tbe  People 188 

Firom  At.  C  B,  Skman,  Sieoelator. 

—The  Material  Honae. 190 

lofwa.— Fkom  Rev.  O.  Bmitht  Big 

Book.— Self-Support 190 

How  We  Reached  It 191 

From  Rev,  A.  V.  H<mee,  Yateeville. 
— '*Holy  Competition"— Unahel- 

tered 191 

Penererance 192 


From  a  MteeUmarv  in  Nwrthem 
lowm.'^A  ThankleM  Servlee— A 
Day'i  Work 192 

From  Rev.  Wvl  L.  Coleman,  Mltch- 

ell.--A  Tear  of  Trial 192 

Memorial  Eilbrt 193 

Wiaoongjii.  —  From  Rev.  M.  M. 
Martin,  Mazomanle.— Under  tho 
Rod 198 

HKioMeBJi.— From  Rev.  P.  H.  HoUie- 

ter,  Hancock An  Open  Poor.. . .  193 

From  Rev.  A,  8L  Clair,  Hart.— 
DeeeaaeofMn.St.  Clair 194 

Kiaocmri.— From  Rev.  F.  A.  Arm- 
etrong,  Pleasant  Hill.— ^eedmen 

Looking  Up. 195 

From  Rev.  W.  WUmatL  Gallatin.— 
The  Sonday  Bchool — Breaking 
Down 195 

niinola.— From   Rev.  F.   Wlmler. 


South  Pi 
In  Egypt, 


."Pegging   Away'^ 


195 


MISCELLA17EOUS. 


THBTteBABUBT 196 

Dbcbabx  or  Buy.  G.  L.  Woodhull..  196 

DSOBA0B  OF  BeHJ,  PXSKZNS,  ESQ  ...   197 

YaBMOHT  DoMBario  Mibsionabt  So- 

OIETT 197 

Thx  Hon  OF  Genbxlll  Qbakt 19^ 

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Misoau.ASBOut  Itkms 200 

Mieeionary  Affpoimtwunte 201 

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Feeble  ooDgngatlon8.  deeiring  aid  in  aupportipg  the  gospel,  are  requested,  in  their 
ippUeatioDB,  to  make  ftill  statements  of  their  condition  and  prospects,  and  of  the  reasons 
lot  gracing  their  requests.  Th^  are  desired,  also,  to  funish  the  following  partioQlasi, 
^mely: 

The  population  of  the  place. 

The  name  of  the  ohnrdi  or  congregation. 

The  number  of  communicants,  and  the  aTerage  number  of  attendants  on  public  worsh^. 

The  denomination  and  size  of  congregations  unmediately  contigoous,  witn  the  distaooe 
to  their  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salaiy  which  the  wplicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  whidi  they  {riedge  for  the  giTonthne,  and  the  amiigemeDiti 
thai  are  made  for  securing  it 

Whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  sourcei 

The  least  amount  that  will  suffice  from  this  Society. 

The  name  tn/wtf  and  post^ffico  address  of  the  nunister  for  whom  a  oommMon  is  de- 
sired. 

His  credentials. 

Whether  he  is  a  resident  of  the  plaoe  In  which  he  preaches,  and  is  engaged  in  any 
other  calling  than  that  of  the  ministry. 

Whether  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  churob,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangements  are  made 
or  oontemplated  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  the  year. 

The  application  should  be  signed  by  the  offioen  of  the  church,  and  by  the  traateee  or 
a  committee  of  the  congregation. 

U  the  eccleejaatical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  have  a  ''Committee  of 
ip^iriong  '*  to  act  in  their  behalf,  the  members  of  this  Committee  are  the  proper  persons  to 
oertHV  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  minister,  and  his  prospects  of 
usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  services  are  de^ed ;  and  the  application  should  be  sent 
to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation.  Where  no  such  ''Committee  of 
Ifissions  **  exists,  the  application  should  receiTe  the  indorsement  of  two  or  more  neigh- 
boring deigymen,  of  the  same  denomination,  acquainted  with  the  facts. 

AppUcations.  after  bdng  properly  Indorsed  uid  recommoided,  should  be  sent  to  tiie 
Superintaident  (or  Secretary  of  the  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  applicants  reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriations  are  for  twelye  months  from  the  date  of  the  appUea- 
tUm;  at  uie  end  of  which,  if  ftirther  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must  be  made,  con- 
taining all  the  particulars  aboTo  staged,  and  indorsed  and  recommended  in  like  manner. 
JCach  congreaaHon  applying  for  reneioed  aid^  ehould  fumiek,  aUo^  the  eertifieaie  of  the 
mimMory  that  they  have  fulfilled  their  premom  pledgee  for  hie  eupport 

The  address  of  the  Sodety's  Superintendents  and  the  Secretaries  d  its  AuxHiariee  wID 
be  found  on  the  cover  of  its  reports  and  of  the  Home  Mietionary. 


THE  HOME  MI8SI0V  ABT. 

The  ffame  Jliietionary  will  be  sent  grahdtouefy  to  the  following  dasses  of  individuals, 
less  they  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers : 

To  Life  Direotors  and  life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Missionaries  of  the  Society 
and  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clermnan  in  whose  congregation  a  collection  is  taken  up 
eveiy  year  for  the  Sodety,  or  one  of  Its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  individual  who  contributes 
ten  dollars,  or  upward,  durine  the  year.  To  every  Auxiliary,  Association,  or  Congrega- 
tion, one  copy  for  every  tern  dman  collected  and  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Society,  or 
of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  confer  a  gsedal  fitvor  by  availing  himself  of  the  fadlitiee  oflbred 
above  to  introduce  the  Home  Jflnionartf  among  his  people.  In  notifying  the  Secr«tariei 
ef  his  desire  to  have  the  work  sent  on  these  tenms,  he  is  requested  to  mentkm  the  meem 
ef  some  person  to  whom  each  oopy  shall  be  addressed. 

FOBX  OF  A  BBaXTEST. 

I  bequeath  to  my  ezaeuton  the  sum  of  doUars,  in  truety  to  pay  over 

the  seme  in  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  Is 

payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the 
d^  (tf  New  Toik.  in  the  year  eishteen  hundred  and  twenty-six,  to  be  iq>plled  to  tin 
dMfUaUe  usee  and  purposes  of  mA  Sodety*  and  under  itp  direction. 


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Miss  Nellie   i.    hJ.. 
Wecitfieia,   Maes. 

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THE   HOME  MISSIONARY. 

Go, Pbiach  the  Gospsl Mark  zvi.  16. 

How  shall  thejr  preach  except  they  be  sent  ?.  ,Ji<nn.  x.  15. 


Tol.  XLm.  DECEMBER,  1870.  No.  8. 


TEMPTATIONS  OF  DEPENDENT  CHURCHES, 

In  the  present  financial  embarracsment  of  this  Societj,  its  beneficiaries,  as  well  as  its 
patrons,  can  contribute  to  its  relief.  Erery  missiimarj  church  that  assumes  the  whole, 
or  an  increased  portion,  of  its  minister*s  support,  lightens,  by  so  much,  the  burden  upon 
the  Treasury,  and  contributes  to  the  succor  of  those  more  destitute  and  dependent  than 
ttsdC  Moet  of  the  churches  aided  by  this  Society  are  struggling  nobly  to  attain  self 
rapport  at  the  earliest  possible  moment ;  but  some,  we  fear,  hare  yielded  to  the  tempta- 
tkns  incident  to  their  dependent  condition,  and  are  thus  doing  a  wrong  to  themselres 
snd  the  cause  which  has  berriended  them.  To  such  churches  and  their  ministers  we 
oommend  the  following  Umely  suggestions,  which  we  find  in  the  last  Report  of  the  Ma»: 
■Kboseitfl  Home  Missionary  Society : 

1.  Not  a  few  mismonarj  charches  are  tempted  to  make  too  low  on  estimate  of* 
tiieir  own  ability  to  support  the  gospel.  Where  the  number  of  its  friends  is  small^. 
there  most,  of  course,  be  more  or  less  of  burden  in  raising  a  minister's  sitpporti. 
There  mast  be  a  strain  somewhere,  and  somebody  mnst  feel  it.    And  it  is  a  verj 
natnrtl  issue  of  human  selfishness,  to  get  clear  of  what  is  bnrdensone;    It  i» 
eiij  to  assume,  withoat  an  easiest  search,  or  a  fair  trial,  that  there  is  a  positive 
■oeewity  for  foreign  aid.    It  is  easy  to  get  a  false  impression  of  poverty.    It  is 
iMuiied  that  the  cboroh  most  have  help  or  perish,  when  tlie  assumption  is  a 
histy  one,  and  not  the  result  of  proper  deliberation,  and  an  energetic- and. per- 
■•▼eriqg  attempt  to  do  without  aid.    Help  can  be  obtained,  it  is  eomfortable  to 
think,  ea^r  than  by  a  more  stringent  self-denial  of  their  own.    Now,  so  far. 
from  this  easy  assumption  of  their  certain  ruin  without  aid,  this  conclusion 
should  be  the  last  to  be  reached,  and  should  be  reaohed  only  when  really  anxioua 
inquiry  and  their  own  fair  trial  had  closed  every  other  door. 

8.  Loog-continoed  aid  tempts  to  the  persnasion  that  it  is  an  easy  matter  for  a 
Missionary  Sooiety  to  bestow  relief,  and  the  applicants  may  make  an  easy  mat- 
ter of  applying.  Some  chorches  seem  to  have  beoome  so  accustomed  to  seek 
for  and  fiind  help,  that  it  seems  to  them  that  it  is  a  matter  of  course  that  aid 
should  be  asked  and  granted.  And  not  a  few  of  these,  for  years  and  years,  have, 
aade  no  progress  in  strength,  and  are  as  weak  and  dependent  to-day,  as  they- 
were  the  day  they  received  the  first  graut  These  people  apparently  forget,  that 
what  they  have  so  long  enjoyed,  and  what  they  so  confidently  ask  for,  costs^ 
■say  of  the  donors  severe  self-deniaL  And  they  seem  to  forget  that  what  they. 
kave  so  long  received,  has  been  so  mnoh  kept  from  bestowment  on  locations^ 
vhere  there  would  have  beeUi  in  human  view,  far  more  important  results. 
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What  a  Toice  of  appeal  is  made  to  these  churches,  which  have  had  mission- 
ary aid  for  a  quarter  and  a  third  of  a  centnrj,  that  they  ehonld  make  the  most 
heroic  self-sacrifice  rather  than  be  longer  a  burden  on  the  benevolence  of  sister 
churches  I 

3.  Pependfnt  ohniicheft  ape  tem^d  to  lose  sight  of  Ihe  solemn  ol]3igatl6n  to 
cease  to  call  for  aid  at  the  earliest  possible  moment,  'the  aid  they  receive  comes 
from  the  strong  sympathy  of  the  benevolent  in  other  churches.  It  is  the  good- 
will of  the  strong  toward  tire  weak.  The  missionary  funds  are  gathered  in  sister 
churches  and  communities,  often  with  much  labor,  and  often  with  more  or  less 
self-denial.  Many  a  disciple  casts  the  hard  earnings  of  poverty  into  the  Lord's 
treasury,  accompanied  with  many  prayers  that  these  earnings  may  relieve  the 
needy,  and  advance  the  kingdom  of  God.  These  are  therefore  sacred  f^nds — 
eminently  the  Lord's,  as  they  are  tokens  of  the  love  of  his  followers  for  him  and 
his  cause.  And  they  are  given,  with  the  understanding  that  they  should  be  touch- 
ed only  by  the  hand  of  absolute  aeed«  They  are  to  be  used  only  where  there  is 
the  most  pressing  necessity. 

Hence  Uiere  ought  to  be  tiie  tttoiost  rduotanoe  in  calling  for  these  saered 
fsnds^  and  only  when  the  last  e0»t  in  other  directions  has  iiiikd.  And  mosi 
certainly  the  call  for  aid  shocild  cease  at  the  earliest  possiUe  moment  The  day 
«f  independence — ^the  day  of  assuming  self-support-should  be  looked  forward  to 
by  the  church  with  eager  hope,  and  sternest,  strongest  purpose  to  bring  it  as 
speedily  as  possible. 

But  there  is  a  strong  temptation  to  let  the  day  of  self-support  linger,  eren 

>when  it  would  be  perfectly  safe,  and  most  honorable,  to  be  dependent  no 

:  longer.  Churches  should  not  forget  that  they  are  treading  on  hallowed  ground 
when  they  enter  the  treasury  of  the  Lord  and  seek  to  appropriate  what  his  saints 

:  have  lakL  upon  his  altar  «nd  consecrated  to  him^— gifts  which  more  poYCrty- 
stridden  penons  than  Uiemselves  hav«  laid  at  the  Saviour's  feet,  and  oonsecratod 
ta  htm  with  prayers  and  tears.    The  church  that  is  still  callhig  for  aid  when  ib» 

.  orisis^if  its  own  peril  is  passed,  and  reastmsible  self-sacrifice  en  its  part  would 
make.itMlf^eupportiiig,  camiot  but  ofibnd  the  Saviour,  dishonor  its  ovm  saered 
name,  ant  peril  its  future*   Such  a  church,  haBgii%  upon  the  skirts  of  a  misskm- 

.  ary  society  from  year  to  year,  does  much  to  discourage  the  fiiends  and  patrons 
of  mis^ona,  and  lessen  freedom  and  cheerfulness  $n  the  contribution  of  fbnds. 

4.  Kcrt  a  Ibw  churches  are  tempted  to  feel  that  it  is  no  dishonor  to  be  Hefpeit- 
dent,  and  to  hare  misiionary  aid.    This  depends  entirely  on  what  oauses  the 

« dependence.  If  the  people  harv«  the  means  of  gospel  support,  and  a  reasonablo 
amount  of  setf^aoriflce  would  cause  them  to  live  without 'aid,  tiken  their  call  fbt 
aid  is  a  sin  and  a  shame.  The  star^  beggar,  whose  own  hidustry  would  supplx 
his  wants,  knocking  at  the  door  Ibr  aid,  is  not  a  more  repukire  spectacle^  than  a 
(Aurch  Is^ng  liurdens  en  others,  which  it  could  itself  carry  without  harmftil 
self-sacrifice.  Depend^ce,  that  no  common,  and  nothing  short  <^  ruinous  sacri- 
fice could  pramnt)  is  ir>  shame.  Bnt  the  people  that  are  every  year  adding  to 
their  investments,  or  are  free  in  cestly  pleasures  and  indulgences,  yet  gmd|^g 
gospel  support,  ^tnd  askteg  others  to  bear  the  burden  for  them,  do  bring  ^esi- 
selves  under  a  righteous  condemnation.  Hie  idea  of  dependenee  riiould  bo  a 
burden,  and  tt  is  the  dictate  of  a  justifiable  pride,  and  of  true  Ohristian  masil^ 
ness,  to  end  it  at  ihe  earliest  posdble  date.  The  native,  pastor  in  a  foreign  mio- 
stonary  field  struck  the  right  note  when  he  said,  *'  Long  enoogh  have  ire  recelyM. 
.  aid  f^om  others.  It  Is  time  fi>r  us  to  take  care  of  ourselves.  We  too  dioald  be 
.  good  men  and  Ohristiaas*    How  long  shall  we  be  in  subjection  to  the  benefieeiioo 


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4if  otiMKBf "  Some  dependent  ohorobes  in  that  land  give  three  and  fire,  and  ef^Mi 
seTen  per  cent.,  not  of  income,  but  of  tbe  assessed  TaUie  of  their  properly  to  8a|>* 
port  the  foepeL  What  wonld  b^tlie  effect  of  snob  a  oonrse  bjr  the  dependent 
ehonhes  ia  Maeaachoietts?  It  wooid  give  ns  the  sight  of  a  whole  fleet,  no  longer 
bilf-wndBed  aad  creeping  feebl j  along,  bnt  in  fbll  sul  on  tbe  (^>en  oea  of  tbe 
highest  Obriitiaaproflperitx. 

0.  Dependent  obarohes  are  tempted  to  nndervalne  their  own  poaition  aa^ 
ptrt  of  the  ohardi  of  God.  80  weak  as  to  need  sjnnpatfaj  and  aid  fsom  abroad, 
lad  io  few  in  wunbers  as  to  prevent  any  oonsoioosness  of  atreagtb  in  that  qnafltv 
ter,  and  feeing,  thereA»re^  that  they  are  little  ones  among  tbe  thooaandaof  Iseta], 
tbcre-  ia  a  tendeno/  to  that  despondency  whiob  oondndes  tbem  to  he  of  little 
•oooaDt,  any  way,  in  the  kingdom  of  God;  a  atate  of  mind  nnfuFOCidde  for  any 
Tigoions  and  earnest  efforts  to  promote  that  ktogdom. 

But  the  grace  and  proyidence  of  God  soleoasly  and  decidedly  rebnkea  saeh 
despondence.  Every  star  has  not  tbe  same  size  and  lustre ;  bat  each  has  its  own 
plioe,  and  contributes  its  share  to  the  glory  of  tbe  firmament  So  the  weakest 
and  feeblest  church  in  Zion  has  a  place  to  fill,  a  measure  of  power,  and  a  respon- 
sibility therefore  to  bear.  And  the  Great  Head  has  given  to  all  such  churches 
some  of  the  most  deligbtfbl  testiiaonies  that  they  aye  dear  to  bim,  that  be^bas  a 
work  for  them  to  do ;  and  be  has  so  blest  many  of  these  little  bands  of  believers 
11  to  pot  shame  on  the  assumption  that  tbey  may  regard  themaelves  as  of  small 
•ocoont  in  Zion,  and  as  having,  therefore,  little  or  nothing  to  do.  From  a  rural 
town  in  Kew  England,  and  largely  through  tbe  influence  of  a  little  missionary 
ehveh  for  forty  years  dependent,  has  gone  forth  a  president  of  one  of  the  most 
diitingfHsbed  New  England  colleges,  for  thirty  years  a  metropolitan  pastor;  a 
gnremor  of  a  New  England  State ;  a  senattn:  from  tbe  some  State  in  Oongress ;  a 
Ittge  Bomber  of  eminent  Ohristian  ministers,  lawyers  and  merchant  princes  of  oar 
eiUss,  and  others  of  high  standing,  of  great  infl«enoe  and  osefdlness  in  the  variow 
wafts  of  life.  Some  of  the  most  disUngaii^d  of  oar  missionaries  in  the  foreigoa 
ield  rsoeived  their  first  spintaal  impalses  under  the  gospel,  as  admiaistered  in 
the  feeble  chnrcbes  in  Massachnsetts.  And  by  each  display  of  his  sov^Breign 
lower  and  grace,  does  Infinite  Love  send  a  cheering  voice  of  enconragement     • 

Each  of  these  little  churches  has  a  special  sphere  assigned  it  of  God.  It  is 
an  integral  part  of  his  great  kingdom  on  earth.  It  has  no  right  to  one  moment's 
despondency,  or  to  entertain  for  an  instant  tbe  idea  that  it  is  to  have  little  or  no 
part  i|i  q»reading  the  gospel  through  tbe  world.  Every  saeb  charob  baa  a  right 
to  cherish,  and  ia  bound  to  dierish,  the  delightful  eonviotion  that  it  has  as  really 
^  kind  and  loving  regard  of  the  Great  Head  of  tbe  Oburch,  as  the  strongest  an 
ZioB,  and  that  he  is  as  ready  to  accept  and  Uess  its  labors  as  theirs. 

S.  Some  of  the  dependent  churches  are  tempted  to  feel,  that  because  they 
need  and  receive  foreign  aid,  there  is  no  claim  on  them  £or  oontribatlons  to  spnoad 
tbe  go^l  in  the  world.  They  reason  that^  being  so  poer  that  tliey  cannot  sup* 
port  the  gospel  among  themselves  without  help,  tbey  are  justly  excused  from 
giviag  any  thing  to  charity  outside  of  themselves.  Bat  no  snob  inference  shoold 
he  made.  Personal  activity  in  spreading  tbe  gospel  throaj^i  tbe  world,  ia  an 
inH^erioaa  obligation  upon  every  member  of  the  Ohristian  Obarob,  and  even  the 
nost  poverty-stricken,  with  smtable  care,  can  Ukt  some  part  in  it  This  dirty 
has  the  divine  sanction— is  one  of  tbe  moirt  natoval  and  important  fmita  of  the 
fipUit-HNie  of  the  evidenoes  that  the  gospel  baa  prodaced  true  OhEristian  bene- 
^>wo8  in  the  heart  The  early  OhrisUaaa  made  no  snob  plea  against  tbe  eill 
te  peaoniary  dferiiigs.  Indeed,  some  c^  the  noblest  examples  of  aaoh  offering 


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wtre  to  be  found,  tnd  with  highest  iipoetolio  oommendatioD,  among  ebnrohet 
characterized  bj  ^  deep  poTcrtj." 

So  far  from  the  known  Uberalitj  of  dependent  chnrchet  in  spreading  the 
gospel  in  the  world,  operating  upon  the  patrons  of  the  Missionarj  Society  to 
leisen  their  sjmpaihj  with,  and  aid  to,  thete  churches,  the  very  reverse  is  cer- 
tain. Such  liberality  proves  that  the  gospel  is  producing  some  of  its  most  im- 
portant aod  Taluable  fruits,  and  that  these  dependent  but  liberal  churches  are 
answering  the  eod  for  which  the  friends  of  missions  are  praying  and  giving.  The 
Missionary  Society  requires  at  least  one  offering  a  year  to  its  funds,  from  all  its 
aided  churches,  and  is  cheered  in  its  work  of  aiding,  by  what  it  sees  of  the  spirit 
of  giving  to  aid  in  all  direction?,  the  growing  kingdom  of  God  in  the  world.  And 
it  would  be  a  strong  reason  for  denying  aid  to  any  church  which  wraps  itself  in 
that  mantle  of  selBshness  which  considers  a  pka  of  poverty,  as  hindering  actiTe 
seal  in  sending  the  gospel  through  the  worid. 


MISSIONARY  INTELLIGENCE. 


OBBOOir. 

From  JRew,  W.  R,  Butcher,  Albany, 
lAnn  Co. 

Disoouraffements. 

I  have  ministered  to  this  people  for 
a  year,  and  see  little  if  any  improve- 
ment. My  congregations  are  mostly 
made  np  of  those  who  are  here  today, 
next  Sunday  at  some  other  church,  ac- 
cording as  inclination  or  some  novelty 
calls  them ;  so  thst  my  ministrations  are 
truly  drawing  a  bow  at  a  venture. 

Dodring  the  quarter  jnst  closed,  my 
wife  and  I  have  both  been  sick,  at  the 
same  time,  with  fever  and  ague,  and, 
being  obliged  to  be  about  as  much  as 
possible,  it  was  some  time  before  we 
began  to  recover.  I  was  unable  to 
preach  during  the  month  of  September. 
This  is  a  very  unhealthy  locality,  fevers 
of  all  kinds,  especially  intermittents, 
being  very  common. 

Let  me  give  you  an  inddent  to  show 
what  kind  of  people  we  have  to  deal 
with.  A  gentleman  recently  from 
Ohio  has  charge  of  our  public  school. 
He  opened  his  school  with  prayer ;  and 
in  consequence  of  such  a  course,  toward 
the  dose  of  his  first  week  two  of  the 
three  directors  visited  him  and  inform- 


ed him  that  he  must  either  give  up 
praying  in  school,  or  give  up  his  po- 
sition. They  generously  allowed  him 
two  days  to  decide.  He  concluded  to 
do  neither ;  and,  the  third  director  hint- 
ing to  the  others  that  they  might  hare 
to  pay  him  for  his  time  if  they  turned 
him  off  on  such  a  pretext,  tlie  matter 
was  dropped.  But  one  of  the  directors 
and  some  other  parties  in  the  city  took 
their  children  out  of  school,  and  our 
teacher  still  prays.  This  is  an  out- 
growth not  of  Roman  Catholicism,  but 
of  spiritualism  and  general  ungodliness. 
It  is  very  difficult  for  us  to  approach 
those  who  are  either  non-attendants  or 
only  casual  church-goers,  as  they  feel 
that  instead  of  our  offering  a  privilege 
to  them,  we  are  really  asking  a  favor  of 
them,  when  we  invite  them  to  the 
house  of  God. 


CAUIOBNIA. 

Frmn  Rtv.  R.    Graven,  Mokehtnme  SVi, 
Calaveras  Oo, 

A  Wide  Field. 
I  have  preached  regularly  during  the 
quarter  at  the  villages  of  Mdcelnnuie 
Hill,  San   Andreas,  Angdo,  Dongjaa 


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Ff«t  aod  Marphy'B.  At  Kok^lamne 
Hill  eight  persona  have  been  received 
into  the  ohnrch,  and  there  is  a  prospect 
ofattili  greater  ingathering.  Calaye- 
na  oonntj  has  not  far  from  18,000  in- 
habitanta,  and  I  am  the  onl  j  Protestant 
minister  in  the  oountj.  Bot  this  ap- 
parent neglect  is  largely  owing  to  the 
babitaal  indifference  of  the  people  to 
the  olaima  of  the  gospel 

**  The  Bl«  Trees." 

Within  the  bounds  of  my  mission 
fiald  are  situated  the  world-renowned 
"  big  trees  "  of  California.  The  valley 
in  which  this  grove  is  situated  contaios 
Dtnety- three  of  the  sequoya  trees. 
There  are  also  hundreds  of  sugar  pines 
of  astonishing  proportions,  reaching  the 
height  of  about  275  feet,  and  having  a 
diameter  of  ten  or  eleven  feet  The 
grofe  contains  ten  trees,  each  of  which 
is  thirty  feet  in  diameter,  and  over  sev- 
entj  that  are  between  fifteen  and  thirty 
feet  in  diameter.  One  of  the  trees,  which 
luB  fallen—"  The  father  of  the  forest" 
—mo$<t  have  been  four  hundred  and  fifty 
ibst  high,  and  forty  feet  in  diameter.  In 
1853,  one  of  the  largest  trees,  ninety-two 
feet  in  circumference,  and  over  three 
hwidred  feet  high,  was  out  down. 
Five  men  worked  twenty-five  days 
in  felling  it,  using  large  augers.  .  The 
stump  of  this  tree  has  been  smoothed 
off;  and  on  it  has  beea  reared  a  beauti- 
ful little  building,  to  be  used  as  occasion 
requires,  either  as  a  church  or  a  dance- 
house.  I  think  it  would  comfortably 
aett  one  hundred  persons. 


OOLOBADO. 

^rom  JU9»  If.  ThompBon^  B<mlder^ 

BimUerCo- 

Affrionltiuntl  Pzoapeote. 

The  harvests  are  nearly  past  The 
imurs  have  received  fair  rewards  for 
their  labors.  Oonsiderable  attention  is 
Mm  given  to  fniit«cn1tnre  of  all  kinds. 
Toe  know  that  Oalifomia  is  taking  a 
IMding  podtion  as  a  firoit-gro  wing  State. 


Hitherto,  the  few  efforts  that  have  been 
made  here  have  succeeded  but  pooiiy ; 
and  our  open  winters,  high  winds,  and 
great  altitude,  have  made  many  doubt. 
But  thousands  of  apple,  pear,  peach, 
plum,  apricot,  fig  and  quince  trees,  with 
all  vines  and  shrubs,  are  beiog  brought 
from  the  California  slopes  of  about  the 
same  climate  and  soil  as  our  own ;  and 
we  oonfid^itly  expect  that  these  Bocky 
mountain  slopes  will  yet  be  bearing 
abundantly  all  manner  of  fruits. 

Church  at  Greeley. 

I  was  at  Greeley,  on  the  fifteenth  of 
September,  where  the  "bishops"  of 
Wyoming  and  Colorado  met  in  council 
and  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the 
sixth  Congregational  church  in  Colo- 
rado. Twenty-nine  members  came  to- 
gether, and  more  are  soon  to  join  them, 
about  forty  in  all.  Ton  will  need  to 
send  them  a  minister.  If  they  have 
"  the  right  kind  of  a  man,"  an  "  able 
minister  of  the  New  Testament,"  I 
think  they  will  at  once  take  a  long 
stride  toward  self-support.  Greeley  is 
a.  colony  of  seven  hundred  people,  on 
the  Denver  Pacific  Railway,  about  half 
way  between  Denver  and  Cheyenne. 
It  allows  no  whiskey  shops  within  its 
limits.  Within  six  months,  they  have 
done  more  in  building  and  preparing  to 
live  and  do  basiness,  than  many  other 
places  have  done  in  ten  years. 


DAKOTA. 

IVom  Rev,  J.   Ward^  YankU^n^ 
TanJOon  Co, 

A  Tour  of  Bzploration. 

I  have  but  just  returned  from  a  trip 
of  200  miles  with  one  of  my  parishion- 
ers, Mr.  Bray,  who  oflfered  to  take  me, 
with  his  team,  though  at  considerable 
inconvenience  and  expense  to  himself. 
Our  wives  accompanied  us.  The  main 
object  of  the  trip  was  to  organize  a 
church  at  Canton ;  but  I  also  wanted  to 
see  some  other  parts  of  the  country,  and 
so  to<^  a  new  road.       This  led  us 


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throtigli  Bloomingdak,  a  litU*  town 
Josfc  slaorting  on  the  YarmilioB  river, 
ten  miles  from  Yermilion,  irkere  ICr. 
Sheldon  hai  organized  a  cbnroh.  Milting 
oor  waj,  we  were  delayed  an  boar  or 
more,  nnd  thereby  gained  oar  first 
knowledge  of  Lodi,  of  which  I  had  not 
even  heard  nntil  that  daj.  Indeed,  it 
baa  taken  to  itself  a  name  cn\j  within 
a  few  weeks.  Throagh  this  same  de- 
lay we  were  unable  to  reach  Oanton 
before  night,  and  so  found  a  little 
Swedish  honse,  half  nnder  ground,  and 
altogether  too  small  to  hold  us ;  bnt  we 
were  prepared  for  that,  and  quickly 
b&d  our  blankets  spread  under  the 
wagon  between  two  haystacks,  where 
we  passed  a  comfortable  night.  The 
woman  gare  us  good  coffee  to  eke  out 
our  cold  lunch,  and  of  course  hay  in 
plenty  and  stable-room  for  the  horses. 
She  would  take  no  pay  for  this,  having 
found  in  some  way  that  I  was  a 
"  priest,"  as  she  called  me.  **For  more 
tlinn  a  year,**  she  said,  "  they  had  not 
heard  the  Word  of  God."  What  she 
gave  us  was,  I  verily  believe,  "for  the 
sake  of  Ohrist;'*  so  that,  when  she 
brought  a  little  blank-book  and  her  Tes- 
tament, with  the  request  that  I  would 
write  some  verse,  with  my  name  and  the 
date,  I  was  not  at  a  loss  what  verse  to 
select;  for,  will  not  a  cup  of  hot  coifee 
claim  the  blessing,  as  well  as  a  cup  of 
cold  water? 

We  reached  Canton  the  next  day 
(Friday)  about  noon,  find  spent  the  af- 
ternoon in  getting  rested  and  laying 
plans  for  the  next  day.  Saturday  was 
spent  in  driving  out  to  the  homes  of 
those  who  were  on  the  prairie,  and  tell- 
ing them  of  our  plans. 

Oh«roh  Oxaaaiaed. 

Sabbath  morning  a  good  audience 
met  in  a  log^building.  A  short  sermon, 
a  brief  explanation  of  the  method  of 
forming  a  chureh,  and  then  eight  per- 
sons signed  a  paper  declaring  that  they 
thus  united  themselves  as  the  Congre- 
gational church  of   Canton,  adopting 


the  Oonitiltatkm,  Conftsrion  of  Faith, 
and  Covenant  given  in  tlie  Manual  pre- 
pared by  Dr.  B(^.  They  then  elected  a 
clerk  and  diose  two  deacons.  The  dea- 
eons  were  ordained  by  prayer  and  the 
laying  on  of  hands.  Every  one  remarked 
the  impressiveness  of  the  ceremmiy. 

Then  Mr.  Bray,  acting  as  delegate 
from  the  church  in  Yankton,  gave  the 
right  hand  of  fellowship  to  th»  new 
church  in  Canton.  After  that  we  ad- 
ministered the  sacrameni  One  woman, 
who  had  not  been  present  at  snch  a 
ceremony  for  years,  was  affected  to 
tears  by  it,  and  was  moved  to  ask  that 
she  might  join  them  at  the  next  com- 
munion. Several  others,  who  were  ab- 
sent temporarily  from  the  place,  will 
Join  soon,  and  a  company  of  ten  or  more 
families,  expected  now  every  day,  will 
briog  still  more  additions. 

I  had  sent  notice,  the  day  before,  Ihat 
I  would  preaofa  at  Sioux  Falls  in  the 
evening,  and  so,  in  the  afternoon,  we 
drove  thither,  twenty  miles— found  a 
room  prepared  in  the  old  barracks,  and 
a  good  audience  for  the  place.  The 
time  has  hardly  come  to  organize  a 
ehurch  there,  though  the  people  are 
very  anxious  to  have  ne  come  and 
preach  to  them. 

Monday  afternoon  we  started  home- 
ward. Not  finding  a  good  stopping 
place,  even  at  a  haystack,  we  drove  all 
night,  getting  home  Tuesday  morning, 
just  after  sunrise ;  rather  tired,  quite 
cold,  and  very  sleepy,  but  also  happy. 


From  Rev,  8.  Sheldon^  JSlk  PoitU^ 
Union  Co. 

His  Field. 

In  making  my  first  quarterly  report, 
it  gives  me  pleasure  to  say  that  much 
more  has  been  accomplished  than  I  had 
reason  to  expect  in  so  short  a  tiaie. 
Six  miles  from  Elk  Point  there  waa 
just  MS  yoong  man,  a  Congregationa^t, 
who  was  anxioaa  tluit  I  should  vi«t  hia 
town,  Mofalond,  and  hold  services  on 
the  Sabbath.  I  ^d  so,  and  found  several 


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i»r 


Goo^regationalists.  Tbej  wer^  all  anx- 
iooa,  18  wore  othera,  that  I  should  oome 
^ain,  ood  I  maoaged  to  preach  there 
leveral  times;  and  the  result  was  that 
we  organized  a  chnroh  with  three  zaem- 
Uru  Several,  at  the  time  of  the  orgaa- 
iation,  failed  to  present  themselTCS, 
tiumgh  thej  will  doobtless  vxite  here- 
aftsr.  These  members  are  from  the 
moft  inflaeDtial  families  in  that  com* 
■ffiiitj,  and  of  coarse  they  bring  manj 
to  the  place  of  worship,  and  give  char- 
soUr  to  the  important  work,  Thej 
hsTs  formed  a  Sabbath  sohool,  and 
•torted  a  weeklj  prajer  meeting.  Two 
new  members,  just  Irom  Iowa,  will 
toon  o&ite  with  Uiem.  Since  the  or- 
gsaization  of  the  chnroh  thej  have 
aommenced  a  nice  large  schooL-hoase, 
which  will  make  a  comfortable  plaee 
l»r  cor  meetings.  There  is  now  talk  of 
aiailroad  throogh  this  plaee,  and  parties 
have  already  been  on  the  ground  to 
make  a  surrey*  The  field  is  an  import- 
ut  and  hopeful  one^  and  the  one  man 
Sid  two  wonen  connected  with  the 
ckaroh  are  working  wiUi  tea-fold  more 
<ieianeytha&  before  the  organization 
of  the  church.  Already  we  see  blessed 
lesuks,  and  the  Ibture  wiU  undoubtedly 
•bow  better  things,  I  am  now  trying 
to  preach  to  them  CTery  Sabbath  after- 
noon. It  is  pleasant  to  preach  to  them, 
thty  receive  the  gospel  so  eagerly  and 
segratefally. 

Last  fiabbath  I  hdped  to  organize  at 
£Ik  Point  a  ohureh  of  six  members. 
We  expected  three  more,  but  they  were 
uaavoidably  hindered.  They  wUl  unite 
toon.  This  will  give  us  a  nbemberahip 
of  nine  to  begin  with.  At  this  place 
€M  of  the  members  gives  the  use  of  a 
^eassBt  hall  over  his  store,  and  we 
have  aecored  a  mdodeon,  which  is 
piay ed  by  a  young  lady,  a  member  of 
the  church,  an  exeelleat  Ohristian 
woman.  They  wiH  start  a  church 
■oeiahle  and  prayer  meeting  very  coon. 
The  town  is  growing,  and  grading  for 
the  railroad  haa  already  commenced. 

At  Vermilion  we  have   aecured  a 


hall  f<^  oar  services,  and  raised  by  suV 
scription  nearly  $75  for  the  purchase  of 
a  melodeon,  which  we  expect  will  be 
sent  as  soon  as  possible,  liText  Sabbath 
evening  is  the  time  set  for  the  organ- 
ization of  a  church  which  we  now  ex- 
pect will  start  oW  with  nine  members, 
while  several  others  are  talking  of 
unilong. 

Thus  the  work  goes  on,  and  you  will 
see  that  my  hands  and  my  heart  sr^  full 
My  great  anxiety  is  with  reference  to 
bow  I  shall  psy  for  my  missionary  ont- 
fit*-a  horse  and  wagon  which  I  pur- 
chased on  truit,  that  I  might  make  my 
weekly  round  of  over  100  miles,  to  feed 
th^sse  scattered  oaes  of  the  flock  of 
Obriflt  with  the  bread  of  life,  and  estab- 
lish churohes.  If  I  shall  be  compelled 
to  give  up  this  work,  because  of  inabililor 
to  meet  this  payment,  it  wiU  be  a  great 
disappointment  to  me,  though  it  mi^t 
lead  me  into  some  less  laborious  field 
not  demanding  the  use  of  a  horse  and 
carriage.  But  I  mean  to  hold  on  as 
long  as  possible. 


KANSAS. 

J5Vom  Jiev,  K  Barber^  EtUworth^  £lIswor(h 
County, 
JA^ht  Breaking  In^ 
I  amtroliy  grateful  that  the  Lord  has 
put  it  iuto  the  hearts  of  some  of  his 
stewards  to  reader  aid  to  a  fseble  chi;reh 
that  has  j  ust  begun  to  breathe  the  breath 
of  life,  and  is  reaching  forth  its  hand  to 
the  blessed  work  of  planting  the  Cross 
in  the  midst  of  the  destitute.  Ells- 
worth is  quite  on  the  frontier.  It  is  on 
the  Kansas-Padfic  Railway.  A  few 
miles  west  of  it  we  enter  the  neighbor- 
hood of  the  buffalo,  and  but  a  very 
short  time  has  elapsed  since  the  wild ' 
Indian  roamed  all  around  us.  There  is 
little  beyond  us  in  the  way  of  civilized 
habitations,  exc^t  railway  stations,  un- 
til we  readi  Denver,  in  Odorado.  By 
aome  wise  providence  I  am  here.  I 
came  into  the  State  for  the  first  time  ^ 
last  winter,  to  aid  my  sen  in  selecting : 


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December, 


a  farm.  This  mfttter  being  attended 
to,  I  oondnded  that  if  the  Lord  Lad 
any  thing  for  me  to  do  here,  I  would 
remaiD.  I  Lave  entered  npon  the  first 
field  that  presented  itself^  without  in- 
stituting a  single  ioquirj  as  to  the  ease 
or  hardness  of  the  work  to  be  done,  feel- 
ing that  if  I  was  in  the  way  of  duty,  tbe 
Master  would  take  care  of  the  results. 
This  place,  in  the  past,  has  rank- 
ed among  tbe  most  wicked  places  on 
the  frontier.  Intemperance,  debauch- 
ery, gambliog,  profknity,  Sabbath-break- 
ing, and  almost  erery  other  sin  in  the 
catalogue,  haye  here  had  unrestrained 
license.  As  a  consequence,  murder  and 
lynching  ha^e  been  the  order  of  the 
day.  But  a  better  star  seems  to  be 
rising.  There  are  a  few  who  have 
mourned  over  these  abominations,  and 
have  prayed  the  Lord  to  send  relief. 
They  have  felt  that  these  beautiful 
prairies  were  destined  to  a  better  use 
than  to  afford  a  home  to  those  whose 
only  work  seemed  to  be  to  blasi^eme 
the  name  and  day  of  Him  who  made 
them  thus  beautifuL  During  the  three 
months  that  I  have  been  here,  there 
has  been  a  frightful  list  of  casualties. 
One  cliild  has  been  killed;  one  man 
has  been  killed  by  the  kick  of  a  horse ; 
another  by  riding  against  a  post  in  the 
evening;  three  men  have  been  killed 
on  the  railroad;  two  men  have  been 
shot  in  saloons— one  fatally.  Bad  as 
every  thing  appears  in  the  past,  all 
speak  of  the  signs  of  the  ftiture  as  hope- 
ful. A  burden  seems  to  be  moved 
from  the  hearts  of  the  few  who  love 
'  God.  The  Incorrigibly  wicked  are  seek- 
ing a  more  congenial  atmosphere.  The 
light  is  breaking  in. 


I^wn  Rev,  J,  C.  Plumb^  FoH  SeoU^  Bour- 
bon Co, 

StroffcllBc  to  Build. 

I  haro  to  report  that  there  is  more 

^encouragement  in  this  field  than  at  any 

time  heretofore.     Our  audiences   are 

•steadily  increasing,  so  that  our  present 


room  is  too  small,  and  there  is  great 
need  of  getting  our  new  building  up. 
We  feel  confident  that  we  can  douUe 
our  usefulness  when  we  are  in  our 
church.  The  town  is  improving  rapidly ; 
our  secdnd  raflroad  will  be  open  next 
month,  and  quite  a  number  of  Oongre- 
gationalists  have  come  in  since  my  last 
report  But,  more  than  all,  there  seems 
to  be  a  growing  interest  in  religion  and 
a  tenderness  in  the  community  that 
makes  our  hearts  rejoice. 

I  never  had  so  much  to  do ;  never 
preached  so  much  in  the  out-districts, 
and  never  knew  so  well  what  a  task  it 
is  to  build  a  church. 

I  should  entirely  mislead  you  if  I 
should  convey  the  idea  that  the  church* 
walls  will  go  forward  to  completion, 
certainly  and  speedily,  and  by  the  aid 
of  our  own  people.  The  fact  is,  that 
unless  we  get  help  for  this  work  frcmi 
the  Oongregaticmal  Union,  and  from 
other  Ariends  and  churches,  I  am  much 
afVaid  the  work  will  linger  along  so 
that  we  shall  be  seriously  crippled. 
Our  people  are  doing  generously  and 
nobly ;  and  if  the  denomination  would 
but  help  at  this  nerve-centre,  as  ita  im* 
portance  demands,  we  should  greatly 
multiply  our  influenoe. 


From  Rev,  I,  J<icobuSy  Junction  C^y,  Davd 
County. 

Fire  Tears  on  the  Fxontlar. 

This  date  closes  my  year,  and  marks 
a  period  of  five  years  in  this  field. 
Eventful  years  have  they  been  to  ns — 
years  to  which  we  did  not  look  for- 
ward, when  we  left  home  to  come  out 
as  missionaries.  The  reality  has  proT* 
ed  far  different  from  the  prospect  The 
novelty  and  the  romance  of  pioneer- 
life  seem  quite  inviting  at  the  first  out- 
look. To  be  one  of  those  who  are 
dearing  away,  and  laying  foundations, 
and  shaping  institutions,  seems  a  yery 
nice  thing  before  tbe  experiment  is 
made;  but  to  pass  day  after  day,  month 
after  month,  and  year  after  year  in  ae- 


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tnal  work,  wrings  oct  all  the  romanoe, 
•nd  throws  oTor  it  a  &r  different  oolor- 

These  have  been  years  of  hard  work, 
work  of  a  nature  that  a  minister  of  the 
gospel  shonld  be  ftee from;  bat  in  snob 
a  place,  and  nnder  snob  oircamstanoefi, 
amioiBter  mnst  ''serve  tables  "  nntil  at 
least  there  is  safflcient  material  from 
which  to  obtain  helpers. 

The  retrospect  is  not  withont  com- 
fort The  contrast  between  our  present 
•ooommodations  for  worship  and  those 
afforded  when  we  first  came,  is  striking. 
Then  we  had  to  take  onr  turn  with 
others,  in  a  hall  or  any  room  we  could 
•ecnre  f  »r  the  purpose ;  now  we  have 
oar  own  neat  church-edifice,  which  is  all 
paid  for  and  fitted  up  in  a.  very  inviting 
marner.  Almost  every  dollar  has  been 
raised  hy  myself.  Besides  this.  I  have 
had  to  build  my  own  house,  besides 
preaching  as  occasion  required. 


I  presched  a  more  effectual  sermon  to 
them,  in  these  acts  of  kindness,  than  I 
could  preach  from  the  desk. 


XINKBSOTA. 

From  Rev,  O,  P,  Champlin^  Fairmount, 
Martin  Co, 


Frontiar  Fanerahi. 
There  has  been  a  fearful  mortality 
here  daring  the  past  summer.  Several 
English  families  have  lost  one  or  more  of 
their  children ;  and  it  has  been  particu- 
larij  trying  to  them,  strangers  as  they 
ire  in  a  strange  land.  And  these  ooca- 
•ions  afford  another  iUostration  of  tlie 
^Tersitjr  of  a  missionary's  labors.  I  was 
CiDed  upon  recently  to  bury  four  chil- 
^0  in  the  space  of  a  little  more  than 

•  week,  and  two  of  these  I  literally 
haried  witli  my  own  hands.  The  pa- 
reats  knew  of  no  one  to  call  upon,  and 
it  became  necessary  for  me  to  hant  np 

•  gr.'ve-digger,  order  the  coflSn,  and 
•wew  down  the  ooffln-lid.  In  two  in- 
*«ces  I  put  the  little  coffin  into  my 
own  boggy,  took  the  father  beside  me, 
rode  out  to  tlie  grave-yard,  and  filled 
»P  the  grave  rayseld  These  were  the 
■aallest  funerals  I  ever  attended.  The 
^■MQies  had  been  unfortunate  and  could 
^^  tflford  to  hire  the  hearse  or  car- 
'^w*    This  seems  quite  foreign  to 


The  Conntry. 

This  is  truly  a  beautiftil  spot  on  the 
prairie.   The  face  of  the  country  in  this 
region  is  quite  diversified.    Oar  pleasant 
village  is  situated  on  one  of  the  lakes 
which  compose  the  famous  Chain  Lakes 
of  thb  county,  and  is  considerably  ele- 
vated above  the  surrounding  country. 
We  are  not  visionary  at  all,  when  we 
say  that,  at  no  distant  day,  this  will  be 
the  resort  of  pleasure-seekers,  tourists, 
and  those  in  search  of  health.    These 
lakes  are  filled  with  a  great  variety  of 
fish,  and  their  waters  are  thickly  dot- 
ted with  docks.  Prairie-chickens,  sand- 
liill  cranes,  geese  and  swans  abound. 
Along  these  lakes  there  is  considerable 
timber ;  but  nway  from  them,  out  on 
the  prairie,  there  is  hardly  any.    This 
is  the  greatest  drawback  to  the  growth 
of  the  place.    There  is  not  sufficient 
timber  for  fencing  or  for  fuel,  to  say 
nothing  of  bnilding;  bnt  tliis  maybe 
offset  by  two  or  three  considerations. 
Large  quantities  of  peat  have  recently 
been  discovered  on  the  different  farms 
about  here,  which  will  take  the  place  of 
wood  for  faeL    Timber  of  all  kinds 
grows  very  rapidly,  so  that,  even  now, 
there  are  not  a  few  good  groves,  and 
these  with  others  will  furnish  the  need- 
ed fencing.    There  is  reasonable  hope 
of  railroad   communications,   not   far 
from  us,  at  no  distant  day.    Thus,  in 
the  course  of  time,  the  difficulty  arising 
from  the  scarcity  of  timber  will  be  ob- 
viated. 

Tlxa  People. 

The  people  about  here  rank  high,  in- 
tellectually and  morally,  bnt  pecuni- 


«•  iegitlmate  work  of  a  mioister  of  arily,  they  are  like  all  other  frontiers- 
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the  land  wbkh  Qhj  wtrk;  aad  in 
manjr  iosUnoefl  this  it  beavil/  mori- 
gaged.  The  mahi  rdianoe  of  the  people 
ifl  thehr  crops ;  but  these  are  Qocertain, 
and  io  many  cases  are  more  than  con- 
sumed before  thej  are  grown.  This 
year  has  been  bad  for  them.  Wheat  is 
Terj  poor ;  oats  are  not  much,  if  any, 
better ;  com,  which  bid  fair  at  one  time 
to  do  well,  will  not  yield  largely ;  po- 
tatoes are  few  in  number,  small  in  size, 
and  of  very  poor  qnality.  The  farmers 
begin  to  realize  that  they  mnst  do  some- 
thing besides  grain-raising,  for  a  livbg. 


I^rom  Rev,  0.  B,  Sheldon,  Sxcelnor,  Hen- 
nepin Co. 
The  Material  House. 

We  are  now  fully  embarked  in  the 
work  of  ereotlDg  our  house  of  worship. 
Something  was  done  a  year  ago  toward 
this  object.  Subscriptions  were  ob- 
tained, a  building  committee  appointed, 
a  lot  secured,  a  plan  adopted,  and  some 
lumber  drawn  to  the  place.  But  there 
the  work  lagged.  The  bnildiog  com- 
mittee complained  that  they  had  no 
money  with  which  to  proceed.  A  large 
proportion  ^  the  subscriptions  were 
made  payable  in  labor,  and  no  one  seem* 
ed  to  hare  the  time  or  disposition  to 
call  out,  organize  and  direct  this  labor. 
There  was  also  oonsiderable  dissaUs&o- 
tion  as  to  the  site  aeleoted. 

Becoming  oonvineed  that  the  whole 
enterprise  was  in  danger  of  falling 
through,  unleas  some  one  should  derote 
hiniself  to  the  work  of  crowding,  or 
rather  leading  it  on,  and  as  there  seemed 
to  be  no  one  but  myself  to  do  so,  I 
offered  my  serviees  some  two  months 
since  to  the  .buildiDg  eommitftee  fior  this 
purpose.  The  question  of  the  site  was 
re-opened,' and  after  a  few  meetings  of 
the  subscribers  a  change  was  effected, 
which  seems  to  give  general  eatisfac- 
tioQ.  The  next  thing  was  to  procure 
stone  for  the  foundation.  'W'e  are 
obliged  to  depend,  far  such  purposes, 
upon  the  boulders  found   around  the 


slKires  of  our  lake,  lliese  are  brought 
in  a  barge,  towed  by  our  little  steaiaeff^ 
to  a  convenient  point  of  the  shore,  and 
ooareyed  thenee  to  the  {dace  in  wagons. 
I  went  fkt  and  near»  and  invited  the 
people,  until  I  had  eagaged  haads 
enough  to  man  the  barge,  and  teama  ta 
draw  the  stone  liratn  the  landing.  In 
tlus  way  we  have  obtained  three  barge 
loads,  or  more  than  a  hundred  wa^oA 
loate  of  stone— enough,  it  is  ihou^t, 
to  ooMplete  the  base.  In  a  similar 
manner  the  neeessaiy  «zoavation  hat 
been  made,  $»d  the  laying  of  the  stima 
aeoomplished. 

It  is  sometimes  difficult  to  get  bands 
when  needed.  But  the  people  respond 
well  to  the  ealls,  and  sometimes  aid  is 
obtained  fSrom  unexpected  quartan.  Ja 
the  steamer,  with  its  barge  and  orew, 
was  leaving  the  landing  one  morning, 
to  get  a  load  of  stone,  a  young  man, 
coming  in  a  row-boat  from  the  other 
side,  invited  them  to  his  father's  part 
of  the  shore,  where  there  was  a  good 
supply  of  stone.  Hia  father,  who  is  an 
infid^  and  sever  attended  public  wov- 
riiip,  had  said  to  him  that  morning— 
**  ICy  son,  if  you  ever  expect  to  be  seen 
inside  of  that  meeting-house,  go  and 
take  them  to  our  sh<fl^,  and  help  them 
get  that  load  of  stone."  K  the  people 
conUnue  to  have  ^  a  mind  to  work,"  I 
see  no  reason  why  we  cannot  get  up 
the  house  this  fall,  and  finish  it  io  the 
course  of  the  winter  and  spring,  so  as 
to  be  ready  for  Oeoapaacy  when  the 
meh  of  summer  vliitors  oomes  next 
season. 


JQWA* 

FV<m  JRev,  G,  Smith,  Bip  JRoch,  ScoU  O. 
Self-support. 

I  have  delayed  writing  yon,  that  I 
might  be  able  to  report  the  result  of 
our  effort  to  become  self-supportiAg. 
That  efif<Mrt  has  been  suoceeafdL  I  have 
new  been  your  missionary  for  three 
years,  oa  this  field,  and  my  coonectMii 


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with  jon  in  this  relaUoA  naw  c(wwp,  al 
kKt  for  the  present. 

WJmb  I  came  here,  I  preaehed  in 
•ofaool^honses  at  each  of  roj  appoiot- 
nents ;  now  we  h«76  at  eacli  place  a 
«iiiiroh  edifioe.  Their  oott  was  about 
$3,600  eafch,  and  they  are  free  from 
Mt  At  Big  Rook,  daring  the  last 
ymty  we  have  seonred  the  erection  of  a 
ptnonage  whieh  will  be  a  palatial  man- 
riea  oompared  with  oar  conventenoes 
heretofore.  It  is  22  x  28  feet,  two  stories 
bigfa,  and  eontains  nine  rooms.  Its  oo^t 
wifl  be  not  far  from  one  thonsand  dol- 
lan,  the  larger  part  of  whio)i  is  pro- 
Tided  for. 

How  We  Seaohed  It. 

It  is  not  hf  added  strength  from  in- 
creased numbers  that  we  become  self- 
•apporting,  this  year,  but  by  increased 
self-denial  and  liberality  on  the  part  of 
both  minister  and  people.  I  have  tried 
to  talk  self-support  into  my  people  from 
my  first  coming  here.  The  condition 
ef  yonr  treasury  and  the  necessities  of 
the  regions  beyond  induced  me  lately 
to  tell  my  people,  that  I  would  make 
my  salary  $600  instead  of  $700,  if  they 
would  become  self-supporting.  Two  of 
our  most  liberal  men  began  by  donbling 
their  sabscription,  and  the  result  of  a 
little  effort  is  that  the  amount  is  secured. 
The  endeavor  has  shown  us  that  a  few 
of  the  Lord's  professed  stewards  would 
rather  continue  to  hold  on  to  the  skirts 
of  the  Ilome  Missionary  Society  than, 
oat  of  their  abundance,  give  an  addi- 
tional dollar  for  the  support  of  the  gos- 
pel. Bat  we  have  been  gratified  to  see 
the  larger  number  disposed  to  give  with 
oheerfolnesfl^  and  in  the  exercise  of  self- 
toisl.  The  Lord  grant  them  soul- 
PW«perity  for  their  liberality  I 

The  church  at  Big  Rock  voted  that 
^  ttnder  to  the  Home  Misdoaary  8o- 
^^  oir  smoere  and  hearty  thaaks  fiir 
te  oaifonBly  kind  responses  to  our  re- 
<l«*aU  for  help,  daring  the  last  fourteen 
y%n%f  and  that  we  pledge  onrselTes  to 
bs  viidfid  in  the  fiitmre  of  tiie  inter- 


ests of  the  Society,  according  to  our 
abill^. 

Fi-om  JUv,  A.  V,  Motm,  YatmUle,  Calhom 

*'  Bdy  Oompetitlon.*' 

It  is  with  astonishment  that  I  see  the 
gospel  spreading  over  these  prairies, 
through  the  efforts  of  tlie  friends  of 
Home  Missions,  even  in  advance  of  the 
Methodists,  who  ore  proverbial  for  their 
spirit  of  pioneering.  I  once  heard  Rev. 
Mr.  Todd,  of  Tabor,  say,  while  showing 
the  adaptation  of  Congregationalism 
to  the  West,  that  he  was  the  first  gospel 
minister  on  the  Missouri  slope.  Suid  he : 
^'  I  was  ahead  even  of  the  Methodists ;  '* 
and  I  felt  a  glow  of  gratification,  which, 
perhaps,  so  good  a  man  as  he  is  would 
not  have  sympathized  with,  that  he  had 
excelled  in  tliis  holy  competiiion.  I 
have  grown  older  since  then ;  years  full 
of  toil,  care  and  many  sorrows,  lighten- 
ed to  be  sure  by  some  few  exceeding 
joys,  have  tempered  that  fiery  competi- 
tive ardor  which  once,  possibly,  was  a 
fault  with  me ;  but  I  am  still  glad  that 
I  have  had  the  privilege  of  preaching 
the  first  gospel  sermons  at  this  new 
station. 

XJnshelterQd. 

How  primitive  we  all  appeared  last 
Sabbath,  when  gathered  for  religious 
worship  t  Hardly  half  of  the  congrega- 
tion coukl  get  into  the  little  scbod- 
houae.  The  remainder  seated  them- 
selves on  the  grass  to  listen  to  the  same 
story,  so  old  and  so  new,  that  they  used 
to  hear  In  their  pleasant  Eastern  homes« 
Unlike  many  of  onr  Western  settle- 
ments, ours  is  composed  of  intelligent 
Eastern  people;  and  they  are  aU  won- 
dering what  we  shall  do  when  the 
storms  of  winter  are  upon  u!*,  and  our 
public  assemblies  must  either  be  dimin- 
ished in  8f26,  or  else  we  must  provide  a 
shelter  where  we  may  invite  these 
heme-eidc  ones  to  enjoy  at  least  one 
privilege  that  has  hitherto  been  denied 
them  in  this  new  country. 


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December, 


Oar  people  nre  brave  and  determined 
and  perseyering,  as  70a  will  say  after  I 
relate  a  little  of  their  history.  Fonr 
years  ago  they  came  out  here,  took  up 
their  homesteads,  broke  np  the  prairie, 
and  prepared  to  raise  their  crops  the 
following  year. 

In  the  meantime,  they  had  to  go 
twenty -five  miles  for  their  fuel,  lumber, 
and  most  of  their  provisions.  Many  of 
them  had  little  or  no  money,  and  were 
obliged  to  go  to  Fort  Dodge,  Ocho,  and 
other  places,  to  work  and  earn  food  for 
their  fEtmiliea.  But  hope  was  strong 
within  them  that  next  year  their  troub- 
les would  be  at  an  end.  The  long, 
hard,  first  winter  was  at  last  at  an  end, 
and  in  high  hope  they  planted  their 
fields,  and  the  grasshoppers  took  alL 
Another  year,  and  the  same  destructive 
little  insects  came,  in  overwhelming 
armies,  and  destroyed  every  thing.  The 
third  year,  they  thought — surely  no  dis- 
aster will  be  visited  upon  us  this  year. 
They  planted ;  crops  looked  beautiful ; 
but  the  blackbirds,  that  ever  hover 
about  Western  ^settlemeuts,  did  them 
great  damage.  But  they  have  not  lost 
heart.  They  are  cheerful,  hopeful  and 
generous.  One  brother  who  has  lived, 
all  this  time,  in  a  hay-house,  signed 
fifteen  dollars  for  my  support,  and  has 
already  more  than  paid  his  subscription. 
I  find  them  all  very  helpful,  and  much 
in  sympathy  with  the  work  I  hftve  in 
hand.  They  all  have  planted  large 
groves,  and  their  farms  are  well  culti- 
vated, and  in  a  few  years  they  will 
probably  have  every  thing  in  the  way 
of  beauty  and  convenience  that  labor, 
combined  with  intelligence  and  virtue, 

brings. 

. »>« 

JPhmi  a  MMonary  Ut  Northern  lowa^ 

A   Thankless  Servioa. 

Here  is  a  man  worth  over  $25,000. 
I  have  been  to  see  him  three  times,  over 
fueA  a  road  t  There  are  seventeen  big, 
steep  hills  in  two  miles.    He  has  had 


sickness  and  death  in  his  family.  It 
took  me  three-fourths  of  a  day  to  at- 
tend the  funeraL  I  broke  the  springs  to 
ray  IwifKr  hi  going.  A  few  days  aftear 
he  sent  for  me  to  come  and  baptise  his 
child,  who  was  sick  and  was  expected  to 
die.  I  went;  the  doctor  came  while  I 
was  there,  stayed  a  short  time,  and 
was  paid  twenty  dollars  for  his  trip. 
After  he  was  gone,  I  asked  this  dmr 
Iroth&r  in  the  Chureh  to  let  me  have 
some  oats  for  my  horse.  He  very 
coldly  told  me  that  he  had  not  any  to 
spare.  At  the  tame  time  he  had  not 
room  enough  for  his  grain ;  and  a  car- 
penter was  at  work  putting  up  another 
building. 

A  Day's  Work. 

Let  me  now  describe  to  you  my  work 
on  the  Sabbath.  I  go  eight  miles  over 
a  very  rough  road ;  one  steep  hill  is  half 
a  mile  long;  turn  round  the  high  bluff; 
cross  a  stream ;  go  through  a  piece  of 
woods;  find  a  stone  church  a  mile  from 
any  house ;  tie  my  horse  to  a  tree,  with 
a  little  bundle  of  hay  before  him  that  I 
have  brought  in  my  buggy ;  go  into  the 
church ;  I  find  a  Sabbath  school  and  a 
man  who  has  come  ten  miles  to  super- 
intend it,  and  ha$  done  so  for  over  twenty 
yean  !  When  the  service  is  over  I  go 
back  to  0.  There  is  no  place  for  din- 
ner for  me  or  my  horse.  I  tie  my 
horse  to  another  tree ;  go  into  church, 
find  another  Sabbath  school,  and,  after 
meeting,  go  a  mile  and  a  half  to  my 
home.  This  is  the  hardest  work  I. ever 
did,  but  I  am  encouraged,  and  believe 
the  Lord  has  a  work  here  for  me  to  do, 
and  souls  to  be  saved. 


From    Rev.   Wm,  L.    Colernany  MUeheU^ 

MUcheUCo. 

ATearof  TriaL 

The  last  year  has  been  one  of  great 
affliction  in  my  family— my  deor  00m* 
panion  being  sick  in  Angnst  and  part  d 
September,  1869,  and  dying  on  the  9th 
of  the  last-named  month.  Now,  in 
August  and  September,  1670,  thre^e  of 


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my  fnmilx — all  except  myself  who  were 
at  borne — h&Ye  been  prostrated  at  one 
time.  Kaj  these  afSictions  be  sanctified 
to  oar  good,  fitting  ns  for  better  service 
for  Christ  I 

Memorial  Effort. 

I  told  my  church   recently  that  I 
thought  we  ODght  to  signalize  this  me- 
morial jear  by  assuming  self-sapport, 
thus  lifting  the  burden  from  the  Amer- 
ican Home  Missionary  Society.    Preva- 
lent sickness    has  prcYented  decisive 
action  as  yet,  and  one  of  our  best  fami- 
lies is  about  to  remore  from  us,  re- 
ducing our  pecuniary  strength.    Prof. 
Back,  of  Iowa  Oollege,  has  also  been 
here,  recently,  and  induced  us  to  lift 
very  heavily  for  the  endowment  of  the 
College.    With  all  these  things  before 
us,  I  cannot  tell  whether  the  church 
will  now  become  self-supporting.    But 
whether  I  am  to  labor  as  your  mission- 
ary, hereafter,  or  not,  I   shall  carry 
with  me,  through  life,  an  abiding,  sweet 
remembrance  of  the  fraternal  sympathy, 
wise  Christian  counsel,  and  ever-ready 
and  prompt  aid  I  have  received  from 
the  Executiye   Committee  and  loved 
Seeretariea  of  your  Society.  Your  kind- 
nest  and  brotherly  regard  have  been 
among  tlie  brightest  things  that  have 
been  appointed  of  our  gracious  Lord,  to 
cheer  and  support  us  in  all  the  trials  of 
home  missionary  life  and  work,  during 
the  twenty-three  years  that  I  have  been 
in  this  blessed  service  in  Iowa. 


that  he  is  just,  and  wise,  and  good.  He 
alone  knows  what  such  things  cost  us; 
as  he  only  knows  what  they  will  one 
day  work  out  for  us.  My  affliction  has 
had  this  effect  upon  me,  at  least — earth 
never  was  so  little,  heaven  never  was 
so  much  to  me  before.  If  my  work 
were  only  done,  it  would  not  be  hard  to 
go ;  but  it  is  not  done,  and  I  believe  I 
am  ready  to  labor  on  and  wait.  And 
it  is  my  prayer  that  my  labor  may  not 
be  in  vain  in  the  Lord. 

Mrs.  Martin  had  a  strong  desire  to  live 
and  labor  for  the  Master,  if  it  were  his 
will,  butphe  was  ready  and  even  anxious 
to  depart,  if  her  work  was  done.  Her 
only  hope  was  in  her  Saviour  ;  and  her 
theology  at  the  last  had  resolved  itself 
into  these  two  promises:  *^  The  blood 
of  Jesus  Christ  oleanses  from  all  uo,** 
and  "  whosoever  will  may  come.** 


wzsooKflnr. 

f^Ri9,  M,  M,  Martin,  Mmomanie^  Dane 
Countjf, 

Under  the  Bod. 
God*a  hand  has  been  very  heavy  upon 
nie  since  I  made  my  last  report.  My 
^  companion  hat  gone  from  me  for- 
^Wf  and  I  am  alone.  Firsts  the  ohild 
▼M  taken,  and  in  a  little  more  than  a 


mOHZGAK. 

From  Ren,  P.  K  HoUitter,  Hancock^  Hougk- 
ion  Co, 

An  Open  Door. 

About  five  weeks  since.  Rev.  Mr. 
Warren,  your  Superintendent  in  North- 
em  Michigan,  viuted  ns,  and  we  made 
a  visit  to  Calumet  and  the  regions  be- 
yond. At  the  first-named  place  we 
found  the  way  fully  open  fur  the  organi- 
zation of  a  Congregational  church,  and 
since  he  left  I  have  succeeded  iu  main- 
taining preaching  there  every  Sabbath. 
Only  the  man  is  wanted  to  develop  a 
good  church  there.  There  is  a  popula- 
tion of  8,000  people  within  a  radius  of 
two  miles,  and  a  man  witii  the  right 
qualifications  oould  soon  have  a  good 
congregation.  There  is  a  good  room, 
in  the  second  story  of  the  school  build- 
ing^ which  will  seat  800,  and  which  can 
be  procured  free  of  rent  for  the  use  of 
the  chdroh,  until  it  shall  seem  best  to 
build*  I  am  very  anxious  that  this  field 
should  be  occupied  at  once.    Probably 


y«e  the  mother  followed.  IknowGod  ^ 

^  dealt  with  me  in  kindness;  and  I  over  |600  could  be  raised  by  the  peo- 
woqU  not  have  it  otherwise,  for  I  know  I  pie;  more  than  half  that  amount  has 


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been  eabscribed  tlreedy.  For  any  one 
who  has  the  spirit  of  work^  and  lataw 
how  to  ky  IfouidAtiiOBS)  there  tr#  few 
more  hopeful  openiags  in  the  eouatry. 


jFVom  Hev,  A.  8t,  dairy  Hart,  Oceana  Co, 
Baoease  of  Kre.  St.  Olair. 

Mrs.  Eliza  S.  St  Glaur  died  at  Hart^ 
September  24th,  1870,  at  Oie  age  of  67 
years  and  10  montha.  She  waa  bom 
in  Portland,  Me.;  removed  to  Kassa- 
ehnsetta  in  the  spring  of  1888 ;  thence 
to  Kew  Hampshire  in  the  aommer 
of  1840;  thenee  to  Yermont  in  the 
amnmer  of  1842 ;  thenee  to  Nev  York 
in  the  antamn  of  1844;  thence  to  Illi- 
nois in  the  antamn  of  1845 ;  thence  to 
Iowa  in  the  antnmn  of  1847;  tbenoe 
back  to  niinoia  in  liie  autnmn  of 
1848,  and  theaee  to  Michigan  in  the 
spring  of  1856,  where  she  resided  to 
the  time  of  her  death. 

In  the  year  1835  she  commenced  to 
read  anti-slavery  literature,  became 
deeply  interested  in  the  condition,  and 
anxioQS  for  the  emancipation,  of  the  en- 
slaved negroes.  She  immediately  espous- 
ed their  cause,  entered  zealously  into  ev- 
ery thing  which  waa  adapted  to  promote 
their  welfare,  cheerfully  consented  to  the 
eontmual  absence  of  her  husband,  and 
axged  and  Peered  kim  on  to  lecture  and 
write  for  their  freedom,  when  she  knew 
that,  owing  to  the  unpc^arity  of  their 
principles  and  intense  hatred  of  the 
negro,  they  were  liable  any  hour  to  for- 
feit the  friendship  and  hospHalify  of  most 
professed  Christians  on  the  one  hand, 
and  incur  the  peltings  of  thcTmob  on  the 
other.  As  her  husband  was  called  &om 
State  to  State  to  employ  his  pea  and 
'^  open  his  mouth  for  the  dumb,"  ahe 
never  interposed  an  ol^jeotion,  but  moat 
eheerftilly  Uft  any  brief  heme,  for  a  new 
abode  among  atrangers.  To  cheer  his 
hours  of  labor^she  has  aooompanled  him 
thousands  of  miles  over  the  fknieen,  snow* 
clad  hills  of  New  England  and  praiiieB 
of  theWest^  and  stood  between  Mm  and 
daoger  when  the  pro-slareiy  polt^ctana 


and  their  drunken  rowdiei  were  thint* 
iog  far  his  blood.  When  her  husband 
became  involved  in  debt,  by  publishing 
an  anti^dsvery  paper,  she  brought  ool 
and  delivered  up,  with  her  own  hands, 
her  last  article  of  household  furniture, 
including  her  carpet,  feather-bed  and 
few  chairs,  in  order  to  save  the  horse 
and  buggy,  that  he  might  be  able  to 
travel  and  lecture ;  and  with  him  betook 
herself  to  the  buggy,  and  traveled  with 
him  above  two  years,  in  a  state  of 
poverty  too  stringent  to  admit  of  fur- 
nishing a  room  to  live  in. 

Up  to  the  present  year,  she  continued 
to  retain  the  same  high  sense  of  duty 
and  spirit  of  self-sacrifice;  and  when 
asked  whether  she  felt  willing  to  leave 
a  comfortable  house  in  Whitehall,  where 
she  had  expected  to  end  her  days,  she 
briefly  replied,  **  Husband,  if  you  think 
it  is  your  duty  to  go  to  Hart  and  Shelby, 
I  am  willing  to  go  with  you."  After 
her  last  removal,  though  she  had  left 
behind  her  a  beloved  daughter  and  a 
large  portion  of  her  domestic  conveni- 
ences, she  was  never  heard  to  murmur, 
or  to  refer  to  the  sacrifice  with  regret  J 
but  seemed  deeply  impressed  with  the 
conviction  that  her  sojourn  here  was  to 
be  brief.  To  any  proposition  to  pur- 
chase a  house,  or  to  exchange  for  one, 
ours  left  empty  at  Whitehall,  she  always 
replied,  "  it  will  be  unwise,  for  we  shall 
not  need  it" 

During  her  last  nineteen  memorable 
days  of  sickness,  so  intense  as  to  call 
for  two  nurses  every  hour,  and  for  three 
daily  visits  each,  from  two  physicians, 
she  was  a  personification  of  mingled 
patience  and  suffering.  Her  faith  at 
first  seemed  weak  and  wavering;  but 
it  gradually  brightened  up  into  a  clear, 
burning  flame,  and  her  last  audible  ut- 
terance was,  "Jesus  is  nemr  and  pre» 
oious." 

Hai^y  are  they  who  end  a  lifo  so 
usefal  wit^  a  deatii  ao  happy,  and  leave 
to  loving  survivors  a  memory  to  Ihh 
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BOSSOUBZ. 

J^rwn  Rav.  F,  A,  Arfnttrong^  PUoMont  Sitt^ 
Cau  Co, 
Freedmon  I«CK>klnfir  XXp. 
I  have  been  encouraged  by  the  re- 
ports from  the  little  churches  at  the 
meeting  of  the  Association.  In  one  as- 
pect it  did  seem  a  small  hnsiness,  min- 
istering to  sach  little  flocks,  bat  when 
we  remember  how  wide  has  been  the 
inflaence  of  the  little  church  at  Scrooby, 
it  pots  a  new  face  on  the  whole  thing. 
I  finished  the  proposed  course  of  twenty- 
fimr  leasoBB  to  mj  eolored  Bible  elass, 
and  then  invited,  through  the  papers, 
all  interested  in  the  8olati(Hi  of  the 
problem,  '^  How  to  teach  large  classes 
to  read  the  Bible  in  the  shortest  possi- 
ble time,^'  to  meet  at  the  church  on 
Monday  evening.  I  wanted  to  stir  up 
the  other  churohes  to  help  them.  We 
had  an  unusually  large  attendsnoe; 
most,  however,  were  freedmen.  After 
hearrog  the  class  read  and  sing  for  an 
hour  or  more,  a  Presbyterian  brother 
eame  forward,  and  said  he  considered 
H  a  marked  success,  and  that  it  was  a 
great  pity  the  work  could  not  be  con 
turned.  His  son  said  that  he  felt  that 
his  sufferings  in  the  army  had  not  been 
in  vain.  A  large  mi^rity  of  the  eom- 
monity  were  either  secessionista  or 
^mpathixers  with  the  rebellion;  yet 
naoy  of  them  will  tay,  for  substance, 
"^Poor  oreetures,  tomebody  ought  to 
Up  them." 

Oh  that  a  few  good  families  would 
come  to  our  aid,  for  we  are  bnt  a  feeble 
band.  This  beautlM  country  belongs 
to  our  Lord  Jesus  Ghrist,  and  shonld  be 
taken  possession  of  for  him. 


Sunday  schools  of  the  Oongregaitional 
ohnrohes  of  Durham  and  Conoord,  N.  H«, 
through  whose  kindness  we  have  been, 
fiimished  with  a  good  library  and  8lBg«> 
ing-bodES  for  the  school.  Our  monthly 
oncerts  are  hymning  to  be  looked  toe 
as  occasions  of  interest,  both  by  the 
people  and  the  children,  and  we  have 
been  amply  repaid  for  the  labor  of 
teaching  the  children  to  sing  for  Jesus 
at  these  gatherings. 

.  Brealdngr  Down. 
Bnt  amid  all  this  improvement  and 
success,  we  are  sorry  to  report  that  the 
health  of  your  missionary  has  signally 
f^Ued  during  the  season.  The  incessant 
toil  <fi  the  past  two  and  a  half  yean,  ia 
which  he  h^s  endeavored  to  supply  this 
church  and  build  up  a  church  in  Hamil- 
ton, has  been  vely  prostrating.  The 
indications  of  Providence  seem  to  be 
that  he  may  lay  aside  the  workman,  but 
carry  on  his  work ;  to  which  we  desire 
to  bow  in  humble  submission,  and  pray 
that  he  may  abundantly  bless  the  labors 
of  his  servant,  and  pour  out  his  Spirit  in 
a  large  ingathering  of  souls  into  the  fold 
of  Christ 


Fnm  IU9.   W,  WUnwU^  CMlaim^  Damm 

Coumiy, 

The  Siuday  SohooL 

Car  Sabbath  sohool  has  been  kept  up 
wftboat  a  single  Intermission,  and  has 
Wen  a  ioeoeas  all  through  the  season. 
We  desire  particularly  to  return  thanks 
to  Ber.  Drs.  Tobey  and  Bouton,  and  the 


lUJHOZB. 

Fnm  Rev.  F.  WheeUr,  South  Fam,  Vniom. 

*'  Pegffina  Away"  ia  Bgypt. 

"  Peggmg  away  "  wonld  seem  to  ex* 
press  tiie  operations  of  the  past  four 
months— no  special  result,  but  a  steady 
growth.  At  both  places  my  congrega- 
tions are  very  decidedly  larger  and  seem 
to  be  very  mudi  interested. 

«^  Oongregfttionalism  "  is  a  new  word 
in  the  ii^gyptian  vocabulary ;  it  brings 
to  the  surface  new  ideas,  and  so  excites 
the  prejudice  and  dislike  of  many  here, 
but  we  are  getting  over  this  somewhaU 
People  aae  finding  out  that  we  are  not 
Free-lovers,  nor  Spirttualista,  nor  infi- 
dels, and  are  beginning  to  perceive  Uie 
difference  between  us  and  other  denomi- 
nations, and  some  are  regarding  our 
ideas  with  more  favor.    One  reason  of 


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this  is  that  there  are  in  either  oharoh  men 
▼bo  by  their  daily  walk  commend  oar 
.  polity,  as  they  would  any  with  which 
they  were  conoected— men  of  intelli- 
gent faith  and. consistent  lives,  whose 
lights  shine  to  some  purpose. 


At  onr  last  communion  we  received 
five  at  Makanda,  all  on  profession,  and 
the  little  band  of  disciples  are  very 
much  encouraged.  There  is  light  in 
Egypt 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


THE  TBBABITKT. 

The  "Appeal  for  Help,"  printed  in 
oar  November  namber,  is  beginning  to 
call  forth  cheering  responses.  Receipts 
to  the  amount  of  over  $28,000  since  it 
was  issued,  have  enabled 'as  to  send 
drafts  to  a  large  proportion  of  the 
waiting  missionaries  who  had  reported 
service.  Of  this  sam,  however,  nearly 
one  half  was  the  avails  of  a  legacy  now 
paid  in  full.  We  have  no  knowledge 
of  income  soon  to  be  realized  from 
similar  sources,  and  are  depending 
wholly  upon  individual  and  church 
contributions,  to  meet  daily-maturing 
engagements  to  missionaries.  Of  their 
pressing  needs,  and  of  the  safferiug  to 
which  a  delay  of  their  drafts  will  ex- 
pose many  of  them  daring  the  coming 
winter,  a  visit  jast  made  to  Wisconsin, 
Minnesota,  and  Missouri,  has  given  as 
painful  evidence. 

Can  the  friends  of  Home  Missions 
fail  to  share  the  burdens  of  these  faith- 
Ail,  self-denying  brethren? 

The  receipts  for  the  first  seren  months 
of  the  Society's  financial  year  have 
fallen  more  than  $18,000  below  the 
altogether  inadequate  income  of  the 
same  months  of  the  last  year.  Must  the 
Executive  Committee  retrenehy  when 
the  calls  are  so  argent  for  an  advance 
all  along  the   lines  of  the  Society^s 


operations?  Shall  such  grand  oppor- 
tunities be  lost,  for  lack  of  money,  whOe 
the  ooflfers  of  so  many  of  Christ's  pro- 
fessed followers  are  full  to  overflowing? 
We  lift  ap  again  our  cry  for  ihmbdi- 

ATE  HELP. 

Decease  of  Bey.  0.  L.  WoodliiilL 

**Dna>,  at  Onawa,  Iowa,  on  Saturday 
evening,  October  1st,  1870,  at  8  o'clock, 
Rev.  George  L.  Woodhall,  aged  thirty- 
seven  years,  eleven  months  and  twenty- 
eight  days." 

Such  were  the  sad  tidings  brought  to  us  by 
a  copy  of  the  SUniz  City  Journal^  before  we 
had  heard  of  the  sickness  of  this  faithfbl 
brother.  His  last  letter,  like  all  we  recdv- 
ed  from  him,  was  f^II  of  courage  and  hope. 
It  seems  but  yesterday  that  he  was  in  these 
rooms,  full  of  hisiwork,  r^joichig  over  the 
prospect  of  completing  his  ohurch-edifioe^ 
and  with  the  remembrance  of  that  earnest 
face  before  us,  we  **  cannot  make  him 
dead."  Nor  i$  he  dead — joined,  rather, 
unto  the  great  company  of  those  who  live 
forevermore. 

Mr.  Woodhull  was  bom  and  spent  his 
youth  on  Long  Island,  graduated  at  Tale 
College,  1862,  and  Tale  Theotogical  Sem- 
inary, 1865.  While  preaching  as  a  Home 
Missionary  In  Hartland,  Gt,  &e  became 
interested  in  the  new  opening  for  missioD- 
ary  labor  in  Western  Iowa,  and  was  com- 
missioned for  Onawa,  Monona  county,  in 
May,  1866,  where  be  was  ordained  on  the 
18Ui  of  July  following,  and  served  the  chureh 
until  his  death.  On  the  28th  of  August, 
1867,  he  married  Miss  Eleanor  Bristol,  who 
has  been  his  fidthful  helper. 
He  was  ill  for  about  four  weeks,  with 


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bilioia  intermittent  ferer,  and  seemed  to 
be  recoTering,  when  (on  the  Ist  of  October) 
tjphoid  pnenmoDia  set  in,  and  be  rapidlj 
&Ued ;  was  at  times  deUrious,  bat  conscious 
at  the  last,  expressed  his  readiness  for  death, 
and  left  man  j  precious  messages  to  his  wife 
and  people. 

A  writer  in  the  Journal  trulj  says  of 
him: 

**is  a  pastor,  Mr.  W.  accomplished  a 

Seat  work  amid  great  difficulties.  In  his 
bbath  school,  where  he  was  an  enrnest 
vorker,  ho  effected  much.  The  children 
of  Onawa  haTe  lost  their  best  fiiend.  He 
etriy  laid  plans  for  erecting  a  place  of 
wordiip,  but  was  delayed  from  lack  of 
means.  In  the  summer  of  1869  enough 
money  was  pledged  to  warrant  a  commence- 
BMot,  but  the  work  of  buildini:  progressed 
•lowly  from  lack  of  funds.  Mr.  W.  super- 
intended the  work,  performingmnch  of  the 
labor  with  his  own  hands.  He  raised  at 
the  East,  by  personal  effort,  $2,600. 

**  He  was  a  man  of  very  decided  convic- 
tioes,  and  of  thorough  rdigipus  priodple. 
When  he  knew  his  duty  he  did  not  hesi- 
tate for  a  moment.  He  would  have  gone 
to  the  stake  for  his  principles.  He  made 
the  fanpresakm  upon  men  of  being  just  what 
he  professed  to  be.  There  is  a  universal 
tidneas  in  Onawa  at  his  death,  which  is 
tbe  best  tribute  a  pastor  could  desire  from 
his  people.  Every  one  feels  that  he  has 
kit  a  fnend.  The  writer  feels,  what  others 
hare  said,  that  Mr.  W..has  done  more  for 
Onawa  than  any  other  man.  The  beautiful 
€imrch  upon  which  he  labored,  and  whose 
MOBpletkHi  he  was  not  permitted  to  see, 
will  be  bis  fittmg  monument ;  and  as  in  the 
fttnre  years  it  points  its  spire  heavenward, 
viB  ronind  bis  people  of  tbe  truths  which 
he  preached  and  to  which  his  life  gave  con- 
ibtenttesUmony." 


Deoease  of  Bei^.  Perldiui,  Esq. 

Tv  death  of  Bkmjamih  PnuuifS,  Esq.,  of 
Boston,  on  the  18th  of  October,  takes  from 
the  eoonsels  and  active  service  of  this  So- 
OHj  one  of  its  long-tried  and  faithful 
fricids.  His  name  has  appeared  in  our 
Publications  as  a  Director  since  1867,  and 
iioce  1832  as  Treasurer  of  the  Massachu- 
ietts  Auxiliary,  on  which  this  Society  has 
^peuded  for  a  large  share  of  its  resources. 
IH  these  years  of  frequent  correspondence 
ttd  personal  Intercoorse  have  Uught  us  to 
^itc«Bi  Mr.  Perkins  very  highly  as  a  true 
frind,  a  wiee  ooonselor,  and  an  efBoient 
hsiper. 

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There  is  but  the  simplest  justice  in  these  • 
words  of  7^  Congreg<UumdlUt : 

**The  finandnl  affairs  of  the  Ma.«sachU'< 
setts  Home  Missionary  Society,  of  which  Mp. 
Perkins  was  Treasurer,  were  conducted  bv 
him  with  great  wisdom,  skill  and  faithful- - 
ness,  through  a  period  of  thirty-nine  years ; 
and  as  a  member  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  this  Society  for  twenty-two  years 
he  was  always  promptly  at  his  post,  and  was  • 
ever  a  wise  and  esteemed  counselor.    He  • 
died  at  the  ripe  age  of  seventy-three,  and ' 
leaves  a  precious  memory,  having  an  honor- 
ed name  in  reference  to  all  bis  relations  andi 
duties  in  life,  and  as  a  sincere  and  devout  4 
Christian." 


Vermont  Domeftio  Huudonary 
Society. 

DuRiNo  the  52d  year  of  thb  Auxiliarj, 
its  receipts  were  $7,873.24,  which  with 
balance  from  last  year  made  its  resonri' 
ces  $9,892.81;  its  expenditures  were* 
$8,951.22,  leaving  a  balance  in  tbe 
Treasury  of  $441.09.  It  has  some 
$10,000  of  invested  property. 

Forty  churches  were  aided  (nine 
less  than  in  the  previons  year),  gath- 
ering 8,228  persons  into  their  congrega- 
tions, and  1,758  teacheni  and  scholara 
into  Sabbath  schools.  Of  these 
churches  18  have  received  no  additioni 
by  profession,  and  nnmber  20  less  than 
they  did  a  year  ago.  The  reported 
conversions  number  184;  received  to 
the  churches,  128.  One  aided  chnrch 
organized.  There  liaye  been  changes 
of  ministers  in  18  of  the  aided  churches^ 
greatly  to  the  injury  of  some  of  them. 

In  **the  itinerant  department''  22 
laborers — theological      students     and 
others — have  been  employed  in  26  dif* 
ferent  fields,  in  several  of  which  souls 
have  been  hopefully  brought  to  Ohrist 
In  one  of  these  fields— apparently  a 
most  barren  one— as  the  result  of  five  < 
years*  labor,  20  persons  have  been  coBr 
verted,  one  of  whom  Is  the -wife  .of  at 
foreign    missionary.     In   this    work^. 
wrniatCi  faith  and  zeal  find  an  appropri- 
ate sphere,  and  are  made  eminently 
helpfuL    ''In  one  case  a  widow- ladyj. 
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miBoonary,  but  took  him  into  her  own 
familj  and  boarded  him  for  three 
months  at  a  time,  at  her  own  expense, 
because  no  one  in  the  community  cared 
enough  for  gospel  privileges  to  help 
her.*'  An  earnest  and  efficient  Chris- 
tian ladj  has  consented  to  take  the 
oversight  of  the  **  Cent  Society  "  plan, 
which  has  been  found  so  helpful  in 
New  Hampshire. 

The  following  truthM  words  of  the 
Secretary,  Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  we  com- 
mend to  all,  everywhere,  whom  they 
may  concern : 

*'  It  requires  self-denial  and  much  of  the 
spirit  of  him  who  was  anointed  to  preach 
the  gospel  to  the  poor,  to  lead  earnest  and 
efficient  men  to  go  and  labor  in  our  email 
countrj  parishes.  And  it  shonld  be  said 
to  the  honor  of  ssTeral  of  the  missionaries, 
who  are  devoting  the  strength  of  their  man- 
hood to  this  work,  that,  with  ereat  cost  to 
themselves  and  their  families,  they  oonscien- 
tiooslj  stay  from  year  to  year  where  thej 
are,  for  Ohrist*s  sake,  although  more  at- 
tracdve  fields  invite  them  away.  The 
canse  of  Domestic  Missions  in  Vermont 
owes  more  to  the  volnntary  self-denials  and 
gifts  of  some  of  her  Home  Missionaries, 
than  it  does  to  the  contributions  of  her 
wealthier  churches. 

"•  Our  ablest  churches  tUnk  that  they  do 
ffeneronsly  if,  of  their  abundance,  they  sim- 
ply give  $160  or  $200  a  year  to  promote  this 
cause,  yet  there  are  several  missionaries,  of 
rare  gifts  of  mind  and  heart,  who  are  pa- 
tiently toiling  in  our  feeble  churches,  who 
really,  in  what  they  resign,  ^ve  more  than 
that  amount  every  year  to  this  object. 
They  deny  themselves  the  bo<^  and  the 
vacations  they  need;  they  perform  their 
parish  work  on  foot,  because  they  cannot 
Siirord  the  luxury  of  a  horse ;  they  do  with- 
out help  in  their  families,  to  their  own  dis- 
comfort and  to  the  injury  of  the  health  of 
irife  and  mother ;  they  close  their  ears  to 
calls  from  more  inviting  fields,  enforced  by 
tiie  promise  of— what  they  so  mudi  need — 
a  competent  salary,  out  of  deep  sympathy 
for  the  little  flocks  whom  they  lead  into  the 
rich  pastures  of  heavenly  truth,  and  who, 
if  deserted  by  them,  might  be  left  with 
none  to  feed  or  fold  Uiem. 

'*  The  sacrifices  which  these  men  make, 
put  to  shame  all  the  fancied  generosity  of 
the  stronger  ehurohsB.  What  is  $20,  $50 
or  $100  a  year,  given  by  a  man  who  is 
dobg  a  remunerative  business,  in  compar- 
ison with  what  the  missionary  gives,  who 
consents  to  labor  for  the  smallest  sum  upon 
which^  with  the  strictest  economy,  he  can 
supply  his  family  with  the  bare  necessaries 
of  Ufe  ?    Blessed  is  the  feeble  ehnich  that 


has  such  a  man  for  its  pastor,  and  appre- 
ciates his  worth.  Blessed  are  the  men  who 
have  sudi  a  measure  of  the  spirit  of  their 
Master  as  leads  them  thus  to  preach  the 
gospel  to  the  poor.  Is  there  enough  of  this 
spirit  in  the  church  and  ministry  at  the  pres- 
ent day  ? 

*^  Does  Christ  call  his  ministers  only  to 
pleasant  parilhes  and  to  large  salaries,  or 
does  he  invito  them  to  fMlow  him  into  the 
wilderness  and  desert  places,  and  amid 
setf-denicUa  to  preach  the  gospel  to  the 
poor?  While  we  earnestly  maintain  the 
piineipU  that  the  laborer  is  worthy  of 
his  hire,  and  that  it  is  the  duty  of  the 
churches  to  give  a  competent  support  to 
those  who  minister  to  them  in  spiritual 
thing!!,  let  us  not  lose  sight  of  the  fact  that 
Christ  himself^  in  preaching  the  gospel  to 
the  poor,  cheerfully  endured  privations,  and 
that  in  all  ages  since,  he'has  given  his  dis- 
ciples the  primleg^  of  following  bis  exam- 
ple in  this  respect,  and  made  it  the  duty  of 
some  to  do  60,  In  carrying  out  his  command, 
to  preach  the  gospel  to  every  creature.** 


Tha  Home  of  General  Giant 

SoMB  forty  years  ago,  a  young  man 
applied  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Home 
Missionary  Society  in  New  York  for  a 
commission  to  labor  at  the  Far  West, 
among  the  new  settlers.  ^  If;^  said  he, 
"there  is  any  place  so  hard  and  un- 
promising that  nobody  else  can  be  in- 
duced to  go  to  it  to  preach,  9mi  tns 
there,^^  This  he  said,  not  ftom  txnj  feel- 
ing of  self-sufiSciency,  as  though  he  was 
able  to  succeed  where  others  could  not, 
but  fh)m  an  nnafifected  humility — a 
feeling  that  he  was  unfit  for  any  more 
important  place.  The  Secretary,  after 
some  reflection,  told  him  that  GiUena 
was  a  place  that  answered  the  descrip- 
tion. "Well,"  said  he,  "I'll  go  to 
Galena  then." 

Just  before  leavbg  the  city,  he  caHed 
upon  the  writer  of  this  report,  then 
the  local  agent  of  the  American  Sunday 
School  Union  in  this  city,  to  learn  some- 
thing of  the  great  movement,  that  had 
jQst  been  inaugurated  by  the  Society,  to 
establish  a  Sunday  school  in  every 
neighborhood  in  the  valley  of  the  MIbp 
sisaippi.  He  pledged  himself  fully  to 
the  work,  and  depoeited  with  me — to 
aid  the  Society  in  oarryhig  forward  the 


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work^  $50,  all  the  sarplas  funds  he  Lad, 
rweiTiog  barel  j  enough  to  eany  him  to 
hif  distant  field. 

Seventeen  years  rolled  awaj,  and  I 
foottd  myself  in  the  midst  of  the  scenes 
of  this  devoted  missionary's  labors — 
worsbipiog  with  "the  flock  of  God," 
which  he  had  gathered  in  the  wilderness. 
From  his  own  lips,  I  heard  the  history 
of  his  adventures  and  labors,  since  we 
had  parted  in  New  York,  seventeen 
yean  before. 

He  found  the  place  no  better  than  it 
bad  been  represented.  Intemperance 
aod  profanity,  Sabbath-breaking,  gam- 
bling and  Tiolence — ^a  legion  of  evil 
^irits  dwelt  there,  and  held  their  infer- 
nal orgies.  Kone  were  found  who  feared 
God,  or  had  respect  to  his  conmiand- 
ments,  except  one  or  two,  who  were  as 
iheep  among  wolves.  Some  mocked, 
iome  put  their  fingers  in  their  ears,  and 
refused  to  hear.  None  believed  or  obey- 
ed, or  cared  for  any  of  these  things.  The 
nan  of  God  wept,  and  prayed  for  those 
vbo  would  not  pray  for  themselves. 
They  knew  not  the  things  that  belonged 
to  their  peace,  for  they  were  hidden 
from  their  eyes. 

He  thenceforth  sought  to  gather  in  the 
iofli&t—tbe  young  in  years,  and  young  in 
iin,  whose  hearts  were  not  so  ^'  fnlly  set" 
to  evil,  if  perchance  npon  them  the  truth 
might  make  its  impress,  and  the  claims 
of  God  be  felt.  The  missionary  labored 
two  fiiU  years  before  he  oonld  organize 
a  ebCTch  of  nx  members^  one  of  whom 
lived  15,  and  another  40  miles  off.  In 
1646,  the  year  I  was  there,  that  church 
•ondited  of  250  members,  after  having 
teoi  off  a  colony  to  organize  a  $econd 
tlrardi  and  school. 

Bis  first  school  was  established  in  a 
#>»yMop,  because  no  more  suitable 
place  coidd  be  found  for  it.  For  several 
years,  he  was,  himself;  superintendent^ 
ad  labored  with  nntiring  aasidnity,  to 
futbar  in  the  children,  not. only  that 
tkdr  souk  might  he  saved,  but  that 
Ihcy  mi^  be  qualified  to  labor  with 
Wpa  In  t]|g  go^h    And  now,  after 


long  years  of  toil  and  prayer,  he  had 
attained  the  desire  of  his  heart.  A 
most  interesting  feature  of  the  cliurch 
and  scliool  was  its  efforts  in  behalf  of 
the  destitute  region  round  about  Galena. 
They  had  for  years,  during  the  summer 
secison,  sustained  from  eight  to  ten  mis- 
sion schools.  The  brethren  would  go 
out,  two  and  two,  sometimes  ten  miles 
to  a  school  in  the  morning,  and  from 
thence  five  miles  to  another  school  in 
the  afternoon,  and  thence  ten  miles 
home  in  the  evening  —  making  their 
Sabbath  day's  journey  to  do  good 
tvoenty-Jlve  miles.  Few  of  them  having 
a  conveyance  of  their  own,  they  would 
hire  a  horse  and  baggy  at  a  livery 
stable,  at  a  cost  of  $2  per  day.  And 
some  members,  who  could  not  them- 
selves go,  would  pay  for  the  horse  and 
carriage  for  those  who  went.  By  these 
operations,  the  seeds  of  the  gospel  were 
planted  through  all  the  mining  regions. 

A  year  afterward,  when  I  was  there 
again,  a  third  church  had  been  organ- 
ized, and  I  aided  in  the  organization  of 
a  third  Sunday  schooL  Besides  these, 
the  Baptists,  Ifethodists,  and  Episco- 
palians all  had  their  churches  and 
schools.  And  now,  after  a  lapse  of  forty 
years,  there  is,  probably,  no  city  in  all 
the  West  where  the  religious  advan- 
tages of  the  people  are  greater,  or  more 
highlyprized  than  in  Galena.  And  it  is 
perfectly  clear  that  the  little  Sunday 
school  which  the  good  missionary,  with 
so  much  toil  and  prayer,  established 
forty  years  ago,  in  the  end  of  that  grog- 
shop, was  the  little  spark  from  which 
all  these  blessed  results  have  followed^ 
'*  Behold  how  great  a  matter  a  little  fire 
kindleth." 

This  good  missionary.  Rev.  Aratus 
Kent,  has  within  a  few  months  been 
called  to  his  rest.  Besides  his  labors  in 
Galena,  he  has-been  instrumental,  prolH 
ably,  in  organizing  more  churches  in 
the  Northwest  during  these  years,  than 
any  other  man*  When  he  went  to  ^a^ 
lena  there  was  not  a  Protestant  chnrch 
withki  150  miles.    The  country  around 


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Qalena  is  now  as  well  supplied  with 
-  ehardies  and  religions  influence  as  any 

•  other  Ecotion  of  the  West    From  his 

•  own  month  I  learned  that  nearly  all 
the  churches  which  he  had  aoy  agCDCj 
in  organizing,  as  well  as  most  others, 
were  brought  into  existence  bj  the  same 

1  process  as  the  one  he  first  started  in 
iJGlalcna.— ul.  W.  Corey, 


Hearing  Candidatei. 

Tbb  first  was  too  old ;  he  wonld  not 
enit  the  yonng  folks.  The  second,  just 
•nt  of  the  seminary,  was  too  yonng ;  the 
old  folks  said  he  had  not  experience. 
The  third  had  been  in  a  parish  three 
years.  He  was  still  yonng,  with  the 
elastic  hopes  and  strong  enthusiasm  of 
youth,  but  he  was  a  bachelor.  The 
people  pretty  universally  declared  that 
the  minister  should  have  a  wife 
and  a  house.  The  women  all  said 
there  must  be  somebody  to  organize  the 
sewing  circles  and  to  lead  the  female 
prayer  meetings.  The  fourth  was  mar- 
ried, but  he  had  three  or  four  children. 
We  could  not  support  him.  It  seemed 
to  be  no  longer  true  that  '*  Blessed  is  he 
whose  quiver  is  full  of  them."  Tlie 
fifth  was  a  most  learned  man,  who  told 
na  the  original  Greek  or  Hebrew  of  his 
textS)  and,  morning  or  evening,  never 
came  nearer  to  America  than  Eome  un- 
der Augustus  Cflosar.  He  was  dulL 
The  sixth  afforded  us  a  most  brilliant 
pyrotechnic  display.  He  spluttered,  and 
fizzed,  and  banged,  as  though  Fourth  of 
July  himself  had  taken  orders  and  gone 
to  preaching.  The  young  people  were 
carried  away.  But  the  old  folks  all 
said  he  was  sensational.  Then,  besides 
those  we  have  heard,  there  is  tbe  Bey. 
Hr.  0.,  who  has  the  reputation  of  being 
A  most  excellent  pastor.  He  is  inde- 
fl&tigable  in  visiting  the  sick,  in  com* 
forting.the  afflicted,  in  dealing  with  the 
recreant. and  oncouTerted.  But  Hr. 
Wheaton  says  emphatically  he  will  ner- 
tr  do  for  our  people. 


'*  He  is  no  preacher,  Mr.  Laicns,'*  says 
he ;  *'  and  our  people  demand  first-rate 
preaching.  Ton  must  remember  that 
in  the  summer  we  have  between  two 
and  three  thousand  New  York  men 
here ;  men  who  know  what  a  good  ser- 
mon is.  We  must  have  a  man  that  will 
draw  them,  sir ;  a  man  as  good  as  they 
have  in  New  York." 

We  talked  over  Mr.  K.  He  is  a  rare 
preacher,  by  all  accounts.  I  understand 
that  his  health  has  suffered  somewhat 
by  excessive  study,  and  that  he  would 
like  another  parish,  a  quieter  one,  where 
he  can  have  more  time  to  study,  and 
can  use  his  old  sermons.  He  preached 
once  or  twice  in  exchange  with  our  old 
pastor  before  he  left.  But  Deacon  B. 
and  Elder  Kay  will  not  hear  him.  '*  He 
is  not  social,"  says  Deacon  8.  ''He 
does  not  know  half  the  people  in  Higb- 
kirk,  where  he  has  been  settled  for  over 
five  years.  He  often  passes  his  beat 
friend  without  noticing  him,  on  the 
street.  "  Never  would  do,"  says  Elder 
E.  '^  He  only  visits  his  people  once  a 
year.  I  want  to  know  my  miniater. 
We  want  a  man  who  will  run  in  and 
out  as  though  he  cared  for  us.  Preach- 
ing is  all  very  well,  but  we  don*t  want 
a  minister  who  is  all  talk." — Chri$Uan 
Union, 

MiBceUaneoos  Items. 

Mains. — ^The  44th  annual  report  of 
the  General  Conference  gives  as  the 
number  of  Congregational  churobea, 
244 ;  of  these  140  receive  missionary 
aid.  There  are  supplied,  with  pastors, 
62 ;  stated  preachers,  85 ;  licentiates,  19 
—a  total  of  166,  learing  78  Taoant. 
There  are  188  names  in  the  list  of  min- 
isters, and  42  in  that  of  licentiates. 
Number  of  church  members,  19,840,  of 
whom  5,967  are  males,  and  8,580  are 
reported  as  absent.  Admitted,  within 
the  year,  742,  of  whom  on  profession^ 
494;  remoyed,  by  death,  dismission, 
etc,  701,  leaidng  a  gain  of  41.  Kom- 
ber  of  inflEmt  bi^tisms,  150 ;  adnlt  Im^ 


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tkmBf  882.  In  Sabbath  schools,  22,- 
417.  Reported  contributions,  Incla- 
diog  legacies,  $42,800.  No  minister  in 
•ctire  serylce  has  died. 

ViBafosT. — ^From  the  75th  annual 
report  of  the  General  Oiinventlon  wo 
g}ean  tlie  following  statistics :  number 
of  cbarche9,  199,  of  which  86  are 
without  pastors  or  supplies;  ministers, 
213,  of  whom  74  are  pastors,  83  are 
acting  pastors,  and  56  are  without 
charge.  There  are  also  employed  seven 
TiceDtiates.  Charch  members,  18,756, 
of  whom  6,244  are  males,  and  8,117 
are^'absent.**  Of  the  members  8,414 
are  nnder  80  years  of  age.  Received 
dnring  the  year,  1,228,  of  whom  789 
came  on  profession  of  faith ;  removed, 
779.  Baptisms,  465  adults,  and  269 
infimts.  In  Sabbath  schools,  20,219; 
average  congregations,  22,070,  repre- 
aentiog  11,854  families.  Benevolent 
contribntions  reported,  $48,154.79. 
Pastors  dismissed,  14,  installed,  9,  died, 
1  Churches  organized,  8.  Of  the 
ministers  in  active  service  in  1865,  one 
half  have  removed  from  tlie  State.  In 
these  five  years  there  have  been  added 
to  the  churches  7,049,  and  the  net  gain 
in  ehnrch  membership  has  been  about 
1,600,  or  ten  per  oent.  The  gain  in 
Sabbath  school  members  has  been  28 
ptf  cent,  and  in  benevolent  contribu- 
tioDS,  15  per  cent.    Of  the  churches, 


40  receive  missionary  aid,  and  25  com- 
munities without  chnrchea  enjoy  mis- 
sionary labor. 

CoNNEOTTouT. — The  minutes  of  the 
second  annual  meeting  of  the  General 
Conference,  taking  the  place  of  the 
General  Association,  now  in  its  161st 
year,  give  these  statistics:  churches, 
290,  of  which  155  have  pastors,  77 
stated  preachers,  and  58  are  without 
stated  preaching.  Ministers  residing  in 
the  State,  809 ;  licentiates,  86.  Church 
members,  49,189,  of  whom  16,445  are 
males  and  82,744  females;  4,791  are 
"absent."  Added  in  the  year,  2,594, 
of  whom  by  profession,  1.250 ;  re- 
moved, 2,880.  Baptized,  886  infants, 
583  adults.  In  Sabbath  schools,  48,- 
576.  Families  represented  in  churches, 
29,088.  Benevolent  contribudons  re- 
ported, $228,488.86— averaging  $4,54 
to  each  church  member.  Ministers  or- 
dained, 18;  installed,  16;  dismissed, 
28;  died,  8. 

Oregon.— This  State  has  eight  Con- 
gregational churches — seven  of  which 
are  aided  by  this  Society — with  seven 
ministers.  Number  of  church-members, 
465;  additions  within  the  year,  62; 
removals,  24 ;  baptisms,  12  infants,  8 
adults.  The  Sabbath-schools,  779; 
average  attendance  on  public  worship, 
910. 


APPOINTMENTS  IN  OCTOBEB,  1870. 


Slat  imOommimtmkut  pear. 
Mm.  TboBM  O.  JooM.  Anronia,  Kmo. 


,lCich. 
amlUi,  &«b6wa  and  Danby, 

B«T.  n.  Uener,  ChOlleotbe,  Mo. 
Bev.  ▲.  A,  Hard,  Anaawas,  111. 
B«T.  A.  IL  BaU,  Qrand  loland,  N.  T. 


K«v.  Wm  v.  Batti,  Saoto  Barbara,  CaL 
laT^WiUtom  o.  Harritt,  Ban  Baenaveutara  and 


■•■ta  Oaca,  OaL 
5«^.  John  T.  Wllla,  Soiaka, 
«•»•  HmoD  Banuwa.  Waml 


Oil. 


^      „ Banuwa,  "Wtptag  Watar,  Neb. 

S*v-  R«M7  BaMjBmporiiCjSin. 

S^  UonitolTBiai^While  Okmd.  Kao. 


Ear.  WilUam  O.  Biawart,  Seneca,  Kao. 

UcT.  Henry  B.  Underwood,  Baxter  Bpringa  and 

Petemvllla.  Kan. 
Bev.  Elijah  W.  Merrill,  Cannon  Falls,  Minn. 
Ker.  DfTTit  B.  Barker,  Amity,  Iowa. 
KeT.  Willliun  H.  Hayward,  Magnolia,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Edwin  &  Hill,  Atlantic.  Iowa. 
Itev.  Joaepb  Hurlboft,  Fort  Atklnion,  Iowa. 
Rev.  LutberP.  Mathewe,  Coleaborg  and  Tan* 

keo  Bettlement,  Iowa. 
Rev.  J.  W.  Donaidaon,  Wantoma,  Riobford  and 

Deerfield,  Wit. 
R«T.  Stanley  B.  Letbrop,  Tlroqna,  Wie. 
Rev.  Porter  B.  Parrey,  llereey,  Mich. 
Rev.  William  A.  Waterman,  Oameron,  Ma 
Rer.  Pliny  F.  Warner,  Aledo.  IIU 
Rev.  Stoaly  R.  Roasiter,  Bllzabetbnort,  N.  J. 
Rev.  Henry  U  Doi,  Qaaport,  K.  T. 
Rer.  Otforge  Hardy,  Potaoam  Jnnctkm,  N.  Y. 
Rot.  Samuel  Jonas,  Middla  Clranf  lUa  and  Jamaa' 

TillcK.y. 


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MAINE- 

Bamror,  A  Friend,  $100  00 
Halloiwrll,  Ladlet*  Cent  Boo.,  by  Mrt. 

L.  M.  Bmmoiu,  Beo.,  10  60 
Konnebank,  Union  Cong.  Cb.,  by  W. 

hi.  DM-lIni,  61  72 

Portland.  William  Oznard,  5  00 

Upper  OlouoMter,  Bot.  B.  a  Jordan,  15  00 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE- 

Derry.  First  Oonff.  Oh^  Mrs.  M.  C. 

PlUbary.  8  00 

Dover,  Ladiee*  Home  MIh.  8oo.  of  the 

Flrsl  Cong.  Ch.,  bylClaa  0.  M.  Palmer,  S  00 
BopkintoD,  Ladiee  of  the  Cong.  Cb. 

and  Soa,  by  Mrs.  Sophia  Bailer,  8  00 

Nashna,  Legacy  of  Mrt.  Fanny  Fisher, 

leaa  Gov.  tax,  by  J.  Spalding.  Ex.,  236  00 

New  Ipswich,  Ghfldren's  Fiur,  by  W. 

D.  Locke, 
Peiham,  A  Friend, 


Pituaald,  J.  W.  Johnston, 

VERliONT- 

Kast  Windsor,  A  Friend, 
Springfield,  A  Friend, 


7  00 
20  00 
10  00 


500 
10  00 


110  00 
100  00 


800 
10  00 


UMision  i;oiig.  uunron  ana 
.  Bartelleu  Treas.,  to  const. 
.  Spring/Dr.  D.  B.  Whit. 
»ea.  J.  A.  Conn  L.  Ms., 


MASSACHUSETTS- 

Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc.,  by  Stephen  T. 

Farwell,  Trees.,  1,700  00 

Amherst,  CoU^e  Ch.^  by  W.  E.  Esty,       120  62 

Bev.  J.  H.  Seelye,  D.  D.,  $100;  R.  Q. 

JesBup,  %h  ;  Unknown,  $5, 
Boston,  A  Friend, 
Boylston  Centre,  Ladies*  Sew.  Circle, 

bylCra.N.J.BIgelow, 
Chioopee,  A  Friend, 
Fltcbborg,  Rollston  Cong.  Ohnroh  and 

Soc.,  by  D.  Bart< "     "* 

Rev.L.W.  Sp" 

tier  and  lien.  «*  .a*  ^i/uua  aj.  '■b., 
Hampshire  Miss.   Soc,   by    E.    WU- 

liams.  Treas.,  other  sources, 
Hampshire  Co,  A  Friend,  1,000  00 

UaTerhill,  A  Frieod,  to  const.   An- 

Sustos  Haseltlnea  L.  M.,  $30:  Mrs. 
lary  H.  Smith,    |6:   Miss   0.    M. 

Smith,  $6,  by  Matilda  Smith, 
Honsatonle,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc ,  by  S. 

A.  Hason, 
Lawrence,  A  FHend, 
Lowell,  E.  B.  Adams,  $20;  Rer.  Gea 

Spaoldlng,  $6.10, 
Massaohusetu  •«  M.  N..** 
Newbnryport.  Mrs.    T.    C.  IVIer,  to 

oonsu  Misa  Sarah  Lyon  a  L.  M.,  $30  : 

A  Friend,  $20, 
Korthampten,  Flormot  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

A.L.Wllli8ton, 

Mrs.  David  Sanders,  by  J.  C.  Ueed, 

$16;  ♦'X.,'.»$60, 
Pern,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soo.,  byS. 

8.  Bo  won, 
Uxbridge,  on  acconnt  of  Legacy  of 

Miss  Sarah  Jaqnith,by  A.X;bapln, 

EXm 

Salem,  Ber.  J.  H.  Towne,  D.  D.,  to 
const.  Mrs.  B.  C.  Towne  a  L;  M., 

Sheffield,  J.  B., 

Sonth  Egremont,  Andrew  Bacon, 
:   Springfield,  fl.  M, 

Btookbridge,  Le«aey  of  Mia.  SophU 
Perry,  by  Thomas  Wells,  Ex.,  leas 
QoT.  tax.  1,806  06 

Snnderlsnd,  Ladles,  by  Mrs.  C.  B. 
Ttow.  5  00 

West  Brookfleld,  Home  Misa  Sew. 
oiroie,  by  Mra  Lewis  Gleason,  Treas.,      8  00 

Worthlngtcm,  Mr.  L.  P.  Porter,  $3; 
Mrs.aErwllbnr,$2.  6  00 


102  00 
271  21 


40  00 


40  00 
60  00 


25  10 
600  00 


60  00 
60  00 


66  00 
10  67 


627  86 

80  00 

•6  00 

12  00 

100  00 


RHODE  ISLAND- 

ProTidence,  Free  Evan.  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
!«.  B.  Darling,  Treaa^  to  const.  Dea. 
B.  F.  aridley  a  L.  M.,  $30  00 

Tiverton  Four  Comers.  Bev.  A.  L. 
Whitman,  $16;  Mrs.  N.  B.  Dorfee, 
$10,  by  Rev.  A.  L.  Whlunan,  25  00 

CONNECTICUT— 

Conn.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by  E.  W.  Par- 
sons, Treas.,  1,000  00 

Branford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  C. 
Baldwin,  to  const.  Samuel  Beach  a 
L.  M.,  41  03 

Bridgeport,  John  Newoomb,  1  00 

Oolchester,  Cong.  Sew.  Boa,  by  Mrs. 
Fanny  a  Curtis,  Sea,  2  00 

Colllnsvillo,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  L.  A. 
BcnUey,  8  60 

Darien,  Mrs.  W.  Whitnejr,  $2 ;  Mrs.  J. 
O.  Miner,  $2,  by  J.  H.  Whitney,  4  00 

Fairfield,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Kelloef,  16  00 

F^rmington,  on  aoconat  of  Legacy  of 
Ira  Bowen,  by  Julius  Oay,  Ex., 

Goshen,  Ladles*  Bener.  Soc.  of  the 
Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  F.  M.  Donblr^ay, 

Hartford,  on  account  of  Legacy  of  Mrs. 
Mary  A  Warbnrton,  by  N.  a  Ship- 
mail  and  H.  A.  Perkins.  Exs.,  10,906 

Lebanon,  Exeter  Cong.  Oh.  and  Soc, 
by  Rev.  John  Avery, 

Mlddletown,  I^ndles*  Home  Mis9.  Soo. 
of  the  FiKt  Cong.  Ch.,  by  MissC.  M. 
Bacon, 

Mrs.  Lucy  A.  WHcex,  by  Bev.  E.  T. 
Hooker,  $6.;  Ralph  Dunning.  $20; 
Mrs.  Julius  Yale,  $1,  26  00 

New  Haven,  Chapel  St.  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
J.  M.  Augur.  184  70 

Rev.  William  Patton,  D.D.,$50;  a 
Friend,  $10.  60  00 

New  London,  Robert  Colt,  100  00 

New  Mllford,  Ladies'  Mite  Soc,  by 


92B86 
SOO 


12  00 


6  00 


Miss  Gratia  M.  Merwln,  49  00 

Bequest  of  Mrs.  Hannah  Roberts,  by 

Mrs.  C.  Hlne,  82  62 

New  Preston,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  S.  J.  Aver* 

ill,Tr.,  14  00 

Norwich  Town,  «  M.  S.  G."  90  00 

Old  Saybrook,  Ladles*  Soo,  by  Mrs. 

Mabeil  Shipman,  6  00 

Plainville,  U  H.  Carter,  100  00 

Plymouth,    Ladies*  Benev.   Soc,  by 

Mrs.  G.  LAngdon,  4  00 

Ridgebury,  D.  a  Raymond,  1  00 

South  port.  Ladies  of  the  Cong.  Ch., 

by  Miss  Virginia  Tompkins. 
Sumeld,  Ladies*  Sew.  Boo.  of  the  First 

Cong.  Oh.,  by  Mrs.  W.  h.  Loomis, 

Talco&vine,   Ladies*  Benev.  Boa,  by 

Mra  C.  D.  Tslcott,  Sec, 
Terryville,  Cong.  Ch.,  men.  con.,  by 

M.Blakesley,Tr., 
Thompson,  Ladies  of  the  Cong.  Ch., 

by  Miss  jBllen  D.  Lamed, 
Trumbull,  Bab.  Sch.  of  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  N.  T.  Merwin, 
Yemon,  Ladles,  by  Misa  8.  G.  Butler, 
West  Hartford,  Ladies'  Sew.  Soc.  in  the 

Center  District,  by  Misa  M.  C.  Buck- 

hmd^Seo.,  6  00 

West  KilUngly,  Israel  Simmons,  $6; 

John  D.  Bigeiow,  $80t  to  coast.  Mrs. 

Lyman  D.  Adams  a  L.  M.,  by  John 

D.  BIgelow,  3«  00 

Woodbrldge,  Ckmff.  CI, by  Rev.  a  P. 

Marvin,  to  oonst.   W.  Tomlinson, 

Charles  a  Walker,  and  Dwight  N. 

Clark  K  Ms.,  105  00 

Ladies  of  the  Cong.  Oh.  and  Soa,  by 

MiMK.M.BUwMd,   .  *   '       9m 


500 


TOO 
400 
600 
800 

700 

400 


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90S 


Uroodbnrr.^grt^CbfM.  est, '^L/  $90  00 

Mn.  C.  P.  CiiarchUl,  5  00 

KBW  YOBK- 
Eeoeived  b/  Eor.  L.  8.  Hobart, 

CanandoigiUL  Cong.  Ch.,  baL  of 

ooIU   ^^  ^  110  00 

£\«n«.  Mm  Emfly  Quley,  1  00 

Ortnbr,  Almon  Breircr,  5  00 

Lockport,  Cong.  Ch,  43  09 

BrooklTD,  a  Friend,  by  Rer.  B.  S.  Storrs, 

Jr.,  D.  D.,  $150 ;  Lewis  Tappaiu  $100 ; 

S.  ThomiMoo,  to  const  Mn.  Harriet 

^'ew«U  Thompson  a  L.  M.,  |M;  W. 

U.Wblttemore.«20, 
DobVs  Kerry,  a  Friend» 
Bmi  Bloomfleld,  First  Cong.  Cb.  nnd 

So(x,  190  48;   Ladies'   Home  MIse. 

See.,  170,  hy  Josiah  Porter,  Treas., 

to  con«t.  McB  Worrall,  and  Alice  Bg- 

gleiton.  L.  Ms., 
Oaloes,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  R.  8.  Bgleston, 
Hamilton,  becond  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc., 

by  J.  Fbote, 
Banmbal,  Mrs.   H.  B.    Bronson,   by 

a  W.  Brewster, 
Kiaotoiic,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc,  by  Ber. 

K.  C.  Hall, 
Lima,  Mm.  Mary  Spragae, 
Lamberland,  Plrst  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber. 

F.Kyte, 
ManncTllle,  »  Friend,  to  oonst.  Miss 

Anne  J.  Maynard  a  L.  M., 
Hotra,  First  Oong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  8.  H. 

WlUUms, 
Ktw  Haren.  Cong.  Ob., 
Hew  York  City,  Harlem  Ckmg.  Ch,,  mon. 

c«L,  by  W.  W.  Ferrler,  Treas., 

Mr«.  Maxy  Parker^  |50 ;  a  Friend,  flO, 
Perry,  a  Friend, 

PMt  Blohmond.  T.  B,  Goodwin, 
Riverbead.  Azel  Downs, 
flobeneeiaay.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.. 

J.  O.  Coidell, 
Tanytown,  a  Friend, 
WMertown,  Miss  P.  F.  Hnbbard, 
W«t  Bloomfield,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  AT4en 

Woodraff, 
Wbitn<>re  Polotk  Ladies'  Miss.  8oe.  of 

the  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  G-.  Bhnarty 

HBir  JEB3ET— 

BlooBfleld,  M  B.  Coe, 

Vewtrk,  Sooth  Park  Prasb.  Cb.,  a 
Friend, 

Orange  Valley,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  Car- 
ter, Jr., 

Bahvay,  Thomas  Morris, 

JDWSYLVANLU- 

Philadelpbia,  J.  M.  Van  Harlingen, 

DKTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA^ 

Washington,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc, 
by  H.  T.  White,  Treas., 

OHIO— 
Okatham,  Cong.  Ch.,  Ber.  8.  D.  Peet. 
Best  Cleveland,  Cong.  Ch.,  col.  in  ptrt, 

by  H.  Ftjrd, 
Foot  Comers.  W.  Bt  John, 
HartfuH,  Cong.  Ch.,  $19  66;  a  Addle 

DarisoBL  |ft/bj  Ber.  J.  B.  Davison, 
Badeon,  nm  Cong.  Ch.,by  K.  Measer, 

Treai^« 
Inodale,  0.  P.  Brans,  to  oonst  David 

Murvui  aad  &.  O.  Blohards,  L.  Ms., 
PalnesTlile,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev. 

H.C.  Haydn, 
F^^  Ci^  Ch.»  by  Ber.  M.  W. 

BOeS^David  C.  Anen,byBeT.  J.  B. 

Davison, 
BMdmky,  If.  8.  Wright, 
Wesi  FarmlBgtea,  A.  Wilder,  by  Ber. 

J.  B.  Darison, 


58  00 


820  00 
600 


106  48 
26  00 

17  67 

400 

10  60 

6  00 

8  26 
81  50 

11  18 
81  75 

12  45 
6U  00 

500 

10  00 
I  00 

11  50 
20  00 
10  00 

65  00 

7  75 


2  00 
200 


06  11 
10  00 


60  00 


126  00 

8100 

14100 
50 

24  65 

87  75 

87  00 

68  00 

10  00 

600 
800 

200 


INDIANA— 
Franolaoo,  Master  h,  Ziglar,  $1 ;  Me- 
ehaniosviUe,  Cong.  Ch.,  60  oto :  Be- 
theada,  Cong.ChM.|2  30  ;  Page  Bcliool 
HoQse,  $2  2a ;  Woods*  tioboul  Houae, 
|2,  by  Bev.  T.  B.  McConnick, 

ILLIN0I8-- 
Beceived  by  Bev.  D.  H.  Piatt. 
Brighton,  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const.  Bev. 
L  W.  Tboinba  a  L.  M.,  ^Vi  00 

Mendon,  Dea.  J.  Piatt,  10  00 

Montioello,  Ch.  of  Christ,  to 
const.  Bev.  J.  O.  Bankin  a 
L.  M^  48  06 

Springfield,  Cong.  Cb.,  to  oonst, 

Bev.  J.  K.  McLean  a  L  M., 
Uppar  Alton,  Friends, 
waveriy,  Cong.  Cli.,  ooH.  In 
part, 
Chicago,  South  Cong.  Cli. 


1^95 


47  65 
250 


40  00 
B. 


178  20 
72  74 

80  06 
10  00 
7  50 

29  86 

:<0  2o 

28  03 

50  00 

50 

15  09 


LeaviU  $treH  Cong.   Ch.^  by  N. 
Wakefield, 

Oakwood  Avtnue  Cong,  Ch,^ 

Society  o/  Inquiry.  TIao.  S4m.<, 
aaleebnrgh,  Ftrst  Ch.  of  Chrlat,  by  N. 

A.  Bancroft. 
Oalva,  Cong.  Ch..by  B.  B.  Gnlld, 
Geneva.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  C.  B.  Wells, 
Qriggtvillej    Cong.    Oh.,    by    C.  W. 

Kneeland, 
Jackeonville,  Lncy  B.  Stnrtevant, 
Lee  Centre,  Cong.  Ch., 
Mnkanda,    Cong.    Ch..    89.25;   Sonth 

Pass,  Cong.  Ch.,  815.25,  by  Bev.  F. 

Whieler,  24  60 

Mendon,  Cong.  Ch.,   by  Bev.   A.   B. 

CampbeU,  40  00 

Pilot.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  D.  B. 

Miller,  5  00 

Bantonl,  First  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Bev.  A 

Doremus,  9  41 

Bichvlew,  Bev.  C.  B.  Barton,  6  00 

Sycamore,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  Bose,  21  26 

Tonica,  Cone.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  West.     25  80 
Tonlon,  A.  M.  Cutcheon,  6  00 

Wanpun«ie  Grove,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev, 

a  R.  Dole,  IS  10 

Wyanct,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  £. 

H.  Baker,  10  00 

MISSOXTBI— 
Breckenridge,  Bev.  J.  T.  Cook,  11  00 

Dawn,  Welsh  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  T. 

W.  Davle^  10  50 

Gnllfttin,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  W. 

Wilmott,  10  60 

Qlenwood,   Cong.  Ch..  |3  :  Mra  8.  B. 

Foraha,  $2,  by  Rev.  L.  M.  Pierce,  6  00 

Greenwood,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  B.  G. 

Page,  14  00 

Laelvde,  Cong.  Cb.,  |4>  St.  Catharine, 

Cong.  Ch.,  12,  by  Bev.  J.  Allender,         6  00 
Pleasant  Hill,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F. 

A.  Armstrone,  10  00 

St.  Joseph,  Tabemacla  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Henry  K.  White,  20  00 

MICHIGAN^ 
Allegan,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  O.  K 

Goodrich, 
Avon,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  J.  a  Kid- 
der, 
East  Saginaw,  Mrs.  Peabody  Pratt, 
Leonidas  and  Sherwood,  Cong  Chs.,  by 

Bev.  J.  T.  ilnstcd, 
Pinckney,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  $10;  Rev.  J. 

W.  FiUroanrioe,  |^,  by  Rev.  J.  W. 

Fltxmaurice, 
Pleasanton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  D. 

MiUard, 
Sangatnck,  First  Cong.  Ch.,by  Rev.  J. 

F.  T*ylor, 

WISCOKSIK^ 
Beoeived  by  Bav.  F.  B.  Doe, 
Ripon,Cong.Ch.,  $40  86 

Trempealean,  Cong.  Olu,  19  40 


16  00 

10  65 
10  00 

560 

15  00 
9  50 
18  60 


60  76 


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Pftlmym,  Flrit  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  B. 

Bootbwortb, 
Uoioa  tirove,  Cong  Ch.,  by  J.  Watts, 

IOWA— 

Cbapln  aod  Hampton,  Cong.  Cbs.,  by 

Rev.  W.  P.  Avery, 
Fontoiielle,  Grand  River  and  Unooln, 

Cong.  Cbt.,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Feet, 
Manchester,  Cong.  Ch^  by  Rev.  B.  R. 

tttflei, 

MINNESOTA— 


Brownavllle.  Mrs.  S.  M.  MoIIote. 
Faribault,  Plymouth    Cong.  Ch 


by 


Rev.  J.  W.  Strong, 
Hamilton,  First  C<iug;  Ch.,  eoH  in  part 

by  Rev.  R.  &.  Armstrong,        

Lake  City,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  W.  a 

Dada,  _ 

Medford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  B.  Brown, 
Nevada,  First  Cung.  Ch.,  by  Eev.  A. 

Morse,  ^   „ 

Owomnna,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  C. 

Cragln, 

KANSAS- 

Fort  Scott,  Firrt  Cong.  Ch.,  Rev.  J.  C. 
Plumb, 

NEBRASKA— 

Avoca,   H.  C.  Wolph,  t5:  Nebmslca 
City,  11.  R.  Church,  $1,60,  by  Rev. 


83  00 

30  00 

700 

20  71 

460 

40  25 

6  50 

2S85 
13  00 

City,  II.  J 
F.AUoy, 


DAKOTA  TEE.— 

Yankton,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 
Ward, 


10  00 
15  89 


15  00 


660 


7  45 


CALIFORNIA— 

Oaklnnd,  Second  Conff.  Ch.,  by  Rer. 

D.  B.  Gray,  10  40 

San  FrHurisoo.  Fourth  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  £.  Curwin,  14  00 


HOME  MISSIONARY, 


15  60 


$23,280  40 


DonatUmt  qf  Clothing^  €te, 

Colohcster,  Conn.,  Cong.  Sew.  Soo..  by 

Mrs.  Fanny  S.  Curtis,  Sec.,  a  barrel,         |81  00 
Collinfivilie,  Conn.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  L. 

A.  Bentley.  a  barrel,  70  26 

Concord,  N.  f  I.,  Sooth  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 

E  w7w«iodward,  a  btirrel,  1T7  02 

Dover,  N.  11.,  Ladies*  Home  Miss.  Soe. 

of  the  Flr»t  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Miss  O.  M. 

Palmer,  a  barrel,  158  64 

EnOeld.  Mass.,  Ladles*  Sew.  Sotf.,  by  Mrs. 

Mary  C.  Potter,  Sec.,  a  barrel,  185  00 

Oo^hon,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soo.  of 

the  Cong-  Ob.,  by  Mrs.  F.  M.  Double- 
day,  a  barn  I,  76  00 
Hopkiuton,  N.  H.,  Ladles  of  the  Cong. 

cJb.  and  6oc.,  by  Mist  Sophia  Bailey,  a 

barrel  82  88 

Friends  of  the  Missionary  Cause,  by 
Mrs  S.  B.  Cnioks,  a  hHrrel,  88  20 

Lima,  N.  Y.,  Mm.  Mary  Spragne,  a  bundle. 
Lyme,  N.  H.,  Female  Benev.  Soc.,  by 

ICrs.  L.  A.  Churchill,  Sec.,  a  box,  87  60 

Middletown,  Conn.,  Ladioa'  Home  Miss. 

Soc.  of  the  First  Cong.  Ch.,by  Miss.  C. 

M.  Bacon,  a  barrel.  186  00 

Milford,  Mass.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc,  a 

barrel. 
Norwich,  Conn.,  a  bundle. 
Old  Say  brook.  Conn.,   Ladies'  Soc,  by 

Mrs.  Mab<-ll  Q.  Shipman,  a  box,  184  48 

Plymouth,  Conn.,  LadiesP  Benev.  Soo, by 

Mrs.  0.  Langdon,  a  box,  ISO  73 


Bouthport,  CouUm  Ladl««  of  the  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  ML«s  Virginia  Tompkins,  a 

barrel  1126  OD 

South  Royalston,  Mass»  Ladles'  Benev. 

Assoa,  by  Mrs.  Matte  A.  C.  Adams,         53  60 
Soffleldi^Conn ,  Ladies'  Sew.  Boo.  of  the 

First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  W.  L.  Lewis,  a 

barrel 
Sunderland.  Mana,  Dorcas  Soc,  by  Mrs. 

aB.Trow,abnrrel  66  86 

Talcottville.  ConiiM  Ladles'  Benev.  Soc, 

by  Mra  C.  D.  Taloott,  Sec,  a  barrel 

and  box,     •  1«T  O 

ThompMn.  Conn.,  Coufr.  Ch.,  by  Miss 

Ellen  D.  Lamed,  a  barrel,  72  18 

Vumon  Centre.  Conn.,  LediesP  Charitable 

Soc.  by  Miss  8.  G.  Butler,  a  box,  60  00 

West  BruokHeld,  Mass.,  Ihone  Miss.  Sew. 

cirde.  by  Mrs.  Lewis  Oleason,  Sec,  a 

barrel,  60 13 

West  Hartford,  Conn^  Ladles'  Sew.  Soc 

of  Centre  District,  by  Miss  Mary  C.     _ 

Buck  land,  Sec,  a  barrel.  »  16 

Woodbridge,  Coim.,  Ladle«'  Sew.  Boo., 

by  Mlsa  N.  M.  EU  wood,  a  barrel,  lU  00 


EeceipU  <(f  Vu  MauachuutU  Home  MUtimarr 

Society,  in  SepUmber,  Stsphsh  T.  FJlBWKLIi» 

Tr§at. 
Boston,  a  Friend,  fiO  OS 

Boston  UigblNnds,  Tine  et  Ch.,  10  00 

Bmlntree,  Dr.  Storrs'  Ch.  and  Boe.,  quar- 

lerly  coll.,  21  68 

Clinton,  First  Cone.  Ch.,  and  Soc,  100  00 

Franklin  Co.  H.  M.  Boc,  35  82 

Grafton.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Hoc,  00  00 

Harvard.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  12  72 

Haverhill,  Centre  Cong.  Ch.  and  Hoc,         72  00 
Hingharo,  Evan.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  6  60 

Leominster,  Evan.  C<mg.  Ch^  M  16 

Manchester,  Cung.  Ch.  and  Soc,  138  05 

MaMschusetts,  D.  G.  D.,  805  00 

Miltord,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boe^  80  20 

New  Braintree,  Lectaey  of  &  MIxter.        1,000  00 
Newburvport,  BttMUe  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,   343  85 
Firti  Parish  Woman'i  H  M.  Soc,  ""  *" 

Iforth  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
WhiUfield,  Cong,  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Newbury,  First  Parish, 
Orange  Morih,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc, 
Rockport,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc, 
BnuRUs,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Shut  esbury.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
8«>uth  Franklin,  Cong.  Ch., 
Southburo,  Conir.  Ch.,  bal  of  col., 
Btoughton.  First  C<ing.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Topuleld,  Ctmg.  Ch.  and  Soc^ 
Wsrtt  Roxbury,  South  Evan.  Cong.  Ch. 

and  Soc 
WhttinsviUe,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

$4,800  87 

BeceipU  </  Ou  Commutieui  Home  Mieeionarg  S^ 
detg,  in  October,  E.  W.  Pabsohs,  Tnaa, 

1C8 
to  00 
15  00 
15  00 


Bolton,  a  Friend, 

Bristol,  Cong.  Ch.,  mon.  eon., 

Buckingham.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

Rev.  J.  Ordway, 
Canterbury,  Mrs.  K.  H.  Leavens,  by  Rev. 

O.  P.  C 
£a^tf>>rd,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  Rev.  & 

Clark,  to  const  Samuel  D.  Boawortb,  a 

L.M., 
Enlleld,    First    Cong.     Ch.,  to    eonet 

Charles  M.  Abbe,  n  L.  M., 
Hartford  North  Consociation,  by C.  H.  B., 
Litehfleld,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc,  by  H.  R.C., 
Mansfield,  Cong.  Ch^  to  const.  Lyman 

Barrows,  a  U  M.,  by  Rev.  M.  Weld, 
New  Haven,  Mrs.  Lois  Chaplain, 
Portlaiid,  Cong.  Ch., 
South  Windsor,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boo.,  by 

B.  E.  Clapp, 


6  00 


8125 

68  7t 

758 

188  00 

88  25 

100  00 

ISil 

85  08 

•508  88 


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MISSIONARY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  Clothing,  sent  directly  and  withont  any  partioular  designation,  to  the  offiea 
of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  such  missionariea  as  art 
known  to  be  mo£|^  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  to  those  who  receire 
them,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective  donors. 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  individual  or  association,  intending  to  prepare 
a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  nave  a  particnlar  missionary  desisted,  and  a  detailed 
aoooont  of  the  circumstances  of  his  family  given,  the  information  is  not  always  at  hftnd» 
80  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when  it  is,  it  not 
imfrequently  happens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparmg,  the  missionary  remains  fot 
BonthB  nnsnppUed,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  desi^ation,  he  might  be  furnished 
with  articles  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  In  other  cases,  whfle 
the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from  other  sources,  so  thai 
when  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want  as  many  others. 

It  is  preferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors,  that 
the  q>eoial  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  individual  in 
ptrticnlar,  shoiSd  be  left  to  the  discretion  dr  the  officers  of^the  Society,  aflw  ihejf  reach 
th$  offlc*.  It  is  believed  that  they  wiD,  in  this  way,  answer  the  designs  of  those  who 
gCDerooily  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  hn  which  the  Society  can  have  an 
•giocy. 

BIBI0TIOH8  YOB  TOBWA&DZVe. 

L  Pot  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  a  paper 
or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  and  the  estimated  value  of  the  iriiole^ 
wi&  the  name  of  ue  individual  or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  ttie 
iofividua]  to  whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent. 

1  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  of  the  box' should  be  sent  in  a  letter 
to  the  <^ce  of  the  Society.  In  this  letter  it  should  be  stated  when,  and  by  what  convey- 
mee:  the  box  was  forwarded ;  in  it  should  be  indosed,  also,  such  money  as  Is  intended 
for  the  payment  of  frdght.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  provided  for  in  all  cases, 
if  pracacable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  fVom  $8  to  |6,  according  to  its 
ne  ai^  the  distance  it  is  sent  A  horrd  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense  than  a  box  of 
theMme  size. 

8.  The  box  should  be  fully  and  pUunly  maikeid,  and  theplaeejromvfhieh  it  annei  should 
11.WAT8  appear  en  the  culeide^  so  that  Uiere  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening  it  at  the 
oAoe.  It  should  be  strong,  ti^t,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  be  hooped,  or 
olherwise  fully  secured  antinst  the  effects  of  hard  usage  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  adSreeeed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place, 
IcvToKk. 

VO  PAST  or  A  XnaOVABT  8  8ALABT. 

Boxee  of  Clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriation.  The  Society 
eds  the  same  amount  of  moa^y,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptly  its  stipulations 
whh  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  be  no  &vor  to  a 
miinonaiy  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money  that  would 
olherwise  be  sent  him  roost  be  proportionidly  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to  it  that 
they  give  none  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  gi^hig  other  things  that  are  need* 
fbl  and  convenient  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  svmpathies  will  be  so  awakened  in 
the  preparation  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  feel  tt  to  be  their  privilege,  not  only  to 
contimie,  but  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

SVOOISTIOm  AS  TO  THUS  00HTBVT8. 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  bos,  while  dothhig  of  woollen  or  linen  ftbrki, 
dMMs,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  be  specially  valuable,  scarcely  any  thing  in  tiie 
shape  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  whidb  is  of  common  use  in  any 
ibrm  in  a  &mUy,  wiD  come  amiss.  Knives  and  fo^  spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of 
cotton,  a  akem  of  yam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles,  a  cake  dt  wax,  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a 
thimble,  a  tumbler,  a  thi  cup,  a  skimmer,  or  a  pepper  box,  need  not  be  left  out 

When  articles  of  dothbg  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  which  boxes 
art  sent,  ntiasionaries  are  hi  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  other  that 
ilBott  every  thing  which  a  box  may  contain  is  turned  to  good  account 


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BIBUB  HOUSE,  ASTOB  PULQS,  NEW  YOBK. 
^^ 


Bbt.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.  D., 
Rev.  DAVID  B.  COK,  D.  D., 
Biv.  A.  HUNTINGTON  CLAPP, 


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Secretaries  for  Correspondence, 


Mb.  WILLUH  HENBT  SMITH,  Treasurer, 

BzsouTnrx  OoMimm.— Mb.  WILLIAM  O.  LA.MBEBT,  Chairman:  Ms.  C.  S.  SOBSBT; 
Mb.  SIMJCON  a  CHITTKNDEN:  Rir.  BICHASD  &  BT0BR8.  Jb.,  D.  D.:  Rut.  WiL^ 
LIAMI-  BUDINGTON,  D.  D.;  Mb.  CALTIN  C.  WOOLWOKTH:  Mb.  CHAJRLEB  ABKB- 
NKTHY;  Mb.  JOHN  B.  HUTCHINSON;  Rkt.  HENEY  M.  8TOEE8,  D.D.;  with  the  member* 
ex-offleio— Tlz. :   AUBTIN  ABBOTT,  Esq.,  Beeording  Aeretery,  the  TBBisrnwB,  bbA  the  Sboib- 

TABIM  rOB  OOBBBBPOHDBirOI. 

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COHHVNICATIOirS 

Relating  to  the  busineas  of  the  Sooietj  generally,  may  be  addreeeed  to  either  of  the  Seece- 
taries  for  Gorrespondenoe. 

DOVATIONS  AHB  8VB8CEIFTI0NS, 

In  Drafts,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Post-Office  Orders,  if  praotioable,  may  be  sent  to  tbe 

Treasurer,  BRde  House,  Astor  Place,  Nevr  Tork. 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Life  Member ;  and  of  one  hun- 
dred dollars,  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makes  one  hundred 
dollars,)  a  Life  Director. 

8ECKETABIES  AISTD  TEEASUBXES 

or  THB 

PRINCIPAL  AUXIUARIES. 

Her.  SriFHSif  Thumtos,  D.D.,  Secretary,  Maine  MisB,  8oe.,  Searsport,  Me. 

Joshua  Maxwell,  Esq^  Treasurer,  **        **  ^    Portland, 

Rev.  William  (^ark,  Secretary,  JSTew  Hampshire  Miss.  Soc.y  Amherst,  N.  H. 

Rev.  B.  P.  Stowb,  D.D.,  Treasurer,  "  "  "         Concord,      ** 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  Secretary,  Vermont  Bom.  Miss.  Soe.^  Montpelier,  Vt 

C.  W.  Storks,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  «  "  "  ** 

Rev.  H.  B.  Hooker,  D.D.,  Sec,  Jfa»«.  ff.  M.  5bc.,  31  Washington  st,  Boston. 

Stephbn  T.  Farwkll,  Esq.,  Treasurer,        "  "  ^* 

Rev.  Jambs  G.  Vose,  Secretary,  Ji,  L  Home  Miss.  Soe.^  Providence,  R.  I. 

Enwm  Kmiobt,  Esq.,  Treasurer,         "  **  "  " 

Rev.  William  H.  Moork,  Secretaiy,  Conn.  Home  Miss,  /8bc,  Berlin,  Conn. 

B.  W.  Pabsomb,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "  "        Hartford,  ** 

SUPEBIHTEBSEHTS. 


Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart,   Syracuse,  N.  T. 
Rev.  Ltbaitder  Kelsbt,  Columbus,  0. 
Rev.  Nath'l  a.  Htdb^     Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Rev.  Joseph  £.RoT,D.D.,  Chicago,  III 
Rev.  Hbnrt  D.  Plar,    Brighton,  111. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Turnbb,  Hannibal,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  B.  Williams,    Charlotte,  Mich. 
Rev.  Lbrot  Wabrbm,      Pentwater,  Mich. 


Rev.  DixTER  Clabt,      Bek>it,  Wis. 
Rev.  Franklin  B.  Dob,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wk 
Rev.  J.  Gdkrnset,  D.D.,  Dubuque,  la. 
Rev.  JosEPB  W.PioKBTT,  Dos  Moines,  la. 
Rev.  Richard  Hall,       St.  Paul,  Mlon* 
Rev.  Jambs  G.  Mkrrill,  Topeka,  SLan. . 
Rev.  0.  W.  Merrill,     Nebraska  City^  Neb. 
Rev.  Jambs  H.  Warrbb,  San  Franoiioo,Oi 


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PAQS 
GLIMPSES  OF  HOME  MISSION- 
ARY LIFE 205 

MIBSIONARY  INTELLIGENCE. 

Vebraska.— From  Rn,  O.  W,  Mer- 
riO.— The  Churches— More  Men 
and  Money 209 

Xanaas.— From  Rev,  J.  O.  Merrill 
—The  Work  In  Kansas— Towns 

Premstnreljr  Old SC9 

Fever  and  Afrue  Tovrns—Towns 
Health fuV  and  VisorouB — Infant 
Enterprises— The  Opportunity....  210 

From  Rev.  L.  J.  Sawyer,  BurHn- 
gamc— Labor  and  Becompense...  211 

From  Rev.  J,  D.  Parker ^  Barllngton. 

— Ballrond  Eicitementa. 211 

Lotisis — Lectures— Dedication. ...  %li 

Klnnesota.— From  Rev.  W,  A,  Cut- 
ler,  Bolle  Pruirio.— Lions  In  the 

Way 213 

Northern  Lights...  ^ 213 

Iowa.~From  Rev.  W.  J.  Smithy  AV 
dexL— Bejuicing — Sorrowing.  •  •  . . .  218 

From  Rev.  A.  H.  Poet,  Boonsboro  — 
In  His  Father's  Steps— His  Now 
rield  and  Work 214 

From  Rev,  R,  F.  Haviland,  Lewls.^ 
A  Tear  of  Planting 214 

From  Rev.  W.  L,  Coleman^  Mitchell. 
—The  Year  of  Jubilee 216 

From  Rev.  R.  3f.  Ameden.  BelleTne. 

— Railroads  Moans  of  Grace.. 215 

CtioosJng  tiie  Good  Part 216 


PAGB 

Wlaconsin.— From  Rev.  B.  T.  Ful- 
ler ^  Peahtlpo.— A  New  Experience 
—In  tho  Clearings  — The  Ger- 
mans  210 

From  Rev,  0.  P.  Clinton,  Horton- 
ville.— Starting  Anew— Wearing 
Out 217 

Michifiran.— From  Rev.  E.  Andrve, 
Pentwater.  —  Then   and   Now — 

Outside  Work 217 

From  Rev.  J.  W.  Allen,  Leslie 218 

Miasoturi.— From  Rev.R.  W.  Scarer, 

Sodalla. — ^ImproTc^tncnt 218 

Ever  Changing— Invitation 219 

From  Rev.  O.  OriJ/Uhe,  Now  Cam- 
bris^— The  Spiritual  War&re 219 

Illinois.— From  Rev.  M.  M.  Lonffley, 
Greenville.  —  Revival  —  Marked 

Change— The  Brightest  Spot 220 

From  Rev.  J.  O.  Speneer,  Hlllsboro. 
—Plucky 220 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Thb  Treasubt  '.—The  Deficiency. . .  221 
The  Supply 222 

DXOKAaB  OF  BST.  BXNJAJUN  P. 
8tokz,P.I> 223 

A  NOBLB  EXAICPLZ V24 

MiwcfJT.T.swEoug  Items.. 2^4 

Mieeionary  AppoinimenU 225  < 

AcTcnotelfdgnent  tf  Receipte 225 


PUfiUSHED  BT  TH£  AMERICAN  HOKfi  MISSIOKARY  SOCIETY, 
Bible  Hoose,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 


PRICE    FIFTY  CENTS  A   YEAR,    IN   ADVANCE. 
F03TA0E.  'Tioehe  cerUe  a  year,  \n  advaucs. 


APPUCATIONS  FOR  AID. 

Feel4e  oongregadoDB.  detfiing  tid  !ii  supporting  the  gospel,  are  requested,  in  their 
•ppUoatfons,  to  make  fai  statements  of  th^  condition  and  prospects,  and  of  the  reasonB 
for  graining  their  requests.  They  are  desired,  also,  to  furnish  the  following  particulan, 
namdyt 

The  population  of  the  place. 

The  name  of  the  churdi  or  congregation. 

The  number  of  communicants,  and  the  average  number  of  attendants  on  public  worship. 

The  denomination  and  nse  of  congregaticms  immediately  contiguous,  with  the  distance 
to  thdr  places  of  wotAip. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  wUch  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  giren  time,  and  the  anangemcntfl 
thai  art  made  for  aeeurlng  it 

Whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 

The  least  amount  that  wQl  suffice  torn  this  Society. 

The  name  inAdl  and  post^ffice  address  of  the  minister  for  whom  a  oomx^ission  is  d^ 
sired. 

His  credentials. 

Whether  he  is  a  nesident  of  the  place  hi  which  he  preaches,  and  is  engaged  in  my 
oflier  oaUbg  than  that  of  Uie  ministrr. 

WheUier  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  diuroh,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangements  are  made 
or  contemplated  for  his  installment  hn  the  course  of  the  year. 

The  application  should  be  dgned  by  the  officers  of  the  church,  and  by  the  trustees  or 
a  onnmittee  of  the  congreeation. 

If  the  ecderiastioal  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  have  a  "Conmiittes  of 
Missions  "  to  act  in  their  l>ehalf,  the  members  of  this  Committee  are  the  proper  persons  to 
oerti^r  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  mhiister,  and  his  prospects  of 
usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  serrices  are  desired ;  and  the  application  should  be  sent 
to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation.  Where  no  such  ^Committee  of 
Missions  **  exists,  the  application  should  receive  the  indorsement  of  two  or  more  neigh- 
boring dergymen,  of  the  same  denommation,  acquainted  with  the  facts. 

Applications^  after  being  property  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  be  sent  to  the 
Superintendent  (or  Secretary.of  the  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  i^plicants  reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriations  are  for  twelve  months  from  the  daU  of  the  applica- 
turn;  at  we  end  of  whi(£,  if  further  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must  be  made,  con- 
t^hig  aU  the  particulars  above  stated,  and  indorsed  and  recommended  in  Uke  manner. 
Each  eongrtgation  tLjaplying  for  renewed  aid^  thould  fumuh^  aUo,  the  eertifieaU  of  On 
mietionarv  that  they  have  fulfilled  their  previoue  pledgee  for  hie  eupjxnt, 

The  address  of  the  Sode^s  Superintendents  and  the  Secretaiies  of  iti  Auxiliaiies  wUl 
be  firand  on  the  cover  of  its  reports  and  of  the  Heme  Miencmeary. 


THE  HOME  mSSIOHABY. 

The  Home  Miaionarg  will  be  sent  gratwUnuely  to  the  following  dasses  of  individuals, 
unless  ther  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers : 

To  Lifo  birectors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Sodety.  To  Missionaries  of  the  Sodety 
and  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  der^grman  in  whose  congregation  a  collection  la  taken  up 
every  year  for  the  Sodetv,  or  one  of  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  individual  who  contributei 
ten  dollazs,  or  upward,  during  the  year.  To  every  Ausdliary,  Assodation,  or  Gongrega* 
don,  ofis  eofnjfoT  every  (m  doUare  collected  and  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Sodety,  or 
of  sny  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  confer  a  spcdal  favor  by  availing  hhnself  of  the  fadlities  offered 
above  to  introduce  the  Home  Mtesionarv  among  his  people.  In  notifying  the  Secretaries 
of  his  desire  to  have  the  woric  sent  on  these  terms,  he  is  requested  to  mention  the  noffw 
of  some  person  to  whom  eadi  eopy  shall  be  addressed. 

FOBH  OF  A  BEdTTEST. 
I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  truet^  to  pay  over 

the  same  in  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is 

payable^  shall  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Sodety,  formed  in  the 
d^  Of  New  York,  in  the  year  dghteen  hundred  and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to  the 
obaritable  uses  and  purposes  of  said  Sodety,  and  under  its  direction. 


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THE  HOME  MISSIONARY. 

60, Prbach  the  GospiL Mark  xvi.  15. 

How  shall  they  preach  except  they  be  bknt  ?.  .Eonu  z.  15. 


Vol.  XLHL  JANUARY,  1871.  No.  9. 

GLIMPSES    OF  HOME   MISSIONARY   LIFE. 

By  Alfred  Walkbr,  Esq.,  of  New  Haven,  Ct. 

[Deacon  Alfred  Walker,  of  the  First  Church,  New  Haven,  for  many  years  a  faitfa- 
fnl  friend  of  Home  Missions,  having  occasion  to  spend  a  portion  of  the  last  year  in 
Oregon  and  Washington  Territory,  kindly  consented  to  gratuitously  serve  the  Society,  in 
coBectiog  such  facts  as  are  needful  for  its  work.  It  is  not  easy  to  get  information  that 
can  be  implicitly  relied  on,  concerning  the  more  distant  fields ;  and  the  Society  is  under 
great  obligations  to  our  friend  for  his  service. 

Hr.  Walker's  inquiries  brought  him  into  intimate  communication  with  Home  Mission- 
ary families  on  the  frontier,  and  rightly  judging  that  a  knowledge  of  the  evetj-daj  life  of 
these  faithful  workers  cannot  but  interest  the  friends  of  the  cause,  he  has  thrown  together  • 
a  few  results  of  his  mcidental  observations  in  the  following  paper,  which  we  are  glad  to . 
present  to  the  readers  of  the  Home  Missionary, 

It  is  oar  aim,  in  this  periodical,  to  give  the  simple  facts  of  Home  Missionary  life — so  > 
to  mingle  its  lights  and  shades  as  they  appear  in  the  unreserved  communications  of  the 
misnooaries  (seldom  written  with  a  thought  of  the  printer),  that  our  patrons  shall  know 
•ometfahig  of  the  men  they  are  uding,  and  of  their  actual  work,  with  its  trials  and  iti 
ncccMes.  We  have  also  ever  in  mind  the  double  object  of  keeping  back  from  the  work 
those  whom  difficulties  would  dishearten,  and  of  attracting  to  it  those  "  good  soldiers  ^* ' 
whose  faith  and  zeal  are  only  the  more  stunulated  by  the  prospect  of  some  temporary 
**  hardness  **  to  be  endured  in  the  Master's  service.] 

The  most  effectual  way  of  learning  the  geography  of  a  conntry  is  to  travel 
over  it  The  only  way  of  getting  an  adequate  impression  of  Nature's  stupeudoas 
feats  is  to  go  and  see  them.  It  is  almost  as  necessary  for  the  philanthropist,  if. 
he  would  understand  the  privations  of  frontier  life,  to  see  something  of  them 
with  his  own  eyes. 

After  all  that  has  been  written  to  set  forth  the  trials  and  difficulties  of  the 
Home  MissioDary  work,  especially  in  the  more  destitute  parts  of  our  country, 
1k>w  inadequate  are  the  reader's  conceptions  of  their  true  nature  and  degree!: 
A  brave,  true  missionary  reloctantly  tells  to  others  the  details  of  his  privations. 
Christian  heroism  vaunteth  not  itself^  otherwise  it  is  not  heroism.  If,  for  his 
greater  influence,  or  to  impart  useful  information  to  others,  he  is  compelled  to 
tptik  of  his  trials,  he  will  yet  leave  much  to  be  inferred,  or  he  will  speak  of 
tbem  as  transmuted  by  the  great  good  Alchemist  into  blessings,  so  that  the 
i^^ener  quite  forgets  that  the  case  calls  for  sympathy  at  all. 
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We  sit  at  ease  and  read  the  letters  of  the  Home  Missionarj  from  month  to 
month ;  bis  disappointments  and  failures  we  account  as  so  much  labor  lost^  bis 
floccess  we  rejoice  in,  and  say,  perhaps,  "  these  men  are  the  salvation  of  onr 
country,  God  bless  theml  "  But  how  about  the  missionary  himself,  his  wife  and 
children  ?  Have  we  considered  him  in  his  loneliness,  among  scoffers  and  infidels, 
in  pent-up  apartments,  without  a  libraiy,  without  society,  living  poorly  and 
scantily?  Have  we  stood  by  him  in  sickness,  or  witnessed  his  anxiety  in  the 
sickness  of  wife  or  child,  with  no  accessible  physician  ?  Did  our  hearts  ache 
with  his  when  he  was  compelled  to  write  ^^no  man  hath  believed  oar  re- 
port." 

Leaving  for  a  time  our  finely-furnished  houses,  our  good  physicians,  schook, 
and  churches,  our  parents^  graves  and  tbe  hearts  tbat  beat  with  ours,  let  us  take 
a  ride  among  tbe  Home  Missionaries.  Soon  we  have  left  cities  and  towns  be- 
hind us,  and  from  tbe  car- windows  we  begin  to  see  the  broad  desolation  that 
seems  interminable.  But  here  the  earth  grows  greener,  bushes  and  small  trees 
are  seen  in  spots,  and  yonder  is  a  human  dwelling.  We  rush  along,  and  another 
appears,  and  then  another.  Around  them  we  discover  a  few  cattle,  and  nearer 
the  little  one  story  domicile  is  a  patch  of  com,  and,  perhaps,  a  few  small  fruit- 
trees.  And  if  we  could  get  nearer  still,  we  might  discover  a  small  garden  with 
vegetables  growing ;  ay,  and  flowers  whose  seeds  were  brought  from  home.  On 
this  vast,  dreary  prairie,  where  tbe  sun  shines  in  his  strength,  and  tbe  storms 
sweep  unimpeded,  where  unbounded  desolation  is  relieved  only  by  a  score  of 

•widely-scattered,  humble  dwellings,  is  the  abode  of  a  Home  Missionary.    As  yet 

lao  house  of  worship  rises  among  them.  There  is  very  little  use  for  Andover 
sermons  here.  His  pulpit  is  co-extensive  with  his  parish— twenty  to  fifty  miles 
square.    If  he  have  a  horse,  he  will  be  able  to  ride  his  circuit  frequently ;  if  not, 

^<^  will  have  the  more  occasion  to  be  often  and  long  absent  from  home.    How 

'does  his  wife  spend  those  lonely  days  and  nights  of  his  absence  ?  Brave,  trustfiil 
woman^  in  whose  care  is  she?    She  left  many  fiiends  at  home ;  perhaps  she  has 

tjoany  friends  here,  ministering  to  her  faith,  which  our  dull  eyes  fail  to  see. 
But  w«  will  not  stop  here.  Sleeping  on  the  beams  is  not  quite  the  thing  for  yoo, 

tmy  friend, and  me;  a  *^  Pullman^*  is  better  for  us,  and  a  good  ^^ square  meal"  is 
more  conducive  to  health.    Alternate  sections  of  sudi  land  as  we  are  paauog 

^over  will  aot  make  a  railroad  company  rich.    But  here  and  there  villages  will 

rrise,  and  men  will  gather  in  them  from  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth.  Whatevff 
induces  this  heterogeneous  immigration,  one  thing  certainly  does  not— it  is  not 
the  spirit  of  the  Pilgrims.    In  tbe  settlement  which  we  are  approaching  we 

'.count  a  large  number  of  one- story  buildings,  a  suflScient  number  of  which  are 
devoted  to  whiskey-selling  and  gambling.    There  is  a  small  theatre  and  a  small 

<  church,  the  former  of  which  is  much  more  easily  and  frequently  filled  than  \h^ 
latter.    How  does  the  Home  Missionary  succeed  here  ?    He  finds  his  work  more 

» concentrated,  but  it  is  dreadfully  hard.  He  has  no  human  pillars  for  his  support, 
and  his  nearest  ministerial  brother  is  a  hundred  miles  distant.    If  he  be  plain 

-and  faithful,  he  will  attract  notice,  and  may  expect  tbat  some  bold  scofi^irwill 
challenge  him  to  discuss  *^  Calvinism."  If  he  accept,  he  must  meet  his  opponent 
with  an  arrayof  backers  to  applaud  his  coarse  jokes  and  profanity,  and  the  Mis- 
sionary will  come  off  well  if  the  crowd  does  not  go  off  in  a  roar  of  laughter, 
leaving  him  alone  and  discomfited.  So  long  as  he  says  nothing  against  grog- 
selling  and  drinking,  against  low  theatricals  and  gambling,  and  against  their 
almost  universal  profanity ;  in  short,  so  long  as  he  does  not  grapple  with  the 
work  which  he  came  here  to  do,  he  may  live  in  peace.    Only  a  few  of  those  who 


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professed  religion  ia  their  distant  homes  stand  hj  him.  Among  the  others  are 
some  of  his  bitterest  opponents. 

Bat  we  go  on.  As  the  long  train  starts  slowly,  we  notice  in  that  little  cot- 
tage that  stands  by  itself,  a  gentle  woman  reading  a  letter.  *  She  seems  to  weep. 
What  is  it?  By  clairroyance  we  discover  tliat  it  is  a  letter  from  the  office  of  the 
Home  Missionary  Society  to  her  husband.  It  announces  that  his  over-due  salary 
"cannot  be  paid  at  present — no  funds."  "Dear  soul,  that  ought  not  to  be,  such 
trials  could  be  avoided  1 "  Yes,  my  friend,  if  iss  were  more  considerate.  No 
wonder  she  weeps  at  the  thought  of  our  forgetful ness.  No  wonder  she  weeps 
at  the  necessity  of  asking  credit  of  those,  perhaps,  who  would  gladly  see  them 
starved  out. 

There,  on' the  bank  of  the  Missouri,  is  a  self-denying  man,  laboring  success- 
ftilly  as  a  minister.  He  was  for  eight  years  a  teacher.  He  entered  the  array  as 
t  lieutenant,  and  was  disabled  by  three  several  bullet-wounds.  On  his  recovery 
he  was  appointed  and  ordained  to  the  chaplaincy  of  his  regiment  He  afterward 
received  a  call  to  a  dependent  church,  which  soon  rose  to  self-support.  After- 
ward, he  was  called  to  his  present  charge,  which  was  also  receiviog  aid  fVora  the 
Home  Missionary  Society,  and  in  turn  became  self-supporting.  He  had  not  the 
advantage  of  a  college  education ;  and  as  his  name  is  not  found  on  the  catalogue 
of  any  theological  seminary,  the  inference  is  that  he  must  have  studied  theology 
in  Arabia. 

And  now  we  are  coming  to  a  settlement  which  represents  a  large  number  of 
places.  It  is  a  placer-mining  town.  It  contains  about  two  hundred  people  in 
the  dry  season,  and  a  thousand  when  the  miners  are  at  work.  They  have  no 
organized  church,  no  minister,  and  no  day  of  holy  rest.  Mrs.  B.  and  Mrs.  B. 
have  not  forgotten  their  first  love.  They  gather  into  one  of  their  houses  every 
Sabbath  about  sixty  children,  and  teach  them  as  they  were  wont  to  do  in  Sun- 
diiy  schools  at  home.  May  God  prosper  them  I  Is  there  no  young  minister  who 
b  willing  to  go  among  that  people,  counting  all  things  but  loss  for  Christ? 

Far  on  beyond  these  mountains  we  shall  find  a  man,  once  a  Home  Missionary, 
hot  now  the  pastor  of  a  vigorous  church.  He  is  laboring  too  hard.  He  preaches 
to  his  own  people  every  Sunday  morning,  conducts  a  Bible  dass  at  noon,  walks 
from  two  to  four  miles,  and  preaches  in  one  of  his  three  mission  stations,  and 
returns  to  preach  in  his  own  church  in  the  evening.  He  would  be  glad  to  divide 
his  labors,  if  some  one  could  be  found  to  aid  him.  A  nice  chapel,  built  mainly 
through  the  energetic  labor  of  one  poor  man,  waits  for  a  regular  incumbent 
How  long  must  it  wait? 

At  another  place,  we  shall  find  a  Home  Missionary,  as  happy  a  man  as 
breathes.  He  has  eight  children,  takes  the  papers,  and  keeps  abreast  with  all 
that  is  going  on  in  the  world ;  tramps  ofiT,  in  his  vacations,  hundreds  of  miles, 
coUeeting  specimens  of  rare  interest  to  men  of  science ;  labors  faithfully  and  euc- 
cessfoUy  in  his  church  and  fiourishing  Sunday  school,  and  makes  his  influence 
Wt  over  a  very  broad  space. 

There  we  might  quite  recently  have  seen  an  Episcopal  bishop,  who  divides 
his  pulpit. labors  among  several  churches.  Often  he  goes  on  the  Sabbath  to 
preach  at  Y.  By  water,  it  is  twenty  miles,  but  across  a  tongue  of  land  it  is  but 
three  to  where  a  row-boat  will  take  him  across  the  grand  river  of  the  west  coast. 
Bat  there  ia  no  road  over  the  three  miles,  and  he  goes  on  foot  At  times  he 
finds  the  streams  he  has  to  cross  swollen,  and  when  he  cannot  wade  them  be 
iwims.  And  then,  if  he  finds  that  his  flock,  all  nice  and  dry,  has  been  kept 
waiting,  he  begs  thehr  pardon  for  the  delay.    A  man  who  is  called  of  God  to 


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minister  in  that  and  similar  regions,  is  not  daunted  "  by  perils  of  water,  nor  of 
robbers,  nor  of  the  wilderness."  Thank  God,  Paul  does  not  stand  altogether 
alone  in  Christian  heroism. 

In  view  of  this  and  other  things  we  saw,  my  quasi  traveling  companion  declar- 
ed that  if  he  ever  endowed  a  professorship  in  a  theological  seminary,  it  would 
be,  of  swimming  and  roughing  it  in  the  hush.    Seriously,  it  is  their  greatest  need. 

And  there  is  Elder  H.,  riding  his  circuit  He  has  one  beat  of  ninety  milea, 
with  no  intervening  church.  It  lies  through  heavy  woods,  over  a  mountain-road, 
the  most  execrable  of  all  that  are  called  roads.  But,  as  we  see  him,  two  lively 
ponies  are  taking  his  wagon,  with  himself,  wife,  and  two  chUdren,  over  the 
ground  at  a  rapid  pace.  If  night  overtakes  him  he  can  camp  out ;  if  a  tree  has 
fallen  across  the  road  he  can  cut  it  out,  or  dimb  over,  or  get  around  it ;  if  there 
are  no  bridges  over  the  creeks  he  dashes  in,  and  somehow  gets  through.  Having 
visited  and  comforted  all  his  little  flocks,  he  returns.  His  journey  by  land  and 
water  of  four  hundred  miles  is  performed,  and  just  now  you  may  see  them  land- 
ing from  a  steamboat  on  the  Columbia  river,  where  the  bank  is  so  steep  and  high 
that  all  hands  are  required  to  haul  them  up  to  the  summit  Brave  little  mim, 
there  must  be  more  like  you,  if  the  wilderness  is  ever  to  blossom  ! 

The  churches  on  the  frontier,  with  few  exceptions,  are  small.  Two  or  three 
male  members,  and  the  usual  proportion  of  females,  constitute  a  good  beginning. 
Tlie  people  generally  are  not  interested  in  religious  instrumentalities.  Among 
them  are  usually  some  intellectual  men ;  some  perhaps  are  apostates  from  an  early 
religious  training,  or  from  church  membership,  and  will  listen  only  to  a  man  of 
strength.  Even  then  they  do  not  care  what  doctrine  he  preaches,  so  that  he 
gives  them  "  something  fresh.^*  But  ordinarily  the  minister  is  not  above  the 
average  talent  of  the  profession.  For  him  to  reach  such  men  is  not,  at  first,  cer- 
tainly, through  the  pulpit,  but  by  his  life  and  daily  intercourse.  If  that  is  manly, 
and  breathes  the  spirit  of  Christ,  his  ministry  is  established.  There  is  a  limit  to 
his  power  in  the  pulpit;  he  cannot  rise  above  himself,  and  he  is  soon  rated  at 
his  worth ;  but  the  power  of  a  godly  life,  a  loving  soul,  a  pdnstaking,  benevolent 
heart,  cannot  be  measured,  nor  wholly  resisted. 

The  man  is  well-nigh  a  fool  who  objects  to  a  collegiate  and  theological  tnun- 
ing.  But  is  it  not  possible  to  impart  more  practical  instruction  to  those  who  are 
about  to  enter  the  ministry  ?  To  fix  their  eyes  less  intently  on  the  pulpit,  and 
magnify  before  them  the  importance  of  a  Jtfe  of  earnest  sympathy  and  helpful- 
ness? 

How  is  it,  young  men  in  the  seminaries,  that  these  distant,  destitute  fields  of 
labor  do  not  attract  you  ?  Do  you  love  father  and  mother  more  ? — "  But  would 
you  have  me  bury  my  talents  ampng  the  sage-brush  of  the  mountains,  or  the 
atumps  of  some  new  settlement?"  Certainly  not.  If  the  talents  are  yours^  it 
is  not  worth  while  to  go  so  far  to  bury  them. — '^But  those  fields  are  hard  and 
lonely,  and  there  is  nothing  congenial  in  them ;  sickness  might  come,  and  death." 
True,  Henry  Martyn  found  it  so ;  and  death  actually  slew  him  in  a  strange  land. 
There  were  some  at  an  earlier  day  who  were  warned  of  violence  in  their  path ; 
some  who  knew  that  stripes  and  imprisonment  awaited  them.  Have  Christian 
heroes  no  more  place  on  earth  ? 

Do  the  churches  of  our  faith  hnaw  that  there  are  hundreds  of  communities  in 
our  land  without  the  gospel  ?  Have  they  thought  of  the  condition  of  these  com- 
munities one  by  one,  and  put  themselves  in  their  place  ?  We  do  not  here  plead 
specially  for  those  places  where  the  Home  Missionary  is  established  in  his  work, 
but  for  those  more  destitute— /<>»•  souls  perishing  without  the  gospek 


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SBBBA8KA. 

From  Rev,  O,  W.  MerrUiy  Superintendent 

The  Clitirclies. 

I  Lave  this  qaarter  to  report  less  of 
travel  and  exploration,  and  more  of 
direct  work  with  the  churches.  The 
church  at  Lincoln  has  heen  passing 
through  trouble,  but  matters  there  are 
now  happily  adjusted.  Their  new  min- 
ister, Rev.  L.  B.  Fifield,  begins  his  labors 
onder  favorable  auspices.  This  is  one 
of  our  most  important  fields,  and  may 
require  heavy  outlay  the  present  year. 

The  church  at  Columbus,  another  im- 
portant field,  including  several  out- 
stations,  has  also  secured  a  pastor,  Rev. 
J.  E.  Elliott  These,  with  Mr.  Bell,  of 
Palmyra  and  adjacent  fields,  and  Mr. 
Barrowp,  of  Weeping  Water,  add  four 
good  men  to  our  working  force  since  I 
came  to  the  State. 

We  however  lose  and  Iowa  gains  Rev. 
W.  C.  Foster.  His  brother,  Rev.  R. 
Foster,  takes  his  place,  giving  one  ser- 
vice here  and  one  at  Camp  Creek,  which 
▼ill  probably,  next  spring,  have  a  sister 
chorcb,  some  seven  miles  from  her,  and 
the  two  will  unite  in  the  support  of  a 
pastor. 

Kore  Ken  and  Koney. 

We  still  very  much  need  three  or  four 
yoQDg  men  for  small  churches  and  large 
fields.  These  would  only  provide  for 
tbe  beginnings  that  we  already  have. 
Then  what  for  the  regions  beyond,  fill- 
ing with  lettlement  i^ter  settlement  of 
homesteaders,  moneyless  but  energetic, 
U)d  needing  the  gospel.  These  hold 
•one  very  promising  points. 

How  loud  is  the  call  of  Christ,  for 
coDsecrated  men  and  money  I  Alas, 
the  lean  treasury  1  Must  it  be  ?  Must 
We  stand  and  see  this  fair  heritage 
given  over  to  infidelity  and  a  Christless 
aviliiation  ?  So  it  seems,  unless  the 
churches  respond  to  your  appeal. 


KANSAS. 

I^om  Rev,  J.  G,  Merrill^  Superintendent, 
The  Work  in  Kansas. 

It  is  difficult  for  Eastern  friends,  who 
furnish  the  money  for  missions  in  Kan- 
sas, to  understand  the  demands  and  the 
hopes  of  her  various  church  enterprises. 
To  gratify  the  desire  of  such  persons  for 
information  in  this  direction,  I  will 
classify  our  difierent  stations  and  de- 
scribe each  class;  beginning  with  those 
which  demand  the  least  help  and  have 
the  most  uncertain  future,  and  going  on 
to  those  most  hopeful  and  needy. 

Towns  Prematurely  Old. 

Churches  and  places  with  this  pecu- 
liarity are  decidedly  Western.  To  look 
upon  them  causes  much  the  same  sensa- 
tion as  does  the  sight  of  wrinkles  on  n 
baby.  In  most  cases  these  towns  are 
complete  illustrations  of  the  famous  lines 
of  Whittier : 

**  Of  all  sad  words  of  tonguo  or  pen, 
The  saddest  are  these—*  it  might  have  been.*  '* 

Ten  years  ago  corner  lots  were  in 
great  demand  at  high  figures,  now  they 
are  a  part  of  the  common.  Built  mainly 
of  hard  lumber,  and  destitute  of  paint, 
the  towns  look  older  than  the  Pilgrim 
Fathers,  and  yet  here  is  a  needy  and 
deserving  church  to  be  maintained.  To 
neglect  the  true-hearted  ones  who  com- 
pose it,  would  be  of  a  piece  with  the 
custom  of  those  barbarians  who  kill  all 
their  old  men  and  women.  No  man 
needs  more  help  from  God  and  Chris- 
tians thnn  does  the  pastor  of  a  prema- 
turely old  town,  surrounded  with  suc- 
cessful villages  and  even  cities  which 
had  their  birth  much  later  in  tlie  his- 
tory of  the  State. 

Fortunately,  the  number  of  these 
towns  in  which  we  have  planted  churches 
is  very  small,  and  not  many  men  are 
called  to  endure  the  double  hardship 
of  meagre  pay  and  hopeless  labor.   And 


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even  of  these  it  may  be  said  that  there 
is  slow  growth,  from  the  filling  np  of 
the  country,  as  actual  settlers  come  in 
possession  of  the  farms  which  specu- 
lators had  boDght  to  boild  their  country 
seats  upon  in  sight  of  the  cities  that 
were  to  be. 

Fever  and  Ague  Towns. 

By  this  term  I  would  designate  those 
places  which  have  regularly  in  alterna- 
tion growth  and  stagnation.  To-day  the 
flush  is  on,  and  all  is  hope ;  six  months 
later  comes  the  chill,  and  despond- 
ency prevails.  The  pastor  of  a  church 
in  one  of  these  towns  writes  a  quarterly 
report  which  is  published  in  the  Home 
Mimonary,  By  the  time  he  reads  it  in 
print,  he  is  astonished  at  its  statements. 
The  number  of  towns  and  churches  of 
this  class  is  also  small.  Their  peculiar 
condition  is  owing  mainly  to  the  move- 
ments of  railroad  companies,  or  to  the 
influx  of  immigration  and  the  lack  of 
these  influences.  The  railroad  officials 
determine  upon  some  temporary  work ; 
men  are  sent  to  do  it;  rents  imme- 
diately advance ;  buildings  are  at  once 
erected ;  mechanics  are  therefore  plenty. 
Grocers  and  drygoods-men  come  in 
swarms,  and  thrive.  Soon  the  work  is 
done ;  the  traders  fall  to  eating  one  an- 
other ;  the  town  is  depleted.  The  same 
effect  is  produced  by  the  vast  trains 
which  pass  through,  with  their  white 
covered  wagons  filled  with  families  from 
every  State  and  all  countries. 

On  the  whole  there  is  growtli,  and 
the  day  is  not  far  in  the  future  when 
sufficient  strength  will  be  developed  in 
the  town  to  withstand  the  evils  of  pros- 
perity as  well  as  adversity. 

Towns  Healthful  and  Yigrorons. 

These  are  at  once  most  desirable  and 
most  discouraging,  most  hopeful  and 
most  difficult.  Success  tends  to  irre- 
ligion.  I  heard  it  once  affirmed  that 
the  decline  of  a  town  was  certain,  be- 
cause men  in  the  bar-room  of  the  place 
were  talking  about  religion.  That  the 
death-bed  causes  serious  consideration 


of  matters  which  had  been  the  jest  of 
health,  is  as  true  of  towns  as  of  indi- 
viduals. 

Public  spirit  will  build  a  church  to 
save  a  decaying  village,  when  the  pas- 
tor of  a  thriving  town  appeals  in  vain 
for  funds.  Notwithstanding  all,  the 
church  inevitably  enlarges  with  the 
town,  if  it  is  well  manned.  There  is  a 
greater  proportion  of  religious  men  in 
each  succeeding  year's  immigration. 
For  the  stable  members  of  churches  are 
more  ready  to  move  Westward,  when 
they  can  have  hope  of  religious  infln- 
ences  for  their  families.  It  is  therefore 
no  miracle  for  a  man  under  God  to 
gather  a  church  here  in  ten  years,  which 
will  rival  in  every  particular  the  most 
desirable  parish  in  New  England.  Of 
this  class,  many  are  more  or  less  de- 
pendent upon  the  Society  for  aid.  Each 
year  growing  stronger,  unless  crippled 
by  local  disaster,  many  of  them  in  a 
few  years  will  be  transferred  from  the 
list  of  beneficiaries  to  that  of  benefac- 
tors. 

Infiant  Enterprises. 

No  one  can  tell  but  that  the  boy  in 
the  cradle  is  a  future  President  of  the 
United  States.  This  feeling  is  kindred 
to  the  hope  inspired  by  the  work,  at 
once  the  most  arduous  and  the  most  in- 
spiring in  our  State.  The  frontier  is 
the  post  of  hardship  and  the  arena  of 
victory. 

Horace  Greeley,  in  a  letter  from  To- 
peka  a  few  days  since,  declared  that  the 
child  is  born  who  will  see  Kansas  the 
fourth,  perhaps  the  third  State  in  the 
Union,  in  population  and  material  ad- 
vancement. Railroad  men  have  built 
within  our  borders  1,000  miles  of  road 
in  three  years,  and  a  mile  of  track  each 
day  will  be  laid  during  1870.  States- 
men and  capitalists  appreciate  our 
future,  and  lead  us  to  regard  with  some 
degree  of  pride  our  rapid  development. 

The  Opportunity. 

All  this  growth  is  taking  place  before 
our  eyes.    We  know  the  grandeur  of 


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the  opportUDity  now  given  ns  to  shape 
the  destiny  of  an  empire.  This  oppor- 
tonitj  is  fast  passing  by.  Last  year 
there  were  6,000,000  acres  of  land  unin- 
habited, which  now  are  being  entered 
as  homesteads  or  bonght  for  a  trifle. 
Next  year,  free  homes  will  be  found 
only  on  inferior  land.  Towns  of  six 
months*  age  build  a  home  each  day. 

To  gain  adequate  influence  in  these 
teeming  counties  and  rapidly  forming 
centers,  a  year's  labor  now  is  worth 
ten  years'  effort  in  the  next  quarter  of 
a  century.  The  immigrant,  if  met  by 
the  minister  and  reminded  of  his  vows 
in  the  peculiarly  tender  moments  of  first 
frontier  experience,  will  retain  his  rey 
ligioQS  life.  If  Sunday  is  neglected  the 
first  year  in  the  State,  it  is  also  neglect- 
ed in  the  last.  The  West  is  a  vast 
**  graveyard  of  professions  made  in  the 
East,''  and  mainly  because  there  was  no 
spiritual  watchman  to  fan  the  sparks  of 
religious  life. 

Yet  these  new  fields  are  as  expensive 
as  they  are  important  and  hopeful. 
The  settlers  on  the  lands  are  poor ;  they 
live  in  houses  which  the  cattle  of  New 
England  could  not  inhabit  and  survive 
the  winter,  lliey  have  faces  pinched 
with  hunger,  for  the  first  crop  is  not  yet 
raised ;  there  is  constant  call  for  money 
to  spend,  and  no  income.  The  traders 
in  the  towns  are  pushed  beyond  their 
means  by  the  demands  of  an  enlarging 
business,  and  the  absolute  necessity  for 
credit  traffio. 

Id  the  midst  of  this  penury  lives  the 
nifiionary.  House-rents  are  high,  pro- 
visions cost  Eastern  prices  with  freight 
tad  profits  added,  sickness  is  imminent. 
Certainly  in  such  fields,  while  the 
church  needs  men,  the  men  none  the 
lasB  need  the  church — even  the  aid  of 
all  oar  churches. 


iV«»  Jiev,    L,    J,    Sawyer^    Burlingame, 
Osage  Co, 

Labor  and  SACompensa. 
The  List  three  months  have  seen  our 
village  in  a  conmiotion  over  railroad 


projects.  Matters  of  local  political  in- 
terest have  engrossed  so  much  thought, 
and  awakened  so  much  rivalry,  that  re- 
ligion has  scarcely  gained  a  hearing 
with  the  multitude.  Still  the  church 
has  more  than  held  her  own,  and  the 
Sunday  school  has  increased  in  interest 
to  a  degree  quite  encouraging. 

To  lay  the  foundations  of  a  truly 
Christian  society  in  the  villages  of  the 
West  is,  in  many  respects,  a  delightful 
task,  but  far  more  arduous  than  it  might 
seem  at  first.  Sometimes  thinking  of 
the  continual  struggles  through  which 
a  church  must  pass,  makes  the  prospect 
appear  disheartening.  When  we  look 
for  rest,  behold  trouble  and  anxiety  are 
our  portion.  Truly,  nothing  but  the 
assurance  of  an  immortality  of  blessed- 
ness for  the  disciples  of  Jesus,  and  a 
deep  sense  of  the  religious  wants  of  the 
world,  would  be  sufficient  motives  to 
justify  the  self-denial  and  earnestness 
required  to  evangelize  the  West. 

Most  cheering  to  the  heart  of  the 
lonely  Home  Missionary  is  the  sympathy 
which  Eastern  Christians  express  in  a 
very  substantial  way,  by  assisting  our 
weak  churches  to  support  their  minis- 
ters. 

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From  Rev,  J,  D,  Parker ^  Burlington^  Coffey 
County. 

Ballroad  Exoitements. 

Every  thing  here  is  feverish  and  un- 
certain. This  is  one  of  the  objective 
railroad  points  of  Southern  Kansas.  The 
proposition  to  vote  bonds  for  two  more 
roads,  which  has  just  been  carried,  has 
kept  our  people  in  a  state  of  excite- 
ment Until  this  was  determined,  sec- 
ular and  religious  matters  would  not 
crystallize.  Now  that  these  two  new 
railroads  are  to  come  here,  a  heavy  im- 
migration begins  to  flow  in  and  we 
shall  soon  put  on  the  aspects  of  a  west- 
em  city.  These  ideal  railroads  seem 
to  lie  scattered  over  our  prairies  ready 
to  wind  round  a  town,  almost  in  any 
numbers,  for  a  consideration  in  the  way 
of  bonds.    And  the  settlement  and  de- 


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velopment  of  the  whole  country  seem 
to  be  bound  up  in  their  magic  coils. 

All  of  these  things  have  an  influence 
on  the  spiritual  growth  of  our  church, 
which,  notwithstanding,  seems  to  be 
going  steadily  forward.  There  w^re 
five  additions  the  last  quarter,  and  more 
are  expected. 

I  know  of  no  place  in  Kansas  more 

desirable  for  settlement.    Can  you  not 

send  ns  some  Christian  families  from 

the  over-crowded  churches  of  the  East, 

to  help  us  lay  the  foundations  of  the 

Redeemer's  kingdom  in  these  western 

plains  ? 

IiocBes. 

One  of  our  oldest  members  has  been 
gathered  home  to  rest ;  and  our  faithful 
Sabbath  school  superintendent,  lately 
from  the  mission  work  in  New  York, 
has  lost  both  of  the  "  olive-plants"  from 
around  his  table.  It  was  a  touching 
scene.  One  child  died  and  was  buried 
in  New  England,  while  his  wife  was 
preparing  to  rejoin  her  husband,  and 
we  tenderly  buried  the  other,  a  few 
weeks  after  her  arrival  here.  They 
were  borne  up  by  a  strong  faith  amidst 
the  deep  waters,  and  could  both  say, 
"Even  so.  Father.'' 

Iiectureis.    Dedication. 

Feeling  the  want  of  intellectual  stim- 
ulus, I  arranged  a  course  of  home- 
lectures  during  the  autumn  and  winter, 
and  have  given  the  first  of  the  course, 
•on  "The  Antiquity  of  Man  on  the 
American  Continent,"  embracing  a  de- 
scription of  the  mound-builders. 

"Within  this  quarter  we  have  dedi- 

•  cated  our  new  church,  free  from  debt, 
to  the  service  of  God,  Rev.   Richard 

•  Oordley,  of  Lawrence,  preaching  the 
sermon. 

I  have  endeavored  to  preach  the  pure 
gospel  faithfully;  I  have  cast  bread 
upon  the  waters,  hoping  to  find  it  after 
many  days.  God  must  have  good  spi- 
ritual things  in  store  for  us.  May  he 
not  long  delay  his  coming  I  We  wait 
for  the  promised  Spirit. 


UIHK£SOTA. 

From  Rev.  W.  A,  Cutler,  Belle  Prairie, 
Morrison  Co. 

liions  in  the  Way. 

Let  me  tell  you  some  of  the  lions  in 
the  way  of  our  pioneer  work.  One  is 
Popery,  The  mass  of  the  people  are 
Romanists.  They  have  churches  at 
Little  Falls  and  Belle  Prairie,  while  we 
have  none.  The  priest,  a  Jesuit,  is 
eager  to  make  converts.  He  invites 
Protestant  children  into  his  house  to 
see  pictures  and  hear  music,  and  gives 
them  presents,  such  as  slates  and  pen- 
cils, and  dancing  images.  He  has  re- 
cently purchased  a  house  for  a  nun- 
nery. But  the  Lord  is  on  our  side,  and 
the  most  intelligent  of  these  French 
people  sympathize  with  Protestantism, 
and  at  times  attend  our  meetings. 

Another  lion  in  the  way  is  Intemper- 
ance. Young  men  are  falling  into  his 
clutches.  One  in  the  prime  of  life  con- 
fessed that  the  habit  of  drinking  was 
killing  him.  He  says  he  expects  to  die 
within  a  year  from  its  effects,  but  can- 
not give  it  up.  Yet  Temperance  has 
its  triumphs.  A  saloon-keeper  has 
given  up  his  business,  and  one  evening 
poured  out  his  liquor  upon  the  pave- 
ment, saying  to  an  acquaintance  who 
came  up,  "  If  you  want  liquor,  there  it 
is  on  the  ground." 

Lawlessness  is  a  roaring  lion  in  this 
upper  country.  Riding  with  a  man  to 
Crow  Wing,  I  was  talking  with  him 
about  prairie-chickens,  when  he  pro- 
duced a  revolver,  saying  that  was  the 
thing  for  them,  and  added,  "  I  am  carry- 
ing this  to  shoot  a  man."  I  learned 
that  he  had  had  a  quarrel  with  a  half- 
breed,  and  was  ready,  in  case  the  other 
assaulted  him,  to  take  his  life.  The  law 
for  this  region  is,  with  too  many,  the 
bullet  and  the  tomahawk. 

The  last  lion  which  I  will  mention  is 
Poverty.  The  supporters  of  religion 
have  little  of  this  world's  goods,  but 
are  self-sacrificing  and  do  what  they 
can.    One  young  man  subscribed  fonr 


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dozen  of  eggs  for  my  support.  A  little 
girl,  8€ven  years  oUl,  gave  ten  cents. 
A  boy,  three  years  old,  hearing  his 
parents  talking  about  raising  money  for 
preaching,  said,  "I've  got  some  ^ve 
cent  pieces,  and  I'm  going  to  give  one 
to  the  minister."  Wlien  the  question 
of  continuing  preacliing  came  up  in 
meeting,  one  man  said,  *'  I  know  we  are 
poor ;  we  are  too  poor  to  afford  to  be 
without  the  gospel.  I  am  willing  to 
drink  less  tea  and  coffee  if  we  can  only 
hive  preaching." 

Though  we  are  at  the  ends  of  the 
earth,  the  next  station  to  the  north 
pole,  thongh  we  are  thirty-five  miles 
from  a  Protestant  church,  and  encircled 
by  wily  foe?,  yet,  looking  to  Jesus,  we 
shall  go  forward.  "We  have  organized 
t  little  church  of  four  members,  with 
five  others  ready  to  join.  This  is  a  day 
of  small  things,  but  not  to  be  despised. 

Northern  l4ig:]its. 
Not  long  ago  we  were  treated  to  a 
finedisplay  of  northern  lights;  old  set- 
tler* say,  the  most  brilliant  they  have 
ever  seen.  About  nine  o'clock  in  the 
evening,  jets  of  light  began  to  shoot  up- 
ward along  the  northern  horizon,  then 
in  a  marvellous  manner  from  all  points 
of  the  compass,  meeting  in  the  zenith, 
and  forming  a  bright  canopy,  whose 
centre  was  continually  throbbing  and 
changing,  and  pouring  down  a  silver 
flood  of  light  as  clear  as  day.  In  much 
this  way  has  Oongregationalism  grown 
amongst  us.  At  first  the  religious 
prospect  was  dark  as  night.  By  and 
bj  rays  of  gospel  light  began  to  gleam, 
brightening  more  and  more,  until  they 
culminated  in  the  organization  of  our 
little  church,  which,  we  hope,  will  be 
a  Congregational  aurora,  all  its  mem- 
bers Northern  Lights. 


IOWA. 

From  Rev.  W.  J.  Smith,  Aldm,  Hardin  Co, 
Hcjoioinff. 
VThen  I  see  a  large  and  apparently 
intereatAd  audience   on  the  Sabbath; 


when  I  am  assisted  from  above  in  the 
delivery  of  my  message ;  when  I  go  from 
the  house  of  worship  feeling  that  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord  was  with  us ;  when  I 
see  evident  tokens  of  prosperity  in  the 
Sabbath  school ;  and  when  I  know,  as 
I  think  I  do,  that  some  are  inquiring  the 
way  to  Zion,  I  rejoice  and  reproach  my- 
self for  any  want  of  hopefulness  or 
coarage  in  the  great  and  good  work. 

Sorrowing. 

On  other  accounts  we  are  sorrowful. 
The  standard  of  practical,  working  reli- 
gion is  low  ;  systematic  contributions 
for  the  promotion  of  the  various  Chris- 
tian causes  are  deficient ;  the  times  are 
hard ;  people  are  in  debt ;  drought  has 
cut  down  the  harvest  to  a  third  or  a 
quarter  of  its  usual  amount,  and  we  are 
all  poor.  But  this  is  not  the  wont  of 
our  case.  Too  many  love  to  plead  this 
state  of  things,  to  shirk  responsibility. 
There  is  a  pinched  and  shrivelled  con> 
dition  of  the  soul,  worse  in  its  effects 
than  outward  poverty.  This  is  our 
calamity :  we  cannot  9M  how  it  is  that 
the  *'  liberal  soul  shall  be  made  fat ;  " 
how  he  that  watereth  shall  be  watered 
also  himself.  I  find  it  painful  to  write 
thns.  If  we  must  speak  of  difficulties, 
we  like  to  speak  of  them  as  conquered ; 
if  of  trials,  we  like  to  refer  to  them  as 
sanctified.  But  we  have  not  been 
crowned  victors  yet. 

"We  have  another  trial :  our  town  is 
not  improving,  business  is  dull,  and  a 
number  of  our  good  people  are  leaving 
us ;  among  them  one  of  our  few  "  pil- 
lars." Others  are  ill  at  ease,  would  like 
to  go  if  they  oould ;  and  one's  useful- 
ness ends  when  he  becomes  restless  and 
anxious  to  get  away.  These  things  try 
us,  yet  we  pray  that  they  may  not  be 
lost  upon  us.  I  wish  my  letter  con- 
tained more  oxygen,  and  hope  my  next 
will  have  more  of  the  bright  and  less  of 
the  somber.  The  ingathering  of  here 
and  there  one  keeps  alive  our  fidth  and 
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I^•om  Rev,  A.  H,  Pott,  JBoanaboro,  Boom 
County, 

In  His  Father's  Steps. 

This  my  first  report  leads  my  thoughts 
back  to  the  early  Home  Missionary 
labors  of  my  father  in  Indiana,  more 
than  forty  years  ago.  How  mach 
greater  then  the  disadvantages,  how 
much  fewer  the  facilities  I  In  the  ex- 
ternal, physical  features,  the  points  of 
contrast  between  pioneer  work  at  that 
day  and  the  present  are  more  numeroas 
than  those  of  similarity.  The  business 
itself,  however,  is  one  requiring  ever  the 
same  earnestness  and  patience,  the  same 
type  of  Ohrist-like  and  apostolic  con- 
secration. I  hope  to  have  some  of  that 
spirit  which,  amid  no  slight  sacrifices 
and  privations,  has  kept  my  beloved 
father  for  so  many  years  in  one  place, 
faitliful  to  his  calling. 

His  ZTew  Field  and  Work. 

Finding  here  a  field  urgently  needing 
Christian  effort,  and  being  nnanimonsly 
invited  by  the  church,  immediately  I 
conferred  not  with  flesh  and  Wood,  but 
cam^  hither.  It  was  mid-summer,-  a 
time  of  general  lethargy  of  soul  and 
body,. the  most  unpropitious  season  for 
kindling  an  interest  in  any  moral  enter- 
prise. The  more  than  usually  intense 
heat  wafl  followed  by  almost  incessant 
rain — ^most  unfavorable  to  the  pastoral 
visiting  so  necessary  in  our  newer 
Western  towns.  Although  the  man  of 
God  is  to  be  instant  in  season  and  out 
of  season^  ho  finds  that  spiritual,like  secu- 
lar avocations,  are  not  a  little  afiected 
by  the  state  of  the  sky  and  the  roads. 

Another  drawback  has  been  sickness 
in  my  family,  wit^  little  intermission, 
since  we  moved  to  Iowa.  For  six  weeks 
our  little  boy,  nearly  three  years  old, 
required  constant  care,  and  gave  us 
much  anxiety.  Shortly  after  his  re- 
covery, my  wife  was  prostrated  with 
typhoid  fever.  She  is  now  slowly  gain- 
ing, but  without  relief  from  house- 
hold burdens  cannot  soon  recover  her 
strength.    She  was  worn  out,  and  the 


way  prepared  for  her  illness,  by  the  care 
of  the  children,  the  fatigues  of  breaking 
up  and  traveling  in  the  hot  weather, 
and  the  discomforts  of  our  temporary 
domestic  arrangemenU — such  that  we 
could  make  no  provision  for  needed 
belp,  after  the  disease  set  in.  The 
house  we  were  to  occupy  for  the  year 
was  vacated  a  month  later  than  was 
promised ;  and  I  was  obliged  to  have  it 
made  ready  for  us  without  my  wife's  as- 
sistance, as  soon  as  I  could  leave  her 
bedside.  "We  moved  in,  a  few  days 
since,  and  are  rejoicing  in  the  change. 

I  find  formidable  hindrances  in  this 
new  country,  with  which  I  was  little 
acquainted  in  Illinois  and  Wisconsia 
But  I  am  not  discouraged.  I  want  to 
put  all  my  energies  into  God's  service 
the  coming  winter,  and  hope  with  his 
blessing  to  be  more  efficient  than  ever 
before.  The  church  and  congregation 
have  been  much  weakened  by  removals. 
For  more  than  three  months  after  my 
predecessor  left,  the  sanctuary  was 
closed ;  the  society  scattered ;  unstable 
members  strayed,  and  spiritual  demoral- 
ization ensued. 

It  will  be  no  light  labor  to  instruct, 
confirm,  establish  the  brotherhood,  and 
bring  it  into  real  oneness.  The  congre- 
gation and  Sabbath  scbool  are  increas- 
ing, and  I  am  led  to  believe  that,  though 
not  as  strong  numerically  as  a  year  or 
two  since,  our  organization  is  coming 
into  a  healthier  condition  than  ever  be- 
fore. I  pray  that  we  may  speedily  re- 
ceive the  rich  dews  of  God's  grace  to 
enliven  and  intensify  the  energies  of 
Christians,  that  they  may  go  forth  to 
gather  in  an  abundant  harvest. 


IVom  Rev.  B.  F,  ffavUand,  Lewu,  Cau  Co. 
A  Tear  of  Planting. 
Our  first  year  with  this  church  and 
people  has  been  one  of  much  anxiety  and 
effort,  and  of  substantial  results.  Though 
we  cannot  record  the  copious  showers, 
yet  we  have  enjoyed  the  gentle  distilla- 
tions of  God's  love.    It  has  been  a  time 


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of  planting,  not  of  harvest  The  fallow 
groand  must  be  broken  np,  the  weeds 
and  thistles  of  error  rooted  out,  the 
rocks  removed;  acd  then  cometh  the 
harvest :  ^'  first  the  blade,  then  the  ear, 
after  that  the  full  com  in  the  ear  J' 

There  have  been  additions  to  the 
church  at  every  communion  but  one 
during  the  year,  so  that  in  moral  force 
we  are  as  strong  again  as  we  were  a 
year  ago.  Hearers  have  steadily  in- 
creased, until  we  gather  now  two  large 
congregations  on  the  Sabbath ;  Sabbath 
school  and  Bible  classes  are  -well  at- 
tended ;  repairs  and  improvements  have 
been  mado  on  the  church,  at  an  expense 
of  nearly  $400.  Aside  from  the  mis- 
sionary's support,  the  church  and  so- 
oiety  have  raised  for  home  and  foreign 
purposes,  during  the  year,  $6251  A 
truly  gratifying  fact,  when  we  remem- 
ber how  feeble  was  our  condition  at  the 
commencement  of  the  year. 

Our  educational  facilities  are  attract- 
log  the  better  class  of  people ;  we  hope 
by  early  spring  to  report  the  certainty 
of  one  or  more  railroads ;  in  which  case 
oors  will  be  one  of  the  most  desirable 
and  prombing  localities  in  southwestern 
Iowa.  The  outlook  for  the  com ing  year 
is  exceedingly  hopefuL  The  same  unan- 
imity, concert  of  action,  generous  spirit, 
panctuality,  effort,  prayers  and  faith, 
blessed  of  God,  will  make  us  ere  long  a 
great  power  for  good  to  this  whole 
community  and  county.  For  the  pres- 
ent, however,  after  lifting  to  onr  utmost, 
we  shall  be  compelled  to  lean  upon  your 

Society. 

•♦» 

Fnm  Rev.  TF.  L.  Coleman,  MUeheU,  Mitchell 
County, 

The  Tear  of  Jubilee. 

This  church  has  unanimously  adopted, 
and  ordered  to  be  forwarded  to  you,  the 
ibllowing  resolutions : 

**  That  we  cherish  a  grateful  sense  of 
our  obligations  to  God,  for  enabling  us 
as  a  church,  after  along  period  of  weak- 
ness and  struggle,  to  assume  the  entire 


snpport  of  our  pastor,  who  has  labored 
among  us  for  nine  years  past. 

'*  That  we  tender  our  hearty  thanks  to 
the  American  Home  Mission^y  Society 
for  all  its  fostering  care  and  timely  aid, 
given  from  par  organization  till  August 
1st,  1870;  and  that.  Divine  grace  as- 
sisting us,  we  will  in  future  remember 
both  in  our  prayers  and  contributions 
this  noble  Society ;  and  will  seek  to  co- 
operate with  it  in  its  glorious  planting 
and  harvest,  till  our  whole  land  shall  be 
evsngelized." 

It  was  hard  for  the  church  to  take 
this  position,  but  they  now  are  glad  of 
it.  It  is  all  they  can  well  do  in  their 
weakness,  though  my  salary  is  only 
$700,  and  I  help  them  raise  that.  But 
we  wanted  to  put  no  more  burden  on 
your  shoulders  this  "  Memorial  Year." 

In  ceasing  to  be  your  missionary,  I 
cease  not  to  cherish  the  sweet  remem- 
brance of  your  nniform  kindness, 
promptness  to  aid,  and  ever-ready 
brotherly  sympathy  and  wise  counsel. 
I  feel  like  a  child  on  first  leaving  homo. 
May  a  rich  endowment  of  Divine  grace 
and  blessing  ever  be  yours,  officially 
and  personally  1 

Still  you  will  pray  for  us,  and  we  for 
you  and  the  noble  c^use  and  Society 
you  serve. 


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County, 

BailrockU  Ueans  of  Grace. 

It  is  now  pretty  certain  that  arrange- 
ments have  been  perfected  so  that  Belle- 
vue  is  to  have  a  railroad ;  in  the  bene- 
fits of  which  we  hope  our  church  will 
share.  We  may  not  look  for  railroads 
to  convert  sinners,  but  sometimes  they 
induce  Christian  business  men  to  set- 
tle in  a  place  where  they  otherwise 
would  not  go.  The  people  here  are 
largely  German  Catholics  and  Luther- 
ans. We  greatly  need  a  few  Christian 
business  men  and  their  families,  and 
look  to  the  riulroad  to  bring  them. 
They  cannot  come  too  soon. 


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Choomisig  the  Gk>od  PskXt. 

Since  my  last  report,  two  yonng 
ladies  belonging  to  families  in  onr  soci- 
ety have  started  in  the  Christian  life 
— one  of  them  on  her  eighteenth  birth- 
day. The  day  she  was  her  own,  she 
gave  herself  to  Christ  The  other  had 
been  attending  school  at  Rockford,  111., 
bnt  was  at  home  on  a  vacation  when 
she  chose  the  good  part  that  another 
Mary  chose,  and  which  shall  never  be 
taken  from  her.  She  has  returned  to 
her  school — but  before  she  went,  at  the 
prayer  meeting  she  reminded  her  friends 
that  she  was  going  back  to  hor  yonng 
associates,  and  requested  Christians  to 
remember  her  in  their  prayers. 

May  many  others  A)llow  the  example 
of  these  two,  and  may  these  prove  to  be 
as  drops  before  a  plentiful  shower ! 


WISCONSIN. 

From  Bev,  H.  T,  Fuller,  Peshiigo,  Oconto 
County. 

A  New  Experience. 

•  This  year  has  been  one  of  new  expe- 
rience to  me.  One  cradled,  bred,  and 
taught  his  vocation  at  the  East,  finds 
that  he  has  something  yet  to  learn  when 
he  girds  himself  for  work  in  a  pinery  on 
the  frontier.  I  hope  I  have  not  been  a 
very  dull  scholar  during  the  twelve 
months  past,  yet  I  doubt  not  that  a 
multitude  of  other  lessons  are  to  be 
given  in  the  future.  Less  has  been  ac- 
complished than  I  could  have  desired, 
yet  the  end  of  the  year  sees  some  de- 
sirable changes.  First,  it  is  settled  that 
we  are  soon  to  have  a  house  of  wor- 
ship, in  capacity  and  dignity  beyond  the 
school-houses  we  now  use.  Obstacles, 
many  and  vexatious,  delayed  the  begin- 
ning of  our  church-building  till  near  the 
middle  of  September;  Since  that  time 
the  work  has  been  vigorously  prose- 
cuted. The  exterior  is  now  nearly 
ready  for  painting ;  the  interior  is  partly 
lathed,  and  the  plastering  waits  only 
for  stoves  and  windows.     Whether  the 


house  will  be  ready  this  winter,  depends 
on  the  securing  of  funds.  I  have  de- 
voted much  time  to  labor  upon  or  about 
the  new  house,  and  have  thus  neglected 
my  proper  work  more  than  I  wished ; 
but  it  seemed  necessary.  Besides  so- 
liciting and  collecting  subscriptions,  1 
have  hired  and  paid  the  workmen ;  at- 
tended to  the  procuring  of  most  of  the 
materials  and  to  getting  them  on  the 
ground ;  have  driven  team,  shingled, 
lathed,  and  done  a  little  of  almost  every 
thing  else.  The  trustees  have  freely 
advised  and  acsisted  as  far  as  they  were 
able,  but  none  of  them  were  at  liberty 
to  give  much  personal  attention  to  the 

work. 

In  the  Olearinsrs. 

Most  of  the  people  scattered  io  the 
clearings  up  the  river  desire  preaching. 
One  settlement,  nine  miles  away,  where 
I  have  preached  once  or  twice,  have 
just  erected  a  school-house.  Two  men, 
scoflFers,  had  given  out  their  intention 
that  no  minister  should  ever  hold  ser- 
vice in  it.  But  when  the  election  of 
trustees  came,  the  question  was  dis- 
cussed, and  officers  were  chosen  who 
desired  that  I  should  occupy  the  house 
as  often  as  possible.  A  young  man, 
crushed  by  a  falling  tree,  now  lies  in 
that  clearing  at  the  point  of  death,  and 
it  is  probable  that  the  first  use  of  that 
school-house  will  be  for  a  funeral  ser- 
vice. Outside  of  the  village  I  can  see 
an  improvement  in  the  habits  of  the 
people.  There  is  less  Sunday  work  and 
Sunday  visiting  than  there  was,  and  yet 
there  is  too  much  of  both. 

The  Germans. 
In  September  a  Lutheran  minister 
came  hither,  almost  direct  from  Prus- 
sia, and  after  seeing  the  needs  of  the 
German  people,  of  whom  there  are 
nearly  fifty  families  in  town — very  few 
understanding  English  preaching — con- 
cluded to  remain.  His  people  are  build- 
ing a  parsonage  for  him  in  the  Lower 
Bush,  four  miles  from  this  place,  and  in 
the  spring  his  family  will  come  over 


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from  Germany.  He  was  educated  at 
Berlin,  is  a  man  of  superior  talent  and 
acqaisition,  and  ivitbal,  as  far  as  I  can 
judge,  of  devoted  pietj.  He  is  trying  to 
break  up  Sondaj  work  and  Sunday  re- 
creation among  his  people,  and  he 
seems  desirous  of  co-operating  in  every 
good  work. 


From  Rev,  O.  P.  Clinton,  HortonmHe,  Ouia- 
gamie  Co. 

Starting  Anew. 

Oiroumstances  have  seemed  to  de- 
mand *a  partial  change  in  my  field.  The 
little  church  at  Osborn  have  been  mak- 
ing sacrifices  to  build  a  church  edifice, 
and  had  come  to  feel  that  they  could 
not  go  forward  farther  without  minis- 
terial labor.  On  consultation,  it  seemed 
my  duty  to  drop  a  part  of  my  former 
field  and  go  to  Osboru  every  alternate 
Sabbath,  which  I  have  done  regularly, 
when  ahle  to  endure  the  long  ride  over 
rough  roads.  By  this  arrangement  the 
church  have  been  much  encouraged, 
and  are  pushing  on  their  enterprise  with 
fresh  energy. 

Wearing  Out. 

I  hope  to  hold  out  in  this  extra  work 
until  the  close  of  my  year,  when  I 
think  I  must  resign  the  missionary 
work  of  Outagamie  county  to  younger 
and  abler  hands.  Returning,  in  June, 
from  a  missionary  tour,  I  had  a  partial 
sun-stroke,  the  effects  of  which  have 
compelled  me  since  to  use  great  caution. 
Besides  thip,  I  have  been  suffering 
much  with  rheumatism,  which  seems  to 
indicate  that  my  itinerant  missionary 
work  is  nearly  at  an  end.  This  trouble 
n  doubtless  the  result  of  past  labor  and 
exposure  to  storms,  cold  and  fatigue. 
Yet  how  little  have  I  really  aooom- 
plisbed  I  It  is  trying  to  be  called  to 
lay  off  the  harness  when  so  much  re- 
mains to  be  done.  But  the  good  Lord 
of  the  harvest  will  send  forth  laborers 
into  his  field.  Pray  for  me  that  my 
strength  fail  not. 


MIOHIOAK. 

From  Rev.  E.  Andrus,  Pentxoater,   Oetana 
County. 

Then  and  Now. 

When  I  reached  this  field,  last  spring, 
I  found  ^VQ  female  and  two  male  mem* 
hers  residents  of  the  village,  two  deacons 
and  their  wives,  one  six  miles  and  the 
other  nine  miles  from  town.  Other 
members  were  out  of  the  State.  The 
services  had  been  necessarily  so  irregu- 
lar, that  but  few  cared  to  attend  church, 
and  the  Sabbath  school,  including 
teachers,  numbered  about  forty.  The 
surroundings  of  the  church  edifice  sug- 
gested Nehemiah's  *'  rubbish,"  and  the 
work  he  had  to  do  for  Zion.  The  hope 
that  faithful  labor  in  the  gospel  would 
change  all  for  the  better,  I  am  glad  to 
say,  has  not  been  disappointed. 

The  interior  of  our  edifice  has  been 
much  improved  by  kalsomining,  chang- 
ing the  location  of  the  choir  and  of  the 
pulpit,  procuring  shades  for  the  win- 
dows, etc.  Our  lot  has  been  graded 
and  fenced,  and  a  side-walk  has  been 
laid,  ^he  Sabbath,  school  has  been  re- 
organized, and  has  steadily  risen  to  an 
average  attendance  of  100.  My  Bible 
class  of  young  people  has  increased  so 
that  a  division  has  been  necessary. 
Our  house  is  respectably  filled  in  fair 
weather,  and  old  residents  say  that 
there  is  a  very  apparent  change  in  the 
tone  of  public  sentiment  as  respects  at- 
tending church  and  properly  obsendng 
the  Lord^s  day.  At  the  last  communion 
season  we  received  ten  members,  all 
adults  except  one,  five  males  and  five 
females. 

Outside  Work. 

I  have  visited  two  points  a  few  miles 
from  here,  in  each  of  which  the  people 
desire  to  have  a  Congregational  church. 
The  two  would  make  a  good  field  for 
an  energetic  and  self-denying  man ;  but 
where  diall  we  find  the  man,  and  how 
can  he  be  supported  ?  The  people  would 
do  what  they  can,  bat  are  not  able  to 


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do  all,  and  yet  they  need  the  gospel 
more  than  I  can  tell. 

I  have  also  been  to  Pere  Marquette,  a 
lake-shore  town  of  about  1,000  inhabi- 
tants, fifteen  miles  north,  and  organized 
a  church  of  nine  members,  which  prom- 
ises to  exert  a  strong  moulding  influ- 
ence there.  One  of  the  ablest  lawyers 
in  this  part  of  the  State  superintends 
their  Sabbath  school  of  sixty  or  more 
members.  They  meet  in  a  large  hall, 
well  seated,  have  a  good  cabinet  organ, 
maintain  reading  meetings,  will  baild  a 
fine  church  edifice  within  two  years, 
and  want  a  live  minbter  now,  who  will 
go  there  and  build  them  up. 

I  find  my  hands  so  full  of  work  in  my 
own  field,  that  there  is  little  time  for 
going  beyond,  and  no  time  for  vacation. 
Constant  labor  and  watchfulness  are 
conditions  of  success  in  these  new  and 
growing  villages,  with  their  changing 
population. 


From  Rev,  J,  W,  AUeru,  Zealify  Ingham  Co. 

I  mourn  that  I  cannot  cheer  you  with 
special  tidings  of  grace,  but  you  live 
ittoe  **  stand  fast."  Last  year  was  one 
of  strain  and  tug,  beyond  duty,  and  be- 
yond prudence  as  I  believe  now ;  and, 
like  tiie  bow  too  long  bent,  the  little 
church  is  saffering  for  want  of  elasr 
ticity.  She  is  under  a  natural  reaction. 
So  far  as  support  is  concerned,  she  is 
better  off  than  last  year,  and  has  no 
ugly  gaps  to  guard,  such  as  then  ha- 
rassed us. 

My  soul  longs  and  hopes  for  a  speedy 
turning  of  the  tide.  We  have  had  rest ; 
now  come,  0  Lord,  and  prosper  the 
work  of  our  hands  I  "We  have  tried  to 
do  all  and  to  stand.  I  have  thought 
there  could  hardly  be  another  enter- 
prise, taking  all  the  circumstances  to- 
gether, so  peculiarly  tried  as  this ;  yet 
perhaps  no  strange  thing  has  happened 
unto  us. 

Two  things  especially  try  the  pastor  : 
we  have  few  experienced  praying  Chris- 
tians— mostly  new ;  and,  being  a  small. 


struggling  church,  the  loose  material 
gravitates  elsewhere.  Time  only  can 
help  us;  we  must  tarry  at  Jericho 
awhile ;  but  the  Lord  hos  a  blessing  in 
reserve.  It  eannot  he  that  so  much 
Mthful  outpouring  can  be  lost. 

Meanwhile  how  greatly  are  we  indebt- 
ed to  our  mother  dear,  the  A.  H.  M.  8. 
Whatever  may  be  the  ability  of  other 
churches,  this  church  must  have  sunk 
but  for  your  material  help.  One  sito- 
ated  like  myself  said,  "  It  is  good  to 
work  in  a  missionary  church  on  one  ac- 
count: there  is  one  day  comes  round 
when  you  can  oovnt  on  &  certain  amount 
of  money.*'  All  other  engagements  to 
us  bide  tiieir  time — "  as  it  is  this  day" 
with  your  servant. 


SaSSOTTBI. 

From  Rev.  R.  W,  Seaver,  Sedalia^  FeUii 
County, 

ImproTement. 

I  found  this  church  poor,  socially  un- 
influential,  in  a  bad  condition  spirit- 
ually, and  about  $1,200  in  debt,  with  a 
house  and  property  worth  perhaps 
$5,000.  Within  the  past  six  months 
the  house  has  been  repaired,  painted, 
and  put  in  attractive  condition,  and  we 
expect  this  Jubilee  Tear  to  reduce  the 
debt  at  least  one  half,  if  we  do  not 
wipe  it  out  entirely.  We  could,  with  a 
little  assistance  from  abroad,  and  if 
business  is  good  we  shall  perhaps,  do  It 
alone.  Oar  congregation  has  folly 
quadrapled  since  last  March,  and  by 
the  addition  of  several  Congregational 
families  to  our  community  we  have 
been  materiidly  strengthened.  Our 
prayer  meetings  and  Sabbath  school 
are  interesting  and  well  attended,  but 
we  have  no  special  religious  interest. 
Our  hope  is  in  Qod  who  hears  prayer, 
and  we  have  some  earnest  faithful  souls 
among  us  who  can  take  no  rest  till 
GK>d  sends  his  blessmg  in  the  conver- 
sion of  souls.  May  he  hasten  it  in  his 
time! 


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Sver  ClianKlner. 
The  ever-changing  character  of  our 
population    prevents     our    hecoming 
"  settled  down,"    like    some  Eastern 
churches.   Ours  are  largely  young  peo- 
ple who  come  West  to  make  money, 
who  are  struggling  to  acquire  a  home 
and  competency ;  and  if  the  prospects. 
do  not  suit  them  here,  they  sell  out  and 
move  CD,  and  the  minister  as  well  as  the 
hunter  has  often  to  "  shoot  flying,"  if 
he  would  do  any  good.    If  we  wait  for 
people  to  settle  down,  they  are  often 
gone  before  we  know  it.    A  pastor  is 
continually  looking  after  new-comers, 
and  oftentimes  an  acquaintance  is  hard- 
ly formed  before  they  are  on  their  way 
farther  West.    All  this  hinders  perma- 
nent spiritual   growth  among  us,  yet 
we  have  some  who  stay,  and  who  show 
a  will  to  maintain  the  institutions  of 
the  gospel  Our  people  have  nobly  met 
their   pledges    for   my   support,    and 
though  we  have  no  persons  of  wealth 
among  us,  several  I  am  sure  pay  more 
than  a  tenth  of  their  income  towards 
the  support  of  the  ministry.    Houses 
are  scarce,  rents  very  high,  and  the  ex- 
pense of  living  is  greater  than  in  our 
large  cities. 

Invitation. 
The  tide  of  emigration  is  now  setting 
strongly  towards  Missouri ;  new  fields 
of  labor  are  continually  opening,  and 
calls  to  enter  in  and  possess  the  land 
for  the  Lord  are  heard  on  every  side. 
Prejudices  which  heretofore  have  been 
very  strong  against  Eastern  and  North- 
em  men  are  gp'adually  dying  out,  and 
the  way  is  opening  forhopefal  mission- 
ary labor.  In  many  sections  of  this 
State  the  people  have  a  very  inaperfect 
idea  of  what  a  Congregational  church 
is,  or  what  we  teaoh  and  believe.  It 
seems  to  be  a  prevalent  idea  that  Con- 
gregationalism may  moan  any  thing  or 
nothing,  and  that  there  is  not  much  to 
it  any  way.  Without  the  Society's  aid 
many  of  these  towns,  and  cities  even, 
would  be  destitute  of  the  preaching  of 


the  gospel.  With  it,  churches  are 
permanently  established,  become  a 
power  for  good  in  the  land,  and  soon 
will  assist  in  carrying  the  gospel  to 
other  destitute  places.  Ours  is  a  beau- 
tiful young  city,  in  a  fertile,  healthy 
State,  has  a  fine  climate,  and  probably 
offers  as  many  and  great  indacements 
to  those  seeking  new  homes  as  any 
place  in  the  Union.  We  earnestly  hope 
and  pray  that  among  these  new-comers 
may  be  found  many  of  God's  people, 
who  will  bring  their  religion  with 
them,  and  help  build  up  Christ's  king- 
dom. To  earnest,  faithful,  Christian 
men  and  women,  we  will  give  a  hearty 

welcome. 

♦♦• ■    ' ' 

From  Rev.  O,  Oriffitks^  New  Cambria^  Ma- 
eon  Co, 
The  Spiritual  Warfttre. 

This,  I  believe,  is  my  first  report 
from  this  place  which  did  not  record 
additions  to  our  number  by  hopeful 
conversion.  There  are  not  many  among 
onr  Welsh  population  who  are  not  pro- 
fessors of  religion ;  but  we  should  not 
become  weary  in  well-doing  while  there 
are  any  souls  in  danger  whom  we  can 
reach  and  help.  My  parishioners  come 
regularly,  with  scarcely  an  exception, 
to  hear  the  word  of  God,  but  I  feel  that 
my  preaching  does  not  receive  that 
hearty  practical  support  which  is  in- 
dispensable to  render  it  effectual  in 
building  up  our  Zion.  This  sorely  tries 
me;  yet,  "I  magnify  my  office,"  and 
would  not  exchange  it  for  the  most  lu- 
crative that  the  world  has  to  bestow 
upon  its  votaries.  Whilst  warriors 
pant  for  honors  stained  with  blood,  for 
glory  and  renown  in  deeds  of  arms,  the 
Christian  soldier  has  a  far  nobler  mis- 
sion. His,  like  his  Divine  Master's,  is 
not  to  destroy  men's  lives,  but  to  save 
them.  How  glorious,  therefore,  the 
work  in  which  we  are  engaged  I  But 
experience  teaches  us  that  great  firm- 
ness, intrepidity,  perseverance,  and, 
above  all,  a  constant  dependence  upon 
God  are  necessary  to  success  in  it. 


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itrengthening  him. 


TTiT.TNOIS. 

From  Rev,  M.  M.  Longley^  OreenviUi^  Bond 
County, 

Bevival. 

The  reyival  has  filled  all  hearts  with 
joy.  Last  year  was  given  to  what 
seemed  pioneer  labor,  and  the  work  of 
grace  was  far  less  general  than  it  has 
been  this  year.  Yet  perhaps  God's  favor 
was  never  more  marked ;  for  while  the 
church,  the  men  especially,  were  "busy 
here  and  there,"  twenty  were  born  of 
the  Spirit,  in  connection  with  our  meet- 
ing held  after  the  close  of  a  union  eflfort, 
not  very  successful.  But  few  of  them 
joined  oar  church. 

This  year,  in  its  opening,  found  the 
Methodists  engaged  in  meeting.  The 
other  denominations  united  and  con- 
tinued this  union  meeting  Ibur  weeks ; 
during  the  time,  and  long  after,  holding 
a  daily  afternoon  prayer  meeting  at  the 
room  of  the  Yonng  People's  Christian 
Association.  Conversions  have  been 
mostly  among  the  young,  and  more  than 
175  persons  have  joined  the  various 
churches  by  profession  and  by  letter,  of 
whom  fifteen  came  with  us.  With  this 
addition,  our  church  has  more  than 
doubled  in  my  two  years  of  missionary 
labor. 

Harked  Ohanere. 

Fourteen  months  ago,  we  had  the 
only  young  people's  prayer  meeting, 
which  was  the  germ  of  the  Young  Peo- 
ple's Association,  Kow  there  are  four 
weekly  young  people's  meetings,  besides 
that  of  the  Association,  held  on  Sab- 
bath afternoon.  The  change  in  the  place 
is  very  great,  and  with  overflowing  joy 
in  such  gathering,  we  trust  that  our 
labor  is  not  in  vain.  There  are  some 
deeply  interesting  cases  in  our  circle  ; 
one  of  deliverance  from  the  power  of 
strong  drink.    With  a  deep  sense  of  un-  j 


worthiness,  the  pastor  records  God'» 
goodness  in  gathering  to  the  fold  all  of 
our  children,  three  in  number,  in  age 
from  20  to  13  years. 

Tha  Briflrhtest  Spot. 

There  is  no  brighter  spot  among  m 
than  the  prayer  meeting!  Instead  of 
five,  eight,  twelve,  we  often  namber 
thirty.  And  there  is  a  manifest  spirit 
of  penitence,  of  faith  and  of  work— spe- 
cially marked  in  the  young  people's 
meeting.  As,  with  Bible  in  hand,  each 
reads  a  verse  npon  a  given  topic,  as  e.  g^ 
"  How  shall  we  be  living,  active  Chris- 
tians?" the  picture  is  of  a  class  of 
pupils,  unwilling  to  be  dismissed  at  the 
hour's  close.  I  feel  certain  that  founda- 
tions are  being  laid,  and  that  in  time,  no- 
der  somebody,  a  snperstructure  will  be 
reared,  precious  and  honored. 


From  Rev,  J.  Q,  Spencer,  miitboro^  Mont- 
gomery Co. 

Plucky. 

We  have  paid  during  the  year  $960 
toward  canceling  a  debt  of  $2,400,  be- 
sides keeping  up  the  orflinary  church  ex- 
penses, and  hope  that  the  remainder  will 
be  forthcoming  by  the  first  of  January. 
Eight  members  have  been  added  to  the 
church,  with  an  increased  attendance 
upon  public  worship.  Still  the  outlook 
is  gloomy,  especially  so  to  a  man  of 
Eastern  views  and  feelings.  The  in- 
habitants are  mostly  from  the  South, 
have  brought  their  political  and  reli- 
gious prejudices  with  them,  and  seem 
determined  to  hold  on  to  them  even  in 
the  face  of  God's  marked  designs  in 
placing  their  peculiar  institution  in  the 
past  as  a  record  of  His  disfavor. 

The  place  is  old,  and  has  probably  its 
growth.  The  material  now  in  the  field, 
to  be  built  into  Congregational  propor- 
tions, would  require  a  straight-edge 
that  wonld  conform  to  crooks.  Whether 
God  would  have  a  man  spend  his  time 
in  such  a  field,  when  there  are  so  many 
more  important  ones  to  be  occupied,  is 


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a  qnestioE  that  I  must  refer  to  Eim 
who  has  promised  to  direct.  My  peo- 
ple have  done  oohly  by  roe,  and  still 
stand  by,  willing  to  give  and  to  do  for 
their  pastor,  bnt  they/<5^  terribly  sore 
under  the  pressure  of  so  much  ignorant 
and  bitter  prejudice. 

Do  not  ^think,  from  my  thus  stating 
sober  facts,  that  I  am  about  to  flee  to 
Tinbish.    I  am  willing  to  stand  by  the 


ship  so  long  as  its  timbers  will  float. 
But  though  the  burden  of  support  has 
fallen  v&ry  heavily  upon  the  brethren, 
they  are  determined  not  to  ask  another 
cent  above  the  present  grant  of  your 
generous  Society.  Of  course  I  say 
amen  to  that.  And  they  have  even 
raised  for  you  this  present  quarter  $20 ; 
which,  if  you  knew  their  circumstan- 
ces, yon  would  say  was  HberaL 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


THE  TSEASXTBT. 

Hbsponsbs  to  the  "Appeal  for  Help" 
have  thus  far  kept  back  the  realization 
of  our  worst  fears.  It  is  hoped  that 
few  of  the  missionaries  haye  as  yet  suf- 
fered from  actual  want,  though  many 
tieputtoserioasinconyenience.  With- 
out fkr  more  liberal  contributions,  there 
must  be  real  soffering  in  missionary 
homes,  at  winter  deepens  in  seyerity. 

The  receipts  do  not  yet  allow  of  the 
immediate  sending  of  drafts  for  report- 
ed labor ;  much  less  of  that  advance  for 
which^  in  many  fields— paiiicnlarly  in 
Kiisas,  Missouri  and  Minnesota— this 
is  the  golden  opportunity.  The  Execu- 
tire  Committee  cannot  turn  a  deaf  ear 
to  their  appeals  for  larger  outlay.  Will 
not  the  churches  enable  the  Committee 
to  respond  to  these  calls  with  something 
more  substantial  than  good  wbhes  and 
words  of  sympathy  ? 

^e  append  a  few  extracts  from  com- 
minieations,  such  as  are  daily  causing 
^  to  alternate  between  anxiety  over 
the  d«floi«n<7  in  the  Treasury  and  0ad- 
>Ms  in  its  partial  supply  : 

Hie  Deficiency. 

*  IhND  ny  refort  for  the  Itit  quarter 
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I  have  heard  nothing,  and  noticing  the 
Appeal,  I  write  to  inquire.  By  the 
Home  Missionaries  of  the  frontier,  the 
only  money  which  can  be  relied  on  for 
an  emergency  is  that  which  comes  from 
the  Society.  Without  that  it  would 
be  impossible  to  live.  The  amount 
due  me  I  have  already  used,  having 
pledged  payment  by  the  20th  of  this 
month.  When  this  is  paid,  I  shall  have 
to  still  get  hold  of  more  money  to  make 
ready  for  winter,  which  is  fast  coming 
on. 

^^If  my  people  were  not  themselves 
distressed  for  money  I  would  apply  to 
them  for  help,  but  short  crops  and  hard 
times  bear  very  heavily  upon  those 
who  would  gladly  assist  me  if  they 
could.  It  is  said  that  money  has  not 
been  so  hard  to  get  hold  of  since  1860J' 


From  a  MUtumary  in  TFucofutn. 

'^  Please  remit  draft  for  the  quarter's 
does  at  once,  if  yon  can.  We  are  in 
clear  and  unquestionable  need.  Yon 
remember  our  fire,  and  know  of  the 
fedlure  of  our  expected  box.  The  fire 
destroyed  the  greater  part  of  our  house* 
hold  goods,  which  were  not  insured, 
and  were  all  our  earthly  estate.  We 
have  no  resources  whatever,  except  my 
salary — which  you  are  aware  is  scarcely 
enough  for  close  and  carefial  li'dng.  It 
leaves  nothing  to  repiur  losses,  much 
leas  to  ftimidi  an  empify  hootfe.^ 


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From  a  MiuUmaty  in  Michigan, 
"  BeceiTing  no  retarns  from  my  re- 
port, I  fear  that  it  has  not  reached  jou, 
or  that  joiir  draft  has  been  intercepted. 
I  should  not  be  uneasy  at  delay,  were  it 
not  nnusual.  ICy  creditors  are  equally 
interested  with  myself  to  know  the 
facts.  Here  I  am  tempted  to  add  an 
appendix  to  my  report.  iExoepting 
fruit,  we  have  not  a  dollar^s  worth  of 
provisions  in  oar  honse;  nor  has  my 
horse  seen  a  handful  of  hay  for  two 
weeks,  except  when  away  from  home ; 
nor  can  I  get  the  money  to  buy  with, 
though  I  haye  asked  for  it  repeatedly. 
Good  farmers  who  have  an  abundance 
of  produce  in  the  gamer  refuse  to  sell 
it,  on  credit,  at  the  market  price.  For 
example,  oats  are  worth  thirty  cents  a 
bushel,  but  a  subscriber  insists  that  if  I 
want  them  I  must  pay  half  a  dollar- 
Potatoes  are  forty  cents  in  market.  I 
could  buy  wagon-loads  of  them  at  my 
door  for  that,  if  I  had  the  money ;  but 
of  my  parishioners  I  can  have  them  for 
f  fty  cents,  and  so  on,  ad  infinitum. 
Hence  I  am  without  many  of  the  com- 
forts of  life.  I  hope  the  grace  of  God 
will  oreroome  some  of  these  wrongs, 
and  prepare  the  way  to  the  hearts  of  us 
all  for  the  Spirit  of  his  Son.'' 


From  «  Mi»tii9Mttry  in  Missouri, 
"  I  am  sorry  to  aay  that  I  am  yery 
greatly  in  need  of  money.  Wioter  is 
at  hand,  and  our  scanty  stores  must  be 
replenished.  It  pained  me  very  much 
to  learn  that  your  Treasury  was  empty. 
But  God  will  provide.  He  has  said;  ^I 
will  neyer  ieaye  thee,  nor  forsake 
thee.' " 


From  a  MUHonary  in  JUiaoiSj  recovering 
from  severe  illneet, 

*'  I  need  the  money  more  than  I  can 
tell  yon,  for  my  aicknesa  has  greatly  in- 
<sreased  our  expenses.  I  am  gaining, 
and  get  about  a  littie  on  crutches,  but  I 
feel  it  will  be  some  weeks  before  I  can 
be  in  the  pulpit.  My  wife  has  not  only 
•Tery  thing  to  see  to»  but  every  thing  to 


provide — ^not  an  easy  task  when  the 
purse  is  entirely  empty.  Oar  ftmdi 
have  been  kind,  during  my  sickoess,  bnt 
very  slack  of  late  in  raising  monej." 


From  a  Missionary  in  Illinois. 
/'  Knowing  the  reduced  state  of  your 
Treasury,  I  am  very  sorry  not  to  be 
able  to  say  that  we  will  excuse  joi 
from  paying  the  last  quarter's  appro- 
priation. But  duty  to  myself  and  fiwnilj 
demands  that  I  state  modestlj  our 
needs,  and  throw  ourselves  upon  the 
gifts  of  liberal  souls.  Thanking  yon  for 
former  kindness  to  me  and  mine,  in 
prompt  remittances,  I  pray  the  Lord 
to  give  me  opportunity  to  pay  back  ten- 
fold what  I  have  borrowed  of  bis  gen- 
erous stewards  who  have  minbtered  to 
my  necessities." 

From  Attother  in  Illinois, 
'^I  cannot  express  the  gratitude  I 
feel  for  your  kindness  in  forwarding  a 
draft.  I  began  to  feel  eondderable 
anxiety,  not  knowing  what  I  sbonld  do. 
Debts  had  accumulated  so  that  my 
credit  was  almost  gone.  I  was  ashamed 
to  ask  for  any  thing  at  the  store.  Our 
people  have  had  but  little  to  turn  off  for 
cash,  this  fall,  and  I  have  not  been  paid 
very  well,  and  have  b^n  much  In  seed 
of  many  things.  We  all  wjdced  and 
gave  thanks  when  the  draft  came.  An 
invalid  daughter  has  come  home  to  li^ 
adding  to  my  expenses  $100  a  year." 


The  Supply. 


From  a  Pastor  in  Connecticut 
"  Though  our  annual  collection  for 
Home  Missions  is  taken  in  July,  and 
this  year  amounted  to  about  $400,  yet 
the  church,  of  their  own  accordj  b 
view  of  the  present  destitution  of  somt 
of  the  missionaries,  have  collected  this 
additional  $150,  as  a  special  contriba- 
tion  for  immediate  and  pressing  v^^ 
of  the  more  needy. 
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that  many  sooh  special. gifts  maj  come 
from  the  Christian  oonsiderateness  of 
maoj  of  oar  churobeB  at  the  present 
time." 

[There  are  many  churches  of  greater  pe- 
eoniarj  ability  than  this.  Are  not  some  of 
them  waiting  for  a  word  from  their  Pastors 
»wfao  are  this  Society's  <mly  collecting 
agents— to  make,  not  a  *'  special  oontribu- 
tioa,'*  Kke  this  efaurch,  bat  their/ri<  Home 
Missionary  ooUeetion  for  the  year,  or  for 
iSTeral  years?] 

From  an  old  Friend  in  Brooklyn. 
**I  have  jnst  read  the  appeal  of  the 
Seeretaries  for  additional  funds,  and 
oot  of  my  scanty  means  send  yon  a 
ebeck  for  $100,  wishing  that  I  could 
make  it  $1,000  or  more." 

From  Another,  in  MataaehitsetU, 
^^I  enclose  a  check  for  $500,  which 
please  enter  as  follows :    M.  N.,  Massa- 
chusetts." 


From  Lawrence,  Matt, 
^I  enclose  $50,  in  answer  to  your 
appeal ;  from  one  who  trusts  for  to- 
morrow in  the  Lord  Jesus  Ohrist." 


From  an  Illinoie  Pastor. 
At  the  close  of  a  business  note,  he 
says,  **  I  eoolose— a  trifle,  I  was  going 
to  sty,  but  I  vill  take  a  collection  for 
the  8oeietj  in  our  new  Cborch^which 
win  be  better." 
[Wm  oot  many  other  pastors  do  likewise  ?] 

A  Superintendent  in  Wisconsin  receiTed 
(roQ  a  minister  the  following  note,  with 
one  dollar  inclosed: 

"  I  notice  that  the  A.  H.  M.  a  makes 
t  tpeeial  appeal  for  contributions. 
Plaise  find  one  dollar  inclosed.  I  don't 
know  bow  to  spare  even  that  little,  but 
it  is  good  to  trust  in  the  Lord  for  it 
My  contribntion  for  this  year  was 
nude  some  months  ago/' 

[The  Seperintendent  says,  ''Tills  good 
brother  is  poor.  I  forward  his  little  note 
fog  the  good  fpiiU  manifiBsted  in  it.    If  the 


appeal  should  awaken  the  same  spirit  in  all 
our  churches,  there  would  be  no  trouble  for 
means."] 

From  a  Mimonary  in  Michigan, 
**  Our  people  are  not  wealthy,  and 
our  contribution  to  your  Treasury  was 
but  small  when  eompared  with  the 
volome  of  my  good  wishes.  This  led 
me  to  supplement  our  annual  collection 
with  a  trifle  from  my  own  family. 
Both  appeared  in  the  Home  Missionary, 
Judge  of  my  surprise  to  find  in  my 
mail  to-day,  this  note,  enclosing  tv^ 
dollars,  *  to  cancel  the  personal  in  the 
Home  Missionary  contribution.  Con- 
science.'* 

'*  It  came  just  in  time  to  fill  an  empty 
pocket-book.  Now  yon,  at  smdry 
times  and  in  dirers  places,  have  given 
me  far  more  than  this,  and  I  can  still 
trust  my  Master  with  present  and  fu- 
ture necessities ;  so  give  ^  Conscience ' 
credit  for  the  amount,  and  charge  it  to 
me.  It  may  serve  for  *  ground  bait '  in 
other  places.  Where  is  the  next  case 
of  conscience  ?  " 

[We  do  not  propose  to  frustrate  the 
donor's  generous  design  of  relieving  the 
worthy  missionary,  and  so  decline  this  offer ; 
but  we  pot  his  proposal  on  record,  to 
"  serve  as  ground  bait "  where  it  will.] 


Decease  of  Bey.  Beig.  P.  Stone,  D.D. 

In  the  December  number  we  had  the  sad 
duty  of  announcing  the  death  pf  Benjamin 
Perkins,  Esq.,  Treasurer  of  the  Uassachu- 
setts  Home  Missionary  Society.  We  have 
now  to  record  a  similar  loss,  in  the  decease 
of  the  Treasurer  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Auxiliary,  Benjajum  Pkhkuis  Stonb,  D.D., 
who  died  suddenly  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  on 
the  26th  of  November,  In  his  70th  year. 

Dr.  Stone  was  bom  in  Reading,  Vt; 
graduated  at  Middlebory  College;  studied 
theology  In  Andover,  in  the  class  of  1881, 
with  Prof.  Park,  President  Steams,  and 
others;  was  a  pastor  for  six  years;  then, 
from  1837  to  1869,  was  Secretary— part  of 
the  time  Treasurer,  also— of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Missionary  So<;^y.  During  these  years 


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Jaoxiarj, 


he  traveled  66,000  milefl.  Since  1861  his 
name  has  appeared  in  oar  Bq>orta  as  Treas- 
urer  of  that  Society,  and  to  his  faithfulness 
has  been  due  much  of  its  efficiency.  Since 
1862  as  a  director,  and  for  many  previous 
years  as  a  confidential  adviser,  he  has  aided 
the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  by 
his  liberality  and  Christian  wisdom.  Oth- 
er  organizations  in  his  own  State  and  else- 
where will  sadly  miss  his  diligence,  his  sa- 
gacious counsels,  and  generous  help.  Of  the 
General  Association  of  New  Hampshire  he 
missed,  in  forty  years,  but  a  single  meeting. 
As  an  editor  and  judicious  contributor  to 
the  reUgious  press,  also,  he  filled  a  niche 
from  which  many  another  could  be  better 
spared.  • 

The  CongrtgcUionalift  says  of  him :  **  He 
sustained  a  good  rank  as  a  theologian  and  a 
writer ;  his  executive  abilities  were  reputed 
as  remarkable ;  his  Judgment  was  excellent ; 
he  was  courteous  and  aflkble  in  private,  and 
greatly  esteemed  as  a  oitizen.^' 


A  IToUe  Example. 

Last  Sabbath  was  a  preolons  day  to 
one  of  oar  missionary  chorohes,  or  I 
might  almost  say  mine^  as  I  have 
preached  to  it  tbe  past  year  on  mj  own 
acoonnt ;  I  mean  tbe  church  at  Mondo- 
Vu  I  solicited  the  aid  of  your  super- 
intendent, Bev.  F,  B.  Doe,  in  tbe  dedi- 
cation of  a  }iouse  of  worship  which 
that  church  has  been  building  the  past 
season.  Those  few  members  have  ex- 
hibited a  heroism  iu  the  work  which  is 
seldom  seen.  When,  a  little  less  than  a 
year  since,  they  resolved  to  try  and 
bnild,  other  denominations  seemed  to 
say,  "  What  do  these  feeble  Jews  ?  "  In 
the  winter  they  prepared  the  materials, 
drawing  most  of  the  lumber  86  or  40 
miles.  In  the  spring  a  subscription 
was  started,  one  man  heading  it  with 
$800,  two  following  with  $400  each, 
and  the  whole  amount  of  the  subscrip- 
tion of  eight  or  ten  men  was  $2,800.  They 
commenced  the  work  with  the  deter- 
mination to  see  it  done  and  paid  for.  I 
think  its  size  is  84  z  56 ;  it  is  finely  pro- 
portioned, has  a  good  spire,  is  finii^xed 


inside  with  butternut  and  has  a  beauti- 
ful pulpit,  and  a  basement  for  heating. 

Your  superintendent  preached  tbe 
sermon  of  dedication,  and  we  took  up  a 
subscription  amounting  to  $800.  This, 
with  tbe  expected  aid  from  the  Congre- 
gational Union,  the  ladies^  fond,  and  a 
subscription  previously  started  for  a  bell, 
secures  that  and  the  honse  neatly  hxik- 
iBhed,  all  paid  for/  The  two  farmers 
who  subscribed  $400  each,  gave  up 
building  barns,  the  past  year,  and  pat 
the  funds  into  the  church,  and  tbe 
man  who  gave  $800  gave  also  much 
time  to  superintending  the  work.  It 
is  one  of  the  noblest  examples  of  Chris- 
tian enterprise  I  have  ever  seen. 

There  will  probably  be  three  Congre- 
gational churches  built  and  dedicated  in 
this  valley  the  current  year.  This  is  to 
be  one  of  the  most  rapidly  growing 
parts  of  the  State. 

Though  I  am  not  now  a  missionary 
of  your  Society,  I  have  a  great  interest 
in  the  cause  in  this  region,  having  bro- 
ken ground  here  just  fonrteen  years 
ago,  when  the  whole  was  a  wilderness, 
and  now  this  place  has  a  population  of  ' 
over  6,000.  What  hath  God  wronglit 
in  this  time ! — Eev.  A,  Kidder. 


Kisoftllaneonfl  Items. 

Illinois. — From  the  minutes  of  tbe 
General  Association  w«  gather  the  fol- 
lowing items :  number  of  Congrega- 
tional churches  in  the  State,  244— an 
increase  of  8  within  the  year.  Of 
these  179  are  supplied  with  ministers, 
12  supplied  in  part,  66  unsopplied.  The 
number  of  ministers  is  217,  of  whom 
71  are  without  charge.  Kumber  of 
church  members,  17,689,  of  whom  6,- 
677  are  males.  Admissions  for  the 
year,  2,870  ;  removals,  1,194— a  gain 
of  268.  Infant  baptisms,  471 ;  adalt, 
880.  Members  of  Sabbath  schools,  24^* 
467.  Eeported  contributions  to  benevo- 
lent objects  for  the  year,  $429,000.  Six- 
ty-five missionaries  of  this  Society  have 
supplied  90  churches  and  10  out-staUon8> 


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APPOINTMENTS  IN  NOVEMBEE,  1870. 


JM  im  Cbimntoion  Uut  pear. 

R»T.  Warren  Norton,  Elk  River  and  two  outsta- 
UoDt.  Eao. 

R«T.  Gilbert  T.  Holoombe,  Eldn,  Minn. 

Bev.  Henry  Millt,  Bt  Olond,  Minn. 

lUt.  W.  P.  Bennett,  Maeon  City,  Iowa. 

Ber.  a  W.  Cluixnplin,  (^noso«^,  Wis. 

B«T.  Frrderio  W.  Falrtield,  Ulo  aod  Wyocena, 
Wis. 

Rev.  John  P.  Haire,  Fox  Lake,  Wis. 

B«T.  C.  W.  Hlomao,  Lincoln  and  Black  Brook, 
Wis. 

B«T.  J.  K.  Powell^lenbenlah,  Wis. 

Ber.  George  W.  Walnwrlgbt,  Chippewa  Falls, 
Wii. 

BsT.  Robert  Fumees,  Croton  and  Big  Prairie, 
Miob. 

Rer.  A.  E.  Everest,  Lodlow,  III. 

Ber.  Robert  W.  Logan,  Brnnswlck  and  Hinck- 
ley, Ohio 

Bar.  Beqjamin  F.  Faraons,  Indiana,  Pa. 

JU-eomim{M»{oned. 

BsT.  Elbridq^e  Gerry,  Oregon  City,  Or. 

Rot.  Philander  G.  Bachsnan,  Oro^llo,  CaL 

Bev.  George  R.  Elliii,  Peecadero,  OaL 

Ber.  John  E.  Elliott,  Oolumhus,  BUrer  Creak 

sad  PaaruM  Reaerratlon,  Neb. 
Ber.  Lebbeus  B.  Fifield.  Llnooln,  NoU 
BvT.Ovoige  A.  Beckwitb,  Wilson  County,  Kfn. 
BsT.  Jared  W.  Fox,  Ridgeway,  Carboudule  and 

I^ndon.  Kan. 
B«T.  John  F.  Morgan,  Oswego,  Enn. 
Ber.  WilUam  A.  Ootler,  Belle  Prairie,  little 

Pklls  and  Green  Prairie.  Minn. 
Bar.  George  H.  Miles,  Bu  Charles  and  Saratoga, 


Rev.  Ariel  A.  Baker,  Ames,  Towa.        _..,  ^ 
Rev.  Josepb  a  Barris,  Salem  and  Hillsboro, 

Iowa. 
Rev.  William  H.  Barrows,  Cnss,  Iowa. 
Rev.  George  F.  Bronson.  l'o«tviU<*.  Iowa. 
Rev.  Frederick  Crang,  Franklin.  Talleyrand  and 

South  English,  Iowa. 
Rev.  William  O.  Foster,  CivU  Bend  and  vicinity, 

Iowa. 
Rev.  Charles  GIbbs,  Cedar  Falls,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Charles  Hancock,  DyeravlUe,  Iowa. 
Rev.  John  A.  Jones,  Florence,   Foreaton   and 

Nichols.  Iowa. 
Rev.  P«*ter  Weidmann,  Grove  Hill,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Reed  Wilkinson,  Wooster,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Morgan  L.  Easiroao,  Royalton,  WI*. 
Rev.  Adam  Ptnkerton,    Pleasant   Bill,   Bird's 

Creek  and  Knapp's  Creek.  Wis. 
Rev.  Bamuel  H.  Thompson,  Oaseo,  Humbird  and 

Alma,  Wis. 
Rev.  Peter  Valentine.  Monnt  Sterling,  Wis, 
Rev.  Marona  8.  Angell,  Newaygo,  Mich. 
Rev.  John  R.  Bonney,  Bronaon  and  Matteson, 

Mich. 
Rev.  William  Irons,  Hnbbardston,  Mich. 
Rev.  WilUam  Mulder,  Laingsburg  and  Victor, 

Mich. 
Rev.  Samoel  Phillips,  Orion,  Mich. 
Rev.  Holland  B.  F^,  Carthage,  Mo. 
Rev.  William  H.  Warren,  ElTeardville,  M<k      - 
Rev.  Flavel  Bascom,  D.D.,  Hinsdale,  IIL 
Rev.  Alvin  M.  Dixon.  Nora.  Ul. 
Rev.  Judtton  O.  Spencer,  HilUboro,  III. 
Rev.  Charles  Iroiu*.  Bowling  Green,  Center,  Un* 

darwood  and  HoaBeholaer's  Comers,  Ohio. 
Rev.  George  W.  Walker,  ChagHn  Falla.  Ohio. 
Rev.  Otis  Holmes,  New  Village  and  Farming- 

vlUe,  N.  Y. 
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Bsagor,  A  FHen<^,  |2ft :  A  Friend,  $10,    |3S  00 
Bast  Maehtaa.  Ooog.  Oh.  and  Boo.,  by 

Mrs.  M.  8.  Hoyt,  to  const.  Mrs.  Sa« 

s>*nT.  BateaaL.M., 


HallowelL  Ladles  of  the  South  Cong. 

Ctw.)rrMisa8.fl.  Agry, 
Mluot,  Rev.  J.  K.  Devring, 

HIW  HAMPSHIRE— 

BMeived  br  Bev.  B.  P.  Stone,  D.D., 

Treap.  N.H  M.  Soe., 
Cotteord,  A  Friend  in  the  South  Ch., 
BoUi^  Cong.  Cb.,  mon.  oou.,  by  Rev, 
^D.  Perry, 
Pambroke.  Rev.  E.  A.  Putnam  and 

Mrs.  F.  H.  Putnam, 

VBRMONT- 


40  00 


8  00 
1  00 


^ ,  J.  Kent, 

Q«orgia,  Ladies' Sew.  Soe.,  by  Mrs. 


MaryJ.  JaekMo, 
St.  Albana,  ~    ' 


90  00 

17  00 

600 

200 

500 

BOO 
SOO 
8  00 

—V  Uullea  of  the  Cong.  Ob^ 
„  by  lira  A.  J.  Samson, 
agriDgfleld,  A  Friend, 
WUU^tOD,  Lacy  Ann  Clark, 

JU38ACHU8ETT8- 

Masa  Berne  Mlaa.  Boe.,  by  &  T.  Far- 
^  well.  Trees.,  4,000  00 

Aahbv,  Indies,  by  Miss  Nellie  Ha>  ward,     8  00 
lenay,  Ladles^  Bmmt.  8m.  of  the 


Dane  St.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boo.,  by  Miss 

S.  W.  ClftrkTSoc.  |4  50 

Boston,  Legacy  of  M!ss  Martha  A. 
Quincy.  by  T.  D.  Qulncy,  Ex.,  289  45 

Boatun  Higiilands,  Lcgaoy  of  Ciev.  W. 
W.  Diivenirart,  by  Henry  Davenport, 
Ex.,  less  Gov.  Ux,  141  00 

Chesterfield,  Mra.  Richard  Clarke,  6  00 

Cnmmlngton,  Ladles'  Benuv.  Asso.,  by 
Mrs.  Sarah  B.  Orcutt.  Treas.,  to 
const.  Rev.  W.  M.  Gaiy  a  L.  M.,  89  75 

Dunatable,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  £.  P. 
Kingsbury.  22  00 

Fitchburg,  icollston  Cong.  Cb.,  mon. 
con.,  $15  60 ;  Aaa  Beiterloy,  $5,  by 
U.  Boutellv,  Treea,  90  60 

Florence,  Mrs.  A.  L.  WiUlston.  100  00 

Newburyport,  Mrs.  H,  C.  Tyler,  to 
ounst.  ilev.  J.  Puwrll  and  Rev.  W. 
A.  Rand  L.  D*.,  by  H.  H.  Tyler,  200  00 

Northampton,  Mi-e.  David  Banders,  by 
Mrs.  L.  B.  Sanderson,  0  tO 

North  Brookfield,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  £. 
Porter,  Treas.,  22  81 

Boyalston.  Mrs.  Emily  B.  Ripley,  2  00 

South  Hadley  Falls,  Cong.  Cb.  and 
Boo.,  bv  John  Gaylord,  Treas..  122  25 

South  lloyalston.  Ladies*  Benev. 
Assoc,  by  Mrs.  Maria  A.  C.  Adams,        4  00 

Springfield.  ^  Unabridged,''  1,000  00 

Mrs.  M.  K. Lombard, $5 ;  W.  C.  Lom- 
bard, #5.  10  00 

Stock  bridge,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soe.,  by  G. 
P.  Bradley,  58  80 

Whateley,  Legacy  of  W.  Merriam,  by 
I^  Merriam,  Ex.,  2R0  78 

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J.  W.  Dodga,  144  00 

RHODE  ISLAND— 
ProTldenoe,  MIm  MsrU  Eddy,  tS  00 

CONNECTICUT— 

Bethlehem,  Cong.  Ch,,  moo.  oon^  hj 

Rev.  G.  W,  Banke,  18  00 

Dea.  Theo.  Bird,  U;   Re?.  O.  W. 

BHnki,  #6.  by  Rev.  O.  W.  Banki,  10  00 

Birmingham,  Ladlea  of  the  Cong.  Oh., 

by  Rev.  J.  WlUard,  ft  00 

Bloomlield,  Ladlea  of  the  Cooff.  Ob. 

and  Soe.,  by  MIm  8.  OllleU,  4  00 

Bristol,  Ladlea'  H.  BL  8oc.  by  Mn.  A. 

L.  Atwood,  3  60 

Barrvllle,  Henry  Colt,  10  00 

Darlen  Depot,  A  Friend,  6  00 

Eaat  Bridgeport,  Oong.  Oh.  and  Boo., 

by  F.  W.  Storre,  Treat. ,  to  conet.  Dea. 

J.  P.  Biahop  A  L.  M..  49  00 

Enfield,  a  few  Frienda,  by  Miaa  A.  E. 

Johnson,  6  00 

Fairfield.  Ladlea  of  the  Oong.  Oh.,  by 

Mlsa  O.  M.  Beers,  6  00 


Franklin,  "W.  B.  Hyde,  i2;  Mrs.  Bally 

Hyde,i8, 
Oreenwioh,  a  few  Friends,  by  Mrs.  Z. 


6  00 

7  00 
Haddam.  First  Oong.  Oh.  and  Soo.,  by 

G.  a  Bralnard.  Tr^aa.,  35  00 

Hartford,  Vinoent  Moses,  |6;  Salmon 

Orossett,|6.  10  00 

Madison,  Ladies*  Cent  Soc.,  by  Mies 
Sarah  E.  Grave,  Treas.,  to  const.  Mrs. 
AJva  O.  Wlloox  and  Mrs.  Heman  Ty« 
ler  L  Ms.,  00  00 

Mtddlefield,  Oong.  Ch.  and  Boo.,  by 
Rev.  A.  O.  Denison,  to  const.  Mrs. 
Alma  L>man.  I>ea.FhinehasM.  An- 
gnr,  and  W.  Bailey  L.  Ms.,  100  00 

New  Britain,  ««A  FamUy  Offering,'' 
by  Rev.  L.  Perrin,  80  00 

New  Haven,  Rev.  Joel  Mann,  10  00 

New  London,  A  Lady  of  the  First  Cong. 
Oh„  20  00 

New  Mnford,  A  Friend,  2  00 

Northfield.  Oong.  Oh.  and  Soo.,  by 
Rev.  H.  N.  Gates,  82  00 

Norwich  Town,  Lenoy  of  Dr.  W.  W. 
Cutler,  by  H.  P.  Haven  and  H.  Dav- 
enport, Ess.,  1,000  00 
E.  A.  Huntington.   M;  Mrs.  N.  a 
Boswell,  $5,  by  E.  A.  Huntington,  10  00 

Salisbury,  Lucy  S.  Blake,  5  00 

South  Manchester,  Rev.  J.  B.  Gris-       6  00 
'    wold,  6  00 

'Stimtford,  Gen.  G.  Loomls,  by  O.  R. 

Kingsbnry,  9  60 

Thompson,  A  Friend,  6  00 

Thomaston,  Oong.  Oh.,  baL  of  colL,  by 
P.  Darrow,  to  oonst.  J .  M.  Miner  and  ' 

J.  E.  Bishop  L.  Ms.,  160  00 

West  Hartford,  Ladles'  Sew.  Soa,  East  ^ 

District,  by  Mrs.  J.  P.  Oarrington, 
Sec..  5  00 

Ladies'  Benev.  Soc,  South  District, 
by  Mrs.  O.  Boswell,  5  00 

Windsor  Looks,  On  account  of  Leeaoy 
of  Mrs.  B.  H.  BarUett,  by  J.  H.  Hay- 
den.  Adm.,  500  00 

"Woodbury,  On  account  of  Legacy  of 
Henry  8.  Ourtiaa,  by  D.  a  Bull,  Ex.,     12  60 

NEW  YORK- 

Alblon,  First  Pwab.  Oh.,  by  V.  V.  Bui- 
lock.  Treaa., 

Brooklyn,  Clinton  Avenue  Cong,  C*., 
by  C.  Bardwell.  Treaa.,  coll.  in  part, 
$558.82;  A.  a  BarnM.  $100 ;  Julius 
Davenport,  $100 ;  W.  O,  Dunton, 
$50;  W.  W.  Fessenden,  $50;  J. 
Howard  Foote,  In  full,  to  oonst. 
Mra  Emily  J.  Gardner  and  Mlsa 
G.  T.  Gardner  L.  Ms.,  $40;  B.  H. 
Marsh,  $25;  Rev.  B.  F.  Millard,  to 


60  00 


const,  hhnself  and  Mra.  Frances  E. 
Millard  L.  Ms.,  $00 ;  B.  S.  Roberts, 
$25 ;  T.  F.  Tracy,  $;i6;  O.  a  Wool- 
worth,  $100.  $1,182  12 

Jfeto  England  Cong.  €%.,  E:  D.*  by  J. 
W.  Skinner,  Treaa.,  to  oonst^  Rev. 
Simeon  8.  Joeelyn  a  L.  M.,  $0  00 

PlynunOh  Cong.  CK,  J.  W.  Hayea,         96  00 
South  Cong.   Ch.,    an.  colL,    by  J. 
Crowell,  Trea^,  868  « 

Orown  Point,  First  Oong.  Oh.  and  Soo., 
by  Rev.  W.  Child,  66  M 

Bllfnfl:ton,  Oong.  Oh.,  $14 :  Rev.  A.  D. 
Ol£,  $1,  by  Rev.  A.  D.  Olda,  U  00 

Qouvemeur,  Rev.  Stephen  Johnson, $5; 
Mrs.  H.  D.  Smith,  $5;  P.  ShaUnek. 
$5;  W.  Thompson,  $6;  Mra.  S. 
Thrall,  $2 ;  other  frienda,  $8,  by  Rev. 
a  Johnson,  -^     *    '  ^^ 

-  Henrietta,  Oong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  M. 

Haseltine,  6  08 

Howella,  Oong.  Oh.,  by  Amzl  Mapes, 
to  6onst  William  E.  Mapea  a  L.  m7    PO  8S 

Irvington,  Mrs.  Rachel  W.  Lambdin,         6  00 

Mooers,  Miss  J.  G.  Bircbard,  6  00 

MorrisviOe,  Oong.  Ch.,  by  L.  D.  Dan%     22  80 

New  Lebanon,  Oong.  OL,  by  Rev.  J. 
McVev,  17  M 

New  yillage,  Oong.  Oh.,  by  E.  R.  How- 
ell. Treas  »00 

Paris,  Oong.  Oh.  and  Soc,  by  Rev.  £. 
F.  Brooks,  20  00 

Plerrepont,  Mrs.  C.  a  Pangbom,  by 
O.  A.  Howard,  60  00 

Rochester,  IHywioulh  Cong.  CK,  by  P. 
W.  Handy,  Treas.,  to  oonst.  Mlsa 
Ruth  M.  Booth,  F.  Van  Doom,  and 
Newell  A.  Stone  L.  Ms..  1S8  00 

Mrs.  Sally  Gillett,  by  W.  Hodflea,  to 
const  Roza  Jane  Hodgea  a  L.  M.,  80  00 

Rome.  Welah  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  D. 
E.  Prtohard,  18  04 

West  Bloomfield,  Oong.  Ch.,  baL  of 
coll.,  by  A.  Woodruff.  8  00 

West  Groton,  Cong.  Ok,  by  Rev.  W. 
O.  Baldwin,  16  00 

Westport,  Mrs.  A.  M.  Spencer,  by  J. 
Ken^  8  00 

NEW  JERSEY— 

Jersey  Olty,  First  Oong.  Oh.,  by  W. 
Ames.  Treas.,  988  67 

PENNSYLVANIA- 

PottervlUe,  Oong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  H.  R 
GUber^  26  06 

MARYLAND- 

Baltimore,  Sabbath  School  of  the  First 
Oong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  L.  W.  Baoon,  60  00 

.      H.B.J.,  1000 

OHIO—  ^  ^  "^ 

Received  by  Rev.  L  Eolsay, 

Akron,  Mn.  L.  Benjamin,  $6:  Mrs. 
H.  S.  Abbey,  $57Mxb.  A.  Bloat,  $1, 
byD.A.Htbbard,  $1100 

Oolumbos,  Rev.  L.  Kelsey,    to 
oonst.  Oarrie  D.  Kelsey  a  L.  M.,  80  00 

Dover,  Oeng.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  C  W. 
Torrey,  12  00 

Four  Comers,  Oong.  Oh.,  by  O.  B. 
Oook,  ^  8  86 

Greenfield,  Oong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  T. 
0.  Tbemaa,  11  80 

North  Falrileld,  Oong.   Oh.,  by 
Rev.  T.  O.  Thomas,  t  20 

Banduaky,  by  Rev.  H.  N.  Bur- 
ton, 10  { 


Gustavus.  Elam  Llnsley, 
Ironton,  Rev.  J.  M.  Thomss, 
Lawrence,  Mrs.  Betsy  MoGuire, 
New  Albany,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  A  N. 

Hamlin, 
Oberiin,  R.  Theodore  Oroas,  to  oonst 

Mrs.  Emma  B.  Croaa  a  L.  M., 


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200 

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PainMTina,  First  Cong,  Ch^hBl  of 
oolL.  bf  lev.  H.  O.  Hsydo,  |21  00 

TeaolMZB  and  Fnplis  of   Lake  Erie 
SendnarT,  bj  Bllen  OL  Parsons,  £&  00 

Poland,  a.  J.  Clark,  10  00 

Vermilium.  First  Oong.  Ch.,  by  Bttr. 
M.  K.  Paaoo,  10  00 

Werreonth,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber. 
W.  H.  Brinkerhofl;  25  00 

ILLIirOIS— 

Anoawan,  Gong.  Cb.,  7  20 

Atlanta,  Cong.  1%.,  |25:  MoLean,  Cong. 

Cb.,  $10;  by  Ber.  O.  B.  Hnbbard,  85  00 

Burlington,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.    E. 

Walker,  -^        -^  ^^ 

CUeagq,  .F^<<  Oma.  OIL,  moo.  con.,  by 

H.B.  Hills,         ^        '  80  32 

XtfwolM  Park  Chna,  Ch.,  14  00 

Prof,  a  C.  Baraett,D.D.,|5;  Mrs. 

8.  a  BarUen,  |5 :  Mrs.  ProC  F.  W. 

3R«k,|6.  ^'  16  00 

Crrstal  Lake,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Be?.  B. 

Hay,  *    '  2T41 

Bjnrers,  First  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Bev.  O.W. 

Phlnney,  10  60 

Des  Plaiues,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  J.  H. 

laird,   ^         •        »    '  ^q  qq 

Ftemont,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Ber.  A.K.  Fox,     26  00 
Oalssbnig,  First  Cb.  of  Christ,  bal.  of 

eolL,  by  A.  N.  Banoroft,  04  18 

QeneTa,  Cone.  Cb.,  baL  of  coll.  in  full, 

to  const.  Thomas  Brooks  a  L.  M.,  16  00 

HUlsborongb,  Central  Cong.  Cb.,  by 

Bev.  J.  G.  Spencer  20  00 

UoTleton,    Cong.   Ch.,   by    Ber.    J. 

Blood,  8000 

La  Salle,  Cong.  Ch.,  in  part,  2  70 

LronsTlIle,  Cong.  Ch.,  12  00 

Monee,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bct.  J.  C. 
^Myera,  10  00 

Pern,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Bev.  C.  B  Thomas,  24  00 
Princeton,  Friends,  3  00 

Hoekfiyrd,  Second  Otma  Ch,,  byT.D. 

Bobertson,  428  10 

^A  Friend,  200  00 

Boaemond,  Ber.  C.  T.  Derlng,  by  Bev. 
^  a  D.  PUtt,  10  00 

Sandwich,  Cong.  Ch.,  mon.  con.,  by  C. 

H.  Prat^  TreasL,  8  71 

•nssouBi— 

Bedford  and  Stakes*  Moond,  Coog. 
Chs.,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Hnson,  10  00 

La  Grange.  German  Evan.  Cong.  Ch., 
by  Bev.  J.  Sohaerer,  16  00 

St.  Loois,  PUgrfm  Cong.  Cb.,  by  J.  E. 
Kaiae.  Traas.,  400  00 

Windsor  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  J.  M.  Bow- 
era,  12  00 

MICHIQAK- 

Ann  Arbor,  rini  Cong,  Ch^  |20  27; 

Mary  Hnnter.  |20 ;  J.  Austin  Scott^ 
.  •»;  by  »•▼.  H.  L.  Hnbbell.  46  27 

Annsta,  First  Cong.  Ch.,byBev.W. 

H.  Osbom,  17  26 

Bedford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by Bev.M.  Q.  Mo- 

Fsilaiid,  16  00 

Brldgebampton,  Cong.  Ch.,  |8  23 ;  Port 

Sudlftc,  Cong.  Ch.,  $14  28;  by  Bev. 

Celnmbns,  ilrst  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  8. 

^O.  Bryan^  18  00 

CoopervUle,  Cong.  Ch.,  $18  66 ;  Bast* 

manville.  Cong.  Ch.,  |]1 00 ;  Lament 

Cong.  Cb.,  $16  26;  by  Rev.  a  l>oo- 

linle,  46  40 

Detroit,  Second  Cong.  Cfau,  by  D.  O. 

Penfleld,  100  00 

Dexter,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  A.  8.  Ked- 

sie,  to  const  James  £.  Field  a  L.M,     80  00 
Dmidee,  Cong.  Ch.,  $7  87;   London, 

Cong.  Ch.,  |0  28;  by  Bev.  £.  Dyer,     16  66 
Frankl»rk  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  A. 

H.FIetober,  19  00 


Maple  Bapids,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  E. 

T.  Branch, 
Memphis,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  TV.  P. 

Russell, 
Wayland,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  J. 

Armstrong, 

WISCONSIN— 

Beoeived  by  Rev.  F.  B.  Doe, 

Appleton,  Cong.  Ch.,  #100  00 

Sun  Prairie,  Bev.  H.  KBoard- 

man,  M.  D.,  1  00 

Allen'rt  Orove,  Cong:  Ch.,  by  Bev.  H. 

M.  CaM, 
Arena,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  A.  A.  Over- 
ton, 
Bloomer,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  $6.71 :  Cook's 

Valley,  Cong.  Ch.,  $4.26,  by  Rev.  H. 

A.  Weutx, 
Boscobel,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  TV.  Stod- 

dart, 
Brodhead,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  D. 

Webb, 
Center,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E. 

Morris, 
Hartland,  Cong.  Ck,  $6.88 ;  Pewaakee, 

Cone;  Cb.,  $10.88,  by  Rev.  a  Norton, 
Kenoi*na,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  L, 

G.  MerHll,TreasM 
Leon,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  J.  Hall, 
Mt.  Sterling,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rey.   P. 

Valentine, 
Oak  Grove,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.   M. 

WeUe, 
Plymouth,  A  Friend, 

IOWA— 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  Guernsey,  D.  D., 

Monticello,  Cong.  Ch.,  in  full, 
to  const.  Kev.  W.  Leavltt  a 
L.  M.,  $22  96 

Ortord,  Cong.  Ch^  20  16 

Waverly,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
M.  K.  CroDs,  26  86 

Belmond,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  J.   D. 

Sands, 
Bradford,    Cong.     Ch.,   by  Bev.    A. 

Graves, 
Clay, '  David    E.    Draper^s    Sabbath 

School  Class,  by  Bev.  T.  H.  Holmes, 
Davenport,  German  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev. 

T    p  Graf 
Eldora,*  First'  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  F. 

Boynton, 
Fairfax.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  D.  J. 

Jones, 
Farmersburgb,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  M. 

M.  Wakeman, 
Lansing  BIdge,  German  Evan.  Cong. 

Cb..  by  Rev.  H.  H.  Sallenbach, 
Muscatine,  German  Evan.  Cong.  Ch., 

by  Bev.  J.  Beuth, 

MINNESOTA— 

Maseppa,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  Of  coll., 

bv  Rev.  E.  P.  Dada. 
Minneapolis,  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,  bal. 

of  col.,  by  Bev.  H.  A.^Stimson, 
Bnshfbrd,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  W.  W. 

Snell, 
Waseca,  Cong,  Ch.,  by  Bev.  T.  A. 

Wadsworth, 

KAN8AS- 

Becelved  by  Bev.  J.  G.  Metrffl, 
Kansas,  ^'X,"  $80  00 

Topeka,  Mrs.  M.  &  Sheldon,      10  00 

Arvonia,  Welsh  Union  Cong.  Cb.,  by 
Rev.  W.  Thomas, 

Emporia.  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  J. 

MUford,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E. 

P.  Ingfrsoll, 
Mound  City,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  P. 

Bobinioo, 


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Wabauiwee,  First  Oh.  of  Ohritt,  by  J. 
y.  Wlllard,  Treas.,  coll.  In  part, 

NEBRASKA-. 

Barltngton  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev. 

V,  Knowles.  (corrected),  $10.50. 
Botler  Co.,  First  CoDg.  Cb.,  by  Rot. 

A.  Dresser, 
Blmwood,  Cong.  Cb.,  18.00 ;  Salt  Creek, 

Congr.     Oh.,     $2.60,     by    Rev,    D. 

Knowles, 
Font^^nelle,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bev.  T. 

Donulasa, 
Horfolk,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Bot.  J. 

W.  Kidder, 

OAUFOBKLA— 

Soqnel,  Cong.   Cb.,  by  Ber.  J.   H. 
Strong, 

CANADA— 

Sberbrooke,  Frov.  Quebeo,  ThomM  8. 
Horey,  by  W.  E.  Whiting, 

HOME  MISSIONARY, 


150  00 


ftOO 

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ao  00 
20  00 

10  00 

780 
7  50 


$14,040  20 


DonaUoM  qf  Ckthinfft  dc 

Ashby,  Mass..   Ladies,  by  Miss  Nellie 

Hayward,  abox, 
Beverly,  Maas.,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soo.  of 

the  Dano  St.  Conir.  Cb.  and  Soo.,  by 

Mi»s  8.  W.  Ulark,  Sec.  a  bctx, 
Birmingham,  Conn^  Ladles  of  the  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  Bev.  J.  Wlllard,  a  box. 
Bloomfleld,  Conn.,  Ladies  uf  the  Cong. 

Soo.,  by  Miss  S.  Gillette,  a  box, 
Boylsti>n  Center,   Mass.,   Ladies*   Sev* 

ing  Circle,  by  Mrs.  N.  J.  Blgelow,  a 


bnrrel, 
Bridgeport,  Oonn.,  Sabbnth  School  of  the 

SoQtb  Cong.  Cb..  by  Mrs.  B.  Sierllng, 

Sec.,  a  barrel  and  a  half  barrel, 
Bristol,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Home  Miss.  Soc, 

by  Mrs.  A.  L.  Atwood,  Treas.,  a  bar- 
rel, 
Dover,  N.  J.,  Ladles'  Sew.  Soo.  of  tbe 

Presb.  Cb.,  by  Mrs.  Dr.  King,  Sec.,  a 

box, 
Enfield,  Conn.,  "A  Few  Friends,**   by 

Miss  A.  £•  Jdlnson,  a  half  barrel, 
Fairfield,   Conn.,  Ladies  of  the  Cong. 

Oh.,  by  Miss  C.  M.  Boers,  a  barrel  and 

a  bundle, 
Georgia,  Vi..  Ladies'  Sew.  Soc,  by  Mrs. 

Mary  J.  Jackson,  a  barrel. 
Greenwich,  Conn.,  *•  A  Few  Friends,'* 

by  Mrs.  Z.  Mead,  two  barrels. 
Hallo  well,  Mc,  Ladles  of  the  South  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  Miss  a  H.  Agry,  a  baireL 
Hinsdnlt',  MasH.,  Lndies,  by  Mrs.  C.  J. 

Kittredge,  a  barrel, 
Mlddlefieid,  Conn..  Toadies  of  the  Cong. 

Cb.,  by  Bev.  A.  0.  Dentson,  a  barrel. 
New  York  City,  Broadway  Tabernacle 

Ch.,  Ladie^by  Mrs.  Dr.  J.  P.  Thomp- 
son, two  trunks, 
Boyalston,  Mass.,  Mrs.  Emily  B.  Ripley, 

abox. 
St    Albans,   Vt.,  Ladies  of  the    Cong. 

Ch.,  by  Mrs.  A.  J.  Samson,  two  bar- 
rels, 
Smyrna^    N.  Y..   Ladles  of  the   First 

Coiig.  Ch.  and   Soc,  by  Mrs.  M.  O. 

Dixon,  a  barrel, 
Trnmbull,  Conn.,  Ladles  of  the   Cong. 

Ch.,  by  N.  T.  Merwin,  a  bundle. 
West  Amt-sbury,  Mass.,  Ladles'  Social 

Circle  of  the  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Mrs.   O. 

F.  Seavey,  a  liarrol, 
West  Hartford.  Conn.,   Ladles'  Benev. 

Soc,  ^outh  District^  by  Mcik  O.  Boa- 

wbll,  6ec,abUTol« 


$40  87 

115  00 

87  00 

4165 

150  00 

64  17 

106  74 

60  00 

05  00 


118  00 


57  00 

55  65 

850  00 

80  00 

212  07 

70  00 

76  06 

106  76 

T4u3iea'  Sew.  Soc,  East  Dlatrtot,  by 
Mfs.  J  ulla  P.  Carrlngtim,  Sec,  a  bnrrel,  $55  00 
Worcester^  Mass.,  Lndies'  Bener. 
Assoc  of  tbe  Old  South  Ch.,  by 
Mbw  M.  £.  Stockwell,  See.,  a  barrel,  ITS  68 
Indies  of  th«  Calvinist  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
Miss  Sarah  C.  'Wheeler,  a  barrel,  125  00 


BeasipU  <^  the  MattaehiuetU  Home  Mittumarf 

Society t  in  October,  Stkphbx  T.  Fabwbu^ 

TreoM. 

Ablngton,  Second  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc,  $80  00 

Bedford.  Ciing.  Ch.  and  Soc,  25  Xi 

Boston.  Park  U.  Oong^  CK,  $78  60 

ad  South  Churchy  U67  78 

PhUlipe  Ch,  and  iSoc,  1,081  88 

A  Friend,  $10,  a  Friend  25  etc,  10  2S 

SsUte  of  J.  C.  Howe,  addl.,  180  00 

Boston  Highlands,  Vine  et.  Cb.,  moE» 

con.,  11 00 

Eliot  Ch.  and  Soc,  220  82 

Widow's  Mite,  3  00 
Brlmfleld,     Legacy*  of    Mrs.    Luclna 

Homer,  500  00 

Bal.  from  Estate  of  Fttrsls  Bliss,  2  » 

Brooklliie,  Cong.  Ch.  axkd  Soc,  685  » 

Bnrllngton,  Mrs.  N.  Townsend,  2  08 
Chelsea,    Wlnisimmet   Cong.  Ob.   and 

Soc,  88  25 

Clinton,  0.  L.  Swsd,  Esq..  100  00 

Dedham  South.  7  20 

Essex  South,  Conference  coll.,  19  60 

Falmouth,  Plrst  Oong.  Oh.  and  Soc,  198  68 

FrsnkUn  South,  4  22 

Hallowell,  Maine,  a  Friend.  6  00 

Hampden  Co.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  801  28 

Harvard,  Cong.  Oi.  and  Soc,  88  26 
Lawrence,  Lawrence  st.  Cong.  Cb.  and 

Soc,                                       •  16»64 

Littleton ,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  8S  60 

Lowell,  Appleton  at.  Cong  Cb.  and  Soc,  41 00 

Lunenburg.  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc,  88  86 

Manchester.  N.  U.,  a  Friend,  5  00 

Medway  West,  70  60 

M Iddleboro  North,  Oong.  Cb.  and  Soc,  80  00 

Middlefleld,  C<mg.  Ch,  and  Soc,  74  22 

Needbam.  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc.,  17  60 

New  Bedford,  First  Cong.  Oh.  and  Soc,  18  00 

Newton  Center,  Lodies'  Home  Miss.  Soc,  48  ii 
Newton  North,  Mr.  Lowry'a   Cb.   and 

Soc,  860 

Pepperell,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  71  87 

Princeton,  Cong.  Ob.,  additional,  1  00 

Salem,  Croroble  st.  Oong.  Ch,  and  Soc,  104  66 

Salisbury  and  Ainesbnry,  Union  Oh.,  5  45 

Shrewsbury,  Cong.  Cb.,  and  8oc.,i  87  60 

South  Hadley,  First  Cb.  and  Soc,  190  00 
Townsend  Center,  Cong.  Cb.,  mon.  con., 

$5.30 ;  coll.,  $11.85.  16  66 

West  Boxbury,  Cong.  Oh.,  additional,  5  00 

Weymonlh  Bast,  Oong.  Oh.  and  Soc,  45  00 

Weymouth  North,  Mr.  Emery's  Soc,  118  60 

$6,976.77 

Beceiptt  qf  the  Connecticut  Home  Mittionay  So^ 
cUtjf,  in  November,  £.  W.  Pabsohs,  Treoi. 


Bristol.  Ladies'  Assoelatlon, 
Bast  Woodstock,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  Paine, 
Ekonk,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Bev.  .J.  Ayer, 
Hartford.  Park  CA.,  by  ^  M.  Hotchklsi, 

A.  H.  0., 
Middletown,  Firtt  Cong,  Ch., 

Third  Cong.  Ch.,  a  Friend, 
New  Haven,  £.  B.  A., 
Northford,  Cong.  Ch,,  to  ooDBt.  Mrs.  Susan 

B.  O.  Folsoro  a.  L.  M., 
Ladles'  Benev.  Society, 

Plymouth,  Cong.    Cb.,    by   H.    Ftan, 

Treas., 
South  Eilliiurly,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  &•▼•  W. 

W.  Atwater, 
Westford,  Oong.  Oh.,  bv  O.  Wbiton, 
Windham,  First  CoBg.*Cb..  by  W.  Swli), 


88  86 
8S26 
26  00 

828  90 
600 

18189 
60  00 
10  00 

15  61 
83  89 

165  00 

10  90 
500 
2100 


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MISSIONARY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  Clothing,  sent  directly  and  without  any  particular  designation,  to  the  oMcO 
of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  such  missionaries  a<  are 
known  to  be  most  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  to  those  who  rec«iTe 
them,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective  donors. 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  individual  or  association,  intendbg  to  prepare 
a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  missionary  designated,  and  a  detulcd 
account  of  the  circumstances  of  his  family  given,  the  information  is  not  always  at  hand, 
60  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when  it  is,  it  not 
uifrequently  happens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  the  missionary  remains  for 
months  nnsupplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  dcsi^ation,  he  might  be  furnished 
with  artidos  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  In  other  cases,  while 
the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from  other  sources,  so  that 
when  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want  as  many  others. 

It  is  prdfeired,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors,  that 
the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothmg  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  individual  in 
particaUr,  shomd  be  lefl  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Society,  after  Ihey  reach 
Uu  office.  It  is  believed  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  the  designs  of  those  who 
generooaiy  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which  the  Society  can  have  an 
agency. 

BIBECTIONS  FOB  FOBWABDIHO. 

1.  Put  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  Is  opened,  a  paper 
or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  and  the  estimated  value  of  the  whole, 
with  the  name  of  3ie  individual  or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the 
individual  to  whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent 

1  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  of  the  box  should  be  sent  in  a  letter 
to  the  office  of  the  Society.  In  this  letter  it  should  be  stated  when,  and  by  what  convey- 
ance, the  box  was  forwarded ;  in  it  should  be  inclosed,  also,  such  money  as  is  intended 
for  the  payment  of  freight  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  provided  for  in  all  cases, 
*  if  practicable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  $3  to  $6,  accordmg  to  its 
rize  and  the  distance  it  is  sent  A  hwrrd  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense  than  a  box  of 
the  nme  size. 

8.  The  box  should  be  fully  and  plainly  marked,  and  the  place  fromtohich  it  eomee  should 
ALWAYS  appear  en  the  ouleide,  so  that  Uiere  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening  it  at  the 
office.  It  should  be  strong,  tight,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  be  hooped,  or 
otherwise  fully  secured  against  the  effects  of  hard  usage  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place, 
New  York. 

KO  PABT  OP  A  UI88I0KABY  8  8ALABY. 

Boxes  of  Clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriation.  The  Society 
needs  the  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptiy  its  stipulations 
with  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  be  no  favor  to  a 
miasioDary  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money  that  would 
otherwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionally  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to  it  that 
they  give  none  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  giving  other  things  that  are  need> 
fnl  and  convenient  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  sympathies  will  be  so  awakened  in 
the  preparation  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be  their  privilege,  not  only  to 
continue,  but  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

STrGOBBTIOKS  A8  TO  THETB  C0HTEHT8. 

In  r^ard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box,  whfle  clothing  of  woollen  or  linen  fabrics, 
•boeiy  bMta,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  be  speciidly  valuable,  scarcely  any  thing  in  the 
shape  of  plain,  substioitial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  which  is  of  common  use  in  any 
form  in  a  ftmily,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  forks,  spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of 
cotton,  a  dtein  of  yam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  n^dles,  a  cake  of  wax,  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a 
thimble,  a  tumbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skinimer,  or  a  pepper  box,  need  not  be  left  out 

When  articles  of  clothing  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  which  boxes 
are  aent,  missionaries  are  2a  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  other  that 
iloMitt  every  tUng  which  a  box  may  contain  is  turned  to  good  account 


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1871.- 


AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIOMRY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOB  PLACE,  mSW  YORK. 


Rev.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.  D., 
Rb7.  DAVID  B.  COE,  D.  D., 
Rkv,  a.  HUNTINGTON  OLAPR 


,D.D.,) 


SecretarieB  for  Correspondenet, 


Mr.  WILLUM  henry  SMITH,  Treasurer. 

Ex«roTiv»  CoMMtTTK&— Me.  WILLIAM  G.  LAMBEET,  Chairman;  Ma.  C.  E.  EOBEET; 
M».  SIMEON  B.  tJHlTTKNDEN:  Ebv.  BICHAED  8.  BT0EK9,  J«^  D.D.:  Ret.  WIL- 
LIAM  L  BUDINGTON,  D.  D. :  Me.  CALVIN  C.  WOOLWOKTHj  Me.  CHAELES  ABKft- 
NKTHY;  Me.  JOHN  B.  HUTCHINSON;  Bet.  HENEY  M..  8TOEE8,  DJ).;  with  tbe  mcmben 
exHifflcio— viz.:   AUSTIN  ABBOTT,  Es<i.,  Recording  S^creUxi-y^  tbe  TRBAsaBEB,  and  the  Sbcm- 

TAEISS  rOB  COEBE8PO2tDE»0B. 


-♦►•♦— 


GOUUVHICATIONS 

Relating  to  the  business  of  the  Society  generally,  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  tbe  S6cr^ 
taries  for  Correnpondence. 

DONATIONS  AND  8UBSCEIPTI0NS, 

In  Drafts,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Post-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  sent  to  tbe 

Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Life  Member  ;  and  of  one  huD* 
dred  dollars,  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makes  one  hundred 
dollars,)  a  Life  Director. 

8£C££TA£IES  AND  TEEASVBEBS 

OF  THB 

PRINCIPAL  AUXILURIES. 

Rev.  Stephen  Thdrsto!!,  D.D.,  Secretary,  Maine  JUiss.  Soe,^  Searsport,  Me. 

Joshua  Mazweli>,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  **        "  "    Portland, 

Rev.  William  Clabk,  Secretary,  JVeto  Hampshire  Mies,  Soc.y  Amherst,  N.  H. 

Lyman  D.  Stevbns,  Esq.,  Treasurer,        **  *'  "         Concord,     " 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  Secretary,  VermorU  Dom,  Mise,  Soc,^  Montpeller,  Vt 

C.  W.  Storrs,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "  **  ** 

Rev.  H.  B.  HooKKR,  D.D.,  Sec,  Mam,  K  M.  Soc.^  81  "NVashmgton  st,  Boston,  Mass. 

Stephen  T.  Fabwkll,  Esq.,  Treasurer,        "  "  .  " 

Rev.  James  G.  Vose,  Secretary,  72.  /.  Home  Miee,  Soc.^  Providence,  R.  I. 

Edwin  Knight,  Esq.,  Treasurer,         ♦*  **  "  " 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary,  Conn,  Home  Miss.  Soc.^  Berlin,  Cqnn, 

E.  W.  Parsons,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "  **        Hartford,  ** 


STJPESINTENDENTS. 


Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart, 
Rev.  Ltsandeb  Kelset, 
Rev.  Nath*l  a.  Hyde, 
Rev.  Joseph  E.Rot,D.D., 
Rev.  Henry  D.  Plait, 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Turner, 
Rev.  W.  B.  Williams, 
Rev.  Leroy  Warren, 


Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Columbus,  0. 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Chicago,  111 
Brighton,  III 
Hannibal,  Mo. 
Charlotte,  Mich. 
Pentwater,  Mich. 


Rev.  Dexter  Clary,      Beloit,  Wis. 
Rev.  Frarkun  B.  Dob,  Fond  du  Lac,  wb. 
Rev.  J.  GoERNSEY,  D.D.,  Dubuque,  la. 
Rev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett,  Des  Moines,  U. 
Rev.  Richard  Hall,       St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Rev.  James  G.  Merrill,  Topeka,  Kan- 
Rev.  0.  W.  Merrill,     Nebraska  City,  >e^ 
Rev.  James  H.  Warren,  San  Francisco,  tti. 


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PAGE 

HOKE  MISSIONARY  BEGIN- 
NINGS IN  DAKOTA 253 

MISSIONARY  INTELUGENCE. 

Califomia.—From  JRev,  A,  M.  Qood^ 
fwughy  South  Vallojo.— Looking 
tor  Eden 258 

From  JRev.  J,  J.  Povell,  Rio  Vista.— 
Kovival 268 

From  Bev,  E.  M.  Betts,  Santa  Bar- 
bara.—Pacific  PWgrtBii— Health- 
Seekers 258 

Wyominfir.— From  Rn.  J.  D.  Davi»t 
Cb«yeunc.— The  Council.— A  Vis- 
it t4>  the  Interior 259 

Dakota.— From  Rev.  S.  Sheldon^  Elk 
Point— Reports  Progress 260 

Nebraaka.— From  Rev.  M.  K.  MUes^ 
Calla.— A  Model  Frontier 260 

Xanaas.— From  iZer.  J,  Chew^  Otta- 
wa.—New  Man  and  New  Field...  261 

From  Rev.  F.  T.  IngaUs^  Olatbe.— A 
Good  Beginning 261 

From  Rev.  R.  M.  Tunnell,  Wamego. 
— Improvement 262 


Pr^LISHED  BY  THE  AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 
Bible  House,  As  tor  Place,  New  York. 

PRICE,  FIFTY  CENTS  A  YEAR,  IN  ADVANCE. 

PoSTAGB.— rireZve  ctnU  a  year^  in  advance. 


bl>®4 


PACK 

HCinnesota.— From  Rev.  A.  C.  La- 
throp,   Glen  wood.— Life   on    the 

Frontier 

From  Rev.  C.  H,  MerHU,  Mankalo. 
—  Stray  Sheep.  —  Ordination.  — 
Needs  and  Prospect* 

Iowa.— From  Rev.  J.  D,  Sands,  Bel- 
mond.— His  Home  in  Ashes 

Wlaconaiii.— From  Rev.  M.  L.  East- 
man, Royalton.  —  Bright    Spots 

and  Dark 265 

From  Rev.  L.  P.  Xorcross,  Oakfleld. 
—Burnt  Over.— Spiritism 

Virginia.— From  nev,  R  Tolman, 
Hampton.  —Obstacles.—  Sectarl- 
anism.— Prejudice  against  Color. 
—The  Privilege  of  Work 266 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

What  OF  To-Mobbow? 567 

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For  Toung  Uen's  Cluistiaii  Associations,,. : 


c     1  \     ..         '       iiiilM^li 

AU  hafl  the  power  of.  Jenas*  i)AiDe>I 

Let  uif«U  prostnitejteil ;  .  / 

BriBglbrth  tbe  ^TAl  dUdem, 

And  crown  him Xqrd  W  all. 
Te  cbown  e^ed  of  Israeli  lice,— 

Te rmmed ftom  thefcU:         , 
fltfl  Mb  WooMydi  yon  t»v  HtA  gtrace. 

And  crowit  ^m  toM  of  al^^ 
0,  th*t  iritb  ^onto  flfKved  throng, 

Wem Join  the  eTerlMiing  Mug, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

f  time— Xvan.        ''*'G.]|'. 

Hmt,  nadoos  lANrd,  ttilne  ajroi  reYMl« 

ABdmake  thy  fkny  known ; 
Xov  let  Q«  an  tXxf  praeenM  feel 

Aid  loften  hearts  of  atone. 
Sod  dowb  thy  Spirit  thnn  abbve. 

That  faflita  may  love  thee  more, 
Aad  finnen  now  may  leitm  to  love, 

WIk)  never  loved  before. 

t  fttiie— Tount.         8s  k  7i'. 

Cone,  thoa  fount  of  every  hleMlng,  ,  , 

Time  my  heart  to  elng  thy  pUi^  \    , 
fltreame  of  mercy,  never  ceatiuig,  i  .,  ' 

Call  for  Bonsa  of  loudeet  pralae. 
Teach  me  aonae  malodiona  aonneft 

Song  by  fl  vnlng  tongnea  above  (   < 
Pialit  the  mamur^'m  fixed  vpon  It^ 

Mooni  of  thy  redeeming  love*. . 
Ok  1  to  nace  how  great  a  debtor^ 

Daily  rm  conrtrilned  to  be  1  / 

Let  thy  goodneaa,  like  a  fetter, 

Bfaid  my  wandMng  heart  to  thee. . 
Prone  to  wander.  Lord,  I  feel  It— 

?rone  to  Usave  the  God  I  love— 
Bere't  my  neart,^-0  tike  and  aeal  It, 

Seal  H  fer  thy  eonrti  above. 

4  Tw»-V«tUeCMii  S»47s. 

SoldierB  in  the  ranks  of  Jeiiia, 
Workers  In  the  field  of  grace, 
Tnachera  of  onr  bleaaed  Ooepel, 
^    Wekome  to  this  aacred  nlace^ 
Cline.— what  an  hoar  of  holy  tranaport, 
God  is  in  Opr  midat  to-day  I 
Pralae  %i  Lord  thla  happy  tmioi^ 
How  It  daeers  ns  on  our  way*  , 
Ten  as,  bretltfen,  are  von  planting^ ' 
Qoodrr  seed  ofi  nrtile  gionnd  ?     / 
la  the  gforlona  work  prcttreaaing, 
Does  the  IVnit  of  Joy  aboima  T— ^. 

Jjeet  hoor  of  prayer,  sweet  hotfr'of  prayer, 
«t<aUs  me  from  a  world  of  care, 

BtfVmy  waMe  ana^shesl^wik ; 
bamsena  of  dletieee  and  grief 
l^BOBl  haaeftstt  foud  fell< 
Aai  oft  eeeaped  die  tempter's  snate,   ' 
%  Iky  retnm,  swMt  hew  er  pnyer. 


Tn*-<JPl«3r*l- 


Show  mo  what  I  have  to  do, 
Every  heor  mx  rtrength  renew ; ' 
Let  me  live  a  Hfe  of  ^Ith, 
Let  me  die  thy  people*a  death. 

Lord,  'tis  sweet  ta  mingle  where 
Christians  meet  Her  eocnU  prayer ; 
O,  'tis  sweet  wlih  thei»to  raise  • 
Songs  of  holy  ^y  and  pmise  f 

Here  we  supplicate  Ttaj  throne ; 
Here,  thy  iwrdoning  grace  is  known ; 
Here,  we  leam  Thy  nghteous  ways. 
Taste  Thy  love  and  alng  Thy  praise. 

8  T«ie^Veuit>  8tft7s. 

What  a  Friend  we-have  in  Jesos  I 

All  onr  fins  and  griefs  \jt>  bear ; 
What  a  privilege  to  carry 

Every  thing  to  Qod  in  prayer. 
Oh,  what  peace  we  often  forfeit^ 

And  what  needless  pains  we  bear,    ^ 
All  becanse  we  do  not  carry 

Everything  to  Ck>d  In  prayer. 

9  Ttm«-]>iioiple.       Hk  7i. 
Jesns,  I  my  cross  have  takra^ 

All  to  leave^and  fotllow  Thee ;    ,  <    ^ 
Naked,  poor,  despised,  forsaken, 

ThoD,  from  benoe,  my  sU  shal^  be ; 
Perish  ereqr  fond  ambUien, 

AU  rve  sooght,  or  hoped,  or  known ; 
Yet  how  rich  is  myeondltloB  1 

God  and  heaven  are  stiU  my  own. 

10  Tnne-JCiisionarj  Hymn.   7s46t. 
I  need  thee,  precions  Jeans, 

For  I  am  ftiU  of  sin, 
.  1  My  sonl  is  d«Ht  and  gnllty, 

Hy  hearite  dead  idthin  ; 
I  need  the  eleanslng  fonntaia, 

Where  I  can  alwaya  4ee-^ 
The  blood  of  Christ  most  precious 

The  sinner's  only  plea. 


I  needthee,  preclbaa  Jesun, 
lV>r  I  am  veiy  poor, 

A  atranger  and  a  pilgrim, 
I  have  no  earthly  nore. 

I  heed  the  love  of  Jesns, 
To  cheer  me  Oh  my  wtay : 

To  gnide  my  donbtlag  fbor 


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To  be  my  etvength  and  stay. 

11  Time— Deyotion. 

Jesns,  lover  of  my  sonl. 
Let  me  to  thy  bosom  fly. 

While  the  bllldws  near  me  rOlL 
While  the  tempest  still  is  high. 

Hide  me»  O.  my  Savioor  I  hide,  . 
Trnthestonftoriifoiiipast;     * 

Safe  into  the  havett  gnide : 

0,i[eceivenQgr  soul  at  last!  * 

Other  liehige  have  X  none,'**' 

Hangs  my  helpless  sonJ^  on  thee  I 
Leave,  ah  I  leave  me  not  alenel 

Still  support  and  comfort.me.; 
All  my  trast  on  thee  is  stayed ; 

An  my  help  firom  thee  I  Ml^g; 
Cover  my  defenceless  head 

With  the  shadow  of  thy  whig. 


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18  Tane-St^  of  Afei.  7s 

Rock  of  Afes.  cl«ft  for  me. 

Could  m J  teare  forever  flow,—  ,.^ 

Coold  my  seal  no  laofnior  kno^v^*" 
These  foi;  aJr  coold  not  ♦lonfl :  */      ' 
Thou  mUft  «»j|ve.  and  Um>u  aUmp  ;* 
In  mv  hand  fU/o  price  tbfii^:  ^ 
Simply ,^/^]{  qrMs.f  pQpg. 

2r«ftrar«  .tnj>  'tiod^  to  «li»e.— 
liMMrt«tliee4  ' 
iD^nougblt  btiacroti«'    >    .  * 


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E'«n^h    „ 

/BhAticalrathive.i 
Still  all  my  pong  shall  he, 
NeMNrJ  my  Ood,  to  tM^^  * '''     -  -  ' 

>(N«arer  to  tho« ! 

Thpceitet  my  way  appes^     ' 

Step-  uHio  heaven : 
;A.U  that  tJifnrtttidMtijf e 

Ncart'f.  mf,,pof<  t<»tiuu' 
lin"!  'f  — -'^^  .         •     ' 

Taa4— All,  to-'Him  I  owd.        6t. 

AriKc,  tey  w>ul,  aripe. 

In  nvy'Mftatr«ppM^.  ' '  »  "  -    • 

'*lrl^e«ebtHO^v^?r"        '^r 
.->    '     t^ifchatfleltaoHm^ODnWh, 
H€  mkehei  white  as  sndVt. 

.'.)..>     n  ,'.■     "        ■    '  ■  , 

TheA  40IWB  heneath  hie  crdfts/    ' 
r.  VU  UV  tey  sfi>^ok  sotal,      '    ' ' 
For  naught  have  I  to  Uripg-^  ^       ,, 
Thycr^mwtttakWlDetMMe.    ^** 

r/(<A/7/^.— JeiugB^WitaUy  ^te.    :  >>    • 

15  TT«S#-]aftl9ZlMi         .      €^  M. 
O  for  a  qlossr  wfllkirttfa  Qo§, 

A  ciiiialMidhWT(mly  frame  t ' 
A  light  tO'slilBe  upon  th^  roa<r  '  . , 
'  That  leads  in«  to  the^  Lamh.    *'• ' 

The  dearest  idol  I  have  known. 
Whatever  that  idolbe,     ,.   ,       r 

Help  me  to  tear  Ivviwn  thj/^  ^isoie. 
And  worship  f^fitf  Thee.    :  .  -  -  a 

16  Tune^dnWsriU^.  '  i        CjM. 
How  sweet  t^e  nameof  iJeaiiB«om]ds 

Ina  h^ltoterVwri  i 

It  soothes  aU»4orsQilv«,  haldshAswoniidi*, 
And  drives  away  his  fear. 

It  makes  the  woj^opd  spM^  whole, 
And  calms  the  trflLU^^ttiPW^a^tj ; , 


it  for  crimes  that  I  had  done 
_  ffroaned  upon  the  tree  r 
mazing  pity!  grace  unknown ! 
i^  love  be3;pn*^igre« !,  -^  Cho. 


The  debrof  love  I  owe : 

!  how  I  !«▼•  Jetni.  CI. 

to  sinners  ^er 


Andt 


17      TrLt^^'p$}^^M^i^lim%  M. 

Ahis!  an»«dlft^6lM«<ifbI«M.    * 

And  did  my  Sovereign  die?^     , , . 

Wonld  hena^va^  ffi«^^^  Ucati  ' 

^tta'm^Jbritl'taMktnd. 


"i*. 


ins,  the  nahie 


lear. 


It  scatter*  alf  their 

ai  theif  hdllo  JiMlten. 

Jn,  1t6if  ribvo  iiWi/;  (ft?^) 


name  to  sinners  Mren  i 


Itturn^theif 

BeettiMstie  iflrte  tor*d'Oie. 


kite,  wort 

ThearthsttfmljAilt'if 
v  Woif  Idl  att  tuaUldM  :c  ^.^ 
Cfiorm.— Bow  Hti  I  IV>tt:*l  thic  ?  X^ria) 
DealiArtf.  >#^6aiber  me. 

19     Time-HehertnrtwAiiFiok.    CX. 

•^eAs!  the  verf  Wot^fftiTcSKhee 
WMr]i|lfl«iest<i  flns  ntf  4rMttt  r      ' 
But  dearer-  fkr  thy  ftt^locitee.  • 
And  in  tky*  pMMhoei  fMt.         ^ 

And  those  >vbo  find  Abe©.  kij4  Ab\^9 

Nor  toijghd^iiiSTCcaji  iS^ 
The  lore  St  Je^U^-^What  ItJC 


Nonfe'bnt  his  loVvd  O^es^ow.. 


LIL 


2P: ,-,  ,K  ,  Tiii^77fi»«>Wir; 
JiM.«?  flw /qjw— witbQut,Qn©.plca 
But  ttotemjr  Wood  tfr^ihed  for  m<v. 
And  ^AiSm  bfif8t>i(3c5lh^  to  thee, 
O  Lam\rVjf  Qbd,  I^Dniii,  X^fl^je  t 

Jutt  m  \I  mhi*%tkd  walt1«ttr«dt ' 
To  rt(t*mrMtt^O^<H>«'Aint  bh)». 
Tetiie«fwtiowMo(id  difti'eMah^e  eadi  ftpot 
O  Lamb  ol  <lDd4 1  «oikiei'I  boAM ! 

jMrt  aiy  Qtri—Xtioxi  vJfH  recelfye!, 
Wilt  welcpwii.  l)?irdon,'  ctei^nse,  relieve, 
Because  ^  Mwf*6  f  believe 

o  umb  6f  God,  1 0ome,  I  qp 


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Blest  )^4h«  lie  tbat^blods 
Our  hearts  in  christian  love ; 
^Xte  fel  o^YflMKnC¥tOdi3a*Ainds 
Is  like.tp  i^t  ajb9Yjei    . 

We  sharo  ottt  tnMiialT  v^o^s, 

AnddWWi  Ibr  eitc!r  Sih*rt»<>ys 
•     :7%^>jtMalfiixltti?aftr:    ^' 


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A  ftfiv'inorc  strn 

Arf\sVihtdl%)MU»vMK»  V  v:i,       . 

A  fewiltidt^tdTO^tfft^^toijfWteirt, 
Then  O  my  Lord,  propare 

Christians^1aaifMttltJWli1l«y1    ^ 
Br0l«wcli  tlieiutfi«<>  Mtt,*^ '- 

I  woaM<|elt  tttennMldfCNHr  sWnr^ 
What  the  Lord-tordonejor  me.  , 


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I  WMJo^t,  but  ^UA  found  mevi 

i^Qght  ime  to  t5iii!lp)d>o/  gn^^lOko, 
I  f  hall  yet  behold  my  Savioar. 

When  the  dayof  Rfe  \»  o'er : 
l8bAllcai(W<9»inriM(6i(^lin,       ^^ 
.  J  fbaU  praiievaim  evermore.— [C^o. 

M         awMt  Bj-«nd  Vy.  '"'" 

htpt'B  a  iMui  that  bSuwrAkfan'oafT  < .  ' 

And  by  faith  we  may  see  it  afar ; 
For  the  Fathe;  waitB/ttv^i  the  .vaj :   "•  •'' 
To  prepare  as  a  dwelling  place  Lhcr^^  < 
^*<**«---  ,  .     M  .'.     f 

In  the  Bweet^y-knd%. .  '  ^  ' , .  .  ^ 
^  W^Phall  tneetpiTmlit  VauWl  *liQr^, 
to  the  tWeet  by-and%,    ^-  ; 

We  shall  meet  on^  t^t  Vj^ptif^l,  $hoie. 

We  shall  sing  on  that  beautiftil  shoro,        , 
TheniekMDoii»f>i{nigfi(^fliebtei»t;         ': 

Aid  our  «)>iHt8  wtU  f«TMnr  bo'ttiorc!  (      ' ' 
Aotaaifl^fo»th«<bIiia^inff<)fr^t.'    ' 
Ooj  Wefih«IUttig\<Ac.  .   ' 

S5  Wark,,f^  ^J&V*  S"*"^^'  0^ 

\8aBim  Carols,  page  120. 
worlc,  Wt  th«  night  Is  coming, 

W«rk  tbrvoflh  the  nnmy  noon  t  ' 
FiU  briehlestWr*  with  labon  •    ' 

Bett.toitito  nrietand  »oon; 
Give  eTisrT  ftylQ^  mliiiili«  •  *  '        ^ 

6ani6thfart0'Kd<iirili«t6t'6V         '^ 
Work,  for  the.  otem  ia.  coding.' 


WhenrBiaA  \mkftB«  moiis;' 


l&63f 


«8A7s. 


!      l 
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iMk aroand  yoir-^ sow fw  ar^ Wing 
Ueedle«a.ar  theoomit^T's^r,^  i  • 
When  the  thAig«Bi*f<tinifl4iMllT*Di^. 

Teniae  isiorldm^Bnd  Sn  careleaa. 

Of  your  Saviour's  bouodlesa  love : 
Ten  the  oatha»S  teid  tHe  wkfiAet^  '     > 

Ofahome^thCMM^abovtf.  '< 

[#rlyA/  Jewels,  paf/e  W. 


For  oor  risen  Lord  U  calling. 


And  the  harrest  is  in  view,    ,     .    ,  , 

There's^  irr^t>*^Ort^*WtJ^I^ 
There  Is  work  to  do  for  Jesfia, .         n   •    ' 
And  the  harvesters  are  few,  "         '    "'     T 
Thwe*.*  enough  work  for  all  to  do.  ' 


.  y  Des.  thmABivmA  to  AcT  lor  l««iis       t  - 
..  ^h.0  wiU  answer  to  the  call  ? 
See  1  the  vlntkfi^  U  Mm«4wt< 

There  Is  worK  to  qo  for  w  r 
€k)d  commands  that<  w«  sh4?uIaiabor, 

Thoiisrh  LbLe  task  our  boa^s  Appail ; 


.  ^whe  c|aimetb.ow  Hfa  ^rvice, 
Tinthe  shades  oFdeaJth,  «hall  fall.-^ 


Cho. 


29  Oh,  Brother,  be  FaltliAil. 

•  •'-.'  "  '!  ['/f^ntoHft^  nage  218. 

broth^LvbefaitWul,    '   ,  , 

brb'thflr,S^XaUl)ftil. 
brolh^r.  be  falthftil. 


Safe  >dthiQ  the  Va)!. 

lPrhiH^mgh\m?€ls,i*age  \^i 


30  .     Tiinet^edeBalitoreett  '     ^2..  M. 

Except- ttwl/owil  OttrlabcMi  bW, 
In  vaitf  trhafl  ire^de^ir^  sacteto  ; 
.fiseept  hia«paxdiaA»potoF6r  restrain. 
l>kci  watshiaian  wakat^  kutinivain. 

,;Tia  uae]^»  toil  pur  8t(>rosito  keep, 

Early  to  rice  and  late  to  sleep, 
Untewtbe  Loftf  tviko  rel^s  -m  mgh^ 
His  prottdedtlafl  eare^upj^y.    • 

31  lane— 8t^  Thomas        !    8.  M. 
,    O  everlasting:  Lore!  ' . 

Jl    -Well-sprftilWWfloeaTM  peace, 
Ponr  doT^n.^  fwteeea  |!rem  above ; 
3id  doubt  and  tfoablftcoaee^   • 

O  everlasting  SitEengtkt' 

Uphold  mp  in  the  »'|iy : , 
Bring  nie;  in  spite  QZtof^:^  at  length, 
,,,.t?wV  fight,. ^M>y.    . 

82  ^" 

.1  ^ 

'» Land  ahdia !'.', '  It^'  llpiilte  a^0 .waving 

O'er  the  hUls  6f  Wi.€ic%t,  gfeen ,' :' 
Ail d  the  living  ^vatfe^8  laviug 
Shores  where  bcaVenly  forrat*  are  scicn. 
C^.-^Rockaaa* etorma  Fll  fbair no nrare, 
When  on  ttaAt  eternal  vhore^  '    ' 
I>reptbe'ankborl   Turl  the  vail! 
I  am  safe  witMa  the  vail  1 

OnilraM,  birkl  the  cape  r,nl  rounding; 

SeQ  the  blessed  wa^t:  their  hands  \ 
Hear'thie  hitrpd  of  God  resounding       , 

From  the  bright  Itaimortid  bands.— CAo. 

0  the  hap9>y,rtlaieie  coning     i 

When  thejroHpeltrueipel'saound^        <\ 
•  Shall  be  hoard  by  ever}-  nation, 

To  the  earth's  iw«otestt»aund ; 
Whomrtlke^valeehaDberesiateil.       i 

Aid:tbev<^rdauthill^ffe)oi<^^  ' 
And  the  ocean  join  the.«hoffU»i, 
With  a  loud  triumphant  voice. 
C/i<K-^h6 !  the'^ohilng  light  will  brekk, 
•AW  the  Ba:^  fa  dri^ttg  H&h. ' 
•  Tt9.  a  ^khA6\iA  time  is  coming  tOQti, 
We  8hl«  hair  It  by  and  by. 


O  the  happy  time  is  coming 


darkness. 


Xhe  fnomiuff  light  shall  see, 

e 'world  with  sonn  of  triumph. 

Hail  the  glorious  juMIer.— [C%on/#. 


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84      TmM-At  tlM  UMaUia.       a  X. 

Of  Hin  irh»  Oiil  sbI vatloii  brlc^,    . 

I'm  ftttlte  fbntiufo  drtnklng, 
I  ooaM  ibrovflr  thiiiM  and  siog,        ^ 
r  m  OQ  ttf  JourntfT  home. 
(Tionig.—QlGrf  to  Ood,  Fm  &t  the  fbaJBtatln 
drfo«ti«r.  ~ 

<«lory  to  God,  I'm  on  my  Journey 
hojBoe.  ;.  ft: 

Tho*  sin  and  foirow  wound  my  sonl, 

rm  at  the  fountain  drinking,      , 
JetuB.  thy  babn  vtrill  make  ft  vhi^« 
I'm  on  my  Journey  home.       Cw>. 

8ft       Tone-Twrm  iff  tht  Mr^  IiATb. 
[.Rtotoa^lKVW  84. 
Cgine  ye  sinners,  poor  and  needy, 
:.:    STcak  CBd  tMuaded,  tick  oaa  sore ;    v 
Jesus  readr  Manda  to  sava  yon, 
Full  of  pity,  love  aa4  p«irer* 
OAo.-Tun  to  the  Lord,  and  aeek  MhratHm, 
Sound  tkie  praise  of  his  dear  Mrine. 
Glory,  honor,  and  ralvatlon, 
Cnnst;'tlie  Lord,  has  com^  to  refgn. 

Let  not  oonaeience  make  yon  linger, 
Nr  r  of  fltneas  fondlif  dfl>aam ; 

All  the  fitness  he  reoniretb. 
Is  to  feel  your  need  ot  him. 
Turn,  etou  i' 

86  Tms^-'Wfodvorth.  L.  X. 

Behold  a  Stmnffer  «f  the  door ! 
He  gently  knom,  has  knocked  befbre ; 
Has  waited  long— is  waiting  still ; 
Yon  treat  no  otaer  friend  to  IIL 

Oh  I  loTelT  attitude— he  stands 
With  meltihg  heart  and  open  hands; 
Oh  I  matchlees  kindness— and  he  shows 
This  matchless  kindness  to  his  foes ! 

87  tune— rooatftia.  0.  X. 
There  is  a  fountain  filled  with  b^ood,     • 

DraWn  from  Immannel's  veins ; 
And  sinners  plunged  beneath  that  floods 
Lose  all  their  guilty  etaina. 

The  dying  Ihlef  reload  to  aoe 

That  fountain  in  Us  day : 
And  there  may  I,  thoogh  vUe  aa  he. 

Wash  all  my  sins  Mray. 

Thou  dying  Lamb,  thy  precioi^  blood    • 

Shall  never  lose  Its  power. 
Till  all  the  ransomed  Church  of  Qf^. 

Are  saved,  to  sin  no  more. 

88  Come  to  tiio  flaTiour. 

Come  V>the  Saviour,  make  no  delay, 
fiere  In  His  word  He*s  shown  ns  the  way ; 
Here  in  our  midst  He's  standing  to-day, 
Tenderly  laying,  ''Come.*^ 

Cfhontt— 
Jj^l,  Joyfhl  wiU  the  flseettng  be. 
When  irom  sin  our  hearts  nrd  pure  and  ft^ : 
And  we  shall  gather,  ff  sviour,  wim  fnieO, 
In  our  eternal  nonke.  ^- 

"Snifer  the  children r'  Oh  h«tf  His  voice; 
Let  every  heart  leap  foorth  ana  Kjofee, 
And  let  ui  freely  make  Him  ov  choice ; 
Do  not  delay,  but  come.— CAo.  . 


Think  once  again,  (le^s  witfr  us  to-day  r 
Heed  now  His  h^<com)Blnidti  and  ober ; 
Hear  now  HieaecMts  tenderly  say, 
"  Will  y^,  ay^lKlTttl,  comer'-^Cfto. 

89  Wkoio«ror  wUL 

tntmtk$mm,paff$m, 

'*  Whosoever  hiMeUit''  ,f bflnt,.  about  the 

sound !       ^*  ^ '        *     ' 
Send  the  bteased  tMtaigB  all  the  world  aroBai; 
Spread  the  Joyftl  ii«tr^  iHrhererer  manli 

founds  '  ' 

'■''  Whosoever  will  may  pome.^ 

"  Whosoever  will,  whosoever  will,'* 
Send  the  proclamation  over  vale  and  kiH. 
*11s  a  loflng  Father  calls  the  wiand'rfv 

*'  Whosiever  will  ttiay  come." 

Whosoever  cometh  need. not  delay; 
Now  the  door  Is  open,  eater  while  ye  may; 
Jmus  is  the  true,  the  only  Mving  way : 
''  Whosoever  win.  nmar  €omeb*'.~CSbo. 

40  tunh-Wateroflif^ 

[Fresh  Laatr^pBffe  9b. 
Jesoe,  tike  water  of  life  wlUgiv>e 

Inreely,  freely,  freelyi 
Jesus  the  water  of  liib  will  givo 

Freely  to  thoee  who  Idve  him. 
Come  to  that  l^umtain,  O  drink  aad  Bvc, 

Freely,  ftieely^  freely. 
Come  to  that  mtntataif  O  drink  and  Hve, 

Flowing  for  thoee  that  love  him. 

Cho.^-l^e  Spirit  and  the  Bride  say  cobm. 
Freely,  h^ely,  freely. 
And  lie  Uiat  is  thireiy  let  lilni'come 
AhddHnk  of  the  water  of  ttfel 
The  fountain  of  life  ts  flowing, 

Floiving,  ftOely  flowing : 
The  looDuiin  of  life  la  flowing 
Is  flowing  for  you  and  for  me;, 

Jeena  has  prcnilaed  a  robe  of  white,. 

Freely,  freely,  freely, 
Jesus  has  promised  a  robe  of  whiter 

Freely  to  those  that  love  him  ; 
Kingdoms  of  glory  and  crowns  of  llgU; 

Freely,  freeTy,  freely. 
Kingdoms  ot  glory  and  crowns  of  Ilgbt 

Freely  to  those  that  love  hini.     cH. 

41  tune— SUpani.  Gi»  M. 

One  more  petition,  O  oar  €tod. 

We  ley  hefers  thy-  thrsM ; 
That  thou  wouldst  Meee  ne  aa  we  peit* 
Aad-oer  weak  eflbrta  own. 

O  ever  may  the  love  of  Ood 

Within  our  bosoms  slow ; 
And  love  to  man,  in  all  our  acts. 

The  hum]taeph«la|lM  Blkrv. 

48  DoKolofy.  L,  M. 

Praise  OodfW>hi  whom  en  bleealngB  flow. 
Praise  him  all  creatures  here  betov } 
Praise  him  above,  ye  heavenly  hostr 
Praise  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ottmt, 


For  «alo  by  Geo*  ■•  Davio,  Burlln^on^  Vt. 

Price ;    Thirty  t^iip  per  hundred,  incMUng  peHagt, 
Fdttrth  Striee :  November,  IfflQ, 


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Go, Preach  the  Gospel Mark  xvi.  16. 

How  shall  they  preach  except  thej  be  sent  ?.  .Rom,  x.  16. 


Vol.  XLm.  MARCH,  1871.  No.  11. 

HOME   MISSIONARY  BEGINNINGS  IN  DAKOTA. 
By  Rev.  Joseph  Ward,  of  Tankton,  Dakota. 

Dakota  Territory  takes  its  name  from  the  designation  which  the  Indian 
tribes  scattered  through  it  have  given  to  their  united  bands — ^the  word  mean- 
ing, **  The  Confederated  Tribes."  It  lies  between  the  meridians  97"*  and  104** 
west  of  Greenwich,  and  parallels  43''  and  49"*  north  latitude,  and  comprises 
150,9S1  square  miles,  or  96,596,128  acres.  Comparing  it  with  other  portions  of 
the  United  States  longer  and  better  known,  we  find  it  to  be  twice  as  large  as 
the  whole  of  New  England,  with  enough  left  to  make  sixteen  States  like  Rhode 
Island.  Or  it  would  make  three  States  as  large  as  New  York,  and  two  like 
Connecticut. 

It  was  organized  as  a  Territory  in  1861,  though  the  first  cession  of  lands 
was  made  in  1858,  by  the  Yankton  and  Ponca  Indians.  A  few  white  settlers 
came  in  1859,  but  the  hostility  of  the  Indians  prevented  any  immigration  like 
that  which  other  Territories  received.  When  the  census  of  1860  was  taken, 
Dakota  embraced,  in  addition  to  its  present  extent,  what  is  now  known  as  the 
Territory  of  Wyoming,  which  was  set  off  from  Dakota  in  1868.  Yet,  from  all 
that  immense  area  only  2,576  white  persons  are  reported.  The  census  just 
taken  reports  15,000  for  Dakota  and  9,000  for  Wyoming.  There  is  nothing 
remarkable  in  this  increase  until  we  consider  the  fact  that,  owing  to  fear  of  the 
Indians,  there  was  almost  no  immigration  until  the  spring  of  1868.  It  should 
also  be  remembered,  that  since  the  date  of  the  last  census  (June,  1870)  the 
increase  of  population  has  been  at  a  much  more  rapid  rate  than  ever  before. 
For  example :  in  April  last  I  passed  over  a  prairie  eight  miles  in  extent,  and 
Raw  but  one  house ;  in  the  last  of  June,  passing  over  the  same  road,  I  counted 
twcnty-aix  bouses. 

The  surface  of  Dakota  is  mostly  elevated,  but  not  mountainous.  In  the 
eastern  part  is  a  plateau  several  hundred  miles  long,  called  the  Couteau  dei 
Prairus^  having  an  average  elevation  of  1,500  feet  above  the  sea,  with  a  breadth 
of  from  fifteen  to  twenty  miles ;  while  a  similar  plateau  of  less  height,  the 
CouUau  du  Miisouri^  extends  from  the  southeastern  to  the  northwestern  portion, 
and  westward  nearly  to  the  Missouri  river.  Nearly  the  whole  area  of  the  Ter- 
ritory is  available  for  tillage  or  grazing ;  the  only  exception  being  the  fnau- 
9aite$  terrei  (or  *'  bad  lands  ^^),  and  the  Black  Hills,  a  mountain  range,  both  in 
the  soiithwestem  part ;  yet  both  are  more  valuable  than  lands  for  pasture  or 
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tillage,  because  of  their  treasures  of  minerals  and  timber.  The  soil  is  eamly 
worked,  and  well  adapted  to  the  raising  of  all  cereals,  being  well  supplied 
with  lime.  The  tough  sod  of  the  prairie  once  broken,  the  deep  alluyial  soil 
furnishes  abundant  nourishment  for  grain  and  yegetables.  There  are  numerous 
lakes  and  riyers,  though  fewer  small  streams  than  in  more  hillj  countries. 
Nearly  the  whole  of  the  eastern  and  one-half  of  the  southern  boundaries  are 
formed  by  natural  bodies  of  water— the  Red  Riyer  of  the  North,  Lake  Traverse 
and  Big  Stone  Lake  separating  it  from  Minnesota,  the  Big  Sioux  riyer  from 
Iowa,  and  the  Missouri  from  Nebraska. 

The  climate  is  attractive ;  the  air,  very  dry  and  invigorating,  proves  at 
times,  for  some  delicate  lungs,  too  much  of  a  tonic.  Already  many  invalids 
have  come  from  the  East,  to  get  a  new  lease  of  life  from  our  pure  air.  Very 
many  who  had  suffered  for  years  from  asthma  and  kindred  complaints,  at  the 
East,  are  now  entirely  cured.  Others,  with  consumption,  who  had  waited  too 
long  before  coming,  still  find  that  they  are  helped.  There  are  sudden  changes 
of  temperature,  btrt  as  these  occur  in  a  dry  air,  they  cause  far  less  suffering  and 
disease  than  in  an  air  like  that  of  New  England  or  any  of  the  seaboard 
States. 

The  settlements  are  thus  far  only  on  the  border,  along  the  rivers  and  lakes 
mentioned  before  as  forming  the  eastern  and  southern  boundaries.  Ckm^itred 
with  the  rest  of  the  Territory,  the  settled  parts  are  a  very  narrow  hem  upoa  a 
part  of  its  edge ;  as  if  the  State  of  New  York  should  have  a  few  scattered 
hamlets,  at  wide  intervals,  up  the  Hudson  and  along  Lake  Champlain,  and  up 
the  line  of  the  Erie  railway  as  far  as  Port  Jervis. 

The  inhabitants  are,  by  a  large  minority,  from  the  north^n  belt  of  the 
United  States  and  the  northern  countries  of  Europe.  As  may  be  inferred  from 
that  fact,  they  are  Protestant,  lovers  of  liberty,  and  friends  of  education. 

Until  the  Territory  becomes  a  State,  and  some  diqK>sdtion  is  made  of  its 
public  lands  set  apart  for  school  purposes,  there  can  be  no  large  outlay  for  edu- 
cation ;  yet,  by  special  tax  levied  iqwn  themselves,  the  people  have  already 
made  generous  provision  for  public  schools.  The  school-laws  are  framed  aot 
only  with  reference  to  the  present,  but  with  a  wise  provision  for  the  future 
needs  of  an  increased  population. 

Yankton,  the  capital,  on  the  Missouri  river,  is  naturally  the  centre  of  reli- 
gious and  educational  work,  and  here  the  oldest  and  largest  churches  arc 
located.  It  has  three  churches — ^Methodist,  Episcopalian,  and  Congregational'- 
to  supply  the  wants  of  at  least  2,000  people. 

The  Congregational  church  was  organized  in  April,  1868,  by  Rev.  E.  W. 
Cook,  of  Ripon,  Wisconsin.  He  spent  six  months  here  in  the  service  of  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society,  organized  a  church  of  eleven  members, 
and  a  Sabbath  school  starting  with  only  six  members.  Before  he  left,  he 
received  four  additional  members  to  the  church,  and  saw  the  Sabbath  school 
increased  at  least  tenfold.  But  he  did  far  more  than  this,  by  convincing  the 
few  Congregationalists  then  here  of  the  feasibility  of  organizing  a  church  that 
would  be  strong  enough  to  command  respect,  and  to  take  a  leading  position  in 
the  community.  Ho  found  them  scattered,  not  even  knowing  each  other  by 
name,  debating  the  question  of  giving  up  all  hope  of  a  church  of  their  own. 
He  left  them  united,  a  strong  lody,  full  of  faith  in  their  ftiture,  proud  of  their 
name,  and  ready  to  go  to  work.*    The  church  now  numbers  44  members,  and 

*  [tfr.  Ward^s  service  with  the  churdi  commenced  Kovember  Isl,  186d,— JSUL  S,  M.] 


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the  Sabbath  Bchool  has  a  membership  of  oyer  100,  with  an  average  attendance 
of  70.  There  is  a  good  house  of  worship,  nearly  paid  for,  which  seats  800  peo- 
ple comfortably.  But  much  has  been  done  that  cannot  be  put  down  in  f  gures, 
and  still  more  remains  to  be  done  that  figures  of  any  kind  utterly  fail  to  tell. 
The  other  parts  of  the  Territory  naturally  look  hither  for  help.  Congregation- 
aUsts  in  other  places,  wishing  to  be  gathered  into  churches,  look  to  the  church 
at  Tankton  for  aid  and  counsel — as,  indeed,  they  must ;  for  they  cannot  cry 
load  enough,  nor  reach  far  enough,  to  get  help  from  churches  of  our  order  else- 
where.   Their  cries  are  lost  long  before  reaching  their  Eastern  friends. 

Thus,  from  our  isolation,  a  great  burden  is  laid  upon  us.  Before  we  are 
hardly  able  to  creep,  four  or  five  others  are  reaching  their  hands  to  us  for  help. 
Hence  it  is  that  the  two  Congregational  ministers  of  Dakota  feel  that  Uiey  are 
utterly  unable  to  do  one-half  of  the  work  that  ought  to  be  done,  and  that 
voold  at  once  bring  in  generous  returns. 

The  amount  of  ground  to  be  traveled  over  is  of  itself  enough  to  frighten 
one.  The  extent  of  the  field  which  has  this  place  for  its  base  of  operations 
vill  be  better  comprehended  by  many,  if  we  transfer  ourselves  from  this  land 
of  ^  magnificent  distances,^'  and  measure  our  work  by  routes  and  places  more 
lamiHar  to  Extern  readers.  Instead  of  saying  it  is  a  field  stretching  to  Sioux 
Falk  and  Flandreau  in  the  northeast,  to  Vermillion,  Elk  Point,  and  Richland 
io  the  southeast,  to  Fire  Steel  in  the  northwest,  to  Springfield  and  Emmanuel 
creek  in  the  west — ^all  unfamiliar  names,  whose  relation  to  each  other  is  wholly 
tnkoown— let  us  take  another  starting-point,  and  travel  in  a  region  where  we 
are  at  home. 

We  will  start  firom  Worcester,  Mass.,  not  by  rail,  but  with  a  pair  of  poniet 
or  iBiilefi,  and  an  open  wagon.  There  is  a  small  settlement  at  Haverhill,  where 
t  few  sermoQS  have  been  preached,  and  the  people  are  anxious  to  see  a  minister 
ud  talk  with  hini  about  the  prospects  for  a  church.  Taking  plenty  of  food 
for  man  and  beast — for  there  are  no  villages  and  but  few  houses  on  the  way^ 
and  we  may  be  compelled  to  spend  a  night  on  the  open  prairie— we  set  out  for 
HaverfailL  We  do  not  take  a  direct  line,  as  we  might,  there  being  no  fences 
to  hinder  oar  going  wherever  we  wish,  but  we  go  around  by  way  of  Boston^  to 
tee  a  little  village  growing  up  there  around  a  flouring-mill,  which  was  built  a 
little  more  than  a  year  ago,  ten  miles  away  from  the  nearest  house.  The  build- 
er, an  old  man  of  seventy,  had  confidence  enough  in  the  growth  of  the  country 
to  go  out  alone  and  ride  up  the  river  until  he  found  a  good  mill-site,  and  there 
haild  his  mill,  sure  that  the  grain  would  come  in  good  time  and  give  him 
plenty  to  do.  His  draft  on  the  future  has  been  so  promptly  honored  that  this 
year  he  haa  drawn  another,  and  built  a  second  mill  far  up  the  river,  beyond 
the  furthest  *'  claim  "  shanty.  Both  mills  are  now  running  on  fiill  time.  Would 
not  this  old  gentleman,  with  his  faith  in  the  future,  and  his  praviaion  for  it, 
make  a  good  President  for  a  Western  College  Society,  or  a  Church-Building 
Union  !  (The  people  of  the  Territory,  at  the  election  in  October  last,  had  the 
good  sense  to  make  him  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction.) 

But  we  are  stopping  too  long  at  the  little  village  of  Boston,  and  must  make 
baste  to  reach  Salem,  a  larger  place,  giving  promise  of  more  rapid  increase. 
Here  we  find  warrant  for  the  forming  of  a  church,  for  they  have  kept  up  a 
pnyer  meeting  and  Sunday  school  without  the  help  of  a  minister,  and  in  many 
Cunilies  Ood  is  honored  by  morning  and  evening  worship.  Reaching  Haver- 
hill, we  find  it  to  be  a  place  of  wonderftil  beauty,  and  rapidly  growing.  The 
l«id  about  it,  just  opened  to  settlers,  is  of  the  richest  kind,  and  families  come 


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in  every  day.  An  audience  gathered  in  the  old  barracks  is  composed  of  nearly 
every  person  in  the  place,  for  sermons  are  a  rarity,  and  all  are  anxious  to  hear. 
At  the  close  of  service  the  question  from  all  sides  is,  '*  When  will  you  come 
again  ?  "  Much  regret  is  felt  that  they  cannot  have  preaching  at  least  once  a 
month ;  but  it  is  a  long  road  from  Worcester  to  Haverhill,  and  we  dare  not 
make  promises,  especially  when  we  think  of  the  half-dozen  other  places  equally 
eager  to  have  regular  preaching.  On  our  return  we  pass  through  Concord, 
where  are  only  half  a  dozen  houses  on  the  shore  of  a  little  lake.  We  make  no 
pause  here,  but  hurry  on,  so  eager  to  get  home  that  we  ride  all  night  We 
have  been  absent  five  days,  and  have  driven  considerably  over  two  hnndred 
miles. 

Or,  suppose  that  one  of  the  Worcester  pastors  should  start  early  Saturday 
morning,  with  his  horse  and  buggy,  and  drive  down  to  Providence.  After 
preaching  there  at  eleven  the  next  morning,  let  him  drive  to  Attleboro,  preach 
at  three  in  the  afternoon,  and  then  strike  across  the  country  to  meet  an  appoint- 
ment at  Woonsocket  in  the  evening.  If  he  is  not  tired  by  this  time,  his  hone 
will  be.  Yet  this  is  a  part  of  the  weekly  work  of  one  of  the  two  Congrega- 
tional ministers  of  Dakota. 

Or,  again,  let  him  start  before  sunrise,  some  Sabbath  morning  in  midwinter, 
and  drive  up  to  Barre,  preach  in  the  dining-room  of  the  log  tavern  there  to  in 
audience  of  forty-five  at  eleven  o'clock,  and  then  drive  back  and  preach  to  his 
own  people  at  seven  in  the  evening. 

Or,  let  him  go  out  on  Friday  evening  and  hold  a  prayer  meeting  in  Barre, 
the  next  day  visit  Petersham  and  Athol,  to  leave  an  appointment  for  preaching- 
service  in  Petersham  at  four  o'clock  on  Sunday ;  then  go  back  to  Barre,  meet 
the  Sabbath  school  at  ten,  Sunday  morning,  preach  at  eleven ;  after  dinner  drive 
to  Petersham,  preach  to  an  audience  of  fifty  or  more,  gathered  in  the  first 
building  of  the  town,  roofed  and  sided  only  the  day  before.  He  will  need  to 
have  more  than  one  sermom  with  him,  for  some  of  his  Barre  audience  will  fol- 
low him  to  Petersham.  It  will  be  very  convenient,  too,  if  he  be  able  to  speak 
without  notes,  for  he  will  find  no  pulpit  to  lay  them  on.  He  must  "  shoot 
without  a  rest " ;  but  it  will  be  at  short  range,  for  half  his  hearers  are  within 
arm's  length.    Every  eye  is  on  him,  and  he  can  tell  when  a  shot  hits  the  centre. 

Is  not  8uch  a  fiddL  larger  than  two  men  can  toorJc  with  any  degree  of  thanr^hr 
neisf 

But,  as  if  this  were  not  enough,  we  are  told  of  another  field  even  larger. 
Parties  who  went  from  here  last  September,  to  survey  tracts  in  the  valley  of  the 
Ked  river,  have  returned  within  a  month.  They  report  a  country  of  greater 
richness  and  beauty  than  any  of  the  previously  surveyed  parts  of  the  Territory. 
Every  man  in  one  party  of  thirteen  will  go  back  in  the  spring  to  take  a 
"  claim."  The  whole  valley  is  filling  up  with  immigrants,  who  have  in  view 
the  growth  coming  from  the  building  of  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad. 
Already  there  are  over  5,000  whites  (some  say  as  many  as  7,000)  scattered  in 
small  groups  of  from  ten  to  a  hundred  families.  In  all  this  line  of  settlements, 
stretching  from  Fort  Abercombie  (250  miles  from  here)  to  Pembina,  near  the 
British  border,  there  is  not  a  single  Protestant  minister :  no  sermons,  no  sanctn- 
ary,  no  Sabbath,  for  more  than  6,000  men.  They  are  laying  the  foundations  of 
a  commonwealth  larger  than  England,  Scotland,  and  Wales^  and  leaving  oui 
God.  Dare  we  let  them  go  on  without  the  Bible  and  the  spelling-book  t  K 
we  are  to  be  in  time  to  help  them  in  laying  the  foundation,  we  must  move  at 
once ;  for,  taking  the  lowest  estimates,  there  will  be  15,000  people  in  that  valley 
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Another  field,  not  so  large,  yet  important  and  promising,  is  found  across  the 
riyer  from  this  place.  Although  in  Nebraska,  it  is  best  reached  from  Dakota, 
as  all  their  interests,  commercial  and  social,  are  with  the  people  this  side  the 
liTcr.  Not  a  Protestant  minister  lives  in  Cedar  county,  and  there  is  only  occa^ 
fdonal  preaching  by  ministers  from  this  side.  The  work  already  done  there 
has  been  productive  of  good,  and,  if  it  could  be  followed  up,  would  result  is 
the  forming  of  a  church  within  six  months. 

But,  in  spite  of  the  size  of  this  field  and  the  ridiculously  small  force  to 
work  it,  we  feel  hopeful  for  the  future.  The  population  already  here  is  of  a 
class  superior  to  that  which  has  been  the  first  to  enter  many  of  the  Western 
Territories.  The  fact  that  there  have  been  no  unusual  attractions,  like  the  rich 
miDes  of  Ck>lorado  and  Nevada,  to  draw  large  crowds  of  needy  and  desperate 
idventurers,  has  saved  us  from  many  of  the  barbarizing  elements  that  accom- 
pany the  sudden  increase  of  population.  The  country  thus  far  settled  is  taken 
bj  farmers  who  intend  to  make  this  their  home.  They  are  for  the  most  part 
poor  in  money,  but  rich  in  the  impulsive,  conquering  energy  of  youth.  The 
great  majority  are  well  educated.  We  do  not  have  to  work  upon  a  dull,  soggy 
mass,  that  absorbs  the  labor  of  a  generation  before  it  gives  an  answering  sign, 
bat  upon  a  body  quivering  with  animation,  quick  to  measure  the  value  of  an 
intellectual  proposition,  impatient  of  anything  dull  or  slow — a  body  that  one 
most  move  nimbly  to  keep  pace  with.  He  who  would  gain  and  keep  its  atten- 
tion must  get  beyond  it,  ready  to  head  off  its  impetuous  sweeping  and  turn  it 
into  a  proper  channel.  In  every  one  of  the  ^ye  places  where  churches  have 
already  been  formed,  the  present  condition  of  things  is  excellent,  and  the  pros- 
pect for  the  future  is  encouraging.  The  church  last  organized,  at  Canton,  only 
three  months  old,  is  now  enjoying  a  revival,  although  there  is  no  minister,  and 
they  have  had  but  one  sermon  since  they  became  a  church.  They  write  the 
most  pleading  letters  for  help,  asking,  **  When  can  we  have  a  minister  of  our 
own ! "  Rev.  Mr.  Sheldon  is  now  on  his  way  to  spend  four  days  with  them ; 
bat  what  they  need  (as  what  church  does  not  ?)  is  a  minister  to  live  with  them 
u  their  paitor. 

Now,  where  are  the  men,  young  or  old,  ready  to  come  on  (U  oneCy  and  either 
enter  fields  already  white  to  the  harvest,  or  make  for  themselves  new  fields 
where  no  man  has  ever  sown  a  handful  of  seed  before  them  ?  There  are  plenty 
of  either  sort  from  which  to  choose. 

The  yoxmg  men  just  ready  to  leave  the  Seminary,  who  have  a  genius  for  hard 
work,  and  a  talent  for  organizing,  sufficient  to  carry  on  successfully  the  affairs 
of  the  most  important  churches  in  New  England,  are  just  the  men  needed  here. 
They  will  have  "  ample  room  and  verge  enough  "  for  all  their  skill  and  genius 
•nd  eloquence.  None  of  their  sweetness  will  be  wasted,  for  there  will  be  plenty 
of  educated  men  to  appreciate  their  best,  and  perhaps  suggest  amendments. 

There  is  need,  too,  of  older  men,  skilled  by  long  experience  to  make  the 
most  of  all  the  elements  each  field  furnishes,  with  the  least  loss  of  time.  Whc- 
erer  comes  must  be  ready  for  work,  with  an  eye  single  for  the  Master.  There 
will  be  chances  inviting  him  to  invest  time  or  money,  with  a  certainty  of  large 
returns.  But  before  he  does  that,  let  him  leave  the  ministry.  The  minister  can) 
be  DO  more  successful  than  the  layman  in  serving  Qod  and  Mammon  at  tho 
•ame  time. 

Will  the  older  communities  of  the  East  be  generous  towards  the  new  North- 
west, and  spare  some  of  their  master  uorhmen  to  help  us  in  building  up  a 
nughty  empire  for  Chbist  ? 


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OAUFOBNIA. 

From  Rev.  A,  If,  Ooodawugh^  South  Vol- 
lejo,  Solano  Co, 

Trfwlring  for  Bdan. 

I  find  pleasing  eridences  of  the  pow- 
er of  the  gospel  to  win,  reform,  and 
redeem  the  soab  of  men.  We  hare 
had  no  special  work  of  grace  or  ^^  ren- 
val,"  hut  a  steady,  healthy  growth  of 
religions  feeling,  an  earnest,  prayerfol 
spirit  in  onr  memhers,  and  a  more  de- 
vout attention  of  the  congregation  to 
the  ministry  of  the  Word.  Our  prayer 
meetings  are  the  best  I  have  ever  kn own , 
calling  out  some  rery  faithful  and  effi- 
cient helpers. 

We  have  added  nine  to  our  little 
flock  since  the  spring,  and  five  or  sir 
more  will  probably  join  at  the  next 
communion.  There  is  an  excellent  fra- 
ternal spirit  among  our  people,  and 
their  kindness  and  liberality  toward 
us  have  been  uniform  and  unceasing. 
Their  thoughtful  solicitude  for  our  wel- 
fare, their  prayers,  benefactions,  and 
rei^ctful  attention  to  our  advice  in 
matters  spiritual  and  temporal,  have 
laid  us  under  lasting  obligations  of 
gratitude  to  them  not  only,  but  to  our 
Father  in  heaven,  who  has  opened  for 
us  this  door  of  usefulness. 

We  still  lack  in  South  Vallejo  (what 
all  California  lacks),  a  thrifty  and 
God-fearing  population.  Such  people, 
enough  of  them,  on  this  coast,  would 
make  this  land  as  near  an  Eden  as  the 
sun  sees  in  all  his  journey. 


From  Rw,  J,  /.  P<nKtty  Rio  Vuia,  Solano 
Couniy,  \ 

BevivaL 

After  a  year's  hard  fight  with  the 
enemies  of  the  cross,  the  day  is  dawn- 
ing. About  two  weeks  ago  I  felt  im- 
pressed to  hold  a  protracted  meeting 
at   Egbert's   school-house,  about  six 


miles  northwest  of  Rio  Yista.  Some 
of  the  brethren  said,  "  It  is  of  no  use ; 
you  cannot  do  anything  in  this  wicked 
neighborhood.*'  I  told  them  that  I 
must  try,  and  we  opened  our  batteries 
on  the  strongholds  of  Satan.  I  have 
preached  every  night,  and  four  times 
in  the  day-time.  The  school-house  is 
crowded  to  its  utmost  capacity  every 
night,  and  the  Spirit  of  Qod  is  moving 
upon  the  hearts  of  the  people.  From 
thirty-five  to  forty  have  manifested  a 
desire  to  become  Christians,  and  aboat 
twelve  hope  that  they  have  experi- 
enced a  change  of  heart 

Some  of  these  cases  are  of  peculiar 
interest ;  as,  e.  g.,  that  of  a  Mexican, 
who  was  raised  in  the  Komish  church. 
He  came  to  our  meetings  to  see  what 
was  going  on ;  an  arrow  reached  bis 
heart ;  he  became  very  much  in  earnest. 
Last  Monday  he  ran  after  me  while  go- 
ing to  an  appointment,  and  said,  "  Sir, 
I  want  you  to  instruct  me  about  the 
salvation  of  my  soul.  I  am  a  lost  sin- 
ner, and  what  shall  I  do  to  be  saved!" 
I  pointed  him  to  the  bleeding  Saviour. 
Last  Wednesday  night  he  rose  in  the 
meeting  and  told  the  congregation 
what  God  had  done  for  him.  His  last 
word  was,  "  I  love  Jesus."  Blessed  he 
God  for  what  he  is  doing !  Our  prayer 
is,  that  the  Spirit  may  continue  to 
strive  until  every  Christless  soul  in  the 
community  shall  be  transformed. 


Frtm  Rev.  E,  M,  BetU,  SanUi  Barbara, 
Santa  Barbara  Co. 
Paolflfi  Pilffzims. 

Li  general  regard  for  the  Sabbath- 
day,  and  an  increased  attendance  on 
divine  services,  there  has  been  wrought 
a  wonderM  change  here  in  the  last  two 
years,  though  not  through  any  marked 
revival  of  religious  interest 

The  generosity  of  this  people  in  thb 
work  of  church-building   is  already 


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knowD,  but  the  sacrifices  which  some 
baye  made  to  found  and  maintain  heie 
the  institiitions  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers, 
are  inspiring.  Although  we  are  few  in 
nomber  and  far  away,  yet  we  can  see 
the  Bpny  of  the  Pacific  fall  on  the 
petals  of  the  Mayflower,  and  there  is  in 
it  much  to  comfort  and  quicken. 

Health-Seekers. 

The  mild  and  even  temperature  of 
the  climate  brings  here  from  the  East- 
em  States  persons  in  search  of  health. 
Some  regain  it ;  others  prolong  their 
days;  but  too  many  wait  till  disease 
has  so  strong  hold  of  the  system  that 
they  come  only  to  die  among  strangers, 
hi  from  home. 

A  few  weeks  ago  we  lost  from  the 
church  a  yalued  member  and  deacon, 
who  had  been  here  serenteen  years,  and 
wu  the  first  to  moye  in  organizing  a 
Protestant  church  in  this  place.  It  is 
hard  to  lose  even  one  from  our  little 
mmyi)er,  but  the  blow  is  especially  se- 
Twe  when  one  so  strong  is  taken. 


WTOICINQ. 

/W)m  Jtev,  J,  B,  DaoiSy  Clieyenne, 

A  change  has  come  over  the  monoto- 
ny of  your  missionary's  life.  He  has 
been  pririleged  to  attend  a  Council, 
the  only  ecclesiastical  or  ministerial 
aeeting  since  bis  coming  here.  One 
bishop  and  a  delegate  from  Boulder, 
and  tiie  bishop  of  Cheyenne,  met  in 
eooncil  at  Qreeley,  the  new  colony  56 
miles  south  of  Cheyenne,  on  the  Den- 
ver Pacific  Railroad.  This  town  has 
come  into  being  as  if  by  magic  It  is 
■ituted  on  the  Cache  la  Poudre  river, 
foir  miles  above  its  junction  with  the 
Sooth  Platte.  Fire  months  before  the 
neeting  of  our  Council  it  was  as  desti- 
tste  of  inhabitants  as  were  the  ante- 
lope pastures  aU  around  it;  but  we 
fo«nd  700  people  on  the  ground,  large 
hvuess  hoQMB  in  operation,  several 
large  Uocks  of  stores  approaching  com- 


pletion, hundreds  of  dwellings  already 
the  homes  of  the  builders,  and  hun- 
dreds more  conunenced.  The  streets 
are  all  grand  avenues,  100  feet  wide, 
bordered  already  with  thousands  of 
maples  and  elms.  Water  has  been 
brought  from  the  river,  and  runs 
through  all  the  streets.  In  the  very 
centre  of  the  town  is  a  large  park  or- 
namented with  hundreds  of  trees,  and 
made  picturesque  with  artificial  lakes. 
Through  the  suburbs  of  the  town  flows 
the  river,  in  which  is  a  green  island 
covered  with  towering  cottonwoods,  a 
grove  of  which  any  city  might  be 
proud. 

The  colony  have  secured  a  tract  of 
100,000  screws  from  which  the  demon 
alcohol  in  all  its  forms  is  forever  ex- 
cluded. They  have  secured  a  class  of 
citizens  eminently  industrious,  intelli- 
gent, and  moraL 

The  Councils 

Its  sittings  were  remarkably  harmo- 
nious. It  took  but  one  ballot  to  elect 
a  Moderator,  and  M  the  bishops  pres- 
ent had  a  *'  part "  in  the  public  exer- 
cises of  the  evening.  A  company  of 
thirty  believers,  from  eighteen  differ- 
ent Congregational  and  Presbyterian 
churches,  and  from  eight  difEerent 
States,  stood  up  and  entered  into  cove- 
nant with  each  other  as  the  First  Con- 
gr^ational  Church  of  Greeley.  Oth- 
ers are  on  the  ground,  and  more  are 
coming. 

It  feU  to  my  lot  to  give  the  "  right 
hand  of  fellowship  "  to  this  little  com- 
pany, and  I  cannot  express  the  feelings 
with  which  I  spoke.  I  had  labored  for 
more  than  a  year  with  my  nearest  neigh- 
bor on  the  east  400t  miles,  and  the  near- 
est on  the  west  1,200  miles  away,  with 
brother  Thompson  at  Boulder,  140 
miles  distant  by  stage.  But  here  we 
were  called  to  christen  a  Congr^Sr 
tional  church  only  56  miles  away  by 
rail! 

Another  glad  experience  which  the 
quarter  brought  me  was 


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A  Visit  to  the  Intazior. 

As  I  looked  again  on  the  beantiftil 
valley  which  had  been  my  home  for 
sixteen  years,  it  seemed  to  me  that  I 
had  never  seen  it  before.  After  more 
than  a  year  of  separation  from  all  vege- 
table beauty,  I  could  appreciate  it  as 
never  before,  and  it  seemed  as  if  Na- 
ture was  clothed  in  her  richest  holiday 
attire.    There  were 

**  Hanginga  orimson,  hangliigs  goldon, 
Qarnet-edged  and  broini>enfb]den. 
Scarlet- dashed,  and  omerold-eteaded, 
Into  rnsset  eoftly  (aded.** 

But  the  glad  enjoyment  of  nature 
was  only  a  type  of  the  rich  spiritual 
feast  I  enjoyed.  I  have  come  back 
with  new  courage,  aud  with  stronger 
faith  in  the  power  of  the  glorious  gos- 
pel of  Christ  I 


DAKOTA. 

From  Rev,  S,  Sliekhn,  EUc  Paint,  Union 
County, 

Beports  Proflrress. 

I  am  happy  to  report  progress  in  my 
fields.  At  Richland,  where  a  church 
of  three  members  was  organized  about 
three  months  ago,  a  large  school-house 
has  been  built,  and,  moving  from  the 
old  ricketty  log-house,  we  worshiped 
in  it  yesterday  for  the  first  time,  and 
received  two  new  members.  The  field 
is  promising,  a  survey  for  a  railroad 
having  already  been  made  through  it. 

At  Elk  Point,  where  we  have  been 
holding  meetings,  the  hall  is  nearly 
completed,  and  we  are  gaining.  At 
our  communion  last  Sabbath  the  ordi- 
nance of  infant  baptism  was  adminis- 
tered, for  the  first  time  in  this  part  of 
the  Territory.  To  many  it  was  a  new 
and  impressive  scene. 

At  Vermillion  we  organized  a 
church  of  seven  members,  and  at  our 
last  conmiunion  received  four  heads  of 
families,  who  bring  a  strong  infiuence 
with  them.  Others  wUl  unite  soon. 
The  hall  in  which  we  have  been  meet- 


ing is  now  finished,  and,  with  a  little 
paint  and  better  seats,  in  a  week  or  two 
we  shall  be  ftiUy  equipped.  The  pros- 
pects at  present  are  more  favorable  here 
than  in  either  of  the  other  fields. 

A  few  weeks  ago  I  preached  in  Can- 
ton, where  Mr.  Ward  has  organized  a 
church.  This  is  an  important  field,  and 
should  have  a  man  to  give  his  energies 
to  the  work  there,  and  at  Sioux*  Fails, 
which  is  the  Niagara  of  this  part  of 
the  country.  A  railroad  will  soon  be 
built  through  there,  and  it  will  be  one 
of  the  most  important  points  in  the 
Territory.  Already  the  telegraphic  line 
is  extended  to  Yankton,  vid  Sioux  City, 
and  the  railroad  route  is  located.  Next 
Sabbath  I  am  to  supply  for  Mr.  Ward, 
while  he  goes  to  Bonhomme,  where  he 
has  preached  several  times,  to  orgranize 
a  church.  He  thinks  they  will  start 
off  with  eight  or  nine  members.  The 
genius  of  Congregationalism  suits  fron- 
tiersmen. 

I  have  received  from  Eastern  friends 
several  gifts  towards  my  missionary 
horse  and  buggy,  but  am  still  short 
about  $200. 


KBBBASKA. 
From  Rev,  M,  N.  Miles,  CaUa,  Pamnee  Co. 
A  Uodel  Frontier. 
The  first  year  of  my  missionary  ser- 
vice in  these  ends  of  the  earth  has 
closed,  and  I  can  report  no  great  ap- 
parent results.  A  church  has  been  or- 
ganized of  a  few  of  those  in  sympathy 
with  us.  Our  Saviour^s  command, 
"  This  do  in  remembrance  of  me,"  has 
been  observed,  where  from  time  imme- 
morial he  had  not  been  known.  The 
good  seed  of  the  kingdom  has  been 
widely  sown  in  the  region  round  about, 
and  the  children  gathered  into  Sunday 
schools.  A  season  of  revival  has  been 
ei^oyed,  and  a  considerable  number 
have  been  converted  to  Christ.  One  of 
these,  a  man  of  worth  and  position, 
has  become  already  the  leading  mem- 


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ber  of  our  church.  The  general  tone 
of  morality  has  been  so  improved,  that 
there  is  no  place  in  the  county  \?here 
intoxicating  drinks  are  to  be  bought, 
and  there  is  almost  entire  exemption 
from  the  evils  of  liquor-drinking.  It 
is  the  most  temperate  community  I 
have  ever  known,  and  in  this  as  well 
as  other  respects  it  is  a  very  desirable 
part  of  the  country  for  Christian  fami- 
lies. When  the  railroad  is  completed, 
we  hope  to  receive  such  accessions. 


KANSAS. 

F^tm  Rev.  J,  Chew,  OUawa,  Franklin  Co, 
Hew  Man  and  New  Field. 

After  preaching  upwards  of  twenty 
years,  ever  since  I  was  fifteeu — ^thc  last 
wren  years  (nearly)  in  London,  Eng- 
land— I  was  troubled  with  an  ambition 
to  preach  the  gospel  gratuitously.  The 
laborer  I  know  to  be  worthy  of  his 
hire,  but  thU  laborer  fancied  he  would 
be  more  satisfied  if  he  could  do  with- 
out the  hire.  I  crossed  the  Atlantic 
and  came  to  Eansus,  intending  to  buy 
a  UtUe  land,  support  my  famDy  by 
ianniDg,  and  meanwhile  go  wherever  I 
could  gather  a  congregation,  and  tell 
the  glad  news  of  salvation  without 
money  and  price.  I  had  no  sooner 
arrived  in  this  State,  than  ministers 
and  others  assured  me  that  my  idea 
was  impracticable ;  that  ministers  were 
greatly  needed  in  the  State,  but  that 
Oongregational  churches  wished  pas- 
tors who  would  renounce  all  other  call- 
ings and  keep  wholly  to  the  ministry. 
I  consented;  and  preferring  not  to 
build  on  another  man^s  foundation,  but 
to  try  to  raise  a  new  church  and  con- 
gregation, after  deliberation  I  came 
hither. 

With  a  gentleman  who  was  a  deacon 
of  my  church  in  London,  and  his  wife, 
we  hired  a  hall.  The  few  Oongrega- 
tioiudista  who  had  previously  come  to 
the  place  were  already  united  with 
other  churches,  and  our  first  rooming's 


congregation  consisted  of  only  nine 
persons.  We  did  not  get  beyond  a 
dozen  for  two  or  three  weeks.  We 
then  arranged  to  have  evening  service 
also,  and  we  mustered  twenty.  Eight 
of  us  agreed  to  celebrate  the  Lord's 
supper  together,  and  Lad  a  solemn  and 
edifying  season.  On  a  subsequent  ob- 
servance of  the  sacrament,  thirteen  sat 
down.  Attention  was  now  attracted 
to  our  meetings,  and  we  have  gradual- 
ly grown  to  number  100  occasionally, 
an  average  of  60  or  70  in  the  evening. 
Steps  have  been  taken  for  organizing 
a  church,  and  we  shall  probably  count 
sixteen  members  to  begin  with.  Among 
those  who  assemble  with  us  are  some 
who  were  in  the  habit  of  going  to  no 
place  of  worship ;  others  who  "  were 
in  Christ  before  us''  have  expressed 
hearty  thanks;  words  of  encourage- 
ment reach  us  from  all  classes ;  we 
have  had  not  a  few  precious  and  im- 
pressive services,  and  there  is  every 
reason  to  believe  the  blessing  of  God 
is  with  us— that  his  name  is  being 
glorified.    May  it  prove  to  be  so  I 


From  Rev.  F,  T.  Ingalls,  Olalhe,  Jofmson 
County. 

A  Qood  B^ginninff. 

When  I  came  here,  October  1st,  I 
found  a  church-building  nearly  fin- 
ished, but  not  furnished ;  a  congrega- 
tion and  Sabbath  school,  each  of  about 
thirty.  After  preaching  and  working 
three  months,  I  am  glad  to  be  able  to 
report  that  now  we  have  an  average 
attendance  of  from  sixty  to  seventy- 
five.  The  Sabbath  school  has  grown 
in  like  proportion.  The  church-mem- 
bers have  shown  a  commendable  zeal 
in  assisting  to  bring  about  this  im- 
provement, by  their  regular  attendance 
upon  Sabbath  worship,  by  a  new  inter- 
est in  the  prayer  meetings,  and  by  an 
increased  warmth  of  feeling,  which  has 
in  it  the  promise  of  better  things. 
They  have  also  gone  forward  in  com- 
pleting and  Aimishing  the  church.    A 


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broad  sidewalk  has  been  laid,  so  ibat 
the  house  is  accessible  in  the  muddiest 
weather ;  a  Mend  has  giyen  us  a  car- 
pet and  sofa  for  the  pulpit  platform ; 
an  organ  has  been  promised  us  by  a 
brother  who  visited  us  in  the  fall  and 
became  interested;  a  choir  has  been 
organized,  and  other  projects  of  im- 
provement are  under  discussion.  These 
may  seem  trifling  things  to  mention ; 
yet  the  spirit  with  which  they  have 
been  done,  the  thankftdnees  with  which 
the  gifts  of  friends  have  been  received, 
the  enthusiasm  which  has  been  stirred 
in  the  hearts  of  the  people,  and  the 
prayers  which  have  gone  up  from  our 
meetings  in  consequence,  are  to  me  very 
precious. 

Of  real  spiritual  growth  there  is  not 
much  to  report  as  yet,  beyond  the 
awakening  which  I  am  confident  has 
taken  place  in  the  hearts  of  the  mem- 
bers. Three  have  united  with  us,  and 
about  six  more  Christian  people  here 
will  be  ftilly  identified  with  us  as  a 
church.  We  shall  hold  union  meetings 
during  the  week  of  prayer,  and  we 
hope  to  receive  a  blessing. 


From  Rev,  R,  if.  Tunnell,  Wameffo,  PoUa- 
vxUiftMe  Co, 

Improvement. 

The  most  manifest  improvement 
within  the  year  has  been  in  the  habit 
of  Sabbath  observance  and  church  at- 
tendance— such  improvement  as  makes 
Wamego  a  radically  better  place  than 
it  was  a  twelvemonth  ago.  In  oAny 
of  our  new  Kansas  villages  there  is  no 
Sabbath,  and  it  is  a  matter  of  great 
difliculty  to  secure  an  audience  who 
habituaUy  hear  preaching.  Fifteen 
months  ago  the  saloons  did  their 
largest  business  on  Sunday.  It  was  a 
day  of  riot,  not  of  rest ;  and  a  hesitat- 
ing, curious  knot  of  a  dozen  persons 
would  be  the  usual  audience  of  the 
minister  of  Christ.  They  were  audi- 
tors simply,  not  interested  worshipers. 

Now  there  is  no  drunkenness  on  Sun- 


day, no  rowdyism;  the  saloons  ue 
dosed,  there  is  quiet  on  the  street  and 
in  hotels,  and  at  my  preaching  appoint- 
ments the  audience  fills  the  laige  aehool- 
room.  When  I  began  to  preadi  in 
Wamego,  we  had  often  to  omit  the 
worship  of  God  in  singing ;  now  we 
have  "  The  Book  of  Worship,"  and  an 
English  Congregationalist  leads  with 
voice  and  a  '*  Mason  &  Hamlm^s  "  o^ 
gan,  and  the  people  sing, 

1  shall  be  obliged  to  discontinue  my 
stated  preaching  at  Wamego,  owing  to 
the  pressure  of  work  in  my  own  chorch, 
and  to  the  difliculty  and  occasional  im- 
possibility of  crossing  the  Kansas  river 
to  reach  the  place.  I  earnestly  hope 
the  work  will  not  be  abandoned,  as  it 
seems  to  me  ituA  very  soon  there  can 
be  an  organization  effected  there.  A 
church  might  have  been  organized  bo- 
fore  this,  but  it  seemed  useless  to  mul- 
tiply churches  without  hope  of  imme- 
diate growth.  To  oi^anize  a  feeble 
church  simply  '*  to  keep  others  out,"  as 
is  sometimes  said,  I  know  is  not  the 
work  your  Society  proposes  to  do. 


XINNBSOTA. 

From  Rev.  A,  C,  Zathrop,  OUmoood,  Popt 
County, 

JAf6  on  the  Frontier. 

I  am  indeed  on  the  frontier,  as  thece 
is  no  minister  of  the  goepel  west  and 
northwest  of  me  until  you  reach  the 
Pacific  slope,  or  the  Red  River  of  the 
North,  in  the  Queen's  dominions.  My 
field  embraces  twenty-five  miles  in 
length,  and  possibly  a  greater  breadth. 
It  is  in  the  nddst  of  vast  rolling  prai- 
ries, like  a  strong  sea  changed  in  a  mo- 
ment to  land,  with  mountain  billows 
crested  with  rocks  in  many  places ;  yet, 
like  the  sea  in  storm,  with  low  Yal- 
leys  and  broad  plains  comparatlTely 
smooth,  dotted  here  and  there,  as 
though  islands,  with  S¥Feet  lakes  and 
sweeter  groves. 

In  a  furious  winter  storm  on  the 


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pniries,  it  is  a  relief  to  get  under  the 
lea  of  a  groye.  Sucb  a  retreat,  like 
"the  shadow  of  a  great  rock  in  a 
weary  land,"  has  saved  many  f^om  per- 
isMog;  besides,  like  light-houses  on 
sea  or  gnide-boards  on  land,  they  are 
landmarks  on  the  sky  of  ^'  the  prairie 
lea." 

These  prairies  are  settled  here  and 
there,  along  the  lakes,  streams,  and 
groves,  by  "  homesteaders,"  on  an  aver- 
age five  miles  apart ;  but  on  the  Red 
Kver  trail,  that  I  travel  every  two 
weeks  to  my  appointments  and  Sun- 
day schools,  fifteen  miles  away,  there 
is  but  one  house  on  the  road  for  twelve 
miles.  I  have  a  dear  little  church  at 
Grove  Lake,  and  am  interested  in  two 
Sabbath  schools  there  at  two  appoint- 
ments, four  miles  apart.  In  the  spring 
and  early  summer  is  high  water. 
Streams  and  sloughs  are  not  bridged, 
marshes  and  cat-holes  are  full  of  water. 
My  people,  scattered  over  the  prairies, 
are  all  farmers,  living  in  little  cabins, 
with  no  village  within  fifteen  miles, 
and  I  often  sleep  on  the  floor,  or  in  a 
granary,  or  in  very  low  chambers  in 
attics.  I  distribute  books,  tracts,  Sun- 
day school  and  religious  papers— the 
spicy  Advance,  the  creamy  Ccngrega- 
twnaUit,  and  sometimes  the  indescriba- 
ble Independent — sent  me  by  friends. 

Living  at  the  county-seat,  I  am  often 
the  bearer  of  burdens  to  many  fami- 
lies here  and  there,  of  all  sorts  of 
eatables,  drinkables,  and  wearables — 
almost  everything  but  intoxicating 
liquors.  Though  too  old  to  work  a 
road-tax,  I  volunteer  and  help  fill  up 
bottomless  marshes  and  sloughs  that  I 
and  others  have  to  pass  over.  I  some- 
times serve  on  juries,  am  judge  of  elec- 
tions, moderator  or  clerk  at  town-meet- 
ings or  county  gatherings.  I  take  the 
task  of  Raster  of  Deeds,  or  of  Town 
Clerk,  when  these  officers  are  for  the 
time  away;  help  raise  a  building,  or 
to  hunt  the  estray,  man  or  brute.  I 
always  lead  the  music  in  meetings,  and 
now  for  the  third  time,  of  winter  even- 


ings, I  am  teaching  the  dear  youth  and 
children  to  sing  the  praises  of  the  Re- 
deemer. I  write  sermons  when  I  can ; 
and  when  I  cannot,  I  trust  to  divine 
aid  without,  and  often  feel  wonderfully 
helped.  Still,  I  do  delight  to  prepare, 
as  carefully  and  prayerfully  as  I  can, 
and  to  write  my  sermons.  I  think,  on 
the  whole,  they  are  best  received,  and 
accomplish  the  most  good.  I  feel  that 
I  am,  like  some  of  our  poor  homestead- 
ers, "driving  the  breaking  plough" 
and  sowing  the  good  seed.  I  trust  the 
harvest-time  is  near. 

We  have  recently  organized  a  Con- 
gregational church  in  this  charming 
little  town,  on  the  shores  of  a  beautiful 
lake  ten  miles  long,  in  a  valley  with 
sweet,  clear,  cool  springs  and  streams 
being  turned  to  water-powers.  I  was 
obliged  to  build  a  home  for  my  family, 
much  with  my  own  hands,  and  am  not 
done  yet,  though  nearly  three  years  at 
it.  In  my  sixtieth  year  I  am  well  and 
strong,  feeling  quite  young  most  of  the 
time,  and  hoping  to  do  good  awhile 

longer. 

•♦» 

Fi^om  Rev,  C.  H,  Merrill,  Mankaio,  Blue 

EaHh  Co. 

« 
Stray  Sheep. 

Two  weeks  after  my  arrival,  your 
Superintendent  organized  the  little 
band,  numbering  fifteen,  who  had  ap- 
plied to  you  for  aid,  into  the  First 
Congregational  Church  of  Mankato. 
We  have  since  been  busy  in  completing 
our  organization,  laying  broad  founda- 
tions on  the  plans  suggested  by  Dexter 
and  Roy ;  in  looking  up  those  Congre- 
gationalists  who  have  been  long  affili- 
ated with  none  of  the  other  denomina- 
tions, and  in  caring  for  our  part  of  the 
large  influx  of  new-comers.  Some  per- 
sons have  been  found  who  have  been 
in  this  Western  country  thirteen  years, 
and  still  retain  their  connection  with 
churches  in  New  England !  There  ia. 
only  too  much  ground  for  the  com- 
plaint, that  a  large  percentage  of  pro- 


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fesfling  Christians  are  lost  in  the  tide 
of  emigration  to  the  West—  the  West- 
em  churches  by  no  means  gaining  what 
the  Eastern  churches  lose.  Have  not 
pastors  at  home  a  responsibility  here  ? 
When  churches  allow  their  members  to 
be  absent  thirteen  years  without  taking 
note  of  it,  what  wonder  if  some,  in 
their  money-getting  fever  out  here,  lose 
all  memory  of  their  church  connections 
at  home  I 

The  ladies  have  organized  a  prayer 
meeting,  sewing-society,  and  sociable, 
all  flourishing ;  and  we  have  a  Sunday 
school  of  forty,  mostly  adults,  with  a 
fine  corps  of  teachers,  mostly  from  the 
normal  and  public  schools. 

Ordination. 

An  ordaining  council  of  ministers 
from  different  sister  churches  met  here 
last  week,  and  yesterday  we  were  per- 
mitted to  hold  our  first  communion  to- 
gether as  pastor  and  people.  There 
were  sad  as  well  as  pleasing  features  in 
the  day*s  experiences.  It  was  pleasing 
to  receive  twelve  additions  to  our  little 
band  of  fifteen  ;  it  was  pleasant  to  ad- 
minister the  ordinance  of  baptism  to 
the  infants  of  two  of  our  young  church ; 
but  to  be  called  frpm  that  to  take  part 
for  the  first  time  in  a  funeral  service, 
threw  a  shade  of  sadness  over  the  joys 
of  the  day. 

Needs  and  Prospeots. 

Every  thought  is  now  directed 
toward  a  church-building.  We  need 
one  sadly.  Our  hall  is  used  for  every 
purpose  during  the  week,  and  it  is 
with  the  greatest  difficulty  we  can 
make  it  inviting  on  the  Sabbath.  On 
two  occasions  already  our  weekly 
prayer  meeting  has  had  to  give  way 
for  a  dance,  since  we  cannot  have  it 
on  a  specified  evening  of  the  week,  but 
must  take  our  chance  with  every  stroll- 
ing player  that  comes  along. 

All  southwestern  Minnesota  looks  to 
Mankat6  for  market  and  supplies,  and 
this  must  continue  long  after  the  rail- 


roads are  pushed  on.  Business  men 
promise  us  one  of  the  largest  places  in 
tbe  State.  With  our  new  railroad  fh)m 
the  east,  and  another  from  the  south, ' 
nearly  completed,  giving  us  their  out- 
lets, we  are  taking  a  fresh  start ;  tbe 
place  is  over-crowded,  and  buildings 
are  going  up  like  magic.  On  this  new 
tide  our  church  bids  fair,  with  the 
blessing  of  God,  to  attain  a  good  posi- 
tion. Six  years  ago  there  was  not  a 
church-building  here;  now  there  are 
four,  three  of  them  with  some  architec- 
tural pretensions,  and  the  rolls  of  two 
of  the  churches  number  more  than  200 
each.  We  have  already  social  stand- 
ing, and,  more  than  that,  I  trust,  spir- 
itual power.  The  future  looks  hope- 
ful. 


IOWA. 

From  Rev,  J,  J).  Sandt,  JBelmond,  Wriffhi 
County, 

His  Home  in  Ashes. 

On  the  morning  of  Tuesday,  January 
3d,  I  left  home  to  fulfil  an  appointment 
in  Clarion,  the  wind  blowing  a  perfect 
gale  from  the  north.  Shortly  one  came 
after  me  with  the  news  that  my  house 
was  on  fire.  It  had  caught  in  my  study, 
and  had  probably  been  burning  more 
than  half  an  hour  before  the  family 
discovered  it  On  opening  the  study- 
door,  the  fiames,  driven  by  the  wind, 
burst  into  the  room  with  such  fury  that 
my  wife  and  children  had  to  flee  in- 
stantly before  it,  with  only  the  clothing 
they  had  on. 

Thank  God,  they  all  escaped  alive, 
which  they  could  hardly  have  done  if 
the  fire  had  occurred  in  the  night 
Four  chairs,  two  pillows  and  two  sheets, 
are  the  only  household  articles  it  was 
possible  to  save  from  the  fiames.  My 
home  is  in  ashes.  Every  book  of  my 
prized  library — the  accumulation  of 
twenty-five  years — all  my  manuscripts, 
all  the  clothing  of  my  family,  our  win- 
ter's provision  of  meat  and  potatoes. 


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mj  watch — eoerytidng  is  gone.  Up  to 
the  time  of  my  coming  here  I  kept  my 
library  insured  for  $1,600 ;  but  here  I 
thought  all  was  so  perfectly  safe,  I 
would  ayoid  the  eicpense. 

It  is  a  terrible  blow,  but  the  will  of 
the  Lord  be  done ! 

[The  news  of  this  calamity  reached  us  one 
day  too  late  for  the  February  uumber.  Two 
or  tliree  of  our  helpful  Ladies'  Societies — 
UDong  them  that  of  the  First  Church  of 
New  Haveo — were  notified,  however;  the 
religious  papers,  and  a  circular  from  Rev. 
Dr.  Guernsey,  the  Society's  Superintendent 
for  Northern  Iowa,  made  the  loss  known ; 
and  we  are  happy  to  say  that  generous  con- 
tributions have  expressed  the  sympathy  of 
Christian  friends ;  for  which  we  join  our 
hearty  thanks  with  those  of  Mr.  Sands,  ren- 
dered in  a  recent  letter. 

His  library,  one  of  the  largest  and  best  in 
the  State,  can  hardly  be  replaced ;  his  man- 
vscripts  certainly  cannot.  But  gifts  of 
money,  clothing,  and  housekeeping  goods 
cannot  but  be  acceptable  to  a  family  (father, 
mother,  two  sons,  of  sixteen  and  tea  years, 
and  a  daughter,  cigliteen)  who  have  lost,  lit- 
erally, everything.  Friends  desiring  further 
information  may  address  Rev.  J.  Guernsey, 
D.D.,  Supt.,  Dubuque,  Iowa.] 


WISOONSIK. 

Fnm  Rev,  M,  L,  £a»lman^  Roy€dion^  Wau- 
pacea  Co, 

Briffht  Spots  and  Dark. 

*^The  morning  cometh,  and  also  the 
night:"  says  the  prophet.  Well,  thank 
God  for  the  morning,  and  also  for  the 
night.  The  one  brings  us  hope  and 
joy,  the  other  drives  us  to  more  ear- 
nest prayer,  deeper  consideration,  and 
holier  trost.  Since  my  last,  we  have 
had  cause  to  rcgoice,  and  also  to  feel  a 
Httle  disheartened. 

There  has  been  an  evident  Increase 
of  ^iritnality  in  the  chnrch,  a  deepen- 
ing of  purpose  to  sustain  the  cause  of 
Christ  against  sin  in  every  form.  This 
is  manifested  not  in  word  only,  bnt  in 
«»nic8t,  well  directed  doing.     New- 


comers are  looked  after,  and  invited  to 
the  house  of  God,  and  their  children  are 
directly  brought  into  the  Sabbath  school 
—as  one  brother  said,  **  before  the  devil 
gets  the  start  of  us."  Another  brother 
says,  in  view  of  the  expected  railroad 
from  Green  Bay,  "  We  want  to  conse- 
crate ourselves  anew,  and  to  be  filled 
with  spiritual  power,  so  as  not  only  to 
guard  the  church  and  our  youth  against 
the  evils  the  road  will  bring,  but  to 
render  the  road  and  all  its  connections 
a  blessing  and  help  to  the  kingdom  of 
Ohrist  here." 

Our  monthly  church  meeting  for  con- 
ference, prayer,  and  relation  of  experi- 
ence, numbering  usually  from  eighteen 
to  twenty-five,  is  a  sumptuous  spiritual 
feast.  It  is  my  barometer  as  to  the  spirit- 
ual atmosphere  in  the  family  of  God. 
How  I  can  preach  on  the  Sabbath  follow- 
ing one  of  them  I  We  have  three  weekly 
prayer  meetings  also,  one  at  the  cbuicli 
and  two  back  in  the  woods,  a  mile  and  a 
half  from  the  village.  As  I  aro-e  to 
close  one  of  them,  the  other  evening,  a 
young  man  sitting  alone  in  a  corner 
dropped  on  his  knees  and  prayed  for 
the  pardon  of  his  sins.  Several  took 
him  by  the  hand  after  the  meeting  was 
dismissed,  and  encouraged  him  to  look 
to  Olirlst.  Three  additions  by  profes- 
sion at  the  last  communion  and  three 
expected  at  the  next,  give  the  brethren 
fresh  courage.  God*s  Spirit  is  working 
too,  among  the  Sabbath  school  children. 
I  have  left  myself  no  room  to  talk 
nbont  the  dark  spots,  or  discourage- 
ments. I  hope  that  money  ere  this  has 
come  lO  the  Treasury  which  your  late 
appeal  said  was  "  empty,"  that  with 
many  others  we  may  feel  the  relief  your 
drafts  bring.  I  mourn  that  I  have  to 
receive  missionary  aid,  and  hope  it  will 
not  long  be  so.  But  this  church  mvst 
be  sustained,  and  I  shall  do  the  best  I 
can  to  bring  it  to  self  support  cs  soon  as 
possible.  Your  statement  that  there 
was  not  a  dollar  in  the  Treasury  made 
me  tremble,  both  for  myself  and  for  my 
brethren  in  similar  circumstances.     I 


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deliverance  God  hath  wrought  for  oar 
churches  bj  the  Society,  and  the  im- 
portance  of  promptness  and  liberality  in 
collections.  I  am  resolved,  with  God's 
help,  to  do  my  parL 


From  Rev.  L,  P.  NorcrosMy  Oakfieldy  Fond 
du  Lac  Co, 

Burnt  Chrer. 
Better  days  are  dawning,  we  trnst, 
yet  the  mass  of  the  people  are  hard  to 
reach ;  partly  because  in  past  years  the 
entire  field  has  been  burnt  ove^  by 
well-meant  but  unwise  efforts  to  get  up 
what  was  called  a  "  revival,*^  but  was 
really  a  mere  excitement.  There  was 
little  or  no  instruction.  The  movers 
did  not  believe  in  ploughing  deep,  and 
they  ploughed  eery  shallow. 

Spiritism. 

But  the  worst  enemy  to  our  success 
is  Spiritism.  It  destroys  all  reverence 
for  authority,  unfits  for  careful  thinking, 
and  leaves  men  simply  apathetic  There 
are  some  forms  of  infidelity  which  at 
least  do  not  destroy  all  the  mind's  in- 
tegrity, and  which  do  leave  some  re- 
gard for  logical  consistency.  But  if  any- 
thing more  completely  paralyzes  the 
entire  faculties  of  mind  and  soul,  than 
this  most  pernicious  form  of  material- 
ism, I  have  not  seen  it 

If  I  judge  aright,  however,  the  truth 
is  gaining  slowly  with  us,  and  my  in- 
terest continues  unabated  both  in  the 
work  and  people.  I  know  not  what  we 
should  do,  were  it  not  for  your  Society. 
Its  benefactions  are  most  timely. 


VIRQINIA. 

From  Rev,  R.  Tolman^  Hampton^  Elizabeth 
City  Co, 

Obstacles. 
At  the  outset  here  I  was  admonish- 
ed by  one  familiar  with  the  people, 
that  I  must  consider  that  this  is  Vir- 


ginia, and  that  I  must  not  be  disoonr- 
aged,  if  I  met -with  some  difficulties 
which  I  did  not  encounter  as  a  Kew^ 
England  pastor.  And  I  do  find  some 
obstacles. 


Sectarianism. 
One  is  a  rigid  sectarianism,  wbicli 
shuts  out  from  sympathy  and  regard 
all  who  do  not  pronounce  its  shibbo- 
leth. The  feeling  sadly  prevalent, 
though  not  always  so  openly  expressed, 
a  Southern  woman  brought  out  in  reply 
to  an  invitation  to  public  worship,— 
*^  I  have  not  attended  meeting  for  a 
year,  nor  do  I  desire  to  go  to  any  but 

that  of  the church."    And  as 

there  is  no  white  church  of  thai  order 
in  town,  she  habitually  turns  her  back 
upon  all  the  privileges  of  the  sanctuary. 
But  I  am  happy  to  add  tliat,  among 
the  settlers  from  the  North,  especi- 
cially  tliose  who  once  breathed  the 
free  air  of  New  England,  I  find  com- 
paratively little  of  such  intense  denomi- 
national exclusiveness.  It  is  farthest 
from  my  purpose  to  obtrude  my  views 
of  church  polity.  I  have  come  here 
with  no  spirit  of  denominational  propa- 
gandisro,  but  to  win  men  to  Jesus ;  to 
help  reconstruct  the  desolate  Sontli 
upon  the  broad  basis  of  a  common 
Evangelical  faith,— caring  little  for  the 
denominational  badge  upon  the  shoulder, 
if  the  image  of  Christ  be  on  the  heart. 

Prejudice  against  Color. 

Another  obstacle  is  the  pr^'udice 
against  color.  This  works  against  us 
because  the  pupils  of  tlie  Normal  school, 
most  of  whom  are  colored,  form  a  large 
part  of  our  congregation.  When  there- 
fore I  invite  neglecters  of  the  sanctuary 
to  worship  with  us,  often  the  substance, 
and  sometimes  the  very  words  of  the 
reply  are,  "  I  don^  want  to  be  put  on 
an  equality  with  niggers."  And  as  this 
prejudice  was  not  reasoned  in,  it  can 
no  more  be  reasoned  out,  than  one  can 
be  reasoned  out  of  a  fever  cr  the 
plague 


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But  I  rejoice  to  testify  that  even  tliis 
prejudice  is  gradaallj  meltiog  away. 
Th«re  are,  at  least,  two  heads  of  £Eimilie8 
DOW  eoDDected  with  the  oongregatioD, 
who  lately  avowed  their  determiiiation 
not  to  attend  worship  where  colored 
peq>le  were  admitted.  It  is  surely  a 
matter  for  thanksgiviDg  that,  hesides 
those  oonDocted  with  the  school,  some 
forty  or  fifty  settlers  from  the  North, 
many  of  whom  were  neglecters  of  the 
nnctoarj,  are  now  hronght  within  the 
ioflnenoe  of  this  church ;  and  that  we 
thus  give  a  practical  recognition  of  the 
oobred  num^s  equality  hefore  God, 
granting  him  in  Christ^s  house,  that 


liberty  which  he  has  obtained  in  the 
State. 

The  Privilege  of  Work. 

I  returned  from  my  visit  in  the 
North,  greatly  strengthened  for  duty. 
After  having  been  so  long  prostrated 
by  sickness,  it  is  to  me  a  peculiarly  pre- 
cious privilege  to  work  for  Christ ; 
to  aid  in  erecting  on  the  wasted  fields 
and  among  the  impoverished  people  of 
the  South,  those  main  pillars  of  our 
Republic, the  church  and  the  school; 
thus  following  up  the  victories  of  our 
arms^  with  tiie  sublimer  victories  of 
Ohristian  love. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


What  of  To-Morrowf 

Bj  Hev.  S.  W.  BoBBiM 8,  of  East  Haddam, 
Conn. 

[Sitniet  from  a  New-Year's  Discourse  on 
James  iv.  14.] 

We  have  reached  a  point  in  the  prog- 
nas  of  the  chnich  where  its  work  at 
borne  and  its  work  abroad  seem  to  be 
blended  in  one.  The  influences  which 
are  bringing  the  nations  near  ns  are 
making  more  evident  the  fact  that  the 
work  of  the  church,  wherever  it  is  car- 
ried on,  is  directed  by  forces  which  are 
siatained  by  the  pulses  of  me  life. 
And  never  was  the  effectiveness  of  our 
Christian  instmmentalities  in  other 
lands  more  dependent  than  now  upon 
the  vigorous  and  progressive  develop- 
ment of  Christian  principles  at  home. 

In  the  time  which  is  now  upon  us,  it 
is  not  merely  a  new  year  which  we  have 
begun.  We  enter  upon  a  new  decade. 
We  reckon  years  by  tens  to-day.  We 
inquire  and  resolve  not  merely  concern- 
ing the  work  and  changes  of  a  year, 
but  of  ten  years.    Our  thoughts  go 


back  from  this  day  to  our  first  Sab- 
bath in  1861— and  what  a  period  is 
this  to  review  1  What  tremendous 
agencies  had  God  inclosed  within  these 
years,  and  commissioned  to  lay  their 
commanding  influence  on  all  the  com- 
ing generations  I  And  if  there  is  one 
Scripture  which  is  most  forcibly  illus- 
trated and  impressed  upon  us  in  this 
review,  it  is  this :  "  Whereas  ye  know 
not  what  shall  be  on  the  morrow." 
Who  could  have  guessed  how  much 
God  would  bring  to  pass  in  these  ten 
years  f  Could  we  have  held  the  glass 
to  our  vision  and  seen  what  the  nation 
would  accomplish  in  its  terrible  strug- 
gle for  existence,  where  is  the  resolu- 
tion that  would  not  have  shrunk  from 
the  almost  miraculous  undertaking? 
But  God  had  the  blank  years  before 
him,  and,  as  they  passed,  he  proceed- 
ed to  flll  out  the  record.  Ten  years 
ago  we  were  rocking  in  the  swell  of 
the  gathering  storm,  and  who  could 
tell  how  much  was  to  perish  and  go 
down  ere  its  tarj  should  be  spent  ?  In 
the  strike  which  Slavery  made  for  as- 
cendancy, how  little    did  we   know 


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through  what  terrible  conyulsioDS  it 
was  to  go  to  its  destruction ! 

In  a  sermon  here  preached  in  1860, 1 
find  this  paragraph :  "  In  the  order  of 
events,  Slavery  must  go  down  as  surely 
as  the  mightiest  obstacles  must  fall  be- 
fore the  march  of  the  avalanche.  Sato 
the  result  will  be  finally  attained,  God 
only  knows.  National  politics  can  only 
touch  incidental  questions  concerning 
it.  Whether  God  will  dissipate  it,  by 
and  by,  as  he  does  the  great  iceberg 
when  soft  winds  blow  and  gentle  rays 
fall  on  it,  or  whether  he  will  prostrate 
it  as  he  does  great  cities  when  earth- 
quakes rock  them,  is  a  question  yet  in 
his  secret  counsels."  Such  was  our 
uncertainty  then ;  but  those  counsels 
were  made  known  to  us  more  speedily 
than  we  dreamed.  We  have  seen  how 
the  system  of  slavery  was  to  be  de- 
stroyed. And  we  look  to-day  upon  the 
high  advanced  position  of  the  nation 
to  which  these  ten  years  of  miracles 
have  brought  us;  and  there  is  work 
for  the  Christian  church,  there  are  re- 
sponsibilities on  Christian  hearts,  which 
we  did  not  anticipate  ten  years  ago. 

As  a  mighty  turning-point  in  our  na- 
tional life,  we  may  not  expect,  perhaps, 
another  ten  years  to  equal  in  signifi- 
cance the  last.  But  as  a  period  of  new 
and  aggressive  work^  in  which  we  are  to 
go  forward  and  possess  the  land,  by 
the  benign  moral  and  intellectual  pow- 
er of  our  institutions  of  education  and 
religion,  the  next  ten  years  will  stand 
in  our  country^s  annals  as  the  grand 
period  of  formation  and  development 
The  pioneers  who  planted  the  churches 
in  the  States  of  the  Mississippi  valley, 
more  than  twenty-five  years  ago,  did 
not  know  what  great  things  they  were 
accomplishing  in  their  feeble  begin- 
nings. They  were  confident  of  doing 
an  important  work.  But  they  hnew  not 
what  should  he  on  the  morrow.  They 
knew  not  that  their  churches  and  insti- 
tutions would  be  needed  so  soon,  as 
agencies  of  power,  to  enter  the  far- 
opening  fields  of  the  West  and  South. 


They  knew  not  that  CaUfornia  and  Ore- 
gon would  hail  them  so  soon — that  the 
prairies  and  the  mountains,  crossed  by 
the  track  of  the  locomotive,  wonld 
make  them  this  day  neighbors  alike  to 
the  western  and  the  eastern  coasts. 
They  knew  not  that  the  growth  of 
population  and  material  strength, 
which  are  gathering  in  the  widespread 
territory  beyond  them,  would  throw 
upon  the  church  such  a  burden  of 
duty  as  it  bears  at  the  openiDg  of 
1871.  We  need  to  give  to  this  Scrip- 
tural assertion  of  our  ignorance  of  the 
future  a  broad  interpretation—to  re- 
member that  we  may  be  hourly  ap- 
proaching opportunities  and  respood- 
bilities  greater  than  we  know— periods 
in  which  God^s  earnest  servants  shall 
need  the  results  of  our  fidelity  to-day, 
and,  aided  by  them,  shall  accomplish 
a  work  of  whose  far-reaching  power 
we  may  have  now  no  apprehension. 

In  this  spirit  those  who  have  gone 
before  us  have  labored.  Every  church 
that  has  been  planted  this  side  the  cen- 
tral plains  is  so  much  gained  to  the 
cause  of  Christ  in  our  land — so  much 
gained  to  the  forces  now  to  be  enlisted 
for  the  grand  conquests  which  to-day 
are  calling  us  onward. 

In  this  spirit  we  must  toil  now.  It 
may  take  but  a  very  short  time  to  show 
us  that  the  work  accomplished  by  the 
church  of  Christ  in  this  land,  in  1871 
and  the  few  years  succeeding,  are  even 
more  essential  to  the  yet  greater  results 
that  are  to  follow,  and  to  the  stUl  high- 
er responsibilities  of  the  future,  than 
the  invaluable  results  of  past  labors  are 
to  the  work  which  is  to  be  done  to- 
day. How  much  we  need  to  bring  to 
our  pressing  responsibilities  hearts  not 
only  burning  with  love,  but  baptized 
with  that  spirit  of  faith  which  goes  to 
its  tasks  with  an  ever-increasing  ear- 
nestness, as  it  hears  and  heeds  the 
words ;  "  Whereas  ye  know  not  what 
shall  be  on  the  morrow "  I  We  owe 
this  to  the  moral  and  spiritual  needs  of 
our  country;  we  owe  it  to  the  influ- 


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ence  and  memory  of  our  fathers ;  we 
owe  it  to  hhn  to  whom  our  most  sol- 
emn TOWS  are  pledged,  and  to  whom  is 
assured  the  dominion  ^*  from  sea  to  sea, 
and  from  the  river  unto  the  ends  of  the 
earth." 


The  Work  in  Texas. 

Bj  Rot.  Jkbemiah  Portir,  Post  Chaplain 
at  Fort  Brown. 

Though  I  am  now  working  under  a 
commission  signed  by  President  Grant, 
instead  of  one  bearing  the  honored 
names  of  the  Secretaries  of  the  Home 
sessionary  Society,  I  am  not  willing  to 
deny  myself  the  pleasure  of  writing  to 
those  who  have  so  kindly  aided  to  sus- 
tain the  gospel  ministry  in  the  church* 
es  at  the  North,  West,  and  South,  with 
which  I  have  labored.  In  this  fortieth 
year  from  the  date  of  my  first  commis- 
rion  as  your  missionary,  I  am  permitted 
to  look  back  with  gratitude  and  won- 
der at  the  way  the  Lord  hath  led  me, 
tnd  at  the  work  of  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society  during  this  most 
eientful  period  in  our  national  history. 
The  little  stream  of  light  and  love  that 
b^n  to  flow  forty  years  ago  towards 
the  Missbsippi  valley,  has  from  year  to 
year  widened  and  deepened,  and  rolled 
with  mighty  healing  power.  It  has 
passed  the  dividing  mountains,  and 
carried  a  flood  of  divine  blessings  to 
the  Pacific  coast  and  to  the  borders  of 
Mexico.  Of  your  Society  I  may  now 
••y,  as  our  precious  Lord  said  to  his 
<^i»ciples :  "  But  blessed  are  your  eyes, 
for  they  see,  and  your  ears,  for  they 
hear:  for  verily  I  say  unto  you,  that 
Daany  prophets  and  righteous  men  have 
desired  to  see  those  things  which  ye 
«^,  and  have  not  seen  them,  and  to 
bear  those  things  which  ye  hear,  and 
have  not  heard  them." 

Ton  are  aware  that  I  accepted  the 
chaplaincy  of  this  post  with  the  ex- 
pectation that  thus  this  church  might 
have  a  pastor,  and  your  Society  be  per- 
mitted to  turn  their  benefactions  to 
<>ther  equally  needy  fields.  Without 
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such  aid  as  you  have  given  it,  this  field 
must  have  been  deprived  of  the  living 
preacher's  voice,  though  laymen  had 
sustained  Protestant  services  here  for 
months,  and  Judge  Downey  has  done 
the  same  during  the  six  months  of  my 
detention  from  the  field.  Through  hfs 
exertions  here  and  at  Washington,  sec- 
onding the  petition  of  the  officers  of 
Port  Brown,  the  church  enjoys  its  pres- 
ent privileges.  For  the  aid  your  Soci- 
ety has  given  us  the  past  two  years,  we 
as  a  church  express  our  gratitude,  not 
merely  in  words,  but  by  returning  to 
your  treasury  our  mite,  gathered  littlb 
by  little  at  our  monthly  concert.  In 
view  of  your  great  work,  we  wbh  it 
were  multiplied  by  hundreds,  but  must 
be  satisfied  now  with  praying  that  this 
$25  may  do  some  struggling  church 
good,  as  your  former  gifts  have  glad- 
dened our  hearts. 

Another  reason  for  accepting  the 
chaplaincy  was,  that  thus  Mrs.  Porter 
might  be  able  gratuitously,  as  in  past 
years,  to  give  her  services  to  the  Rio 
Grande  Seminary,  which  had  com- 
manded the  admiration  of  this  Mexi- 
can border,  as  she  endeavored  to  giv* 
its  children  a  Christian  education.^  De- 
pression in  business,  and  the  unfortu- 
nate strifes  in  Mexico,  have  reduced 
our  population,  and  many  of  the  schol- 
ars have  consequently  removed  to  more 
prosperous  portions  of  Texas,  and  to 
other^  States.  By  these  removals,  and 
by  deaths,  our  church  has  been  greatly 
weakened ;  still,  with  the  hope  of  sav- 
ing many  of  these  beloved  children, 
and  of  yet  seeing  prosperity  beyond 
this  river,  and  laying  foundations  of  a 
fhture  prosperous  church,  we  are  glad 
of  the  privilege  of  working  on  a  little 
longer.  We  still  comfort  ourselves,  the 
church,  and  our  assistant  teachers  (a 
noble  band  of  young  workers),  by 
the  assurance  and  command  of  God, 
through  the  Prince  of  Apostles :  "  Be 
not  weary  in  well-doing,  for  in  due  sea- 
son ye  shall  reap  if  ye  faint  nctj*^  We 
would  "  do  good  unto  all  men." 


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The  officers  and  soldiers  of  Fort 
Brown,  with  the  wives  of  these  gentle- 
men (many  of  whom  deserve  much  of 
their  country  for  what  they  did  and 
sufifered  in  the  great  na^onal  struggle)^ 
are  an  interesting  commnnity.  The 
Fort  itelf  is  attractive,  with  its  beauti- 
ful grounds,  its  officers^  quarters,  its 
hospital  and  barracks.  These  build- 
ings have  been  all  erected  since  the  late 
civil  war,  and  stand  in  the  face  of  Mex- 
ico, as  a  monument  of  the  strength  and 
unity  of  this  great  Republic.  The 
"  Zona  Libra;'  or  "  Free-trade  Belt," 
up  the  Rio  Grande  from  its  mouth,  is 
a  matter  just  now  much  interesting 
both  the  United  States  and  the  Mexi- 
can Congress,  Our  Congress  is  asking 
the  Mexican  to  abolish  it,  as  injurious 
to  our  citizens.  This  the  Mexican  has 
just  refused  to  do.  Many  of  our  own 
citizens  and  many  residents  of  Mexico 
express  the  wish  that  this  policy  may 
be  continued  by  the  Mexican  Congress, 
so  as  to  provoke  our  Government  to 
declare  war,  and  go  in,  as  Scott  and 
Taylor  did,  and  regain  what  they  gave 
up.  A  permanent,  established  govern- 
ment in  Mexico,  is  what  is  now  wanted 
to  develop  its  exhaustless  resources  and 
work  successfully  its  mines.  Its  cli- 
mate, its  BoU,  and  its  silver  mines,  in- 
vite a  prudent,  industrious,  and  virtu- 
ous people  to  go  in  and  possess  the 
land.  Then  in  a  true  sense  they  will 
joyfully  say:  "This  is  a  good  land 
whicli  the  Lord  our  God  hath  given  us." 

Many  citizens  of  Matamoras,  with 
whom  I  converse,  despair  of  any  per- 
manent prosperity  of  their  country 
until  our  own  flag  floats  over  it.  They 
would  welcome  it  rather  than  flght 
against  it.  So,  it  is  my  impression,  it 
would  be  found  in  many  portions  of 
the  Republic.  Farmers,  miners,  and 
manufacturers  are  now  discouraged, 
because  they  have  no  security  that  what 
they  have  raised  from  planting,  dug 
firom  the  mine,  and  made  by  machinery, 
will  not  be  taken  from  them  by  some 
bandit-leader,  who  will  "pronounce" 


and  march  to  fill  hb  own  treasury  at 
the  expense  of  the  laborer.  A  stable 
government,  under  the  leadership  of  a 
blessed  people  whose  €k>d  is  the  Lord, 
would  reverse  all  this. 

Notwithstanding  so  many  pupils  of 
our  former  school  have  left  town,  and 
though  our  delay  of  near  two  months 
by  quarantine  led  some  to  send  their 
daughters  to  the  convent,  yet  we  have 
a  school  of  about  ninety.  These  are 
taught  the  way  of  (Jod  more  perfectly; 
a  majority  of  them  attend  Judge  Dow- 
ney's Sabbath  school,  which  has  just 
had  a  channing  Christmas  celebration, 
into  which  even  Jewish  children  en- 
tered heartily,  and  sang  earnestly  the 
praises  of  the  Lamb  of  God. 

"  The  entrance  of  thy  word  giveth 
light;  it  giveth  understanding  unto 
the  simple."  Resting  upon  this  assur- 
ance, we  toil  in  fort,  in  town,  in  church, 
in  school,  and  among  the  freedmen. 


A  Liberal  Offer. 


To  aid  pastors  in  procuring  libraries 
is  one  of  the  objects  for  which  the 
American  Congregational  Union  was 
oiganized.  Last  year  the  Union  gave 
to  a  considerable  number  of  Home 
Missionaries  copies  of  the  volume  of 
the  Congregational  Quarterly  for  that 
year  and  the  year  preceding.  It  also 
ofiered  to  give  that  periodical  for  the 
present  year  to  any  Home  Missionary 
or  other  minister  desiring  so  to  receive 
it,  whose  congregation  should  within 
the  year  take  and  forward  a  collection 
for  the  treasury  of  the  Union. 

For  the  sake  of  rendering  further 
assistance  as  regards  their  libraries  to 
missionary  pastors  more  especially,  and 
to  encourage  additional  efibrt  to  in- 
crease the  contributions  of  the  church- 
es, the  Board  of  Trustees  make  the  fol- 
lowing proposals : 

1,  The  Union  will  send  the  Congre- 
gational Quarterly  for  1871  to  any  Home 
Missionary,  or  other  minister  not  able 
to  take  it  for  himself,  whose  church 


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shall  forward,  before  the  first  of  May 
next,  to  the  treasurer  of  the  Union,  a 
foUeetioTi  amounting  to  at  least  five  dol- 
lars. 

2.  It  will  also  farther  send  to  any 
Home  Missionary,  or  minister  whose 
ehurch  shall  forward  to  the  treasurer, 
before  the  first  of  May  next,  a  collec- 
tion of  not  less  than  ticenty  dollars, 
cither  the  BWliotheca  Sacra,  the  New 
Englander,  or  the  Congregational  Re- 
newy  for  1871 ;  or  any  two  of  these 
when  the  amount  sent  shall  he  forty 
dollars  or  more. 

It  is  hoped,  by  this  arrangement,  to 
secure  the  circulation  of  these  yaluablc 
periodicals  where  they  do  not  now  go, 
to  famish  pastors  ministering  to  feeble 
churches  a  much-needed  help  to  schol- 
ariy  culture,  and  at  the  same  time  to 
enlist  the  churches  and  their  ministers 
more  heartily  in  the  great  work  of  the 
Union.  Of  course,  the  Trustees  wish 
it  to  be.understood  distinctly  that  those 
pastors  who  are  already  taking  these 
pablications,  and  able  to  take  them  at 
their  own  expense,  are  not  expected  to 
avail  themselves  of  the  offers  made 
tbove. 

Address  either  of  the  Secretaries, 
RcT.  Dr.  Ray  Palmer,  New  York,  or 
Rer.  Christopher  Gushing,  Boston. 

Organize  Churches. 

BY  A  CONSTANT  BEADEtt. 

Tub  article,  entitled  "Brethren  of 
the  Dispersion,"  in  your  November 
nomber,  should  be  read  and  pondered 
by  every  Congregationalist,  with  the 
earnest  inquiry,  *'  Lord,  what  wilt  thou 
Ijaveiwtodo?" 

In  a  Slate  not  provcxbial  for  either 
lHX)gres8  or  love  for  Congregational 
principles — although  owing  much  of 
her  prosperity  to  the  early  labors  and 
•odowments  of  that  strangely  self-de- 
DyJDg  people,  lives  a  man,  born  and  im- 
perfectly educated  In  New  England, 
and,  through  travel,  acquainted  with 
the  West  and  South.  Uaving  settled  in 
ihi«  unnamed,  and  it  is  said  un-unitcd 


State,  he  felt  a  strange  yearning  to  see 
planted  there  a  church  of  the  simple 
faith  and  polity  of  his  fathers.  Be- 
lieving tliat  God  helps  those  who  help 
themselves,  having  a  keen  eye  for  times 
and  opportunities,  and  an  open  hand 
and  heart,  he  set  about  enlisting  others. 
With  patient  labor  a  little  band  is 
formed,  pledged  to  each  other,  and 
united  heartily  in  the  service  of  Christ ; 
a  prayer  meeting  is  established  and 
continued  weekly  from  house  to  house ; 
a  lot  is  purchased,  and  a  house  of  wor- 
ship is  built,  wherein  these  believers 
meet  and  renew  their  pledges  to  each 
other  and  to  God.  With  others,  now 
ready  to  join,  a  church  is  formed, 
which  grows  and  strengthens  till,  one 
of  the  strongest  in  her  sisterhood,  she 
is  able  to  reach  forth  a  helping  hand  to 
others  younger  than  herself. 

This,  with  slight  variations,  is  the 
history  of  a  majority  of  the  sturdy 
young  churches  in  this  unnamed  State 
—may  I  not  say,  of  many  throughout 
this  land — which  had  never  been,  but 
for  combined  and  earnest  work  by  a 
few  strong-hearted  Liymen,  ready  to 
take  some  responsibility  and  risk  for 
Christ's  cause. 

Let  us  not  discourage  anywhere  an 
attempt  to  organize  for  work.  *^If 
God  be  for  us,  who  can  be  against  us?" 
If  such  an  effort  fail  (as  it  rarely  will, 
wisely  undertaken  in  faith  and  prayer), 
as  your  correspondent  truly  says,  the 
community  is  no  noorse  off  than  before. 
When  will  Congregationalists  learn  to 
have  faith  in  themselves,  or  rather  in 
the  simple  polity  of  then*  fathers,  and 
know  tliat  they  have  a  right  to  give  and 
to  work  for  its  extension,  without 
feeling  that  this  is  necessarily  mean  and 
sectarian  f  Is  it  not  rather  the  honest. 
Christian  way— to  work  for  what  we 
love  best,  and  believe  in  most  sincerely  ? 
This  memorial  year  should  waken  us  all 
to  new  zeal  for  the  Lord,  and  still  great- 
er triumphs  should  crown  our  united 
work  for  Christ  and  freedom  through 
the  land. 


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APPOINTMENTS  IN  JANUAEY,  1871. 


iVo<  in  Commiuion  last  year. 

Rev.  William  R.  Joyslin,  Ewt  Portland,  Or. 

BeT.  Elijah  Janes,  CIoTcrdalc,  Cal. 

Rev.  George  Morris,  Dixon,  Cal. 

Ker.  Reuben  Oajlord,  Inrinetou  and  La  Platte, 

Neb. 
Rev.  JameB  Chew,  Ottawa,  Kan. 
liev.  John  L.  Ewell  (to  go  to  Kansas). 
Rev,  Francis  T.  Ingalls,  Olathe,  Kan. 
Rev.  Cbarlos  N.  Lvman,  Onawa,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Jaoob  Schneider,  Fine  Creek,  Towa. 
Rev.  David  B.  Morgan,  Wealfield,  Wis. 
liev.  Albert  Burr,  Oollatin,  Mo. 
Rev.  John  C.  Rybolt,  Dallas  City,  HI. 
Itev.  Charles  H.  Wheeler,  Malta,  III. 
Uev.  Lysandcr  T.  Burbank,  Henidon,  Va. 

Et-commistxoned, 

Rev.  John  J.  Powell,  lUo  Vista  and  vicinity,  Cal. 
Rev.  Amos  Dre'ser,  Butler  County,  Neb. 
Rov.  William  Giddtng<s  Cedar  BluJOis.  Nob. 
Rev.  David  Knowlee,  Salt  Greek  and  Elrawood 

Precinct,  Nob. 
Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  North  Topeks,  Kan. 
Itev.  Calvin  Gray,  Geneva,  Kan. 
Rev.  Harry  E.  woodcock,  Tonganoxle,  Kan. 
.Rev.  Edward  P.  Dada,  Mazeppa,  Minn. 


Rev.  Presoott  F^,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Rov.  Sylvanus  H.  Kellow,  Glencoe,  Minn. 

Rev.  Joslah  T.  Closson,  Bowen's  Prairie,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Oliver  Emerson,  Deep  Creek,  Waterford. 
Elk  River  and  Sterling,  Iowa. 

Rev.  John  F.  Graf,  Davenport,  Iowa. 

Bev.  Daniel  Lane,  Belle  PiaiDe.  Iowa. 

Rev.  Alexander  Parker,  Polk  Clly  and  vicinity. 
Iowa. 

Rev.  Jacob  Reuth,  Muscatine,  lows. 

Rev.  Homer  T.  Fuller,  Peshtljfo.  Wis. 

Rev.  Daniel  Bemey,  Port  Sanilac  and  Bridg- 
hampton,  Mich. 

Rev.  John  M.  Bowers,  Windsor  and  Gresn- 
rldge.  Mo. 

Rev.  George  G.  Perkins,  Hamilton,  Ma 

liev.  Leroy  M.  Pierce,  Glen  wood  and  vidnity,  Mo. 

Bev.  John  Sohaerer,  I«  Grange,  Ma 

Rev.  Edwin  G.  Bryant,  Union  and  Garden  Prai- 
rie, III. 

Rev.  William  E.  Catlin,  Forest  Station,  Sauna- 
min  and  Owego,  111. 

Rev.  Hiram  L.  Howard,  Atkinson,  BL 

Rev.  Ammi  R.  Mitchell,  Viola  and  New  Wind- 
sor, III 

Rev.  Samuel  Penaold,  Shirland,  IlL 

Bev.  David  M.  Kvans,  Berea,  Ohio. 

Uev.  William  James,  Woodhaven,  N.  T. 


RECEIPTS  IN  DECEMBER,  1870. 


MAINE— 

Boagor,  a  Friend,  $5 :  a  Friend,  $1,  $6  00 

Yarmouth,  D.  B.  Loring,  5  00 

'   Portland,  Eben  Steele,  100  00 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE- 

Recelved  by  L.  D.  Stevens,  Treai.  N.  H. 
M.  Soc.  : 

Uaverhill,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
to    const  Peter  Flauden  a 
L.M.,  136  50 

HoUis,  Cong.  Cb.  and  SoCm         27  00      68  50 
Amherst,  Legacy  of  Sarah  L.  Law- 
rence, by  R.  M.  Shirley,  Ex.,  500  00 
Miss   C.    M.  Boylston,  $100  :    Miss 
M.  0.  Boylston,  (50 ;    Miss  L.  F. 
BovlstonJdO,  800  00 
Great  Falls,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 
bv  8.  8.  Rollins,  Treas.,  to   const. 
Mrs.   Susan   B.  Nason.  Mrs.  L.  J. 
Parker,  Mia.  Emily  A.  Jones  and 
Mrs.  Betsey  W.  Hayes  L.  Ms.,  180  41 
Pelham,  Mrs.  H.  C.  Wyman,  by  Mrs. 
E.W.  Tyler,  5  00 

'.VHRMONT- 

Burllngton,  Ladles'  Benev.  Soa,  Third 
Conjf.  Ch.,  by  Mr».  G.  W.  Benedict,         3  00 

Ferrisburgh,  Miss  E.  Bragg,  $2;  Mrs. 
E.  Carpenter,  ^  by  Miss  jS.  Bragg,         4  00 

South  Royalton,  Rev.  A.  Hemenway,        10  00 

Springfield,  Legacy  of  a  member  of  the 
Cong.  Ch.,  by  Dea.  O.  P.  Haywood, 
Ex.,  188  00 

Wells  River,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc.,  by 
Rev.  W.  S.  Palmer,  20  75 

MAS8ACHUSETT8- 

Maes.  Home  Miss,  Soc,  by  a  T.  Far- 
well,  Treas.,  3,000  00 
Amherst,  Legacv  of  Lieut  Enos  Dick- 
inson, by  S.  Clark  and  G.  W.  Allen, 
Exs.,  2,500  00 
.    Andover,  R«t.  H.  S.  De  Forest,  20  00 

East  Hampton,  Payson  Cong.  Cb.,  by 
*■      Seth  WameV;  44^  44 

Fltchburg,  Rolston  Cong.  Ch.,  Samnel 


Hale  and  others,  by  D.  Bontelle,  in 

full,  to  const.  Rev.  L.  W.  Spring  a 

L.  D.,  $70  00 

Florence,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  L.  WlllJi- 

ton,  100  00 

Lsnesboro',  Cong.  C7i.  and  Soc.,  by  C. 

Newman,  12  fiO 

Mrs.  CaroUne  Hard,  10  00 

lAwrenee,  a  Friend,  50  00 

Lenox,  individuals,  by  G.  W.  Ford,  25  00 

Massachusetts,  a  Friend,  50  00 

North  Brookfleld,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  nn. 

coll.  in  ^rt,  $105.87  ;  moo.  con.,  |10, 

by  J,  K.  Porter,  Treas.,  IM  S7 

nusfleld.  First  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc,  of 

wb.  $100  from  the  Maplewo4»d  luBti- 
■    tute,  Rev.  S.Y.  Spear,  Principal,  by 

M.H.Wood,  *^  550  00 

Sheffield,  First  Cong,  Ch.,  by  J.  N. 

Dickson,  to  const.  D.  Boardman,  F.  O. 

Andrus  and  Charles  D.  Sage  L.  Ms..    100  00 
Sherbom,  Ladies'  Female  Reading  ana 

Benev.  Soc,  by  Mies  D.  P.  Dowse,  4  00 

Springaeld,  "Unabridged,"  883  8S 

Henry  Brewer,  20  Of 

CONNECTICUT- 

Bolton,  a  Friend,   by  Rev.  W.  E.  B. 

Moore, 
Bridgeport,  Sabbath   School.   Beoond 

Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  Sterling,  in  fnH,  to 

const  A.  H.  Gamsby,  Miss  E.  K. 

Tichcnor,  C.  W.  Hawley,  Mrs.  H.  8. 

Sterling  and  C.  J.  Sevmour  L.  Ms., 
Columbia,  r>egacy  of  Sophia  Lyman, 

by  C,  W.  L^man,  Ex., 
Greenwich,  Isiac  Lyon,  $50 ;  Mrs.  Hul- 

dah  Sniffin,  $5, 
Hartford,  Mrs.  Maiy  C.  Bemii,  $100 ;  a 

Student,  $10, 
Lokevllle,  Mrs.  J.  L.  Merwin, 
Lebanon,  liev.  John  Avery  and  fiimily, 
Lyme,  Mrs.  M.  W.  H  vde, 
Mt.  Carmel,  Cong.  Oh.,  additional,  a 

Friend, 
New  Havoo,  Legacy  of  Lois  Chaplin,         _ 

by  Atwat  er  Treat,  Ex.,  4,C00  00 

A.  Johnston,  $100  :  Mrs.  E.  C.  Rob- 
bins,  $10 ;  K.  C.  Kimball,  $5  ;  A.  R. 


5  00 


75  00 

50  00 

55  00 

llOOC 
500 
10  00 

500 

12  00 


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26  00 
2  00 

50  00 
500 

415  00 
10  00 

180  00 

50  00 
5  00 
59  00 

Khnball.  $1:  1Xrs.W.  O.  Oonant,  $3; 

a  Friend,  |85,  |144  00 

Xew  London,  a  Thank  Offering.  10  00 

New  Preston,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  R«t. 
.    J.  A.  Woodhull, 
North  Oreenwicb,  Obadiah  Hond, 
Norwich  Town,  Mary  Ann  Williama, 
Peqnabnck,  C.  R.  WiUiams, 
Pomfiret,    Legacy  of  Mrs.    Sophrouia 
A.  Groerenor,  by  C.  P.  Gro8V(>Dor, 

Sharon,  Mr*.  Ann  If.  E.  Coles. 
SUmford,  Conif.  CA,,by  W.  C.  Willcox, 

Treax^ 

Legacy  of  Harris  Scofleld,  by  Gooi^o 
Fox,  Ex., 

GeorgoFox, 
Stanwich,  William  Brush, 
Stonington,  Second   Cong.  Ch.,   Mrs. 

Jerosba  Pomeroy,  by   Rev.  E.  W. 

Gilman, 
TerrysTiUe,  Cong.  Ch.,  mon.  con.,  by 

U.  BlakesloT, 
Tolland,  Ladies  of  the  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

J.  BL  Fuller,  Troas., 
Westford,  Mrs.    Ludnda   Wbiton,  to 

eonst  herself  a  L.  M.,  by  C.  Whiton, 
West  Haven,  on  account  of  Legacy  of 

Rev.  Jason  Atwater, 
West  Woodstock,   Oscar  Fisher,  $2 ; 

Kisa  Euniee  WUUams,  $2.50,  by  O. 

Flrfier, 
Wilton,  Rev.  a  J.  M.  Merwin, 
Winchester,  Ooug.Ch.,by  J.  A.  Bron«on, 
Woodbury,  Mrs.  C.  P.  Churchill,  f6  ; 

a  H.  Atwood,  r^ 

NEW  YORK— 
Angola.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  O.  Strong, 
Ari^port,  Jarvls  P.  Case,  by  O.  R.  Kings- 
bury, 
Bsinbridge,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

J.  a  PatteogUl, 
Ballston  Center,  ilarriel  A.  Bowman, 
BftUston  Spa,  Titus  M.  MitcheU, 
Barr^Uc,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

Brockport,  G.  A.  Baweon, 

BrooUvn,  &  D.,  JVew  England  Cong, 

C*.,  by  J.  W.  SItinner,  T^eas., 
Brooklyn,  Cfantow  Avtnujt  Cong,  Ch,, 

U.  D.  Wade, 

Charlea  U  MitoheU, 
Caroden,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  Stark, 
County  Line,  Mrs.  Amanda  Footo, 
Coventry,  O.  D.  PhilUna, 
Danby,  Con^f.  Ch.^  $16 ;  Rev.  H.  Car- 


5  00 

6  00 


8  00 
SO  00 


865  00 


4  50 

100  00 

89  60 

7  00 


peoter,  $5.So,  by  iUir.  &enry  Carpen- 
ter, 

East  Bloomfldd,  Joslah  Porter, 
tiopkinton,  A.  Kent,  by  Rev.  C.  P. 
Bash, 

KeesevUle,  Mrs.  Cyrus  Andrews, 

Malooe^  on  aooooiit  of  Logaey  or  L.  a 
Cotton,  by  O.  C.  Cotton,  Ex., 

Moira,  Firai  Cong.  Ch.,  by  itcv.  &.  H. 
WlSuma, 

Morrlsanla,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
C.H.Rltter, 

Morrlsville,  Cong.  Ch.,  Dea.  Abel  B. 
DeForeit, 

New  York  City.  Ladles'  Home  Miss. 
Boc  of  the  Broadway  l*abemaole 
Ch.,  (avails  of  a  silk  quilt  wrought 
bv  Mn.  M.  W.  Uyde,  of  Lvme, 
Conn.),  which  const.  Mrs.  Ellflabeth 
O.  TbompeoQ  a  L.  M., 
J.T.Leavitt, 

A  Friend,  $100;  Trustees  of  B. 
WHblngton,  $50  :  Prol  B.  N.  Mar^ 
tin,  dTD.,  $i5 ;  Prof.  D.  &  Martin, 

New  York  Mills,  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  T.  M.  Owen, 
Norwich,  B.  Chapman,  $10 ;   W.  P. 

Chapmaa.  $2  ;  a  L  Ford,  $1,  by  J. 

Haaunood, 
Orient,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  T.  A.  Gad- 


12  00 

200 

21  00 
2  00 

15  00 

1  70 
500 

16  94 

100  00 

15  00 

16  10 
10  00 
10  00 

21  50 
86  00 

10  00 
1  00 

825  00 

10  00 

300 

50  00 


45  00 
80  00 


180  00 
14  00 

13  00 


ner,  to  const  Rev.  T.  A.  Gadner  and 

Mrs.  T.  A.  Gadner  L.  Ms.,  $60  00 

Oswego,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  D.  G.  Fort, 
Treas.,  185  40 

Perry  Center,  Rev.  J.  P.  Root,  2  00 

Rodman,  t?ab.  Sch.  Miss.  Soc  of  the 
Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  R.  Hanford,  89  57 

Schenectady,  Mary  Sill,  10  00 

Sherburne,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Saml.  Mil- 
ler, 53  89 

SpeedRville,  Dea.  Humphrey,  by  Rev. 
W,  Macnab,  1  00 

Union  Falls,  John  T.  Duncan,  10  00 

Warsaw,  Cong.  Ch«  by  H.  A.  Mctcalf, 
Treaa.,  C7  02 

Westmoreland,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  8. 
Brown,  11  40 

West  Newark,  Cong.  Ch..  by  Rev.  W. 
Mocnab,  24  25 

NEWJERSEY- 

Bloomfield,  M.  L.  C,  5  00 

Newark,  A  Friend,  8  00 

Orange  Valley,  Mrs.  PhoBbeL.  Osbom,  6  00 

PENNSYLVANIA- 

Plttaton,  Mrs.  H.  D.  Strong,  25  00 

Philadelphia,  Theodore  Bliss,  to  const. 

Rev.  A.  V.  C.  Schenok  and  G.  P. 

Peck  L.  Ms.,  100  00 

MARYLAND- 

Baltimore,  Snsan  D.  Metcairs  Mies, 
box,  by  S.  D.  Motcali;  2  00 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA- 
Washtngton,  Rev.  E.  Goodrich  Smith,      25  00 

TEXAS— 
Brownsville,  Cong.  Ch.,  mon.  con.,  by 
Rev.  J.  l»orler,  25  00 

KENTUCKY— 
Louisville,  a  S.  N.,  5  00 

OHIO- 
Reoeived  bv  Rev.  L.  Kelser  : 
Cloveltmd,  First  Cong.  Oh., 


by  W.  d.  Newton, 
Cuyahoga  Falls,  Cong.  Cb., 

bal.  of  colL,  by  C.  Clark^ 
Ilampdeot  Cong.Ch.,  by  M.  L. 

Maynard, 
Lebanon,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 

B.  E.  Parshall, 
Mount  Vernon,  Cong.    Ch., 

by  W.  Turner,  Treas., 
Tallmadge,  Sabbath  School 

of  Cong.  Oh.,  by  A.  Sper- 

Wadsworth,  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
Rev.  D.  E.  Hathaway, 

Wakeman,  Cong.  Cb.,  by 
Rev.  L.  Loring, 


$43  75 
160 
3  50 
8  50 

100  00 

80  60 
1100 

_  44  80    293  25 

Amboy,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A. 
W.  Sanders,  4  48 

Geneva,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  C.  Taloott, 
Treas!,        •"  -^  9315 

Marietta,  on  aooount  of  legacy  of 
Curtis  Clark,  by  A.  T.  Nye,  472  76 

Medina,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  W. 
Clark,  to  const.  Rev.  £.  J.  Alden  a 
L.M.,  88  00 

Tallmadge.  Legacy  of  Dr.  Philo 
Wright,  by  Rev.  John  Seward,  150  00 

Toledo,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  M.  Brig- 
ham,  Treas.,  94  60 

INDIANA- 
Indianapolis,  Daniel  Yandes,  500  00 

Mechaniosville,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  T. 

B.  MoCormick.  4  75 

Torre  Haute,  Miss  Asenath  Bishop,  to 
const.  Miss  Asenath  Bishop  a  L.  M,      80  03 


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Altoiu,  Flrtt  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Kcv.  J.  L. 

Granger,  $11  15 

Ashloy,  Irvington  and  Rlcbvlew,  Cong. 

Chg.,  by  Rov.  C.  B.  Barton,  20  00 

AUanta,  Rev.  G.  B.  Hubbard*  6  00 

Champaign,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  G.  F.  Beards- 
ley,      *^        *  '  18  50 
Chcnoa,  Pint  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  G. 

Pendleton,    '  8  75 

Chicago,  Honth  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.,        4  00 
Crete,  Firit  Conjj.  Ch.,  $6.25;  Rev.  S. 

Porter,  |8,  bv  Rev.  8.  Porter,  8  26 

Dover,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  T.  W.  Niohola,  S9  36 

Kl  Paao,  Cong.  Ch..  4  CO 

Oeneseo,  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const.  Eliaha 

Stewart  a  L.  H.,  38  65 

Geneva,  Cong.  Oh.,  bal.  of  coll.,  *  2  00 

Urcenvlile,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

M.  M.  Longley,  9  00 

Grldley,  Cong.  Ch.,  11.70;  Nebrtskn, 

Conjf.  Ch.,  $2,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Palmer,  13  70 
Hinfldale,Cong.Cb.,by  Rev.F.  Bascom,  25  17 
Ix)ckport,  Coug.  Ch.,  by  Her.  U.  C.  Ab- 

emethy,  15  00 

Marsetllea,  Cong.  Ch.,  in  full,  to  const. 

Itev.  O.  G.  May  a  Ia  if.,  27  00 

Ni-ponset,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev,  S.  O. 

^ght,  29  75 

Onarga,  Cong.  Ch^  by  W.  A.  Thayer,       24  30 
Payson,    Cong.  Co.,  mon.  con.,  $10; 

Dea.  David  Prince,   to  const.  Mary 

Robbins  a  L.  M.,  $b0,  by  D.  Robbins, 

Troas..  40  00 

riymontk,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  E. 

Arnold,  11  60 

Polo,  T.  Aldrlch,  5  00 

Uoclcford,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  IT. 

H.  Goodwin,  to  const.  Marcus  S. 

I'armelee  a  L.  M.,  42  75 

Second  Cong  Ch.,  bal.  of  colL,  6  00 

Woodstock,  Cong,  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A. 

P.  Johnson,  80  00 

MISSOURI— 

Kingston,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rov.  M.  J. 

Calian,  28  00 

Kansas  City,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

J.  G.  Robert.^,  48  00 

I^ithrop,  Plymouth  Cong,  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

F.  W.  Adams,  10  00 

West  Hartford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  O. 

W.  Williams,  14  60 

MlCniOAN- 

^  Received  by  Rev.  Leroy  Warren; 

Cannon,  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const. 
Rev.  D.  L.  Katon  a  L.  M.,     $30  00 

Green vlUe,  Cong;  Ch.,  me- 
morial offering,  to  eonst. 
Rev.  C.  Bpooner  a  L.  D.,        100  00 

Lowell,  Cong.  (<h.,  to  const. 
Rev.  L.  a  Griggs  a  LM.,       30  00    160  00 
Alamo  Centre,  Rev.  B.  Branch,  5  00 

Avon,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.,  by  Rev. 

J.  d.  Kidder,  50 

Ikmks,  Cong.  Ch.  and  other  frlend.«,  by 

Lydia  T.  Marshall,  Treas.,  3  00 

Cocly»s  Mills,  Cong.  Ch..  $6:    Paris, 

Cong.  Cb.,  $6.26,    by   Rev.   K.    K. 

Evarts,  12  25 

Delta,  Coni^.  Ch..  18.46;  Grand  Led^e, 

Cong.  Ch.,  $4.89:  Waconstn,  Cong. 

Ch.,  $9.26,  by  Rev.  N.  D.  GUdden,  22  60 

Grand  Rapids,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

E.  G.  Carpenter.  13  71 

Hancock,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  P.  IL 

Ilollistor,  27  83 

Ilart  and  Shelby,  Cons;.  Cha,  by  Rev. 

A.  St.  Clair,  25  00 

Ilubbardston,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Kev. 

W.  Irons,  25  00 

Keano,  Cong.  Ch,,  by  Rev.  W.  II.  Bar- 
clay, 4  25 
Korth  Adams,  Consr.  Ch..  $28;  Somerset, 

Cong.  Ch.,  13.25,  by  Rev.  J.  h.  Crane,      41  25 


Pleastnton,  B.  W.  Bailey,  by  Rev.  J.  D. 
Millard,  $260  00 

Portland,  First  Cong.  Ch.,by  Kev.  L.  P. 
Soelman.  638  00 

Romeo,  Miss  T.  &.  Clarke,  50 

Saline,  A.  A.  Wood,  by  Rev.  W.  E.  Cald- 
well, 6  CO 

Saagatuck,  First  Cong  Ch.,  bal.  of  colL, 
by  Rov.  J.  F.  Taylor,  1150 

Traverse  City,  First  Conir.  Ch.,  to  conrt. 
Rev.  R.  Hatch  a  L.  D.,  by  Rev.  R. 
Hatch,  70  00 

WISCONSIN— 
Received  by  Rev.  D.  Clary : 
Deloit,  Ladies*  Miss.  Soo.  of 
the  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 
Prest.  Chaptn,  Treas.,  $33  00 

Janesville,  Cong  Ch.,  by  Doa. 

Joaiah  Wright,  Treas.,  48  00 

I^ake  Mllbi,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
C.  Cavemo,  10  16      91  15 

Received  by  Rev.  F.  B.  Doe: 
ColumbuA,    Conor.    Ch.,    to 
const.  James  Webster  a  L. 
M.,  30  00 

Watertown,  Cong.  Ch.,  33  16     63  15 

Augusta,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L. 

Bridgman,  »  6  00 

Baldwin's  Mills,  First  Cong  Ch.  and 

Soo.,  by  Rev.  M.  L.  Eastman,  3  00 

Beloit,  A  Friend,  8  00 

Black  Earth,  Cong.  Ch.,  $17;  Mszo- 
manic,  Cong.  Cb.,  $13,  by  Rov.  M.  M. 
Martin,  SO  00 

Brooklyn,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  R.  Sew- 

Cooksville,  Cong.  Ch.,  $6.60;    Evmt.e- 

ville,  Cong.  Co.,  $20.50,  by  Rev.  J. 

W.  Harris,  26  10 

Fort  Atkinson,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  L. 

P.  Gilbert,  85  12 

Glondale,  Cong.  Ch.,  tl.36 ;   I^raon- 

weir,jfe.26;  Plymouth,  $1;    Ellroy, 

$1;    Wright's  iSchool   House,  $1.42; 

Kev.  W.  W.  Jones,  $1 ;  B,  T.  Jones, 

11;   D.  R.  Jones,  60c. -Jennet  A. 

Jones,  60c.,  by  Rev.  W.  W.  Jones,  10  02 
La  Crosse,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  W. 

Jones,  Treas.,  44  30 

Now  London,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

J.  P.  Chamberlain,  17  65 

Oak  Hill  and  Roedsburg,  Cong.  Chs., 

by  Rev.  H.  H.  Hinman,  8  90 

Prescott,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  D.  Roe,  U  00 
RIpon,  Miss  Julia  Dawes,  by  H.  Dawes,     2  Oa 

IOWA— 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  Guernsey: 
Burr  Oak,  Com.  Ch^  $12  00 

Charles  City,  Ck>ng  Cb.,  57  88 

Onawa,  Cong.  Ch.,  10  00     79  38 

Albia,  Cong.  Ch..  $8 ;  Georgetown, 
Welsh  Cong.  Cb.,  $9.10,  by  Rev.  M. 
Rowley,  17  W 

Alden,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  J. 
Smith,  »  '  jjoo 

Anita,  Cong.  Ch .,  by  Rev.  C.  D.  Wright,       6  15 

Beilovue,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  B.  M* 
Amsden,  22  20 

Cincinnati,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  J.  C.  Mc- 
Donald, 10  00 

Denmark,  Cong.  Cb..  by  J.  Fields,  to 
const  Rev.  K.  Y.  Swia  and  Mrs.  £. 
Y.  Swift  L.  Ms.,  61  85 

Durant,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  E.         _ 
Webber,  13  00 

Fairfield,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  D.  Webster,         17  00 

Fayette,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  W.  Water-         _ 
bury,  12  00 

Fort  Atkinson,   First   Cong.  Ch.,  by         ^ 
Rev.  J.  Huribut,  10  00 

Qamavlllo,  B.  Sackett,  by  Rev.  G.  M. 
Porter,  4  ^ 

GarretUville,  Cong.   Ch..  $6 ;   Maple       ^   . 
Grove,  $4,  by  Rev.  W.  Potter.  10  00 

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Evan.  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  F.  W. 

Jndieach, 
Iowa  Falla,  Ftret  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev. 

J.  L.  Atkinaon, 
.yew  Hampton,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

R«T.  H.  Adamf. 
Ori«u^^  Cong.  Ch.,  by   Rev.   J.  W. 

Windsor, 
PftcSflc  City,  Flrat  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

M.F.  Plitt, 
PAriceraburgb,  Cong,  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L. 

D.  Bovnton, 
Siacyville,  Be  v.  T.  Tcnney, 
Yateaville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  V. 

Uonae, 

MINNESOTA- 
Bntternut  Valley,  Welsh  Conir,  Ch., 

•4.85  -Hebron,  Cong.  Ch.,  |6.46,  by 

Rev.  P.  Peregrine, 
Clear  Water,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

•I.  O.  D.  Steams, 
Glencoe,  A  Teacher, 
Ifinneapolia,  Cong.  Ch.,  mon.  con.,  by 

C.  M.  Cnahman: 
t»pring   Valley,  First   Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Bev.  P.  Lltta, 
Winnebago  City  nnd  Woodland  Mills, 

Cong.  Ch*.,  by  Rev.  J.  D.  Todd, 

KAN8AS- 

Centrmlla,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rov.  8. 

A.  Vandyke, 
I..eaveDwortb,  Fimt  Cong.  Ch.,  by  O. 

a  Brace,  Treaa., 
Osawkee,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  M. 

Cheeseman, 
Qaindmro,  Cong.  Ob.,  by  Rev.  S.  D. 

fltorrt, 
Wabaunsee,   Owj^.  C*.,  by  J.  F.  Wll- 

lard,  Treas., 

First  Ch,  of  Christ,  by  Rev.  R.  M. 
Tunnel], 

XKBRA8KA- 

Plattamontb,  C^ng.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F. 
Alley  (corrected),  J  6  00 

C't)lX)RADO- 
Bottlder  City,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  N. 
Thompaon, 

DAKOTA  TEEEITORY— 

Yankton,  First  Cong;  Cb.,  by  Rev.  J. 
Ward, 

^ALIFORNIA- 
Antloch,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  II. 

Johnson, 
lAckeford,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

W.  D.  Bishop, 
Nortonrille,   Cong.  Ch.,   by  Rev.  J. 

Price, 
8*a  Francisco,  Mra.  Otis  WIIhom, 

ORBGON- 
Albaoy.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 

B.  Butcher, 
Portland,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  mon,  con., 
,,by  Kev.  a  U.  Atkinson,  D.D., 
InkDowo,  Registered, 

HOME  MISSIONARY, 


$5  CO 

78  00 

31  00 

8  60 

20  00 

5  00 
18  76 

3  18 


10  80 

26  00 

6  00 

26  00 
23  00 

7  20 

20  00 
06  45 
26  00 
20  00 
47  60 
10  00 


20  30 


12  95 


8  50 
600 


5  00 
4  50 


18  26 

6  00 
10  00 

58  00 


(20,035  00 


Venations  qf  Clothing,  etc. 

'^Qbom,  Maaa.,  Ladles,  by  Rev.  E.  Davis, 

aUrrel, 
wooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Your?  People's  Asboc. 

of  the  Ch.  of  tho  Pilgrims,  by  C.  B. 

Davenport,  a  box. 
Bttrifattton.  Vt.,  Ladies*  Bonev.  8oa  of 

tha  Third  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mra.  G.  W. 

Beaediet,  a  barrel 
Cbloajo,  III.,  Ladioa*  Benev.  8oc.  of  Oak 


(50  00 


Park  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mis.  S.  J.  Hum- 
ph roy,  a  box, 
Derby,  Conn.,  liSdles*  Soc  of  the  Cong. 

Ch..  by  Misa  K  P.  Basaett,  a  box. 
Enfield,  Conn.,  A  Few  Friends,  by  Miss 

Eliza  Loomis,  a  half-barrol, 
Farmington,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Soc.  of  tho 

Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  8.  W.  Cowles,  a 

barrel, 
Hartford,  Conn.,  Ladloa  of  the  Pearl  St. 

Ch.,  by  Miss  II.  W.  Loomi»,  a  barrel. 

Ladles   of  tho  South  Cong.    Oh.,    by 

Miss  Helen  M.  Afthmcad,  n  box. 
Haverhill,  Maas.,  Sewing  Circle  of  the 

North  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  W.  Balton- 

stall,  two  barrels, 
Hopkinton,  Mass.,  Friends  of  the  Home 

Miss,  cause,  three  barrels  andfcash, 
Lyme  (Grassy  Hill),  Conn.,  Mrs.  Wm. 

A.  Hyde,  A  Memorial  wrought  Bilk 

Sailt,  disposed  of  to  Ladies  of  Home 
isa.    Boc    in  Broadway  Tabernacle 

Ch.,  New  York, 
New  Haven,  Ct.,  Ladles*  Home  Miss. 

Soc.  of  tho  First  Ch.,  throe  boxes  and 

oasb. 
New  London,  Conn.,  I^iea*  Bew.  Boo. 

of  the  First  Ch.,  by  Mr*.  R.  McBwen, 

five  boxes. 
New  York  City,  J.  R.  Hills,  a  bundle. 
Norwich,  Ct.,  Ladies*  Home  Mlsi>.  Soc. 

of  tho   Soctmd  Cong.  Ch.,  by    L.  B. 

Young,  Sec,  two  boxes, 
Pelham,  N.  H^  Mrs.  11.  C.  Wymnn,  by 

Mrs.  E.  W.  Tyler,  a  barrel, 
PIttsfleld,  Mass.,  Ladies'  Free  Will  Boc 

of  Dr.  Todd'a  Ch«  by  Mrs.  J.  C.  West, 

Sec,  a  box, 
Providenoo,  K.  L»  I^adics'  Miss.  Soo.  of 

the  Beneficent  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mra.  J. 

AV.  Taft,  three  boxea 
Smyrna,  N.  Y.,  First  Gang.  Ch.,  by  H. 

M.  Dixon,  a  barrel, 
Tolland,  Conn.,  Ladies  of  tho  Cong.  Ch., 

by  John  B.  Fuller.  Sec.,  a  barrel. 
Ware,  Mass.,  Mra.  George  H.  Gilbert,  a 

bo.T. 


(150  OO 


£5  00 


160  00 

180  30 

175  CO 

237  00 

45  00 

762  81 

525  00 

602  CO 

63  03 

U8  00 

650  00 
70  00 
37  50 


R€C€ipU  of  tJie  Maxsachuaeits  Home  Miuionary 
Society,  in  January,  Stephbw  T.  Fauwkll, 
Treomrer. 


Adams,  South,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Andover,  South  Cb.,  mon.  con., 
Aubumdale.  "  First  Fruits,"  to  const. 
Mary  C.  Mosman  L.  M.  Am.  H.  M. 
Boc, 
Boston,  Shavomui  Ch., 
Dorchester  Second  Ch.^  of  which  $60 
by  Mrs.  R.  T.  Shaw,  to  const.  Mrs. 
Annie  £.  Mason  and  Carrie  B.  Vi- 
*      nlng  L.  Ms.  Am.  H.  M.  8.,  $822.25 ; 
Ladles'  Home  Miss.  Soc,  $50.00, 
Neponset,  liadies'  H.  M.  Son., 
Dorchester,  Village  Ch.,  $46.71 ;  La- 
dies'H.  M.  Soc,  $42.56, 
Highhinds,  Vino  St.  Cb., 
Uiiion  Oh.  and  Soo., 
Mra.  B.  T.  Bowles, 
Two  Friends, $4.00 ;  a  Friend,  $1 .00 ; 
do.  $1.00, 

Boxford,  Second  Ch .  and  Soc .  Sab.  Sob.,    1 1  Co 
Bradford,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  bal.  to 
const.  Kev.  John  D.  Kingsbury  a 
L.  D.  ofthoAro.  H.M.a, 
Brimfield.  Legacr  of  Lucina  Homer, 
Brookfleld,  A  Friend, 
Cambrideo,  First  Ch., 
Charleatown,  Winthrop  Ch.,  of  which 
$60.00    from    Ivory    Littlcfield    to 
const.  Mrs.  Asenath    Kimball  and 
Mr&  Martha  Furbish,  of  Wolla,  Me., 
L.  Ms.  Am.  H.  M.  S., 
Fall  River,  Central  Ch., 
Fitchburg,  Calv.  Cong.  Ch.   and  Soo., 
$398.96  (prev.  ackn.),  to  const.    I^ 
Ms.,  via.:  Mrs.  E.  B.  Andrews.  Mr. 
Charles  Barker,  Mrs.  Lorenzo  Blod> 


$70  00 
67  80 


30  CO 
800  00 


872  25 
40  09 

88  27 
20  00 
551  00 
20  00 

6  00 


76  85 
100  00 

15  00 
162  00 


288  20 
484  63 


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?ett,  H^.  Edwin  Hanii,  Hn.  Maaon 
larriis    Miss  A.  Trypbosa  Jewett, 

Mrs.  Abram  Lawrence,  Mrs.  D.'Slint 

I»we/Mrii.   Lyman  W.  Merriam, 

Mrs.  Daniel  Simondii,  Mrs.  Amelia 

Upton,  Mrs.  Daniel  M.  Wentworih, 

Mrs.  Winchester  Wyman. 
Hampden.  BeDOVolent  Assoeintion,  Mr. 

Charles  Marsh,  Springflel^  Treiis.,     |500  00 
Ilopkinton,   Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  to 

const.  A.  A.  tdweet  a  L.  M., 

Mrs.  Adams'  Sab.  School  Class, 
Hubbardston,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc., 
Ipewicb,  First  Ob.,  aralLs  of  a  barrel 

of  apples, 
Lincoln,  Ladles*  Miss.  8oc, 
Lowelt  «/ohn  6t  Chorch, 
Marshfield,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc.,  to 

const.  Chas.  T.  Hatch  a  L.  M.. 
Marshfield,  East,  Trin.  Cong.  Ch.  and 

B.)C., 
Metbuen,  First  Parish  Church, 
Norlhbridgo,  A  Frfcnd, 
North  Bridgewater,  Campello,  Cong. 

Ch.  and  Boo., 
Peabody,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 
I'ittsflald,  German  Churcb, 
Reading,  Old  South  Church, 
Bhutesbury,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 
Bomerset,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Templeton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc, 
Unknown, 

Upton,  Cong.  Ch,  and  Soc, 
Wokclield,  A.  Hubbard,  |10.00  ;  Mrs. 

A.  Hubbard.  $6.00^ 
Ware,  East,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  to 

const    L.    Ms.,    vix.  :    William    H. 

Wcthcrell,  Frederick  W.  Katon,  Mrs. 

Dwight  Merriam.  Mrs.  Uonry  Jacobs 

and  Miss  Addle  Rugg, 
Wellfeei,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
"West  Amesbury,  Coxig.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

to  const.  Daniel  D.  Goodhue  a  L.  M., 
West  BoyUton,  Rev.  C.  F.  Morac, 
West  Newbury,  Second  Parish, 
West   Newton,  Cong.  Ch.  and    Soc, 

$106.35;  Sab.  Scb.,  ^50.00 ;  mun.  con., 

$19.19, 


163  83 

7  00 

26  40 

2  2o 

100  00 

10  60 

65  70 

17  36 

142  60 

20  UO 

83  30 

8S4  90 

20  00 

37  10 

6  00 

600 

33  00 

16  76 

7  00 

16  00 


640  75 
46  00 

176  00 
20  00 
18  24 


171  54 


$6,417  87 

BeceipU  nf  tlie  MasMchusetts  J  Tome  Missionary 

Society^  iti  December^  Stephen  T.   Faswell, 

Treas. 

Acton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  $37  00 
Amesbury  and  Siillfebnry,  Cong.  Ch.  and 

Boc,  11  10 

Arlington,  Orthodox  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  693  76 

Ashburnham,  Cong.  Ch.  aud  Soc,  8  76 

Ashhy,  Second  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  37  86 

Beverly,  Wash.  St.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  100  00 
Boston,  Dorchester  Dijt.,  Mrs.  Caroline 

Foster,  80  00 

Unityii  CJiurck,  19  00 

Highlands,  Vine  St.  Ch.,  1C6  00 

**         A  Friend,  6  00 

Mount  Vernon  Church,  60  00 
:   Park  St.  Church  (pro  v.  acknowledged, 

$1,148.05),  600  00 

Mary  J.  Simonds,  30  00 

Boylston,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  18  36 

Boxboro,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  9  00 

Balntree.  Rev.  Dr.  Storrs',  Ch.  and  Soc,  34  00 

Brookfleld,  A  Friend,  10  00 

Brookllne,  S.  A.  A  K.  H.  C,  SO  00 
Cambridge,  First  Ch.,  and  Bhepard  Boc, 

mon.  con.,  65  60 

Cambridgoport,  Prcspect  St.  Ch.  and  Soc,  446  10 
Chelsea,  A  Friend  of  Home  Missions, 

deceased.  35  00 

Dan  vera.  Flra  t  Clu  and  Soc,  100  00 

East  Abliigton,  First  Cong  Ch.  and  Soc,  82  82 

EaatoD.  Evan.  Ch.  and  Soc,  40  00 

Enfield,  Rev.  E.  C.  Ewing,  10  00 

Foxboro',  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  34  66 

Framlngbam,  Uollis  Evan.  Ch.  and  Soc,  176  17 

Franklin,  Cong,  and  Soc,  81  40 

Gardner,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc,  60  00 


Georgetown,  First  Ch.  and  Soc. ,  $17  91 

Groton,  Union  Ch.  and  Boc,  82  65 
Uadley,  Miss  Carolina  W.  Porter,  Mc 

morial  offering.  10  00 
Hampden       Benevolent      Association, 

Charles  Marsh,  Bprlnrflcld,  Treaa.,  400  00 

UaverhiU,  North  ChurtJi,  400  00 

Second  Church  and  Soc.,  13  00 
Hinsdale,  ,Cong.  Ch.    and    Boc,  addl- 

tlonal,  10  00 

Lee,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boo.,  800  00 

Leominster,  Evan.  Ch.  and  Soc,  68  M 

Lexington,  Hancock  Ch.  and  Soo.,  26  41 
Lvnnfield,  Central  Orth.  Cong.  Ch.  and 

Soc,  27  U 
Medfiold,  Hon.  Nathan  Jono<s  de- 
ceased, 104  05 
Newbury,  First  Ch.  and  So?.,  87  00 
Newburynort,  Whltefleld  Cii.  and  Sec.,  100  00 
Newton,  Eliot,  Ch.  and  Soc,  666  20 
Newton  Centre,  First  Church,  89  04 
North  Rochester,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  25  73 
Plvmouth,    Ch.    of    the     lllgrimage. 

Ladles'  Home  Miss.  Soc,  44  00 

Rehoboth,  Rev.  Henry  D.  Woodward,  6  00 

Royalston.  Second  Cong.  Ch.  and  Sjc^  17  60 

Salem,  Tabernacle  Ch.  and  Soc,  486  60 

Sharon,  First  Evan.  Ch.  and  Boc,  90  00 

Bhelburne  Falls,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  65  60 

Bouthboro\  Second  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc,  8  W 

Sudbury,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  21 14 

Templeton,  L.  R.  and  E.  C.  D.  Sbattuck,  10  00 

Truro,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc,                      '  10  00 

Waltham,  Trinity  Cong.  Oh.  aud  Soc,  62  26 

Wehster,  Cong.  Oh.  and  Soc,  73  69 

West  Midway,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  67  00 

Weymouth,  Praying  Circle,  18  « 

Windsor,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  30  00 

Worcester,  First  Church,  T2  62 

Worthlngton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  07  25 

$6,027  70 

Receipts  of  the  Connecticut  Home  Missionary  Ss- 
ciety^'in  January,  E.  W.  Pabsoks,  Tresa 

Andover,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mr.  Hyde,  $10  85 

Bakersville,  Bequest  of  Truman  Curtis, 
dec,  to  const  H.  B.  Curtis.  8.  O.  Dyer 
and  Hezeldah  Parsons  L.  Ma., 

Barkhamsted,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  B. 
Freeman, 

Bridgeport,  First  Ch.,  by^  N.  S.  Wordin, 
Ir., 

Buckingham,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  Ord- 
way, 

Collinsville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  Hall, 

Cromwell,  Cong.  Ch.,  $30,  from  Mrs,  8. 
£.  Waters,  to  const.  Charles  E.  Waters 
a  L.  M.,  and  $30  from  John  Stevens, 
const.  Edwin  P.  Stevens  a  L.  M., 

Enfield.  H.  B.  K., 

Fair  Haven,  Cong.  Ch., 

Grassy  Hill.  Cong.  Ch.,  in  full,  to  const. 
Mary  Gillett  Loper  a  U  M., 

Green villo,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  T.  W.  Carey, 

Hartford,  Bequest  of  Rev.  J.  Ha  we*, 
D.D.,bya8.Ward, 

Litchfield,  avails  of  watch  chain,  etc., 
given  by  Mrs.  Coc, 

NewHavon,  L.  B.,  $20;  E.  U.  Bishop, 
$15. 

New  London,  First  Ch.,  hv  Rial  Cha- 
ncy, of  which  ^  from  B.  A.  Bull,  to 
const.  Rev.  R.  B.  Bull  a  lu  M., 

South  Olastenbury,  from  Messrs.  N. 
Huhbard  and  H.  D.  Clark,  to  const 
Aaron  W.  Kinnee  a  L.  M., 

South  Meriden,  "  Poor  Man,** 

8uffield,Oong.  Ch..hy  Kev.  Walter  Bar- 
ton, to  const.  Asnbel  Harmon  a  L.  M., 

Unionville.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  B.  K.  Gibbc 

Warren,  Cong.  Ob«  to  const  I.  B.  Dick- 
inson and  A.  R.  Humphrey,  L.  Ma, 

Wo»t  Hartford,  baquast  of  Mia.  A.  P. 
Talcolt, 


loeeo 

8  97 

118  14 

1100 
17  00 


60  00 
10  00 
20  00 

10  00 
16  33 

42  80 

10  00 

35  00 

846  29 


30  00 
260 

30  00 
860 

T4J0 

109  61 

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MISSIOJSAHY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  Clothing,  sent  directly  and  without  any  particular  de«>!gnation,  to  the  ofBct 
of  tho  American  Home  Misdonary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  such  missionaries  as  are 
known  to  be  most  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  to  those  who  recdv* 
tbem,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective  donors. 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  individual  or  association,  intending  to  prepare 
a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  missionary  designated,  and  a  detailed 
account  of  the  circumstances  of  his  family  given,  the  information  is  not  always  at  hand. 
80  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when  it  is,  it  not 
onfrequently  happens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  the  missionary  remains  for 
months  nnsupplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  might  be  furnished 
with  articles  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  In  other  cases,  while 
the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from  other  sources,  so  thar 
when  the  box  is  ready,  this  mlsidonary  is  not  so  much  in  want  as  many  others. 

It  is  prdferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors,  that 
the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothins  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  individual  in 
particular,  shoud  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Society,  afltr  ihey  reach 
th»  ^fiet.  It  is  beh^ed  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  the  designs  of  those  who 
generously  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which  the  Society  can  have*  an 
•gency. 

DIBECTI0N8  FOB  FOBWABDDfO. 

L  Fut  inade  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  Is  opened,  a  paper 
or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  and  the  estimated  value  of  the  whole, 
with  the  name  of  Uie  individual  or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the 
individual  to  whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent 

2.  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  of  the  box  should  be  sent  in  a  letter 
to  the  office  of  the  Society.  In  this  letter  it  should  be  stated  when,  and  by  what  convey- 
ioccL  the  box  was  forwarded ;  in  it  should  be  inclosed,  also,  such  money  as  is  intended 
for  the  payment  of  freight.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  fihould  be  provided  for  in  all  cases, 
if  practicable.  .The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  $3  to  $6,  according  to  its 
fiat  and  the  distance  it  is  sent,  A  harrd  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense  than  a  box  of 
Ibe  tame  size. 

8.  The  box  should  be  fully  and  plainly  marked,  and  the  place  from  which  it  come*  should 
ALWAYS  appear  en  the  outiiJe^  so  that  Uiere  may  be  no  necessity  for  openine  it  at  the 
office.  It  should  be  strong,  tight,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  be  hooped,  or 
otherwise  fuUy  secured  against  the  effects  of  hard  usage  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  oMreeud  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place, 
KewTork. 

HO  PABT  0?  A  1KI8SI0NABT  8  SALABT. 

Boxes  of  Clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriation.  The  Society 
needs  the  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptly  its  stipulations 
vHb  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  be  no  favor  to  a 
ttisnonary  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money  that  would 
otherwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionally  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Mis^onary;  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to  it  that 
Ibey  give  none  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  giving  other  things  that  are  need- 
All  and  convenient.  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  sympathies  will  be  so  awakened  in 
tbe  preparation  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be  their  privilege,  not  only  to 
continue,  but  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

8TTOOE8TI0NS  A8  TO  THEIB  C0KTE1VT8. 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box,  while  clothing  of  woollen  or  linen  fabrics, 
Aces,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  be  specially  valuable,  scarcely  any  thing  in  the 
Aipe  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  which  is  of  common  use  in  any 
fonn  in  a  family,  will  come  amiss.  Kziives  and  forks,  spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of 
Won,  a  skein  of  yam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles,  a  cake  of  wax,  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a 
thimble,  a  tumbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skunmer,  or  a  pepper  box,  need  not  be  Icfl  out 

When  articles  of  clothing  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  which  boxes 
ve  sent,  missionaries  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  other  that 
•hnoit  every  thing  which  a  box  may  contain  is  turned  to  good  account 


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NOTICE  TO  MKSIOHABIES  OF  THE  A.  H.  H.  SOCIETY. 

HABCn    BEPOBT. 

Deab  Brethben  :  By  tlie  terms  of  your  Commission,  a  Statistical  Report 
is  to  be  forwarded  ^o  the  Society  on  the  1st  of  March.  The  data  supplied  bj 
such  reports  are  indispensable  for  making  out  a  full  exhibition  of  the  doings  of 
the  Society  for  one  year.  We  therefore  make  early  and  earnest  request  that 
you  will  each  furnish  the  f  nrticulars  named  in  the  following  list,  in  a  special 
communication^  to  tuis  office,  as  early  as  the  fibst  day  of  Mabch. 

1.  Your  name  in  fully  with  the  name  of  your  Post-oflSce,  County  and  State* 

2.  Names  i»f  the  church  or  churches,  and  of  all  the  stations  where  you  bAve 

preached  nt  regular  intervals  during  the  year.       ^ 

3.  Nuinler  of  church  members — ^male  and  female. 

4.  Averflge  attendance  on  public  worship. 
6.  Number  of  hopeful  conversions. 

6.  Number  added  to  the  church  by  profession.* 

7.  Number  added  to  the  church  by  letter.* 

8.  Number  of  Sabbath  school  and  Bible  class  scholars. 

9.  Number  of  churches  organized  during  the  year. 

10.  Number  of  church  edifices  erected,  or  repaired. 

11.  Number  of  young  men  preparing  for  the  ministry. 

12.  Contributions  to  benevolent  object?,  such  as :  '  ' 
Home  Missions,  $ , 


Foreign  Missions,  $- 


Bible  Society,  $ ,  etc.,  etc.    Total  for  all  object*^,  | ^^ 

Please  state  any  otlier  facts,  in  relation  to  Revivals,  Conversions,  Chun& 
erection.  Lay  effort,  eto.,  which  will  indicate  the  progress  of  the  missionary 
work  on  your  field  ;  an^'  such  as  will  exhibit  the  remaining  destitutions  of  t\m 
general  regions  where  you  labor. 

Affectionately  your?, 

MaTON  BaI&geb,   1 

David  B.  Coe,      V  Secrctariei,    ' 

Alex,  H.  Clapp,   ) 

♦  To  be  reckoned  from  March  to  March,  if  you  have  been  Is  oommiflelon  the  whole  year  •,  If  IM^ 
for  that  portion  of  the  year,  between  these  dates,  wLich  your  commiasioQ  covers. 

K.  B.    This  Statistical  Beport  should  be  disconnected  entirely  £rozn  a  quAT* 
terly  report  and  from  all  other  business  matters. 


FORM  OF  A  BEQUEST. 

I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollar?,  in  tnut^  to  pay 

the  same  in  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  i84>ay 

shall  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the  <5^ 
New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty  six,  to  be  applied  to  the  of — **^ 
uses  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  ile  direction. 


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PAGB 

FOOTPRINTS  OP  THE  PILGRIMS 
AOBOBS  THB  OONTINENT. . .  377 

MI88IONAR7  INTELLIGENCE. 

WmahixLtetoKU—From  Rev*  J.  F.  Da- 

mon,  SeatUe.— The  Work 282 

The  Sanctnftry.— The  People....  283 

Oalifomia.~Froin  Rev.  J.  H.  Finr- 
ren.— Santa  Barbara.— San  Baena- 

Teniora 288 

Anaheim.— Newport 284 

From  Rev,  J,  T.  Wills,  Eureka^— 
Conrerdon 284 

OoloTado.~From  Rev.  N.  Thompeon, 
Boulder.-»nelpers  Needed.~The 
WeekofPrayer 285 

I  Nalmuika.— From  Rn.  0.  W,  Mer^ 
riZt— Nebraska's  Opportmiity  and 

Need 286 

From  Rtv.  F.  AUeu^  Plattsmoutb.— 
Oourageoni}  and  Gratefta 286 

KaoMM.— From  Rev.  8.  D,  Starrs, 
anlodaio.—A  Gain.— The  Week 

ofPrayer 286 

Taakeee  not  Faded 287 

Fktmi  Rev.  J,  Copelandj  Angntta — 
ReTtral  Labors.— Snmmaiy  Jas- 
tice , 287 

Flrom  Rev.  J.  D.  Parker,  Burlington. 

—Revival 287 

Flood 288 


TAQM 

])llnnesota.—From  1200.  W.  A.Cfut- 
ler^  Belle  Prairie.— Had  Never 
Heard  of  Christ 288 

From  Rev.  C,  B.  Sheldon.  Exceleior. 
—The  Way  to  Build 288 

From  Rev.  A.  J.  Pike.  Sauk  Center. 
—Work 289 

From  Rev.  O.  B,  Nutting,  Lansing. 
—Christian  Union.  — Ministerial 
Support 289 

Iowa.— From  Rev.  W.  C.  Foster ^  Pei^ 
cival.— Work  of  the  Spirit 290 

From  Rev.  F.  Crang,  Dutch  Creek. 
—Precious  Revival 291 

From  Rev.  F.  W.  Judieeeh,  Grand 
View.— One  German  Church  off 
the  List 291 

Wisoonslii.- From  Rev.  M.   WsUSj 

Oak  Grove.— Power  of  the  Spirit.  292  ; 
From  Rev.  H.  Davis,  Berlin.— Glad 

to  Work .7. 292 

Infidelity  Giving  Way 293 

Missouri.— From  Rev.  J.  O.  Roberts, 
Kansas  City.  —  Open-Handed.— 
Church  of  Ago 2 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

ThbOpihiso  Fikld 298 

HaPPTTiMEIM  THS  Pabsohagk 295 

Teb  Lack  OP  MuiisTBBS 296 

COMOBBQATIOHAL  STATISTICS 297 

Missionary  Appointments 297 

Acknowledgment  of  Receipts 298 


PUBLISHED  BY  THE  AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 
Bible  House,  Aator  Place,  New  York. 


PRICE,  RFTY  CENTS  A  YEAR,  IN  ADVANCE. 

PosTAOB.-'rioelve  cents  a  year,  in  advance. 


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APPLICATIONS  FOR  AID. 

FeeUt  ooDgr^gaUonfl,  desiring  aid  in  sopportiiiff  the  gosp^  am  raqoested,  in  thfllr 
•pplicatlonfl,  to  make  full  statements  oi  their  condition  and  proqieots,  and  of  the  reaaons 
or  granting  their  reqaests.  They  are  dedred,  also,  to  fiunish  the  foUoiriog  partioolaiib 
mmely: 

The  population  of  the  plaoe. 

The  name  of  the  charcii  or  congregation. 

The  nnmbw  of  oonmmnicanta,  and  the  ayerage  number  of  attendants  on  public  wonhiiiL 

The  denomination  and  size  of  congregations  unmediatelj  contiguous,  with  the  distano^ 
to  their  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  which  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  c^ven  time,  and  the  amngemflnti 
that  are  made  for  securing  it 

Whether  ud  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 

The  least  amount  that  will  suffice  from  this  Society. 

The  name  infuU  and  post-office  address  of  the  nunister  for  whom  a  commlsBion  ii  de> 
dred. 

His  credentials. 

Whether  he  is  a  resident  of  the  plaoe  in  which  he  preaches,  and  is  engaged  in  waj 
oUier  calUng  than  that  of  ttie  ndnistry. 

Whether  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  church,  or  if  not,  wheUier  any  arrangements  are  mmdm 
or  contemplated  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  the  year. 

The  application  should  be  dgned  by  the  officers  of  the  dmrch,  and  by  the  tnutees  or 
a  committee  of  the  congregation. 

If  the  ecclesiastical  body  with  which  the  church  is  oonnected  have  a  "Committae  of 
Missions  "  to  act  in  their  behalf,  the  members  of  this  Oommittee  are  the  proper  persons  lo 
certify  Uie  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  minister,  and  his  prospects  of 
usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  services  are  desued ;  and  the  application  should  be  aeni 
to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation.  Where  no  such  '*  Committee  of 
Uissions  **  exists,  the  application  should  reoeiye  the  indorsement  of  two  or  man  neigh- 
boring dexgymen,  of  the  same  denomination,  acquainted  with  the  &ct8. 

Applications,  after  befaig  properly  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  be  sent  to  lh« 
Superintendent  (or  Secretary  of  the  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  applicants  reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriations  are  for  twelve  months  from  the  daU  of  the  tutpUeO' 
lion;  at  we  end  of  which,  if  fhrther  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must  be  ma(fe,  con- 
taining all  the  particulars  above  stated,  and  indorsed  and  recommended  in  like  manner. 
Each  eongreaation  ajaplying  for  renaoed  oid^  ihould  fkimiah,  ahOy  the  eertytcate  of  the 
mi$iio9iarv  thai  they  have  fulfilled  th&ir  previo%m  plet^ee  for  hie  sttpporL 

The  address  of  the  Socie^s  Superintendents  and  the  Secreta'ies  of  iti  AuxHiariea  wffl 
be  found  on  the  cover  of  its  reports  and  of  the  Some  Miteionary. 


THE  HOME  mSSIOHABT. 

The  Some  Missionary  will  be  sent  grahUtoutly  to  the  following  classes  of  individuala, 
unless  they  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers : 

To  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Misaonaries  of  the  Society 
and  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clergyman  in  whose  congregation  a  collection  b  taken  up 
every  year  for  the  Society,  or  one  of  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  individual  who  contributes 
ten  dollars,  or  upward,  durins  the  year.  To  every  Auxiliary,  Association,  or  Congrega- 
tion, one  eojnffor  every  ten  doUare  collected  and  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Society,  or 
of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  confer  a  spedal  favor  by  availing  himself  of  the  fiunlities  offered 
above  to  mtroduce  the  Some  Mtedonaru  among  his  people.  In  notifying  the  Secretaries 
of  his  desire  to  have  the  work  sent  on  these  teinis,  he  is  request^  to  mention  the  noml 
of  some  person  to  whom  each  copy  shall  be  addressed. 

FOBH  OP  A  BEaUEST. 

I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  tr%isty  to  pay  orer 

Uie  same  in  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is 

payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  ths 
city  of  New  York,  In  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to  ths 
charitable  uses  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


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Wo-tf-ie'd,   L'aee. 
Perkins  Ool:ecti  .; 

THE  HOME  MISSIONARY. 

Go, Preach  the  Gospel Mark  xvi.  15. 

H07  shall  the  J  preach  except  thej  be  sent  ?.  ,Eom,  x.  16. 

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FOOTPRINTS    OF   THE   PILGRIMSJ  ACROSS   THE 
CONTINENT. 

By  RcT.  Joseph  E.  Rot,  D.D.,  Superintendent,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

^^  Evary  ptaecy  whereon  the  »ole$  of  your  feet  shall  tread^  shall  le  yours;  from 
the  vnldemess  and  Ldnmonyfrom  the  river y  the  rwer  Euphrates^  even  unto  the  utter- 
wioet  sea  shall  your  coast  ^.''  Over  this  territory,  thus  possessed,  the  ideas  of 
the  Theocracy  became  regnant.  It  was  stamped  all  oyer  with  the  footprints  of 
Israel,  as  the  seal  of  their  inheritance.  The  men  of  the  Mayflower  were  pleased, 
with  the  patriarchs,  to  confess  that  they,  too,  "  were  strangers  and  pilgrims  in 
the  earth ; "  that  they,  too,  were  a  vine  brought  out  of  Egypt,  and  planted  to 
take  root  and  fill  the  land.  They  set  the  soles  of  their  feet  upon  the  Eastern 
coast,  and  now  haye  made  footprints  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  uttermost  sea,  at 
the  going  down  of  the  sun,  and  so  haye  gained  possession  of  the  continent. 
Thus  did  their  *^  great  patent,^'  issued  by  King  James  in  1620,  draw  their 
boundary :  ^^  In  length  by  all  the  breadth  aforesaid,  throughout  the  mainland 
Crom  sea  to  sea.''  But  a  Soyereign,  higher  than  King  James,  had  issued  them 
his  {freat  patent,  as  recorded  in  proyidence,  to  possess  not  only  that  narrow  strip 
across  the  land,  but  all  the  parts  ac^acent  thereto. 

In  tracing  the  footprints  of  the  Pilgrims  across  the  continent,  I  shall  not 
attempt  to  discriminate,  as  historic  yerity  might  require,  between  the  Pilgrims 
and  the  Puritans,  but  shall  recognize  the  assimilation  as  found  in  the  New 
fin^and  type.  Nor  shall  I  undertake  a  delineation  of  their  history,  principles, 
and  character.  Mine  shall  rather  be  an  effort,  as  an  impartial  witness,  bom 
and  brought  up  in  the  West,  and  not  of  the  Pilgrim  stock,  to  testify  to  the 
penrasiye  presence  and  power  of  the  New  England  system  "  throughout  the 
mainland,  from  sea  to  sea.'' 

These  literal  footprints — as  real  as  the  bird-tracks  upon  the  sand-slabs  of 
the  Connecticut  yalley— are  maryelous  in  number.  The  **  Journal  of  the  Pil- 
grims "  says  that  the  first  band  of  explorers  espied  some  Indians  and  ^^  fol- 
lowed them  that  night  about  ten  miles  hy  the  trace  (f  their  footings,'*'^  This 
Pilgrim  tracking  of  the  retreating  Aborigines  has  been  continued  eyer  since, 
until  the  natiye  trail  has  been  followed  from  coast  to  coast  and  nearly  obliter- 
ated by  the  furrow  of  Christian  ciyilization.  Landing  upon  Plymouth  Rock, 
in  process  of  time  they  crossed  the  whole  of  New  England.  Then  tbey  sho 
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out  to  Central  and  Western  New  York.  Thence,  by  a  second  migration,  they 
pushed  on  to  Northern  Ohio,  which  became  a  new  Connecticut— such  that,  in 
1835,  of  the  477  Congregational  and  Presbyterian  ministers  there,  nine-tenths 
were  from  New  England.  Then  into,  and  through,  and  beyond  the  old  North- 
west they  poured  a  living  stream.  In  the  seyen  Northwestern  States,  by  esti- 
mate, there  are  not  less  than  3,000,000  people  of  the  Pilgrim  and  Puritan  extrac- 
tion, very  neariy  equaling  the  entire  population  of  New  England  in  1860,  which 
was  3,075,301.  Then  the  States  beyond  the  Mississippi  and  the  Territories  upon 
and  around  the  Rocky  mountains  haye  each  had  their  share  of  this  Pilgrim  emi- 
gration, while  its  footprints  are  found  all  oyer  the  States  of  the  golden  slope. 
The  greatest  wonder  has  been  that  that  tucked-up  comer  of  the  country  could 
produce  so  many  people.  It  is  probable  that  those  Eastern  States  haye  already 
literally  emptied  themselyes  into  the  West  three  or  four  times  I  But  by  thus 
girding  the  continent  with  the  "New  England  Zone,"  they  have  bound  the 
West,  with  its  deep  Interior,  to  the  East 

These  footprints  have  crossed  the  continent  upon  thd  hdt  of  free  soil,  secured 
by  the  Pilgrims.  Jefferson  did  not  insert  that  proviso  of  freedom  in  the  ordi- 
nance of  '87.  He  was  not  in  Congress  at  that  time,  nor  even  in  the  country. 
That  was  a  Pilgrim  boon.  At  the  close  of  the  Revolution,  "  The  Ohio  Com- 
pany "  was  formed  in  Massachusetts,  of  ex-soldiers,  forty-eight  in  all ;  among 
them  were  two  generals,  two  colonels,  two  majors,  and  six  captains,  whose  pay, 
in  the  bankrupt  condition  of  the  government,  consisted  in  war-warrants,  that 
would  purchase  nothing  but  government  lands.  With  this  they  bought 
1,500,000  acres,  at  67  cents  an  acre,  just  across  the  Ohio  river  from  Virginia, 
Marietta  becoming  their  centre.  But  before  they  would  close  the  bargain,  they 
demanded  legislative  guaranties  for  freedom  and  for  education  in  that  wild 
country.  To  this  end  a  committee,  of  which  Rev.  Dr.  Manasseh  Cutler  was 
leader,  was  sent  on  to  Congress,  at  New  York.  With  their  representative, 
Nathan  Dane,  they  contrived  that  beneficent  proviso,  by  which  the  domain  of 
seven  commonwealths  was  forever  secured  to  liberty,  and  every  sixteenth  sec- 
tion of  every  township  was  consecrated  to  common  schools !  And  so,  when, . 
in  fourscore  years,  the  g^eat  confiict  came  on,  the  Northwest,  grown  mi^ty  in 
its  heritage  of  freedom,  was  found  on  the  right  side,  and  was  ready  to  pour 
forth  its  legions  of  patriot  soldiers,  without  whom  the  nation  could  hardly 
have  been  saved.  New  England,  losing  her  life  in  the  wilderness,  had  saved 
it,  and  was  as  much  surprised  as  rejoiced  at  such  a  response.  It  is  an  indicative 
fact  that  the  Congregational  churches  of  these  States  sent  into  the  army  one  in 
four  of  their  entire  mcUe  mernbership,  including  old  men,  invalids,  and  boys. 

Pilgrim  footprints  also  mark  the  business  enterprise,  which  stretches  across 
the  continent.  Most  of  the  leading  business  men  of  our  western  cities  are  of 
this  stock.  Chicago  has  credit  for  her  tunnels  under  the  lake  and  the  river; 
but  the  genius  that  conceived  and  carried  them  through  was  that  of  a  New 
Englander,  a  deacon  in  one  of  our  churches.  The  same  city  has  praise  for  her 
fifteen  or  more  centering  railroads ;  but  the  mass  of  the  capital  invested  in 
them,  and  of  the  brains  that  built  and  now  manage  them,  is  Eastern.  The 
same  is  true  of  the  extension  of  the  railway  scheme  over  the  mountains  to  the 
Pacific. 

The  footprints  of  the  Pilgrims  are  also  traced  by  the  social  construcUceness 
of  the  West.  Society-builders  were  they.  Out  of  God*s  Word  they  took  their 
ideal  of  the  social  life,  as  represented  by  the  family,  the  church,  the  State. 
The  family,  with  them,  was  a  germ  of  civilization,  having  life  in  itself,    .finoas 


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carried  the  Trojan  hoosehold  gods  to  Italy.  These  Christian  families,  emi- 
gratiDg,  carry  along  no  material  images,  but,  in  the  ark  of  their  faith,  they  bear 
the  symbols  of  a  nobler  worship,  the  seeds  of  a  Christian  society,  more  worthy 
to  be  celebrated  in  epic  song  than  the  Trojan  penates.  With  them,  as  taught 
by  the  Bible,  the  church  was  a  local,  self-goyeming  brotherhood,  and,  as  such, 
it  could  be  set  np  by  any  band  of  disciples  in  the  wilderness ;  and,  thus  set  up, 
it  becomes  a  fountain  of  enriching  social  life.  Then,  germane  and  auxiliary  to 
the  church,  come  those  benevolent  Societies,  bom  of  Pilgrim  piety,  which,  all 
along,  have  been  fostering,  with  parental  liberality,  the  new  life  of  the  West. 

Then,  out  of  this  New  Testament  notion  of  a  church,  the  Pilgrims  got  that 
elemental  idea  of  a  popular  government,  the  totcn  organiaation.  It  was  not  a 
union  of  Church  and  State ;  it  was  the  evolving  of  the  State  from  the  Church, 
the  idea  of  self-government  being  simply  transferred  from  the  spiritual  to  tho 
civil  body.  For  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  world  had  that  principle 
been  applied  to  a£Eairs  of  State.  The  town-meeting,  to  deliberate  upon  all 
matters  of  local  government,  was  a  miniature  Congress,  in  which  its  members 
were  educated  in  legal  and  parliamentary  proceeding,  and  thus  prepared  not  a 
few  of  them,  to  represent  all  parts  of  the  land  in  the  great  Congress.  It  pro- 
motes public  spirit,  self-respect,  education,  and  good  order.  But  do  you  say 
that  the  Pilgrims  were  narrow  and  exclusive  in  the  application  of  this  prin- 
ciple ?  It  is  true  that,  for  a  time,  they  limited  the  suffiitge  and  office  to  church- 
members.  But  do  you  blame  them  for  not  having  learned  the  whole  of  their 
lesson  at  once  ?  In  the  Bible,  and  in  connection  with  church  government,  they 
bad  rediscovered,  the  great  principle  of  Christian  democracy.  They  had,  as 
yet,  applied  it  only  to  the  spiritual  organization ;  but  soon  they  learned  to 
apply  it  to  the  civil  As  well  might  you  blame  Professor  Morse  for  not  at  first 
applying  the  principle  of  the  telegraph  to  the  ocean  as  well  as  to  the  conti-- 
nent ;  as  well  blame  Fulton  for  not  at  first  using  steam-power  for  locomotioa 
by  land  as  well  as  by  water. 

De  Tooqueville,  a  French  philosopher  and  a  Romanist,  it  is  well  known,. 
tnMM  back  our  entire  republican  system  to  the  idea  of  the  New  England  town. 
Professor  Gervinus,  of  the  University  of  Heidelberg,  in  his  Introduction  to  a 
History  of  the  Nineteenth  Century,  pays  the  same  tribute  to  the  Pilgrim  idea 
of  entire  liberty  of  conscience,  the  power  of  the  mfgority,  and  the  elective  fran- 
diiae.  The  institutions  based  upon  these  ideas,  he  says,  spread  over  the  whole 
Uoion,  superseding  the  aristocratic  commencement  in  South  Carolina  and  in 
Kew  York,  the  high-church  party  in  Virginia,  and  the  monarchy  which  had 
prevailed  throughout  the  colonies.  "  These  ideas,"  he  says,  *^  have  given  laws 
to  one  quarter  of  the  globe,  and,  dreaded  for  their  moral  influence,  they  stand 
in  the  background  of  every  democratic  struggle  in  Europe."  For  publishing 
ttuB  book,  as  tending  to  overthrow  the  right  of  monarchy,  Professor  Gervinus 
was  indicted  by  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Baden,  and  sentenced  to  four  months' 
imprisonment  and  the  public  burning  of  his  volume.  And  this  spiteful  thrust 
of  monarchy  at  democracy,  within  the  present  empire  of  Prussia,  was  as  late  in 
the  nineteenth  century  as  1853 1  While  Jefiferson  is  said  to  have  taken  his 
ideal  of  our  federal  fabric  from  a  self-governing  church,  Otis  is  also  said  to 
have  remarked  that  the  method  of  associating  the  Congregational  churches, 
retaining  independence  and  securing  fellowship,  would  be  a  good  way  to  unite 
the  Colonies.  These  are  items  in  the  indebtedness  of  our  Republic  to  the  Pil- 
grim church  system. 

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has  been  gradually  making  its  way  across  the  continent.  In  Virginia  and  all 
the  South  a  diflferent  type  of  local  government  prevailed  trom  the  beginning. 
It  was  that  of  the  county,  which  was  governed  by  magistrates,  appointed  in 
magisterial  districts,  by  the  €k>vemor,/(?r  life/  These  two  notions  came  into 
the  West  along  with  the  Eastern  and  the  Southern  emigration.  Here  they  have 
been,  and  still  are,  in  competition — the  Cavalier  and  the  Puritan  in  contest  for 
the  supremacy.  Illinois  illustrates  this  conflict  of  ideas.  By  its  original 
Southern  emigrants  the  Virginia  foim  of  county  organization  was  brought  into 
the  Territorial  and  State  Government,  except  that  the  three  commissioners,  who 
ruled  the  county,  were  elected  and  not  appointed.  This  polity  prevailed  until 
the  new  Constitution,  in  1848,  by  the  influx  of  Eastern  influence,  provided  that 
each  county  might  vote  which  form,  that  of  the  county  or  the  town,  should  pre- 
vail. At  once  the  northern  counties  voted  to  adopt  the  town  regime.  Every 
year  since,  this  canvass  has  been  going  on,  uAtil  now,  of  the  103  counties,  62 
have  adopted  the  town  plan.  Sometimes  a  county  votes  two  or  three  times  be- 
fore securing  the  change ;  none  ever  change  back.  Our  new  Constitution,  jost 
adopted,  regnacts  the  same  provision.  And  so  over  the  Union  this  Pilgrim 
idea  of  the  town  is  fast  coming  into  the  ascendant.  Beyond  New  England, 
New  York,  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Michigan,  Wisconsin,  Illinois  (in  part), 
Minnesota  have  adopted  it.  A  mixed  system  has  been  introduced  in  Ohio  and 
Indiana.  Kansas,  California,  and  Iowa  are  working  towards  it.  And  now, 
since  the  triumph  of  the  Puritan  over  the  Cavalier,  in  the  late  war,  this  idea  is 
making  its  pilgrimage  through  the  South.  North  Carolina  takes  a  mixed  sys- 
tem ;  West  Virginia  and  old  Virginia  take  the  pure  New  England  type. 

The  free  school  system  is  another  Pilgrim  idea,  which  has  made  footprints 
across  the  continent.  Old  England  has  not  yet  a  system  of  education  for  the 
masses  of  her  children ;  but  New  England  has  had  it  these  two  hundred  years. 
As  to  the  origin  of  this  system,  we  have  so  impartial  a  witness  as  The  CathoUe 
World.  It  says :  "  It  is  hardly  too  much  to  say  that  our  present  system  of  com- 
mon schools,  at  the  public  expense,  owes  its  origin  to  Congregationalists  and 
the  influence  they  have  exerted.  The  system  originated  in  New  England— 
strictly  speaking,  in  Massachusetts."  And  this  idea  has  traveled  westward 
across  the  Pilgrim  belt.  The  free  public  school  is  universal  over  the  West,  and 
there  is  here  an  ambition  to  make  it  excel  in  quality.  The  free  high  school- 
house  now  going  up  in  Omaha  is  to  cost  |200,000,  and  the  money  to  pay  for  it 
is  in  the  treasury.  And  now  the  Pilgrim  free  school,  the  antagonist  of  slavery 
and  of  aristocracy,  is  marching  southward.  Virginia  adopts  it — ^her  poor 
whites  and  freedmen  having  waked  up  to  the  idea  that,  in  toumr-meeting^  they 
can  vote  to  tax  the  landed  aristocrats  to  build  school-houses  and  pay  for  teach- 
ers. Tennessee,  under  the  inspiration  of  freedom,  accepts  the  boon,  and  then, 
under  a  return  spasm  of  rebellion,  rejects  it.  And  so  it  must  go,  victory  and 
defeat,  until  the  South  comes  to  her  right  mind,  or  until  the  legislation  now 
pending  in  Congress  shall  provide  for  the  education  of  those  wards  of  the  na- 
tion, white  and  black.  A  rebel  colonel,  at  the  South,  reproached  us  of  the 
Northwest  for  not  joining  them  in  the  rebellion.  I  confessed  to  him  that  we 
had  not  a  little  of  sympathy  with  them  in  their  subjugation  ;  for  we,  too,  had 
been  brought  under  the  control  of  the  Puritans, — only  we  had  been  subdued 
by  their  ideas,  and  the  rebels  by  their  arms.  And  now,  said  I,  you  have  had 
the  bullets ;  you  must  take  the  ideas  too.    The  South  is  taking  them. 

By  their  religious  views  the  Pilgrims  have  made  footprints  across  the  conti- 
nent.   Puritanism  was  itself  a  "  revival  of  religion  "  in  the  world.    Its  mani- 


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festation  in  NeT7  England  has  given  character  to  the  religious  life  of  the  West. 
Their  reverence  for  the  Word  of  God,  and  for  the  right  of  priyate  judgment 
upon  it|  and  for  the  independence  and  boldness  of  the  pulpit,  has  made  its  im- 
press upon  the  West.  Here  is  a  reproduction  of  the  polity  and  the  piety  of 
the  fathers.  Their  reverence  for  the  Christian  Sabbath  has  left  its  mark  all 
along  the  Fil^m  Zone,  making  the  difference  between  our  Lord's  Day  and  tlje 
continental  Sunday.  They,  of  the  IMayflower,  solemnly  dedicated  to  God  in 
worship  the  five  Sabbaths  occurring  while  she  lay  in  the  bay,  before  the  land- 
ingj  notwithstanding  the  necessity  for  haste  in  completing  explorations  and  in 
securing  a  settlement  under  the  rigors  of  winter,  already  upon  them.  Clark's 
Island,  where  the  explorers  kept  the  Holy  Day,  will  ever  be  a  monument  to 
Pilgrim  piety  and  a  standing  rebuke  before  the  eye  of  the  nation  to  any  undue 
relaxing  in  the  observance  of  the  Sabbath. 

The  footprints  of  the  Pilgrims  are  traced  across  the  continent  by  the 
Aurchas  of  their  polity.  Of  the  whole  number,  3,121,  nearly  one-half  are 
now  beyond  New  England.  And  of  these,  1,294  are  in  the  Interior  and  upon 
the  Pacific  coast  Of  the  new  churches  of  this  order,  organized  the  last  year, 
ninety — two-thirds  of  the  whole— were  within  the  old  Northwest,  The  centre 
of  the  Congregational  commonwealth  is  rapidly  moving  westward.  Then,  it  is 
commonly  estimated,  that  2,000  more  churches  of  this  material  have  gone  into 
other  communions.  But  there  they  represent  Puritan  ideas,  and  thus  it  may 
appear  in  the  end  that  even  this  was  for  the  enlargement  of  the  area  of  their 
influence.  Possibly  it  was  a  necessary  part  of  that  providential  scheme  where- 
by Puritanism  was  to  take  possession  of  the  continent.  It  is  certainly  a  great 
gain  to  the  science  of  theology,  that  New  England  views  have  so  far  leavened 
the  lump  of  Presbyterianism  that  the  "  New  School "  ministers  and  churches, 
who  were  simply  New  Englandized  Presbyterians,  are  now  received  back  into 
living  fellowship  by  the  very  body  which  once  exscinded  them  as  heretics. 
Kor  is  it  too  much  to  claim  that  the  prevalence  of  these  Pilgrim  ideas  has  had 
not  a  little  to  do  with  modifying  Methodism,  which  is  now  seeking  an  educated 
ministry,  increasing  the  duration  of  its  pastorates,  and  introducing  lay  repre- 
sentation. The  same  influence  is  seen  in  relation  to  Episcopacy,  which,  in  the 
general,  has  brought  out  the  pulpit  and  preaching  into  more  of  prominence ; 
and,  in  one  branch,  is  manifesting  resistance  to  ritualism,  zeal  for  evangelical 
views,  and  increased  regard  for  the  ordination  and  the  fellowship  of  other 
churches.  Then  consider  the  original  and  cardinal  peculiarity  of  Puritanism 
that  "  none  but  regenerated  persons  "  should  be  received  into  church  fellowship. 
De  Tocqueville  says  of  the  New  Englandeis :  "  Their  fundamental  idea  was 
simple  and  sublime :  as  far  as  possible,  to  have  the  whole  people  truly  and 
thoroughly  regenerated."  Their  theory  of  limiting  the  communion  to  converted 
people  has  now  become  so  common,  that  we  are  liable  to  forget  that  it  was  one 
of  the  essential  views,  as  it  was  one  of  the  legitimate  fruits,  of  Puritanism.  If, 
then,  we  are  led  to  regret  t}iat  ours  is  one  of  smallest  tribes  of  Israel,  when  we 
oonsid^  that  the  Pilgrim  idea  of  self-government  is  held  alike  by  Baptists  and 
other  evangelical  bodies,  we  are  brought  to  the  assurance  that  the  Congrega- 
tional poUty  has  attained,  ailer  all,  even  upon  the  score  of  numbers,  to  the 
majority  in  this  land.    And  this  is  a  trail  of  Pilgrim  footsteps. 

This  tracing  of  the  Pilgrim  footprints  across  the  continent  would  not  be 
complete  without  a  reference  to  what  Home  Miesions  have  had  to  do  in  con- 
nection with  this  grand  development.  The  missionary  idea  was  a  prominent 
.  motive  with  the  Pilgrims  in  coming  to  this  land.    They  set  about  evangelizing 


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at  once.  As  they  pushed  back  barbarism,  they  pushed  out  the  gospel  and  its 
iostitations.  Societies  sprung  up  in  each  of  the  New  England  States ;  and 
these,  more  than  a  half-century  ago,  had  penetrated  into  the  continent  as  far  as 
to  the  Mississippi  and  down  to  its  mouth.  Then  came  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society,  as  a  representative  of  them  all ;  bom,  as  to  its  idea,  in  New 
England.  Its  mission  has  been  that  of  church-planting  and  nurture ;  and  liter- 
ally haye  these  vines  been  planted  across  the  continent  Already  do  they  climb 
the  sides  of  the  Rocky  mountains  and  shoot  up  under  the  genial  sky  of  the 
Pacific  shore.  More  than  2,000  of  these  liberty-loving,  Bible-reverencing 
churches  have  been  set  up  by  that  Society,  which,  in  filial  respect,  we,  at  the 
West,  are  accustomed  to  call  "  the  mother  of  us  all."  How  grand  the  work  I 
Take  one  single  church ;  set  it  in  a  solitary  place ;  see  it  grow ;  see  it  becom- 
ing literally,  with  its  devoted  missionary,  at  once  a  Bible  society,  a  temperance 
society,  an  education  society— in  short,  a  society  to  do  whatever  Christian  work 
is  to  be  done  in  that  locality.  See  it  grown  to  maturity,  multiplying  converts, 
edifying  its  fraternity,  extending  its  infiuence  into  other  newly-opening  com- 
munities. Now  multiply  all  of  this  by  two  thousand,  and  you  will  approxi- 
mate the  sum  of  that  work  which  Pilgrim  Home  Missions  have  been  doing  from 
the  Eastern  coast,  even  unto  the  uttermost  sea.  The  employment,  annually,  of 
nearly  1,000  educated,  consecrated  missionaries,  and  the  expenditure,  in  the 
aggregate,  of  nearly  |6,000,000,  must  have  produced  mighty  results.  No  in- 
strumentality has  New  England  used  more  than  this,  in  exerting  its  formative 
influence  at  the  West,  giving  shape  and  character  to  society.  It  has  been  doing 
the  great  primary  work  of  Christian  civilization.  Such  organisations  as  the 
"  Illinois  Band  "  and  the  "  Iowa  Band"  had  fax  more  to  do  with  the  real  great- 
ness and  glory  of  these  States  than  anything  planned  in  the  councils  of  poli- 
ticians. 

And  so  the  Pilgrims  have  been  taking  possession  of  their  chartered  terri- 
tory— "  In  length  by  all  the  breadth  aforesaid,  throughout  the  mainland,  from 
sea  to  sea."  So  every  place  whereon  the  soles  of  their  feet  have  trod  is  theirs— 
their  coast  from  the  river  unto  the  uttermost  sea.  This  fifth  Jubilee  Year  since 
the  landing  at  Plymouth  should  fill  us  with  gratitude  for  such  an  inheritance 
of  possessions  from  a  godly  ancestry ;  should  impress  us  with  the  responsibility 
of  our  stewardship ;  and  should  witness  such  a  renewed  consecration  of  service 
and  of  substance  to  this  grand  evangelism,  as  shall  prove  us  worthy  successors, 
by  lineal  or  spiritual  descent,  in  the  line  of  Pilgrim  faith  and  principle. 


MISSIONARY  INTELLIGENCE. 


WASHINOTON. 
From  Rev.  J,  F.  Damon^  Seattle^  King  Co. 
The  Work. 
The  year  has  been  full  of  incident, 
of  interest,  of  work,  and,  I  trust, 
not  entirely  unprofitable.  During  my 
twelve  months  on  Puget  Sound  I  trav- 
eled  8,700  miles  on  direct  routes  of 


missionary  labor — this  travel  confined 
almost  exclusively  to  efibrts  at  the  con« 
elusion  of  my  weekly  local  services  on 
the  Sabbath,  fifty-five  preaching  ser- 
vices being  outside  of  Seattle.  In  Sep- 
tember, after  preaching  four  times  in 
three  days,  and  going  over  100  miles- 
nine  miles  on  foot,  the  rest  by  water— 
I  was  prostrated  by  chronic  bronchitis 


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with  Beyete  fever,  and  kept  out  of  the 
desk  five  weeks.  Since  my  recovery, 
and  up  to  the  close  of  my  missionary 
year,  I  have,  by  order  of  my  physician, 
confined  my  efforts  to  Seattle  and  Port 
Madison — a  thriving,  beautiful  mill- 
village,  twelve  miles  ofl^  on  tl^e  oppo- 
site side  of  the  Sound.  My  labors 
have  been  received  with  uniform  kind- 
ness, and  I  again  urge  the  need  of  some 
"  live  minister  "  in  this  wide  field. 

The  Sajiotuary. 

We  have  an  eligibly  located  church 
lot,  60  z  1^  feet,  commanding  »  mag- 
nificent view  of  the  Sound,  the  gift  of 
our  former  delegate  in  Congress  and 
his  wife,  and  we  hope  within  a  few 
months  to  worship  in  a  house  of  our 
own.  That  we  now  occupy  is  devoted 
daring  the  week  to  anything  that  will 
pay  rent,  firom  a  dancing-school  to  a 
traveling  theatre,  and  the  associations 
are  necessarily  unpleasant  and  unprofit- 
able. Its  construction  is  such  that, 
sometimes,  while  the  speaker  may 
count  repeated  and  distinct  echoes,  the 
audience  can  scarcely  distinguish  a 
sound. 

The  People. 

Our  society  is  made  up  of  every  ele- 
ment found  in  the  largest  Eastern  cities 
— ^many  of  the  low  and  vicious,  as  well 
as  the  pure,  intelligent,  and  morally 
influential.  While  the  sentiment  of 
our  more  permanent  residents  is  as 
healthy  as  in  any  place,  the  floating, 
homeless,  idle  population  require  the 
best  effort  of  every  moral  man  and 
woman  to  subdue  the  depravity  that 
scarcely  seeks  the  covert  of  darkness 
for  its  deeds.  The  final  settlement  of 
**  the  terminus  question  "  will  give  us, 
without  doubt,  a  vast  increase  of  popu- 
lation, wealth,  and  business  enterprise, 
with  a  greater  moral  power,  and,  we 
hope,  a  consequent  independence  of 
•id  from  your  Society.  Meanwhile, 
be  assured  that  your  timely  help  is 
grateftilly  appreciated  by  the  church. 


OALIFOBNIA. 

Jfrom  Rev.  J.  J7.  Warren^  Superintendeid, 
Santa  Barbara. 
I  have  just  returned  from  a  long  and 
interesting  tour  in  the  southern  part  of 
the  State.  The  church  in  Santa  Bar- 
bara is  doing  very  well,  the  people 
being  not  only  united  in  their  pastor, 
but  affectionately  attached  to  him. 
The  congregations  are  increasing  stead- 
ily; the  Sabbath  school  is  large  and 
prosperous ;  the  membership,  weak  in 
male  members,  is  strong  in  its  "  noble 
women."  One  male  member,  however, 
is  equal  to  fifty  ordinary  men,  standing 
up  under  a  pecuniary  burden  that  is 
fearful.  The  times  are  hard.  Little 
or  no  money  is  to  be  had  in  Santa  Bar- 
bara, owing  to  the  lack  of  rain  last 
winter.  This,  with  their  exhausting 
effort  in  building,  makes  them  feel 
poor.  The  new  church  is  the  finest 
south  of  San  Jo86,  and  is  out  of  debt. 
It  is  a  great  attraction  to  strangers, 
and  Mr.  Betts  finds  himself  greatly 
aided  by  its  beauty  and  strength. 
When  it  becomes  self-supporting,  as  it 
will  before  many  years,  it  wiU  be  one 
of  the  finest  monuments  of  the  Soci- 
ety's work  in  California. 

San  BaenaTentura. 

From  Santa  Barbara  I  took  stage 
and  arrived  in  San  Buenaventura  m 
time  to  spend  the  Sabbath  with  the 
church  organized  a  year  ago,  when 
"Father  Turner"  was  with  us.  It 
started  well  and  for  a  time  made  prog- 
ress, but  all  at  once  came  to  a  stand* 
still.  After  being  without  a  pastor  for 
some  months,  and  matters  looking  dark 
for  the  church.  Rev.  Mr.  Merritt  came ; 
matters  at  once  revived,  and  the  people 
rallied  around  him.  In  the  midst  of 
"  hard  times,"  and  a  general  impression 
that  there  was  no  money,  some  five  or 
six  ladies  resolved  to  have  a  chapel. 
So  energetically  did  they  set  about  it, 
that,  in  three  weeks  from  the  time  they 
commenced,  the  chapel  was  finished. 


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It  wa8  my  privilege  to  preach  the  first 
sermon  in  it,  and  at  the  same  time  to 
receive  into  the  church  seven  good 
members.  The  chapel  will  accommo- 
date some  150,  and,  I  think,  is  \i  ith- 
out  debt. 

The  conniry  around  San  Buena- 
ventura is  filling  up— not  fast,  but 
steadily.  The  extent  of  good  farming 
land  is  ample  to  sustain  a  nughty  pop- 
ulation, and  its  future  is  no  longer  a 

question. 

Anahaixn. 

Taking  stage  from  San  Buenaventura, 

I  stopped  a  day  at  Los  Angeles,  and 

pushed  directly  to  Aniiheim.    It  was 

surprising  to    see   how  the   country 

around  Anaheim  has  filled  up.    Where 

I  counted  five  houses  last  year,  there 

were  twenty  now.    Most  of  the  settlers 

are  beginners  with  small  means,  but 

they  have  magnificent  lands,  a  pure 

climate,  and   railroad   fevers  plenty. 

The  need  of  missionary  labor  has  so 

increased  on  Mr.  Bates's  hands,  that 

Mr.  Atherton  will  go  there  twice  a 

month  and  help  in  looking  after  the 

people. 

Newport. 

Six  miles  from  Anaheim,  just  across 
the  Santa  Anna  river,  is  another  grow- 
ing settlement.  The  '  school-house  is 
already  built  and  well  filled.  I  have 
seen  no  such  farming  lands  in  my  life 
as  in  that  district,  stretching  many 
miles  in  all  directions.  What  is  more, 
a  new  harbor  has  just  been  discovered 
within  six  miles  of  Santa  Anna  and 
twelve  miles  from  Anaheim.  There  is 
a  bar  at  the  entrance,  so  narrow  that 
one  roller  puts  a  vessel  into  deep,  still 
water,  and  right  up  to  a  wharf  where 
she  can  unload  with  perfect  safety.  At 
Anaheim  and  San  Pedro  landings,  ves- 
sels are  obliged  to  unload  in  lighters, 
and  with  more  or  less  risk.  At  New- 
port they  discharge  without  lighten 
and  at  cheaper  rates.  Newport  must 
be  the  shipping  port  of  all  this  sec- 
tion. Most  of  the  land  in  this  region 
is  owned  by  staunch  Congregational- 


ists,  who  intend  to  do  their  part  when 
the  time  comes  (probably  next  Spring) 
for  driving  stakes  in  Newport.  Forty 
miles  from  Newport,  and  near  San  Ber- 
nardino, a  new  colony,  mostly  from  the 
Middle  and  Northwestern  States,  are 
building  and  ploughing.  About  forty 
families  are  on  the  ground  already, 
and  many  more  are  coming.  They 
have  a  large  Spanish  grant  skirted  by 
quarter-sections  of  United  States  lands, 
and  also  a  water-right,  which  will  ena- 
ble every  landholder  to  irrigate  his 
place  and  make  sure  of  crops  every 
season.  The  name  of  the  place  is  Ju- 
rupe.  Some  Oongregationalists  are 
among  the  pioneers,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Bates 
preaches  there  regularly,  alternating 
with  San  Bernardino. 


From  Rev,  J.  T.  WiUsy  Eureka,  UumMdt 
County, 

Oonversion. 

About  two  weeks  ago  I  was  called 
to  see  a  young  man  dying  of  ^^  fast 
consumption."  He  was  a  professed 
Universalist,  very  hard  to  talk  with  on 
the  subject  of  religion,  and  given  to 
dispute  the  doctrine  of  future  punish- 
ment This  subject  he  introduced  for 
discussion.  I  evaded  it,  by  speaking 
of  the  love  and  goodness  of  God, 
which  he  had  been  sinning  against, 
and  told  him  that  the  goodness  of 
God  should  lead  him  to  repentance. 
He  soon  melted  into  tears,  when  I  read 
1  John  i.,  and  prayed  with  him.  The 
next  day  I  discovered  a  change  for  the 
better ;  he  seemed  very  much  pleased 
to  see  me,  and  earnestly  asked  me  to 
pray  with  him.  Two  days  after,  he 
was  much  troubled  about  his  sins,  and 
was  puzzled  to  know  how  they  could 
be  taken  away.  I  told  him  that  God 
had  laid  help  upon  One  that  was 
mighty,  and,  if  he  would  cast  that 
burden  upon  the  Saviour,  "  Jesus  had 
done  it  all "  for  him  already.  He  laid 
hold  upon  the  words,  **  Jesus  has  done 
it  all,"  and  found  peace.    Whenever 


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•sked,  affcerwardfl,  liow  he,  felt  as  to 
the  ftitore,  he  would  answer :  "  Peace- 
fal;  I  am  longing  to  be  with  Jesus; 
hut  I  will  wait  till  he  bids  me  come." 
And  80,  in  one  week  after  I  was  first 
called  to  see  him,  he  died,  resting  upon 
the  atonement  as  his  only  plea. 


COIX)BADO. 

Frcm  Rev,  N.  Thompsoriy  Boulder ^  BmUder 
County, 

Selpers  Needed. 
I  am  still  anxious  to  hare  these  va- 
caot  places  supplied,  and  that  speed- 
ily. People  think  that  we  have  pros- 
pered wU  here  for  Colorado ;  and  our 
Boccess  is  due  chiefly  to  our  starting 
fire  years  ago,  and  holding  fast  to  our 
work.  Nothing  is  more  desirable  than 
that  the  churches  begin  with  the  peo- 
ple. And  in  these  changing  commit- 
nities  it  is  equally  desirable  that  they 
bare  few  discouragements.  When 
things  are  in  their  formative  state,  we 
especially  feel  the  necessity  of  a  lead- 
er. And  the  minUUr  must  bo  that 
leader  in  the  church.  The  members 
m  absorbed  in  their  own  business, 
aid  however  much  they  feel  the  im- 
portance of  attending  to  the  interests 
of  their  churches,  they  seldom  thor- 
oughly do  it. 

TlM  Week  of  Prairer. 

We  observed  the  week  of  prayer 
with  much  interest,  and,  at  the  nearly 
QoanunouB  desire  of  a  well  filled  ves- 
try, continued  the  meetings.  A  good 
nitmber  have  come  together,  and  the 
Spirit  of  Qod  seems  to  be  among  us. 
Oh  that  souls  might  be  the  fruit  of 
ov  labors  I  The  Methodist  brethren 
We  a  good  pastor,  and  we  work  to- 
gether harmoniously,  very  nearly  real- 
ising my  ideal  of  ^  differences  without 
divisions."  We  are  true  Congregation- 
Alists,  and  they  are  true  Methodists; 
^  we  "  love  the  brethren."  Our  con- 
gragition  is  larger  than  ever  before, 


and  the  Sabbath  school  last  Sabbath 
numbered  100 — the  fullest  school  ever 
known  in  Boulder.  Oh,  help  us  by 
your  prayers  I 

As  to  other  interests,  the  railway 
seems  more  hopeful,  and  some  say  there 
is  hardly  a  doubt.  Already  the  smoke 
of  the  locomotive  on  the  construction 
train,  twelve  miles  away,  is  in  sight. 


NSBBASKA. 
From  Rev,  O,  W,  Merrilly  Superintendent, 

Nebraska's  Opportunity  and  Need. 

The  quarter  now  closing  has  not 
been  one  fruitful  in  results.  We  have 
to  report  only  the  ordinary  routine  of 
labor :  1,200  miles  traveled,  70  letters 
written,  three  churches  organized,  one 
young  man  initiated  into  the  work  of 
a  parish  covering  a  coimty,  and  includ- 
ing 5,000  souls  as  audience.  One  more 
vacant  church  waits  to  be  supplied, 
making  six  without  pastors.  Six  points 
of  strategic  importance  have  been  de- 
veloped for  our  occupancy,  and  there 
has  been  a  general  toning-up  of  all  our 
little  churches  to  a  greater  spiritual 
efficiency.  Such  is  the  work  of  the 
quarter  now  reported,  and  the  want  of 
that  on  which  we  are  about  to  enter. 

We  have  still  to  press  the  fact  of  our 
great  need  of  laborers  for  foundation 
work.  From  the  annual  message  of 
the  Governor  we  learn  that  18,000 
homesteads  and  preemptions  have  been 
taken  during  the  year,  besides  the 
lands  entered  by  non-residents.  Who 
is  to  care  for  these  18,000  homestead- 
ers ?  They  are  gathered  into  the  rich- 
est valleys  of  the  State,  and,  though 
now  poor,  will  in  twenty  years  repre- 
sent the  wealth,  as  they  now  constitute 
the  productive  energy,  of  the  State. 
They  are  developing  our  best  lands, 
and  town  sites,  and  water-powers. 
More  can  be  done  for  Christ  now  in  a 
single  decade,  than  can  be  done  later 
in  a  half-century. 

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West  grows,  can  fonn  an  idea  of  the 
importance  attaching  to  this  formatiye 
period  in  the  history  of  this  fertile  and 
rapidly  growing  State.  Her  commer- 
cial advantages  insure  a  more  rapid 
settlen^pnt  than  was  possible  to  any  of 
her  sisters.  Nebraska,  with  a  popula- 
tion of  only  117,000,  has  600  miles  of 
railroad  in  operation— nearly  as  many 
miles  as  Ohio  had  with  a  population  of 
2,000,000,  or  Iowa  with  a  population 
of  680,000.  Wisconsin  had  but  twenty 
miles  of  railroad  when  her  population 
had  reached  805,000.  These  commer- 
cial facilities  account  in  part  for  the 
18,000  homesteads  taken,  and  the  sale 
to  actual  settlers  of  upward  of  2,700,000 
acres  of  her  choicest  lands,  during  the 
past  year.  These  facts  have  for  us  their 
solemn  lessons  of  responsibility,  and 
press  the  passing  present  as  the  time 
in  which  the  strength  of  our  churches 
in  Nebraska  is  to  be  permanently  de- 
termined, and  the  character  of  theii* 
influence  fixed.  The  children  of  the 
Puritans,  of  the  Pauline  faith  and 
order,  make  an  amazing  mistake  if  they 
fail  to  take  possession  of  these  embryo 
empires  in  the  heart  of  the  Republic, 
and  conserve  them  for  Christ. 


From  Rev.  F,  AlUy,  Plattsmouth,  Casa  Co. 
Courageous  and  Oxateftil. 

During  the  quarter  the  Lord  has 
been  with  us,  and  we  have  nearly  doub- 
led our  numbers,  having  added  eleven 
to  the  previous  membership  of  twelve. 
Our  Sabbath  school  has  increased  to  an 
average  attendance  of  over  sixty.  The 
congregation  is  also  increasing,  and  so, 
I  think,  is  the  general  interest,  though 
with  no  special  signs  of  marked  reli- 
gious awakening.  We  bless  God  and 
take  courage.  To  human  view,  the  ex- 
istence of  this  church  is  now  assured ; 
and  with  this  assurance  a  great  burdep 
rolls  off  my  shoulders.  Yet  there  is 
still  hard  tuggiog  before  this  church. 
These  river  towns  are  particularly  hard 


fields  for  genuine  Christian  labor.  Our 
new  members  are  not  rich,  and  our  cur- 
rent expenses  will  require  patience, 
labor,  and  faith ;  but,  with  a  hanible 
spirit  and  Gk>d's  blessing,  all  will  be 
well 

The  pecuniary  necessities  of  myself 
and  family  may  oblige  us  to  leave  tJiis 
field  before  the  year  is  ended ;  mean- 
while we  are  moving  step  by  step,  as 
the  Lord  opens  the  way.  We  grateful- 
ly acknowledge  a  generous  gift  from 
the  Park  Street  Church,  Boston.  Thank 
God  for  the  fellowship  of  the  church- 
es, and  for  the  currents  of  Christian 
enterprise  and  love  continually  flowing 
from  the  East  to  the  West  I  They  are 
vitalizing  and  spiritualizing  the  inertia 
and  materialism  of  the  border. 


KAKSAa 

F\>m  Rev.  S,  D,  Stom,  QuindarOy  F^wi- 
dotU  Co. 

A  Gain. 
Our  house  of  worship,  located  to  ao- 
commodate  an  imaginary  dty,  has  been 
for  years  quite  outside  of  the  paiiih, 
and  becoming  difficult  of  access,  as  ih6 
town  site  was  fenced  for  gardens  and 
fields  ;  so  the  church  have  voted  to 
sell  it,  and  to  build  a  house  that  will 
better  accommodate  the  people.  We 
now  worship,  with  increased  attend- 
ance, in  our  central  district  school- 
house,  expecting  to  build  next  season. 

The  W<iek  of  Pntyar. 

We  observed  the  week  of  prayer,  and 
have  continued  our  meetings  eveiry 
evening  since,  with  growing  interest 
Many  seem  thoughtful,  Mid  several,  I 
trust,  have  given  their  hearts  to  the 
Saviour.  I  have  never  before  seen  so 
much  religious  interest  in  Qaindait). 
The  work  appears  to  bcdeep  and  thor- 
ough, such  as  only  the  Spirit  of  God 
can  do.    Pray  for  us. 

Last  month  we  held  a  series  of  meet- 
ings at  one  of  my  out-stations,  about 


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ax  miles  from  here.  They  were  well 
attended,  snd  gave  promise  of  good  in 
the  conyersion  of  sonls,  until  the  cold 
hecame  so  severe  that  the  people  could 
not  safely  bring  their  children,  as  they 
were  obliged  to  do  if  they  attended. 
I  hope  to  make  another  effort  when  the 
weather  is  warmer.  At  another  sta- 
tion I  am  asked  to  hold  a  series  of 
meetings,  as  soon  as  these  dose.  The 
prospects  of  the  whole  field  are  enooor- 

Tahkeea  not  Faded. 

We  find  excellent  help  in  two  yonng 
men  jost  from  New  England,  who  have 
decided  to  make  Quindaro  their  home, 
and  both  of  whom  stand  up  boldly  for 
Jesus.  There  is  room  for  many  more 
80ch  in  Kansas. 


iVowi  Rev,  J.  Copdttndj  Augusta^  Butler 
County, 

Revival  Labors. 

Storms,  high  water,  and  the  severity 
of  an  mmsoally  cold  winter,  have 
thwarted  some  cherished  plans  for 
extra  revival  efforts.  The  week  of 
p«yer,  however,  was  observed  by 
Christians  of  several  denominations, 
condocted  by  a  good  Baptist  brother 
wd  myselC  These  meetings  were  of 
marked  interest  The  Christian  ele- 
ment of  the  place  was  pretty  thorough- 
ly developed,  and  we  fomid,  somewhat 
to  oor  tinprise,  that  there  was  a  strong 
working  force  here,  if  it  can  be  prop- 
criy  drilled  into  fiill  use.  Numbers 
eonfened  Christ  publicly  for  the  first 
time.  A  number  of  impenitent  per- 
wms  attended  the  meetings  regularly, 
M»d  some  were  deeply  moved.  The 
CQOouragement  was  such  that  it  was 
thought  best  to  continue  the  meetings, 
^  a  sudden  and  unfavorable  change 
^  weather  put  a  stop  to  theuL  Our 
protpects  are  encouraging,  but  every- 
thing Is  as  yet  Inamature.  Society  is 
not  asBimilsted;  churches,  Sabbath 
*^oola,  and  rolig^ous  institutions  have  [ 


as  yet  but  a  feeble  hold  upon  the  mass- 
es ;  we  have  few  of  the  outward  appli- 
ances and  attractions  of  older  Chris- 
tian communities. 

*  Summary  Justice. 

There  has  been,  for  the  past  two 
years,  an  organized  band  of  despera- 
does in  this  region,  making  Douglas 
one  of  their  places  of  rendezvous. 
Hundreds  of  horses  have  lately  been 
stolen  in  this  and  the  adjoining  coun- 
ties, and  no  efforts  could  bring  them  to 
justice.  They  set  law  at  defiance,  hon- 
est men  were  intimidated,  and  both 
property  and  life  were  insecure.  At 
length,  their  patience  worn  out,  and 
driven  to  desperation,  the  people  of 
Douglas  and  vicinity,  represented  by  a 
"  Vigilance  Committee,"  arose,  and,  by 
an  act  of  terrible  vengeance,  struck  art 
effective  blow  at  the  root  of  the  evil. 
Eight  men,  several  of  them  heads  of 
families,  were  taken  by  unknown  par- 
ties ;  five  of  them  were  hung  on  trees, 
and  three  were  shot  in  attempting  to 
escape.  Four  of  these  men  lived  in 
Douglas,  and  the  others  in  the  vicinity. 
I  was  called  to  ofSciate  at  the  funeral 
services  of  two  of  them,  the  others 
being  buried  without  religious  services. 
Two  were  taken  to  friends  in  Eureka 
and  buried  silently,  by  night.  This 
act  is  justified  by  the  Christian  public 
sentiment  of  Kansas  as  one  of  necessi- 
ty and  of  public  justice. 

From  Rev.  J,  D,  Parker^  Burlington^  Cof- 
fey Co. 

BevivaL 

We  are  in  the  midst  of  the  gradous 
outpouring  of  €k>d's  Spirit  The  week 
of  prayer  was  observed  by  the  Presby- 
terians and  Baptists,  who  united  with 
us  in  holding  two  daily  prayer  meet- 
ings in  our  house  of  worship.  The 
meetings  have  now  been  continued  over 
three  weeks,  with  an  encouraging  at- 
tendance. Old  residents  say  that  the 
various  denominations  here  have  never 


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been  so  thoroughly  united  as  at  the 
present  time.  The  Holy  Spirit  has 
been  manifestly  present,  quickening 
Christians  and  reclaiming  backsliders. 
Solemnity  rests  on  all  the  people,  and 
many  hearts  are  deeply  stirred.  We 
are  praying  and  waiting  for  a  more 
abundant  work  of  grace. 

Flood. 

The  Spring  of  1879  was  very  dry  in 
Kansas ;  but  about  the  middle  of  Sum- 
mer the  rains  set  in  abundantly,  and 
continued  until  the  last  week  in  Octo- 
ber, when  they  culminated  in  a  mighty 
flood,  which  swept  down  the  Neosho 
valley.  The  river  rose  over  twenty 
feet,  and  rushed  toward  the  gulf,  sweep- 
ing everything  before  it.  The  heavy 
abutments  of  the  dam  here  were  swept 
away,  and  the  heaviest  stones,  reaching 
through  the  wall  four  feet  in  thickness, 
were  tossed  about  as  mere  playthings 
by  the  angry  waters.  The  township 
have  voted  $10,000  in  bonds  as  a  loan 
to  the  dam. company  to  continue  the 
work. 


MINKBSOTA. 

From  Rev,   W,  A,   Cutler,  Belle  Prairie, 
Morrison  Co. 

Had  Kever  Heard  of  Christ. 

Christians  here  are  more  in  earnest. 
We  are  holding  a  series  of  prayer  and 
experience  meetings,  well  attended  and 
interesting.  The  awakened  church  is 
praying  with  a  new  love  for  souls. 
Parents  are  yearning  for  the  salvation 
of  children.  Five  have  expressed  a 
wish  to  become  Christians. 

You  will  think  that  there  is  great 
need  of  a  revival.  Not  long  ago,  in 
visiting  a  family  of  new-comers,  I  told 
the  children  the  stories  of  David  and 
Joseph.  Then  I  asked  them,  "Who 
was  born  in  a  man  er?"  They  did 
not  know.  "  Who  was  bom  in  Bethle- 
hem ? "  They  could  not  tell.  I  related 
the  visit  of  the  wise  men,  the  singing 


of  the  angels,  the  journey  to  Egypt, 
and  yet  they  could  not  answer.  I  pur- 
sued my  story,  and  spoke  of  the  con- 
versation in  the  temple  at  twelve  yean 
of  age,  of  his  feeding  the  hungry,  heal- 
ing the  sick,  and  dying  on  the  croM, 
and  yet  none  of  those  children,  some 
of  whom  were  about  twelve  yean  of 
age,  could  tell  me  who  died  on  the 
cross  for  sinners  1  Then  I  spoke  of  Ub 
resurrection  and  ascension,  of  his  beisg 
the  best  man  that  ever  lived;  and 
(would  you  believe  it  T)  not  one  knew 
the  name  of  the  Saviour. 

But  I  never  had  a  more  atteotire 
audience.  They  drew  their  benches 
around  me,  and,  with  ears  wide  open, 
looked  me  straight  in  the  eyes.  After 
I  had  finished,  one  of  the  girls  came 
up  to  me,  and,  leaning  her  head  on  mj 
shoulder,  said,  "  I  want  to  go  to  Soji- 
day  school." 

May  the  Lord  remember  us,  bring 

together  his  clouds  of  blessing,  and     j 

baptize   this   people  with  the   Holy 

Spirit,  until  their  lives  are  white  as 

snow  1 

•♦• 

From  Rev,  C,  B.  Sheldon^  Excelnor,  Hen- 
nepin Co. 

Tlxe  Way  to  Build. 
We  are  getting  on  with  our  church- 
building  slowly  yet  encouragingly.  It 
is  a  great  undertaking,  with  our  small 
means,  and  some  shake  their  heads  and 
say  that  it  cannot  be  done.  But  I 
think  we  see  our  way  through.  We 
are  improving  the  fine  sleighing,  in 
getting  our  logs  to  the  mill  and  bring- 
ing the  pine  lumber  from  Minneapolis. 
Our  greatest  difficulty  is  to  raise  the 
money  for  the  material  fh>m  abroad. 
We  now  learn  to  value  the  efforts  of 
our  ladies,  who  for  several  years  haye 
had  a  Society  to  raise  funds  for  this 
object  Their  dime  and  half-dime  ccor 
tributions  seemed  not  likely  to  effect 
much,  but  we  now  find  the  $100  or 
$150  so  raised  to  be  most  timely.  It 
procures  material  which  brings  from 


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the  men,  in  the  labor  of  using  it,  sey- 
entl  times  as  much  more. 

I  am  more  and  more  convinced  that 
the  most  feasible  way  of  raising  funds 
among  a  people  of  small  means,  for 
any  public  object,  is  by  small  contri- 
butions often  repeated.  Had  we, 
twelve  years  ago,  commenced  in  this 
manner  the  raising  of  a  ftmd  for  chnrch- 
boOding,  I  liave  no  doubt  we  should 
now  have  ample  means  for  the  purpose, 
while  the  burden  would  have  been 
scarcely  felt.  The  success  of  the  Ro- 
manists in  building  magnificent  cathe^ 
drals  out  of  small  contributions  from 
the  wages  of  hod-carriers  and  servant- 
girls  ought  to  have  taught  us  a  lesson 
on  this  subject  long  ago. 


From  Rev.  A.  J,  Fihy  Sauk  Center^  Slearna 
County. 

Work. 

We  are  not  without  encouraging  in- 
dicatione — ^the  average  congregations 
being  larger  than  ever  before,  and  the 
Sabbath  school  fifty  per  cent,  larger 
than  it  was  one  year  ago,  though  the 
population  of  the  place  has  not  in- 
creased. Other  denominations  are  par- 
tially withdrawing  from  the  field,  leav- 
ing upon  us  the  greater  responsibility. 
I  preach  in  the  village  every  Sab- 
bath morning,  superintend  the  Sunday 
school,  and  conduct  the  Bible  class. 
Erery  alternate  Sabbath  I  preach  either 
At  Birchdale,  nine  miles  distant,  where 
there  are  a  good  number  of  settlers  and 
a  Sunday  school,  and  where  there  never 
has  been  any  other  preaching;  or  at 
Kendota,  four  miles  distant,  going  to 
etch  place  once  in  four  weeks.  The 
intervening  evenings  I  preach  in  the 
▼illage — many  people  attending  ser- 
▼icet  in  the  evening  who  do  not  in  the 
dajtime;  so  that  we  reach,  to  some 
extent,  two  different  congregations.  I 
i^hold  an  interesting  children's  meet- 
ing on  Friday  evenings,  from  which 
wc  hope  for  great  good. 


In  the  last  quarter  I  traveled  165 
miles  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the 
Qeneral  Conference  of  the  State,  and 
again  rode  55  miles  in  my  buggy  to 
attend  the  meeting  of  the  Northern 
Association.  These  would  have  seemed 
long  distances  in  New  England,  but 
one  gets  accustomed  to  them  here. 


From  Rev.  G,  JB,  Nuitingy  Lansing^  Motcer 
CouiUy. 

Christian  Union. 
I  long  to  do  something  promotive  of 
a  closer  and  more  manifest  unity,  and 
destnictive  of  the  spirit  cf  sectarian- 
ism. One  thing  which  I  thoroughly 
tested  in  my  foreign  field,  I  have  re- 
cently proposed,  and  we  are  beginning 
to  enter  upon  here.  I  have  carefhlly 
prepared  an  alphabetical  list  of  all  the 
professing  Christians  in  this  town,  on 
paper  so  folded  as  to  be  conveniently 
placed  inside  a  small  Bible.  This  list 
is  headed  by  the  words,  "Praying 
always,  and  watching  thereunto  with 
all  perseverance  for  all  saints. — ^There 
is  one  body.  Eph.  6 :  18 ;  4:4.  Dear 
brother,  or  sister,  will  you  pray  for 
some  of  these  every  day  in  order  ? "  I 
hope  this  may  tend  to  promote  and 
manifest  true  Christian  unity,  and  dis- 
courage a  sectarian  spirit. 

Uinisterial  Support. 

I  have  also  made  a  public  statement 
of  what  I  have  for  several  years  felt  to 
be  a  more  excellent  method  of  minis- 
terial support  than  those  commonly 
adopted,  on  the  text,  "  Even  so  hath 
the  Lord  ordained,  that  they  which 
preach  the  gospel  should  live  of  the 
gospel.**  After  showing  in  what  sense 
and  for  what  reasons  the  Levitical  min- 
istry were  required  to  **  live  of  the  tem- 
ple and  partake  with  the  altar,*'  I 
sought  to  make  it  appear  that  in  the 
same  sense,  and  for  precisely  the  same 
reasons,  the  Christian  ministry  are  re- 
quired to  "  Uve  of  the  gospel." 

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been  tiying  to  cany  out  the  principle. 
Experience  does  not  in  the  least  weak- 
en my  confidence  in  its  correctness,  bat, 
on  the  contrary,  fnlly  confirms  it.  I 
sbould  be  utterly  unwilling  to  be  in 
any  sucli  pecuniary  relation  to  either 
chorch  or  missionary  society,  as  to  feel 
myself,  or  allow  others  to  feel,  that  I 
was  in  the  condition  of  employed,  or 
servant  of  men,  and  they  in  the  condi- 
tion of  employers.  My  success  as  a 
minister  of  Christ  (not  of  man)  and  an 
ambassador  from  Qod  to  men,  depends 
greatly  upon  my  feeling  and  manifest- 
ing myself  as  independent  of  those  for 
whom  I  labor,  though  still  their  '*  ser- 
Tant  for  Jesus'  sake." 

I  would  have  the  amount  of  my  tem- 
poral living  to  depend  upon  my  success 
in  commending  C/trut  and  hia  gospel  to 
men,  and  not  upon  commending  mywlf 
to  them.  I  want  to  know  that  I  am 
living  not  on  that  which  has  been  given 
grudgingly  or  covetously,  or  from  any 
personal  good  feeling  towards  me,  nor 
upon  that  whidi  has  been  given  as 
wages  or  to  man,  but  upon  what  has 
been  given  free  from  any  other  con- 
straint than  that  of  love  to  the  gospel 
and  its  Author — to  him  as  an  acknowl- 
edgment of  his  right  to  all.  In  this 
way  only,  as  it  seems  to  me,  shall  I  be 
able  to  bring  the  full  force  both  of 
Scripture  teaching  and  personal  exam- 
ple to  bear  against  that  covetousness 
which  is  the  root  of  all  evil,  and  the 
main  hindrance  to  the  establishment  of 
Christ's  kingdom. 


IOWA. 

Fi'wn  Hev,  W.  C,  Foster,  Perciual,  Fremont 
County. 

Work  of  the  Spirit. 
Oh  that  you  Secretaries  and  friends 
of  the  Society  could  be  with  us  a  little 
and  see  what  the  Lord  hath  done  for 
us  I  We  are  enjoying  the  gracious  vis- 
itation of  the  Holy  Spirit.  This  is  the 
ninth  week  of  the  meetings,  held  every '  dise  I 


evening  with  few  exceptions.    I  have 
made  about  250  religious  visits.    I 
judge  100  are  hoping  in  Christ   Tbese 
and  others  are  working  remarkably 
well.     In  one  of  our  meetings  136 
spoke.     I   could   never  work,  visit, 
preach,  pray,  and  converse  so  in  mj 
life.     In  the  timber,  which  covers  a 
great  many  acres  up  and  down  the  riv- 
er on  this  side,  where  scores  of  wood- 
choppers  live,  I  have  visited  again  and 
again.    Some  have  told  me  "  no  minis- 
ter but  a  Catholic  prieet  has  been  here 
before  you.    He  came  to  curse,  you  to 
bless.    We  have  been  blessed ;  wehtTe 
found  Christ."    Men  who  swore  solid- 
ly and  continuously,  so  that  their  Chris- 
tian friends  shivered  at  their  awM 
recklessness,  are  sitting  at  the  feet  of 
the  Saviour,  tearftiUy  entreating  oth- 
ers to  taste  for  themselves  and  see  that 
the  Lord  is  good.    The  wickedest  men 
in  the  community  are  rejoicing  in  Jcsos 
and  the  hope  of  eternal  life.    One  said, 
in  godly  simplicity,  "  I  have  seen  my- 
self so  wicked,  it  seemed  that,  if  I 
should  step  into  the  pit,  Satan  wonld 
give  up  his  seat  to  me." 

The  work  has  seemed  to  be  not  of 
man,  but  wholly  of  God.  Self  ap- 
pears to  go  out,  and  Christ  to  come  in 
and  be  crowned  Lord  of  aD.  The 
work  has  been  wonderfdlly  calm,  de- 
liberate, intelligent,  and  candid— each 
one  alone  with  his  God  deciding  for 
himself  as  to  his  soul  and  its  eternal 
interests. 

There  has  been  no  noise,  ccmfosion, 
or  excitement,  but  a  thorough  earnest- 
ness and  holding  on  to  this  one  thing: 
the  Spirit  taking  the  things  of  Christ, 
and,  through  his  followers,  showing 
them  savingly  to  the  im]>enitent 

I  think,  in  view  of  what  has  been 
done,  all  feel  that  nothing  is  impossi- 
ble with  God,  and  that  no  sinner  is 
past  finding  mercy  abundantly  to  par- 
don. It  seems  as  if  God  were  showing 
us  how  he  would  save  aU  this  oommn- 
nity,  and  have  here  an  earthly  para- 


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From  Rev,  F,  Crang^  Ihttch  Cre^^  Wiuh- 
ington  Co, 

Precious  Bevival. 

Our  hearts  have  been  made  glad  by 
the  ontpooriDg  o/  the  Holy  Spirit,  both 
here  and  in  Webster.  On  Sabbath  of 
the  week  of  prayer,  as  I  preached  in 
our  little  church  in  Franklin,  f^om  the 
text,  <'  The  Master  is  come  and  calleth 
for  thee,"  it  was  evident  that  the  Spirit 
was  accompanying  the  Word.  I  went 
home  satisfied  that  the  next  evening 
would  see  some  come  forward:  nor 
WIS  I  disappointed.  At  the  close  of 
the  sermon,  ft-om  the  text,  "  Behold  I 
lUnrl  at  the  door  and  knock,"  the  in- 
vitation to  those  wishing  the  prayers 
of  the  church  was  instantly  responded 
to;  and  so  it  continued  through  the 
week.  At  two  o'clock  on  Saturday  we 
net  for  prayer  and  conference,  intend- 
ing to  spend  but  an  hour ;  but  so  livo- 
ly  was  the  interest  that  it  was  impossi- 
ble to  close  until  after  four  o'clock. 
The  exercises  were  laigely  kept  up  by 
the  young  converts.  At  seven  o'clock 
tbe  house  was  again  well  fiUed,  not- 
withstanding many  had  to  go  a  con- 
riderable  distance.  On  Sabbath,  five 
idolts  were  baptized  and  nine  united 
on  profession,  with  two  by  letter,  and 
two  young  men  who  had  wandered 
ctine  forward  and  renewed  their  cove- 
nant Words  would  fail  to  describe 
our  feelings  when  these  two  prodigals 
returned;  as  also  when  in  their  own 
hone,  an  unbroken  fiamily  of  Chris- 
tisDs,  they  n/ere  led  by  one  of  the 
prodigals  in  a  prayer  of  thanksgiving. 
H  wts  like  life  from  the  dead. 

Nor  can  I  describe  the  scene,  as  the 
htuband  of  one  of  our  members,  after 
fighting  hard  to  crush  out  his  strong 
conviction,  came  trembling  forward, 
»d  his  poor  wife  dropped  on  her 
kaeet,  throogh  tears  and  sobs  thank- 
ing €k>d  that  he  had  answered  her 
prayers.  The  next  evening  he  was  the 
fint  to  lead  in  prayer,  and  to  tell  how 
great  things  the  Lord  had  done  for 


him.  On  the  Sabbath  I  received  him 
into  the  church,  baptized  his  three 
children,  and  at  two  o'clock  started  for 
Webster,  where  I  found,  at  seven 
o'clock,  a  large  congregation.  After  a 
drive  of  30  miles,  and  feeling  sick,  it 
was  herd  work  to  preach,  but  the  Lord 
gave  me  strength.  I  preached  through 
the  week,  and  on  Sabbath  morning  re- 
ceived six  into  the  church.  Others 
have  ^pressed  their  determination  to 
be  on  the  Lord's  side.  I  left  them 
with  an  earnest  prayer  that  the  good 
work  begun  there  may  be,  through  the 
Spirit's  influence,  carried  on. 

I  am  worn  out  in  mind  and  body, 
but  overflowing  with  gratitude  to  him 
who  has  blessed  my  labors  with  this 
little  church,  to  whom  (six  in  number), 
not  quite  two  years  ago,  I  first  admin- 
istered the  sacrament.  Last  Sabbath 
twenty  sat  at  the  Lord's  table. 

I  have  also  been  successful  in  receiv- 
ing pledges  for  building  a  meeting- 
house, to  the  amount  of  $1,200.  The 
contract  is  let,  and  in  the  spring  we 
hope  to  see  the  work  pushed  forward. 


From  Rev.  F,   W.  Judiesch,  Grand  View, 
Louisa  Co, 

One  Oerman  Church  cff  the  I«ist. 

Our  effort  to  become  self-supporting 
has  been  successful.  After  ten  years' 
service  as  your  missionary  on  this  field, 
this  my  relation  to  you  ceases,  for  the 
present. 

It  is  not  by  added  strength  from  in- 
creased numbers  that  we  became  self- 
supporting  tliis  year,  but  by  increased 
self-denial  and  liberality.  I  have  tried 
to  talk  self-support  to  my  people  for 
the  last  three  or  four  years.  Their 
condition,  and  the  wants  of  your  Soci- 
ety, induced  me  to  tell  my  people  that 
I  would  serve  them  for  a  smaller  sal- 
ary, though  you  know  it  was  small 
enough.  It  is  impossible  for  them  to 
do  more ;  nearly  every  one  has  done  all 
that  is  in  his  power,  and  more  toot 
yes,  some  have  done  far  beyond  their 


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means ;  but  the  good  God  will  increase 
their  blessings.  The  Lord  grant  them 
spiritnal  prosperity  for  their  liberality  I 
I  shall  have  to  live  very  close,  with  a 
family  to  take  care  of;  but  God  has 
promised  a  blessing  to  those  that  love 
him,  and  he  will  sorely  help  me. 

One  of  my  members,  who  has  a  large 
family  to  take  care  of,  and  whose  means 
are  very  limited,  gave  $25  for  the  sup- 
port of  the  minister,  and  the  same  day 
gave  me  five  dollars  for  the  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society,  in  their  great  need. 
We  ought  to  take  a  lesson  from  him. 
I  am  very  gad  to  be  the  first  German 
Missionary  to  report  his  church  self- 
supporting,  and  that  in  this  memorial 
year  of  our  forefathers.  I  hope  our 
German  brothers  will  take  the  exam- 
ple. 

The  church  voted  "  that  we  tender 
to  the  American  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety our  sincere  and  hearty  thanks  for 
its  kind  responses  to  our  requests  for 
help  during  the  last  ten  years,  and  that 
we  pledge  ourselves  to  be  mindful,  in 
^he  future,  of  the  interests  of  the  Soci- 
ety, according  to  our  ability.'* 


WiSOONSIN. 

From   Rev.  M.  WelU,  Oak   Chrove^  Dodge 
County, 

Power  of  the  Spirit. 
In  one  of  our  evening  meetings,  a 
sturdy,  middle-aged  man  rose  for 
prayer.  Thfe  next  day,  at  his  home, 
we  found  him  unbelieving,  self-right- 
eous, yet  pungently  convicted.  We 
did  what  we  could  to  point  him  to 
Christ  as  the  only  hope  of  the  sinner, 
and  urged  him  there  to  yield  his  will 
to  God,  for  time  and  eternity.  This 
he  could  not  do,  he  said.  This  he 
could  and  miLst  do,  we  insisted.  We 
bowed  together  before  God ;  I  prayed ; 
the  wife  prayed ;  then  followed  a  sea- 
son of  silence,  all  remaining  bowed. 
No  voice  was  heard ;  only  an  occasion- 
al sigh.    There  was  prayer,  but  not 


audible.  Now  a  groan,  and  now  ft 
deep  sigh.  The  sturdy  man  became 
almost  convulsed.  He  rallied  upon  his 
knees,  with  his  eyes  fixed  on  the  heav- 
ens ;  and,  with  outstretched  arms,  in  a 
firm,  resolute  voice,  he  exclaimed,  "I 
can ;  I  can ;  Lord,  I  will,  I  will— I  do 
give  myself  away  to  theel  Forgive 
me — O  Lord,  forgive  me,  for  Christ^s 
sake.  Amen."  He  arose,  and  the  strug- 
gle was  over.  The  lion  had  become  a 
lamb.  The  peace  of  mind  was  inde- 
scribable. I  can  never  forget  that  mo- 
ment. At  the  prayer  meeting  in  tlie 
evening,  with  a  calm  but  earnest  ex- 
pression, he  said,  "  Brethren,  the 
change— O,  the  change  through  which 
I  have  passed !  God  knows  I  am  with 
you  now.  I  am  happy — O,  how  hap- 
py I  I  wish  I  could  tell  you,  hut  I 
cannot."  Then,  with  a  brief  exhorta- 
tion to  his  old  companions  in  sin,  he 
sat  down  amid  a  weeping  crowd. 
Forty-four  have  been  received  into  the 
church  within  the  year,  all  but  two  on 
the  profession  of  their  faith.  EighteeD 
of  these  are  heads  of  families,  fourteen 
are  youth  nearly  grown  up,  the  others 
are  children.  Our  people  feel  that  this 
has  been  a  great  and  glorious  work, 
and  to  God  they  give  all  the  praise. 


From  Ite9,  H,  DamSf  Beriin^  Oreen  Uh 
County, 

Glad  to  Work. 

In  the  last  thirteen  Sabbaths  I  have 
preached  86  times,  and  attended  two 
religious  meetings  each  week,  besides 
visiting  the  sick,  the  poor,  and  the 
careless,  and  attending  several  other 
meetings  auxiliary  to  the  cause  of  re- 
ligion. The  consumption  of  time,  in 
traveling  firom  place  to  place,  is  great ; 
the  excess  of  heat  and  cold  bears  rather 
hard  on  my  health ;  the  leaving  of  my 
family  to  take  care  of  themselves,  and 
my  feeble  wife  to  "  do  chores,"  is  hard 
for  my  feelings.  Nevertheless,  I  rejoice 
in  the  privilege  of  presenting  Christ 


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ind  him  crocified,  and  feel  it  my  duty 
to  use  op  life  as  a  seed-time,  hoping 
by  the  Spirit  of  God  to  save  some. 
Unless  I  have  this  fruit  for  my  labor, 
my  life  will  be  in  vain. 

Infidelity  Oivinfir  Way. 
I  have  been  now  for  some  years  re- 
sisting the  various  forms  of  infidelity, 
which,  as  I  intimated  to  you,  is  our 
most  formidable  enemy.  Now  I  have 
the  pleasure  to  report  that  its  strength 
is  giving  way.  Twelve  men  in  the 
prime  of  life,  who  had  been  brought 
up  religiously,  but  turned  their  backs 
on  the  cause  of  Christ  and  gave  way 
to  unbelief,  have  come  back  in  grief 
and  distress  of  mind  under  conviction. 
The  strength  of  their  arguments  is 
broken,  and  they  are  humbly  learning 
at  the  feet  of  Christ. 


MISSOT7&I. 

Fnm  Rev,  J,   O.  RobtrU^  Kaiwu   City^ 

Jadaon  Co, 

Open-Handed. 

I  have  never  known  a  church  which 
m  anyway  compares  with  this  in  liber- 
ality. Some  Eastern  churches  think  it 
hard  that  th^  have  to  contribute  bo 
much  for  churches  in  the  West.  But, 
with  all  their  large  contributions,  few 
of  them  make  the  sacrifices  that  mem- 
bers of  many  of  our  Western  mission- 


ary churches  do  for  the  support  of  the 
gospel.  A  young  man  of  my  congre- 
gation, whose  salary  is  only  $700,  gives 
for  the  minister's  support  above  $50  a 
year;  while  his  father,  a  member  of 
one  of  our  large  churches  in  New 
Hampshire,  and  a  very  well-to-do  man, 
only*gives  $15  for  the  support  of  the 
minister,  and  "  does  his  p«rt "  at  that. 
I  couidK^jiultiply  facts  of  the  same  kind. 
We  feel*  exceedingly  grateful  for  the 
contributions  of  the  Eastern  churches, 
but  ^A^ftQt  them  to  know  that  we 
are  driving  earnestly  to  help  ourselves. 

Churoh  of  Agre. 

I  atn  happy  to  be  able  to  announce 
that  our  church  is  of  age,  and,  with 
the  beginning  of  this  year,  assumes  the 
full  support  of  itself.  We  feel  truly 
grateful  for  the  generous  aid  which  the 
Home  Missionary  Society  has  given  us. 
We  could  not  have  been  a  church  at 
all  without  its  fostering  care.  Two 
years  ago  we  only  had  about  80  mem- 
bers ;  now  we  have  180. 

This  church  in  the  future  expects  to 
more  than  repay  all  that  your  Society 
has  given  it.  For  a  few  years  we  may 
not  be  able  to  make  large  contribu- 
tions, but  we  never  intend  to  let  a  year 
pass  without  sending  our  mite.  Our 
prayer  is  that  God  may  more  ajid  more 
bless  and  prosper  "the  mother  of 
churches." 


MISCELLANEOUS, 


The  Opening  Field. 

By  Rer.  Wiluam  Barrows,  D.B. 

The  States  of  Ohio,  Michigan,  Indi- 
aaa,  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  Minnesota, 
Iowa,  Missouri,  Kansas,  Nebraska,  Cali- 
fornia, and  Oregon,  where  we  are  need- 
ed 80  much  and  are  doing  not  a  little, 
^▼e  an  area  equal  to  124  States  of  the 
ftzc  of  Massachusetts,  that  may  prop- 
25 


erly  be  called  our  Western  field.  To 
this  we  ought  to  add  the  Territories  of 
Colorado,  Montana,  Utah,  and  Idaho, 
intp  which  many  clerical  and  lay  pio- 
neers of  the  Pilgrim  institutions  have 
already  gone,  whom  we  are  more  or 
less  aiding.  This  section  is  equal  to  56 
States  of  the  size  of  Massachusetts, 
making  an  aggregate  of  the  Western 
field  we  are  now  working,  a  district 


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equal  to  180  States  like  MassachuAetts. 
And  it  may  here  be  added,  that  our 
territorial  domain,  not  yet  cut  up  into 
States,  would  make  aa  many  States  as 
we  now  have  in  the  Union  of  the  same 
area,  and  still  show  a  territorial  rem- 
nant of  175,000  square  miles,  equal  to 
#  22  States  of  the  extent  of  Massachu- 
setts. Thi^  vast  territorial  region, 
aw&iting  State  organization,  ^imd  so 
more  than  doubling  our  present  Union, 
is  more  inviting  to  settlement,  as  a 
whole,  in  its  physical  charaiOiak  than 
ever  New  England  was.  If  the*  de- 
mand for  our  Christian  work  istirgent 
in  the  States  mentioned,  it  will  soon 
be  so  in  all  these  Territories,  and  we 
must  make  our  purposes  and.  plans  ac- 
cordingly. 

St.  Louis,  in  1843,  had  40,000  inhab- 
itants; now  there  are  812,000  within 
city  limits,  and  88,000  just  over  the 
city  line.  Keokuk,  in  1842,  was  a 
place  of  twelve  log  and  two  frame 
houses,  with  a  population  of  a  hun- 
dred or  two,  of  speculators,  gamblers, 
Indians,  and  half-breeds.  Now  it  is  a 
mile  long  on  the  levee,  with  its  20,000 
people,  daily  papers,  score  of  church- 
es, and  other  things  in  proportion. 
Mr.  Keycs,  now  living  in  Quincy,  lU.,' 
the  founder  of  Keyes*  Hall  for  our 
Theological  Seminary  at  Chicago,  built 
one  of  the  first  log-houses  where  Quin- 
cy now  stands.  In  Northfield,  Minn., 
where  the  Convention  met  in  October, 
lives  Deacon  Nourse,  who  erected  the 
first  permanlht  family  altar  there,  and 
among  wigwams,  only  fifteen  years  ago. 
Now  it  is  a  thriving  western  city,  with 
an  energetic  Congregational  college. 
Twenty  years  ago  there  was  not  a  shin- 
gle to  shelter  a  man  where  Omaha  now 
stands,  with  her  17,000  people,  fifteen 
churches,  five  school-houses,  ranging 
from  $1,500  to  |200,000  each,  a 
bridge  a  mile  long,  in  erection  over 
the  Missouri,  80  feet  above  low-water 
mark,  seven  radiating  railroads,  and 
city  lots  182  feet  deep,  selling  for  $400 


the  front  foot.  Leaving  the  city  to 
visit  a  Sabbath  school  on  the  prairie, 
six  miles  out,  I  met  the  cars  coming  in 
from  San  Francisco.  Twenty  years 
from  no  shingle  to  that  city,  and  that 
railroad  and  the  six  others  I  Things 
change  out  West  in  twenty  years  1  And 
changes  just  like  these  are  going  on 
constantly  in  the  new  West.  Sac  comi- 
ty, Iowa,  which  in  June,  1869,  had  840 
inhabitants,  in  June,  1870,  had  1,455. 
Last  spring  we  made  a  little  grant  for 
a  Sabbath  school  at  Crow  Wing,  then 
the  extreme  northern  settlement  in 
Minnesota,  on  the  Mississippi,  a  mixed 
village  of  whites  and  Indians.  Next 
June  the  railroivd  cars  will  cross  the 
Mississippi  north  of  Crow  Wing,  run- 
ning from  the  northern  point  of  Lake 
Superior  for  Vancouver's  on  the  Pa- 
cific, starting  up  a  whole  line  of  vil- 
lages and  belt  of  settlements  to  the 
other  ocean.  Our  whole  vast  interior 
is  alive  with  emigrant-wagons  and  sin- 
gle settlers,  and  villages  and  prophetic 
cities,  such  as  St.  Louis  and  Chicago, 
Quincy,  Keokuk,  and  Omaha  were  at 
the  times  I  have  mentioned.  And  as 
noble  agricultural  developments  await 
these  coming  cities  as  awaited  those. 
It  is  true  you  find  for  houMS  the 
"  dug-outs  "—the  sod-roofed  cellare— 
in  Western  Kansas,  Colorado,  and  Ne- 
braska, and  log-cabins.  But  the  neat 
white  frame  house  is  crowding  the 
cabin,  and  noble  farm  houses  loom  up 
in  the  ample  wheat  and  com  fields  of 
Iowa  and  Minnesota ;  and  church  spires 
and  New  England  school-houses,  with 
the  Pilgrims*  Sabbath,  church,  and 
Sabbath  school,  ought  not  to  come  in 
tardily. 

The  power  of  an  early  occupancy  for 
Christ  has  never  been  fuUy  measured, 
6r  considered,  or  valued.  It  is  what 
budding  and  grafting  are  in  the  nur- 
sery; and  often  the  early  and  timely 
Sabbath  school  grafts  the  new  settle- 
ment or  village  into  a  town  for  Christ 
and  the  fruits  of  the  Spirit    I  think 


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^  God  ncTcr  gave  to  his  Church  an  op- 
portunity to  do  so  much  with  so  little. 
Our  little  papers  of  "mustard-seed" 
are  adequate  to*  plant  illimitable  prai- 
ries and  new  Empire  States  for  the 
^  kingdom  of  heaven."  It  is  in  these 
beginnings  of  things,  and  down  among 
social  and  civil  and  educational  and 
religious  foundations,  that  Christians 
are  empowered  to  make  decrees,  and 
then  work  out  foreordinations  for 
Christ. 

With  all  denominational  preferences 
of  evangelical  men  in  a  new  and  mixed 
coDununity,  ours  is  ndf  only  the  best, 
but  the  only  church  polity  on  which 
ill  can  harmonize  and  co-work ;  for  it 
allowB  the  new  organization  to  have 
Bn]^eme  control  of  its  own  affairs  by 
majority  votes.  It  is  simply  sacred  re- 
pnblicanism  ;  and  it  is  the  best  thing 
for  the  church,  just  as  civil  republi- 
canism is  the  best  thing  for  the  town 
or  State. 

^  Happy  Time  in  the  Parsonage. 

By  Ifre.  A.  W.  Ccbtis,  of  Behnont,  Wis. 

Hy  heart  is  so  full  to-day  that  I  must 
teU  you  what  the  Lord  is  doing  for  the 
Elk  Grove  church.  You  are  aware 
that  this  church  is  in  two  parts,  one 
branch  at  Jenkinsville,  the  other  at 
Bashford,  with  seven  miles  of  rough, 
hilly  roads  lying  between.  Jenkins- 
Tille  is  a  little  mining  community, 
while  Bashford  consists  of  a  church, 
eight  or  ten  go^d  farm-houses,  and  a 
very  cosy,  comfortable  little  parsonage. 
Belmont  is  our  railway  station  and 
pott-office.  Since  the  first  of  January 
Mr.  Cortis  has  been  preaching  every 
evening  at  Jenkinsville,  to  a  large  com- 
pany that  have  gathered  in  spite  of 
■torms  and  bad  roads,  which  have  pre^ 
tented  any  attendance  from  here.  We 
did  not  even  hear  from  him  last  week  I 
but  Sabbath  afternoon  he  came,  lead- 
ing his  horse  and  cutter  over  the  bare 
Sroond,  gave  us  a  cheering  report  of 
the  work  at  that  place,  and  returned 


immediately  to  continue  it.  A  prayer 
meeting  was  appointed  for  the  evening 
at  the  parsonage.  We  filled  the  little 
parlor  with  chairs  and  benches,  and 
very  soon  counted  twenty-five  of  our 
people  presept.  The  Deacon  led  the 
meeting,  and  it  was  evident  the  Spirit 
of  the  Lord  was  with  us.  After  fer- 
vent entreaties  for  a  blessing  upon  the 
meetings  at  Jenkinsville,  we  prayed  for 
our  own  community,  our  own  dear  ones 
still  outside  the  fold.  A  little  girl  sat 
next  to  me,  weeping  as  if  her  heart 
would  break.  I  asked  if  I  should  tell 
them  she  wanted  to  be  a  Christian,  and 
wished  them  to  pray  for  her.  "  Yes, 
yes,"  she  replied.  As  I  made  the  re- 
quest, another  young  girl  exclaimed, 
"  Oh,  pray  for  me  too  ! "  and  then  an- 
other and  another,  with  floods  of  tears, 
requested  the  prayers  of  Christians, 
until  seven  had  spoken.  Two  of  them 
were  the  Deacon^s  daughters,  and,  with 
tears  streaming  down  his  face,  he  said : 
"  Let  us  all  kneel  and  pray  for  these 
precious  souls."  (I  should  have  told 
you  that  during  the  summer  and  fall 
the  school-children  came  to  the  parson- 
age every  week  to  have  a  little  meet- 
ing of  their  own,  and  we  had  been  try- 
ing to  teach  them  in  all  the  ways  of 
the  Lord.)  After  a  few  prayers  and 
some  precious  testimony  for  Christ,  the 
meeting  was  closed,  but  no  one  seemed 
ready  to  go.  The  dear  girls  came  to 
me,  and  with  sobs  and  tears  begged 
me  to  pray  for  them.  I  took  them  into 
my  little  room,  and  we  knelt  there, 
alone  in  the  darkness.  After  I  had 
prayed,  for  them  they  prayed  for  them- 
selves— prayers  that  all  heaven  must 
have  listened  to  hear.  Then  I  tried  to 
show  them  how  to  lay  all  the  burden 
of  their  sins  at  the  foot  of  the  cross — 
how  to  Mieve  Christ  had  heard  their 
prayers— how  to  trust  all  the  rest  with 
Him.  They  listened  until  they  grew 
quiet  and  calm,  then  one  after  another 
they  went  out  and  '*  stood  up  for  Je- 
sus." Just  then  I  heard  the  teacher  of 
our  school  request  them  to  remember 


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her  in  their  prayers.  Another  yonng 
lady  confessed  her  sins,  and  then  a 
Toice  thrilled  my  heart  with  joy  un- 
speakable, saying:  "/  want  to  be  a 
Christian ;  I  want  you  should  pray  for 
me."  It  was  a  young  lady  for  whom 
we  have  been  praying  for  a  year,  to 
whom  I  had  written  all  the  deep  anx- 
iety of  my  heart  in  words  that  I  felt 
mu$t  move  her  if  she  had  not  hardened 
her  heart  against  all  hope.  I  could 
not  get  to  her,  for  a  dear  child  had 
both  arms  about  my  neck,  thanking 
me  for  helping  her  find  Jesus.  But 
yery  soon  that  young  lady  came  to  me 
and  spoke  words  that  made  me  happier 
than  I  ever  expected  to  be  in  this 
world.  At  last  they  all  went  away  and 
left  me  alone  with  the  little  ones  and 
my  faithful  Katie.  I  was  too  happy  to 
think  of  sleep.  I  could  only  say,  over 
and  over  again,  "  Bless  the  Lord^  O  my 
soul  P'  Ah  (  it  is  the  grandest  thing 
in  the  world  to  be  a  minuter^  and  I 
think  the  very  next  best  thing  is  to  be 
a  minister'i  ioife;  for  hers  are  such 
countless  opportunities  to  work  for  the 
Master—especially  to  reach  after  the 
little  ones  and  lead  them  to  the  Sa- 
viour's feet. 

But  if  we  should  leave  this  little 
church  in  all  its  weakness,  possibly  to 
become  extinct,  could  we  expect  God's 
blessihg  to  go  with  us  ?  No !  This 
people  needed  their  pastor;  and  he 
said,  "  We  will  stay  and  do  the  very 
best  we  can  for  them,  and  trust  God  to 
•take  care  of  our  children  and  every- 
thing else."  And  as  soon  as  we  came 
to  that  decision,  God  showed  us  plain- 
ly that  it  was  safe  to  trust  him.  I  need 
make  no  public  announcement  of  the 
kindness  of  the  dear  friends  whose  lov- 
ing hands  and  hearts  have  made  us  so 
comfortable  for  the  winter.  The  record 
is  already  made  in  heaven  \.  and  when 
the  books  are  opened,  He  who  said, "  In- 
asmuch as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of 
the  least  of  these,  my  brethren,  ye  have 
done  it  unto  me,"  will  bestow  with 
his  own  blessed  hand  the  sore  reward. 


The  Lack  of  Ministers.         « 

[Readers  who  were  interested  in  the  pa- 
per, "  How  shall  we  get  Ministers  ?  "  read 
before  the  General  Confeftnee  of  Mame,  and 
printed  in  our  September  issue,  may  fhid 
food  for  thought  and  motives  to  prajer  in 
this  letter  from  one  of  the  oldest  misaonariea 
of  that  State,  now  at  the  age  of  almost  fou^ 
score  years  about  to  lay  down  his  commii- 
sion  and  olaim  the  privilege  of  an  "  ex- 
empt."] 

In    1818  I  was  ordained  over  the 

church  in ,  then  jnst  organized 

with  fifteen  members.  At  the  end  of 
ten  years  the  church  contained  146 
members,  inolnding  those  who  resided 
in  two  neighboring  town?,  in  each  of 
which  I  preached  one-fourth  of  the 
time.  Ohurohes  were  then  organized 
in  those  two  towns,  and  ministers  set- 
tled. At  the  end  of  sixteen  years,  wise- 
ly or  unwisely,  I  requested  and  received 
a  dismission.  At  the  end  of  thirty 
years  from  my  dismiseiojiy  I  returned, 
and  found  the  church  reduced  almost  to 
the  point  of  extinction.  For  six  years 
I  have  been  laboring,  with  what  strength 
and  ability  God  has  given  me,  to  prevent 
this  result,  but  the  depleting  process  h98 
been  going  forward.  Those  who  were 
interested  in  my  labors  have  been  dying 
off,  or  removing  from  the  place,  leaving 
behind  very  little  religious  influence  of 
any  kind,  and  materials  of  not  very  hope- 
ful character.  I  have  finally  come  to  the 
conclusion  to  suspend  my  labors  here, 
and  as,  "  by  reason  of  strength,"  I  have 
gone  eight  years  beyopd  my  threescore 
years  and  ten,  I  may  as  well  yield,  per- 
haps, to  what  may  very  probably  be 
the  prevailing  opinion,  that  it  is  time 
for  me  to  stand  laside  and  make  room 
for  a  younger  man.  This  I  would  cheer- 
fully do,  if  they  would  get  the  younger 
man;  but  I  fear  it  will  prove  a  final  sur- 
render of  the  position  in  this  commu- 
nity. 

What  will  leeome  of  our  feeble  eorm- 
try  churches  t  With  painful  interest  I 
have  read  the  following  words  from  the 
Freewill  Baptist  Morning  Star:  "Oor 


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raral  districts  were  once  the  strong- 
holds of  religion;  the  adults  were  gener- 
ally Christians,  and  the  children  trained 
to  faith  and  Tirtue.  Bat  there  has  heen 
achaoge.  Skepticism  has  done  great 
I  mischief,  emigration  has  depleted  the 
popolation,  and  sectarianism  divided  it. 
Increase  of  salaries  has  pat  pastors^ 
services  above  either  the  ability  or  the 
disposition  of  the  people ;  worldliness 
tod  unbelief  have  increased,  and  turned 
many  a  spiritual  garden  into  a  desert ; 
mioisters  have  been  pressed  by  want, 
ambition  or  desire  for  luxury  to  abandon 
the  country  and  preach  iu  large  towns, 

or  to  follow  secular  pursuits."  Our 

brethren  seem  to  view  the  matter  with 
some  complacency,  as  it  leaves  the  field 
open  to  them,  which,  with  "  their  inex- 
pensive habits,"  they  think  they  will 
be  able  to  occupy.  They  say  "  the  ten- 
dency is  to. imitate  fashionable  men 
more  than  Christ,  who  became  poor  to 
make  others  rich ;  to  covet  luxury  and 
style  more  than  the  salvation  of  souls." 
Alas!  is  tills  witness  true?  and  is  it 
this  tendency,  fostered  by  the  procla- 
mation in  our  religions  papers  of  the 
high  salaries  that  our  popular  ministers 


receive,  and  the  magnificent  presents 
that  rich  congregations  bestow  upon 
their  ministers,  which  is  working  evil 
to  many  of  our  country  churches? 
While  we  pray  the  Lord  of  the  harvest 
to  send  forth  more  laborers,  let  us  also 
pray  that  he  will  bestow  in  richer 
abundance  the  spirit  of  ChrUt  upon 
those  already  sent  forth. 


Congregational  Stati8tic& 

The  Congregational  Quarterly  for 
January,  1871,  gives  the  following  sta- 
tistics of  the  denomination.  Churches 
in  the  United  States,  8,121 ;  members, 
306,518;  ministers,  3.194;  members  of 
Sabbath  schools,  361,465;  benevolent 
contributions  (partially  reported),$964,- 
556.  Of  the  churches,  1,442  are  in  New 
England,  842  in  New  York,  New  Jer- 
sey and  Pennsylvania,  1,294  between 
these  States  and  the  Pacific,  and  43  in 
the  South.  Of  the  ministers,  928  are 
reported  as  "  not  in  the  pastoral  work." 

The  year's  gain,  in  number  of  church- 
es, is  78 ;  members,  6,156 ;  members  of 
the  Sabbath  schools,  4,963 ;  ministers, 
exclusive  of  foreign  missionaries,  30. 


APPOINTMENTS  IN  FEBEUAEY,  1871. 


Jfot  in  Commiuion  Uut  year, 

Ber.  ThoTOM  Pngh,  Jalapa,  Maple  Creek  and  y1- 

chiilT,  Neb. 
B«T.    Ch«rlc«  ▲.   Riclurdjoo,    Kanwaka   and 

Wakanisa,  Kaou 
R«T.  Chariea  Dnren,  Qolno^,  Mhm. 
Ber.  John  A.  Qrii&ii,  Marvin,  Pomerox,  Jaokaon 

Geoterand  Poeihootaa  Oenter«  Iowa. 
!•▼.  O.  C.  Uioki,  Rod  Oak,  Iowa. 
K«r.  George  R.  Itanaom.  Webeter  City,  Iowa, 
ner.  Jamea  A.  Adama.  Marsbfleld,  Mo. 
Ber.  Thoroas  8.  Smith,  Linooln,  lU. 
B«T.  D.  W.  Hharte,  Maotna  and  Aurora,  Ohio. 
Kor.  Abram  S.  Baldwin,  Mompbis,  Tetin. 

JU'Commtuiontd, 

5^".  Tbomaa  Condon,  Dallea  Olty,  Or. 

B«T.  WilUam  A.  Tennejr,  Aatoria,  Or. 

a«T.  leaae  W.  Atherton,  Loa  Angelea,  Cal. 

BoT.  GeoTfo  A.  BcckwHh,  Neodeaha  and  Fredo- 

.Bia,Kan. 

BtT.  Liaeoln  Harlow,  Council  QroTe  aad  Dla- 

aond  Creek,  Kan. 
B«T.  IttM  Jaeoboa,  Jonotion  City,  Kan. 
Bav.  Lather  H.  Plait.  Eoreka,  Kan. 
«•».  JoMph  C.  Plnnb,  Fort  Scoii,  Kan. 


Rot.  Charles  Shodd,  Claroraont  and  Wasloja, 

Minn. 
Rev.  Charles  B.  Sheldon,  Excelaior  and  Chanhaa- 

sen.  Minn. 
Rev.  Henry  WiUard,  Plainrlew,  Smithflold  and 
*  Beaver.  Minn. 
Rev.  Wlliiam  P.  Avery,  Chapin  and  Uampton, 

Iowa. 
Rev.  Joseph  T.  Cook,  Maqnoketo,  Iowa. 
Rot.  Francis  Fawkea,  Otisville  and    Oakland, 

Iowa. 
Rev.  Richard  Haspell,  Jasper  City,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Henry  Hoss.  Fort  AtKineon,  Iowa. 
Rev.  John  I).  Sands,  Belmond,  Clarion  and  Am- 
sterdam, Iowa. 
Rev.  John  R.  Upton,  Lakeville,  Milford,  Spirit 

Lake  and  SUrer  Lake,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Daniel  A.  Campbell,  Pine  River,  Aurora- 

ville  and  three  ont-statJons,  Wis. 
Rov.  William  W.  Jones,  Wonewoc,  EIroy,  KU- 

dare,  Glendale,  Lvndon  and  Plymouth,  wii>. 
Rev.  Robert  SeweU,  Stougbton  and  Brooklyn, 

Bev.  Edward  Bonthworth,  Palmyra,  Wliu 
Rev.  Adin  H.  Fletcher,  Frankfort,  Mich. 
Rev.  Alfred  H.  Missildine,  Pleaaant  Mount,  Mo. 
Rev.  Benjamin  0.  Page,  Greenwood,  Mo. 
Rev.  Franklin  O.  Bherrill,  California,  Syracuse 

and  Moniteau.  Mo. 
Rev.  William  Baldwin,  Eden  and  Mount  Pala- 


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Bev.  James  n.  Laird,  Brickton  and  Des  PlalneB, 

ni. 

Rov.  Clarendon  M.  Sanders,  "Wftiikegan,  IIL 

Rev.  Goors^o  BchloMcr,  Dix,  III. 

Rev.  Krodcrlo  W heeler,  South  Pass  and  Mdkan- 

da.  III. 
Bev.  Martin  K.  Pasco,  Harysville,  Ohio. 


Rev.  Timothy  Atkinson,  Orange,  N.  J. 
Rev.  Leavllt  Bartlett,  Jersey  Oitv,  N.J. 
Bev.  Alanson  Bixby,  Frewsburen,  N.  Y« 
Rev.  leaac  D.  CornwolK  Hancock.  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Franklin  Noble,  Brooklyn.  N.  Y. 
Rov.  Thomas  M.  Owen.  New  York  MilU,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  David  E.  Prichard,  Rome,  N.  Y. 


RECEIPTS  IN  FEBRUARY,  1871. 


MAINE— 

Hallo  well,  Ladlea  of  tho  South  Ch.,  by 
Miss  S.  H.  Agry,  |3  00 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE— 

Koene,  Ezm  Liv«*more,  to  const.  Ezra 
Herbert  Fay  a  L.M  ,by  O.  Kingsbury,    SO  00 

New  Iphwlch,  Individuals,  by  W.  D. 
Locke*,  8  00 

North  Conway,  Miss  M.  C.  Merrill,  10  00 

VERMONT— 

Braitloboro,  Mm.  B.  H.  V.  D.,  20  00 

Penchant,  1).  S.  Chamberlain,  to  const. 
Mrs.  L.  H.  Day  a  L.  M.,  30  00 

South  Hero,  Legacy  of  Myron  T.  Lan- 
don,  by  R.  K.  Clark,  Ex.,  100  00 

West  Rutland,  Stibbath  School  of  tho 
Cong.  Ch ,  by  S.  Boardmaii,  Trcae., 
to  const  B.  G.  Chatterton,  F.  Old- 
dings  and  Mrs.  R.  C.  Mend  L.  Ms.,         05  65 

WoooUtock,  Indies'  Sew.  Soc  of  tiie 
Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  N.  Haskell,  5  00 

MASSACHUSBTT8- 

Mass.  Home  Mis*.  Soc,  by  8.  T.  Far- 
well,  Treas.,  4,000  00 

Chicopee  Falls,  Minor  Eollcy,  by  Rev. 
J.  1\  Tucker,  4  50 

East  Douglass,  Mrs.  Charlotte  Rich* 
ardoun,  2  00 

Enfield,  on  account  of  Lognoy  of  Leon- 
ard  Woodg,  l.y  Rufus  D.  Woods,  Ex.,     6fl  76 

Harnpsh're    Missi  Soc,  E.  Williams, 
Treas., 
Northampton,  First  Parish,    $501  50 
North  HndUy,  Cong.  Ch^  27  00 

Wenihampton,  Cong.  Cb.,  43  00    571  50 

Hopkintoa,  Ladles'  Sewing  Clpclo,  by 
Mrs.  D.  T.  Biidges,  Sec,  5  00 

Lowell,  a  Fried,  30  00 

Lynn,  Little  Morris's  Birthday  Gifts, 
in  mcmoi  iam,  8  80 

North  Brookfield,  First  Cong.  Ch..  by 
J.  E.  Porter,  Treas..  bnl.  of  coll.,  to 
const  A.  Smith,  Mrs.  S.  C.  Smith, 
H.  Deland,  Mr?.  P.  H.  Dcland,  L. 
S.  Thurston,  Dr.  J.  Porter,  C. 
Adams,  Jr.,  P.  Kellogg  and  A.  W. 
Burrel  L.  Ms.,  180  70 

Plttsflild,  a  Friend,  3  00 

Rehoboth,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc,  by  J.  C. 
Marvel,  28  15 

Springfiold,  Mrs.  W.  T.  Eusti^  Jr.,  26  00 

Btockbridu'o,  Cons.  Ch.,  mon.  con.,  by 
D.  R.  William^  26  17 

WiUinmsiiiirg,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and 
Soc,  by  W.  A.  Hawkei,  102  00 

CONNECTICUT- 

Brldgcport,  Anna  G.  Elliott,  '<  a  Thank 

Otfering,'*  15  00 
Block  liock  Ladies  of  the  Cong.  Ch., 

by  Miss  Snrah  J.  Bnrtram,  5  00 

Cheahirp,  Norman  S.  Piatt,  2  50 

Conneoil.  ut,  •  From  an  Old  Friend,"  100  oo 

Farmington,  A  Friend,  50 
Glastenbiiry.  Friends,  to  const.  Rev. 

J.  E.  Kittredgc  a  L.  D.,  200  00 


Granby,  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Lura  B.  Levis, 

by  L,  I.  Barber,  Ex., 
Hartford,  Roland  Mather,  $100  ;  Alicia 

Sheldon,  $10;  "  Student ,»'  flO. 
LakeviUe,  Ladles,  by  Sarah  D.  Hollcv, 

to  const.  Alexander  H.  Holiey  a  L.M., 
Lebanon,    Cong.   Ch.,  by  Mrs.  M.  L. 

Sheldon, 
Mt.  Carmel,  "  Friends  to  tho  cause  of 

Home  Missionf,'* 
New  Haven,  First  Ch.,  A  Friend.  |65 ; 

A  Lady  of  the  Center  Ch.420 ;  North 
Ch.,  A  Friend,  $30  :  Mrs.  W.  C.  Cc- 
nant,  $15 ;  Mr.  W.  C.  Conant,  |20  ; 
Mrs.  Merrltt  Warner,  to  const. 
Mrs.  Nathan  Terrlll  a  L.  M.,  by 
Rev.  J.  W.  Ilubboll,  ISO  ;  Rev.  J. 
Hyde  De  Forest.  $4,60, 
SImBbury,  L.  L  Barber,  $6 ;   Miss  R. 

Barber,  |5. 
South  Norwalk,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  F.  A. 

Ferris,  ^ 

Stratford,  Gi'n.  G.  Loomis,  by  a  R. 

Kingsbury, 
Torringford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  D.  M.  Wd- 

cott, 
Washington,  Mr^.  Justus  Parker,  de- 
ceased, by  Mr*.  K.  O.  Tyler, 
Waterbury ,  a  Friend, 
Watertown,    B.  Do  Foreat,  by  J.  De 

Forest, 

NEW  YORK- 

Bainbridge,  Cong.  Ch  ,  boL  of  coll.,  by 
Rev.  J.  S.  l»attciigill, 

Bro«»kIyu,  Charles  1».  lialdwln,  1800; 
Mrs.  A.  Dane,  to  const.  Master  F.  R. 
Fowler,  Jr.,  a  L.  M.,  $80, 

Chase's  Mills,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  O. 
Stra.<enburgh, 

Dansville.  LegHcy  of  Mrp.  Elisabeth 
Shepard,  by  C.  Sliepard,  Ex., 

Deansville,  E.  B.  Barton, 

Franklin,  Mrs.  L.  Hotchkiss,  by  Mis. 
J.  H.  Penfield, 

Groton,  Cong.  Ch.,  |15 ;  Storrs  Bar- 
rows, |10,  by  Rov.  J.  C.  Taylor, 

Guilford  Center,  Rufus  Ives,  by  Rev. 
J.  li.  Jones,   • 

Harpersfleld,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  T. 
Marsh. 

Kirkland,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  Deana, 

Madnd,  Miss  Maria  Simons,  by  Rev. 
O.  Strasenhurgh, 

New  York  City,  Broadtoay  TdbemacU 
Chxureh,  by  J.  11.  Washburn,  Treas., 
coll.  in  part  $1,673  46 ;  of  wh.  ISO, 
to  const  J.  H.  Washburn  a  L.  M. ; 
.  T.  Berry  to  const  Mrs.  Sabrinn  Ray- 
mond a  U  M. ,  $30  00  ;  J.  S.  Case,  to 
const.  Howard  R  Case  a  L.  M.,  $60,  1,753  46 
Harlem^  Cong.  Ch.^  mon.  con ,  by  W. 

W.  Ferrior,  Treaa, 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Smith,  to  const  Mrs.  W. 
H.  Lincoln  a  L.  M.,  $30 ;  *'  A  Lady 
Friend  to  tho  Home  Missionary, in 
his  labors  and  privations,^  $50 ;  M. 
W.  Lyon,  $60 ;  Mrs.  James  Don- 
nghe,  $5  ;  O.  W.  Coe,  $5, 

Saratoga  Springs,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  G.  H. 
Fish, 


100  00 
110  00 
SSOO 
25  00 
.  500 


184  50 

1100 

75  00 

600 

27  87 

200 
100*00 

100  00 


200 


830  08 

550 


100  W 
200  01 


450 
26  00 


20  00 


19  00 
400 


200 


935 


140  00 
1915 


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Smyrna,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  $30  ;  Bahbath 
School  of  Coug.  Ch.,  $26,  by  n.  M. 
Dixon,  65  00 

Sammer  Hill,  Oonft.  Ch.,  |11 ;  Rev.  E. 
D.  8baw,  |20,  by  Hev.  E.  D.  Bbaw,  «1  00 

West  Farms,  Blra.  A.  Wood,  8  00 

MEW  JERSEY— 

Orance,  Trinity  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  L. 

HaTsey.  '  **  '  148  06 

Trenton,  Third  Presb.  Ch.,  bv  J.  G. 

Brcarley,  14  62 

PENNSYLVANIA— 

MalianoT  Citr,  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
.    J.  W.  WilUams,  10  00 

Philadelphia,   Canlral    Cong.    Ch.^  by 

John  Edwards,  80  S3 

Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Roy.  W.  E.  C. 

Wright,  65  35 

PltlBburgh.  8.  M.  Y.,  1  00 

PittAton,  Mrfl.  II.  p.  Strong,  $15  -  Mrs. 

II.  H.  Oooley,  $b,  20  00 

Weat  Bansror,  Welsh  Cong.   Ch.,  by    ' 

Rer.  J.  WilllamP,  5  00 


VIRGINIA - 

CottRflre  Grove,  Elder  J.  Smith  and 
familv,  |18-i;  Falls  Ch.,  Throo 
friends,  75  cU.  ;  Homdon,  a  Friend, 
SOcta.,  3  07 

Hampton,  Bethodda  Chapel,  by  Rer. 
R.  Tolman,  25  00 

OHIO- 

Cnyahoga  Falls,  Sabbath  School  of  tho 
Cfon^.  Ch-,  by  Maria  B.  Clark,  Sec,        01  20 

Edinbnrg,  Botqpy  E.  Bingham,  15  00 

Hartford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rot.  J.  B. 
Dawson,  6  50 

Lodi,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ror.  A.  H.  Rob- 
bins,  17  75 

Piigah,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Da- 
vies.  16  50 

Ravenna,  Contr.  Ch.,  by  Isaao  Swift,  6  00 

Talhnidge,  Kisa  Bell  Wright,  by  L. 
H.  Ashman.  5  00 

Toledo,  I-cifacv  of  Mrs,  Mary  A.  Pack- 
ard, C.  F.  Button,  Ex.,  by  Rev.  II. 
N.  MacCracken,  4€5  43 

Twinabnrgh-  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A. 
Bliarpe,  20  03 

IKDIANA— 

inkhar*^  Cong.  Ch.,  by    Rev.  L.  R. 

Royce,  26  00 

Viohlntn  City,  FIrat  Cong.  Ch..  by  W. 

Peex,  to  conat.  J.  8.  Ford  and  II.  W. 

Johnson,  I>.  Ma.,  75  00 

Terre  Haate,  Cong,  Ch.,  b.-iL  of  coll.,  by 

Rev.  N.  A.  Hyde,  18  40 

ILLINOIS— 

UecelTed  br  Rev.  H.  D.  Piatt : 

Alton,  Cn.  of  tho  Redeemer,  to  const 
Rev.  M.  K.  Whittlesey  a 
L.  M..  $41  50 

Rockbridro,  Eliaa  Palmer,  3  00 

Aabkom,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M.  M. 

PinkertOD, 
Cbloago,  New  England  Cong.  Ch.,  in 

part,  by  E.  W.  Blatchford,  Troaa., 
Be  Kalb,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  $10 ;  Rev.  L. 

P.Atwood,$10,  by  Rev. L  P.  Atwood, 
HoTlston,  Conif.  Ch.,  bal,  of  coll.,  by 
,  Rev.  J.  Blood, 
"ttbard.  First  Ch.  of  Chrlat,  to  const, 

Mra.  Isaac  Claflln  a  L.  M., 
¥«»ellles,  Cong.  Ch..  bal.  of  coll., 
PwirieCity.Coog.  Ch.,  by  Rov.  H.  B. 
-      »»ifl,     "        •         ♦    '  8  00 


44  50 

«00 

132  98 

20  03 

100 

43  00 
10  00 

Sheffield,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  .L  A. 

Allen,  10  00 

Summer  Hill,   Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  K. 

C.  Marsh,  23  60 
Toulon,  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const.  Rov.  R. 

L.  McCord  a  L.  M.,  80  00 

Turner  Junction,  First  Conir.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  A.  R.  Thain,  16  63 

Uticd,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Han- 

nlng,  6  00 

Wayne,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rov.  II.  Jacobs,       4  00 

MISSOURI- 

Fairmount  and  Prospect  Grove,  Cong. 

Chs.,  by  Rev.  O.  S.  Calllhaii,  8  80 

Lagrange,  Mrs.  M.  Schaorer,  by  Rev.  J. 

Schaercr,  2  25 

Windsor  and  Greenridge,  Cong.  Chs., 

bal.  of  coll.,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Bowers,  8  85 

MICHIGAN— 

Brndy,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rov.  J.  M. 

Ashley,  6  00 

Dexter,  Mrs.  Maria  B.  Field,  10  00 
Grand  Rapids,  Pint  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H. 

J.  Holllster,  Treas..                '  75  00 

Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  lie  v.  J.  Hoi  way,  2  85 

Romeo,  Mias  T.  S.  Clarke, '  6  00 

WISCONSIN- 

Appfeton,  Ladies'  Prayer  Circle  of  the 

First  Cpng.  Ch.,  by  A   S.   Kimball, 

Treas., 
Big  Spring  and  Brlegsville,  Cong.  Chs., 

by  Jlev.  W.  C.  Hicks, 
Dartford,  Brooklyn  Central  Cong.  Ch., 

by  Rev.  M.  M.  Fairfield, 
Fox  Lake,   Coug.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  P. 

Halrc, 
Oconomowoc,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soo.,  by 

Rev.  K.  J.  Montague, 
Peshtigo,  Rev.  H.  T.  Fuller,  $4.60; 

Mrs.  John  Davis,  50c.,  by  Rev.  H.  T. 

Fuller, 
Plymouth,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  N. 

Powell, 
Prairie  du  Chien,  Cong.  Ch.,  by.  Rov. 

W.  H.  Marble, 
Tomah,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 
H.  Cross, 

IOWA— 

Algona,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 

Rev.  C.  Taylor,  to  const.  Dea.  M.  II. 

Hudson  a  L.  M.,  $30:   Mrs.   U.  E. 

Staov,  to' const,  herself  a  L.  M.,  $30.,  60  00 
Crawfordville,  Cong. Ch., $7. 05;  VVayne, 

Cong.  Ch.,   $ia50,    by  Rev.  L.  S. 

Hand,  20  55 

Danville,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  Rev. 

E.  P.  Smith,  12  00 

Davenport,  Gennan  Evan.  Cong.  Ch., 

by  Rev.  J.  F.  Graf,  5  00 

Elgin,  German  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G. 

Scheuerle,  0  50 

Fort  Dodge,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

D.  Wirt,  12  50 
Genoa  BlulTs,  Cong.  Ch.,  $21.92  ;  Wll- 

liamsbunr,  Cong.  Ch.,  $14,  by  Rev. 

H.S.  Clarice,  35  92 

Green  Mountain,  Sabbath  School  of 
iho  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  L.  Chase, 
in  full,  to  const  Dea.  John  C.  Hop- 
kins a  L.  M.,  16  00 

Grove  Hill,  German  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
Rev.  P.  Weidmann,  2  50 

T.illevrand  and  Webster, -Cong.  Chs., 
by  Uev.  P.  Crang,  6  50 

Waterloo,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  G.  Thach- 
cr,  60  00 

MISNESOTA- 

Kxcclalor,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  B. 
Sheldon,  15  00 


111  CO 

5  00 

15  00 

19  75 

10  00 

6  00 

22  06 

785 

8  10 

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April,  mi. 


Hamilton,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  |20 ;  Mrs. 
B.  8.  Armetrongr,  **A  Thank  Offer- 
ing-/' $^,  by  Rev.  R.  6,  ArmBtrong,        25  00 

lianknto.  First  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Kev.  O. 
H.  Merrill,  10  00 

Minnenpolif,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  0.  H. 
Oashmnn^  Treas.,  74  60 

Bochester,  Cong.  Ob.,  by  £ev.  A.  Ful- 
ler, 17  13 

St.  Paul,  Plymonth  Cong.  Oh.,  mon. 
oon,  oolL.  by  Rev.  B.  ifall,  1  70 

Sterling,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F.  A. 
Pratt,  8  70 

KANSAS- 

Elk  River,  First  Cong.  Ob.,  by  Rev.  "W. 

Norton,  6  50 

Neosho  FallP,  Cong.  Ch.,  |18.75  :  Cher- 

ry  Creek,  Cong.  Ch.,  ti26,  by  Rev.  J. 

Scotlbrd,  16  00 

NEBRA8KA- 

Batler  Co.,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rcr. 

A.  Dresiter,  k  00 

Palmyra,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  O.  W. 

Merrill.    •  0  00 

Plattsmoath,  Cong.   Oh.,  by  Rev.  F. 

Alley,  25  00 

WASHINGTON  TEREITORY— 

Seattle,  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  . 

J.  F.  Damon.  10  00 

WalUWalU,  Mrs.  M.  P.  Eolls,  10  00 

CALIFORNIA— 

Sonth  San  Jnan,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev. 
W.  L.  Jones,  17  50 

ORKQON- 

Dalles  City,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rov. 

T.  Condon,  20  00 

Portland,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  Q. 

H.  Atklnm>n,  D.D.,  25  00 

HOME  MISSIONARY,  Si  50 


$11,458  95 


Donations  of  Clothimff^  etc, 

Birmingham,  Conn.,  Miss  EUza  P.  Bas- 
sett,  a  barrel. 

Black  Rook,  Conn.,Ladies  of  the  Cong. 
Ch.,  by  Miss  Bsrah  J.  Bartram,  a  bar- 
rel, 125  00 

Bridgeport  Conn.,  Ladles*  Sew.  Soc.  of 
North  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Mrs.  a  M. 
Oate,  a  box,  210  57 

Bristol,  R.  I.,  a  bundle. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Miss  0.  A.  Bradahaw, 
a  bundle. 

Hallovell,  Me.,  Ladies  of  the  South 
Oh.,  by  Miss  S.  H.  Atrry,  a  barrel. 

Hopklnton,  Mass.,  Ladles*  Sew.  Oiiole, 
by  Mrs.  D.  T.  Bridges,  Sec,  two 
barrels,  173  60 

Now  Britain,  Conn.,  Ladies  of  the 
Sonth  Cong.  Benev.  Soc,  by  Mrs. 
Isaac  S.  Lee,  Boo.,  a  box  and  oash,       288  54 

New  Haven,  Conn.,  Ladles^  Home 
Miss.  Boa  of  the  First  Ch.,  by  Miss 
H.  A  Tucker,  Sec,  nine  boxes  and 
a  communion  set,  1,614  67 

Toadies*  Benev.  Soc  of  North  Cb., 
by  Mrs.  Henry  Champion,  a  box,  214  50 

Newton  Centre,  Mass.,  Ladles*  Benev. 
Soc,  by  Miss  H.  S.  Cousens,  a  bar^ 
rel,  100  00 

New  York  City.  Ladles  of  the  Broad- 
way Tabernacle  Ob.,  by  Mrs.  Dr.  J. 
V,  lliompson,  three  trunks,  375  00 

Urinh  Welsh,  a  handle. 

Shcrborn,  Mass.,  Ladies*  Reading  and 


Benev.  Soc,  by  Miss  P.  P.  Dowse, 

Sec,  a  box,  69  49 

Springfield,  Mass.,  Ladles*  Home  MIm. 

Soc.  of  the  South  Oh.,  by  Mrs.  R.   R. 

McClcan,  two  barrels,  2S0  00 

Wlnsted,  Conn.,  Indies*  Soc,  by  Lucy 

C.  Alvord,  two  barrels  and  ca»h,  138  55 

Woodstock,  Vt,  Ladles'  Sew.  8<ic.  of 

tho  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Mrs.  N.  Haskell,      161  76 


Reeripts  qf  the  MasMdtutetU  Homt  Mittiman 
Society^  in  February^  Btkphen  T.  Faxwxll, 
Trtat. 


80  00 
500 
20  00 

aooo 

250  00 
859  e-i 

15  00 
125  00 

50  00 
500 

50  00 

35  00 
50 
45  2S 
S6  00 
5100 


Andover,  Chapd  Church,  $104  24 

Ballard  YaU  Cong.  Ch..  to  const   Mrs. 
Edmund  M.  Fessenden  a  L.  M., 
Bennington,  N.  H.,  Miss  Emily  Wbitte- 

more, 
Boston,  Avails  of  the  lato  Benjamin  Per- 
kins's office  desk, 
John  H.  Dane,  to  const  his  son  John 

Dane  a  L  M., 
Union  Ch.,  Columb.  Avemte, 
MU  'Temon,  Ch., 
A  Friend, 
H.  B.  H., 
Boston  Highlands,  Vine  SL  Ch., 
Rev.  E.  W.  Hooker.  D.D., 
Neponset  Rev.  F.  K.  Abbe 
Buckingham,  Iowa,  Oong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

B.  Robert*, 
Chelsea,  A  Friend, 
Clinton,  First  Evsn.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Essex,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc, 
East  Douglasfi,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Hampden  Kenev.  Association,  bv  Ohas. 
Marsh.  Troas.,  to  const  L.  lis.,  viz : 
by  Christ  Church.  Springfield,  Mrs. 
Lydia  H.  Newel].Mrs.Roxana  Kibl>o, 
Mrs.   Sarah  KIbbe,    Honry    J.    D. 
Schermorhomj  by  Second  Ch.,  Chl- 
copoo.  Miner  Kelley,  V.  N.-  Taylor ; 
by  East  Long  Meadow  Oh.,  Roman 
A.  Qane,  Edgar  K.  Sillow,  Ohas.  L. 
Mcintosh ;     by    Mltlineague    Ch., 
Emerson  Oeer, 
Holden,  Cong.  Ch.  nnd  Soc, 
Jamaica  Plains,  from  the  Estate  of  ttie 

late  Anna  W.  Swett, 
Massachusetts,  P.  M., 
Med  way  West,  Cong.  Oh.,  and  Soc, 
Newton,  Mr.  Jesse  Clement 
Plymouth,  Oong.  Oh.  and  Soc, 
Randolph,  Atherton  Wales, 
Sandwich,  additional, 
Balem,  South  Oh., 

Walpole,  Mrs.  Everett  Stetson,  to  const 
herself,  Aaron  E. Stetson  andEdward 
P.  Stetson  L.  Ms.,  , 

Little  Gleaners*  Boc,  Emma  Kimball, 
Treas., 
Warren,  Cong.  Oh.  and  Soc, 
Wenham,  A  Friend, 
Wihnington  North,  A  Friend, 
Worcester,  Mn.  Mary  Rice,- 
Central  Ch., 
David  Whitcomb. 
George  Henry  \Vhiteomb,  to  const  a 


300  00 
14  50 

COO  00 

800  00 
31  M 
500 
SOO 

100  00 
250 

5S9  45 


100  00 

5371 
109  70 
600 
500 
900  00 
201  S4 
100  00 

SOOO 

$3,861^ 


Receipts  t^f  the  Connecticut  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety, in  February,  E.  W.  Pabsoxs,  Tress. 

Berlin,  Second  Oong.  Oh.  Jby  A.  North, 
of  which  130  from  Rov.  W.   H.   Moore, 

to  const  George  R.  Moore  a  L.  M.,  283  13 

Litchfield  Co.,  Annual  Meeting,  by  H.  ^ 

R.  C,  ^^ 

Hartford,  A  Frtend.  H.,  200  00 

by  Rev.  A.  Winter,  W  00 

New  Mllford,  G.  W.  W.,  ^  ;  Donation, 

by  Miss  8.  Northrop,  $30,  »  0* 

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MISSIONARY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  Clothhig,  sent  directly  tnd  without  any  partioular  deeigDAtion,  to  the  offios 
of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  snob  misrionaries  as  are 
known  to  be  most  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  to  those  who  recelre 
them,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective  donors. 

bperience  has  shown  ns  that  when  an  individual  or  association,  intending  to  prepare 
a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  nare  a  particular  missionary  dedgnated,  and  a  detiuled 
aeeount  of  the  drcumstanoes  of  his  famOy  siren,  the  information  is  not  always  at  hand, 
so  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when  it  is,  it  not 
unfiequently  happens  that»  whOe  the  box  is  i>reparing,  the  missionary  remains  for 
Bonthii  imsopphed,  when,  if  it  wete  not  for  this  designation,  he  mi^t  be  fimished 
with  artides  placed  in  the  mean  thne  at  the  diqiosal  of  the  Society.  In  other  cases,  while 
the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent' to  the  missionary  from  other  sources,  so  thai 
when  the  box  is  ready,  thia  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want  as  many  others. 

It  is  preferred,  thmfore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors,  that 
the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  individual  in 
particular,  shoiSd  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Society,  afUr  ikmf  reaeh 
tk$  (gffU$,  It  is  believed  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  the  designs  of  those  who 
gwerously  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  othtf  in  which  the  Sodety  can  luiTe  an 
^gtnej. 

DIBSCTI0X8  70B  POBWASBIVG. 

1.  Put  fasride  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  a  paper 
or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  and  the  estimated  value  of  the  whole, 
with  the  name  of  ttie  individual  or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the 
bdividual  to  whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent 

1  A  eofff  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  of  the  box  should  be  sent  in  a  letter 
to  the  office  of  the  Society.  In  this  letter  it  should  be  stated  when,  and  by  what  convey- 
anoeutbe  box  was  forwarded;  in  it  should  be  inclosed,  also,  such  mon^  as  is  intended 
for  the  payment  of  freight  It  is  desirable  that  firei^  should  be  provided  for  in  all  cases, 
if  practtcable.  The  freight  and  expoises  on  a  box  vary  fhmi  |3  to  |d,  according  to  its 
rise  and  the  distance  it  is  sent  A  barrel  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense  than  a  box  of 
the  same  size. 

8.  The  box  should  be  fblly  and  plainly  mariced,  and  the  place  fromwhkh  it  eomee  should 
ALWAYS  ^ypear  on  the  cutnds^  so  that  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening  it  at  the 
sAoe.  It  should  be  strong,  ti^^t,  weU  nafled,  and,  when  large,  diould  be  hooped,  or 
otherwise  fully  secured  against  the  effects  of  hard  usage  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  addreeeed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place, 
VewToriu 

VO  PABT  OF  A  XlflSIOVABT  8  8ALABT. 

Boxes  of  Clothing  fonn  no  part  of  a  misrionary*^  reguUu*  appropriation.  The  Sodety 
needs  the  same  amount  of  mon^,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptly  its  stipulations 
with  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded;  and  it  would  be  no  favor  to  a 
missionary  to  reodve  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money  that  would 
otherwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionijly  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to  it  that 
diey  give  none  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  ^ving  other  things  that  are  need- 
fU  and  convenient  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  svmpathies  will  be  so  awakened  in 
the  ^rqwration  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be  their  privilege,  not  only  to 
wmtinue,  but  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

SUGCDESTIOVS  AS  TO  THEIB  COHTEVTI. 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  bos,  while  dothhig  of  woollen  or  linen  ftbric% 
dioea,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  wiU  be  specially  valuable,  scarcely  any  thing  in  the 
ihape  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  appard  or  bedding,  or  which  is  of  common  use  in  any 
form  in  a  family,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  forks,  spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of 
cotton,  a  skein  of  yam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles,  a  cake  of  wax,  a  dosen  of  buttons,  a 
tfaimMe,  a  tumbler,  a  dn  cup,  a  skhnmer,  or  a  pepper  box,  need  not  be  left  out 

When  artides  of  clothing  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  which  boxes 
sn  sent,  itissionafies  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  other  that 
shMst  erery  thing  which  a  box  may  contahi  is  turned  to  good  account 


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AMERICAN  HOME  MISSMARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOB  PLACE,  HEW  YOBB!. 


Kit.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.D., 
RiT.  DAVID  B.  COE,  D.D., 
Bit.  a.  HUNTINGTON  CLAPP, 


;  D.D..  ) 


8f<rtUru9fcT  C^nreMpondmee, 


Mb.  WILLIAM  HBNRT  SMITH,  Trttuurer. 

XzioiJTiTB  OoMMimm—MB.  WILLIAM  G.  L4MBEBT,  Chairman:  Ms.  0.  B.  BOB£BT: 
Ms.  BlMifiON  B.  CH[TT£KDKN;  Bar.  BIOHABD  8.  8TOBR8,  Jb.,  D.D.:  Bsr.  WIL- 
LIAM L  BUDINOTON,  D.D.;  Ms.  CALVIN  C.  WOOLWOBTH:  Mb.  OHABLES  ABBB- 
NKTHY;  Mb.  JOHN  B.  HUTCHINSON;  Bsr.  HENBY  M.  BTOBB8,  D.D.;  with  the  membera 
«x-offldo— Tls.:   AUBTIN  ABBOTT,  Ba^  Jtseording  Steretatyt  the  Tkkasumbs,  end  the  Baesa- 

TABUB  rOS  O^BBBiPOXDBHOB. 

COHHVVICATIOHS 

Relating  to  the  bosineas  of  the  Society  generally,  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  tlie  Secre- 
taries for  Correspondence. 

DOVATIOHS  AHB  SITBSCBIFTIOVS, 

In  Drafts,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Post-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  sent  to  the 

Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Plaoe,  New  ToriL 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  constitotes  a  Life  Member ;  and  of  one  hun- 
dred dollars  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  addition  to  a  prerioos  payment,  makes  one  hundred 
dollars),  a  Life  Director. 

SEOBETABIES  AHD  TBBABUBEB8 

Of  TBI 

PRINCIPAL  AUXILURIES. 

Her.  SriraiH  Thurston,  DJ).,  Secretary,  Maine  Mit».  Soe.^  Searsport,  Me. 

JosHVA  Maxwkll,  Esq^  Treasurer,  **        **  "    Portland, 

Rer.  William  Clabk,  Secretary,  I^ew  Hampthire  Mis$.  Soe.^  Amherst,  N.  H. 

Ltman  D.  Stevens,  Esq.,  Treasurer,        u         u         a        Concord,      ♦' 

Rer.  0.  S.  Smith,  Secretary,  Vemumt  Ihm,  Miu,  8oc,,  Montpdier,  Vt 

0.  W.  Stores,  Esq.,  Treasurer,         u  u  a  u 

Rev.  H.  B.  Hooker,  D.D.,  Sec,  Mass.  H.  M,  Soe,^  81  Washiigton  st,  Boston,  Mass. 

Stephen  T.  Farwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,        "  "  *• 

Rer.  James  G.  Vo3e,  Secretary,  R,  I.  Home  Miss.  So^.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Edwin  Kriqht,  Esq.,  Treasurer,         "  "  **  " 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary,  Conn,  Same  Miss,  Boe.y  Bertfn,  Oomi. 

E.  W.  Parsons,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "  **       Hartford,  " 


8TJFEBIHTSHDEETS. 


Rer.  L.  Smith  Hobart, 
Refv.  Ltsander  Kelset, 
Rev.  Nath*l  a.  Htde, 
Rey.  Joseph  £.Rot,D.D., 
Rev,  Henrt  D.  Platt, 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Tdrnu, 
Rev.  W.  B.  Williams, 
Rev.  LsROT  Wabren, 


Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Columbus,  0. 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Chicago,  III 
Brighton,  III 
Hamiibal,  Mo. 
Charlotte,  Mich. 
Pentwater,  Mich. 


Rev.  Dexter  Clabt,      Beloit,  Wis. 
Rev.  Franklin  B.  Doe,  Fond  du  Lao,  Wis. 
Rev.  J.  Gdernsbt,  D.D.,  Dubuque,  la. 
Rev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett,  Des  Moines,  la. 
Rev.  Richard  Hall,       St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Rev.  James  G.  Merrill,  Topeka,  Kan. 
Rev.  0.  W.  Merrill,     Nebraska  Gty,  Keb. 
Rev.  Jambs  H.  Warren,  San  Franciaoo,  Cal 


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APRIL,   1872. 


Oo Preach  the  Gospel. — Mark  xvi.  15. 

How  shall  they  preach,  except  they  be  wnXt^Bom.  x.  15. 


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INDEX  TO  THE  HOME  MISSIONARY. 


Across  the  River, 

Adams,  Rev.  Ephraim,  Article  by, 

After  Years  of  Service, 

After  Forty  Years, . 

All  is  Bright,     . 

All  Together 

**  All  ye  are  Brethren," 

American  Heathen, 

American  Home  Missionary  So 
ciety,  49;  Forty-fifth  Anni- 
versary, 49;  Ofiicers,  50; 
Meeting  of  Board  of  Direct- 
ors, 62;  Forty-fifth  Report, 
52 ;  Summary  of  Results,  53 ; 
Treasury,  54;  Comparative 
Results,  54  ;  Pecuniary  Em- 
barrassment, 55 ;  Act  of  In- 
corporation, 55 ;  General 
Comparative  Results,  56 
Distribution  of  Missionaries^ 
57. 

Among  the  Homesteaders, 

Another  Bell  Wanted,    . 

Another  Way-mark,   . 

Another  Year, .... 

At  the  Front,     . 

Backsliders  Reclaimed, 
Bartlett,  Prof.  S.  C.,D.  D.,  Ser 

mon  by,    . 
Beginning  to  feel  the  Wear, 
Bereaved, 
Bereavement, 
Black  Valley,  . 
Blessed  Befi^nning, 
Blessed  Ram, . 
Blessed  to  Receive, 
Bloomfield,  Ind., 
Boston  Notion,   . 
Breaking  Ground, 
Breaking  the  Sod, 
Bright  Hopes, 
Brief  Ministry,    . 
Burnt  Out, 
Busy  and  Needs  Help 


CtUfomia, 
Cent  Institution, 
Certaip  Future, 
Chance  for  Work, 


260 
288 
101 
187 
212 

48 

86 

262 

124 

5 

221 

16 
256 
288 
218 

86 
218 
286 

18 
129 
286 

15 


78,  160 
199 
257 

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258  Change  of  Base        ...  209 

25  Change  of  Superintendents,       .  269 

129  Cheerful  Giver,  ....  271 

192  Cheering  Gifts,       .        .        .  190 

163  Cheering  Progress,          .        .  286 

124  Chicago  Fire,      ....  290 

147  Chills  and  Fever,    ...  14 

108  Christian  Conventions,        .        .  242 
Christian  Relations  of  the  East 

and  the  West, ...  86 

Christian  Colonization,     .        .  296 

Christian  Union,        .        .        .  121 

Churches  in  Kansas,       .        .  129 

Church  Goes  Alone,  ...  81 
Church  Organized, 

Colorado,    .        .        .        .         .159 

Colorado  and  Home  Missions,  112 
Colorado  as  a  Home  Missionary 

Field, 110 

Coming  of  Age,       ..       .  171 

Conclusion,         .        .        .        •  75 

Conducting  Meetings,    .        .  21 

Congregational  Statistics,  .  158,  178 
Connecticut    Home    Missionary 

Society,.        .        .        .        62,175 

Contributions,        .        .         .  184 

Converted  Hop-Stove,        .        .  290 

Dakota,  ....  285 

Dana,  Rev.  M.  M.  G. ,  Article  by,  294 
Day  Dawning,  168 

Debts, 194 

Decease  of  Dr.  Guernsey,   224; 

Miss  Eliza  North,  48 ;  Rev. 

S.  P.  Johnson,  152;  Mrs.  La- 

throp,  292. 
Dedication,     ....  240 

Denominationalism,    .        .  182 

Disheartening  Calamity,         .  125 

Doe,  Rev.  Franklin  B.,  Article 

by,  ....  205 

Drought, 99 

Duluth, 118 

Early  Conversions,  .  .  .217 
Early  Fruits,  .  .  .  .  80, 285 
Eastern  Investments  in  the  West,  138 
**Ebenezer,"   ....  221 

Elkader, 86 

Encouraged,  .        .  .     80, 256 

Encouragements,  .  .  .211 
Enters  New  Territory,     .        .  29 


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Facts  for  the  Churches, 

Feast  of  Remembrance,  .        .  261 

Fee4vig  the  Hungry, 

Field  for  a  Common  Man,        .  18 

Field  Superintendent,        .  148 

Finished  and  Paid  for,   .        .  118 

Fire, 77 

Fleeing  from  the  Deacon,             .  295 

Four  Years'  Fruit,  ...  9 

Freedmen, 146 

Frontier  Experiences,     .  190 

Fruitful  Land,    ....  216 

Fruits  of  Three  Years,     .        .  216 

Further  Progress,       ...  266 

Future  Promise,      ...  188 

Genius  of  the  Society,  .  .  176 
Genuine  Helpers,  .  .  .  264 
Germans  and  the  Sabbath,  ^  172 
Getting  Started,  ...  37 
Gone  up  Higher,  ...  287 
Good  Chance  to  Work,  .  .  264 
Good  Example,  ....  246 
Goodness  and  Mercy,  .  .  88 
Good  News,  .  .  .  .265 
Graduated  in  Four  Years,  .  145 
Grateful,  ....  40,239 
Grateful  Review,  ...  169 
Great  Fires,  .  .  .198 
Guernsey,  Rev.  Jesse,  D.  D.,  Ar- 
ticle by,  ....  181 
Guernsey,  Rev.  Dr.,  Decease  of,  224 


Happy  Beginning, 

Happy  Frontier  Beginning, 

Happy  in  his  Place  and  Work. 

Hard  at  Work, 

Hard  Drinkers,  . 

Hard  Fight,  but  Successful, 

Hard  Times, 

Hard  Work,  well  Paid,   . 

Harder  part  of  the  Work,  . 

Helpful  Women, 

Heterogeneous,   . 

Hints  to  Preachers, 

His  Beginning,    . 

His  Field  and  Work, 

His  Last  Work,  . 

His  New  Field, 

His  Second  Year, 

His  Work, 

Home  Again, 

Home  Missionary,    . 

Home  Missionary  Conventions, 

Home     Missionary    Field    and 

Work,  .... 
Home  Missionary  Work  in  Iowa, 
Home  Missionary  Work  in  North- 
em  Wisconsin, 
Home  Missionary  Work  in  the 

West,       .... 


165 
237 
142 
213 

33 
193 
141 
237 
295 

77 
235 
105 
169 
6 
167 
189 
117 
139 

76 
270 
294 

229 

181 

205 

177 


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Home  Missions  for  the  World,  .      103 
Home    Missions   in    New  Eng- 
land,     149 

Home     Missions     and      Sunday 

Schools,        ....       21 
Honor  the  Ministry,        .        .  20 

House  and  People,  ...  189 
House  of  Worship  Needed,  .  256 
Hooker,  Rev.  Henry  B.,  D.  D., 

Article  by,        ...         188 

Hopeful, 289 

How  He  Finds  It,  .  .  .  117,286 
How  He  Lives,    .  .        12, 265 

How  to  Get  Them,  .        .         186 

How  Women  Built  a  Church,  .  127 
Hymn  for  the  West,        .        .         247 

If  He  Only  Could  BuUd,  99 

Illinois, 65 

Immigration    and    Home    Mis- 
sions,      20 

Independent,  ....  292 

Indiana 65 

Infidel  Converted,  ...  15 

In  Good  Spirits,          ...  187 

Inside, 144 

In  the  Patiencfe  of  Hope,    .        .  188 

Iowa, 69 

Iowa  College.      .        .        .        -141 

Irvington,  Neb.,      ...  6 


Jehu's  Work, 
Kansas, 


.     124 
71, 157 


Labors  Blessed,  .        .        .        . 

Ladies  of  New  Haven,     . 

La  Platte,  Neb.,  .... 

Lath  r op,  Mira,  Decease  of,  . 

Laying  Foundations, 

Letters  from  Missionaries:  H. 
Adams,  9, 142 ;  F.  Alley,  116, 
259;  A.  S.  Allen,  268;  E. 
Andrus,  39, 123;  L.  Armsby, 
117;  F.  A.  Armstrong,  289; 
I.  W.  Atherton,  98,  209  ;  A. 
E.  Baldwin,  265 ;  F.  Bascom, 
D.D.,  146,  217;  E.  Barber, 
260;  W.  H.  Barrows,  214; 
E.  R.  Beach,  172;  N.  H. 
Bell,  288;  T.  Bell,  139,  258; 
E.  M.  Betts,  137;  C.  H. 
Bissell,  121,  142;  T.  E. 
Bliss,  236;  J.  R.  Bonney, 
239 ;  A.  Bowers,  14 ;  J.  M. 
Bowers,  15;  T.  R.  Brad- 
shaw,  235 ;  J.  W.  Brier,  168, 
256;  E.  Brown,  261;  T .  L. 
Brown,  171 ;  H.  A.  Brun- 
didge,  191 ;  W.  R.  Butcher, 
137;  M.  J.  Callan,  216;  D. 


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A.  Campbell,  214;  E.  G. 
Carpenter,  12;  W.  Chester, 
285 ;  J.  Chew,  211 ;  D.  Clary, 
126,  246;  O.  P.  Clinton,  37; 
J.  T.  Cook,  171 ;  M.  K.  Cross, 
17;  W.  H.  Cross,  289;  M. 
8.  Croswell,  116,  164  ;W. 
A.  Cutler,  101,  141 ;  E.  P. 
Dada,  169;  J.  P.  Damon, 
187 ;  G.  Davies,  165 ;  J.  D. 
Davis,  117 ;  J.  J.  A.  T.  Dix- 
on,  189  ;  C.  Doolittle  14 ;  A. 
Dreaser,  287;  M.  L.  East- 
man, 248 ;  M.  Eells,  257 ;  J. 
E.  Elliott,  6;  G.  R.  Ellis,  5; 

C.  H.  Emerson,  286;  O. 
Emerson,  85,  262;  A.  Far- 
well,  237;  H.  Poote,  122; 
W.  C.  Foster,  171 ;  R.  Fos- 
ter, 190;  R.  Gaylord,  6; 
H.  B.  Gilbert,  17;  A.  M. 
Goodnough,  137,  257 ;  8.  B. 
Goodenow,  15;  N.  W.  Gro- 
wer, 8 ;  8.  Hall,  192;  J.  T. 
Banning,  125  ;  C.  C.  Harrah, 
216;  B.  P.  Raskins,  217; 
R.  Hassell,  121 ;  J.  H.  D. 
Henderson,  256;  H.  M.  Hol- 
iday, 215 ;  P.  H.  Hollister, 
124, 144, 290 ;  J.  N.  Hubbard, 
116;  J.  Hurlbut,  288;  P.  T. 
Ingalls,  100,  192 ;  I.  Jaco- 
bus, 240,  287;  J.  Jameson, 
195;  A.  P.  Johnson,  292; 
8.  B.  John^n,  167 ;  J.  A. 
Jones,  190;  W.  L.  Jones, 
5;  8.  H.  KeUogg,   33,   119; 

D.  Knowles,  99,  165,  288; 
D.  Lane,  141 ;  A.  C.  La- 
throp,  83,  198;  8.  E.  La- 
tbrop,  87;  J.  D.  Liggett, 
140  ;H.  D.  Lowing,  291;  C.  N. 
Lyman,  80 ;  L.  Newcomb,  7 ; 
A.  Hanson,  268 ;  M.  M.  Mar- 
tin, 80,  214;  N.  Mayne,  89; 
C.  H.  Merrill,  212 ;  E.  W. 
Merrill,  287  ;  O.  W.  Merrill, 
77,210;  J.  D.  Millard,  12; 
J.  P.  Morgan,  7,  100;  A.  K. 
Packard,  168;  G.  A.  Pad- 
dock, 264;  R.  D.  Parker, 
81;  J.  W.  Parsons,  11;  B. 
Parsons,  81 ;  B.  F.  Parsons, 
16;  J.  W.  Peet,  195,  289; 
G.  G,  Perkins,  178;  J.  W. 
Perkins,  148;  J.  W.  Pickett, 
241;  L.K  Pierce,  40;  A.  J. 
Pike,  140;  A.  Pinkerton, 
88;  J.  Porter,  199;  J.  J. 
PoweU,  99;  J.  N.  Powell, 
172;  W.M.  Richards,  290; 


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C.  A.  Richardson,  32,  286  ; 
O.  A.  Ross,  188 ;  M.  Rowley, 
194;  A.  W.  Safford,  259; 
C.  C.  Salter,  79,  118,  260; 
J.  D.  Sands,  35;  C.  M. 
Saunders,  292;  J.  Scotford, 
78,  139;  W.  R.  Seaver,  40; 
C.  8.  Shattuck,  167;  C. 
Shedd,  34,  241 ;  S. -Sheldon, 
30,  77,  165,  285;  W.  J. 
Smith,  194;  W.  Spell,  213; 

E.  C.  Starr,  213;  W.  C. 
Stewart,  118,  287;  E.  R. 
Stiles,  10;  J.  Strong,  236; 
J.  H.  Strong,  77,  209;  H. 
B.  Swift,  218 ;  W.  A.  Ten- 
ney,  76,  168;  A.  M.  Thome, 
291 ;  G.  Thompson,  145 ; 
N.  Thompson,  164;  M. 
Tingley,  138;  R.  Tolman, 
138 ;  J.  R.  Upton,  8,  169 ;  J. 
Van  Antwerp,  264;  H.  H. 
Van  Auken,  173 ;  8.  A.  Van 
Dyke,  8;  M.  W.  Wakeman, 
86 ;  J.  Ward,  258,   285 ;  P. 

F.  Warner,  146;  J.  H. 
Warren,  29;  W.  H.  Warren, 
124 ;  W.  A.  Waterman,  145 ; 
M.  Wells,  243 ;  H.  Willard, 
101,  241 ;  G.  W.  Williams, 
146;  J.  T.  WiUs,  188,  189; 
J.  W.  Windsor,  10;  L. 
Wolfeen,  169,  212;  H.  E. 
Woodcock,  32;  8.  G. 
Wright,  210. 

Liberal  Christianity,  . 
Light  in  the  Valley, 
Long  Step  Ahead,     . 
Loss  and  Gain  of  the  Home  Mis- 
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9 

212 

25 


Maine  Missionary  Society,  .  59,  174 
Man  and  Horse  Still  Going,    .  80 

Magoun,  Rev.  George  P.,  D.D., 

Article  by,         .        .        .  112 

Massachusetts  Home  Missionary 

Society,  .  .  .  .  61,  128 
Memory  of  the  Just,  .  ,  .80 
Merrill,  Rev.  James  G.,  Article  by,  253 
Michigan,         .        .        .        ••  68 

Minnesota,  .        .        .        .        70 

Missouri,  ....  G7 

Missouri  as  a  Home  Missionary 

Field, 1 

More  Blessed  to  Give,      .        .  288 

More  Hints  to  Preachers,  .  .  158 
More  Good  Women,         .        .  98 

More  Ministers  Needed,  .  .  184 
Mother's  Prayers  Answered,  289 

My  Money,     ....  228 


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National  Council  on  Home  HfiB- 

sions, .  .  '  .  .  S19 
Nebraska,  ....  72,  158 
Needs  Helpers,  .  .  170 
Nevada,  ....  159 
New  Departure,  .  .  266,  298 
New  Enterprise,  .  .  116 
''  New  England  Element "  Needed,  284 
New  Hampshire  Missionary  So- 
ciety, .  .  .  59,  ^22 
New  House,  ....  241 
New  Northern  Center,  .  79 
New  Scandinavia,  ...  88 
New  Settlers,  ....  194 

New  York, 68 

Nimrod, 289 

Noble  Contribution,  .  259 

North  Pacific,         ...  260 
Not  for  Self,       .        .        .         .209 

Of  the  Right  Kind,  185 

Ohio, 64 

Old  Western  Town,.  15 

One  Great  Danger,      .        .        .  287 

One  of  the  Converts,       .        .  120 

One  Soweth,  Another  Reapeth,  171 

On  New  Ground,     .        .        .  267 

Oregon,        .      .        ...        74,  162 

Other  Blessings,                       .  165 

Our  New  House,                 .        .  214 

Out  of  Mother's  Lap,       .        .  292 

Outside, 144 


Paster  Harms's  Work,    . 
Perils  o!  the  West, 
Phelps,  Prof.  Austin, D.D.,Arti 
cle  by,         ,        .        .        . 
Pilgrim  Spirit,        . 
Pioneering,         .        .        .        . 
Pioneer  Service,     . 
Pioneers  Wanted, 
Plants  of  Grace, 
Pleasant  Quarter, 
Plenty  of  Hard  Work,    . 
Power  of  Special  Prayer,     . 
Practical  Christian  Union, 
Present  Hindrances,    . 
Prospered, 

Prospered,  Yet  Needy, 
Provoked  to  Emulation, 
Pueblo,- Col.,      .        . 
Pursuing, 

Railroads  and  Religion,      . 

Rallying, 

Rather  Damp, 

Rankin,  Rev.  J.  E.,  D.D.,  Hymn 

by, 

Reminiscences,   . 
Reports  Progress,  . 
Retrospect  and  Prospect,  . 


44 
166 

108 
19 
259 
8 
210 
256 
137 
291 
34 
146 
187 
138 
238 
271 
285 
194 

7 

191 

76 

247 
122 

77 
178 


Revivals:  Centralia,  Kan.,  8; 
Glencoe,  Minn.,  119:  Grand 
Rapids,  Wis.,  12;  Olathe, 
Kan.,  ^00 ;  Pentwater,  Mich., 
89 ;  Plainview,  Minn.,  101 ; 
Raymond,  Wis.,  11 ;  Sabula, 
Iowa,  170 ;  Wakarusa,  Kan., 
82. 
Rhode  Island  Home  Missionary 

Society,    ....  62 

River  Prayer  Meeting,        .        .  120 

Romish  Tactics,      ...  5 
Roy,  Rev.  Joseph  E.,  D.D.,  Arti- 
cles by,     .        .        .  127,  229, 293 

Sad  Calamity,    ....  120 

Sacrifices  for  Self-Support,  .  40 
Save  and  Give,    .        .        .        .216 

Scattered  Sheep,    ...  115 

Seed-Time 164 

"  Seeketh  Not  Her  Own,"  164 
Self-Support,  .  10,  168,  188,  214 
Self-Sustaining  and  Grateful, 

17,  189,  290 

Send  Men,        ....  77 

Shaky  Place,      ....  192 

Shall  We  Borrow  Money  ?        .  244 

Sickness  and  Death,  ...  38 

Signs  of  Promise,  ...  5 
Sketch    of     Home    Missionary 

Work  in  Kansas, ...  253 

Skipping  About,      ...  240 

Solsberry,  Ind.,  .                 .•       .  218 

Some  of  the  Trials,         .        .  815 

Sorrowftil, 239 

So  Soon  off  the  List,      .        .  285 

Sowing  on  the  Snow,          .        .  289 

Spiritism  Nothing  New,          .  45 

Spiritual  Blessings,    ...  285 

Spiritual  Successes,         .        .  121 

Still  on  His  Travels,  ...  85 
Stone,  Rev.  A.  L.,  D.D.,  Article 

by, 19 

stormy  but  Hopeful  Quarter,     .  258 

Stroke  upon  Stroke,        .        .  173 

Struggle  for  Bread,    ...  12 

Sudden  Independence,  .  .  146 
Sunday  Schools  and  Home  ilis- 

sions, 105 

Superintendents,     ...  41 

Supply  of  Ministers,    .        .        .  149 

Temperance  Movement, .        .  10 

Temperance  Victory, ...  100 

Ten  Years'  Service,        .  214 

Territories,         .        .        .        .  73 

Testimony  of  an  Expert,  263 

Thankful  Heart,         ...  35 

Thanks, 259 

That  Barrel,        ....  259 

That  Box,        ....  31 


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That  Horse  Paid  For, 
That  Union  Plan  Works, 
Thompson,  Rey.  Nathan,  Article 

by,        .        .        . 
The  Ck>ming  Tide,  . 
The  Enemy, 

**  The  niinois  Band,"      . 
The  Means, 
The  West, 

Those  Two  Bricks,     . 
Tides,      .... 
Timely  and  Generous  Gift, 
Timely  Gift,    . 
Toiling  in  Hope, 
Toils  and  Trials,    . 
Too  Mnch  Preaching, 
Treasury, 
Treasury  Empty, 
Trial  of  Faith,      . 
Tried  to  Go, 

Turner,  Rev.  E.  B.,  Article  by. 
Twenty  Degrees  Below, 
Two  Happy  Years, . 
Two  Tears  Reviewed. 


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217 

110 
140 
122 
217 

11 

228 

166 

8 

18 
190 
240 
145 

17 
174,  196,  219 
148 
196 
168 
1 
263 
243 

14 


Utah, 


Vacation  in  Mexico,  . 

Valedictory,     . 

Vermont    Domestic   Missionary 

Society,        .        .  *      , 
Veteran  iti  a  New  Field, 
Veteran  Missionary  Gone, 
Veteran  of  1812,      . 
Veteran's  Review, 


60, 


159 

199 
37 

161 
210 
126 
16 
143 


Visitation  and  Street  Preaching, 
Visit  to  the  Outposts, 


Wants  a  Colleague,    . 

Wants  Books, 

Wants  Sunday  School  Books, 

Wants  to  See  "  Great  Faith," 

Warm,  but  Working, 

Warmed  up,    . 

Way  to  Do  It,     . 

Way  to  Help  the  Treasury, 

Westward  Ho !  . 

Williams,  Rev.  W.  B.,  Article 

by,    .        .        .        .        . 
Wisconsin, 

Who  will  Help  Build  ?    . 
Who  will  Tell  Him  ?  . 
Why  Should  the  Work  Cease? 
Work  and  Wages, 
Work  for  Vacation, 
Work,  Needs,  and-Plans,    . 
Work    of    Grace    in    Wasioja, 

Minn., 
Work  of  the  Spirit,      . 
Working  Amid  Difficulties, 
Working  Church,  . 
Working  on,  .  *      . 

Working  out. 
Worshiping  in  a  Saloon,    . 
Wyoming,        .        • 


Year  in  the  Old  Dominion, 
Year  of  Blessing,    . 
Year  of  Harvest, 
Year's  Progress, 
Year's  Work,      . 


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190 
157 

9 
189 
287 
141 
171 
263 
139 
39 
266 

149 
68 
268 
169 
104 
263 
142 
172 

34 

81,  243 

188 

189 

6 

167 

32 

159 

102 

241 

10 

128,  192 

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MISSOURI  AS  A  HOME  MISSIONARY 
FIELD, 1 

MIS8IONART  IMTSLLIGENCB. 

Oaliiomia.— Pn>m  -B^'  ^*  <ff>  ^OUb^  Peft- 

cadero.— signs  of  PromiBe.— Romish 

Tactlcfl, 8 

From  Bee.  W,  L.  Jone*^  Soath  San  Joan. 

—Bereavoaieot.— Working  OB, 5 

Nebraska.  —  From  Bev.  B.  Oa^lord^ 

Omaha.— Irvington.— La  Platte, 0 

From  Bee.  J.  E.  EOioUy  Colambos.— His 

Fi<ad  and  Work, 6 

Kansas.— From  Jfor.  L,  Neweomb^  Po- 
mona.—Chance  for  Work, 7 

From  Bev,  J.  F,  Mor^trn^  Otwego.— 

Railroads  and  Religion, 7 

From  Bev.  8.  A,  FoiM^ib,  Centralia.— 

RcrlraL 8 

lQnnesota.-~From  Bev.  N.  W.  Grover^ 

Mantorrllle.— The  Tides, 8 

Iowa.— From  Bev.  J.  B.  Upion^  MUford. 

— Pioneer  Serrice.— Wants  a  Oolleagae,  8 
From  Bev.  H.  Adams,  New  Hampton.— 

Light  in   the  Valley.— Four  Years' 

Froit, 9 

From  Bev.  J.  W.  FRimImw,  Cresco.— Tem- 

pefaace  Movement, 10 

From  Bev.  B.  B.  siUee,  Manchester.— 

Year  of  Harrest.— Self-Sapport, 10 

WisoonsilL— From  Bev.  J.  U.  Pareme, 

Raymoad.— Powerful  Work  of  Grace. 

-ThaMeana, 11 

From  A  Mlstkmarff  who  has  eten  Service. 

—How  he  Lives, IS 


16 


16 


PAai 
From  Bev.  E.  O,  Carpenier,  Grand  Rap- 
ids.—Revival,  IS 

Michigan.— From  Bev.  J.  D.  MiOard:— 
The   Struggle    for   Bread.  —  Bright 

Hopes, 12 

From  A  MMtmary  in  Basiem  JfidU- 

^a.— Field  for  a  Comnwn  Man, 18 

From  Bev.  C.  DooHttk,  Lamont.— Chills 

and  Fever, ,...,.  14 

MissoorL- From  Bev.  A.  Bowers^  Ma- 
con.—Two  Years  Reviewed, 

From  Bev  J.  M.  Bowere,  Windsor.—"  In- 
fidel" Converted.  — Busy,  and  Needs 

Help, 

Illinois.  — From  Bev.  8.  B.  Qoodenow, 
Como.  — An  Old  Western  Town.— A 

Veteran  of  IBIS, 16 

Pennsylvania.- From  Bev.  B.  F.  Par- 

eoM,  Indiana.— Blessed  Beginning, 16 

From  Bev.  H.  B.  GUberi,  PotterviUe.— 
Self-Snstaining  and  Grateful, 17 

MISCELLAKBOUS. 

''Too  Much  PsxAoviNo,'' 17 

TnucLT  AND  Gbhsbous  Oirr, 18 

ThB  PiLGBUf  Spiut, 19 

Immiosatiok  and  Home  Missions, 20 

CoXDUCTINe  MSBTIHaB, 21 

Hon  MissioHs  and  Sunday  Schools,  ...  21 
Change  OF  FixLD, 21 

MUetoMoy  AppoitUmatts, 22 

AcknowledgmefU  qf  Reee^, 22 


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Relating  to  the  biisiness  of  the  Society  generally,  may  be  addreeaed  to  either  of  the 
Secretaries  for  Correspondence. 

D0VATI0V8  AVD  SVBSCBIPTIOVB, 

In  Drafts,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Post-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  8«it  to 
the  Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Life  Member;  and  of  one 
hundred  dollars  (or  a  sum,  wliich,  in  addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makes  one 
hundred  dollars),  a  Life  Director. 


SECBETASIES  AVD  TBBA8VBBS8 

OP  THE 

PRINCIPAIi   AUXILIARIES. 

Rev.  Stephen  Thurston,  D.D.,  Secretary,  Maine  Hiss,  8oc.,  Searsport  Me 
Joshua  Maxwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "         "        "   Portland  Me  * 

Rev.  William  Clark,  Secretary,  New  Hampshire  Miss.  8oc.,  Amherst.  N  H 
Lyman  D.  Stevens,  Esq.,  Treasurer,       "  "       "    Concord  N  H  * 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  Secretary,  Vermont  Dom.  Miss.  8oe.,  Montpelier.  Vt 
C.  W.  Storrs,  Esq.,  Treasurer,       "        "  «      "  V       ' «  * 

Rev.  H.  B.  Hooker,  D.D..  Sec,  Mass.  H.  M.  JSoe.,  81  Washington  street,  Boston  Mass. 
Stephen  T.  Farwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    "         "  "  «  «' 

Rev.  James  G.  Vose,  Secretary,  E.  I.  Home  Miss.  8oc.,  Providence,  R.  I 
Edwin  Knight,  Esq..  Treasurer,    *•        "  "  «  « 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secrelary,  Conn.  Home  Miss.  8oe.,  Berlin.  Conn, 
E.  W.  Parsons.  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "         "        «       "     Hartford,  Conn. 

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Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart,     Syracuse.  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Lysander  Kelsey,  Columbus,  O. 
Rev.  Nath'l  a.  Hyde,      Indianapolis.Ind 
Rev.  Joseph  E.Roy,D.D.,  Chica^,  111. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Turner,  Hannibal ,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  B.  Williams,      Charlotte,  Mich. 
Rev.  Leroy  Warren,      Pentwater,  Mich. 
Jlev.  Dexter  Clary,        Beloit,  Wis. 


Rev.  Franklin  B.  Doe,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wla. 

Rev.  J.  Guernsey,  D.D.,  Dubuque,  la. 
Rev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett,  Dee  Bioines^la. 

Rev.  Richard  Hall,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Rev.  Jambs  G.  MERitnj.,  Topeka,  Kan. 

Rev.  O.  W.  Merrill,  Nebraska  City,!fei) 

Rev.  Jambs  H.Warren,  San  Francisco,  Cil 


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TIE  HOME  MISSIONARY. 

Go, Preach  the  Gospel Ma/rk  xvi.  15. 

How  shall  they  preach  except  they  be  sent  ? .  Bom.  x.  15. 


Vol.  XLIV.  MAY,  1871.  No.  1. 

MISSOURI  AS  A  HOME  MISSIONARY  FIELD. 
By  Rev.  E.  B.  Turner,  Superintendent,  Hannibal,  Mo. 

The  State  of  Missouri  as  a  field  for  Home  Missions  most  be  studied,  not  so 
miKh  in  the  light  of  her  past  history,  as  with  an  open  eye  to  her  future.  A 
captiye  from  birth  in  the  cursed  embrace  of  Slavery,  having  suddenly  arisen 
under  the  helping  hand  of  God  and  borst  her  chains,  we  naturally  form  our 
opiiiion  of  her  condition  and  needs,  and  shape  our  methods  of  evangelism,  to 
meet  these  peculiar  and  pressing  exigencies.  In  this,  however,  we  may  mistake. 
Tke  condition  of  liiings  has  been  and  still  is  changing  so  rapidly  and  funda- 
mentally, that  we  shall  be  in  danger  of  missing  our  object.  Forgetting  the 
tfaings  that  are  behmd,  the  Christian  workers  for  Missouri  must  address  them- 
selves to  the  vital  realities  that  surely  await  her.  The  truth  is,  Missouri,  in  all 
that  pertains  to  her  true  developm^it,  has  been  for  twenty  years  almost  idle.  In 
the  magical  growth  of  the  great  West  she  has  been  far  outstripped.  What 
progress  in  wealtli  and  refinement  she  has  made  (for  slavery  was  not  wholly  un- 
ittended  with  enterjHise  and  culture),  was  in  spite  of  the  blighting  effects  of 
this  domestic  curse.  The  landmarks  of  this  heathen  institution  are,  however, 
iait  disappearing,  and  will  soon  be  known  only  in  history.  The  State  is  rap- 
idly '*  potting  off  the  old  man  with  his  deeds."  A  new  order  of  things  is  fast 
displadng  the  old  civilization :  how  rapidly,  it  is  difficult  to  believe,  even  when 
the  official  figures  ure  before  us. 

In  a  country  like  ours,  where  almost  every  year  a  new  State  is  carved  out  of 
the  wilderness,  and  lines  of  ti»vel  and  traffic  are  pushing  themselves  into  unset- 
tled regions,  changing  them  as  by  magic  into  scenes  of  refinement  and  wealth, 
we  need  not  be  surprised  that  the  State  of  Missouri,  with  its  central  position,  its 
aatoral  resources,  and  mild  climate,  should  show  unusual  growth,  even  for  the 
West  The  question  before  the  friends  of  Home  Missions  is,  therefore,  What  U 
2R9»ouri  to  he,  ioith  its  new  lease  of  Ufe^  a/nd  under  these  new  conditions  t 

The  merest  sketch  is  all  that  can  here  be  attempted ;  but  a  few  statements, 
mostly  fr(M&  official  sources,  will  aid  in  solving  the  question  proposed.  Facts 
will  make  it  apptfent  that,  for  the  next  ten  years,  few  if  any  of  the  Interior 
States  will  be  likely  to  show  as  much  progress  in  population  and  wealth  as  Mis- 
souri. 

1.  its  geographieed  position  nmkes  it  easy  of  access.    Its  location,  not  only  in 
the  center  of  the  Mississippi  valley,  but  in  the  heart  of  the  continent,  brings  it 
into  the  natural  patii  of  commerce  between  the  oceans.    Two  transcontinental 
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railways  terminate  m  it,  and  lines  from  the  east  and  west  natnrally  converge 
to  it. 

3.  It  has  the  genial  mean  of  dimate^  which  permits  the  widest  range  of  pro- 
ducts and  the  largest  exercise  of  physical  powers.  The  restriction  which  cold 
northern  latitudes  put  upon  yariety  of  products  and  communication,  and  the 
enerrating  heat  of  the  South,  are  alike  avoided. 

8.  As  a  whole,  the  State  is  not  adapted  for  farmers^  as  are  other  States  in  the 
interior.  Of  the  forty-three  millions  of  acres,  not  twenty  millions  are  prairie. 
Some  portions  of  the  State  are  so  broken  as  to  be  unfit  for  extensive  farming ; 
much  of  it  is  densely  wooded,  the  forests  containing  timber  and  fuel  adequate 
to  the  wants  of  a  population  of  ten  millions. 

4.  Its  soil  and  climate  adapt  it  especially  to  the  cuUure  of  fruit.  Even  the 
rougher  portions  of  the  State  afford  the  finest  opportunities  for  fruit-raifflng, 
which  is  already  one  of  the  most  lucrative  branches  of  industry.  It  is  estimated 
fhat  there  are  fifteen  millions  of  acres  in  Southern  Missouri  adapted  to  the  col- 
tivation  of  the  grape,  the  composition  of  the  soil  being  remarkably  like  that  of 
the  celebrated  vine-lands  of  Germany  and  France. 

5.  The  State  abounds  in  minerals.  Zinc  and  copper  have  been  found  in  fifteen 
counties ;  lead  has  been  discovered  in  five  hundred  localities,  its  veins  nmning 
through  twenty  counties,  and  intersecting  an  area  of  more  than  six  thousand 
square  miles.  Her  mountains  of  iron  ore,  which  cover  more  than  a  thousand  acres, 
are  computed  to  contain  iron  enough  above  ground  (to  say  nothing  of  the  vast 
amount  beneath),  to  afford  for  two  hundred  years  an  annual  supply  of  a  million 
tons  t  But  to  make  all  this  mass  of  mineral  available,  and  prepare  it  for  the 
various  uses  of  life,  a  corresponding  amount  of  fuel  is  needed.  This  is  supplied 
in  the  vast  coal  deposits  that  underlie  a  large  portion  of  the  State.  It  has  al- 
ready been  discovered  in  thirty  counties.  The  State  Geologist  reports  the  coal 
fields  as  embracing  in  the  aggregate  twenty-six  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
eighty-seven  square  miles,  or  considerably  more  than  one-third  of  the  State. 
Silver  mines  have  also  been  discovered,  as  well  as  a  superior  quality  of  marble 
and  lithographic  stone,  besides  numerous  other  mineral  deposits  of  great  vake. 

6.  These  discoveries  strongly  indicate  that  Missouri  is  to  be  pre-eminently 
a  manufacturing  State.  Already  her  manufacturing  products  exceed  in  some  res- 
pects those  of  any  other  State  in  the  West.  These  inexhaustible  deposits  of 
mineral ;  these  forests  of  various  and  valuable  timber,  covering  whole  counties ; 
numerous  streams  abounding  in  water  power ;  the  natural  adaptation  of  the  soil 
and  climate  to  the  growing  of  cotton  and  wool ;  all  point  to  the  conclusion  tiiat 
the  industries  of  the  State  must  be  largely  manufacturing.  Faculties  for  labor 
and  means  of  support  are  thus  to  be  supplied  for  an  immense  population,  who 
vnll  be  attracted  hither  by  these  rare  advantages. 

7.  The  growth  of  the  State  in  railroads,  wealth,  and  population,  in  the  last 
few  years,  fully  justifies  these  expectations. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  there  were  eight  hundred  and  twenty-six  miles  of 
railroad  completed.  The  Governor,  in  his  recent  message,  states  that  there  are 
now  two  thousand  and  fifty-five  miles  completed,  and  eleven  hundred  and  eigh- 
ty-two miles  more  in  the  course  of  construction.  Two  of  these  roads  are  the 
great  thoroughfares  which  cross  the  State  from  east  to  west,  connecting  with 
the  Pacific  roads ;  the  others  traverse  the  State  from  north  to  south,  and  diag- 
onally, terminating  in  Kentucky,  Kansas,  and  the  Indian  Territory. 

At  the  end  of  the  war  the  taxable  uieaUh  of  the  State  was  a  little  more  than 
two  hundred  millions  of  dollars.    The  r«cent  official  rex)ort  shows  it  to  be 


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almost  fire  hundred  and  fifty-eight  millions — or  nearly  throe  hundred  millions 
more  than  in  1860,  including  the  ralue  of  the  slaves  which  the  war  emancipated. 

The  census  of  1860  made  this  the  eighth  State  in  populatiati^  the  number  then 
being  eleven  hundred  and  eighty-two  thousand.  This  was  reduced  during  the 
war,  so  that  on  January  1, 1865,  it  was  less  than  a  million.  The  census  of  1870 
makes  it  one  million  seven  hundred  and  fourteen  thousand — an  increase  of  five 
hundred  and  thirty-two  thousand,  mostly  in  the  last  five  years — ^making  the 
State  iheJlfth  in  population. 

These  sketches  of  the  condition  of  the  State  are  sufScient  to  show  its  greatest 
needs.  This  rapidly  growing  x>opulation  calls  for  greatly  increased  missionary 
labor.  The  American  Home  Missionary  Society  has  not  been  slow  to  hear  the 
call,  but  at  the  opportune  moment  came  back  to  the  scene  of  its  early  labors. 
In  the  first  year  of  its  existence,  1826,  this  Society  sent  three  missionaries  to 
Missouri,  and  yearly  added  to  the  number  until,  in  1850,  it  aided  in  the  support 
of  thirty-three.  But  after  thirty  years  of  faithful  efibrt,  in  which  were  appro- 
priated many  thousands  of  dollars  in  the  State,  the  Executive  Committee  speak 
as  follows,  in  their  Report  for  the  year  1856  :  ^*  Missouri  was  entered  by  ihe  mis- 
sionaries of  this  Society,  in  the  year  of  its  organization,  at  the  same  time  with 
Illinois ;  and  the  fields  then  opening  in  these  two  States  were  looked  upon  with 
equally  cheerful  expectations.  Similar  efibrts  were  made  in  both  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  churches,  schools  and  colleges,  but  with  very  dissimilar  results. 

In  1855  the  corps  of  misdonaries  had  been  reduced  to  twenty-four,  and  the  con- 
tributions from  the  State  to  Home  Missions  were  but  $256.25.  Meanwhile  ex- 
citement on  the  subject  of  slavery  had  been  recklessly  stimulated,  the  peace  of 
several  of  the  churches  very  seriously  menaced,  and  now  three  among  the  most 
Me  of  the  missionaries  have  been  compelled,  without  any  good  gpx>und  of  com- 
plaint, to  leave  their  fields  of  labor.  Thus  it  is,  that  after  thirty  years  of  faith- 
ful and  ardent  effort,  in  co-operation  with  the  churches  of  Missouri,  the  Society 
finds  itself  with  but  twenty-one  missionaries  in  the  State— only  one  more  than 
it  had  tJiirteen  years  ago — and  in  the  receipt  of  less  than  $190  from  her  churches ; 
while  in  the  neighboring  States  of  Illinois  and  Iowa  the  missionaries  increased, 
during  the  period  from  1842  to  1855,  in  the  one  case  more  than  two-fold  (from 
fifty  to  one  hundred  and  two),  and  in  the  other  more  than  fiv»-fold  (from  twelve 
to  sixty-three). 

"  The  religious  interests  of  all  these  States  have  suffered  from  emigration,  and 
firom  the  influx  of  foreigners.  In  all,  the  gospel  has  had  to  contend  with  infi- 
ddity,  intemperance,  the  love  of  gain,  and  with  the  difilculties  that  arise  from 
newness  of  settlement  and  sparseness  of  population.  Missouri  is  inferior  to 
neither  of  the  others  in  the  richness  and  variety  of  her  natural  resources ;  for 
what  she  may  want  in  fertility  of  soil  she  makes  up  in  th»  wealth  of  her  mines 
and  in  her  navigable  rivers.  The  increase  of  her  population,  for  the  ten  years 
ending  in  1850,  was  nearly  seventy-eight  per  cent,  and  that  of  Illinois  was  less 
than  seventy-nine  per  cent.  What  ihen  is  the  occasion  of  this  wide  contrast  in 
the  success  of  religious  efforts  ?  Why  are  not  the  churches  of  Missouri  as  nume- 
rous and  as  vigorous  to-day  as  those  of  Illinois  ?  Why  are  they  not  advancing 
like  those  of  Iowa  ?  Why  is  it  that,  in  all  the  States  south  of  the  Ohio,  a  simi- 
lar ill  success  has  attended  missionary  operations  ?  These  questions  force  them- 
selres  with  sorrowful  emphasis  upon  the  mind,  will  not  be  silenced,  and  demand 
of  us  an  honest  answer.  That  answer  comes  in  one  word,  and  that  one  of  the 
■addest  words  that  an  American  Christian  is  ever  called  to  write — Slavert.^^ 

The  rapidly  increasing  audacity  of  this  despotism  soon  made  it  unsafe  for  a 


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mifliionary  to  preach  the  free  gospel  of  Christ.  To  an  enforced  silence  on  iMs 
or  any  other  sin,  whether  in  Missouri  or  elsewhere,  the  Society  could  never  sab- 
mit,  and  its  laborers  were  withdrawn,  not  one  being  left  in  the  State  in  1858 
and  ^59,  and  for  four  years  thereafter,  only  two.  Bnt  before  the  din  had  died 
away  of  those  battles  which  dethroned  the  slaye-power  and  made  freedom  na- 
tional, the  Society  came  back  to  the  wrecks  of  desolated  plantatimis  and 
bnmed  Tillages,  and  hegeai  anew  the  planting  of  churches.  I%xty  chnrchea 
have  been  established,  two  of  which  are  self-supporting,  and  fonr  others  are  <m 
the  point  of  becoming  so.  The  others  are  manfully  strolling  to  shoiten  the 
days  of  their  dependence,  but  will  need  the  Society's  fostering  care  for  a  while 
longer. 

Within  the  last  year  thirty-six  missionaries  hare  supi^ied  sixty-two  congrega- 
tions, eight  churches  have  been  organised,  six  meeting-houses  have  been  dedi- 
cated,— ^making  thirty-fire  churdi  edifices  completed  in  about  six  years.  Not- 
withstanding the  cutting  off  of  crops  in  large  parts  of  the  State,  there  has  been 
a  decided  gain  in  the  amount  of  money  raised  for  ministerial  supp<Mrt,  paiiab 
expenses,  church-building,  etc 

The  work  has  made  wonderful  progress,  but  not  without  toil,  self-denial  and 
prayer.  The  chaotic  condition  of  things  in  Church  and  State,  c<»i8equent  upon 
four  years  of  derastii^  war,  the  deeply  rooted  prejudice  against  Union  men 
and  institutions,  the  chronic  sectarianion  inherent  in  the  old  organizations 
found  here,  and  more  than  all,  the  demonJized  dharactw  of  the  preyailing  re- 
ligion of  the  State,  made  the  planting  of  the  churches  of  the  Pilgrims  a  diffi- 
cnlt  undertaking.  These  obstacles  have  been  decidedly,  but  kindly  met  Re- 
ligion has  been  held  up  as  embracing  lore  of  country  akmg  with  lore  of  God. 
The  church  has  been  seen  to  be  no  respecter  of  persons,  the  patnm  of  indirid- 
ual  freedom ;  the  friend  of  unirersal  education ;  the  bold  reprover  of  the  rices 
engendered  by  slayery ;  the  advocate  of  Sabbath  obeenrance,  temperance,  duis- 
tity,  honesty — so  comm^iding  itself  to  the  consciences  of  true  men,  and  with  the 
influx  oTKorthem  and  Western  people,  and  the  oonyerting  power  of  the  Spirit 
attending  the  faithfril  preaching  of  the  Word,  gaining  for  our  (^yiritual  ftith 
and  simple  polity  a  firm  foothold. 

But  there  is  still  **  mudi  land  to  be  possessed."  This  n^id  increase  of  pop- 
ulation consbts  in  a  large  degree  of  the  intelligent,  independent,  and  enterprise 
ivgj  from  the  Northern  and  Western  States.  There  are  whole  counties  where 
this  class  are  coming  in  which  the  Society  cannot  enter  for  want  of  mea  and 
means.  Towns  and  Tillages  are  springing  up  on  all  these  new  thoroughftres, 
where  earnest  ministers  of  Christ  are  needed  at  once,  to  begin  tiie  foundations 
of  the  church  and  schooL  Shall  this  noble  Society,  that  has  b^fun  so  generoudy 
and  yigorously  the  work,  be  compelled  to  fiedter  for  want  of  means  t  What 
more  useful  work  can  a  man  of  property  or  a  wealthy  church  do,  or  what  more 
important  life-work  is  there  for  a  young  minister,  than  to  plant  a  Christian 
church  in  the  midst  of  some  of  these  rising  communities,  to  be  a  permanent  and 
growing  means  <^  good  for  all  time  to  come  ?  Shall  not  tiiis  good  ^*  Mother  of 
Churches  "  have  a  Isirge  increase  of  means  and  consecrated  talent  for  iMi  woit  7 


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MISSIONARY    INTELLIGENCE. 


CALIFORNIA. 

Frmif^  Bm,  G.  K  EUm^  PmadeM^  8m 

MaUo  Co. 

Signs  of  Promise. 
We  beg&n  the  year  with  higher  re- 
solves than  ever  before,  and  with  some 
fidnt  tokens  of  promise.  All  see  that 
this  war&re  against  eyil  is  a  desperate 
(me,  calling  for  great  sacrifices  and 
entire  devotion.  Christian  principles 
seem  here  to  be  coming  more  squarely 
into  colIlsi6n  with  moral  and  social 
eyils,  and  those  who,  like  the  Ephe- 
sians,  realize  that  their  '*  craft  is  in  dan- 
ger," those  who  fiettten  on  moral  and 
social  cormption,  redouble  their  de- 
stnictiTe  zeal  But  evils  of  this  Idnd 
sometimes  become  so  rank  as  to  disgust 
even  their  abettors,  and  so  cure  them- 
selves. There  does  seem  to  be  a  com- 
ing reaction  against  intemperance  and 
Its  kindred  evils,  and  in  favor  of  a 
higher  standard  of  morals.  If  Christ- 
ians will  only  stand  firm,  and  <*  quit 
themselves  Hke  men,"  I  cannot  doubt 
that  the  principles  of  tiie  gospel  will 
triumph  here  at  no  distant  day. 

Romii^  Tactics. 
Bomnnifln,  is  nMtVing  i^  enoroach- 
■Mnts  here  as  ettewhere,  and  the  <*  holy 
£ilhers"  have  hit  upon  an  ingenious 
expedieat  for  the  propagation  of  tiieir 
Cutii.  There  is  here  a  very  large  num- 
ber of  unmarried  men  who  hold  an  in- 
difEoreut  kind  of  Protestantism.  When 
one  of  these  takes  to  himself  a  partner 
ka  Hie,  tiie  matter  of  her  rdigious  pre- 
is  hardly  thought  of^  and  it 
I  to  be  a  settled  princqde  of  Bo- 
Bumist  tactics  to  have  as  many  as  posd- 


Protestant  minister ;  and  in  ccmsidera- 
tion  of  the  service  they  thus  render  to 
^  the  church,''  I  doubt  not  their  sin  is 
readily  ^forgiven."  I  have  reason  to 
believe  that  these  girls  do  not  always 
avow  their  Romanism- until  their  vic- 
tims are  caught,  and  then  of  course  the 
matter  is  settied.  So  there  are  not  less 
than  eight  or  ten  Protestant  men  here 
who  have  married  Lridi  Catholic  wom- 
en; but  there  is  not  an  instance  in 
which  the  reverse  is  true.  Here  is  a 
loss  of  so  many  families  to  our  Protest- 
ant churches  and  Sunday  schools. 


From  Bet.  W.  L.  Janes^  SotUh  SanJuan^ 
Monterey  Co. 

Beresv0m6Bt. 
When  I  wrote  my  last  report,  I  made 
special  mention  of  the  ftct  that  God  in 
his  mercy  had,  during  all  my  Home 
Missionary  experience,  spared  me  the 
sorrow  of  bereavement  in  my  own  fiun- 
ily.  I  had  often  sympathized  with  my 
brethren  who  reported  such  trials  in 
The  Home  Misswruirp,  and  felt  that  they 
had  borne  a  wdght  of  grief  which  I 
had  never  known.  But  I  know  it  now. 
All  that  has  gone  before  is  nothing. 
lAf^t  and  easy  has  every  other  burden 
been.  It  will  be  enough  to  justify  all 
that  the  Scriptures  say  of  heaven,  if  the 
"weight  of  glory,'»  of  which  Paul 
speaks,  shall  make  this  affliction  seem 
as  light  as  this  one  makes  all  others  to 
appear. 

Working  on.. 

We  still  work  on,  hopeftd  of  good, 
our  congr^^tions  and  Sunday  schools 
larger  than  ever,  and  if  the  "latter 
Ue  of  these  men  bound  in  the  chains  oflrain ''  equals  our  hopes,  we  shall  soon 


wedlock  with  some  devout  worshiper 
of  St  Bridget  or  St  Agnes.  These 
daughters  of  the  "  hoij  mothw,''  when 
poliey  dictates,  will  consent  to  have  the 
marriage   ceremimy   performed   by   a 


be  able  to  report  additions. 

Our  people  are  "  careful  and  troubled 
about  many  things,'*  on  account  of  the 
drought  Other  portions  of  the  State 
are  more  fiftvored,  and  we  may  have  our 


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turn  yet  The  church  desire  to  make 
application  for  the  current  year,  but 
they  do  not  dare  to  commit  themselves 
as  to  what  they  will  do,  until  they  see 
whether  it  is  ffoinff  to  rain.  Three  days 
of  rain  would  float  out  our  application 
with  figures  far  more  satisfactory  than 
can  now  be  made.  There  is  something 
that  we  need  far  more  than  rain ;  as 
some  know  already,  and  as  others  we 
hope  will  soon  see. 


NEBRASKA. 

From  Bev.  R  Oaylord,  Omaha^  Douglas 
County, 

Irrington. 

I  continue  to  preach  on  alternate 
Sabbaths  at  Irrington  and  La  Platte, 
apparently  to  interested  congregations. 
At  Irrington  is  a  choice  people,  made 
up  mostly  of  emigrants  from  New  Eng- 
land and  New  York,  descendants  from 
the  old  Puritan  stock.  They  show  their 
moral  and  religious  training,  by  active 
efforts  to  propagate  the  institutions  of 
the  gospel,  sustaining  a  weekly  prayer 
meeting,  keeping  up  Sabbath  services 
when  they  have  no  preaching,  and 
maintaining/emr  Sabbath  schools,  some 
of  them  in  remote  neighborhoods.  They 
have  raised  a  liberal  subscription  to- 
ward building  a  house  of  worship,  have 
called  a  pastor,  and  are. planning  to 
build  a  parsonage.  The  church  is  one 
of  those  that  I  formed,  and  is  really  an 
outgrowth  of  that  which  I  gathered  so 
early  in  Qmaha,  and  to  which  I  minis- 
tered for  several  years.  It  is  gaining 
in  strength,  and  will  doubtless  assume 
stlf-support  at  an  early  day. 
La  Platte. 

I  also  greatly  eiyoy  labor  with  the 
church  at  La  Platte,  where  I  find  from 
week  to  week  a  growing  desire  for  the 
conversion  of  those  who  are  out  of 
Ohrist.  My  attention  was  called  to  La 
IHatte  by  a  former  member  of  our 
churbh  in  Omaha.  I  found  there  a  few 
good  Christian  people  desiring  relig- 


ious privileges,  and  consented  to  give 
them  one-half  of  my  time.  We  have 
organized  a  church,  and  already  see 
good  results  to  the  community.  The 
widow  of  Rev.  Lucius  Parker,  one  of 
your  former  missionaries,  is  an  earnest 
member  of  that  little  band. 

Besides  exercising,  as  &r  as  I  can,  a 
pastoral  care  over  these  two  little  flocks, 
in  the  intervals  at  Omaha  I  am  not 
idle.  In  the  south  part  of  the  city, 
I  am  sustaining  a  weekly  prayer  meet- 
ing, and  laborring  to  start  anoth^ 
germ  of  a  church,  that  may  strike 
its  roots  and  send  out  its  influence  in 
this  rapidly  extending  city.  Last  week 
we  organized^  there  a  second  Ck)ngrega- 
tional  society  designed  to  co-operate 
with  a  church  to  be  formed  at  some  fu- 
ture time.  This  is  foundation  work, 
and  I  hope  to  prepare  the  way  for  some 
good  man  to  establish  himself  as  a  co- 
laborer  .with  Mr.  Sherrill,  pastor  of  the 
First  Congregational  church  here.  He 
is  the  first  minister  of  our  denomina- 
tion installed  in  Nebraska,  and  it  is  fit- 
ting that  it  should  be  over  the  oldest 
church  in  the  State. 


Fhvm  Bev,  J.  E.  Elliott^  Columbia, 
Platte  Co, 

His  Field  and  Work. 
This  field  consists  of  three  counties 
lying  along  the  Pacific  railroad,  and 
opened  for  settlement  Platte  county 
contains  a  population  of  1,950 ;  Colum- 
bus, 98  miles  west  of  Omaha,  has  about 
600  inhabitants,  and  Schuyler,  17  miles 
east  of  Columbus,  about  850.  Silver 
Creek,  17  miles  west  of  Columbus,  has 
about  a  dozen  houses.  Columbus  has 
three  houses  of  worship  —  Congrega- 
tional, Episcopal,  and  Bomanist  At 
Schuyler  a  meeting-house  has  been 
built,  which  the  Methodists  control, 
and  the  Episcopalians  have  a  house 
nearly  completed.  There  is  a  Congre- 
gational organization  with  a  few  fiuni- 
lies,  and  at  Silver  Creek  there  are  a  fe? 
more  families  who  will  for  the  present 


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be  connected  with  the  Columbus  church. 
A  Congregational  church  has  also  been 
•iganized  at  Monroe,  20  miles  north- 
west, but  few  of  its  members  remain. 

Th«  commg  ot  your  tormer  agent, 
Rev.  Mr.  Reed,  of  Davenport,  Iowa,  to 
this  place,  has  given  a  new  complexion 
to  things.  There  seems  to  be  a  new 
era  as  to  attending  church  and  prayer 
meetings.  The  week  of  prayer  was  ob- 
•erved  with  an  attendance  that  was 
gratifying,  and  I  think  that  we  shall 
soon  add  by  letter  a  few  who  will 
greatly  increase  the  strength  of  the 
church. 

To  organize  society  here,  to  success- 
fWly  encounter  unbelief  and  worldli- 
aesi,  calls  for  all  the  good  qualities  in 
t  minister  that  many  large  parishes  in 
the  East  demand.  How  needful  that 
itrong  men  should  be  willing  to  occupy 
nch  fields !  Fremont,  Columbus  and 
Schuyler  are  occupied.  North  Bend, 
Lone  Tree,  Grand  Island,  and  other 
pomts  on  the  Pacific  railroad,  are  grow- 
ing and  hopeftd  places.  Altogether,  it 
u  an  inviting,  important,  and  laborious 
field,  and  who  is  sufldent  for  the 
work  ?  Yet  I  greatly  enjoy  it,  and  feel 
courageous  as  to  the  future. 


KANSAS. 
From  Bee,  L.  Neweomb^  Pomona^  Frank- 
lin  Co, 
Ohanoe  for  Work. 
At  Wellsville,  in  this  county,  I  have 
gathered  a  church  of  twelye  members, 
tad  a  number  more,  who  were  trained 
Congregationally,  intend  soon  to  con- 
nect themselyea  These  last  are  persons 
Uving  in  the  country,  whom  I  sought 
out  by  family  visitation.  Wellsville 
is  a  station  on  the  Kansas  City  and 
Santa  Fe  railroad.  It  is  surrounded  by 
a  beaudftd  country,  quite  thickly  set- 
tled, being,  (though  but  six  months 
old),  the  oldest  settlement  in  this  por- 
tion of  the  State.  This  is  a  missionary 
field  indeed  —  all  the  *'  isms ''  and  false 
iMtions  prevalent,  to  be  rooted  out  and 


supplanted  by  the  gospel.  A  good, 
thorough,  prudent  man,  wisely  adapt- 
ing his  labors,  could  do  much  to  prove 
the  saving  virtues  of  the  gospel  upon 
many  now  wandering  under  various  de- 
lusions. The  church  have  subscribed 
about  $700  for  a  meeting-house.  They 
hope  to  raise  this  to  $1200,  and  to  re- 
ceive from  the  "  Union  "  enough  to  en- 
able them  to  build  such  a  house  as 
shall  meet  the  wants  of  the  conmiunity. 
There  is  no  other  religious  organization 
in  this  place,  and  the  most  of  the  mem- 
bers now  included  under  covenant 
were  trained  Congregationalists.  I  hope 
a  good  man  will  soon  be  found  to  enter 
and  hold  that  field. 

Until  June  last,  Franklin  county  had 
not  a  single  Congregational  church. 
On  the  5th  of  that  month  I  organized 
the  one  of  my  charge  in  Pomona ;  on 
the  12th  of  January,  the  one  gathered 
by  Rev.  Mr.  Chew,  in  Ottawa,  was  rec- 
ognized by  Council ;  and  on  the  5th  of 
February,  the  one  in  Wellsville.  Under 
the  influence  of  these  three  churches, 
may  this  county  speedily  blossom  into 
richer  beauty  and  sweeter  fragrance  I 


From  Bet,  J.  F,  Morgan^  O&wegOj  Labette 


Railroads  and  Religion. 
One  of  the  greatest  hindrances  to  re 
ligion  in  these  new  towns,  is  the  uncer- 
tainty as  to  their  permanence.  Their 
growth  and  prosperity  usually  depend 
on  their  securing  a  railroad.  When  a 
town  is  started  with  this  idea,'  by  the 
exaggerated  statements  of  unscrupulous 
speculators,  inmiigrants  rush  to  it  from 
all  parts  of  the  country,  expecting  to 
make  a  speedy  fortune.  For  the  first 
year  or  two,  if  the  town  continues  so 
long,  business  is  lively ;  fabulous  prices 
are  paid  for  "  comer  lots  " ;  and  every- 
thing goes  on  swimmingly,  until  fears 
are  entertained  that  tiie  anticipated 
raiload  will  fail  them.  These  fears  are 
like  an  epidemic,  afiecting  the  whole 
town,  and  under  their  influence  it  is  very 


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difficult  to  gaun  attention  to  religious 
things.  "Hard  times''  is  the  cry, 
Money  beccnnes  yery  scarce,  and  eyery 
man  clinches  the  little  he  has  with  an 
iron  grasp.  No  one  in  the  community 
suffers  more  from-  this  state  of  things 
than  the  mis^onary,  toiling  and  pray- 
ing for  this  one  thing,  that  Qod  would 
bless  hk  work,  and  make  him  success- 
ful in  saying  souls. 

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From  Bm.  8,  A.  Vcmdylce^  Centraliay 
Nemaha  Co, 

Reyiyal. 
I  haye  the  satisfisMiticm  to  report  a  re- 
yiyal of  religion  at  this  place.  We 
commenced  a  series  of  meetiogs  during 
the  holidays,  in  which  the  entire  com- 
munity seemed  to  be  interested.  Seyen 
haye  united  with  the  church,  and  quite 
a  number  more  wish  to  join  at  tiie  next 
opportunity.  Backsliders  haye  been 
reclaimed,  pro&ne  and  drinking  men 
haye  determined  to  r^orm,  and  some 
such  hope  they  haye  experienced  a 
change  of  heart.  The  members  of  the 
church  are  reyiyed  and  much  encour- 
aged.   Pray  for  us,  that  the  work  may 

go  forward. 

^  «•» 

From  Eev,  JV.  W.  Cfrover,  MantorviUe, 
Dodge  County, 

TheTidea. 

The  tides  still  come  and  go  with  us ; 
some  leayiog  precious  deposits,  others 
leaying  the  seeds  of  death.  Of  the  for- 
mer sort,  haye  been  successiye  meetings 
of  the  county  Sabbath  School  Conyen- 
tion,  the  Owatonna  Congr^ational  Con- 
ference, and  the  "  Theological  and  Lit- 
erary Circle."  These  meetings  gaye  us 
a  stimulus,  iHiich  I  trust  we  shall  feel 
through  tiie  ooming  year. 

Among  the  topics  discussed  by  the 
Conference  was  "  the  sanctuary,  its 
history  and  importance.''  Tou  will  re- 
member that  we  worship  in  the  court- 
house. The  subject  waked  up  our  peo- 
ple to  the  importance  and  practicability 
of  building  a  house  of  worship.    The 


ladies  had  felt,  long  before  the  Confer- 
ence, that  something  must  be  done,  and 
had  <M*ganized  a  society  with  a  church 
edifice  for  its  first  object  Tlieir  efibrts 
haye  already  realized  something  otst 
$150,  and  I  hope  soon  to  report  s^w 
towards  the  erection  of  a  chuitsh. 

Among  the  adyerse  tides  I  reckcm 
three  courses  of  fiye  lectures  eadi,  by 
Spiritists,  which  haye  shaken  the  faith 
of  some  in  the  Bible  and  the  Christkn 
religion;  thou^  others  haye  had  thsir 
Mth  ccmfirmed.  These '  lectures  were 
giyen  in  the  court-house,  the  same  room 
that  we  use,  and  may  be  among  tbe 
proyidencee  pressing  us  to  build.  If 
it  is  done,  it  must  be  with  great  sacri- 
fice on  the  part  of  some.  Pray  for  us, 
that  we  may  be  strengthened  in  hesrt 
and  hand  for  this  and  eyery  duty. 


IOWA. 

From  Bsc.  J.  R  Uptan^Miifard,  Dukk^ 

$on  County, 

Honeer  Service. 
My  labors  this  quarter  haye  been  just 
what  eyery  Home  Missionary  can  nn- 
do-stand,  who  is  obliged  to  build  s 
house,  half  a  mile  from  any  otiier,  in  an 
entirely  new  settlement,  to  secure  native 
lumber  at  a  mill  eight  miles  distant, 
pine  lumber  and  other  materials  from  a 
railroad  point  ninety  miles  away;  to 
board  his  help,  working  hard  with  bis 
own  hands  fr<Mn  early  morning  mitil 
late  in  the  eyening,  sometimes  for  six 
days  in  the  wedc ;  preaching  meanwhile 
eyery  Sabbath  at  points  eight  to  fov- 
teea  miles  ofi^  beddes  once  at  home.   I 
was  able  to  fill  all  my  appointmeats 
except  two,  when  I  was  bringing  my 
family  and  effects  from  the  east  side  of 
the  State,  two  hundred  and  twenty-^^^ 
miles,  the  last  sixty  or  seyenty  by  team. 
A  good  Proyidence  presided  oyeroor 
journey,  giying  us  fine  weather  and 
good  trayeling.    We  are  now  living  ^ 
our  unfinished  house,  within  three  mil<0 
of  the  border  of  our  settiement,  west  of 
which  lies  a  beautafiil  rich  prairie,^ 


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miles  across,  without  a  house,  a  road,  or 
perhaps  a  tree.  Tet  soon  a  railroad 
will  be  finished  through  it  from  north 
to  south,  and  another  from  east  to  west, 
running  some  twelve  miles  south  of  us. 
Settlements  will  soon  make  their  ap- 
pearance beyond  us,  and  this  healthy, 
fertile  and  beautifrd  region  cannot  much 
longer  remain  a  wilderness. 

Wants  a  Colleague. 
Last  year,  as  you  know,  my  field  em- 
braced all  I  wished  to  occupy  on  an 
area  of  80  miles  square.    Now  another 
brother  diyides  it  with  me,  and  yet  we 
can  spare  territory  enough  for  another 
good  brother,  who  would  like  to  cast 
in  his  lot  with  us  and  share  the  privi- 
leges which  appertain  to  frontier  Home 
Missionary  life.     He  may  be  assured 
that  his  privations  will  be  more  than 
repaid  by  the  hearty  welcome  he  will 
everywhere  meet,  if  he  is  true  to  his 
work,  and  by  the  unexpected  rapidity 
with  which  he  may  see  good  results 
mature  and  the  good  seed  of  the  King- 
dom yield  its  fruit  None  but  the  pioneer 
Home  Missionary  can  know  how  read- 
Oy  the  plastic  elements  of  this  forming 
society  can  be  made  to  yield  to  his  im- 
pressions ;  so  unlike  the  rigidity  of  older 
places.     Now  if  any  brother  of  right 
qualifications,  who    feels  a  desire   to 
serve  bis  Master,  where  courage  and 
perseverance  will  find  an  ample  reward, 
wishes  opportunity,  let  him    start  at 
once  for  some  field  of  frontier  labor. 
Such  a  field,  I  think,  he  may  find  em- 
bracing Clay  and  O^Brien  counties.  The 
salary  will  not  be  |2000  and  a  parson- 
age, my  good  brother,  and  no  church 
will  "  call "  you ;  but  you  may  extend 
the  call  yourself,  and  invite  churches  of 
the  future  to  come,  a  score  of  £hem, 
perhaps,  and  take  the  places  you  see 
fit  to  select,  and  carry  on  your  work 
long  after  you  are  dead.    Where  else  is 
the  reward  better,  and  how  can  you 
more  acceptably  serve  our  great  Mas- 
ter? 


From  Bed,  JJ.  Adams,  Nevo  Bdmpt&n, 
Chickamfjo  Co. 

Light  in  the  Valley. 
With  the  usual  Sabbath  and  Bible 
class  services  at  home,  and  preaching  in 
a  school-house  six  and  a  half  miles  dis- 
tant in  the  afternoon  of  alternate  Sab- 
baths, sickness  and  death  have  called 
for  unusual  labors.  I  was  sent  for,  one 
frosty  night,  to  go  eight  miles  to  visit  a 
sick  man.  It  was  dark,  muddy,  and 
chilly,  and  was  near  midnight  when  I 
reached  the  dwelling.  The  patient  was 
a  man  of  about  eighty  years,  who  had 
never  made  a  profession  of  religion,  but 
had  long  indulged  hope.  He  was  a 
Baptist,  but  being  told  and  infirm,  had 
hesitated  about  going  into  the  water. 
He  appeared  remarkably  well;  Christ 
was  all  in  all  to  him.  Eight  of  his  six- 
teen children  were  present,  and  he  con- 
versed and  prayed  with  them  before  I 
arrived.  I  repeated  to  him  the  20th 
and  23d  Psalms,  read  selections  from 
Clarke's  Scripture  Promises,  and  prayed 
with  him.  He  survived  <mly  three  or 
four  days ;  but  I  was  well  repaid  for  my 
visit,  by  many  hearty  thanks  of  the  old 
man.  The  place  was  in  the  open  prai- 
rie, where  scarcely  a  settler  yet  has  a 
fence. 

Four  Years'  Fruit. 

This  quarter  terminates  four  years  of 
my  labor  here,  and  at  its  close  I  leave. 
The  church  now  numbers  sixty-seven. 
Forty-seven  have  joined  during  my  min- 
istry ;  twenty-eight  of  them  by  profes- 
sion. Quite  a  number  besides  have 
found  Christ,  while  with  us,  who  have 
removed,  have  joined  other  churches, 
or  have  gone  to  be  with  their  Lord.  I 
trust  that  not  less  than  from  sixty  to 
seventy  have  been  renewed  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  in  our  congregation,  since  we 
came  here.  Three  years  out  of  the  four 
have  been  marked  by  special  religious 
interest.  Very  many  of  the  converts 
have  been  heads  of  families.  One  of 
the  young  men,  had  he  lived,  intended 
to  be  a  missionary  to  China.  Perhaps 
he  is  doing  more  for  China  than  if  he 


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had  liyed.  He  had  a  little  property, 
and  he  willed  a  part  of  it  to  that  mis- 
sion. Perhaps  I  ought  to  say  that  in 
all  our  special  interest  here,  we  have 
been  without  outside  help,  depending 
only  on  the  Holy  Spirit.  The  work  has 
been  promoted  by  evening  prayer  meet- 
ings and  personal  conversation. 


Fr(nn  See, 


J.    W.    Windsor, 
Howard  Co, 


CreteOj 


The  steady  growth  of  the  town  calls 
for  an  increase  of  labor  that  sometimes 
wearies  and  reminds  me  that  nearly 
three  score  and  ten  years  have  marked 
my  life's  mercies.  Of  these  years  nearly 
forty-five  have  been  given  to  works  for 
the  Master.  How  imperfect  they  have 
been,  he  well  knows ;  but  how  amply 
repaid  with  the  choicest  tokens  of  his 
love,  and  the  expressions  of  his  kind 
providence,  I  can  fully  testify. 

My  last  week's  duties  may  be  summed 
up  thus:  one  funeral;  two  trips  into 
the  country,  in  different  directions,  to 
visit  the  sick  and  dying;  an  address  at 
a  social  conference  meeting ;  a  prepara- 
tory lecture  to  the  church ;  a  lecture  be- 
fore the  Sons  of  Temperance ;  two  ser- 
mons and  the  communion  service  at 
home,  with  a  sermon  in  the  afternoon 
of  the  Sabbath  at  one  of  my  out-sta 
tions;  besides  ordinary  pastoral  visits 
among  our  own  people.  Amidst  it  all 
I  am  blessed  with  good  health,  and  try 
to  keep  a  young  heart.  I  suppose  the 
labors  of  many  of  the  Home  Missiona- 
ries are  far  in  excess  of  this.  It  is  a  very 
precious  privilege  thus  to  sow  beside 
all  waters.  I  am  sometimes  distressed 
at  the  apparently  small  returns,  though 
I  know  that  results  are  not  always  man- 
ifest here.  We  have  had  no  si>ecial 
«* revival"  during  the  two  and  a  half 
years  that  I  have  been  in  Cresco,  yet 
the  records  show  forty-six  additions  to 
the  church,  twenty-two  by  letter,  and 
fourteen  on  profession  of  their  faith. 


Temperaaoe  Movement 
There  has  been  a  singular  and  marked 
change  amongst  those  who  frequent  the 
"saloons,"  too  common  in  our  village 
and  most  railroad  towns.  A  temper- 
ance movement  has  been  inaugurated, 
and  a  large  number,  not  only  of  moder- 
ate drinkers  but  the  most  intemperate 
in  the  community,  have  been  induced 
to  break  from  slavery  to  their  cups ;  and 
this  apparently  without  external  influ- 
ence. We  think  it  is  the  work  of  God, 
preparing  men's  minds  to  recdve  the 
gospeL 

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From  Bet>,  E,  R  StUea,  Manchester,  Del- 
aware Co, 
Year  of  Harvest 

Here  closes  a  year  of  happy  labor. 
Other  years  spent  under  the  fostering 
care  of  the  Society  have  been  pleasant, 
but  this  has  been  unexpectedly  joyfbl; 
a  year  of  harvest,  while  I  looked  for  the 
hard  preparatory  work  at  most  of  seed- 
sowing.  It  seems  as  though  the  Lord 
had  permitted  me  to  enter  into  others* 
labors  and  to  gather  their  fruits.  The 
clouds  that  at  the  beginning  of  the 
year  hung  over  the  church,  seeming  to 
threaten  its  existence,  have  proved  to 
be  filled  with  blessings.  The  hearts  of 
those  who  had  mourned  in  sadness 
have  been  filled  with  rejoicing.  At  the 
beginning  of  the  year  there  were  found 
on  the  roll  of  membership  forty-eight 
names,  but  not  so  many  persons  could 
be  found  to  answer  to  them.  There 
have  been  additions  at  every  commu- 
nion during  the  year,  bringing  in  eleven 
by  letter  and  thirty-one  by  professioa 
of  faith.  In  addition  to  these,  eight 
were  received  last  Sabbath,  making  a 
total  of  fifty. 

Self-Support 

The  church  has  decided  to  ask  forno 
more  aid  from  abroad  —  expecting  to 
raise  $500  more  than  they  have  hereto- 
fore. This  will  be  a  heavy  load,  but 
with  profound  gratitude  to  you  for  past 
favors,  and  looking  to  God  for  help,  tiie 
church  is  determined  to  "  go  forwwd." 


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lV»m  Bm.  J.  U.  Parsons,  Raymond,  Bo- 
cine  Co. 

Powerful  Work  of  Orace. 

It  is  my  blessed  priyilege  to  report  a 
work  of  grace,  in  some  respects  among 
the  most  remarkable  of  my  ministry.  It 
already  numbers  twice  as  many  converts 
as  there  were  people  in  church  at  my 
coming,  and  the  interest  does  not  abate 
in  the  least. 

Ours  is  one  of  a  belt  of  towns  lying 
back  from  the  lake,  in  which  it  was 
thought  that  all  the  vital  American  pop- 
ulation had  been  supplanted  by  Danes 
and  Germans.  It  was  a  question  whether 
any  thing  could  resuscitate  the  churches 
in  those  towns.  I  confess  that  I  engaged 
in  the  experimont,  hopmg  against  hope, 
but  God  has  marvelously  ^^  turned  our 
captivity,"  and  put  our  fears  to  shame. 
Through  December,  we  continued  our 
woi^  of  preparation.  Tlie  congregation 
increased,  and  there  was  stillness  and 
solemnity  under  the  Word. 

On  the  first  of  January,  I  made  ap- 
pointments, with  much  trembling,  for 
meetings  every  night  that  week. 

From  that  time,  for  Jifty  nights,  we 
could  not  keep  the  people  away.  We 
tried  twice  to  close  the  meetings,  but 
were  obliged  to  resume  them,  and  send 
away  for  more  help.  The  house  soon 
became  crowded,  and  continued  so  to 
the  last,  every  available  spot,  aisles,  en- 
try, pulpit  -  stairB  and  pulpit  being  oc- 
cupied, and  many  ^'schooner"  loads 
driving  away,  because  they  could  not 
get  in.  A  house,  twice  as  large,  would 
have  been  filled.  Where  they  came  fh>m, 
seems  a  mystery. 

On  the  third  night,  one  young  man 
rose  for  prayer.  The  next  night  he  was 
happy  in  Christ,  and  began  to  work  for 
God ;  and  from  that  time  on,  we  were 
not  without  more  or  less  converts,  every 
night  Over  140  have  expressed  a  de- 
sire to  find  Jesus,  of  whom  about  100 
are  trusting  in  him.  Among  them  are 
our   physician,  merchant,  five  or  six 


whole  families,  fifteen  of  the  singing 
class,  three  young  married  men  with 
their  brides,  several  teachers,  about  30 
heads  of  families  (by  whom  twelve  new 
altars  have  been  erected),  and  great 
numbers  of  the  young.  The  place  is 
revolutionized.  Profanity  and  Sabbath- 
breaking  are  greatly  lessened,  and  love 
is  diffused  through  the  community. 

The  Means. 
The  means  have  been  peculiar.  Gk>d 
has  wrought  as  a  sovereign.  My  throat 
gave  way,  the  second  week,  and  I  have 
since  been  able  to  do  no  singing  or 
visiting  and  but  little  preaching.  Breth- 
ren Clapp  of  Wauwatosa,  and  Alexander 
of  Racine,  have  done  the  most  of  1% 
except  on  Saturdays  and  Sabbaths, 
when  I  have  been  alone.  The  people 
are  so  dispersed,  and  come  so  in  great 
sleigh-loads,  that  we  can  have  no  special 
meetings.  There  has  not  been  an  "  in- 
quiry  meeting,"  or  "  converts*  meeting  " 
since  we  began. 

We  have  had  from  fifteen  to  seventy 
speak,  in  an  evening.  Our  meetings 
continue  two  to  three  hours — a  half-hour 
of  prayer,  a  sermon,  then  a  social  ser- 
vice of  eight  to  twelve  prayers,  fifteen 
to  twenty  singings,  and  many  talks. 

The  preaching  has  been  excellent.  In 
ovaJifty  sermons  a  great  amount  of  solid 
Bible  truth  has  been  presented  to  this 
crowd,  and  heard.  Our  organist  was 
among  the  early  converts,  and  has  been 
yerj  great  help  to  us.  I  am  longing  to 
see  more  of  the  children  of  the  church 
brought  in. 

We  have  formed  a  class,  or  association, 
under  pledge,  for  mutual  watchfulness^ 
sympathy  and  instruction,  preparatory 
to  a  public  profession  in  church  mem- 
bership. Eighty-seven  have  signed  it, 
and  I  know  of  enough  more  to  make 
100.  Some  of  these  will  join  the  Free 
Baptist  church,  but  many  will  come  with 
us.  The  work  is  an  anomaly  to  me.  It 
has  extended  into  the  Danish  Baptist 
church,  and  they  are  having  full  and  ex- 
cellent meetings  every  night.  They  have 


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also  commenced  a  seriee  of  meetings  in 
Caledonia,  an  a^oining  town^  and  in 
Mount  Pleasant,  on  the  sonth.  It  seems 
to  be  demonstrated,  that  these  dying 
churches  are  susceptible  of  a  resur- 
rection. 

The  only  explanation  I  can  giro  of 
the  myst^es  of  the  work  is,  that  the 
Lord  had  stirred  up  the  heart  of  dear 
brethren  to  feel  deeply  for  this  people, 
and  to  pray  in  earnest  faith  for  them. 
So  we  were  besieged,  and  Tiad  to  sur- 
render. 

My  health  is  very  precarious,  and  I 
may  find  it  necessary  to  withdraw ;  but, 
if  practicable,  I  will  remain  to  gamer 
these  8heaye& 


From  a  Mimonary  who  has  seen  Service. 
How  he  Lives. 

The  question,  "  How  can  you  live  on 
a  salary  of  $800  ?"  having  been  asked, 
with  some  surprise,  by  benefactors  in 
tlie  East,  let  me  briefly  answer. 

In  the  first  place,  during  twenty-five 
years'  ministry  in  our  native  New  Eng- 
land, on  a  salary  of  $400  (which  was 
then  considered  a  fisiir  sum  for  a  good 
country  parish),  we  learned  lessons  of 
economy  and  frugality,  by  which  we 
saved  a  few  hundred  dollars.  This  en- 
abled us  to  procure  a  little  home  here, 
where  we  have  resided  for  the  thirteen 
years  of  my  service  as  your  missionary, 
dividing  my  labors  between  this  place 
and  vicinity,  and  more  remote  towns  in 
the  country. 

The  possession  of  this  home  has  been 
about  equivalent  to  the  addition  of  $100 
to  my  salary. 

In  the  next  place,  we  have  had  but 
very  little  hired  help  in  the  house.  My 
wife,  though  at  best  poor  in  health,  and 
at  times  a  great  sufferer,  has  managed 
to  dispatch  household  labors  and  re- 
sponsibilities, with  the  exception  of 
some  heavy  work,  laid  off  upon  other 
hands. 

Again,  our  vehicles  and  their  fixtures 


while  we  have  made  it  an  object  to  keep 
a  good  horse,  "  as  easy  kept  as  a  poor 
one,^'  that  our  distant  appointments 
might  be  punctually  met. 

Again,  a  great  part  of  our  clothing 
has  been  furnished  by  the  fiiends  of 
Christ,  especially  by  Christian  ladies  in 
New  England.  We  remember  with 
gratitude  and  prayer  such  dcmatioiifl, 
from  Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire  and 
Connecticut,  and  more  recently,  nearer 
home. 

Moreover,  we  have  occasionally  re- 
ceived clothing,  cash  and  valuable 
books  from  your  rooms,  or  from  indiyid- 
uals,  through  the  careful  and  feithfol 
hands  of  our  State  Superintendenta 

Thus,  by  the  good  hand  of  God  upon 
us,  we  have  hitherto  had  a  c<Hnfortable 
temporal  support;  and  we  bless  our 
Lord  and  Master  to-day  that  we  still 
have  the  privilege  of  being  numbered 
with  your  missionaries,  under  the  very 
circumstances  in  which  we  are  placed. 


From  Bev.  B.  O,  CarperOer^  Qnxod  Bap- 
idsj  Wood  Co. 

^  Revival. 
I  am  about  to  close  my  labore  with 
this  people,  with  hearty  thankfuhieas 
for  what  the  Lord  has  done  for  us.  We 
have  had  the  assistance  of  Rev.  R  M. 
Webster,  of  the  Brandon  church,  in  a 
great  revival  of  religion.  Forty-fi?e 
have  united  with  the  church,  and  more 
wait  to  join,  so  that  our  membenhip 
will  be  not  far  from  eighty.  I  r^oice 
to  add  that,  with  this  newly  gdned 
strength,  the  church  has  resolved  to  be 
self-supporting  for  the  future. 


AdlCHIGAN. 
From  Bev.  J.  D.  MiUard,  Pleasmtm, 


Manistee  Co. 
The  Struggle  for  Bread. 
There  is  in  these  new  regions  a  con- 
stant, powerful  drift  back  toward  irre- 
have  been  of  the  plain,  cheap  kind,  |  ligion  and  barbarism.  We  work  against 


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the  tide,  and  it  is  all  we  can  do  to  hold 
our  own.  We  ahotdd  be  in  danger  of 
hecoming  discoaraged  and  concluding 
that  we  were  accomplishing  no  good, 
were  it  not  for  the  contrast  between  our 
neighborhood  and  those  around  us,  des- 
tititute  of  the  means  of  grace. 

Almost  all  the  people  are  *'  homestead 
settlers,"  who  had  little  if  any  more 
means  than  would  bring  them  here.  The 
forests  are  heayy,  and  it  costs  from 
twenty  to  thirty  dollars  an  acre,  in  cash 
or  sweat,  to  remove  them.  And  this  is 
but  the  preliminary  work.  The  fruitful 
fields  and  smiling  harvests  will  cost  a 
deal  of  digging  and  plowing  among 
the  roots  and  stumps.  Poverty  is  a 
crushing  burden  upon  the  whole  com- 
munity, not  indeed  upon  every  one 
alike,  but  so  heavily  upon  the  most  fa- 
vored, that  it  is  difficult  for  any  thing 
good  to  flourish. 

It  is  emphatically  true  here,  that  "  The 
destruction  of  the  poor  is  their  poverty." 
We  do  every  thing  at  disadvantage. 
Farming  without  capital  or  teams  or 
tools,  or  with  but  half  a  supply  of  in- 
different ones,  ifl  up-hill  business.  Im- 
provements cost  unreasonably  because, 
for  lack  of  means,  we  cannot  take  ad- 
vantage of  circumstances. 

Bright  Hopes. 

In  a  few  years,  with  God^s  blessing, 
we  shall  have  straggled  through  ^^  the 
present  distress,"  and  have  attained  tem- 
p<»«l  prosperity.  But  in  the  mean  time 
what  is  to  become  of  the  cause  of  Christ 
among  us  ?  Our  prayer  isj  "  The  Lord 
send  us  help  from  the  sanctuary  and 
itrengthen  us  out  of  Zion." 

Two  or  three  well-to-do  deacons,  or 
other  living  pillars  of  the  truth,  which 
some  of  the  eastern  churches  could 
spare,  would  make  us  a  grand  re-enforce- 
ment, and  with  the  exception  of  a  few 
years'  privations  it  might  be  a  good 
move  for  them,  both  temporally  and 
spiritually.  We  are  watching  and  pray- 
ing for  help  in  this  direction,  and  we 
beHeve  it  will  come. 

We  shaU  probably  not  ask  aid  of  your 


Society  for  the  coming  year.  We 
suppose  there  are  more  hopeful  fields 
calling  for  all  the  funds  of  your  embar- 
rassed treasury.  And  yet  our  hearts 
ache  to  think  of  the  state  of  our  com- 
munity and  out-stations  without  your 
aid.  We  shall  try  to  walk  by  faith  and 
not  by  sight.  As  Paul  turned  to  tent- 
making  we  must  turn  to  fiarming,  and 
preach  Christ  with  our  remaining 
strength.  But  all  things  bring  their 
compensations,  and  we  doubt  if  rich 
Christians,  or  those  in  easy  circum- 
stances, can  extract  as  much  comfort 
as  we  can  from  the  23d  Psalm,  or  from 
the  words  of  the  Savior,  in  Matthew, 

vi.,  25-84. 

*•< 

From  a  Mimona/ry  in  Eastern  Michigan, 

Field  for  a  Common  Man. 

This  church  and  people  are  rather  pe- 
culiar, yet  they  represent  a  class  who 
feel  that  they  know  pretty  much  all  that 
is  worth  knowing.  They  want  Henry 
Ward  Beecher  for  their  minister,  but 
can  support  only  a  common  man.  So 
they  can  unite  in  a  minister  but  for  a 
year  or  two,  and,  ever  changing,  instead 
of  growing,  hold  as  they  were,  or  grad- 
ually decline.  They  have  a  fine  region 
of  country,  and  they  know  it.  They 
want  their  minister  to  do  the  work  and 
excuse  them.  An  annual  collection  for 
a  benevolent  cause  is  an  intrusion.  They 
wonder  that  they  "  can't  be  let  alone  a 
little  while."  Worldliness,  skepticism, 
and  false  doctrine  abound.  Two  men  of 
property  and  standing,  formerly  mem- 
bers of  this  church,  are  now  infidels. 
So  there  are  many  who  are  not  often 
found  in  an  evangelical  church,  and  all 
manner  of  errors  prevail  among  those 
who  profess  to  receive  the  Bible. 

Conversing  with  a  lady  who  avowed 
her  belief  in  no  future  punishment,  I 
asked  her  what  she  did  with  such  pas- 
sages of  Scripture  as  *^  The  wicked  shall 
be  turned  into  hell ;"  "  Depart,  ye 
cursed,"  etc.  She  replied  that  she 
"didn't  have  any  thing  to  do  with 
them;"  she  "didn't  read  them  at  all." 


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An  old  man  was  telling  me  that  a 
while  ago  he  was  very  sick,  expecting 
and  perfectly  willing  to  die ;  **  was  all 
ready."  Did  you  trust  in  the  atonement 
of  Christ  ?  "  Yes."  Do  you  think  he 
has  forgiven  your  sins  ?  "  Yes."  How 
long  have  you  been  forgiven?  "O,  I 
alway$  was."  Do  you  pray  ?  "  Yes,  all 
the  time."  What  do  you  call  prayer  ? 
"  Desire  of  the  heart."  I  said  I  should 
define  prayer  as  the  desire  of  the  heart 
expressed  to  God  ;  asking  God  for  favors. 
A  child  might  be  hungry,  but  his  desire 
of  food  might  not  be  strong  enough  to 
induce  him  to  leave  his  play,  to  ask  his 
mother  for  bread.  He  hesitated,  and  I 
asked.  Do  you  think  Christ  hears  your 
prayers  and  answers  them?  "O  yes, 
Chris^  and  I  are  on  first  rate  good 
terms." 

What  can  a  single  minister,  who  is 
"  only  a  common  man,"  do  in  such  a 
field  ?  Yet  they  must  have  the  gospel 
preached  to  them.    Pray  for  us. 


From  Bev.  C,  Doolittle^  Lamont,  Ottcma 

County. 

Chills  and  Fever. 

The  quarter  just  ended  has  been  one 
of  suffering  and  afiiction.  Chills  and 
fever  have  clung  to  me  almost  through 
the  entire  time,  greatly  impairing  my 
strength  and  hindering  my  work.  Sev- 
everal  Sabbaths  I  have  entirely  lost,  be- 
ing unable  to  leave  my  house,  and  my 
pastoral  work  of  course  has  been  little. 
My  wife  and  other  members  of  my  fam- 
ily have  suffered  about  as  much  as  I, 
from  the  same  cause.  We  are  all  some- 
what better  since  better  weather  came 
on,  and  I  am  now  meeting  my  appoint- 
ments, and  hope  soon  to  be  strong 
enough  for  the  hard  work  of  my  wide 
field. 

My  outside  parishes  are  improving 
slowly,  with  increasing  interest  in  wor- 
ship and  Sabbath  schools.  The  new 
meeting-house  in  Eastmanville  is  in- 
closed and  painted,  and  is  a  model  of 
good  taste.  It  will,  I  trust,  be  dedicated 
to  God  the  coming  summer. 


I  cannot  give  you  any  striking  results 
of  my  toil  here,  but  I  know  that  my 
labor  is  not  in  vain  in  the  Lord,  and 
that  the  good  seed  which  he  enables  me 
to  scatter  broadcast  will  not  always  lie 
buried. 

MISSOURI. 

From  Bet,  A,  Bofcers^  Maean,  Macon  Co, 

Two  Years  Reviewed. 

Two  years  ago  to-day  I  began  to  act 
as  pastor  of  this  church.  I  cannot  but 
view  with  pleasure  the  changed  appear- 
ance of  the  town,  and  the  changed  feel- 
ings of  an  untraveled  Yankee  toward 
it.  To  one  accustomed  to  the  finished 
appearance  of  Eastern  towns,  it  is 
shocking  to  see  the  unfinished  condi- 
tion of  things  in  new  places — ^muddy 
streets,  small  houses,  dwarfish  business 
blocks  and  churches ;  everything  crude 
and  small,  except  ground  dimensions. 

But  in  a  short  time  his  eyes  take  a 
juster  measure  of  things,  his  habits  are 
moulded  to  new  circumstances,  and  the 
rush  of  events  brings  rapid  growth  and 
improvement.  Though  Macon  has  not 
grown  like  many  other  towns,  no  one 
will  deny  that  it  is  in  the  front  rank  in 
making  improvements.  About  twenty 
fine  two  or  three  story  brick  houses 
have  been  occupied  for  business,  while 
drinking  houses  have  probably  dimin- 
ished. Streets  where  wagons  used  to 
stick  in  the  mud  are  macadamized,  and 
ten-foot  udewalks  take  the  place  of 
mud-holes,  lodse  boards,  or  walks  half 
torn  up  for  kindling  wood.  Three 
shooting  aflfidrs  greeted  my  first  quar- 
ter; hardly  one  has  occurred  since. 
The  public  school,  with  four  depart- 
ments, seven  rooms  and  nine  teachers, 
has  been  opened;  the  Methodist  col- 
lege is  in  its  second  year,  and  contem- 
plating the  erection  of  the  finest  build- 
ing in  town  for  its  accommodation. 
People  who  used  to  live  in  houses  with 
one  room  and  a  bedroom  curtained  of^ 
have  means  to  build  or  buy  substantial 
dwellings.    We  do  not  boast  very  great 


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adrance  in  popQiation,  but  those  who 
arc  here  have  the  spirit  of  progress.  We 
hare  about  4,000  inhabitants  (1,000  of 
them  colored,  and  400  Qermans),  with 
smaller  numbers  from  all  ^*  nations,  kin- 
dreds and  tongues."  The  American  ele- 
ment is  about  evenly  divided  between 
Northerners  and  Southerners.  The 
churches  are  twelve,  and  all,  except 
peihaps  two,  have  Sabbath  schools, 
live  of  them  have  built  within  about 
three  years,  and  another  is  laying  found- 
ations. 

Now  what  are  the  Congregationalists 
doing  here  ?  We  are  not  making  great 
headway.  We  have  not  lost  within  the 
year;  rather  we  have  gained;  but  we 
have  greatly  changed.  Fully  one-half 
of  oar  congregaticm  and  Sabbath  school 
are  not  those  of  one  year  ago.  Nearly 
all  who  were  with  us,  and  are  now  in 
town,  are  with  us  still.  Several  have 
come  to  fill  the  vacant  ranks;  others 
are  hovering  about  us. 

Macon  is  called  a  hard  place  for 
churches,  but  comparing  ourselves  with 
others  we  see  no  reason  for  discourage- 
ment, and  I  think  the  worst  is  over. 
Three  ladies  went  to  the  General  Asso- 
ciation at  St  Louis,  170  miles,  and  are 
aroosing  those  who  stayed  at  home. 
Ladies  also  have  done  a  good  work 
among  the  sick  and  strangers.  We 
hold  to  a  *^  patient  continuance  in  well 
doing "  for  success,  and  are  trying  to 
use  all  means  to  win  souls  to  Christ. 
About  twenty  have  espoused  his  cause 
within  the  year,  and  twenty-five  have 

joined  us. 

•♦• 

^Vwn  Bet,  J,  M,  Boweriy  Windsor^  Henry 
County, 

Infidel''  Converted. 
Our  church  has  received  nine  addi- 
tions during  the  quarter,  four  of  them 
on  profession  of  their  fedth.  One  of 
these  was  an  "  infidel "  for  twenty-five 
yeapB,  who  tried  hard  not  to  believe  the 
Bible,  but  completely  failed.  He  says 
that  he  "knew  all  the  time,  in  the 
depths  of  his  heart,  that  these  things 
were  so,  that  his  wife  who  professed 


Christ  was  right,  and  he  wrong,  but  he 
was  too  proud  to  confess  his  error." 
The  Spirit  of  God  worked  upon  his 
mind  until  he  could  resist  no  longer. 
He  was  led  to  come  to  our  meetings, 
and  after  several  weeks  stood  up  in  our 
prayer  meeting,  confessed  his  sins  and 
acknowledged  Jesus,  to  the  great  joy 
of  believers.  This  is  another  proof  that 
infidelity  is  oftener  "an  eml  heoH  of 
unbelief"  than  an  error  of  the  head. 
He  is  a  miracle  of  grace,  and  to  God  be 
all  the  praise ! 

Oh  that  we  had  more  faith  in  the 
power  of  the  truth  and  the  saving  in- 
fiuence  of  God^s  Spirit!  We  should 
see  more  fruit  of  our  efibrts  to  win 
souls. 

Bu^y,  and  Needs  Help. 

Since  coming  here,  from  Sedalia,  my 
work  has  much  enlarged,  and  having 
another  church  to  look  after,  I  am  very 
busy. 

I  have  preached  at  Greenridge  once 
every  month,  and  gathered  a  church 
which,  after  some  delay,  has  been  recog- 
nized by  a  Council.  Twenty-one  uni- 
ted to  form  the  organization,  and  others 
will  come.  The  prospects  seem  encour- 
aging. It  is  a  new  railroad  village,  in 
a  rich  farming  region  filling  up  with 
settlers.  We  occupied  the  ground  first, 
and  have  a  great  advantage,  as  there 
was  an  urgent  and  real  call  for  a  church. 
The  village  is  nine  miles  from  Wind- 
sor, and  I  am  to  preach  there  every  two 
weeks  on  Sabbath  afternoon — quite  a 
ride  for  me  after  services  here.  I  preach 
also,  every  other  Sabbath,  to  a  Ger- 
man congregation,  in  their  own  lan- 
guage, as  they  have  no  one  else  to  break 
to  them  the  bread  of  life. 

There  are  other  points  along  this  rail- 
road which  we  ought  to  occupy  at  once. 
Where  are  "  the  right  men  ?"  If  possi- 
ble send  them  along  soon. 


ILLINOIS. 
From  Beo,  8,  B.  Qoodenow^  ComOy  White- 
side Go. 
An  Old  Western  Town. 
Here  we  have  one  of  those  few  west- 


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em  instances,  resembling  the  hill-coun- 
try history  of  New  England — ^a  church 
and  people  once  prosperous,  now  large- 
ly run  out  by  emigration,  and  the  turn 
of  business  elsewhere.  The  railroad 
came  just  too  near,  without  hitting, 
and  if  "  a  miss  is  as  good  as  a  mile,^' 
the  miss  of  a  mile  is  in  this  case  worse 
than  that  of  many  miles.  Como,  once 
the  leading  town  in  all  this  region, 
earliest  settled,  and  a  resort  from  all 
quarters,  has  come  to  be  a  little  rural 
hamlet,  pleasant  and  retired,  on  the 
beautiful  banks  of  Rock  river. 

But  here,  and  in  the  farming  country 
round,  are  precious  "BouIs,  to  be  cared 
for;  and  since  other  denominations 
have  little  embodied  action,  and  there 
remains  to  this  feeble  Congregational 
church  a  good  house  of  worship  and  a 
parsonage,  it  seems  important  to  main 
tain  the  work,  to  bless  what  remains  of 
all  sects  and  sorts.  And  what  is  like 
the  good  old  Puritan  polity  for  such  a 
work — the  unsectarian  vivifying,  evan 
gelizing,  and  strengthening  of  ^^  things 
that  remain  ?" 

I  entered  the  field,  willing  for  a  sea- 
son to  do  what  might  be  done  to  main- 
tain worship  in  a  sanctuary  then  closed 
up  for  a  year.  The  work  I  find  in  many 
respects  pleasant.  A  congregation  is 
gathered,  and  the  earnest  attention  of 
the  people  is  gained.  I  superintend 
the  Sunday  school,  a  common  necessity 
of  our  Home  Missionaries,  and,  as  now 
restored,  it  is  a  flourishing  and  profit- 
able institution.  My  wife  carries  on 
the  adult  Bible  class,  with  much  favor 
and  encouragement.  I  also  maintain  a 
weekly  "  Bible  meeting  "  at  the  parson- 
age, preach  regularly  at  three  outposts, 
in  school-houses,  thus  reaching  a  large 
region.  Prejudices  of  sect  prevent  the 
greatest  success;  but  in  my  rounds, 
calling  on  all  alike,  I  try  to  break  down 
the  walls  by  the  love  of  a  common 

Lord; 

A  Veteran  of  1812. 

One  old  veteran  of  eighty,  whom  I 
visited  last  week,  rehearsed  to  me  the 


long,  thrilling  tale  of  his  campaigns 
with  Harrison  against  Tecumseh  and 
the  British,  in  the  war  of  1812;  and 
gave  an  exciting  account  of  the  battle 
of  the  Thames,  that  signal  achievement 
of  our  arms,  when  the  brave  Tecumaeh 
fell,  and  the  British  army  aeemed,  in  a 
few  minutes  to  be  almost  **  wiped  out" 
He  was  in  the  thickest  of  the  fi^t; 
and  an  eye-witness  of  the  death  of  the 
English  Oeneral  Proctor,  whose  fate 
has  been  such  a  mystery.  His  detailed 
particulars  of  the  scene  were  apparent- 
ly a  new  revelation  in  our  history,  and 
worthy  of  a  note.  The  old  hero  and 
his  family  are  of  another  faith,  bnt 
seemed'  to  enjoy  friendly  Christian  in- 
tercourse. 


PENNSYLVANIA. 

From  Beo.  B.  F,  PananSy  Indiana^ 
Indiana  Co. 

Blessed  Beginning. 

You  will  be  glad  to  know  that  the  ef- 
fort to  plant  a  church  here  was  accord- 
ing to  the  Divine  will,  as  the  results  al- 
ready clearly  indicate.  Our  meetings, 
from  the  first,  have  been  deeply  inter- 
esting. It  was  early  evident,  from  ihe 
solemnity  of  the  audience,  that  the 
Spirit  of  God  was  moving  upon  the 
hearts  of  Christians  and  others. 

One  of  our  prominent  physicians,  who 
had  been  the  prime  mover  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  this  society,  and  who  had 
been  regarded  as  skeptical,  and  as,  in 
other  respects,  &r  from  the  kingdom, 
has  we  trust  come  out  fully  on  the 
Lord's  side.  A  few  weeks  since  he 
arose  in  the  prayer  meeting,  after  a  lec- 
ture to  young  men,  and  said,  "I  see 
around  me  many  of  my  friends,  and 
feel  impelled  to  say  to  you  that  I  have 
tried  the  pleasures  of  this  world,  and  find 
them  wholly  unsatisfying.  I  have  come 
to  the  conclusion  that  as  for  me  and  my 
house  we  will  serve  the  Lord."  He  buret 
into  tears,  and  could  say  no  more.  He 
is  giving  good  evidence  that  he  ifl  » 
changed  man,  and  the  fact  is  producing 


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a  great  infloence  through  this  commu- 
nity. 

A  prominent  merchant,  also  one  of 
the  chief  movers  in  this  new  enterprise, 
arose  and  said,  he  "had  served  the 
world  for  nearly  half  a  century,  and  he 
too  had  come  to  the  decision  henceforth 
to  be  on  the  Lord^s  sid#'  Last  even- 
ing seven  persons  presented  themselves 
for  admission  to  the  church.  Several 
of  the  lawyers  and  physicians  who  so 
largely  compose  this  little  society  are 
awakened  and  thoughtful,  and  I  hope 
to  see  them  also  coming  to  Christ.  It 
is  blessed  to  be  permitted  to  lead  souls 
to  him,  and  all  the  services  have  been  a 
constant  joy  to  my  souL 
>•* 

From  Bet.  H,  B,   GUbert,  PoUeniUe, 
Bradford  Co. 
^  Self-Sastaining  and  GratefoL 
I  am  happy  to  say  that  our  people 


will  ask  no  aid  of  you  the  coming  year. 
We  are  profoundly  grateful  for  the 
helping  and  encouraging  hand  extend- 
ed to  us  by  your  Society.  The  $300 
you  have  sent  here  the  past  year  has 
brought  the  church  up  to  a  self-sustain- 
ing point.  We  unite  with  Le  Raysville 
Congregational  church,  and  so  avoid 
the  necessity  of  aid,  both  churches  ac- 
cepting one  service  each  Sabbath.  The 
arrangement  is  satis&ctory,  and  the 
field  looks  promising. 

Exceedingly  grateful  for  your  prompt- 
ness in  responding  to  all  dues,  you  may 
feel  assured  that  I  shall  in  the  future 
remember,  wherever  I  labor  in  the  cause 
of  our  dear  Redeemer,  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society.  This  people, 
that  could  not  have  sustained  a  minister 
without  your  aid,  are  now  in  a  condi- 
tion to  work  for  God. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


'' Too  Xnoh  Preaching." 

By  Rev.  M.  K.  Cbom,  of  Wayerly,  Iowa. 

I  was  struck  with  the  remark,  recent- 
ly made  by  an  earnest  Christian  wo- 
man :  "  Ihelieve  there  is  too  muchpreach- 
hhff.^  She  lived  in  one  of  our  small 
Western  towns,  containing  about  1,400 
inhabitants,  in  which  there  were  no  less 
than  eix  church  organizations,  and  ^yo 
respectable  church  edifices.  The  chief 
business  of  the  professing  Christians 
there  seemed  to  be,  to  be  preached  to, 
and  prayed  for,  twice  every  Lord^s  day. 

There  were  actually  eix  ministers  of 
the  gospel  engaged  in  the  work,  in  that 
little  town,  and  there  were  two  extra 
ministers  at  work  there,  at  the  time  of 
oar  visit  I  The  average  number  of  hear- 
ers, in  all  the  congregations,  was  between 
four  and  five  hnndred ;  only  a  fair  aver- 
age congregation  for  one  "  able  minister 
of  the  New  Testament" 


Within  a  few  miles  of  the  town  there 
were  at  least  as  many  more  people  who 
had  no  church  privileges,  or  only  an  oc- 
casional sermon  from  one  of  the  pastors, 
or  from  some  traveling  preacher.  These 
might  have  been  easily  gathered  into 
school-houses,  or  private  houses,  to  hear 
tl^e  words  of  the  Lord  and  be  direct- 
ed into  the  path  of  life.  Ought  not 
some  of  those  ministers  and  lay  mem- 
bers to  have  gone  out  into  the  highways 
and  hedges,  among  those  neglected 
ones,  to  impart  unto  them  some  spiritual 
gift,  instead  of  all  huddling  together  in 
one  place.  Sabbath  after  Sabbath,  with 
redundancy  of  preaching,  and  in  mere 
passive  recipiency  of  religious  instruc- 
tion ?  Can  it  be  according  to  the  will 
of  Christ,  who  came  to  seek  and  to  save 
that  which  was  loit,  that  a  few  should 
hear  the  gospel  message,  with  almost 
endless  repetition,  while  there  are  hun- 
dreds and  thousands  in  regions  not  very 


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far  beyond,  who  are  almost  wholly  des- 
titute of  religious  priyileges  ? 

Some  wiser  and  more  economical  dis- 
tribution of  ministerial  force  is  most 
urgently  needed,  and  is  coming  to  be, 
at  no  distant  day,  one  of  the  great 
problems  for  the  churches  to  solve. 
There  is  none  too  much  preaching  in 
the  aggregate ;  but  there  is  too  much 
in  certain  places,  while  there  is  not  half 
enough  in  many  others.  How  to  com 
pass  and  realize  that  true  equality  of 
labor,  by  which  all  shall  be  reached 
and  benefited,  is  the  grand  problem 
that  needs  to  be  solved. 

Two  brief  suggestions  are  offered : — 

1.  Evangelists,  of  the  old  school  and 
true  type,  to  publish  the  glad  tidings 
of  salvation  among  the  ignorant  and 
destitute,  are  wanted  everywhere. 

These  might  be  found,  to  some  ex- 
tent, among  the  superfluous  ministers, 
L  e.,  superfluous  where  they  now  are- 
five  or  six  in  one  small  village,  scarcely 
large  enough  for  a  single  pastor ;  and 
also  among  the  intelligent  lay  members 
of  the  churches,  who  really  need  this 
spiritual  exercise  for  their  own  healthy 
development,  and  for  their  personal 
edification,  as  well  as  to  "bear  much 
fruit "  to  the  glory  of  God. 

2.  Christians  and  ministers,  of  all  de- 
nominations, should  be  more  cautious 
in  organizing  churches  where  the 
ground  is  already  occupied  by  othera 
Even  to  organize  a  church  "  in  advance 
of  all  others,"  may  not  be  the  wisest 
policy,  unless  there  is  sufficient  conge- 
nial material  on  the  ground,  or  good 
reason  to  believe  that  there  soon  will 
be,  to  sustain  it.  Many  a  forlorn  and 
forsaken  enterprise  marks  the  unwise 
zeal  of  those  who,  simply  because  they 
were  first  on  the  ground,  assumed  that 
they  were  entitled  to  the  precedence  in 
church  organization.  If  Christians  of 
another  name  were  there  soon  after,  in 
greater  and  more  rapidly  augmenting 
force,  it  would  have  been  wiser  to  give 
way,  and  wait  till  the  time  had  clearly 
come  when  another  band  could  be  or- 


ganized with  good  promise  of  success. 
The  great  deficiency  of  men  and  means 
at  command,  calls  for  a  corresponding 
economy  and  discrimination  in  the  dis- 
position of  forces.  There  should  be  no 
strife,  or  as  little  as  possible,  between 
the  herdmen  of  the  different  families 
of  God's  people^  The  conciliatory  and 
magnanimous  spirit  of  Abram  is  greatly 
needed  in  this  business:  "Is  not  the 
whole  land  before  thee  f  If  thou  wilt 
take  the  left  hand,  then  I  will  go  to  the 
right ;  or  if  thou  depart  to  the  the  right 
hand,  then  I  will  go  to  the  left."  "  For 
we  be  brethren." 


Timely  and  Oenerooi  Gift. 

[A  worthy  and  devoted  Home  MissiaD- 
ary,  who  has  for  thirty  years  been  endur- 
ing hardness,  even  to  actual  suffering, 
"  footing  it/'  in  summer  and  winter,  over 
the  hills  and  valleys  of  a  retired  runl 
parish,  sends  us  the  following  letter, 
which  explains  itself. 

It  is  from  a  warm-hearted  Christian 
woman,  not  a  thousand  miles  from  New 
York  city ;  and  if  it  shall  incite  other 
sisters  in  able  churches  to  "  go  and  do 
likewise,"  we  can  name  equally  needy 
and  deserving  candidates  for  similar 
favors.] 

Beo,  Mr, , 


Dear  Sir : — In  a  conversation  with  you, 

at ,last  summer,  you  remarked  that 

you  should  be  very  thankful  (if  it  were 
best),  if  you  could  have  some  kind  of 
conveyande  to  use  in  your  pastoral  du- 
ties around  the  country.  It  seemed  to 
me  that  it  was  not  only  necessary  for 
your  comfort,  but  that  it  was  the  duty 
of  some  of  your  brothers  in  Christ  who 
are  able,  to  see  to  it  that  you  were 
spared  the  hardship  of  walking  such 
long  distances.  I  called  upon  a  num- 
ber of  the  members  of  our  church,  and 
received  from  them,  and  other  friends, 
a  sum  which  will  make  you  more  cmn- 
fortable  in  that  respect. 

My  husband  has  purchased  a  "top 
buggy,"  which  he  will  forward  to  you  to- 
morrow, together  with  a  box  contain- 


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ings  harness,  cushions,  mat,  and  a  robe, 
which  I  hope  you  will  find  as  warm  as 
the  hearts  which  sent  it. 

I  send,  inclosed,  a  draft  for  $ ,  a 

sum  which  we  hope  will  bo  sufficient 
to  buy  a  good,  gentle  horse,  pay  the 
freight  on  carriage  and  box,  and  leave 
a  trifle  over. 

Please  write  on  the  safe  receipt  of 
the  draft,  carriage,  and  contents  of  the 
box,  that  the  Mends  who  have  aided 
w  in  the  matter  may  know  that  I  have 
appropriated  their  donations  as  pro- 
posed, and  that  they  may  be  encour- 
aged to  assist  some  other  worthy  minis- 
ter. Hoping  that  you  will  live  many 
yetiB  to  enjoy  the  gift,  I  am,  etc. 


The  Pilgrim  Spirit 
I  daim  it  as  one  of  the  honors  of  the 
Pilgrim  spirit,  that  it  is  so  diffusive.  It 
began  in  protests,  non-conformities, 
separation.  It  might  have  been  pre- 
dicted that  it  should  be  narrow  in  its 
iphere,  isolated  in  itself  and  its  works, 
a  land  of  Goshen  in  the  midst  of  Egypt. 
Bat  it  has  proved  otherwise.  The 
principles  of  the  Pilgrims  have  mingled 
with  all  the  life  of  the  people  and  all 
U^  streams  of  our  history,  as  the  ele- 
ments of  soil  and  climate  mingle  with 
Tinejard  and  harvest.  They  have  come 
into  our  literature ;  they  have  expressed 
themselves  in  our  legislation,  they  have 
claimed  recognition  in  our  national  pol- 
ity, and  sought  the  incarnation  of  gov- 
onmental  institutions ;  they  have  pene- 
trated the  popular  thought  and  the 
ptiUic  sentiment ;  they  have  built  their 
monuments  thickly  ih>m  the  Atlantic 
to  the  Pacific,  and  are  thus  proved  to 
be  not  angular,  unsympathetic  and  im- 
practicable, but  magnetic,  penetrative 
leavening  forces,  possessing  more  and 
more  the  whole  lump  of  humanity. 

They  insist  on  equity  between  man 
tad  man,  nation  and  nation.  No  bar- 
gain gets  their  sanction  that  does  not 
render  fair  what  it  receives  a  just  and 
Meq[uivaknt 


They  demand,  in  their  own  ancient 
phrase,  worthy  to  be  written  in  let- 
ters of  gold  in  all  our  Senate  cham- 
bers—  "Equal  Laws  for  the  (General 
Good." 

They  exalt  the  worth  of  individual 
manhood,  and  admit  in  the  idea  of 
the  State  no  servile  and  no  privileged 
class. 

They  build  in  every  hamlet  in  the 
wilderness,  on  the  mountain  side,  in 
the  roughest  purlieus  of  social  life,  two 
solid  structures — ^the  school-house  and 
the  meeting-house;  ahd  station  in 
the  open  portals,  the  school-master  and 
the  gospel  preacher. 

Repudiating  the  old  dogmas  of  des- 
potism and  priestcraft,  that  light  is 
dangerous  for  the  masses  and  "  ignor- 
ance is  the  mother  of  devotion,"  and 
believing  instead  that  intelligence,  free- 
dom, religion  and  order  are  an  insepa- 
rate  sister  band,  they  lift  on  favored 
heights  the  tall  towers  of  mental  and 
moral  science,  raying  out  light  for  "  the 
life  that  now  is,  and  that  which  is  to 
come." 

On  every  sacred  dawn  they  repeat 
above  the  homes  of  man  the  authorita- 
tive words,  "Remember  the  Sabbath 
day  to  keep  it  holy." 

They  allow  but  one  sovereign  rubric 
for  faith,  worship,  and  practice, — the 
simplicity  of  the  word  of  God,  put  into 
every  man^s  hand,  and  taught  to  each 
babe  in  the  nursery. 

They  keep  God  on  the  throne — ^Au- 
thor  of  law.  Ruler  of  nature,  Guide  of 
providence ;  they  fill  the  life  with  his 
sovereign,  paternal  and  beneficent  pres- 
ence, and  find  the  true  dignity  of  man, 
and  his  happy  destiny,  here  and  here- 
after, in  that  he  is  a  child  of  God. 

These  principles  as  seeds,  and  their 
fruits  in  personal,  institutional,  and  or- 
ganic life,  mark  the  footprints  of  the 
Pilgrims  on  this  continent.  Where 
they  have  trod,  these  are  the  growths 
that  spring  up  behind  them  to  show 
their  paths  to  the  ftiture. — Beo.  A,  L, 


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Honor  the  Kinistry. 

Ministen,  deacons,  church  ol 
and  all  good  people,  should  be  carefid, 
by  word  or  act,  never  to  lower,  cheapen, 
or  make  offensiye  the  work  of  the  nun- 
istry.  And  they  should  take  pains  to 
deny,  refute,  and  blow  away  the  calum- 
ny, so  recklessly  uttered,  and  so  fool- 
i^y  spread,  that  the  children  of  min- 
isters and  deacons  have  been,  are,  or 
are  likely  to  be,  among  the  worst  in  the 
community.  All  facts  and  statistics 
prove  the  saying  false;  and  it  has 
scarcely  a  sure  footing  among  the  eoKep- 
turns  to  human  conduct  Two-thirds 
of  all  the  best  and  most  eminent  men 
in  every  worthy  calling,  in  America, 
have  descended  from  noteworthy  relig- 
ious men ;  and  a  minority  of  them  min- 
isters and  deacons. 

All  good  people  should  take  care  that 
the  ministerial  office  is  not  unnecessa- 
rily brought  into  disesteem  and  bad  re- 
pute, by  the  errors,  faults,  mistakes,  or 
deficiencies  of  some  who  have  unfortu- 
nately become  mimsters,  or  ceased  to 
be  such.  Now  and  then  there  is  one 
whose  character  is  unworthy ;  another 
who  has  mistaken  his  proper  calling ; 
another,  who,  without  sufficient  cause, 
has  left  his  sacred  duties  for  those  more 
secular;  and  another,  without  charge, 
who  is  waiting  to  be  employed.  These 
instances  are  few  in  the  comparison,  are 
exceptional  or  are  incidental  to  our  hu- 
manity, and  should  not  be  lifted  out  of 
their  small  proportions. 

All  Christian  parents,  including  es- 
pecially ministers  and  their  wives, 
should  refrain  from  those  remarks,  slurs, 
and  tokens  of  dissatisfaction,  which, 
amid  poverties,  denials,  rebuffs,  and 
difficulties,  they  sometimes  indulge  in, 
greatly  to  the  prejudice  and  injury  of 
ministers  and  their  sacred  calling. 

All  Christian  people  should  make  it 
manifest  that  they  revere,  honor  and 
love  the  work  of  the  mimster  of  Christ, 
and  the  minister  himself  on  account  of 
his  sacred  vocation.  They  should  vin- 
dicate it  as  being,  in  spite  of  its  self-de- 


nial, its  partial  obscurity,  its  non-lucra- 
tiveness,  and  its  frequent  lack  of  worid- 
ly  edat,  after  all  not  only  the  most  use- 
ful, but  the  noblest,  most  exalting,  en- 
riching, and  efficient,  of  all  our  divine 
or  human  callings. — The  Pae\fie, 


Immigration  and  Home  ]Di8ioii& 

The  great  modem  emigration  of  na- 
tions has  been  setting  steadily  toward 
America  from  every  side ;  and  not  the 
best  of  their  population  but  the  worst, 
the  revise,  has  been  brought  in  upon  us. 
Europe  has  degraded  her  people  by  cen- 
turies of  misrule  and  priestcraft  till 
they  are  dangerous  to  her  and  a  misery 
to  themselves ;  and  yet  by  an  irresisti- 
ble law  or  impulse  they  are  already  npon 
the  wide  prairies  and  clamoring  in  the 
open  labor  market  of  America.  This 
great  movement  reached  at  least  the 
commencement  of  its  climax  when  from 
the  other  side  of  us  came  not  the 
shrewd  cultivated  Chinese  merchant, 
but  the  poor  coolie,  the  last  result  of 
four  thousand  years  of  heathenism. 

Yet  this  which  we  call  the  working 
of  an  impersonal  law,  is  really  the  lead- 
ing of  God,  and  He  Ib  stirring  up  this 
great  modem  emigration  for  a  pmpoee 
to  make  us  the  greatest  Christian  nation 
of  the  world,  by  giving  us  the  greatest 
work  to  do,  and  the  greatest  motive  to 
compel  our  faithfulness.  The  next  hun- 
dred years,  perhaps  the  next  genera- 
tion, will  see  one  of  two  results.  If  the 
American  church  shall  zealously  take 
up  this  responsibility  and  work,  it  will 
be  itself  united,  consolidated,  and  vivi- 
fied, as  it  could  be  in  no  other  way. 
It  will  gather  to  itself  millions  of  the 
poor  and  ignorant,  that  class  of  which 
the  primitive  church  was  composed, 
that  class  from  which  must  be  built  the 
great  coming  Church  of  Christ  But 
if  American  Christianity  is  too  indolent 
and  cowardly  to  bear  its  God-given  re- 
sponsibility, the  immediate  result  will 
be  the  ballot  box,  public  opinion,  and 
government  swamped  by  crowds  of  ig- 


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Dorant  heathen,  sent  to  be  a  sayor  of 
life,  made  to  be  a  sayor  of  religions  and 
social  death. 

Christian  loye  and  Christian  patriot- 
ism both  demand,  that  during  these 
coming  years,  Home  Missions  shall  be 
doubled,  quadrupled.  In  a  word,  they 
must  keep  pace  with  the  glorious  work 
which  Gk)d  has  giyen  to  the  great  mis- 
sion land,  in  its  great  mission  genera- 
tion l—y.  F.  Evangelist, 
»•» 

Conducting  Heetings. 

What  a  blessing  it  would  be  if  eyery- 
hody  who  conducts  a  meeting  or  takes 
part  in  it  would  studiously  consider  be- 
forehand what  he  is  going  to  say  1  There 
has  been  too  much  purely  extemporized 
speaking  in  many  of  our  meetings.  A 
Inother  comes  fresh  from  the  pressure  of 
basiness  into  meeting,  feels  a  burden  up- 
on him  to  say  something,  especially  if 
there  is  a  pause ;  has  nothing  to  say,  and 
spends  fiye  or  ten  minutes  in  saying  it. 
Pressed  and  busy  though  he  may  haye 
been,  he  had  time  to  meditate  on  some 
ptasage  of  Scripture,  had  he  only  thought 
of  doing  so ;  some  passage,  perhaps, 
which  he  would  haye  found  a  comfort  to 
him  in  the  hurry  and  driye  of  his  busi- 
ness. There  is  no  apology  for  the  leader 
of  a  meeting  (especially  if  he  is  a  min- 
ister) uttering  extemporized  nothings, 
onless  called  on  without  a  moment^s  no- 
tice to  lead  the  meeting.  And  eyen 
then,  eyery  Christian  soldier  ought  to 
hare  at  least  one  round  of  ammunition 
ready  to  fire  off  in  good  order.  He 
ought  to  be  sure,  too,  that  it  is  not  a 
mere  blank  cartridge.  An  address  of 
ten  minutes  by  a  man  who  has  some- 
thing to  say,  knows  how  to  say  it,  and 
stops  when  he  is  done«  is  worth  the 
whole  day  of  unpremeditated  harangue. 
—8,  8.  Worhman, 


Home  Kffioiii  and  Sunday  Sohoolfl. 
A  missionary  of  the  American  Sun- 
day School  Union  in  Dlinois,  belieying 
that  much  greater  good  might  bo  done 
00  his  field  if  the  Home  Missionary 


would  follow  up  the  Sunday  school 
missionary,  inyited  one  to  labor  with 
him,  who  aided  in  the  organization  of 
two  Sunday  schools  and  in  a  protract- 
ed meeting,  and  who  afterward  wrote 
him  thus: 

"My  heart  is  greatly  interested  in 
the  people  for  whom  you  labor.  What 
can  be  done  for  them?  Railroads  do 
n^t  lift  them  up.  Their  present  relig- 
ious teachers  do  not  eleyate  them.  So 
ignorant,  so  self-satisfied,  so  sensitiye, 
with  such  low  yiews  of  Christianity, 
how  can  they  be  eyangelized?  I  fear 
little  can  be  done  far  the  parents.  If  the 
children  can  haye  good  Sunday  schools, 
there  is  hope  that  they  may  grow  up 
better  than  their  parents,  and  their 
children  better  still.  If  you  get  the 
children  instructed  and  conyerted,  tJiere 
is  hope  for  Egypt,  To  think  of  eighty 
children  in  one  district,  and  the  usual 
proportion  of  grown  people,  with  not  a 
single  family  altar,  and  scarcely  a  clos- 
et; with  almost  no  Bible-reading,  no 
Sunday  school,  and  religion  regarded 
only  as  a  machine  for  getting  people  to 
heayen  I  What  can  be  done  ?  I  shall 
be  happy  to  work  with  you." 

This  is  the  right  kind  of  co-operation. 


Change  of  Field.  — Key.  Henkt  D. 
Platt,  feeling  called  to  resume  the  pas- 
torate, has  resigned  the  Superintendency 
of  Home  Missions  for  Southern  Illinois. 
He  entered  on  that  office  in  April,  1868, 
and  has  performed  its  duties  to  the  entire 
satisfaction  of  the  Society. 

The  Committee  are  seeking  to  use  a 
wise  economy  in  the  matter  of  agencies, 
and  the  comparative  fewness  of  Congre- 
gational churches  in  Indiana  and  South- 
em  Illinois  seems  to  warrant  the  combin- 
ing of  these  two  districts,  though  the 
field  is  territorially  large. 

Until  the  exigencies  of  the  work  shall 
demand  another 'appointment,  therefore, 
both  Indiana  and  Southern  Illinois  will 
be  under  the  care  of  Rey.  Nath'l  A. 
Hyde,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  To  him  all  in- 
quiries concerning  either  district  may  be 
addressed. 


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APPOINTMENTS  IN  MARCH,  1871. 


Not  in  OonwUstion  Uut  year. 

Rev.  Stephen  B.  Johnson,  Winiield,  Kan. 

Bev.  James  D.  Liggett,  LeaTenworth,  Kan. 

Rer.  John  Amoll;  New  Proridence,  Union  and 
rlclnity,  Iowa. 

Bev.  Thomas  Bayne,  New  Hampton,  Iowa. 

Bev.  William  B.  Williams,  Fayette,  Iowa. 

Bev.  Bdward  S.  Hontress,  Sheboyjm  Falls.  Wis. 

Bev.  H.  A.  French,  Hartland  and  Oceola,  Mich. 

Bev.  Page  F.  McClelland,  Behewa,  Mich. 

Bev.  Oliver  Brown  (to  go  to  Missoori). 

Bev.  Lewis  C.  Lockwood,  New  Lots,  N.  Y. 

Bev.  Mason  Moore,  Harrlsville  and  BasW  Pit- 
calm,  N.Y. 

Se-oonuiUtrioned, 

Bev.  John  N.  Habhard,  Wheatland,  Waterioo  and 

two  out-stations,  CaL 
Bev.  Thomas  Donglass,  Fontenelle,  Neb. 
Bev.  Samael  L.  A&ir,  Osawatomie  and  vicinity, 

Kan. 
Bev.  John  M.  Barrows,  Arvonia,  Kan. 
Bev.  Walter  M.  Barrows,  North  Topeka,  Kan. 
Bev.  Thomas  Chafer,  Paola,  Kan. 
Bev.  Jacob  F.  Go  vton,  LousviUe,  Wamego,  Bock 

Creek  and  vicinity,  Kan. 
Bev.  Thomas  Jones,  Emporia,  Kan. 
Bev.  Calvin  S.  Shattnck,  Baxter  Springs,  Teimes- 

see  Prairie  and  vicinity,  Kan. 


Bev.  Ozro  A.  Thomas,  Albany  and  Ssbetha,  Kul 
Bev.  Bobert  S.  Armstrong,  Hamilton  and  Gnnd 

Meadow,  Minn. 
Bev.  Henry  S.  Clarke,  Genoa  Kniband  WffliifflB- 

bni|E,Iowa. 
Bev.  Dndley  B.  Eells,  Lneas  Grove,  Seventj-dx, 

and  three  ont-stations,  Iowa. 
Bev.  Albert  Manson,  Qoasqueton,  Iowa. 
Bev.  Montgomery  M.  Wakeman,  Elkader  aod 

Farmersbnrg,  Iowa. 
Bev.  Edwin  K  Webber,  Dnnmt,  Iowa. 
Bev.  Sidney  B.  Demarest,  Windsor  aod 

Wis. 

Bev.  Edward  Morris,  Center,  Wis. 
Bev.  Jacob  M.  Ashley,  Bradv,  Mich. 
Bev.  Bdmnnd  W.  Borden,  Clio,  Mich. 
Bev.  Stephen  O.  Bryant,  Colombns,  MldL 
Bev.  Philander  H.  Hollister,  Hancock,  Mich. 
Bev.  John  T.  Hosted,  Bansom,  Mich. 
Bev.  Joeiah  G.  SchaeflTer,  WhitehiOl,  Mich. 
Bev.  Alanson  St.  Clair.  Shelby,  Mich. 
Bev.  Israel  Carleton,  Utica  and  Meadville,  Mo. 
Bev.  Thomas  W.  Davies,  Dawn.  Mo. 
Bev.  William  S.  Hills,  Bevier,  Mo. 
Bev.  James  T.  Banning,  Utica,  IlL 
Bev.  Samnel  Porter,  Crete  and  Matteson,  HL 
Bev.  Samnel  F.  Stratton,  Wyanet  Bl. 
Bev.  Abraham  W.  Allen,  Baiting  Hollow,  N.  T. 


RECEIPTS  m  MARCH,  1871. 

The  following  statement  includes  the  amount  paid  directly  into  the  Treasnry,  togeUMrvitk 
those  reported  by  Anxiliaries,  as  expended  in  their  fields  during  the  last  missionaij  year. 
The  snms  expended  by  Auxiliaries  within  their  boonds  are  marked  (*). 


MAINE— 
Maine  Missionary  Society, 


n5,m46 


600 

80  70 
100 
500 


Bangor,  ''  A  Friend  to  the  needy  Home 
M&sionary," 

Gardiner,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  Bev. 
A.  L.  Park, 

Jackson,  John  McKinley, 

Waldoboro\  Mrs.  H.  H.  LoveD, 
NEW  HAMPSHIBE— 

New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society.    *7,661  08 

New  Ipswich,  Legacy  of  Lavinia  Fletch- 
er, by  H.  A.  Blood,  ex.,  to  const.  Henry 
A.  Blood  and  Miss  Mary  J.  Blood 
L.  Ms.,  00  00 

Pelham,  on  account  of  Legacy  of  Miss 
Abiah  Cotter,  by  D.  Atwood,  ex.,  410  00 

VBBMONT— 

Vermont  Dom.  Missionary  Society,      •9,510  77 

Berlin,  Mrs.  Betsey  Hobart,  5  00 

Peacham,  Ezra  C.  Chamberlin.  to 
const.  Miss  Laura  B.  Chamberlin  a 
L.  M.,  80  00 

MASSACHUSBTTS- 

.  Home  Missionary  Sode^,         ^18,876  21 
.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by  8.  T.  Fftr- 
well,Treas.,  „,,       8,000  00 

Amherst,  Z.  M.  PhclpB,  to  const  Sidney 
Morse  Gladwin  a  L.  M.,  _ 

Fitchbuig,  Mrs.  Stephen  W.  Dole,  to 
const.  Herbert  H.  Dole  a  L.  M.,  $80; 


80  00 


a  Friend,  $4, 
rs.  J. 


,^^  84  00 

Hadley,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Porter  and  family,  8  00 

Hatfield,  Legacy  of  Miss  Sophia  Smith, 

by  Q.  W.Hubbard,  ex.,  ^    2,000  00 

HaverhUl,  Legacy  of  Dea.  S.  Chase,  by 

C.  W.  and  R.  S.  Chase,  exs.,  500  00 

Lavn^ce,  Mrs.  H.  M.  Chase,  2  00 

Massachusetts,  a  Friend,       .  800  00 

Newburyport,Mr8.  J.  H.  Spring,  60  00 

Newton  Oenter,  a  Member  of  Bev.  D.  L. 

Furt>er'sCh.,  «^       «       v       ^  ^ 

Shelbume  Falls,  Ladies'  Char.  Soc.,  by 

Mrs.  B.  B.  Mirick,  Sec..  ^     2  00 

Springfield,  "Unabridged,"  1,000  00 

Westford,  Union  Parish  Con.,  byN.  B. 

Nicholf ,  8  15 


West  Boyalton,  Bev.  W.  Johnson,  1 00 

BHODEISLAND- 

Bhode  Idand  Home  Missionary  Soc,  n,OK00 
CONNECTICUT— 
Conn.  Home  Missionary  Society,        *1S,119  S 
Connecticut,  L.  F.  J.,  60  00 

Ellsworth,  on  account  of  Legacy  of  Sam- 
uel E.  Everett,  by  C.  M.  rawms,  ex.,  %,W  55 
— ^__^  ,« .  « gjd 

800 


Hartford,  Vincent  Mc 

Killingworth,  Mrs.  A.  V ^ 

MUf oA,  Firat  Cong.  Ch.,  by  B.  1^.  Piatt, 

TreasM  3ww 

Mount  Carmel,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  M.  A.  Bas- 

sett,  Treas.,  to  const  L.  A.  Didier 

man  a  L.  M»  46 10 

New  Haven,  Faculty  of  Yale  College,  by       ^ 

Bev.  T.  D.  Woolsey,  D.  D.,  815  00 

A  Lady  in  the  Center  Ch.,  $6;  W.  C. 
Oonant,|80,        .        -^ '-^  ^^ 

New  London,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W. 

H.  Chapman,  688  51 

Norwalk.  a  Friend,  $1;  M.  C.  KellMS, 

$8,byT.S.Bradner,  400 

Norwich,  Second  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

by  E.  Learned,  of  which  fSOO  from 


John  F.  Slater;  $80  ftam  Mrs.  H.  P. 
Williams,  to  const  Miss  EmmcUne 
Palmer  a  L.  M., ;  $80  from  8.  C.  Moi^ 
gan,  to  const  Mrs.  Mary  C.  Morgan        _ 
aL.M.,  1,1*00 

Plainfleld,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  D. 
Avery,  Treas.,  to  const  W.  E.  Cobb  a       ^ 

l.m:,  »W 

Boxbury^_Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc^  by  A.  W. 

Fenn,  Treas.,  to  const  Bexmett  S. 

Preston  a  L.  M., 
Slmsbnry,  Ladies  of  the  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Mrs.  Watson  Wilcox, 
South  Manchester,  Mrs.  A.  Hale, 
Southport,  F.  Marquand, 
Stratford,  Gen.  Q.  Loomis,  by  O.  B. 

Kingsbury, 
Talcottville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Talcott  Bro- 
thers, to  const  G.  G.  Griswold,  H.  W. 

Charter,  J.  Hlinffworth,  NellisFrendi, 

and  B.  Pierce,  L.  Ms., 


88  00 

800 
150 
TOCO 

880 


166  00 


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IWW  YORK— 

Becdred  by  Ber.  L.  8.  Ho1>art ; 
Briatol,  Cong.  Ch.,  $9  80 

Onondagm  'Viney,  W.  Sal>ine, 

|5:O.Dickii»OD.$l,  6  00 

PftriiliTille,  Ckmg.  Ch.,  10  00 

PricndsT  7  00 

RichvUle,  Cong.  Ch.,  5  00 

Adams,  Mn.  L.  Wright,  |1J5;  Mn. 
Lorina  KeUogg,  SOc,  by  Mrs.  L.  Kel- 
logg, 

Allegany,  lOafllon  Ch.,  Indian  Beserra- 

^tlon,  byRer.  J.  Plen^ 

Baiting  Hollow,  Cong.  cL,  $5;  Kev.  A. 
W.  AUen,  $».»>,  by  Bev.  A.  W.  Al- 

B^lyn,^^|^<Am  C*.,  by  T.  F.  Stod- 

C.  L.  MltchdL 
Bast  PhanaliaTFirBt  Cong.  Ch.,  by  D. 

L.  Baymond, 
JamesTiUe  and  Middle  Granrille,  Wdah 
^Cong.  Chs.,  by  Bev.  8.  Jones, 
Madrid,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  G.  8tta8en- 

boigh, 
Malone,  on  account  of  Legacy  of  L.  8. 

Cotton,  by  Q.  C.  Cotton,  adm., 
Middletown,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  8. 
^8.^nkliiig,^roas., 
New  York,  iTFriend, 


New  York  City, , 

C%.,  (previonaly  ackn.,  11,768.48,1 
N.  KlhneT,  $50:  C.  N.BUas,  to  co: 
himaL.ft,>8i, 

O.  W.  Coe,  ^Mlss  Shaw,  |5j  W. 
C.  H.,  $^;  A  Friend,  $5;  A  lady 


BroaOwxif  Tabtmade 

.4fi,)  C. 

const 


Friend.  $«L 
k.  Pint  Cong. 


141.46;  Bay. 
.47,  by  Ber. 


Norfolk,  First  CoDg,  Ch., 

mondTHle,  Cong.  Ch.,  ' 

W.  W.  Warner. 
Phoenix,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  B. 

P^dns, 
Potsdam  function.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Be?.  G.  Hardy. 
Utica,  Legacy  of  John  Griffiths,  by  John 

QrllB3!8,Jr.,Ex.. 
Warsaw,  Sabbath  School  of  the  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  H.  A.  Hetcalf, 
WeUsTiBe,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  C.  H. 

Fisher, 
West  Brook,  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Ber.  8.  NVBobinson, 
Wilmington  and  Upper  Jay,  Cong.  Chs., 

by  Ber.  T.  Watson, 

NIW  JBB8EY<- 
Bloomfleld,  M.  B.  C, 
Bliaabeth,  W.  waUams, 
Bliaabethport,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev. 

8.  B.  BossiUsr,  » 

M ontclalr.  on  account  of  Legacy  of  Ze- 
_nas  Baldwin,  by  N.  O.  Baldwin,  ex., 
NewariOCr.  and  Mrs.  8.  C.  Baldwin,  by 

Ber.  W.  B.  ftxywn, 

PBNNSYLVANIA— 

„  Creek  Station,  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
.  8.  Bowland, 

VIBOmiA— 
Hcmdon,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  L.  T.  Bur- 
bank, 

OHIO- 

Becelred  by  Ber.  L.  Kelsey : 
Colunbus,  John  J.  DaYles,  $9  00 

Four  Corners,  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

C.B.Cookr  8  80 

Waoseon,  Cong.  Ch.,  in  part 
^    brBeT.D.DTWaugh,  40  00 

BowHng  Qreen,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  C. 


K?. 


87  80 

176 

18  00 

780 

0196 
10  00 

700 

700 

6  10 

100  00 

90  00 
100  00 

100  00 

45  00 

46  99 

19  00 
90  60 

100  00 
90  60 
97  70 

18  00 
660 

900 
90  00 

19  00 
409  75 

10  00 

696 
600 


Irons, 


Ch.,  $06.60 ;  Monroe, 
Ber.  H.  Geer, 


Cong.  Ch.,  1^  by  Ber.  H.  Geer, 
Jota^on.  6ong.  Ch.,  $7.75;    Mecca, 

Cong.  Ol,  $ia75 :  Vernon,  Cong.  Ch., 
_  WSl  by  Ber.  J.  B.  Darison, 
I^  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  F.  D.  KelMy, 


45  90 
96  00 
9160 


99  00 
18  10 


WU 


Paddy*8  Ban,  Legacy  of  William  Jones, 

by  Abner  Francis,  ex., 
Sheffield,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  Day, 
SUoam,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  J.  A.  Daries, 
Tallmadge,  Mrs.  AblgaU  A.  Feim,  $1 ; 

Ber.  8.  W.  Segur.  #1;  Mrs.  8.  W.  8e- 

r,  $9;  Willie  B.  Segur,  $1,  by  8. 
Segur, 
Wellington,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  J. 
Ogden, 

INDIANA- 
Angola,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  B.  Halliday, 
Hart  Township,  Cong.  Ch..  $10;  Mont- 
omery,  Cong.  Ch.,  $10,  by  Bev.  L. 
iTilson, 
Kokomo,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  D.  J.  Bald- 
win, 

ILLINOIS— 

Beceived  by  Bev.  H.  D.  Piatt: 
Boon  Gap,  Cyrus  Bice,  $5  00 

Bunker  HDl,  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const. 
S.8.ClarkaLrM.,  89  00 

Avon,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  H.  B.  Swift, 

Crete,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  $5 ;  Bev.  8.  Por- 
ter, $1,  by  Bev.  8.  Porter, 

(Jaleeburgh,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  B.  Jen- 
ney,  Troas., 

La  Harpe,  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const  Dea.  L. 
C.  Maynard  a  L.  M.,  by  Bev.  D. 
Gore, 

Shirland,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  8.  Penfleld, 

Victoria,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  B.  F.  Has- 
kins, 

MI8SOTJBI— 
Webster  Groves,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  B. 

Plant.  Treas., 
Wellsvule,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  J. 

8.  Bounce, 

MICHIGAN— 
Beceived  by  Bev.  W.  B.  Williams : 
Adrian,  Cong.  Ch.,  coll.  in 

part,  $9500 

Almont,  lines  Barrows,  60 

Clinton,  Cong.  Ch.,  90  80 

Bast  Saginaw,  Cong.  Ch.,  15  00 

Bdwar^burgh,  Cong.  Ch.,  98  90 

Galesburgh,l:?ong.  Ch.,  99  00 

Leroy,  Cong.  Ch.,  coll.  in  part,     6  80 
Litchdeld,  sabbath  School  of 

Cong.  Ch.,  90  00 

PontiM^  Cong.  Ch.,  84  00 

Salem,  Cong.  Ch»  6  60 

"nmmit,  Cong.  Ch.^  19  85 


'  Beceived  by  Bev.  F.  B^Doe : 
Bosendale,  Cong, 
bath  School,  |9.64, 


100  00 
96  16 
400 


600 

89  90 

680 

90  09 
800 


44  00 
17  80 

600 

89  00 


8195 
18  00 


400 


86  90 
500 


Summit.  Cong.  Ch., 

Union  City,  Gong.  Ch.,  coll.  in 

Boceivei  by  Bev.  Leroy  Wairen . 

Benzonia.  Cong.  Ch.,  $90  00 

Baston,  Cong.  Ch..  "'  "" 

Almira,  Cong.  uIl,  $5.96;  Blm- 

wood.  Cong.  Ch.,  $8.66,  by 

Bev.  A.  H.  I>ean, 
Croton,  Con^Ch.,  bjr  Bev.  B.  Fnrness, 

fS?Y 

Machin, 
Grass  Lake.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  J.  Swift, 

by  Bev.  T.  Towler, 
Ithaca,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  B.  W. 

Shaw, 
Jackson,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  L. 

M.  Hunt, 
Olivet,  Young  Men*s  Christian  Assoc 

of  Olivet  o^ege,  by  H.  N.  Hoyt, 

WISCONSEf— 
Beceived  by  Bev.  D.  Clary : 


9  00    106  86 


14  00     84  00 


ton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  B.  Fumess, 
T,_Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  C.  N.  Coulter, 
t  Bock,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  C. 


Milwaukee,  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Cole- 
man, to  consCBev.  John  L.  Dudley 
aL.M., 


Ch.,  $84.60;  8ab- 


Avoca  and  Musobda,  Cong.  Chs.,  by  Rev. 

J.Jameson, 
Beaver  Dam,  First  Presb.  Ch.,  by  A. 

Clark, 


801 
500 
800 

90  00 

16  00 

14  00 

80  00 

14  00 


100  00 

44  14 
10  60 
14  76 


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THE    HOME    MISSIONARY. 


May,  1871. 


Bloomfield,   Cong.   Ch.,  $1B.47;  Ber. 

F.  J.  DoogltM,  $9.08,  by  Ber.  P.  J. 

DongltM, 
HortonviUe,  Cong.  Ch.,  bj  Rer.  O.  P. 

Clinton, 
New  Chefter.  Pint  Cong.  Ch.,  $1.88 ; 

Ber.  J.  W.  Perfclni  and  family,  $8.17, 

by  Rev.  J.  W.  Perklni, 
Oakfleld,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  L.  P.  Nor- 

croes. 
Oak  Hill 


and  Reedsbnigh,  Cong.  Cha., 
•  Dai.  or  coll.,  by  Rer.  H.  H.  Hlnnuin, 
Pleasant  HiU,  Freab.  Ch.,  by  Ber.  A. 

Pinkeiton, 
Riyer  Falla,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  P.  Wdd, 


IOWA— 

Received  by  Rer.  J.  Gnemtey,  D.  D.: 
Marion,  Cong.  Ch., 

Bentonsport,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  A.  Far- 
well, 

Cedar  Falla,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  C. 
Qibba, 

Chester,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  A.  Carter, 

Deeorah,  Qerman  Britn.  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
Rev.  C.  F,  Veita, 

Flint  Creek,  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
E.  Griffith, 

Laniring,  Rev.  H.  H.  Sallenbach, 

Logan,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G.  G. 
Poage, 

MitchcU,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  W.  L. 
Coleman, 

Nora  Springs,  Cqog.  Ch.,  $4.80;  Ply- 
month,  (xnig.  Ch.,  $8:  Shell  Rock 
FaUs,  CongTch.,  $8io;  by  Rev.  J.  D. 
Mason, 

Pine  Creek,  Qerman  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
J.  Schneider, 

Rockford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L.  War- 
ner, 

Salem,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  8.  Barris, 

Tipton,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  G.  8.  Bis- 
coe, 

MINNESOTA— 
Fairmoont,  Cong.  Ch.,  Rev.  O.  P.  Cham- 

plin, 
Anoka,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  K. 

Padou^ 
KAN8AS- 
Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Merrill : 

Topeka,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll., 
Wyandotte,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E. 

A.  Harlow, 

NEBRASKA— 
MUford,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T.  N. 
Skinner,  ' 

COLORADO- 
Central  City,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  8.  F. 
Dickinson, 

WYOMING  TERRITORY— 
Cheyenne,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev,  J.  D.  Da- 
vis, 
CALIFORNIA— 
Hydesville,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
L.  W.  Wlnslow, 

HOME  MISSIONARY, 

Expended  daring  the 
year  by  the  Auxilia- 
ries named,  $6T,96B  47 

Received  at  this  office 
in  March,  1871,  90,966  IS 


96  00 
800 

600 
16  00 
100 

not 

16  60 

Toa 

86  11 

89  76 
9118 

600 

900 
400 

600 

18  00 


16  80 
8  40 


19  80 
760 


19  99 


796 
807 


100  00 
90  00 


18  86 


10  10 


10  00 


Park8l,Ch.andSoe.(pttsyloju:ijacka^ 

$1,648.0Kl  84  00 

Shawmut  Ch,  and  Soe,^  TOO  00 

Braintree.  First  Cong,  and  8oc,  800 
Brookfleld,  Conference,  $98.17 ;  Brook/Uld 

Ch.  and  So<L,  $164.87;  Holland.  Mrs.  C. 

W.  Wallace,  L.  M.,  $80.00r%ekham, 

Ch.  and  Soc.,  $86.14;  Bonthbridge,  to 

const  Bev.  E.  L.  Jaggar  a  L.  D..  $156.10; 

Less,  for  printing  hist,  disc,  $80J»,  878  OB 

Carlisle,  Ch.  and  Soc,  8  60 

Cherryiield,Maiae,  John W.  Coffin,  60 00 

Fall  River,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  S7  10 

Foxboro\  A  Friend,  8  50 
Gloacester  Harbor,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

to  const  Miss  Nellie  Btema  and  Miss 

Ellen  Proctor  L.  Ms.,  141 55 
Hingham,  Cli.  and  Soc,  to  const  Isaac 

C.  l>amon  a  L.  M.,  85  BO 

Leicestw.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  BIB  86 

Linebrook,  H.M.  S.,  Mrs.  Potter,  Treas.,  7  00 

Lowell,  A.  G.  Steams,  8  00 

Medfleld,  A  Friend,  700 

Oonff,  Ch.  and  Soe.,  48  88 

Newboryport,  WhU^MUi  Ch.  and  Soe.,  77 14 

North  Ch. and asc,  BBIB 

New  Salem,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  10  00 

Orleans,  mon.  con.  for  1870,  86  00 

PhillipstoD,  A  Friend,  5  00 

Cong.  Ch.  and  Soe.^  88  58 

Rntlaid,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  89  10 
Salisbury  and  Amesboiy,  Cong.  Ch.  and 

Soc,  1188 

Shotesbnrr,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  1 00 

SoQth  Amhcant,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  86  00 

Storbridgvpong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  101 85 

Taunton,  Whittenton  Ch.  and  Soc,  100 10 

Wareham,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  91 71 

West  Boylston,  Miss  Adeline  Flagg,  5  00 

Worcester,  Old  South  Ch.  and  Soc,  68  00 


96  00 
99  96 


$88,007  69 

Becdpts  qf  the  McutachweUt  Home  MUtknuny 
Society,  in  March^  STEFHm  T.  Fabwxll, 
Treasurtr. 

Athol,  CoDg.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

Amherst,  Second  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

Beverly,  Mre.  Rebecca  Conant, 

BostoiL  A  Friend, 
Highlands,  Vine  8t.  Ch.,  mon.  con., 


$172  68 

10  00 

6  00 

100  00 


$9.880  45 

Seeeipte  qf  the  Connetticia  Home  MUskmary  So- 
ciety, in  March^  E.  W.  Pabsons,  Treae, 

East  Avon,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  N.  Thomp- 
son, $8000 

Jewett  City,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  T.  L. 
Shipman,  14  00 

Lisbob,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  Lovett.  6  10 

Middle  Haddam,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  8.  North,       6  86 

New  Haven,  Third  Cong.  Ch.  by  F.  T. 
Jarman,  60  66 

Sonthbnry,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  A.  B. 
Smith,  to  const  Joeeph  T.  Mnnn  and 
Mrs.  Julia  A.  Munson  L.  Ms.,  88  85 

Stoninaton,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  B. 

TrumbuU,  Cong.  Ch^  by  N.  T.  Merwin,  87  40 

Vernon,  Bev.  A.  8.  Chesebrough,  6  00 

Westbrook,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  Bucknell,  85  74 

Westford.  Cong.  Ch.  J>y  C.  Whiton,  16  50 

Wethersfleld,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  Loveland,  284  65 

$734  91 

DonaHont  qf  Ckfthinff,  etc 
Bristol,  B.  L,  Ladies'  Mlse.  Soc  of  First 

Cong.  CtL,  by  Miss  C.  Maria  Shepard,  a 

bundle. 
East  Hartford,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Sewing  Soc. 

of  North  District  by  Miss  Hattie  T. 

Kilbonme,  a  barrel, 
Hadley,  Mass.,  Mrs.  James  B.  Porter  and 

ftoiily,  a  box. 
New  Haven,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Soc  of  Third 

Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.  Beebe,  Sec,  a  box 

and  oarrdL 
New  York  01^  Ladies  of  the  Broadway 

Tabemade  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  8.  B.  Leavitt,  a 

trunk, 
Shelbume  Falls.  Mass.,  Ladles  of  the 

Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  B.  B.  Mirid^  a  bar- 
rel. 
SimsDury,  Conn.,  Ladies  of  the  Cong.  Ch. 

and  Soc,  by  Mrs.  Dr.  Simeon  ShurtUfl; 

abarrel. 


C.  F.  Bray, 


86  00  Stonington,  Conn.,  Ladies  of  the  Second 
10  00  j    Cong.  Ch.,  two  barrsla  and  caah. 


$65  00 
74  78 

408  91 

180  80 

64  86 

6418 
800  00 


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MISSIONARY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  Clothing,  sent  directly  and  without  any  particular  designation,  to  the 
office  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  such  mi8sion^ 
ames  as  are  known  to  be  most  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  to 
uwae  who  receive  them,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  individual  or  association,  intending  to 
prepare  a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  missionary  designated,  and  a 
detailed  account  of  the  circum8tanc«s  of  his  family  given,  the  information  is  not  always 
at  hand,  so  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when 
it  is,  it  not  unfrequently  happens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  the  missionary  re 
mains  for  months  unsupplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  might  be 
furnished  with  articles  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  In 
other  cases,  while  the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from 
other  sources,  so  that  when  the  box  is  ready,  tliis  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want 
IS  manpr  others. 

It  IS  preferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors, 
that  the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  in- 
dividual in  particular,  should  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Society, 
o/t^r  they  reach  the  office.  It  is  believed  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  the 
designs  of  those  who  generously  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which 
the  Society  can  have  an  agency. 

DIRECTIONS  FOR  FORWARDING. 

1.  Put  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  a 
l*per  or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  with  the  name  of  the  in- 
dividual or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the  individual  to 
whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent. 

2.  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  the  box  should  be  sent  in  a 
ietter  to  the  office  of  the  Society.  This  copy  should  state  the  estimated  value  of  the 
contents,  and  the  size  of  adults,  with  the  ages  and  sex  of  children,  for  whom  the 
clothing  is  intended.  The  letter  should  also  state  when,  and  by  what  conveyance, 
the  box  was  forwarded,  and  in  it  should  be  inclosed  such  money  as  is  intended  for 
the  payment  of  freight.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  provided  for  in  all 
cases,  if  practicable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  $3  to  $6,  accord- 
ing to  its  0ize  and  the  distance  it  is  sent.  A  barrel  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense 
than  a  box  of  the  same  size. 

8.  The  box  should  be  fully  and  plainly  marked,  and  the  place  from  trhieh  it  comee 
should  AtWATB  appear  on  the  otUside,  so  that  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening 
it  at  the  office..  It  should  be  strong,  tight,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  m 
booped,  or  otherwise  fully  secured  against  the  effects  of  hard  usa^e  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor 
Place,  New  York. 

NO  PART  OF  A  MISSIONARY'S  SALARY. 

Boxes  of  clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriation.  The 
Society  needs  the  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptly  its 
stipulations  with  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  be  no 
fiivor  to  a  missionary  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  bmount  of  money 
that  would  otherwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionally  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to 
it  that  they  give  none  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  giving  other  things 
that  are  needful  and  convenient.  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  sympathies  will 
be  so  awakened  in  the  preparation  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be 
their  privilege,  not  only  to  continue,  but  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

SUGGESTIONS  AS  TO  THEIR  CONTENTS. 

In  rt^rd  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box,  while  clothing  of  woollen  or  linen 
^rics,  shoes,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  be  specially  valuable,  scarcely 
tny  thing  in  the  shape  of  phiin«  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  whicu 
is  of  common  use  in  any  form  in  a  family,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  forks, 
spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of  cotton,  a  skein  of  yam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles, 
ft  cake  of  wax,  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a  thimble,  a  tumbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skimmer,  or  a 
pepper  box,  need  not  be  left  out. 

When  articles  of  clothing  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  which 
boxes  are  sent,  missionaries  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  other 
that  almost  every  tiling  which  a  box  may  contain  is  turned  to  good  account. 


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MAY,  187L 

FOBTT-FIFTH  AnnVESSAET. 

Tlie  Aknivbbsart  Sebmon  of  tlie  American  Home  Miseionarj  Society  will  be 

S readied  in  the  Broadway  Tabernacle  Church,  Sixth  Avenue,  comer  of  84th  street, 
7  Kev.  Prof.  Samuel  C.  BakTlett,  D.U,,  of  Oiicago,  111.,  on  Sabbath  Evening, 
May  7,  at  7^  o'clock. 

The  Annual  Meetings  will  be  held  at  the  rooms  of  the  Society,  in  the  Bible  House, 
on  Wednesday  afternoon.  May  10,  at  4  o'clock. 

APPLICATIONS  FOR  AID. 

Feeble  congregations,  desiring  aid  in  supporting  the  gospel,  are  requested,  in 
their  applications,  to  make  full  statements  of  their  condition  and  prospects,  and  of 
the  reasons  for  granting  their  requests.  They  are  desired,  also,  to  furnish  the 
following  particulars,  namelr : 

The  population  of  the  plaee. 

The  name  of  the  church  or  cmigregatlon. 

The  number  of  communicants,  and  the  average  number  of  attendants  on  pub- 
lic worship. 

The  denomination  and  size  of  congregations  immediately  contiguous,  with  the 
distance  to  their  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  which  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  given  time,  and  the 
arrangemeftts  that  are  made  for  securing  it. 

Whether  aid  is  expected  irota  any  other  source. 

ITie  leaH  amount  that  will  suiHee  from  this  Society. 

The  name  in  full  and  post-office  address  of  the  minister  for  whom  a  commissloa 
is  desired. 

His  creotentials. 

Whetlier  he  is  a  resident  of  the  place  in  'which  he  preaches,  and  is  engaged  in 
any  other  calling  than  that  of  the  ministry. 

Whether  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  church,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangenests 
are  made  or  contemplated  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  the  year. 

The  application  i^bould  be  signed  by  the  officers  of  the  church,  and  by  the 
trustees  or  a  committee  of  the  congregation. 

If  the  ecclesiastical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  have  a  "  Com- 
mittee of  Missions  "  to  act  in  their  l^ehalf ,  the  members  of  this  Committee  ate  the 
proper  pers(His  to  certify  the  stat^nents  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  nunister, 
and  his  prospects  of  usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  services  are  desired ;  and  the 
application  luionld  be  sent  to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  reconunendatlon. 
Where  no  such  "  Committee  of  Missions"  exists,  the  applidition  should  receive  the 
indorsement  of  two  or  more  neighboring  clergymen,  of  the  eamo  denomination, 
acquainted  with  the  facts. 

Applications,  after  being  properly  indorsed  and  recommended,  sliould  be  sent  to 
the  Superintendent  (or  Secretary  of  tne  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  appli- 
cants reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriations  are  for  twelve  months  from  the  date  of  the 
application  ;  at  the  end  of  wnicli,  if  further  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must 
be  made,  containing  all  the  particulars  above  stated,  and  indorsed  and  recommended 
in  like  manner. 

EacJi  congregaUon  appHyiiig  for  renewed  aid,  shouldfumUh,  also,  the  certijUaU 
of  tlie  mimonary  tliat  they  Ihaue  fiUfllled  their  previovs  pledges  for  his  support. 

The  address  of  the  Society's  Superintendents  and  the  Secretaries  of  its  Auxil- 
iaries will  he  found  on  the  cover  of  its  Reports  and  of  the  Home  Missionary, 

THE  HOME  mSSIOVABT. 

The  Home  Mistnonary  will  be  sf^nt  gratuitously  to  the  fbllowing  classes  of  in- 
dividuals, unless  they  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers : 

To  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Missionaries  of  the 
Society  and  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clergyman  in  whose  congregation  a  ci^ection 
is  taken  up  every  year  for  the  Society,  or  one  of  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  indiTidnal 
who  contributes  ten  dollars,  or  upward,  during  the  year.  To  eveiy  Auxiliary,  Asso- 
ciation,  or  Congregation,  on^  copy  for  every  ten  dcilars  collected  and  paid  into  tlie 
Treasury  of  the  Society,  or  of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  confer  a  special  favor  by  availing  himself  of  the  fiMilltkc 
offered  above  to  introduce  the  Home  Missionary  among  his  people. 

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PAGB 

LOSS  AND  GAIN  OF  THE  HOME  MIS- 
SIONARY  SERVICE, 26 

MISSIONARY  INTELLIGENCE. 

California.— Fr6n»  Jtet.  J.  H,  Warren.— 

Entera  New  Territory, 29 

Dakota.— From   Her.   8.   Shddon,  Elk 
Point.— Man  and  Uorao  Still  Going.— 

Early  Fruits.— That  Box, .30 

Kansas.— From  Hev.  R.  D,  Parker^  Man- 
hattan.— Church  Goes  Alone, 81 

From  Rev.  H.  E.  Woodcock,  Tongauoxlc. 

— Worsifl.iing  in  a  Saloon, 92 

From  R^,  V.  A.  Richardmn,  Wokaruea. 

—Revival.— Church  Organized 83 

Minnesota.— From  R^.  A.  C.  IxUhrop, 
Olcnwood.— New  Scandinavia.— Hard 

Drlnkeni, 88 

From    Rev.  S.  H.  KeUogg,   Glencoe.— 

Feeding  the  Hungry, 88 

From  Sev.  C,  8hedd.  Wai3ioja.— Work  of 

Grace.— Power  of  Special  Prayer 84 

Ic^ira. — From  Rtft.  O.  Emenon^  Sabnla.— 

Still  on  hia  Travel*. 35 

From  Rev.  J.  D.  Sandf^  Belmond.— A 

Ttumkfn]  Heart, 85 

From  Ret.  M.  M.  Wakeman^  National.- 
Elkader — A  Boston  Notion, 86 


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Wisconsin.— From  Rev.  O.  P.  Clinton, 
Menasha.— Valedictory, 87 

From  Rev.  S.  E.  LcUhrop,  Viroqua.— Get- 
ting Started,  87 

From  Rer.  A.  Pinkerton,  Orion.— Sick- 
ness and  Death.— Goodness  and  Mercy.  88 

From  Rev.  N.  Mayne,  Potoi»i.— Labors 

Blessed, 39 

Michigan.— From  Rev.  J.  R.  Bonney, 
Bronson.— A  Way  to  Help  the  Treas- 
ury,  39 

From   Rev.   E.    Andrwt^    Pentwater.— 

Spiritual  Refreshing, 39 

Missouri.— From  Rev.  W.  R.  Seaver,  Se- 
dal  la.— Sacrifices  for  Self -Support, 40 

From  Rev.  L.  M.  Pierce,  Glenwood.— 
Grateful, 40 

MISCELLANEOITS.  - 

The  StTPBBINTENDKNTS, 41 

Backsltdebs  Reclaived, 48 

Decease  of  Miss  Eliza  North, 48 

Pastor  Habms's  Work, 44 

Spiritism  NoTHitro  New, 45 

Liberal  Christianity, 4.5 

MiwUmary  Appointments, 46 

A  rknoirledgment  of  Receipts, 40 


PUBMRHED  BY 


THE  AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOIt  PLACE,  NEW  YORK. 


PRICE,  FIFTY  CENT8  A  YEAR  IN  ADVANCE. 
"GO,   PREACH   THE   GOSPEL." 


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APPLICATIONS  FOR  AID. 

Feeble  congregations,  desiring  aid  in  supporting  the  gospel,  are  requested,  in 
their  applications,  to  make  full  statements  of  their  condition  and  prosi>ect«,  aud  of 
the  reasons  for  granting  their  requests.  They  are  desired,  also,  to  farnishthe 
following  particulars,  namely : 

The  population  of  the  place. 

The  name  of  the  church  or  congregation. 

The  number  of.  communicants,  and  the  average  number  of  attendants  on  pub- 
lic worship. 

The  denomination  and  size  of  congregations  immediately  contiguous,  with  the 
distance  t)  their  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  whicli  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  whicli  tlii^y  i)ledgo  for  the  given  time,  and  tlie 
arrangements  that  are  made  for  securing  it. 

Whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 

The  least  amount  that  will  su'li<!e  from  this  Society. 

The  name  in  full  and  post-oifice  addrebs  of  the  minister  for  whom  a  coinraission 
is  desired. 

His  credentials. 

WJi  »iher  he  is  a  resident  of  the  place  in  which  he  preaches,  and  is  engaged  in 
any  other  callin;?  than  that  of  the  minir^try. 

VVhL^ther  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  church,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangements 
are  m\iie  or  contemplated  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  the  year. 

Th'^  application  should  bj  signed  by  the  officers  of  the  church,  and  by  ta? 
trustees  or  a  committee  of  the  conypregation. 

If  the  ecclesiastical  bxly  with  whicli  the  church  is  connected  have  a  "Com- 
mitter' of  Missions"  to  act  in  their  belialf,  the  members  of  this  Committee  arc  tlio 
pro;>er  persons  to  certify  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  minister, 
and  his  prospects  of  usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  services  are  desired :  and  the 
application  should  bo  sent  to  th»*ni  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation. 
Wlu^re  no  such  "  C^mmitten  of  Missions"  exists,  the  application  should  receive  the 
indorsement  of  two  or  more  neighbiiring  clergymen,  of  the  same  denomlDatioD, 
acquainted  with  the  facts. 

Applications,  after  being  properly  iadorsfcd  and  recommended,  should  be  sout  t » 
th3  Superintendent  (or  Secretary  of  the  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  appli 
cants  reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriation?  are  for  twvdvo  months /row  tJie  date  of  th* 
applicition  ;  at  the  eni  of  which,  it  further  aid  he  needed,  a  new  application  mii«t 
be  made,  containing  all  the  imrticulara  above  stated,  and  indorsed  and  recommejidei 
in  like  manner. 

E%ch  congregation  apply  In  j  for  rcn^W'vl  ai  f,  should  furnish,  also,  the  csrtifieai' 
oft^ie  mimonary  that  th\f/  hio  ?  jfu' filled  their  previous pUdges  for  Jiis  support. 

The  address  of  the  Society'^  Superintendents  and  the  Secretaries  of  its  Au:;il 
iaries  will  be  found  on  the  cover  of  its  Reports  and  of  the  Home  Missionary. 

'  THE  E0I5E  mSSIONAEY. 

The  Home  Missionary  will  be  8;'nt  (jnttnitously  to  the  followinj  classes  of  in- 
dividuals, unless  they  prefer  to  ta'.io  it  n:^  subscribers: 

To  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Missionaries  of  the 
Society  aul  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  cler^ryman  in  whose  congregation  a  collection 
is  taken  up  every  year  for  the  Society,  or  onc)  of  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  individual 
who  contributed  ten  dollars,  or  upward,  during  the  year.  To  every  Auxiliary,  Apso- 
ciation,  or  Congre^atioa,  onr.  copy  for  every  tjn  djllars  collected  r.nd  paid  into  the 
Treasury  of  the  Society,  or  of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  confer  a  special  favor  by  availing  himself  of  the  facilities 
offered  above  to  introduce  the  IIoTm  Missionary  among  his ]>eo,)le.  In  notifying? the 
Se3retaries  of  his  desire  to  have  the  work  sent  on  these  terms,  he  i-^  requested  to 
mention  the  nfim3  of  some  person  to  whom  each  copy  shall  be  addressed. 

The  Secretaries  will  be  grateful  for  early  not  ice*  of  discontinuances,  or  cMnfl'^ 
in  the  post-ojv'^  address  of  8ubscril>ers. 

FOEM  OF  A  BEftTJEST.  ^ 

T  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of      ,  dollars,  in  triiM,  to  pay  ovrr 

the  same  in  after  my  decease,  to  the  ]iers  >n  wlio,  when  th'^  same  i-* 

payable,  ^hall  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  Ameriean  Ilome^fissionarv  So-ietv.formel  in 
the  city  of  N*iw  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  twentv-.qix,  to  bj  applicJ tt> 
the  c!iaritable  uses  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  ita' direction. 


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LOSS  AND  GAIN  OF  THE  HOME  MISSIONARY  SERVICE. 

[From  the  "  Iowa  Band,"— By  Rev.  Ephradc  Adams,  of  Decorah,  Iowa.] 

How  often,  when  for  duty's  sake,  for  the  sake  of  Christian  service  to  be  ren- 
dered, we  enter  upon  some  path,  expecting  and  consenting  to  the  loss  of  many 
things,  we  find,  that,  of  all  others,  that  was  the  very  path  to  be  chosen  for  real 
gain  !  "  He  that  loseth  his  life  for  my  sake  shall  find  it."  Solomon  chose  wis- 
dom, and  God  gave  him  both  wisdom  and  riches.  Twenty-five  years  ago,  every 
one  thought  it  a  great  sacrifice  for  a  minister  to  go  to  the  West :  no  one  would 
go  except  at  the  stem  call  of  duty.  As  between  an  Eastern  and  a  Western 
settlement,  the  advantages  then  seemed  to  be  entirely  with  the  former.  Well  is 
it  remembered,  how  then  a  rhetorical  production  by  one  whose  face  was  turned 
westward,  under  the  title  of  "  Inducements  to  go  West,"  was  received  by  us  at 
the  Seminary.  It  was  with  a  sort  of  smile,  as  much  as  to  say,  "  Well,  it  is  a 
happy  faculty  to  look  at  the  bright  side  of  things ;  and,  if  one  is  going,  he  may 
as  well  make  the  best  of  it."  Little  was  it  then  thought,  that  what  appeared 
fancy  was  but  half  the  sober  truth  !  Let  it  not  be  supposed  that  a  Western  life 
has  been,  or  is,  all  gain  and  no  loss ;  but,  looking  over  the  past,  let  us  strike  a 
balance  in  this  regard,  and  see  where  it  stands. 

Twenty-five  years  ago,  one  of  the  first  things  thought  of  by  one  contemplat- 
ing the  Western  work  was  health.  It  was  supposed  he  must  have  the  fever  and 
ague,  probably  a  bilious  fever,  and,  at  any  rate,  must  go  through  a  process  of 
acclimation,  the  issue  of  which  must  determine  whether  he  could  stay  in  the 
country  or  not.  We  smile  now  at  the  way  we  used  to  think  of  this.  Some  of 
us,  indeed,  have  had  the  fever  and  ague,  and  some  have  not.  There  have  been 
some  deaths ;  and  from  some  families  children  have  been  taken,  one  after  the 
other,  till  the  record  has  become  a  sad,  sad  one.  But  so,  doubtless,  it  would 
have  been  elsewhere.  Taking  the  Iowa  Band  for  a  sample,  it  surely  cannot  be 
said,  that,  in  the  matter  of  health,  there  has  been  loss :  we  should  say,  probably 
gain.  It  is  doubtful  whether  the  same  number  of  their  classmates  who  chose 
an  Eastern  settlement  have  been  more  highly  favored  than  they.  In  the  case  of 
no  one  is  it  certain  that  his  health  was  injured  by  coming  Westj  while  in 
others  it  has  been  improved,  and  life,  doubtless,  has  been  prolonged.  One  of 
them  at  least,  perhaps  more,  can  say  that  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
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he  has  nerer  lost  a  single  appointment  from  ill  health,  nor  more  than  a  dozen 
from  any  cause. 

Next  to  the  matter  of  health,  it  is  natural  to  consider  that  of  support  andhom^ 
ramforts.  This,  perhaps,  does  not  at  first  enter  much  into  the  calculations  of 
those  proposing  to  labor  in  the  ministry  at  the  East  or  West ;  but  it  comes  up 
sooner  or  later,  and  may  be  properly  considered.  Four  hundred  dollars  a  year, 
twenty-five  years  ago,  was  about  the  highest  limit  of  missionaiy  salary.  That 
sum  now  seems  small,  indeed.  It  did  then.  But  with  beef  and  pork  at  two 
or  three  cents  a  pound,  com  at  tnelve  and  a  half  cents  a  bushel,  and  other  prod- 
ucts of  a  fertile  soil  in  proportion,  it  is  easy  to  see  that  a  little  money  would 
go  a  great  .way.  True,  clothing,  ftimiture,  books,  etc.,  were  higher  than  at  the 
East,  and  expenses  in  this  direction  had  to  be  curtailed.  Missionary  families, 
like  all  other  families  in  a  new  country,  had  to  dispense  with  a  great  many  things 
considered  indispensable  in  an  Eastern  home.  But  they  managed  to  get  along 
somehow.  Gifts  came  in  sometimes  from  the  people.  "  Missionary  boxes  "  met 
many  an  exigency.  Occasionally  books  or  other  remembrances  came  from  East- 
em  friends. 

As  living  expenses  have  increased,  missionary  grants  have  grown  larger. 
Sometimes  the  Home  Missionary,  driven  to  buy  a  little  place,  because  too  poor 
to  rent  one,  or  wishing  to  get  a  little  foothold  for  a  home,  has  found  hiniselC 
by  the  rise  of  prices  in  a  thrifty  village,  actually  gaining  in  property.  Mean- 
time, the  churches  have,  many  of  them,  become  able  to  give  more  ample  sup- 
port. Taking  it  all  in  all,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  it  is  prcvsumed  that  those  longest 
in  the  field  have  no  cause  of  complaint.  Perhaps  in  the  end  they  are  just  as 
well  off,  and,  on  the  whole,  have  been  as  comfortably  provided  for,  so  f^asthe 
real  necessaries  of  life  are  concemed,  as  if  they  had  been  in  Eastern  settlements. 
They  have  had  to  dispense  with  many  things,  at  times,  that  they  might  have 
had  elsewhere :  and,  perhaps,  were  their  wives  called  upon  to  testify  at  this 
point,  they  might  say  at  once  that  the  advantage  was  with  the  Eastern  settle- 
ment ;  not  because  they  are  quicker  to  complain  than  their  husbands,  but  he- 
cause  the  privations  of  a  new  country  fall  most  heavily  within  their  peculiar 
province.  Still,  claiming  a  little  advantage  for  the  West  on  the  score  of  health, 
we  are  willing  to  let  that  and  this  balance. 

Next,  let  us  look  at  mental  derelopment.  A  man's  surroundings,  will,  of  course, 
have  an^ influence  upon  his  mental  habits  and  intellectual  culture.  The  time 
was,  when  the  advantages  in  this  respect  seemed  nearly  all  with  the  Eastern 
field.  As  to  many  things  they  were.  **  Early  introduction,"  says  a  distinguished 
writer,  "  to  active  labor  in  an  extended  field,  partaking  of  a  missionary  and  itin- 
erant character,  may,  amidst  much  usefulness,  spoil  a  man  for  life  in  all  that  re- 
gards progress  of  emdition  and  productiveness  of  the  reasoning  powers." 
True,  in  the  old  and  narrow  field  there  may  be  the  more  quiet  study,  more  help 
from  books  and  literary  intercourse,  more  time  to  elaborate  and  polish.  There 
may  be,  moreover,  among  the  hearers  a  more  rigid  demand  for  this  sort  of  ex- 
cellence in  sermonizing,  creating  in  the  preacher  an  ambition  to  produce  it. 
But,  possibly,  right  here  in  the  strong  point  of  many  a  preacher  is  his  verj* 
weakness.  His  hearers  demand,  and  his  life  is  worn  out  in  supplying,  what, 
while  admired,  fails  to  bless.     But  we  are  to  compare,  not  to  criticise. 

The  Western  man,  on  the  frontier  work,  as  was  that  of  all  Iowa  once,  suffer? 
right  here  some  loss.  Here  are  felt  some  of  his  greatest  privations,  and  some 
of  his  greatest  self-denials  are  practised.  His  trial  is  not  that  he  has  to  wear  a 
seedy  coat,  as  good  perhaps  as  his  brother  Cliristians  about  him  wear ;  nor  that 


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in  his  travels  of  a  wet  season,  he  occasionally  gets  "  sloughed,*'  or  has  to  swim 
the  stream.  This  is  just  what  his  neighbors  do,  and  is  nothing  in  a  new  coun- 
try. But,  if  he  takes  a  paper,  he  reads  of  books  which  he  can  never  see.  He 
thinks  of  ministers'  meetings,  and  the  culture  of  literary  fellowships  among  his 
brother  ministers,  which  he  can  never  enjoy.  Exchanges,  even,  are  out  of  the 
question.  His  duties  call  him  much  abroad  out  of  his  study,  if  he  has  one  ; 
and,  when  in  it,  he  groans  in  spirit  sometimes,  that  it  is  so  poorly  furnished 
with  the  needful  helps.  But  this  Western  field  has  its  advantages,  too,  even  in 
the  matter  of  intellectual  development.  The  impression  of  twenty  years  ago  is 
not  quite  right, — ^that,  if  a  man  goes  to  a  Western  missionary  field,  he  must 
once  for  all  abandon  all  thoughts  of  mental  culture  and  growth.  Men  are  to 
be  studied  as  well  as  books,  and  the  contact  of  mind  with  mind  is  a  vigorous 
mental  stimulus.  Place  now  a  young  minister  in  some  new  Western  settlement, 
where,  in  his  line,  nothing  yet  is  established,  nothing  started  even  ;  where  every- 
body and  everything  about  him  is  on  the  quick,  earnest  move  ;  where  are  com- 
mingled from  all  quartera  every  shade  of  prejudice,  opinion,  and  belief;  and 
where  all,  with  the  trammels  oflf,  are  free  to  speak  out  just  what  they  think,  and 
he  must  have  some  earnest  mental  work.  Every  inch  he  gains  here  he  must  get 
by  a  sort  of  conquest.  Aside  from  the  constant  readiness  which  he  must  have 
for  hand-to-hand  conflicts  in  his  neighborly  calls,  the  right  arm  of  power  in 
his  public  preaching  must  be  the  plain  Bible  truth,  aimed  straight  at  the  mark, 
with  an  earnestness  that  means  something.  His  hearers,  if  he  gets  hearers  at 
all,  must  be  drawn  together  and  held  together,  not  by  the  force  of  family  or 
social  relations,  not  by  the  beauty  of  the  sanctuary  where  they  meet,  nor  by  the 
excellence  of  the  singing ;  but,  in  the  absence  of  all  these,  it  may  be,  by  the 
presence  of  one  among  them,  positive  and  strong,  whose  preaching  and  whose 
life  are  calculated  to  produce  the  blessed  fruits  of  the  gospel.  In  all  the  de- 
mands of  a  growing  country  he  must  be  a  practical  man.  If  he  makes  for  him- 
self a  place,  holds  it,  and  builds  upon  it,  he  will  and  must  be  an  intellectually 
growing  man.  We  do  not  say  that  Western  men  are  more  completely  developed 
intellectually  than  Eastern,  but  that  their  position  is  not,  on  the  whole,  unfavor- 
able in  this  respect.  Thrown  upon  their  own  resources,  and  standing  at  the 
head  of  growing  influences,  which  they  are  called  upon  to  gather,  to  hold,  and 
to  guide,  they  themselves  are  compelled  to  grow  in  mental  strength,  energy, 
breadth  of  views,  and  high  Christian  aims.  There  are  advantages  here,  which, 
for  all  the  purposes  of  earnest  Christian  work  in  the  world,  we  must  claim  as 
items  of  especial  gain. 

The  absence  in  a  new  country  of  established  customs,  usages,  and  precedents, 
has  been  alluded  to  as  one  of  the  disadvantages  of  a  Western  field.  The  young 
man  who  takes  an  Eastern  church  has  the  way  prepared  before  him.  In  many 
fcspectB  he  has  only  to  keep  things  as  they  are,  with  tried  men  as  advisers,  and 
rtaid  Christians  to  help.  To  start  anew  in  a  new  country  is  to  start  without 
any  such  aids.  But  even  this  has  its  advantages.  Besides  helping  to  draw  out 
of  the  minister  all  there  is  in  him,  it  is  often  of  use,  both  to  him  and  his  little 
church,  to  be  free  from  the  trammels  of  previous  customs  and  habits.  Churches 
g«t  into  bad  ways  as  well  as  into  good  ones.  Much  as  we  revere  the  memory  of 
ODT  Puritan  Fathers,  all  wisdom  was  doubtless  not  with  them.  We  do  not 
•oppose  that  New  England  churches  and  institutions  are  such  perfect  models 
^t  there  can  be  no  improvement  upon  them  ;  neither  do  we  think  that  every 
change,  proposed  or  actual,  is  an  advance.  But  on  this  Western  field  if  any- 
where, with  th«  Word  of  God  for  our  guide,  and  fr^dom  to  adapt  ourselves  to 


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actual  wants  and  circumstances,  we  should  improve  even  upon  the  excellences 
of  the  past.  There  ought,  as  already  indicated,  to  be  among  ut,  in  some  re- 
spects, better  churches,  better  colleges,  and  better  methods  of  doing  things, 
than  in  older  regions.  In  our  peculiar  freedom  to  adopt  new  expedients  and  plant, 
therefore,  we  claim  one  advantage.  If  we  do  not  use  it  for  improvement,  it  is 
because  we  lack  wisdom  or  grace,  or  both,  to  make  the  most  of  our  opportu- 
nity. 

"  But  there  is,  of  course,  a  loss,"  it  will  be  said,  "  as  to  the  privileges  of  re- 
fined society,  in  going  to  the  West."  To  this  we  say,  "  In  your  refined  society,  so 
called,  there  is  much  that  is  artificial,  formal,  and  sometimes  hollow.  We  have 
learned  that  there  is  such  a  thing  as  being  civilized  and  refined  almost  to 
death.  Experience  has  proved  it  to  be  a  real  luxury  at  times  to  get  out  of  the 
conventionalities  of  artificial  life,  into  the  frank  atmosphere  of  true  "  log-cabin 
hospitality."  The  free-and-easy  ways  of  new-country  socialities  we  heartily 
put  down  as  on  the  side  of  gain,  rather  than  of  loss.  Indeed,  those  of  us  who 
have  been  here  longest  almost  sigh  for  things  as  they  used  to  be  twenty  years 
ago ;  when  all  were  upon  a  level,  when  every  house  was  open  and  every  latch- 
string  out.    No  one  need  fear  loss  in  this  direction. 

Some  ministers,  even,  may  like  to  be  in  the  neighborhood  of  newspapers, 
where  names  somehow  creep  out  in  public  print ;  and  near  anniversaries,  and 
platforms,  and  speeches  to  be  heard,  and — made.  There  is  in  this  a  pleasure, 
and  a  kind  of  privilege.  The  only  gain  we  have  to  suggest  here  is  that  in- 
volved in  laboring  away  from  all  such  influences  in  the  main,  away  from  all  ap- 
peal! to  pride  and  ambition,  in  a  kind  of  obscurity  and  isolation,  where  the 
true  motives  of  the  ministerial  work  have  a  better  chance  to  operate,  and 
where,  as  they  are  felt,  and  they  alone,  purer  and  richer  rewards  of  ministeria] 
labor  are  realized. 

There  is  one  more  point  to  be  considered,  in  respect  to  which  all  will  doubt- 
less concede  that  the  Western  field  has  the  decided  advantage.  It  is  the  privi- 
lege of  helping  to  make  things;  of  growing  up  with  them,  and  seeing  th§  fruit 
of  one's  labors.  Said  an  elder  settler, — "  I  would  rather  help  build  a  log 
school-house,  and  see  things  grow,  than  live  in  a  country  that  is  all  made." 
Notwithstanding  the  hardships  of  a  new  country,  there  is  little  doubt  that  the 
generation  that  makes  a  country,  enjoys  it  better  than  one  that  takes  it  after  it 
is  made.  The  pioneer  minister  shares  in  all  this  work  of  construction.  It  may 
be  in  many  respects  a  hard  work.  He  begins  low  down,  but  at  every  upward 
step  he  has  a  peculiar  joy.  He  sees  a  little  fiock  gathered  almost  as  '*  a  flock  in 
the  wilderness."  He  joyfully  shares  their  first  communion  season.  The  earthen 
plate  and  glass  tumbler  are  in  due  time  exchanged  for  a  real  communion-ser- 
vice. He  sees,  in  different  directions,  gospel  institutions  and  influences  begin- 
ning to  take  shape  around  him.  At  length  a  meeting-house  is  built.  This  is 
for  him  a  great  day.  He  sees  how  that  new  house  of  worship  helps  to  make 
for  him  nearly  a  new  congregation,  a  new  Sabbath  school,  and  of  himself  almost 
a  new  minister.  Most  of  all  does  he  rejoice,  when,  in  connection  with  this  new 
sanctuary,  as  is  often  the  case,  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  comes  down,  and  the  spir- 
itual keeps  progress  with  the  material  Men  who  gave  of  their  money  for  the 
material  temple  are  often  the  first  to  be  brought  as  lively  stones  into  the  spirit- 
ual building. 

So  he  goes  on,  with  fresh  joy  at  every  st^p.  Home  missionary  churches  be- 
come self-sustaining,  and  their  pastors  find  themselves  in  a  developed  country, 
with  the  fruits  of  their  labors  about  them.    The  firontier  fields  of  a  quarter  of 


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a  century  ago,  are  now  in  the  heart  of  the  country  ;  and  those  who  entered 
them  with  the  feeling  that  they  were  going  so  far  away  as  scarcely  ever  to  be 
heard  from,  find  that  they  were  striking  the  very  centers  of  position  and 
power.  This,  however,  was  by  the  direction  of  God's  wisdom,  not  theirs.  In 
all  this  there  is  great  gain.  He  who  labors  from  year  to  year,  with  an  Eastern 
church,  that,  by  dint  of  hard  work,  simply  holds  its  own,  is  doing  a  good  work. 
He  who  in  faithfulness  stands  by  a  waning  church,  whose  young  people  are  all 
leaving,  renders  a  noble  and  self-sacrificing  service.  In  each  case  there  is  faith 
and  heix^ism ;  but,  if  God  will,  it  is  pleasanter  to  see  results  accomplished,  to 
feel  the  throb  of  enterprise  and  progress  around  us,  and  to  see  new  forces  fast 
accumulating,  through  which  the  little  we  do  shall  tell  for  good  in  the  ages  to 
come.    In  this  is  our  especial  gain. 

Some  may  dislike,  possibly,  the  first  relations  in  which,  so  far  as  our  denomi- 
nation is  concerned,  the  process  just  alluded  to  in  this  Western  country  is  gen- 
erally begun, — ^the  relations  of  a  Home  Missionary  in  connection  with  a  little 
home  missionary  church,  or  some  new  place  yet  churchless.  But  is  there  not 
something  good,  yea,  noble,  even  in  this  ?  When  one  thinks  of  the  prayers 
offered  for  Home  Missionaries,  is  it  not  good  to  be  one  of  them  ?  When  one 
thinks  of  the  Christian  donors  who  give  so  freely  for  Home  Missions  at  the 
West,  is  it  not  good  to  be  a  receiver  of  their  bounties  ?  When  one  thinks  of 
what  it  is  to  plant  and  foster  a  Christian  church  in  a  new  country,  he  may  well 
rejoice  in  the  work,  and  gladly  accept  the  relations  in  which  so  many  are  co- 
workers with  him.  Bringing  his  little  church,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  up  to 
lelf-sapport,  he  may  well  feel  that  his  work,  though  humble,  is  yet  a  great  and 
good  one.  He  who,  on  mission  ground,  has  done  it  once,  twice,  or  thrice,  is 
in  honored  servant  in  the  kingdom  of  Christ.  Surveying  thus  the  past,  we 
claim  no  honor,  no  greatness,  but  bless  God  for  opening  before  us  a  field  in  re- 
lation to  which,  as  we  balance  the  loss  and  the  gain  as  compared  with  fields 
that  might  have  been  found  nearer  our  Eastern  homes,  we  are  constrained  to 
•ay.  No  loss :  especially  gain  I 

Were  youth  renewed  with  our  past  experience,  we  are  quite  sure,  if  allowed 
of  €k>d,  we  would  strike  for  some  new  field,  only  careful  that  it  were  small 
enough  for  us  at  the  first,  and  then  to  grow. 


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CALIFORNIA.  jjust    been    made    the    county    seat  of 

Washoe  county,  and  the  commissioners 
are  at  work  locating  and  starting  the 
public  buildings.  The  Truckee  river 
sweeps  through  the  place,  with  water 
power  enough  to  keep  twenty  mills 
busy  the  year  round.  The  water  is  not 
only  soft  and  good  for  domestic  pur- 
poses, but  for  irrigation  it  is  invaluable. 
Adjoining  Reno  are  the  famous  Truckee 
neadows,  where  farming  is  carried  on 
to  great  advantage.    Reno  is  also  the 


Enters  New  Territory. 
I  have  visited  Reno,  in  the  State  of 
Nevada,  to  perfect  measures  initiated 
last  June,  for  the  organization  of  a 
Congregational  church.  Reno  is,  per- 
haps, to-day  the  most  growing  and 
prcHnising  town  in  the  State.  It  has 
•ome  1,800  or  2,000  inhabitants,  has 


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key  of  Virginia  City,  Carson,  and  sev- 
eral other  important  points  in  the  State, 
and  thus  commands  an  extensive  and 
profitable  business.  Timber  is  plenty 
in  its  neighborhood ;  lumber  is  fur- 
nished to  builders  for  $13  a  thousand, 
and  in  many  respects,  the  town  is  the 
most  desirable  in  the  State. 

Here,  on  Sunday,  February  19th,  the 
First  Congregational  church  in  tlu 
State  of  Nevada  was  organized,  with 
seven  members.  In  this  good  and 
pleasant  work  I  was  ably  assisted  b} 
Rev.  John  E.  Benton.  In  connection 
with  it  we  had  three  public  servicer 
that  day,  and  at  the  close  of  the  evening 
service  the  church  and  society  unani- 
mously invited  the  Rev.  A.  F.  Hitch- 
cock to  supply  the  pulpit.  Mr.  Hitch 
cock  is  know  n  in  Nevada  as  a  man  oi 
excellent  spirit,  fine  ability  and  a  strong 
preacher.  The  chiu'ch  makes  no  ap- 
plication for  aid  at  present,  and  will 
move  at  once  to  build  a  house  of  wor- 
ship. Eleven  more  persons  will  unite, 
most  of  them  at  the  next  communion. 
The  only  churches  in  Reno,  besides  ours, 
are  the  Roman  Catholic  and  the  Metho- 
dist. We  cannot  but  hope  great  things 
of  this  first  Nevada  church,  which  we 
cordially  welcome  to  our  sisterhood  and 
fellowship,  praying  that  it  may  prove ' 
the  first  of  a  number  of  goodly,  grow- 
ing, useful  churches  in  that  new 
State.  j 

We  have  long  felt  that  there  was  a 
missing  link  in  the  chain  that  connects 
the  Pacific,  Mississippi  valley,  and  At- 
lantic churches.  Now  the  only  State  ! 
or  Territory  that  had  no  Congregation- ! 
al  church,  on  the  route  from  Plymouth 
rock  to  San  Francisco,  is  brought  into 
the  great  and  blessed  union. 


DAKOTA. 

From  Ret.  S.  SheJdoUy  ElJc  Point,  Union 
County. 

Man  and  Horse  Still  Gk>ing. 
I  have  just  returned  from  a  misaiou- 


j  ary  tour  of  200  miles,  consuming  eleven 
days,  including  two  Sabbaths.    In  this 
time  I  preached  seven  sermons,  three  on 
each  Sabbath,  in  four  different  churches, 
seven,    fifteen,    and     forty-five     miles 
apart,    and     one    in    the    intervening 
week  ;  visited    eighteen   families    and 
I  fourteen   places  of  business ;  attended 
one  Sabbath  school,  delivered  one  pre- 
i  paratory  lecture,  officiated  at  the  exam- 
i  ination  of  five  candidates   for  admis- 
j  sion   to   the  church,  administered  the 
Sacrament  of  the  Lord's   Supper,  and 
received   to  the  church  at  Canton,  ten 
members  (the  fruits,   in   part,  of  a  re- 
cent revival),  baptizing  four  of  tbcm. 
These  were  adults,  and  very  interesting 
young  people. 

I  mention  this  to  show  you  the  mis- 
sion of  my  horse  and  buggy,  the  debt 
for  which  is  slowly  diminishing,  $117 
only  remaining  due. .  He  is  doing  the 
best  work  of  any  horse  in  the  Territo- 
ry —  taking  me  more  than  100  miles 
each  week,  to  preach  three  times  in 
three  different  churches. 

There  had  been  a  precious  revival  at 
Canton,  and  the  church  received  eight- 
een members  with  a  prospect  of  more. 
Tliey  are  much  in  want  of  a  pastor.  In 
this  trip  I  have  heard  of  new  Congre- 
gational families,  and  found  two  or 
three  places  where,  I  think,  churches 
should  soon  be  formed,  even  though 
♦here  may  be  a  scarcity  of  men  to  min- 
ster statedly  to  them.  I  heartily  second 
the  article  **  Organize  Churches,''  in 
your  March  number. 

Early  Fruits. 

At  Richland  three  persons  have 
united  with  the  church  by  profession, 
during  the  last  quarter — a  young  man, 
a  young  lady,  and  a  lad  of  eleven 
years.  It  was  an  affecting  sight  to  see 
these  young  people  come  forward  and 
publicly  profess  Christ  before  their 
companions,  and  receive  the  seal  of 
the  righteousness  of  faith  in  the  or- 
dinance of  baptism.  Such  a  scene, 
never  before  witnessed  in  this  new 
commxmitv,     filled    the     house    with 


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deeply  interested  spectators.     It  is  ex-  j 
pected   that  the  father  of  the  young  i 
lady  will  join   us  at    the  next    com-  ■ 
mnnion ;    the    mother    is    one   of  the 
three  who  assisted  at  the  formation  of 
the  church,  a  little  over  six  months  ago. 
The  mother  of  the  lad  is  another  mem 
her.     Thus  God  is  bles.sing  these   pa- 
rents in  bringing  other  members  of  theii 
households  to  identify  themselves  witl, 
his  people. 

At  Elk  Point  there  has  been  more 
than  ordinary  religious  interest  for  a 
few  weeks  past,  and  it  is  hoped  that 
some  will  soon  unite  with  the  church 
there  also. 

At  Vermillion,  sLx  or  seven  persons  arc 
soon  to  unite  by  letter.  One  member, 
who  lives  six  miles  away,  is  doing  good 
service  in  superintending  a  Sabbath 
school  of  over  forty  scholars. 

An  "  Association  of  the  Congrega- 
tional Churches  of  Dakota,''  was  organ- 
ized within  the  quarter.  One  feature 
of  interest  connected  with  it  was  the 
meeting  of  the  representatives  of  Home 
and  Foreign  Missions,  in  the  persons  ol 
Rev.  Mr.  Riggs  of  the  Santee  Agency, 
thirty  miles  above  Yankton,  commis- 
sioned by  the  American  Board,  and  bro- 
ther Ward  and  myself,  of  your  Society. 
iVt  the  next  meeting,  the  last  of  May, 
we  hope  to  welcome  to  Christian  fel- 
lowship another  church,  soon  to  be  or- 
ganized at  Bonhomme.  This  will  give 
OS  six  churches  where  was  only  one,  less 
than  a  year  ago. 

That  Box. 

That  missionary  box  has  just  reached 
US — or  boxes,  rather,  for  one  would  not 
hold  all  the  good  things  that  the  friends 
wished  to  send,  and  hence  two  boxes ; 
and  tchat  boxes  I  They  contained  just 
the  things  that  we  needed  ;  Ave  could 
not  have  made  a  better  selection  if  we 
had  had  the  choice.  .  They  are  very 
timely,  and  how  shall  we  express  our 
thanks  i  The  little  words,  *»  fhaid-  j/oit^" 
are  not  sufficient ;  certainly  not  unless 
they  recognize  the  true  missionary 
spirit,  which  must  animate  that  noble 


society  whose  full  hearts  mov©  their 
busy  hands  to  such  deeds  of  love.  God 
bless  the  donors  as  he  has  blessed  the 
receivers  !  I  am  now  able  to  appear 
before  my  people,  free  from  a  certain 
embarrassment  to  which  I  have  been 
subject  for  some  time.  My  best  coat, 
seven  years  old,  was  about  ready  to 
serve  me  as  the  parson's  *'one-hoss 
shay  "  served  him.  The  fact  is,  I  was 
pretty  well  reduced  as  to  my  wardrobe, 
and  the  whole  family  were  in  about  the 
same  strait.  Now  we  are  comfortable, 
and  this  is  not  the  best  of  it !  We  re- 
alize, as  never  before,  how  the  good 
Christian  people  in  the  East  practically 
sympathize  with  the  Home  Missionary 
on  the  frontier,  where  foundations  are 
being  laid,  and  the  scattered  sheep  of 
Christ's  fold  are  gathered. 


KANSAS. 

Fra?n  Rev.   It.   D.   Parl'er^  Manhattan^ 

Riley  Co. 

Church  Goes  Alone. 

Beyond  my  hopes,  this  church  has 
concluded  to  go  alone,  and  on  the  4th 
of  March  adopted  the  following : 

"  Revolted,  That  we  tender  to  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society  our 
heartfelt  thanks  for  its  generous  and 
kindly  aid  during  fifteen  years,  and 
that  we  pledge  it  our  sympathy  and 
support  in  its  great  work  of  evangeliz- 
ing the  new  fields  of  the  West." 

To  do  this  seems  rash,  for  they  are 
few  and  poor,  but  they  have  willing 
hearts.  One  pays  $120,  two  others  $100 
each,  three  others  $60  each,  and  one  of 
these,  a  most  eflicient  worker,  on  the 
very  day  the  above  vote  passed,  took  a 
homestead  sixty  miles  west,  and  the 
others  will  have  to  shoulder  his  bur- 
den. 

I  can  scarcely  realize  the  situation. 
Since  student  days,  I  have  never 
preached  except  as  your  missionary ; 
ind  it  seems  strange  to  be  out  evangel- 
izing on  my  owti  responsibility,  with 
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half  suspect  that  within  a  few  years,  if ' 
alive,  I  shall  return  to  your  care  in  con- 
nection with  some  struggling  church,     j 

Your  Society  seems  like  my  father^ 
house,  but  no  effort  shall  be  wanting 
on  my  part,  to  carry  this  church  so  far 
into  independence  that  it  shall  nevei 
come  to  you  again,  save  with  its  annua] 
collection. 

Five  united  with  us  last  Sabbath, 
four  on  profession  ;  and  others  still  are 
coming.  We  have  interesting  out-sta- 
tions in  three  other  counties,  and  some 
of  our  members  are  doing  efficient  work 
as  lay  preachers. 

I  feel  like  giving  thanks  continually, 
that  the  Lord  permits  me  to  live  and 
labor  among  such  excellent  warm-heart- 
ed people.  Body  and  brain  almost 
reel  under  the  burden  of  work,  of  both 
parish  and  college  ;  but  my  strength  is 
wonderfully  preserved,  and  I  often 
think  what  a  foimtain  of  blessing  these 
institutions  will  be  in  the  years  to  come, 
when  I  am  resting  from  my  labors. 


From  Bev,  H.  E.  Woodcock^  Tonganoxk. 

Leavenworth  Co. 

Worshiping  in  a  Saloon. 

We  have  not  built,  this  season,  be- 
cause we  are  not  yet  able  to  build  f 
house  large  enough  to  accommodate 
the  community ;  but  we  have  secured  i 
fine  lot,  have  a  deed  of  it,  and  havi 
raised  money  toward  building  as  sooi 
as  we  can  get  enough  pledged  to  put 
up  a  good  house.  A  new  school-house 
is  building,  and  we  hope  to  secure  th( 
second  story  for  our  service — a  room  26 
by  48  feet.  The  old  school-house  being 
taken  for  a  work -shop,  we  have  changed 
from  the  school-house  to  the  saloon. 

This  saloon  was  in  full  blast  when  I 
came  here,  and  passing  it  one  day,  1 
was  beset  by  a  drunken  man,  who 
wanted  to  whip  me.  The  evil  spirit 
cast  out  has  gone  to  other  places — ^we 
trust  never  to  return  with  seven  others, 
to  make  our  last  end  worse  than  the 
first.    When  we  got  permission  to  hold 


service  in  the  old  saloon,  the  man  in 
:harge  said,  ^^  You  will  need  to  purge 
it."  We  have  done  so,  by  holding 
morning  and  evening  service,  the  two 
Sabbath  [schools,  and  our  temperance 
meeting.  As  we  opened  our  temper- 
ance meeting,  the  president  said  he  had 
been  there  to  invite  the  billiard  players 
to  go  to  our  prayer  meeting,  but  the 
surroundings  were  such  that  he  left 
without  asking  one.  Now  we  were  m 
the  saloon  and  he,  a  Quaker,  opened  the 
meeting  with  prayer.  We  now  have  a 
public  sentiment,  which  will  not  allow 
liquor  to  be  sold  in  the  place.  The 
saloon  keepers  have  left,  and  a  better 
^lass  of  citizens  are  coming  in  their 

stead. 

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From  Rev.  C.  A.  Richardson^  Wdkanua^ 
Douglas  Co. 

Revival. 
The  people  of  the  "  Barker  District" 
have  been  greatly  blessed  of  the  Lord. 
There  had  been  good  and  serious  at- 
tendance on  Sabbath  services  through 
the  winter,  but  within  a  few  weeks, 
special  interest  was  manifest.  About 
:he  time  of  its  appearance  I  exchanged 
one  Sabbath  with  my  father,  who  is 
preaching  at  North  Lawrence,  and  the 
Interest  seemed  so  great  that  extra 
meetings  were  appointed  during  the 
week.  Since  then  (four  weeks)  we  have 
been  holding  special  services,  and  there 
have  been,  as  I  hope,  from  twenty  to 
^.wcnty-five  conversions,  while  others 
itill  are  inquiring,  and  a  nuipber  of 
backsliders  have  been  reclaimed.  Near- 
ly all  the  young  people  in  the  commu- 
nity have  been  interested,  as  have  aev- 
3ral  heads  of  families  whom  I  hope  yet 
"^o  see  on  the  Lord's  side. 

Church  Organized. 
A  general  desire  having  been  ex- 
pressed for  the  formation  of  a  church  in 
the  neighborhood,  a  council  was  called, 
and  a  church  organized,  of  about  twen- 
ty members.  More  than  thirty  had 
signified  their  desire  to  join,  but  the 


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storm  prevented  some  trom  being  pres- 
ent. There  will,  probably,  be  nearly 
forty  members  to  start  with.  They  are 
from  several  diflferent  denominations, 
but  all  thought  it  best  to  unite  in  a 
Congregational  church,  as  the  best 
course  for  doing  good  and  getting 
good.  The  interest  in  the  organiza- 
tion seems  to  pervade  the  entire  com- 
munity. 


MINNESOTA. 

Fr(ym   Rev.  A.    C.   Lathrop,    Olmuood 
Pope  Co, 

New  Scandinavia. 

I  have  now  spent  three  years  as  yom 
pioneer  missionary  in  this  wild,  new 
country,  on  the  border  of  the  North 
west.  Great  changes  have  been  wrought 
in  this  region,  but  we  anticipate  greatei 
in  three  years  to  come.  Immigratiot 
to  this  place  and  vicinity  has  been  verj 
slow,  mostly  foreign,  principally  Nor- 
wegian and  Swedish.  They  do  not 
eeem  to  invite  or  welcome  Christian  la- 
bor, from  Americans,  at  first ;  but  time 
and  acquaintance  we  trust  will  product 
a  favorable  change.  I  have  often  beet 
called  upon  to  unite  in  marriage  the 
young  men  and  maidens,  some  of  whon: 
understand  enough  of  English  to  com- 
prehend the  ceremony,  while  others 
were  wedded  through  interpreters,  j 
have  sought  to  impress  them  with  re- 
ligious truth,  and  to  do  them  all  possible 
kind  offices. 

Hard  Drinkers. 

Many  of  these  foreigners  are  verA 
much  addicted  to  drinking  habitt^. 
brought  from  the  old  world.  Somt 
have  frozen  to  death,  others  have  beer 
»o  bitten  by  frost,  when  lost  at  night  ii 
the  cold  dead  of  winter,  that  they  arc 
maimed  for  life.  Others  still  have  beei 
found  lightly  clad,  lying  on  the  frozei 
lake,  or  on  the  drifted  prairie,  some 
times  on  the  snow  track,  liable  to  b{ 
run  over  by  trains,  or  to  perish  fron 
the  cold,  and  have  been  providentially 
rescued  from  certain  death.  Yet  they 
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have  been  opposed  to  any  efforts  at  re- 
form. Two  years  ago,  a  printed  form 
of  petition  to  our  State  legislature  was 
sent  me  by  one  of  its  members,  praying 
for  an  act  submitting  the  question  of 
"  license  "  or  '*  no  license  "  to  the  voters 
of  the  several  towns.  Thereupon  I  called 
a  public  meeting,  delivered  a  lecture 
and  obtained  almost  all  the  names  of 
our  American  residents,  male  and  fe- 
male, old  and  young,  but  only  a  few  of 
foreign  birth.  It  was  forwarded,  with 
many  others  of  like  character,  and  the 
act  was  passed  a  year  ago.  It  provides 
that  if  ten  voters  of  a  town  request  it, 
the  town  clerk  is  authorized  and  re- 
quired to  give  notice,  twenty  days  be- 
fore the  annual  town  meeting.  The  re- 
quest for  such  a  notice  was  here  signed 
by  over  twenty  persons,  mainly  voters, 
and  mostly  Norwegians,  some  of  them 
our  hardest  drinkers  !  They  are  becom- 
ing alarmed,  and  this  alarms  some  of 
the  liquor-sellers.  There  is  a  fair  pros- 
pect of  success.  Oh,  what  a  blessing 
will  it  be,  if  we  can  obtain  a  majority 
vote ! 


From  Ret.  8.  H.  Kellogg^  Glencoey  Mc- 
Leod  Co. 

Feeding  the  Hungry. 
The  Lord  is  graciously  visiting  one 
distant  portion  of  my  field  with  his  Holy 
Spirit.  After  six  preaching  services, 
three  on  the  Sabbath  and  three  on  suc- 
cessive evenings  in  the  week,  three  or 
four  are  earnestly  asking  prayers,  and 
publicly  casting  in  their  lot  with  the 
people  of  God,  where  there  is  no  church, 
and  but  two  or  three  church-members, 
in  a  new  township  of  about  sixty  voters, 
with  only  two  of  foreign  birth.  My 
wife,  notwithstanding  her  many  cares, 
is  of  essential  service  in  this  work,  aid- 
ing me  with  the  mothers  and  their  chil- 
dren. She  again  goes  with  me  thin 
morning,  through  mud  and  sloughs,  -:. 
distance  of  eighteen  or  twenty  milee. 
We  have  a  meeting  appointed  for  thii 
evening,  and   shall  probably  ccn^riua 


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indeed  hungry  for  the  word  of  life, 
and  it  does  my  soul  good  to  feed  them. 


From  Bw.  C,  8hedd,  Wanoja,  Dodge 
County, 

Work  of  Graoe. 

Fully  six  months  ago,  I  observed  in 
Garemont  indications  of  the  Spirit^s 
presence,  and  began  to  labor  more  ear- 
nestly, and  to  fiorm  plans  for  future 
work.  In  December  the  harvest  there 
seemed  to  hasten.  Christians  felt  that 
it  was  time  to  awake,  and  there  was  an 
unusual  tenderness  in  our  congregation. 
It  was  the  time  of  new  moon,  the  weath- 
er was  mild,  the  traveling  good,  and 
all  was  favorable  to  evening  meetings. 
Brother  Willard  assisted  me  faithfully 
for  two  weeks.  We  appointed  a  meeting 
of  the  church,  inviting  Christians  of 
other  denominations  to  take  part  with 
us.  It  was  a  searching,  tear^  day  of 
fasting,  confession,  humiliation,  and 
prayer.  In  that  meeting  one  young 
woman  arose,  and  in  the  most  earnest 
manner  said,  **  I  want  to  be  a  Christian." 
She  was  deeply  affected,  and  could  say 
no  more.  In  conversing  with  her,  I 
found  she  had  evidently  experienced 
the  great  change.  We  were  all  deeply 
moved,  and  took  courage.  We  observed 
a  like  season  for  three  succeeding  weeks, 
and  each  one  was  attended  with  blessed 
results.  I  never  saw  a  little  company 
of  Christians  work  so  well. 

I  commenced  meetings  also  in  a 
Bchool-house  in  Wasioja,  about  three 
miles  from  the  former  scene  of  interest, 
and  the  prospect  here  was  more  encour- 
aging than  there.  As  I  had  promised 
to  help  Mr.  Willard  for  two  weeks,  Rev. 
Mr.  Wadsworth,  of  Waseca,  came  to  our 
relief,  and  proved  to  be  the  right  man. 
Some  of  the  most  intelligent,  wealthy 
and  influential  men  in  the  county  lived 
in  this  district,  and  were  found,  one 
after  another,  giving  evidence  of  regen- 
eration, and  setting  up  their  family  al- 
tars.    One,   a  very  strong  man,  both 


physically  and  intellectually,  but  in 
times  past,  skeptical  and  profane,  in 
whose  house  within  a  few  years  I  had 
attended  three  funerals,  became  as  a 
little  child,  as  did  also  his  wife. 

Power  of  Special  Prayer. 

The  power  of  prayer  became  more 
and  more  manifest.  For  example: 
Mr.  L.  lives  near  our  place  of  meeting. 
He  is  a  man  of  good  business  capacity, 
with  considerable  property,  has  former- 
ly traveled  largely,  is  very  energetic, 
was  at  times  profane,  and  addicted  to 
"  sprees,"  known  as  "  a  jovial  fellow"  in 
all  the  saloons  around,  but  withal  a  cerjf 
kind-hearted  man.  Through  this  last 
quality  was  the  way  of  access  to  his 
heart,  and  thither  the  smooth  stone  of 
the  gosj)el  was  directed.  I  will  give 
you  his  own  statement :  said  he,  "I  at- 
tended the  first  two  meetings  out  of  cu- 
riosity. Afterwards  I  became  uneasy, 
and  determined  to  attend  no  more ;  bat 
those  ministers  persuaded  me.  Finding 
that  I  could  not  avoid  going,  while  I 
remained  at  home,  I  made  an  occasioo 
of  absence,  and  went  to  Owatonna,  hot 
found  no  relief  to  my  feelings.  I  met 
there,  an  old  California  fnend,  a  Christ- 
ian man,  who  inquired  of  me  about 
the  revival  in  my  neighborhood.  I  told 
him  of  a  great  work  there,  and  that  I 
was  trying  to  have  all  my  neighbors 
converted.  But  said  my  friend,  *  Is  it 
not  necessary  that  you,  too,  should  be 
converted  ?'  This  only  made  me  feel 
the  worse ;  I  became  enraged,  swore 
that  I  would  drive  God  out  of  me,  and 
immediately  started  for  the  saloon,  and 
drank  more  than  I  could  carry.  But 
my  swearing,  drinking  and  fighting 
against  God,  only  drove  the  arrow 
deeper." 

For  about  two  days  after  his  return, 
his  inward  struggles  were  intense,  but 
like  a  tiger  in  the  toils,  he  was  becom 
ing  wearied  and  subdued.  After  meet- 
ing, one  evening,  he  invited  the  minis- 
ters to  spend  the  night  at  his  house. 
At  morning  worship  he  said,  **  Fatiier 
S.,  pray   for   me   that    Christ  would 


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my  mouth.  *'  He  arose,  and  all  was  new ; 
he  was  in  a  new  world ;  it  seemed  to  be 
God's  world;  everything  appeared 
beautiful  and  wonderful.  This  man 
had  been  made  a  subject  of  special 
prayer,  and  we  all  feel  that  his  remark- 
able conversion  is  an  illustration  of  its 
power.  Thus  fiar,  at  least  forty  hopeful 
conversions  have  occurred.  Many  of 
the  converts  are  heads  of  families,  and 
m  the  two  school  districts  twelve  family 
altars  have  been  set  up.  The  interest 
has  not  in  the  least  abated. 


IOWA. 

From  Beo.   0,  Emerson^  Sah^la^  Jackwn 

County, 

Still  on  his  Travels. 

I  have  been  able  to  prosecute  my  ac- 
customed work  more  comfortably  and 
imifonnly  than  I  feared ;  but  have  trav- 
eled and  exposed  myself  less  than  in 
some  previous  quarters.  I  have  tried 
to  get  help  for  special  effort  from  neigh- 
boring ministers  of  our  denomination, 
bat  they  could  not  leave  their  larger 
charges  long  enough  to  render  much 
hdp ;  so  I  have  labored  with  Method- 
iit  ministers  on  the  same  ground,  with 
iaterest  and  a  measure  of  usefulness. 
Hy  B^le  of  preaching  is  different  from 
theirs,  and  I  hope  helps  to  supplement 
and  enforce  it 

In  these  rural  districts  and  small 
towns  our  feeble  churches  go  to  the 
Will,  before  the  machinery  of  those  de- 
nominations that  make  preachers  off- 
hand, whenever  and  wherever  they  are 
wanted,  and  can  be  used.  They  oc- 
cupy the  ground,  and  draw  in  men  and 
women  who  would  be  identified  with 
na,  but  that  we  have  too  few  minis- 
ten  to  gather  and  hold  them.  But  I 
Uees  God  for  the  work  that  our 
Methodist  brethren  are  doing.  As  I  look 
over  our  territory,  so  vast  and  so  con- 
itantly  expanding,  I  know  not  how  the 
gospel  oonld  be  spread  without  some  such 
oigiQiam.  Tet  I  am  sore  that  the  people 


of  all  this  land  will  outgrow  their  sub- 
serviency to  hierarchical  systems,  and 
claim  the  rights  of  that  Christian 
democracy  which  the  Apostles  taught 
and  illustrated.  Meanwhile,  we  must 
maintain  Congregational  churches  where 
we  may,  laboring  with  and  helping 
others,  in  the  full  faith  that  all  the  in- 
stincts of  man,  and  all  the  forces  of  so- 
ciety are  working  in  favor  of  the 
changes  we  wish  to  see.  With  this  in 
view,  I  encouraged  our  church  at  Elk 
River  to  unite  with  the^  other  in  build- 
ing a  house  of  worship.  The  two 
churches  had  worshiped  together,  oc- 
cupying the  same  house  on  alternate 
Sabbaths  for  fifteen  years,  and  were 
thus  well  prepared  to  co-operate.  No 
similar  settlement  that  I  know  in  the 
West  has  so  good  an  edifice.  It  has 
cost  between  $3,000  and  $4,000.  On 
the  day  of  dedication  $1,200  was  un- 
paid. In  a  few  moments  this  was  not 
only  pledged,  but  over  $600  more,  which 
will  be  expended  in  improving  the 
premises.  This  has  occupied  much  of 
my  time  for  months.  We  are  now  en- 
gaged in  a  protracted  effort,  with  evi- 
dent tokens  of  the  Spirit's  presence. 
The  Methodist  minister  and  myself 
preach  on  alternate  evenings.  The 
roads  are  in  a  miserable  condition,  but 
the  people,  gather,  night  after  night, 
most  of  them  coming  from  two  to  five 
miles.  We  have  strong  faith  that  this 
work  will  strengthen  and  unite  the 
churches,  and  show  still  further  "  how 
good  and  how  pleasant  it  is  for  brethren 
to  dwell  together  in  unity." 


Fivm  Bet.  J,  2>.  Scmds,  Belmondy  Wright 
County. 

A  Thankful  Heart. 
After  so  long  a  time,  I  can  acknowl- 
edge the  receipt  of  the  box  of  books 
from  your  rooms.  The  delay  was 
caused  by  the  state  of  the  roads.  I 
had  to  go  to  Iowa  Falls,  forty  miles, 
for  the  boxes  and  barrels.  But  what 
shall  I  say  for   the  books!    I  partly 


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of  the  Home  Missionary  Society.  May 
God  bless  him  I 

Ah,  you  would  not  realize,  were  I  to 
express  it  in  words,  how  tliankful  I  am 
for  the  books  from  your  rooms,  and  for 
those  from  New  Haven.  While  I  was 
this  morning  opening  the  books,  wife 
said  I  was  like  a  little  boy  unpacking  a 
box  of  toys.  Well,  it  did  make  me 
skip  and  laugh  to  see  Webster^  my  old 
friend ;  to  see  Howe's  WorJcs,  complete  ; 
to  see  —  wetl,  to  see  so  many  old 
friends,  and  with  them  so  many  new ; 
for  the  Penny  Cyclopwdia  is  a  new  friend, 
that  will,  in  part  make  up  for  the  loss 
of  my  Edinburgh,  and  also  Nichol- 
son's. 

In  the  New  Haven  boxes  I  have  a 
Hebrew  Bible  and  Lexicon,  with  many 
other  books  for  Biblical  study ;  but  I 
shall  never  have  the  same  helps  for  the 
general  study  of  languages  that  I  had 
before  the  fire. 

Please  accept  my  heartfelt  gratitude 
for  what  you  have  done,  and  inform  the 
friends  that,  for  the  present,  we  have 
clothing  enough.  And  I  believe  the 
Lord  will  also  help  us  to  furnish  our 
small  house,  for,  yesterday,  a  brother  at 
Iowa  Falls  offered  me  lime  enough  to 
plaster  it  as  soon  as  I  can  finish  lathing. 
Do  give  our  warmest  thanks  to  our 
kind  friends,  and  the  friends  of  Christ, 
who  have  helped  us  in  this  our  time  ol 
need.  Words  cannot  express  what  I 
feel.  The  night  I  arrived  at  home  after 
the  fire,  I  said  to  my  family,  "  Well,  we 
must  begin  again ;"  but  I  little  thought 
we  should  have  so  good  a  start. 

At  my  time  of  life,  I  can  no  longer 
hope  to  write  on  the  subjects  which 
have  so  long  occupied  my  thoughts  and 
my  pen  ;  but  if  I  can  leave  one  *  foot- 
print on  the  sands  of  time,"  that  will 
guide  to  light  and  truth  a  fellow  mortal 
who  may  come  after  me,  I  shall  do  a 
work  well  worth  the  doing. 

Pray  that  God  will  pour  out  his 
Spirit  on  this  "  burned  district"  where 
I   labor.     I  feel  that,  of  all   things,  we 


most  need  a  revival  of  religion.  A 
man  is  going  through  the  country,  ad- 
vocating infidel  principles,  the  adver- 
tisement of  whose  preaching  winds  up 
as  follows :  "  Good  music  in  attend- 
ance, and  after  service  there  will  be  a 
dance."  Such  things  "  take  "  with  one 
class  of  people — those  who  despise  the 
truth.  But  I  must  not  divulge  too 
freely  the  secrets  of  Western  society.  1 
issure  you,  /  am  tried,  and  can  see  no 
:emedy  but  the  truth  brought  home 
jy  the  Holy  Spirit. 


From  Rev,  M,  W,  Wakeman^  National, 
Clayton  Co, 

Elkader. 

Nearly  a  year  since,  I  commenced 
preaching,  half  the  time,  at  Elkader, 
our  county  seat,  ten  miles  from  this 
place.  Years  ago,  a  CongregatioDal 
church  was  organized  there,  and  built 
i  house  of  worship,  but  by  deaths  and 
^removals  they  became  so  weakened  and 
discouraged  that  they  &old  their  edi- 
fice and  seldom  after  had  preaching. 

I  found  only  three  members,  all 
ladies.  An  interest  was  awakened ;  mj 
congregations  have  been  good,  and  we 
have  received  already  three  on  profw- 
don,  and  four  by  letter.  Five  or  sii 
more  intend  to  join  at  our  next  com- 
munion. Infidelity  and  various  errore 
have  a  strong  hold  upon  the  people. 

Elkader  is  a  growing  place,  with  a 
^ood  water  power.  Its  present  popu- 
lation is  about  1,200.  It  has  done  ba- 
dness to  the  amount  of  $1,000,000  the 
past  year.  We  must  have  a  hooae  of 
worship  soon.  We  now  worship  in  the 
(Jniversalist  church. 

A  Boston  Notion. 

A  few  weeks  since  a  man  fix>m  Boston 

was    employed  to  deliver  a  course  of 

j  ectures,    in  which    he    attempted  to 

I  prove  that "  the  Bible  and  the  Christian 

j  religion  have    been    an    injury  to  the 

world,"    and    are    "  an    ofishot  fron* 

heathenism  !"  also    that    there  is  *'  no 


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God  and  no  need  of  one."  He  had  full 
booses  ;  but  as  much  int  Cot  has  beer 
manifested  in  attempts  to  meet  his  ei 
rore,  I  trust  and  pray  that  good  may 
ultimately  come  out  of  it. 


WISCONSIN. 
From  Bm,  O.  P,  Clinton^  Menmha^  Win- 
Tubctgo  Go, 
Valedictory. 
On  the  first  of  February  I  closed  my 
missionary  labors  in  Outagamie  county, 
and*'probably  my  work  as  a  missionary 
of  the  American  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety, by'  which''  I  have  been  in  part 
sustained  very  many  years  in  preaching 
the'gospel.  More  than  thirty-five  years 
ago  I  received  my  first "  commission 
from  that  Society,  at'Lewis,  New  York. 
There  I  remained  seven  years,  for  only 
the  last ^t wo  of  which  was  the  church 
self-«u8taining. 

In  the  autumn  of  1842,' I  came  tc 
Wisconsin  as  a  missionary  of  the  same 
Society,  since  which  time,  with  the  ex- 
exception  of  four  years  that  poor  health 
kept  me  from  active  lal>or,  and  nearly 
three  years  in  the  army,  I  have  been 
doing  pioneer  missionary  work  in  this 
mpidly  growing  State.  In  this  I  could 
lot  have  been  sustained,  without  the 
prompt  and  timely  aid  of  the  Society, 
to  which  nearly  all  the  Congregatioual 
churches  in  this  State,  and  even  in  the 
whole  West,  owe  their  existence,  under 
God.  I  trust  the  great  and  precious 
work  this  Society  has  accomplished  in 
this  land  will  never  be  forgotten,  and 
that  the  many  missionary  churches,  as 
they  become  self-supporting  and  strong 
in  numbers  and  means,  will  contribute 
freely  and  cheerfully  to  this  fruitful 
treasury  of  the  Lord.  I  can  never 
t'caae  to* love  the  Society  for  its  efficient 
and  persevering  work  for  the  Master. 

I  have  grown  old  in  this  work ;  I 
love  it ;  and  it  is  trying  to  be  obliged 
to  leave  the  field  where  so  much 
remains  to  be  done.  But  it  seems  to  be 
tlpty.    I    hope  to  be   able    to    do    n 


little  incidental  labor,  as  opportunity 
may  offer,  but  cannot  continue  in  the 
regular  work.  During  the  last  quarter 
of  my  missionary  year,  we  formed  a  new 
church  at  Freedom,  one  of  my  preach- 
ing stations,  which  we  trust  will  be  a 
power  for  good. 

Although  my  name  may  be  dropped 
from  the  list  of  the  working  missionary 
army,  I  shall  hope  for  the  prayers  of 
the  friends  of  the  cause,  that  God  may 
^ide  me  into  all  truth,  and  afterward 
bring  me  to  glory. 


From  Eev.  S.  E,  Lathrop^  Viroqua^  Ver- 
non Co. 

Getting  Started. 

We  are  in  a  pleasant  country  towr^ 
)4  miles  from  the  nearest  railway  point. 
(  do  not  undertake  to  say  that  this  iso- 
ation  is  any  disadvantage  in  point  of 
norality^  but  it  has  its  drawbacks  in 
mother  point  of  view.  Our  nearest 
3cclesiastical  neighbors  of  our  denomi- 
lation  are,  respectively,  20,  22,  25,  29, 
U,  35  and  50  miles  distant,  so  that  I 
im  in  one  sense  *'  monarch  of  all  I  sur- 
vey," sole  bishop  of  this  diocese  of  near- 
ly 50  miles  square.  But  there  is  One 
A'ho  gives  me  strength  from  above  for 
3 very  need. 

We  have  good  schools,  and  capable 
Christian  teachers;  the  principal  and 
)ne  of  the  assistants  being  members  of 
)ur  church.  The  community  is  a  very 
,  )leasant  and  intelligent  one,  rather  un- 
\  isually  so  for  a  country  village  of  500 
nhabitants.  The  church  mmnbers  44 
csidcnt  members,  nearly  all  of  whom 
ire  in  moderate  circumstances.  We 
lavc  a  neat  little  church  building,  seat- 
ag  250  persons,  upon  which  there  is  a 
le])t  of  about  $700.  There  was  a  debt 
Iso  on  the  bell,  of  about  $200,  which 
ras  pressing  for  payment.  We  had  in- 
ended  to  pay  something  upon  the 
hurch   debt,    but    the    stringency    in 

loney  maLtei*s  has  been  so  great,  that 

e  shall  be  barely  able  to  clear  off  the 


jc^l  debt  a*  Ti-o-e-t. 


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Setting  up  housekeeping,  with  noth 
ing  to  begin  on,  except  unbounded 
faith  in  God  and  in  each  other,  has 
taxed  all  our  powers  of  contrivance,  and 
I  rely  upon  the  speedy  remittance  of 
your  draft. 

The  Sunday  school  flourishes,  though 
it  has  too  few  library  books  and  simi- 
lar helps.  Among  some  of  the  children 
there  seems  to  be  genuine  impression  of 
religious  truths.  I  have  taken  special 
interest  in  the  school,  leading  the  sing- 
ing, managing  the  concerts,  leading  the 
Bible  class,  etc.  I  wish  I  could  multi- 
ply myself  tenfold,  so  that  I  might  en- 
gage more  busily  in  this  blessed  work 
among  the  children ;  for  I  am  becoming 
more  and  more  convinced  that  the  com- 
mand, "Feed  my  lambs,"  is  not  less 
weighty  than  its  neighbor,  "Feed  my 
sheep."  I  intend  to  hold  a  "  children's 
Bible  service  "  at  least  once  a  month, 
beside  the  regular  concert. 

On  Forefather's  Day  I  was  fully  or- 
dained to  the  work  of  the  gospel  minis- 
try, by  a  council  of  neighboring  churches 
and  ministers.  I  hope  to  be  truly  a 
"  Puritan  minister,"  with  all  the  faith, 
zeal  and  determination  of  my  Pilgrim 

ancestors. 

f « 

From  Rev,  A.  Pinkerton^  Orion^  Richland 
County. 

Sickness  and  Death. 

The  scarlet  fever  is  among  us,  and  on 
two  successive  days  I  have  been,called 
upon  to  conduct  the  funeral  services  oi 
little  ones  whom  the  Lord  had  taken. 

In  two  of  my  girls,  eleven  and  three 
years  old,  the  dread  disease  made  its 
first  appearance  yesterday,  and  the  re- 
maining four  we  expect  will  have  it. 
Our  Father  loves  us  too  well  to  injure 
us ;  he  will  withold  no  good  thing ;  he 
will  make  all  things  work  together  for 
good.  *'  He  is  our  refuge  and  strength." 

I  believe  I  mentioned  my  having  vis- 
ited twice  and  baptized  a  dying  woman. 
She  lives  in  one  of  the  "  dark  places ;" 
most  of  her  neighbors  were  Papists,  they 
having  a  large  church  there.    On  Christ- 


mas day  I  preached  her  funeral  sennon 
at  the  little  log  school-house  within  a 
short  distance  of  her  late  home.  Ro- 
manists formed  the  bulk  of  my  audience. 
They  had  said  I  should  not  preach  there, 
but  there  was  most  excellent  order  and 
marked  attention.  After  service,  I  dis- 
tributed tracts  among  them,  and  two 
persons  only,  refused  to  take  them.  I 
was  asked  to  come  back  again,  but  conld 
not  promise. 

I  have  preached  two  funeral  sermons 
in  one  house,  in  another  destitute  place. 
I  trust  the  aged  widower,  his  daughter, 
and  two  sons,  (young  men),  have  aH 
been  led  to  Jesus.  I  have  visited  them 
since,  and  they  have  visited  us,  at  Bird's 
Creek  and  Knapp's  Creek.  The  father 
and  daughter  have  given  their  names 
for  admission  into  the  church  at  tiie 
former  place.  These  are  some  of  the 
fruits  of  our  preaching  at  Enapp^ 
Creek. 

Qoodness  and  Meroy. 

An  unusual  feeling  has  prevailed  in 
both  churches,  moving  us  to  pray  for 
and  preach  to  ths  children  in  our  Sun- 
day schools.  The  teachers,  at  thfflr 
meetings,  were  filled  with  the  same 
anxiety,  and  taught  and  spoke  to  the 
children  as  they  had  never  done  before. 
In  the  meeting  of  our  district  conven- 
tion at  the  Pleasant  Hill  church,  the  same 
feeling  seemed  to  pervade  its  members; 
and  we  are  glad  to  report  several  con- 
versions among  the  children.  Yester- 
day, six  of  our  scholars,  about  one-fourth 
of  the  school,  (their  ages  varying  from 
12  to  15  years),  were  received  to  the 
membership  of  the  Bird^s  Creek  diurch. 
Remember  that  two  years  ago  we  had 
no  Sunday  school,  and  nobody  ready 
to  teach  in  one ;  that  only  during  this 
last  year,  out  of  the  raw  material,  Qod 
has  created  teachers  and  superintend- 
ent, and  I  need  not  say  what  big  wages 
your  missionary  has  been  receiving ! 

God  has  been  very  good  to  me  and 
mine :  it  is  aU  **  goodness  and  mercy." 
Some  people  might  think  I  had  hard- 
ships, but  I  never  think  so.   I  have  led 


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the  life  of  a  sailor ;  I  "  wore  the  blue  " 
at  Stone  River  and  Chickamauga,  with 
Thomas,  and  at  Atlanta  with  Sherman, 
and  a  little  mud  or  dust  or  rain  or  snow 
doean^t  seem  such  a  serious  obstacle  to 
me  as  it  might  to  some  people ;  and  then 
my  heart  is  kept  warm  by  exercise,  and 
I  have  so  many  kindly  faces  and  warm 
hearts  here  and  there  to  greet  me,  so 
many  praying  for  me,  and  so  many 
invitations  to  "  stay  all  night,"  or  to 
"go  home  with  us  to-day,"  that  even 
were  there  serious  hardships,  they  would 
be  lost  sight  of  in  the  many  privileges 
that  a  man  of  real  missionary  spirit  en- 
joys. 

»•■ 

Fnm  Beo,  K  Mayne^  Potoai,  Grant  Co. 
Labors  Blessed. 
I  have  been  holding  a  series  of  meet- 
ings in  "  the  Vannatta  neighborhood," 
eight  and  a  half  miles  east  of  Potosi. 
There  is  only  one  church-member  in  the 
whole  region.  The. large  school-house 
has  been  crowded  almost  every  night 
from  the  first,  and  a  sense  of  God^s  pres- 
ence prevaded  the  whole  assembly,  un- 
tO  the  gray-headed  sire,  melted  into 
tears,  stood  up,  confessed  his  sins  and 
give  himself  to  Christ.  Then  the  grand- 
mother, fathers,  mothers,  and  children. 
Their  experiences  were  diversified,  some 
remembering  their  vows  made  years 
btck  in  their  Massachusetts  or  New  York 
homes,  and  the  happy  days  enjoyed 
there.  "But  since  we  came  here,  we 
have  had  no  preaching  for  years,  no 
Sabbath,  nor  Sabbath  schools ;  we  have 
wasted  our  substance;  we  have  spent 
all,  and  have  suffered  a  great  famine ; 
but  we  will  arise  and  go  to  our  Father." 
And  there  was  an  uprising,  I  can  assure 
yon.  Our  meetings  closed  last  Tuesday 
ercning.  We  have  twenty -seven  names 
applying  for  a  church  organization  and 
church  membership.  Nearly  all  of  the 
community  are  interested  in  these  meet- 
mgs,  and  think  they  must  have  a  church 
edifice  during  the  summer.  One  of  our 
boys  at  Beloit  College  (preparatory  de- 
partment), has  experienced  religion  dur- 


ing the  last  quarter.  We  are  very  happy, 
hoping  and  praying  that  he  may  be  an 
honored  instrument  in  the  hands  ot 
the  Lord  of  doing  much  good.- 


•MICHIGAN. 
From  Eev,  J.  E,  Bonney,    Bronson^ 
Branch  Co. 
A  Way  to  Help  the  Treasury. 
Soon  after  this  church  made  applica 
tion  for  aid,  I  learned  the  low  state  of 
the  Treasury,  and  was  impressed  with 
the  thought  that  we  ought  to  get  along 
without  using  the  funds  of  the  Society, 
if  possible.   We  talked  the  matter  over, 
and  our  churches  finally  consented  to 
dispense  with  my  services  one-half  the 
time,  that  we  might  not  burden  a  Soci- 
ety that  has  done,  and  is  doi'^  so 
much  for  the  cause  of  Christ.    This  de- 
cision of  our  people  left  me  at  liberty 
to  accept  urgent  calls  for  labor  that  had 
come  from  two  other  sources,  so  that  I 
am  getting  a  fair  support  on  the  field, 
and  shall  be  able  to  dispense  with  your 
promised    appropriation.      This    adds 
greatly  to  my  weight  of  care  and  re- 
sponsibility, and  I  felt  at  first  that  I 
could  hardly  assume  it ;  but  the  Lord  is 
sustaining  me  in  my  work,  and  grant- 
ing signs  of  promise.      Please,  then, 
consider  me  still  your  missionary^    if 
consistent,  while  you  apply  the  money 
to  some  other  needy  field. 

From    Ret.    E.  Andrus^    PentwaUr, 
Oceana  Co. 

Spiritual  Refreshing. 
Judging  that  the  winter  would  be  a 
favorable  time  for  securing  attention  to 
religion,  I  labored  in  hope  that  the 
Lord  would  pour  out  his  Spirit.  No 
revival  of  religion  had  visited  this 
place,  except  as  connected  with  the 
wildest  excitement,  and  followed  by 
lamentable  reaction  and  indifl*erence. 
We  tried  to  move  prudently,  that  the 
people  here  might  gain  a  new  idea  as 
to  what  a  true  "  revival  "  is.  No  extra 
services  were  held  until  the  week  of 


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prayer.  During  that  week  the  interest 
evidently  increased,  and  our  hearts  were 
cheered  by.  one  hopeful  conversion.  The 
Hieetings  were  continued,  on  most  oi 
the  evenings,  for  a  month,  with  preach- 
ing most  of  the  time.  They  were  quiet, 
orderly,  and  very  solemn,  dependent 
more  upon  the  power  of  truth  and  the 
Spirit  of  God  than  any  attempt  at  sen- 
sational excitement. 

The  results  appear  to  be  the  hopeful 
conversion  of  quite  a  number,  mainly 
adults,  the  stirring-up  and  edification 
of  believers,  and  the  general  elevation 
of  the  tone  of  Christian  living  and  ac 
tivity.  A  general  seriousness  pervades 
the  congregation,  and  some  are  still  in 
a  very  interesting  state  of  mind,  who,  I 
hope,  will  submit  to  the  Lord. 

For  this  gentle  refreshing  we  are  de- 
voutly thankful.  May  the  clotid  of 
blessing  still  rest  upon  this  people  in 
"  the  early  and  the  later  rain  "  ! 


MISSOURI. 


^ems  that  he  is  calling  upon  me  to  re- 
nain  and  do  it.  If  it  is  the  Lord's 
^11, 1  say  "  Amen ! ''  Our  society  and 
congregation  have  very  much  increased 
he  past  year.  Our  church  has  not  been 
mblessed ;  God  has  been  gracious  to 
IS ;  but  the  removals  have  been  more 
:han  the  additions,  and  we  do  not 
lumber  so  many  in  the  church  as  we 
iid  a  year  since,  though  socially  and 
pecuniarily,  and  I  think  spiritually,  we 
ire  stronger  than  ever  before.  Arrange- 
nente  are  now  in  contemplation  to 
ouild  a  parsonage,  and  I  think  it  will 
be  accomplished  within  ninety  days. 

We  feel  truly  grateful  to  your  Socie- 
:y,  and  to  the  Giver  of  all  good,  for  the 
lid  you  have  rendered  us,  and  hope  in 
:he  future  to  contribute  to  your  Treas- 
iry.  May  the  good  Lord  open  the 
learts  of  his  people  to  supply  abun- 
iantly  all  your  needs ! 


FVom  Bee.  W.  B.  Seaver,  Sedalia^  Pettis 
County. 

Sacrifices  for  Self-Snpport. 

Closing  here  my  first  'year's  labors 
with  this  church,  I  am  glad  to  report 
that  the  people' have  not  only  fulfilled 
their^engagements^^with  me,  but  hope 
to  support^the  preaching  of  the  gospel 
without  asking  your  aid  in  the  future. 
It  is  a  great  undertaking  for  our  little 
church,  but  I  have  felt  exceedingly 
anxious  (perhaps  ac^r  anxious),  that  we 
should  "go  alone,"  and  relieve  your 
Bociety.  There  are  so  many  places 
where  the  ministry  cannot  be  supported, 
except  you  aid  them,  and  the  needs  of 
the  Society  are  so  great,  that  I  have  re- 
solved, if  it  can  be  done,  to  get  along 
without  asking  your  further  help. 

The  arrangement  which  makes  this 
possible  is  anything  but  pleasant  to 
one  who  values  the  blessings  of  Tiome  as 
I  do  ;  but^I  think  there  is  a  great  work 
to  be^done  here_^for  the  Master,  and  it 


From  Bee.   L.  M.  Pierce^    Glenuood, 
Schuyler  Co. 

Ghrateful. 
The  last  has  been  a  most  eventful 
quarter  in  the  history  of  our  young 
church.  We  have  dedicated  our  church 
edifice,  a  tasteful  and  substantial  build- 
ing, 30  by  48' feet,  with  projecting  tcst 
tibule.  The  expense  of  the  building 
ind  furniture  was  $3,360.  We  found 
that,  above  the  subscriptions,  the  as- 
sistance of  friends  abroad,  and  the 
pledge  of  the  "  Union,"  there  was  a  de- 
ficiency of  about  $400.  This  impend- 
ing debt  a  good  deacon  assumed,  and 
besides  supplied  us  with  a  600-pound 
bell.  The  spiritual  structure  God,  too, 
has  remembered  ;  on  "  dedication  day  " 
adding  three  to  our  fellowship,  and  a 
few  weeks  later,  ten  more,  the  fruit  of 
a  special  effort,  in  which  we  had  the  as- 
sistance of  Rev.  J.  C.  Cooper.  Still 
others  will  probably  come  in  with  us 
soon.  Our  prospects  never  seemed 
more  encouraging.  The  leading  social 
influence  of  the  to\^Ti  is  decidedly  re- 
ligious—  as  much  so  as  the  majonty 


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of  New  England  communities.    Many 
of  our  young  people  profess  Christ. 

I  now  see  the  importance  of  your  gen- 
erous Society,  and  our  noble  "  Union," 
going  hand  in  hand  in  the  work  ol 
erangelizing  the  West.  One  year  and 
eight  months  ago  your  Superintendent 
for  Missouri,  assisted  by  a  neighboring 


missionary,  in  an  oak  copse  within  the 
imits  of  this  town,  organized  this 
church  of  nineteen  members.  The 
;)rief  history  of  these  twenty  months  is 
i  membership  nearly  trebled,  and  a 
oeautiiiil  sanctuarj'  built,  free  of  debt, 
^or  all  which,  God  be  praised  ! 


MISCELLANEOUS 


The  Saperintendents. 

The  Superintendents  of  this  Society's 
operations  in  the  missionary  field  have, 
until  recently,  been  termed  "  Agents  and 
General  Missionaries."  The  latter  term 
best  defines  their  oflice.  They  are 
Agents,  not  so  much  to  coUect  as  to  dia- 
tribute  the  funds  of  the  Society,  and  to 
superintend  its  missionary  work.  The 
expense  of  sustaining  them,  therefore, 
never  has  been,  and  evidently  should 
not  be,  included  in  the  cost  of  its  ad- 
ministration. In  the  Annual  Reports 
they  are  counted  among  the  mission- 
aries, and  their  labors  form  a  part  of  the 
aggregate  of  missionary  service  reported 
at  the  expiration  of  each  year.  Their 
work  is  as  truly  misti&nary,  in  its  char- 
acter and'the  hardships  and  self-denials 
it  involves,  as  that  of  any  laborer  in  the 
service  of  the  Society. 

The  principal  duties  of  a  Superin- 
tendent are  as  follows :  He  is  expected 
tokeepliimself  so  intimately  acquainted 
with  the  condition  of  the  district  as- 
signed to  him,  that  he  will  be  able  to 
seize  every  favorable  opportunity  to  oc- 
cupy new  posts,  and  assign  to  each  new 
laborer  the  most  needy  and  promising 
field  under  his  supervision.  He  has  a 
special  care  of  feeble  churches  that  are 
without  the  means  of  grace.  By  fre- 
quent visits  and  by  correspondence,  he 
seeks  to  keep  them  alive  and  in  good 
heart,  stimulates  and  directs  their  ef- 
forts  to  «e<*nn»  aid  sustain  the  T»in^<^t»7', 


md  renders  them  all  needful  encourage- 
nent  and  aid  in  this  matter. 

He  is  in  constant  correspondence  with 
heological  students  and  ministers  who 
lave  the  missionary  work  in  view,  .fur- 
iishes  them  with  such  information  as 
hey  seek  respecting    the  wants    and 
claims  of  his  field,  welcomes  the  new  re- 
mit, on  his  arrival,  directs  him  to  the 
I  )08t  for  which  he  is  best  adapted,  ac- 
]  !ompanies  him  to  it,  introduces  him  to 
I  the  people,  incites  them  to  a  generous 
effort  for  his  support,  and,  if  need  be, 
induces  two,  three,  or  more  congrega- 
tions to  share  his  labors,  thus  lighten- 
ing the  burthen  upon  the  Treasury  of 
the  Society. 

He  receives  all  applications  for  the 
aid  of  the  Society,  and  makes  such  pre- 
liminary examination  respecting  the 
wants  of  the  applicants  and  the  prospec- 
tive usefulness  of  the  minister  for  whom 
I  commisnion  is  desired,  as  will  enable 
'lim  to  suggest  to  the  Executive  Com- 
nittee  the  action  required  in  each  case. 
He  makes  frequent  visits  to  the  mis- 
nonaries,  counseling  them  in  their  dif- 
iculties,  cheering  them  under  their  dis- 
ouragements,  and  preaching  for  them, 
especially  in  seasons  of  religious  in- 
erest. 

He  takes  a  leading  part  in  the  gath- 
ering of  churches,  in  ordinations,  in- 
tallations,  dedications,  and  in  special 
(forts  to  secure  houses  of  worship  and 
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Biune  the  entire  support  of  the  ministry. 
One  Superintendent,  in  a  recent  report, 
states  that,  during  the  preceding  three 
months,  he  preached  forty-two  sermons, 
nearly  all  of  them  on  missionary  fields. 
Another  reports  that,  during  the  last 
year,  he  preached  ninety-six  sermons, — 
five  of  them  in  connection  with  the  or- 
ganization of  churches,  two  at  installa- 
tions, five  at  dedications,  and  ten  in  be- 
half of  the  Society  itself 

The  Superintendent  is  expected  to  be 
thoroughly  versed  in  questions  relating 
to  church  government  and  order,  and  so 
to  educate  the  infant  churches  on  his 
field,  that  they  shall  conduct  their  spirit- 
ual affairs  in  accordance  with  ecclesiastic- 
al principles  and  usage,  and  their  secular 
affairs  according  to  the  requirements  of 
the  civil  law. 

He  aims  to  infuse  a  missionary  spirit 
into  every  Association  and  Conference, 
and  to  secure  the  appointment,  by  each, 
of  a  "  Committee  of  Missions  "  to  co- 
operate with  him  and  with  the  Society 
in  the  missionary  work.  He  secures  the 
circulation,  among  the  pastors  and 
churches,  of  The  Home  Missionary  and 
other  vehicles  of  missionary  intelligence, 
presents  the  claims  of  the  Society,  as  he 
has  time  and  opportunity,  and  endeavors 
to  secure  for  it  an  annual  contribution 
from  every  congregation  in  his  district. 

In  some  cases,  especially  in  the  new 
and  sparsely  settled  States,  the  number 
of  missionaries  under  the  supervision  of 
each  Superintendent  is  small.  But  such 
districts  are  large,  in  territorial  extent ; 
the  churches  and  missionary  stations  are 
remote  from  each  other ;  the  destitutions 
are  numerous ;  and  the  superintendent 
is  mainly  occupied  in  exploring  new 
fields  and  preparing  the  way  for  the  per- 
manent ministrations  of  the  gospel. 

There  are  now  in  the  service  of  the 
Society  fifteen  Superintendents.  The 
following  are  their  names,  their  fields 
of  labor,  and  the  number  of  missionaries 
beside  the  Superintendent  under  com- 
mission in  each  district,  during  the 
year  ending  April  1,  1871. 


Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart,  New  Toik 

and  New  Jersey 58 

"     Lysander  Kelsey,  Ohio 29 

"    Nathaniel    A.    Hyde,    Indiana 

and  Southern  Illinois 16 

"    Joseph  E.  Roy,  D.  D.,  North- 
em  Illinois 62 

"    Edwin  B.  Turner,  Missouri 41 

"    Wolcott  B.  Williams,  Southern 

and  Eastern  Michigan 80 

"    Leroy  Warren,  Northern  Mich- 
igan  85 

"    Dexter  Clary,  Southern  Wiscon- 
sin     26 

"    Franklin  B.  Doe,  Northern  Wis- 
consin   49 

"    Jesse  Guernsey,  D.  D.,  North- 
em  Iowa 70 

"    Joseph  W.    Pickett,    Southern 

Iowa 40 

"    Richard  Hall,  Minnesota 89 

"    James  G.  Merrill,  Kansas. 59 

"    Orville  W.  Merrill,  Nebraska. .  .17 
"    James  H.  Warren,  California. .  .29 


The  enlargement  of  the  Society^s 
work  in  New  Jersey  is  calling  for  in- 
creased attention,  while  its  operations 
in  New  York  have  been  for  the  last  nine 
years  so  systematized,  under  the  eflScient 
superintendence  of  Rev.  L.  Shith  Ho- 
BABT,  as  to  demand  less  of  his  personal 
oversight  than  formerly. 

The  continued  illness  of  Rev.  Dr. 
Badger,  the  beloved  Senior  Secretary, 
devolves  upon  his  associates  too  heavy 
a  burden  of  care  and  labor,  at  home  and 
abroad.  The  Executive  Committee 
have,  therefore,  appointed  Mr.  Hobart 
Superintendent  of  Home  Missions  for 
New  York  and  New  Jersey,  his  head- 
quarters to  be  at  the  Bible  House  in 
this  city,  where  he  may  be  addressed, 
and  where  he  will  render  to  the  Secreta- 
ries such  assistance  in  the  work  of  the 
office  as  his  other  engagements  will 
allow. 


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Baokdiders  Beolaimed. 

How  many  "  lost  sheep  of  the  house 
of  Israel "  have  wandered  into  the  wil 
derness,  to  whom  some  one  should  be 
sent  to  bring  them  back  to  the  fold ! 

A  friend  informs  us  that  last  summer, 
a  missionary  of  the  American  Sunday 
School  Union  in  Michigan  visited  a 
community  in  the  midst  of  a  strong  Ro 
man  Catholic  influence  where  he  could 
not  find  one  praying  person ;  but  stop- 
ped with  a  family  consisting  of  father 
and  mother  and  seven  bright  children 
whose  parents  had  been  professing 
Christians,  but  had  sadly  fallen.  The 
family  altar  was  broken  down,  the  Bible 
and  closet  neglected,  the  world,  the 
flesh,  and  the  devil  had  possession.  The 
missionary  used  great  plainness  of 
speech  respecting  their  influence  and 
responsibility  in  such  a  community.  The 
next  Sunday  he  organized  the  first  Sun- 
day school  in  that  neighborhood,  and 
these  parents  were  chosen  superintend- 
ents. Now  the  father  reports,  "Our 
school  is  well  sustained  and  very  pros- 
perous ;"  and  the  mother  writes,  "  I  and 
tU  my  children  are  very  much  interested 
in  our  school ;  some  of  us  have  learned 
the  way  to  Jesus,  and  some  of  our  neigh- 
bors are  seeking  him."  Such  reclaimed 
ones  the  missionary  shepherd  lays  on  his 
shoulder — nay  on  his  heart — ^rejoicing. 

B. 

Decease  of  Hiss  Eliza  North. 

[In  this  department  of  oar  issue  for 
February  last,  we  made  grateful  mention 
of  **Our  New  Haven  Helpers" — those 
busy  and  large-hearted  ladies  of  the  First 
Church,  whose  beneficence  has  through 
nineteen  ye4ir8  gladdened  the  homes  of 
leorefl  of  our  Home  Missionary  brethren. 
We  had  occasion  then  to  mention  Miss 
North's  resignation  of  the  office  of  Sec- 
reury,  which  she  had  filled  most  accept- 
ably almost  from  the  origin  of  that  society ; 
but  we  little  thought  that  her  work  was 
•0  nearly  ended.  After  a  few  days  of 
patient  sufiering,  she  entered  into  rest,  on 
the  6th  of  April.  It  is  but  a  few  weeks 
■b^e  she  wrote  us,  inclosing  a  generous 


gift,  to  be  acknowleged  anonymously,  and 
expressing  her  unabated  interest  in  the 
work  and  the  workers  of  this  Society, 
pledging  to  them  her  ardent  sympathy 
and  prayers  unto  the  end.  And  now,  so 
soon,  "  the  end  "  has  come — the  end  and 
the  beginning! 

We  give,  below,  the  minute  adopted  by 
the  Ladies'  H.  M.  Society,  on  the  day  after 
her  decease :] 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Ladies'  Home 
Missionary  Society  of  the  First  Church, 
New  Haven,  April  7th,  1871,  the  follow- 
ing minute  was  read  by  Mrs.  Lathrop  : 

"  Since  our  meeting  last  week,  an- 
other of  those  visitations  of  wise  and 
holy  Providence  by  which  this  Society 
has  so  often  been  admonished,  calls  us 
to  remember  how  short  our  time  is  for 
this  service  in  the  kingdom  of  our  bless- 
ed Lord. 

Miss  North  was  one  of  the  company 
of  ladies  of  the  First  Church  who, 
twenty  years  ago  last  January,  united 
in  this  organization.  She  was  its  first 
Secretary,  and  for  fifteen  consecutive 
years  filled  that  station  with  most  ex- 
emplary diligence  and  assiduity,  greatly 
to  the  interest  of  the  community,  as  well 
as  to  the  furtherance  of  the  usefulness 
of  the  Society  in  which,  from  the  first, 
she  has  ever  taken  a  very  hearty  and 
lively  interest. 

When,  after  an  absence  of  two  years 
in  Europe,  she  returned  to  her  home 
among  us,  she  naturally  resumed  the 
duties  of  her  Secretaryship,  and  at  her 
resignation  of  the  office  after  one  year, 
under  the  compulsion  of  physical  infirm- 
ity, our  hearty  regrets  were  recorded, 
and  our  warm  appreciation  of  the  in- 
debtedness of  the  cause  to  her  thorough 
sympathy  and  ready  pen. 

Little  did  we  then  imagine  that  her 
activities  in  our  weekly  meetings  were 
so  soon  to  cease.  Her  last  presence  with 
us  in  these  gatherings — and  her  attend- 
ance scarcely  knew  intermission — was 
two  weeks  ago  this  day.  Such  a  sud- 
den exit  from  the  midst  of  us  cannot 
fail  to  incite  us  to  renewed  diligence  in 
the  service  of  our  Redeemer. 


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While  for  her  we  can  see  that  good- 
neae  and  wisdom  determined  the  time  ol 
her  departure,  we  must  for  ourselves 
pray  that  we  may  be  led  to  a  more  entire 
consecration  to  the  work  of  God,  eape- 
cially  in  helping  to  sustain  the  Mission- 
ary families,  who  toil  and  spend  them- 
selves for  the  salvation  of  their  coun- 
try/' 

The  following  Resolution  was  passed : 

"  Resolved,  That  these  sontiments  of  re- 
gard for  our  late  beloved  associate  be 
adopted  by  this  Society*,  and  that  a  copy 
of  the  same  be  sent  to  her  sorrowing 
family,  as  an  expression  of  our  deep  sym- 
pathy and  mutual  bereavement  in  this 
dispensation." 

It  was  further 

Resolved,  That  the  foregoing  be  put  on 
the  records  of  this  Society,  and  that  a 
copy  of  the  same  be  forwarded  to  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society,  in 
New  York."      Miss  H.  A.  Tuckkb,  Sec. 

New  Haven,  Conn.,  April  8th,  1871. 


Pastor  Harms's  Work. 

Luneburg  is  the  name  of  a  parish  in 
the  kingdom  of  Hanover.  The  soil  ig 
80  poor  that  it  can  produce  but  little 
fruit  or  grain.  Its  surface  spreads  out 
in  vast  moors,  covered  in  the  summei 
with  a  dry,  crisp,  purple  heath,  except 
where  a  growth  of  fir,  or  other  hard} 
tree  or  shurb,  asserts  its  power  to  over 
come  the  terrible  poverty  of  nature ;  oi 
where  upon  the  margin  of  some  stream 
a  small  green  meadow  of  grass  haf 
spnmg  up.  It  is  known  in  Germany  a? 
its  most  desolate  region.  Generation 
after  generation  of  inhabitants  haf 
gathered  a  barren  subsistence  from  the 
sale  of  cranberries,  juniper  berries,  oi 
bilberries ;  or  of  honey  collected  from 
their  bees ;  or  of  timber  and  fuel  hewr 
and  carried  to  the  neighboring  towns 
Where  could  be  found  a  field  more  dis- 
couraging for  a  minister  to  begin  with 

But  Louis  Harms  preached  a  gospe 
which  is  not  after  man,  neither  receivec 
of  man :  the  gospel  of  the  power  of  God. 
His  life  was  a  life  of  faith  in  the  Son  o 
God. 


In  the  midst  of  the  stupendous  po- 
■itical  commotions  on  the  continent  of 
Europe  during  the  year  1848  he  com- 
menced his  work.  He  aimed  at  a  great 
revival  of  religion  in  the  souls  of  the 
people.  He  preached,  he  visited,  he 
labored  with  the  energy  and  the  faith 
3f  one  sent  from  heaven.  He  was  an 
imbassador  from  God.  He  saw  that  the 
ipirit,  power,  and  joy  of  the  Christian 
ife  are  essentially  evangelistic.  He  had 
been  there  but  a  year  when  he  proposed 
X)  the  congregation  the  establishment  of 
I  mission  in  Africa.  The  first  question 
isked  was,  "Who  will  go  ?  Twelve  per- 
sons at  once  offered.  A  house  was  at 
once  appropriated  to  the  uses  of  a  mis- 
sion school  to  train  them,  and  Mr. 
Harms's  brother  undertook  this  work.  A 
course  of  instruction  covering  over  four 
years'  study  was  laid  down.  After  a 
•ittle  time  others  were  eager  to  go  out  as 
Christian  laborers  in  other  departments 
Df  usefulness,  as  farmers,  mechanics,  etc 
The  people  determined,  though  at  a 
distance  from  any  any  seaport,  to  build 
a  ship  to  go  to  and  fro  on  their  errands 
of  mercy.  They  all  went  zealously  to 
work  either  in  preparing  the  materials 
aeeded,  or  in  earning  money  to  purchase 
what  they  could  not  themselves  supply. 
In  due  time  the  brig  Candnce  was  ready 
for  sea  at  a  cost  of  about  1 16,000  with 
$4,000  more  for  the  outfit.  It  was  a  tri- 
umphant occasion  when,  in  October. 
1853,  she  weighed  anchor  at  Hamburg, 
and  set  sail  for  Port  Natal  in  Southern 
Africa. 

The  mission  has  grown  into  ten  other? 
among  various  tribes  of  South  Africa. 
The  mission  school  has  been  enlarged 
until  it  now  accommodates  forty-eight 
>oung  men.  It  is  expected  that  a  band 
will  go  forth  from  it  every  two  years. 
And  it  has  furnished  fervent  evangelists 
for  missionary  work  in  the  East  Indies. 
In  Australia,  and  in  the  United  States. 

The  amount  of  labor  accomplished 
during  seventeen  years  by  this  devoted 
nan,  though  bowed  with  bodily  infirm- 
ties,  is  almost  incredible.    But  the  se 


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cret  of  his  success  lay,  first,  in  his  hoh 
and  prayerful  life.  He  lived  in  mos' 
close,  childlike,  loving,  believing  com 
munion  with  God.  He  prayed,  talked 
toiled  as  one  who  was  simply  an  instru 
ment  in  the  hands  of  the  almighty 
gracious,  compassionate  Savior,  anc 
whose  only  ambition  and  wish  was  tc 
do,  to  be,  to  suffer  his  will. — Presbyter- 
ian, 


Spiritifiin  Nothing  New. 

Archaeology  finds  the  pre-historic  past 
surviving    among    us    in  many  ways. 
First  of  all  in  our  words  {e.  g.^  the  name^ 
of  the  days),  next  in  our  architecture 
{e,  ^.,  the   orientation  of  churches,  in- 
sisted upon  by  Vitruvius,  a  relic  of  sun- 
worship),  then  in  our  customs.     Oui 
games,  particularly  those  of  chance,  arc 
traceable    to    ancient    religions;    and 
among  many  tribes  of  savages  dice  arc 
still  used  for  divination.  Gipsies  still  put 
cards  to  their  primitive  use  of  fortune 
telling.    But  perhaps  the  most  curiouf 
instance  of  this  kind  of  survival  is  mod 
em   Spiritism.    Dr.  Bastian,  of  Berlin 
has  lately  shown  how  the  very  forms  and 
tricks  of  Spiritism  have  been  known  it 
the  most  ancient  times.     *'  Planchette  ^ 
has  been  for  ages  a  familiar  instrument 
among  the  Chinese  for  receiving  com- 
munications from  their  ancestors,  who 
are  to  Confucians  almost  the  only  gods. 
The  tyings  and  untyings  in  cabinefo 
were  centuries  ago  familiar  to  the  Tar 
tars  and  Ojibways  of  America.    A  dis- 
tinguished biologist  of  London  recently 
designated  Mr.  Home  as  "  a  Tartar  in 
evening  dress."    But  I  find  him  more 
related    to    the    ancient    Celt.     Thus, 
among  the  ancient  Celts,  great  spiritual 
elevation  was  held  to  be  frequently  at- 
tended with  physical  elevation,  and  Mr. 
Homers  latest  feat  is  soaring  in  the  air. 
From  the  earliest  worshipers  of  Britain 
the   idea    passed    into    the    Christian 
church.    Thus  we  read  that  Richard, 
one  of  the  early  archbishops  of  Canter 
bury  was  surprised  by  a  monk  wher 
floating  in  the  air.   Indeed,  it  were  easj 


to  match  most  of  the  phenomena  of 
modem  Spiritism  from  the  records  of 
this  one  city.  Once  a  friar,  who  neg- 
lected to  take  proper  care  of  the  tomb  of 
Ethelbert,  was  visited  by  a  spirit^  cloth- 
ed in  light,  who  admonished  him  and 
retired.  As  for  the  spirit-raps,  they  were 
well  known  in  the  time  of  the  witches, 
since  when  they  have  been  repeatedly 
imitated  by  prisoners,  who  have  used 
them  to  communicate  from  cell  to  cell — 
one  rap  meaning  A ;  two,  B ;  and  pe- 
culiar noises  agreed  upon  as  signs  for 
''  Yes  "  and  "  No."  Undoubtedly  many 
of  the  ancient  observances  have  come 
down  to  us  through  the  alliance  of  the 
church  with  the  religions  it  found  al- 
ready in  occupation. —  Harper^ s  Maga- 


Liberal  Christianity. 
We  believe  in  liberal  Christianity  just 
as  we  believe  in  free  governments. 
Christianity,  to  be  liberal,  must  first  be 
real.  Jesus  said,  "  If  ye  continue  in  my 
word,  then  are  ye  my  disciples  indeed ; 
and  ye  shall  know  the  truth,  and  the 
truth  shall  make  you  free^  Some  ap- 
pear to  think,  that  the  less  they  care 
about  the  truths  of  Christianity,  the 
more  liberal  they  are.  But  Jesus  says, 
"  Seek  your  freedom  in  the  troth."  Be- 
lieve, obey,  and  love  the  troth ;  then 
look  out  upon  the  world,  and  with  troe 
liberality  you  will  recognize  and  love 
the  troth  wherever  you  find  it,  buried 
up  in  however  much  error.  You  need 
not  be  bigoted  because  your  views  are 
clear.  **  The  troth  shall  make  you  free  " 
from  bigotry,  if  you  "  know  the  troth  " 
in  the  spirit  of  Christ.  You  need  not 
be  heterodox  in  order  to  be  liberal. 
You  need  not  drown  yourself  in  error  in 
order  to  love  and  rescue  the  drowning. 
By  all  means  have  liberal  Christianity ; 
But  let  it  be  genuine.  Let  the  liberality 
be  that  of  an  overflowing  fountain, 
which  must  be  pure  before  it  can  be  re- 
freshing. Let  it  overflow  in  a  love  that 
is  according  to  troth  and  according  to 
Christ. —  Christian  Banner. 


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APPOINTMENTS  IN  APRIL,  1871. 


NU  Ui  Commiftion  Uut  year. 

Rer.  Thomas  B.  Bliss,  Denver,  Col. 

Rev.  Roswell  Foster.  Flattsmouth,  Neb. 

Rev.  James  W.  Kidder,  Norfolk,  Neb. 

Rev.  Lauren  Armsby,  Moand  City,  Kan. 

Rev.  Matthew  Bennett,  D.  D.,  Reedsborg,  Wis. 

Rev.  Edward  B.  French,  Hartford,  Wis. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  O.   Goodhue,   Johnstown  and 

Johnstown  Center,  Wis. 
Rev.  Oliver  Brown,  Breckenridge,  Mo. 
Rev.  Phineas  N.  Beane,  Chandlersville,  111. 
Rev.  Eliha  Loomis.  Chesterfield  and  vicinity,  HI. 
Rev.  Qeorge  W.  Bainnm.  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Rev.  Hemingway  J.  Gayiord,  Hanord,  N.  T. 
Rev.  Lorrain  Rood,  Bast  Pharsalia,  N.  T. 

R0-commiuUmed. 

Rev.  Albion  H.  Johnson,  Antioch,  Cal. 

Rev.  Frederick  Alley,  Crete  and  De  Witt,  Neb. 

Rev.  Edward  Brown,  Medford  and  Clinton 
Falls,  Minn. 

Rev.  Philip  Peregrine,  Hebron  and  Battemnt 
Valley,  ifinn. 

Rev.  William  W.  Snell,  Rnshford,  Minn. 

Rev.  Asa  8.  Allen,  Clear  Lake,  Forest  City,  Con- 
cord and  ElUneton,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Benlamin  M.  Amsden,  Golden  Prairie,  Tower 
Hill  and  vicinity,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Loren  W.  Brintnall,  Winthrop,  Iowa. 


Rev.  Hermann  Ficke,  Dnbnqae,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Milton  Rowley,  Eddyville,  Iowa. 

Rev.  J.  S.  Toft,  Oakfleld  and  Bxira,  Iowa. 

Rev.  John  Cadwalader^Milwaakeej_Wis. 

Rev.  Asher  W.  Cnrtis,  Elk  Grove,  Wis. 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Gonld,  Hammond  and  Kinnlckln- 

nick.  Wis. 
Rev.  Albert  O.  Wright,  New  Lisbon,  Wis. 
Rev.  Edwin  Booth,  Ada,  Mich. 
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and  Essex,  Mich. 
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Center.  Mich. 
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Mich. 
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bile.  Mo. 
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ford, Mo. 
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White's  School-house,  ul. 
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Hammond,  HI. 
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Rev.  Moses  M.  Longley,  Greenville,  HI. 
Rev.  George  Schlosser,  Ashkom,  HI. 
Rev.  Henry  B.  Swift,  Avon,  HI. 
Rev.  William  H.  Brlnkerhofl;  Weymouth,  Obio. 
Rev.  Marshall  W.  Diggs,  Pisgah,  Ohio. 
Rev.  Qeorge  A.  Rockwood,  Rensselaer  Falls,  N.T. 


RECEIPTS  IN  APRIL,  1871. 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE- 
Derry,  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Jane  Parker,  by 

W.  Anderson,  ex.,  $100 

New  London,  M.  K.  Trussell.  10 

Thornton's  Ferry,  W.  J.  Rockwood,  4 

VBRMONT- 
Ascutneyville,  Miss  C.  A.  Allison,  9 

Bast  Poultney,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  B.  Rip- 
ley, 18 
Stowe,  Dea.  R.  A.  Savage,  by  Rev.  B. 
F.  Perkins,                                             » 
MASSACHUSETTS— 
Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by  S.  T.  Far- 
well,Treas.,         8,000 


Andover,  Legacy  of  Amos  Abbott,  by 
A.  A.  Abbott,  Esq.,  ex., 

Boston,  J.  W.  Hayes,  by  A.  Merwin, 

Hadley,  Fint  Parith  Ladies'  Sew.  Clr- 
dA,  by  Mrs.  Edwin  Smith,  to  const 
Mrs.  George  Shipman  a  L.  M., 
Bueeeil  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  Porter,  to 
const  Miss  Marion  M.  Dwigh  a  L. 
M., 
Hampshire  Miss.  Soc,  E.  Williams,  Treas., 

Northampton,  Legacy  of  Mrs. 
R.  B.  Thurston,  by  Anson 
B.  Clark,  ex.,  $192  71 

Southampton,  Cong.  Ch.,  67  00 

Westhampton,  Cong.  Ch.,  S9  00 

Hatfield,  Legacy  of  Miss  Lois  Dickin- 
son, by  G.  W.  Hubbard,  ex., 

Housatonic,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T.  A. 
Hazen, 

Lancaster,  On  account  of  Legacy  of 
Miss  S.  Steams,  by  W.  W.  Wyman, 
adoL, 


40  00 


4166 


90 


760 


New  Marlboro.   First  Cong.  Ch.  and 

Socj  by  S.  W.  Wright,  to  const  Rev. 

S.  F.  Gale  and  George   Robbins  L. 

Ms.,  ISO  00 

North  Brookfleld,  First  Cong.  Cb.,mon. 

con.,  by  J.  E.  Porter,  Treas..  8  00 

Northampton  *'  From  a  Missionary  in 

the  East.'*  by^B.  T.  Spanlding,  Esq.,  100  00 
Springfield,  **  Unabridged,"  1,000  00 

A  FWend,  BOO  00 

Waltham.  Legacy  of  Hannah  CooUdge,        ^ 

by  D.  French  and  S.  Clark,  exs.,  8,000  00 
WhitinsvlUe,  Ladies,   by  Mrs.   C.  P. 

Whitin,  5  00 

WUliamslurgh,  W.  A.  Hawks.  I  00 

WiUiamstown,  Williams   College,  by 

Rev.  Mark  Hopkins,  D  J).,  88  64 

RHODE  ISLAND- 

BristoL,  Friends  in  the  Cong.  Ch.,  to  ^ 

const  Rev.  J.  P.  Lane  a  L/D.,  100  00 

Newport,  William  Guild,  10  00 

CONNECTICUT— 

Chester,  Samuel  SilUman, 

Clinton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W,  K. 
Brooks,  to  const.  Mrs.  Henry  L.  Well- 
man  a  L.  M., 

Connecticut,  A  Friend, 

Danbury,  First  Cong.  Ch,,  by  B.  A. 
Benedict,  Treas., 

Ellsworth,  On  account  of  Legacy  of 
Samuel  E.  Everett,  by  C.  M.  Arsons, 
ex., 

Greenfield  Hill,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  B. 
P.  Hlbbard, 

Harwinton,  Mrs.  Sarah  B.  Hayea, 

Litchfield,  A  Friend, 


10  00 


80  00 
100  00 

70  00 


68019 

4018 
10  00 
18  00 


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XAdison,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  8oc.,  by 

Dea.  J.  T.  Lee,  Treas.. 
Middletown,  Ladies'  H.  M.  Soc.  of  First 

Cong.  Ch.,  by  Miss  C.  M.  Bacon, 
Milfort^  Plymonth  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  A. 

Baldwin* 
North  Canaan,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 

J.  Elton,  Treaa., 
Norwich,  Seoond  Cong.  Ck.and8oe.^  ad- 
ditional, by  B.  Learned,  (prer.  ack., 

fl,l».00), 

Broadway  Cong.  Ch,^  by  8.  B,  Bish- 
op, of  w^.  $80  from  C.  R.  Rogers 
to  const.  Bradford  H.  Rogers  a  L. 
M.,  * 

Norwich  Town,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H. 

A.  Hyde,  Treas., 

Scotland,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  R.  8. 
Underwood,  lo  const  Rev.  R.  8.  Un- 
derwood and  Fayette  SaflTord  L.  Ms^ 

Stratford,  Mrs.  Lanrana  North,  by  H. 
Richards,  to  const.  John  A.  North  a 

M., 
Gen.  Q.  Loomis,  by  O.  R.  Kingsbury, 

NEW  YORK— 
Albany,  Mrs.  David  Dyer, 
Baiting  Hollow,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll., 

by  Itev.  A.  W.  Allen, 
Bath,  First  Presb.  Oh.,  proceeds  of  real 

estate,  by  O.  H.  McMasters.  Trustee, 
Binghamton,  Ckmg.  Ch..  by  E.  M.  Noyes, 

Treas.,  to  const.  Edwin  Gates,  Mrs.  D. 

M.  Bartlett,  Dea.  C.  A.  Whitney,  J.  T. 

Whitmore,  J.  W.  Overhiser  L.  Ms., 

Blias  Hawley,  dec,  by  A.  Hawley, 
Brooklyn,  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,  by  O. 

B.  Coomes,  Treas., 

Camden,  Legacy  of  Dea.  Bennett  Cobb, 

by  Bennett  Cobb,  ex.. 
Candor,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  J.  B. 

Hart,  to  const  Thomas  N.  Lewis  a  L. 

M., 
Canter  Lisle,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  J.  A. 

Farrar. 
Commack,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  P.  Z. 

Baston, 
Coventry,  Andrew  Blingsbury, 
Lunberland,  South  Lebanon  station  of 

the  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F.  Kyte. 
Newark  Valley,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  8. 

Johnson,   $16.S5 ;  Rev.  8.  Johnson, 

^a.7&,  to  const  Calvin  Bushnell  a  L. 

New'York  City,  JSTorbm  Cong.  Ch.y  by 

W.   W.   Ferrier,   Treas., 

Broadtoay  Tabemade  Ch.,(prew.  ack., 

$1,868,40),  D.  C.  Ripley,  «00;  Mrs. 

Hannah  Ireland,  $60 ;  lOss  Ritter,  $6, 
New  York,  "Nassau," 
Penn  Yan,  Charles  C.  Sheppard, 
Perry  Center,  Mrs.  Philena  Sheldon,  to 

const  Herbert  P.  Sheldon  aL.  M., 

PKNNSYLVANl/k— 
Prentisavale,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 


XSNTUCKY— 
Bersa,  O.  A.  R.  Rogera, 

omo- 

Beedved  by  ^ev.  L.  Kelsey: 
BeDevne,  ,  3ng.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

S.  B.  Sherm, 
KeDy*s  Island,  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  M.  K.  ^olbrooiL 

Oberiin,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Homer  Johnson,  Treas..  to 

const  Rev.  Henry  Cowles, 

D.  D.  Prof.  J.  M.  EUis,  W. 

W.  Wright  J.  8.  Peck,  and 

Homer    Johnson,    M.    D., 

^  L.  Ms., 

Pimesville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  C.  R. 

Stone, 
Wauseon,  Cong.  Ch.,  baL  of 
eoIL,  by  Bev.1).  D.  Waugh, 


75  00 

600 

100  00 

48  60 

800 

673  76 
tS7  51 

60  00 


80  00 
360 


16  S6 

1  11 

870  00 

167  81 
260  00 

400  00 

100  00 

8100 

16  00 

96  00 
600 

860 

80  00 

17  68 


165  00 
600  00 
186  00 

80  00 


600 
500 


$80  00 
14  60 


146  00 
90  00 


18  60 


110 


Amboy,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.,  by 
Rev.  A.  W  Sanders, 


Brighton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  Burr, 

^anfieldVFirsf  < — -  ^    " "' 

Smith, 


Canfield,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  m! 


Cincinnati,    Columbia  Cong.  Ch.,    by 

Rev.  dJj.  Jones, 
Clarksfleld,  Spelman  Pelton, 
Cleveland,  on  account  of  Legacy  of 

EUsha  Taylor,  by  Mrs.  Elizabeth  B. 

Taylor,  ex., 
Oambier,  Cong.  Ch.,$10:  Martinsbuig, 

Cong.  Ch.,^  by  Rev.  E.  F.  Balrd, 
Lx>nton,  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

M.  Thomas, 
Lexington.   Cong.  Ch.,  $21,77;  Paint 

Valley,  $8.767washington,  ^.47,  by 

Rev.  G.  V.  Fry, 

INDIANA- 

Wincheeter,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  N.  H. 
Bell, 
ILLINOIS— 

Aledo,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  P.  F.  War- 
ner, 
Dean's  Comers,  Mrs.  8.  Sanford, 


Oeneseo.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Wolcott, 

Greenville,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M. 

M.  Longley, 


ongley, 

JerseyvilTe,  G.  W.  Burk< 


:e,  *N»  memorial 


^    by  Rev.  H.  D.  Piatt, 
Payson,  J.  K.  Scarborough, 
Rochester  Mills,  Cong.  Ch.,  $7 ;  West- 

faU  Cong.  Ch.,  $9!«,  by  Rev.  P.  W. 

Wallace, 
Union,  C<mg.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  8.  Q.  Bryant, 
Woodbum,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  B.  Penni- 

man,  Treas., 

MISSOURI— 
California,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  P. 

Kahoka,   Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  A. 

Whitmore, 
Neosho,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  D. 

Lowing,       • 
Turkey  Creek,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  Z.  B. 

Feemster, 

MICHIGAN— 

Alamo  Center,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  B. 

Branch, 
Goodrich,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  San- 
derson, 
Leslie,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Allen, 
Orion,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  8.  Phillips, 
Paris,  Cong.  Ch.,  $1.26:  Cody's  MiUs, 

Union  Cong.  Ch.,  $1,  by  Sev.  N.  K. 

Evarts, 
St  John%  Cong,  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G.  M. 

TuthilL 
Tipton,  Franklin  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

B.  Parmelee, 
Utlca,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  Piatt, 
Wayland,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  baL  of  colL, 

by  Rev.  J.  Armstrong, 

WI8CON8IN- 

Baston,  Friendship,  and  Quincy,  Cong. 

Chs.,by  Rev.  J.  H.  McChesney, 
Markesan,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  H. 

Cameron, 
Princeton,   Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  M. 

Richards, 
Royalton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M.  L. 

Eastman, 
Sextonville  and  Willow  Creek,   First 

Cong.  Cha.,  by  Rev.  8.  Spyker, 
Stockbridge,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

J.  Keen, 
Trempealeati,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F.  B. 

Doe, 
West  Salem,  Rev.  J.  M.  Hayes, 

lOWA- 
Atlantic  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  8.  HOI, 
Avoca,  Cong.  Ch^  by  fiev.  C.  D.  Wrl^t, 


800 
82  86 

28  00 

2160 
16  00 


102  08 
46  00 
26  00 

40  00 
800 


18  00 

60 

16  65 

670 

10  00 
60  00 


16  46 
480 

86  66 


580 
18  60 
16  00 

900 

760 

18  68 
460 
460 

886 

18  00 

80  00 
18  00 

10  00 

10  00 

600 

675 

18  00 

18  00 

18  00 

10  00 
500 


10  00 
10  00 


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June,  1871. 


Big  Rock,  Oong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  O.  Smith,  $10' 90 
CoTeeborg,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L.  P. 

Mathews,  10' 50 

Concord  and  Dorango,  Cong.  Chs.,  by 

Rer.  W.  Spell,  8  50 

OrandTiew,  Ger.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  P. 

W.  Judlesch,  5  00 

Independence,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  H. 

Bleaell,  60  00 

Inland.   Firnt    Cong.    Ch.,  by   H.    A. 

Curtis,  Treae.,  8  50 

Lewis,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  B.  F.  Havi- 

hind,  24  18 

Magnolia,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  U. 

I&yward,  15  00 

Mason  City,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by   Rev. 

W.  P.  Bennett,  15  68 

Muscatine,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  B. 

Bobbins,  D.  D.,  63  10 

Nevinvllle,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  R.  ; 

Hunter,  10  00 

Ottomwa,   Cong.   Ch.,    **  Special,*'  by 

Rev.  H.  Bross,  10  00 

Washington,  Cong.  Ch.,  by    Rev.    P. 

Canfleld,  25  10 

MINNESOTA— 
Afton,   Cong.    Ch.,   $8.70;    Lakeland, 

Cong.  Ch.,  $2.50,  by  Rev.  E.  H.  Alden,     11  20 
Austin,  Union   Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  W. 

Page,  Treas.,  40  95 

KANSAS- 
Burlingame,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
L.  J.  Sawyer,  16  00 

NEBRASKA— 

Blair,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M.  Tingley,         14  00 
DAKOTA  TER.— 
Yankton,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 
Ward,  15  50 1 

CALIFORNIA—  ! 

Oakland,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D.  I 

B.  Gray,  6  85 

Oroville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  P.  O.  Bu- 
chanan, 10  50 
Sacramento  City,  Mrs.  H.  M.  Woods,  2  00 

ENGLAND— 

London,  two  Friends,  $15  (in  gold),  16  72 

HOME  MISSIONARY,  27  00 


South  Dennis,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 

Templeton, 

Townaend,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 

Tyngsboro',  Evan.  Ch.  and  Soc., 

Unknown, 

Upton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 

Webster,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 

Westboro',  Evan.  Ch.  and  Soc., 

West  Concord,  A  Friend, 

West  Cummington. 

Westfield,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 

Westport,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 

Worcester,  L.  P.  G., 

Yarmouth,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc:, 


11135 
17  J."* 
WCO 
16  55 
200 
2'Ju 
27  17 
85  05 
75  00 
15  15 
27  90 
27M 
15  00 
49% 

$1,526  81 


$14,048  08 

Receipts  qf  the  MwteachtueUe  Home  MUeUmary 

Society,    in     '     "     " ""     " 

Treaeurer. 


April,    Stbfhen    T.    Fabwxxx, 


Ashby, 

Aubumdale.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 

Boston.  Old  South  Ch.  (additional). 

Highlands,  Vine  St.  Ch.,  mon.  con., 

Umon  Ch.,   Columbus  Avenue  (,addi- 
tional), 

Mrs.  H.  M.  Holton, 
Braintree,  Ladies*  H.  M.  Soc.,  to  const. 

Mrs.  B.  P.  Tcnnev,  Mrs.  Mary  Glbbs, 

Mrs.  Strong  Frencn,  and  Mrs.  J.  Ward 

Child,  L.  Msy 
Brookfleld,  A  Friend, 
Conway,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  to  const. 

Mrs.  William  A.  Thompson,  Dr.  Martin 

L.  Mead,  and  Henry  Root  L.  Ms., 
Dover,  Mrs.  C.  Bigelow, 
Dunstable,  A  Friend, 
Foxboro'  West,  Mrs.  P.  V.  Markham, 
Halifax,  Conflr.  Ch.  and  Soc., 
Lvnn,  Central  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Mansfield.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 
New  Bedford,  Pacific  Ch.  and  Soc., 
New  Salem,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 
Oxford,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Prescott,  Cone.  Ch.  and  Soc. 
Itandolph,  Atherton  Wales,  for  support  of 

Missionary, 
Salisbury  and  Amesbury,  Union  Ch.  and 

Soc. 
Shrewsbury,  Cong.  Oh.  and  Soc, 


$10  25 
860  88 
100  00 
25  00 

100 

50 


115  00 
20  00 


114  55 

600 

200 

500 

860 

100  00 

18  70 

50  00 

10  00 

91  50 

26  50 

100  00 

800 
87  82J 


Receipt*  qf  the  Connecticut  Borne  Misskmarif  So- 
ciety, in  April,  E.  W.  Pabsons,  Treat. 

Bolton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  E.  B. 
Moore,  $800 

Brooklyn,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  B. 
Robinson,  85  59 

Buckingham,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  Ord* 
way.  14  00 

Cheshire,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  George  Keel- 
er,  Treas.,  80  » 

Bagleville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  H.  Snow,  W  fl) 

Fairfield,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Ran- 
kin, D.b^  18000 

Qriswold,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  B.  P.  Nor- 
throp, 45  © 

Guilford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G.  M.  Boyn- 
ton,  00  00 

Hadlyme,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D.  W.  Tel- 
ler, tt  60 

Hampton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  P.  Hyde, 
(omitted  from  March),  »  » 

yorth  Guilford,  A  Friend,  5  00 

Somers,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  M.  Woodard, 
Tr.,  C2* 

"Jouth  Klllingly,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 
W.  Atwater,  «» 

South  Windsor,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
W.Benton,  ITS 

WestviUe,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  F.  T.  Jarman,        58  » 

vV^indsor,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  L.  T.  Frisbie,         119  50 

leuo 


Donations  qf  Cloihing,  etc. 

Aubumdale.  Masa.,  Ladiea'  Benev.  Soc,        _ 

bv  Miss  Lizzie  M.  Strong,  a  barrel,        P»  00 

Miss  Mizzle  M.  Strong^s  Sabbath  school 

class,  a  half -barrel.  60  00 


class,  a  half -barr^, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Ladies'  Sew.  Soc,  of 

Plymouth  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  D.  G.  Bumap, 

Sec,  two  boxes, 
HoUis,  N.  H.,  Female  Reading  and  Chari- 
table Soc,  by  Mrs.  C.  R.  Smith,  a  bun- 
dle. 
Middletown,  CN)nn.,  Ladies'  Home  Miss. 

Soc,  of  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Misa  C.  M. 

Bacon,  a  barrel. 
New  Britain,  Conn.,  Ladles  of  the  South 

Cong.  Benev.  Soc.  by  Mrs.  Isaac  S. 

Lee,  Sec,  a  box  and  cash. 
New  Haven,  Conn.,  Ladies'  H:  M.  Soc  of 

Firat  Church,  by  Miss  H.  .>.  Tucker, 

Sec,  three  boxes, 
Norwich,  Conn.,  Ladies  of  the  Broadway 

Cong.  <;h.,  by  Mrs.  M.  F.  Norton,  Sec, 

three  barrels,  and  three  boxes,  1,400  WJ 

Oberlln,  Ohio,  Rev.  Henry  Cowle^  D.  D., 

three  copies  of  his  Conunentaries, 
Philadelphia.  Penn.,  Mrs.  Nancy  CJame- 

ron,  a  nunole. 
Ridgefleld.  Conn.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  P.  S. 

Boyd,  a  barrel, 
Stratford,  Conn.,  Ladles'  Soc,  by  Miss 

S.  L.  Beera,  a  barrel, 
WhitinsvUle,    Mass.,    Ladles,   by    Mrs. 

Charles  P.  Whltin,  a  box. 


4S8  87 


6147 


ISSOO 


14169 


560  ao 


500 


no  00 
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Boxes  of  Clothing,  seut  directly  and  without  any  particular  designation,  to  the 
offlco  or  me  American  Uoiuo  Miaaiunarj  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  such  mission- 
an«j  uri  are  known  to  be  moat  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  to 
do^re^       receive  them,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  individual  or  association,  intending  to 
prepare  a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  missionary  designated,  and  a 
aetaiied  account  of  the  circumstances  of  his  family  given,  the  information  is  not  always 
at  hand,  so  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when 
It  is.  it  not  uulrequeutly  hap[^ns  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  the  missionary-  re- 
maiiis  for  months  unsupplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  mi jrht  be 
furnished  with  articles  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  In 
other  cases,  win le  the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from 
other  sources,  so  that  when  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want 
ajs  many  otheis. 

It  is  preferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors, 
that  the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  in- 
aividnal  in  particular,  should  bo  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Society, 
djiertfuyrettchthe  ojice.  it  is  believed  that  they  will,  in  this  wav,  answer  tho 
designs  of  those  who  ^r^^uerously  c<mtribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which 
tJie  bociety  can  have  an  agency. 

DIRECTIONS  FOR  FORWARDING. 

1.  Put  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  a 
paper  or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  with  the  name  of  the  in- 
dividual or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  tho  individual  to 
whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent. 

2.  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  the  box  should  bo  sent  in  a 
letter  to  the  office  of  the  Society.  This  copy  ehonld  state  the  estimated  value  of  tho 
contents,  and  the  tdze  of  adults,  with  the  agca  aiid  sex  of  children,  for  whom  the 
t'lothing  is  intended.  The  letter  should  also  state  when,  and  by  what  conveyance, 
the  box  was  forwarded,  and  in  it  should  be  inclosed  such  money  as  is  intended  lor 
the  payment  of  freight.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  bo  i)rovidcd  fjr  in  all 
fa*»e8.  if  practicable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  $o  to  $o,  accorcl- 
'np  to  its  pize  and  the  distance  it  is  sent.  A  barrel  can  bo  fonvarded  at  less  expense 
tlian  a  l>ox  of  the  same  size. 

15.  Tlie  box  should  be  fully  and  p\sLm]ymiJLvke(\,  and  the  place  from  trhich  it  comes 
[honlii  Ai.WAVS  appear  on  tlie  outside,  so  that  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening 
jt  at  the  office.  It  should  be  strong,  tight,  well  nailed,  and,  when  larjre,  should  be 
hooped,  or  otherwise  fuUy  securcHi  against  the  effects  of  hard  usage  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxep  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor 
Ploce,  New  York. 

NO  PART  OF  A  MISSIONARY'S  SALARY, 

Boxes  of  clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriation.  The 
^^ety  needs  the  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  pronijjtly  its 
^ipulations  with  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded  ;  and  it  would  be  no 
favor  to  a  missionary  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money 
that  would  otherwise  be  sent  him*  must  be  pn)portionally  diminished. 

Wo  trust  tho  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to 
^t  that  they  give  none  the  less  monev,  in  consequence  of  their  giving  other  things 
*hat  are  needful  and  convenient.  \^e  hope,  on  tho  contrary;  their  symi)athies  will 
^  HO  awakened  in  the  preparation  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be 
*heir  privilege,  not  only  to  continue,  but  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

SUGGESTIONS  AS  TO  THEIR  CONTENTS, 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box,  while  clothing  of  woollen  or  linen 
fabrics,  shoes,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  be  specitUly  valuable,  scarcely 
^y  thin^  in  the  shape  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  which 
is  of  common  use  in  any  form  in  a  family,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  forks, 
Bpnons.  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  s]>ool  of  cotton,  a  skein  of  vani  or  silk,  a  j^aper  of  needles, 
»  rake  of  wax.  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a  thimble,  a  tumbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skimmer,  or  a 
P<T>[>or  box,  need  not  l)e  left  out. 

When  articles  of  clothing  are  not  Gtted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  which 
boxen  are  sent,  missionaries  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  otl.er 
that  almoftt  every  thinpr  which  a  l)ox  may  contain  is  turne:!  to  n^ood  account. 


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1871. 


AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOR  PLACE,  NEW  YORK. 


Rev.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.D., ) 

Rkv.  DAVID  B.  COE,  D.D.,        >  Serreiaries  far  Correspondence. 

Rkv.  ALEX.  H.  CLAPP.  D.D..    ) 

Mk.  WILLIAM  HENRY  SMITH,  Trensurer. 

KxEcmvE  CoMiHTTEK :— Mb.  Wn^LIAM  G.  LAMBERT.  Chairman  ;  Hb.  C.  R.  ROBERT ; 
Mr.  SIMEON  B.  CHITTENDEN ;  Rev.  RICHARD  8.  8TORR8,  Jr.,  D.D.  ;  Rbv.  WILLIAM 
L  BUDINOTON.  D.D.;  Mr.  CALVIN  C.  WOOLWORTH;  Mr.  CHARLES  ABERNBTHY; 
Mr.  JOHN  B.  HUTCHINSON ;  Hbv.  HENRY  M.  8TORR8,  D.D. ;  with  the  membcre  cx-officio— 
viz:  AUSTIN  ABBOTT,  Ewj.,  Hecording  Secretary,  the  Treasurer,  and  the  Sbcketakibs  «m 

CORRS«PONDXNCE.  _' 

COMMUHICATIONS 

Relating  fo  tlie  business  of  tlie  Society  generally,  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the 
Secrftaries  for  Correspondence. 

DOHAIIOKS  AND  SXFBSCBIPTIONS^ 

In  Drafta,  Certlficateft  of  Deposit,  or  Post -Office  Orders,  if  ])racticab]e,iiiAy  be  sent  to 
the  Treasurer.  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Life  Member:  and  of  one 
Imndred  dollars  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makes  one 
hundred  dollars),  a  Life  Director. 


SECBETABIES  AHD  TSEASTJfiEBS 

OF  THE 

PRINCIPAL    AUXILIARIES. 

Rev.  Stephen  Thutiston,  D.D.,  rocrctary.  Mmne  Mihh.  Sot.,  S?arBpOTt,  Me. 

JoshuaMaxwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    ^      '         "         "        -    Portland,  Me. 

Rev.  William  Clauk,  Secietnry,  Neir  HampKhire  Miiw.  Sor.,  Amherst,  N.  H. 

Lyman  D.  Stevens,  l.sq..  Treasurer,        *•  "        •*    Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith.  Secretary,  Vermont  Dom.  Mia^.  f^.^  Montpelier,  Vt. 

C.  W.  Stours,  Esq.,  Tieaf-urer,       '*        '*  "       "  *'  " 

Rev.  H.  B.  Hooker,  D.D..  Sec,  Mfuts.  H.  M.  Sor.,  81  Washington  street,  Bostoo.  Mass. 

Stephen  T.  Far  well,  Esq.,  Tres  surer,    "  **  " 

Rev  James  G.  Vo^e,  ft  cretary,  i?.  /.  Home  MUs.  8oc.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Edwin  Knight,  Es<|..  Treasurer,    **        **  •*  " 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary,  Coun.  Home  Mm.  Sor.,  Berlin,  Conn. 

E.  W.  Parsons.  Esq..  Ti-easuier,  *  **        *'         "     Hartford,  Conn. 


supERnrrEHDEirrs. 


Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart, 
Rev.  Lysander  Kelsey, 
Rev.  Nath'l  a.  Hyde, 
Rev.  Joseph  E.Roy, D.D. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Turner, 
Rev.  W.  B.  Williams, 
Rev.  Leroy  Warren, 
Rev,  Dexter  Clary, 


Syracuse.  N.  Y. 
Columbus.  O. 
Indianapolis.Ind. 
,  Chicaffo.  111. 
Hannil>al,Mo. 
Charlotte,  Mich. 
Pent  water,  Mich. 
Bcloit,Wi8. 


Rev.  Franklin  B.  Doe, 
Rev.  J.  Guernsey,  D.D., 
Rev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett, 
Rev.  RioHARD  Hall, 
Rev.  James  O.Merrill, 
liev.  O.  W.  Merrill, 
Rev  J.\MEsH.  Warren, 


Fond  du  Lac,  Wis. 
Dubuque,  la, 
Des  Moinee,  la. 
S^.  Paul,  Minn. 
Topeka,  Kan. 
Nebraska  Citv,Keii,  J 
San  Francisco.  OU- 


ToBiTT  &  BrxcE,  Printers  and  Biirlcr^.  On  Fulton-pt..  N.  Y. 


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CONTENTS. 


PAOE 

FORTY-FTPTH  ANNIVERSARY  OP 
THE  AMERICAN  HOME  MISSION- 
ARY SOCIETY 49 

Officers 60 

XeetinRof  tho  Board 8S 

FOETY-FIFTH  REPORT 58 

Summary  of  Bciiilto 63 

The  Treasury 64 

Comparative  Results 64 

Pecuniary  Bmbarrassment 65 

Act  of  Incorporation 65 

General  ComparatiTe  Results 66 

Distribution  of  Missionaries,  No.  1 67 

Distribution  of  Missionaries,  No.  3 68 

PRINCIPAL  AUXILIARIES  AND  MIS- 
SIONARY FIELDS 69 

Maine  Missionary  Society 69 

New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society 69 

Vermont  Domcetlc  Missionary  Society....  60 
Xa«8achu8ctts  Home  Missionary  Society..  61 
Rhode  Island  Home  Missionary  Society. . .  6S 

Connecticat  Home  Missionary  Society 6S 

New  York 68 

Ohio 64 

Indiana 65 

minois 66 

Missouri 67 

Michigan 68 

Wisconsin 68 

loma 69 


PAOX 

Minnesota 70 

Kansas 71 

Nebraska , 72 

The  Territories 73 

California 73 

Oregon 74 

Conclusion 7* 

MISSIONARY  INTELLIGENCE. 

Oregon.— From  Bta.  W.  A.  Tenneyy  As- 

toria.~Home  Again— Rather  Damp...  76 
California.— Prom  Rev.  J.  B.  Strong^ 

Sequel.— Helpful  Women 77 

Dakota.— From  Rev.  8.  Sheldon,  Elk 

Point.— Fire— Send  Men 77 

Nebraska.— From  Rev.  O,  W.  JferriU, 

Superintendent.- Reports  Progress. . .  77 
Kansas.— From  i?«?.  J.  Sooiford^  Neosho 

Fall8.—The  Year's  Work 78 

Minnesota.— Prom  J^-   O.  C,  Salter. 

Duluth.— The  New  Northern  Center. . .  79 
Iowa.— From  Rev.  C.  N.  l/yman^  Onawa. 

The  Memory  of  the  Just, 80 

Wisconsin.— From  Rev.  M.  If.  MartiJiy 

Mazomanie.— Encouraged 80 

Michigan.— From    Rev.    B.    PartonSy 

Smyrna.- Work  of  the  Spirit. 81 

Missionary  Appointmenie 82 

AcknowUdgment  qfBeoeipU. 38 


FUBLtSHED  BY 

THE  AMERICAN  HOME  mSSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOR  PLAC^E,  NEW  YORK. 


PRICE,  FIFTY  CENTS  A  YEAR  IN  ADVANCE. 
"CK>.   PREACH    THE   GOSPEL." 


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"".r^KSIONAltY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  Clothing,  sent  directly  and  without  any  particular  desiicrnation,  to  th*' 
office  of  the  American  Home  Mid.siuiiary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  sucOi  missioit^ 
anes  as  are  known  to  be  most  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  u 
those  who  receive  them,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledinnent  to  the  respectir.- 
donors. 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  individual  or  association,  intending  t . 
prepare  a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  missionary  designated,  and  \ 
detailed  account  of  the  circumstances  of  his  family  given,  the  information  is  not  al  wa v> 
at  hand,  so  that  the  letter  can  be  promptlv  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  whtn 
it  is.  it  not  unfrequeutly  hap^iens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  the  missionary  re 
mains  for  mouths  unsuppiied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  mi^hibc 
furnished  with  articles  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  In 
other  caaes,  while  the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from 
other  sources,  so  that  when  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionary  is  not  so  mudi  in  want 
as  many  others. 

it  is  preferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  dononi, 
that  the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  in- 
d^dual  in  particular,  should  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Society, 
o/wr  they  reach  the  office.  It  is  believed  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  tllo 
designs  of  those  who  generously  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which 
the  Society  can  have  an  agency. 

DIRECTIONS  FOB  F0BWARDIN6. 

1.  Put  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  r 
paper  or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  with  the  name  of  the  in 
dividual  or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the  individual  to 
whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent. 

2.  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  the  box  should  be  sent  in  a 
letter  to  the  office  of  the  Societv.  This  copy  should  state  the  estimated  value  of  iLe 
contents,  and  the  size  of  adults,  with  the  ages  and  sex  of  children,  for  vrhom  the 
clothing  is  intended.  The  letter  should  also  state  when,  and  by  what  conveyance, 
the  box  was  forwarded,  and  in  it  should  be  inclosed  such  money  as  is  intended  for 
the  payment  of  freight.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  provided  for  in  all 
cases,  if  practicable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  |3  to  $C,  accord 
ing  to  its  size  and  the  distance  it  is  sent.  A  barrel  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expeoae 
than  a  box  of  the  same  size. 

y.  The  box  should  be  fully  and  plainly  marked,  An^<2  th£  place  from  which  it  <v>«/* 
should  ALWAYS  appear  on  the  outside ^  so  that  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  opfning 
it  at  the  office.  It  should  be  strong,  ti^ht,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  nhonld  be 
hooped,  or  otherwise  fully  secured  against  the  eflTects  of  hard  usa^  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor 
Place,  New  York. 

NO  PART  OF  A  MISSIONARY'S  SALARY. 

Boxes  of  clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriation.  The 
Society  needs  the  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptly  it* 
stipulations  with  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  l>e  no 
favor  to  a  missionary  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  monej 
that  would  otherwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionally  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to 
it  that  tliey  give  none  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  giving  other  thinp 
that  are  needful  and  convenient.  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  sympathies  will 
be  so  awakened  in  the  preparation  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be 
their  privilege,  not  only  to  continue,  but  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

SUGGESTIONS  AS  TO  THEIR  CONTENTS. 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box,  while  clothing  of  woollen  or  linen 
fabrics,  shoes,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  bT  Specially  valuable,  scarcely 
any  thing  m  the  shape  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  which 
is  of  common  use  in  any  form  in  a  family,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  forks, 
spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of  cotton,  a  skein  of  yam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles, 
a  cake  of  wax.  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a  thimble,  a  tumbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skimmer,  or  » 
pepper  box,  need  not  be  left  out. 

When  articles  of  clothing  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  whidi 
boxes  are  sent,  missionaries  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  eachotl'^r 
that  almost  every  thing  which  a  box  niay  contain  is  turned  to  good  account. 


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THE  HOME  MISSIONAEY. 

Go ,  .  .  PKEAcn  the  Gospel Mark  x\i.  15. 

How  shall  they  preach  except  they  be  stent  ? .  Ram.  x.  15. 


Vol.  XT  .TV.  JULY,  1871.  No.  3. 

FORTY-FIFTH  AX^IYERSARY 

OF  THE 

AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY. 


Public   services  were  held  on  Sabbath   evening,  May  7th,  1871,  in   the 
Broadway  Tabernacle  Church,  New  York. 

Prayer  was  oflTered,  and  a  statement  of  the  work  of  the  Society,  during  the 
year,  was  given  by  Rev.  Alexander  H.  Clapp,  D.D.,  one  of  the  Secretaries. 

A   Sermon  was  preached  by  Professor  Samuel  C.  Bartlett,  D.D.,   of 
Chicago,  111.,  from  Acts  viii.  5,  12,  14,  15,  35  :  "  Then  Philip  went  down  to  the 

dty  of  Samaria,  and  preached  Christ  unto  them But  when  they 

believed  Philip,  preaching  the  things  concerning  the  kingdom  of  God  and  the 

name  of  Jesus  Christ,  they  were  baptized,  both  men  and  women 

Now,  when  the  Apostles  which  were  at  Jerusalem  heard  that  Samaria  had  re- 
ceived the  word'of  God,  they  sent  unto  them  Peter  and  John  :  who,  when  they 
were  come  down,  prayed  for  them  that  they  might  receive  the  Holy  Ghost  .  , 
.  ,  .  And  they,  when  they  had  testified  and  preached  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
returned  to  Jerusalem,  and  preached  the  gospel  in  many  villages  of  the  Samar- 
itans.'' 


On  Wednesday,  May  10th,  the  Society  met  at  their  Rooms,    in  the  Bible 
House,  at  4  o'clock,  p.  x. 

Rev.  JofiEPH  P.  Thchpson,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  one  of  the  Vice-Presidents,  pre- 
sided, and  opened  the  meeting  with  i>rayer. 

The  Treasurer's  Report  was  read  by  Rev.  XuuSJi£iDk:&  IL  Ulapp,  D,D.^  one 
of  the  Secretariei. 
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An  AbBtract  of  the  ADnual  Report  of  the  Executive  Committee  was  pre- 
sented by  the  Secretarien. 

On  motion, 

SeMlred—Th&t  the  KcportB  now  preneiit«d  be  adopted  and  pnblishod  ander  the  directioo  of  th« 
BxecnUTp  Committee. 

In  accordance  with  a  recommendation  of  the  Executive  Committee,  it  was 
unanimously 

Ruolred—ThAt  Article  2  of  the  CoDstitatlon  of  the  Society  be  restored  to  its  origiBal  form,  so 
as  to  read  as  follows :  ''  The  great  object  of  this  Society  shall  be,  to  assist  congregations  that  an 
unable  to  support  the  j^ospel  ministry,  and  to  send  the  gospel  to  the  destitute  within  the  United 
States." 

'*  An  Act  to  incorporate  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,"  paaecd 
February  6th.  1871,  by  the  Legislature  of  New  York,  and  a  Corporate  Seal 
recommended  by  the  Executive  Committee,  were  presented  by  the  Secretaries; 
whereupon  it  was 

B490lf)€el—TbaLt  the  Society  approve  the  acc^tance  of  the  Charter,  granted  by  the  LegialatOR 
of  New  York ;  and  the  adoption  of  the  seal  now  presented,  as  the  Corporate  Seal  of  this  Society. 

On  the  Report  of  a  Committee  of  Nomination,  the  following  officers  were 
elected^for  the  ensuing  year,  and  after  pr^er  by  Rev.  Georoe  E.  Adams,  DJ)^ 
the  Society  adjourned : 

PRESIDENT. 
Rev.  THEODORE  D.  WOOL8EY,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  New  Haven,  Ct 

VlCS^PKBSIDJBSrrS. 

Rev.  George  E.  Adams,  D.D.,  Orange,  N.  J. 

Rev.  Leonard  Bacon,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  New  Haven,  Ct 

Rev.  Nathan  8.  S.  Beman,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Carbondale,  III 

Hon.  Marshall  8.  Bid  well,  LL.  D.,  New  York. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  Bouton,  D.  D.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Hon.  William  A.  Buckingham,  LL.  D,,  Norwich,  Ct 

Hon.  Jacob  Butler,  Muscatine,  Iowa. 

Rev.  John  P.  Cleaveland,  D.  D.,  Ipswich,  Mass. 

Rev.  Samuel  H.  Cox,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  New  York. 

Hon,  William  Darling,  Reading.  Pa. 

Hon.  Edward  Dickinson,  LL.  D.,  Amherst,  Mass. 

Hon.  Charles  G.  Hammond,  Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Samuel  Harris,  D.  D.,  Theological  Seminary,  New  Haven,  Ct 

Samuel  Holmes.  Esq.,  Mont  Clair,  N.  J. 

Rev.  Mark  Hopkins,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President  of  Williams  College,  Mass. 

Rev.  Harvey  D.  Kitchel,  D.  D.,  President  of  Middlebury  College,  Vt 

George  Merriam,  Esq.,  Springfield,  Mas&. 

Rev.  Simeon  North,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Clinton,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Edwards  A.  Park,  D.  D.,  Theological  Seminary,  Andover,  Mass. 

Rev.  William  Patton,  D.  D.,  New  Haven,  Ct. 

Rev.  Austin  Phelps,  D.  D.,  Theological  Seminary,  Andover,  Mass. 

Rev.  George  E.  Pierce,  D.  D.,  Hudson,  O. 

Rev.  Enoch  Pond,  D.  D.,  Theological  Seminary,  Bangor,  Me. 

Douglas  Putnam,  Esq.,  Harmar,  O. 

Rev.  SAMtTEL  8.  SoHMucKER,-^  D.  D.,  G^cttysburg,  Pa. 

John  F.  Slater,  Esq.,  Norwich,  Ct 


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Rev.  AaA  D.  Smith,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President  of  Dartmouth  College,  N.  H. 

Rer.  William  A.  Steabns,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President  of  Amherst  College,  Mass. 

Rev.  Amdrbw  L.  Stone,  D.  D.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Rey.  RiCHABO  S.  Storrs,  D.  D.,  Braintree,  Mass. 

Rev.  Seth  Sweetser,  D.  D.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Hon.  Henrt  W.  Taylor,  LL.  D.,  Canandaigua,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Joseph  P.  Thompson,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  New  York. 

Edward  S.  Tobet,  Esq.,  Boston.  Mass. 

Rev.  Mark  Tucker,  D.  D.,  Wethersfield,  Ct. 

J.  Patson  Willibton,  Esq.,  Northampton,  Mass. 

Hon.  Bradford  R  Wood,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

directors. 

Rev.  William  Adams,  D.  D.,  New  York. 

Rev.  Israel  W.  Andrews,  D.  D.,  President  of  Marietta  College,  O. 

Rev.  Zedekiah  S.  Barstow,  D.  D.,  Eeehe,  N.  H. 

Rev.  Samuel  C.  Bartlett,  D.  D.,  Theological  Seminary,  Chicago,  D^ 

Rev.  Plavel  Bascom,  D.  D.,  Hinsdale,  HI. 

Rev.  Alvan  Bond,  D.  D.,  Norwich,  Ct. 

Rev.  Edward  Bebcher,  D.  D.,  Galesbnrg,  HI. 

Rev.  CoNSTANTiNE  Blodoett,  D.  D.,  Pawtucket,  R.  L 

Rev.  Horatio  N.  Brinbmadb,  D.  D.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Rev.  Samxtel  G.  Buckingham,  D.  D.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Rev.  Aaron  L.  Chapin,  D.  D.,  President  of  Beloit  College,  Wis. 

Rev.  George  B.  Cheeyer.  D.  D.,  New  York. 

R«v.  Oliver  E.  Daggett,  D.  D.,  New  London,  Ct. 

Rev.  Malcolm  McG.  Dana,  Norwich,  Ct. 

Rev.  William  T.  Eustis,  Jr.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Rev.  Jambs  H.  Pairchild,  President  of  Oberlin  College,  O. 

Rev.  Edward  W.  Oilman,  New  York  City. 

Rev.  Albert  Hale,  Springfield,  HI. 

Rev.  Edwin  Hall,  D.  D.,  Theological  Seminary,  Auburn,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Gk>Ri>ON  Hall,  D.  D.,  Northampton,  Mass. 

Samukl  Hamilton,  Esq.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Edward  Hawes,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Rev.  Henrt  L.  Hitchcock,  D.  D.,  President  of  Western  Reserve  College,  O. 

Rev.  John  C.  Holbrook,  D.  D.,  Stockton,  Cal. 

Rev.  Henrt  B.  Hooker,  D.  D.,  Boston,  Mass. 

William  J.  King,  Esq.,  Providence,  R.  L 

Rev.  Benjamin  Labaree,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Hanover,  N.  H. 

Rev.  George  F.  Maooun,  D.  D.,  President  of  Iowa  College. 

Rev.  Jacob  M.  Manning,  D.  D.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Charles  Merriam,  Esq.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Rev.  John  J.  Miter,  D.  D.,  Beaver  Dam,  Wis. 

Rev.  Rat  Palmer,  D.  D.,  New  York. 

Rev.  Joel  Parker,  D.  D.,  New  York. 

Rev.  William  W.  Patton,  D.  D.,  Chicago,  IlL 

Albert  H.  Porter,  Esq.,  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 

Andrew  W.  Porter,  Esq.,  Monson,  Mass. 

Rev.  Truman  M.  Post,  D.  D.,  St  Louis,  Mo. 

Samuel  H.  Potter,  Esq.,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Rev.  William  Salter,  D.  D.,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Henrt  Smith,  D.  D.,  Lane  Sem.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Rev.  Henrt  M.  Storrs,  D.  D.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Richard  S.  Storrs,  Jr.,  D.  D.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Julian  M.  Sturtevant,  D.  D.,  President  of  Dlinois  College. 

Rev.  George  Thacher,  President  of  Iowa  University. 

Rev.  Aba  Turner,  Santa  Barbara,  Cal. 

Rev.  Robert  O.  Vermilte,  D.  D.,  Theo.  Inst,  Hartford,  Ct. 

Hon.  Charles  L  Walker,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Rev.  Samuel  H.  Willet,  Santa  Cruz,  Cal. 

Rev.  Samuel  Wolcott,  D.  D.,  Cleveland,  0^ 

Edward  J.  Woolset,  Esq.,  New  York. 


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TRBABUEEB. 

Mr.  William  Henbt  Smith. 

AUDITOR 

Mr.  George  8.  Coe. 

8ECRBTARIE8  FOR  COBKBSPONDENCB. 

Rev.  Milton  Badger,  D.  D. 

Rev.  David  B.  Coe,  D.  D. 

Rev.  Alxxxdejl  H.  Clapp,  D.  D. 

RECORDING  SECRETARY. 

Austin  Abbott,  Esq. 

MEETING  OF  THE  BOARD. 

The  Board  of  Directors  met  on  Wednesday,  May  10th,  at  the  Society*« 
Rooms,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  and  appointed  the  members  vrho,  in  connec- 
tion with  the  officers  designated  by  the  Constitution,  compose  the 

EXECUTIVE   committee. 

Mr.  William  G.  Lambert,  Chairman, 

Mr.  Christopher  R.  Robert. 

Mr.  Simeon  B.  Chittenden. 

Rev.  Richard  8.  Storrs,  Jr.,  D.  D. 

Rev.  William  I.  Budington,  D.  D. 

Mr.  Calvin  C.  Wool  worth. 

Mr.  Charles  Abernetht. 

Mr.  John  B.  Hutchinson. 

Rev.  Henry  M.  Storrs,  D.  D. 

Mr.  William  Henry  Smith,  TreoM/rer, 


Members 
Ex-Offioio. 


Rev.  Milton  Badger,  D.  D.,  )        ^  .      ^ 

ReT.  Datid  B.  Cofi,  D.  D.,  \       ^T^"^,  ^'^ 

Rev.  AtEXAiTOEB  H.  Clapp,  D.  D.,     )        0»«-«»PO»A««»- 

Austin  Abbott,  Esq.,  Recording  Secretary. 


FORTY-FIFTH    REPORT. 

The  American  Home  Missionary  Society  completes,  to-day,  its  forty-fifth 
year.  Before  we  enter  upon  a  review  of  its  labors,  it  is  fitting  that  we  should 
record  the  names  of  our  honored  counselors  and  associates  who  have  been  re- 
moved by  death  since  the  last  anniversary.  The  number  is  greater  than  in  any 
previous  year  of  the  Society's  history.  We  have  to  mourn  the  departure,  dur- 
ing the  year,  of  seven  Vice-Pref»idents :  Rev.  Albert  Barnes,  Rev.  Nathan 
Lord,  D.D.,  Rev.  Thomas  H.  Skinner,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  John  Tappan,  Esq.,  Rev. 
Charles  Walker,  D.D.,  Gen,  William  Williams,  Rev.  William  Wiskbb, 


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DJ). ;  and  three  Directors :  Rev.  William  Cakter,  BENJA3kriN  PERKoa,  Esq., 
and  Rev.  Benjamin  P.  Stone,  D.D. 

These  eminent  men  have  been  the  firm  friends  and  efficient  supporters  ot 
the  Society,  ior  many  years — some  of  them  from  its  very  origin.  Mr.  Barnes  was 
a  member  of  the  convention  by  which  it  was  organized  in  1826,  and  never  ceased 
to  manifest  a  deep  interest  in  its  welfare.  He  was  invited  to  deliver  the  Annual 
Sermon  in  its  behalf,  in  1849, — and  made  an  extensive  tour  through  the  West, 
at  his  own  expense,  to  qualify  himself  for  the  better  performance  of  that  ser- 
vice. The  discourse  which  he  prepared  and  preached  in  New  York  and  several 
other  places,  awakened  a  new  interest  in  the  cause  of  Home  Missions,  and  is 
still-  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  valuable  contributions  that  has  ever  been  made 
to  the  literature  of  this  subject.  Dr.  Skinner,  also,  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  Society  ;  and  he,  with  Dr.  Lord  and  Mr.  Tappan,  was  elected,  at  its  organi- 
zation, a  member  of  its  Board  of  Directors.  Their  names  were  afterward 
transferred  to  the  list  of  Vice-Presidents,  and  their  official  connection  with  the 
Society  covers  the  whole  period  of  its  history.  Of  the  ninety-two  men  who, 
with  them,  composed  its  first  corps  of  officers,  all  but  four  have  finished  their 
earthly  coarse  and  gone  to  their  recompense  of  reward.  From  the  heavenly 
heights  they  survey,  we  doubt  not,  the  fields  of  their  earthly  toil,  and  mingle 
their  rejoicings  with  ours  over  the  harvests  that  have  been  gathered. 

Seven  missionaries  have  been  removed  by  death  since  the  last  anniversaiy : 
Rev.  William  Clagoett,  in  New  Hampshire ;  Rev.  Abahel  R  Gray,  in  Ver- 
mont ;  Rev.  Frederick  A.  Bauer,  in  Pennsylvania ;  Rev.  Merritt  G.  Page,  and 
Rev.  Gbobgb  L.  Wgodhull,  in  Iowa ;  Rev.  Gilman  A.  Hoyt,  and  Rev.  Gros- 
yenob  O.  Morse,  in  £ansa& 

But,  though  the  workmen  die,  the  work  goes  on.  G^d  has  raised  up  wise  and 
good  men  to  direct  the  counsels  of  the  Society,  liberal  patrons  to  supply  the  ma- 
terial resources  for  its  work,  and  self-denying  laborers  to  go  forth  as  its  mes- 
sengers to  the  destitute  and  perishing. .  Nor  has  the  promise  failed :  "  Lo,  I  am 
with  you  alway."  The  record  we  are  now  permitted  to  make  will,  we  trust, 
inspire  all  the  friends  of  this  cause  with  fresh  gratitude  to  him  who  ^veth  the 
increase,  and  new  zeal  in  the  work  that  remains  to  be  done. 

SUMMARY  OP  RESULTS. 

The  number  of  ministers  of  the  gospel  in  the  service  of  the  Society,  the  last 
year,  whose  names  are  found  in  the  General  Tfible  of  the  full  Report,  together 
with  those  engaged  in  sup^ntending  the  work,  is  940. 

Of  these,  718  were  in  commission  at  the  date  of  the  last  Report,  and  227 
have  since  been  appointed. 

They  have  been  distributed  in  29  difierent  States  and  Territories,  as  follows : 
In  Maine,  96 ;  New  Hampshire,  38 ;  Vermont,  60 ;  Massachusetts,  64 ;  Rhode 
Island,  6 ;  Connecticut,  33 ;  New  York,  52 ;  New  Jersey,  7 ;  Pennsylvania,  10 ; 
Virginia,  8 ;  Mississippi,  1 ;  Texas,  1 ;  Tennessee,  1 ;  Ohio,  80 ;  Indiana,  10 ; 
Illinois,  71 ;  Missouri,  42 ;  Michigan,  67 ;  Wisconsin,  77;  Iowa,  112;  Minnesota, 
40;  Kansas,  60;  Nebraska,  18;  Colorado,  2;  Dakota,  2;  Wyoming,  1;  Cali- 
foniia,  80 ;  Oregon,  6. 

This  distribution  gives  to  the  New  Enghind  States,  296 ;  Middle  States,  69 ; 
Soothem  States,  5 ;  Western  States  and  Territories,  including  87  on  the  Pacific 
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Of  the  whole  number  in  commisfiion,  495  have  been  patton  or  gtated  9uppUe» 
of  single  congregations;  284  have  ministered  to  two  or  three  coDgregations 
each ;  and  161  have  extended  their  labors  oyer  still  wider  fields. 

The  aggregate  of  minuteridl  labor  performed,  is  716  years. 

The  number  of  congregation*  and  mimonary  di$trict$  which  have  been  folly 
supplied,  or  where  the  gospel  has  been  preached  at  stated  intervals,  is  1,957. 

TTiree  miuionaries  have- been  in  commission  as  pastors  or  stated  supplies  ot 
congregations  of  colored  people,  and  42  have  preached  in  foreign  languages:— 
25  to  Welsh  congregations ;  15  to  Oerman  congregations;  one  to  a  congregatioD 
of  Stdedes^  and  one  to  a  congregation  of  Bohemians. 

The  number  of  Sabbath  school  and  Bible  doss  scholars  is  not  far  ftom.  71,500. 

The  contributions  to  benevolent  objects^  reported  by  665  misdonariea,  amount 
to  $84,691.16. 

Ninety  missionaries  make  mention  of  ref^k>aU  of  religion  during  the  year,  in 
some  of  which  there  have  been  50,  55,  60,  and  in  one  caee  100  hopeful  conrer- 
sions.    The  number  of  conversions  reported  by  407  missionaries  is  2,921. 

The  additions  to  the  churches,  as  nearly  as  can  be  ascertained,  have  been  5,888, 
namely :— 8,028  on  profession  of  their  faith,  and  2,805  by  letters  flom  other 
churches. 

Ninety-three  churches  have  been  organued,  in  connecti<m  with  the  labors  of 
the  missionaries,  during  the  year,  and  forty-three  have  assumed  the  entire  sap- 
port  of  their  own  gospel  ordinances. 

F^fty-two  houses  of  worship  have  been  eompUted ;  one  hundred  and  three  re- 
paired or  improved  ;  and  the  building  of  forty-one  others  eommeneed.  Seeentff- 
fvoe  young  men,  in  connection  with  the  missionary  churches,  are  reported  as  in 
different  stages  of  preparation  for  the  gospel  ministry. 

THE   TREASURY. 
Rbbotjkces.— The' balance  in  the  Treasury,  April  1,1870,  was  |21,0O8.90. 
The  receipts  for  the  succeeding  twelve  months  have  been  $246,567.26 — makiog 
the  resources  of  the  year,  $267,575.46. 

LiABTLiTiBS. — There  was  due  to  missionaries,  at  the  close  of  the  last  yetr, 
$14,200.64.  There  has  since  become  due,  $265,444.66~making  the  total  lialnli* 
ties,  $279,645.80. 

Patmbnts.— Of  thissum,  $268,617.19  have  been  paid,  leaving  $16,028.11 
still  due  to  the  missionaries  for  labor  periormed.  In  addition  to  these  past  dues, 
appropriations  already  made  and  daily  becoming  due,  amount  to  $148,456.48, 
making  the  total  of  pledges  $164,484.59,  toward  canceling  which  th^re  is  a  &a^ 
once  in  the  Treasury  of  $20.19. 

COMPARATIVE  RESULTS. 
A  comparison  of  these  results,  with  those  reported  a  year  ago,  exhibits  some 
encouraging  facts.  The  whole  number  of  Qiissionaries  sustained  is  less  by  four 
than  in  the  previous  year,  but  the  number  who  have  labored  in  the  Western 
States  and  Territories  is  greater  by  fourteen.  The  number  of  churches  organ- 
ized is  greater  by  seventeen,  the  number  of  congregations  supplied,  by  one  hun- 
dred and  seventy-one,  and  the  amount  of  missionary  labor  performed,  by  forty- 
three  years.  The  receipts  exceed  those  of  any  other  year,  except  the  one  immedi- 
ately preceding.  In  that  year,  the  income  from  legacies  reached  the  extraordinary 
sum  of  $111,728,  which  is  nearly  twiee  the  amount  realized  from  that  source 


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during  the  year  just  closed.  The  contributions  of  the  living,  since  the  last  Re- 
port, exceed  by  $18,500  those  of  any  previous  year.  This  result  is  peculiarly 
gratifying,  inasmuch  as  serious  commercial  depression  has  prevailed  throughout 
the  country,  and  in  many  cases  the  contributions  of  congregations  in  hearty 
sympathy  with  this  cause  have  been  superseded  or  greatly  reduced  by  efforts 
for  kindred  objects  deemed  to  have  a  special  claim  in  this  memorial  year.  : 

PECUNIARY   EMBARRASSMENT. 

The  Committee,  fully  a\vare  that  this  extraordinary  revenue  from  legacies 
could  not  be  relied  upon  for  the  future,  entered  upon  the  labors  of  the.  year 
with  caution  and  solicitude.  The  utmost  economy  was  exercised  in 'their  appro- 
priations, and  no  considerable  enlargement  of  their,  operations  was  attempted. 
Nevertheless,  the  balance  in  the  Treasury  was  exhausted  early  in  the  year,  and 
the  current  receipts  were  insufficient  to  meet  the  claims  of  the  missionaries. 
The  remittances  in  payment  for  their  services,  which  they  had  been  accustomed 
to  receive  punctually,  and  in  dependence  upon  which  their  own  credit  was 
pledged,  were  delayed  for  weeks  and,  in  some  cases,  for  months.  The  congre. 
gations,  also,  to  which  they  ministered,  were  suffering  from  the  failure  of  the 
crops  and  other  causes,  and  were  slow  in  ftilfilling  their  engagements.  Conse- 
quently, the  missionaries  were  much  embarrassed,  their  families  were  in  want, 
their  pecuniary  obligations  were  not  ftilfilled,  their  reputation  was  impaired, 
and  religion  was  dishonored.  In  this  exigency,  the  Committee  were  constrained 
not  only  to  postpone  their  plans  for  the  occupancy  of  the  new  fields  which 
Providence  was  opening  before  them,  but  to  reduce  still  further  their  appro- 
priations for  the  support  of  the  laborers  already  in  the  service.  They  appealed 
to 'the  missionary  churches  to  assume,  if  possible,  the  whole  or  a  larger  pol*tion  of 
the  burden  of  their  ministers'  support.  Through  the  Borne  Missiontiry  and  other 
religious  joiunals,  they  made  known  these  exigencies  and  perils  of  the  cause  to 
the  friends  of  the  Society,  and  invoked  their  prompt  and  liberal  aid.  In  re- 
sponse to  these  appeals  many  generous  gifts  were  forwarded  to  the  the  Treas- 
ury of  the  Society,  and  many  valuable  donations  of  clothing  and  other  neces- 
sary articles  were  sent  directly  to  the  families  of  the  missionaries.  For  these 
timely  offerings  the  Committee,  in  behalf  of  themselves  and  of  the  laborers  in 
the  field,  make  grateftil  acknowledgement.  But  this,  relief  was  only  partial, 
and  the  expenditures  of  the  Society  were  still  in  excess  of  its  income.  At  the 
close  of  the  year  the  Treasury  was  exhausted,  and  more  than  $16,000  were  still 
doe  to  missionaries  for  labor  performed. 

ACT   OF   INCORPORATION. 

The  Society  has  hitherto  transacted  its  business  as  an  unincorporated  insti- 
tution, and  its  legal  rights,  as  such,  have  been  sustained  by  the  courts  of  nearly 
all  the  States  in  which  legacies  have  been  made  for  it«  benefit.  But  recent  ju- 
dicial decisions  in  the  State  of  New  York  have  rendered  it  expedient,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  Committee,  to  seek  incorporation  under  the  laws  of  the  State. 
Application  was  accordingly  made  to  the  Legislature  at  its  last  session,  and  an 
Act  of  Incorporation  was  passed  February  6,  1871,  which  is  now  submitted  to 
the  Society  for  its  adoption. 


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GENERAL  COMPARATIVE  RESULTS. 
The  following  Table  gives  a  comparative  view  of  the  amount  of  receipts,  ex- 
penditures, number  of  missionaries^  new  appointments,  congregations,  and  mis- 
sionary districts,  years  of  labor  performed,  additions  to  the  churches  and  pupils 
in  Sabbath  schools,  for  each  year  since  the  organization  of  the  Society.  It  also 
exhibits,  in  the  tenth  column,  the  aterage  expenditure,  each  year,  for  a  year  of 
mimonary  labor,  obtained  by  dividing  the  sum  total  of  the  expenditures  for  the 
year  by  the  number  of  years  of  labor  performed. 


Society's 
Year. 


1—1886-87* 
»-182T-a8 
»— 1828-291 
4->18:^9-^ 
ft— 1830-31 
6— 1831-«2 
7—1833-88 
&-1883-a4 
9—183^-85 
10-1835-^ 
a— 188&-87 
la— 1837-^ 
l»-1838-39; 
14—1889-401 
15—1840-41 
16—1841-42 
17—1842-48 
l6-18ia-44 
19-1844^^ 
20-1846-46 
21—1846^7 
22-1847-48 
2&-1848-49 
94-1849-60 
26-1850-51 
26—1851-62 
27—1862^68 
28—1868-64 
29—1864-56 
80—1856-66 
ai— 1866-67 
»-'1867-58 
28—1868-69 
M— 1859-60 
8&-1860-61 
86—1861-62 
87— 186*-68 
JW— 1868-64 
49^1864-65 
40-1866-66 
41— 1866-«7 
42—1867-68 
4a-1868-«9 
14— 1869-70 
46—1870-71 


Receipti. 


$18,140  76 
20,036  78 
26,997  81 
88,929  44 
48,124  78 
49,422  12 
(»,b27  17 
78,911  44 
88,868  22 
101.565  15 
85,701  69 
86,522  45 
82,564  68 
78,345  20 
86,413  84 
92,468  64 
99,812  24 
101,904  99 
121,946  28 
126, 1*4:^70 
116,617  94 
140,197  10 
146,925  91 
157,160  78 
150,940  25 
160,062  25 
171,784  24 
191,209  07 
180,186  d9 
193,548  87 
178,060  68  I 
175,971,37  1 
188,139  29  I 
185,216  17 
188,761  80 
168,862  61  . 
164,884  29 
195,537  89  i 
186,897  50  I 
221,191  85  I 
212,567  63  I 
217,5'i7  25  t 
244,390  96  , 
283,102  87 
246,567  26 


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tures. 


$18,964  17 
17,849  22 
26,814  96 
42,429  60 
47,247  60 
52,808  89 
66,277  96 
80,015  76 
83,394  28 
92.188  94 
99,529  72 
85,056  26 
82,655  64 
78,533  89 
84,864  06 
94,300  14 
98,215  11 
104,276j47 
118,860  12 
126,193  16 
119,170  40 
189,238  84 
143,771  67 
145,466  09 
153,817  90 
162,831  14 
174,439  24 
184,025  76 
177,711  84 
186,un  02 
180,550  44 
190,735  70 
187,034  41 
192,737  69 
183,762  70 
158.836  38 
138,848  89 
149,325  58 
180,965  89 
208,811  18 
227,968  97 
254,666  66 
274,932  55 
270,927  58 
268,617  19 


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a.  The  total  of  years  of  labor  is  27,849. 

d.  The  whole  number  of  additions  to  the  churches  is  217,502. 

4.  The  average  expenditure  for  a  year  of  missionary  labor  includes  the  entire 
OQ0t  to  the  Society  of  obtaining  the  missionary,  defraying  his  expenses  to  his 
fL»ld,  and  sustaining  him  on  it,  as  well  as  the  average  proportion  of  all  the  ex- 
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DISTRIBUTION  OF  MISSIONARIES,  No.  1. 

The  following  Table  gives  the  number  of  missionaries,  each  year  of  the  So- 
ciety'i  operations,  in  the  geographical  divisions  of  Eastern,  Middle,  /Southern  and 
TTefttfm  States;  and  also  in  Canada. 


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1—1826-27 

1 

129 

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169 

2—1827-28 

5 

130 

1 

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201 

8—1828-29 

72 

127 

21 

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304 

4— 182^-80 

107 

147 

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392 

5—1830-81 

144 

160 

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468 

6—1881-82 

163 

169 

1( 

)                166 

1 

609 

7-1882-88 

239 

170 

)                185 

3 

606 

8—1888-84 

287 

201 

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6 

676 

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289 

216 

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9 

719 

10—1885-86 

319 

219 

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16 

755 

11— 188e-37 

331 

227 

11 

I                195 

22 

786 

1^—1887-38 

288 

198 

J               166 

24 

684 

13—1838-89 

284 

198 

)               160 

14 

665 

14—1889-40 

290 

205 

J               167 

12 

680 

15—1840-41 

292 

215 

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9 

690 

16—1841-42 

805 

249 

J               222 

10 

791 

17—184^-43 

288 

253 

r               291 

9 

848 

18—1848-44 

268 

257 

11 

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7 

907 

1^—1844-45 

285 

249 

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6 

948 

90—1845-46 

274 

271 

)              417 

971 

81—1846-47 

•  275 

354 

)              438 

972 

22—1847-48 

295 

237 

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1,006 

28—1848-49 

302 

239 

)              463 

1,019 

24—184^-50 

801 

228 

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1,032 

25—1850-51 

811 

224 

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1,065 

26—1851-52 

305 

218 

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1,065 

27—1852-58 

818 

215 

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28—1868-54 

292 

214 

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1,047 
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29—1854-55 

278 

207 

)               637 

80—1855-56 

276 

198 

J               504 

986 

81—1856-^7 

271 

191 

J               506 

974 

82—1857^8 

291 

197 

5               521 

1,012 

88—1858-59 

819 

201 

534 

1,054 
1,107 

84—1859-60 

827 

199 

581 

85—1860-61 

808 

181 

573 

1,068 
868 

86—1861-62 

295 

87 

481 

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87—1862-68 

281 

48 

405 

784 

88—1863-64 

289 

44 

423 

756 

S^—1864-65 

293 

68 

451 

808 

40—1865-66 

283 

64 

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284 

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846 

42—1867-68 

307 

73 

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327 

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311 

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PRINCIPAL   AUXILIARIES    AND    MISSIONARY 

FIELDS. 

MAINE   mSSIONARy    SOCIETY. 

Rev.  Samuel.  Harbib,  D.  D.,  President ;  Rev.  Stbfhbn  Thurston,  D.  D.,  Sean- 
port,  Secretary ;  Joshua  Maxwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer.    Office  in  Portland. 

The  reeeipti  of  this  Society  for  the  year  ending  March  Ist,  were  $16,840.79. 
Of  this  amount  $5,112.90  were  the  avails  of  legacies.  The  sum  sent  from  this 
State  to  the  Treasury  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  during  its 
^landal  year,  was  $518.80,  making  the  entire  contributions  to  the  cause  of 
Home  Missions,  $15,854.59.  This  is  less  than  the  amount  raised  in  the  pre- 
ceduig  year,  by  $8,090.95.     The  ea^enditures  within  the  State  were  $15,179.46. 

The  number  of  missionaries  sustained  during  the  year  is  uinety-Jhe,  which 
exoeeds  the  number  sustained  in  the  preceding  year,  by  six.  Five  have  been 
ordained  to  the  work  of  the  gospel  ministry,  and  one  has  been  installed  as 
pastor.  One  house  of  worship  has  been  completed  and  dedicated,  and  several 
others  have  been  repaired  and  improved.  The  year  has  not  been  distinguished 
by  numeroua  or  extensive  revivals,  but  a  few  instances  of  special  religious  in- 
terest are  reported,  and  the  number  of  conversions  that  have  occurred  in  all  the 
nuMionary  churches  is  not  far  from  two  hundred.  *^  But,^'  says  the  Secretary, 
*"  Maine  ia  destined  long  to  remain  a  missionary  field.  Of  the  two  hundred  and 
%i^4onr  Congregational  churches  in  the  State,  scarcely  one  hundred  are  self- 
mipportiiig.  The  spirit  of  emigration  is  so  rife  that  the  State  hardly  holds  its 
own  in  population.  Our  churches  are  constantly  drawn  upon  to  build  up 
diorchea  in  the  West  and  in  the  cities  of  the  land.  They  are  thus  made  to 
bless  the  country,  although  their  own  growth  is  mightily  hindered  by  the  pro- 
cess. Still,  we  toil  on  and  hope  on,  knowing  that  our  labor  shall  not  be  in  ymai 
in  the  Lord." 

The  Trustees  have  continued  their  efforts  to  induce  young  men  entering  the 
minirtry  to  spend  their  first  year,  at  least,  in  the  Home  Missionary  field,  but 
they  have  met  with  less  success  than  they  anticipated.  The  Secretary  states  that 
"^he  has  visited  no  less  than  four  theological  seminaries,  for  the  purpose  of  en- 
gaging some  of  the  seniors  in  this  service.  Only  one  has  consented.  Whether 
the  self-denial  is  thought  too  great,  or  the  hope  of  greater  usefulness  in  some 
other  direction,  leads  to  this  result,  is  a  question  for  others  than  the  Trustees  to 
decide.  Oh !  when  God  shall  baptize  the  rising  ministry,  generally,  with  the 
^[XMtolic  spirit,  they  will  not  shrink,  as  often  now,  from  hard  and  difilcult 
fields.  Rather  will  they  imitate  the  patriotic  soldier,  who  says,  when  his  coun- 
try is  in  peril,  *  Put  me  in*  the  forefront  of  the  battle ;  let  me  occupy  the  deadly 
breach ;  if  my  country^s  safety  demands  the  sacrifice  of  my  life,  I  freely  yield 
it'  Shall  not  the  soldier  of  the  Cross,  redeemed  by  precious  blood,  yield  as 
much  for  the  kingdom  of  Christ  and  the  eternal  weal  of  undying  souls  ?" 

NEW   HAMPSHIRE   MISSIONARY   SOCIETY. 

Ber.  Asa  D.  Smith,  D.D.,  LL.D..  President ;  Rev.  WilllAlM  Culrk,  Amherst,  See- 

xetary;  Hon.  Lyman  D.  Stbvbns,  Treasurer.    Offlse  in  (k>ncord. 

The  reeeifU  of  this  Auxiliary  during  the  year  ending  March  1st,  were 
t^99e.46,  of  which  $4,844.66  were  designed  ibr  the  American  Home  Misnonaiy 


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Society,  and  were  remitted  to  its  Treasury.  There  were  also'sent]  directly  to 
the  Parent  Society  during  its  financial  year,  in  payment  of  legacies,  |4,701.62, 
and  by  individuals  and  congregations,  $1,225.37— in  all,  |5,927.1^— making  the 
whole  amount  contributed  in  the  State  to  Home  Missions,  $14,913.66,  which  is 
more,  by  $4,233.23,  than  was  raised  for  this  purpose  in  the  previous  year.  The 
expenditures  within  the  State  amounted  to  $7,681.68,  and  $10,771.85  were  placed 
at  the  disposal  of  the  National  Society,  for  its  general  work. 

The  number  of  miasionaries  who  have  been  in  service  within  the  year,  is 
thirty-eight  Twenty -eight  of  them  have  labored  through  the  year,  and  other* 
for  periods  averaging  from  two  to  six  months.  Four  or  five  churches  only  re- 
port revivals  of  religion,  and  the  number  of  conversions  has  been  less  than  in 
most  previous  years.  Many  of  the  churches  have  been  much  weakened  by  em- 
igration, and  several  are  so  nearly  extinct  that  they  cannot  be  roused  to  effort 
for  the  maintenance  of  the  ministry.  One  church,  however,  which  has  shown 
scarcely  a  sign  of  life  for  nearly  fifty  years,  has  been  resuscitated,  with  a  proe- 
pect  of  growth  and  usefulness.  One  faithful  laborer  has  been  called  to  his  re- 
ward in  heaven.  The  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  also,  Rev.  Bekjamik  P.  Stokb, 
D.  D.,  has  been  removed  by  death.  He  had  served  the  Society  as  its  Treasorer 
or  Secretary — some  of  the  time  as  both — for  thirty -three  years ;  and  its  effi- 
ciency during  this  long  period  has  been  due,  in  no  small  measure,  to  his  wise 
counsels  and  self-denying  labors.     His  praise  is  in  all  the  churches. 

The  Trustees  state  in  their  last  Report,  that  "  thirty -one  churches,  once  uded, 
some  of  them  during  a  period  of  sixty  years,  have  become  extinct,  or  virtoally 
80.  Some  of  them,  indeed,  have  two,  three,  or  more  members  surviving,  but  so 
reduced  as  t6  have  no  preaching  nor  the  administration  of  the  ordinances  of 
the  gospel.  It  appears,  also,  that  forty -five  churches,  once  assisted  by  the  fwwls 
of  our  Missionary  Society,  are  now  self-sustaining — several  of  them  among  the 
strongest  in  the  State.  Nearly  all  the  extinct  churches  had  their  location  DOt 
only  in  rural  districts,  but  most  of  them  in  towns  having  comparatively  small 
population.  Churches  that  have  become  self-sustaining  are  situated  either  in  our 
cities,  or  more  wealthy  towns.  Those  in  cities  and  manufacturing  villages  hare 
been  formed,  in  numerous  instances,  in  part,  by  emigrants  from  extinct  chorchea, 
or  those  bordering  on  extinction ;  so  that,  while  churches  in  certain  rural  dis- 
tricts have  ceased  to  exist  in  those  localities,  they  virtually  continue  to  exist  in 
more  important  positions.'* 

VERMONT    DOMESTIC    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY. 

J.  W.  HiCKOK,  Esq.,  President ;  Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  Secretary ;  C.  W.  Stobbb.  Esq., 
Treasurer.     Office  in  Montpelier. 

The  receipts  of  this  Society,  for  the  year  ending  March  1st,  were  $9,889.55. 
There  were  also  received  into  the  Treasury  of  the  National  Society,  during  its 
financial  year,  in  payment  of  legacies,  $1,020.67  ;  from  congregations  and  indi- 
viduals, $695.90 ;  in  all,  $1,716.57  ;  making  the  whole  amount  raised  for  Home 
Missions  in  the  State,  $11,556.12 ;  which  is  $397.20  more  than  was  contributed 
in  the  preceding  year.     The  expenditures  within  the  State  were  $9,510.77. 

Sixty  missionaries  have  been  employed,  during  the  whole  or  a  part  of  tbe 
year,  and  forty  years  of  actual  service  have  been  performed.  One  pastor  has 
been  settled,  and  two  have  been  dismissed.  One  missionary  has  been  called  to 
his  reward.  *  Four  houses  of  worship  have  been  repaired,  and  one  parsonage 
built^.    One  church  that  has  been  too  feeble  to  have  preaching,  for  twenty 


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Tears,  hfts  been  supplied,  half  of  the  time,  during  the  past  year,  and  its  mem- 
bership has  been  doubled.  It  now  proposes  to  build  a  house  of  worship,  and 
hopes  henceforth  to  enjoy  preaching  every  Sabbath  day.  Three  churches  that 
have  heretofore  worshiped  in  '^ union  houses"  find  themselves  compelled 
to  arise  and  build,  or  abandon  the  idea  of  having  permanent  preaching.  They 
choose  to  give  up  whatever  property  they  have  in  these  houses,  and  seek  places 
where  they  may  worship  God  with  none  to  molest  them. 

The  Directors  pay  the  following  deserved  tribute  to  the  missionaries  through 
whose  toil  and  sacrifice  the  feeble  churches  of  Vermont  are  kept  alive.  '*  The 
cause  of  Home  3Iissions  in  Vermont  owes  more  to  the  self-denials  and  gifts  of  the 
Home  Missionaries  than  it  does  to  the  contributions  of  her  wealthier  Christians. 
Our  ablest  churches  think  they  do  generously  if,  of  their  abunrlance,  they  simply 
give  $150  or  $200  a  year  to  promote  this  cause :  yet  there  are  missionaries  of 
rare  gifts  of  mind  and  heart  who  are  patiently  toiling  in  our  fc  eble  churches,  and 
who,  in  what  they  resign,  give  more  than  that  amount  every  ;:ear  to  this  object. 
What  is  twenty,  fifty,  or  a  hundred  dollars  a  year  given  by  a  man  who  is  doing 
a  remmierative  business,  in  comparison  with  what  the  missionary  gives,  who 
consents  to  labor  upon  the  smallest  sum  upon  which,  with  the  strictest  economy, 
he  can  supply  his  family  with  the  bare  necessaries  of  life  ?  Blessed  is  the  feeble 
church  that  has  such  a  man  for  its  pastor,,  and  appreciates  his  worth.  Blessed 
are  the  men  who  have  such  a  measure  of  the  spirit  of  their  Master  as  leads  them 
to  preach  tbe  gospel  to  the  poor.  Is  there  enough  of  this  spirit  in  the  church 
and  ministry  at  the  present  day  ?" 

MASSACHUSETTS  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY. 
R«v.  William  A.  Steakns,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President ;  Rev.  Henry  B.  Hooker,  D.D  ., 
Secretary  ;  Stephen  T.  Farwell,  Es^i.,  Treasurer.    Offic=^  in  Boston. 

The  receipts  of  this  Auxiliary  during  the  year  ending  March  1st,  were 
154,824.05,  of  which  $5,295. 53  were  the  avails  of  legacies.  The  expenditures 
within  the  State  were  $18,376.21,  and  the  amount  forwarded  to  the  Treasury  of 
the  National  Society  during  its  financial  year  was  $36,700.  There  were  also 
."weiTed  by  the  Parent  Society,  from  this  State,  in  payment  of  legacies, 
113,394.11 ;  from  the  Hampshire  Missionary  Society,  $2,161.Ji5;  from  congrega- 
tions and  individuals,  $17,075.50 — in  all  $31,630.96  ;  making  the  whole  amoimt 
raised  for  the  cause  during  the  year,  $81,155.06,  which  exceeds  the  sum  con- 
tributed in  the  previous  year  by  $4,848.78.  The  amount  placed  at  the  disposal 
of  the  National  Society  was  $68,330.96. 

SisBty-four  mmionaries  have  been  in  CDmraission  during  the  year.  Three 
bive  been  installed  as  pastors  of  thecongre  ^^atlons  to  which  tlicy  minister.  Two 
houses  of  worship  have  been  completed,  and  one  was  nearly  finished  at  the  close 
of  the  year.  '*  Connected  with  the  ministrations  of  these  servants  of  God,  more 
than  ten  thotisand  people  have  been  blessed  with  that  light  i.nd  those  instrnq- 
tioDs  which  are  able  to  make  men  wise  unto  salvation,  and  i  aarly  two  hundred 
hive  been  brought  into  the  fold  of  the  Great  Shepherd.'* 

The  **Home  Evangelization"  movement,  under  the  si  pervision  of  Rev. 
Daki£l  p.  Notes,  is  now  conducted  undei  the  auppices  of  t^iis  Society.  **  The 
<'xperience  of  the  churches  during  the  last  }  car,"  siiys  Mr.  X ,  yes,  in  his  last  re- 
port, **  affords  encouragement  to  our  faith.  The  evidences  are  unmistakable 
that  a  truer  conception  of  the  church,  and  of  the  duties  and  privileges  of  its  mem- 
bers, is  slowly,  but  surely,  taking  possession  of  the  minds  of  good  men.  Every- 
wtoe  pastors  welcome  the  aid  of  this  movement." 


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The  ExecQtiTe  Committee,  in  presenting  their  seyenty-first  Report,  spesk  u 
followBofthe  work  accomplished  by  the  Society:  "While  it  stands  up  a  pa- 
triardi  among  sister  and  kindred  institutions  in  the  land,  having  looked  upon 
the  birth  of  a  large  portion  of  them,  it  has  also  rejoiced  in  all  their  growing  aad 
opening  life.  Thankful  for  its  own  progress  in  useAilness,  through  the  divine 
blessing,  it  has  rejoiced  in  the  privilege  of  giving  more  or  less  of  life  and  power 
to  other  agencies  in  promoting  the  kingdom  of  God.  For  Home  Missimis,  as 
every  part  oi  the  Commonwealth  has  felt  their  hallowed  influence,  have  aided  in 
producing  a  moral  atmosphere  eminently  favorable  to  the  birth  and  progress  of 
every  kind  of  benevolent  institution.  Having  raised  up  to  self-support  near  two 
hundred  Christian  churches,  many  of  which  are  now  among  the  strongest  in  the 
land,  it  has  had  an  agency,  more  or  less  direct,  and  more  or  less  powerful,  in  be- 
friending and  energizing  every  institution  by  which  the  gospel  gains  power  in 
the  world." 

This  Auxiliary  has  been  sorely  bereaved  in  the  removal  by  death  of  its  Treas- 
urer, Benjamin  Pekkins,  Esq.  He  had  been  officially  connected  with  the  So- 
ciety, as  Assistant  Treasurer  and  Treasurer,  for  more  than  thirty-nine  years,  and 
had  administered  its  financial  affairs  with  great  wisdom  and  fidelity.  The 
cause  of  Home  Missions  in  Massachusetts  and  throughout  the  country  has  lost; 
in  his  death,  one  of  its  truest  Mends  and  most  efficient  servants. 

RHODE   ISLAND   HOME   BUSSIONARY   SOCIETY. 

Hon.  William  W.  Hoppin,  President ;  Rev.  James  Q.  Vose,  Secretary ;  Enwnr 

Knight,  Esq.,  Treasurer.    Office  in  Providence. 

The  receipts  of  this  Auxiliary  during  the  year  ending  March  1st,  were 
$2,148.90.  There  were  also  received  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Parent  Society 
during  its  financial  year,  from  the  churches  of  this  State,  $390.25 — ^makings 
total  for  the  cause,  of  $2,589.15 — which  is  less,  by  $1,179.08,  than  was  contrib- 
uted in  the  preceding  year.    The  expenditures  within  the  State  were  $2,025. 

The  number  of  missioruMries  in  commission  has  been  six.  One  of  them  ha8 
ministered  to  a  congregation  of  colored  people.  One  church  has  resumed  public 
worship,  after  an  interval  of  several  years ;  and  another,  in  consequence  of  the 
removal  of  members,  has  become  so  weakened  that  it  is  unable  to  maintain  tiie 
public  ministration  of  the  Word,  even  with  the  aid  proffered  by  the  Home  Mtf- 
sionary  Society,  and  its  house  of  worship  has  been  closed.  An  effort  will  soon 
be  made  to  resuscitate  the  church  and  reopen  its  sanctuary. 

The  Secretary  states  that  "  the  condition  of  the  Society  is  vigorous  and 
hopeful.  The  response  of  the  churches  to  its  claims  is  more  liberal,  and  great 
interest  and  good  will  are  manifested  toward  it.  Nearly  all  the  churches  of  the 
State  contribute  to  the  Treasury,  and  we  have  been  able  to  meet  our  enga{[^ 
ments  without  difficulty.  May  the  Lord  grant  us  grace  and  strength  to  serre 
him  more  faithfully !" 

CONNECTICUT   HOME  MISSIONARY   SOCIETY. 
Bev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary;  Edward  W.  Parsons,  Esq..  Treasurer. 

Office  in  Hartford. 

The  receipts  of  this  Society  for  the  year  ending  March  1st,  were  $17,794.99, 
and  the  expenditures  within  the  State  were  $15,179.35.  The  amount  fmwarded 
by  the  Auxiliary  to  the  Treasury  of  the  Parent  Society  during  its  financial  year 
was  $4,500.    There  were  also  forwarded  directly  to  New  York,  from  coagwga 


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tions  and  individualB,  $S8,751.45 ;  in  payment  of  legacies,  $22,894.54 — ^in  all, 
146,145.99— ^making  the  total  for  the  cause,  $68,940.98;  which  is  less,  by 
$23,884.74,  than  tht  amount  raised  in  the  preceding  year.  This  difference  was 
caused  principally  by  the  payment  in  the  previous  year  of  a  large  legacy  from 
Hartford.  The  amount  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  National  Institution  during 
the  year  just  closed,  is  $50,645.90. 

The  fwmiber  of  mimonarim  in  commission  during  the  year  has  been  thirty- 
ihree.  Four  of  them  have  been  installed  pastors  of  the  churches  to  which  they 
minister.  One  house  of  worship  has  been  erected ;  several  others  have  been 
improved ;  one  church  has  been  organized ;  one  has  become  self-supporting ; 
tnd  several  others,  which  have  been  greatly  depressed  and  discouraged,  arc 
DOW  rejoicing  in  the  prospect  of  better  days. 

The  Directors  state  the  following  facts  respecting  the  aided  churches :  **  Of 
the  thirty-one  churches  to  which  grants  have  been  made,  nineteen  have  funds 
to  an  aggregate  of  $28,948;  twelve  have  parsonages;  thirteen  have  pastors; 
twelve  have  stated  preachers ;  and  six  have  various  supplies.  The  largest  sal- 
ary was  $1,500,  the  smallest  $500,  and  the  average  was  $775.  The  entire  in- 
diriitednesiiB  of  these  churches  was  $1,861.  Their  reported  membership  in  Jan- 
uary,'1870,  was  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  thirty -eight,  including  two 
hondred  and  seventy-eight  absentees,  or  an  average  of  sixty-three  members  for 
each  chnrch.  The  additions  were,  thirty-six  by  profession,  and  forty-four  by 
letter — ^in  all,  eighty — while  the  removals  were  ninety-one,  exceeding  the  addi- 
tions by  eleven.  The  charities  of  these  churches  were  $8,282.92,  or  an  average 
9i  $1.67  for  each  church  member,  and  thirty-eight  per  cent,  of  the  whole 
tmotmt  granted  to  them  for  the  year.^' 

Duriiig  the  last  three  years,  Rev.  Chables  H.  Bullard  has  been  employed 
as  a  State  missionary,  to  assist  the  Secretary  in  his  labors  among  the  feeble 
chorcheB  and  neglected  districts,  and  to  promote  the  activity  and  liberality  of 
the  Churches  generally  throughout  the  State.  He  says  in  his  report,  '^  I  have 
endeavored  faithfully,  as  I  think,  to  lay  before  the  churches,  and  urge  upon 
them,  the  system  of  parochial  work  recommended  to  them  by  the  last  Oeneral 
Conference.  As  far  as  I  can  judge,  my  visits  have  been  cordially  received,  both 
by  pastors  and  people ;  and  while  I  am  unable  to  report  how  many  churches 
have  undertaken  the  work,  I  have  been  encouraged  with  many  promises ;  and  I 
think  I  am  not  mistaken  in  supposing  that  more  work  has  been  done  during 
the  {^ast  year,  if  we  except  the  years  of  general  refreshing,  than  in  any  year  pre- 
rioos;  that  more  personal  effort  has  been  enlisted;  that  more  visits  have 
been  made;  and  that  a  larger  number  of  religious  publications  have  been 
drcolated.'" 

The  total  of  receipts  from  New  England  is,  $200,421.89 ;  which  is  less  than 
the  amount  of  the  preceding  year,  by  $7,612.04.  Of  this,  $67,952.47  were  ex- 
pended within  its  own  bounds,  and  $182,469.42  were  forwarded  to  the  National 
Institution,  for  its  general  work. 

NEW  YORK. 
Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobabt,  New  York  City,  Superintendent. 

In  this  State,  during  the  year  now  closed,  the  Society  has  aided  in  the  sup- 
port of  fifty-two  fnUaUmartM,  They  have  ministered  statedly  to  fifty-eight 
diivehca,  an«l'  at  twenty-eight  out-stations.    One  church  has  been  osganized'; 


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in  seven,  revivals  of  much  interest  have  occurred,  while  three  others  have  been 
greatly  quickened.  Eleven  houses  of  worship  have  been  repaired,  two  parsona- 
ges secured,  one  pastor  installed,  and  five  young  men  are  reported  as  studying 
for  the  ministry.  The  amount  contributed  within  the  State,  to  the  Treasury  of 
the  Society,  is  $15,098.24. 

The  advancement  made  in  some  respects,  by  the  missionary  churches,  within 
a  few  years  past,  is  very  gratifying.  This  is  most  noticeable,  perhaps,  in  the 
hopefulness  and  courage  which  at  present  prevail  among  them.  Instead  of 
calculating  the  probabilities  of  dismemberment,  and  mourning  the  prospect  of 
extinction,  they  are  now  looking  cheerfully  to  the  future,  and  studying  the  ways 
and  means  of  growth  and  permanence.  The  revivals  that  have  occurred,  and 
the  improvements  o  church -property  that  have  been  made,  are  among  the  good 
fruits  of  this  change.  A  larger  number  of  the  feeble  churches  than  usual  have, 
the  past  year,  been  supplied  with  ministerial  labor ;  better  salaries  have  been 
paid ;  and  there  has  seemed  to  be  a  juster  apprehension  of  the  nature  and  im- 
portance of  church  work.  Many  of  them  are  learning  practically  that  the  means 
of  enlargement  and  efficiency  are  within  their  reach.  Such  are  availing  them- 
selves more  largely  than  heretofore  of  the  fellowship  of  the  churches  for  needed 
counsel  and  quickening;  putting  away  i>etty  jealousies  and  divisions;  studying 
to  gain  clear  views  of  the  ends  of  church  organiaition ;  and  devising  such  plans 
of  operation  as  seem  to  them  best  fitted  to  win  success.  When  those  thus  pre- 
paring the  way  of  the  Lord,  accompany  their  labors  with  earnest  feith  and  fer- 
vent prayer,  their  largest  expectations  seldom  fail  to  be  realized. 

In  this  State,  a  great  need  exists — not  so  much,  of  mo^  ministers,  as  of 
ministers  who  apprehend  the  real  want  of  the  churches,  who  can  form  wi<*e  and 
comprehensive  plans  to  meet  that  want,  and  who  have  the  courage,  the  self- 
denial,  and  the  perseverance  requisite  to  inspire  hope,  enkindle  zeal,  and  lead 
the  way  to  substantial  advancement 

A  serious  obstacle  to  the  prosperity  of  some  of  the  missionary  churches.— 
as  well  as  to  some  that  are  self-sustaining, — lies  in  the  fact  that  they  have  not 
yet  learned  to  honor  that  command  of  Christ :  **  Freely  ye  have  received,  freely 
give !"  They  pass  year  after  year,  unwatered  by  the  showers  of  grace,  and  with 
scarcely  a  token  of  the  Divine  favor.  They  wonder  why  they  are  left  '*  like  th« 
heath  in  the  desert,^^  though  the  all-sufficient  reason  is  afiorded  in  the  fact  that 
they  giM  Twthing^  or  nearly  nothing,  to  send  the  gospel  of  salvation  to  the  desti- 
tute. Ministers  are  needed  who  understand  the  teachings  of  the  Scriptures  on 
this  subject,  and  who  will  systematically  train  the  churches  to  habits  of  liberal 
giving — who  will  not  be  restrained  by  the  unbelieving  and  mercenary  fear  that 
what  their  churches  give  to  causes  of  beneyolence,  will  be  so  much  withdrawn 
from  their  salaries. 

OHIO. 
Rev.  Lybander  Kelsey,  Columbus,  Superintendent. 

The  number  of  missionaries  under  appointment  in  this  State,  during  the  year, 
is  thirty.  They  have  regularly  supplied  forty-three  churches  and  missionary 
districts.  One  church  has  been  organized  ;  one  pastor  installed  ;  three  honaes 
of  worship  have  been  erected,  and  two  repaired  ;  and  three  churches  have  re- 
joiced in  revivals  of  religion.  The  amount  2)aid  into  the  the  Treasury  from  this 
State,  is  $6,958.18. 

A  large  number  of  the  earlier  churches  formed  in  this  State,  on  the  basis  of 
our  faith  and  polity,  were  unfortunately  for  us,  transferred  to  another  d«Donuna- 


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tion  by  the  operation  of  the  Plan  of  Union.  Aft  a  consequence  of  that  mifltake, 
many  of  the  county-seats  and  other  large  towns  where  now^  there  is  much 
wealth  and  influence  that  would  have  been  helpful  in  extending  our  present 
work,  were  lost  to  us.  **  But  nevertheless,"  says  the  Superintendent,  **  the  evi- 
dences of  progress  on  this  field  are  such  that  we  can  say  gratefully  that  the 
Master  is  working  with  us  and  by  us.  Although  many  of  our  churches  are 
small,  there  is  a  sure  and  healthy  growth,  which  if  not  rapid,  is  encouraging. 
As  yet  it  is  our  great  care — and  must  be  for  some  time  to  come,  to  nurture  these 
churches  into  a  condition  of  self-support,  when  it  may  be  expected  that  they 
will  generoosly  aid  in  doing  for  others  what  has  been  freely  done  for  them. 
That  period  is  approaching.  Our  labors,  our  prayers,  and  our  contributions  are 
stimulated  by  this  assurance.  We  feel  most  deeply  the  need  of  self-denying, 
energetic  laborers,  and  the  reviving  presence  of  the  Holy  Spirit." 

INDIANA. 
Rev.  Nathaniel  A.  Hyde,  Indianapolis,  Superintendent. 

Ten  misidonaries  have  been  sustained  by  the  Society  in  Indiana  within  the 
year  now  under  review.  They  have  ministered  statedly  to  fourteen  congrega- 
tions, besides  performing  occasional  service  at  other  points  on  their  respective 
fields.  Four  churches,  which  would  require  aid  in  sustaining  the  ministry,  have 
remained  vacant  during  th<^  year,  having  failed  in  all  their  efforts  to  secure 
pastors.  These  churches  have  been  occasionally  supplied  by  the  Superintend- 
ent and  the  pastors  of  other  churches,  and  one  of  them,  which  has  been  with- 
out stated  preaching  for  more  than  two  years,  has  lately  been  blessed  with  a 
powerful  revival  by  which  its  membership  has  been  doubled.  Two  churches 
have  been  organized,  within  the  year,  one  has  erected  a  house  of  worship,  and 
three  are  engaged  in  a  similar  effort  The  Superintendent  has  explored  several 
neighborhoods  where  an  interest  has  been  awakened  in  the  maintenance  of  re- 
ligious worship  which,  it  is  hoped,  will  lead  to  the  organization  of  churches. 
The  congregations  which  have  enjoyed  the  labors  of  the  missionaries  are  mak 
bg  a  healthful  progress ;  and  one  of  them  has  been  richly  blessed  by  the  effii- 
Mons  of  the  spirit.  The  eontributwnjt  to  Home  Missions  in  this  State,  during 
the  financial  year,  were  $993.94. 

The  Snperintendent  alludes,  as  he  has  done  in  former  reports,  to  the  great 
difiicnlty  that  is  experienced  in  finding  suitable  laborers  for  this  field.  He  says, 
'*Jtfen  of  good  qualifications  are  attracted  to  other  States  where  churches  of  the 
Pilgrim  order  find  a  more  congenial  soil.  I  am  more  and  more  convinced,  how- 
ever, that  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  has  a  work  to  do  in  this  cen- 
tral portion  of  the  country.  It  should  certainly  share  with  others  in  efforts  to  . 
•upply  the  spiritual  destitutions  of  the  country,  and  to  plant  churches  whose 
influence  is  so  favorable  upon  other  institutions  and  upon  society  at  large.  The 
State  is  rapidly  increasing  in  population ;  it  possesses  vast  mineral  resources 
which  are  attracting  the  attention  (>f  capitalists  in  different  parts  of  the  land ; 
new  towns  are  springing  up  in  the  mineral  districts ;  and  there  must  be  an  in- 
creasing demand  for  Home  Missionary  work.  We  pray  that  the  laborers  may 
Dot  overlook  this  needy  portion  of  the  Lord's  vineyard." 

ILLINOIS. 

Rev.  Joseph  E.  Uot,  D.D.,  Chicago,  Superintendent  for  Northern  Illinois.  Rev. 

Nathaniel  A.  Hydr.  Indianapolis,  Ind..  Superintendent  for  Southern  Illinois. 

HecetUy-one  misgionariet  have  labored  in  Illinois,  under  the  commission  of  the 
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Society,  preaching  to  eighty-seven  churches  and  at  about  twenty  out-stationB. 
The  contrihutiom  received  to  tlie  Treasury  from  the  State  amount  to  $5,726.78. 

The  number  of  laborers  in  the  northern  section  of  the  State  b  sixty-three. 
They  have  minist-ered  statedly  to  seventy-five  churches  and  at  fifteen  stations  where 
churches  have  not  been  formed.  Eight  churches  have  been  gathered,  seven 
liave  become  self-sustaining,  twelve  houses  of  worship  have  been  erected,  and 
five  ministers  have  been  installed  as  pastors  of  the  churches  which  they  sore. 
The  week  of  prayer  was  followed  by  a  season  of  religious  refreshing  in  many 
places,  and  in  a  few,  revivals  of  great  power  were  enjoyed.  In  consequence  of  a 
partial  failure  of  the  harvest,  the  missionary  churches  have  not  made  as  much 
progress  toward  pecuniary  independence  as  was  anticipated  ;  and  those  which 
have  achieved  it  have  done  so  through  extraordinary  effort.  Although  seven 
churches  in  this  district  have  taken  leave  of  the  Society,  as  beneficiaries,  since 
the  last  Report,  the  demand  for  missionary  labor  is  no  less  than  hitherto. 
Villages  are  springing  up  on  the  numerous  railroads  which  traverse  this  region 
in  all  directions ;  those  sections  which  have  remained  secluded,  and  therefore 
unsettled,  are  now  brought  into  easy  communication  with  the  markets  of  the 
East,  and  are  rapidly  becoming  settled ;  and  new  centers  of  business  are 
formed,  demanding  missionary  care  and  culture.  And  th^re  are  few  missionary 
fields  that  yield  more  speedy  and  ample  returns.  In  some  cases,  a  single  year 
of  missionary  efibrt  has  brought  a  church  to  the  condition  of  self-support.  One 
instance  of  this  sort  has  occurred  during  the  last  year.  While,  therefore,  the 
expenditures  of  the  Society,  in  this  part  of  the  State,  cannot  be  expected  to 
diminish,  the  time  is  at  hand  when  the  Treasury  will  be  more  than  reimbursed 
\>y  the  contributions  of  the  self-sustaining  churches. 

In  Southern  Illinois  eight  missionaries  have  been  in  the  service  of  the  So- 
ciety, during  the  last  year,  preaching  the  gospel  statedly  to  twelve  churches, 
and  at  five  out-stations  These  churches  have  not  been  largely  blessed  with  re- 
vivals, though  two  of  them  have  been  somewhat  refreshed  by  the  gentle  show- 
ers of  divine  grace.  The  year  has  been  one  of  great  pecuniary  depression,  in 
consequence  of  the  failure  of  the  fniit  crop,  on  which  this  section  of  the  State 
largely  depends ;  and  the  churches,  already  poor  and,  in  some  cases,  weakened 
by  recant  emigrations  are  struggling  under  great  discouragement.  None  of 
them  have  reached  the  condition  of  independence  since  the  last  Report. 

In  reference  to  the  prospects  of  the  missionary  work  in  this  region,  the  late 
Superintendent  speaks  as  follows :  *^  There  are  fifty  counties  in  this  field,  hi 
thirty-four  of  them  there  are  no  churches  of  our  order.  In  the  remaining  ax- 
teen  counties  there  are  twenty-four  Congregational  churches,  nearly  all  supplied 
with  preaching.  There  are  other  places  where  Congregational  families  reside, 
but  they  are  too  few  and  poor  to  warrant  us  in  gathering  them  into  Congrega- 
tional chuches,  while  their  withdrawal  from  the  churches  to  which  they  belong 
would  be  a  serious  if  not  fatal  loss.  At  three  or  four  points  there  have  been 
grounds  for  encouragement  that  we  should  soon  be  able  to  effect  this  end,  but  the 
time  has  not  yet  come.  There  are  a  dozen  counties  or  more  in  the  southern 
extremity  of  the  State,  where  there  is  great  need  of  a  more  cultivated  and  edu- 
cated ministry  than  they  have  yet  possessed,  who  shall  make  preaching  their 
business.  But  in  several  of  these  counties,  especially  in  those  remote  from  the 
rivers  and  railroads,  the  ignorance  and  debasement  of  th«  masses  of  the  people 
are  deplorable.     Yet,  I  cannot  but  think  that  we  ought  to  make  an  Mrnest 


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effort  to  save  them,  even  though  it  be  at  a  heavy  cost.  The  attempt  cannot  be 
more  discouraging,  surely,  than  was  that  of  Paul  at  Ant4och,  Ephesus,  or 
Corinth.  On  the  whole,  there  is  not  much  prospect,  at  present,  of  the  speedy 
selt-dependence  of  the  missionary  churches,  or  of  the  rapid  multiplication  of 
new  ones,  on  this  field.'' 

Rev.  H.  D.  Pi.ATT,  who  has  faithfully  performed  the  duties  of  Superinten- 
dent, in  Southern  Illinois,  dufing  the  last  three  years,  has  now  resigned  his 
office,  that  he  may  resume  the  work  of  the  pastorate.  This  district  will,  for 
the  present,  be  under  the  supervision  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  A.  Hyde,  of  Indian- 
apolis, Ind. 

MISSOURI. 

Rev.  Edwin  B.  Tuknrr,  Hannibal,  Superintendent. 

This  Society  has  had  under  commission  within  the  year  forty-two  laborers  in 
Missouri,  who  have  statedly  ministered  to  sixty-eight  congregations,  in  which 
ten  revivals  of  religion  have  been  reported.  Four  churches  have  become  vir- 
tually extinct  by  deaths  and  removals,  and  nine  have  been  organized,  making 
the  present  number  sixty-one,  with  thirty-six  houses  of  worship ;  six  meetings 
houses  have  been  dedicated,  and  four  are  in  process  of  building ;  one  parsonage 
has  been  built ;  two  aided  churches  have  become  self-supporting,  two  missiiin- 
aries  have  been  installed  as  pastors.  The  Society  has  received  from  the  State 
11,122.41,  of  which  $856.61  came  from  twenty-eight  missionary  churches. 
Forty-four  churches  report  the  raising  for  parish  expenses  and  benevolent  ob- 
jects, $53,030,  a  gain  of  $13,000  on  the  last  year.  One  District  Association  (of 
ten  churches)  has  been  formed,  making  the  present  number  five.  Notwithstand- 
mg  the  extensive  failure  of  crops  and  consequent  business  depression,  strenuous 
efibrts  have  been  made  for  the  removal  of  church  indebtedness,  and  there  has 
been  an  advance  in  the  amount  raised  for  home  enterprises  and  for  benevolent 
objects. 

**Bat  these  statistics,^'  says  the  Superintendent,  '^  fail  to  show  the  actual  re- 
nits  of  the  last  six  years  of  home  missionary  efibrt  in  Missouri.  The  chaotic 
condition  of  things  in  church  and  State,  consequent  upon  four  years  of  devastating 
war,  the  deep-rooted  prejudice  against  Union  men  and  institutions,  the  inherent 
chronic  sectarianism  of  the  old  organizations  found  here ;  and,  more  than  all, 
the  demoralized  character  of  the  prevailing  religion  of  the  State,  have  made 
the  planting  of  the  churches  of  the  Pilgrims  a  difficult  undertaking;  but  a  fa- 
voring Providence  has  given  our  simple  polity  a  strong  foothold.  The  openings 
for  missionary  labor  are  more  inviting  and  important  than  ever.  Eastern  enter- 
prise is  spanning  the  State  in  every  direction  with  railways,  and  developing  our 
mineral  wealth.  New  places  are  calling  loudly  for  more  missionaries.  But 
much  as  the  field  has  grown  in  extent  and  importance,  we  have  no  more  labor- 
ers than  we  had  a  year  ago.  Can  you  not  send  us  at  least  ten  men,  to  gather 
churches  and  preach  the  gospel  to  multitudes  that  have  no  means  of  grace  ?'' 

In  a  recent  communication,  Mr.  Turner  gives  a  succinct  view  of  the  work 
already  done  and  that  which  waits  to  be  done  by  the  Society,  closing  with  this 
appeal :  '*  There  is  still  *  much  land  to  be  possessed."  This  rapid  increase  of 
population  consists  in  a  large  degree  of  the  intelligent,  independent,  and  enter- 
prising, from  the  Northern  and  Western  States.  There  are  whole  counties  where 
this  class  are  coming  in  which  the  Society  cannot  enter  for  want  of  men  and 
meana  Towns  and  villages  are  springing  up  on  all  these  new  thoroughfares, 
where  earnest  ministers  of  Christ  are  needed  at  once,  to  begin  the  foundations 


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of  the  church  and  school.  Shall  this  noble  Society,  that  has  begun  so  gener- 
ously and  vigorously  the  work,  be  compelled  to  falter  for  want  of  means? 
What  more  useful  work  can  a  man  of  property  or  a  wealthy  church  do,  or  what 
more  important  life-work  is  there  for  a  young  minister,  than  to  plant  a  Christ- 
ian church  in  the  midst  of  some  of  these  rising  communities,  to  be  a  perma- 
nent and  growing  means  of  good  for  all  time  to  come  ?  Shall  not  this  good 
*  Mother  of  Churches '  have  a  lai-ge  increase  of  ineans  and  consecrated  talent 

for  this  work  ?"  ^ 

MICHIGAN. 

Rev.  WoTX'OTT  B.  Wif-liams,  Charlotte,  Superintendent  for  Southern  and  Eastern 
Michigan  ;  Rev.  Leuoy  Warren,  Pentwater,  Superintendent  for  Northwestern 

Michigan. 

The  vumber  of  mimonarUs  under  appointment  in  Michigan,  for  the  whole  or 
a  part  of  the  year,  is  skety-secen^  having  under  their  spiritual  care  more  than  one 
hundred  congregations ;  six  churches  have  been  organized,  eight  have  become 
self-supporting ;  eight  houses  of  worship  have  been  built,  seven  extensively  re- 
paired, and  seven  churches  are  preparing  to  build ;  two  parsonages  have  been 
built  or  purchased;  twenty-five  revivals  of  religion  have  been  enjoyed,  sev- 
eral of  which  were  of  great  power  and  extent  The  receipts  from  the  State 
by  the  Society,  including  legacies,  have  been  $4,153.25 — more  than  $1,300  in 
advance  of  the  previous  year.  Of  the  one  hundred  and  thirty-eight  churches  in 
the  Southern  District  (sixty  of  them  self-sustaining),  only  seventy-four  contrib- 
uted to  the  Society  within  the  year. 

The  Superintendent  of  the  Southern  District  speaks  of  twenty  feeble 
churches,  destitute  of  ministers,  and  adds,  "  We  find  it  easy  to  secure  ministeis 
for  congregations  in  inviting  railroad  towns  where  the  salary  is  $1,200  or  more; 
but  the  greater  part  of  our  churches  are  dependent  on  Home  Missionary  aii 
and  pay  salaries  of  less  than  $800  a  year.  Where  to  find  men  who  will  cast  in 
their  lot  with  such  churches  as  these,  is  a  problem  not  readily  solved.^' 

Says  the  Superintendent  of  the  Northwestern  District,  **  Three  important 
lines  of  railroad  are  building,  from  the  South  and  East,  into  the  northwestern 
part  of  the  Peninsula,  soon  to  reach  their  termini,  at  Pere  Marquette,  Traverse 
Bay,  and  the  Straits  of  Mackinaw.  They  will  open  to  settlement  at  least  2,000,000 
acres  of  excellent  farming  land  ;  they  will  fill  these  vast  wilds  with  a  busy  popo- 
lation,  and  cause  scores  of  towns  and  villages  to  spring  up.  It  will  require  a  Urge 
increase  of  the  missionary  force,  and  a  liberal  outlay  of  money,  to  take  oppor- 
tune possession  of  these  busy  centers  of  population  and  business.  Three  new 
counties  were  organized  at  the  last  session  of  the  legislature.  In  one  county, 
the  county-seat  of  which  we  have  just  occupied  with  a  Congregational  Church, 
fifty  miles  of  railroad  will  be  built  during  the  coming  year.  The  Home  Mis- 
sionary work  in  Northern  Michigan  ought  to  be  greatly  enlarged." 

WISCONSIN. 
Rev.  Dextkk Clary,  Beloit,8ui)eriuteiident for  Southern  Wisconsin:  Rev.  Frank 
i.TS  B.  Doe,  Fond  duLar,  Superintendent  for  Northern  Wisconsin. 

During  the  year  now  reported,  the  Society  has  aided  in  Wisconsin  nttenty- 
seven  mi^isionanes.  These  have  regularly  ministered  to  ninety-six  churches,  and 
aeventy-eight  congregations  in  places  as  yet  without  church  organizations.  The 
ainount  received  into  the  Society's  Treasury  is  $2,972.48 — $250  lees  than  in  the  pre- 
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In  the  Southern  District,  many  communities  are  still  weakened  by  the  emi- 
gmtion  of  the  native  and  the  incoming  of  a  foreign  population  ;  no  new  rail- 
roads have  developed  points  of  interest,  and  much  of  the  labor  of  the  Superin- 
tendent consists  in  "  strengthening  the  things  that  remain."  He  is  aided  in  this 
by  the  **  home  evangelization  "  effort,  carried  on  chiefly  by  members  of  neigh- 
boring churches  under  the  oversight  of  tlieir  ministers.  Of  the  eighty-seven 
churches  under  Mr.  Clar}-s  supervision,  many  are  steadily  growing;  seven,  how- 
ever, that  were  once  self-suppcming,  are  so  weakened  by  emigration  as  to  need 
aid ;  and  it  is  feared  that  others  may  have  to  fall  back  upon  this  Society.  Only 
ten  of  these  churches  are  without  houses  of  worship.  There  have  been  added 
U)  them  during  the  year,  627  members ;  removed,  274  ;  leaving  a  net  increase 
of  193.  Eighteen  churches  have  enjoyed  revivals  of  religion,  some  of  them  of 
great  power.  The  thirty  scattered  members  of  one  nearly  *  extinct  *  church  be- 
ing gathered  with  much  labor,  meetings  were  kept  up  for  fifty  consecutive 
evenings,  and  nearly  a  hundred  souls  were  hopefully  converted. 

In  the  Northern  District, — which  covers  the  territory  north  of  a  line  from 
Milwaukee  to  the  northwest  comer  of  Dane  county,  thence  down  the  Wisconsin 
river  to  its  mouth, — are  employed  about  one-half  of  the  missionaries  of  the 
State,  supplying  considerably  more  than  one-half  the  preaching  stations.  In 
this  District,  eight  churches  have  been  organized,  two  have  become  self-support- 
ing ;  five  houses  of  worship  have  been  completed  and  dedicated,  at  a  cost  of 
Dot  less  than  $50,000,  and  several  others  are  building ;  seven  ministers  have 
been  ordained  or  installed. 

Seventy  of  the  one  hundred  churches  in  this  district  are  dependent  on 
Home  Missionary  aid,  for  their  own  gospel  privileges,  and  through  the  numcr- 
otw  out-stations  offering  them  to  the  large  surrounding  population,  native  and 
foreign.  Many  of  these  churches  are  in  poor  agricultural  counties,  with  little 
prospect  of  early  self-support ;  "yet,"  urges  the  Superintendent,  **  they  should 
^t  be  abandoned.  Some  of  oiu*  best  spiritual  material  is  hid  away  in  these  lit- 
tle feeble  churches.  Not  a  few  of  our  future  ministers  are  there ;  some  of  these 
boys  will  one  day  become  rich  men,  and  with  their  early  homes  will  remember 
the  Httle  churches  where  they  were  bom  again."  Several  of  the  churches  have 
been  refreshed  with  revivals  of  spiritual  interest,  adding  considerable  numbers 
to  the  professed  friends  of  Christ. 

Of  the  vast  area  of  Northern  Wisconsin — so  much  of  it  now  a  comparative 
wilderness, — Mr.  Doe  says,  "  Good  soil,  timber,  running  streams,  healthy  cli- 
mate, and  a  ready  market,  will  surely  make  this  a  splendid  country,  and  five 
years  to  come  will  show  great  changes  in  it.  The  American  Home  Missionary 
Society  will  have  golden  opiwrtunities  here.  May  the  Holy  Spirit  open  the 
bearta  of  rich  men  and  women,  and  of  all  classes,  that  the  great  work  may  not 
suffer  for  lack  of  means !  We  believe  the  men  will  not  be  wanting.  The  Lord 
is  finding  them  in  these  revivals,  and  we  are  raising  them  in  these  Home  Mis- 
sicmary  churches.  We  are  more  fearful  that  the  money  will  be  wanting.  But 
the  gold  and  the  silver  and  the  cattle  upon  a  thousand  hills  are  the  Lord^s,  and 
he  can  use  them  as  he  will.     We  can  trust  him,  while  we  try  to  work  out  our 

own  salvation." 

IOWA. 

K<*v.  Jkhmk  t4rBUXj«KY,  Diibiuiue,  Superintendent  lor  Northern  Iowa:   Kev.  Jo- 
seph W.  Pickett,  Des  Moines,  Superintendent  for  Southern  Iowa. 

There  have  been  under  commission  in  Iowa,  within  the  year  now  reported, 


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one  hundred  and  tttdtc  mimonaries,  who  have  ministered  statedly  to  two 
hundred  and  twenty-four  congregations,  and  at  irregular  intervals*  in  very  many 
out-stations  without  churches.  Sixty-four  have  confined  their  labors  chiefly  to 
a  single  point,  the  rest  supplying  from  two  to  eight  stations  each.  The  aggre- 
gate number  of  years'  service  is  not  less  than  eighty-nine.  Twenty-nine  mission- 
aries have  left  the  State  within  the  year,  and  two  have  died.  Sixteen  churches 
have  been  organized,  and  several  others  are  taking  the  preparatory  steps;  eight 
have  become  self-supporting :  fourteen  houses  of  worship  have  been  completed 
and  dedicated,  five  are  in  process  of  building,  and  a  large  number  hav6  been 
extensively  repaired ;  eight  pastors  have  been  installed ;  twenty-four  marked 
revivals  of  religion  are  report-ed.  The  receipts  from  Iowa,  by  this  Society,  for 
the  year  are  $3,084.60 — being  $800  more  than  was  received  last  year. 

Of  forty-five  congregations  in  the  Northern  District,  twenty-five  raise  each 
from  $10  to  $600  more  than  in  the  previous  year,  for  the  support  of  their  mis- 
sionaries ;  seventeen  raise  each  the  same  sum  as  before ;  three  raise  each  from 
$25  to  $200  less.  Twenty-two  ask  from  the  Society  the  same  as  in  the  previous 
year,  twenty-one  ask  from  $10  to  $400  less,  and  two  ask  from  $25  to  $200  more. 
The  aggregate  advance  in  the  amount  raised  by  these  churches  is  $3,935,  and 
the  aggregate  decrease  in  the  amount  asked  is  $2,160. 

The  houses  of  worship  built  in  this  district  within  the  year,  at  a  cost  of 
$24,000  or  more,  have  all  been  dedicated  free  of  debt,  except  such  obligations 
as  have  been  assumed  by  individuals. 

Of  the  Southern  District  Mr.  Pickett  writes,  ''  It  has  made  rapid  advances 
in  material  development  during  the  year.  The  lines  of  railroad  spoken  of  last 
year  as  leading  across  the  continent,  are  now  being  intersected  by  transverse  lines, 
connecting  St.  Paul  and  St.  Louis,  promising  a  net-work  which  must  soon  fill 
this  region  with  a  dense  population.  I  am  thankful  tlmt  we  have  entered  on 
the  work  of  evangelization  with  a  zeal  in  some  degree  commensurate  with  the 
importance  of  the  field.  Our  pastors  are  fully  committed  to  revival  work,  are 
willing  to  learn  from  others,  and  are  seeking  from  above  the  elements  of  power 
which  shall  give  this  State  to  Christ.'' 

In  Northern  Iowa,  more  than  four  hundred  miles  of  railroad  have  been  com- 
pleted within  the  year,  and  it  is  morally  certain  that  as  many  more  miles  will 
be  built  in  the  year  to  come,  bringing  in  an  unprecedented  immigration. 
Some  of  the  new  points  thus  opened  have  been  entered  by  missionaries,  but 
Dr.  Guernsey  believes  that  he  could  wisely  occupy  twenty  or  twenty-five  more 
stations  during  the  coming  summer,  if  he  could  find  men  ready  for,  and 
adapted  to,  the  self-sacrificing  pioneer  work  that  such  fields  demand.  **  The 
present,"  he  says,  *Ms  our  golden  opi>ortunity.  Whatever  is  lost  during  the  next 
two  or  three  years,  by  lack  of  working  force  to  meet  the  unprecedented  demands, 
we  can  never  regain.  If  the  churches  that  sustain  this  Society  could  only  be 
made  to  comprehend  how  great  the  work  is,  and  how  mightily  it  is  all  at  once 
developing — what  a  *  now  or  never  '  there  is  in  relation  to  it, — they  would  '  come 
up  to  the  help  of  the  Lord,'  with  contributions  that  would  give  us  an  overflow- 
ing Treasury.  That  would  be  the  voice  of  God  t«)  our  young  men  entering  the 
ministry,  and  to  others,  bidding  them  '  go,  work,'  in  this  great  and  ever  invit- 
ing vineyard." 

MINNESOTA. 

Rev.  Rk'HARD  Hall,  Saint  Paul,  Superintendent. 

Forty  misHonaries  have  been  sustained  by  this  Society  in  Minnesota  within  the 


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year  now  under  review.  They  have  statedly  supplied  fifty-two  congregations 
and  thirteen  out-stations.  Eight  missionaries  came  into  the  State,  witliin  the 
year,  of  whom  two  (licentiates)  have  been  ordained.  Seven  churches  have  been 
organized,  one  has  completed  its  house  of  worship,  four  have  commenced 
building.  The  eontributiom  to  this  Society  from  the  State  were  $1,058.75 — 
$434.77  more  than  was  received  in  the  previous  year.  • 

Of  the  seventy  Congregational  churches  of  Minnesota,  only  thirteen  are  self 
snpporting;  about  one-half  have  meeting-houses  completed  and  ]>aid  for,  eight 
have  settled  pastors,  five  are  without  preaching.  While  most  of  the  churches 
have  had  accessions,  powerful  revivals  have  been  eiyoyed  by  but  few,  and  these 
mostly  In  the  smaller  places. 

Another  subscription  (of  $20,000)  has  been  made  in  the  State  to  Northfield 
College,  and  one  of  the  churches  has  given  its  pastor  to  the  college  as  its 
president. 

The  census  of  1870  gives  440,000  as  the  population  of  the  State — of  which 
about  one-fourth  are  Scandinavians,  one-fifth  Germans,  and  of  all  other  nation- 
alities another  fifth.  Between  one-third  and  one-half  of  the  population  only  are 
Americans. 

**  The  North  Pacific  Railroad,"  writes  the  Superintendent,  **  is  destined  te  fill 
up  Northern  Minnesota  as  rapidly  as  the  southern  portion  of  the  State  has  been 
wttled,  and  with  a  still  larger  proportion  of  foreigners— of  a  hardy,  industrious, 
frngal  class,  however,  that  will  make  good  citizens,  if  they  shall  first  become 
good  Christians.  But  the  work  of  this  Society,  for  the  present  at  least,  must  be 
rki^fy  with  the  American  half  of  the  population,  and  especially  with  that  portion 
oi  this  half  who  have  either  inherited  or  imbibed  an  attachment  for  the  Christ- 
ian faith  and  the  free  church  polity  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers  of  New  England." 

KANSAS. 
Rev.  James  Q.  Mbrbill,  Topeka,  Superintendent. 

In  tke  year  now  under  review,  this  Society  has  aided  in  the  support  of  surtf/ 
kborers  in  Kansas.  These  have  served  sixty- one  churches,  and  more  thaw  that 
nomber  of  stations  where  no  church  has  yet  been  founded.  Two  missionaries 
have  died.  Sixteen  churches  have  been  organized,  six  have  assumed  the  entire 
sapport  of  their  ministers,  four  have  built  houses  of  worship;  and  seven  are 
building.  The  nmmint  received  fi-om  the  State  by  this  Society  is  $1,819.28 — an 
advance  of  $524.38  on  the  receipts  of  last  year,  which  more  than  doubled  those 
of  the  year  before. 

The  predictions  of  last  year  as  to  immigration,  which  to  many  seemed  wild, 
have  been  fully  realized.  The  efforts  of  immigration  societies,  railroad  land- 
owners, real  estate  agents,  etc.,  each  with  a  monthly  periodical,  have  combined 
with  the  just  attractions  of  cheapness  of  land,  fertile  soil,  salubrious  climate,  and 
a  generally  order-loving  people,  to  draw  settlers  to  Kansas,  in  numbers  ifn paral- 
leled in  the  history  of  any  other  agricultural  State.  When  it  is  remembered 
how  much  his  very  first  year  in  a  new  home  does  t'»  decide  the  immigrant's  relig- 
ious life  and  subsequent  infiuence,  it  is  easy  to  see  how  critical  is  the  present 
time  in  Kansas,  and  to  appreciate  the  intense  anxiety  of  Christians  there  to 
maintain  gospel  instit  itions  in  at  least  the  chief  centers  made  by  this  increasing 
population.  But  this  they  cantwt  do,  unaided.  They  have  to  buy  and  improve 
farms,  build  dwellings,  school-houses,  roads,  bridges,  j>ay  interest  on  railroad 
bonda,  and  often  on  borrowed  capital.     "  With  a  local  tax  of  seven  per  cent.," 


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Bays  the  Superintendent,  *'niany  are  paying  from  three  to  six  per  cent,  of  their 
property,  to  support  preacliing.'' 

As  a  matter  of  course,  he  once  more  begs  for  men — **  tlie  right  kind  of  men,*' 
and  )wt  any  othem.  He  says,  *•  We  must  have  men  who  want  inark^  not  home* ; 
men  who  are  organizers,  interesting  preachers,  enthusiastic  T)Ut  patient  men. 
ThU  class  ot  men  can  employ  all  their  talents  here,  and  under  God  will  be  suc- 
cessful.^' He  wishes  to  say  to  every  young  man  looking  to  the  ministry:  **To 
come  into  one  of  these  forming  centers  of  trade  and  industry,  gather  a  congrega- 
tion by  good  jireachiug,  make  wann,  true  friends  by  pastoral  labor,  organize 
your  own  church,  write  out  your  own  creed,  make  your  own  laws,  build  vwhen 
you  can)  such  a  meeting-house  as  may  suit  your  own  taste,  grow  up  witli  your 
fellow-citizens  and  town,  lead  these  fellow-citizens  and  their  children  to  Christ 
and  to  heaven — this  is  the  most  inspiring  work  into  which  a  young  man  can 
enter ;  it  is  the  most  fruitful  in  the  development  of  character ;  it  is  nearest  to 
the  heart  of  the  Master ;  it  is  the  work  that  jmys^  for  eternity  ! "  How  many  of 
our  young  men  covet  such  a  work  and  its  eternal  recompenses  ? 

NEBRASKA. 
Rev.  Orvillk  W.  Merrill,  Nebraska  City,  Superintendent. 

The  number  of  misnon/trUs  of  this  Society,  laboring  for  the  whole  or  a  part 
of  the  year  in  Nebraska,  is  eighteen,  giving  to  twenty  churches  and  fourteen 
out-stationSf  an  aggregate  of  eleven  and  a  half  years'  labor.  Seven  churches 
have  been  organized,  and  the  way  prepared  for  five  others ;  one  church  edifice 
has  been  built,  and  the  comer-stone  of  another  laid.  The  average  miadonary 
salar)'  for  the  year  has  been  alK)ut  $690,  of  which  a  little  more  than  four-sev- 
enths has  come  from  the  Society.  The  contributions  to  the  Society's  Treasury 
have  been  $800.15 — twice  the  aunount  received  last  year. 

Nebraska  now  has  twenty-seven  Congregational  churches,  only  three  of 
which  are  self-sustaining,  and  seven  are  without  stated  preaching.  Six  oth^ 
central  points  ought  at  once  to  be  occupied.  Already  the  demand  outreacheB 
the  supply,  while  everything  indicates  a  rapidly -increasing  call  for  men  and 
money,  for  years  to  come.  The  State  is  capable  of  sustaining  six  millions  of 
people,  or  fifty  times  its  present  population.  Its  average  annual  increase,  for 
ten  years,  has  been  thirty  and  a  half  per  cent.  In  1870,  eight  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  fifty-one  homesteads  were  taken,  eight  thousand  three  hundred 
and  fifty-three  pre-emptions  were  filed,  three  hundred  and  fiftj-  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  forty-seven  acres  of  land  were  sold  by  railroad  companies,  and 
^ve  hundred  and  forty-one  thousand  six  hundred  and  seventy-six  acres  were 
entered  at  the  various  land-offices — ^indicating  that  not  less  than  twenty  thou- 
sand homes  were  establbhed  on  the  farming  lands  of  the  State.  Nebraska  is 
becoming  known  as  one  of  the  finest  agricultural  States ;  its  railroad  fitcilities 
surpass  those  of  any  other  State  of  its  years ;  millions  of  unoccupied  acres  lie 
within  sight  of  the  rail-cars,  inviting  possession.  They  cannot  long  continue 
imoccupied,  and  the  Society  should  shape  its  plans  acxiordingly.  Twice 
the  force  now  in  the  field  would  not  more  than  meet  the  needs  of  tlie  coming 
year. 

Of  the  poimlation,  Mr.  Merrill  says :  *'  Heretofore,  much  of  it,  especially  in 
the  Koutheni  part  of  the  State,  has  been  of  a  character  having  little  aflinitr 
with  our  churches,  but  our  railroads,  bringing  thrift,  enterprise  and  intelligence, 
are  rapidly  changing  this.     The  *  homesteaders,*  though  young  and  enterpris^ 


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inif,  are  nearly  all  without  money,  and  for  the  next  few  years  must  depend 
lai^ly  for  their  religious  privileges  on  the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society/' 

"I  have  no  appeal  to  make."  adds  the  Superintendent,  *'  but  such  as  these 
fiifU  utter.  Their  appeal  is  to  the  young  men  in  the  ministry,  to  those  about 
to  enter  it,  and  to  those  who  are  not  in  the  ministry,  but  ought  to  be.''  May 
such  heed  the  appeal ! 

THE   TERRITORIES. 

In  Dakota,  the  work  has  made  encouraging  progress.  The  Rev.  Stewart 
Sheldon  was  commissioned,  in  August,  for  several  stations  which  Mr.  Ward 
had  begun  to  develop,  and  the  two  have  since  efficiently  co-operated  in  presenting 
the  gospel  to  the  people  of  every  opening  settlement  within  their  reach.  Five 
churches  have  already  been  formed,  and  preparatory  steps  have  been  taken 
with  reference  to  others.  These  hard-working  pioneers  need  re-enforcement, 
»nd  the  Committee  are  hoping  very  soon  to  double  their  number,  at  least.  In 
The  Rome  Mi4momii*y  for  March,  1871,  Mr.  Ward  gives  an  instructive  and  inter- 
esting account  of  the  work  in  the  Territory. 

In  Colorado,  a  partial  revival  of  business  has  quickened  the  faith  and 
courage  of  the  few  Christian  people  holding  its  advanced  positions.  The  mis- 
sionary in  Boulder  has  successfully  continued  his  solitary  labors  for  another 
year.  He  has  now  a  staunch  ally,  in  the  Rev.  Thomas  E.  Bliss,  formerly  of 
Xemphis,  Tennessee,  who,  jnst  at  the  close  of  the  year  now  reported,  has  been 
commissioned  for  the  church  in  Denver. 

A  promising  church,  of  forty  members,  lately  organized  in  Greeley,  waits 
for  a  pastor ;  and  several  smaller  colonies,  mainly  of  Eastern  people,  will  soon 
be  urging  the  same  call. 

In  Wyoming,  the  single  post  at  Cheyenne  is  still  manfully  held,  amidst  many 
discouragements  from  the  stagnation  of  business,  and  consequent  removals. 
The  same  causes  have  hitherto  prevented  the  occupying  of  other  stations  on 
the  Pacific  road,  that  for  a  time  seemed  tp  invite  and  encourage  missionary 
labor. 

In  Washington,  a  beginning  has  been  made  by  the  commissioning,  in  June, 
of  Rev.  John  P.  Damon,  for  Seattle  .and  vicinity.  He  was  cordially  received, 
»nd  has  secured  a  very  desirable  lot  for  a  church  edifice,  which  the  people  pro- 
pose to  erect  at  the  earliest  possible  day.  One  or  two  other  important  points  in 
the  Territory  may  soon  be  occupied.  The  Committee  have  the  pledge  of  one 
joung  ipan,  now  completing  his  theological  studies  in  New  England,  to  devote 
his  life  to  missionary  service  in  Washington.  He  will  have  the  rare  advantage 
oft  knowledge  of  the  country  and  of  the  people,  having  been  bom  and  reared 
unong  them,  the  son  of  a  former  missionary  to  the  Indians  of  that  coast. 

CALIFORNIA. 
Rev.  Jamks  H.  Wakren,  San  Francisco,  Superintendent. 

Since  the  last  Report,  thirty  misHhtianen  of  the  Society  have  ministered  to 
thirty-five  cbarches  and  fourteen  out-stations ;  four  missionaries  have  been  in- 
called,  and  three  others  elected  to  the  pastorate  ;  five  churches  have  been  or- 
iTUiized,  including  one  in  Iteno,  Nevada ;  four  have  become  self-supporting ; 
tight  churches  report  revivals  or  seasims  of  special  religious  interest :  t4iree 
church  edificeH,   costing   $15,000,  have  been   completed  without    debt,   three 


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smaller  chapels,  costing  $3,800,  have  been  completed,  also  without  debt, -and 
four  other  houses  of  worship  have  been  thoroughly  repaired  and  improved. 
Of  the  thirty-five  aided  churches,  tw^enty-five  own  their  meeting-houses,  save 
an  aggregate  indebtedness  of  less  than  $5,000 :  church  debts  have  been  paid, 
amoimting  to  nearly  $6,500 :  contributions  to  benevolent  objects  reach  nearly 
$1,100;  there  have  been  paid  for  current  expenses,  $20,000:  for  church  erec- 
tion and  repairs,  $10,000 — making  a  total  of  nearly  $87,000  raised  by  the  aided 
churches,  with  scarcely  a  rich  man  in  them.  The  contributions  from  California 
to  the  Treasury  of  this  Society  are  $1,169.03 — being  $500  less  than  in  the  pre- 
ceding year. 

The  year  has  been  one  of  great  depression  in  business  circles — a  temporary 
result  of  the  opening  of  the  Pacific  railway — and  some  of  the  missionaries  have 
suffered  unusual  hardship,  testing  their  faith,  self-denial,  and  Christian  hero- 
ism. But  a  favorable  change  is  loolced  for  from  the  completion  of  the  system 
of  local  railroads,  opening  all  parts  of  the  State  to  enterprise  and  capital.  Al- 
ready the  living  Christians  of  the  Pacific  coast  hear  the  voices  of  a  new  age, 
calling  them  to  wider  plans  and  more  earnest  endeavor.  Mr.  Warren  names 
eleven  places  in  which,  if  the  right  men  can  be  had,  and  money  to  sustain 
them,  churches  may  be  wisely  planted  during  the  coming  year.  **  The  field  is 
great,"  he  says,  "  and  I  oft^n  know  not  where  to  turn  under  the  ever  increasing 
pressure ;  but  it  is  glorious  to  be  pressed,  pushed,  thrust  into  the  Lord's  work." 
"  The  memorial  year  has  stirred  us  to  new  work,  and  wakened  new  love  for  the 
way  and  faith  of  our  Fathers.  Among  its  most  memorable  things  b  the  secur- 
ing to  our  Theological  Seminary  of  buildings  and  grounds  worth  $85,000, 
which  will  give  to  the  Seminary  an  immeasurable  advantage. '^ 

"  In  months  past,  we  have  been  obliged  to  let  opportunities  for  Home  Mis- 
sionary work  go  by,  because  of  the  low  condition  of  the  Treasury.  May  it  be 
the  last  year  in  which  we  shall  have  to  permit — and  even  invite — others  to  go 
in  and  possess  land  to  which  we  seemed  to  be  called  by  the  Divine  voice, 
yet  could  not  respond." 

OREGON. 

The  Society  has  added,  within  the  twelvemonth,  but  a  single  laborer  to  the 
five  last  year  reported  in  Oregon.  Rev.  William  R.  Joyslih,  formerly  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, was  commissioned  in  August,  and  in  October  commenced  work  in 
his  distant  field. 

After  personal  survey,  and  consultation  with  the  Society's  advisers  on  the 
ground,  he  has  undertaken  a  new  enterprise  at  East  Portland,  the  terminus  of 
the  Oregon  and  California  railroad.  He  expects  soon  to  organize  a  church,  and 
has  the  pledge  (as  a  gift)  of  lots  for  a  meeting-house  and  parsonage.  He  also 
devotes  a  part  of  his  time  to  mission  work  in  North  Portland,  where  a  house  of 
worship  is  building,  a  Sabbath  school  is  gathered,  and  a  church  organization 
is  in  not  distant  prospect. 

The  church  in  Astoria,  after  being  seven  months  without  stated  preaching,  is 
supplied,  by  the  return  from  California  of  Rev.  William  A.  Tenney,  who  was  its 
minister  fourteen  years  ago. 

The  distance  of  the  field,  the  general  want  of  knowledge  concerning  it,  the 
reputed  lack  of  congenial  material,  the  small  amount  raised  for  the  support  of 
the  ministry,  have  operated,  as  heretofore,  to  prevent  the  securing  of  laborere 
for  Oregon  in  such  numbers  as  the  brethren  there  earnestly  ask  for.  Those 
brethren  are  strong  in  faith  that  the  opening  of  the  Northern  Pacific  road,  by 


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making  known  the  varied  attractions  of  their  State,  will  completely  change  the 
character  of  its  population,  and  open  a  sphere  for  the  Society's  operations  infe- 
rior to  none  in  the  farther  West 

CONCLUSION. 
To  those  specially  intrusted  with  the  care  of  this  Society's  work^  the  year 
now  closed  has  been  one  of  mingled  joy  and  anxiety.  They  have  had  constant 
occasion  for  gratitude  that  the  means  have  been  provided  for  maintaining  the 
former  scale  of  operations— substantially  keeping  good  the  number  of  laborers, 
occupying  more  stations,  and  in  several  important  items  reporting  larger  results 
than  heretofore. 

But  during  a  part  of  the  year,  the  Executive  Committee  were  tried  by  their 
inability  to  make  prompt  remittances  for  labor  performed,  while  knowing  how 
discouraging  to  the  missionary  was  this  delay,  and  how  harmful  to  the  cause 
for  whose  promotion  they  were  sacrificing  so  much.  Meanwhile,  in  every  field 
of  the  Society's  operations  there  has  been  opportunity  for  enlargement ;  m  sev- 
eral of  them  there  have  been  exigencies  calling  for  immediate  and  decided  ad- 
rance.  The  Committee  have  been  pained  at  seeing  so  many  open  deors  of 
nsefttlness  which  they  could  not  enter,  and  which  might  soon  be  shut. 

Nor  are  these  anxieties  lessened  as,  looking  forward  to  the  coming  year,  the 
Committee  survey  anew  their  responsibilities,  and  those  of  the  churches  with 
which  they  act.  In  several  of  the  most  important  and  promising  fields,  the 
opportunity  for  prompt  advance  is  still  open. 

This  is  true  of  Minnesota,  particularly  along  the  track  of  the  incipient 
Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  the  managers  of  which,  by  the  pledge  of  liberal 
grants  of  land  for  churches  and  parsonages,  offer  unusual  facilities  for  mission- 
wy  work  ;  it  b  true  of  Dakota,  whose  people  greet  with  the  liveliest  welcome 
eFery  sincere  Christian  laborer ;  of  Western  Iowa,  rapidly  filling  with  families 
of  a  character  akin  to  those  that  have  made  the  older  portions  of  that  State 
'*  the  Massachusetts  of  the  West"  ;  of  Nebraska  and  Kansas,  offering  to  the  first 
comers  their  millions  of  virgin  acres,  richer  than  mines  ot  gold. 

Never  before  have  these  States  experienced  so  rapid  and  healthy  an  increase 
of  population.  Very  soon,  moreover,  two  more  transcontinental  railways  will 
open  to  settlers  the  whole  vast  territory,  from  the  Missouri  to  the  Pacific,  and 
where  now  is  wilderness,  towns  and  cities  will  be  calling  for  the  institutions  of 
the  gospel.  The  immigration  which  so  largely  moulds  the  character  of  this 
nation,  and  thus  shapes  its  destiny,  does  not  wait  our  convenience,  but  pours 
over  the  continent  its  unceasing  flood,  whether  we  wake  or  sleep.  However 
men  of  the  world  may  affect  indifference  to  the  moral  influence  of  thw  marvel- 
oQs  movement,  the  Church  of  Christ  in  this  land  cannot  but  look  upon  it  with 
mtense  solicitude.  Elvery  year  is  showing  more  and  more  clearly  the  changes 
wrought  in  our  national  character  and  condition,  by  the  passing  westward  of 
the  balance  of  population,  political  power,  and  social  influence.  They  appear, 
only  too  plainly,  in  the  legislation,  the  methods  of  business,  the  modes  of 
thonght,  and  the  manner  of  life  that  mark  these  times — indicating  that,  for 
our  own  people,  the  grand  gospel  truths  by  which  our  fathers  lived,  need  to  be  . 
re-asserted  in  all  the  closeness  of  their  grasp  upon  the  conscience ;  while  to 
coining  alien  multitudes  these  truths  are  to  be  spoken  for  the  first  time. 
•  Were  this  Society  simply  offering  to  some  thousands  of  the  ignorant,  the  in- 
different; the  unbelieving,  the  priest-ridden,  for  their  ou>n  well-being,  a  pure 
Christian  faith  and  a  Scriptural  church  polity,  surely  it  should  have  the  gifts 


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and  prayen  of  every  pioua  aoul.  But  I>e8ide8  their  own  welfkre,  these  unskilled 
sovereigns,  coming  suddenly  to  power,  are  also  to  hold  in  their  keeping  wr 
welfare,  and  our  children's — our  government,  our  institutions,  and  even  our  re- 
ligious liberties  !  That  a  land  to  which  has  already  been  given  such  a  wealth 
of  labor,  of  sacrifice,  and  of  prayer,  a  land  crowned  with  all  best  gifts  of  Heaven, 
rich  in  so  many  garnered  hopes — that  our  land  should  ever  pass  from  the  con- 
trol of  the  wise,  the  loyal,  and  the  godly,  into  that  of  the  ignorant,  the  frivo- 
lous, the  infidel  or  the  superstitious ;  that  it  should  become  the  sport  of  dema- 
gogues or  the  prey  of  the  violent — this  were  a  catastrophe  too  terrible  to  con- 
template. And  yet  what  can  prevent  just  this  catastrophe,  but  thfi  general 
prevalence  of  knowledge,  the  self-control,  the  sterling  rirtue^  which  are  the 
fruit  of  thorough  gospel  training  in  Christian  homes  and  churches  ? 

There  is  no  other  hope  for  us  and  our  children  ;  and  we  need  no  other.  The 
gospel  of  Christ  is  as  potent  now  over  the  hearts  of  men,  as  when  it  subdued 
the  ferocity  of  Saul  of  Tarsus ;  as  transforming  a  force  of  national  life,  as  when 
it  changed  the  face  of  the  Roman  empire,  and  set  forth  on  its  march  to  univer- 
sal dominion.  To  bring  this  gospel,  through  the  church  and  the  ministry,  to 
every  home  in  the  land,  is  the  one  object  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety. Shall  it  not  have,  in  increasing  measure,  the  gifts  and  prayers  of  Christ- 
ian patriots  ?  In  so  sublime  a  work  shall  it  not  keep  even  pace  with  the  grand 
westward  movement  of  the  millions,  so  that  ''  this  wilderness  aitd  the  soli- 
tart   PliACE  SHALL  BE  OLAD  FOR  THEM,  AND   THE    DESERT    SHALL    REJOICE  AND 

blossom  as  the  rose.^^ 

Mtt^ton  Badger. 
Davtd  B.  Cob, 
Alexander  H.  Clapp, 

Secretaries  for  (Jorrespondenee. 


MISSIONARY    INTELLIGENCE. 

OREGON.  fice  free  from  debt.    Then  we  had  a 

From  Bee.  W.  A.  Tenney,  Astoria.  Glut-\  Sunday  school  of  fifteen  or  twenty  chil- 
^^  ^^-  ;  dren ;  now  one  of  1 00,  in  a  most  prosper- 

Home  Again.  i  ous  condition.     A  small  public  school 

T  landed  at  this  place  on  the  2d  of;  under  one  teacher,  consisting  of  thirty 
January  last,  commenced  work  at  once,  or  fort)-  pupils,  has  grown  into  a  fine 
and  have  preached  every  Sabbath  mom-!  graded  school  of  150  pupils,  in  three  de- 
ing  and  evening,  to  congregations  aver- Apartments.  In  point  of  business  and 
aging  about  seventy -five.  '  thrift,  Astoria  ranks  among  the  first 

Twelveyearsago,  this  month,  we  left  towns  in  Oregon.  The  prospective 
Astoria  for  the  Dalles.  At  that  time  this |  growth  will  be  more  rapid  than  the 
place  contained  about  100  persons  of  all  [past.  Rev.  D.  B.  Gray  did  a  noble 
ages:  now  our  census  shows  a  popula-  work  here,  for  which  he  is  held  in 
tion  of  over  600  souls.  Then  there  whs  grateful  remembrance, 
no  church ;  now  we  have  a  good  work-  Rather  Damp, 

ing  organization  and  a  fine  church  edi-      The  weather,  during  the  whole  quar 


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ter,  has  been  exceedingly  unfavorable, 
only  two  or  three  Sabbaths  being  with- 
out rain.  Eighty  days  of  the  ninety 
have  been  rainy,  and  fifty-two  inches  of 
water  have  fallen. 

We  have  not  had  a  flood,  but  it  has 
been  rather  misty  over  head,  and  damp 
under  foot !  When  the  skies  cease  to 
pour,  and  the  sun  shines,  we  shall  ex- 
pect to  s^  a  full  house.  All  seem  hope- 
ful, and  from  present  appearances,  it  will 
not  be  long  before  this  will  be  ranked 
among  the  self-supporting  churches. 


CALIFORNIA. 

From  jRev.  J,  H,  Strang,  Soqud.  Santa 

Cruz  Co, 

Helpful  Women. 

The  special  occasions  for  anxiety,  to 
which  I  alluded  in  my  last  report,  seem 
to  be  removed  for  the  present.  We 
have  a  goodly  number  of  common-sense, 
staid,  reasonable  people,  who  have  thus 
&r  exercised  a  silent  control  over  the 
elements.  A  large  proportion  of  the 
&milies  most  prominent  in  the  support 
of  our  society  matters,  are  from  New 
England  and  New  York.  As  you  know, 
our  church  membership  is  small — only 
two  **  resident"  male  members,  and  one 
of  these  lives  twelve  miles  away.  The 
other  is  deacon,  financier,  and  general 
manager ;  and  he  does  his  work  well. 
But  we  should  fall  far  short  of  due  appre- 
ciation, if  we  did  not  remember  "  those 
women  who  are  helpers  with  us  in  the 
gospel,"  and  are  our  chief  dependence. 
With  the  deacon  at  the  head,  this  little 
united  band,  ready  unto  every  good 
word  and  work,  keep  things  in  good 
running  order ;  not  without  great  self- 
denial,  however,  amid  burdensome  fam- 
ily cares  and  bodily  infirmities. 

This  first  year  of  my  pastorate  here, 
and  of  my  connection  with  your  Society 
as  missionary,  has  been  to  me  a  happy 
and  a  hopeful  one,  with  cheering  results, 
but  not  such  as  we  wished  for.  This 
church  will  continue  to  be  depend- 
ent upon  your  Society  for  aid,  for  the 


pecuniary  ability  of  the  people  is  not 
improved ;  but  be  assured,  we  shall  not 
lean  upon  you  longer  than  is  absolutely 
necessary. 


DAKOTA. 

From   Ret.   8.   Sheldon,   Elk  Point, 

Unicji  Co. 

Fire. 

I  am  detained  at  Vermillion  this 
morning  (April  10th),  by  a  STtow-itorm, 
for  the  first  time  this  season.  Last 
week  we  had  warm  summer  weather, 
the  mercury  over  90^  in  the  shade. 
This  little  cold  snap  will  last  but  a  few 
days,  then  the  crops  and  the  new  grass 
will  shoot  forward  with  amazing  ra- 
pidity. 

Week  before  last,  our  hall  at  Elk 
Point,  nicely  fitted  up  for  Sabbath  ser- 
vices, with  Sabbath  school  library,  hymn 
books  and  everything,  was  burnt  to  the 
ground.  It  is  a  severe  loss,  but  if  the 
owner  gets  his  insurance,  and  starts 
again  in  business,  he  says  he  means  to 
have  a  meeting-house  built  in  less  than 
a  year.  Pray  that  he  may  prosper, 
that  our  work  may  go  forward.  The 
Sabbath  after  the  fire  we  received  five 
new  members  to  the  church,  notwith- 
standing our  broken  condition. 

Send  Men. 
If  the  Society  can  place  a  good  man 
at  Elk  Point  and  Richland,  so  that  I  can 
hold  fionhomme  and  Vermillion,  it  will 
give  an  opportunity  to  organize  another 
church  in  Turner  county,  thirty  miles 
from  Yankton,  and  perhaps  several 
other  churches,  at  other  points,  within 
the  next  year.  If  not,  I  may  be  able  to 
give  one  Sabbath  to  Bonhomme,  twenty 
miles  west  of  Yankton,  and  the  next  to 
the  three  churches  which  I  now  supply. 
We  must,  if  possible,  have  a  man  also 
for  Canton. 


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though  we  do  not  keep  pace  with  the]  ing,  and  spending  the  morning  at  oat- 
growth  of  the  field.  Two  churches  have  i  stations.      Meanwhile  I    visited   from 


been  organized  at  important  points  on 
the  railroad,  and  material  has  been 
gathered  for  two  others.  One  man  is 
now  on  his  way  to  the  State,  to  take 
charge  of  the  little  church  at  Camp 
Creek ;  Weeping  Water  has  dedicated  a 
house  of  worship,  a  stone  structure, 
costing  $2,500 ;  Nebraska  City  and  Salt 
Creek  are  raising  subscriptions  for 
houses,  and  Palmyra  is  vigorously  push- 
ing forward  her  little  church. 

In  prosecuting  my  work,  this  quarter. 
I  have  traveled  1,125  miles,  preached 
and  delivered  sixteen  sermons  and  ad- 
dresses, and  written  eighty-seven  letters. 
I  have  promise  of  two  more  good  men, 
one  to  take  a  pioneer  field  among  the 
''  homesteaders  ;^'  the  other,  some  field 
more  developed.  On  the  whole,  the 
work  was  never  as  hopeful  as  now,  and 
never  did  it  more  need  ^'  the  right  men 


KANSAS. 


Fr9m    Ret. 


Woodwn  Co, 


Falls. 


The  Year's  Work. 

Closing  my  first  year's  missionary 
service  here,  let  us  sum  up  a  few  of 
its  results. 

The  situation  on  my  arrival  was  not 
encouraging.  There  were  but  five  per- 
sons who  openly  sympathized  with  the 
faith  and  polity  of  the  New  England 
churches,  and  they  were  despondent  as 
to  the  outlook  for  the  future.  But  the 
hope  that  their  numbers  and  strength 
might  be  increased  by  immigration  led 
them  to  rally.  Two  other  denomina- 
tions had  thoroughly  canvassed  the 
field  for  subscriptions  for  houses  of 
worship,  which  they  have  since  built. 
Our  only  place  of  meeting  was  the  vil- 
lage school-house,  and  as  the  pastors  of 
the  other  churches  had  the  morning 
hour  of  each  Sabbath,  my  only  chance 
was  to  occupy  the  evening  hour — which 
I  did,  preaching  every  Sabbath  even- 


house  t4)  house,  making  myself  ac- 
quainted with  the  people,  and  ac- 
quainting them  with  our  doctrines  and 
polity. 

I  have  a  service  three  miles  out  on 
the  prairie,  and  another  at  Cherry 
Creek,  eleven  miles  from  here.  A 
series  of  meetings  at  my  nearest  out- 
station,  were  blessed  to  the  salvation  ol" 
some  ten  souls,  and  a  series  in  this 
village,  in  which  I  was  aided  by  Rev. 
T.  W.  Jones,  were  blessed  to  the  hope- 
ful conversion  of  fifteen  or  more. 

In  March  we  organized  the  Pint 
Congregational  Church  of  Neosho  Falls. 
Twenty-three  joined  in  the  organization ; 
four  have  since  united,  and  four  more 
are  waiting  for  the  next  communioo 
season.  Steps  are  to  be  immediately 
taken  to  secure  a  lot  for  a  house  of 
worship,  and  to  build  as  soon  as  we  can 
procure  the  means. 

Within  the  past  year,  Neosho  Falls 
has  grown  from  a  population  of  200  to 
1,000,  and  constant  accessions  to  our 
population  are  coming.  By  the  laws  of 
Kansas  it  has  become  a  city  of  the 
third  class,  and  it  will  soon  become  a 
railroad  center.  The  Missouri,  Kan- 
sas &  Texas  R.  R  Co.  has  made  this 
the  terminus  of  the  first  division,  and 
located  their  land-ofSce  here.  And  the 
St.  Louis  and  New  Mexico  road,  soon  to 
be  built,  has  fixed  this  as  one  of  the 
objective  points  in  its  charter.  These 
facts,  and  the  best  water  power  of  the 
river,  give  to  this  place  much  prospect- 
ive importance,  urging  us  to  push  our 
church  enterprise  with  all  vigor.  It  i*} 
encouraging  that  we  conuuand  financial 
strength,  and  have  a  strong  hold  upon 
the  sympathies  of  the  community.  The 
Master  is  laying  great  responsibilities 
upon  us.  Miety  he  make  us  watchful 
and  faithtiil  I 


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MINNESOTA. 
From  Rec.    C.    C.  Salter,  Jhtluth, 
Louis  Co. 
The  N.ew  Northern  Center. 

It  is  but  three  months  since  the  Pil- 
grim Church  of  Duluth  was  organized. 
While  it  is  being  towed  out  to  sea  by 
the  American  Home  Missionary  Society, 
I  will  tell  our  friends  a  word  concerning 
our  history  and  our  hope. 

Duluth,  as  is  well  known,  is  an  am- 
bitious youth,  holding  a  grand  future  in 
its  ardent  prophecy.  Two  years  ago,  a 
clearing  was  made  in  the  forest  of  birch, 
poplar,  fir,  pine  and  cedar,  for  what  is 
now  a  town  of  4,000  people.  Before 
that  it  contained  less  than  150  inhabi- 
tants. 

Within  these  two  years  have  been 
constructed,  the  Lake  Superior  and  Mis- 
nasippi  railroad  to  St.  Paul ;  a  break 
water  which,  with  recent  improvements, 
has  breasted  the  fiercest  storms ;  an  ele- 
vator with  a  capacity  of  500,000  bushels, 
able  to  transfer  the  cargo  of  twenty 
cars  in  one  hour,  and  to  handle  10,000,000 
buahels  of  grain  in  the  shipping  season ; 
and  the  citizen^s  dock,  extending  600 
feet  into  the  lake. 

A  ship  canal  is  being  cut  through 
Minnesota  Point,  the  sandy,  pebbled, 
and  wooded  belt  that  divides  Duluth 
Bay  from  the  lake.  This  canal  will 
give  to  shipping  the  advantage  of  the 
inner  harbor  of  the  bay,  with  its  im- 
pregnable natural  breakwater,  while  the 
outer  harbor  b  free  from  ice  for  a  longer 
period. 

The  "  Point,'*  with  an  average  width 
of  about  600  feet,  reaches  out  seven 
miU9y  and  is  separated  from  the  Wiscon- 
sin shore  by  a  channel  500  feet  wide, 
called  the  *'  entry,*'  through  which  flow 
the  waters  of  the  St.  Louis  river,  after 
pAsdng  through  St  Louis  and  Duluth 
bays.  This  singular  tongue  of  land 
sweeps  out  from  the  main  shore  in  a 
fracefol  curve,  as  if  left  by  some  sudden 
ly  retreating  wave. 

Thus  situated  on  the  western  extrem- 
ity of  the  great  lake,  this  young  town 


I  holds  the  key  of  destiny.     It  is  as  near 
^'^t.  to  Buffalo,  and  hence  to  New  York,  by 

j  water,  as  is  Chicago.     Freights  from  St. 

I  Paul  have  890  miles  less  of  rail  to  travel, 
by  way  of  Duluth,  than  by  the  Chicago 
route,  while  the  southern  line  of  Minne- 
sota will  save  ninety  miles  of  rail  in  ship- 
ping via  Duluth.  As  400  miles  of  rail- 
road saved  is  a  reduction  of  thirty  cents 
a  bushel  from  the  cost  of  grain,  it  is  in- 
evitable that  the  produce  of  the  New 
Northwest,  "  the  continental  wheat  gar- 
den of  the  United  States,"  must  seek 
this  outlet,  and  that,  for  the  same  rea- 
son, this  city  must  be  the  center  of  sup- 
ply for  the  region  to  be  opened  up  by 
the  North  Pacific  road,  whose  eastern 
terminus  and  interests  are  here.  It 
is  not  a  little  remarkable  that  Du- 
luth will  be  100  miles  nearer  San  Fran- 
cisco, by  rail,  than  is  Chicago.  While 
the  distance  from  the  Golden  Gate 
to  Chicago,  is  2,400  miles,  Puget 
Sound,  the  Western  terminus  of  the 
North  Pacific,  is  but  1,775  miles  from 
Duluth  —  a  difierence  of  600  miles. 
Moreover,  Puget  Sound  is  some  260 
miles  nearer  than  San  Francisco  to  the 
chief  Asiatic  ports.  Nor  is  the 
coimtry  through  which  the  North  Pa- 
cific is  to  pass,  inhospitable  in  climate 
or  soil.  The  far  greater  depression  of 
the  Rocky  mountain  range  opens  a  gate- 
way for  the  mild  winds  of  the  Pacific, 
enriching  the  fields  with  a  generous  lar- 
gess of  rain,  and  furnishing  even  winter 
pasturage  for  the  herds. 

\ll  honor  to  the  builders  of  this 
worlcCs  highway^  for  their  liberal  help- 
fulness and  interest  in  the  advance  of 
the  gospel  along  their  line  !  They  give 
lots  for  the  erection  of  a  church  at 
every  station,  besides  adding  a  tract  of 
land  as  a  common  endowment. 

In  this  city,  beautiful  for  situation  on 
the  sides  of  the  north,  and  strong  iu 
hope,  seventeen  persons  have  organized 
the  only  Congregational  church  within 
seventy-five  miles.  The  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Home  Missions,  Ilev.  R  Hall, 
found  a  number  of  the  children  of  the 


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Pilgrims  desirous  to  build  a  watch 
tower,  kindred  to  that  which  was  found- 
ed upon  Plymouth  Rock.  Many  tokens 
of  good-will  have  greeted  us.  A  young 
man  of  Dututh  bade  the  church  wel- 
come to  a  new  store-room  for  the  win- 
ter. Our  library  was  remembered  by  the 
American  S.  S.  Union,  in  a  gift  of  fortj' 
volumes;  and  thirty  Well-Springs  and 
seventy-five  books  were  sent  by  the 
Congregational  Publishing  Society — the 
young  ladies  of  Bradford  Seminary  ap- 
propriating the  iunds  for  the  latter  do- 
nation. Thirty  copies  of  the  Bible 
were  sent  us  by  the  American  Bible  So- 
ciety for  our  chapel  reading.  I  learn 
that  the  Bradford  friends  are  also  to 
send  us  a  communion  service.  Would 
that  their  liberality  might  stimulate 
other  generous  helpers  to  furnish  our 
new  house  of  worship  with  a  cabinet 
organ ! 

We  have  already  heard  the  command, 
**  Arise  and  build."  To  avoid  the  fre- 
quent burden  of  debt,  we  are  only  un- 
dertaking small  things.  For  lots  and  a 
chapel,  with  sittings  for  250,  we  need 
$5,500.  Of  this,  $1,600  are  condition- 
ed upon  our  dedicating  the  house 
without  debt, — from  the  Congrega- 
tional Union,  $500 ;  Jay  ('ooke,  Esq., 
$1,000;  from  a  friend  in  Philadelphia, 
$100. 

Estimating  our  own  pledges  at  $2,000 
and  including  the  value  of  lots,  we  lack 
about  $1,500  to  make  sure  of  the  con- 
ditional $1,600.  If  some  friend  would 
send  us  $1,000,  I  will  ensure  that  the 
whole  is  raised.  Remember  that  the 
few  are  struggling  to  build  for  otfiersy 
yet  to  come  from  the  East,  and  else- 
where, as  well  as  for  ourselves;  and 
that  these  few  are  not  largely  endowed, 
except  with  the  gift  of  hope  and  en- 
ergy. It  is  we  trust  a  good  augury  of 
the  future,  that  the  church  have  com- 
pleted their  first  quarter  with  no  pecu- 
niary obligation  unpaid. 


IOWA. 

}&om   Rec.  (J.  N.  Jjyman^    Onawii,  Mo- 
nona   Co. 

The  Memory  of  the  Just 
In  my  intercourse  with  the  people,  I 
am  daily  reminded  of  the  power  of  a 
good  man's  life,  and  learn  how  ek>- 
quently  he  may  Kpeak  after  his  death. 
Rev.  George  L.  WoodhuU,  my  predeces- 
sor in  this  field,  who  died  at  the  post  of 
duty  here,  last  October,  left  behind  him 
a  very  marked  power  for  good«  through 
the  influence  of  his  fiskithful,  laboriotw, 
persevering,  charitable  and  prayerfnl 
life.  Ungodly  men  recognize  it,  and 
almost  invariably  speak  of  him  as  **  i 
good  man,"  who  was  **  every  day  alike," 
**a  true  Christian,  if  there  ever  wm 
one,"  and  then  add  that  *'it  will  be 
long  before  this  community  will  foi^ 
him  or  his  work."  His  widow  and  rel- 
atives having  consented  that  his  body 
may  remain  in  our  cemetery,  the  com- 
mon council  of  the  place  have  granted 
a  lot  for  his  resting  place,  and  there  ii 
talk  of  erecting  a  suitable  monument  to 
his  memorj',  by  the  citizens.  In  the 
death  of  Mr.  Woodhull  you  lost  one  of 
your  most  faithful  missionaries. 

A  chief  memorial  of  him  is  the  reallj 
beautiftil  church  edifice  erected  almost 
wholly  through  his  labor  and  influence. 
Upon  it  he  labored  vrith  his  own  hands, 
at  the  trade  acquired  before  he 
turned  his  attention  to  the  ministn. 
So  long  as  this  house  shall  stand,— and 
may  it  be  long  I — this  community  can- 
not forget  Mr.  Woodhull,  who  gave  his 
life  for  it;  for  it  was  while  laboring 
thereon  that  he  contracted  the  cold 
which  led  to  his  death.  And  thus  we 
are  sent  "  to  reap  that  whereon  we 
bestowed  no  labor." 


^^SOONSIN. 
Frorn  Rev.  M.  M.  Martin^    Mcaomawk 
Dane  Co, 

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on  much  better  footing  than  we  did 

one  year  ago.  The  congregations  have 
gradoally  increased,  both  here  and  in 
Black  Earth.  Both  churches  are  more 
determined  to  work  for  the  Lord,  and 
I  think  I  have  never  seen  more  progress 
made  in  one  year,  in  this  respect. 

Last  Bab])ath  we  received  seven  into 
the  church  at  Black  Earth.  It  was  a 
good  day;  the  house  was  filled,  and 
Gkxi's  Spirit  seemed  to  be  with  us.  One 
man,  about  50  years  of  age,  was  of  the 
Dumber  received.  He  came  np  after 
the  ccrvice,  took  my  hand,  and  said, 
"Iwi^h  every  body  within  tcu  miles 
had  been  here ;  they  r.»  arly  all  know 
me,  and  I  want  them  all  to  know  the 
Btand  I  have  taken. ^^ 

Next  Sabbath  I  shall  receive  a  good 
number  to  the  church  here  in  Mazoma- 
nie—more  than  at  Blue  Earth. 

In  three  mouths  I  hope  to  report  our 
new  church  finished.  Our  lot  is  pur- 
chased— the  best  location  in  town  ;  tlie 
stones  are  drawn  for  the  foundation,,  the 
contract  is  made  with  the  carpenter, 
the  lumber  has  been  sent  for,  and  nearly 
all  the  money  has  been  pledged.  I 
don't  see  how  we  can  **  draw  back " 
now.  What  is  better,  we  have  no  de- 
tire  to  draw  back.  I  believe  our  people 
have  had  more  joy  in  the  last  month, 
iincc  they  decided  to  build  a  church, 
than  in  the  eleven  previous  years.  The 
paimiae,  "The  liberal  soul  shall  be 
made  fat,"  is  being  verified  with  us. 


MICHIGAN. 

From  Eev,  B.  ParwnSy  Smyrna^  Ionia 

County. 

Work  of  the  Spirit. 
A  series  of  union  meetings  was  com- 
monced  in  March,  in  which  I  was  as- 
sisted by  Rev.  E.  L.  Little,  and  for  two 
or  three  days  by  liev.  A.  B.  Earle. 
Morning,  afternoon,  and  night,  the  peo- 
ple flocked  together.  Two  days  were 
devoted  to  the  unique  }>usineaB  of  re- 


condHation    between    estranged    par 

ties;  feuds  six  years  old  were  healed ;  j  glory  to  his  n&me  here. 


confessions,  begging  of  for^veness  of 
one  another  and  of  God,  and  bitter, 
scalding  tears,  were  parts  of  the 
experiences  of  those  impressive  days. 
Plain,  pointed,  searching  sermons  were 
delivered.  The  multitude  was  moved. 
About  75  persons  rose  for  prayers ;  many 
of  them  openly,  and  with  evident  con- 
trition, confessed  their  sins;  church- 
members  also  were  melted ;  and  a 
goodly  number  are  rejoicing  in  the  pos- 
session of  a  new  hope. 

How  many  will  show  themselves  to 
be  genuine  converts,  how  many  stony- 
ground,  and  how  many  good -ground 
hearers,  must  be  left  to  time,  and  per- 
haps to  eternity  to  make  manifest.  My 
own  boy  (my  eldest  child),  15  years  of 
age,  gives  comforting  proofs  of  having 
been  bom  again ;  and  my  only  daugh- 
toi*,  IS  years  of  age,  is,  I  hope,  a  child 
of  God  by  faith  in  Christ  Jesus. 

The  windows  of  heaven  seemed  to  be 
opened  just  when  our  churclies  came  to- 
gcther^  and  unitedly  and  earnestly  im- 
portuned God  to  pour  out  a  rich  bless- 
ing upon  us.  The  plants*  that  sprung 
up  during  the  shower,  and  those  that 
may  yet  spring  up  in  consequence  of  it, 
together  with  meetings  almost  every 
night  in  one  church  or  the  other,  or 
both,  are  now  the  special  care  of  us, 
pastors,  and  our  hearts,  heads  and 
hands  are  full. 

The  temperature, — the  very  atmos- 
phere of  Smyrna  and  its  surroundings — 
seems  marvelously  changed  for  the  bet- 
ter. "See  how  these  Christians  love 
another,"  is  the  .language  of  all  observ- 
ers. "It  was  never  on  this  wise"  l>e- 
fore  in  thin  place.  May  God's  blessed 
Spirit  carry  forward  His  work  here,  un- 
til the  narae  of  Jesus  shall  be  above 
every  name  in  the  estimation  of  all  the 
people ! 

Spiritualists,  infidels,  bucksliders,  old 
and  young,  have  confessed  to  the  pres- 
ence and  power  of  God's  Spirit.  Where- 
untotheae  things  will  grow  1  cp.nnot 
divine.  My  trust  is  in  God,  that  he 
will  take  care  of  his  own  ark,  and  get 


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APPOINTMENTS   IN   MAY,  1871. 


Not  in  Commiesian  last  pear. 
Rev.  William  P.  Eeler,  St.  Mary's,  Kan. 
Rev.  Edward  C.  Starr,   Waaeca  and  Meriden, 

Minn. 
Rev.  Hugh  McLeod,  Osbom,  Freedom,  Stevens- 

ville  and  Shicton,  Wis. 
Rev.  Henry  M.  Holiday,  A^xqa,  Salt  River  and 

Elm  HaU,  Mich. 
Rev.  OtlB  D.  Crawford,  Terre  Hante,  Ind. . 
Rev.  John  M.  Evane,  Cleveland,  Qhio. 

Be-oommlsgioned. 

Rev.  William  R.  Butcher,  Albany,  Or. 

Rev.  Nathan  Thompson,  Bonlder  City,  Col. 

Rev.  Marshall  Tlngley,  Blair,  Fort  Calhoun  and 
one  out-station,  Neb. 

Rev.  Thomas  Chafer.  Sumner  County,  Kan. 

Rev.  Jonathan  Copeland,  Augusta,  Douglass  and 
vicinity,  Kan. 

Rev.  John  Phillips,  Waushara  and  Wilmington 
Township,  Kan. 

Rev.  John  Scotford.  Neosho  Falls,  Kan. 

Rev.  Sylvester  D.  Storrs,  Quindaro  and  three  out- 
stations,  Kan. 

Rev.  Samuel  A.  Vandyke,  Centralia,  Plymouth 
and  one  out-station,  Kan. 

Rev.  Harry  E.  Woodcock,  Stranger,  Kan. 

Rev.  Nahum  W.  Grover.  Mantorville,  Minn. 

Rev.  Philip  Peregrine,  Butternut  Valley,  Minn 

Rev.  Harvey  Adams,  Fairfax,  Iowa. 


Rev.  Charles  F.  Boynton,  Eldora,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Albert  V.  House,  Manson,  Pomeroy,  Ms! 

bone  and  the  Junction,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Merritt  F.  Piatt,  Pacific  City  and  St  Msry'a, 

Iowa. 
Rev.  Edwin  R.  Beach,  Peshtigo,  Wis. 
Rev.  Cephas  F.  Clapp,  Prairie  du  Chien,  Wis. 
Rev-  Elftha  W.  Cook,  Hudson,  Wis. 
Rev.  Miner  W.  Falrileld,  Dartford,  Wis. 
Rev.  W.  C.  Hicks,  BlgSpring,  New  Haven,  Doog- 

lass  and  Jackson,  Wis. 
Rev.  Moses  M.  Martin,    Mazomanie  and  Black 

Earth,  Wis. 
Rev.  Benjamin  Parsons,  Smyrna.  Mich. 
Rev.  Alonzo  Sanderson,  Goodrich,  Mich. 
Rev.  John  R.  Savage,  Alpine  and  Walker,  Mich. 
Rev.  Charles  S.  CaUihan,  Fairmount  and  two  ont- 

statlons.  Mo. 
Rev.  Henry  G.  Pendleton,  Chenoa  and  two  ont- 

stations,  m.  ,    .  ,  ,^ 

Rev.  Enoch  F.  Baird,  Martinsbuig  and  vicinitj, 

Ohio. 
Rev.  Curtis  C.  Baldwin,  Sullivan,  Ohio. 
Rev.  George  V.  Fry,  Washington  and  LexingU», 

Ohio. 
Rev.  WUliam  Potter,  Hampden,  Ohio. 
Rev.  Richard  Tolman.  Hampton,  Va. 
Rev.  John  A.  Farrar.  Centre  Lisle,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  David  H.  Gould,  Schroon,N.  Y. 
Rev.  Cicero  C.  Stevens,  Crown  Point,  N.  Y. 


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19  00 
1  00 


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MAINE- 

Bangor,  "Three  Friends," 
NEW  HAMPSHIRE— 
Received  by  L.  D.  Stevens,  Treas.  N.  H. 

M.Soc. : 
Herkimer^ong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 
Keene,  A  Friend, 
Winchester,  Ladies'  Home  Miss.  Soc.  of 

the  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  M.  B.  Coxeter, 

to  const  Mrs.  C.  A.  Tower  and  Miss 

J.  S.  Spaulding  L.  Ms., 
VERMONT— 
Benson,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  W.  8. 

Bascom,  Treas., 
Vermont,  A  Friend, 
Wells  River,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc ,  by 

Rev.  W.  S.  Palmer, 
MASSACHUSETTS— 
Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by  S.  T.  Far- 

weU,  Treas.,  8,000  00 

Foxborough,  Legacy  of  Marietta  Pettee, 

by  E.  P.  Carpenter,  Ex.,  aOO  00 

Hatfleld,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  J.  A. 

Billings,  TrSu!.,  156  48 

Massachusetts,  "  Three  Friends,"  1,888  41 

Middleboro.  Legacy  of  Rev.  Israel  W. 

Putnam,  D.D.,  by  C.  F.  Peirce,  ex.. 
West  Newbury,  A  Friend, 
West  Stockbndge,  on  account  of  Legacy 

of  B.  Cone,  by  H.  W.  Taft,  ex., 
CONNECTICUT— 
.Connecticut,  A  Widow,  $100 ;  J.  E.  S., 

$5, 
Darien,  A  Friend, 
Bast  Haddam,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

8.  W.  Robblns, 


100  00 
500 


985  00 


105  00 
500 


ElUnsion,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  O.  M. 
Hyde,  Treas.,  to  const  Mrs.  G.  I. 
Wood  a  L.  M.,      . 

Green's  Farms,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 
E.  Beers,  Treas., 

Guilford,  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Julia  B.  Sew- 
ard, by  Henry  Kellogg,  Ex., 

Hanover.  Cong.  Ch.  ana  Soc,  by  Rev. 
L.  H.  Barber,  to  const.  Dea.  John  Wit- 
ter a  L.  M., 

Higganunx,  Ladies  of  the  Cong.  Ch.,  by 


40  00 

71  87 
84  00 
100  00 

80  18 
800 


Middletown,  Westfleld  Cong.  Ch.  and 
Soc,  by  Rev,  C.  T.  Hooker, 

New  Haven,ilrrt  Ch.,  baL  of  coll.,  by 
J.  Rltter,  Treas.,  ,    ^ 

Ch.  in   Tak  Ooliege,  baL  of  coll.,  by 
Rev.  T.  D.  Woolsey^.D., 

NewLondon,  Rev.  O.  E.  Daggett  T>.T)^ 

Northfleld,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  }fjJ.  H. 
Hopkint>,  Treas., 

North  Stonington,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
by  D.  R.  Wheeler,  of  which  $80  from 
D.  R.  Wheeler,  to  const  Miss  Ann  E. 
Pitcher  a  L.  ML 

Norwich  Town,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of 
coU.,  by  L.  A.  Hyde,  _    ^ 

Old  Lyme,  S.  H.Sill,  by  Rev.  W.  A. 
Hyde, 

Poquonnock,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 
Rev.  N.  G.  Bonney, 

Putnam.  Cong.  Ch-,  by  Rev.  T.  M.  Boss, 

Ridgefldd,  Ffist  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  Jones, 
Treas., 

Sharon,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 
C.  Sears,  _  ^ 

South  Britain,  A  Friend,  to  const  Rob- 
ert Monroe  Canfleld  a  L.  M., 

Stratford,  Ladies'  Home  Miss.  Soc.  of 
the  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Miss  Elia  M. 
Hawes,  Tteas,,  to  const  Mrs.  Susan 
U.  Beers,  Henry  Meachen,  Mrs.  Susan 

A.  Barrymore,  Mrs.  Robert  Curtis, 
and  Mrs.  Elsie  A.  Smith,  L.  Ms., 

Terryville,  Cong.  Ch.,  mon.  con.,  by 
Ira  H.  Stoughton, 

Watertown.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  B. 
Curtiss,  Treas., 

Windsor  Locks,  on  account  of  Lcmcy 
of  Mrs.  E.  H,  BarUett,  by  J.  H.  Hay- 
den,  Adm., 

Woodbury,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  H. 
Linsley, 

NEW  YORK—  . 
Batavia,  Mrs.  H.  L.  Tracy,  $5;  Mrs.  L. 

B.  Smith,  $6, 

Bridgewater,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  R. 
Bradnack,     • 

Brooklyn.  Church  of  the  Pllgrinw,  by 
S.  F.  Phelps,  Treas.,  (previously  ac- 
knowledged $800  from  C.  P.Baldwin,) 
of  which  from  R.  P.  Buck,  $900 ;  A. 


$25  40 

100  00 

10  00 
40  00 

55  06 


leooo 

10  00 

500 

16  OB 
SOOO 

81  9S 

144  45 

SO  00 


148  00 

990 

18100 

700  00 
108  00 

1000 
12  05 


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Baxter.  $100 ;  8.  F.  Phelps,  to  count 
Ber.  Eiios  Montague  aL.  D.,  $100; 
Bev.  B.  8.  Storra,  Jr.,  D.D.,  $76  :  M. 
D.  Thomaa,  $50 ;  J.  P.  RockweU,  $60 ; 
A.  P.  Goodiiow,  $50:  C.  Kellogg, 
|50 ;  D.  Johnson,  $50 :  H.  J).  Atwater, 
pO;  W.  8.  Dnnham,  JS  ;  W.  8.  Grif- 
ilh,  $86;  F.  R.  Fowler,  $26;  J.  P. 
Dyke,  $26  •  W.  F.  Merrill  $» ;  A.  C. 
Brownell,  $10 ;  Mrs.  G.  H.  Parsons, 
$10  ;^  3ir8^  R  Tncker,  |5^  $2,806  10 


Broolclyn,  E.  D^Lewis  Chichester, 

Candor,  Cong.  Ch,,  bal.  of  colL, 

Deer  Biver,  Cong.  Ch.,  hy  E.  L.  Hul- 
bert, 

Panningdale,  Cong.  Ch.,  hy  E.  R.  How- 
ell. 

Franklin,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 
£.  C.  Smith, 

GeneviL  Mrs.  M.  P.  Squier, 

Greenville,  Legacy  of  Ezar  Knowles,  hy 
Henry  Knowles,  Ex.,  less  Gov.  tax, 

Jamesport,  O.  L.  Edwards, 

Madrid,  Rev.  G.  Strasenburgh,  $1 ;  Mrs. 
B.  A.  Strasenburgh,  $1  ;  Mrs.  H. 
Dooglass,  $1 ;  Col.  E.  Shaw,  $1 ;  In- 
dividuals, $2.26, 

Malone,  On  account  of  Legacy  of  L.  8. 
Cotton,  by  G.  C.  Cotton,  adm., 

Moriches,  Mrs.  J.  G.  Floyd, 

New  Village,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  R.  How- 
ell, Treas., 

New  York  City,  Broadway  Tabema- 
de  Cb.,  additional,    (previously  ac- 
knowledged.   $2,006.'^),    Daniel    B. 
Dudley, 
Harlem  Cong.  Oh.,  men.  con.,  by  W. 

W.  Ferrier,  Treas., 
Jfeto  Bngkma  Cong.  6'A.,  by  Dr.  H.  C. 

Houghton, 
A  Friend, 

Norwich,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  8oc.,  by 

J.  Hammond.  Treas.,  in  full,  to  const. 

Mrs.  E.  Hardy,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Hopkins 

and  Mrs.  L.  C.  Roe  L.  Ms., 

Union  Center,  Cong.  Ch.,by  Rev.  C.  W. 

Burt, 
Waterville,  Legacy  of  B.  Southwick,  by 
A.  B.  Soathwick  and  R.  I.  Thacher, 
exs.,  less  Gov.  tax, 
Winfleld,    Cong.   Ch.,   by  Rev.  J.  R. 
Bradnack, 

NEW  JERSEY— 

Bloomlleld,  D.  B.  C,  in  full  to  const, 
Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart  a  L.D., 

Baat  OrancejSrove  Street  Cong.  Ch., 
by  R.  D-  Weeks,  Treas.,  to  const 
Rev.  Allen  McLean  and  Dea,  M.  M. 
Dodd  L.  Ms., 

FraoklinvUle,  Cong.  Ch.,  $6;  Newileld, 
Cong.  ClL,  $8,  by  Rev.  M.  8.  Piatt, 

viRGnaA— 


jr,  60c,  by  Rev. 
Fl^  Church,  A.  E.  Loundsbi 


diantiny,  J.  H.  B.,  $1;  The  Gate  Keep- 
"    '^    .  Jl  R.  Johnson, 

ibury,  $1  •  C. 
H.  Buxton,  80c.,  by  Rev.  J.  R.  John- 


A  Friend,  by  Rev.  J.  R.  John- 


^•OD, 


Ocooquan,  J.  T.  Janney,  $1 ;  Five  oth- 
ers, $1JM,  by  Rev.  J.  R.  Johnson, 
OHIO- 
Recefred  bv  Rev.  L.  Kelsey : 


CeotarviU&  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.. 


by  Rev.  ^  Jones. 
Plndlay,   Cong.    Ch.,   by  P. 


$20  25 
«I66 
16  00 
100 


Maryavlbe,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

m'k.  Pasco, 
Mecca,  Cong.  Oh.,  bal.  of  coll., 

by  Rev.  4.  B.  Davison, 
South  Newbury,  Cong.  ClM^ 

bv  Rev.  H.  C.  Haydn,  16  26 

Springlleld,  Cong.  Ch.,    bal. 

of  coU.,  6  00 

Hjrla,  First  Pretb.  Ch.,  of.wh.  from 


10  00 
60 


500 
488 


64  75 
iOO 


188  00 
600 


626 


75  00 
600 


10  00 


.s: 


80  001 

29  92 

75  06 
10  00 


87  08 
600 

286  00 
19  26 

70  00 

60  66 
800 

160 

1  60 

60 

225 


HemanEly,  $50;  J.  8.  Metcalf,  $20; 

T.  L.  Nelson,  $10,  by  Heman  Ely, 
Fitchville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.   C.   S. 

Cady, 
Plain,  First  Cong.  Ch..  by  Rev.  J.  Vet- 

ter, 
Randolph,  W.  J.  Dickinson, 
Warren,  A  Friend, 
INDL^A- 
Elkhart,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.,  by  Rev. 

L.  R.  Koyce, 
Fort  Wayne,  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,  b 

Rev.  J.  B.  Falrbank,  to  const.  Dea  ^ 

Kimball  a  L.  M., 
ILUNOIS- 
Beardstown,  Cong.  Ch., .  by  Rev.  L.  F. 

Waldo, 
Bowensburg,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  P. 

^^-hiUng, 
Bristol,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  W.  Lane, 
Canton,  Cong.   Ch.,  oy  Rev.  H.  Bates, 

to  const.  Hon.  J.  W.  Ingersoll  and  D. 

W.  Vittom  L.  Ms., 
Chicago,  Bethany  Cong.  Ch.^  by  Rev.  J. 

Harrison, 

H.  L.  Kellogg,  $2 ;  Miss  Ellen  H.  Sar- 
gent, $7, 
Como,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  8.  B.  Goode- 

now. 
Earlville,  Cong.  Ch., 
East  Paw  Paw,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 

C.  Breed, 
Galesburgh,  First  Cong.  Ch.,    bal.  of 

coll.,  by  Rev.  E.  Jenney. 
Galva,  Cong.  Ch..  in  full,  to  const.  Rev. 

R.B.  GulldnL.M., 
Glencoe,  A  Friend, 


Granville.  Coiig.  Ch.,  by  J.  W.  Hopkirn*, 
Lacon.  Con^.  Cn.. 
Lamoille,  Confl 


Lacon.  Con^ 

Ch.,  by  C.  H.  Bryant, 
to  const.  C.  fl.  Bryant  a  L.  M. 


•79  16 


to  const.  C.  H.  Bryant  a  L.  M., 
•Lee  Centre,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  L.  C.  Wheat, 
Lisbon,  Cong.  Ch., 
Loda,  Merrlam  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  L. 

Watson, 
Malta,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  H. 

Wheeler, 
Mendon,   Cong.    Ch.,    by  Rev.  A.  B. 

Campbell, 
Naperville.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  W. 

Cunningnam, 
Odell,  Cong.  Ci^  by  B.  F.  Hotchkiss, 
Onar«i,  Cong.  Cn.,  bv  E.  M.  Lyman, 
Plainleld.  Cong.  Ch.,]biv  J.  Ham, 
Providence,    Cong.   Cn.,  by  Rev.   D. 

Todd, 
Roscoe,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  8.  Graves, 
Roscville,  Rev.  A.  L.  Pennoyer, 
Sterling,  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const.  R.  B.  Wi^ 

mer  a  L.  M., 
Udina,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  M. 

Bingham, 
Union,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  G.  Bry- 
ant, 
Wayne,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  Jacobs, 
MISSOURI— 
Lebanon,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G. 

A.  Paddock, 
Macon,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A. 

Bowers, 
New  Cambria.  Welsh   Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  E.  Griffiths, 
MICHIGAN- 
Fredonia. 


$144  00 
20  00 

17  96 
200 

20  00 

200 
30  00 

40  00 

26  00 

7  66 

78  71 

15  00 

900 

12  00 
2  00 

18  00 
.5  00 

24  50 

1  00 
20  16 

6  40 

49  82 
18  83 
12  00 

12  00 

4  70 

11  60 

25  00 
6  80 
646 

15  00 

15  00 
800 

2  60 

80  00 

950 

200 
2  50 

10  45 
10  80 
706 


Hersey, 
Mount  J 

Chs.,  by  Rev.  H.  Lucas, 
St  Johns,  Asher  Hathaway, 
Smyrna,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  B. 

Parsons, 
WISCONSIN- 
Genesee,   Cong.  Ch.,   by  Rev.  W.  8. 

Champlin. 
Hale,  FlrBt  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  B.  S. 

Baxter, 


16  8» 
10  00 


8  76 
200 


26  00 


7  18 
5  60 


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New  Lisbon,  Preeb.  Ch,,  by  Rev.  A.  0. 


O^  Gfrove,  Mise  Anderson,  by  Rct.  M. 

WcUs, 
Sparta,  Sabbath  School  of  th©  Ftret 

Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  Nottlnsr,  Treaa., 
Wantoma,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Donaldson. 
West  Salem,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ror.  F.  B. 

Doe, 

IOWA- 
Bowen'B  Pralrlo,  First  Cong.Ch..  by  Rev. 

J.  T.  Closson, 
Grove  IIJII,  Gcnuan  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

P.  Weidmann, 
Muscatine,  Gorman  Bvan.  Conxr.  Ch . 

by  Rov.  J.  Reatb, 
Parkereburgh,  OonK.Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.,  by 

Rev.  L.  D.  Boynton, 
Plymouth,  Coll^.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.,  by 

Rev.  J,  D.  Mai»on, 
ShoniU'B  Monnt,  German  Bvan.  Cone. 

Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  Gyr, 
Sioux  City.  C^>n^^  cL  and  Soc.,  by  Rev. 

J.  H.  Morlcy, 
Wilton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  Clark, 
MINNESOTA- 

Bclle  Pralrlo,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rc> .  W.  A. 

Cutler, 
BrownKdile,  Coii^.  Ch.,  $4;  Lansing, 

Ctmg.  Ch..  $«.  by  Rev.  G.  B.  Nuttiag, 
Elgin.  CoDi?.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G.  T.  Hoi- 

corabt*. 
Marine.  First  Coug.  CL.,  by  Rev.  W.  M. 

Weld, 
KANSAS^- 
Fainiew,    Cong.    Ch.,    flO;    Hamlin. 

Cong.  Oh.,  $13;  Hiawatha,  Cong.  Ch., 

$3*2 :  ReBerve,  Cong.  Ch.,  $5,  bv  Rev. 

D.  W.  Corastock, 

Muscotiih,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.   M. 

Van  Warner, 
Pomona,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L. 

Newcomb, 
Seneca,  First  Cong.  Cli.,  by  Rev.  W.  C. 

Stewart, 
NEBRASKA— 
Lnln'Tton,  CuMg.  Ch.,In  part,  $4.1ii;  La 

Platte,  Couff  Oh.,  $5.(i0;  Omaha,  First 

Cong.  Ch.,  in  part,  $18,  by  Rev.  R. 

Gaylord, 

CALIFORNIA— 

San  Mateo,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T.  H. 
Rouse, 

OREGON— 

Oregon  City,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

E.  Gerry, 
Unknown,  '*M.," 

HOME  MISSIONARY, 


$S0  66 

SOO 

19  00 
1  00 

aooo 

800 

480 

17  00 

500 

75 

90  50 

89  £5 
16  00 

10  00 

10  00 

500 

600 

50  00 

40  00 

850 

998 


87  76 


90  00 


18  00 
1  00 

19  25 


$1^586  97 


Receipts  of  the  Masgachusetts  Hotm  Mlsiionary 
Society  in  May^  SxBrxtKN  T.  Farwill,  Trms- 


Ashhumham,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 
Attlcboro'  Cong.  Ch.  und  Soc., 
Beechwoo«l,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc.. 
Belchertown,  Cong.  (;h.  and  Soc, 
BoPton,  Legacy  of  Abby  Carpenter,  by 

Harvey  hirklaud,  Northampton,  Trus- 
tee, 

A  Frir-nd, 

DorchcBtcr  IMfatrict,  A  Friend, 
Cholfoa,  A  Friend, 
Cohusbet,  Cong.  Oh.  r.nd  Soc, 
Eaj«t  Dongias,  (additional), 
Bnhdd.  C^ong.  Cli.  and  Soc, 
Fairhiiveu,   Kphm.   Pope,   $3.50;   Sarah 

Pope,  $«, 
Grecuwl<:U,   Lrdie;*'   Horao    Miflr-Ionary 

Soc,  to  const.  Mrs.  Maria  Root,  Mrs. 

Moravia  Gray,  and  M»-8.   Eliza  Snow 

L.  Ms., 
Grantvllle,  Coug.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
HarN-ard.  Coug.  Ch.  and  Soc, 


$41  75 
1S«  73 
31  70 
63TO 


9^8  40 

125  00 

500 

10  00 

21  00 

I  tV» 

245  00 


81  87 
67  08 

19  06 


HoUisfcon,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  to  const 

Rev.  H.  8.  KaMTaL.D.of  A.H.M.S.,$ia» 
Lakeville,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  to  const 

Rev.  Homer  Barrows  a  L.  M.,  86  06 

Lynnfleld  Center.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  7  14 

New  Bralntree,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  78  00 
Neponset,  Trin.  Ch.  and  Soc,  to  const 

Dea.  Daniel  Grover  a  L.  M.,  80  00 

North  Chelsea,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  10  00 
Oxford.  Legacv  of  Miss  Mary  B.  Bostow, 

by  Bdward  8.  Pease,  m  M 

Plymouth,  Ch.  of  the  Pilgrims,^  Xl  05 

Rochdale,  J.  P.  Merriam,  1  00 
Rochester  Center,  Ladies  of  the  Cong.  Ch. 

and  Soc,  n  00 

Royalston,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  142  00 

South  Boston,  K  St.  Church  and  Soc,  17  00 

Taunton  West,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  16  00 

Walpole,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  87  00 

Warwick,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  35  IS 
Webster,  Cong.  Ch,  and  Soc,  (additional).  16  68 
Wobum,  Ladies'  Char.  Soc,  lo  ronsUtute 

Mrs.  Samuel  Trull  a  L.  M.,  80  00 


$2,81506 

Receipts  of  the  Com  ce'i-^j*  Home  Miff^onTrji  Sch 
ciety^  in  May,  a\  W  .  Parsomh,  T^eai, 


Bridgeport,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  bv  Her- 

vey  Higby, 
Cornwall,  ist  Cong.  Ch.,  by  M.  Beers, 


$112  a» 


TreaB.,  tn  const.  Horace  Hitchcock  a  L. 

M.,  44  IS 

East  Hampton,  Union  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rov. 

H.KHart,  2150 

Hartford,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  R.  8., 

Trea^.,  784 18 

Mlddlebury,  Cong.  Cli.,  by  W.  Dc  Forest, 

Jr.,         ^>        ^        ^    ^  ^     7iV^ 

PlautsvUIe,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  K.  P.  Hotcbkiss,  206  86 
Redding,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  T.  M.  Abbott,  48  48 

Ridgebury.  Mrs.  B.  Bailey,  5  00 

West  Hartland,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  G. 

Goddard.  16  00 

Westford,  S.  S.  Stowell,  8  00 

Woodstock,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.   T. 

Moore,  97  00 

$1,M6 » 

Donations  of  Ulothing^  etc.,  received  at  the  og^^ 

the  Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc.,  BoetoruJYomjDee.9, 

1870,  to  May  1, 1871. 
Andover,  Old  South  Ch.,  Ladles*  Soc,  a 

barrel,  $18000 

A  ttleboro',  Ladies'  Sowing  Circle,  a  barrel,    87 18 
Aubumdale,  a  package  of  :lothing. 
Boston  Highlands,  a  pack  go  of  clothing. 

Ladies  of  Shawmut  Ch    a  box. 

I^adies  of  Mt.  Vernon  C  a.,  a  barrel. 
Bridgewater  North,  Ladies^  Benev.  Soc, 

a  barrel,  86  00 

Brookline,  B.  T.  and  E.  H.  Craft,  a  barrel. 
Leominster,  Ladles'  Benev.  Soc,  a  barrel. 
Medford,  a  package  of  clothing. 
Medway  West,  Ladles'  Soc,  a  barrel,  60  00 

Newton  Center,  a  barrel,  100  00 

Ladies'  Soc ,  a  barrel  and  a  half-barro),     175  00 

A  i>ackage  or  clothing. 
Newton  West,  Ladies'  Soc,  a  barrel  and 

half-barrel,  ISO  00 

Newtorville.  Indies'  Soc,  two  barrels. 
Sou thboro'.  Ladies' MisK  Circle,  5581 

Sudbury  South  Ladles'  Miss.  Soc,  a  box,  88  81 
TauntOii,  Broadwoy  Ch.,  Ladies'  H.  M. 

Soc,  a  box,  WOO 


Donatiuns  ^  Clothing^  Mc 

East  Hampton,  Mass.,  Ladies  of  the  Pay- 
sou  Cong.  Ch.,  «  box  and  cash, 

nigganum.  Conn..  Ladies  of  the  Cong. 
Ch.,  by  Rev.  8.  Ilinc,  a  barrel, 

Middletowu,  Conn..  Ladies'  Home  MIfs. 
Sof.  of  South  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  P. 
Taylor,  Sec,  »  box  and  cash. 

New  Hav**n,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Home  Miss. 
Soc,  Third  Church.,  by  Mrs.  H.  Beebc 
Sec,  a  box, 

Philadelphia,  Pens.,  a  handle. 


189  00 
65  81 


876  67 


166  68 


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APPLICATIONS  FOR  AID. 

Feeble  congregations,  desiring  aid  in  t*apporting  the  gospel,  are  requested,  in 
their  applications,  to  make  full  statements  of  their  condition  and  prospects,  and  of 
the  reasons  for  granting  their  requests.  They  are  desired,  also,  to  furnish  the 
following  particulars,  namely : 

The  population  of  the  place. 

The  name  of  the  church  or  congregation. 

The  number  of  communicants,  and  the  average  number  of  attendants  on  pub- 
lic worship. 

The  denomination  and  size  of  congregations  immediately  contiguous,  with  the 
distance  to  their  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  which  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  given  time,  and  the 
amngements  that  are  made  for  securing  it. 

Whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 

The  least  amount  that  will  suffice  from  this  Society. 

The  name  in  full  and  post-office  address  of  the  minister  for  whom  a  commission 
is  desired. 

His  credentials. 

Whether  he  is  a  resident  of  the  place  In  which  he  preaches,  and  is  engaged  in 
any  other  calling  than  that  of  the  ministry. 

Whether  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  church,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangements 
are  made  or  contemplated  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  the  year. 

The  application  should  be  signed  by  the  officers  of  the  church,  and  by  the 
trustees  or  a  committee  of  the  congregation. 

If  the  ecclesiastical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  have  a  "  Com- 
mittee of  Missions''  to  act  in  their  behalf,  the  members  of  this  Committee  are  the 
proper  persons  to  certify  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  minister, 
and  his  prosi>ects  of  usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  services  are  desired ;  and  the 
application  should  be  sent  to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation. 
Where  no  such  "  Committee  of  Missions  "  exists,  the  application  should  receive  the 
indorsement  of  two  or  more  neighboring  clergymen,  of  the  same  denomination, 
acquainted  with  the  facts. 

Applications,  after  being  properly  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  be  sent  to 
the  Suf^erintendent  (or  Secretary  of  the  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  appli- 
cants reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriations  are  for  twelve  months  from  the  dat6-of  the 
application  ;  at  the  end  of  which,  if  further  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must 
be  made,  containing  all  the  particulars  abov'e  stated,  and  indorsed  and  recommended 
in  like  manner. 

^fM  congregation  applying  for  renewed  aid,  should  fumiah,  also^  the  eertifleate 
of  the  mimonary  that  they  hue  fulfilled  timr  previous  pledges  for  his  support. 

The  address  of  the  Society's  Superintendents  and  the  Secretaries  of  its  Auxil- 
iaries will  be  found  on  the  cover  of  its  Reports  and  of  the  Hom^  Missionary. 

THE  HOME  MISSIONABT. 

The  Home  Misdotiary  will  bt^  w»nt  gratuitously  to  the  following  classes  of  m-. 
dividualfl,  unless  they  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers : 

To  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Missionaries  of  the 
Society  and  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clergyman  in  whose  congregation  a  collection 
is  taken  up  every  year  for  the  S<M'i«»ty,  or  one  of  its  .\uxiliaries.  To  every  individual 
who  cimtribntes  ten  dollars,  or  upward,  during  the  year.  To  every  Auxiliary,  Asso- 
natiim,  or  C-ongregation,  o}ie  ropy  for  every  ten  dollars  collected  and  paid  into  the 
Treasury  of  the  Society,  or  of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  confer  a  special  favor  by  availing  himself  of  the  facilities 
"ffered  above  to  introduce  the  Home  Missionary  among  his  people.  In  notifying  the 
Secretaries  of  his  desire  to  have  the  work  sent  on  these  terms,  he  is  reqtiested  to 
in«>ntion  the  name  of  some  person  to  whom  each  copy  shall  be  addressed. 

The  Secretaries  will  be  grateful  for  early  notice  of  discontinuances^  or  changes 
in  ih^  p(tsf-*}Jfiee  address  of  subscribers. 

FOBH  OF  A  BEQUEST. 

1  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trust,  to  pay  over 

the  Kama  in  after  my  decease,  to  the.  person  who,  when  the  same  is 

f»ayahlp,  ffhall  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  American  Home  Mij»sionary  Society,  formed  fn 
the  city  of  N«»w  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-six.  to  be  applied  to 
the  charitable  uses  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


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1871. 


AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOR  PLACE,  NEW  YOEBL 


Rev.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.D., ) 

Ebv.  DAVID  B.  COE,  D.D.,        [  Secretaries  for  (hrretpand&Ms. 

Rev.  ALEX.  H.  CLAPP,  D.I).,    ) 

Mr.  William  henry  smith,  Tr^aturer. 

ExwuTiTg  Comjuttbb:— Mb.  WILLIAM  G.  LAMBERT,  Chairman;  Mb.  C,  R.  ROBERT; 
Mb.  SIMEON  B.  CHITTENDEN;  Rbv.  RICHARD  S.  BT0RR8,  Jb.,  D.D.;  Iter.  WILLIAM 
I.  BUDINGTON,  D.D.;  Mb.  CALVIN  C.  WOOLWORTH;  Mr.  CHARLES  ABKRNETHT; 
Mb.  JOHN  B.  HUTCHINSON;  Rbv.  HENKY  M.  STOURS,  D.D.  ;  with  tho  members  ex-offlck>- 
▼iz:  AUSTIN  ABBOTT,  Esq.,  Secording  Secretary^  tho  Tbejlsxjbeb,  and  the  Bbcbetabbs  roa 

COBBBIPOHSKHOB.  ^ 

C0HMUHICATI0N8 

Relating  to  the  buBlnees  of  the  Society  generally,  may  be  addreoied  to  either  of  tho 
Secretaries  for  Correspondence. 

B0NATI0N8  AND  SITBSCBIFTIOVB, 

In  Drafts,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Poet-OflSce  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  8*»nt  to 
the  Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Life  Member ;  and  of  oAe 
Ir.mdred  dollars  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makea  one 
Uandred  dollars),  a  Life  Director. 


SECfiETABIES  ASh  TBEASVBESS 

OP  THE 

PRINCIPAL    AUXILIARIES. 

Rev.  Stephen  Thurston,  D.D.,  Secretary,  Maiiie  Mitut.  8oc.,  Searsport,  Me. 

Joshua  Maxwell.  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "         "        "    Portland,  Me. 

Rev.  Wn.LiAM  Clark,  Secretary,  New  Hampshire  Miss.  Soc.,  Amherst,  N.  H. 

Lyaian  D.  Stevens,  Esq.,  Treasurer.        "  "        "    Concord.  N.  H. 

Km-.  C.  8.  Smith.  Secretary,  Ver^nont  Doni.  Miss.  Soc,  Montpelier,  Vt. 

(*.  W.  Storrb,  Esq.,  Treasurer,       *'        "  '*       *'  •*  " 

]!ev.  H.  B.  Hooker,  D.D.,  Sec,  Mass.  H.  M.  Soc.,  31  Washington  ^treet, Boston,  Maaew 

Stephen  T.  Farwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    "  **  "  '*  ** 

Kpv  James  G.  Vose,  Secretary,  B.  I.  Home  Miss.  8oc.,  Providence,  R.  L 

ICdwin  Knight,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    "        "  *'  " 

Kcv.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary,  Cmm.  Home  Miss.  Soc.,  Berlin,  Conn> 

E.  W.  Parsons.  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "         "        "        "     Hartford,  Conn. 


STITEBIHTENDEirrS. 


Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart, 
H«v.  Lys.xnder  Kelrey, 
\Uv.  N.vfh'l,  a.  Hyde, 
I{«'v.  Joseph  E.Hoy.P.D. 

\<oV.  EdWFN  B.  TlRXEK, 

Rev.  W.  B.  Williams, 
Rev.  Leroy  Wauukn, 
Rev.  Dkxtku  (U.\ii »', 


Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
ColumbuH,  O. 
Indianapolis,Ind. 
Cliica^o,  111. 
Hannibal,  Mo. 
('barlotte,  Mich. 
Prnt water,  Mich. 
B«-loit,WiH. 


Rev.  Franklin  B.  Doe, 
Rev.  J.  Guernsey,  D.D., 
Rev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett, 
llev.  Richard  Hall, 
Rev.  J.vMEs  G.  Merrill, 
l?ev.  O.  W.  Merrill, 
Rev.  J.iMEB  H.  Warren, 


FondduLar,Wi6. 
Dubuque,  la. 
Des  Moines,  la. 
St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Topeka,  Kan, 
Nebraska  CHj,l 
SanFranciaw^r 


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CONTENTS 


PAQX 

OHBIBTIAN  DELATIONS  OF  THE 
EAST    AND    THE    WEST 85 

MISSIONARY   INTEIXIOENCE. 

Cfidifomla.— ''to™ -®*»- -'^  W.Aiktrion^ 
Lo«  Abgelee.— More  Good  Women 96 

From  Rm.  J.  J.  P&well,  Rio  Virta.— The 
Drought W 

Nebraska.— From  S^-  D.  KnowUs, 
Greenwood.— If  he  Only  Coald  Build  1    99 

Kansas.  — From  Sev.  F.  T.  IngalU, 
OUthe.— Revival 100 

Prom  JSev.  J,  F.  Morffon^  Oswego.— Tem- 
perance Victory ^ 100 

Minnesota.— Frott  S$9.  W.  A.  Outhr, 
BeUe  Prairie.— Anothn  Way-Mark  ....  101 


PAOK 

FromiCro.  ff.  WiUard,  Plainvlew .— Work 
ofQrace 101 

Virginia.  —  From  Sev.  B.  TUman^ 
Hampton.— A  Year  in  the  Old  Domin- 
ion   102 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HOMfi  MI88ION8  FOK  TBI  WOBLD 106 

American  Heathen 103 

•*  Why  Should  the  Work  Cease  V 104 

Sunday  Schools  AND  Home  Missions..  105 
Hnrra  to  Preachers 105 

Mistionary  AppointnwUt, 105 

AeknowUdffmmU  qf  JUoeiplt 106 


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THE  AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  A8T0R  PLACE,  NEW  YORK. 


PRICE,  FIFTY  CENTS  A  YEAR  IN  ADVANCE. 
"GO.  PREACH   THE   GOSPEL." 


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MISSIOXA^HY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  Clotliing,  sent  directly  and  without  any  particular  designation,  to  the 
;>ffice  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  such  mission 
aries  as  are  known  to  be  most  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  to 
those  who  receive  them,  to  address  letters  of  acknOtrledgment  to  the  respertive 
donors. 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  individual  or  association,  intending  to 

Srepare  a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  missionary  desigrnated,  and  a 
etailed  account  of  the  circumstances  of  his  family  given,  the  information  is  not  always 
at  hand,  so  that  the  letter  can  he  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when 
it  is,  it  not  unfrequently  happens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  the  missionary  re^ 
mains  for  months  unsuppliea,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  mi^ht  be 
furnished  with  articles  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society,  hi 
other  cases,  while  the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from 
other  sources,  so  that  when  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want 
as  many  others. 

It  is  preferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donore, 
that  the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  in- 
dividual in  particuhir,  should  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Sodety, 
after  they  reach  the  office.  It  is  believed  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  tlie 
designs  of  those  who  generously  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  is  which 
the  Society  can  have  an  agency. 

DIBECTIOirS  FOR  FORWARDING. 

1.  Put  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  a 
paper  or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  with  the  name  of  the  in 
dividual  or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the  individual  to 
whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent. 

3.  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  the  box  should  be  sent  in  a 
letter  to  the  office  of  the  ^Society.  This  copy  should  state  the  estimated  valne  of  the 
contents,  and  the  site  of  adults,  with  the  age9  and  9ex  of  children,  for  whom  the 
clothing  is  intended.  The  letter  should  also  state  when,  and  by  what  conveyance, 
the  box  was  forwarded,  and  in  it  should  be  inclosed  such  money  as  is  intended  for 
the  payment  of  freight.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  provided  for  in  all 
cases,  if  practicable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  $3  to  $6,  accord 
ing  to  its  size  and  the  distance  it  is  sent.  A  barrel  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expenfie 
than  a  box  of  the  same  size. 

3.  The  box  should  be  fully  and  plainly  marked,  and  the pkuie from  which  it  emu 
should  AIRWAYS  appear  on  the  outside,  so  that  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening 
it  at  the  office.  It  should  be  strong,  tight,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  be 
hooped,  or  otherwise  fully  secured  against  the  effects  of  hard  usage  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor 
Phice,  New  York. 

NO  PART  OF  A  MISSIONARY'S  SALARY. 

Boxes  of  clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriation.  The 
Society  tieeds  the  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  oSler  to  meet  promptly  its 
stipulations  with  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  be  no 
favor  to  a  missionary  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money 
that  would  otherwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionally  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to 
it  that  they  give  none  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  t^eir  giving  other  things 
tliat  are  needful  and  convenient.  We  hope,  on  the  contrary/  their  sympathies  wul 
be  so  awakened  in  the  preparation  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be 
their  privilege,  not  only  to  continue,  but  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

SUGGESTIONS  AS  TO  THEIR  CONTENTS. 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  Into  the  box,  while  clothing  of  woollen  or  linen 
fabrics,  shoes,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  be  specially  valuable,  scarcely 
any  thing  in  the  shape  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  which 
is  of  common  use  in  any  form  in  a  family,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  forks, 
spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of  cotton,  a  skein  of  yam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles. 
a  cake  of  wax,  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a  thimble,  a  tumbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skinmier,  or  a 
X)epper  box,  need  not  be  left  out. 

When  articles  of  clothing  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  whieli 
boxes  are  sent,  missionaries  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  other 
that  almost  every  thing  which  a  box  may  oontain  is  turned  to  good  account. 


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Gift  of 
MiBB  Nellie  I.   Buttcn. 
Westf.eKl.   Maee. 

Perkins  (JoUoctiivi^ 


THE  HOME  MISSIONARY. 

G», Preach  the  Gospel Mark  xvi.  15. 

How  sliall  they  preach  except  they  be  sent  ? .  Rom.  x.  15. 


Vol.    XLIV.  AUGUST,   1871.  No.  4. 


CHRISTIAN  RELATIONS   OF   THE  EAST   AND  THE  WEST. 

A  Sermon  in  behalf  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  preached  in  the  Broadway 
Tabernacle  Church,  New  Yorlj,  May  7,  1871,  by  Rev.  Prof.  Samuel  C.  Babtlktt,  D.D., 

of  Chicago,  m. 

Acts,  riii.,  5, 12, 14, 15,  26.— "Then  Philip  went   down  to  the  city  of  Samaria,  and  preached 

Chriat  unto  them 'Bat  when  they  believed  Pliilip  preaching  the  things  concerning  the 

Ungdom  of  God  and  the  name  of  Jepus  Chnst,  they  were  baptized,  both  men  and  women 

Now  when  the  apostles  which  were  at  Jerusalem,  heard  that  Samaria  had  received   the  word 
of  God,   they   sent  unto  them  Peter  and  John ;  who,  when  they  were  come  down,  prayed  for 

them  that  they  might  receive  the  Holy  Ghost And  they,  when  they  had  testified  and 

preached  the  word  of  the  Lord,  returned  to  Jerusalem,  and  preached  the  gospel  in  many  vll- 
wgcs  of  the  Samaritans." 

Jerusalem  was  the  mother  Church,  rich  in  twelve  apostles,  thousands  of 
disciples,  and  the  crowning  gifts  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Here  lay,  all  compact, 
the  potent  germs  and  appliances  of  light  and  life. 

Samaria  was  an  outlying  region,  perhaps  of  a  half-breed  population,  and  cer 
tainly  a  half-henthen  religion;  whose-  ancestry  "feared  the  Lord  and  served 
their  graven  images,"  and  of  whom  the  contemporary  Jew  savagely  said,  *•  Thou 
irt  a  Samaritan  and  hast  a  devil.''  Not  hopeless,  however,  but  eminently  hope- 
h\.  For,  our  Lord's  two  days'  visit  at  Sychar  had  Jeft  many  believers  where  he 
found  not  one  inquirer ;  and  here  it  wjas  that  he  had  visions  of  fields  "  white 
ilready  to  harvest." 

Philip  was  an  evaugelist, — a  pioneer  preacher, — who  had  pushed  his  way 
into  this  destitute  province,  and  first  planted  Christian  institutions.  "There 
was  great  joy  in  that  city."  And  not  there  alone.  The  cheering  word  went 
l»ju*k,  to  stir  up  and  draw  out  the  apostolic  band,  still  lingering  in  the  home- 
-^tead.  Their  two  chief  men  were  at  once  dispatched  to  convey  the  best  gifts 
from  Jerusalem  to  Samaria,  and  to  labor  in  person  among  the  villages  of  this 
Home  Mission  field.  It  was  the  beginning  of  Peter's  broader  life-work,  and  of 
the  perpetual  action  and  reaction  between  the  mission  and  the  missionary 
churches. 

This  representative  affair  of  the  infant  Church  of  Christ  shall  Furnish  us  our 
theme  to-night : 

The  rblatioi^s  of  the  newer  to  the  older  settlements  in  the  Christ 

\KS  FX'ONOMY  OF  THE  NATION. — The  discussion  wifl   be  -shaped  chiefiy  willi  ref 

trence  to  the  Christian  relation^  of  the  West  to  the  East,  and  will  be  applied 

nminly  to  the  churches  of  that  communion  with  which  1  am  lamiHar,  the  Cou- 

trrcgationaL 

The  theme  i»  practical ;  and,  [)ennit  me  say,  I  am  here  purely  for  practical 
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ends.  I  have  come  with  the  hope  of  casting  some  actual  light,  however  littk, 
upon  a  great  problem,  partially  understood.  I  have  thought  that  a  man  of  east- 
ern birth,  training,  connexions  and  sympathies,  but  latterly  of  western  resi- 
dence and  experience,  might  bring  some  message  not  altogether  utjeless.  Let  it 
he  uttered  ynth  all  freedom  of  judgment  and  directness  of  speech. 

I.  First  of  all,  it  is  important  to  concede  and  to  assert,  that  one  delation  of 
the  younger  to  the  older  Christian  community,  will  be  that  of  crudeness  to  ma- 
turity. 

The  completed  cultm*e  of  two  hundred  years  cannot  be  set  down  in  two  de- 
cades by  the  Mississippi,  any  more  than  the  magnificent  sweep  and  swing  of  a 
Connecticut  elm  can  l)e  put  down  full-grown  upon  if  prairie.  That  famous  de- 
liverance shot  from  the  long  bow  of  genius  through  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
*•  Emigration  tends  to  Barbarism,'' — has  so  much  of  foundation,  that  evermore 
and  everywhere  a  thing  incomplete  must  be  a  thing  unfinished ;  a  thing  begun 
is  a  thing  not  done.  A  palace  that  is  building,  is  a  palace  in  the  rough.  All 
growth  has  greenness,  and  sometimes  acridness.  All  planting  breaks  the  vel 
vet  sod.  All  expansion  bursts  integuments.  The  young  and  growing  Titan 
keeps  shooting  unhandsomely  out  of  his  upper  and  his  nether  garments.  And 
just  as  all  great  building  tends  first  to  chaos,  deep  planting  to  disfigurement, 
grand  growth  to  protrusion,— just  so,  and  not  otherwise,  emigration  to  barbar- 
ism. The  architect,  in  those  unsightly  piles  of  stone  and  timber  sees  a  palace. 
The  landscape  gardener  beholds  a  group  of  elms  in  that  clump  of  saplings,  or 
even  a  whole  forest  of  cedars  in  one  rough  cone.  And  the  practised  eye  dis- 
cerns the  joints  of  a  giant  protruding  through  those  juvenile  sleeves,  and  forgives 
him  the  sin  of  growing.  Perpetual  prettiness  would  ill  pay  for  perpetual  pet- 
tiness. 

As  matter  of  historic  fact,  colonization  has  often  been  an  improving  pro- 
cess ;  and  not  seldom  have  the  colonies  equaled  and  outstripped  the  mother- 
land. Greece  itself  was  colonized  from  Asia  Minor.  Nor  had  the  Dorians,  lo 
nians  and  Etolians  ever  any  reason  to  blush  for  Syracuse,  or  Cos,  or  Rhodes,  or 
Samos,  or  Halicamassus ;  so  long  as  Archimedes  stands  for  Syracuse,  Sappho, 
Alcaeus,  Apelles  and  Hippocfates  for  Cos,  Herodotus  for  Halicamassus,  Pythag- 
oras for  Samos,  and  the  Laocoon  for  the  splendid  culture  of  Rhodes.  Macedo- 
nia need  not  be  ashamed  of  Alexandria,  nor  Tyre  of  Carthage.  The  continental 
crab-tree  was  not  wholly  blighted,  wiien  transplanted  into  Britain.  New  Eng- 
land does  not  altogether  hang  her  head  by  the  side  of  Old  England,  nor  her 
Boston  by  the  Boston  of  Lincolnshire ;  while  New  York  is  thought  to  be  an  ad- 
vance upon  her  English  namesake  in  wealth  and  dialect,  at  least, — if  not  in 
morals.  If  the  province  of  Canada  is  an  inferior  off-shoot,  it  is  partly  becaose 
the  mother  has  never  let  it  go  and  grow. 

Meanwhile  American  Congregationalism  is  to-day  a  power  with  which  her 
older  British  sister  can  ill  aflford  to  make  comparisons.  And  the  crudeness  of 
Western  churches  is  no  sure  guide  as  to  what  may  be  their  future.  Boston  Com- 
mon and  Central  Park  are  much  finer  little  places  than  a  Minnesota  prairie 
now.  But  in  the  long  run,  and  on  the  broad  scale,  the  prairie  yet  may  beat. 
The  city  boy,  bred  in  wealth  and  refinement,  can  hardly  aflbrd  to  despise  the 
rustic  youth,  Iresh  from  the  soD,  whose  brain  and  brawn  will  make  their  mark. 

Still,  the  incipient  stage  is  attended  with  two  special  liabilities :  the  liability 
to  be  undervalued,  and  to  be  misconstrued. 

It  takes  sharp  discernment  to  see  an  oak  in  an  acorn.     To  their  dying  day, 


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Dr.  Woods  and  Dr.  Taylor,  perhaps,  hardly  dreamed  of  a  Congregational 
power  outside  of  New. England.  That  wisest  of  bodies,  the  American  Board, 
was  slow  to  see  that  the  Western  field  was  a  vital  point.  The  Congregational 
Board  of  Publication  have  just  opened  their  eyes  to  the  necessity  of  a  Deposi- 
tory in  the  Western  metropolis.  A  great  leader  of  Eastern  religious  sentiment 
long  contended  against  a  Western  Theological  Institution ;  and  another  thought 
the  chief  dangers  to  the  pulpit  were  Spurgeonism  and  the  Chicago  Seminary. 
What  wonder,  when  the  first  treasurer  of  that  Seminary  once  remarked  upon 
the  better  economy  of  paying  the  traveling  expenses  of  all  its  students  to  And- 
over  and  back.  Very  many  men  in  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut  have  hardly 
yet  waked  to  the  fact  that*the  Congregationalism  west  of  Lake  Erie  is  to  be  a 
national  force ;  and  most  of  them  perhaps  would  scout  the  thought  that  it  may 
possibly  become  an  improvement  upon  the  native  stock. 

Still,  it  is  just  such  mistakes  and  misjudgments  as  these,  that  have  cost  Con- 
gregationalism the  fairest  half  of  her  empire,  and  lost  her  choicest  opportunities. 
Twenty  years  ago,  on  the  broad  and  beautiful  Ohio,  a  leading  Methodist  minis- 
ter said  to  one  of  our  brethren,  "  You  Congregation  :ilists  might  have  had  all 
this  great  West,  had  you  but  used  your  opportunity."  And  now  the  one  com- 
manion  numbers  thirteen  thousand  churches  in  the  whole  country,  the  other 
three.  To  our  Presbyterian  brethren,  it  is  said,  we  gave  one-fourth  of  their 
membership  and  ministry ;  to  the  Baptists  one-eighth ;  and  to  the  Episcopa- 
lians one-eighth.  We  are,  perhaps,  one-third  of  what  we  might  have  been. 
Our  brethren  are  welcome  to  all  the  good  influences  they  have  borrowed. 
Would  to  God  they  were  better  still.  We  have  no  tears  to  shed  for  the  past ; 
bat  we  live  under  a  different  dispensation  now.  The  change  came  by  God's 
providence,  and  not  by  man's  foresight.  It  was  a  good  day  for  us  when  our 
good  brethren  of  the  Presbytery  of  Chicago — whom  we  love — exscinded  the 
majority  of  the  third  Presbyterian  church  for  their  radicalism.  I  find  no 
tmlt  The  thing  was  done  in  a  workmanlike  manner,  and  gave  us  the  first  of 
our  metropolitan  churches. 

The  prematureness  of  the  birth  possibly  carried  with  it  immaturity,  and 
certainly  doubt  and  misconstruction.  The  origin  of  our  central  church  was 
Burked  with  the  bar  sinister.  The  conservative  element  from  New  England  re- 
coiled where  most  it  was  needed.  Bold  men  were  they  who  could  break  away 
from  all  the  mighty  bonds  of  social  life  and  business  interest,  to  join  the  unpop- 
ular side.  A  poet  has  sung  that  the  victorious  cause  pleased  the  gods,  but  th* 
vanquished  one  pleased  Cato.  But  Catos  are  few.  It  is  not  unnatural  to  dis- 
parage what  you  do  not  choose,  especially  if  you  must  give  a  reason  for  not 
choosing  it.  And  so  it  was  said,  and  for  years  re-echoed,  the  Western  plant 
is  not  like  the  Eastern. 

But  the  chief  difference  was  and  is  between  a  green  fruit  and  a  ripe  one. 
Toungness  has  awkwardness,  in  boy  or  girl,  in  State  or  Church.  In  church  af- 
fairs, on  the  broad  scale,  it  commonly  means  debility  and  irregularity ;  short 
pastorates,  long  interregnums,  inadequate  instruction,  unsettled  ways,  small 
contributions  and  sometimes  ill-drawn  creeds.  It  often  allows  undue  promi- 
nence to  unfit  men.  In  a  state  of  repose  the  cream  rises ;  in  a  boiling  cauldron, 
the  scum.  The  distant  observer  confounds  the  two.  He  mistakes  the  church 
brawler  for  the  church  representative  and  champion.  The  reputation  of  the 
Western  churches  has  suffered  not  a  little  from  such  misapprehensions. 

It  most  also  be  conceded  that  a  new  region  is  an  inviting  field  for  adven- 


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lurers  from  the  old.  As  the  backwoods  village  adopts  the  New  York  fashions 
of  a  former  year,  so  the  backwoods  church  may  give  a  welcome  to  some  Con- 
necti(;ut  heresy  or  Massachusetts  folly  of  the  last  decade.  Some  clerical  mount- 
ebank may  here  parade  the  faded  motley  of  the  older  cities.  Some  pulpit  frog 
may  swell  in  humble  imitation  of  the  Eastern  ox.  But  it  is  noteworthy  that 
the  follies  which  disturb  the  newer  churches  are  mostly  contagions  from  the 
older.  Thence  come,  perchance,  spurious  atonements,  palliations  of  Universal- 
ism,  coquettings  with  Unitarianism,  showers  of  annihilation  books  and  pam- 
phlets, and  the  clerical  leaders  in  the  crusade  of  the  Amazons.  Thence  come  to 
us  the  utterances  of  a  lax  theology  and  vague  church-relations  from  orthodox 
presses  and  pulpits.  We,  alas,  receive  jour  heresies  and  follies,  cast-off  and 
threadbare,  and  the  small-beer  of  your  pulpits  reaches  us  quite  stale  and  flat 

So  far  as  these  irregularities  have  prevailed  at  the  West,  they  have  sim- 
ply belonged  to  the  condition  of  newness,  and  almost  alike  to  the  various  com- 
munions of  Christians.  For  every  irregularity  of  one  denomination  I  will  find 
you  an  irregularity  of  another.  It  is  right  and  Christian  to  remember,  in  all 
the  comparisons  we  draw,  that  evermore  the  first  growth  of  a  new  Christian  re- 
gion must  bear  the  marks  of  crudeness. 

II.  A  second  relation  of  the  two  regions  is  that  of  enterprise  and  experi- 
ment to  stability  and  conservatism.  All  pioneer  work,  whether  secular  or  re- 
ligious, is  to  a  certain  extent  experimental.  A  breaking  forth  from  the  ancient 
paths  may  inevitably  involve  some  breaking  away  from  the  ancient  methods. 
It  is  more  than  inexpedient,  it  is  impossible,  to  work  in  a  sparse  and  heteroge- 
neous population,  precisely  as  in  a  dense  and  homogeneous  one.  The  man 
who  does  not  see  this,  is  not  as  wise  as  serpents,  but  may  be  to  the  kingdom  of 
Satan  as  harmless  as  doves.  It  is  one  thing  to  maintain  Christian  institutions 
where  it  is  respectable  to  attend  church,  and  another  where  it  is  respectable  to 
stay  away ;  one  thing  to  deal  with  Christians  who  were  born  into  the  same  be- 
lief, another  to  manage  a  medley  of  diverse  elements  all  weak  in  numbers  and 
strong  of  will ;  one  thing  to  dispense  the  gospel  to  a  great  congregation  all 
waiting  on  the  Sabbath  for  their  preacher ;  quite  another  to  hunt  up  the  con- 
gregation through  the  week  from  the  farm,  the  station  and  the  saloon.  It  in- 
volves a  difference  in  the  machinery  and  the  workman.  Both  conditions  have 
their  disadvantages  and  dangers.  The  one  may  involve  the  danger  of  burying 
all  scholarship  and  culture  ;  the  other,  of  being  bmied  in  it.  They  culmioate 
respectively  in  the  religio-literary  pulpit-essayist,  and  the  illiterate  Boanerges. 
The  healthy  state  is  that  of  mutual  reaction. 

And  here,  I  confess,  it  seems  to  me  that  the  older  Christianity  is  the  chief 
gainer.  One  of  the  worst  spiritual  estates  of  a  community  is  to  become  formal 
and  hide-bound.  Routine  piety  is  the  besetting  temptation  of  culture  and  re- 
pose. Not  more  refreshing  is  the  open  country  outside  of  these  leagues  of 
brick,  marble  and  brown-stone  fronts,  than  is  the  reactionary  influence  of  a 
pioneer  Christianity  upon  the  old  home  churches.  To  these  new  settlements 
are  they  indebted  for  some  of  the  best  examples  and  the  noblest  influence 
There  have  sprung  up  the  whole  effective  system  of  mission  Sabbath  schools, 
and  the  most  successful  forms  of  mission  work.  There  are  to  be  found  the 
most  pungent  preaching  of  the  gospel ;  the  most  numerous  and  vigorous  band 
of  lay-helpers ;  and  perhaps  the  most  abundant  and  powerful  revivals.  It  was 
a  Western  Christian  Association  which  lately  poured  life-blood  into  the  Eastern. 


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A  Western  theological  seminary  has  furnished,  in  its  lecture  system  and  its  par- 
tial course,  a  model  which  the  older  seminaries  have  been  glad  to  follow  ;  and 
there  too  the  American  Board  is  said,  on  competent  testimony,  to  find  its  warm- 
est welcome,  and  the  Home  Missionary  Society  its  most  efficient  body  of  recruits. 
Western  councils  have  rejected  the  time-honored  custom  of  inviting  "  cor- 
responding members,"  and  of  choosing  a  moderator  by  oral  nomination.  It  is 
possible  that  Western  churches  may  yet  reconsider  the  custom  of  forming  an 
ecclesiastical  society  distinct  from  the  church.  They  are  reconsidering  the 
long-established  practical  error  of  New^  England,  that  Congregationalism  is  to 
address  itself  to  the  middle  classes,  or  any  one  class  of  society  •  an  error  that 
for  a  century  has  been  a  wholesale  surrender  to  Methodism. 

Such  good  offices  to  the  common  cause  might  cover  some  errors  and  short- 
comings. Young  blood,  if  active,  is  also  impetuous.  The  love  of  union  may 
sometimes  override  a  wise  discrimination.  Zeal  sometimes  outstrips  knowledge. 
Too  many  ministers  are  but  circuit  riders.  Too  many  creeds  are  asthmatic. 
Small  preachers  are  too  eager  to  build  great  churches,  with  monstrous  debts. 
Little  children  are  sometimes  empowered  to  govern  their  parents  in  church- 
meeting.  Some  hobbies  run  furiously  and  creak  prodigiously.  Some  men's 
mode  of  ejecting  Satan  is  to  raise  him ;  and  their  warfare  on  Anti-Christ  is 
to  worry  all  good  Christians.  Established  precedent  and  long-settled  opinion 
are  otlen  at  a  great  discoimt.  Old  Nabal  says  even  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers,  "  I 
know  not  whence  they  be ;"  and  young  Jehu  drives  on,  exclaiming,  "  Come  and 
Bee  my  zeal  for  the  Lord." 

Just  here  is  imperatively  needed  the  regulative  weight  of  the  older  churches ; 
an  influence  that  must  come  by  a  watchful  interest  and  a  wise  co-operation. 
The  one  can  no  better  dispense  with  the  other  as  a  motive  power,  than  the  sec- 
ond with  the  first  as  a  balance  wheel.  It  has  been  a  double  blunder  in  many 
a  conservative  man  from  New  England,  on  going  West,  to  shrink  away  from 
the  polity  of  his  fathers  into  some  more  slumberous  system.  He  was  just  the 
man  that  was  needed  in  his  own  communion ;  and  the  place  where  he  went, 
waa  just  the  place  where  he  was  not  needed.  He  carried  ice  to  Greenland.  It 
has  been  new  life  to  many  a  Christian  from  the  East  to  be  thrown  forth  where 
every  faculty  was  strained  to  the  utmost ;  and  thus  the  weakling  became  an  ath- 
lete. And  that  long  shrinking  and  distrust  which  for  years  withheld  the  sym- 
pathies of  New  England  from  the  churches  of  their  polity  elsewhere,  was  a 
mutual  detriment,  and  a  long  retarding  of  the  Saviour's  chariot-wheels.  No 
more  absolutely  did  the  latter  need  a  regulative  influence  to  shorten  the  gid- 
diness ot  youth,  than  the  former  the  sharp  stimulus  which  should  secure  the 
mighty  forth-putting  of  its  sleeping  power. 

ni.  Another  relation  of  the  colonial  churches  to  those  of  the  mother  re- 
gion, is  that  of  want  to  wealth. 

**  The  poor  ye  have  with  you  always,"  said  the  Founder  of  the  Church  to 
his  followers.  When  all  poverty,  temporal  and  spiritual,  is  relieved,  the  outer 
occupation  of  the  church  will  be  gone.    There  is  no  danger  yet. 

On  the  Atlantic  coast,  the  present  occupants  of  the  soil  inherit  the  accumu- 
lation of  two  hundred  and  fifty  years.  Beyond  Lake  Michigan,  the  men  are  yet 
living  who  took,  for  the  most  part,  the  naked  soil  without  a  dwelling,  a  school- 
house,  church,  college  or  seminary ;  without  a  rod  of  fence  or  highway ;  without 
an  acre  of  ploughed  land,  a  iarm  .implement,  or  a  fruit  tree.    These  and  all  the 


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other  marks  of  a  Christian  ciyilization  have  been  the  burden^  chiefly  of  one  gen- 
eration. In  the  oldest  of  these  States  the  men  are  not  old  who  have  seen,  this 
side  the  Mississippi,  the  beaver  (1819),  the  wild  bufblo  (1832),  and  the  t^- 
path  of  Black  Hawk.  The  youngest  of  them  have  just  tnmed  the  furrow  of 
the  first  maize-field  that  the  native  badger  and  squirrel  will  ever  have  seen  and 
plundered. 

No  man  who  has  not  passed  through  the  process,  or  watched  it  close  at  hand, 
can  comprehend  the  prodigious  and  perpetual  strain  of  a  new  Christian  settle- 
ment. The  older  congregations  sometimes  get  an  inkling  of  the  matter,  when 
in  the  midst  of  their  abundance  they  toil  away  for  months  and  years  over  the 
question  a  new  church-edifice,  or  worry  and  exhaust  themselves  to  found  a  public 
school  or  library.  But  if  they  were  compelled  to  buy  and  clear  their  lands,  start 
their  business,  build  their  houses  and  their  shops,  found  their  first  school  and 
church,  and  establish  every  other  public  and  personal  enterprise  and  conveni- 
ence, all  at  the  same  time^  they  would  comprehend  the  meaning  of  the  words 
want  and  pressure.  Add  to  this,  that  the  founders  of  colonies  are  commonly 
tried  by  the  easily -besetting  dn  of  poverty.  They  are  adventurers.  They  are 
young.  They  exhaust  their  slender  means  in  removal  and  settlement  They 
have  incurred  heavy  debts  for  purchases.  They  require  for  years  every  dollar 
of  capital  and  earnings  to  start  their  young  business.  In  the  Congregational  con- 
nexion the  difiiculty  has  been  enhanced  by  the  fact  that  in  the  great  Western 
cities  and  in  much  of  the  whole  region,  they  were  the  youngest,  drawing  only 
later  aid ;  wliile  the  earlier  consolidated  wealth  and  power  from  New  England, 
that  should  have  been  theirs,  were  given  to  others,  if  not  turned  against  them. 
When,  therefore,  it  comes  to  matters  of  charity  and  religion,  while  the  one 
gives  of  his  abundance,  the  other  often  of  his  pinching  want.  The  one,  with 
his  property  all  accumulated  and  productively  invested,  thinks  it  a  heavy 
stretch  to  give  one-tenth  of  his  income  to  the  Lord,  and  would  doubtless  hold 
himself  to  be  a  candidate  for  the  poor-house,  if  not  the  mad-house,  were  he  thus 
to  trench  on  any  portion  of  his  capital.  The  emergencies  that  arise  in  plantmg 
Christian  institutions  often  lead  men  not  alone  to  anticipate  their  income,  hot 
sometimes  to  risk,  or  even — as  I  know — ^to  diminish  their  capital. 

There  are  grave  misapprehensions  on  this  subject  widely  current  **The 
West  is  rich,"  is  the  cry.  The  statement  is  both  true  and  untrue.  The  Sav- 
iour once  said  concerning  a  man  of  great  possessions  that  he  was  '*  not  rich  to- 
ward God."    This  distinction,  and  others  too,  must  be  made  in  our  estimates. 

There  is,  first,  an  immense  amount  of  capital  in  the  young  and  growing  re- 
gions that  belongs  elsewhere ;  reaping  fruit  but  yielding  none.  So  with  most 
of  the  great  investments.  The  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railway,  if  I  am 
rightly  informed,  is  owned  by  a  few  New  York  and  Boston  men.  The  Illinois 
Central,  largely  in  England.  The  Great  Northwestern,  and  I  know  not  how 
many  more,  are  controlled  here  in  Wall  street  What  do  all  these  scores  upon 
scores  of  millions  do  for  Christian  work  and  beneficence  in  the  new  regions? 
And  yet  a  wise  man  from  the  East,  two  or  three  years  ago,  remarked  that  one 
who  had  seen  the  magnificent  Rock  Island  Railway  station  at  Chicago,  most 
not  be  asked  to  give  money  to  the  West.     Wisdom  will  die  with  that  editor. 

The  very  show  of  business  is  often  a  borrowed  light.  There  was  a  lime,  and 
that  not  long  since,  nor  quite  gone  by,  when  the  business  blocks,  houses,  and 
churches  of  young  western  cities  lay  deep  under  eastern  mortgages.  And  now, 
where  is  the  eastern  village  that  has  not  money  there,  lent  oat  a^  the  highest 


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rates,  on  the  best  security  ?  I  am  not  much  in  the  secrets  of  business,  but  in 
the  city  where  I  dwell  I  can  track  some  millions  of  dollars  from  a  single  Con- 
necticut town,  if  not  from  a  single  company,  grinding  out  its  semi-annual  in- 
terest But  what  do  these  companies  and  individuals  pay  of  these  princely  in- 
comes to  Western  Christianity  ?  If  one  may  judge  from  "  drummers,"  circulars, 
advertisements  and  samples,  many  an  eastern  firm  draws  a  heavy  revenue  froc: 
regions  where  it  returns  nothing.  All  this  is  fact,  though  it  is  not  reciprocity. 
Do  not  such  men  owe  something  to  the  fountains  of  their  income  ?  Alas,  they 
seldom  pay. 

Then,  again,  of  the  wealth  accumulated  and  held  in  the  new  settlements,  how 
much  is  in  the  hands  of  mere  adventurers  and  sharpers,  who  very  commonly  oc- 
cupy the  chief  points  in  advance  of  all  others.  And  of  a  man  who  makes  his 
fortune  out  of  the  whisky  tax,  sinks  it  by  reckless  extravagance,  and  regains  it 
by  a  lottery,  what  can  you  expect  ?  What  of  a  millionaire  politician  who  buys 
his  election  in  the  liquor  saloons  ?  What  of  the  men  who  have  made  their 
money  simply  by  sitting  still  and  letting  land  rise  ?  What  of  the  multitude 
of  wealthy  men  who  neither  fear  God  nor  regard  man  ?  Plainly  ^you  may  count 
them  all  out — with  the  whole  race  of  those  whom  men  call  snobs. 

All  this  leaves  no  great  proportion  of  the  wealth  available  for  Christian 
purposes ;  and  that,  too,  with  every  form  of  expenditure  thronging  round  it  at 
once.  Every  Christian  denomination  is  thus  loaded  to  the  water^s  edge ;  and  none 
80  heavily  as  the  youngest,  the  Benjamin  of  the  family.  Several  years  since  I 
expressed  the  belief  that  active  Christians  of  the  West  gave  for  benevolent  and 
religious  purposes,  in  proportion  to  property  and  income,  from  two  to  four 
times  as  much  as  eastern  men.  My  observation  has  been  repeatedly  confirmed 
by  ministers  and  laymen  well  acquainted  with  both  regions.  An  eastern  deacon, 
who  thought  to  refute  the  statement  by  the  monthly  reports  of  the  Mimonary 
Herald  wholly  misconceived  the  case.  He,  with  an  invested  property  of  per- 
haps $60,000  or  $70,000,  in  a  small  country  village,  thought  he  was  doing  a 
heavy  work  in  paying  annually  from  fifty  to  a  hundred  dollars  for  church  or- 
dinances. But  I  had  repeatedly  seen  men  with  not  a  third  of  that  property — 
both  old  men  and  young  men  —assume  $500  a  year  for  the  same  purpose,  be- 
sides other  heavy  burdens.  I  had  seen  two  men  in  one  village  boldly  invest 
perhaps  one-eighth  of  their  whole  property  in  building  a  church  edifice ;  and 
several  members  of  a  city  church  mortgage  their  own  houses  to  erect  the  house 
of  God.  I  had  seen  a  village  deacon  leaving  his  own  house  half  finished  to  build, 
almost  alone,  the  needed  place  of  worship ;  and  in  another  town  had  known 
two  fiumers,  for  the  same  purpose,  forego  the  building  of  their  bams.  I  had 
known  the  new  colonist  still  living  in  his  log-house,  after  two  years'. desolation 
of  his  crops,  cheerfully  paying  his  fifteen  dollars  towards  the  preaching,  and  the 
city  gentleman  leaving  the  foundations  of  his  drawing-room  two  years  with- 
out a  superstructure,  while  his  money  was  watering  all  the  charities  of  the 
Northwest  and  of  the  church.  I  had  seen  active  business  men  borrow  money 
because  they  would  not  fail  of  their  generous  charities.  I  had  seen  a  city  church, 
not  wealthy,  pledge  more  than  $70,000  in  one  day.  I  had  known  poor  minis- 
ters contribute  their  hundred  or  hundreds  toward  their  Seminary ;  and  the 
Home  Missionary's  wife  sending  to  the  Woman's  Board  of  Missions  the  largest 
wedding  fee  of  her  life — ^the  first  spare  money  for  months — as  a  thank-ofiering 
for  the  birth  of  her  third  child.  I  had  known  the  women  of  a  village  pledge 
half  a  day's  work  each  week,  while  they  also  planted  forty  acres  of  Norway 


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oate,  and  the  very  children  raised  garden  vegetables,  to  build  the  house  of  Go<L 
And  I  have  said  that  Christian  colonists  make  struggles  and  sacrifices  of  which 
their  brethren  have  no  conception.*  And  as  the  frontier  is  continually  pushing 
on,  so  the  cry  of  want  never  dies. 

Inasmuch  as  these  calls  take  a  somewhat  definite  form,  so  in  general  they  can 
best  be  met  in  a  systematic  way,  through  such  organized  channels  as  the  Home 
3Iissionary  Society  and  other  kindred  associations.  Ordinary  wants  should  be  met 
in  the  ordinary  way.  Merely  local  enterprises  should  be  met  by  local  means, 
systematically  supplemented.  Commonly  there  is  no  propriety  in  separate  so- 
licitations at  the  East  for  individual  churches  at  the  West.  Sometimes  per- 
sonal or  pecuniary  considerations  may  justify  it.  A  man  who  owns  a  township  in 
Nebraska  or  Missouri  clearly  is  bound  to  do  something  directly  for  it«  church 
privilejjes.  On  his  relations  to  the  place  it  will  depend  whether  the  gift  of 
$20,000  to  found  a  school  is  matter  of  generosity,  of  justice,  or  of  busings  in- 
vestment.    Still  the  general  rule  holds  good. 

But  there  is  one  class  of  wants  which,  the  whole  history  of  the  country  shows, 
cannot  be  so  provided  for.  I  mean  the  endowed  literary  and  theological  insti- 
tutions of  the  new  region.  These,  if  worthy,  are  inevitably  costly  ;  and  they 
are  indispensably  needed  while  the  region  is  poor.  They  are  in  their  nature, 
what  the  common  law  terms  them,  "  eleemosynary,"  or  charitable  institutions. 
And  as  they  are  also  in  character  national,  or  even  cosmopolitan,  they  may  and 
must  pass  over  all  territorial  bounds,  and  appeal  to  the  men  of  means  and  wis- 
dom, wherever  they  can  find  them.  So  it  has  been  from  the  beginning.  Har- 
vard and  Yale,  and,  after  a  hundred  and  fifty  years,  Dartmouth  received  aid 
from  England.  The  institutions  of  each  Eastern  State  range  through  the  whole 
territory.  Clear-lieaded  men  are  often  singularly  confused  on  this  point  An 
excellent  and  liberal  brother  who  lives  under  the  shadow  of  Yale  College,  re- 
plied to  an  application  for  a  Western  institution  of  a  highest  grade :  "  I  can  do 
nothing  for  you  ;  the  West  is  rich  enough  to  take  care  of  itijelf "  **  I  had  sup- 
posed," replied  the  applicant,  "  that  Connecticut  was  now  comfortably  off;  but 

•  To  prove  this  statement  still  more  In  detail,  and  by  a  kind  of  general  specimen,  I  requested 
the  pastor  of  a  struggling  city  church  to  give  me  such  facts  as  he  knew  concerning  the  member»- 
none  of  whom  are  alluded  to  above.  Omitting  the  names  (which  he  furnishes),  the  facts  are  as  fol- 
lows :— "Mr. ,  with  a  salary  of  $5,000,  gives  toward  the  building  fond  [of  the  church  edlllce] 

$1,275,  paying  it  this  year,  besides  a  subscription  of  $250  for  current  expenses,  and  not  less  to  the 
Sabbath  school,  making  his  donations  this  year  between  $1,700  and  $1,800.  Dea. ,  with  sal- 
ary of  $2,400,  and  a  business  of  uncertain  income,  subscribes  to  the  building  fund  $1,250,  of  which 

he  pays  this  year  $500,  and  to  church  and  Sabbath  school  $500.  Dea. ,  with  not  more  than  $1000 

income,  and  nothing  saved,  gives  to  the  building  fund  $500,  and  $100  this  year  to  current  expense*. 

Dea.  the  same.    Mr. has  about  $1,100  income,  and  gives  $800  to  the  building  fund  and 

$75  to  current  expenses.  Mr. ,  a  book-keeper,  with  $1,200  salary,  gives  $200  to  building  fond, 

and  $100  to  current  expenses.    Mr. ,  a  man  of  means,  gives  $1,200  to  the  building  fund,  and 

$250  to  the  current  expenses.  lie  is  not  a  religious  man,  but  his  wife  and  child  attend  our  chnidi. 
All  these  men  have  families  to  supports  and  with  the  exception  of  the  last,  their  fortunes  to  make. 
Every  dollar  they  give  is  so  much  out  of  their  capital,  and  with  many  of  them  so  much  out  of  the 
comforts  of  their  daily  living.  They  say  the  Lord's  house  must  be  paid  for  first,  then  they  will  get 
themselves  homes.  Others  give  $250,  four  or  five  in  number,  whose  income  is  about  $1,000 ;  and 
Mr. (a  single  man),  whose  income  does  not  equal  that,  gives  $500  to  the  church  edifice,  to  car- 
rent  expenses  $100,  and  to  the  Sabbath  school  about  $50.  Twenty  or  thirty  give  $50  each  toward 
the  building,  young  men  earning  four  or  five  hundred  a  year,  young  ladies  teaching  in  public 
schools,  and  widows  with  families.  Just  a  few  hang  back,  but  they  are  coming  up.  I  think  it  safe 
to  say  that  our  leading  men  have  pledged  one-fourth  of  their  income  this  year,  and  will  probably 
continue  it  for  three  or  even  five  years,  if  needful ;  and  have  done  it  cheerfully  and  gratefully,  out 
of  love  for  their  Saviour.  Those  who  give  smaller  sums  do  not  average  so  large  a  portion  of  their 
incomes ;  but  the  payment  of  their  subscriptions  will  be  harder  than  for  thosQ  who  pay  more." 


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to  my  knowledge  Yale  has  within  five  or  six  years,  gone  to  New  York  for  more 
than  two  hundred  thousand  dollars ;  while  Harvard,  and  Amherst,  and  Dart- 
mouth, and  Andover,  and  Bangor  sweep  the  whole  northern  sea-board,  in  utter 
disregard  of  boundary  lines."  I  never  learned  that  he  made  reply.  So  it  has 
been,  will  be,  and  must  be.  And  for  more  than  one  generation  will  the  cry 
come  from  the  new  settlements  to  the  old.    And  it  ought  to  be  heard. 

Here  again,  as  it  seems  to  me,  is  a  grand  practical  mistake  in  the  older  com- 
munities. "  To  him  that  hath  shall  be  given."  The  givers  follow  in  the  beaten 
track.  Within  about  six  or  seven  years  past,  I  find  a  recorded  amount  of 
at  least  seventeen  millions  of  dollars  given  to  the  higher  institutions  of  learning 
in  this  country.  But  where  was  it  laid  out  ?  Fifteen-seventeenths  of  it,  so  far 
as  I  can  trace,  hug  the  Atlantic  coast.  Doubtless  there  was  a  good  use  for  fif- 
teen millions  there.  Make  it  not  one  dollar  less.  But  there  was  a  far  more 
vital  need  elsewhere.  And  one  thing  now  needed  most  of  all  is  men  of  Napole- 
onic, or  perhaps  I  should  say,  Bismarckian  views,  to  break  forth  from  the  beaten 
track ;  men  who  can  see  the  strategic  points  in  the  nation's  destiny :  men  who 
can  discover  the  wisdom  of  supplying  necessities,  to  be  greater  even  than  that 
of  furnishing  luxuries ;  men  who  can  perceive  that  the  seed-corn  is  far  more  life- 
sustaining  than  the  bread-corn ;  children  of  the  light,  as  wise  in  their  genera- 
tion as  the  children  of  the  world. 

The  chief  requisite  here  is  a  thoughtful  apprehension  of  the  facts  by  liberal 
donors.  For  whoever  has  made  their  acquaintance  will  bear  cheerful  witness 
to  their  patience,  courtesy  and  magnanimity.  What  they  lack  is  an  adequate 
apprehension  of  the  case.  What  the  denomination  greatly  needs  is  ^^  solidar- 
ity." We  must  remember,  too,  that  what  other  communions  provide  for  by 
their  central  authority,  we  must  accomplish  by  our  diffused  spontaneous  intelli- 
g^ce  and  activity.  Why  should  I  hesitate  to  say  that  the  most  effective 
system  of  church  polity  is,  when  void  of  that  high  intelligence  and  spontaneous 
activity,  the  most  helpless  ?  Nor  do  I  hesitate  to  say  that  a  large-minded 
Christian,  surveying  the  wants  and  prospects  of  the  country,  would  lay  upon  our 
churches,  among  other  things,  the  following :  Not  less  than  $50,000  a  year  for 
church  erection :  an  annual  growth  of  $20,000  a  year  in  the  income  of  the 
Ajneriean  Home  Missionary  Society  for  the  next  ten  years,  till  it  reaches  $50(1,000 ; 
and  last,  not  least,  the  assumption  each  year,  for  the  same  length  of  time,  of  one 
theological  seminary  or  college  in  succession,  to  receive  the  round  sum  oi 
$100,000  and  live ; — ^the  order  to  be  referred  to  some  central  committee  of  the 
denomination.  Do  you  say  this  is  wild  ?  It  is  simply  wise.  Do  you  say  it  can 
not  be  done  ?    Perhaps  it  cannot     But  it  coiUd  be — and  it  should. 

IV.  Another  relation,  therefore,  of  the  newer  to  the  older  Christian  commu- 
nity is  that  of  active  stimulus  to  accumulated  power. 

In  religion,  as  in  mechanics,  it  takes  both  weight  and  motion  to  make  mo- 
mentiun.  And  in  religion,  more  than  in  mechanics,  rust  is  worse  than  wear. 
It  seems  accordingly  to  be  God^s  fixed  method  with  his  church  and  all  its  mem- 
bers, all  the  time  to  lay  upon  them  all  they  can  do,  and  a  perpetual  stimulus  to 
do  it.  Possibly  the  working  power  of  the  church  in  America  is  due  to  its  emer- 
gencies. Every  hour  since  God  planted  his  chosen  people  in  this  land,  he  has 
strained  them  to  the  utmost.  And  these  seventy  years  of  greatest  danger  have 
k>ten  those  of  intensest  activity.  It  has  been  a  life-and-death  struggle,. not  alone 
with  the  debility  of  expansion,  and  the  internal  cancer  of  slavery,  but  with  the 
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foreign  infection  of  Romanism  and  Deism,  and  now  with  rationalism  and  hea* 
tUeuisra  at  home.  Wonderful  has  been  the  vital  power  that  has  managed  all 
these  discordant  elements,  and  lived  robustly  on. 

And  now  God  evidently  intends  to  give  his  church  no  rest.  The  living  en- 
ergj-  to  cope  with-  the  work  before  her  will  be  largely  roused  and  trained  in 
connexion  with  her  Christian  colonies.  Just  as  the  new  regions  are  becoming 
more  and  more  the  secular  stadium  and  palsestra  of  youthful  enterprise,  so  must 
they  be  to  the  church.  Here  are  to  be  developed  heroic  self-denial,  adamantine 
toil,  unflinching  fortitude,  and  superhuman  faith.  Apostolic  times  here  are 
reproduced  to  modem  sight.  The  stone  and  iron  ages  lie  side  by  side  with  the 
gold  and  silver. 

It  is  a  privilege  to  sit  in  such  a  church  as  this,  where  wealth  and  culture 
have  brought  a  costly  offering  to  the  Lord  ;  where  the  eye  is  satisfied  with  sim- 
ple and  massive  elegance,  and  the  ear  is  filled  with  the  sound  of  melodious  and 
finished  song ;  and  where  the  Lord's  day  witnesses  a  great  assemblage  of  the  in- 
tellectual, social,  and  commercial  power  of  the  land.  A  pleasant  thing  it  is  to 
ride  through  the  old  opulent  towns  of  New  England,  where  tasteful  homes  lie 
reposing  on  soft  lawns  beneath  majestic  trees,  and  all  the  moral  machinery 
moves  on  as  steadily  as  the  heir-loom  clocks  that  have  counted  off  the  lives  of 
the  generations  past.  It  is  refreshing  to  visit  some  ancient  Seminary  set  upon 
its  **  sacred  hill,''  where  consecrated  scholarship  in  its  sequestered  nook,  encir- 
cled by  great  libraries  of  choicest  lore,  trains  young  preachers  in  all  the  wis- 
dom of  the  past  and  present.  It  is  delightful  to  mingle  in  the  social  scenes  of 
long-settled  life,  where  w^ealth  waits  upon  refinement,  and  ministers  to  generous 
hospitality ;  where  thought  and  feeling  give  grace  to  beauty,  where  wit  and 
wisdom  have  met  together,  and  urbanity  and  Christianity  have  kissed  each  other. 
We  devoutly  thank  God  for  it  all.  But  no  less  do  we  thank  God  for  those  bor- 
der scenes  where  the  same  Christianity  goes  forth  on  its  grand  prophetic  woA, 
clad  in  its  camel's  hair  and  leathern  girdle,  eating  its  locusts  and  wild  honey, 
and  shouting  in  the  wilderness  till  it  echoes  to  the  sea,  *'  The  kingdom  of  God 
is  at  hand."  We  praise  God  for  the  heroic  man  who  organized  in  a  dram-shop, 
and  among  a  colony  of  blasphemers,  the  first  Sabbath  school  of  the  town  that 
gave  to  the  nation  its  Great  Captain,  and  who  filled  that  whole  region  with 
churches ;  for  him  who  makes  his  weekly  round  of  a  hundred  miles  to  visit  the 
scattered  ones  of  three  little  flocks,  all  gathered  by  himself  in  one  year— but 
cannot  pay  for  the  horse  he  drives ;  for  the  minister  who  actually  *'  covets  his 
work  "  among  settlers  that  live  "  in  sod  houses  and  shanties  covered  with  hay;" 
for  the  missionarj'  working  on  a  salary  of  $800,  who  has  witnessed  a  hundred 
conversions  since  last  December ;  for  the  Greek  Professor  who  preaches  in  a 
log  school-house  without  window  or  chimney ;  for  the  congregation  that  ait  on 
planks  in  a  railway  station,  and  listen  to  a  preacher  on  the  work-bench  ;  for  the 
little  church  that  maintains  Sabbath  services  when  it  has  no  preaching,  and 
carries  on  four  Sabbath  schools  while  it  has  not  a  house  of  worship ;  for  the 
Sunday  school  '*  in  a  saw-mill,"  and  for  the  teachers  that  go  ten  miles  to  their 
classes ;  for  the  revival  with  its  hundred  conversions,  sweeping  in  among  the 
wood-choppers  on  the  Missouri ;  for  the  young  student  who  organizes  a  church, 
raises  money,  draws  his  plan,  buys  his  materiab,  directs  and  works  in  the 
building  of  the  church  edifice,  and  then  sees  a  revival  in  it;  for  the  missionary 
family  dancing  wildly  for  joy  over  a  box  of  clothing  from  Massachusetts;  for 
the  helpful  women  who,  in  an  emergency,  with  their  own  hands  nailed  the  laths 


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/or  their  church ;  for  the  more  than  Spartan  vdte  who  clieerfulh  surrendered 
to  the  creditors  chairs,  feather-bed  and  carpet,  to  the  last  article  of  furniture, 
and  lived  with  her  itinerant  husband  two  years  in  honest  poverty  upon  the 
road;  for  the  mother  in  Israel,  who,  thirty-seven  years  ago  the  first  and  solitary 
lady  teacher  in  the  great  JCity  of  the  'Lakes,  has  now  renewed  her  youth,  and, 
after  giving  her  only  daughter  to  China,  has  bravely  gone  herself  to  plant 
Christian  institutions  upon  the  shores  of  the  Southern  Gulf;  and  for  the  great 
company  of  missionary  wives,  educated,  and  refined  and  accomplished,  who 
have  nobly  struggled  and  meekly  sunk  under  the  ceaseless  crush  of  work,  and 
worry,  and  want.  For  we  think  of  the  grand  catalogue  of  those  who  were  "'  des- 
titute, afllicted  and  tormented,  of  whom  the  world  was  not  worthy  ;**  we  think 
of  him  .who  was  troubled  on  every  side,  yet  not  dbtressed  ;  and  of  that  greater 
One  who  *^  pleased  not  himself,"  and  we  shout ''  Glory  to  God ''  that  the  mar- 
tyr blood  has  not  all  run  out.  We  are  sure  that  so  long  as  Pauline  men  like 
these  walk  our  land,  God  is  with  us,  and  the  country  is  safe.  And  we  pro- 
foundly feel  how  indispensable  is  the  sight  and  the  contact  of  this  great  cloud 
of  witnesaes  to  quicken  the  dull  blood  of  our  older  veins.  The  atmosphere  of 
their  self-aacrilice  steals  over  us  like  a  breath  from  Patmos  or  Gethsemane.  The 
voioe  of  their  hopeful  courage  sounds  out  to  us  like  the  voice  of  Moses  to  the 
Midianite,  '*  Ck>me  thou  with  us  and  we  will  do  thee  good.''  There  is  heroism 
in  their  tread,  and  heaven  in  their  eye.  The  Lord  their  God  is  with  them,  and 
the  shout  of  a  king  is  among  thenu 

V.  But  finally,  the  relation  of  the  newer  to  the  older  regions,  is  that  of 
growth  to  guidance. 

The  first  requisite  to  the  mastery  of  our  situation  is  the  comprehension  of  it. 
Two  things  are  evident.  One  is,  that  the  numerical  power  is  fast  receding 
from  the  East ;  the  other,  that  a  wise  policy  should  long  hold  there  the  mould- 
ing influence,  and  should  hand  it  down  in  self-perpetuating  energy.  Every  new 
census  tells  the  tale  of  a  rapid  change.  The  old  thirteen  States  have  long  been 
relatively,  and  at  last  one  of  them  actually,  shrinking.  As  Washington  has 
bng  ceased  to  be  more  than  the  civil  center  of  the  nation,  so  Boston  is  fast 
ceanng  to  be  more  than  the  historic  center  of  Congregationalism.  But  as  no 
wise  Western  man  would  desire  to  remove  the  capital  till  Congress  mends  its 
manners,  so  no  wise  Christian  man  would  desire  to  abridge  the  influence  of 
Boston  while  she  remains  true  to  her  ancestral  glory.  Up  with  the  Congrega- 
tional House  on  Beacon  Hill,  a  prouder  monument  than  the  granite  shaft  on 
Bunker  Hill.  For,  a  blessed  girdle  of  strength  to  the  nation  was  that  ^'  New 
England  zone "  that  has  belted  the  continent  from  East  to  West.  Well  is  it 
tor  the  world  to-day  that  as  the  bones  of  New  England  soldiers  have  bleached 
every  battle-fleld,  the  voice  of  her  statesmen  enlightened  every  council  cham- 
ber, and  the  hum  of  her  commerce  enlivened  every  trading-post,  so  the  feet  of 
her  missionaries  have  gladdened  every  moral  desert  of  the  land.  Why  should 
I  dte  De  Tocqueville  to  show  that  her  principles  ^'  have  involved  the  whole 
confederacy,^'  or  the  Evening  Past  to  prove  that  the  descendants  of  those  '^  fore- 
£UherB  are  clearly  the  dominant  power  in  the  United  States''  {  Why  tell  again 
the  story  of  those  who  planted  the  church,  the  school  and  the  college  in  Ohio, 
Olinois,  Wisconsin,  Iowa,  Minnesota,  and  the  Pacific  slope  i  How  trace  the 
gnat  silent  forces  carried  West  by  Theron  Baldwin  and  his  noble  comrades, 
forty  yean  ago  ?    Why  repeat  the  tale  of  the  ''  Andover  Band  "  in  Iowa,  whose 


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first  three  churches  have  multiplied  more  than  sixty-fold  (189)  in  thirty  yeant 
Why  tell  of  the  Dartmouth  graduates,  who  preached  the  gospel  first  iki  BuflWo, 
Marietta,  and  the  Western  Reserve ;  of  the  thirty  ministers  from  Yale  Seminary  in 
Ohio,  and  the  forty  in  Illinois ;  or  of  the  great  throng  from  Andover,  filling 
the  posts  of  moral  power  from  Boston  to  San  Francisco  ?  Why  point  to  th« 
hundred-fold  fruitage  of  the  missionary  investments, — such  that  the  Congrega- 
tional churches  of  Illinois,  eleven-twelfths  of  which  received  Home  Missioiuiiy 
funds,  now  report  benevolent  contributions,  amounting  in  a  single  year  to  more 
than  all  the  aid  received  in  more  than  forty  years? 

Even  these  considerations  fail  to  reach  the  height  of  this  great  argument. 
The  question  of  the  Christian  guidance  of  our  Titanic  growth  is  one  that 
touches  the  life  of  the  nation.  When  I  remember  that  the  first  church  in  Cleve- 
land,  Sandusky,  Toledo,  Chicago,  Milwaukee,  Quincy,  Springfield,  Davenport, 
Galena,  Beloit,  Dubuque,  Burlington,  Muscatine,  St.  Paul,  Leavenworth,  Omaha, 
Cheyenne,  were  Home  Missionary  churches ;  that  this  Society  has  planted  8,350 
Presbyterian  and  Congregational  churches,  with  6,000  preaching  stations,— haa 
founded  more  than  five-sixths  of  such  churches  in  the  great  Western  States, 
which  sent  to  the  civil  war  one-fourth  of  their  whole  male  population,  old 
and  young ;  1  feel  ready  to  say,  subtract  the  Home  Missionary  Society  from  our 
history,  and  you  subtract  the  freedom  from  this  nation.  And  when  I  think 
how  the  old  seats  of  learning  have  duplicated  themselves  due  West  in  Marietta, 
Western  Reserve,  Wabash,  Illinois,  Oberlin,  E[nox,  Beloit,  Iowa,  Northfield,  K- 
pon  colleges,  and  the  thousands  of  other  schools  of  every  grade,  I  am  ready  to 
say,  subtract  the  Yankee  school-master,  and  you  subtract  the  intelligence  of  the 
nation. 

The  marvelous  growth  goes  on  as  never  heretofore.  AU  prophecies  are  out- 
stripped. An  old  minister  in  Iowa  earnestly  assured  a  young  brother  that  tii« 
time  would  come  when  ten  thousai^d  people  would  live  within  ten  miles  of 
where  they  then  stood.  The  old  minister  still  lives ;  and  three  times  ten  tiiou- 
sand  are  there  already.  A  Christian  college  in  Minnesota  stands  in  a  town 
where  sixteen  years  ago  the  first  family  altar  was  set  up,  in  a  circle  of  wigwams. 
Eighteen  thousand  homesteads  and  pre-emptions  were  taken  last  year  in  Ne- 
braska ;  and  Mr.  Horace  Greeley  asserts  that  the  child  is  living  who  will  see 
Kansas  the  fourth  if  not  the  third  State  in  the  Union.  Yea,  these  new  regions 
will  be  the  battle-ground  of  the  young  enterprise  of  the  nation.  You,  breth- 
ren, may  live  and  die  here  ;  but  many  of  your  children  and  children's  children 
will  find  their  way  there  as  surely  as  the  empire  and  the  sim  move  westward. 
You  cannot  prevent  it ;  you  can  only  provide.  Besides  her  own  thirty-eight 
Congressmen,  seventy  natives  of  New  England  to-day  represent  other  States  in 
Congress.  Some  thousand  of  her  sons  are  preaching  the  gospel  beyond  her 
boundaries.  Her  teachers  are  still  manning  the  seminaries  of  learning  fi^ni 
the  Hudson  to  the  Pacific. 

Here  lies  the  open  secret.  All  this  huge  and  growing  bulk  of  the  body 
politic  can,  through  all  time,  be  guided,  if  not  governed  by  the  wise  head  now. 
Money  is  power.  *'  Knowledge  is  power."  Culture  and  institutions  are  power. 
But  Christian  wisdom  is  the  power  of  powers ;  for  it  wields  all  these  other  agen- 
cies of  God.  The  older  Christian  commimity  can  transmit  and  even  perpetuate 
her  own  character.  The  keys  of  the  kingdom  are  in  her  hands.  She  can  open, 
if  she  cannot  shut. 

It  may  not  be  so  always.     "  There  are  tides  in  the  affairs  of  men."    And  «o 


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there  are  long  up-grades  and  steep  down-grades  in  the  great  highway  of  na- 
tional life.  Years  ago  a  ponderous  railway  train,  laden  with  costly  merchan- 
dise, was  toiling  from  the  sea-board  inland,  when  as  evening  came  on  it  reached 
the  long  descent  to  a  river-valley.  The  stout  locomotive  that  had  drawn  its 
load  for  a  hundred  miles  was  amply  competent  to  the  work  before  it ;  and,  in 
the  consciousness  of  power,  all  his  machinery  in  teach  of  his  hand,  the  engineer 
stood  securely  and  idly  in  his  place,  till  in  the  dark  he  passed  the  point  for 
slowing  his  train.  A  steady  pressure  and  a  growing  speetl  reminded  him  of  his 
duty.  Rousing  at  length  he  applied  his  brakes,  sounded  his  signal,  and  reversed 
his  engine.  He  had  waited  too  long.  Faster  and  faster  rushed  the  train  down 
the  declivity,  driving  the  helpless  engineer,  the  iron  track  streaming  with  two 
lines  of  fire,  the  engine  belching  flame  and  shrieking  its  own  death-knell,  as 
it  hurled  itself  and  its  occupant  to  wreck  and  death. 

The  new  colonies,  in  their  long  line,  are  a  ponderous  train.  But  the  mighty 
driving-wheels  of  old  consolidated  Christianity  are  able  to  draw  them  and  to 
hold  them.  Yet  to  some  of  us  it  sometimes  seems  that  the  engineer  is  slum- 
bering at  his  post,  or  seeing  dimly  in  the  dark.  We  wonder  at  the  Christian 
man  who  said  here  in  New  York,  "  I  am  not  interested  in  any  enterprise  a 
thousand  miles  away," — when  his  own  revenues  came  from  all  over  the  land. 
We  think  it  a  mistake  even  in  the  generous  donor  who  said,  "  I  would  give  ten 
thousand  here  as  readily  as  I  give  this  one  thousand  there."  We  grieve  that 
the  cry  for  bread  should  have  come  last  November  from  many  a  martyr-mission- 
ary home ;  and  more  deeply  do  we  mourn  for  the  dearth  of  the  bread  of  life 
through  whole  towns  and  counties,  that  utters  no  cry  except  to  the  ear  of  God, 
— when  in  our  Father's  house  and  our  brethren's  houses  there  is  bread  enough 
and  to  spare.  It  saddens  us  when  Christian  enterprises  of  great  pith  and  mo- 
ment, and  Christian  institutions  of  vital  power,  go  begging  in  vain  for  the  hear- 
ing that  should  be  forestalled.  And  while  we  most  heartily  rejoice  in  every 
new  addition  to  the  means  of  culture  in  the  sea-board  States,  we  cannot  but  re- 
gret that  for  every  dollar  bestowed  on  those  strong,  established  agencies,  an- 
other dollar  does  not  go  to  the  young  and  feeble  movements  of  the  West  and 
South.  Where  are  the  Walkers  and  Washbums  and  Phelpses  and  Simmonses 
and  Sophia  Smiths  for  the  colonies?  Why  do  not  thoughtful  men  deal 
with  this  question  thoughtfully,  and  strong  men  strongly  i  And  as  the  fashion 
now  IB  becoming  old  and  common  of  dying  and  giving  a  great  legacy  to  the 
enterprises  that  are  as  settled  as  the  hills  all  surrounded  by  the  other  hills,  w^hy 
will  not  some  clear-headed  men  set  the  fashion  of  living  and  giving  in  a  princely 
way  to  those  that  are  shaking  in  the  wind,  but  which,  to  bear  the  coming 
Btraia,  should  be  as  strong  as  a  California  tree  ? 

There  was  a  hint  and  an  example  of  w^isdom  and  of  promptness  in  the  ^tu 
pendouB  plans  of  Louis  the  Fourteenth  and  his  Minister  Colbert,  for  the  occu- 
pancy of  the  great  western  wilderness.  The  cordon  of  military  posts  that  swept 
from  Canada,  through  Detroit,  Mackinaw,  St.  Joseph's  and  the  Illinois,  toward 
the  Mississippi,  was  to  have  been  preceded  by  a  ('hristian  colonization,  where 
the  oflScer  and  the  priest  went  hand  in  hand,  but  the  priest  went  before.  Two 
hundred  years  ago  this  month,  at  the  Falls  of  St.  Mary,  brilliantly-dressed  offi- 
cers firom  the  veteran  armies  of  France  met  the  envoys  of  the  tribes  from  the 
head-springs  of  the  St.  Lawrence,  from  the  Red  river  and  the  Mississippi.  By 
the  side  of  a  cedar  cross  stood  a  cedar  column  marked  with  the  lilies  of  the 
Bourbons;  and  when  the  message  of  the  monarch  had  been  communicated  to 


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the  wondering  natives,  the  whole  company  of  the  French  chanted  that  andent 
Latin  hymn, 

''  The  baonera  of  the  king  adruice. 
The  mystery  of  the  cross  shines  forth.** 

And  two  years  later  Father  Marquette  was  proclaiming  to  a  great  Indian 
council  in  the  heart  of  Illinois  the  one  true  God  and  the  Romish  faith.  The 
names  of  Joliet,  Hennepin  and  La  Salle  still  live  upon  the  soil  to  mark  the  pres- 
ence of  men  whose  sagacity  was  as  keen  as  their  energy  was  dauntless  and 
deathless.  But  a  grander  destiny  prevailed.  French  authority  and  French  re- 
ligion were  wiped  out  to  leave  a  virgin  soil  for  a  better  faith.  But  let  not  that 
sublime  ideal  perish.  Let  another  cordon  of  forts  and  arsenals  girdle  the  con- 
tinent— and  mak€  them  strong.  But  let  those  arsenals  be  the  preacher's  seminary 
and  the  Christian  college ;  and  our  fortresses  Christian  schools,  with  the  Bible 
in  them.  Let  the  grand  army  of  occupation  be  the  great  company  of  preachers 
and  lay-helpers.  For  the  wooden  cross  put  the  Cross  of  Christ.  So  will  yon 
plant  for  eternity  where  the  Bourbon  liliea  perished  like  "  the  lilies  of  the 
field.''  So,  and  so  only,  may  you  defy  Romanism  from  Ireland,  Rationalism 
from  Germany,  Heathenism  from  China,  and  Barbarism  on  the  soil. 


MISSIONARY    INTELLIGENCE. 

CALIFORNIA.  'males.    Our  mala  members  and  sjm- 

From  Rev.  I.  W.  Atherton,  Los  Angela,  \  patMzers  are  few  any  way ;  and  of  these 

Los  Angeles  Co.  '^^^^^  *^^  ^^^  *^^  ^^  **^^  ^^^  «" 

afford  help,  beyond  their  contributions, 

More  Good  Women.  prayers,  and  presence  in  the  Sabbath 

To  those  of  us  who  have  been  here  congregation.  This  aid  they  give  reg- 
from  the  first,  and  who  have  '*  borne  ularly,  heartily,  and  we  appreciate  its 
the  burden  and  heat  of  the  day,"  it  is  \  value,  since  they  cannot  give  more, 
gratifying  to  contrast  th^e  present  with  I  And  so  we  are  shut  up  to  these  women, 
the  past.  Our  Sabbath  school  was  or-  "  fellow-helpers  with  us  and  true  yoke- 
ganized  in  November,  1868,  with  seven  [  fellows  in  the  gospel."  God  be  praised 
members.  For  six  months  hardly  did  \  for  their  aid !  He  has  raised  them  np 
the  numbers  exceed  20,  and  after  a  |  for  a  time  like  this,  and  he  only  knows 
year's  growth  we  had  not  more  than  80  j  what  we  should  do  without  them, 
or  40.  Now  we  have  enrolled  upon  our  They  call  upon  strangers ;  they  sustain, 
list  over  100  persons,  and  the  average  i  largely,  our  choir ;  they  keep  up  the 
attendance  is  80.  ;  Sabbath  school   and   prayer  meeting; 

Most  of  our  work,  in  this  depart-  they  are  the  head  and  front  of  "The 
ment,  is  done  by  females.  There  are !  Aid  Society,"  fairs,  concerts,  etc. ;  and, 
but  three  men  of  us  regularly  in  the  most  wonderful  of  all,  they  engineer 
school,  with  another  occasionally.  But ;  the  finances  of  the  church,  are  the  ao- 
we  are  well  supplied  with  lady  helpers,  licitors,  the  collectors,  the  brains,  feet 
all  of  whom  are  earnest,  and  several  |  and  hands  of  the  money  operations, 
are  very  efficient,  comparing  favorably '  and  are  practically  the  trustees, 
with  teachers  anywhere.  Indeed,  we  The  question  of  "rights"  and 
might  almost  call  our  church,  in  all  its  I "  sphere  "  does  not  enter  into  the  dis- 
departments,  a  female  churchy  for  all  its!  cussion  at  all.  The  thing  just  needs 
operations   are    largely   *'  run  "   by  fe- 1  to  be  done,  and  they  do  it— that's  all 


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there  is  of  it.  It  is  a  work  for  the 
Master  whom  they  love,  and  they  do  it 
checrfally,  persistently,  wisely,  in  faith 
and  prayer.  The  fragrance  of  this 
work  goes  up  to  heaven;  and  shame 
to  us  here,  where  it  is  wrought,  if  it  be 
not  told  "  as  a  memorial  of  her !'' 

You  have  understood,  all  along,  that 
the  hope  of  our  enterprise  for  perma- 
nency and  success  depends,  under  God, 
largely  on  immigration.  Though  the 
passage  of  "  The  Texas  Pacific  Railroad' 
bill "  gives  present  che*^r  and  hope, — 
yet  the  terrible  second  dry  season  now 
upon  us,  in  all  its  dust  and  dearth,  will 
serve  to  keep  back  for  awhile  those 
whom  we  look  for,  and  whom  we  may 
with  confidence  expect,  by-and-by. 
God  give  us,  meanwhile,  the  grace  of 
persistence  and  endurance ! 


From  Bee,  J.  J.  Powell,  Rio   VUtn,  So- 
lano Co. 
The  Drought 

This  may  be  my  last  quarterly  report, 
from  this  interesting  and  important 
field,  where  some  have  been  gathered 
into  the  fold.  The  crops  in  this  sec- 
tion are  a  total  failure,  and  many  of  our 
most  efficient  members  have  already 
left  us.  Some  of  our  business  men  have 
failed,  and  no  doubt  others  must,  on 
account  of  the  financial  pressure  caused 
by  the  drought.  Yet,  under  all  these 
^oomy  prospects,  our  congregation  is 
good,  and  our  Sabbath  school  is  flour- 
ishing. 

Since  my  last,  one  of  our  members, 
a  recent  convert,  has  died.  Before 
anitiiig  with  our  church  he  had  been 
eoDsidered  one  of  the  greatest  sinners 
m  the  conun unity— drinking,  gambling, 
and  very  piofane.  The  grace  of  God 
subdued  his  heart,  and  he  became  like  a 
little  child,  so  humble  and  lovely.  A 
short  time  before  he  closed  his  eyes  on 
this  world,  we  asked  him  :  Doctor,  how 
do  you  feel  ?  **  I  feel,*'  he  said,  *'  at  peace 
with  God  and  man.  All  my  trust  is  in 
JesuA.      Jesus  is  all,  and  in  all.    I  shall 


be  with  him  before  to-morrow  morn- 
ing !''  So  triumphs  the  glorious  gospel 
of  Jesus.  A  triumphant  power  in  this 
life,  it  only  can  prepare  us  for  the  glori- 
ous life  in  God's  presence  hereafter. 

Another  wicked  man  who  united 
with  us — now  a  praying  man,  *'  growing 
in  grace  and  the  knowledge  of  the 
truth" — has  been  appointed  our  Sabbath 
school  superintendent,  and  he  fills  the 
office  with  credit  to  himself,  as  well  as 
the  school.  Blessed  be  God  for  what  he 
has  accomplished  in  these  conversions  I 

[The  Executive  Committee,  on  the  re- 
commendation of  their  advisers  in  Cali- 
fornia, have  made  a  s])ecial  appropriation 
to  Mr.  Powell,  and  hope  he  may  continue 
to  till  his  field  until  the  timep  of  material 
and  spiritual  refreshing  shall  come  from 
the  presence  of  the  T^rd.] 


NEBRASKA. 

From  Bee.  D.  Knowles^  Green  it ood,  Ga$s 

County. 

If  He  Only  Could  Build ! 

I  am  very  happy  to  state  that  the 
Lord  is  doing  something  in  this  new 
country,  that  will  yet  cause  it  morally 
to  *'  bud,  and  blossom  as  the  rose."  A 
year  ago  there  were  in  one  village, 
eight  miles  from  my  home,  a  dozen 
**  doggeries  :"  now,  not  one.  xV round 
my  place  there  have  been,  during  pa  it 
winters,  three  or  four  sets  of  dancers, 
who  have  done  much  galloj)ading ;  but 
thanks  be  to  God,  some  of  the  wildest 
members  have  been  sobered,  and  I  hope 
converted.  I  have  commenced  preach- 
ing on  Rock  Creek,  once  in  two  weeks, 
and  we  have  organized  a  Sunday 
school  there.  It  increases  my  labor,  as 
it  is  ten  miles  distant  from  where  1 
preach  in  the  forenoon,  and  sometimes 
our  roads  are  hard  to  travel  to  my  four 
stations.  My  missionary  pony,  Kate, 
has  never  left  me  in  the  lurch  ;  is  always 
well  and  hearty,  and  ready  for  a  jour- 
ney. 

Our  great   need   here  is  a  hoiusc  of 
worship.     I   have   tried,   with    all    my 


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might,  to  procure  the  means  wherewith 
to  buy  the  lumber  for  one,  but  1  have 
failed,  and  my  heart  is  sad.     We  have 
three  desirable  lots  offered  to  us  by  the 
railroad   company,   and  I  have   about 
$500   subscribed  in   work,   and    abput 
$100   cash   subscripti(m.     If  we   could 
put  up  a  neat,  plain  edifice,  at  Green- 
wood   Station,   1   have   not     the   least 
doubt  that  we  should  become  a  strong 
church  in  a  very  short  time.     Five  or 
six  hundred  dollars  now  would  put  us 
in  a  position  to  secure  a  powerful  in- 
fluence in  this  valley.  The  Campbellites, 
Baptists,    and    Methodists     intend    to 
build  ;  but  though  all  of  them  formerly 
held  regular  meetings   around  me,  at 
present  none  but  the  *'  Christians,'^  as 
they  call  themselves,  have  any  preach- 
ing near  us.     I  hope  to  kindle  a  light 
here,  that,  when  we  are  ''  up  yonder," 
shall  warn  the  mariners  on  life's  voyage 
to  **  flee  from  the  wrath  to  come,"  and 
shall  manifest  "  the  life,  the  truth,  the 
way."     Oh,  if  1  knew  how  and  where 
to  get  the  few  dollars  necessary,  how 
happy  I   should   be!     My   people  are 
poor     "homesteaders."      Last     year's 
crops  were   destroyed  by  hail   storms. 
Not  one  among  the  .members  of   Salt 
Creek  church  and  society  has  grain  for 
seed,  without  buying.     One  has  mort- 
gaged his  team  for  wheat.     We  are  all 
poor.     Gladly  do  I  toil  on  with  this 
people.     I  ask  not  for   riches ;  I  pray 
for  "  daily  bread."     Through  your  in- 
strumentality this  boon  has  been  ex- 
tended to  me  and  mine  for  a  quarter  of 
a  century.     Words  cannot  portray  my 
love  to  the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society,  and  my  pleasant  anticipations 
of  meeting  its  beloved  officers  and  pa- 
trons in  the  "  better  land,"  where,  with 
the  army  of  missionaries  aad  those  who 
shall  have  been  blessed  through  our  in- 
strumentality, we  shall  cast  our  crowns 
at  the  Savior's  feet !    Shall  we  not  then 
look  back,  with  very  dift'erent  emotions, 
upon   the  experiences  which  we  now 
call  self-denials  ? 


KANSAS. 
From  Ret.  F.  T.  IngalU,  OlatU^  Johnson 
County. 

Revival. 
This  city  was  blessed  with  an  exten- 
sive   revival    during    the   winter  and 
spring,  and  our  church  shared  the  visit- 
ation of  the  Spirit      The  work  com- 
menced in  the  Methodist  church.    We 
held  union  meetings  with  the  Presby- 
•terians  for  a  week,  and  then  commenced 
a  protracted  meeting  in  our  own  church. 
The  good  work,  which  had  been  silent- 
ly going  on  through  the  fall,  now  be- 
gan to  be  manifest.    The  members  were 
united;    their  feelings  were   kindled, 
and  soon  began  to  overflow.    Our  meet- 
ings were  held    every   evening  for  a 
month.     We  never  had  the  crowd ;  that 
was  always  attracted  to  the  more  ex- 
citing   scenes    elsewhere.      But   every 
evening  we  had  something  new ;  the 
tongue  of  some  dumb  church-member 
unloosed,  some  new  voice  testifying  to 
the  pardoning  grace  of  God,  some  new 
face  among  those  who  rose  for  prayers. 
The  influence  of   the    revival  in  tbe 
town  is  very  great.    Religion  has  been 
the  prevailing  topic  of  conversation; 
anybody  could  be  approached ;  every- 
body expected  to  be  approached  on 
the  subject.    The  liquor  traffic,  which 
had  become  a  terrible  scourge  here,  re- 
ceived a  damaging  blow,  and  we  hare 
strong  hope  of  putting  an  end  to  it  at 
the  next  election.     You  will  have  some 
notion  of  the  extent  of  this  work,  when 
you  consider  that  three  churches  held 
meetings     daily  through    midwinter, 
and  that  more  than  200  have  professed 
conversion,   170  joining  the  Methodist 
church   alone.     May    God    give  them 
grace  to  stand ! 


From  Bee.  J.  F.  Morgan,  9mego,  LM^* 
County. 

Temperance  Vlotory. 
Our  latest  struggle  was,  in  the  muni- 
cipal election,    between    whisky  and 


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anti-whisky.  If  there  has  not  been 
a  complete  triumph,  anti- whisky  has 
•  made  great  advance  upon  the  enemy. 
One  not  famUar  with  these  new  towns 
can  hardly  appreciate  the  importance 
of  such  a  victory.  Take  the  following 
fact  as  an  illustration  : 

For  months  there  has  been  a  gen- 
eral stagnation  in  business,  and  yet  a 
little  one-story  "  shake  "  of  a  building 
rents  for  a  saloon  at  the  rate  of  $100 
a  month ;  and  what  is  worse,  the  pro- 
prietor boasts  that  his  cash  receipts 
average  $75  a  day.  No  wonder  money 
is  scarce,  when  so  large  an  amount  is 
daily  expended  to  produce  nothing  but 
wretchedness,  poverty  and  woe.  And 
this  is  the  daily  income  of  one  saloon, 
out  of  four  or  five  in  fall  blast  all  the 
time — enough  to  ruin  any  town  like 
this,  of  some  1,200  inhabitants. 

There  are  indications  that  the  moral 
sense  of  this  people  is  improving,  in 
answer  to  earnest  effort  and  prayer. 
That  many  have  been  revived,  and 
some  converted,  we  have  good  evi- 
dence. 


MINNESOTA. 

From  Bee,  W.  A.  Cutler,  Belle  Prairie, 

Morrison  Co, 

Another  Way-Mark. 

One  more  mile-stone  to  mark  the 
progress  of  religion  in  Belle  Prairie. 
The  advance  has  been  slow,  but  we 
still  move.  Our  epochs  are : — first,  the 
formation  of  a  Congregational  church  ; 
second,  a  revival  of  religion ;  and  now, 
third,  the  possession  of  a  meeting- 
house, with  the  quarter  of  an  acre  of 
land  on  which  it  stands. 

This  is  a  gift  from  Mrs.  E.  T.  Ayer, 
and  one  for  which  we  are  justly  thank- 
ful. Now  we  have  in  this  upper  coun- 
try a  spiritual  home,  where  **  none  can 
molest  or  make  us  afraid."  The  build- 
ing is  a  good  substantial  one,  of  proper 
proportions,  formerly  used  as  a  school- 
house,  and  we  hope  it  will  stand  for 


many  years  as  a  fortress  of  righteous- 


At  Little  Falls  we  are  not  idle,  but 
keep  up  a  steady  fire  upon  the  strong- 
holds of  sin.  There  too  is  some  ma- 
terial prosperity.  A  comer  lot,  oppo- 
site the  court-house,  in  a  very  central 
location,  is  waiting  for  a  church  edifice 
whenever  the  people  are  ready  to  build. 
But  we  need  a  thorough  revival.  The 
walls  of  our  Jerusalem  are  broken 
down,  her  gates  are  burnt  with  fire,  and 
the  Philistines  seem  to  have  possession. 

The  other  day  I  noticed  an  object  on 
the  court-house  square,  which  I  found 
to  be  a  man,  lying  flat  on  his  face. 
When  I  aroused  him,  he  began  to 
swear,  and  told  me  to  go  away.  1  re- 
cognized him  as  a  man  who  lived  close 
by,  and  finally  persuaded  him  to  accept 
my  arm,  and  I  acted  as  escort  while  he 
staggered  along  possessed  with  the 
evil  spirit.  As  I  ushered  him  into  the 
house,  and  saw  the  grief-stricken  coun- 
tenance of  his  wife,  how  I  wished  that 
I  were  able  to  speak  the  word,  and  cast 
the  devil  out  of  her  husband  ! 


From  Bet).  H,  WiUard,  Plainvieio,  Wa- 
hofhaw  Co, 

Work  of  Qraoe. 
I  spent  two  weeks  with  Father 
Shedd,  and  his  church  in  Claremont. 
We  had  preaching,  followed  by  prayer 
meetings,  every  evening,  and  also  some 
day  meetings.  God  was  with  us,  as  we 
felt,  with  the  influences  of  his  Spirit  in 
leading  many  persons  of  all  classes, 
male  and  female,  old  and  young,  con- 
stant attendants  on  religious  services, 
and  such  as  had  previously  been  neg- 
lecters  of  public  worship,  alike  to  real- 
ize their  condition  as  sinners,  and  to 
seek  a  Savior's  love.  The  revival  was 
progressing  with  marked  interest,  when 
there  was  a  call  upon  me  to  hold  extra 
meetings  at  Smithfield,  one  of  my  own 
regular  appointments.  Father  Shedd 
came  to  my  assistance.  Here  we  were 
blessed  with  a  work  of  grace,  which, 


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though  not  as  powerful  as  the  other, 
was  marked  by  the  hopeful  couversior 
of  a  number  of  souls.  We  have  had 
full  Sabbath  coDcrrecrations  at  Plain 
•view,  but  have  held  no  extra  meetings 
for  preachine.  Lumber  and  stone  have 
been  drawn  for  our  church  edifice. 

I  also  commenced  a  series  ol  meet- 
ines  at  Beaver,  but  the  second  night  a 
flood  came  which  raised  the  waters  ot 
streams  uniting  at  the  place,  so  as  to  fill 
cellars,  overflow  the  streets,  and  almost 
drown  cattle  in  bams.  It  came  upon 
the  first  floor  of  some  of  the  houses, 
and  boats  were  the  only  means  of 
locomotion  in  town.  Stepping  directly 
from  the  front  door  of  the  house  where 
I  stopped,  into  a  boat  to  be  conveyed 
to  another  part  of  the  town,  revived  an 
experience  I  once  had,  when  gondolas 
bore  me  through  the  streets  of  Venice. 

After  the  flood,  the  roads  being 
nearly  impassable  from  depth  of  mud, 
I  had  to  give  up  the  meetings,  trusting 
that  the  effort  there  was  not  wholly  in 
vain. 


VIRGINIA. 

From  Eev.  R.  Tolman,  Hampton^  Elvsa- 

l>eth  City  Co, 

A  Year  In  the  Old  Dominion. 
My  first  year  of  service  as  your  mis- 
sionary has  quickly  fied,  and  I  can 
surely  testify  that,  after  twenty-five 
years  of  as  happy  pastoral  life  in  New 
England  as  is  usually  enjoyed  there, 
the  happiest  of  all  my  years  of  pastoral 
labor  is  this  which  I  have  spent  in  Vir- 
ginia, even  though  cut  off*  from  minis- 
terial associates, — there  being  no  cler- 
gyman of  my  own  denomination  in  this 
vicinity,  while  the  others  arc.  to  a  great 
extent,  of  Southern  sympathies  and  pre- 
judices. Dwelling  among  a  people  in 
whose  hearts  the  rebellion  still  lives, 
whose  unsubdued  pride  and  hatred  and 
sullen  hostility  sometimes  break  out  in 
the  remark.  **  I  would  kill  everv  North- 
em  settler  if  I  could  have  my  own 
way,"  —  it    does   seem    to   me  of  vital 


importance  to  follow  the  military  with 
a  religious  campaign,  bringing  in  the 
Qfospel  of  tmth  and  love  after  that  • 
of  lead  and  steel,  so  that  the  ban- 
ner of  the  cross  may  be  crowned  with 
far  nobler  victories  than  any  which 
have  made  so  illustrious  the  banner  of 
the  nation.  My  joy  is  in  my  work  rather 
than  in  my  surroundings,  the  work  of 
proclaiming  heaven's  grand  remedy  for 
the  evils  which  abound ;  proclaiming, 
in  particular,  here,  near  where  the  first 
cargo  of  slaves  was  landed,  and  where 
they  were  first  pronounced  "contra- 
band of  war,"  that  more  glorious  eman- 
cipation revealed  in  the  words,  "  If  the 
Son  shall  make  you  free,  ye  shall  he 
free  indeed." 

Society  here  should  be  reconstmcted  on 
the  principles  of  gospel  freedom  and  jns- 
tice.  and  righteousness.  The  preaching 
among  the  whites,  however  superior  in- 
tellectually to  that  among  the  blacks, 
has  been,  to  a  sad  extent,  like  that,  any- 
thing but  practical-  It  is  not  the  gos- 
pel in  the  abstract,  but  in  the  concrete, 
the  gospel  applied,  after  the  man- 
ner of  the  prophets  and  apostles  and 
Christ  himself,  to  the  various  relations 
and  occupations  of  life,  of  which  the 
South  is  in  urgent  need,  so  that  its 
churches  can  be  no  longer  the  support- 
ers of  caste,  the  bulwarks  of  oppression, 
and  the  hotbads  of  treason,  but  devoted 
to  the  principles  and  the  practice  of 
time  loyalty,  equal  rights  and  Christian 
love.  A  religion  that  in  name  exalts 
Jehovah,  while  in  act  it  debases  man ; 
that  talks  of  love  to  Christ,  while  cruel 
as  death  and  remorseless  as  the  grate 
towards  the  Yankee  and  the  Negro, 
however  clearly  they  bear  Christ's 
image,  will  not  answer,  of  course,  for 
building  up  a  new  and  nobler  South. 
The  more  I  become  acquainted  with 
the  South  as  it  is,  and  as  it  has  been, 
the  more  thoroughly  I  am  convinced 
that  it  needs  some  of  Plymouth  rock, 
as  the  foundation  for  a  proper  recon- 
struction.    Or,  to  change  the  figure,  it 


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18  only  as  we  plant  here  the  seeds  of 
gospel  truth  which  the  Pilgrims  plant- 
ed in  New  England,  that  we  can  expect 
that  this  soil,  so  long  cursed  with  the 
sweat  of  unpaid  toil,  and  the  tears  of 
unredressed  wrongs,  will  be  blessed 
with  the  fruits  of  Puritan  virtue  and 
order  and  prosperity.  For  such  an  ex- 
alted end,  it  is  the  highest  privilege  to 
labor. 

Another  cause  of  peculiar  joy  in  my 
work  here,  is  the  fact  of  having  under 
my  pastoral  care  the  pupils  of  th  Nor- 
mal school,  who  are  preparing  to  be 
teachers  of  their  race.  One  of  the  "  F. 
F.  V.'s,"  as  quoted  by  the  Richmond 
Obtner^  lately  declared,  "The  South 
must  educate  the  freedmen,  or  they 
will  ruin  us.''  Their  welfare  is  so  iden- 
tified, not  only  with  that  of  the  South, 


but  also  with  that  of  the  nation,  that 
we  cannot  neglect  them,  but  at  our 
I  peril.  To  preach  the  gospel  to  these 
just  emerging  from  the  depths  of  op- 
pression in  which  they  have  so  long 
been  sunk, — to  preach  to  them  the  pure 
gospel,  in  place  of  that  miscalled  gos- 
pel, to  such  an  extent  proclaimed  in  the 
old  colored  churches, — a  compound  of 
superstition  and  fanaticism,  without 
morality, — and  thus  endeavor  to  lifl  all 
classes,  white  and  black,  into  a  higher 
state  of  light  and  blessing  than  they  ever 
before  enjoyed,  is  a  matter  of  special 
delight,  believing  that  just  in  propor- 
tion as  the  pure  gospel  prevails,  **  The 
Lord  will  give  that  which  is  good ;  and 
our  land  shall  yield  her  increase  ;  right- 
eousness shall  go  before  him,  and  shall 
set  us  in  the  way  of  his  steps.'* 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


Home  Missions  for  the  World. 

B7  Prof.  AusTor  Phklps,  D.  D. 

I  know  of  nothing  but  the  real  merits 
of  the  case  which  can  have  biased  myj 
judgment,  but  there  is  no  other  benev- 
olent enterprise  of  the  church  which 
teems  to  me,  all  things  considered,  to 
combine  so  many  resources  of  strength 
tod  promise,  as  yours.  Temporary 
exigencies  may  give  temporary  pre- 
eminence to  others ;  and  of  course  the 
interest  of  all  is  the  interest  of  each, 
at  all  times.  But  I  do  believe  that,  on 
any  large  scale  of  judgment,  the  salva- 
tion of  thb  country  is  the  central  work 
of  American  churches  not  only,  but  the 
central  work  of  God  also,  in  the  world's 
recovery.  And  to  save  this  country, 
nothing  else  can  be  so  potent  or  so  radi-  j 
ca]  as  Home  Missions.  Nothing  else 
goes  to  the  roots  of  society,  as  a  Chris- 
tian church  does  with  its  permanent' 
pastorate.  I  get  very  weary  sometimes 
of  politics  and  laws  and  reforms  and 
rights  and  what  not,  by  which  this  and 


that  and  the  other  good  thing  is  to  bo  . 

conserved,    or    bad    thing   throttled. 

€k>od  strong  churches  and  pastors  arc 

worth  the  whole  of  them,  in  the  long 

run.    These  dig  deep  and  can  build 

high. 

•  •• 

American  Heathen. 

[An  intelligent  clerical  correspondent 
writes  us  of  certain  "Natives"  among 
whom  he  labored  for  a  time,  and  wlu:e« 
whereabouts  we  do  not  care  more  particu- 
larly to  indicate  here :] 

These  *  Natives '  are  poor  pcoplo  of 
southern  origin,  or  from  the  South 
themselves,  who  live  generally  in  little 
log-cabins  in  the  forest.  They  arc 
poor,  thriftless,  ignorant,  and  perfectly 
satisfied  with  their  condition.  They 
are  not  generally  skeptical,  but  think 
that  religion  is  a  good  thing  to  have 
when  one  dies,  so  that  he  may  go  to 
heaven ;  yet  of  the  plan  of  salvation,  and 
of  the  duties  of  a  Christian  life,  they 
know  very  little.  The  preachers  of  these 
people  are  generally  unlettered    n:cn. 


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farmers,  who  have  regarded  it  as  a  sin 
to  receive  pay  for  preaching,  not  hav- 
ing learned  that  "  God  hath  ordained 
that  they  who  preach  the  gospel  should 
live  of  the  gospej."  And  the  people 
have  been  very  willing  that  the  preach- 
ers should  preach  against  "  a  hireling 
ministry.''  At  the  same  time  they  are 
exceedingly  sensitive  as  to  their  weak 
points,  and  instantly  resent  any  com- 
parison which  reflects  on  them. 

In  one  school  district  I  found  80 
families  with  80  children  of  school  age, 
in  three  frame  houses  and  several  log- 
cabins,  more  or  less  comfortable.  Three 
copies  of  the  county  paper  were  taken ; 
there  was  no  preaching,  little  church- 
going  ;  no  Sunday  school,  not  one  fam- 
ily altar,  and  almost  no  closet  prayer. 
Probably  one-half  the  adults  could 
neither  read  nor  write.  In  a  log  school- 
house,  50  scholars  waited  on  one  whom 
very  few  could  deem  qualified  to  teach 
school. 

Yet  even  here,  after  several  meetings, 
about  ten  were  hopefully  converted,  a 
Sunday  school  was  organized,  at  least 
one  family  altar  was  erected,  and  the 
whole  feeling  toward  religion  materi- 
ally changed.  Congregations  varying 
from  40  to  160  attentively  listened,  for 
the  most  part  in  quiet,  although  we 
had  been  warned  that  "the  rowdies 
would  break  us  up."  But  at  last  it  be 
gan  to  be  whispered  that  we  had  some 
"  speculation  "  in  view  ;  that  we  would 
be  "  calling  for  money  soon  ;"  and  that 
congregation  instantly  dispersed,  with 
an  act  of  the  meanest  rowdyism,  too 
filthy  to  describe. 

Can  we  do  anything  for  these  peo- 
ple? Could  not  one,  by  earnest  ser- 
mons, kind  visits,  and  faithful  conver- 
sation, hope  to  gain  the  confidence,  at 
least  of  the  better  class,  who  are  tired 
of  the  sort  of  preaching  they  now 
have? 

Yet  if  he  should  say  '*  salary,"  or 
"  missionary  "  to  them,  it  would  rouse 
up  their  old  prejudices,  and  shut  the 
door  in  his  face.    As  they  now  are,  for 


the  most  part,  they  seem  as  likely  to 
tail  of  true  conversion,  of  a  worthy 
Christian  life,  and  of  heaven,  as  thongb 
they  lived  in  the  heart  of  Asia. 


''  Why  Should  the  Work  Cease  r 
My  heart  has  been  greatly  moved  by 
what  I  have  lately  read  and  heard,  of 
the  immense  demand  for  missionary  la- 
bor in  the  newly  settling  parts  of  the 
West.  The  inquiry  presses  upon  me, 
how  is  it  possible  so  to  increase  the  in- 
come of  our  **  Mother  of  CTiurches," 
that  the  work  shall  not  be  hindered, 
nor  grand  opportunities  to  plant 
churches,  and  hold  the  ground  for 
Christ,  be  lost — perhaps  forever? 

As  a  plain  practical  plan,  let  me  sug- 
gest to  every  one  bearing  your  commis- 
sion, that  he  take  especial  pains  to  cir- 
culate The  Home  Mimonary,  The 
reading  of  it  will  show  his  people  the 
enormous  demands  upon  your  Soci^, 
will  stimulate  them  to  do  their  best  to 
sustain  the  work  among  themselTea, 
and  thus  enable  you  to  apply  so  macb 
the  more  on  a  newer  and  more  needj 
field.  I  would  not  ask,  nor  even  sug- 
gest, greater  eacrificeiiB  for  Christ  by 
your  missionaries,  for  I  believe  that  as 
a  whole  no  more  self-denying  body  of 
men  can  be  found.  I  greatly  rejoioB, 
with  you,  that  so  many  churches  are 
"  setting  up  for  themselves,"  doing  tiieir 
own  work.  I  know  from  experience, 
as  a  lay-member  of  a  young  church, 
self-sustaining  from  the  start,  that  the 
more  Christians  give^  the  more  ^ey 
pray,  the  more  they  enjoy,  the  more 
they  grow,  and  the  more  useful  they 
become.  Let  me  say  most  earnestly,  to 
etery  member  of  an  aided  church  who 
may  read  this.  Do  make  an  effort  to 
go  alone.  It»will  strengthen  you,  and 
give  you  all  more  joy  in  the  God  of  our 
salvation^  while  the  noble  old  Home 
Missionary  Society  will  thus  be  able  to 
stretch  out  its  cords  of  love,  and  drive 
another  stake.     Try  it ! 

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Sunday  Schools  and  Home  Misdons. 
A  missionary  of  the  American  Sun- 
day School  Union,  in  Missouri,  writes : 
"  Yesterday  a  Home  Missionary  gave 
me  cheering  intelligence.  During  the 
last  four  years  he  has  organized  twen- 
ty-five Sunday  schools,  seven  of  which 
have  already  grown  into  churches.  Said 
he,  *  My  Sabbath  school  work  in  this 
field  is  the  most  hopeful  feature  of  all. 
I  always  organize  on  the  union  plan, 
and  find  that  God  blesses  these  labors 
more  than  my  regular  ministrations  to 
adults.'"  These  Sunday  schools  are 
the  only  place  where  the  jarring  and 
discordant  elements  in  church  and 
State  can  be  harmonized.  There  men 
meet  laying  aside,  to  a  great  extent, 
the  bitter  animosities  of  the  past,  and 
join  in  sweet  songs  of  praise  to  the 
Prince  of  Peace.  Many  a  father  is 
there  led  to  sacrifice  his  prejudices  for 
the  sake  of  his  children,  and  I  am  often 
reminded  of  that  sweet  promise,  ^  The 
lion  shaU  lie  down  with  the  lamb,  and 


a  little  child  shall  lead  them.'  The 
people  of  God  in  these  destitute  re- 
gions are  beginning  to  feel  the  impor- 
tance of  this  great  work  ;  many  of  the 
youth  are  giving  their  hearts  to  Jesus, 
and  the  J)rejudice  against  the  conversion 
of  children  is  giving  way.  B. 

Hints  to  Preachers. 

Make  no  apologies.  If  you  have  the 
Lord's  message,  declare  it ;  if  not,  hold 
your  peace.  Have  short  prefaces  and 
introductions.  Say  your  best  things 
first,  and  stop  before  you  get  prosy. 
Do  not  spoil  the  appetite  for  dinner  by 
too  much  thin  soup.  Leave  self  out  of 
the  pulpit  and  take  Jesus  in.  Defend 
the  gospel,  and  let  the  Lord  defend 
you  and  your  character.  If  you  are 
lied  about,  thank  the  devil  for  putting 
you  on  your  guard,  and  take  care  that 
the  story  shall  never  come  true.  Do 
not  bawl  and  scream.  Empty  vessels 
ring  the  loudest.  Thunder  is  harmless ; 
lightning  kills. — The  ChrUtian. 


APPOINTMENTS  IN  JUNE,  1871. 


Noi  in  Oomndttion  kut  year. 

B«T.  M jion  Sells,  to  go  to  WMhlngton  Territory. 

B«T.  James  W.  Brier,  Cherokee,  Cal. 

Ber.  MIcalt  8.  Croewell,  Sonoma  and  vicinity, 

CaL 
Ber.  Jamea  J.  A.  T.  Dixon,  Irvlngton  and  vicln- 
^Uj,  Neb. 

Ber.  Chester  C.  Humphrey,  Camp  Creek,  Neb. 
Ber.  Albeit  M.  Richardson,  Lawrence,  Kan. 
Ber.  O.  A.  Starr,  Montevideo,  Granite  Falls  and 

Lac  Qui  Parie,  Minn. 
B«T.  Bobert  Brans,  Flint  Creek,  Iowa. 
Ber.  Warren  Cochran,  Kilbonm  City,  Wis. 
Bar.  Hiram  Foote,  Brodhead  and  AliMny,  Wis. 
B«T.  Belah  W.  Noyes,  Hopkins,  Mich. 
Bar.  Beth  A.  Arnold,  Wanponsie  Grove  and  vi- 
^dnity,  ill. 
Bev.  David  8.  Jones,  Alexandria  and  vldnlty, 

Ohio. 

B4-commis9ion4d. 

Bev.  Algernon  M.  Qoodnongh,  South  Vallejo, 

GsL 
Bev.  Thomas  H.  Ronse,  San  Mateo,  Cal. 
Bev.  Thomas  N.  Skinner,  Ml  If  ord.  Neb. 
B«r.  8.  A.  Hall,  Parker,  &an. 
Bev.  Palmer  Lltts,  Spring  Valley,  Minn. 
Bev.  Alva  D.  Roe,  Alton  and  Lakeland,  Minn. 
Bev.  Charles  M.  Bingham,  Monroe  and  Otley, 
^lowa. 

B«r.  Lyman  D.  Bovnton,  Parkersbuigh,  Iowa. 
In.  AUan  Clark,  WUton,  Iowa. 


Rev.  Alpheus  Graves,  Bradford,  Iowa, 

Rev.  Leroy  S.  Hand,  Wayne  and  Crawfordsvllle, 
Iowa. 

Rev.  Stephen  D.  Helms.  Lima  and  Fayette,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Georee  G.  Posfe,  Logan,  Iowa. 

Rev.  H.  Henry  Saltonbacn,  Lansing  Ridge  and 
Lansing,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Wimam  J.  Smith,  Alden,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Channcey  Taylor,  Algona  and  two  ont-eta- 
tions,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Reed  Wilkinson,  Rome,  Iowa. 

Rev.  John  W.  Windsor,  Keosanqoa,  Iowa. 

Rev.  David  Wirt,  Newell  and  Storm  Lake,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Thomas  L.  Brown.  Rio  and  Wyocena,  Wis. 

Rev.  Horatio  M.  Case,  Allen's  Grove,  Wis. 

Rev.  Orlando  Clarke,  Lansing  and  De  Soto.  Wis. 

Rev.  Horace  H.  Hinman,  Ironton,  Oak  Hill,  Sil- 
ver Creek,  Logan viUe  and  vicinity.  Wis. 

Rev.  John  Keep,  Stockbridge,  Wis. 

Rev.  James  W.  Perkins,  New  Chester  and  vicin- 
ity. Wis. 

Rev.  Robert  Qoaife,  Hartland  and  Pewaukee, 
Wis. 

Rev.  Horace  A.  Wentz,  Bloomer  and  Cook^s  Val- 
ley^ls. 

Rev.  Eliznr  Andms,  Pentwater,  Mich. 

Rev.  William  H.  Barday,  Baston,  Orleans  and 
Keene,  Mich. 

Rev.  Charles  DoolitUe,  BastmanviUeand  LAnont, 
Mich. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  K.  Bvarts,  Corinth  and  Paris, 
Mich. 

Bev.  Lewis  M.  Hunt,  Jackson,  Mich. 


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Rev.  Hazael  Lncae^  Mount  MorrU  and  Oatetee, 

Mich. 
Rev.  Kdward  N.  Raymond,  MiddlevUle,  Micb. 
Kev.  William  P.  Russell,  McmphiH.  Mich. 
Uov.  Levi  P.  Spelman,  Portland,  Mich. 
Rev.  James  F.  Taylor,  Saugatuck,  Mich. 
Rov.  Frauklin  W.  Adams,  i>athrop.  Mo. 
Rev.  Ueorge  W.  Wllllam«,  West  Hartford  and  ri- 

cinity,  Mo. 
Rev.  Lewis  P.  Atwood,  De  Kalb,  111. 
Rev.  bmiih  B.  Goodenow,  Como,  III 


BeT.  Darins  Gore,  La  Haipe,  IlL 

Rev.  Joseph  S.  Graves,  Roscoe,  111. 

Rev.  Henry  Jacobs,  Wayne  and  Wayne  Stations 

Rev.'  Charles  Machln,  Hillsdale,  Joslyn,  Bock 
River  Junction,  Enterprise  and  Erie,  111. 

Rev.  Alexander  K.  Thain,  Turner  Junction.  IlL 

Rev.  David  J.  Baldwin,  Kokomo,  Ind. 

Rev.  Lewis  Wilson,  Montgomery  and  Hart  Tows- 
ship,  Ind. 

Rev.  Walter  B.  C.  Wright,  Philadelphia,  Fa. 


RECEIPTS  IN  J  UNE,  1871. 


MAINE- 

Freeport,  Mrs.  Sarah  A-  Hobart,  $10  00 

Poruuua,  bioen  bteele,  100  00 

i\>ptfaoiu,  Cuug.  C'h.,  by  Rev.  R.  D.  Os-  i 

g'jod,  n  iO' 

NEW  HAMP8HIRE- 
Received    by  L.   D.  Stevens,  I 

i  reus.  N.  jd.  M.  boc  : 
Uuiuii,  Cuug.  en.  and  Soc,  to 

cuiitoC   ^i'H.    L.  G.    Laird, 

Mu4  d.  L.  Hardy,  and  Miss 

H.  A.  Hiiiit  L.  M4.,  $90  00 

Eeu«iiigtuu,  Cung.  Ch.,  $13.40 ; 

liev.  it.  Uiiapnuui,  $t>.W),  SO  00 

Oxr.rd.WoMt,  Cuug.  Ch.  and 

boc,  to  const,  tiev.  A.  W. 

Mewcumb  a  L.  M.,  90  00 

Psiuam.  Cung.  Cn.  and  Soc,       41  S8  , 

Troy,  coug.  Co.  and  boc,  U  66  I 


gacv  of  B.  Cone,  by  H.  W.  Taft  and 
G.  J.  Tucker,  Trustees, 


Pelham,  A  Friend,  6  00. 

VERMONT-  , 

Vermont  Dom.  Miss.  Soc.,  by  C.  W. 

aiocti,  TreoH.,  SS6  00 1 

Graf  cuu,  Legacy  of  Miss  Lucy  Barrett,  I 

by  G.  M.  iMirrett,  Ex.,  1,000  00  { 

MASSACHUSETTS- 
MOSS.  Home  Missionary  Society,  by  S. 

1'.  Farweli,  Treas.,  6,000  03 

B  j/criy,  iac^s^y  oi  Miss  Clarissa  Friend, 

0/  r  i'auoid  Jenuesd,  Ex.,  1,000  00 

Buiftun,  uu  accouut  of  Legacy  of  Mrs. 
Mary  A.  HuoOard,  by  J.  M.  Pinkerton, 
Ex.,  80  00 

Hampshire  Missionary  Society, 
by  jai.  vv  liliame,  'i'reas. : 
Grauoy,  Coug.  Ch.,  $06  00 

Hauiey,  tint  Cong.  Ch.,  4S  OH 

Nuriu  xiadiey,  Coug.  Ch.,  17  00 

Gtucr  suurct^  100  00 

96403 

Lanosboro,  Mrs.  Caroline  Hard,  10  00 

Lowell,  Hign  Street  Cong.  Ch.,  by  S.  A. 

ChttMC,  17  86 1 

Ncwomyport,  A  Friend,  80  00 

Norm  Aoidover,  On  account  of  Legacy  | 

of  boliy  Foster,  by  Isaac  Foster,  Ex., 

tocouttt.  Mrs.  Frances  B.  Foster,  J.  I 

1?'.  ivimoall  and  H.  T.  Chandler   L. 

Ms.,  101  67 

Nuriuampton,  Legacy  of  Miss  Lucy  M. 

burueii,  by  C.  13.  Kinsley,  Ex.,  to 

cun»t.  iklias  M.  P.  Janes,  Miss  Mary 

b.  Jaucs  and  Mrs.  Ln  ty  A.  Lcfler  L. 

Ms.,  100  00 

Aiiiend,  50  00 

South  Decrdeld,  Alfred  Jones,  6  00 

tiuuta  tiauley.  Mt.  ilolyoke  Fern.  Sem., 

leacheM  and  PupUs,  by  Miss  J.  E. 

Ward,  to  cuQitt.  Miaa  Mary  Ellis,  Miss 

ELzauetli  BiaucbarU,  MleS  Anna  C. 

Eawardt»,  MisH  Mary  C.  Towusend, 

Miss  oarab  U.  Melviu,  Miss  Louise  F. 

Cowies,  Miss  Susan  bowen  and  Miss 

barau  nowen  L.  Ms.,  f05  78 

Uxbrldge^  On  account  of  Legacy  of  Sa- 


rah Jaquith,  by  A.  Chapin,  Ex.,  fn  00 

West  Stockbridge,  On^acconnt  of  L^ 

CONNECTICUT— 
Bethlehem,  A  Friend,  »  00 

Oranby,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  J.  C. 

Bartnolomew,  tt  00 

Green's  Farms,  Sabbath  School  of  the 

Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  J.  Taylor,  Supt.  SB  00 

Hartford,  On  account  of  Le^ncy  of  Mrs. 

Mary  A.  Warburton,  by  N.  Shipman 

and  fl.  A  Perkins,  Exs.,  4,000  00 

Kiilingworth,  Cong.  Home  Missionary 

Sodety,  by  J.  Buell,  Treas.,  »  « 

*»H  '  0  00 

Lakeville.  Mrs.  M.  A.  Holley,  by  Rev. 

A.  C.  Frlssell,  10  OD 

Meriden,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 

L.  Qaylord,  to  const,  him  a  L.  D.,         m  00 
New  Hartford,  A  Friend,  by  H.  W.        _ 

Brown,  Treas.,  00  00 

New  Haven,  Legacy  of  Jared  Piatt,  by        _ 

R.  E.  Rice,  Ex.,  60000 

Howe  Strut  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  F. 
T.  Jarman,  116  OD 

New  London,  A  Lady  of  the  First  Ch.,       5  « 
Norwalk,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Dea.  Irs 

Gregory,  I'reaa.,  of  wh.  1(80  from  Rev. 

S.  b.  S.  Bissell,  to  const.  Morris  Jes- 

supBisseUaL.M.,  ISIO; 

Norwich,  Mrs.  O.  Gager,  5  00 

Old  Saybrook,  Ladies*  Home  Miss.  Soc, 

by  Mrs.  MabeU  Shipman,   Sec,  to 

const  Mrs.  G.  F.  Ward  a  L.  M.,  OS  00 

Vernon,    Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  E 

Pearl,.  61 00 

West  Killingly,  John  D.  Bigelow,  to 

const.  Miss  Mary  E.  Day  a  L.M.,  80  00 

Wolcott,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  S.  L.  Hotchkiss, 

Treas.,  " « 

NEW  YORK— 

Antwerp,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Can- 
field, 

Auburn,  Helen  B.  Hunt,  to  const  Da- 
vid H.  Cook  a  L.  M., 

Bauvia,  A  Friend, 

Camden,  Bennett  Cobb, 

Catskill,  A  Friend, 

Flushing,  First  Cong.   Ch.,  by  8.  F. 
Gooding, 

Homer,  cung.  Ch.  and  Soc,  $187 ;  La- 
dles' Soc,  $90,  by  G.  W.  Bradford, 

Lisle,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  C.  Coy, 
Treas.,  to  const  W.  D.  Lord  a  L.  M., 

Moravia,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 
Rev.  E.  Benedict, 

New  York  City,  Broadway  TahemaoU 
Ch.y  Charles  Abenethy,  to  const  him 
a L.  D.,  and  Mrs.  Saran  M.  Abemethy 
a  L.  M.  (prev.  ack.,  $a,0l«.46). 
Legacy  of  Jeflkvy  Rose,  by  A.  Unde^ 
hill,  Atty.  for  Executrix,  $60;  A 
Friend,  $6, 

Niagara  aty.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
A.  S.  Wood, 


tiOO 

10  00 
601 
000 
10  00 

n 

«7  00 
80  00 
10  01 


190  00 

56  00 
1611 


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KofthTille,  Sabbath  School  of  the  Cong. 

Cb..  bj  Misa  K.  M.  Downea.  Treae., 
Port  Leyden,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  G.  A. 

Miner, 
Potadam  Jnnction,  First  Cone.  Ch.,  by 

Rer.  O.  Hardy, 

HEW  JBBSET^ 
Jersey  City,  Miss  If.  A.  Huntingtoii, 

PENNSYLVANIA—  - 

Oibeom  Miss  Augusta  Stevens, 
Indiana,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  B.  F.  Par- 
tons, 
Ron,  Q.  8., 

West  Spring  Creek,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
Rot.  S.  Rowland, 

OHIO— 
ReoeiTed  by  Rev.  L.  Kelsey : 
AndoTer  Center,  Cong.  Ch., 

bT  R«T.  W.  Palmer, 
AndOTer  West,  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  W.  Palmer, 
Charleatown,  Dea.  Hinman. 
Clereland  Heights,  Cong.  Cli., 

by  Rey.  T.  K.  Noble. 
Collamer,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

C.  W.  iorrey, 
Golombaa,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mr. 

Ford,  Treas., 
Cuyahoga  Falls,  Cong.  Ch., 

by  C.  Clark, 
Fltchville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

C.  S.cSdy, 
HonUbnrg,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

H.  C.Haydn, 
Madison,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W. 

Hendry,  $S4.8i ;  P.  T.  Saf- 

ford,  $1 ;  Rebecca  A.  Brew- 
ster. $2 ;  O.  Brewster,  $1 ; 

8.  D.  Brewster,  $1 ;  Maria 

TUden,  $1 :  8.  A.  Rand.  $1, 
Morgan,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

H.  Qeer, 
New  London,  (Paddy^s  Ron), 

.  Cong.    Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  C. 

Thompson, 
Oberlin,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

S.  P.  Johnson, 
Parkman,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

W.  Potter, 
Pierpont,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

Strongsville,  Cong.   Ch.,  by 


4  70 

60 

80  00 

64  00 

U8  89 

M85 

6  10 

7  00 

Rev.  L.  Smith,  ' 
Vayne,  Cong.  Cn.,  by 
JP.MarkhaSi, 


Rev.R. 


Williamafleld  Center,  Cong. 

Ch., 
WiUiamsfldd    West,    Cong. 

Ch., 


850 


85  00 
8  00 


80  00 


41  83 
16  75 


46  80 
880 


13  00 
6S5 


Malta,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  H. 
15  00 !        Wheeler,  25 

Poplar  Grove,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
8  50  L.  WheatoD,  12  50 

Princotun,  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const.  R.  Corey 
20  00  and  Rev.  R.  15.  Howard  L.  Ms.,  73  20 

Rockton,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J,  G. 
Sabiu,  19  50 

50  I  MISSOURI— 

Memphis  and  Union  Grove,  Cong,  Cha., 
by  Rev.  A.  M.  Thome,  15  00 

MICHIGAN- 

Received  by  Rev.  W.  B.  WiUIams : 
AUegan,  Oong.  Ch.,  $11  05 

Aluttua,  Cong.  Ch.,  coll.  in  port,  50  03 
Bridgeport,  D.  F.  Foster,  5  00 

OUvet,  Coug.  Ch.,  coU.  in  part   48  OJ 

11 J  03 

Big  Prairie  and  Croton,  Cong.  Chs.,  by 
uev.  R.  Furnesa.  7  OD 

Dorr,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  N.  Coal- 
ter,  13  53 

Ealamo,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Boagli- 
ton,  7  5D 

Pentwater,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rov.  £. 
Audras,  83  00 

South  Boston  and  Berlin,  Cong.  Chs., 
by  Rev.  G.  C.  Strong,  13  OD 

Wayne,  An  Aged  Friuud,  2  UJ 

WISCONSIN— 

Received  by  Rev.  D.  Cla-y : 
Belolt,  Jf*lriC  Cong.   Ct.,  by 

Dea.  Uanaford,  Treas.,        $151  93 

Rev.  D.  Clary,  13  OJ 

Bethel,  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  J.  D.  Davics,  7  03 

Bloomlngton,  Coug.  Ch.,  by 

L.  M.  bingiium,  11  25 

Clinton,  Cuug.  Ch.,  by  Rov. 

D.  M.  Bresicenrid^e,  16  03 

Monroe,  Cong.  Cu.,  oy  Rov. 

H.  A.  Miner,  20  03 

Wnitewdter,  Cong.   Ch.,  by 

G.  C.  Marsh,  12  33 


10  29 
40  00 


750 
17  20 


CUreland,  Legacy  of  B.  Northrop,  b> 

W.  R.  Hontldft  Esq., 
Toledo,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  Bdson  Allen 

and  wife, 

INDIANA— 
Uber.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  Hoddle, 
Midilgnn  city,  Mrs.  H.  Williams,  $12; 
J.  C.  Hadifock,  $2,  by  Rev.  W.  B. 
WiUisms, 

UXIN0I8- 

Bowea,  Mrs.  B.  B.  Spencer,  by  Rev.  D. 
RKells, 

Chicsgo,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const.  W. 
U.  Law,  Mrs.  U.  D.  Moore,  W.  U. 
Ciark,  M.  D.,  and  Mrs.  K.  M.  Good- 
win L.  Ms.;  al«K>  by  A  Friend,  to 
const  Miss  NeUie  K.  PetUbone  and 

^Mn.  8.  K.  Morris  L.  Ms., 

giz,  Cong.  Cn.,  by  Rev.  G.  Schlosser, 

wrsrd,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  O. 
B.  Rowley, 

*«mui.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L. 


511  21 
tt5  00 
16  00 

18  50 

14  00 

10  00 


233  51 

83  71 

080 
6  03 
G5  03 

50  03 


277  70 
650 


12  00 
80  00 


Beaver  Dam,  On  account  of  Legacy  of 

Dr.  John  W.  KimbaU,  by  A.  dark, 

Ex., 
Bird's  Creek,  Cong.  Ch.,  $6.25 ;  Enapp's 

Creek,  Coug.  Cn.,  $J. j5,  by  Kev.  A. 

Piokerton. 
ChlpptiWd  Falls,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rov.  Q. 

W.  Walnwrignt, 
Green  Bay,  Fresb.  Ch.,  by  W.  I.  Cran- 

dall,  Treas., 
Meuomonee,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

J.  C.  Sherwin,   to  const  Junn  H. 

Knapp  a  L.  M., 
Mt.  Ziun,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  $5.20;  Po- 

tosi,   CouK.Ch.,   $8.50;    Waterloo, 

Coug.  Cu.,  $l.aO,  by  iiiv.  N.  Mayue,       15  03 
Muscoda,  Coug.  Ch.,  Rov.  J.  James  jn,        8  03 

lOWA- 

•Received  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Pickett  : 

Council  uluitt,  Rev.  B.  Talbot,      6  00 

Tabor,  Coug.  Cn.,  16  4i 

2143 

Civil  Bend,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 

C.  Foster,  C3  25 

Decoran,  Mrs.  M.  Voita,  by  Rev.  C.  F. 

Veiu,  5  00 

Dyersviile,  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,   by 

Kev.  C.  iiaucock,  8  03 

Faimeld,  Cong.  Cu.,  by  D.  Webster,  U  oJ 

Garuaviiio,  Cung.  Cu.,  by  Rev.  a.  A. 

Dean,  16  10 

LakcviJe,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

K.  Upton,  4  53 

Linsiug  Uidge,  German  Evan.  Ccn*. 

Cn.,  uy  Rev.  H.  U.  ballenbach,  10  03 

Marsnalitown,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  L  Lang,        27  M) 
Maquokeia,  1*  irst  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J 

T.  Cook,  23  60 


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THE    HOME    MIBBIONARY. 


August,  1871. 


MINNESOTA— 

Beaver,  Cong.  Ch.,  $1.75:  Plainview, 
Cong.  Ch.,  $W.76;  Smlthfleld,  Cong. 
Ch.,  $4.50,  by  Rev.  H.  Willard,  $90  00 

Cannon  Falls,  Cong.  Ch.,  $8.50 ;  Doug- 
lass, Cong.  Ch.,  $3,85;  Granville, 
Cong.  Ch.,  $4.76,  by  Rev.  E.  W.  Mer- 
riU,  17  11 

East  Prairieville,  Cong.  Ch.,  $11.80; 
Morton,  Cong.  Ch.,  M.IO ;  Richland, 
Cong.  Ch.,  .^.65,  by  Rev.  L.  C.  Gil- 
bert:        '  ^     '     '  2J,  55 

Minneapolis,  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
C.  M.  Cushman,  Treas..  76  66 

8t  Anthony,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  W.  Pat- 
ten, Treas.,  to  const.  Luther  G.  John- 
son a  L.  M.,  86  00 

Sauk  Center,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev. 
A.  J.  Pike,  7  00 

KANSAS— 
Arvonia,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

M.  Bowers,  10  88 

Welsh   Ccng.   Ch.,   by   Rev.  T.   G. 

Jones,  8  00 

Emporia,  Second  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  H.  Rees,  80  00 

Grasshopper  Falls,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  U.  Jones,  85  00 

NEBRASKA— 
Fremont,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  O.  W. 

Merrill,  U  00 

Weepinff  Water,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  S.  Barrows,  7  96 

DAKOTA  TERRITORY— 
Elk  Point,  Cong.  Ch.,  $7.66 ;  Richland, 
Cong.  Ch.,  $5,10 ;  Vermillion,  Cong. 
Ch.,  $7.8^  by  Rev.  S.  Sheldon,  90  10 

CALIFORNIA— 
Clayton,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  M. 
I^ker,  14  00 

OREGON- 
Forest  Grove,  Cong.  Ch^  men.  con.,  by 
Rev.  S.  H.  Marsh,  D.  D.,  8  00 

HOME  MISSIONARY,  9  00 


$17,998  76 


DonatioM  qf  CMMng^  $tc. 

New  Haven,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Home  Miss. 
Soc.  of  the  First  Ch.,  by  Miss  H.  A. 
Tucker,  Sec.,  a  box  and  three  commu- 
nion sets,  $806  95 

New  York  CMty,  Miss  P.  T.  Magie,  a  trunk,    185  00 


Receipts  qf  the  MaeacLchuaetts  Borne  MUHcnary 
Society^  in  Jwie^  Stephen  T.  Fabwbll,  Tretu. 

Amesbury,  Rev.  W.  F.  Bacon, 

Belch ertown,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  bal.  of 

coU., 
Boston.  Phillips  Ch.,  Mary  Lincoln, 

Highlands,  vine  Street  Ch.,  mon.  con., 
Braintree,  First  Ch.  and  Soc.,  quarterly 

coU., 
Brighton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 
Biimfleld,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 
Cambridge,  Ladies'  Soc.  of  Shepard  Ch., 
Charlton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 

Coll.  at  meeting  of  Conference,  by  ^. 

M.  Lane,  Treas., 
Curtisville,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Dorchester,  F.  W.  J., 

Sewnd  Churchy  Sab.  School  Class, 
Hampden  Beuev.  Assoc'n,  Charles  Marsh, 

Treas.,  from  the  estate  of  E.  M.  Alex- 
ander, 
Orleans,  Cone.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Peabody,  A  Friend, 
Peteraham,  C€«g.  Ch.  and  Soc, 


$5  00 

500 
10  00 
99  00 

40  00 
83  08 
56  50 
50  00 
99  74 

880 

19  30 

900  00 

8  33 


100  00 

95  00 

1  00 

17  00 


Pittsfleld,  N.  H.,  John  L.  Thomdlke,  $75  00 

Princeton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  86  00 

Saxonville,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  16  II 

San  Francisco,  Cal.,  S.  Pillsbnry,  1  00 
Stoughton,  Female  Benev.  Soc,  by  Mrs. 

P.  W.  Hodges,  Treas.,  7  27 

Weymouth,  Union  Ch.  and  Soc,  OB  81 

$1,665  48 

Jieeeiptsqf  the  Ckmneeticut  Home  Misrimary  Sod- 
ety  •  June,  B.  W.  Parsons,  Trea$. 

Birmingham,  Cong,  Ch^  bv  G.  W.  Shel- 
ton,  to  const  Dea.  J.  K.  Hawley,  8. 
Gardner,  E.  S.  Smith  and  Jacob  Btem- 
ster  L.  Ms.,  $151  61 

8806 


BriatoL  General  Assodatioo, 
Brookfleld,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  B.  M.  Starr,  to 

const  Harvey  Roe  a  L.  M., 
Colchester,  Mlsa  EUxa  M.  Day,  to  oonst 

Mrs.  Ann  E.  Abby,  of  Portland,  a  L.  M., 
East  Lyme.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  G.  Griswold, 
East  Woodstock,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  G.  A 

Paine, 
Goshen,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  T.  Donb- 

leday, 
Greenville,  Cong.  Ch..  by  F.  W.  Carev, 

Treas.,  to  conat  David  Gilmore  a  L.  M., 
Hartford,  CeiUral  Cong.  Ch,,  by  A.  8.  R., 
Treas., 

Peart  Street  Ch.,  of  wh.  $50,  firom  Tho- 
mas Smith,  in  full  to  const  Rev.  W. 
L.  GageaL.  D., 

South  ^ng.  Ch.,  byW.  Blatchley,  Treaa.,  150  00 
Kensington,  Cons.  Ch.,  by  H.  M.  Coles,       58  06 
Manchester,  F.  Woodbrldge,  Int, 
New  Haven,  College  Street  Ch.^  by  E.  Ben- 
jamin, to  const  Mrs.  Joaie  A.  Lloyd  a 

First  'dh.,  additional,   by  J.   Bitter, 

Treas., 
Howard  Avenue  Cong.  Ch.,  to  conat  W. 

C.  Scrobie  a  L.  M., 
New  Milford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  O.  W.  Whlt- 


•6910 


80  00 
810 


89  77 
45  00 


46  56 
410  00 


896  5» 


61S 


18186 
6&» 


80  SO 


tlesev,  190  00 

Norfolk,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  Eldridge, 

D.  D.,  106  09 

North  Manchester,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
Dr.  Scott  to  const  W.  Campbell,  L.  L. 
Buckhind,  C.  M.  Griswold  and  J.  8. 
WilliamsL.  Ms.,  188 « 

Norwich, ,  19  00 

Old  Lvme,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mia.  J.  A.  Bow- 
land,    ^      "•        '    ^  i9go 

Rocky  Hill,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  T.  D.  Williams, 
in  full,  to  const.  Susan  C.  Robbina 
and  ElU  F.  Williams  L.  Ms.,  6«  00 

Southington,  Cong.  Ch.,  of  wh.  $100,  from 
Dea.  T.  Higgins,  to  const  C.  H.  Beadle 
&  I    D       ^^  iffi  50 

UnionvUi'e,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  N.  Gibba,         «  00 
Union.  Cong.  Ch.,  19  H 

Waterbury,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  F.  B.  Hoadley, 

Treas.,  968  T5 

West  Haven,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  F.  T.  J.,  »  00 

WhitneyvlUe,  Cong.  Ch..  by  E.  B.  B.,  81 » 

Windsor  Locks,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  H.  Haj- 

den.  to  const  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  P.  Mar-        _ 

tin  L.  Ma.,  196  88 


Beoe^)ts  in  ooin^  qf  CaHfomia  Agency, 
Clabk,  M.  D.,  Financial  Agent. 

Cherokee  Flat  Cong.  Ch., 
Grass  Valley,  Cong.  Ch., 
Nevada  City,  Cong.  Ch., 
Oakland,  First  Cong.  Ch., 
Redwood  City,  Cong.  Ch., 
Reno,  Nevada,  Conf.  Ch., 
Sacramento,  Cons.  Ch.. 
San  Francisco,  First  Cong.  Ch., 

Second  Cong.  Ch.. 
Santa  Cmz,  Cong.  Ch., 


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600 

960  00 
90  00 
14  00 
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y!3  45 
18  00 
16  09 


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APPLICATIONS  FOR  AID. 

Feeble  oonffreo^tioas,  desiriujf  aid  in  supporting  tUe  gospel,  are  requested,  in 
their  applications  U)  make  full  statements  of  their  condition  and  prospects,  and  of 
the  reasons  for  granting  their  requests.  They  are  desired,  also,  to  furnish  the 
following  particulars,  namely : 

The  population  of  the  place. 

The  name  of  the  church  or  congregation.  ....  u 

The  number  of  communicants,  and  the  average  number  of  attendants  on  pub- 

^Thl  denomination  and  size  of  congregations  immediately  contiguous,  with  the 
distance  to  their  places  of  worship.  ,.       ^  *         u 

The  total  amount  of  salary  which  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  pdrtion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  given  time,  and  the 
arrangements  that  are  made  for  securing  it. 

Whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 

The  ^«<a/ik>«/*«  that  will  suffice  from  this  Society 

The  name  infuU  and  post^ffice  address  of  the  minister  for  whom  a  commission 
ifl  desired. 

His  credentials.  ,  .  ,   ,  i  j  •  j  . 

Whether  he  is  a  resident  of  the  place  in  which  he  preaches,  and  is  engaged  in 
any  other  calling  than  that  of  the  ministry. 

Whether  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  church,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangem&nt^ 
are  made  or  contemplated  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  the  year 

The  application  should  be  signed  by  the  officers  of  the  church,  and  by  uj 
trustees  or  a  committee  of  the  congregation.  • 

If  the  ecclesiaatical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  have  a  "  Com- 
mittee of  Missions"  to  act  in  their  behalf,  the  members  of  this  Committee  are  the 
proper  persons  to  certify  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  minister, 
aod  his  prospects  of  usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  services  are  desired ;  and  the 
applicatioa  should  be  sent  to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation. 
\Vhere  no  such  "  Committee  of  Missions"  exists,  the  application  should  receive  the 
indorsement  of  two  or  more  neighboring  clergymen,  of  the  same  denomination, 
aoqoainted  with  the  facts.  • 

Applications,  after  being  properly  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  be  sent  to 
the  Superintendent  (or  Secretary  of  tlie  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  appli- 
cants reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriations  are  for  t-velve  months /r<>wi  th^  dateoftlie 
nppUeation  ;  at  the  end  of  which,  if  further  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must 
be  made,  containing  all  the  particulars  above  stated,  and  indorsed  and  recommended 
in  like  manner. 

Baeh  MngregrUioa  applying  for  renewed  aid,  sJwnld  furnish,  aiso,  the  certificate 
tfthe  mU^ionary  that  they  hioeftUfiUed  their  previous  pledges  for  his  support. 

The  address  of  the  Society's  Superintendents  and  the  Secretaries  of  its  Auxil- 
iaries will  be  found  on  the  cover  of  its  Reports  and  of  the  Home  Missionary. 

THE  HOME  HISSIONAST. 

The  Home  Missionary  will  be  sent  gratuitously  to  the  following  classes  of  in-  ■ 
diTiduals,  unless  they  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers : 

To  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Missionaries  of  the 
Society  and  ita  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clergyman  in  whose  congregation  a  collection 
is  taken  up  every  year  for  the  Society,  or  one  of  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  individual 
who  contnbutes  ten  dollars,  or  upward,  during  the  year.  To  every  Auxiliary,  Asso- 
ciation, or  Congregation,  one  copy  for  every  ten  doUars  collected  and  paid  into  the 
Treasury  of  the  Socletv,  or  of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  confer  a  special  favor  by  availing  himself  of  the  facilities 
offered  above  to  introduce  the  Home  Missionary  among  his  people.  In  notifying  the 
Secretaries  of  his  desire  to  have  the  work  sent  on  these  terms,  he  is  requested  to 
mention  the  name  of  some  person  to  whom  eadi  copy  shall  be  addressed. 

The  Secretaries  will  be  grateful  for  early  notice  of  discontinuances,  or  changes 
II  the  posl^jHee  address  of  subscribers. 


FOBH  OF  A  BEOTIEST. 

I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trust,  to  pay  over 

the  same  in  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is 

Parable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Societv,  formed  in 
the  dty  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to 
the  charitable  uses  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


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AUGUST. 


1871. 


AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONAET  SOCIETY, 

BIBLD  HOUSE,  ASTOR  PLACE,  NEW  YOEBL 


Bev.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.D., ) 

Rbv.  DAVID  B.  COE,  D.D.,        >  Secretaries  for  Corre9p<md4mM. 

Rev.  ALEX.  H.  CiJiAPP,  D.D.,   ) 

Mr.  WILLIAM  HENRY  SMITH.  Treanirer. 

BzBCunrs  Committee :— Mb.  WILLIAM  Q.  LAMBERT,  Chaimum;  Mb.  C.  B.  ROBERT; 
Mb.  BIMEDN  B.  CHITTENDEN;  Rev.  RICHARD  8.  8T0RRS,  Jb.,  D.D.;  R»y.  WILLIAM 
I.  BUDINGTON,  D.D.;  Mr.  CALVIN  C.  WOOLWORTH;  Mb.  CHARLES  ABEBNBTHY; 
Mb.  JOHN  B.  HUTCHINSON ;  Ret.  HENRT  M.  STORRS,  D.D.  ;  witii  the  members  ex-ofBcio— 
viz:  AUSTIN  ABBOTT,  Esq.,  Jt^oording  Secretary ^  th©  Tbxasubbb,  and  the  I 
Corsbspoxdemcs. 


COMMUNICATIOHS  t 

Relating  to  the  busineHS  of  the  Society  generaUj.  may  be  addriieod  to  «ftthAr  of  the 

Secretaries  for  Correspondence. 

DONATIONS  AND  SXIBSCAIPTIOHB^ 

In  Drafta.  Certificates  of  DevK>sit,  or  Post-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  aent  to 
tlie  Treasurer,  Bibl^  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollarH  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Life  Member;  aod  of  oue 
hundred  dollars  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  Addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makss  oq« 
hundred  dollars),  a  Life  Director. 


SECBETASIEB  AND  TBEASXIBEBB 

OF  THE 

PRINCIPAL    AUXILIARIES. 

Rev.  Stephen  Thurston,  D.D.,  Secretary,  Maine  Miss.  8oc.,  Searsport,  Me. 
Joshua  Maxwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "         "        *•    Portland,  Me. 

Rev.  Wn.LiAM  Clark,  Secretary,  Xt  tc  Ilampsftire  Miss.  Soc.,  Amherst,  N.  H. 
Lyman  D.  Stkvens,  K^\.,  Treasurer,        "  -  "        "    Concord,  N.  H. 

Kev.  C.  S.  Smith.  Secretary,  Vnmont  J)om.  Mi^t.  JSoc,  Montpelier, Vt. 
C\  W.  StoukS,  Est].,  Treasurer,        "         "  "       *'  "  " 

l?ev.  H.  B.  Hooker,  0.1)..  See.,  }f(i.><n.II.M.S*K./M  Washington  street,  Bostoo, 
Stephe.v  T.  Far  well,  Escj.,  Tn  asurer,    *;  "  "  *•  " 

Rev  James  O.  Vose,  Secietary,  /?.  /.  Htntie  Miss.  Soc.,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Edwin  Knight.  Es(j..  Treasurer,    "        "  '  "  " 

Rev.  William  H.  Mooke,  Secretary,  r*////*.  Ho/ne  Miiis.  Soc.,  Berlin,  Conn. 
E.  W.  Parsonh.  Esq..  Treasurer.  *  "        "     Hartford,  Conn. 


SUPERINTENDENTS. 


Key.  L.  Smith  Hobart,    New  Vork  (  iiy. 
Rev.  Lysander  Keli^ey.   Coluinbus.  O. 
Rev.  Xath'l  a.  Hyde.       Indlaim)»)lis.liwl. 
Uev.  Joseph  E.noY.D.TX.  Chieacm.  Ul. 
Rev.  Edwin  RTiuneu.   HannilmlMo. 
Rev.  W.  R  Wii.T.iAMH.       ChaHette.  Mieh. 
l?ev.  liKROY  Waiiren,       )*(  iit\vaT<^r,  Mieli. 
l?ev.  Dexter  Clary,        Beloit.  Wis. 


l?rv 
Kev 

1>.'V 
U.'V 

R..V 
Rfv 
Rrv 


Fh ANKLiN  B.  1X)E,      Fond du  Lac,  Wia 
J .  W  lERNSEY,  D.D.,     Dubuque,  la. 
Joseph  W.  Pickbttt,  Des  Moines,  la. 
Ru  HARD  Hall,         St.  Paul.  Minn. 
James (3. Merrill.   Toi)eka,  Kan. 
U.  W.  Mehhill,         Nebraska  1 'ity.I 
Sau  FrandsoLo 


J  A  M  E»  H  .  W  a  H  REN , 


Tobitt  &  BuNCE.  Printer*  and  Blnderu.  90  Fulton-at.,  N.  T. 


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CONTENTS. 


PAUB 

COLORADO    AS   A   HOME  MI8SI0N- 

ARV  FIELD, 109 

OOLOIIADO   AND  DOME   MISSIONS,  112 

MlSSIONAfiY  INTELLIGENCE. 

Oalifonda.— i^rom  Rev.  J.  N.  Hubbard, 
W  heatliiiid.  — Scattered  Sheep, 11& 

From  Ret,  M.  H.  Cnmvell,  Sonoma.— New 
Bnterpriaie, 116 

Wyoming.  —  From  Rev.  J,  D.  JMtvis^ 
Cneyeuiie.— His  Second  Year.— The  In- 
dian Murderer, 117 

Kansas. — From  Rev.  L.  Armeby^  Mound 
City.— How  He  Finds  It, 117 

From  Rev,  W.  C.  SUwart^  Seneca.— Fin- 
ished and  Paid  For,  118 

Minnesota.— From  Rev.  C.  C.  Salter, 
Dnlnth.— More  of  Dulntli ^ . .    118 

From  Rev.  SM.Keliogg,  Ulencoo.— Found 
a  Kevival.  —  Kiver  Prayer  Meeting.— 
One  of  Che  Converts.— Sad  Calamity,..  119 

Iowa  —From  Rev.  R.  Ha$^,  Kellogg. 
-Spiritual  Successes,  . . . .Tfs 121 

Prom  Rev.  C.  If.  Biseell,  Independence.— 
Christian  Lnion.— The  Enemy,   ^ 131 


PAQK 

Wisconsin.  —  From  Rev.  27.  Foote, 
Brodhead.— Reminiscences, 122 

Michigan.  — From  Rev.  E.  Andrue, 
Peutwdtcr.— Yedr'a  Progress. -Jehu's 
Work, 128 

From  Rev.  P.  II.  HoUister,  Hancock.— Be- 
reaved,    124 

Missouri.-From  Rev.  W.  II.  Warren, 
Elleardville.— All  Together, 124 

Illinois.— From  Rev.  J.  T.  Banning, 
Utica.- Disheartening  Calamity, 125 

VIISCELLANEOUS. 

A  Vbtbran  Missionary  Uone, 126 

How  WoMBN  Built  a  Cuurch, 127 

Massachusbtts  Home  Mission abt  Soci- 
ety   128. 

Attbr  Years  or  Sbrviub, 129 

A  BRiErgSisTRY, 129 

Cau^H^K  Kansas, 129 

Alitthionary  AjfpoUUments, ico 

Acknowledgment  of  ItcHpts l;.o 


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BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOR  PLACE,  NEW  YORK. 


Bbv.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.D.,  ^ 

Rev.  DAVID  B.  COE,  D.D.,        \  SecretarieB  for  Correspondence, 

Rbv.  ALEX.  H.  CLAPP,  D.D.,    ) 

Mk.  WILLIAM  HENRY  SMITH,  Treasurer, 

Ezsonrmi  Comxittbb  :— Mb.  WILLIAM  O.  LAMBERT,  Chairman  ;  Mb.  C.  R.  ROBERT, 
Mb.  SIMEON  B.  CHITTENDEN;  Ret.  RICHARD  8.  8T0RR8,  Jr.,  D.D.;  Rev.  WILLIAM 
L  BUDINGTON,  D.D.;  Mr,  CALVIN  C.  WOOLWORTH;  Mr.  CHARLES  ABEBNETHT; 
Mr.  JOHN  B.  HUTCHINSON ;  R«T.  HENRY  M.  8T0RRS,  D.D. ;  with  the  members  ex-offido- 
▼I2:  AUSTIN  ABBOTT,  Esq.,  Ji«oor4inff  Secretary ^  the  TRBASUBSlk,  and  the  Sbcbbtabus  wb 
Oobrbspokdbncb. 


COMMUHICATIONS 

Relating  to  the  bueiDess  of  the  Society  generally,  may  be  addreeeed  to  either  of  the 
Secretaries  for  CorrespondeDce. 

DOHATIONS  AHD  SUBSCBIFTIOVS, 

In  Drafte,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Post-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  sent  to 
the  Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

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hundred  dollars  (or  a  sum,  which,  iu  addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makes  one 
hundred  dollars),  a  Life  Director. 


BECSETABIES  ABS  TBEASVBEBS 

OF  THE 

PRINCIPAL    AUXILIARIES. 

Rev.  Stephen  Thurston,  D,D.,  Secretary,  Maine  Miss,  800,,  Searsport,  Me. 

Joshua  Maxwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "         "        "    Portland,  Me. 

Rev.  William  Clark,  D.D.,Sec'y,  New  Hampshire  Miss,  8oc„  Amherst,  N.  H. 

Lyman  D.  Stevens,  Esq.,  Tr^urer,        "  "        "    Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith.  Secretary;^^<?rwio/i^  Dom.  Miss,  8oe.,  Montpelier,  Vt. 

C.  W.  Storrs,  Esq.,  Treasurer,        *'        **  "       *'  •*  " 

Rev.  H.  B.  Hooker,  D.D.,  Sec,  Mass.  H.  M.  Soe„  81  Washington  street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Stephen  T.  Farw^^.l,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    '*  " 

Rev.  James  G.  Vose,  Secretary,  R.  L  Home  Miss.  80c.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Edwin  Knight,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    "        "  •*  "  ** 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary,  Conn.  Home  Miss,  8oe.,  Berlin.  Conn. 

E.  W.  Parsons.  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "        *'        "     Hartford,  Conn. 


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Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart,    New  York  City. 
Rev.  Lysander  Kelsey,  Columbus.  O. 
Rev.  Nath'l  a.  Hyde,       Indianapolis.Ind 
Rev.  Joseph  E.Roy,D.D.,  Chicago,  111. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Turner,  Hannibal ,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  B.  Williams,       Charlotte,  Mich. 
Rev.  Leroy  Warren,      Pentwater,  Mich. 
Rev.  Dexter  Clary,        Beloit,  Wis. 


Rev.  Franklin  B.  Doe,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis 

Rev.  J.  Guernsey,  D.D.,  Dubuque,  la. 
Rev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett,  Des  Moines,  la. 

Rev.  Richard  Hall,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Rev.  Jamks  G.  Merrill,  Topeka,  Kan. 

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COLORADO  AS  A  HOME  MISSIONARY  FIELD. 
By  Rev.  Natoak  Thompson,  of  Bonlder,  Colorado. 

In  looking  over  the  columns  of  "  Religious  Intelligence  "  in  our  papers, 
one  seldom  sees  anything  from  Colorado.  The  loyal  Scotchman  had  seventeen 
reascms  for  not  firing  the  cannon  on  the  approach  of  His  Majesty :  **  First, 
your  Honor,  we  hadn^t  any  cannon."  Had  Colorado  had  her  ministers,  even 
though  they  had  not  canon  power,  doubtless  they  would  have  been  heard  from. 
Her  Congregational  churches  even  now  number  but  six ;  of  ministers,  she  has 
never  had  more  than  four,  and  at  this  writing  they  are  reduced  one-half.  Six- 
churchei,  half  of  them  emaciated,  and  two-thirds  of  them  famishing,  tell  her 
Congregational  status.  Central,  Empire,  Georgetown  and  Greeley,  are  now 
without  pastors. 

In  two  respects  the  settlement  of  Colorado  has  made  ministerial  labor  some- 
what difficult.  Ward,  a  mining  district,  eighteen  miles  west  of  us  and  3,000 
feet  above  us  on  the  mountains,  is  an  illustration.  Four  years  ago  capital  was 
there,  with  men  to  expend  it.  It  was  alive  with  business.  It  was  confidently 
expected  that  the  quartz-mills  then  building  would  pay  their  Eastern  owners 
a  large  dividend  in  gold.  Unquestionably  the  gold  was  there,  and  is  there 
Btill.  It  was  my  privilege  to  gather  good  congregations  there  on  Sabbath  even- 
ings in  '68  and  '67.  The  houses  are  most  of  them  there  still ;  but  the  people 
have  deserted  them.  The  quartz-mills  are  silent.  The  gold  was  there,  but  the 
method  of  profitably  saving  it  had  not  then  been  demonstrated  in  Colorado. 
And  so,  all  through  these  mountains,  are  these  quartz-mill  villages,  deserted, 
nave  by  a  few  lean  men  who  are  **  holding  on  "  to  their  unsold  claims,  believing 
in  a  "  big  thing  yet.''  And  if  a  merciful  Providence  shall  lengthen  out  their 
lives  sufficiently,  I  have  no  doubt  that  some  of  them  will  get  it.  Central, 
Black  Hawk,  Nevada  and  Georgetown,  are  about  all  the  mining  towns  that 
hive  maintained  even  a  fair  existence.  Many  of  the  others  will '  doubtless  be 
successful  by-and-by.  But  the  difficulties  have  been  such  that  they  were  aban- 
doned, or  nearly  so,  before  the  Missionary  Societies  were  warranted  in  supply- 
ing their  need.  There  are  even  now  signs  of  a  revival.  Ward,  before  men- 
tioned, now  expects  new  life. 

There  is  a  second  respect  in  which  the  settlement  of  Colorado  has  made 
ministerial  labor  difficult.  Outside  of  the  mountains,  the  bottom  lands  along 
the  creeks  are  narrow.  These  creeks  are  not  usually  less  than  seven  miles  apart 
—often  more.     The  intervening  miles  are  elevated,  rolling  plateaus,  forming. 


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the  best  pasture  lands  of  the  country,  but  not  valuable  for  agriculture  till  they 
shall  be  watered  by  an  extensive  system  of  irrigation,  the  beginning  of  which 
may  already  be  seen  this  side  of  Denver,  and  indeed  in  the  farms  that  are 
creeping  out  along  the  sides  of  the  other  creek  valleys.  Longmont  and  Greeley 
are  built  upon  a  system  of  irrigation.  But  thus  far  the  settlements  on  the 
farming  lands  have  been  mostly  a  line  of  farms  along  the  creek  bottoms,  be- 
ginning at  the  mountain  base  and  stretching  away  eastward.  It  is  easy  to  see 
that  it  makes  a  vast  difference  with  the  social  privileges  of  a  thousand  people, 
whether  they  are  living  on  twenty  square  miles  of  land  in  the  form  of  a  square, 
or  whether  the  land  is  an  oblong  strip,  one  mile  wide  and  twenty  miles  long. 
In  the  one  case  they  easily  acquire  all  the  privileges  of  society,  social,  educa- 
tional, and  religious.  In  the  other,  it  is  almost  impossible  to  form  a  church,  or 
build  a  meeting-house,  and  not  easy  to  build  the  needed  school-house.  This 
little  town  is  always  filled  to  overflowing,  during  the  winter,  by  families  mov- 
ing in  to  get  the  benefit  of  our  schools  during  the  winter  months. 

Will  these  circumstances  of  settlement  continue  ?  We  think  not.  If  my 
reader  will  take  his  map,  he  will  see  that  Colorado  is  in  the  latitude  of  Pemi- 
sylvania  and  the  Virginias,  and  although  not  quite  so  wide  as  they,  is  enough 
longer  to  contain  just  about  the  same  area,  in  the  central  and  choicest  latitude 
of  the  United  States.  Of  the  western  section  I  will  say  nothing ;  we  have 
hardly  begun  to  think  of  that  yet.  The  middle  section  is  a  section  of  the 
Rocky  mountains,  containing  four  prominent  peaks :  Long^s,  Gray^s,  Pike's, 
and  Mount  Lincoln,  each  from  14,000  to  15,000  feet  high,  and  is  from  100  to 
200  miles  wide.  This  is  the  great  gold  and  silver  mining  section  of  the  Terri- 
tory. The  beds  of  iron  and  coal  are  in  the  valley.  Central  City,  in  this  sec- 
tion, is  central  only  because  north  and  south  of  it,  through  the  Territory,  are 
mining  districts  equally  valuable,  which,  instead  of  having  been  worked 
twelve  years,  so  that  something  is  known  of  their  wealth,  are  only  known  by 
name,  and  can  hardly  be  said  to  be  well  explored.  Probably  it  is  safe  to  say 
that  they  of  the  next  century  will  hardly  be  able  to  estimate  the  value  of  the 
mines  of  precious  metals  in  Colorado.  One  who  reads  the  Denver  and  Cen- 
tral papers  will  see  the  weekly  statements  of  gold  and  silver  shipped  from  their 
banks.  But  these  are  only  two  points  for  this  whole  region  of  mines.  When 
north  and  south,  through  the  breadth  of  the  Territory,  mines  are  opened  and 
worked,  as  productive  as  these  now  developing,  these  present  weekly  shipments 
will  be  but  as  "  a  drop  in  the  bucket "  of  the  gold  and  silver  interests  of  Col- 
orado. And  then  there  is  the  lumber  interest  among  the  mountains.  From 
these  mountain  pines  comes  all  our  building  lumber.  And  the  farming  inter- 
est among  them,  hitherto  a  small  matter,  is  now  beginning  to  receive  much  at- 
tention. 

But  here  let  Mr.  Bowles  speak  from  his  ''  New  West,"  for  he  has  traversed 
the  mountains  more  than  I  have  yet  been  able  to  do : — ''  Starting  from  an  ele- 
vation, at  the  end  of  ^  the  plains,'  of  5,000  to  5,500  feet,  these  mountains 
rapidly  carry  you  up  to  8,000,  10,000,  18,000,  or  to  15,000  feet,  above  the 
sea  level.  Peaks  9,000,  10,000  and  12,000  feet  high  are  scattered  everywhere; 
th^  are  the  mountains ;  while  those  that  mount  to  18,000  or  14,000  feet  are 
plenty  enough  to  be  familiar,  and  are  indeed  rarely  out  of  sight  In  spite  of 
these  great  elevations,  the  traveler  carries  summer  skies  as  he  keeps  sommer 
scenes  with  him  at  this  season,  in  most  of  his  excursions  among  the  mountains 
and  their  peaks  in  Colorado.     We  lx>rrow  our  ideas  of  mountain  travel  and 


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moontuin  heights  from  Switzerland  and  the  White  mountains  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. Among  them  both,  vegetation  ceases  at  5,000  feet  above  the  sea  leve\ 
and  perpetual  snow  reigns  among  the  Alps  at  7,000  to  8,000  feet,  a&it  would  in 
the  Wliite  mountains  if  they  went  as  high.  But  here  in  these  mountain  regions 
of  Western  America,  vaster  than  either,  the  hills  themselves  only  begin  to  rise 
from  the  plains  at  an  elevation  of  5,500  feet.  And  at  that  height,  though  the 
nights  are  always  deliciously  cool,  the  summer  days  are  as  warm  as  they  ever 
are  in  the  valleys  of  the  New  England  States,  if  not  warmer,  and  snow  enough 
for  sleighing,  or  to  force  the  cattle  to  shelter  or  to  other  food  than  the  prairie 
g^rass,  is  only  a  rare  chance, — a  memory  of  the  oldest,  or  a  dream  of  the  young- 
est inhabitant.  At  6,000  or  7,000  feet  in  the  valleys  of  the  mountains,  the 
small  grains  and  the  tenderer  vegetables  are  successfully  cultivated,  and  at  7,500 
and  8,500  feet,  potatoes  and  cabbages  thrive.  The  Middle  Park  ranges  from  7,700 
to  0,000  feet  high^  in  its  level  sections,  and  the  South  Park  from  6,500  to  7,500 
feet,  while  the  higher  plains  and  embraced  hilb  of  both  run  up  to  10,000  and 
11,000  feet.  Yet  grass  grows  richly  and  abundantly  throughout  both  ;  hay  is 
a  great  natural  crop,  and  is  cured  already  for  all  the  wants  that  can  be  reached. 
In  the  lower  parts  of  the  South  Park,  cattle  winter  out  of  doors,  and  the 
smaller  grains  and  hardier  vegetables  arc  grown  with  great  success  and  profit. 
Flowers  are  beautiful  and  abundant  up  to  10,000  or  11,000  feet ;  the  largest  and 
best  timber  grows  at  9,000  to  11,000  feet,  and  trees  do  not  cease  till  you  pass 
about  11,500  feet,  while  the  real,  absolute  and  perpetual  snow  line  is  not  reach- 
ed at  all  in  these  mountains.  At  12,000  feet  it  begins  to  lie  in  great  patches  on 
the  shaded  sides  of  the  hills,  or  in  deep  ravines,  and  goes  on  to  multiply  in 
BQch  form,  as  the  mountains  rise  to  their  greatest  height,  at  14,000  to  14,500 
feet." 

I  expect  to  see  the  agricultural  interests  carried  on  very  extensively,  as  I 
see  them  already  begun,  not  merely  along  the  creek  bottoms,  in  narrow  strips, 
bat  widening  out  upon  the  uplands,  occupying  for  one  interest  or  another  all 
these  prairies ;  and  not  merely  upon  the  valleys,  but  among  the  mountains. 
For  wherever  grass  and  flowers  grow,  there  the  settler  will  be  found  with  his 
herds  of  stock,  his  gardens  of  vegetables,  and  his  fields  of  potatoes  and  oats. 
And  BO  the  mining  sections  will  be  doubly  peopled,  by  those  who  work  the 
mines  and  reduce  the  ores,  and  by  those  who  till  the  ground  for  their  suste- 
nance and  support.  And  then  the  descent  of  the  streams,  as  they  issue  from 
the  monntains,  is  rapid,  offering  excellent  water-power  for  manufactures.  The 
manufacturing  interests  of  Colorado  are  hardly  begun  as  yet;  but  everyone 
who  looks  at  these  favorable  sites  must  say  that  one  day  the  manufacturing  in- 
terests will  be  important  and  valuable  in  this  portion  of  "  our  new  West.'* 

What  State  or  Territory,  then,  offers  more  varied  resources  for  labor  and 
wealth  than  does  Colorado  ?  Her  agriculture  and  horticulture,  so  far  as  car- 
ried, f^imish  grains,  fruits  and  vegetables  unsurpassed ;  her  mines  of  gold  and 
silvar  have  already  made  the  reduction  of  precious  ores  a  new  science  in  the 
United  States — a  science  whose  mysteries  are  yet  in  the  hands  of  the  inven- 
tors ;  her  beds  of  coal  are  extensive ;  her  iron  is  pronounced  of  the  finest  qual- 
ity ;  limestone,  sandstone,  and  beds  of  clay  for  bricks  and  pottery  ware,  are 
ample ;  her  mountains  are  covered  with  pine ;  her  creeks  invite  the  maiRifac- 
turer.  And  yet,  in  all  things  she  is  in  her  infancy.  Twelve  years  ago  her  set- 
tlers were  crossing  650  miles«of  unsettled  prairie,  to  make  new  homes  and  be- 
gin these  varied  interests.     And  now  that  two  lines  of  railway  have  already 


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reached  ug,  and  Denver  1b  becoming  a  railway  center,  her  lines  already  extend- 
ing to  every  point  of  the  compass,  who  can  doubt  that  American  enterprise 
will  continue  to  seize  upon  and  develop  these  vast  material  interests ;  and  that 
Colorado,  so  much  favored  by  her  climate,  her  soil,  and  her  mineral  wealth, 
will  be  one  of  the  strongest  of  our  inland  States  {  And  then  her  dry,  warm 
climate,  and  her  pure  air  are  already  making  her  the  recort  of  multitudes  trom 
the  East,  who  have  there  contracted  diseases  of  the  throat  and  lungs.  Asthma 
finds  here  its  perfect  relief.  Consumption  is  for  a  season  at  least  baffled,  and 
life  is  prolonged,  if  the  patient  be  not  quite  restored.  I^ealth-seekers  from  the 
East  are  already  filling  our  hotels,  and  crowding  into  our  private  houses.  The 
benefits  and  the  fame  of  a  journey  to  Europe,  are  a  great  thing  with  many. 
But  a  journey  across  the  Continent,  to  these  mountain  parks,  to  these  perpet- 
ual snows  feeding  lakes  of  remarkable  beauty,  to  these  canons  of  magnificent 
scenery,  to  this  great  region  of  mountains,  to  this  country  of  magnificent  dis- 
tances, to  this  bracing  air,  where  the  coolness  of  night  at  these  high  elevations 
invites  to  sleep  that  invigorates,  and  the  warmth  of  the  day  does  not  prostrate 
— this  is  rapidly  becoming  the  sanitary  measure  of  thousands. 

We  ministers  have  thought  ourselves  too  few  in  number  to  call  for  a  Home 
Missionary  Superintendent.  But  I  think  we  have  been  mistaken  :  this  is  just 
why  we  have  needed  one.  The  peculiarity  of  our  settlement  I  have  already 
illustrated.  A  few  Congregationalists  are  here,  and  a  few  there ;  they  are  scat- 
tered all  about.  Some  one  is  needed  to  range  up  and  down,  through  the  length 
and  breadth  of  these  settlements,  to  look  after  our  interests  and  gather  the 
churches.  Our  Episcopal  and  Methodist  brethren  have  their  bishops  and  their 
presiding  elders  to  do  this  work  for  them  ;  and  they  are  doing  it  Meanwhile 
our  Congregationalists,  in  their  strong  feeling  that  all  are  hfethren^  are  building 
up  the  Presbyterians  and  others,  and  the  churches  of  the  Apostles  and  the 
.  Pilgrims  are  sufifering  loss.  I  am  glad  to  see  these  exhibitions  of  Christian  broth- 
erhood. But  they  should  not  defeat  the  polity  which  is  at  the  foundation  of 
our  civil  government,  which  carries  out  the  apostolic  doctrine  that  bishops  and 
elders  are  only  servants  to  **  feed  the  flock  of  (Jod,"  not  "  as  being  lords  oTer 
God's  heritage,  but  being  ensamples  to  the  flock,''  and  so  the  true  successors  of 
Peter.  Colorado  imperatively  needs  a  Superintendent  of  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society 4  She  needs  too,  and  is  to  need  still  more  than  now,  conse- 
crated talent  from  the  East,  to  build  up  her  churches,  her  schools,  all  her  insti- 
tutions of  piety  and  education,  upon  the  model,  and  after  the  example,  of  onr 
Fathers  and  the  Apostles. 


COLORADO  AND  HOME  MISSIONS. 
By  Rov.  QsoBOK  F.  Maoovk,  D.D.,  President  of  Iowa  College. 
A  few  weeks'  tarrying  and  journeying  in  this  unique  mountain  Territory, 
during  the  last  summer,  impressed  me  with  the  conviction  that  the  time  haa 
come  for  carrying  forward  our  Home  Missionary  work  there  far  more  ener- 
getically and  extensively.  Colorado  U  ripe  for  »uch  a  movement  as  that  0/  th 
''Iowa  Bandy  I  did  not  visit  all  the  churches,  from  lack  of  time ;  but  one 
coUd  easily  do  it  within  two  or  three  weeks,  and  see  all  the  grand  scenery  of 
that  wonderful  region  besides.  The  Rev.  Reuben  Gaylord,  former  Home 
Missionary  Superintendent  in  Nebraska,,  hafi  done  it  a  few  weeks  before  mj 
visit.  The  Congregational  churches  are  few,  much  fewer  than  they  should  be 


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and  migb^  h%.  And  evttu  those  tew  are  supplied  but  in  part  with  ministers. 
One  of  the  most  important,  in  the  beautiful  and  promising  village  of 
Georgetown,  the  point  of  departure  for  the  mountain  peaks  and  the  parks,  by 
travelers  for  health  and  pleasure  —  a  church  supplied  with  a  new  and  at- 
tractive house  of  worship,  had  no  minister,  and  had  had  none  for  months. 
And  it  IB  impossible,  of  course,  in  those  mountain  regions,  to  get  a  temporary 
supply.  The  still  more  important  church  at  Denver,  which  has  recently 
secored  the  services  of  Rev.  Thomas  E.  Bliss,  formerly  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  had 
long  been  vacant ;  though  it  was  completing  a  house  of  worship  which  was 
dedicated  while  I  was  in  the  Territory.  Some  effort  was  being  made  to  secure 
Rev.  G.  D.  A.  Hebard,  of  Oskaloosa,  Iowa,  then  on  a  health-trip  through  the 
mountains,  and  since  deceased.  Colorado  has  now  —  and  is  likely  to  have 
•till  more  largely  —  immigration  from  New  England  and  other  regions  where 
Congregational  Christianity  flourishes ;  and  among  the  incomers  there  is  a 
goodly  proportion  of  members  of  Congregational  churches.  The  region  and 
the  population  are  congenial  to  our  Puritan  faith  and  order,  and  these  take 
root  and  thrive  in  Colorado  as  readily  and  quickly  as  anything  else.  It  is  a 
singular  cireumstance,  that,  at  present,  neither  Methodism  nor  Romanism  —  as 
almost  everywhere  else  in  the  old  Northwest,  and  in  the  new  Mountain 
Interior  —  leads  in  pioneering  there,  but  the  Episcopal  church.  This  is  ow- 
ing, not  to  any  predisposition  of  the  people  for  the  forms  of  that  denomina- 
tion, or  for  any  of  its  shades  of  doctrine — Low  Church,  High  Church,  or 
Broad  Church,  Ritualistic  or  Rationalistic,  —  nor  because  the  mountaineers 
have  either  leisure  or  taste  for  the  interminable  and  incomposable  contro- 
versies that  illustrate  the  boasted  "peace"  and  "unity"  of  hierarchies; 
bnt  simply  because  an  industrious  and  zealous  Superintendent  of  Episcopal 
Home  Missions  was  sent  into  the  Territory  at  an  early  day.  Bishop  Randall 
evidently  unites  great  sectarian  eagerness  with  considerable  business  shrewd- 
ness and  persistency.  One  evidence  of  this  is,  his  obtaining  a  legislative  grant 
for  one  of  his  sectarian  projects,  after  the  fashion  of  the  Romanists  in  New 
York.  Just  below  the  foot  -  hills,  on  the  great  road  into  the  mountains,  and 
outside  the  village  of  "  Qolden  City  ^^  (the  former  capital),  he  has  located  an 
EplBCopal  college  ("  Jarvis  Hall "),  and  has  obtained  from  the  legislature  a 
grant  of  $5,000  for  a  "  School  of  Mines."  Of  course,  no  such  sum  will  create  such 
a  Bchool  at  the  present  day,  in  Colorado,  or  anywhere  else ;  and  it  is  only  a 
bans  for  future  claims  on  the  money  of  the  people  to  give  success  to  a  denomi- 
national school  by  supporting  in  it  a  State  department.  But  it  illustrates  ec- 
clesiastical tactics.  Common  schools  Colorado  has  not  as  yet,  and  at  Denver, 
the  city  of  the  Territory,  where  one  might  expect  to  find  a  beginning,  the 
people  are  dependent  upon  Romanist,  Episcopal,  and  Methodist  seminaries, 
or  private  schools.  The  last  of  these,  if  I  remember  Kiorrectly,  had  been  given 
up  last  summer,  and  the  first  was  not  over-prosperous,  while  the  second  was 
pushed  with  great  elan^  and  would  be  readily  taken,  in  its  building  and 
outward  signs,  for  one  of  the  establishments  of  Catholicism.  The  "  Kansas, 
Piicific  and  Denver  Railroad  "  has  recently  been  continued  to  this  village  of 
Qolden  City,  which  is  some  dozen  miles  from  Denver ;  and  if  collegiate  educa- 
tion were  a  present  want  of  the  Territory,  and  there  were  students  to  fill 
such  an  institution,  the  Episcopal  college,  with  its  skillfully  secured  grant 
of  public  money,  would  be  likely  to  monopolize  the  higher  education  of  the 
Tanritory.     I  could  not  learn  that  the  Episcopal    congregations    were   more 


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flourishing  than  others,  or  doing  more  for  spiritual  religion,  hut  I  found 
almost  everywhere  marks  of  propagandism  in  the  securing  of  sites  for  churches 
of  that  sort  in  advance,  and  other  endeavors  of  a  like  character.  I  do  not 
know  the  number  of  Episcopal  clergymen  in  Colorado,  —  the  Nfw  Tort  Ob- 
server Year- Book,  into  which  I  have  just  looked  for  the  figures,  gives  noth- 
ing but  blanks, — but  my  impression  is  that  it  is  considerably  larger  than  the 
number  of  Congrescational  ministers.  Colorado  has  had  an  Episcopal  Home 
Missionary  Superintendent  fifteen  years,  but  has  none  for  Congregational  Home 
Mission?. 

Heretofore  the  towns  of  Colorado  have  been   almost  exclusively  mining 
towns,  Denver  forming  nearly  the  single  exception — the  only  one  of  any  con- 
siderable population.     If  I  am  not  mistaken,  this  will  not  be  so  in  the  future. 
Dependent  as  the  agriculture  and  horticulture  of  the  Territory  are  upon  irri- 
gation  very   largely,  the  necessity  of  products  for  home  consumption  and 
the  fine  quality  of  the  fruits  of  the  earth  already  grown,  together  with  the 
unstable  and  unsatisfactory  nature  of  mining  operations  everywhere,  will  add 
continually  and  more  and  more  to  the  farming  population  and  farming  inter- 
ests.    It  is  a  treat  even  to  one  from  the  productive   and    wonderftil  Central 
States,  to    taste  the  vegetables  and  grains  of  Colorado.     Fruit  it  can  hardly 
be  said  to  have  ;  though  the  orchards  and  vineyards  of  Missouri  and  Illinois 
on  the  one  hand,  and  of  Utah  and  California  on  the  other,  are  abundantly 
represented  in  the  markets  and  shops* of  Denver;  but  the  mountain  valleyt 
and  intervales  are  rich  and  well-watered.     On  the  plains  outside  the  foot- 
hills, farmers  boast  that  they  can  raise  anything  leith  irrigation,  and  ditches 
run  everywhere  to  supply  fields  and  gardens.     Other  tovnis  besides  Denver, 
that  are  not  mining  towns,  are  sure  to  grow  up  on  the  plains — at  least  along 
the  railroads  which  are  now  multiplying,  and  destined  to  multiply  still  more. 
"  Greeley  "  is  a  recent  example  of  this  sort  of  towns.    The  dreariness  ot  the 
eastern  third  of  Colorado  will  ere  long  be  broken  up  by  these  new  towns  of  the 
plain.    And  communities  of  a  very  difierent  character  from  the  unstable,  law- 
less, coarse,  repulsive  character  of  new  mining  towns  will    invite    Christian 
ministers  and  foster  Christian  churches.    The  extraordinary  beauty  and  health- 
fulness  of  the  climate,  and  the  inspiring  vicinity  of  the  Snowy  Range,  with  all 
its  grand  and  singular  scenery,  will  draw  multitudes,  and  the  hard-money 
basis  of  prosperity  caused  by  the  presence  of  such  treasures  in  the  mountains 
will  not  fail.     The  change  that  is  coming  from  the  primitive,  rude,  venture- 
some, uncertain  mining  processes,  to  the  reliable  and  regular  ones  which 
science  will  speedily  inaugurate,  will  also  go  far  to  change  much  the  charac- 
ter of  the  people.    Denver  must  be  the  great  city,  —  and  a  great  city  indeed  I 
think  it  is  destined  to  be,  and  a  very  peculiar  city,  at  least  for  a  time,  where 
the  interchanges  of   mountain    and   plain,    of  agriculture    and   mining,  of 
American    and  Mexican  trade,  of  the  Mississippi  and  the  Pacific,  will  be 
carried  on  upon  the  largest  scale.     But  the  strangeness  of  its  life  and  com- 
merce will  bear  a  smaller  proportion  to  the  whole,  ere  long;  the  conunon  busi- 
ness of  a  great  interior  center  will  bear  a  large  proportion  to  what  has  hitherto 
been  so  peculiar.    I  have  never  seen  the  California  cities,  but  I  cannot  conceive 
how  they  can  be  more  unique  and  interesting  than  this  city  of  the  plains 
and  the  mountains  —  the  Damascus,  I  had  almost  called  it — though  it  has  no . 
Damascene  splendor  as  yet — of  our  far  Interior.     Indians  and   Mexicans  will 
be-  comparatively  fewer  ia  ita  streets;  saloons  and  low  haunts  of  vice  less no- 


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merous  among  its  buildings.  About  the  time  of  my  visit  the  county  fair  took 
place,  at  which  horse-races,  a  sham  fight,  and  a  war-dance  by  forty  Ute  In- 
dians were  the  attractions.  It  will  not  long  be  so.  I  look  to  see  a  more  stable 
and  less  speculative  business,  many  branches  of  ordinary  trade  which  now 
amount  to  little  growing  great,  common  schools  and  their  necessary  accom- 
paniments, and  the  one  feeble  church  of  thp  faith  of  the  Pilgrims  in  this  and 
otiier  leading  towns  doubling  and  multiplying  itself.  Colorado  will  have 
a  sturdy,  enterprising,  vigorous  population,  one  for  which  earnest  Christian 
ministers  will  delight  to  labor.  My  impression  is  that  the  major  part  of  the 
farmers  of  the  future  State  will  be  found  in  the  natural  "  parks,"  which 
are  as  peculiar  to  Colorado  as  are  the  mountains.  When  these  are  occupied 
and  cultivated  they  will  show  pictures  of  rural  beauty  worth  the  journey  over 
the  Pacific  Railroad  to  see.  It  does  not  seem  probable  that  business  towns  will 
multiply  inside  the  mountains  in  these  '^  parks,"  but  large  rural  villages  cer- 
tainly will ;  and  for  healthy  churches  and  healthy  pastorships  that  region 
will  be  unsurpassed.  Of  course  there  will  still  be  mining  towns  and 
churches  of  miners  to  care  for,  but  these  will  constitute  but  a  small  portion  of 
that  great  area  of  usefulness  which  this  most  interesting  region  will  open  to  our 
Home  Missions.  May  the  Lord  put  it  into  the  hearts  of  those  looking  for- 
ward to  the  ministry  of  the  Word  of  God,  to  care  for  the  spiritual  wants  of 
what  is  a  grand  portion,  and  seems  to  be  a  greatly  neglected  portion  of  our 
heritage.  I  met  numerous  descendants  of  New  England  families  there, — some 
cradled  in  Congregationalism,  but  now  connected  with  other  bodies  of  Chris- 
tians,— and  there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  these  will  always  bear  a  large 
proportion  to  the  other  elements  of  population.  To  one  who  has  seen  with 
his  own  eyes  the  noble  infiuence  and  transforming  power  of  such  a  group  of 
Christian  preachers  as  the  "  Iowa  Band''  upon  this  great  commonwealth  of  Iowa, 
it  seems  more  desirable  than  words  can  tell,  that  a  Colorado  Band  should  of- 
fer itself  speedily  to  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  to  enter  upon  that 
open  and  inviting  field  among  the  mountains. 


MISSIONARY    INTELLIGENCE. 

CALIFORNIA.  jnear    there.     Linden    is    twelve  miles 


From  Ret,  J,  N.  JItihbardy   Wheatland, 

San  Joaqi^in  Co, 

Scattered  Sheep. 

My  work  takes  me  much  from  home, 

over  a  region  greatly  in  need  of  pas- 


from  here,  in  nearly  the  same  direction 
as  Waterloo,  but  on  another  road,  so 
that  the  ride  is  six  miles  from  W.  We 
have  a  Sabbath  school  at  Waterloo, 
well  attended,  but  no  organized  church 


toral  labor.    I  have  endeavored  to  visit  i  there  yet. 

every  house  in  my  field,  inquiring  into  |     I  have  preached  also  regularly,  every 

the  spiritual  condition  of  the  inmates.  |  other  Sabbath    afternoon,  in    Wheat- 


land. In  the  morning  of  those  Sab- 
baths, I  preach  once  in  four  weeks  at 
Peters,  and  once  in  four  weeks  at  Farm- 


As  large  ranches  make  few  neighbors, 

I  have  to  go  over  a  good  deal  of  ground 

and    give  much  time   to  it.    I  havei 

preached  regularly  every  other  Sabbath  ington.     Peters    is  a   station    on  the 

it  Waterloo,  eight  miles  east  of  Stock- 1  Stockton  and    Coppcropolis    railroad, 

ton;  a  part  of  the  the  lime  a  second ; fourteen   miles  east  of   Stockton.     A 

•ennoo  at  Linden,  or  nt  a  school-housej  ride  of  ten  miles  takes  me  from  Peters 


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to  my  appointment  in  Wheatland.  We 
have  our  Sabbath  school  directly  after 
preaching,  and  meet  again  in  the  even- 
ing for  prayer  and  study  of  the  Scrip- 
tures. I  find  it  a  fatiguing  day,  when 
I  preach  at  Peters. 

The  people  are  suflfering  much  from  the 
failure  of  the  crops,  so  that  I  have  re- 
ceived little  for  my  services,  and  some- 
times, on  coming  home,  have  found  my 
family  in  actual  want.  It  is  a  great 
comfort,  however,  to  find  my  labors 
prized  by  a  few  praying  ones,  who, 
having  little  themselves,  have  tried  to 
supply  my  wants.  A  lady  at  Water- 
loo said  she  had  been  praying  for  a 
year  that  God  would  send  them  a  min- 
ister, and  she  felt  that  I  came  in  an- 
swer to  prayer.  Another,  in  Wheat- 
land, said  that  before  I  came  she  was 
assured  Qod  was  about  to  send  them  a 
minister,  for  she  felt  that  her  prayer 
waa  heard.  Not  long  since,  a  lady  on 
whom  I  called  said  I  ^ras  the  first  who 
had  ever  visited  the  family  as  a  Chris- 
tian minister ;  that  she  sometimes  felt 
as  though  she  was  in  a  heathen  coun- 
try ;  that  she  had  not  heard  a  sermon 
or  a  prayer  for  several  months.  She 
welcomed  my  visit  to  her  house  as  a 
dawn  of  brighter  days  in  the  region 
where  she  was  living. 


From  Bet.  M.  S,  Cromcell,  Sonoma,  So- 
noma Co. 

New  Enterprise. 

After  the  lapse  of  nearly  two  years, 
it  is  pleasant  to  resume  correspondence 
with  you. 

At  the  close  of  my  first  Sabbath's  ser- 
vice here,  a  meeting  for  consultation  was 
held  ;  it  was  unanimously  agreed  that 
the  need  of  regular  Sabbath  worship 
was  great;  and  a  subscription  was 
started,  which,  with  private  pledges, 
soon  warranted  the  friends  in  assuming 
$400  of  a  minister's  salary,  and  I  was 
invited  to  take  hold  of  the  work. 

There  being  no  room  at  our  disposal 


in  th«  town,  w«  had  a  service  in  a 
school-house  two  miles  away.  About 
thirty  were  present,  and  after  the  ser- 
vice their  talk  over  the  prospects  gave 
the  needed  impulse  to  the  new  move- 
ment. 

An  unused  and  unfinished  room  was 
engaged,  about  24  by  82  feet,  of  good 
height  and  well  finished,  in  the  new 
school-house  in  town ;  Superintendent 
Warren  came  and  preached  to  between 
fifty  and  sixty  persons ;  a  creed,  cove- 
nant and  constitution  were  adopted. 
The  next  Sabbath  our  room  was  fur-, 
nished  with  sixty  chairs;  other  seats, 
however,  had  to  be  extemporized.  Wc 
soon  organized  a  Sabbath  school  with 
forty-five  members.  A  council  con- 
vened, recognized  fourteen  persons  as 
the  new  church,  and  installed  the  pastor  - 
— Rev.  Dr.  A.  L.  Stone  preaching  the- 
sermon.  It  was  an  occasion  of  great 
interest  to  the  community,  giving  dig- 
nity and  character  to  the  enterprise; 
and  accepted  as  the  starting  point  of  a 
great  and  permanent  influence  in  this 
valley.  Our  finances  are  by  no  means 
discouraging,  yet  a  "lift"  from  any 
generous  heart  would  be  appreciated— 
as  was  that  we  received  from  the  pro- 
ceeds of  a  lecture  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Stone. 

As  a  stimulant  to  the  other  denomin- 
ations, the  enterprise  has  already  paid 
its  cost.  Our  Methodist  brethren  have 
stirred  themselves  and  renovated,  inside 
and  out,  their  dilapidated  "Ames 
chapel,"  erected  in  1858.  The  Episco- 
palians have  doubled  their  services, 
and  it  is  said  that  the  Romanists  have 
decided  to  double  theirs.  There  is  an 
increasing  respect  for  religion  among 
the  most  intelligent  classes,  as  well  as  an 
increase  of  their  attendance  at  church. 

Our  congregation  has  averaged 
seventy-five,  and  the  Sabbath  school 
has  averaged  sixty.  The  people  are 
very  kind  and  considerate,  full  of  love 
and  good  works,  and  have  made  our 
labors  really  delightful.     If  the  grace 


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of  God  shall  be  welcomed  into  the 
hearty  our  planting  will  not  be  in 
Fain. 


WYOMING. 

From  liet.  J,  D.  Davis^  Cheyenne. 

His  Seoond  Yeetr. 

Mj  second  rear,  now  closed,  has  been 
a  trial  year  with  us.  The  town  has  de- 
creased in  population,  and  has  now 
'•  touched  bottom."  We  are  making 
permanent  improvements ;  have  water 
flowing  through  all  our  streets,  and 
thousands  of  shade-trees  set  out  last 
spring.  Our  little  homes  are  being  en- 
closed and  adorned.  A  new  cemetery 
is  to  l>c  enclosed,  and  a  new  house  for 
a  graded  public  school  is  to  be  built 
this  summer. 

As  a  church  we  have  felt  the  strain. 
Several  of  our  best  members  have  left, 
and  few  have  come  in  to  take  their 
places.  Some  have  been  raised  up 
here,  so  that  we  number  but  two  less 
now  than  we  did  a  year  ago.  Our 
congregation  is  twice  as  large  as  any 
other  in  town,  and  a  series  of  evening 
discourses  to  young  men  are  drawing 
out  many  who  nave  not  attended 
church. 

With  the  proceeds  of  an  **  excursion  " 
(nearly  $200),  we  have  secured  "  that 
bell  "  which  we  have  so  long  needed. 
Our  church  is  now  finished  and  fur- 
nished, and  neither  church  nor  pastor 
has  ever  owed  a  dollar  in  town,  since 
the  enterprise  was  started.  Our  prayer 
meeting  has  l)een  interesting  during  the 
whole  year,  and  for  some  months  has 
been  the  only  one  in  town. 

You  are  aware  of  our  proposed 
*' change  of  base,"  [to  the  mission  in 
Japan,  under  the  care  of  the  A.  B.  C. 
F.  M.],  and  see  the  importance  of  se- 
curing a  strong  man  to  hold  this  point. 

The  Indian  Morderer. 
You  may  be  interested  in  my  expe- 
rience with  an  Indian,  convicted  of 
murder  and  sentenced  to  be  hting.     On 
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my  tirst  visit,  he  seemed  very  indiffer- 
ent, would  not  speak,  pretendinij  that 
he  could  not  understand  English.  I 
talked  with  him  by  signs,  and  in  a  few 
days  he  sent  word  that  he  wanted  to 
see  me  again.  I  carried  him  a  large 
engraving  of  '*  The  Crucifixion,"  and 
hung  it  in  his  cell.  He  said  he  wanted 
to  see  me  every  day,  and  I  visited  him 
nearly  every  day  after  that.  He  said 
the  Great  Spirit  was  the  sun,  moon  and 
stars;  every  good  Indian  went  to  the 
Great  Spirit  at  death,  but  the  ba<l  In- 
dian went  out  on  the  prairie  and  lived 
all  alone  forever.  I  tried  simply  to 
give  him  an  idea  of  Christ  and  his 
work,  and  to  lead  him  to  trust  in  Christ. 
He  became  very  much  interested,  his 
eyes  would  fill  with  tears  in  talking  of 
Christ,  the  Great  Spirit's  son,  who  had 
died  for  him.  He  gained  the  intellec- 
tual view,  and  I  have  some  hope  that 
his  heart  was  resting  in  Jesus.  He  met 
death  willingly  and  bravely,  saying 
that  he  was  "going  to  the  Great 
Spirit." 


KANSAS. 

From    Kev.    L.  Armsbt/,   Mouiui    City, 
Linn  Co, 

How  He  Finds  It. 
This  must  be  regarded  as  a  somewhat 
diflScult  field  for  Congregationalism. 
Being  near  the  Missouri  border,  the 
early  settlers  were  largely  from  that 
State,  and  constitute  a  considerable 
portion  of  the  present  population. 
They  of  course  more  naturally  attach 
themselves  to  other  denominations,  if 
they  pay  any  attention  to  religion. 
The  notorious  Col.  Jennison  lived  in 
this  village,  and  the  Col.  Montgomery, 
whose  name  was  so  otten  in  the  papers, 
still  lives  only  five  miles  west  of  us. 
It  is  startling  to  hear  the  old  residents 
tell  us  of  the  scenes  of  blood  which 
they  witnessed  here;  and  their  evil 
influence  upon  religion  and  morality  can- 
not be  easily  outgrown.  Weeds  will 
grow  without  culture,  and  various  forms 


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of  error  have  found  here  a  congenial 
soil.  Many  have  but  little  faith  in  the 
Bible,  but  a  great  deal  of  faith  in  what 
they  consider  the  revelations  of  de- 
parted spirits.  Some  who  can  see  no 
Ijeauty  in  Christianity,  are  strongly  at- 
tracted by  what  is  called  "  free  religion.*' 
Mound  City,  like  so  many  other  West- 
em  towns,  hes  had  its  disappointments 
and  reverses.  It  was  expected  that 
the  Kansas  City,  Fort  Scott  and  Gulf 
railroad  would  pass  through  the  place  ; 
and  when  two  years  ago  it  was  built 
six  miles  east  of  us,  many  concluded 
that  the  village  must  die.  The  county 
seat  has  been  removed  to  La  Cygne, 
and  the  population  of  this  village  has 
diminished  during  the  last  two  or  three 
years.  Stil^  there  is  a  general  convic- 
tion that  Mound  City  will  continue  to 
live  and  be  a  permanent  trading  point. 
We  have  a  pretty  good  church  build- 
ing, some  excellent  people  in  the 
church,  and  with  God's  favor  we  hope 
yet  to  be  a  great  blessing  to  the  com- 
munity. 


From  Rev,    W,  C.   Steicart,  Seneca,  Ne- 
maha Co. 

.  Finished  and  Paid  For. 
Since  my  last  report,  nine  persons 
have  been  received  into  the  church  by 
letter.  The  completion  of  our  house 
of  worship  has  largely  increased  our 
congregations,  and  given  more  com- 
pactness and  spirit  to  our  organization. 
We  hope  soon  to  put  in  the  sickle,  and 
gather  some  of  the  ripening  spiritual 
harvest.  The  church  building  is  a 
beautiful  little  chapel,  32  by  50  feet, 
accommodating  about  240  persons,  and 
costing  with  the  furniture,  organ  and 
lot,  over  $4,400.  The  property  is  clear 
of  debt.  We  are  greatly  indebted, 
however,  under  the  providence  of  God, 
to  the  Congregational  Union  and  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society,  for 
liberal  aid  in  doing  what  we  have  done 
here,  in  building  up  and  sustaining  the 
cause  of  Christ.     With   the   exception 


of  $500,  received  from  the  Union,  all 
the  funds  for  the  church  edifice  were 
raised  here.  A  lady  of  the  place  pre- 
sented us  with  a  handsome  set  of  pulpit 
furniture,  another  gave  us  a  beautiful 
pulpit  Bible,  aiid  the  young  men  of  the 
congregation  gave  the  pulpit  carpet, 
and  so  on.  This  building  enterprise 
was  undertaken  upon  the  conviction 
that  not  only  the  success,  but  even  the 
existence  of  the  church  depended  upon 
it.  Accordingly,  some  of  our  people 
have  been  heavily  drawn  on,  pecuniari- 
ly. It  is  the  old  story  of  effort,  sacri- 
fice, and  glorious  success.  I  am  thank- 
ful that,  in  spite  of  not  very  rugged 
health,  I  have  been  enabled  to  bear  an 
active  part  with  the  church  in  these 
labors.  My  great  anxiety,  now,  is  that 
that  we  may  reap  the  spiritual  harvest, 
for  which  I  trust  that  all,  thus  far,  has 
been  but  the  preparation. 


MINNESOTA. 

From   Rev,   G.    C.   Salter,  Dvluth,  St. 

Louis  Co. 

More  of  Dnluth. 

It  is  unfortunate  that  Duluth  is  "a 
celebrity."  Its  suddem  rise,  and  the 
gaze  attracted  to  it,  create  the  expecta- 
tion that  a  new  church  will  speedily 
grow  into  strength  and  independence ; 
while  in  fact,  there  must  be  a  waiting, 
for  which  the  Western  blood,  stimulat- 
ed by  the  wonderful  upbuilding  of  the 
past  two  years,  is  poorly  educated. 

Expenses  of  living  are  not  small,  as 
no  back  country  has  been  developed  to 
supply  our  markets.  Rents  are  exceed- 
ingly high,  but  begin  to  sober  down 
slightly.  The  completion  of  the  pub- 
lic works  last  year  left  a  large  amount 
of  unemployed  labor  restless  and  de- 
pressed. Trade,  with  no  farms  to  feed 
it,  grew  slack,  and  merchants  were 
sorely  driven  to  pay  burdensome  rents. 
Spring  brought  but  little  of  the  impulse 
that  population  and  trade  expected. 
All  this  will  work  good,  as  a  needed 
schooling  and  seasoning. 


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The  future  is  not  at  all  doubtful. 
Manufactories  are  starting  up.  A 
wealthy  Pittsburgh  firm  is  building 
an  iron  foundry.  Our  granite  quarry 
is  trembling  under  the  upheaving 
blasts^  and  is  sending  its  appropriation 
of  $50,000  to  build  a  goyernment  light- 
house on  Lake  Huron.  This  granite  is 
heavier  than  the  Quincy,  and  more 
nearly  resembles  the  dark  variety  found 
in  the  Egyptian  tombs.  The  much  dis- 
puted canal  is  opened,  and  is  being 
guarded  against  the  remonstrating  lake 
by  firmly  anchored  cribs,  so  that  the 
largest  vessel  will  pass  from  the  lake 
into  the  calmer  harbor  of  the  bay.  The 
North  Pacific  will  soon  need  docks  foi 
the  shipment  of  the  freight  that  will 
crowd  her  iron  pathway.  Sixty  thou- 
sand dollars  is  to  be  expended  thii 
summer  in  lengthening  our  breakwatei 
and  building  a  light-house. 

No  town  can  compete  with  Dulutb 
as  the  wholesale  depot  for  the  vast 
country  to  be  opened  by  the  Queen  of 
Iron  Roads.  As  an  instance  of  the 
cheapening  of  freights  by  the  water 
route,  a  square  Steinway  piano  reaches 
oar  music  store,  at  a  charge  of  eleven 
dollars,  from  New  York,  five  dollai-s 
less  than  the  tariflf  to  St.  Paul,  which 
must  include  the  160  miles  of  rail  from 
Duluth.  Already  our  harbor  bristles 
with  the  spars  of  commerce.  The 
"  Chicora/'  swift  to  do  evil  as  a  runner  j 
for  the  rebellion,  now  comes  with  swifl 
keel  from  Collingwood  hither,  on  the 
8t  Lawrence  and  Lake  Superior  line. 
We  average  two  steamers  daily  from 
Buffalo,  Ogdensburgh,  Cleveland,  De- 
troit, Chicago,  and  other  lake  ports. 
Our  elevator  transferred  from  cars  to 
boats  50,000  bushels  of  wheat,  in  one 
day  last  week.  In  a  single  day  forty 
cars  bring  their  cargo  of  wheat  and 
flour,  some  of  it  coming  from  as  fa: 
?outh  as  Winona,  while  000  tons  ol 
freight  were  sent  to  St.  Paul,  and  other 
points  in  Minnesota  and  Iowa.  Is  not 
this  destined  to  l)e  a  noble  center  of 
trade  and  power  ? 


Colonies  are  already  examining  the 
country  to  the  far  West.  Emigration 
seems  to  move  not  by  the  **  prairie 
schooner"  only,  but  by  the  mass,  a  regi- 
ment of  humanity,  to  build  a  town  in 
a  day.  Hence,  friends  of  Home  Mis- 
sions be  not  discouraged  I  All  this  fu- 
ture bids  us  labor  in  patience. 

From  Her.  S.   If.    Kellogg^    Ghucoe^  Me- 
Lead   Co. 

Found  a  Revival. 

At  the  suggestion  of  your  Superin- 
tendent, I  was  from  home  for  a  while, 
hunting  up  two  families  (brothers),  be- 
longing to  our  Congregational  fold,  and 
residing  in  the  western  part  of  McLeod 
county.  Owing  to  a  mis-spelling  of  the 
name,  I  failed  to  find  them,  but  thereby 
was  led  into  a  work  my  heart  had  been 
set  upon  for  months, — a  revival  of  re- 
ligion. 

Through  the  blundferin  the  name  of 
the  brothers,  I  found  another  family  of 
our  fold,  preached  to  them  with  their 
gathered  neighbors,  and  left  an  ap- 
pointment for  four  weeks.  This  was  in 
a  new  prairie  town  of  some  fifty  fami- 
lies, the  purest  '*  Yankee"  of  any  I  have 
known  since  leaving  New  England.  At 
my  third  appointment,  I  engaged  to 
come  and  spend  a  few  days  in  a  contin- 
uous meeting ;  opening  afresh  the  gos- 
pel battery  on  such  themes  as  these: 
man^s  lost  condition,  Jesus  a  Savior ; 
the  new  birth  ;  Mary's  choice ;  etc., — 
the  style  of  preaching  being  extempo- 
raneous, copiously  illustrated,  as  for  the 
young.  After  three  such  services,  four 
adults  rose  for  prayers,  and  three  of 
them  cast  in  their  lot  with  the  disci- 
ples of  Christ.  Our  meetings  contin- 
ued four  weeks,  except  Saturdays,  when 
I  returned  for  my  regular  appointments. 

This  work  of  the  Spirit  may  be  re- 
garded as  unusual.  Here  had  been  no 
church  organization,  no  regular  preach- 
ing, no  minister  of  the  gospel,  no 
church  edifice,  no  school -house  even, 
where  to  gather  a  congregation.     Here 


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the  sturdy  pioneer  began  to  break  the 
turf  seven  years  ago,  and  year  after 
year  had  been  joined  by  others,  with 
their  young  families,  to  share  in  toils 
and  joys.  In  the  summer  he  sows  his 
wheat,  in  the  autumn  and  early  spring 
he  traps  for  *'  rats,"  mink  and  badger ; 
in  mid-winter  he  "  dens  up  "  with  his 
family,  sometimes  literally  so  in  a  "  dug- 
out "  covered  with  sods,  lighted  and 
entered  by  a  single  opening.  But  gen- 
erally the  "dug-out"  has  now  given 
way  to  a  small  frame  house  and  a  com- 
fortable straw  barn.  One  of  these  set- 
tlers told  me  that  the  past  winter  he 
had  trapped  only  about  200  musk-rats, 
twenty  minks,  and  one  or  two  badgers ; 
while  usually  he  catches  1,000  or  1,200 
rats  and  other  furs  in  proportion.  This 
winter's  experience  tells  of  a  neighbor- 
hood toe  much  crotcded :  settlers  are 
within  a  mile  from  him ! 

In  going  from  house  to  house,  before 
any  public  appointment,  I  learned  that 
almost  without  exception,  these  settlers 
are  children  of  pious  parents  of  various 
Evangelical  denominations  at  the  East. 
From  this  fact,  and  the  general  preva- 
lence of  irreligion  and  bold  sins,  I  be- 
gan to  feel  that  I  was  called  of  God  to 
proclaim  a  gospel  pf  salvation  for 
them  and  the  sadly  neglected  ^and- 
children. 

River  Prayer  Meeting. 
But  the  Lord  had  sent  other  messen- 
gers before  me.  A  prayer  meeting,  of 
twoy  had  been  held  in  Buffalo  Creek, 
under  a  wagon  body,  bottom  side  up, 
with  a  yoke  of  cattle  attached.  The 
wagon  was  upset  in  fording  the  river, 
and  the  father,  his  sister,  and  young 
daughter,  were  all  turned  under.  The 
sister  ran  for  help.  The  daughter  was 
drowning,  and  the  father  was  so  held 
by  the  wagon  that  he  could  reach  no 
hand  to  his  struggling  child.  He  prayed 
for  her,  and  counseled  her  to  trust  in 
Jesus.  Then  again  he  prayed,  and  re- 
solved if  spared  to  let  his  light  shine 
more    brightly  ^as  a  Christian.    Help 


came  and  they  were  all  safe  once  more. 
This  was  the  brother  to  whom  Provi- 
dence guided  me,  and  who  is  now  fore- 
most in  every  good  work.  Eight  fam- 
ily altars,  now,  every  morning  smoke 
with  the  sweet  incense  of  prayer,  where 
a  few  months  ago  there  was  not  one. 
Sabbath rbreaking  and  profanity  have 
greatly  lessened,  and  a  church  of  the 
Puritan  faith  is  to  be  gathered. 

One  of  the  Converts. 

A  man  in  middle  life,  with  a  family 
of  children,  was  so  profane  that  when 
he  comes  to  town  and  swears  not  at  all, 
his  former  acquaintances  give  him  a 
second  look,  and  inquire  if  he  is  not 
sick.  His  neighbors  think  it  almost 
impossible  for  those  lips  to  pray,  that 
were  so  profane.  The  sobered  use  of  the 
names  of  God  is  so  strange  to  him,  that 
he  trembles  to  frame  them  into  prayer 
before  others.  He  says,  "  My  vnfe  was 
gone,  and  I  undertook  to  supply  her 
place  in  prayer  with  my  children. 
Such  a  jingle  you  never  heard;  it 
would  almost  have  made  you  laugh.  1 
pray  in  my  closet  and  enjoy  it,  but 
somehow  I  can^t  pray  before  others.  I 
think  I  shall  sometime,  but  somehow  1 
can't  yet."  God  seems  to  have  sealed 
up  before  others,  those  lips  that  were 
so  long  polluted  with  curses.  May  he 
yet  have  mercy,  and  remove  the  seals! 

Our  Eastern  friends  are  doing  a  great 
work,  in  the  fast  filling  West,  by  their 
prayers  and  gifts.  I  cannot  enough 
thank  them,  in  behalf  of  their  own 
children  who  have  left  their  early 
homes  forever.  But  allow  me  to  say  to 
them,  Your  children  and  grandchildren 
would  live  and  die  out  here,  like  the 
heathen,  in  ignorance  of  the  gospel  and 
in  deplorable,  awful  sins,  were  it  not 
for  the  Home  Missionary  Society,  send- 
ing the  gospel  to  save  them. 

Sad  Calamity. 

While  absent,  holding  meetings  in 

another  place,  I  returned  home  late 

Saturday    evening  to  find  my  stable 

burned,  together  with  a  promising  colt, 


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calf,  saddle  and  tools.  But  worse  than 
all,  my  wife  was  prostrated  with  severe 
bums,  having  fallen  insensible  at  the 
door,  into  the  burning  straw.  Our 
oldest  boy  of  eleven  years  was  the  only 
assistant  in  saving  his  mother.  She 
barely  escaped  death.  Probably  in 
five  seconds  more,  or  two  only,  she 
would  have  suffocated  with  the  animals 
she  was  seeking  to  save.  For  four 
weeks  she  was  an  invalid,  and  must 
now  always  wear  visible  scars,  as  me- 
mentos of  the  horrid  scene  and  the 
torturing  agony.  Physician  and  friends 
were  very  sympathizing  and  kind  in 
oar  diatresses. 

O  why,  I  have  asked,  shall  one  thus 
suffer,  who  has  been  a  devoted  helper 
to  your  missionary  at  home  and  abroad, 
having  spent  more  than  half  of  those 
four  weeks  of  revival  in  laboring  and 
praying  with  mothers  and  their  chil- 
dren, with  a  blessing  ever  attending  her 
quiet  work  ?  Have  I  been  too  restless 
and  impatient  under  God's  ways  and 
times  in  the  conversion  of  souls?  I 
now  feel  that  the  Lord^s  work  is  my 
work,  and  I  will  not  plan  any  other. 


IOWA. 

Frvm  Jiet.  R.  Hassell,   Kellogg,   Ja»per 

County. 

Spiritual  Suocesses. 

Jasper  City  is  a  growing  village  on 
the  line  of  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island 
and  Pacific  railroad,  containing  a  popu- 
lation of  600,  surrounded  with  a  fertile 
prairie,  rapidly  filling  up.  South  of 
the  village  the  country  is  thickly 
settled  by  a  population  in  which  is 
represented  almost  every  diversity  of 
religious  belief,  and  where  a  great  work 
needs  to  be  done,  by  the  diffusion  of 
pure  religious  truth  and  the  sanctifying 
power  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

We  have  held  a  series  of  preaching 
services,  meetings  for  prayer  and  relig- 
ious inquiry,  filling  the  house  with  at- 
tentive and  serious  hearers.  These  efforts 
were  followed  up  with  visitation  from 


house  to  house,  and  the  people,  some 
of  whom  had  been  errorists,  unbelievers 
and  careless,  gave  earnest  heed  to  the 
word  which  I  tried  to  deliver  with 
plainness,  directness  and  fidelity.  The 
church  was  humbled,  quickened  and 
united.  Twenty-eight  have  entered 
into  covenant  with  the  church  within 
the  year,  and  the  prospect  is  hopeful. 

Our  church  Sabbath  school  is  doing 
a  good  work  for  the  children.  It  has 
some  earnest  workers,  aiming  to  im- 
press the  heart  with  saving  truth,  and 
to  lead  the  children  to  Christ.  We 
have  three  other  Sabbath  schools  under 
our  care,  sustained  chiefly  by  members 
of  the  church,  in  outlying  districts — 
one  of  them  very  needy  and  destitute. 
The  parents  are  from  Kentucky,  igno- 
rant of  the  plainest  teachings  of  the 
Bible,  their  children  growing  up  in  al- 
most heathenish  darkness.  One  little 
boy  told  me  he  had  never  heard  of 
heaven.  Several  members  of  the  church 
have  become  deeply  interested  in  this 
school ;  much  prayer  is  offered  for  the 
success  of  the  Word,  and  I  do  hope 
for  conversions  among  them. 

One  of  our  number  has  died,  com- 
forted and  sustained  by  the  presence  of 
her  Savior.  The  day  before  her  death, 
I  read  to  her  the  84th  Psalm  and  pray- 
ed with  her.  She  expressed  her  joy 
and  gratitude,  saying  that  it  remind- 
ed her  of  the  days  of  her  childhood, 
when  her  father  used  to  pray  with  her 
"  three  times  a  day."  The  thought  of 
her  pious  father's  prayers  cheered  and 
gladdened  her  as  she  entered  the  dark 
valley.     O  that  there  were  more  such 

fathers ! 

•♦<•—— 

F^am  Rec,  C.  H,  Bistell^  Independence, 
Bfuhanan  Co, 
Christian  Union. 
We  have  held  a  series  of  union  meet- 
ings, for  six  frill  weeks,  with  the  Bap- 
tists, Methodists,  and  Presbyterians.  The 
Episcopalians  had  no  rector,  and  many 
of  their  members  were  in  constant  at- 
tendance.   We  had  a  prayer  meeting 


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every  afternoon^  and  preaching  in  the 
evening,  tl»e  pastors  taking  turn,  hold- 
ing separate  seryice  only  upon  the  Sab- 
bath. 

Seldom  is  witnessed  so  perfect  a 
union.  The  pastors  labored  together 
like  brothers,  each  vying  with  the 
others  in  efforts  to  promote  harmony ; 
and  the  members,  breathing  a  like  spir- 
it, lal>ored  in  the  common  harvest  field, 
forgetful  for  the  time  of  all  denomina- 
tional lines. 

Beside  this  promotion  of  brotherly 
love,  the  quickening  of  believers,  and 
the  recovery  of  many  backsliders,  some 
140  persons  expressed  a  religious  inter- 
est, most  of  whom  obtained  a  Christian 
hope.  It  was  throughout  a  quiet,  ear- 
nest work,  without  noise  or  excitement, 
but  with  evident  moving  of  the  Spirit 
of  God  upon  the  heart.  And,  what  is 
remarkable,  this  is  the  first  general  re- 
vival in  this  place,  now  eighteen  years 
old,  and  containing  8,000  inhabitants. 
On  the  last  evening  of  our  union,  an 
appointment  was  made  for  a  meeting 
in  the  several  churches  on  the  next 
Wednesday  evening,  and  the  converts 
were  requested,  uninfluenced  by  others, 
to  put  themselves  under  the  care  of' 
•  that  denomination  with  which  they  j 
felt  most  sympathy.  Thus  we  separated 
with  the  same  good  will  in  which  we 
had  labored  together.  I  have  received 
fifteen  into  the  church,  and  others  will 
join. 

The  Enemy. 

Since  the  close  of  our  union  services 
Infidelity  has  been  trying  its  hand  at 
teaching  the  people.  First,  the  editor 
of  the  Boston  Investigator  compared  in- 
fidelity and  Christianity.  Then  a  wo- 
man advocated  "  free  divorce  ;"  and 
her  husband  has  just  finished  a  course 
of  ten  lectures  on  Geology,  with  the 
Darwinian  accompaniment,  by  a  "  ser- 
mon "  on  "  Natural  Religion,  the  only 
liberal  and  unsectarian  faith."  Heart- 
ily do  we  rejoice  that  the  Spirit  of  God 
came  first  with  his  enlightening  rays ! 


WISCONSIN. 

Ft-om   Her.  H.  Foote,  BrodheaJ.   Qrum 
County. 

Reminisoenoes. 

It  seems  like  a  dream  to  be  again  re- 
porting as  your  missionary,  after  so  long 
a  furlough.  It  is  alK)ut  20  years  since  1 
jfave  to  the  then  acting  Secretaries  my 
parting  hand.  May  I  be  pardoned  for 
indulging  in  a  few  reminiscences  ? 

I  first  became  your  missionary  in  Jan- 
uary, 1842,  supplying  the  Presbjrterian 
church  of  Racine,  then  young  and  fee- 
ble,  with  some  25  members,  without  a 
house  of  worship,  and  having  heen 
without  preaching  for  seven  months. 
My  first  missionary  reports  would  show, 
better  than  I  can  now  describe,  many 
early  struggles  and  triumphs,  the  out- 
lines of  which  are  fresh  in  my  memory, 
though  many  details  have  faded.  The 
erection  of  a  church  edifice  the  first 
year,  the  glorious  revival  which  follow- 
ed, the  enlargement  of  our  house  of 
worship  in  less  than  one  year,  and  my 
ministry  of  more  than  three  years,  dur- 
ing which  time  110  were  added  to  the 
church,  are  all  events  of  the  past. 
Where  28  years  ago  a  little  band  assem- 
bled in  an  upper  room  to  worship  God, 
now  a  church  of  340  members,  with  a 
large  congregation,  assemble  in  a  com- 
modious sanctuary.  Besides  this,  a 
large  colony  went  forth  years  ago  and 
organized  the  first  Congregational 
church  of  Racine. 

Worn  down  by  toil,  I  next  assisted 
several  feeble  churches  in  the  interior, 
where  I  could  ride  more  and  study 
less :  at  Mount  Pleasant  and  Yorkville, 
at  Milton,  Mount  Zion  and  Emerald 
Grove.  In  the  fall  of  1846  I  was  called 
to  take  upon  my  hands  another  little 
struggling  church  in  Janesville.  Scarce- 
ly 25  names  were  upon  their  church 
roll,  and  those  were  of  persons  scattered 
over  an  area  of  ten  miles,  but  twd  male 
members  residing  in  town.  Here  per- 
haps the  chief  work  of  my  life  was  per- 
formed, in  a  pastorate  of  twelve  years. 


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Five  of  these  years  I  remained  your 
missionary,  until  our  house  of  worship 
was  completed,  when  we  parted  com- 
pany, now  for  the  first  time  to  be  re- 
united. Where,  in  1846,  a  little  church 
of  20  or  25  members,  with  100  hearers, 
met  in  a  school-house  to  listen  to  your 
missionary,  now  a  church  of  356  meet 
with  a  large  congregation  in  their 
Gothic  temple  to  worship  God.  In 
Janesville  some  of  my  choicest  earthly 
friends  reside ;  in  their  beautiful  ceme- 
tery two  of  our  children  repose,  while 
our  dear  Horatio  fills  a  martyr's  grave 
at  the  South,  with  no  one  to  tell  us 
where  he  sleeps. 

In  the  spring  of  1858  I  went  from 
scenes  of  revival  at  Janesville,  to  hold 
a  protracted  meeting  at  Brodhead, 
where  I  found  another  little  shepherd- 
less  church  scarcely  a  year  old,  which 
was  more  than  doubled  at  two  commun- 
ion seasons.  The  people  urged  my  in- 
stallation, but  after  a  year's  labor  I  ac- 
cepted a  call  from  Waukesha,  where  I 
enjoyed  a  pastorate  of  five  years,  in 
which  I  expended  from  my  private  re- 
sources about  $1,000,  to  support  my 
family,  and  then  felt  called  upon  to 
resign.  I  afterwards  assisted  the  church 
in  revivals,  in  building  a  beautiful 
house  of  worship,  and  in  securing  their 
pastor,  Rev.  C.  W.  Camp.  Then  for 
six  years  I  engaged  in  agencies,  doing 
meanwhile  a  large  amount  of  Home 
Missionary  work  personally,  but  more 
in  helping  my  brethren  to  fields  of  la- 
bor, and  destitute  churches  to  pastors. 
This  brings  me  to  the  present  year. 

My  early  knowledge  of  this  people, 
and  our  mutual  affection,  helped  to 
bring  me  here.  Coming  to  visit  a  sick 
friend,  whose  funeral  I  soon  after  at- 
tended, I  found  a  little  band  sighing 
over  the  desolation  of  Zion.  Meetings 
commenced,  and  God  heard  prayer. 
For  some  four  weeks  we  met,  after- 
noons and  evenings,  inviting  all  Chris- 
tians to  share  in  the  labors  and  the 
blesdngs  of  the  work.  Between  75  and 
100  were  found  anxious  for  their  souls' 


salvation,  a  majority  of  whom  expressed 
hope  in  Christ.  The  meetings  were 
characterized  by  such  union  and  love, 
that  opposers  said  they  never  saw  the 
like  in  Brodhead.  All  the  churches 
are  spiritually  strengthened,  and  a 
goodly  number  will  be  added  to  them. 
The  Sabbath  schools  shared  richly  in 
the  blessing.  Thus  upon  the  threshold 
of  my  labors,  as  twelve  years  ago,  the 
Lord  has  appeared  to  bless  us,  and 
praised  be  his  name  ! 


MICHIGAN. 

Frorti   Jiev.    E.    Andrus,   Pentwatti  ^ 

Oceana  Co. 

Year's  Progress. 

This  last  quarter  of  my  year's  service 
here  has  been  full  of  interest.  Thirteen 
have  been  added  to  the  church,  all 
adults,  ten  of.  them  heads  of  families. 
Ten  came  on  profession  of  faith,  and 
six  of  the  number  were  baptized.  By 
this  addition  our  membership  was  in- 
creased to  forty.  A  year  ago  I  found 
only  two  out  of  a  board  of  nine  trustees 
whose  terms  of  office  had  not  expired ; 
now  we  have  a  full  board,  eight  of  the 
nine  being  professors  of  religion.  All 
the  machinery  of  society  is  now  in 
good  working  order,  greatly  to  my  re- 
lief. We  have  added  blinds  to  our  church 
edifice,  at  an  expense  of  $90,  adding 
much  to  the  appearance  of  the  houde 
and  the  comfort  of  the  worshipers.  We 
contemplate  other  improvements  in  the 
autumn. 

I  have  accepted  the  unanimous  call 
of  the  church  to  become  its  permanent 
pastor;  and  confidently  hope  and  in- 
tend within  two  years  that  we  shall  do 
without  further  aid,  and  pay  back  into 
your  treasury  with  a  grateful  liberality, 
as  the  Lord  shall  prosper  us,  what  you 
have  so  freely  given  in  our  need.  Your 
Society  is  the  cherished  mother  and 
helper  of  the  feeble  churches,  and  its 
memorial  will  last  forever.  In  review- 
ing the  year  I  can  say,  with  thankftil- 
ness,  that  the  Lord  has  been  with  us  in 


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all  our  work,  atid  given  us  success  be- 
yond what  we  had  faith  to  expect.  We 
earnestly  hope  and  pray  that  the  Mas- 
ter will  guide  us  in  all  the  future,  keep- 
ing us  liumble  before  his  throne,  bless- 
ing the  word  of  life  as  proclaimed,  and 
bringing  all  this  people  to  a  life  of  love 

and  faith. 

Jehu's  Work. 

The  last  quarter  has  brought  me  per- 
sonal evidence  that  the  evils  of  whisky 
drinking  extend  quite  beyond  the 
drinker.  Volunteering  in  the  place  of 
your  Superintendent,  temporarily  disa- 
bled, to  supply  the  church  of  our  coun- 
ty town  on  the  Sabbath,  it  became  nec- 
essary to  go  by  public  conveyance.  The 
driver  of  the  team  had  "  taken  "  more 
than  we  knew,  and  in  imitating  Jehu 
of  old  overturned  the  wagon  and  threw 
me  out.  producing  a  fracture  of  the  arm, 
and  seriously  rupturing  the  muscles  of 
the  right  elbow.  I  suffered  severer 
ly,  but  have  been  able  to  supply  my 
pulpit  since  my  return,  with  my  arm 
in  a  sling,  unable  to  wear  a  coat 
until  yesterday,  and  I  now  write  with 
difficulty  and  pain.  But  I  have  no  de- 
sire to  make  a  martyr  of  myself,  and 
only  speak  of  it  as  one  of  the  painful 
experiences  of  the  quarter. 


From    Rev.    P.   H.    HollUter^   Hancock^ 
Hmtgliton  Co. 

Bereaved. 
We  have  been  visited  with  affliction. 
Early  in  the  year,  when  the  lake  was 
covered  with  ice,  one  of  the  members 
of  our  Sabbath  school,  a  bright  lad  of 
twelve  years,  son  of  a  member  of  the 
church,  was  drowned  •» while  skating. 
Later  in  the  season,  the  wife  of  one  of 
our  deacons,  a  sweet  and  lovely  Chris 
tian,  was  called  to  her  rest.  And  then 
the  fatal  messenger  came  to  our  own  door. 
The  family  circle  of  two  boys  and  two 
girls,  which  seemed  so  complete,  was 
broken.  We  were  compelled  to  yield 
up  the  little  one,  the  darling  of  the 
household ;    and    althpugh    we    know 


that  the  Lord  doeth  all  things  well,  yet 
we  find  this  our  first  affliction  hard  to 
bear. 

Just  before  our  little  Constance  was 
attacked  with  the  fatal  fever,  patient 
hands  had  carefully  and  thoroughly  re 
newed  her  wardrobe,  and  now  we  have 
thought  that  we  should  be  glad  to  send 
it  all,  except  the  few  ai*ticles  which  we 
shall  cherish  as  mementos,  to  some 
brother  missionary,  to  whose  little  girl 
of  three  years  the  clothing  may  be  of 
real  service. 


MISSOURI. 

From  Bet.  W.  H.  Warren,  EUmrdrilk 

St.  Louis  Co. 

All  Together. 

If  you  read  the  recent  notice  of  Ply- 
mouth Church  in  The  Advance,  I  fear 
that  you  will  picture  our  condition  in 
too  glowing  colors.  The  author  of  that 
notice  is  not  known  to  me,  nor  to  any 
member  of  our  church ;  but  the  fact  that 
friends  watching  ub  from  the  outside  so 
express  themselves,  shows  that  they 
think  we  are  trying  to  do  something: 
and  what  others  think  of  us  may  be 
more  significant  than  what  we  think  of 
ourselves. 

One  triumph  of  the  past  quarter  I 
must  speak  of  My  right-hand  helper 
suggested  to  the  ladies  that  they  start 
a  sewing  circle — an  almost  unheard-of 
thing  here — and  make  children's  cloth- 
ing, fancy  articles,  etc.,  which  perhaps 
might  be  disposed  of  at  a  festival,  and 
so  accomplish  a  double  object:  bring 
the  ladies  together,  and  raise  fundi) 
towards  the  current  expenses  of  the 
church.  Several  took  hold  in  earnest 
Friends  in  the  East  also  interested 
themselves  in  us,  and  sent  a  box  of  ar- 
ticles which  were  of  great  service.  We 
held  our  festival  on  two  evenings.  There 
was  no  raffling,  no  chance  games  of  any 
kind — which  was  something  new  here 
on  such  occasions.  Every  one  took  hold 
with  a  will  and  did  his  best  We 
thought  that  we  might  posaibly  clear 


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$100,  but  much  to  our  surprise,  we 
found  that  we  had  $250  above  expen- 
ses. The  festival  was  a  great  success 
pecuniarily,  but  its  chief  value  was  in 
showing  us  that,  though  few  in  num- 
bers, when  unit-ed^  we  can  th  mmething ; 
that  there  is  an  element  of  power  here 
which  the  people  did  not  know  of.  We 
are  endeavoring  to  turn  that  power  di- 
rectly into  the  service  of  Christ. 


ILLINOIS. 

From    Ret,   J.    T,  Harming^   UtirUy   Ixi 

Salle  Co. 

Disheartening  Calamity. 

I  need  not  remind  you  that  18  months 
ago  I  came  herej  and  found  neither 
church,  church  edifice,  nor  a^  church-go- 
ing people ;  and  that  in  that  short  time 
we  have  organized  a  church,  which  now 
has  twenty-five  members,  most  of  them 
recent  converts,  and  have  built  a  beau- 
tiful church  edifice,  at  a  cost  of  over 
$6,000. 

June  18th  was  as  beautiful  a  Sabbath 
day  as  God  ever  gave.  The  people, 
who  less  than  two  years  ago,  were  liv- 
ing in  open  violation  of  that  day,  with- 
out God  and  without  hope,  might  have 
been  seen  in  our  house  of  worship  — 
more  than  200  of  them — pleased  with 
the  beaatiful  edifice,  which  by  self-sac- 
rifice and  persevering  effort  they  had 
built— certainly  a  fine  structure,  a  credit 
to  the  town,  and  an  honor  to  any  peo- 
ple. In  the  mysterious  providence  of 
God,  that  was  the  last  Sabbath  we  were 
to  meet  there.  The  beautiful  church, 
with  its  comely  spire,  100  feet  high,  its 
handsomely  stained  glass  windows,  and 
its  many  attractions,  is  now  a  heap  of 
ruins. 

On  the  morning  of  the  20th  of  June 
a  tornado  passed  through  the  Illinois 
river  valley,  and  we  are  among  the 
many  called  to  suffer.  This  is  a  heavy 
blow.  For  the  building,  men  had  given 
of  their  means  "till  they  felt  it.'*  There 


was  a  noble  spirit  of  self-sacrifice  from 
the  beginning  to  the  end  of  the  work, 
even  on  the  part  of  some  no^  professing 
Christians.  The  severe  ordeal  through 
which  we  have  passed  cannot  but  pro- 
duce despondency.  It  has  more  or  less 
of  a  discouraging  effect  upon  my  own 
mind.  The  future,  which  looked  so 
bright  and  pleasing,  is  now  dark.  One 
ray  of  comfort  comes  to  me  in  this 
hour  of  sorrow,  and  that  is  the  unan- 
imity with  which  my  people  say,  **  We 
must  rebuild  the  house."  But  that  will 
take  money,  and  I  know  that  however 
willing  they  may  be  to  give,  they  have 
not  the  means  to  do  it.  They  gave, 
before,  more  than  they  could  well  af- 
ford. As  an  example  of  many :  there 
is  one  man  who,  I  know,  has  nothing, 
not  even  the  little  house  he  lives  in, 
and  who  has  seven  children,  yet  gave 
$100  toward  the  building. 

I  have  letters  from  several  churches 
tendering  their  sympathy  and  assist- 
ance, and  I  presume  there  are  many 
others  who  have  not  heard  of  our  loss 
who  would  do  something ;  but  that  will 
call  for  travel  on  my  part,  which  cannot 
be  done  without  money,  and  that  I  have 
net.  I  have  lived,  ever  since  I  came 
here,  "  from  hand  to  mouth,"  in  hope 
that  soon  better  times  would  come.  It 
seemed  to  me  that  I  saw  them  coming. 
I  looked  forward  to  our  being  self-sup- 
porting when  the  year  closed.  But  this 
hope  is  now  blasted.  I  shall  look  to 
God  for  wisdom  to  direct,  and  trust 
that  I  shall  never  shrink  from  duty 
when  it  is  pointed  out  to  me. 

Ours  was  the  only  church  in  the  vil- 
lage, save  the  Roman  Catholic.  In  a 
population  of  over  1,000  people  there 
is  certainly  great  need  of  an  evangelical 
church.  We  have  procured  a  hall,  in 
which  we  continue  to  have  service. 
May  the  Lord  in  his  providence  so  di- 
rect that  this  sore  trial  shall  work  for 
the  spiritual  good  of  this  people,  and 
for  the  upbuilding  of  his  kingdom  ! 


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A  Veteran  Missionary  Gone. 

By  Rev.  Dexter  Clary,  of  Beloit,  Wii». 

The  Home  Mimonary  for  February 
contains  an  article  headed  **  The  Vet- 
eran's Overcoat.^'  That  overcoat  had 
been  worn  many  years  in  the  service  of 
the  Master,  by  the  Rev.  Ira  Manlby, 
and  its  place  needed  to  be  supplied  by 
a  new  one ;  but  very  soon  after  that  ar- 
ticle appeared,  it  was  laid  aside  with 
all  that  pertained  to  earth,  and  its 
wearer  was  '*  clothed  upon  '*  with  un- 
fading garments.  He  died  on  the  5th 
of  February,  at  Keene,  Essex  Co.,  New 
York,  aged  ninety-one  years.  A  life  bo 
long,  and  so  much  devoted  to  the  ser- 
vice of  Christ  and  to  the  good  of  men, 
deserves  a  tribute  of  grateful  remem- 
brance. 

Mr.  Manley  was  a  native  of  Vermont, 
bom  in  1780,  of  pious  parents,  who 
gave  him  an  early  Christian  education. 
While  quite  young,  he  evinced  a  desire 
for  mental  '^ulture,  and  after  due  pre- 
paration he  entered  Middlebury  Col- 
lege, whence  he  graduated  with  honor 
to  himself  and  credit  to  his  instructors. 
His  attention  was  first  turned  to  the 
profession  of  law,  which  he  studied 
three  years  with  Judge  Skinner,  when 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  His  con- 
victions, however,  soon  led  him  to 
choose  the  gospel  ministry  as  his  life 
work,  and  he  pursued  a  course  of  theo- 
logical study  with  the  very  distinguish- 
ed and  well  known  colored  clergyman. 
Rev.  Lemuel  Ilaynes,  D.  D.  When  duly 
prepared,  he  entered  upon  his  chosen 
employment,  and  preached  the  gospel 
for  sixty  years.  After  full  forty  years 
of  faithful  and  successful  work,  chiefly 
as  a  Home  Missionary  in  the  Eastern 
States,  he  came  to  Wisconsin  in  1849, 
and  settled  at  Markesan,  Marquette 
county.  All  was  new  in  and  around 
there,  and  he  was  sustained  largely  by 


the  Home  Missionary  Society.  The 
people  of  his  charge  were  new  settlers 
and  of  very  limited  means,  but  he  en- 
countered manfully  the  embarrassments 
incident  to  his  work,  and  with  great 
fidelity  and  acceptance  pursued  his  la- 
bors until  the  infirmities  of  age  com- 
pelled him  to  relinquish  his  pastoral 
charge.  Yet  even  then  he  evinced  the 
spirit  of  love  to  God  and  to  men,  by  go 
ing  from  house  to  house  as  he  was  able, 
conversing,  praying  and  distributing 
tracts  to  young  and  old,  and  pointing 
them  to  the  way  of  life  and  peace  eter- 
nal. 

During  these  last  years  of  his  life  and 
labor,  Mr.  Manley  received  no  salary 
and  asked  for  no  compensation,  al- 
though he  had  almost  nothing  of  this 
world's  goods ;  but  he  trusted  in  God. 
At  one  time  he  wrote  to  the  Agent  of 
Home  Missions,  stating  very  modestly 
his  wants,  and  very  soon  he  received  a 
large  donation  of  money  and  clothmg. 
including  that  same  "  overcoat.'* 

Being  left  alone  after  the  death  of 
his  excellent  wife,  for  long  years  the 
companion  of  his  labors  and  the  sharer 
of  his  privations,  he  made  his  home 
with  his  children,  until  released  from 
the  "  earthly  house  of  this  tabernacle," 
that  he  might  dwell  forever  in  that 
'*  building  of  God,  eternal  in  the  hea?- 
ens." 

God  had  given  him  fair  abilities,  a 
good  education,  and  great  length  of 
days,  and  it  was  befitting  that,  having 
devoted  all  to  the  service  of  his  Master, 
he  should  be  able,  at  the  last,  to  say. 
"  I  have  fought  a  good  fight  ^  "  I  ^^^^ 
finished  the  work  which  thou  gavest 
me  to  do."  Such  a  man  and  such  a  life 
are  a  blessing  to  the  world,  and  the  ex- 
ample left  is  worthy  of  all  imitation. 
"  Mark  the  perfect  man  and  behold  the 
upright,  for  the  end  of  that  man  is 
peace.'' 


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How  Women  Built  a  Church. 

By  EcT.  JosspH  E.  Rot,  D.  D.,  Chicago,  HI. 

It  was  at  Wauponsee  Grove,  in  II li- 
noifl,  six  miles  from  the  post-office  of 
the  neighborhood,  at  Morris.   It  was  at 
a  place  where  not  even  a  cross-roads  or 
a  blacksmith's  shop  marked  the  center 
of  the  community.     It  was  in  a  region 
where  the  year  before  the  crops  had 
been  cut  off  by  an  excess  of  rain,  and 
the  last  year  by  the  lack  of  it.     It  was 
among  a  people,  where,  within  sound 
a  church  bell,  if  there  had  been  one,  a 
man  had   been  murdered  for  money, 
and  the  murderer  was  executed  with- 
out the  process  of  law,  and  w^here  a 
fratricide    had    been    committed,   for 
which  the  guilty  one  is  now  in  prison. 
It  was  for  a  church  developed  under 
Home  Missionary  auspices,  and  of  whose 
seven  male  members  four  were  in  debt 
for  their  farms,  and  the  other  three  had 
no  income  tax  to  pay  the  last  year,  and 
but  little  before  the  law  was  changed. 
In  the  spring  of  the  last  year  a  notice 
was  read  in  the  school-house,  on  the 
Sabbath,  inviting  the  ladies  to  come  to 
gether  to  devise  measures  for  building 
a  house  of  worship.     Seven  responded, 
all  of  New  England  origin.     They  or- 
ganized the  Ladies^  Memorial  Associa- 
tion, for  the  purpose  of  building  a  me- 
morial  church.    Their  plan   was,  not 
only  to  earn  what  they  could  by  their 
needles,  in  weekly  meetings  and    by 
festivals,   but  to  secure  labor  on  the 
house,  and  to  get  the  farmers  to  pledge 
the  product  of  a  certain    portion  of 
hind.    Forty  bushels  of  Norway  oats 
were  procured,  and  these  were  sowed 
by  twenty-five  farmers  upon  forty  acres 
of  land.   The  children,  having  received 
a  box  of  garden  seeds  from  the  East, 
went  to  raising  vegetables  for  the  good 
cause.     Livelily  went  the  three  sewing 
(oachines,  from  week  to  week,  as  they 
were  carried  from  one  house  to  another, 
tnd  not  less  rapidly  moved  the  fingers 
that  wrought  upon  hand  work. 
The  Association  appointed  commit- 


tees of  men  to  superintend  the  hauling 
of  stone  (eleven  miles),  to  oversee  the 
carpenter  work,  to  *'bo8s"  the  mason 
work,  to  locate  the  building,  and  lay 
off  the  foundation.  Not  little  was  the 
lack  of  faith  and  the  indifference  of 
most  of  the  men,  some  of  whom  feared 
that  the  women  were  "  contracting 
debt,''  which  tliey  would  have  to  pay. 
But  feminine  pluck  was  too  much  for 
masculine  inertia. 

Of  course  the  Congregational  Union 
was  allowed  a  share  in  this  enterprise. 
A.  few  personal  friends  at  the  East  put 
in  their  friendship's  offering;  friends 
in  the  mother  church  at  Morris,  "  to  en- 
courage the  ladies,"  put  in  $100  or  so. 
Merchants  were  solicited  for  material 
to  work  up  into  garments.  The  records 
of  the  Association,  which,  kept  in  the 
best  style,  I  found  to  be  entertaining 
reading,  report  that  prayer  was  offered 
on  the  ground  when  the  location  was 
fixed  and  the  foundation  laid  out.  In- 
deed, a  burden  of  prayer  seems  to  have 
been  borne  by  some  of  the  ladies  all 
the  way  through. 

But,  alas,  the  consecrated  oats  and 
vegetables  were  nearly  cut  off  by  the 
drought.  Instead  of  the  2,000  bushels 
expected,  less  than  300  were  harvested, 
to  be  sold  for  as  many  dollars,  and  the 
children's  expectations  realized  only 
ten  or  fifteen  dollars.  Here  then  the 
men  put-to  their  shoulders  in  a  sub- 
scription of  $800.  One  "  boss"  carpen- 
ter directed  the  volunteers,  and  a 
*'boss"  painter,  shriveled  by  rheuma- 
tism, was  brought  from  the  poor-house 
to  give  direction  and  assistance  in  the 
graining  and  finer  work.  Upon  this 
job,  in  the  roughness  of  the  last  spring, 
one  lady,  who  paints  in  oil  upon  can- 
vas, worked  tuenty-three  day$  by  the 
side  of  her  husband  (a  farmer),  who  in 
all  put  in  125  days'  work ! 

In  June  the  house,  which  had  cost 
over  $3,000,  was  dedicated  free  from 
debt,  a  beautifril  sanctuary,  80  by  50 
feet,  with  a  symmetrical  spire  and  green 


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blinds,  with  modern  upholstery  in  the 
pulpit,  with  tasteful  lamps  and  caq>ets, 
with  a  front  yard  enclosed  in  pickets 
and  set  with  evergreens  and  grass,  and 
with  a  gilt  inscription  upon  the  front : 
**  Memorial  Church.  1871."  On  the 
fourth  of  July  the  same  Association  got 
up  a  celebration,  to  which  fifty  teams 
brought  a  multitude  of  people,  who  en- 
tered into  the  occasion  with  joy,  and 
bought  their  dinners  to  pay  for  the 
new  cabinet  organ,  which  the  ladies 
had  already  put  within  their  sanctuary. 
Great  was  the  happiness  of  those  women 
on  that  day.  Their  Association  is  to  be 
continued  for  yet  other  work. 


Massaohiuietts  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety. 

The  72d  Annual  Meeting  of  this 
steadfast  Auxiliary  was  held  in  East 
Hampton,  Mass.,  June  21,  1871.  The 
President,  Rev.  W.  A.  Stearns,  D.D., 
presided,  and  opened  the  meeting  with 
prayer  and  remarks.  An  abstract  of 
the  Annual  Report  was  presented  by 
the  Secretary,  Rev.  Hexry  B.  Hookbr, 
D.D.,  and  a  Report  upon  Home  Evange- 
lization, by  Rev.  Daniel  P.  Notes. 
Addresses  were  made  by  Rev.  Drs. 
Alex.  H.  Clapp  and  Wm.  Ives  Bud- 

INGTON. 

Sixty  missionaries  have  been  aided 
within  the  year,  ministering  to  about 
3,350  members  of  mission  churches  and 
more  than  10,000  people,  who  would 
else  have  been  without  gospel  privi- 
leges. They  have  cared  for  more  than 
4,200  children  and  youth  in  Sabbath 
schools,  and  have  welcomed  100  con- 
verts into  the  fold  of  Christ.  Two 
churches  have  become  self-supporting, 
two  church  edifices  have  been  built, 
and  two  pastors  have  been  installed. 
Nineteen  changes  in  the  nunisterial  re- 
lation have  hindered  the  best  welfare 
of  the  mission  churches. 

The  Receipts,  from  all  sources,  includ- 
ing balance  from  previous  year,  were 
$55,917 ;  being  $5,293  more  in  contri- 


butions, and  $7,429  less  in  legacies  than 
the  receipts  of  the  71st  year.  The 
whole  amount  given  in  the  State  for 
Home  Missions,  was  $87,459 — exceed- 
ing by  $8,472,  the  receipts  of  any  for- 
mer year.  The  Expenditures  in  Massa- 
chusetts were  $18,842 ;  sent  to  the  Na- 
tional Society,  $34,700,  besides  $84,410 
contributed  to  the  National  Society  di- 
rectly. 

All  who  know  anything  of  the  history 
of  this  most  efficient,  and  now  venera- 
ble Institution,  will  give  cordial  assent 
to  these  claims  put  forth  for  it,  by  the 
Secretary  in  the  Annual  Report : 

"  If  a  history  of  usefulness,  extending 
over  near  three-quarters  of  a  ceulnry, 
gives  a  special  claim  to  regard,  that  cltim 
can  be  made  for  the  Mansachusetts  Home 
Missionary  Society,  for  it  has  just  reach- 
ed the  72d  year  of  its  life.  If  aims  and 
objects,  the  noblest  that  can  be  parsned 
by  men,  give  dignity  and  honor  to  an  in- 
stitution, those  are  found  in  the  work  of 
this  Society,  for  it  has  sought  the  good  of 
men  on  the  highest  possible  scale,  even 
their  everlasting  welfare.  If  there  be 
ground  for  special  regard  for  an  enter- 
prise, in  the  fact  that  its  growth  in  the 
public  confidence  has  raised  its  incami' 
from  $1,000  in  the  first  year,  to  $56,000iii 
the  last,  we  have  that  ground  in  this  in- 
stitution. If  a  benevolent  organization 
has  exercised  so  much  sympathy,  and  put 
forth  so  much  strength,  that  within  a  sin- 
gle State  it  has  raised  near  200  churches 
to  self-support  and  independence,  and  has 
sent  more  than  $1,000,000  to  do  the  same 
kind  of  work  in  other  and  distant  parts 
of  the  land — if  such  an  organization  hath 
honor,  it  can  be  affirmed  of  that  now  be- 
fore us.  If  there  be  just  claim  for  re- 
gard in  that,  for  the  past  year,  it  has  aid- 
ed in  sustaining  60  C'hristian  ministers  in 
waste  places  of  the  State,  and  essentiallr 
aided  more  than  600  in  the  vast  regions 
of  the  West,  we  can  make  that  claun. 

"  If,  at  the  mature  age  of  72,  with  a  his^ 
tory  of  ceaseless  activity,  it  is  so  far  from 
being  exhausted  and  imbecile  and  ready 
to  die,  tliat  it.  has  a  larger  income,  and 
acts  upon  a  more  extended  sphere  than 
ever — if,  in  its  old  age,  it  has  yet  the  fire 
of  youth  and  vigor  of  ripened  manhood, 
and  is  stronger,  every  way,  to-day,  than 
ever — if  all  this  gives  honor,  and  is  a 
ground  of  confidence,  we  can  claim  it  for 
this  Home  Missionary  Society.  If  an  in- 
stitution, as  the  strongest  auxiliary  of  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society,  has 
aided  in  sending  the  blessed  light  and 
consolation  of  the  gospel  into  hundred! 


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of  thousands  of  families  of  the  land, 
otherwise  destitute  of  them,  making  its 
influence  felt  in  thirty  States  and  Terri- 
tories, and  from  the  Eastern  to  tlie  West- 
em  Sea,  scveking  and  elFeciin^  the  recon- 
ciliation of  hundreds  of  thousands  <-f  peo- 
ple to  their  Maker — if  such  an  institution 
is  worthy  of  our  deepest  sympathy,  then 
is  that  one  thus  wortliy  wliose  anniver- 
sary we  celebrate  to  day.  If  any  human 
organization  which  has*  sustained  and  in- 
vigorated with  it«  wliole  ])ower,  the  three 
great   ng-encies  of    tlie   highest   national 

{)ro!*perity. — intelligence,  liberty  and  re- 
igion, — and  sustains  tliem  as  nothing 
else  can — if  such  an  institution  claims  the 
s}-mpnthy  of  the  patriot  and  the  Chri.^- 
tian,  tliat  claim  we  make  for  tlie  institu- 
tion now  before  us." 


After  Years  of  Service. 

In  view  of  all  my  past  experience  in 
the  Home  Missionary  work,  its  trials  as 
well  as  its  sweet  labors,  I  can  sincerely 
say  that,  if  I  were  just  graduating  again 
from  the  Seminary,  as  I  was  in  1850,  I 
would  like  to  give  rayselt*  to  your  So- 
ciety again,  to  send  me  just  where  they 
had  moBt  need  of  my  services.  I  love 
its  blessed  work  none  the  less ;  I  trust 
I  appreciate  its  importance  a  great  deal 
more.  No  one  who  has  stood  upon  the 
frontier  and  seen  the  intimate  connec- 
tion between  the  work  of  your  Society, 
for  the  last  half  century,  and  the  tri- 
umph of  our  country  in  its  mighty 
straggle  with  oppression,  can  fail  of  be- 
ing most  profoundly  impressed  with 
the  importance  of  that  work.  Every 
lover  of  his  country,  as  well  as  every 
lover  of  the  souls  of  men,  must  pray, 
from  his  inmost  soul,  God  bless  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society  ! 

But  aside  from  all  that,  the  sweets  of 
that  blessed  service,  can  only  be  known 
by  being  tasted.  It  has  its  trials,  it  is 
true ;  but  if  it  had  not,  it  would  lose 
half  its  sweetness.  We  truly  appreciate 
only  that  whiclf  costs  us  something. — 
Bee,  Charles  Seeeombe. 


A  Brikf  MmisTRY.  —  Among  the 
"*  Appointments  *^  in  this  number  will 
he  found  the  name  of  Rev.   William 


Lemmon,  a  student  in  Chicago  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  commissioned  for 
labor  in  Mondovi,  Wisw,  during  his  four 
months'  summer  vacation. 

A  letter  from  Rev.  F.  B.  Doe,  Supt.. 
says,  **  It  is  my  painful  duty  to  inform 
you  that  your  missionary  in  Mondovi 
has  closed  thus  early  his  earthly  labors, 
after  less  than  two  weeks'  sickness  with 
typhoid  fever.  His  brain  was  so  active 
that  the  disease  could  not  be  controlled. 
Brief  as  was  his  ministry,  he  had  great 
ly  endeared  himself  to  that  people." 

Is  there  not,  in  our  churches,  some 
young  man  willing  to  prepare  himself 
to  take  the  place  of  this  fallen  sentinel 
on  the  walls  of  Zion, — content  with  a 
ministry  as  long  as  the  longest,  or  brief 
as  this,  since  on  both  alike  follows  the 
eternal  recompense  ? 


Churches  in  Kansas.  —  The  Min- 
utes of  the  General  Association,  for  1871, 
report  78  Congregational  churches  in 
Kansas,  of  which  seven  are  self-sup- 
porting, and  eleven  are  without  pastors. 
The  number  of  ministers  is  72,  of  whom 
54  are  in  active  pastoral  duty.  Mem- 
bers of  churches,  2,724 — a  gain  of  564 
in  the  year.  Sabbath  school  scholars, 
4,306;  infants  baptized,  765.  Three 
churches  have  been  dropped,  and  20 
organized. 

The  Association  heartily  renewed  its 
former  pledges  of  co-operation  with  this 
Society,  and  voted  that  its  members 
would  do  their  utmost  to  make  the 
contributions  equal,  at  least,  one  dollar 
for  each  church  member.  (For  the 
year  reported,  the  churches  contribut- 
ed to  the  Society  about  $1,400 — a  gain 
of  $600  on  the  previous  year.)  "We 
must  heartily  co-operate  with  the  Home 
Missionary  Society,"  say  the  Mission- 
ary Committee,  "  both  in  larger  contri- 
butions, and  in  bringing  our  older 
churches  more  rapidly  toward  the  point 
of  self-support,  so  that  the  money  of 
the  Society  may  go,  as  largely  as  possi- 
ble, toward  opening  our  newer  fields. 


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The  time  has  corae  for  our  Western 
churches  to  make  a  vigorous  advance 
in  the  maintenance  of  their  own  work. 
The  older  Western  States  ought  to  be 
self-supporting  to-day.  In  Kansas  our 
border  moves  westward  so  rapidly,  and 
our  churches  multiply  so  fast,  that  it 


i  will  be  many  years  before  our  contribu- 
Itions  can  equal  our  demands.  But  we 
must  take  our  older  churches  off  as  fast 
!  as  possible,  and  swell  our  contributions 
I  to  the  highest  attainable  point.  Kan- 
I  sas  must  be  the  ^  banner  State '  in  this 
'  work." 


APPOINT\rENTS  IN  JULY,  1871. 


Sot  in  CommieHon  last  year. 

Rev.  John  L.  Jones,  Copperopolis,  Marphy*8, 
Doug)a«}8  Flat,  Salt  Hpring  Valley  and  Tele- 
graph City,  Cal. 

Rev.  Orvillc  A.  Rose,  Lincoln  and  Roseville,  Cal. 

Kcv.  Ludwig  Wolfscn,  To  go  to  Minnesota. 

Rev.  William  A.  Patten,  Fort  Dodge.  Iowa. 

Rev.  William  Lemmon,  Mondovi.  Wla. 

Rev.  Albert  A.  Young,  8haron,  Wis. 

Rev.  John  Van  Antwerp,  Canandaigna,  Mich. 

Rev.  Charles  C.  Harrah,  Brookfield,  Mo. 

Rev.  John  W..Balrd,  Crescent  City.  111. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  P.  Coltrtn,  Sandoval  and  Collins, 
111. 

Rev.  William  W.  Curtis,  East  Lisbon,  HI. 

Rev.  Alpa  L.  P.  Loomis,  Downer's  Grove,  111. 

Rev.  Samuel  Manning,  Canfield,  Ohio. 

Rev.  John  A.  Ball,  Harpersfleld,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Charles  L.  Mitchell,  Little  Valley,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  David  K.  Pangbom,  South  Canton,  N.  Y. 

Re-commi9si(med. 

Rev.  Jacob  H.  Strong,  Soquel.  Cal. 

Rev.  Lyman  W.  Wlnslow,  Hydesville  and  Rohner- 

ville,  Cal. 
Rev.  Lewis  Bridgman,  Clav  Countr,  Dakota. 
Rev.    Stewart    Sheldon,   Vermlllfon   and    Bon- 

homme,  Dakota. 
Rev.  Joseph  Ward,  Yankton,  Dakota. 
Rev.  John  M.  Cheesman,  Osawkie,  Huber  and 

Round  Mound  school-house,  Kan. 
Rev.  Luman  C.  Gilbert,  East  Prairieville  and  Mer- 

ton,  Minn. 
Rev.  Alfred  C.  Lathrop,  Grove  Lake,  Glen  wood 

and  vicinity,  Minn. 
Rev.  Charles  C.  Salter,  Duluth.  Minn. 
Rev.  Jesse  G.  D.  Steams,  aear  Water,  Minn. 
Rev.  John  L.  Atkinson,  Earlville  and  AlmoraL, 

Iowa. 
Rev.  E.  G.  Carpenter,  Coming  and  Cromwell, 

Iowa. 


Rev.  Charles  Hancock,  Rtacyville,  Iowa. 

Rev.  James  D.  Mason,  Nora  Springs,  Shell  Rock 

Falls  and  Plymouth,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Josiah  W.  Peet,  Fontonelle  and  three  oat- 
stations,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Chauncey  D.  Wright,   ATOca  and  Anita. 

Iowa. 
Rev.  Benjamin  S.  Baxter.  Hale,  Bvnside  and 

Hale  school-house.  Wis. 
Rev.  James  Jameson,  Muscoda  and  Avoca,  Wis. 
Rev.  James  M.  Mitchell,  Sterling  and  Wheatland. 

Wis. 
Rev.  John  N.  Powell,  Plymouth  and  Glenbculah. 

Wis. 
Rev.  William  M.  Richards,  Princeton,  Wis. 
Rev.  John  G.  Taylor.  Augusta,  Wla. 
Rev.  Henry  D.  Lowing,  Neosho,  Seneca,  Pool's 

Prairie,  Ncwtonia  and  other  out-stations.  Mo. 
Rev.  Charles  £.  Marsh,  Summer  Hill,  HI. 
Rev.  Edward  P.  Whiting,  Bowensburg  and  West 

Point,  lU. 
Rev.  Henry  Hoddle,  Liber  and  Portland,  Ind. 
Rev.  L.  R.  Royce,  Elkhart,  Ind. 
Rev.  Henry  B.  Swift,  Bloomfleld  and  Solsbeiry, 

Ind. 
Rev.  Heman  Geer,  Monroe,  Ohio. 
Rev.  John  M.  Thomas,  Ironton  and  Bast  Ironton. 

Ohio. 
Rev.  John  Vetter,  PUiin,  Ohio. 
Jlev.  Samuel  Rowland,  West  Spring  Creek  and 

Spring  Creek  Station,  Pa. 
Rev.  MerU  S.  Phitt,  Franklinvllle,  Newflcld  ind 

North  Vineland,  N.  J. 
Rev.  Charies  W.  Burt,  Union  Center,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Felix  Kyte,  Lumberland  and  Barryville,  N. 
'        Y. 

i  Rev.  William  Macnab,  West  Newark,  N.  Y. 
'  Rev.  Edtiard  N.  Ruddock,  Parma  and  Greece,  N. 
I        Y. 

'  Rev.  Thomas  Wat*on,  Wilmington,  Upper  Jty 
I        and  Keeue,  N.  Y. 


RECEIPTS  IN  JULY,  1871. 


MAINE- 

Maine,  *'Erro," 
NEW  HAMPSHIKE- 
Receivcd  by  L.  D.  Stevens,  Treas.  N.  H. 
M.  Soc: 

Concord,  A  Friend,  $30  00 

Pelham,  Mrs.  H.  C.  Wyman,       ao  00 


$10  00 


40  00 


Acworth.  Legacy  of  Blre.  Lucy  McClurc, 
by  W.  Hayward,  Ex..  |S0O  « 

Concord,  On  account  of  Legacy  of  Mrs. 
Ann  G.  Merrill,  by  L.  D.  Stavens  and 
C.  Howe,  Exs.,  850  « 

VERMONT- 
Brattleboro,  A.  Van  Doom,  5  <0 


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MIddlebury,  Bertha.  *6;  J.  W.  B.. 
West  Addfson,  K.  S.  Merrill, 


Grafton.  A  Friend.  $30  00 

$2,         8  00 

500 
MASSACHCSETTS- 
Ma88.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by  S.  T.  Far- 
well,  Trea«..  ;  2,000  00 
Cambridgcport,  Avails  of  a  Beqnest,        «1»  00 
North  Brookfleld,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and 

Soc.,  mon.  con.,  by  J.  E.  Porter,  Treas.,  12  00 
Salem,  Legacy  of  Priscilla  Goodhue,  by 

Mary  T.  Goodhue,  Exx.,  200  00 

Springfield,  *'  Unabridged,"  1,500  00 

CONNECTICUT— 

Bridgeport.  OUwt  Cong.  fA.,  by  Rev. 
DTB.  DoJge, 

Sabbath  School  of  the  South  Cong. 
Ch.,  bv  Edward  Sterling,  Supt., 

Cromwell,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  John  Ste- 
vens, 

Lebanon,  First  Cong.  Ch..  by  O.  E.  Pet- 
tin. 

Middletown,  Ladies  of  the  A.  H.  M. 
Soc.  of  the  First  Cong.  Ch..  by  Miss 
C.  M.  Bacon,  to  const.  Mrs.  Sarah  J. 
Ashton  a  L.  M., 

Ralph  Dunning,  bv  Rev.  C.  A.  Board- 
man,  ft25 ;  Lucia  C.  Birdsye,  $20, 

New  Britain.  South  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 
by  C.  Peck,  Treas.,  to  const.  E.  H. 
Preston,  E.  A.  Boardman,  W.  F.  Bo- 
land,  Miss  Annie  L.  Smith,  Miss  C. 
B.  North,  Miss  Mary  E.  Porter,' Miss 
S.  Sophia  Brown  L.  Ms.,  of  wh.  $100 
from  L.  Woodruff,  to  const,  him  a 
L.  D., 

New  Canaan,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 
Dea.  S.  Hickok, 

New  Milford,  Miss  Gratia  M.  Merwin, 
to  const.  Mrs.  G.  Northrop  a  L.  M., 


8  16 
75  00 
72  00 
62  50 

80  00 
45  00 


949  27 
(n  12 


SO  00 
800 


Norwalk,  Miss  M.  Darling, 

Plainvllle,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Parish,  byT. 
H.  Darrow,  to  const  E.  Hills,  Lydia 
Dixon,  P.  P.  Pierce,  C.  C.  Recor  and 
Jane  Prisbic  L.  Ms.,  150  00 

Bockville,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  L. 
James,  886  00 

8alem,  Cong.  Ch..  $13.10;  Rev.  J.  B. 
Elderkin,  fft-OO,  In  full,  to  const  Rov. 
J.  E.  Elderkin  a  L.  M.,  90  00 

Washington,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  C.  L.  Hic- 
kox,  Treas.,  182  00 

WestKlllingly,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  G.  Daniel- 
son,  Treas.,  121  00 

Windsor  Locks,  On  account  of  Legacy  of 
Mrs.  E.  H.  BarUett  by  J.  H.  mtyden, 
Adm.,  42  59 

Woodbury,  R.  J.  Allen,  to  const  Mrs. 
Rath  N.  Benedict  a  L.  M.,  30  00 

NEW  YORK- 
Astoria,  B.  J.  Woolsey,  500  00 

Brooklvn,  E.  D.,  New  England  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  J.  W.  Skinner.  Treas.,  12  00 

Cariisle.  Jame«  Boughton,  60 

Oaloesville,    Cong.    Ch.,   by   Rev.    P. 

Camp,  6  00 

Gasport  Mary  A.  Spencer,  5  00 

Java,  A  Friend,  10  00 

Millerton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G.  R.  Fer- 
guson, 20  00 
New  York  City,  Sabbath  School  of  New 

England  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const.  J.  fi. 

Alden  a  L.  M.,  80  40 

North  Hammond,  Chippewa  St.  Cong. 

Ch.  and  Hoc.,  by  Rev.  S.  Young,  80  00 

North  Walton,  Rev.  S.  N.  Robinson,  8  00 

Saratoga  Spring^  E.  J.  C  6  00 

Wadhams'  Mills,  Cong.  Ch.,  by   Rev. 

W.  H.  Wolcott,  26  00 

NEW  JERSEY— 

Bloomfleld,  Mrs.  Huldah  Coe,  12  00 

PKNN8YLVANLA- 
Pbiladelphia,    Central  Cong.   Ch.  and 
Hoc.,  by  J.  Edwards,  of  which  $100 
from  Dea.  J.  Smith,  to  const.  W.  Gal- 


lagher, Jr.,  A.  C.  Ives.  C.  L.  Smith, 

L.  O.  Smith  and  H.S.  Vail  L.Ms.,      $160  93 

MARYLAND- 

Baltlmore,  R.  M.  W.,  10  00 

OHIO— 
Alliance.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  T.  Eynon,  25  00 

Berea,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  11.  A. 

Johnson,  is  44 

Chagrin  Falls,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G. 

w:  Walker,  86  10 

East  Cleveland,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  Ford,  18  12 
Hampden,  Cong.  Ch.,  Rev.  W.  Potter,  10  00 
Richfield,  N.  llammond,  10  00 

Rootstown,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  F.  M. 

Sanford,  Tr.,  21  50 

Tallmadge,    TaUmadge   Benev.   Assoc.  ^ 

bv  L.  H.  Ashmun,  Treas.,  to  const. 

Mrs.  B.  Norris  a  L.  M.,  with  $80  from 

Elijah  Lyman,  to  const  Mrs.  O.  S. 

Treat  a  L.  M.,  83  55 

Mrs.  A.  Scott  10  00 

Windham,  Cong.    Ch.,   by  T.  Wales, 

Treas.,  82  75 

ILLINOIS— 
Amboy,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Dea.  W.  B.  An- 

drus,  94  81 

Atkinson,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  L. 

Howard,  31  38 

Bristol,  Cong.  Ch.,  8  25 

KImwood,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  G. 

Pierce  70  00 

Lawn  Ridge,  Cong.  Ch.,  16  30 

Lombard,  First  Church  of  Christ,  to 

const  Mrs.  J.  F.  Claflin  a  L.  M.,  80  00 

Makanda,  Cong.  Ch.,  $6.50 ;  South  Pass, 

Cong.  Ch.,  $10,  by  Rev.  P.  Wheeler,        16  50 
Oak  Pork,  Cong.  Ch.,  ann.  coll.,  $207.98 ; 

mon.  con.,  $50.75,  to  const  Rev.  S.  J. 

Humphrey  and  J.  W.  Scoville,  L.  Ds.,    268  68 
Ottawa,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  G.  Nat- 

tlnger,  51  07 

Plymouth,  Mrs.  Mary  Holtou,  4  00 

MISSOURI— 

Cameron,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 
A.  Waterman,  7  80 

Carthage,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  B. 
Fry,  11  00 

EUeardvlUe,  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
Rev.  W.  H.  Warren,  20  00 

Syracuse,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F.  G.  Sher- 
riU,  8  00 

MICHIGAN- 

Canandaigua,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  Van 
Antwerp,  16  00 

Concord,  Presb.  Ch.,  $4.60;  LeUind 
Cong.  Ch.,  $18.40,  by  Rev.  G.  Thomp- 
son. 18  00 

Laingsburg,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 
Mulder,  18  00 

Muskegon,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L.  War- 
ren, to  const.  Rev.  A.  D.  Stowell 
a  L.  D.,  T8  50 

Newaygo.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M. 
8.  Angell,  5  00 

Northport  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E. 
E.  Kirkland,  10  50 

Romeo,  Miss  T.  S.  Clarke,  to  const,  her 
a  L.  M.,  80  00 

Utica,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.,  by  Rev. 
W.  PUtt  2  00 

WISCONSm- 

Auroraville  and  Pine  River,  Cong.  Chs., 
by  Rev.  D.  A.  Campbell,  ii  61 

Elk  Grove,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  W. 
Curtis,  10  15 

Markesan,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  H. 
Cameron,  5  00 

Mcnasha,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F.  B.  Doe,     83  05 

Sun  Prairie,  Cong.  Ch.,  mon.  con.,  by 
H.  E.  Boardman,  5  50 

Wauwatosa,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  A.  War- 
ren, to  const.  Dea.  J.  De  Graff  a  L. 
M.,  44  35 


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lOWA- 
Ame^  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  A. 

Baker, 
Amity,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D.  R. 

Barker, 
Atlantic,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  8.  Hill, 
Cass,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Bar- 

rows, 
Concord  and  Dnrango,  Cong.  Ch«.,  by 

Rev.  W.  Spell, 
Dnbuquc,  Ger.  Cong.  Ch..  by  Rev.  H. 

Fickc, 
Keokuk,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  L.  C.  IngersolK 
Lewis,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.,  by  Rev. 

B.  F.  Havlland, 
Mitchell,  D.  8.  Mapes, 

Monona,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  M. 
Smith, 

Ogden  Station,  First  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G.  W. 
ralmer, 

Postville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  ii.  F. 
Bronson, 

Seneca.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  O.  Little- 
field, 

Yankee  Settlement,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
L.  P.  Mathews, 

MTNNE80TA- 
Monticello,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  O.  M. 

Smith, 
Princeton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  A. 

Hampton, 
St.  Cloud,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 

Mills, 

ILA^NSAS— 
Ellsworth,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  Baker, 
Fort  Scott.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

C.  Plumb, 

Junction  City,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

T.  Jacobus. 
Olathe,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F.  T. 

Ingalls,  • 

Oswego,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  F. 

Morgan. 
Ottawa,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

Chew, 

NEBRASKA— 

Blair,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M.  Tingley, 

DAKOTA  TER.—  _     ^     „ 

Yankton,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

Ward, 
CAUFORNLA— 
Eureka,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  T. 

Wills. 
Oakland,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D. 

B.Gray,  .     _ 

Pescadero,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev,  Q. 

R- Ellis.  _     ^    „ 

Santa  Barbara,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

B  M  Betts, 
Woodland,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  S. 

R,  Rosboro, 

HOBfE  MISSIONARY, 


13  80 

16  00 
10  00 

16  41 

5  00 

18  00 
33  40 

1  00 
15  00 

4P00 

30  60 

15  00 

15  75 

10  50 


20  00 
10  50 


11  40 


15  00 
12  60 


24  80 
13  00 


400 


460 


25  00 
490 


21  25 
28  75 


25  00 
800 


Andover,  West  Parish,  ann.  coll.,  $186.25: 
mon.  con.,  $16.95,  $»»  « 


A  Friend. 

Blandford,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

Boston  Highlands,  Vine^t.  Church,  mon. 
con., 

Cambridgeport,  Prospect  St.  Church, 

East  Taunton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

Falmouth.  A  Friend, 

Granby,  Mrs.  Erastus  Oark, 

Hampden  Benev.  Association,  C.  Marsh, 
Tr., 

Hanover,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 

Harpoot,  Turkey.  Dr.  Geo.  C.  Raynolds. 

HaverhUI  West,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc., 

London,  En«.,  MissE.  H.  Ropes, 

Maine,  A  Friend, 

Marion,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

Medfleld,  Mrs.  Harding, 

Natick,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  to  const 
Eben  Whitney,  Mrs.  Caroline  Brigham 
and  Mrs.  Irene  Atwood  L.  Ms., 

Newbury,  First  Ch.  and  Soc, 

Newbnryport,  North  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

Neponsct,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

North  Scitnate,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

Randolph,  First  Ch.  md  ParM, 
Atherton  Wales,  for  support  of  a  West- 
cm  Missionary, 

Salisbury  and  Amesbury,  Union  Ch.  and 
Soc. 

Sherbom,  Second  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

Spencer,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

Wavland,  Sabbath  School, 

Wellesley,  Cone.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
I  West  Barnstable,  Ch.  and  Soc, 

Whitinsville.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  to 
const.  Rev.  and  Mrs.  John  R.  Thurston 
L  Ms 

Wrentham,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

W.  L.,  Massachusetts, 


500 
90  00 

90  00 
800  00 
16  00 
200 
GO  00 

400  00 
500 
15  00 
94  00 
10  00 
500 
15  00 
100 


160  00 
29  SO 
78»I 
19  09 
90  00 

104  95 

100  00 

485 

17  50 
183  97 

4  21 
100  6S 

18  00 


$9,542  85 

Donations  qf  Clothing,  etc. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Church  of  the  Pilgrims, 
by  Mrs.  L.  W.  Allen,  a  box,  four  barrels 
aid  cash,  ,    ,       $1,400  00 

Hancock,  N.  H.,  Ladies*  Sew.  Circle,  by 
Charlotte  L.  Tuttle,  Sec,  a  box. 

New  Haven,  Conn.,  Rev.  S.  W.  Bamum, 
two  copies  of  Comprehensive  Diction- 
ary of  the  Bible, 

New  York  City,  Mr.  J.  R.  HUls,  a  handle. 

Sheffield.  Mass.,  Ladles  of  the  Cong.  Ch., 
by  Mrs.  O.  A.  Pelton,  a  barrel. 

Jteoeipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Horns  Missiotuiry 
So^ty,  in  July,  Stephen  T.  Farwbll,  Treas. 

Abington,  Rev.  A.  Burpee,  |2  00 

Amherst,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  102  42 


1,641  W 
40  00 
SO  00 


64  85 


12  00 


Receipts  of  the  (kmnecticut  Home  Misstonaty  So- 
ciety, in  July,  E.  W.  Parsons,  Treas. 

Bridgeport,  Olivet  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D.  B. 
Dodfire 

Bristol,  Ladies'  Assoc,  by  L.  Beckwlth, 

Bolton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Israel  HlUs, 

Canton  Center,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  G.  Barber. 

Colchester,  Bequest  of  Mrs.  Martha  Gil- 
lott,  by  R.  Gfllett,  Ex.,      _  „  ^ 

Farmington.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  R.  H.  Gay,  of 
which  $100  from  H.  D.  Hawley.  to 
const.  Mary  O.  Richards  of  Plainvllle,  a 
L.  D., 

Hartford,  Asylum  Hill  Ch.,  by  J.  L.  C, 
Pearl  Street  Ch..  by  J.  B.  E., 

Milton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  B.  Gilbert, 

Morris,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  R,  Coit, 

New  Haven,  College  Street  CA.,  by  E.  Ben- 
jamin,  in  full,  to  const  D.  W.  Bucking- 
ham, H.  A.  Harrington,  R.  P.  Cowles, 
F.  A.  Bassett  and  Carlos  Smith  L. 
Ms., 
Third  Cong.  Ch.,\iyf.T.  3., 

Norfolk,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.,  by  Rev, 
J.  Eldridge.  D.D.. 

North  Greenwich,  Cong.  Ch..  to  const, 
Mrs.  Odle  C.  Knapp  a  L.  M.,  by  8. 
Husted,  Treas.,  .    „  „   , 

North  GuUford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  F.  T.  J., 

Norwich,  Mohegan  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 
F.  MuEzy, 

Orange,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  F.  T.  J., 

Prospect,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C^Pike, 

Saybrook^  Second  Church,  by  W.  Denm- 


$14  SO 
90  00 
1194 
6S51 

150  00 


316  66 
487  85 
56  60 
90  80 
36  00 


39  00 

SB  11 


600 


Saybrook;  { 

son, 
Wallingford,    Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  R. 

Gilbert,  ^     ^     ^  « 

Waterbury,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  D.  F. 

Maltby,  ^  ^        ^     w    t 

West  Winsted,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J. 
Hinsdale, 


49  03 

30  00 

184 
9S45 
14  60 

16  90 

79  00 

m9 

189  7D 


$9,197  98 


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MISSIONAKY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  Cluthing,  seal  directly  aiid  without  any  particular  designation,  to  the 
office  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  such  mission- 
anes  as  are  known  to  be  moat  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  to 
those  who  receive  them,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  individual  or  association,  intending  to 
prepare  a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  missionary  desigiiated,  and  a 
detoiled  account  of  the  circumstances  of  his  family  given,  the  information  is  not  always 
at  hand,  so  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when 
it  IS,  it  not  unfrequently  happens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  '>he  missionary  re- 
mains for  months  unsupplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  desig.vation,hemightbe 
furnished  with  articles  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  In 
other  cases,  while  the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from 
other  sources,  so  that  when  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want 
as  many  others. 

It  is  preferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors, 
that  the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  in- 
dividual in  particular,  should  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Society, 
itfUr  they  reach  the  office.  It  is  believed  that  they  will,  in  this  wav,  answer  the 
designs  of  those  who  generously  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which 
the  Society  can  have  an  agency. 

DIBECTIONS  FOR  FORWARDING. 

1.  Put  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  a 
paper  or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  with  the  name  of  the  in- 
dividual  or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the  individual  to 
whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent. 

2.  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  the  box  should  be  sent  in  a 
letter  to  the  office  of  the  Society.  This  copy  should  state  the  estimated  value  of  the 
contents,  and  the  Hze  of  adults,  with  the  ages  and  sex  of  children,  for  whom  the 
clothing  is  intended.  The  letter  should  also  state  when,  and  by  what  conveyance, 
the  box  was  forwarded,  and  in  it  should  be  inclosed  such  money  as  is  intended  for 
the  payment  of  freight.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  provided  for  in  all 
cases,  if  practicable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  $8  to  $G,  accord- 
ing to  its  size  and  the  distance  it  is  sent.  A  barrel  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense 
than  a  box  of  the  same  size. 

3.  The  box  should  be  fully  and  plainly  marked,  and  the  place  from  wlUch  it  comes 
should  ALWAYS  appear  on  tlie  outside,  so  that  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening 
it  at  the  office.  It  should  be  strong,  tight,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  oi 
hooped,  or  otherwise  fully  secured  against  the  effects  of  hard  usage  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor 
Place,  New  York. 

NO  PART  OF  A  MISSIONARY'S  SALARY. 

Boxes  of  clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriation.  Tlie 
Society  needs  the  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  ofter  to  meet  promptly  its 
stipulations  with  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  be  no 
favor  to  a  missionary  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money 
that  would  otherwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionally  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to 
it  that  they  give  none  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  giving  other  things 
that  are  needful  and  convenient.  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  sympathies  will 
be  so  awakened  in  the  preparation  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be 
their  privilege,  not  only  to  continue,  but  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

SUGGESTIONS  AS  TO  THEIR  CONTENTS. 

In  rpffnrd  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box,  while  clothing  of  woollen  or  linen 
fabrics,  shoes,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  bT  "Specially  valuable,  scarcely 
any  thinflr  in  the  shape  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  which 
is  of  common  use  in  any  form  in  a  family,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  forks, 
B]xx>n8,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of  cotton,  a  skein  of  yam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles, 
a  cake  of  wax.  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a  thimble,  a  tumbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skimmer,  or  a 
pepper  box,  need  not  be  left  out. 

When  articles  of  clothing  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  which 
boxes  are  sent,  missionaries  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  other 
that  almost  every  thing  which  a  box  may  contain  is  turned  to  good  account. 


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NOTICE  TO  MISSION ABIEa 

The  Secretaries  deeply  ref^ret'to  say  that  the  Treasury  is  empty,  and  it  is  im- 
possible for  them  to  issue  drafts  with  customary  promptness. 

Remittances  will  be  made  as  fast  as  funds  are  received,  and  it  is  hoped  that 
none  will  be  delayed  so  lon^^  as  to  cause  serious  inconvenience. 

APPLICATIONS  FOR  AID. 

Feeble  conjrregations,  desiring:  aid  in  supporting  the  gospel,  are  requeslcvl.  in 
their  applications,  to  make  full  statements  of  their  condition  and  prospects,  and  of 
the  reasons  for  granting  their  requests.  They  are  desired,  also,  to  furnish  the 
following  particulars,  namelv : 

The  population  of  the  place. 

The  name  of  the  church  or  congregation. 

The  number  of  communicants,  and  the  average  number  of  attendants  on  pub- 
lic worship. 

The  denomination  and  size  of  congregations  immediately  contiguous,  with  tlie 
distance  to  their  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  which  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  ])ortion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  given  time,  and  the 
arrangements  that  are  made  for  securing  it. 

Whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 

The  least  amount  that  will  suffice  from  this  Society. 

The  name  in  full  and  post-office  address  of  the  minister  for  whom  a  commission 
is  desired. 

His  credentials. 

Whether  he  is  a  resident  of  the  place  in  which  he  preaches,  and  is  engtLged  iu 
any  other  calling  than  that  of  the  ministry. 

Whether  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  church,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangements 
are  made  or  contemplated  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  the  vear. 

The  application  should  be  signed  by  tlie  officers  of  the  cliurch,  and  by  the 
trustees  or  a  committee  of  the  congregation. 

If  the  ecclesiastical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  have  a  "  Com- 
mittee of  Missions"  to  act  in  their  behalf,  the  members  of  this  Committee  are  the 
pro|)er  persons  to  certify  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  minister, 
and  his  prospects  of  usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  services  are  desired  :  and  the 
application  should  be  sent  to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation. 
Where  no  such  **C*ommittee  of  Missions"  exists,  the  apjdication  should  receive  the 
indorsement  of  two  or  more  neighboring  clergymen,  of  the  same  denomination, 
acquainU^d  with  the  facts. 

Applications,  after  being  properl  v  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  be  sent  to 
the  Siiporintendent  (or  Secretary  of  tW  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  appli- 
cants rcsid*'.    • 

As  fl  j^.Mi«»ral  rule,  appropriations  are  for  twelve  months  from  the  datt  of  ike 
applirnii,»n  ;  at  the  end  of  wnicli„  if  further  aid  he  needed,  a  \wvf  application  most 
1n>  made,  containing  all  the  particulars  above  stated,  and  indorseil  and  i-ecommended 
in  like  manner. 

Kiwh  congregation  applifing  for  renetoed  aid,  tJunild furnish,  also,  the  eertifitaU 
of  the  missionnri/  that  they  haoe  fulfilled  their  previous  pledges  for  his  support. 

The  address  of  the  Society's  Superintendents  and  the  Secretaries  of  its  Auxil> 
iaries  will  be  found  on  the  cover  of  its  Reports  and  of  the  Iloine  Missionary. 

THE  HOME  MI8SI0HABT. 

The  Home  Missionary  will  be  sent  gratuitously  to  the  following  classes  of  in- 
dividuals, unless  they  prefer  to  take  it -as  subscribers: 

To  IJfe  Direct^>r8  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Missionaries  (»ftbe 
Society  and  its  .\uxiliarie8.  To  every  clergyman  in  whose  congregation  a  colleriina 
is  taken  up  every  year  for  the  Society,  or  one  of  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  individual  . 
who  contributes  ten  dollars,  or  upward,  during  the  year.  To  every  Auxiliary.  Aa»- 
rintion.  or  Conpre^atioii,  one  ropy  for  every  ten  dollars  collected  and  paid  into  tilt 
Treasury  of  the  Sorietv,  or  of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  ]>a8tor  will  confer  a  sf>ecial  favor  by  availing  himself  of  the  &dliflil 
offered  above  to  introduce  the  Home  Missionary  among  li'sjeoi-lc. 

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CONT 

PAes 
BA8TEHN  INVESTMENTS  IN    THE 
WEST 188 

MISSIONARY  INTELLIGENCE. 

Oregon.— From  Jiev.  W.  R.  Butcher^ 

Albany.— A  Pleasant  Quarter 187 

California.— From  Rev.  A.  M.  Good- 

nough.  South  Vallejo.— In  Good  Spirits.  137 
From  Rev.  E.  M.  Betts^  Santa  Barbara.— 

Another  Year 187 

Prom  Rev,  J.  T.  WWfe,  Eureka.— Pros- 
pered    188 

Nebraska.— From  Rev.  M.   TingUy^ 

Blair.— In  the  Patience  of  Hope 188 

From  Rev.  T.  Reli,  Palmyra.— House  and 

People.— Wants  Books 180 

Kansas.— From  Rev.  John  Soo^ford^ 

Neosho  Falls.— His  Work.— The  Way 

to  Do  It 189 

From  Rev,  J.  D.  Liggett^  Leavenworth. 

—  Laying  Foundations 140 

Minnesota.— From  Rev.  A.  J.  Pike^ 

Sank  Center.— The  Coming  Tide 140 

From  Rev.  W.  A.  CuUer,  Uttle  Falls.— 

Wants  to  see  "  Great  Faith  " 141 

From  A  MUeUmary  in  Southern  Minneeota. 

—Hard  Times 141 

lO'wa.  —  From    Rev.   1).   Lane^    Belle 

Plaine.— Iowa  College 141 

From  Rev.  H.  Adame^  Fairfax.— Happy 

in  his  Place  and  Work 14S 

From  Rev.   C\  H.  Biseeti,  Independence. 

—Work  for  Vacation 148 


ENTS. 


Wisconsin.- From  Rev.  J.  W.  JPerldne, 
New  Chester.— A  Veteran's  Review-. . .  M3 

Michigan.— From  Rev.  P.  H.  HolHsUr, 
Hancock.— Outside.— Inside 144 

Prom  Rev.  &.  Thon^}eon^  Leland.-  Tolls 
and  Trials 145 

Missouri.  — From  Rev.  W.  A.  Water- 
man, Cameron.  —  Graduated  in  Four 
Years 145 

Prom  Rev.  O.  W.  WUliame,  West  Hart- 
ford.—The  Preedmen 146 

Illinois.- From  Rev.  F.  Baecom,  D.  D., 
Hinsdale.— Practical  Christian  Union. .  1 IC 

Prom  Rev.  P.  F.  Warner.  Aledo.— Sud- 
den Indeperdence 140 

Virginia.— From  Rev.  Richard  Tolman, 
Hampton.— *•  All  Ye  are  Brethren  " 147 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

THB  TlUBASUBT  EmPTT 148 

FntLD  SUPCRINTENBEMT 148 

HoMX  Missions  in  New  England 149 

The  Supply  of  Ministers 149 

Vebhont  Domestic  Missionary  Soci- 
ety     151 

Decease  op  Rev.  8.  B.  Johnson l."2 

More  Hints  to  Preachers 1^3 

conoreoational  statistics 153 

Miseionary  Appointments 151 

Acknowledgmeni  of  Receipts 154 


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MISSIONARY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  Clothing,  sent  directlj  and  wHhout  any  particular  deslffnation,  to  the 
office  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  such  miasion. 
anes  as  are  known  to  be  most  in  need  of  them,  with  requesto  from  the  Society  to 
^oee  who  receive  them,  to  addiesa  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  individual  or  association,  intending  to 
prei^  a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  missionary  designated,  anda 
detailed  account  of  the  circumstances  of  his  famUy  given,  the  Information  is  not  always 
at  hand,  so  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when 
it  is.  It  not  unfrequently  happens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  '.he  missionary  re^ 
mains  for  months  unsupplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  might  be 
furnished  with  articles  pUced  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society,  hi 
other  cases,  while  the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionaiy  from 
other  sources,  so  tliat  when  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionair  is  not  so  much  hi  want 
AS  many  others. 

It  is  preferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  oljection  on  the  part  of  the  donors, 
ttat  the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  hi- 
dividual  in  particular,  should  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Sodety, 
«/tar  theif  reach  the  office.  It  is  beUeved  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  the 
designs  of  those  who  generously  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  hi  which 
the  Society  can  have  an  agency. 

DIRECTIONS  FOB  FOBWABDINO. 

1.  Put  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  wben  the  box  is  opeMd,a 

Saper  or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  with  the  name  of  the  hi 
ividual  or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the  individual  to 
whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent. 

2.  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  the  box  should  be  sent  in  t 
letter  to  the  office  of  the  Sode^.  This  copy  should  state  the  estimated  value  of  the 
contents,  and  the  iiu  of  adults,  with  the  ciges  and  msb  of  children,  for  whom  the 
clothing  is  intended.  The  letter  should  also  state  when,  and  by  what  conveyance, 
the  box  was  forwarded,  and  in  it  should  be  inclosed  such  money  as  is  intended  for 
the  payment  of  freight.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  provided  for  in  all 
cases,  if  practicable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  $3  to  $6,  tccoid- 
ing  to  its  size  and  the  distance  it  is  sent.  A  barrel  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense 
than  a  box  of  the  same  size. 

8.  The  box  should  be  fully  and  plainly  marked,  and  the  place  from  iMeh  it  ecmet 
should  ALWAYS  appear  on  the  outHae,  so  that  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening 
it  at  the  office.  It  should  be  strong,  tight,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  shoald  l» 
hooped,  or  otherwise  fully  secured  agamst  the  effects  of  hard  tisage  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  aadre$$ed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  £Sble  House,  Aator 
Place,  New  York. 

NO  PABT  OF  A  MISSI05ABT>S  SALABT. 

Boxes  of  clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriation.  The 
Sodety  needs  the  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptly  its 
stipulations  with  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  be  no 
favor  to  a  missionary  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  tiie  amount  of  money 
that  would  otherwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionally  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  aee  to 
it  that  they  give  none  the  less  monev,  in  consequence  of  their  giving  other  thin^ 
that  are  needful  and  convenient.  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  svmpathies  wOI 
be  so  awakened  in  the  preparation  of  the  lesser  prif t>  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be 
their  privilege,  not  only  to  continue,  but  also  f  mlarge  the  greater. 

SUGGESTIONS  AS  TO  TflEIB  CONTENTS. 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box,  whUe  clothing  of  woollen  or  liom 
fabrics,  shoes,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  bT  -^pedally  valuable,  Bcarcejy 
any  thing  in  the  shape  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  wUa 
is  of  common  use  in  any  form  in  a  family,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  forks, 
spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of  cotton,  a  skein  of  vam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles, 
a  cake  of  wax,  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a  thimble,  a  tumbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skimmer,  or  a 
pepper  box,  need  not  be  left  out. 

When  articles  of  clothing  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  wbicb 
boxes  are  sent,  missionaries  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  other 
that  almost  every  thing  which  a  box  may  oontain  is  turned  to  good  account 


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Nov,  IV,  1910  ^, 

Gift  of 
Miss  Nel.:^'   i.   Buttv;n 
We.^tix eld,   Mass 

Perkins  Golibct^:!! 

THE  HOME  MISSIONARY. 

Go, Preach  the  Gospel Mark  xvi.  15, 

How  ehall  thej  preach  except  thej  be  sent  ? .  Ram.  x.  15. 

Vol.  XlilV.  OCTOBER,  1871.  No.  6. 

EASTERN  INTESTMENTS  IN  THE  WEST. 
By  Rev.  Hxnbt  B.  Hooker,  D.D.,  of  Boston,  Mass. 

The  capitalists  of  New  England  have  forecast  the  fnture  shrewdly,  wisely 
judging  that  the  infant  kingdoms  of  the  West  would  soon  be  giants,  and  there- 
fore the  capital  employed  in  their  development  woold,  in  due  time,  give  the 
amplest  harvests  of  gain.  Hence  hundreds  of  millions  of  New  England  capital 
are  invested  in  Western  railroads,  manufactures,  lands  and  mining  operations. 
And  these  merchant  princes  and  other  capitalists  are  keen  to  observe  that  the 
best  of  all  safeguards  of  their  investments  is  the  moral  atmosphere  created  by  the 
gospeL  Well  do  they  know  that  mortgages,  and  bonds,  and  stocks,  are  all  the 
safer  for  being  within  sound  of  the  church-going  bell,  and  that  all  pecuniary 
obligations  have  the  greatest  certainty  of  fulfillment^ where  conscience  is  en- 
lightened, and  the  powerful  sanctions  of  the  Word  of  God  are  pressed  upon  the 
minds  of  men.  So  that,  were  there  no  higher  reasons,  men  are  wise  in  promot- 
ing the  influence  of  gospel  institutions,  even  to  the  remotest  regions  of  the  land. 

But  our  missionary  work  has  higher  ground,  and  there  are  investments  of 
another  sort  made  by  the  East  in  the  West,  which  are  suited  to  give  us  the 
fltrongeet  motives  for  the  diffusion  of  the  gospel  there. 

1.  Not  the  least  in  the  catalogue  are  the  sons  and  daughters  that  represent 
us  in  the  West  Such  a  tribute  has  been  paid  by  almost  every  town  in  New 
England.  The  tide  of  emigration,  taking  with  it  hundreds  of  thousands  of  our 
people,  has  swept  along  the  shores  of  the  great  inland  seas,  along  all  the  trib- 
utariee  of  the  '*  father  of  waters,^^  surging  around  and  over  the  Rocky  moun- 
tains, causing  prairie  and  wilderness  to  resound  with  the  hum  of  industry,  till 
a  boundary  has  been  reached  on  the  shores  of  the  Western  sea.  "  Not  less  than 
three  millions  of  people  in  the  seven  Northwestern  States  are  of  Puritan  de- 
■cent.^^  And  if  money  investments  incline  us  to  throw  around  the  exiles  the 
salutary  influences  of  the  gospel,  much  more  when  our  sons  and  daughters  are 
in  the  scale,  and  the  loved  ones  from  our  own  firesides  solicit  our  care.  And 
our  heartfelt  sympathy  with  them  is  all  the  more  intensified,  as  we  consider  that 
the  perils  to  moral  character  have  been  multiplied,  as  they  have  gone  where 
few  or  none  of  the  institutions  of  the  gospel  have  been  planted.  They  have 
gone  out  from  us  but  are  still  of  us,  and  we  of  them,  and  no  token,  of  our  still 
abounding  love  is  more  suitable,  or  more  welcome  and  valuable  to  them,  than 
thoee  Christian  institutions  we  establish  among  them  by  our  Home  Missionary 
work. 

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2.  We  claim  to  have  capital  in  the  West,  in  the  persons  of  vast  nnmbers  of 
eminently  useful  citizens  we  have  sent  there.  The  descendants  of  the  Puritans 
stand  among  the  foremost  in  the  land  in  regard  to  intelligence,  enterprise,  com- 
mercial and  mechanical  skill  and  industry,  and  in  a  high  tone  of  morality.  It 
has  not  been  in  vain  in  these  respects,  that  the  sound  of  sanctuary  services  has 
been  heard  these  two  hundred  and  fifty  years,  among  the  valleys  and  on  the 
mountain  tops  of  New  England.  Under  gospel  influences,  even  where  there 
has  not  been  a  renewal  of  the  heart,  there  have  been  the  enlightened  consdenoe, 
clear  discernment  and  just  judgment  in  regard  to  right  and  wrong,  and  a  faithM 
and  honorable  application  of  the  great  principles  of  morality  to  all  the  business 
afiairs  of  life.  "  The  principles  of  New  England,"  says  Be  Tocqueville,  "  spread 
at  first  into  neighbdring  States,  then  to  distant  States,  and  at  length  imbued  the 
whole  confederation." 

Now  we  claim  that  a  large  portion  of  the  emigrants  from  New  England  have 
been  those  who,  in  themselves,  were  the  most  valuable  materials  for  building 
up  society,  and  for  the  securing  of  its  highest  and  best  prosperity.  And  hence 
we  find,  that  wherever  New  England  men  have  gone  in  all  the  great  West,  they 
have  proved  the  most  substantial  and  valuable  members  of  society.  They  are 
fitted  by  early  training  and  correct  principles  for,  and  do  find  their  way  into, 
the  most  important  and  responsible  employments  and  offices  in  the  commnnitj, 
and  exert  a  leading  influence  in  the  enterprises  relating  to  religious  and. moral 
institutions,  education  and  goveniment.  Better  than  all  pecuniary  investments 
are  such  men  in  our  growing  States,  and  vast  are  the  obligations  of  the  West 
to  the  East,  for  emigrants  of  such  a  character. 

8.  A  large  capital  of  Christian  character  we  claim  to  have  invested  in  the 
West.  *'  The  merchandise  thereof  is  better  than  silver,  and  the  gain  thereof 
than  fine  gold."  And  we  have  given  men  and  women  of  this  character,  in 
great  numbers,  to  the  rising  Western  communities.  We  have  robbed  onr 
churches  to  do  this  service.  Many  a  Christian  church  in  New  England,  has 
sent  forth  the  very  choicest  of  its  saints,  the  bone  and  muscle  of  its  own  moral 
power.  Sad  have  been  these  bereavements,  and  greatly  has  strength  at  home 
been  weakened.  But  in  sorrow  there  has  been  joy  that  Eastern  losses  should 
be  Western  gains,  and  thwe  has  been  thankfulness  to  Ood  that  our  sterile  soil 
could  produce  such  moral  verdure ;  could  ripen  harvests  of  such  value,  and  that 
sons  and  daughters  of  such  a  character  could  be  sent  forth  to  enlarge,  else- 
where, the  kingdom  of  God. 

And  it  stands  to  reason,  that  if  men  of  wealth  should  look  after  their  pecu- 
niary investments,  our  churches  should  look  after  the  nobler  investment  of 
Christian  character.  As  we  knew  that  the  sheep  and  lambs  that  went  iVom 
these  Eastern  folds,  went  forth  to  great  exposures  and  perils,  to  the  rude  soraes 
of  new  settlements  and  frontier  life,  so  we  hastened  to  send  after  them,  as  fir  as 
we  have  been  able,  the  religious  influences  which  had  been  their  safegoard 
in  their  former  homes. 

Those  long  gone  found  soon  following  them  the  precious  institutions  of  the 
gospel,  and  those  that  now  go,  thanks  to  our  Home  Missionary  institutions, 
find  at  hand  the  Christian  shepherds  who  welcome  the  new  comers,  and  lead 
them  into  green  pastures,  and  beside  the  still  waters. 

4.  We  might  name,  too,  the  immense  amount  of  missionary  labor,  among  our 
investments  in  the  West.  For  nearly  half  a  eentury  have  our  sympathies  and 
efforts  gone  in  that  direction.    If  we  had  but  thirty-three  laborers  there  in  1826, 


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in  1870  we  had  fire  hundred  and  fifty-six. .  These  men  hare  been  scattered  oyer 
the  vast  field,  going  in  the  forefront  of  the  great  advancing  army  of  emigration, 
encountering  every  species  of  obstacle  and  difficulty  incident  to  a  new  country 
and  unsettled  society,  but  bravely  facing  every  storm,  submitting  to  ni^nberless 
privations,  yet  cheerfully,  and  without  faltering,  holding  on  in  their  work,  culti- 
vating wide  fields,  living  on  scanty  and  poorly  paid  salaries,  instant  in  season 
and  out  of  season,  and  worthy  of  all  honor  as  laborious  and  faithful  servants  of 
Ood.  How  many  of  them  have  found  untimely  graves  in  the  soil  they  won  for 
Christ  as  soldiers  of  the  cross. 

Now  all  this  toil,  all  these  tears,  anxieties,  sacrifices  of  those  noble-hearted 
men  and  women,  we  count  as  investments  of  ours  in  the  Western  field,  ten 
thousand  times  more  precious  than  silver  and  gold.  Our  hearts  go  in  empa- 
thy and  love  where  we  have  performed  so  great  a  work,  and  we  press  on  the 
work  so  nobly  and  auspiciously  done,  so  as  to  reap  its  advantages  for  the  still 
wider  triumph  of  the  gospel. 

5.  We  place  in  this  account  the  money  we  have  invested  in  Home  Missionary 
work  in  the  West  Some  of  the  earliest  missionaries  of  the  Massachusetts  Home 
Ifisdonary  Society  were  commissioned  to  go  **  West,''  which  at  that  early  d^j 
meant  any  where  in  that  direction  out  of  the  State.  ^  new  States  and  Terri- 
tories were  organized,  and  emigration  fiowed  into  the  new  and  distant  regions, 
missionaries  were  multiplied  in  number,  and  in  proportion  to  the  enlargement 
of  the  work,  were  the  hearts  of  Christian  people  enlarged,  till  up  to  the  present 
year,  more  than  a  million  of  dollars  have  been  given  by  Massachusetts  Congre- 
gational churches,  for  the  evangelization  of  the  West  In  these  investments 
great  numbers  of  Christians  have  shared,  from  the  humble  donor  of  the  wid- 
ow's mite,  to  the  large  but  not  more  noble  gifts  of  merchant  princes. 

6.  And  what  investments  of  faith  and  hope  have  not  been  made  in  our  West- 
em  Home  Missionary  work  ? 

Eastern  Christians  have  looked  wUh  wonder  at  the  providences  of  God,  as 
they  have  respected  that  great  field.  Its  vast  area,  its  fertility  of  soil,  its  navi- 
gable inland  seas  and  rivers,  its  boundless  mineral  resources,  the  rapid  increase 
of  population,  the  wonderful  growth  of  towns  and  cities,  the  organization  of 
new  States  and  Territories,  the  immense  development  of  every  element  of 
national  prosperity,  all  this  has  attracted  the  intense  contemplation  of  Eastern 
friends  of  Zion,  and  given  the  assurance  that  the  civil  and  moral  power  of  the 
nation  must  ere  long  have  its  seat  in  the  valley  of  the  great  father  of  waters. 

Seeing  all  this,  the  friends  of  missions  have  felt,  with  growing  interest,  the 
obligation  of  giving  the  gospel  its  widest  power  in  the  West.  And  with  all  our 
investments  of  men  and  money,  we  could  not  have  helped  making  the  largest 
investments  of  faith  and  hope.  Believing  that  the  gospel  has  great  power  in 
giving  right  impulses  to  growing  communities,  power  to  mould  them  into  its 
own  likeness,  and  thus  to  secure  all  the  elements  of  best  national  progress;  be- 
lieving this,  we  have  sought  *'  to  sow  beside  all  waters,"  in  faith  acd  hope  that 
the  desert  should  blossom  as  the  rose,  and  the  land  should  have  **  the  smell  of 
a  field  which  the  Lord  hath  blessed." 

And  so  great  has  been  the  realization  of  early  faith  and  hope  in  regard  to  the 
triumphs  of  the  gospel,  so  great  has  been  the  power  it  has  gained,  that  the  fu- 
ture of  this  wide  region  of  our  country  looms  up  before  us  as  a  vast  garden  of  the 
Lord,  and  invites  our  confidence  that  it  is  to  become  the  scene  of  some  of  the 
noblest  triumphs  of  Qod's  kingdom  in  the  world. 

And  with  such  investments  in  the  great  West,  of  money,  of  sons  and  daugh- 


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ten,  ot  useful  citizens,  of  Christito  churches,  of  missionary  labor,  and  of  faith 
and  hope,  in  yiew  of  all  this,  we  as  Eastern  lovers  of  Zion,  are  pressed  with  the 
obligation  which  cannot  be  too  deeply  felt,  to  make  all  the  Western  r^ons  of 
the  land — yea,  the  land  itself— a  part  of  the  great  spiritual  empire  of  him  whose 
kingdom  ^^is  an  everlasting  kingdom,  and  whose  dominion  shall  endure 
throughout  all  generations.'' 

What  Christian  American  can  deny,  and  who  should  not  be  exhilarated  by 
the  thought,  that  the  American  people  have  been  charged  with  responsibilities 
not  exceeded  by  those  of  any  other  nation.  The  great  elements  of  the  highest 
national  prosperity  seem  to  have  been  assigned  to  this  land,  as  a  grand  theater 
for  their  fullest  development,  and  have  been  actually  bringing  forth  here  their 
most  precious  fruits.  In  the  power  they  have  exerted,  they  have  placed  us  in 
an  eminent  position  among  the  nations.  Their  happy  influences  have  been  felt 
in  all  the  scenes  and  varieties  of  social  life — in  the  establishment  and  in  all  the 
working  of  one  of  the  wisest  of  human  governments  —in  the  development  and 
improvement  of  the  exhaustless  resources  of  the  country,  and  in  binding  to- 
gether in  one  harmonious  whole  a  great  people — a  people  embracing  greater 
diversities  of  race,  nationality  and  sentiment,  than  any  other  nation.  And 
knowing,  as  we  now  do,  the  priceless  value  of  the  great  elements  of  national 
prosperity,  we  are  under  the  strongest  obligations  to  put  all  this  power  for  good 
to  the  highest  test,  by  pervading  all  the  land  with  its  blessed  influence. 

The  progress  made  in  population,  fVom  the  handful  of  the  Mayflower  to  tiie 
now  more  than  forty  millions,  and  the  extension  of  our  domain  to  the  Western 
sea,  and  the  wonderful  growth  of  all  that  is  vital  in  the  national  life,  make  our 
outlook  in  the  future  full  of  wonder  and  hope,  not  unmingled  with  most  sober 
thought. 

We  are  bound  to  see  that  all  the  agencies  of  moral  and  religious  growth  shall 
go  down  in  unbroken  life  and  power,  to  bless  the  millions  of  the  future.  As 
wise  and  holy  men  laid  the  foundations  of  our  own  present  prosperity,  setting 
in  motion  the  influences  for  good  which  have  given  us  such  harvests  of  bless- 
ings, so  we  stand  in  a  similar  relation  to  the  America  of  the  future.  And  as 
the  glorious  gospel  of  the  blessed  God  embodies  all  the  vital  forces  which  hsTC 
given  us  what  we  so  richly  enjoy,  so  we  are  bound  by  every  solemn  and  delight- 
ful obligation,  to  give  that  gospel  all  possible  power  in  the  land,  that  the 
coming  millions  of  the  future  shall  inherit  its  priceless  blessings. 

Hence  the  great  Home  Missionary  work  never  stood  on  higher  ground  with 
all  wise  and  intelligent  men,  or  raised  a  louder  voice  for  the  sympathy  and  aid 
of  all  lovers  of  their  country.  A  nobler  ambition  never  has  inspired,  nor  can  in- 
spire us,  as  Christian  Americans.  The  work  of  our  country's  thorough  evangel- 
ization is  great  enough  to  summon  every  power  and  energy  of  our  natures,  and 
good  enough  to  give  us  the  consciousness  that,  in  its  execution,  we  are  in  har- 
mony with  all  the  holy  in  the  universe,  and  with  the  infinite  mind  of  God. 


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OREGON.      , 

From  Bev.  W.  B,  Butcher^  Albany, 
Linn  Co. 

A  Pleasant  Quarter. 

The  quarter  just  closed,  with  nothing 
in  the  history  of  the  chprch  to  mark  it 
as  different  £rom  others,  has  yet  been  in 
some  respects  pleasanter  than  any  other 
spent  here.  Our  Association  met  in  As- 
toria, at  the  mouth  of  the  Columibia.  It 
was  well  attended,  many  of  the  dele- 
gates land  ministers  bringing  their  wiyes 
and  little  ones,  in  expectation  of  find- 
ing a  sniff  of  sea  air  with  more  of  life 
in  it  than  that  of  the  closer  yalley  where 
most  of  us  dwell. 

The  good  people  of  Astoria  left  noth- 
ing to  be  desired  in  the  way  of  enter- 
tainment, and  we  were  glad  to  install  I 
brother  Tenney  over  so  pleasant  a  peo- 1 
pie.  Our  health  is  better  since  our  re-, 
turn,  and  with  an  excursion  to  the! 
mountains,  which  we  are  trying  to  ar-| 
range,  we  hope  to  fight  off  the  fever  j 
and  ague,  this  fell,  without  the  use  of  | 
quinine.  i 

Reaching  home  from  Astoria  in  the 
evening,  we  found  our  house  lighted  up 
and  filled  with  welcooiing  friends.  They 
soon  lefl,  and  on  going  to  our  room  we 
we  found  there  fifty-four  dollars  in  "  very 
hard  cash,'^  besides  some  bundles  which 
our  guests  had  carelessly  dropped.  This 
pleasant  affair  was  managed  almost  en- 
tirely by  young  Mends  outside  of  the 
church. 


CALIFORNIA. 

From  B09,  A,  M,  Ooodnough,  Bouth 

Vall4jo,  Solano  Co. 

In  Good  Spirits* 
This  quarter  has  been  one  of  peace 
and  prosperity,  and  I  think  of  steady 
and  healthful  progress.  Our  prayer 
meetings  furnish  just  the  tonic  needed 
to  brace  us  for  manly  moral  conflict, 
and  fit  us  to  endure  the  demoralizing 


effects  of  our  general  spiritual  atmos- 
phere in  Calitomia.  An  efi&cient  work- 
er in  Sabbath  schools  has  lately  settled 
among  us,  and  by  general  consent  he 
has  been  made  superintendent.  There 
has  been  no  special  revival,  but  we  are 
sure  our  sowing  is  not  in  vain  in  the 
Lord,  and  that  fruit  in  due  season  will 
appear.  A  more  united,  generous-mind- 
ed, appreciative  people  than  ours  can- 
not be  found.  Our  ministry  thus  far 
has  been  a  feast,  of  joy,. because  of  their 
constant  tokens  of  love  and  good- will. 
W^  are  sp  far  toward  building  a  ^^  house 
unto  the  Lord",  as  to  settle  upoD  plans 
and  building  copmiittee.  The  proposed 
cost  of  the  building  is  from  $4,000  to 
$5,000.  The  designs  are  by  a  first-class 
architect,  and  are  unii>ermUy  acceptable 
to  the  people.  The  best  .that  modem 
wisdom  knows,  we  think  we  have  adopt- 
ed, and  the  result  is  a  prospective  build- 
ing, which  for  the  money  will  not  only 
be  commodious  (seating  260),  but  taste- 
ful.^ The  best  methods  of  heating,  ven- 
tilation, lighting,  etc.,  have  all  been 
carefully  studied.  It  is  to  be  somewhat 
after  the  New  England  style — a  white 
church,  with  a  graceful  spire  forming 
an  entrance  in  part,  and  giving  place  to 
a  loud-tongued  preacher  in  the  steeple. 
I  trust  the  Lord  will  prosper  us,  not  only 
in  the  erection  of  this  building  made 
with  hands,  but  in  building  here  a 
spiritual  temple. 

*•■« 

From  Ret.  E.  M.  Belts,  Santa  Bar- 

bara,  Santa  Barbara  Co. 

Another  Year. 

fiere  closes  another  year  of  work  un- 
der the  direction  of  your  Society. 
Though  quite  as  hopeful,  it  has  been  a 
different  work  from  that  of  last  year. 
Then  our  church  had  a  now  pastor,  the 
excitement  of  building  a  house  of  wor- 
ship, and  of  prosecuting  church  work 
in  an  old  Mexican  community.  That 
novelty  has  worn  off,  and  our  later  work 
has  had  more  of  the  basis  of  principle. 


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Now,  persons  come  to  prayer  meeting 
and  take  classes  in  Sabbath  school,  out 
of  love  for  the  work,  and  not  because  it 
is  a  new  thing. ,  Yet  we  haTe  more  than 
maintained  oar  ground^  and  gained  in 
regularity  of  labor.  Our  prosperity  for 
the  future  will  largely  depend  on  an  in- 
crease of  population.  The  Mexican  part 
of  the  people  is  beyond  our  reach ;  the 
American  part,  though  not  large,  is 
constantly  increasing,  and  is  mostly 
identified  in  some  way  with  the  cause. 

One  liying  on  the  frontier  is  in  a  po- 
sition to  appreciate  the  work  of  the 
Home  Missionary  Society.  There  are 
communities  entirely  destitute  of  Chris- 
tiah  work,  where  there  may  be  Chris- 
tians, but  as  they  haye  no  leader  or  are 
destitute  of  means,  nothing  is  done.  In 
other  places  Christian  work  has  been 
commenced  with  good  results,  but  from 
unaToidable  hindrances  it  cannot  be 
carried  on  without  outside  help.  One 
liying  on  the  ground  ue$  and  fteU 
the  yital  importance  of  the  work  the 
Home  Missionary  Society  does,  when  it 
aids  one  of  these  needy  and  promising 
fields  in  its  formatiye  period. 

The  Association  of  Southern  Califor- 
nia met  in  our  church  last  week,  and 
for  four  days  engaged  in  profitable  ex- 
ercises. There  was  a  general  attendance 
and  a  faitiiful  p^ormance  of  the  parts 
assigned.  The  presence  and  hearty 
sympathy  of  a  Secretary  from  New  York 
will  not  soon  be  forgotten.  We  shall 
all  feel  hereafter  that  the  Society's 
help  for  Southern  California  is  based 
on  an  intelligent  personal  obseryation. 


Fnm  Ew.  J.  T,  WilU,  Eureka,  ffum- 
loldt  Co. 

Prospered. 
I  am  thankfril  to  say  that,  after  two 
years  of  yery  hard  work  and  hard  fight- 
ing against  yarious  prejudices,  we  haye 
been  greatly  prospered.  Reyiewing  the 
confiicts  and  triumphs  of  these  two  years 
I  am  forced  to  say,  **  What  hath  God 
wrought!''    *'Giye   thanks   unto   the 


Lord,  who  hath  redeemed  us  from  our 
enemies!"  The  Spiritists  cease  to 
operate; .  the  infidels  are  silent;  and 
another  church  that  opened  fire  upon  us, 
haying  burned  all  its  powder,  we  hear 
nothing  more  from  them.  We  are  left 
uniigured,  and  eyen  strengthened  abun- 
dantly aboye  all  we  could  ask  or  think. 
We  began  with  four  members,  and  now 
we  number  twenty-fiye,  with  fiye  or  six 
ready  to  join  at  our  next  communion. 
The  Sabbath  school  began  with  35,  and 
now  numbers  100.  Our  congregationi 
were  neyer  so  large  as  now ;  the  church 
has  been  repaired,  at  a  cost  of  $600; 
and  a  parsonage  built  and  furnished, 
costing  $2,000,  upon  which  is  a  debt  of 
about  $400,  to  be  paid  before  January 
next.  We  hope  neyer  again,  after  the 
close  of  the  present  year,  to  ask  for  mis- 
sionary aid,  and  intend  at  our  next  meet- 
ing to  return  thanks  for  the  help  receiy- 
ed  from  your  noble  Society,  and  to  help 
it  to  help  others,  by  our  monthly  concert, 
prayer  meetings  and  annual  collectiong. 


NEBRASBIA. 

From  Rec.  M,  TingUy^  Blair^  WoMiif- 

tan  Co. 

In  the  Patience  of  Hope. 

With  no  ordinary  sense  of  gratitude 
I  receiyed  the  commission  which  Baa/sum 
me  means  to  get  through  the  year,  when 
I  trust  we  shall  not  be  quite  so  depend- 
ent. 

This  strip  of  Nebraska  does  not  this 
year  seem  to  attract  the  current  of  emi- 
gration, now  pouring  into  the  South 
Platte  region,  and  into  the  newer  sec- 
tion of  the  State,  northwest  of  us.  Con- 
sequently, money  being  scarce,  improye- 
ments  in  the  way  of  building  and  other- 
wise are  going  on  quite  moderately. 
I  belieye  howeyer  that  this  depressioii 
of  temporal  interests  will  proye  iayorable 
to  the  higher  interests  of  Christ's  king- 
dom. There  seems  to  me,  already  ap- 
parent, a  deeper  sense  of  diyine  thinge 
on  the  part  of  some,  than  we  hare 
hitherto  seen. 


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I  «n  now  prelM^hing  at  five  different 
points,  at  each  of  which  a  Sabbath 
school  is  sustained — ^the  principal  ones 
heing  in  this  place  and  Fort  Calhoun. 
The  field  thus'  occupied  is  a  large  one, 
and  scattered  orer  it  are  eager  hearers 
of  the  Word.  The  prospect  b  that  the 
church  here  will  receive  a  good  propor- 
tion of  its  membership  from  the  sur- 
rounding country.  Out  of  six  that  join- 
ed us  at  our  last  communion  season, 
only  one  was  from  the  town.  We  are 
hampered  not  a  little  in  Various  ways, 
in  thia  day  of  small  things,  but  we  shall 
work  on  hopefully.  I  can  testify  to  a 
warmer  interest  on  my  part  in  the  peo- 
ple, and  a  stronger  desire  that  the  sal- 
vation of  the  Lord  may  appear  among 
them. 


Wants  Books. 
My  chief  personal  trouble  is  the  want 
of  hooks.  When  I  left  England,  I  sold 
my  library,  and  have  never  had  the 
means  to  replace  it.  If  any  friends 
should  place  books  at  your  disposal, 
even  if  they  have  been  ever  so  well 
thumbed,  they  would  be  most  accept- 
able to  me.  We  have  as  yet  no  public 
library  in  the  neighborhood,  and  I  am 
very  shorX  of  reading  matter. 


From  Bet.  T.  BsU,  Palmira,  Otoe  Co. 

House  and  People. 
We  have  nearly  finished  our  church 
building,  which  many  say  is  a  neater 
looking  house  than  any  in  Lincoln,  the 
capital  of  the  State.    It  will  seat  about 
160  persons.    We  shall  not  be  able  to 
plaster  it  until  after  harvest,  as  our  funds 
are  exhausted.  The  people  around  here 
are  very  poor,  some  of  them  still  living  in 
dug-outs,  underground,  and  yet  some 
of  these  have  given  us  $10  and  upwards 
towards  the  church.    They  seem  free  to 
help,  but  lack  the  means.    Time,  how- 
ever, will  improve  this,  as  we  have  a 
beautiful  country  around  us,  and  Pal- 
myra is  likely  to  be  a  large  town  some 
day.    The  Methodists,  Free  Will  Bap- 
tists and  Unitarians  have  already  organ- 
ised churches,  but  none  of  them  have 
yet  attempted  to  build.  The  lafet  named 
body  is  largely  composed  of   Spirit- 
ists, and  have  now  no  regular  meetings. 
There  is  need  of  the  working  strength 
of  all  evangelical  Christians.     Poverty 
brings  its  sorrows,  and  sometimes  its 
iins,  which  have  to  be  met,  and  we  hope 
to  be  able  to  do  our  part    We  have 
need  of  patience  and  prayer,  and  the 
help  of  your  Society. 


KANSAS. 

From  Bee.  John  Scotford,  Neosho  FdUs^ 

Woodson  Co. 

His  Work. 

Good  health  has  carried  me  through 
abundant  labors  for  a  man  of  68  years, 
with  a  measure  of  comfort.  Since  I  en- 
tered this  field,  I  have  not  lost  a  single 
Sabbath.  I  need  a  vacation,  but  there 
are  so  many  calls  for  labor  that  I  can 
find  no  time  for  it,  even  if  I  had  the  mo- 
ney. Money  is  so  scarce  that  we  are 
obliged  to  defer  building  our  chapel 
till  the  pressure  is  lighter. 

Since  my  last,  I  have  visited  the  new 
town  of  Kalida,  that  has  just  sprung  up 
near  the  geographic  center  of  this  coun- 
ty, where  I  found  three  families  sympa- 
thising with  us,  who  desire  to  be  or- 
ganized into  a  Congregational  church, 
when  the  proper  time  shall  come.  They 
wish  to  be  taken  into  my  work,  and  as 
it  is  but  five  miles  from  one  of  my 
preaching  places,  I  shall  give  them  what 
time  I  can. 

The  Way  to  Do  It. 

A  word  as  to  the  general  aspects  of 
the  missionary  work  in  this  region. 
These  Western  communities  are  just  in 
the  formative  state.  They  come  togeth- 
er from  different  localities,  with  diverse 
tastes  and  social  habits.  They  are  large- 
ly composed  of  persons  just  in  the 
prime  of  life.  Those  who  follow  them 
up  and  look  after  their  spiritual  wel- 
fare, who  sympathize  with  them  in  their 
poverty  and  privations,  who  visit  them 
in  their  homes,  and  preach  Christ  to 


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tbem— eren  though  their  ministry  is 
imperfect  ->are  the  men  who  will  draw 
them  to  their  own  way  of  thinking,  and 
to  their  own  denominational  standard. 
Itinerants  have  followed  up  the  tide  of 
emigration  in  all  these  Western  States, 
have  spread  themselves  into  every  neigh- 
borhood, and  so  have  secured  a  strong 
hold  upon  the  sympathies  of  the  people. 
If  Puritan  ideas  and  principles  are  to 
have  their  share  in  moulding  the  relig- 
ious character  and  habits  of  these  com- 
munities, it  will  be  by  following  the 
emigrant  to  his  home,  seeking  his  spirit- 
ual welfare.  To  make  our  ministry  felt 
upon  the  masses,  we  too  must  "itiner 
ate,"  preaching  here  and  there  as  provi- 
dential openings  offer.*  Happily  our 
church  polity  has  that  elasticity  that 
adapts  it  to  either  a  settled  or  itinera 
ting  ministry ;  and  it  requires  with  us 
but  that  amount  of  zeal  for  the  Master 
and  the  salvation  of  souls,  that  some 
have  for  denominational  conquests,  to 
make  our  ministry  a  grand  success.  The 
two  things  needed  are,  the  men  and  the 
mon&y.  But  they  must  be  men  who 
come  here,  not  to  get  rich,  but  to  work 
for  the  Master.  For  such  the  Master 
will  provide :  "  Their  bread  shall  be  giv- 
en them  and  their  waters  shall  be  sure ;" 
and  so  shall  a  starry  crown,  when  called 
from  .their  earthly  toils. 


From  Rev.  J.  D.  Liggett^  Leavcnwor  tk, 
Leavenworth  Co. 

Laying  Foundations. 

I  have  the  honor  and  pleasure  again 
to  be  a  Missionary.  I  would  rather  lay 
foundations;  it  is  my  preferred  work. 
The  number  of  my  children,  their  age — 
such  that  they  must  be  educated  now 
or  never — make  it  impossible  for  me  to 
do  such  work  under  the  ordinary  cir- 
cumstances. But  the  circumstances  of 
the  organization  of  this  Second  Church 
were  such  (my  home  being  here),  that 
I  thought  the  Master  called  me  to  it. 

There  are  always  so  many  things  at- 
tending all  new  church  enterprises,  so 


flu*  as  I  have  any  knowledge  of  them, 
that  are  difficult  and  discouragmg,  that 
we  poor  mortals  grow  weak  and  faint  at 
times.  So  far'  my  work  has  be^  mostly 
of  the  preliminary  kind,  building  a 
house  of  worship,  getting  it  furnished, 
raising  money,  organizing  a  church,  a 
Sabbath  school,  a  choir,  etc.  In  a  word, 
all  things  had  to  be  made  new.  What 
tiiought,  what  anxiety,  what  patience, 
what  disappointments,  what  perplex- 
ities, what  deliverances,  what  wear  of 
body  and  mind,  what  tests  of  faith, 
what  daily  wrestlings  of  hope  and  fear! 
Only  he  who  has  gone  through  it,  can 
have  any  conception  of  them.  -When 
final  success  comes,  these  things  are  soon 
forgotten;  and  if  they  were  recorded, 
would  be  but  partially  understood  or 
appreciated  by  the  Christian  church 
even.  Their  record  is  above,  and  their 
reward  is  beyond  this  life. 


MINNESOTA. 

FHm  Rev.  A.  J.  PHe^  8a/uk  Center, 
Stea/me  Co, 
The  Coming  Tide. 
We  are  hoping  that  the  North  Piciflc 
Company  will  build  a  branch  railroad 
thrpugh  this  place,  thus  increasing  the 
population  and  giving  land  a  more  fixed 
value.     There  is  already  a  very  large 
amount  of  emigration  to  the  coimty 
above  us.   For  several  weeks  past,  there 
has  been  almost  a  continuous  line  of 

prairie  schooners'*  passing  through 
the  village,  with  men,  women,  children 
and  cattle.  As  many  as  sixty-eight 
emigrant  wagons  have  passed  in  a  sin- 
gle day,  going  north  to  the  lands  near 
the  main  line  of  the  North  Pacific  rwl- 
road. 

That  large  county  will  be  settled  np 
this  year,  and  as  most  of  the  people  will 
be  at  a  distance  from  any  prominent 
points,  they  will  go  perhaps  two  or 
three  years  without  hearing  a  Christian 
sermon  or  attending  a  Sabbath  school. 
Experience  shows  that  professed  ChriBt- 
ians,  thus  left  alone  for  two  or  three 


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yean,  are  very  apt  to  fali  into  neglectful 
or  positively  bad  habits,  from  which  it 
is  hard  to  arouse  them.  When  the  mis- 
sionary goes  to  a  new  place  he  often 
finds  those  who  have  been  church-mem- 
bers very  slow  to  resume  the  Christian 
stand,  being  ashamed  of  the  lives  tliey 
have  been  leading.  Could  not  the  "  right 
man''  be  sent  into  that  r^on,  with  a 
horse  and  buggy,  to  hunt  up  the  wan- 
dering sheep,  and  keep  them  encour- 
aged by  occasional  visits,  till  permanent 
religious  work  could  be  established? 
A  large  proportion  of  these  emigrante 
are  Scandinavians,  yet  among  them  are 
many  Americans,  and  some  from  New. 
England. 


From  Bsp.  W.  A.  Cutler,  LUOi  FaU$^ 
Morrison  Co, 

.  Wants  to  see  "Ghreat  Faith," 
If  the  rich  Christians  at  the  East 
knew  the  great  need  there  is  of  a  house 
for  aa  evangelical  church  here,  are 
there  not  some  who  would  would  glad 
ly  lend  a  helping  hand  ?  This  is  the 
county  seat,  and  the  principal  town  for 
a  circle  of  85  miles,  and  waits  but  the 
coming  railroad  to  be  a  large  business 
center.  There  are  two  churches,  with 
houses,  each  claiming  to  be  **  the  only 
true  church,"  whose  ministers  claim  the 
right  of  private  judgment,  saying  that 
men  should  believe  what  the  church 
bids,  and  yield  implicitly  to  her  author- 
ity. Of  course  other  servants  of  Jesus 
must  worship  in  the  school-house. 

Our  poor  labor  hard,  but  the  barren, 
tandy  soil,  under  the  hot  rays  of  the 
Munmer  sun,  gives  but  a  very  scanty  liv- 
ing. A  pliK^  could  hardly  be  more  in 
need  of  a  constant  Chrisian  influence 
i^gainst  intemperance,  infidelity,  Sab- 
bath breaking,  etc.  A  neat  and  com- 
fortable house  of  worship  can  be  built 
here  for  $1,200.  The  people  will  raise 
$400,  and  probably  more ;  we  rely  on 
the  Congregational  Union  for  $400 ;  and 
now  is  there  not  somewhere  a  Christian, 
*  like  the  one  of  whom  the  Jews  said, 


"  He  loveth  our  nation,  and  hath  built 
us  a  synagogue,"  and  of  whom  Jesus 
said, "  I  hjftve  not  found  so  great  faith,  no, 
not  in  Israel?"  Where  shall  we  raise 
the  other  $400  ?  May  the  Lord  raise  us 
up  a  benefactor,  whom  we  will  call 
**  Great  Paith." 

>•» 

From  a  MiiHonary  in  Southern  Minns- 

sota. 

Hard  Times. 
"  Hard  times"  is  now  the  word ;  every 
one  is  *^  hard  up."  It  is  impossible  to 
get  money  to  pay  running  expenses. 
Your  missionary  feels  the  pressure,  per- 
haps, more  sensibly  than  most,  although 
we  have  not  wanted  yet  for  our  daily 
bread.  But  I  have  been  obliged  to  put 
my  ponies  and  pigs  on  half  rations,  for 
some  weeks  past;  and  this  morning,  I 
have  been  obliged  to  turn  my  horse 
out  upon  the  commons,  having  neither 
hay  nor  grain,  and  nothing  to  buy 
with.  I  have  already  made  a  number 
of  little  debts,  which  begin  to  trouble 
me  like  the  nightmare.  I  have  also 
pledged  $25  out  of  my  next  draft  (now 
due),  towards  the  new  church,  and  the 
building  committee  want  it.  I  had 
much  rather  be  strictly  governed  by  Dr. 
Franklin's  rule — not  to  spend  my  mo- 
ney before  I  get  it — but  I  felt  it  a  duty 
to  appropriate  a  portion  of  my  last 
draft,  to  the  purchase  of  a  piece  of  land, 
as  a  foothold  upon  the  soil,  against  the 
time  of  need.  It  makes  us  now  a  gar- 
den. I  can  expect  but  very  little  from 
the  church  people  till  after  harvest. 
They  have  nothing  to  spare.  I  think 
they  have  *  the  will,'  but  they  lack  *  the 
way.'       -__^..«__^..__-, 

IOWA. 

From  Bs9,  D.  Lans^  BsUs  Plains^  Bsnr 
ton  Co. 

Iowa  College. 

The  trustees  of  Iowa  College  held 

their  annual  meeting  in  connection  with 

the  commencement   exercises,   and   I 

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nine  graduates  in  the  classical  depart- 
iment,  two  in  the  scientific,  and  seven 
in  the  ladies*  course.  Every  year  gives 
tis  additional  encouragement.  I  hope 
there  will  be  no  rest  of  the  friends 
of  the  institution,  until  it  shall  bear  the 
aame  relation  to  Iowa  that  old  Yale 
does  to  Connecticut. 

The  nine  graduates  were  all  profesors 
of  religion,  and  five  or  six  of  them  will 
probably  be  ministers.  There  has  al- 
ways been  a  good  religious  infiuence  in 
the  college,  and  many  students  have 
been  converted  during  their  connection 
With  it  The  under-graduates  have  sus- 
tained a  daily  prayer  meeting  in  the  in- 
ititution  from  its  beginning,  even  as  a 
preparatory  school,  and  hope  that  it 
will  be  continued  as  long  as  the  college 
shall  exist.  On  the  Sabbath  afternoon 
.  preceding  Commencement,  there  is  al- 
ways a  ^^far&weU  prayer  meeting,^^  led 
by  the  president,  the  time  being  mainly 
occupied  by  the  graduating  class,  and 
former  graduates.  To  the  religious 
friends  of  the  institution,  this  meeting 
is  one  of  great  interest,  indicating,  and 
to  some  extent  determining,  the  spirit- 
ual condition  of  the  college  and  its  in- 
fluence on  the  outside  world. 

One  of  the  most  pleasing  thoughts 
connected  with  our  colleges,  is  their 
cmnually  (tccftjmvXating  infiuence.  Young 
as  is  Iowa  College,  the  infiuence  of  its 
graduates  is  now  felt  in  the  ministry  in 
Maine,  Massachusetts,  Tennessee,  and 
other  States,  besides  our  own.  One  of 
the  graduates  is  in  a  foreign  land,  and 
one  who  has  just  received  his  diploma, 
Contemplates  a  mission  to  China.  How 
can  wealthy  philanthropists  make  better 
investments,  for  all  coming  time,  than  in 
the  interests  of  institutions  like  these  ? 
During  the  past  year,  we  have  raiaed  in 
this  State  some  $28,000,  in  behalf  of 
the  college,  mostly  in  the  form  of  indi- 
vidual notes.  We  need  at  this  moment, 
that  the  college  may  meet  the  wants  of 
our  State,  already  numbering  1,200,000 
inhabitants,  not  less  than  (200,000.  The 
rich  man  or  men  who  should  provide 


for  the  college  such  a  sum,  would  live 
in  the  grateful  hearts  of  succeeding 
generations — perhaps  I  may  say,  to  the 
end  of  time. 


From  Ret,  H,  Adame,  Fairfax^  lAim  Oo, 
Happy  in  his  Plctoe  and  Work. 

My  coming  to  this  field  was  clearly 
providential,  though  entirely  unexpec- 
ted by  me;  The  township  is  one  of  the 
best  in  the  State  for  agricultural  pur- 
poses. There  is  an  excellent  church,  of 
between  60  and  70  members ;  the  larger 
portion  scattered  from  one  to  ^y^  miles 
from  town.  The  people  have  good 
farms,  good  fences,  young  groves  and 
orchards,  but- not  as  yet  bams,  nor  good 
carriages  in  which  to  come  to  meeting. 
A  year  or  two  of  favorable  crops  and 
fair  prices  will  place  them  in  inach 
easier  circumstances.  There  are,  mostly 
from  New  York  and  New  England, 
many  excellent  families,  who  come  to 
meeting,  even  if  they  ride  in  lumber 
wagond. 

The  ladies  of  our  congregation,  young 
and  old,  possess  more  than  ordinary  in- 
telligence. Many  of  each  class  hare 
enjoyed  the  advantages  of  a  regular 
course  of  study,  at  South  Hadley,  Bnr- 
lington,  Vt.,  our  State  University,  or 
some  other  good  school. 

So  you  see  that  Providence  has  placed 
us  in  a  good  field.  We  have  a  beautifal 
meeting  house,  good  brethren,  a  good 
congregation.  Things  are  looking  npr 
and  we  are  happy  in  our  work. 


From  Roc,  C,  H.  BisseU^  IndopmuUnei^ 
Buchanan  Co, 

Work  for  Vacation. 
Having  expressed  to  Dr.  Guernsey  a 
willingness  to  engage  in  missionary 
work  during  my  few  weeks  of  summer 
vacation,  he  sent  me  to  Lemars,  a  Til- 
lage of  about  800  inhabitants,  in  Ply- 
mouth county,  25  miles  east  from  Sioux 
City,  and  less  than  a  year  old.  It  i* 
having  a  rapid  growth,  which  will  lie 


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Increased  by  the  junction  next  season 
of  the  railroad  now  building  from  St. 
Paul  to  Sioux  City.  I  found  here  eleven 
families  of  Catholics,  with  a  small 
church  building,  and  a  Methodist  class, 
with  most  of  its  members  in  the  country 
around  the  village.  The  Congrega- 
tional element  embraced  about  twelve 
families ;  the  Espiscopalians  five,  with 
a  few  Baptists  and  others. 

I  preached  three  Sabbaths,  morning 
and  evening,  in  a  hall,  to  an  audience 
of  100  and  upwards;  and  in  the  after 
noon  at  a  district  six  miles  south,  where 
I  found  quite  a  settlement  of  Eastern 
people.  We  organized  a  little  church 
of  ten  members,  and  an  ecclesiastical 
•ocicty.  The  community  were  deeply 
interested  in  the  movement.  A  good 
man  there  now  would  hold  nearly  the 
entire  community.  Dr.  Guernsey  is 
looking  for  **  the  right  man."  A  sub- 
scription 18  started  for  the  purchase  of  a 
cabinet  organ.  Our  Sabbath  school  at 
Independence  will  give  them  a  pulpit 
Bible,  and  I  have  written  to  a  Connec- 
ticut Sabbath  school  to  furnish  a  com- 
munion set. 

Though  preaching  three  times  each 
Sabbath,  teaching  in  Sunday  school, 
lecturing  every  Wednesday  evening, 
Mid  visiting  continually,  I  return  from 
my  vacation  refreshed,  a  gainer  in  flesh, 
•trength  and  love  for  my  work.  Would 
that  from  the  over-stocked  East  more 
ministers  would  preach  to  inviting 
fields  of  labor  on  these  sunny  prairies ! 


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WISCONSIN. 
Bet.  J,  W,  PerkinSy  Nw  ChuUr, 
Adam$  Co, 

A  Veteran's  Review. 
I  came  here  under  your  general  com- 
mission for  Wiconsin,  and  preached  my 
first  sermon  in  a  small  log  dwelling 
house  on  the  first  Lord's  day  of  July, 
iB57,  and  have  continued  to  preach  and 
perform  other  ministerial  duties  in  this 
place  and  vicinity,  fipom  that  day  until 
*0W|  with  an  interval  of  nine  months, 


when  we  were  visiting  our  old  homi 
and  friends  in  New  England. 

There  had  been  neither  a  Congrega- 
tional church  nor  minister  in  this  coun- 
ty when  I  came.  A  Congr'egationai 
church  was  organized  here  in  January, 
1858,  with  five  members,  including  the 
missionary  and  wife.  But  a  small  part 
of  the  land  was  occupied ;  the  people 
were  few,  far  between,  and  poor.  There 
was  a  small  Congregational  element 
from  New  England,  and  a  smaller  Pres- 
byterian element  from  New  York,  but 
the  religious  sympathies  and  habits  of 
the  masses  were  with  other  denominar 
tions. 

The  ground  surveyed,  a  church  or- 
ganized, and  plans  formed,  we  expected 
that  settlements  would  rapidly  multiply 
and  that^the  church  before  many  years 
would  become  self-sustaining.  But  the 
people  have  not  yet  come  to  us,  and  our 
expectations  have  not  been  largely  real- 
ized. Yet  your  appropriations  have  not 
been  lost;  your  missionary  has  not 
labored  in  vain.  The  visible  fkiits  are 
something ;  it  may  be  that  the  invisible 
and  the  ftiture  will  prove  to  be  abund- 
ant and  glorious.  My  residence  has 
been  a  central  point,  from  which  I  have 
gone  forth  to  other  points,  half  the 
time,  or  one-fourth,  or  less,  as  duty  call- 
ed and  health  permitted,  to  preach  the 
gospel,  attend  funerals,  give  advice, 
gather  believers  into  churches,  and  per- 
form other  ministerial  duties.  These 
points  of  labor  have  been  ftom  four  to 
twenty  miles  apart. 

Meanwhile,  the  little  church  in  New 
Chester  has  gradually  increased  from 
five  to  thirty-two,  having  had  within  it 
forty  members.  Two  other  Congrega- 
tional churches  have  been  gathered, 
and  are  increasing  in  membership  and 
infiuence,  one  being  at  the  county  seat. 
Two  other  churches  have  been  nurtured, 
encouraged  and  increased  in  member- 
ship: a  meedng  house  has  been  built 
here ;  much  truth  has  been  diffused  in  the 
community  by  means  of  Bible  classes, 
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adults  and  children,  etc.,  and  the  church 
has  been  trained  to  the  habit  of  system- 
atic contributions  to  religious  objects. 

This  church  has  furnished  a  minister 
for  Minnesota,  who  died  there  after  a 
short  service.  Another  man  in  the 
vigor  of  life,  whose  father  had  b«en  a 
faithful  Congregational  minister  in  Il- 
linois, we  found  a  wanderer  from  the 
fold,  on  one  of  our  prairies,  with  an 
exhorter's  license  in  his  pocket  from 
another  denomination.  We  took  him 
and  his  excellent  wife  into  our  hearts 
and  into  our  church ;  we  nurtured  and 
cherished  him,  elected  him  our  dea- 
con, and  gave  directions  to  his  aspira- 
tions for  the  work  of  the  ministry.  In 
due  time  he  was  ordained,  and  is  now 
your  acceptable  and  successful  mission- 
ary to  the  churches  in  Friendship,  £as- 
ton  and  Quincy.  Two  of  his  daughters 
,have  since  come  to  Christ  and  united 
with  us— one  of  them  a  teacher. 

A  friend  and  relative  of  very  retired 
habits  came  out  from  Springfield,  Ohio, 
to  spend  a  short  season,  and  here  for 
the  first  time  publicly  professed  his  at- 
tachment to  Christ,  and  united  with 
this  church.  He  returned  to  Spring- 
field, thence  removed  to  Washington, 
D.  C,  and  after  a  few  years'  testimony  for 
Jesus,  fell  peacefully  asleep  in  his  arms. 

Another  dear  friend  who  had  from 
childhood  been  mostly  under  the  in- 
fluence of  a  kind  of  Unitarian  Univer- 
salism,  was  among  my  first  hearers  here. 
After  a  time  she  became  sensible  of  her 
need  of  an  almighty  Redeemer,  and  by 
faith  embraced  him.  She  subsequently 
removed  to  Iowa,  and  there  died  in 
Jesus. 

While  these  fruits  of  labor  have  been 
presenting  themselves,  and  churches  of 
our  faith  and  polity  have  been  springing 
up  and  growing  in  this  community, 
two  large  older  churches,  of  another  de- 
nomination, have  become  extinct ;  also 
a  church  of  another  order  still,  and 
four  '*  classes^'  of  yet  another  name. 

During  these  years  of  service  for  the 
Master  and  the  church,  the  wife  of  my  | 


youth  has  been  by  my  side  with  her  pray- 
ers, encouraging  words  and  efficient  aid. 
With*  scarcely  any  vacation  but  that  re- 
ferred to,  we  have  here  labored  on  to- 
gether to  honor  our  Savior  and  save 
souls,  amid  many  discouragements,  and 
under  the  weight  of  advancing  sge, 
until  we  have  reached  ihres-icors  and 
thirteen  yea/re;  one  still  preaching,  and 
the  other  a  teacher  in  the  Sabbath  school 
The  Holy  Spirit  has  never  come  down 
on  this  people  in  a  plentiful  shower, 
but  in  gentle  drops. 

We  will  try  to  be  humble  and  thank- 
ful ;  to  praise  God  and  live  nearer  to 
Christ;  to  preach  with  more  fidelity 
and  simplicity.    Will  you  pray  for  os  f 


MICHIGAK. 
Fnm  Bet.  P.  ff.  HoUuter^    Hancock, 
Houghton  Co, 
Outside. 

Our  church  edifice  having  been  com- 
pleted and  paid  for,  fencing,  trees,  ind 
other  improvements  about  the  grounds 
seemed  necessary.  Some  felt  that  it 
was  too  heavy  a  burden  to  take  up  thii 
year ;  but  two  of  the  more  able  and  lib- 
eral gave  me  the  means  and  bade  me 
**  fix  it  up  to  suit  myself."  The  work 
involved  care,  and  labor  with  my  own 
hands;  but  we  have  now  our  church 
and  parsonage  inclosed  in  the  same 
lot,  large  enough  for  a  fine  garden  and 
yard.  And  when  I  see  groups  of  the 
rough  miners  by  the  fence,  talking 
about  the  flowers,  and  our  neighbors 
going  into  the  woods  for  trees  to  plant 
in  their  own  yards,  I  begin  to  think 
that  the  planting  of  trees  and  flowers  ii 
not  the  least  successful  part  of  my  work. 
Inside. 

I  am  happy  to  report  real  progrees 
in  the  church.  Two  leading  men,  one 
the  principal  of  a  school,  and  the  other 
our  village  physician,  have  been  hope- 
fully converted  to  Christ  and  have  come 
into  the  church.  At  our  last  commtm- 
ion  the  doctor  was  baptized,  "  he  and 
all  his."  The  marked  and  happy  chaagt 


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in  him  is  a  most  conyincing  demonstra- 
tion  of  the  power  and  the  trath  of  the 
gospel.  We  received  at  the  same  time 
a  little  girl  of  twelve  years,  the  eldest 
of  a  family  recently  brought  within 
God*s  great  covenant  I  am  encour- 
aged and  happy,  praying  and  hoping 
that  the  work  may  go  on  with  increas- 
ing powf  r. 

»•>  ■ 

From  Beo.  G,  Thompwn^  Inland,  Leeld- 

now  Co. 

Toils  and  Trials. 

We  have  been  much  occupied  in 
building  our  new  church,  which  is  now 
rtised,  and  the  sheathing  mostly  on. 
We  intend  to  push  it  as  fast  as  strength 
and  means  will  allow.  I  have  already 
given  my  personal  note  for  borrowed 
money  to  keep  the  work  going,  besides 
cash  and  labor ;  and  we  still  expect  to 
lilt  and  work.  But  we  hope  and  pray 
that  Gk>d  will  incline  his  stewards  in 
other  places  to  help  us. 

Most  people  admire  the  appearance 
of  our  church,  and  I  think  it  will  be  for 
the  glory  of  God  and  the  advancement 
of  the  cause.  We  hope  to  dedicate  it 
in  January,  free  from  debt.  The  Lord 
grant  it  I  The  responsibility  of  direc- 
tion, employing  men,  providing  mate- 
rial and  paying  bills,  besides  working 
with  my  hands,  is  not  small ;  but  I  trust 
that  '*  as  my  days,  my  strength  may  be.'' 

The  past  year  has  been  one  of  trial. 
Four  of  our  members  have  been*safely 
gathered  into  the  fold  above — three  of 
my  best  female  members,  and  our  sweet 
little  Flora,  nine  years  old.  Tet  an- 
other—  one  of  my  adopted  orphans — 
has  been  long  sick,  and  we  fear  cannot 
live.  These  deaths  have  so  broken  up 
fiunilies  that  others  have  left ;  yet  we 
mean  to  hold  on,  not  doubting  that  the 
Lord  will  appear  for  our  help. 


MISSOURI 

From  B&o,  W,  A,  Waterman^  Oamerony 

OlinUm  Co, 

Oraduatad  in  Four  Tears. 
▲•  I  write  my  thoughts  run  back  to 


our  arrival  in  Cameron,  four  years  ago 
this  day.  What  thoughts,  what  feel- 
ings, what  bright  visions  passed  before 
our  minds,  within  a  few  hours  of  our 
arrival  I  These  form  one  side  —  the 
bright  side  —  of  a  picture  that  now 
hangs  in  the  gallery  of  my  heart.  Over 
against  it  are  thoughts  profo under, 
emotions  deeper, — shades  as  dark  as 
those  hopes  were  bright  and  promising. 
Four  years  I  Is  it  possible  ?  It  seems 
like  a  dream,  that  the  first  volume  of 
this  church's  history  is  closed,  and  one 
book  of  your  missionary's  life  is  com- 
plete. 

We  here  begin  anew,  proposing  to  re- 
lieve the  Society  of  the  burden  of  our' 
church,  and  trying  henceforth  to  "  work 
out  our  own  salvation,"  though  I  am  not 
without  some  "fear  and  trembling." 
I  am  sorry  that  with  our  dependence,  the 
intimate  relation  hitherto  sustained  to 
you  must  now  be  severed.  There  are 
many  things  we  shall  miss ;  but  most  of 
all  we  dread  that  sense  of  loneliness 
that  must  come.  Hitherto  I  have  known 
that  thousands  of  Christian  hearts  were 
beating  in  sympathy  with  us;  that 
tnousands  of  prayers  for  our  success 
went  up  like  sweet  incense  before  the 
Lord,  and  I  have  been  strengthened 
thereby.  And  so  I  dread  to  say,  good- 
bye. I  hope  we  shall  never  let  go 
hands,  but  that  soon,  in  one  unbroken 
chain,  we  shall  stretch  from  the  Atlan- 
tic to  the  Pacific,  and  in  the  name  of 
our  great  Captain  declare  this  to  be 
"  Immanuel's  land." 

Our  record  shows  the  names  of  120 
as  having  been  connected  with  this 
church.  We  have  lost  20,  and  now 
have  100  with  whom  to  commence  an- 
other volume  of  our  history.  We  do 
know  that  but  for  your  Society  we 
should  not  now  have  a  church  in  Cam- 
eron. I  trust  we  appreciate  our  obli- 
gations, and  shall  be  enabled  to  return 
with  usury  what  you  have  furnished 
us.  With  thanks  for  your  liberality, 
we  now  relinquish  our  dependence,  and 
•ay,  God  bless  you  I 


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Oatobs, 


From  Hev,  &.  W,  FtTZiomt,  Wett  Bart- 
ford,  RdlU  Co. 

The  Freedmen. 

I  have  given  up  most  of  my  out-sta- 
tions, to  care  for  our  Sunday  school 
here  for  the  ex-slaves.  You  would  en- 
joy looking  in  upon  our  school,  no-w 
numbering  more  than  80  scholars,  from 
six  to  sixty  years  of  age,  coming  to  our 
place  of  worship  from  all  directions, 
and  some  from  ten  miles^  distance. 
They  come  by  fi^milies,  all  anxious  to 
learn ;  and  they  do  learn.  At  the  start, 
you  would  have  seen  us  with  old  bits 
of  papers,  hymn  books,  old  books  6f 
any  kind  we  could  get,  teaching  them 
the  alphabet.  Now  after  two  months, 
with  one  hour^s  instruction  each  week, 
many  of  them  can  read  correctly  in  the 
First  Reader. 

For  this  good  work  we  have  been 
persecuted,  but  we  are  not  discouraged. 
This  is  the  only  place  in  this  county, 
that  I  know  of,  where  these  poor  peo- 
ple are  taught.  God  has  favored,  and 
I  am  sure  will  continue  to  favor  and 
bless  the  work. 


ILLINOIS. 

Prom  Bcv,  F,  Bascom,  D.  2>.,  EinsdalSy 
Du  Page  Co, 

Practical  Christian  Union. 
A.  change  in  our  arrangements  places 
oar  whole  enterpiise  upon  a  new  fo6t- 
ing,  and  much  enlarges  my  field  of 
labor.  The  Baptists  in  this  place  sepa- 
rated from  the  Congregationalists,  dur- 
ing a  former  ministry.  With  a  spirit 
of  enterprise  that  outran  their  ability, 
they  built  a  house  of  worship,  procured 
an  organ,  etc.,  to  burdening  them  with 
a  debt,  the  interest  on  which  they  found 
themselves  uni^>le  to  carry,  while  also 
supporting  a  minister.  They  therefore 
proposed  to  our  people  to  come  and 
worship  with  them  in  their  house,  on 
the  following  conditions:  the  pastor's 
salary,  and  incidental  expenses,  with 
interest  on  the  debt  not  to  exceed  $600  a 


year,  are  to  be  raised  by  the  annual  rent 
of  the  pews.  Should  there  be  a  deficit, 
this  is  to  be  made  up  in  such  wsy  as 
may  be  decided  by  the  **  mutual  com- 
mittee." I  am  to  be  the  pastor  till  the 
close  of  my  present  engagement ;  when 
the  committee  above  named,  consisting 
of  the  trustees  and  deacons  of  both 
churches,  are  to  choose  a  supply  of  the 
pulpit  for  another  year.  Our  prayer 
meetings.  Sabbath  schools  and  sociables 
are  to  be  united,  while  our  church  or- 
ganizations are  to  remain  distinct,  as 
before.  Our  communion  seasons  are  to 
be  held  on  the  first  Sabbath  of  alternate 
months;  theirs  at  a  distinct  service  in 
the  afternoon,  when  they  will  of  course 
have  a  Baptist  minister  to  ofiSciate,  and 
I  shall  accommodate  them  by  exchange, 
or  in  any  way  they  prefer.  Our  benevo- 
lent contributions  are  to  be  equally  di- 
vided between  Baptist  and  Congrega- 
tional objects.  This  union  is  to  continne 
two  years,  unless  some  unforeseen  diffi- 
culty shall  render  it  expedient  to  sepa- 
rate. At  present  all  seem  satisfied  with 
it.  It  is  expected  that  this  arrangement 
will  strengthen  the  congregation  finan- 
cially, so  that  it  will  not  be  necessaiy 
to  ask  for  aid  from  your  Society,  after 
my  present  commission  shall  have  ex- 
pired. 

The  increase  of  my  congregation  has 
almost  doubled  the  number  of  ftmiliee 
to  be  visited;  but  thb  is  a  labor  of 
love,  which  I  enjoy. 


From  Boo.  P.  F,  Warner,  Aledo,  Mer- 
cer Co. 

Sudden  Independenoe. 
In  my  last  report  I  wrote  you  of 
weakness  and  almost  despair.  Onr 
membership  had  been  reduced  by  re- 
movals to  twenty,  and  our  financial 
strength  was  nearly  all  carried  away. 
It  appeared  that  the  church  must  enter 
upon  the  third  year  of  its  existence, 
very  much  crippled,  either  with  no 
stated  preaching,  or  with  preaching  hot 
a  portion  of  the  time. 


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I  rejoice  that  by  the  favor  of  God,  I 
am  able  to  make  a  brighter  report  to- 
day. We  have  received  an  addition  to 
our  memberahip  of  twenty  persons,  with 
more  expecting  to  follow.  We  have 
more  than  regained  aurjmancial  strength, 
and  at  a  recent  meeting  of  the  church  it 
was  nnanimonsly  resolved  **  to  become 
eelf-sapporting  at  once;  to  retnm 
thanks  to  the  American  Home  Mission- 
ary Society  for  its  generous  aid  during 
the  two  years  of  our  existence;  and  to 
pledge  ourselves  to  grateifully  remem- 
her  it  annually,  forever.'*  At  the  same 
time,  the  church  raised  the  salary  of 
the  pastor  to  $1,000. 

This  accession  comes  largely  from  the 
Methodist  and  Presbyterian  churches  of 
this  place,  of  persons  long  known  to  be 
in  sympathy  with  us,  but  kept  hitherto 
^m  joining  us,  by  early  circumstan'^es 
connected  with  the  organization.  Others 
are  brought  in  as  liberal  supporters, 
who  have  had  no  church  connection  or 
special  affiliations,  men  who  desire  a 
church  home  and  church  associations 
for  their  families.  This  movement  took 
me,  as  well  as  the  churph  and  the  whole 
community,  by  surprise,  though  I  had 
looked  for  it  to  occur  at  some  time.  It 
came  sooner  and  larger  than  my  faith. 
We  feel  that  it  is  ali*of  God's  gracious 
providence,  and  to  him  we  give  the 
glory. 

Although  my  connection  with  the  So- 
ciety, as  its  missionary,  ceases  with  this 
report,  I  need  not  say  that  it  will  al- 
ways have  a  warm  place  in  my  heart. 


VIRGINIA. 

fSwn  Bm,  Richard  Tolman,  HdmpUmy 

Elizabeth  City  Co. 

"All  ye  are  Brethren." 
As  the  endeavor  to  gather  a  prosper- 
ous'church  here  under  the  auspices  of 
another  denomination  had  failed,  it  was 
predicted  that  the  present  enterprise 


would  soon  come  to  naught.  Accord^ 
ingly,  in  anticipation  of  our  abandoning 
the  field  at  the  end  of  the  year,  a  recent 
attempt  was  made  to  establish  a  church 
of  that  order,  in  sympathy  with  the 
state  of  things  <m  it  was  ;  a  church  that 
would  admit  the  colored  man,  if  at  all, 
only  by  the  back  door,  and  into  the 
back  pew,  excluding  him  from  that 
equality  in  the  church,  which  he  Kas 
attained  in  the  State.  But  when  it  was 
found  that  we  did  not  surrender ;  that 
as  we  had  begun,  so  we  meant  to  con^ 
tinue ;  that  we  wo^dd  not  shut  out  the 
colored  man,  nor  ignominiously  thrust 
him  into  the  rear,  but  were  inflexibly  de^ 
termined  that  he  should  be  treated  as 
other  men,  as  made  in  the  same  diyine 
image,  and  redeemed  by  the  same  pre« 
cious  blood,  the  opposing  scheme  had  to 
be  given  up.  There  is  no  turning  back 
the  shadow  on  the  dial,  no  reversing 
the  wheels  of  God's  providence.'  We 
are  confirmed  in  the  faith  that  the 
churches,  instead  of  being  fashioned 
after  the  old  style  of  caste,  are  to  be 
built  on  a  new,  nobler,  divine  plan; 
that  as  there  is  "no  wisdom,  nor  under* 
standing,  nor  counsel  against  the  Lord," 
we  can  .work  successfully  only  as  we 
work  with  him.  While  I  would  mak^ 
due  allowance  for  antecedent  and  at« 
tendant  circumstances,  and  would,  in 
the  apostolic  sense  of  the  words,  be 
"made  all  things  iA>  all. men,  that  I 
might  by  all  means  save  some,"  yet  I 
cannot  but  think  that  our  only  proper 
course,  now  and  here,  is  to  insist  stren* 
uously  OTi  fraternity  and  equality  for  all 
in  ChrisVs  house. 

We  would  be  thankful  for  any  indi- 
cations that  the  prejudices  against  our 
work  are  yielding,  and  that  the  current 
of  public  sentiment  is  setting  more 
strongly  in  our  favor,  encouraging  the 
hope  that  the  time  is  coming  when 
"^hraim  shall  not  envy  Judah,  and 
Judah  shall  not  vex  Ephraim." 


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MISCELLANEOUS. 


THE  TBEASTTBT  EMPTY. 

With  the  September  number  of  The 
Home  Mienonary  went  ont  the  follow- 
ing onnsual  **  Notice  to  Hiseionaries  " : 

"  The  Secretarie*  deeply  regret  to  say 
that  the  Treasury  is  empty,  and  it  is  Im- 
possible for  them  to  issae  drafts  with 
castomary  promptness. 

'*  Remittances  will  be  made  as  fast  as 
fnnds  are  receiyed,  and  it  is  hoped  that 
none  will  be  delayed  so  long  as  to  caase 
serious  inoonyenience." 

To  this  notice  the  Secretaries  would 
now  ask  the  immediate  attention  of  the 
patrons  and  friends  of  the  Society. 
The  receipts  of  the  first  fiye  months  of 
the  financial  year  are  $06,961.49.  This, 
though  $6,800  more  than  the  income 
of  the  corresponding  months  of  1870, 
falls  far  below  the  amount  earned  by 
the  missionaries;  and  the  Treasurer 
had  not  (as  he  had  the  last  year),  even 
the  small  balance  of  $21,000  to  fall 
back  upon  during  the  dry  summer 
season. 

The  PATHBRTS,  00]!r8B<iUVNTLT,  ABB 
HBABLT  TWO  MONTHS  IN  ABRBAB6. 

Every  mail  brings  letters  of  inquiry 
after  delayed  drafts.  To  many  mis- 
sionaries the  Society^s  drafts  bring 
almost  the  only  monsy  they  receive; 
and  experience  has  taught  them  to  rely 
on  their  prompt  coming.  The  failure 
to  keep  promises  made  in  the  strength 
of  that  confidence,  is  a  sorer  trial  to 
these  brethren  than  any  personal  de- 
privation can  be. 

Brethren  in  the  ministry  and  the 
churches  1  Shall  this  whole  land  be 
ImmanueVs  ?  The  gradual  enlargement 
of  the  Society's  work,  for  the  last  few 
years,  does  not  yet  keep  pace  with  the 


calls  of  God's  providence  and  Spirit 
Three  months  of  personal  obseryation, 
just  given  by  one  of  the  Secretaries,  in 
the  new  Territories  and  on  the  Pacific 
Coast,  briilg  fresh  proof  that  this  is  iht 
golden  opportunity  for  moulding  the 
character  and  destiny  of  those  vast 
realms,  soon  to  be  peopled  by  miUions. 
But  this  cannot  be  done  with  an  emp- 
ty Treasury,  nor  by  hearts  desponding 
under  inability  to  pay  in  your  name  for 
service  already  rendered. 

For  weeks  we  have  with  painful  anx- 
iety awaited  your  return  from  summer 
dispersions,  that  we  might  lay  before 
you  this  a|>peal. 

Will  you  cheer  the  failing  spirits  of 
hundreds  who  represent  you  on  many  a 
hard  field,  by  an  immediate  response  ?— 
and  that,  not  on  the  ordinary  scale  of 
giving,  but  so  freely  as  to  warrant  the 
Executive  Committee  in  planning  with 
a  wise  liberality  for  the  work  you  hart 
entrusted  to  them. 


Field  Superintendent 

For  the  wise  and  efficient  prosecutipn 
of  the  work  of  this  Society,  the  Execu- 
tive Coromittee  have  need  of  trust- 
worthy information,  as  to  the  relative 
claims  of  applicants,  their  ability;  the 
character  of  missionaries,  their  methods 
of  work,  prospects  of  success,^  etc.  In 
the  older  fields,  this  can  be  had  from 
the  Superintendents,  missionary  com- 
mittees, neighboring  pastors, .  fHendi 
(and  sometimes  opposers)  of  the  work. 
But  of  places  more  remote,  espedallj 
in  the  new  Territories,  informatios 
that  can  vrfely  he  relied  on  as  a  batiifor 
the  appointment  of  men  and  the  appropri- 
ation of  money y  is  not  easily  obtained 
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enced  obeerrer.  Emergendeo  not  an- 
frequently  arise,  also,  calling  for  advice 
and  aasistance  which  cannot  well  be 
given  by  correspondence ;  calls  which 
cannot  be  readily  or  inexpensively  met 
by  one  of  the  Secretaries. 

Por  such  services  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee have  several  times  called  upon 
the  Superintendent  for  Northern  and 
Central  Illinois,  whose  Southern  tour 
of  exploration  will  be  remembered  by 
the  readers  of  Ths  B^me  Missionary  for 
March,  1866. 

The  increasing  demand  for  such  ser- 
vices in  the  newly  opened  Territories 
and  elsewhere,  has  led  the  Executive 
Committee  to  appoint  the  Rev.  Dr. 
JosspH  E.  Rot  to  the  office  of  Field 
Superintendent — an  office  for  which  he 
is  believed  to  have,  by  nature  and  expe- 
rience, a  peculiar  fitness. 

Dr.  Roy's  address  will  still  be  Chica- 
go. His  relations  to  his  particular  dis- 
trict, and  to  the  other  Superintendents, 
will  in  no  respects  be  changed ;  while 
he  will  hereafter  be  officially  at  the  call 
of  the  Committee,  for  such  duties  as 
have  here  been  indieated.  We  bespeak 
for  him  the  continued  confidence  and 
co-operation  of  all  Mends  of  the  Socie- 
ty and  its  work. 

Home  Kittions  in  Hew  England. 

[Some  friends  of  Home  Missions, 
whose  hearts  yearn  for  "The  great 
West,**  are  a  little  jealous  of  expendi- 
torea  for  the  same  work  in  destitute 
parts  of  the  field  whence  this  Society 
reaps  its  richest  harvest  of  men  and 
money. 

To  such  friends  we  commend  the 
following  statements,  corroborating  the 
testimony  of  our  most  generous  givers 
and  hardest  workers,  that  even  favored 
New  England  is  not  by  any  means  be- 
yond the  need  of  Home  Missionary 
work.  The  statements  are  from  the 
47th  Annual  Report  of  the  American 
Sunday  School  Union,— Rev.  H.  C. 
Tkuxbull,  Secretary  for  New  Eng- 
land:] 


A  Sunday  school  Missionary  in  Ver- 
mont reports : 

"  In  two  of  the  towns  where  I  organized 
schools,  there  were  neat  and  commodious 
church  structures,  but  these  were  used 
chiefly  as  town  halls,  and  for  funerals. 
During  the  past  forty  years  or  more,  there 
had  been  no  settled  ministry.  Preaching 
was  seldom  heard.  Sabbath  school  in- 
stmctiou  they  had  none.  Consequently, 
the  Sabbath  was  disregarded,  and  intem- 
perance was  prevalent.  The  churches 
were  closed,  while  the  •  taverns  were 
crowded.  In  these  two  villapres,  with  a 
population  of  say  1,800  people,  there  were 
found  only  five  professing  Christians, 
and  several  of  these  were  aged  or  infirm." 

Rev.  0.  C.  Dickerson.  who  was  for  some 
years  a  faithful  laborer  under  the  Home 
Missionary  Society,  in  Iowa,  found  moral 
wastes  in  New  England  that  startled  him, 
notwithstanding  his  Western  experience. 
Writinjr,  in  the  latter  part  of  the  winter, 
of  a  new  visit  to  a  portion  of  this  field, 
he  said : 

•*  I  thought  last  November,  when  visit- 
ing these  settlements  and  organizing 
these  schools  in  Vermont,  I  never  had 
Been  reli^ous  destitution  so  freat.  If  I 
had  been  challenged,  'Son  of  man,  can 
these  dry  bones  live  V  I  could  only  have 
answered, '  0  Lord  God,  thou  knowest.' " 

Of  another  Vermont  region,  he  wrote 

"  A  large  and  interesting  group  of  towns 
in  this  county  present  strikingly  similar 
wants.  They  were  towns  of  note  and 
no  little  respectability  a  few  years  since 
Now  they  are  weakened  and  depopulated 
by  emigration  to  the  cities  and  the  fac- 
tory towns  along  the  railroads.    .    .    . 

In  M ,  where  once  were  nearly  1,500 

people,  now  little  more  than  ($00  are  left. 
Where  was  a  Congregational  church  noted 
for  its  stren^h,  now  of  long  time  there 
has  been  neither  Sabbath,  sermon,  nor 
Sunday  school.     A  Methodist  church  in 

West  M has  been  pulled  down.  Now 

no  cliurch  of  any  name  holds  stated  wor- 
ship in  the  town,  I  believe.  I  visited 
some  fifty  families,  walking  through  all 
the  principal  settlements  in  the  limits  of 
the  town, — a  winding  path  of  some  fifty 
miles.'* 

Secretarv  Trumbull's  comment  on 
these  specimen  facts  is,  "  And  the  work 
done  has  only  shown  more  clearly  than 
ever  the  need  of  yet  more  work  in  the 
same  direction." 


The  Supply  of  lUnittert* 

By  Rev.  W.  B.  Wilxjamb. 

[From  a  paper  read  before  the  General  Confer^ 
ence  of  Michigan.] 

The  annual  report  tor  1870  showed 

176   Ck>ngregational   chorehea  in  the 


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State,  48  of  them  without  ministers. 
Of  the  48  Tacant  churches,  nine,  from 
different  causes,  will  probably  become 
extinct,  leaving  84  to  be  supplied. 
About  66  are  self-supporting.  Forty  of 
these  pay  a  salary  of  $1,000  and  up- 
ward. About  20  of  them  pay  $800  to 
$900,  and  a  few  secure  ministers  for  less 
than  $800,  without  help  from  the  Home 
Missionary  Society.  There  are  five  or 
six  churches  which  are  able  to  pay  sal- 
aries of  $1,000  and  upward,  whose  pul- 
pits are  now  vacant.  They  need  not, 
however,  long  remain  so,  for  there  are 
three  or  four  applications  for  every 
such  church,  when  located  in  a  railroad 
town,  as  all  these  churches  are.  There 
are  five  vacancies  in  churches  which 
pay  salaries  of  from  $800  to  $000. 
But  as  nearly  all  these  are  on  the  line 
of  some  railroad,  the  obstacles  in  the 
way  of  procuring  pastors  for  them  will 
not  be  very  serious.  Hence  there  need 
be  no  very  great  concern  in  regard  to  a 
supply  of  ministers  for  the  ten  or  twelve 
vacancies  in  self  supporting  churches. 

Railroads,  in  these  latter  days,  are 
indeed  a  *' means  of  grace."  But  the 
time. has  not  yet  come,  even  in  Michi- 
gan, when  every  church  can  be  located 
near  one.  And  so  the  earnest  inquiry 
comes  up  from  the  feeble  churches: 
"  What  is  to  become  of  us,  who  are  so 
unfortunate  as  to  live  at  a  distance 
from  a  railroad  ? " 

Dismissing  from  our  minds,  then,  all 
anxiety  in  regard  to  vacancies  in  the 
strong  churches,  there  still  remain  some 
21  feeble  churches  to  be  provided  for. 
As  the  same  man  can  often  supply  two 
or  three,  there  is  an  unsupplied  demand 
for  Bhont  fourteen  ministers. 

In  view  of  the  depleted  Treasury  of 
the  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  the 
many  urgent  calls  for  help,  we  have,  of 
late,  seldom  felt  authorized  to  make  up 
a  salary  of  over  $700.  During  the  last 
ycar^  the  average  salary  of  a  Home  Mis- 
sionary in  this  department  has  been 
only  $606,  which  is  more  than  the  ave- 
rage of  salaries  paid  last  year  in  Ver- 


mont or  Maine.  Year  before  last,  tiie 
average  salary  was  $661,  which  was 
more  than  the  average  during  the 
same  period  in  Maine,  New  Hampshire, 
Vermont,  and  Iowa,  and  a  little  less 
than  in  Massachusetts  and  Illinois. 

We  have  several  ministers  withont 
charge,  who  feel  **  called  to  preach," 
but  unfortunately  the  people  seem  not 
called  to  hear  them.  Some  are  men  of 
good  education,  and  literary  abihty, 
and  their  discourses  are  sound,  well  ar- 
ranged, and  expressed  in  go§d  lan- 
guage, but  their  style  savors  of  the  ear- 
lier years  of  the  century,  and  there  is  a 
lack  of  unction  in  their  delivery. 

Then,  too,  there  are  a  few  m^  of 
small  talent  and  limited  education,  bat 
of  unquestioned  piety,  who  wish  to  do 
good.  When  these  persons  apply  foi^  a 
license  to  preach,  brethren,  in  the  kiad- 
ness  of  their  hearts,  grant  it,  saying  as 
they  do  so,  "  In  some  community  where 
the  people  are  not  very  intelligent,  and 
are  hungry  for  preaching,  they  may  do 
good." 

This  difficulty,  however,  arises : 
Nearly  every  community  of  this  kind  is 
already  supplied  by  our  friends  of  an- 
other denomination,  who  can  extempo' 
rize  a  score  of  such  preachers  at  a  day^a 
notice.  And  so  it  comes  to  pass,  that 
by  throwing  another  man  of  the  same 
sort  into  the  field,  we  only  divide  and 
distract.  The  preaching  thus  furciahed 
does  not  differ  in  any  perceptible  de- 
gree, either  in  quality  or  quantity,  trom 
that  already  enjoyed,  and  therefore 
does  not  answer  the  demand.  Our  pol- 
icy is  to  organize  churches  only  where 
there  is  a  reasonable  prospect  that  thej 
will  become  self-supporting  at  no  distant 
day;  and  there  are  more  openings  of 
this  kind  than  we  can  possibly  occupy. 
A  community  of  intelligence  enou^  to 
demand  a  Congregational  church,  is  too 
far  advanced  for  preachers  of  this  class. 
Hence,  when  a  brother  applies  for  ap- 
probation to  preach,  it  may  safely  be 
assumed  that  if  there  is  no  prospect 
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within  tlie  bdtmds  of  the  local  Confer- 
ence, there  is  probably  none  within  the 
State. 

And  here,  in  passing,  it  should  be 
said,  that  there  are  many  men  who  are 
but  indifferent  preachers  who  would 
still  do  a  good  work  if  they  devoted 
more  time  to  pastoral  lalor.  Our 
chnrches  a^e  largely  suffering  for  want 
of  it.  This  work  pays  well,  by  yield- 
ing better  sermons,  endearing  the  pas- 
tor to  his  people,  increasing  his  influ- 
ence oyer  them  for  good,  and  prolong- 
ing his  pastorate. 

"With  increasing  strength  and  intelli- 
gence in  our  churches,  the  demand  for 
an  educated  ministry  becomes  more 
imperatiye. 

The  exigencies  of  the  times  demand 
that  we  encourage  many  of  our  young 
men  to  turn  their  thoughts  to  a  prepa- 
ration for  the  ministry.  A  sister  de- 
nomination, with  similar  necessities, 
proposes  to  render  aid  to  the  young 
men  who  neod  it  in  preparing  for  the 
ministry,  by  allowing  them  $120  a  year 
while  in  their  preparatory  course,  $160 
while  in  College,  and  $200  while  pursu- 
ing their  Theological  studies.  Shall  we 
do  the  iome  f  The  expense  of  aiding  a 
young  man  through  his  entire  nine 
yeara^  course,  at  this  rate  will  be  $1,400 ; 
nearly  enough  to  bring  an  average 
home  missionary  church  up  to  the 
point  of  self-support,  by  granting  it 
$150  a  year,  for  ten  years. 

Habits  of  rigid  economy  are  of  im- 
mense importance  to  ministers  of  the 
goipol.  The  period  of  life  that  is  con- 
sumed by  young  men  in  study  is  one  in 
which  they  are  least  inclined  to  practice 
economy.  During  a  nine  years'  course  of 
study,  many  young  men  lose  their  deep 
religious  interest,  and  turn  aside  to 
other  pursuits.  In  view  of  these  facts, 
we  would  urge  that  during  the  long  va- 
eation  in  College,  and  in  the  Seminary, 
the  young  men  who  are  studying  for  the 
ministry  be  employed,  so  far  as  their 
health  will  admit,  in  supplying  our  fee- 
ble cburchet.    This  arrangement  will 


be  economical  for  the  churches ;  it  will 
make  the  yomig  men  more  economical, 
independent,  and  self-reliant ;  give  them 
a  more  practical  knowledge  of  the 
work,  and  keep  their  hearts  in  close 
sympathy  with  what  is  to  be  their  great 
life  work.  There  is  an  interval  of 
twenty  weeks  between  the  close  of  the 
lecture  term  in  April,  at  Chicago,  and 
the  beginning  of  the  term  in  September. 
If  now,  the  Trustees  at  Oberlin  will  con- 
sent to  make  the  winter  vacation  of 
their  Theological  Department  twenty 
weeks  in  length,  many  of  our  feeble 
churches  can  be  supplied  in  the  summer 
by  students  from  Chicago,  and  in  the 
winter  from  Oberlin,  and  thus  the  pre^ 
ent  necessities  of  these  feeble  churches 
could  be  met  with  apparent  advantage 
to  all  the  parties  concerned. 

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Vermont  Domestic  Missionary  So- 
ciety. 

The  fifty-third  annual  meeting  was 
held  in  Springfield,  June  21,  1871, 
Hon.  Julius  Coitvbbse  in  the  chair. 
J.  W.  HiOKOK,  Esq.,  was  re-elected 
President ;  Rev.  C.  S.  Smfth,  Secretary ; 
and  C.  W.  Stores,  Esq.,  Treasurer. 

The  annual  report  was  read  by  the 
Seci'etary,  and  addresses  were  made  by 
Rev.  L.  H.  Cobb  and  others. 

The  receipts  during  the  year  re- 
ported were  $11,954.77,— nearly  $8,000 
more  than  those  of  tbe  previous  year, 
—the  increase  being  due  chiefly  to  lega- 
cies. 

The  "Cent  Societies"  contributed 
1524.52.  The  amount  contributed  di- 
rectly to  the  National  Society  was 
>1, 716.67,— making  the  total  gifts  for 
Home  Missionary  work,  from  the  State, 
$14,112.42.  The  disbursements  within 
the  State  were  $0,928.20. 

The  number  of  missionaries  employ- 
ed within  the  year  was  74,  of  whom  44 
belonged  to  the  '  ordinary,'  and  80  to 
the  ^  itinerant '  department, — supplying 
40  churches,  and  22  '*  itinerant  fields." 
Of  hopeful  conversions  78  were  report- 
ed;   85  were  admitted  to  the  aided 


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churches  on  profession  of  fkith,  uid  58 
by  letter, — a  net  gain  of  56  members. 

Of  the  sympathy  due  from  the  strong 
churches  to  the  weaker,  the  Secretary 
well  says : 

"  When  one  member  of  our  families  h 
feeble,  all  the  other  members  minister  to 
her  wants,  and  that  too  thouflfh  the  fee- 
bleness continues  through  many  years. 
We  are  careful  not  only  to  supply  her 
bodily  wants,  but  to  surround  her  with 
pleasant  influences,  and  speak  words  of 
good  cheer,  so  that  if  possible  we  may 
win  back  health,  inspire  hope  and 
brighten  her  pathway.  Should  not  the 
stronger  churches  of  the  family  of  Christ 
be  equally  thoughtful  of,  and  as  loving- 
ly/ittentive  to  their  feeble  sisters,  show- 
ing  a  tender  solicitude  for  their  spiritual 
health,  and  the  lengthening  of  their  days  ? 
We  cannot  estimate  the  good  that  would 
result  from  continued  fraternal  effort,  rn 
the  part  of  the  strong  churches,  to  seek 
out  and  encourage  their  weak  neighbors. 
In  some  localities  it  can  be  done  almost 
exclusively  by  laymen,  by  some  of  the 
seventy  whom  Christ  now  sends  out,  two 
bv  two  as  of  old,  into  all  the  towns  and 
villages  whither  he  himself  will  go.  It  is 
true  it  will  require  some  study,  self  de- 
nial, labor,  and  perhaps  bodily  and  men- 
tal exhaustion  to  ride  off  some  miles  and 
take  the  charge  of  a  religious  meeting. 
But  these  are  inseparable  from  all  work  in 
this  world,  and  shall  we  take  account  ot 
them,  when  connected  with  labor  for 
Christ  and  his  church,  while  we  accept 
them  so  cheerfully,  in  the  way  of  our 
ordinary  business  1  Shall  weariness,  in- 
duced by  voluntary  work  for  our  Savior, 
be  pleaded  as  a  sufficient  reason  for 
abandoning  such  work,  when  we  readily 
submit  to  it.  in  matters  of  personal  profit 
and  pleasure?  There  is  much  mission- 
ary work,  in  the  waste  places  in  the  Stato, 
that  can  be  done,  and  done  only  by  the 
neighboring  stronger  churches.  And  not 
until  the  individual  churches  awake  to  a 
sense  of  their  responsibility  in  this  mat- 
ter, and  go  forth  to  hunt  up  the  neglect- 
ed, cheer  the  desponding,  strengthen  the 
weak  and  raise  the  fallen,  can  we  hope 
for  a  ff reat  improvement  in  the  religious 
condition  of  our  State." 

The  Report  concludes  as  follows : 

"  It  should  be  our  settled  purpose, 
from  which  nothing  should  divert  us,  to 
make  the  gospel  a  living  presence  in  all 
the  needy  and  now  destitute  communities 
in  the  State.  Amid  the  eager  pursuit  of 
wealth,  the  lethargy  of  worldhness,  and 
the  cin  and  strife  of  selfish  interest,  we 
should  ^ive  voice  to  the  truth  of  Qod  in 
every  neighborhood  in  our  State,  to  con- 
Tlnce  men  of  sin,  of  righteousness  and 


judgment,  and  to  point  them  to  the  only 
Savior  from  sin.  The  gospel  is  needed 
in  the  destitute  fields  as  much  as  any- 
where. Everywhere,  the  poor,  the  bro- 
ken-hearted, the  sick  and  the  dying  need 
its  consolations.  The  young  just  com- 
mencing life's  perilous  voya^re,  the  strong 
man  wrestling  with  temptations  whose 
name  is  legion,  and  which  are  strong- 
er than  he,  the  old  man  UmI  approaching 
the  confines  of  the  life  to  come — how 
much  do  all  need  the  light,  and  love,  and 
power  of  Ood,  which  come  into  the  soul 
only  through  the  gospel,  to  guide  and 
rescue  them ! 

*'  Shall  not  we,  who  are  commissioned 
of  Ood  to  care  for  the  spiritual  welfare  of 
all  in  our  own  State,  be  more  earnest  and 
faithful  in  prosecuting  our  Home  Biis- 
sionary  work  Y* 


Decease  of  Bey.  8.  E  Johnson. 

[As  this  number  is  going  to  press,  the  « 
following  sad  intelligence  reaches  us  in 
a  hurried  note  from  Rev.  J.  G.  Merrill, 
Superintendent  for  Kansas :] 

"It  is  my  painful  duty  to  inform  you 
that  one  of  our  noble  band  of  mission- 
aries— Rev.  8.  B.  JoHiTsoN,  of  Winfield, 
Cowley  county  —is  gone.  The  deacon 
of  his  church  (a  college  friend  of  mine), 
writes :  ^  His  death  has  fallen  like  a  pall 
over  the  entire  people.  No  one  knew 
him  but  to  respect  him;  no  one  saw 
him  but  to  say,  "  There  is  a  good  man.** 
He  had  won  his  way  to  the  heart  of 
every  one  with  whom  he  came  in  con- 
tact :  genial,  enterprising,  and  especial- 
ly kind  and  tender  to  those  in  trouble 
and  affliction,  all,  whether  Christians 
or  not,  regarded  him  as  a  personal 
friend.  He  was  foremost  in  every  good 
word  and  work.  The  Temperance 
movement  in  the  county,  the  Bible  So- 
ciety, the  Agricultural  Asociation,  the 
town  Library  and  Reading  Room  Asso- 
ciation, and  every  such  enterprise,  found 
in  him  an  earnest  advocate  and  wiie 
counselor,  while  in  matters  connected 
with  the  church  and  religion  he  was 
most  zealous.  We  miss  him  everywhere, 
and  are  like  sheep  without  a  shepherd.^ 

"  I  would  add  that  Mr.  Johnson  has 
not  found  his  superior  in  our  ministeri- 
al force  in  the  State,  in  accomplishing 


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•ahstantial  work  for  the  kingdom  of 
Christ  at  Winfield." 


■ore  Hints  to  Preaohert* 
Do  not  get  excited  too  soon.  Do 
not  run  away  from  your  hearers.  En- 
gine driying-wheels  whirl  fast  on  an 
icy  track,  but  when  they  draw  anything 
they  go  slower.  It  takes  a  cold  ham- 
mer to  bend  a  hot  iron.  Heat  up  the 
people,  but  keep  the  hanmier  wet  and 
cooL 

Do  not  scold  the  people.  Do  not 
abuse  the  faithful  souls  who  come  to 
meeting  ndny  days,  because  others  are 
too  lazy  to  attend.  Preach  the  best  to 
the  smallest  assemblies.  Jesus  preached 
to  one  woman  at  the  well,  and  she  got 
all  Samaria  out  to  hear  him  the  next 
time.  Ventilate  your  meeting- room. 
Sleeping  in  church  is  due  to  bad  air 
oftener  than  to  bad  manners.  Do  not 
repeat  sentences,  saying,  "As  I  said 
Irfw  /"  if  you  said  it  before,  say  some- 
thing olse  after.  Do  not  end  sentences, 
passages  of  Scripture  or  quotations 
with  "and  so  forth;"  say  what  you 
mean  and  stop.  Leave  out  all  words 
you  cannot  define. 

Btappr^aehingandtalkto/oUu,  Come 
down  from  your  stilted  wayd  and  sa- 
cred tones,  and  become  *^as  a  little 
child.**  Tell  stories;  Jesus  did,  and 
the  common  people  heard  him  gladly. 
Relate  your  experience ;  Paul  did,  and 
you  can  hardly  do  better  than  he. — 
Tk$  Ohri$tian. 


Congregational  Statiitioa 
Vmucokt. — According  to  the  minutes 
of  the  General  Conyention,  the  number 
of  Congregational  churches  in  Vermont 
it  201,  with  18,264  members,  of  whom 
8,817  are '*  absent;"  admissions  in  the 
last  year,  071 ;  removals,  888— gain,  188. 
Baptisms:  adult,  804 ;in£Emt,  288.  Mem- 
bers of  Sabbath  schools,  20,608;  aver- 
age congregations,  21,782;  revivals  of 
religion  reported,  16;  benevolent  con- 
tributions reported^    945,104.50;    es- 


timated value  of  church  property, 
$1,121,092.  Of  the  churches,  114  are 
self-sustaining;  154  are  supplied  with 
ministers.  One  church  has  been  organ- 
ized; seven  ministers  ordained  or  in- 
stalled, seven  dismissed,  and  seven  have 
died. 

The  roll  of  ministers  gives  220  names 
— of  pastors  and  acting  pastors,  160; 
without  charge,  45;  professors  and 
teachers,  0 ;  foreign  missionaries,  4.  Of 
184  pastors,  the  average  salary  is  $905; 
that  of  54,  is  $1,000  a  year,  or  more. 

INDIA17A. — ^The  minutes  of  the  General 
Association  for  1871  (14th  year),  report 
4  district  associations;  81  churches — 
with  pastors,  5;  acting  pastors,  17; 
vacant,  9.  Church  members,  1,361— of 
whom  are  absent,  118;  males,  492,  fe- 
males, 869.  Added  within  the  year, 
171;  removed,  87 — gain,  84.  Bap- 
tisms :  21  adult,  17  infant.  In  Sabbath 
schools,  2,006 — not  including  union 
schools.  Ministers,  26 ;  of  whom  5  are 
pastors,  and  18  acting  pastors ;  ordain- 
ed and  installed,  5 ;  none  dismissed  and 
none  died. 

Michigan. — ^The  minutes  of  the  Gen- 
eral Conference  give  the  following  sta- 
tistics :  Congregational  churches  in  the 
State,  178;  of  which  40  are  without 
stated  preaching ;  66  are  self-supporting, 
40  pay  salaries  of  $1,000  and  upwards. 
There  are  156  ministers,  of  whom  46  are 
"without  charge."  Church-members, 
11,984—4,258  males,  and  7,726  females. 
Admissions  within  the  year,  1,271 ;  re- 
movals, 707 — a  gain  of  564.  Baptisms : 
874  adult,  286  infant;  in  Sabbath 
schools,  16,881.  Reported  contribu- 
tions to  benevolent  causes,  $18,889— of 
which  to  the  American  Home  Mission- 
ary Society,  $2,582 :  memorial  offerings, 
etc.,  $60,181;  raised  for  pariah  pur- 
poses, $166,681. 

Illinois.— From  the  minutes  of  the 
General  Association  for  1871,  we  gather 
the  following  statistics:  local  associa- 
tions, 12;  churches,  248,  of  which  51 
are   "  unsupplied."     Churck*niembers 


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6,796  males,  11,716  females— 18,688; 
(absent,  2,186).  Admissions,  2,882*;  re- 
movals, 1,866— year's  gain,  1,017.  Bap- 
tims :  498  adult,  881  infant.  Members 
of  Sabbath  school^,  22,222.  Number  of 
ministers,  222,  of  whom  are  without 
charge,  86 ;  deceased  within  the  year,  5. 
Contributions  to  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society,  $6,056.68;  raised 
for  benevolent  causes  and  church  ex- 
penses, $511,157. 

Oregon. — ^The  number  of  Congrega- 
tional churches  is  nine ;  the  eldest  (that 
in  Oregon  City),  was  organized  in  1844 ; 
the  youngest  (that  in  East  Portland),  in 
1871.  One  is  without  a  minister,  and 
sends  no  report.  The  membership  of  i 
the  others  is  462;  admissions  within 
the  year,  80;  removals,  18 ;  members  of 
Sabbath  schools,  845;  average  attend- 
ance on  public  worship,  740. 


The  church  in  Portland  (Rev.  Dr.  At 
kinson),  has  built,  free  of  debt,  a  house 
of  worship,  costing  about  $16,000,  and 
that  in  Astoria  has  paid  off  a  debt  of 
$1,700.  All  these  churches  have  ro- 
oeived  the  aid  of  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society. 

An  "  Old''  Chubch.— Rev.  C.  S.  Cady, 
writing  from  Oberlin,  says  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  in  Fitchville,  Ohio, 
now  under  his  pastoral  care:  "It  is 
largely  made  up  of  old  people ;  having 
twelve  members  whose  aggregate  age  is 
about  950  years — averaging  nearly  80— 
besides  quite  a  number  who  are  over  70 
years  old.  I  should  like  to  know  if 
there  is  a  church  anywhere  in  the  East 
or  West,  that  has  so  large  a  number  of 
aged  people,  in  a  membership  of 
sixty." 


APPOINTMENTS  IN  AUGUST,  1871. 


Rev.  T.  R.  Bndthaw,  Clayton  and  Pachaco,  CaL 

Rev.  G.  F.  O.  Morgan,  San  Joan,  Cal. 

Rev.  Bela  N.  Seymour,  Haywood  and  vicinity,  Cal. 

Rev.  JoBiah  Strong,  Cheyenne,  Wvo. 

Rev.  George  Davies,  Nareery  Hill, Warner  achool- 

hoase  and  vicinity.  Neb. 
Rev.  Hiram  A.  Brondidge,  Cottonwood  Falla, 

Kan. 
Rev.  Danf orth  L.  Eaton,  Croton  and  Big  Prairie, 

Mich. 
Rev.  Otis  B.  Waten,  Benzonia,  Mich. 
Rev.  William  G.  Dickinson,  8t  Catherine  and 

Rehoboth,  Mo. 
Rev.  Henry  H.  Dodd,  Linn  Creek,  Cambria,  Iberia 

and  Richland,  Mo. 
Rev.  Henry  I).  Piatt,  Lincoln,  111. 
Rev.  Henry  D.  Porter,  Clifton,  HL 
Rev.  Bordett  Hart,  Vinclaud,  M.  J. 

Rev.  John  F.  Damon,  Seattle  and  Port  Madison, 

Wash.  Ter. 
Rev.  David  B.  Gray,  Oakland.  CaL 
Rev.  Jerome  D.  Davis,  Cheyenne,  Wyo. 
Rev.  Lewis  Bridgman,  Richland  and  Elk  Point, 

Dak. 
Rev.  Thomas  Bell,  Palmyra  and  two  out-atations, 

Neb. 
Rev.  Alva  A.  Hnrd,  Emporia,  Kan. 
Rev.  Leicester  J.  Sawyer,  Borlingame,  Kan. 


Rev.  Lewis  E.  Sikea,  Vienna  and  two  ont-ftt* 

tions,  Kan. 
Rev.  Newton  H.  Bell,  Owatonna,  Minn. 
Rev.  Oliver  P.  Champlln.  Fairmonnt,  Chain  Ltki 

Center  and  Waveriy,  Minn. 
Rev.  George  B.  Nutting,  T^nrf^g  and  BrowBi- 

dale.  Minn. 
Rev.  Jndson  G.  Spencer,  Naahna,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Orson  P.  Clinton,  Hortonville  and  two  out- 

station;*.  Wis. 
Rev.  William  H.  Cross,  Tomab,  Wis. 
Rev.  Francis  J.  Dooglass,  Bloomfldd,  Wis.,  tad 

Richmond,  111. 
Rev.  Jamos  H.  McChesney,  Qnincy,  Eastoii  tad 

Friendship,  Wis. 
Rev.  J.  Wing  Allen,  Leslie,  Mich, 
Rev.  Edwin  Booth,  Sobewa.  Mich. 
Rev.  Elam  Branch,  Alamo.  Mich. 
Rev.  Edmund  Dvcr.  Dundee  and  London.  Mich, 
licv.  John  W.  Fitzmaurice,  Bridgeport  Micb. 
Rev.  N.  Dimic  Qlldden,  GrandLedge  and  Ws* 

cousta,  Mich. 
Rev.  Reuben  Hatch,  Traverse  City,  Mich. 
Rev.  William  Iron»,  Rockford,  Mich. 
Rev.  William  B.  Ot'bom,  Augusta.  Mich. 
Rev.  George  Thompson,  Leland  and  Tidalty, 

Mich. 
Rev.  James  A.  Adams,  Marshfield,  Mo. 
Rev.  George  A.  Paddock,  Lebanon,  Mo. 
Rev.  Alfred  A.  Whitmore.  Laclede,  Mo. 
Rev.  Levi  Wheaton,  Poplar  Grove,  BL 
Rev.  Edgar  Perkins,  Phoenix,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Abel  S.  Wood,  Niagara  City,  N.  T. 


RECEIPTS  IN  AUGUST,  1871. 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE— 

Received  by  L.  D.  Stevens,  Treaa.  N. 
H.  M.  Soc: 

Concord,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and 
Soc,  to  eonat.  Joaaph  B» 


Walker  a  L.  D.,  $100  00 

Kensington,   Cong.  Ch.  and 

Soc.,  20  00 

Mason,  A  Friend,  $1 ;  Carria 

Tarball,$6,  6  00 


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Deafleld.  Cong.  Ch.,  $18.40 ;  fiev. 

J.  Chapman,  $6.60,  20  00 

[Acknowledged  in  June  as  from 

Kensington.] 
Hancock,  Ladiea'   Sewing  Circle,   by 

Charlotte  L.  TutUe,  Sec.,  4  00 

Pelham,  On  account  of  Legacy  of  Ahiah 

Cutter,  by  D.  Atwood,  fix.,  8Sd  80 

VERMONT— 
Weatminater,  Jacob  Chapin,  10  00 

MA88ACHU8ETT8- 
Maaa.  Home  Miaa.  Boc,  by  8.  T.  Far- 
well,  Traaa.,  6,000  00 
Amherat,  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Harriet  H. 
by  H.  L  Httbbell,  Adm.,  860  00 


Leland,  by  H.  L.  Habbell,  Adm., 
Hampshire  Misa.  Boc,  by  E.  Williama, 
TrMa.: 

Saat  Hampton,  First  Parish,       67  89 
Northampton^Firat  Pariah,       S65  98 

— —    818  82 
Lawrence,  E.  P.  P.,  16  00 

MaaaacboaetU,  Three  Friends,  2,000  00 

North  Andover,  Le^ncy  of  Mrs.  Mary 
H.  Lord,  by  W.lT.  Smith,  Ex.,  to 
const.  Albert  B.  Smith  and  J.  Erarts 
Clanoer  L.  Ds.;  Mary  L.  Clancey,  Isa- 
bella a.  Clancey,  Harriet  M.  Clancey, 
Sarah  L.  Smith,  Mrs.  H.  M.  Bigelow 
and  William  TTSmith  L.  Ms.,  864  60 

Pepperell,  Ladiea'  Benev.  Soc.,  by  Rev. 

H.  Parker,  6  00 

Springfield,  M.  C,  600  00 

BHOPB  ISLAND— 
Kingston,   Cong.  Ch.,  by  Eev.  J.  H. 

WeUt^  19  00 

Providence,  Free  Evan.  Cong.  Ch^by 

N.  J.  Shepley,  Trees.,  to  const  Rev. 

B.O.  BarUettaL.M.,  80  00 

Tiverton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  Rev. 

A.  L.  Whitman,  20  00 

CONNECTICUT— 

dlntoD,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.HuU,  Treaa., 
in  fnU,  to  conat.  Mrs.  Silas  Wellman 
aL.  M.,  20  25 

Lebanon,  Exeter  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
by  Rev.  J.  Avery,  40  00 

New  Britain,  Legacy  of  Mra.  Cynthia  S. 
Ely,  by  C.  Nichols.  Ex.,  60  00 

New  Haven,  W.  C.  Conant,  60  00 

New  Preston,  Cong.  Ch.,  Miss  E.  M. 
Averill,  67  00 

Stonington,  Mrs.  J.  Pomeroy,  6  00 

.  Weat  Chester,  Cong.  Ch.,  $85.60:  Sab- 
bath School,  $11,  by  S.  Brown,  Treaa., 
to  const.  John  V.  Bissell  a  L.  M.,  46  60 

Windsor  Locks,  On  accoant  of  Legacy 
of  Mrs.  E.  H.  Baniett,  by  J.  H.  Hay- 
den,  Adm.,  60  00 

Woodbridge,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 
W.  M.  Beecher,  Treas.,  to  const  w. 
W.  Peck,  Miss  A.  N.  Thomaa  and  J. 
J.  Baldwin  L.  Me.,  Ill  00 

Woodbury,  North  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  W. 
Xitchell,  21  86 

NEW  YORK— 

AnatarUts,  Rev.  David  8.  Mitchell  and 

wife,  16  00 

Barryville  and  Lumberland,  Sabbath 

School  of  the  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F. 

Kyte.  6  00 

Oanandaigna,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

by  E.  O.  Tyler,  to  const  Rev.  P.  B. 

Allen  a  L.  D.,  863  4S 

Fort  Covington,  Miss  Adelia  Bliss,  1  00 

Hancock,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  I. 

D.  ComweU,  20  00 

Kiantone,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  Rev. 

B.  C.  Hall,  8  80 
Malone,  Alanson  Pnrdy,  6  00 
Odsco,  Ladiea^  Home  Miss.  Soc  of  the 

Cong.  Ch.,  by  8.  N.  Cowles,  Treas.,  to 
•0oiiL]lr^HtfinahRob«rUaL.k,     80  00 


Peekskill,  Rev.  H.  N.  Wells,  2  60 

Rochester,  Mrs.  Sally  Oillett,  by  T.  G. 

Jerome,  80  00 

South  Canton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D. 

E.  Pangbom,  7  00 

Tug  Hill  and  Turin,  Cong.  Chs.,  by  Rev. 

O.  P.  Jones,  6  00 

Walton,   First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Q.  W. 

Fitch,  Treas.,  42  61 

WcPt  Winfleld,  Seth  Bonfoy,  6  00 

Woodhaven,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

W.  James,  11  88 

Woodville,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  J. 

B.  Preston,  20  66 

NEW  JERSEY— 
New  Brunswick,  John  Patterson,  1  26 

PENNSYLVANIA- 

Pittston,  Mrs.  H.  D.  Strong,  20  00 

OHIO— 

Received  by  Rev.  L.  Kelsey: 
Ashtabula,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.         * 

Fassett,  80  82 

Atwater,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  B. 

Brush,  to  const.  Jared  Strat- 

ton  a  L.  M..  48  80 

Cleveland  Heights,  Cong.  Ch., 

by  Rev.  T.  K.  Noble,  16  00 

Four  Comers,  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

C.  B.  Cook,  2  66 

Painesville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  C. 

R.  Stone,  98  08 

Twinsburg,    Cong.    Ch.,  by 

Rev.  A.  Sharpe,  16  00 

Webt  Farmington,  Cong.  Ch., 


by  Rev.  J.  C.  Bumei 


Albany,  Cong.  Ch.,  $7.41;  Jerome, 
Cong.  Ch.,  $7.66 ;  Providence,  Cong. 
Ch.,  $4.66.  by  Rev.  A.  N.Hamlin, 

Claridon,  Sabbath  School  of  the  Cong. 
Ch.,  by  H.  W.  Ensign.  Treaa., 

Mantua,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D.  W. 
Sharti, 

Olive  Green,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  S.  D. 
Kelsey, 

Sullivan,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  C.  Bald- 
win, 

Weymouth,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 
H.  Brinkerhoff, 

Wooster,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  R.  Wilkin- 
son, 

ILLINOIS- 

Brickton,  Cong.  Ch.,  $18 ;  Des  Plainas, 

Cong.  Ch.,  $7,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Laird, 
Chesterfield,   Cong.   Ch.,  by  Rev.   E. 

Loomis, 
Chicago,  South  Cong.  Ch., 

Piwnoufh  Cong.   Ch.^  to  const  Mra. 
Rev.  William  A.  BarUett  a  L.  M., 
Concord,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L.  F.  Joy, 
CrcscAnt,  Cong.   Cn.,  by  Rev.  M.  M. 

Pinkerton, 
Ellison,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  L.  Pen- 

noyer. 
Forest  Hill.  Cong.  Ch.,  $62.60 ;  Sauna- 


min,  Cong.  Ch.,  $18:  Owego, 
Ch.,  $7,  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Catlfn, 


Cong. 


Galva,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll., 

Ltberiyville,  Mrs.  Paulina  Norton,  a  dy- 
ing gift  by  J.  B.  Norton, 

Lod^  S.  Hawley,  $2 ;  E.  Root,  $1 ;  M. 
Beverly,  $1, 

Morris,  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const  Hon.  J.  N. 
Reading  a  L.  M., 

MISSOURI- 

Greenwood,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  B.  G. 

Page, 
Lagrange,  German  Evan.  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  J.  Schaerer. 
Meadvilla,  Cong.  CL,  by  |^.  L  Caria* 

ton* 


214  26 

19  61 
80  00 

600 

16  60 
12  00 
10  00 

600 

25  00 

68  00 

17  20 

68  08 
47  60 

276 

10  00 

72  60 
600 

20  00 
400 

80  00 

800 
626 
800 


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laoHiaAN— 

Borneo,  Cong.  Ch.,  baL  of  colL,  by  W. 
Loud,  TreM..  to  const  MiM  Abbie  B. 
liussy  and  Miu  Mary  £.  Smitb  L. 
Ms., 

WI800N8IN- 

BeceiTed  by  Rav.  B.  Clary : 
Baloit,  Sacond  Cong.  Ch^  by 

Rev.  H.  P.  HlgleyT  146  00 

Bristol,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  T. 

Qillespla,  16  15 

Bast  Troy,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rey. 

H.  Fowle,  $4  15 

Oeneva,  Presb.  Ch.,  by  Mr. 

Cortis,  Treas.,  »  00 

Milton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  C. 

Plomb,  Treas.,  6  9t 

Milwankee,  Plymouth  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  S.  Hayden,  Treas.,       66  19 
Platt^ilfe.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rar. 

J.E.Pond,  16  47 

Becei vd  by  Rev.  F.  B.  Doe : 
Ripon,  Cong.  Ch.,  $TI  16 

Trempealeau,  Cong.  Ch.,  10  00 


Berlin,  Union  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Miss  L. 
White.  Treas., 

Freedom,  Cong.  Ch.,  $6 :  Osbom,  Cong. 
Ob.,  $6.60.  by  Rer.  fi.  McLeodL 

Kenosha,  Pint  Cong.  Ch.,  by  L.  G.  Mer- 
rill, Treaa., 

Osseo,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  8.  H.  Thomp- 
son. 

Princeton,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  W.  M. 
Richards. 

Vlroqua,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  8.  B. 
Lathrop, 

Wautoma,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  W. 
Donaldaon, 

Wilmot,  Cong.  Ch.,  ilO :  8alem,  Cong. 
Ch.,  $6.S6,  by  Rev.  R.  R.  Snow, 

lOWA- 

Bavenport,  Qerman  Evan.  Cong.  Ch., 
by  Rev.  J.  P.  Graf,  ^ 

Grove  Hill,  German  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
P.  Weidmann, 

Lebanon,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  M. 
Smith, 

Otho,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  G.  Bent, 

Polk  City,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  A.  Park- 
er, 

Webster,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G.  R.  Ran- 
som, 

MINNESOTA— 
Alexandria,   Cong.   Ch.,  by  Rev.   R. 

Everts. 
Anoka,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  E. 

Packard, 
Claremont  and  Wasiola,  Cong.  Cha., 

bv  Rev.  C.  Shedd, 
East  P  aiheville.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  baL 


of  coll.,  by  Rev.  L.  0.  Gilbert, 
tUxenpa,  First  r  -      —     -     - 


Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E. 


Rochester,  Charles  Dunning, 
St  Charles  and  Saratoga,  Cong.  Ohs., 
by  Rev.  G.  H.  Miles. 

KANSAS- 

Bnrlington,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  J. 

D.  Parker, 
Bureka,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  L.  H.  Piatt, 
Geneva,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  0. 

Gray, 
Louisville,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

F.  Guyton, 
Osawatomle.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

S.  L.  Adair, 
Bi^eway,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

White  Cloud,  First  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Bar. 
B.  W.  Bhaw, 


80  00 


100  SS 

8»S6 
S60 

1160 

10  6S 
800 
560 
896 
600 

16  S6 

700 

866 

400 
90  00 

18  00 

18  70 

600 

19  86 
80  46 

16  66 
8000 

10  00 


14  76 
14  60 

600 
19  00 
90  00 

760 
10  00 


CALIFORNIA— 
Los  Angeles,  First  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Bev. 

LW.  Atherton,  10  00 

San  Buenaventura.  First  Cong.  Oh.,  by 

Rev.  W.  C.  Menltt,  18  00 

OREGON- 
Oregon  City,  First  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev. 

E.  Gerry,  11 

Portland.  First  Cong.  Oh.,  $19 ;  Rev.  0. 

H.  Atkinson,  D.D.,  $16,  by  Rev.  Br. 

Atkinson,  i6  00 

HOME  MISSIPNART,  10  60 


$11,966  90 


DonaHontqf  CMhlnff^4tc 

Bradford,  Mass.,  Ladiea*  Soc  of  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  Mrs.  A.  M.  Munroe.  $111  OO 

Griswold,  Conn.,  A  Friend,  a  bundle. 
Hinsdale,  Mass.,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc,  by 

Mrs.  C.  J.  Kittredffe,  a  barrel,  90  00 

Leominster,  Mass.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc, a 

barrel.  100  00 

Pepperell,  Mass.,  Ladiea'  Benev.  Soc,  by 

hev.  H.  Parker,  a  barrel,  110  99 

Putnam,  Conn.,  A  few  Members  of  the 

Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  D.  B.  Plimpton,  a 

box,  86  00 

Weat  Hartford.  Conn.,  A  few  Ladles,  by 

Mrs.LauraW.Selden,Sec,abarTa,        86C9 


Siedptt  <if  tht  M<u$aehu9i(ts  Bomt  MMmmt 
iSoa$ty,   in  Auffutt,  Stbtbbx  T.  Fabwbxx, 
Trtasurtr, 
Andorer,  South  Ch.  and  Soc,  $606  81 

Arlington,  Orthodox  Cong.  On.  and  Soc,    001 86 
Bennington,  N.  H.^Hannah  S.  Parker,  8  00 

Boston  Highlands,  vyu  St.  Ch.,  mon.  con.,     80  90 
BrooklineT Harvard  Ch..  addiUobal,  90  00 

Canton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  boc,  89  V 

Falmouth,  Mrs.  A.  Lewis,  96  00 

Grafton.  A  Friend,  900  99 

HatchTille,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  T  86 

Newbury,  Ladies'  Home  Mias.  8oc  of  Uie 

First  Ck,  80  00 

Rowley,  Cong.  Ch.  and  SoC,  48  90 

South  NaUck,  Eliot  Ch.,  48 18 

South  Royalston, ^  10  09 

Sudbury.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  18  H 

West  Boxford,  Sabbath  School,  •    IfR 

West  Tilbury,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Bo^,  T  00 

Wrentham,  Julia  Hawea,  10  00 

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SicHpU  qf  thi  OonneeHcut  Eomt  MUsUman  A- 
eiety  in  AuffUity  E.  W.  Pabsovs,  Tnaa. 

Bethlehem,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  R.  C,  to 

const  Edwin  K.  Prentis*  a  L.  M., 
Bridgeport,  FirstCong.Ch.,  by  S.Woodin,   IWW 
Chester,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Morton,     89  60 
East  Hartford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  Williama,   880  80 
Franklin,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  B.  Hyde.  ^  " 

Gilead,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Bev.  A.  w.  Ciaik, 

to  conat  E.  O.  AUen  a  L.  M., 


$40  00 

iSr 


Hebron,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  J.  H.  Jagger, 
Middle  Haddam,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  8. 

North,  Treas., 
North  Branford,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Bev.  B. 

L.  Clark, 
North  Coventry,  Cong.  Ch.,  bvN.  Boot, 

to  const  S.  T.  Loomis  a  L.  IL, 
Ridgebury,  Rev.  A.  Alvord, 
RockviUe,  hrstCong.  Ch.rby  J.  N.  Stick- 

ney.  to  const  Mfia  A.  v.  Root,  J.  R. 

Stlckney,  P.  Talcott,  J.  H.  Kite,  Addie 

M.  Johnson  and    Bwight  Loomis  L. 

Ms., 
Unionville,  First  Cong.  Ob.,  by  B.  H. 

GIbba, 


74  46 

48  00 
1816 

816 

80  00 

8718 
609 


186  99 
086 


$1,019  81 


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APPLICATIONS  FOR  AID. 

Feeble  oongregations,  desiring:  aid  in  supporting  the  gospel,  are  requested,  in 
ihdr  applications,  to  make  full  statements  of  tlieir  condition  and  prospects,  and  of 
the  reasons  for  granting  their  requests.  They  are  desired,  also^  to  furnish  the 
lollowing  particulars,  namely : 

The  population  of  the  place. 

The  oame  of  the  church  or  congregation. 

The  number  of  communicants,  and  the  average  number  of  attendants  on  pub- 
lic worship. 

The  denomination  and  size  of  congregations  immediately  contiguous,  with  the 
distance  to  their  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  which  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  given  time,  and  the 
arrangements  that  are  made  for  securing  it. 

whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 

The  U€Ut  amount  that  will  suffice  from  this  Society. 

The  name  in  full  and  post-office  address  of  the  minister  for  whom  a  commission 
li  desired. 

His  credentials. 

Whether  he  is  a  resident  of  the  place  in  which  he  preaches,  and  is  engaged  in 
any  other  calling  than  that  of  the  ministry. 

Whether  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  church,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangementi 
are  made  or  contemplated  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  the  vear. 

The  application  should  be  signed  by  the  officers  of  the  church,  and  by  vIij 
trustees  or  a  committee  of  the  congregation. 

If  the  ecclesiastical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  have  a  "  Com- 
mittee of  Missions"  to  act  in  their  behalf,  the  members  of  this  Committee  are  the 
proper  persons  to  certify  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  minister, 
and  hie  prospects  of  usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  services  are  desired ;  and  the 
mplication  should  be  sent  to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation. 
where  no  such  "  Committee  of  Missions  "  exists,  the  application  should  receive  the 
indorsement  of  two  or  more  neighboring  clergymen,  of  the  same  denomination, 
acqoalnted  with  the  facts. 

Applications,  after  beiAg  properly  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  be  sent  to 
the  Superintendent  (or  Secretary  of  the  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  appli- 
cants reside.  «  *-*- 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriations  are  for  twelve  months  from  the  date  of  the 
appUettUon  ;  at  the  end  of  which,  if  further  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must 
be  made,  containing  all  the  particulars  above  sUted,  and  indorsed  and  recommended 
in  like  manner. 

B^  congregation  applying  for  renewed  aid,  should  furnish,  also,  the  eerHjicaU 
of  the  missionary  that  they  h%06fulflUed  thiir  previous  ptedges  for  his  support. 

The  address  of  the  Society's  Superintendents  and  the  SecreUries  of  its  Auxil- 
toies  will  be  found  on  the  cover  of  its  Reports  and  of  the  Home  Missionary, 

THE  HOME  MIBSIOHART. 
A'^T^^  "^^  Jfiww/k»ry  will  be  sent  gratuitously  to  the  following  classes  of  in- 
oiTidnals,  unless  they  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers : 

a^l"^  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Missionaries  of  the 
Society  and  Its  Auxiharies.  To  every  clerpryman  In  whose  congregation  a  collection 
is  taken  «P  every  year  tor  the  Society,  or  one  of  its  AuxUlaries.  To  every  Individual 
who  contributes  ten  dolUrs,  or  upward,  during  the  year.  To  every  Auxillarv,  Asso- 
Nation,  or  Congregation,  ons  copy  for  every  ten  dollars  collected  and  paid  into  the 
Treasury  of  the  Societv,  or  of  any  Auxillaiy.  *^ 

otr.^1ZJ^^^L^  ^^^If'  o  *P^^  ^^^'  ^  availing  himself  of  the  facilities 
a£l!i5^  «f  >,  ?  5^?"^  the^m^  Jrw*(m6wy  amon^  his  people.  In  notifying  the 
m^^^^L^Jl  ^^"^  ^  ^^^  the  work  sent  on  tLese  teris,  he  Is  requested  to 
mentkn  the  name  of  some  person  to  whom  each  copy  shall  be  addressed 

in^^Jl^addr^oTsS^^ri'^  '^'''  ""*^"^ ''  cK^e^-.t^n^.  or  changes 


FOBS  OF  A  BEaVEST. 

th«  ilJ^Jtf**^  ^  ™^  executors  the  sum  of  dollars.  In  trust,  to  pay  over 

t-L^  u  1,  ^  m^  **^I  ?y  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  Is 
Mt^nnii^^'JrfK '^^  ^'  the  American  HomeSisslonaTy'Society,  formed  in 
ik!  •kL/m*'^  York,  In  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  twentylelx,  to  be  applied  to 
the  chariteble  uses  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction.    ^^ 


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OCTOBER, 


1871. 


AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOR  PLACE,  NEW  YORK. 


Rev.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.D.,  ) 

Rev.  DAVID  B.  CX)E,  D.D.,        >  Secretariei  for  CorretpimdeMe. 

Rev.  ALEX.  H.  CLAPP,  D.D.,    ) 


Mr.  WILLIAM  HENJIY  SMITH,  I^etumw. 

XnounTB  CoMMirm:— Miu  WILLIAM  G.  LAMBERT,  Chairman;  Mb.  O.  R.  ROBERT; 
Mb.  SIMEON  B.  CHITTENDEN;  Rby.  RICHARD  8.  ST0RR8,  Jb.,  D.D.;  Rbt.  WILLIAM 
I.  BUDINOTON,  D.D.;  Mb.  CALVIN  C.  WOOLWORTH;  Mb.  CHARLES  ABBBNBTHT; 
Mb.  J[0HN  B.  HUTCHINSON ;  Rbt.  HENRY  M.  STORRS,  D.D. ;  with  the  i 
▼Iz:  AUSTIN  ABBOTT,  Esq.,  Seeording  Secretary,  the  Tsbabubbr,  and  the  Bmobmta 
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Relating  to  the  basinesB  of  the  Society  generaHy.  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the 
Secretaries  for  Correspondence. 

DOVATIOVS  AHS  SXrBSCBIPTIOVfl^ 

In  Drafts,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Post-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  sent  to 
the  Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Life  Member ;  and  of  one 
hundred  dollars  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makes  one 
hundred  dollars),  a  Life  Director. 


SECBETABIES  AHS  TBEASTBESS 

OF  THE 

PRINCIPAL    AUXILURIES. 

Rev.  Stephen  Thurston,  D.D.,  Secretary,  Maine  Miss.  8oe.,  Searsport,  Me. 
Joshua  Maxwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "         "        **    Portland,  Me. 

Kev.  William  Clark,  Secretary,  Nsw  Hampshire  Miss.  Soc.,  Amherst,  N.  H. 
Lyman  D.  Stevens,  Esq.,  Treasurer,       **  "        "    Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith.  Secretary,  Vermont  Dom.  Miss.  Soc.,  MontpeHer,  Vt. 
C  W  Storrs  Esq    Treasurer        «•       ,  «<  <«      •«  m  ,        «  . 

Rev.  H.  B.  Hooker,'  D.D.,  Sec,  Masft.  H.  M.  8oc.,  31  Washington  street,  Boeton, 
Stephen  T.  Farwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    '*  "  "  ''*  •• 

Rev  James  G.  Vose,  Secretary,  R.  I.  Home  Miss.  Soc.,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Edwin  Knight,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    "        "  **  "  " 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary,  Conn.  Home  Miss.  Soe.,  Berlin,  Conn. 
E.  W.  Parsons.  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "        "        "     Hertford,  Conn. 


STTPERDTTENDENTa 


Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart,    New  York  City. 
Rev.  Ltsander  Kelsey,  Columbus,  O. 
Kev.  Nath'l  a.  Hyde,      Indianapolis.Ind. 
Hev.  Joseph  E.Roy,D.D.,  Cliicaoro.  111. 
Kev.  Edwin  B.  Turner,  Hannibal ,  Mo. 
Kev.  W.  B.  Williams,      Charlotte,  Mich. 
Kev.  Leroy  Warren,      Pentwater,  Mich. 
Pov.  Dexter  Clary,        Beloit,Wis.. 


Rev.  Franklin  B.  Doe,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wia. 

Rev.  J.  Guernsey,  D.D.,  Dubuque,  la. 
Kev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett,  Dea  Moines,  la. 

Rev.  Richard  Hall,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

R(»v.  James  G.  Merrill,  Topeka,  Kan. 

Rev.  O.  W.  Merrill,  Nebraska  City,Nd 

Rev  James  H.Warren,  SanFrandsco^Gil 


ToBiTT  &  BuKci.  Printers  and  Blndera.  90  Fnlton-st,  N.  T. 


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CONTENTS. 


PAGE 

A  VISIT  TO  THE  OUTPOSTS 15? 


MISSIONARY  INTKLLIOENCE. 

Oregon.  -  I'roiu  Kcr.   W.   A.    Ten  net/, 
Astoria.— All  in  Bright 1C3 

California. -i'>«>">  v.et.  J.  ^^\  luier, 

Cherokee.— Day  Dawning ir:j 

From    Rev.  M.   8.    i'rmivdl,  Sonouin.— 

•'Seeketh  uot  llcr  Own" K\ 

Colorado.— ^'r* 'in  R^'v,  N.  Thompson, 

Koalder.— Se.'d-Timc IW 

Dakota.— Fr"">  ^-''P-  8.  Sheldon,  Elk 

Point. -That  Hor»«e  Paid  For.— Other 

BlcsHlngd 165 

Nebraska.— J' roni   liev.  D.  Knowles^ 

(Jroeuwood.- Thone  Two  Brick;* 15 

From    R&v.    a.  DaiUs,  Narnory  II ill.— 

Happy  Beginning It^S 

From  lUt.  F.  Alley,  Crete.— Perils  of  the 

West ICC 

Kansas.  —  f^'om  lUr.  S.  H.  Jvlimon. 

Winfleld.-HI^LuHt  Work. 1G7 

From  Her.  C.  S.  Shattvck,  BaxlerSprin-^H. 

-Working  Ont 1(;7 

Minnesota.  —  From  Rtv.  A.  K.  I^ack- 

ard,  Anoka.— Tried  to  (io.— Self-Sup- 

port    168 

From   Her.   S.   Wo'fgen,  Fergus  Fallj*.- 

II U  Beginning 119 

From  Rev.  E.  P.  Dada,  Mazeppa.    Who 

Will  Tell  Ulm* 169 


PAGE 

Iowa.  -  From  AVr.  ./.  R.  Ipfon,  Lake- 

vllle.— ( Jratef 111  Rovii^w 16J 

Prom  Ret\  O.  EmerfOn  SaUuln.— Revival. 

— NeedM  Helpers no 

From    Htv.  J.    T.    ('(x,k\   M;  quoketa.  - - 

CominirofAge m 

From    /i'tr.    li.    ('.   Fo.<t<r,    Pirelval. — 

Wnnu,  but  Workinsf Itl 

Wisconsin.- From /.Vr.  7.  L.  Itcn-n, 

Wyoccna. — One  Sov.eth,  another  Re  ip- 

eth 171 

From  Rtv.  J.  X.   Pitvell.  Plymouth.— 

OermanH  and  the  Sahlwith 172 

From    Rtv.    K.    R.   lUiu'-,    I'tnitiiio. — 

Work,  Needs  and  Plnun I'l^ 

Michigan.- l*'r'Jni  R*f-  //•  Wm  Anltn, 

New  B.dtlraore.— Stroke  Fj  on  Stroke  .  17.J 
Missouri.  —  From  lUv.  6.  (I.  t'tikint, 

Hamilton.— l^et^^)^J  eit  and  IrospM.i. .   r*:i 

mi: fKILANEors. 

TuE  Treasuuy 171 

Maine  Mn'8it)NAUY  Sooieiy 171 

CoNNEoTiri'T   Home   Mi!^s*i<)>  auy   S< ci- 

BT  Y 1  T.5 

The  (1eni''h  of  thy.  Societ\  I7i 

Home  .MuHioNAhY  Work  in  iuk  \Vfcj.T.  177 

CONOKEOATIONAL  STAlI^TItt*     IIH 

MiisioHury  Appaifdvw/u'n 17K 

Acknowledgment  oi'  Recelf}(s 17.) 


PUBMSHED  BY 


THE  AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOK  PLACE.  NEW  YORK. 


PRICE,  FIFTY  CENTS  A  YEAR  IN  ADVANCE. 
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MISSIONAUY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  Clothing,  Heut  directly  aiul  without  any  particular  designation,  to  the 
office  of  the  Auiorican  Home  Missionary  S<x'iety,  wifl  Iw?  lorwarded  to  such  mission 
aries  as  are  known  to  be  most  in  neefl  of  them,  with  retiuests  from  the  Society  to 
thooe  who  receive  them,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective 
donors. 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  individual  or  association,  intendmgto 

Srepare  a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  missionary  designated,  anda 
stalled  account  of  the  circumstances  of  his  family  givoii,  the  information  is  not  always 
at  hand,  so  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  wheu 
it  is,  it  not  uufrequently  hapi>ens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  the  missionary  re 
mains  for  months  unsupplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  mifrtt  be 
furnished  with  articles  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  In 
other  cases,  while  the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from 
other  sources,  so  that  when  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want 
as  many  others. 

It  is  preferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors, 
that  the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  in- 
dividual in  particular,  should  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Sodety, 
(rfter  they  reach  the  office.  It  is  believed  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  the 
designs  of  those  who  generously  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which 
the  Society  can  have  an  agency. 

DIRECTIONS  FOR  FORWARDINO. 

1.  Put  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  a 
paper  or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  with  the  name  of  the  in- 
dividual or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the  individual  to 
whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent. 

2.  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  the  box  should  be  sent  in  a 
letter  to  the  office  of  the  Society.  This  copy  should  state  the  estimated  value  of  the 
contents,  and  the  size  of  adults,  with  the  ages  and  sex  of  children,  for  whom  the 
clothing  is  intended.  The  letter  should  also  state  when,  and  by  what  conveyance, 
the  box  was  forwarded,  and  in  it  should  be  inclosed  such  money  as  is  intended  for 
the  payment  of  freight.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  provided  for  in  all 
cases,  if  practicable.  The  freight  and  ex^penses  on  a  box  vary  from  $3  to  $6,  accord- 
ing to  its  size  and  the  distance  it  is  sent.  A  barrel  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense 
than  a  box  of  the  same  size. 

3.  The  box  should  be  fully  and  plainly  marked,  and  the  place  from  which  it  com4 
should  ALWAYS  appear  on  the  outside,  so  that  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening 
it  at  the  office.  It  should  be  strong,  tight,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  be 
hooped,  or  otherwise  fully  secured  against  the  effects  of  hard  usage  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor 
Place,  New  York. 

NO  PART  OF  A  MISSIONARY'S  SALARY. 

Boxes  of  clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriation.  The 
Society  needs  the  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptly  its 
stipulations  with  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded  ;  and  it  would  be  no 
favor  to  a  missionary  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money 
that  would  otherwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionally  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  gee  to 
it  that  they  give  none  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  giving  other  things 
that  are  needful  and  convenient.  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  sympathies  will 
bo  so  awakened  in  the  preparation  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be 
their  privilege,  not  only  to  continue,  but  also  to  enlarge  the  greater. 

SUGGESTIONS  AS  TO  THEIR  CONTENTS. 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box.  while  clothing  of  woollen  or  linen 
fabrics,  shoes,  l)oot8,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  l>o  specially  valuable,  scarcfly 
any  thing  in  the  shape  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  whicli 
is  of  common  use  in  any  form  in  a  family,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  forks, 
spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of  cotton,  a  skein  of  yarn  or  silk,  a  imper  of  needles, 
a  cnkc  of  wax.  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a  thimble,  a  tumbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skimmer,  or  a 
pe])^  or  box,  need  not  be  left'out. 

When  articles  of  clothing  are  not  fitted  to  the  meml)ers  of  the  families  to  which 
boxes  are  sent,  missionaries  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  other 
that  almost  every  thing  which  a  box  may  contain  is  turned  to  good  account. 


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THE  HOME  MISSIONARY. 

Go, Preach  the  Gospel Mark  xvi.  15. 

How  shall  they  preach  except  they  be  sekt  ? .  Rom.  x.  15. 


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A    VISIT    TO    THE    OUTPOSTS. 

During  the  last  summer,  the  more  distant  Home  Missionary  fields  were  vis- 
ited, for  the  first  time,  by  one  of  the  Secretaries  of  the  American  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society,  and  he  begs  leave  to  report,  briefly,  to  its  constituents,  some 
of  the  results  of  his  observations  and  inquiries.  The  following  is  a  rapid  sur- 
vey of  the  operations  of  the  Society  in  the  States  and  Territories  that  lie  west 
of  the  Missouri  river,  and  of  the  present  condition  and  claims  of  that  region  as 
a  missionary  field. 

KANSAS. 

Home  Missions  in  Kansas  have  shared  in  the  many  and  strange  vicissitudes 
through  which  that  State  has  passed.  This  Society  was  the  first  to  raise  there 
the  gospel  standard,  and  by  its  missionaries  the  first  churches  were  gathered. 
But  these  infant  settlements  were  soon  involved  in  civil  war.  The  country  was 
laid  waste,  villages  were  pillaged  or  burned,  and  the  missionaries,  as  the 
avowed  champions  of  freedom,  were  the  marks  for  the  assaults  of  its  foes. 
One  barely  escaped  with  his  life  from  his  burning  dwelling.  Others  sought 
safety  iii  concealment  or  flight.  Others  still,  armed  with  carnal  weapons,  haz- 
arded their  lives  in  the  camp  and  the  field.  The  war  was  followed  by  succes- 
sive years  of  business  depression.  The  crops  failed,  in  consequence  of  drought, 
or  were  devoured  by  grasshoppers,  and  the  people  were  pinched  with  famine. 
Then  followed  the  Rebellion,  which  not  only  arrested  the  stream  of  immigra- 
tion, but  paralyzed  the  productive  energies  of  the  State ;  for  Kansas  sent  a 
larger  portion  of  its  male  population  to  fight  the  battles  of  the  country  than 
any  other  State  in  the  Union. 

These  events,  of  course,  impoverished  the  people  and  rendered  ^he  planting 
and  training  of  churches  a  slow  and  expensive  work.  At  the  close  of  the  war 
about  twenty  Congregational  churches  had  been  organized,  containing  about 
800  members.  From  that  time,  the  mr.terial  development  of  the  State  was  very 
rapid.  The  Kansas  Pacific  Railroad  wns  pushed  forward  vigorously  through 
th«  center  of  the  State,  to  the  base  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  thus  bringing  it 
into  easy  communication  with  the  markets  of  the  East  and  the  mining  Territo- 
ries. Other  roads,  parallel  and  transverse  to  this,  have  sinee  been  constnicted. 
one  of  which  already  extends  far  into  the  Indian  Territory,  rendering  all  parts 
of  Eastern  Kansas  easy  of  access,  and  opening  to  settlement  a  vast  area  of  the 
most  beautiful  and  fertile  prairie,  which,  but  for  these  means  of  communica- 
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tion,  must  have  remained  for  generations  an  unbroken  solitude.  All  along 
these  thoroughfares,  and  far  in  advance,  as  well  as  on  either  side  of  them,  flows 
a  mighty  tide  of  immigration.  Of  course,  the  demand  for  laborers  to  occupy 
the  rapidly  forming  centers,  throughout  all  this  region,  is  very  urgent.  The 
seed-time  is  short,  and  while  we  sleep  the  enemy  sows  tares.  Nor  is  there  any 
field,  in  our  estimation,  more  important  or  more  invitijg.  Many  of  the  settlers 
here  are  from  the  East — intelligent,  enterprising,  attached  to  the  system  of  l)e- 
lief  and  church  order  which  this  Society  propagates,  and  ready  to  welcome 
and  co-operate  heartily  with  the  laborers  whom  it  sends  forth.  Accordingly, 
the  Executive  Committee  have  felt  warranted,  notwithstanding  the  pecuniary 
embarra^ment  of  the  Society,  in  extending  their  operations  in  this  State  more 
than  in  most  others.  The  number  of  laborers  sustained  here,  last  year,  was 
sixty— exceeding  b\  fifty  per  cent,  the  number  under  commission  during  the 
preceding  year ;  and  about  twenty  churches  were  gathered  in  missionary  fields. 
Yet  facts  were  presented  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  General  Association  which 
showed  that  this  large  advance  was  by  no  means  commensurate  with  the  esi- 
sjencies  of  the  field,  and  that  an  equal  or  greater  increase  in  the  number  of  la- 
borers will  be  annually  required  for  years  to  come. 

NEBRASKA. 

Many  of  the  foregoing  statements  are  equally  applicable  to  Nebraska.  Its 
settlement  commenced  at  about  the  same  time  as  that  of  Kansas;  but  the  stir- 
ring scenes  that  were  enacted  in  the  latter  turned  public  attention  to  it,  while 
Nebraska  was  comparatively  neglected,  and  its  agricultural  advantages  were 
bit  little  understood.  To  the  lew  settlements  which  were  commenced  on  the 
banks  of  the  Missouri  and  the  Platte,  this  Society  early  turned  its  attention, 
lender  its  commission  the  first  missionary  to  the  Territory  entered  upon  his 
labors,  and  by  him  the  first  church  was  gathered  at  Omaha,  in  1856.  But  little 
progress  was  made,  however,  either  in  the  material  or  religious  development  of 
this  region,  till  the  construction  of  the  Union  Pacific  liailroad  was  commenced 
in  1865.  That  great  thoroughfare,  connected  at  its  eastern  terminus  with 
three  other  railroads,  crossing  the  State  of  Iowa,  opened  a  channel  into  the  in- 
terior of  Nebraska  for  that  swelling  flood  of  emigration  which  at  the  close  ot 
the  v/ar  began  to  move  towards  the  prairies  of  the  West ;  and  the  recent  com- 
mencement of  half  a  dozen  other  railroads  within,  the  State,  has  vastly  aug- 
mented the  mighty  tide.  In  the  year  1870,  al)Out  1,000,000  acres  of  prairie 
were  sold  by  the  government  and  railroad  companies,  and  not  less  than  20,000 
homes  were  actually  occupied  by  their  owners.  During  the  first  four  months 
of  the  present  season,  35,000  people,  it  is  ascertained,  found  homes  within  the 
State. 

But  these  settlers,  with  few  exceptions,  are  extremely  poor.  A  large  portion 
of  them  occupy  '"^  homesteads'' — the  country's  free  gift  to  its  emigrant  children, 
— and  this,  in  many  cases,  is  their  entire  eartnly  estate.  It  is  affecting  to  see 
these  pioneer  families,  in  their  lowly  cabins,  or  burrowing  in  semi -subterranean 
'^dug-out-j"  on  the  prairie  —  struggling,  amid  manifold  privations  and  hard- 
ships, to  construct  a  home  out  of  the  rawest  material.  At  the  tim^  when  they 
most  need  the  privileges  of  the  gospel,  they  can  do  little  to  procure  them,  and 
their  appeal  for  sympathy  and  aid  makes  a  powerful  appeal  to  every  Christian* 
heart.  To  that  appeal  the  Executive  Committee  have  listened,  and  have  done 
nnd  are  doing  for  their  relief  all  that  the  limited  resources  of  the  Society  per- 


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mit.  They  doubled  the  number  of  missionaries  in  the  State  during  the  last 
year.  This,  however,  made  the  number  only  eighteen.  If  it  were  doubled 
again,  the  present  year,  it  would  not  be  beyond  the  evident  demands  of  God's 
Providence  and  Spirit.  But  with  the  present  means  at  the  disposal  of  the 
Committee,  this  is  impossible. 

COLORADO.      WYOMING.      TITAH.      NEVADA. 

This  Society  has  occupied  only  a  few  points  in  these  Territories.  Several 
years  ago  it  planted  a  church  in  Denver,  Colorado,  and  one  in  each  of  the  four 
most  promising  mining  towns  of  that  Territory.  These  churches  have  been 
supported  at  a  large  expense,  and  only  two  of  them  are  now  self-sustaining. 
Much  labor  has  been  expended  at  other  points  in  the  mountains,  which,  though 
not  without  profit  to  the  people,  has  not  resulted  in  the  formation  of  churches. 
Rev.  Mr.  Thompson,  of  Boulder,  who  has  labored  longer  in  the  Territory  than 
any  other  Congregational  minister,  states  in  The  Home  Missionary  for  Septem- 
ber, that  only  four  mining  towns  have  maintained  even  a  fair  existence,  and  he 
describes  at  length  the  peculiar  difficulties  which  have  attended  the  missionary 
work  in  that  region.  They  have  been  such  that  suitable  laborers,  in  adequate 
numbers,  could  not  be  obtained,  and  most  of  those  who  have  been  sent  thither 
have  soon  abandoned  the  field.  The  sad  consequence  is,  that  four  of  the  six 
Congregational  churches  are  now  without  ministers.  This  state  of  things  it 
has  not  been  in  the  power  of  this  Society  to  prevent. 

There  are  now  signs  of  promise  both  in  the  mining  and  the  agricultural  dis- 
tricts. Several  colonies  have  been  recently  planted  near  the  base  of  the  moun- 
tains between  Denver  and  Cheyenne.  As  their  prosperity  depends  entirely 
upon  the  success  of  the  system  of  irrigation  adopted,  we  look  upon  them  as 
doubtful  experiments.  Should  the  hopes  of  the  colonists  be  realized,  other 
enterprises  of  a  similar  character  will  be  undertaken,  and  promising  missionary 
fields,  on  these  high  plains,  will  demand  our  attention.  A  railroad  is  now  in 
process  of  construction  from  Denver  southward  toward  Santa  Fe,  which  will 
open  Southern  Colorado  to  secular  enterprise  and  missionary  culture. 

The  other  mountain  Territories,  in  their  physical  and  missionary  aspects,  re- 
semble Colorado.  They  consist,  chiefly,  of  rocky  mountain  and  sandy  desert, 
with  here  and  there  an  elevated  plain  or  narrow  valley  aflbrding  pasturage 
for  cattle,  but  not  capable  of  sustaining  a  dense  population.  At  present, 
most  of  the  inhabitants  are  following  their  herds  over  these  plains,  or  arc 
gathered  into  mining  camps  and  the  small,  rough  villages  that  depend  upon 
mining  interests  for  their  8up])ort.  Such  communities,  if  communities  they 
can  l>e  called,  are  composed  of  the  most  heterogeneous  elements,  and  arc  sub- 
ject to  frequent  and  great  fluctuations.  Most  of  the  people  do  not  regard 
themselves  as  permanent  residents,  and  are  indisposed  to  make  large  invest- 
ments for  the  support  of  permanent  institutions  of  any  sort.  'It  is  evident  that 
they  need  the  gospel,  and  equally  evident  that  it  will  take  root  slowly  in  such 
a  soil. 

It  should  be  borne  in  mind,  moreover,  that,  in  this  region,  the  railroad  sta- 
tions whose  names  appear  in  guide-books  and  time-tables,  do  not  imply  the 
einstence  of  surrounding  villages,  or  even  of  a  scattered  population.  Nine-tenths 
of  them  are  merely  the  homes  of  a  few  railroad  operatives ;  and,  being  sur- 
rounded by  barren  mountains  or  alkaline  deserts,  will  remain  what  they  now 
are.    Some  which,  during  the  construction  of  the  railroad,  contained  hun- 


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dreds  and  even  thousands  of  people,  now  contain  a  greater  number  of  graves 
than  of  living  men.  Others,  which  seemed  to  have  a  basis  for  permanent 
growth,  have  not  quite  fulfilled  their  early  promise.  Three  years  ago,  Cheyenne 
contained  5,000  people,  and  was  the  most  important  town  on  the  railroad,  be- 
tween Omaha  and  Sacramento,  a  distance  of  1,776  miles.  It  is  the  capital  of 
Wyoming  Territory,  and  an  important  military  station.  It  is  situated  at  the  junc- 
tion of  the  two  branches  of  th«  trans-continental  railway,  and  at  the  gateway  to 
the  mountains ;  and  seemed  to  have  a  basis  for  a  steady  and  permanent  growth. 
Yet  it  has  shrunk  to  one-third  its  former  size,  and  the  church  which  was  early 
planted  there  by  this  Society,  though  supplied  with  an  able  and  faithful  min- 
ister, has  shared  in  its  decline.  These  statements  will  show  why  it  is  that  this 
Society  has  accomplished  so  little  in  this  region.  It  will  not,  however,  aban- 
don such  centers  of  influence,  on  account  of  these  difficulties,  nor  be  deterred 
from  occupying  others  of  a  like  character,  as  its  means  will  permit. 

There  are  indications  that  Utah  will  soon  be  open  again  to  the  labors  of  this 
Society.  Five  years  ago,  the  missionary  by  whose  labors  the  first  Protestant 
church  was  gathered  in  that  Territory,  was  driven  from  the  field  by  threats  of 
assasaination ;  the  superintendent  of  his  Sabbath  school  was  murdered  in  cold 
blood,  and  the  Sabbath  school  and  church  were  scattered.  Since  that  time, 
Brigham  Young  has  been  compelled  to  accept  the  Pacific  railway,  the  opening 
of  the  silver  mines  in  the  mountains,  and  freedom  of  speech  and  of  the  press. 
This  is  the  dawn  of  a  new  era  for  Utah.  Already  Salt  Lake  City  and  the 
mountain  canyons,  swarm  with  Gentile  miners  and  tradesmen  ;  a  powerful  party 
of  social  reformers  has  been  organized  under  competent  leaders ;  the  chains  of 
this  abominable  delusion  are  loosened,  and  its  day  of  doom  is  hastening  on.  It 
is  for  the  churches  of  the  East  to  determine  what  system  of  belief  shall  take  its 
place. 

CALIFORNIA. 

California  is  passing  a  crisis  in  its  industrial  afifairs  by  which  all  religious 
enterprises  are  seriously  aflfected.  The  almost  entire  failure  of  **  placer  min- 
ing" has  compelled  thousands  to  resort  to  other  places  and  other  pursuits  for 
a  livelihood.  Consequently,  many  of  the  most  important  business  centers  in 
the  mining  region  have  dwindled  to  insignificance.  Valleys  and  hillsides  that 
once  swarmed  with  eager  hunters  for  gold  are  now  silent  as  the  grave ;  and 
towns  that  counted  their  population  by  thousands  now  claim  hardly  as  many 
hundreds.  No  sadder  sight  greets  the  eye  of  the  traveler  in  the  mountains 
than  that  of  once  fertile  valleys  entirely  denuded  of  soil  and  trees  ;  villages, 
once  bustling  and  prosperous,  going  to  decay  ;  long  lines  of  cottages  and  shops 
deserted  and  closed,  but  revealing  their  emptiness  through  their  broken  win- 
dows ;  and  sanctuaries  where  hundreds  once  gathered  for  worship  now  deso- 
late and  forsaken.  Of  course  the  churches  that  were  planted  in  these  commu- 
nities have  declined,  and  a  few  have  become  extinct.  But  the  seed  that  was 
sown  here  by  missionary  hands,  twenty  years  ago,  is  not  lost.  Though  scattered, 
it  is  bearing  fruit,  an  hundred  fold,  in  other  fields ;  for  thousands  who  delved 
in  the  gulches  and  worshiped  God  in  the  sanctuaries  of  the  mountains,  are 
gaining  richer  treasures  for  themselves  and  are  doing  better  service  for  him  on 
the  plains  below. 

It  was  not  till  placer  mining  began  to  fail,  that  the  agricultural  resources  of 
California  were  discovered,  and  the  peculiar  methods  required  for  their  devel- 
opment were  devised.    The  results  already  realized  have  proved  that  the 


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wealth  of  the  State  is  in  its  soil,  rather  than  in  its  mines.  The  value  of  its  in- 
dustrial products  in  1869  was  estimated  at  $192,000,000.  Of  this  amount 
$90,000,000,  or  46  per  cent.,  was  derived  from  agriculture,  and  $27,000,000,  or  15 
per  cent.,  from  mining ;  and  the  excess  of  the  former  product,  as  compared 
with  the  latter,  is  rapidly  increasing  from  year  to  year.  The  last  two  seasons 
of  severe  drought  have,  indeed,  given  a  temporary  check  to  this  branch  of  in- 
dustry, and  occasioned  not  a  little  embarrassment.  But  such  seasons  are  ex- 
ceptional and  rare,  and  it  is  still  confidently  believed  that  California  is  destined 
soon  to  rank  as  one  of  the  foremost  agricultural  States  in  the  Union.  The  com- 
pletion of  the  trans-continental  railway  and  the  progress  of  an  extensive  rail- 
way system  within  the  State,  have  greatly  enhanced  the  value  of  all  products 
of  the  soil,  and  given  a  new  iiiipulse  to  agricultural  pursuits.  The  foreign 
trade  of  the  State  is  also  becoming  important.  The  products  of  Australia, 
India,  Japan  and  China  already  begin  to  seek  New  York  and  Liverpool  through 
the  Golden  Gate.  While  the  writer  was  in  San  Francisco,  in  July  last,  a  steamer 
discharged  there  the  most  valuable  cargo,  it  is  said,  that  had  ever  entered  an 
American  port.  It  consisted,  in  part,  of  1,000  bales  of  silk  and  24,000  chests 
of  tea.  And  in  a  single  week  since  that  time,  180  car-loads  of  teas  have  passed 
over  the  railway  from  San  Francisco  fo  the  interior  and  the  Atlantic  coast.  Yet 
these  are  but  the  first  fruits  of  the  coming  harvest. 

The  statements  are  sufficient  to  show  that  California  has  lost  nothing  and  is 
likely  to  lose  nothing  of  its  former  importance  as  a  missionary  field.  This  So- 
ciety has  already  planted  there  about  70  churches,  which,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  a  few  in  the  mining  region,  are  enjoying  a  healthful  growth.  Thirty 
laborers  were  sustained  in  the  State  during  the  last  year,  and  the  number 
ought  to  be  increased.  The  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  which  is  to  be  the 
western  link  of  the  southern  trans-continental  line,  is  already  completed  to 
Gilroy,  80  miles  from  San  Francisco,  and  will  soon  bring  the  oranges,  lemons, 
olives,  almonds,  and  other  tropical  fruits  of  Southern  California  to  the  markets 
of  the  northern  coast  and  the  interior.  The  old,  decaying  towns  in  that  region, 
founded  a  hundred  years  ago  by  the  Spaniards,  to  christianize  and  enslave  the 
Indians,  are  awaking  to  new  life.  The  adobe  huts  of  the  Mexican  are  giving 
place  to  the  tasteful  cottages  of  the  Yankee ;  and  the  semi-savage  ignorance, 
indolence,  turbulence,  poverty,  vice  and  squalor  of  the  one  are  succeeded  by 
the  intelligence,  industry,  thrift  and  multiform  progress  of  the  other.  Shall 
we  fail  to  add  to  the  regenerating  forces  already  acting,  that  of  the  gospel 
of  Christ  ?  Now  is  the  time  to  rear  in  the  place  of  these  abortive  Romish  mis- 
sions, now  waxing  old  and  ready  to  vanish  away,  the  altars  of  the  Puritan 
faith.  Already  this  Society  has  gathered  churches  in  the  most  important  of 
these  towns  and  cities — Los  Angeles,  San  Bernardino,  Anaheim,  San  Buenaven- 
tura, Santa  Barbara — and  the  results  thus  far  realized  are  a  sufficient  argument 
for  the  vigorous  prosecution  of  the  work. 

In  Northern  California  similar  changes  are  in  progress.  One  railroad,  in 
process  of  construction  through  the  beautiful  Russian  river  valley,  near  the 
coast,  has  already  reached  Healdsburg,  80  miles  from  San  Francisco,  and  an- 
other, advancing  up  the  valley  of  the  Sacramento,  to  meet  the  Oregon  and 
California  Railroad,  is  completed  to  Temaba,  250  miles  from  San  Francisco, 
These  roads  and  their  tributaries  are  opening  the  fertile  valleys  of  Northern 
California  to  settlement,  and  attracting  thither  an  industrious  and  enterprising 


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population,  for  whose  spiritual  necessities  this  and  kindred  Societies  ought 
promptly  to  provide. 

OREGON. 

The  missionary  work  in  Oregon  has  been  and  still  is  attended  with  peculiar 
difficulties  that  are  not  generally  understood.  The  early  settlers  in  the  Terri- 
tory were,  principally,  from  Missouri  and  other  frontier  States.  Most  of  them 
not  only  had  no  sympathy  with  this  Society,  but  were  strongly  prejudiced 
against  it,  and  refused  to  co-operate  with  its  missionaries.  Moreover,  through 
the  operation  of  the  land  laws,  giving  to  each  family  a  whole  section  of  the 
public  domain,  each  family  in  the  rural  districts  was,  as  a  rule,  one  mile  from 
its  nearest  neighbor.  Consequently,  the  gathering  of  churches,  except  in  the 
villages  (which  were  few),  was  next  to  impossible.  Furthermore,  it  was  a 
comparatively  remote,  inaccessible,  and  unknown  country.  The  first  mission- 
ary sent  thither  by  this  Society  reached  his  destination  after  a  voyage  of  eight 
months,  via  Cape  Horn  and  the  Sandwich  Islands.  Not  long  afterward,  the 
discovery  of  gold  in  California  not  only  diverted  attention  and  immigration 
from  Oregon,  but  enticed  away  many  who  were  already  settled  there.  In  the 
principal  villages,  missionaries  were  stationed  and  churches  were  organized; 
but  their  growth  was  slow,  and  only  two  have  yet  become  independent  of 
missionary  aid.  Several  of  the  laborers,  after  years  of  patient  toil,  became  dis- 
couraged and  sought  more  inviting  fields,  so  that,  for  several  years,  the  Society 
has  not  had  more  than  five  or  six  in  commission  at  any  one  time. 

But  better  times  seem  to  be  approaching.  A  railroad  through  the  Willamette 
valley,  already  completed  for  more  than  100  miles,  will  soon  meet  another  ap- 
proaching through  the  valley  of  the  Sacramento,  and  thus  bring  Oregon  into 
railroad  communication  with  the  East.  The  Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  also,  is 
expected  to  pass  through  the  valley  of  the  lower  Columbia  on  its  way  to 
Puget  Sound,  thus  bringing  Oregon  nearer  than  California  to  the  markets  of 
the  Atlantic  coast.  The  influence  of  these  begun  and  contemplated  improve- 
ments is  already  visible  in  the  increase  of  immigration,  the  enhanced  value  of 
land,  and  the  quickening  of  all  branches  of  industrial  enterprise.  In  these 
facts  the  Executive  Committee  of  this  Society  find  encouragement  to  increase 
their  outlays  in  this  State,  and  they  have  made  arrangements  to  commission 
several  additional  laborers  for  service  there,  as  soon  as  the  resources  of  the  Socie- 
ty will  permit. 

It  is  with  deep  sorrow  that  we  are  compelled  to  close  this  survey  of  the  con- 
dition and  claims  of  these  remote  missionary  fields,  with  the  statement  that 
very  little  can  be  done  to  supply  their  needs  in  the  present  financial  condition 
of  the  Society.  The  Treasury  is  still  exhausted,  and  many  faithful  laborers 
are  in  pressing  need  of  the  compensation  due  them  for  labor  performed. 
The  Committee  cannot  justly  or  safely  increase  their  liabilities,  and,  there- 
fore, cannot  occupy  these  inviting  fields,  till  the  friends  of  the  Society  come 
to  its  relief.  In  the  name  of  him  whose  servants  we  are,  and  who  has  com- 
mitted this  great  trust  to  our  hands,  we  submit  these  facts  to  their  considera- 
tion and  await  their  response. 


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OREGK)N. 
From  Hev.  W.  A.  Tenney^  Astoria^  Clat- 
sop Co. 
All  is  Bright. 

Everything  seems  encouraging.  The 
congregation  and  Sunday  school  are 
larger  than  last  quarter,  and  I  think 
we  are  gaining  ground  slowly  but 
surely.  We  are  expecting  an  accession  \ 
of  eight  or  ten  members,  at  the  next 
communion. 

The  meeting  here,  for  the  first  time, 
of  the  General  Association  did  much 
for  Congregationalisui.  The  people  of 
the  place  turned  out  every  evening  in 
large  numbers,  and  generally  expressed 
themselves  as  much  interested.  The 
ministers  and  delegates  from  abroad 
felt  that  it  was  the  largest  and  best 
meeting  the  Association  had  ever  held, 
and  a  remarkable  spirit  of  harmony 
prevailed.  Fifteen  years  have  wrought 
great  changes  in  them  for  the  better, 
though  the  old  ministerial  working 
force  is  much  reduced. 

During  the  meeting  a  Council,  pre- 
viously called,  convened  and  installed 
your  missionary.  It  is  to  be  regretted 
that  this  church  is  the  only  one  in  the 
State  that  has  installed  its  pastor.  The 
installing  services  were  all  interesting, 
and  the  infiuence  of  the  occasion  was 
most  happy  on  the  church  and  congre- 
gation. I  think  we  have  abundant  evi- 
dence that  the  Pilgrim  polity  is  com- 
ing more  and  more  into  favor  with 
the  masses  of  the  people  here.  The 
system  commends  itself  to  their  judg- 
ment as  the  best  mode  of  church  gov- 
ernment and  evangelical  labor.  We 
look  for  speedy  reenforcements.  Our 
delegate  to  the  Association  reported 
that  the  membership  of  this  church  was 
composed  of  seven  different  denomi- 
nations, and  only  one  of  the  twenty-five 
members  an  original  Congregationalist ; 
yet,  said  he  ''  there  is  not  a  more  uni- 


ted   and    harmonious  church   in   this 
State."    It  was  all  true. 


CALIFORNIA. 

From    Bm>,    J.     W.    Brier,     Cherokee, 

Butte  Co. 

Day  Dawning. 

We  suffered  much  through  the  sum- 
mer from  the  excessive  beat,  the  ther- 
mometer at  times  standing  at  109"  in 
the  shade,  and  seldom  below  90  .  Still 
I  was  able  to  meet  all  my  engagements. 
We  have  recently  repaired  our  little 
chapel,  so  that  it  is  now  comfortable 
and  pretty,  and  have  purchased  an  or- 
gan, costing  $150.  Our  audiences  are 
larger,  and  there  is  a  growing  religious 
interest.  We  expect  to  add  six  or 
eight  members,  at  our  next  communion. 
This  place  for  sixteen  years  has  been 
proof  against  all  religious  influence, 
but  the  morning  begins  to  dawn  with 
the  hope  of  better  things. 

Among  the  reasons  for  the  sad  state 
of  the  community  in  years  past,  has 
been  a  nominal  ministry,  but  little  to 
the  credit  of  Christianity,  more  or  less 
given  to  raffling,  drinking  and  billiards. 
We  have,  moreover,  our  full  share  of 
wretched  apostates  from  a  Christian 
profession. 

For  five  months  we  have  held  up  the 
gospel  standard,  and  have  not  shunned 
to  declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God. 
Our  plain  dealing  at  first  was  resisted 
aa  an  assault  upon  established  customs ; 
but  public  sentiment  is  rapidly  chang- 
ing, and  success  is  sure.  I  have  preached 
the  gospel  on  this  coast  for  a  period  of 
twenty-one  years,  and  I  am  more  and 
more  convinced  that  what  the  people 
need  is  pointed  and  searching  truth, 
and  a  bold  and  decided  stand  against 
every  species  of  evil.  This  wicked 
land  wants  plain  dealing,  and  not  min- 
isters   who  make   wine,  or  deny  the 


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atonement,  or  who  hold  that  Paul,  in 
writing  the  epistles,  was  no  more  in- 
spired than  themselves.  The  influ- 
ence of  such  men,  has  cursed  this  region 
with  spiritual  death. 


From  Rev,  M.  8.    Cronoell,  Sonoma,  So- 
noma Co, 
"  Seeketh  Not  Her  Own." 

During  the  quarter,  the  morality  of 
certain  methods  of  improving  the  finan- 
ces of  the  church  has  engaged  the 
earnest  attention  of  our  good  ladies'  or- 
ganization, numbering  over  twenty  noble 
women,  whose  souls  were  tried  by  con- 
scientious differences  of  opinion.  The 
pastor  knew  the  unusual  intelligence, 
good  sense,  and  Christian  breeding  of 
the  ladies,  and  his  faith  in  the  happy 
result  did  not  waver.  The  leading  de- 
sire with  all  was  to  do  great  things  for 
the  church  in  the  most  expeditious  and 
consistent  way.  The  only  danger  wa«? 
in  forgetting  how  insinuating  Califor- 
nia dust  is,  in  summer  time ;  and  how 
easy  it  is  to  soil  the  garments  of  Christ 
unawares. 

There  was  found  to  be  strength  in 
the  Christian  principle  of  perscmal  self- 
denial,  for  the  the  sake  of  union  on 
unqtcestioned  practice.  Regard  for  weak 
consciences  was  felt  to  be  a  means  of 
general  and  reflex  good,  far  greater 
than  the  pleasure  of  carrying  out  one's 
own  ideas,  or  of  raising  funds  at  the 
expense  of  unity  of  spirit.  The  final 
decision  sealed  a  growing  attachment 
to  the  people  and  to  their  beautiful 
valley,  and  proved  the  power  of  Chris- 
tian love  to  bind  hearts  and  to  unite 
hands  for  a  steady  uplifting  into  a 
higher  experience. 

An  elegant  communion  service,  pul- 
pit Bible,  etc.,  wait  to  surprise  our  con- 
gregation the  coming  Sabbath — all  the 
gift  of  a  few  ladies,  the  majority  of 
whom  are  not  members  of  the  church. 
These  beautiful  emblems  of  **  peace 
and  good  will "  arc  the  polished  links, 
happily  binding  the  firet  half-year  to 


the  last.  May  the  Lord  use  them  to 
link  the  hearts  of  the  donors  to  his 
own ! 


COLORADO. 

From  Ret.  Jf.  Thompson,  Boulder,  Boul- 
der Co. 
Seed-Time. 
Through  the  summer,  it  almost  seem- 
ed as  if  those  hot,  dry,  parching  days, 
which  Miss  Phelps  describes  in  *'  Gates 
Ajar,"  had  come  from  Kansas  to  ns. 
Pretty  well  exhausted  from  the  year's 
work,  those  hot  smoky  suns  made  us 
long  to  get  away,  high  up  among  the 
mountains,  and  be  at  rest  a  little  while. 
But  I  had  been  trying  to  tell  our  peo- 
ple that  if  they  are  inclined  to  think 
of  the  winter  as  God's  harvest  time, 
they  must  regard  the  summer  as  their 
seed-time,  and  our  experience  last  win- 
ter taught  us  what  a  work  is  to  be 
done.  Many,  indeed  most  of  those 
who  filled  our  meetings  every  night, 
seemed  to  have  no  other  idqa  of  a  re- 
vival of  religion,  than  that  it  was  to 
be  a  scene  of  demonstration — shouting, 
preaching,  and  shouting  prayers,  and 
after  these  the  passion  was  to  center  at 
"  the  mourners'  bench."  This  experience 
has  taught  us  what  a  work  is  to  be 
done  in  preaching  the  gospel  and  liv- 
ing the  gospel,  to  give  so  many  a  to- 
tally different  idea  of  what  it  is  to  be 
convicted  of  sin  —  a  rending  of  the 
heart  and  not  the  garments ;  what  it  is 
to  be  born  again,  new  men  and  women 
in  Christ  Jesus — not  the  shoutings  of 
the  raising  of  the  temple,  but  the  peace 
of  God  which  passeth  all   understand - 

ing- 
Two  weeks  ago  we   received  eight 

with   us,  four   by  letter  and  four  by 

profession.    I  am  anticipating  as  many 

more  at  the  next  communion.    It  was 

a  new  day  to  us,  one  of  the  happiest 

since   we   have    covenanted   together. 

Then  three  of  us  gave  our  little  ones 

to  the  Lord  in  baptism,  which  seemed 

to  identify  the  church  and  the  house 

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Colorado  is  becoming  more  and  more 
the  land  of  tourists  and  invalids.  They 
come  among  U8  to  rest,  recuperate,  and 
delight  in  our  mountain  air  and  scen- 
ery.   If  you  are  ill,  couie  to  Colorado  I 


DAKOTA. 
From  Rev,  8,  SheUh.u  Elk  Point,  Union 
County. 
That  Horse  Paid  For. 
It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  say,  in 
this  first  r«port  of  my  new  year,  that 
through  the  contributions  of  numerous 
friends  in  the  East,  the  debt  for  that 
horse  and  buggy  is  at  length  fully  met. 
A  burden  is  thus  lifted  from  your  atis- 
9iouan%  wliich  he  was  not  able  to  bear, 
and  could  not  of  himself  remove.  It 
may  be  gratifying  to  those  who  have 
helped  defray  the  expenses  of  this  mis- 
sionary outfit,  to  knew  that  they  have 
thus  conirihuted  to  the  organization  of  Jive 
churches^  and  prepared  the  way  for  the 
early  organization  of  several  others. 
Without  this  horse  and  buggy  it  is  not 
likely  that  either  of  these  would  yet 
have  had  an  existence.  A  goodly  num- 
ber have  been  converted,  and  over 
•eventy  persons  have  united  with  these 
churches. 

Other  Blessings. 
At  Vermillion,  three  united  at  the 
last  communion,  one  of  them  a  young 
man  of  great  promise.  At  Bonhommc, 
we  have  just  secured  the  court-houbc 
as  a  place  for  holding  our  meetings, 
Two  young  men  furnish  suitable  seats 
and  a  pulpit.  It  is  a  qreat  improve- 
ment over  the  sod-roofed  school-house. 
Last  Sabbath  evening  I  preached  at 
Springfield,  a  new  town,  80  mile^i  above 
•  Yankton,  and  organized  a  Sunday 
•chool.  I  found  there  several  Congre- 
gational families,  and  hope  to  organize 
a  church  in  a  few  weeks.  I  shall  try 
to  preach  there  once  every  other  Sab- 
bath. There  is  some  talk  already  of 
attempting  to  build  a  house  of  wor- 
ship, or  to  buy  a  portable  one.  A  year 
ago,  there  was  but  one  house  at  Spring- 


field.    There  are  now  ove.*  t  .vcnty,  and 
more  are  building. 

Friends  ia  Chicago,  through  Dr.  Poj, 
sent  us  tv  o  twenty -dollar  Sabbiith 
school  libraries.  They  are  very  timely 
gifts,  and  hearty  thanks  are  returned 
for  thorn,  froji  missionary,  teachers, 
and  pupils.  ' 


NEBRASKA. 
From  Ret.  D,  Xnowles,  Greenwood,  Ca8» 
Count  f/. 
Those  Two  Bricks. 

Yours,  with  draft  for  $20  from  an 
unknown  friend  in  Canaan,  Ccnn., 
came  to  hand  yesterday.  I  thank  God 
and  take  courage.  The  donor  of  the 
money  pleasantly  wrote,  as  you  say, 
"Here  is  something  for  Rev.  D. 
Knowles,  Greenwood,  Neb.,  to  help 
build  his  church.  This  will  do  to  go 
with  the  two  bricks  which  the  little 
boy  carried  in  hitj  wheelbarrow  to  be- 
gin a  church  with.  If  every  one  who 
reads  this  letter,  and  can,  would  send 
a  little  he  would  I't  need  to  cry  again.-' 

I  want  to  thank  that  dear  friend  ; 
and  also  to  state  that,  as  this  is  the 
Jirst  money  I  have  received  for  the  pur- 
pose of  building  the  Lord's  house  here, 
I  call  these  twice  ten  dollars  "  the  two 
bricks  in  my  little  wheelbarrow.''  With 
gratitude  to  my  Lord,  and  also  to  the 
good  friend  who  has  so  kindly  and 
promptly  sent  this  aid  to  the  fro  t,  I 
respectfully  ask  for  the  gifts  of  others 
who  *'  can,'^  to  be  sent  through  your 
oftice,  or  in  any  other  sure  way  ;  and  I 
shall  carefully  use  them  for  the  erection 
of  a  chapel  in  which  I  trust  shall  be 
heard  the  voices  of  new-born  souls 
during  the  coming  winter. 

My  address  is  that  given  at  the  head 
of  this  letter,  and  /<ot  Salt  Creek,  as 
formerly — that  post  oliice  having  been 
discontinued. 

«•♦- 

Fro7H   Rev.    G.    Daties,  Kuriery    Hill, 

Otoe  Co, 

Happy  Beginning. 

I  began  my  labors  in  thia  new  lieM  ia 


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May,  and  have  continued,  preaching 
twice,  and  attending  Sabbath  school. 
Two  schools  have  been  organized,  with 
a  steady  attendance  of  30  to  50  pupils 
in  each,  and  14  teachers.  I  have  vis- 
ited twenty-six  families,  this  quarter, 
having  close  conversation,  reading  the 
Scriptures  and  offering  prayer,  when- 
ever practicable ;  and  have  traveled 
519  miles,  145  of  them  by  farmer's 
team,  or  on  foot ;  frequently  having  to 
walk  ten  or  twelve  miles  on  the  Sab- 
bath, and  go  without  dinner,  in  order 
to  reach  my  appointment. 

The  pleasant  thought  is,  that  it  is  in 
the  Master's  service,  and  his  presence 
makes  up  for  the  deprivation  of  bodily 
comfort.  He  often  finds  me  '*  meat  to 
eat  that  others  know  not  of.''  I  am 
happy  in  ray  work,  and  find  encourage- 
ment in  increasing  numbers  and  atten- 
tiveness  of  the  congregations. 

A  little  time  ago,  after  preaching  on 
the  example  of  Christ  (John  xii.,  15- 
17),  one  of  the  farmers  present  went 
to  another,  and,  holding  out  his  hand, 

said,  *'  Mr. ,  I  have  done  you  wrong, 

and  I  mean  to  own  up  and  ask  you  to 
forgive  me."  They  shook  hands,  and 
were  friends. 

Last  Sabbath,  a  young  man  came  and 
said,  *'  I  hope  you  won't  feel  anything 
at  my  not  asking  you  up  to  dinner,  for 
I  have  no  fit  place  yet ;  but  if  you'll 
wait  here  while  I  fetch  my  team,  I  will 
carry  you  over  to  the  other  place  and 
back."  He  did  so ;  and  afterwards  en- 
tered his  name  for  some  dollars  on  the 
subscription  list.  I  am  now  engaged  in 
])reliminaries  for  organizing  a  churcli 
on  my  field. 


From  ]ko.  F.  AlUy^  Crete^  Saline  Co. 

Perils  of  the  West. 
The  West  is  young,  vigorous  and 
strong ;  but  it  is  self-willed,  speculative 
and  material  in  its  inner  life  and  ten- 
dencies. With  an  assumption  of  great- 
ness and  power,  there  is  a  fearful  want 
of  principle.     The  church  partakes  too 


largely  of  the  general  spirit.  Too 
often  we  hear  it  said  of  a  minister: 
*^  He  is  a  thousand-dollar-man ;  he  has 
a  pleasing  address ;  he  pleases  the 
young  people ;  he  will  draw  a  crowd ; 
we  can  pay  him  a  good  salary  and  do  it 
easy."  Not  sufficiently  prominent  are 
the  questions,  What  is  he  in  princi- 
ple and  practice  ?  Is  he  a  thoroughly 
honest  upright  man,  imbued  with  the 
Holy  Ghost  and  the  spirit  of  prayer  1 
Not,  What  are  the  outward  accomplish- 
ments ?  so  much  as.  What  is  the  innei 
spirit  and  life?  **Come  now,  let  us 
build  a  church,"  they  say.  "  We  are 
missing  it;  we  have  our  five  or  ten 
saloons,  and  no  church ;  let  us  get  up 
a  church.  Which  is  the  richest  society  ? 
Who  can  draw  the  most  money  from  the 
East  ?  The  better  class  of  immigrants 
will  pass  us  by,  unless  we  build  a  church, 
and  the  money  will  go  beyond  us.'' 
And  the  men  who  talk  thus  are  often 
found  selling  liquor,  or  renting  lands 
and  houses  for  that  business.  Some- 
times their  principal  care  is  to  look 
out  for  unsuspecting,  honest-hearted 
men  who  may  have  a  little  money. 
They  are  bloodless  as  a  worm,  and 
soulless  as  a  vulture,  gnawing  at  the 
vitals  of  noble  men.  "  Wheresoever  tiie 
carcass  is,  there  the  eagles  will  be  gath- 
ered together." 

The  minister  needs  nerves  of  steel 
and  principles  of  fine  gold  to  with- 
stand this  current  of  evil.  Fightings 
without  and  fears  within  make  the 
border  missionary's  life  uneasy,  if  his 
principles  and  life  do  not  rest  upon  the 
Rock  of  Ages.  In  proportion  to  the 
moral  corruption  and  spiritual  declen- 
sion of  the  age,  should  be  the  self-sac- 
rifice, zeal  and  heroism  of  the  ChristiaD, 
and  especially  of  the  ambaasador  of 
Christ. 

I  am  endeavoring  to  build  up  here 
an  institution  of  learning  which  shall 
be  Christian  in  its  tone  and  spirit, 
academic  in  its  plan  and  management ; 
two-thirds  of  the  trustees  to  be  mem- 
bers of  some  evangelical  CongregatioDal 


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church.  We  shall  have  a  commodious 
building  ready  for  us  this  fall ;  about 
$8,000  worth  of  property  paid  for,  and 
still  considerably  in  debt ;  but  consid- 
ering the  size  of  this  church  and  com- 
munity, I  thank  God  for  the  past  and 
take  courage  for  the  future. 


KANSAS. 

Prom    Bev,    8,  B,    Johnwn,    Winfield, 

Cowley  Co. 

[A  sad  interest  attaches  to  these  ex- 
tracts from  the  last  quarterly  report  of 
the  faithful  frontier  missionary,  whose 
sadden  decease  was  noticed  in  our  Oc- 
tober issue.  In  the  midst  of  the  labors 
and  plans  here  partly  revealed,  the  Mas- 
tor's  voice  surprised  him  with  the  sum- 
mons, "  Go  up  higher.*'  Under  the 
pressure  of  this  heavy  loss,  his  associates 
bow  submissively  to  a  decree  the  wis- 
dom of  which  they  cannot  undei*8tand — 
knowing  only  this  :  He  doeth  all  things 
well.] 

His  Last  Work. 

I  am  encouraged  in  the  belief  that 
the  cause  of  Christ  is  gaining  ground 
in  this  new  and  interesting  town  and 
neighborhood. 

Till  recently  I  have  been  the  only 
minister  here,  and  have  consequently 
had  a  good  deal  to  do  in  visiting  the 
afflicted,  the  dying  and  the  bereaved. 
Three  sudden  deaths  from  accidents 
have  occurred,  and  one  young  lady  in 
town  died  last  month,  whom  I  had 
much  pleasure  in  visiting.  She  had 
been  for  some  time  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  Her  end  was 
peace.  The  whole  family,  of  five,  are 
waiting  their  letters  to  unite  with  us. 
We  received  five  at  onr  last  commu- 
nion, so  that  we  have  now  18  members, 
with  the  prospect  of  quite  a  number  of 
additions. 

Our  Baptist  friends  are  building  a 
small  neat  stone  church.  With  about 
the  aame  number  of  members  as  we 
have,  they  hold  service  only  once  a 
month,  on  other  occasions  worshiping 


with  Us.  They  kindly  offer  us  the  use 
of  their  church  when  finished,  and  cor- 
dially co-operate  with  us. 

The  Methodists  too  are  building  a 
small  frame  church,  and  at  their  last 
Conference  appointed  a  young  man  to 
Winfield.  We  have  agreed  for  the 
present  so  as  to  arrAn<je  our  services  as 
not  to  interfere  with  each  other,  and 
thus  the  spirit  of  Christian  union  is  on 
all  sides  carried  out  as  far  as  possible. 
The  Sabbath  school  quite  maintains  its 
interest,  and  will  I  trust  be  a  great 
means  of  good  here. 

The  country  all  around  us  is  rapidly 
settling  up,  the  land  hereabouts  being 
now  almost  all  occupied. 

I  have  been  to  Arkansas  City,  and 
preached  twice.  The  town  is  about 
twelve  miles  south  of  Winfield,  and  of 
about  the  same  size.  The  way  appears 
providentially  open  for  a  church  of  our 
order.  Already  they  have  organized  a 
Congregational  society  and  Sabbath 
school.  There  are  I  understand  about 
20  members  who  will  unite  when  a 
church  is  organized,  which  should  be 
done  as  early  as  possible.  I  have 
agreed  to  be  there  again  next  Sabbath 
week,  and  hope  that  before  long  a 
church  in  active  operation  will  be 
found  there.  They  already  hold  week- 
ly "socials,"  to  provide  seats  for  a 
room  in  which  to  worship.  There 
seem  to  be  some  very  fine  people 
among  them. 

»•« 

From    Eev,    C,    8.     8hattucl'^    Bajcter 
8pring8,  Cherokee  Co. 

Working  Out. 
My  report  will  have  more  of  shade 
than  I  could  wish.  I  have  felt  it  best 
to  close  my  weekly  Sunday  evening 
services  here,  and  now  hold  them 
monthly.  For  this  place  of  about 
2,000  people  has  many  churches,  and 
too  few  church-goers.  Our  meetings 
which  were  well  attended  through  the 
winter  and  spring,  sadly  dwindled  in 
the  extreme  heat  of  the  season.     Our 


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hall  of  worship  is  low  and  ill  ventilated, 
and  in  the  latter  part  of  the  day  al- 
most like  an  oven.  None  would  attend 
there,  except  as  a  penance.  The  little 
church  and  congregation,  moreover, 
were  poorly  able  to  pay  the  rent,  even 
of  this  uninviting  place. 

Meanwhile,  I  have  been  doing  much 
more  in  the  country.  At  Tennessee 
Prairie,  five  miles  east  of  Baxter,  I 
hold  a  service  every  other  Sabbath. 
We  made  a  special  efibrt  there,  not 
long  since,  which  was  blessed  to  the 
quickening  and  conversion  of  several. 
The  neighborhood  is  in  a  sadly  divided 
state,  and  the  church  is  reduced  by 
emigration  to  half  a  dozen  members, 
nearly  all  of  them  in  the  family  of  a 
resident  farming  minister,  who  is  well 
able  to  take  care  of  the  church  in  his 
own  household. 

Hence  I  have  gone  out  more  in  other 
directions.  Southward  is  the  Indian 
Territory,  whose  scattered  red  men  do 
not,  or  will  not,  understand  our  lan- 
guage. But  westward  is  a  good  farm- 
ing community,  with  little  preaching 
and  desirous  of  more.  So,  on  alternate 
Sabbaths,  I  have  held  a  service  there, 
and  sometimes  two.  The  usual  and  best 
place  for  worship  is  a  rough  meeting- 
house, which  however  is  private  prop- 
erty, and  may  soon  be  taken  down; 
in  which  case  we  shall  be  greatly 
crippled. 

But  in  the  remaining  point  of  the 
compass,  there  is  light  and  hope.  For 
at  Petersville,  seven  miles  north,  one 
brave  little  church,  of  not  quite  20 
members,  has  set  out  to  build  a  mect- 
ing-housc,  with  good  prospect  of  suc- 
cess. Close  by  the  proposed  site,  are 
several  easily  worked  quarries  of  ex- 
cellent building  stone,  the  owners  of 
which  are  ready  to  give  us  all  the  stone 
we  need,  and  even  to  help  us  get  it 
out.  This  will  be  for  us  much  the  best 
and  cheapest  material.  So  that  with 
about  $1,200  of  labor  and  money,  we 
can  have  a  house  that  would  cost  two 
or  three  times  the  sum,  in  most  places. 


We  confidently  hope  to  have  the  house 
in  use  next  spring.  And  then  farewell 
to  meetings  in  private  houses,  and 
school-houses  and  out  of  doors!  We 
will  praise  the  Lord  in  the  courts  of  his 
own  house ! 


MINNESOTA. 

B'rom  Ret.  A.  K.  Packard,  Anoka,  Aruh 

ka  Co. 

Tried  to  Go. 

After  having  been  here  eleven  yeara, 
some  of  the  time  in  circumstances  of 
discouragement,  I  tried  to  go,  thinking 
that  I  could  work  more  easily  and  suc- 
cessfully elsewhere,  and  that  a  new 
man  might  accomplish  here  what  I 
could  not,  even  if  he  were  no  better  or 
more  gifted  than  myself.  I  was  much 
surprised  at  the  depth  of  feeling  called 
out  from  the  people,  and  the  unanim- 
ity, and  the  arguments  with  which 
they  urged  me  to  change  my  purpose, 
Suflice  it  to  say  that,  after  I  had  fully 
made  up  my  mind  to  go,  and  had  ask- 
ed a  dismission,  I  was  persuaded  to 
stay. 

Self-Support. 

I  have  delayed  writing  to  you,  for 
some  action  of  the  church  and  congre- 
gation in  regard  to  their  relation  to 
the  Home  Missionary  Society.  Last 
year  we  had  $800  aid  from  your  treas- 
U17.  There  has  been  no  tote  as  yet  not 
to  ask  aid  this  year,  but  such  is  the 
improved  condition  as  to  funds,  that 
I  am  sure  they  will  not,  at  present, 
whatever  may  be  tlie  case  in  the  future. 

I  know  no  words  which  can  express 
the  obligation  of  this  people  to  the 
Society,  and  shall  strive  to  secure  their 
most  generous  contributions  to  the 
Trei»sur}'  from  which  they  have  receiv- 
ed so  freely. 

1  must  express  my  personal  gratitude, 
also,  for  the  generosity  with  which  yon 
have  responded  to  the  appeals  of  iht 
church  for  sums  which  I  felt  you  must 
think  larger  than  ought  to  have  beeo 
asked  for,  though  I  knew  that  the  peopit 


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were  eTerting  themselves  beyond  most. 
I  liope  it  will  appear  that  what  the  So- 
ciety has  expended  here  has  not  been 
giyen  in  vain. 


From  Bet.   X..   Wolfsen^   Fergus  Falls^ 
Otter  Tail  Co. 

His  Beginning. 

I  arrived  at  my  field  of  labor  on  the 
16th  of  Auf^ust.  As  yet  I  am  unable 
to  say  much  about  it,  save  that  the 
preaching  of  the  gospel  is  much  need- 
ed here.  A  year  ago  there  was  but  one 
house  here;  to-day  I  should  judge 
there  are  forty,  at  least,  and  many 
more  will  be  built  this  yeat. 

This  is  a  very  important  point,  and 
with  the  grace  of  God  I  am  in  hopes 
to  do  a  good  work  here.  At  present 
I  shall  be  obliged  to  preach  in  a  bam, 
or  out  of  doors.  I  am  willing  to  do 
either.  My  first  object  will  be  to  have 
a  school -house  built,  in  which  we  can 
hold  our  religious  services. 

I  see  hard  times  before  me,  because 
of  small  means.  A  great  many  people 
are  coming  in  here,  and  there  is  not  a 
room  to  be  had  in  the  village,  so  I  am 
obliged  to  board  in  a  hotel,  aud  that  is 
all  overrun,  and  board  for  myself  and 
family  is  very  expensive. 

I  have  been  making  arrangements  to 
build  something  like  a  house,  in  a 
real  Western  style,  so  that  we  can  go  to 
housekeeping  as  soon  aa  possible.  I 
shall  trust  to  the  Lord  for  the  money  to 
pay  for  it.  This  is  the  only  way  for  me 
to  do,  for  there  are  but  few  Christian  peo- 
ple here  to  whom  I  can  look  for  any  aid. 
Furthermore,  the  most  of  them  have 
enough  to  do  to  care  for  themselves. 
I  shall  be  thankful  if  they  will  take 
hold  and  build  the  school-house.  I  am 
by*  no  means  discouraged,  for  I  expect- 
ed these  things.  It  is  all  for  Jesus.  A 
better  time  is  coming.  My  only  prayer 
is,  that  the  good  Lord  will  uphold  and 
direct,  in  the  great  work  before  me. 


From  Iter.  E.  P.  Dndch.  Mazeppn,  Wa- 
hashaw  Co. 

Who  Will  Tell  Him? 
Our  meetings  are  not  quite  as  well 
attended,  because  it  is  harvest-time. 
The  people  here  are  apt  to  take  the 
Scriptural  idea  of  the  Sabbath  as  a 
"  day  of  r<:^f,''  rather  too  literally. 
'  Yet  lam  very  much  pleased  with  one 
old  man  ;  he  is  seventy-six  years  old  ; 
and  through  the  warmest  weather  of 
the  summer,  he  walked  six  miles  to 
church  !  He  loves  the  house  of  God. 
Would  that  it  were  so  with  every  one  ! 
I  have  often  wished  that  some  of  your 
good  ])cop]e  would  tell  u.«»,  missiona- 
ries in  the  West,  the  best  method  of 
getting  people  to  attend  the  house  of 
God.  We  preach  short  sermons;  we 
make  them  as  interesting  as  poeaible ; 
we  make  the  place  of  worship  as  pleas- 
ant as  we  can  ;  we  invite  people  during 
the  week  to  come  to  church  on  the 
Sabbath — and  yet  we  do  not  all  suc- 
ceed very  well.  How  can  we  do  better? 


IOWA. 
From  Bev.  J.  B.  Upton^  Lal'eville,,  Dick- 
inson Co. 

Grateful  Review. 
Two  years  have  now  closed  since  I 
left  the  older  settlements  on  the  east 
side  of  the  State,  to  explore  this  al- 
most unheard-of  region  where  settle- 
ments were  just  commencing.  I  have 
been  permitted  to  see  an  amazing, 
unparalleled  rapidity  of  settlement  and 
to  feel  myself  amid  the  most  stirring 
agencies  that  are  changing  a  wilderness 
not  less  than  eighty  miles  square  into 
a  fruitful  field.  I  can  only  say  that  I 
feel  no  regret  that  my  steps  were  turn- 
ed in  this  direction.  The  good  hand 
of  God  has  been  with  me  and  mine. 
Religiously  as  well  as  otherwise  it 
seems  as  if  "  a  nation  has  been  bom  in 
a  day.''  Ministers  are  coming  in  and 
churches  are  multiplying,  until  the  way 
is  almost  clear  to  organize  an  Associa- 


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tion  within  the  boundaries  of  the 
field,  all  of  which  I  culled  mine,  one 
year  ago.  One  railroad  has  been  com  - 
pleted  through  the  territory  of  which 
I  speak ;  another  will  soon  be  graded ; 
three  others,  through  or  near,  are  on 
their  way ;  and  another  through  road 
is  contemplated.  In  the  county  west 
of  me  free  homes  can  yet  be  had ;  but 
in  a  little  time  such  will  not  be  found 
in  this  State.  My  church  here  numbers 
28,  with  a  prospect  of  other  additions. 
My  labors  this  year  have  been  mostly 
confined  to  this  county,  where  my  pres- 
ent purpose  is  to  so  diffuse  my  labors 
as,  if  possible,  to  start  at  least  four  or 
five  church  centers  within  the  limits 
of  the  county  I  occupy.  From  more 
than  twenty  years'  experience  in  the 
home  missionary  work  I  have  a  grow- 
ing conviction  that  pioneer  labor 
should  aim  to  reach  out  widely  and 
plant  the  germs  of  many  churches, 
rather  than  be  satisfied  with  one  or 
two  at  the  largest  centers.  This  will 
require  long  rides,  but  it  will  interest 
the  brethren  at  the  stronger  points  to 
do  more  for  themselves,  and  to  feel 
that  they  must  lend  a  part  of  the  ser- 
vices of  their  minister  to  other  settle- 
ments. In  new  settlements,  the  Lord 
opens  doors  enough,  but  if  we  refuse  to 
enter,  soon  the  doors  will  be  closed  to 
us.  Others  will  have  entered  and  no 
place  for  us  can  be  found. 

The  memory  of  these  two  years  of 
missionary  service  will  be  the  most 
pleasant  of  my  life.  Many  and  warm 
are  the  friendships  I  have  formed,  and 
I  feel  that  God  has  been  with  me. 
My  hope  is  that  I  may  yet  see  far 
greater  things,  in  mighty  displays  of 
his  grace  in  these  new  settlements  and 
among  these  new  churches. 


From  Eev,  0.  Emerson,  JSabula,  Jackson 
County.  • 

Revival. 
We  have  held  a  series  of  union  meet- 
ings with  our  Methodist  brethren,  con- 


tinuing over  five  weeks,  and  nothing 
occurred  to  interrupt  our  harmony,  or 
turn  the  attention  of  the  people  from 
the  one  great  theme  of  salvation  by  the 
cross.  The  roads  were  in  a  miserable 
condition,  and  the  people  scattered 
over  a  wide  reach  of  country.  They 
assembled  every  night  but  one  during 
the  time,  and  for  such  a  region,  in  large 
numbers.  A  fiill  hundred  came  forward 
for  prayer  at  different  times  during  the 
meetings.  How  many  of  these  were  con- 
verted we  cannot  tell.  Between  60  and 
70  have  united  with  the  two  churches 
on  profession  of  faith ;  about  an  equal 
number  with  each.  A  considerable 
number  of  these  had  hoped  in  Christ, 
some  had  openly  professed  him  before. 
They  are  recovered  from  backsliding, 
and  this,  in  such  circumstances,  is  a 
great  recovery.  We  closed  the  meetings 
by  requesting  those  who  hoped  in 
Christ  to  indicate  their  preference  in 
regard  to  church  connexion  by  taking 
different  seats  beside  the  pulpit.  This 
afforded  such  a  scene  as  is  seldom  wit- 
nessed. We  took  the  names  of  all  that 
presented  themselves,  and  afterwards 
set  ourselves  to  the  work  of  instruction 
and  examination,  with  reference  to 
their  coming  into  the  church.  This 
has  occupied  much  time  and  care  for 
several  weeks.  The  work  is  now  com- 
pleted, and  we  have  received  to  fellow- 
ship 34  persons.  Of  these  the  old- 
est is  a  venerable  blind  man  of  86 
years,  and  the  youngest  is  not  yet  twelve. 
This  is  a  very  valuable  accession  to 
the  church,  but  adds  less  to  its  power 
than  would  at  first  appear.  Some  are 
young  men,  just  ready  to  leave  and 
make  them  new  homes  in  the  West ; 
some  live  too  far  away  to  be  often  with 
us;  while  quite  a  number  are  chil- 
dren from  12  to  15  years  of  age. 

Needs  Helpers. 

The  revival,  with  our  new  house  of 

worship,  has  nearly  doubled  our  ordi- 

I  nary  congregations,  and  imposes  addi- 

jtional  pastoral  work,  lor  which  I  feel 


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inadequate.  I  feel  the  need  of  more 
strength  and  wisdom  for  my  own  work, 
and  of  additional  laborers  to  enter 
the  whitening  harvest.  One  great  dif- 
ficulty is  to  decide  what  work  I  will 
let  alone.  A  chief  trial  comes  from  the 
"  wear  and  tear"  oiwMt  I  cannot  do, — 
the  sight  and  demand  of  work  for 
which  time  and  strength  utterly  fail. 


From  Beo.  J.  T.  Cooh,  Maqrwheta^  Jack- 
son  Co, 

Coming  of  Age. 
Additions  have  been  made  to  the 
church — and  one  whole  family  came  in 
this  week, — and  in  other  respects  the 
quarter  has  been  one  of  growth  and  of 
promise  of  higher  good  to  come.  The 
question  of  receiving  further  aid  from 
your  Society  was  very  fully  discussed, 
and  a  feeling  awakened  on  that  impor- 
tant subject,  which  I  hope  and  trust 
will  result  in  relieving  the  Treasury  of 
any  further  calls  from  this  church.  To 
you,  this  may  seem  small  cause  of  grat- 
ulation  to  us ;  yet  it  is  really  a  great 
thing  for  a  church  which  has  drawn  on 
the  rich  and  free  resources  of  the 
Home  Missionary  Society  for  a  quarter 
of  a  century,  to  give  up  so  delightful 
a  luxury.  It  is  so  comfortable  to  just 
lie  still  and  be  fed.  One  gets  so  fat ; 
there  is  such  a  feeling  of  restful  ease 
and  certainty  about  it;  it  does  away 
with  so  much  work  of  stewardship  and 
tithing;  it  affords  so  much  time  and 
surplus  means  for  other  and  personal 
enterprizes  !  The  change  is  so  radical 
and  disturbing  as  to  require  much  care, 
oftentimes,  in  carrying  a  church  through 
it.  It  is  like  the  weaning  and  teething 
periods  of  babyhood— critical,  and  not 
a  little  dangerous.  It  is  so  much  easier 
to  give  $25  a  year,  than  to  give  $50, 
that  the  transition  must  be  made, 
somewhat  as  Patrick  would  have  the 
cannon  touched  off— "kind  o'  asy  at 
firat.^^  But  I  have  strong  hope  that  our 
church  has  passed  the  crisis  on  this 
qii6etioiL 


From  Bet.  W,  C.  Foster,  Perdval,  Fre- 
mont Go. 
Warm,  but  Working. 

The  last  has  been  ths  heated  qnarter 
of  all  my  remembrance.  Under  the  de- 
bilitating, exhausting  influences  of  the 
intense  heat,  and  after  the  wearing 
labors  of  the  four  months  of  revival, 
I  have  been  able  only  to  care  for  the 
Sabbath  and  weekly  services,  the  sick 
and  the  needy. 

I  am  the  only  resident  pastor  of  all 
this  population,  and  have  visited  a 
great  deal  among  the  other  denomina- 
tions. Some  of  these  nominally  in- 
crease more  rapidly  than  we ;  but  they 
surge  and  subside,  now  up  garret  and 
now  down  cellar.  We  keep  more 
quiet,  aiming  at  substantial  growth, 
and  hoping  by-and-by  to  build  a  meet- 
ing-house. But  it  is  with  us  now  the 
hardest  kind  of  a  time  for  money.  I 
have  known  potatoes  and  corn  sold  as 
low  as  seven  cents  a  bushel ;  and  pork 
and  beef  are  as  low  relatively.  Many 
of  my  people  cannot  get  flour  for  their 
families,  and  cannot  pay  their  subscrip- 
tion to  the  Society,  which  I  advanced. 
Your  quarterly  payments  are  to  us  the 
God-send  of  the  year. 

All  is  quiet  and  hopeful  for  this 
whole  community,  in  a  religious  aspect. 
The  other  denominations  double  or 
triple  their  ministerial  force.  While  I 
could,  I  preached  not  a  little  around  in 
destitute  places,  and  on  the  whole  it 
has  been  a  grand  old  year.  Oh,  that  men 
would  praise  the  Lord  for  his  goodness ! 
Praise  yc  the  Lord  ! 


WISCONSIN. 

From  Itev,  T,  L.  Brown,  Wf/orcna,  Co- 
lumhia  Co, 
One  Soweth,  Another  Reapeth. 
When  I  came  here  I  found  matters 
going  on  very  prosperously  in  each  of 
the  churches.  Your  former  missionary. 
Rev.  F.  W.  Fairfield,  had  been  engaged 
in  revival  efforts  up  to  the  very  last 
day  of  his  stay,  preaching  in  the  even 


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NoTember, 


ing,  and  visiting  from  bous '  to  house 
during  the  day ;  doing  perhaps  quite  as 
much  good  by  visiting  as  by  preaching. 
I  have  not  ye:  found  0.1  e  family  which 
he  did  not  visit,  during  those  meetings. 
But  although  he  labored  so  earne  tly,  he 
did  not  have  the  privilege  of  receiving 
many  into  the  church.  That  pleasure 
was  rc-cived  for  his  successor.  Since  I 
have  bo-^i  here,  fourteen  have  been 
added  to  us,  s?v  al  of  thera  heads  of 
families.  About  an  eqnal  number  have 
united  with  the  Methodist  and  Baptist 
churches. 

The  interest  awakr  ed  by  those  spe- 
cial e'Torts  has  not  yc  <]ied  out.  They 
broup:ht  a  l>cttcr  ft:/r  of  feeling  be- 
tween the  v.irious  cliu  >  hes;  for  unlike 
revivals  that  I  have  !:r  rd  of,  there  was 
no  "  scramblincr  fo  •  converts."  Each 
one  who  gave  hi.  >eU'  to  Christ  was 
allowed  choose  f  :•  himself  which  com- 
pany of  God's  people  he  would  join. 
Of  course  all  received  a  cordial  invita- 
tion to  unite  with  up,  and  I  presume 
that  if  we  had  done  a  little  urging,  the 
number  of  those  who  came  might  have 
been  larfjer ;  but  y\v  learned  long  ago 
that  those  who  c".:r.e  without  urging 
are  likely  to  be  the  be:  iter  workers. 

There  is  still  an  undercurrent  of  feel- 
ing amoniij  those  who  have  not  yet  be- 
come savingly  interested  in  the  Chris- 
tian faith ;  and  I  hope  in  my  next  let- 
ter to  tell  of  others  who  have  espoused 
the  cause  of  Christ. 


From  Rev,  J.  N.  Po     //,  Plymouth,  She- 
loyga  :  Co, 
Germans  and  the  Sabbath. 
You  know  that  we  are   among   the 
Germans.     They  have  arranged  to  take 
possession  of  the  town,  next  Sabbath, 
with  a  Turner's  Festival.     I  heard  of  it 
last  evenimr,  and  ventured  to  raise  the 
question  of  its  right fiilneswS,  with  one  of 
the  prominent  members  of  their  Free- 
thinkers' Society.     I  was  surprised   at 
his  reply:— -"He  used   to   ridicule  the 
American  servility  to  the  restraints  of 


the  Sabbath,  but  matorer  obflerration 
had  led  him  to  think  it  a  good  thing. 
In  the  old  country  (Germany)  the  peo- 
ple are  so  minutely  cared  for  and 
watched  by  their  paternal  government, 
that  they  are  kept  within  the  bounds 
of  good  order ;  but  here  they  have  to 
take  cnre  of  themselves,  and  need  the 
n)oral  influence  of  the  Sabbath  for  the 
culture  of  their  consciences,  and  to 
teach  them  the  first  rudiments  of  self 
government." 

I  was  glad  also  to  learn  from  him 
that  there  is  a  growing  feeling  among 
the  Germans  to  refrain  from  their  Sun- 
day demonstrations,  and  defer  to  the 
American  sentiment.  I  told  him  that  I 
had  wanted  to  talk  to  the  Germans,  as 
I  thought  they  were  candid  and  woald 
hear ;  and  asked  him  if  it  would  he  ad- 
visable to  expostulate  with  them  in 
reference  to  the  coming  fcstiyal.  He 
said  that  their  arrangements  had  gone 
too  far  ;  formal  invitation  was  given  to 
neighboring  societies,  printed  pro- 
grammes were  distributed,  etc.  But 
evidently  there  is  an  opportunity  to 
talk,  and  room  for  hope  that  better 
counsels  will  prevail  in  the  inture.  May 
God  give  wisdom  to  speak  the  right 
words,  in  love,  and  by  the  Spirit;  and 
may  these  excellent  people  be  led  to 

know  Christ  I 

♦•« 

From.  Rev.  E.  R.  Beach^  Peshtigo^  Oeonto 
County. 
Work,  Needs  and  Plans. 
This  place  is  growing  rapidly,  and 
some  of  the  more  permanent  class  of 
inhabitants  are  coming  in.  I  should 
say  that  1,500  people  are  entirely  de- 
pendent on  my  ministrations  of  the 
gospel.  I  have  three  Sabbath  schools, 
to  which  I  give  as  much  attention  as  I 
can.  Those  in  the  country  would  be 
much  aided  by  an  installment  of  books 
and  papers.  A  school  recently  estab- 
lished in  a  new  settlement  being  almost 
entirely  destitute,  I  have  sent  them  a 
dozen  Testaments,  and  all  the  old  \w6ks 
and   papers  in    my   possession.     The 


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people  are  all  poor,  have  entered  Gov- 
ernment lands,  and  some  have  not  even 
an  ox-teara.  Everything  is  in  a  very 
rudimental  state  among  them.  They 
need  the  simplest  instruction  in  the 
gospel,  and  are  eager  devourers  of  what- 
ever they  can  get  to  read.  If  some  of 
our  Eastern  Sunday  schools  could  make 
up  a  large  box  of  books  that  they  have 
read,  and  of  Sabbath  school  and  other 
religious  papers,  I  could  use  them  to 
the  greatest  advantage  in  this  work 
and  in  carrying  the  gospel  to  some 
who  probably  would  not  be  reached 
otherwise. 

I  have  plans  for  special  effort  before 
many  weeks,  that  I  hope  may  result  in 
the  conversion  of  souls.  The  great 
body  of  the  people  on  this  iield  make 
no  profession  of  religion,  and  my  elfort 
so  far  has  been  directed  mainly  toward 
convincing  men  that  there  is  such  a 
thing  as  the  gospel  of  salvation,  and 
that  they  need  to  experience  its  power. 
I  find  here  every  shade  of  unbelief  la- 
tent in  men's  minds,  and  ver>'  little  of 
belief.  The  most  are  not  excited 
against  the  gospel,  but  only  careless 
and  indifferent.  They  think  it  some- 
thing foreign  to  their  necessities. 
There  have  been  two  conversions  with- 
in a  short  time ;  and  I  am  praying  in 
hope  and  faith  that  there  may  be  many. 


MICHIGAN. 
From  Rev.  H.  H,  Tan  AriJcen,  New  Bal- 
timore, Macomb  Co, 
Stroke  Upon  Stroke. 
This  has  been  a  year  of  the  greatest 
trials  I  have  known.  My  beloved  com- 
panion was  taken  violently  ill,  Februa- 
ry 4th,  with  typhoid  fever.  After  she 
had  begun  to  recover  from  that,  ab- 
scesses formed  upon  the  liver,  and  from 
those  she  died,  April  27th,  leaving  me 
with  two  little  ones,  the  eldest  only 
three  years  old.  My  wife's  father  and 
mother,  who  came  to  see  her  from  the 
East,  were  taken  sick  shortly  after  her 
death.     The  father  died,  and  was  bur- 


ied beside  my  wife.  In  seventeen  days 
after  his  death,  my  eldest  child  came 
down  with  small-pox.  Those  were 
days  of  severe  trial ;  but  I  bless  God 
that  amid  it  all  he  supported  and  kept 
me,  and  that  I  found  the  gospel  that  I 
had  preached  to  comfort  others,  my 
own  comfort  and  consolation.  The 
Lord  most  mercifully  preserved  me, 
though  I  remained  with  my  little  one, 
and  took  the  entire  care  of  her. 


MISSOURI. 

From  Ret.   G.    O.   PerJcin^^   Hamilton., 

Caldwell  Co. 

Retrospect  and  Prospect. 

Five  years  of  my  missionary  labor  in 
the  State  came  to  an  end  to-day,  and  I 
may  be  pardoned  if,  at  the  cloi^e  of  this 
half-decade  of  missionary  work,  my 
report  shall  look  backward  and  for- 
ward. 

Five  years  ago,  I  left  "the  old  Bay 
State,"  with  wife  and  five  children, 
to  take  charge  of  the  church  in  Kid- 
der, then  numbering  seven  members. 
Within  this  time  it  has  increased  more 
than  tenfold.  The  Sabbath  school  has 
grown  in  proportion,  and  was,  six 
months  since,  one  of  the  most  interest- 
ing and  profitable  that  I  have  known. 
The  congregation  also  grew,  and  be- 
came homogeneous — a  most  desirable 
thing  in  this  Western  field.  While 
doing  what  we  could  to  aid  the  college 
enterprise,  we  also  gave  much  work  to 
the  elementary  school,  and  had  the 
satisfaction  of  seeing  it  grow  up  from 
almost  nothing,  and  became  second  to 
none  of  its  grade  in  this  section. 

We  write  this,  not  for  self-glorifica- 
tion, for  we  have  come  far  short  of 
duty,  and  while  we  find  reason  for  en- 
couragement, there  is  none  for  boast- 
ing— except  "in  the  Lord'' — but  that 
it  may  go  on  the  record,  that  the  time 
and  money  spent  in  this  work  were 
not  in  vain. 

To  this  church  of  Hamilton  I  had 
given     one    service    a    Sabbath,     for 


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about  one  year  previous  to  accepting 
their  call,  and  they  received  about 
twelve  I  think  to  their  communion, 
and  also  erected  a  small  but  neat  and 
comfortable  house  of  worship.  To 
God  be  all  the  glory !  We  have  sim- 
ply been  the  instrument  he  has  used, 
with  others,  to  accomplish  something 
for  his  glory  and  the  good  of  men. 
The  record  of  the  five  years  is  made 
up ;  its  results,  doubtless,  seem  trifles 
to  many ;  but  eternity  may  show  that 
momentous  consequences  are  connected 
with  them. 

Six  months  since,  I  accepted  the 
call  of  this  church  to  become  Its  pas- 
tor, on  certain  conditions,  as  to  sup- 
port, that  have  not  been  quite  realized, 
but  I  am  willing  to  divide  the  burden 
with    the    people.      Though    looking 


upon  the  undertaking  as  something 
like  **  leading  a  forlorn  hope,"  I  felt 
willing  to  enter  upon  it,  believing 
that  time,  patience,  perseverance  and 
wisely  directed  efforts,  will  give  us 
here  a  self-supporting  church.  This  is 
very  desirable,  if  our  educational  en- 
terprise at  Kidder  is  to  be  a  success. 
What  could  have  been  done  with 
comparative  edse,  two  or  three  years 
since,  is  now  more  difficult;  others 
having  come  in  and  diverted  elements 
that  under  wise  management  might 
have  subserved  our  cause.  We  find 
things  to  encourage,  both  in  the  review 
and  the  prospect.  "  Our  sufficiency  is 
of  God,"  and  we  believe  that  he  will 
answer  the  prayer  of  his  faithful  ones 
in  this  little  church,  and  make  it  an  in- 
strument of  salvation  to  men. 


MISCELLANEOUS 


THE  TREASTniY. 

We  are  daily  receiving  letters  from 
missionaries  stating  their  needs,  and 
inquiring  when  they  may  expect  to  re- 
ceive the  sums  due  to  them  from  the 
Society.  We  regret  that  we  are  not 
able  to  reply  by  sending  them  the  ex- 
pected drafts  upon  the  Treasury.  But 
it  is  exhausted^  while  the  claims  against 
it  now  amount  to  nearly  $40,000,  of 
which  more  than  $10,000  is  due  for 
missionary  labor  performed  previous  to 
August  1st.  We  have  laid  before  the 
churches  the  condition  of  the  Society 
and  of  the  missionaries,  and  can  only 
promise  that  remittances  shall  be  made 
as  fast  as  the  funds  are  received. 

♦•• 

Maine  Missionary  Society. 

This  Auxiliary  held  its  last  Anniver- 
sary in  the  Winter-Street  church,  Bath, 
June  28,  1871.  The  President,  Rev. 
S.  Habris,  D.D.,  presided.  The  annual 
sermon  was  preached  by  Rev.  Albert 
Cole,  of  Cornish.  Addresses  were  made, 


also,  by  the  President,  and  Rev.  David 
Shepley,  J.  S.  Wheelright,  Esq.,  Rev. 
J.  T.  Rea,  Rev.  S.  P.  Fay,  Rev.  J.  Cam- 
eron, and  Rev.  W.  W.  Patton,  D.  D.,  of 
Chicago. 

From  the  Treasurer's  Report  it  ap- 
pears that  the  receipts  for  the  year 
were  $19,634.97,  and  the  expenditures 
$15,008.04. 

The  Report  of  the  Trustees  shows 
that  114  missionaries  were  under  com- 
mission during  the  whole  or  part  of  the 
year.  This  is  a  larger  number  than  has 
been  reported  in  any  former  year.  But 
a  large  part  of  the  missions  have  been 
brief;  and  the  whole  amount  of  ser- 
vice performed  is  equal  to  sixty-one 
years.  The  number  of  hopeful  con- 
versions reported  is  207,  and  the  addi- 
tions to  the  churches  325,  viz. :  150  by 
profession,  and  75  by  letter.  One  church 
has  become  independent,  two  houses 
of  worship  have  been  dedicated,  and 
several  others  repaired  and  improved. 

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fix)m  the  concluding    portion  of  the 
Report: 

**  Willie  we  would  not  depreciate  the 
importance  of  foreign  missions  ;  while  we 
rejoice  in  their  extension  and  prosperity, 
it  is  still  apprehended  that  in  tlie  com- 
parison home  missions  are  not  duly  ap- 
preciated. For  Maine  and  our  country 
they  should  hold  the  first  rank.  As  it  is 
every  man's  first  duty  to  provide  for  his 
own  household,  every  church's  duty 
first  to  provide  Christian- ordinances  for 
their  own  community,  so  is  it  the  first 
duty  of  the  American  Church  thoroughly 
to  evangelize  this  country.  But  if  you 
look  at  what  is  done  for  home  and  for- 
eign missions,  it  .is  evident  that  such  is 
not  the  prevailing  sentiment.  The 
American  Board  of  Commissioners  for 
Foreiprn  Missions,  and  tlie  American 
Home  Missionary  Society  are  now  main- 
ly under  the  patronage  of  the  Congrega- 
tional churches  of  this  country.  The 
minual  receipts  of  the  American  Board 
are  much  larger  than  those  of  the  Hom^ 
Missionary  Society.  It  snpi>ort8  more 
laborers  in  the  foreign  field  than  the  lat- 
ter society  employs  in  the  home  field. 
According  to  the  statement  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  General  Conference,  the 
churches  of  Maine,  notwithstanding  the 
State  is  eminently  missionary  ground, 
gave  last  year  two  thousand  dollars  more 
for  foreign  than  for  home  missions. 

The  extent  of  the  home  field  is  appall- 
ing. We  have  four  millions  of  f  reedmen 
to  educate,  and  evangelize.  Millicms  of 
Catholics  already  imperil  our  free  in- 
stitutions, and  in  order  to  our  safety 
must  be  recovered  from  vassalage  to  the 
man  of  sin,  and  the  worship  of  Mary  to 
their  allegiance  to  Christ  and  the  worship 
of  the  living  God.  China  is  pouring  its 
surplus  population  upon  our  shores  by 
thousands  u|)on  thousands,  who  are  al- 
ready erecting  their  pagan  temples,  and 
paying  homage  to  idol  gods.  Let  this 
process  of  immigration  of  the  devotees 
of  paganism  and  poper^'  be  continued, 
and  unless  a  most  vigorous  system  of 
home  missions  is  prosecuted  on  a  large 
scale,  how  long  before  Romanism  and 
paganism  combined,  will  predominate  in 
the  land? 

It  is  related  that  during  the  rebellion 
a  party  of  our  soldiers  attacked  a  party 
of  the  rebels.  Each  turned  the  other's 
right  flank  and  occupied  the  camp  of  the 
other.  Which  gained  the  advantage  ? 
The  rebels  got  a  camp  well  furnished 
with  provisions  and  clothing,  and  sup- 
plies of  every  kind  ;  our  mt-n  got  some 
poor  bacon  aud  corn  meal,  and  some 
worthless  blankets.  So  should  we,  by 
our  foreign  operations,  gain  some  foreign 
country  and  lose  our  own.  it  would  be 
very  much  like  capturing  the  rebel  camp. 


Let  foreign  missions  be  prosecuted 
with  ten-fola  more  vigor  than  at  present, 
but  not  to  the  neglect  of  home  missions. 
This  work  of  evangelizing  the  United 
States,  and  bringing  the  population  un- 
der the  restraining  and  sanctifying  power 
of  the  gospel  is,  after  all,  the  first  and 
great  work  of  the  American  Church,  It 
is  the  process  by  which  she  will  most 
highly  bless  a  ruined  world." 


Connecticut  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety. 

The  fifty-fourth  Annual  Meeting  of 
this  Society  was  held  in  New  London, 
November  1,  1870.  The  Annual  Re- 
port of  the  Directors  was  read  by  the 
Secretary,  Rev.  William  H.  Moore, 
from  which  we  gather  the  following 
items: 

The  receipts  for  the  preceding  year 
were  |19,027.37.  There  were  also  paid 
into  the  Treasury  of  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society,  in  contribu- 
tions $10,627.33,  in  legacies  $47,931.09, 
in  all  $58,558.42,  making  the  entire  con- 
tributions to  Home  Missions  from  this 
State  $77,585.79,  besides  boxes  of  cloth- 
ing, valued  at  about  $10,000.  Grants 
were  made  to  thirty-one  churches,  and 
the  entire  expenditures  of  the  Society 
within  the  State  were  $13,636.29. 
There  was  forwarded  from  the  Treas- 
ury to  the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society  the  sum  of  $7,700. 

*'  Of  the  thirty -one  churches  to  which 
grant-s  were  voted  in  1869,  19  have  funds 
to  an  aggregate  of  $28,984  ;  12  have  par- 
sonages ;  18  have  pastors ;  12  have  stated 
preachers  ;  and  6  have  various  supplies. 
The  largest  salary  was  $1,500,  the  small- 
est was  $500,  and  the  average  was  $775. 
The  entire  indebtedness  of  these  churches 
was  $1,361.  Twenty-seven  reported  the 
salary  paid  promptly.  The  average 
amount  of  taxable  property  of  these 
churches,  counting  only  that  of  the  resi- 
dent members,  was  $26,505 ;  and  the 
average  percentage  paid  by  the  churches 
on  said  property  was  $.01 154.  All  but 
four  complied  with  the  one  percent,  rule, 
and  they  were  made  exceptions  '  for 
cause  shown.' 

"These  churches  re|)orted  January  1, 
1870,  a  membership  of  627  males  and 
1.811  females,  1,938  in  all,  including  278 
absentees ;  or  an  average  of  63  members 
for  each  church.     In  1869,  the  additions 


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were  no  I'.y  profeasion  and  44  by  letter, 
in  all  HO;  and  tlie  removals  were  34  bv 
death.  49  by  iHter,  8  by  discipline,  in  all 
01.  The  removals  exceeded  the  addi- 
tions by  11.  The  professions  exceeded 
the  deaths  by  only  2.  25  adults  were 
baptized  and  40  infants.  13  churches 
with  S."i7  members  ha]iti7.ed  no  child,  and 
21  churches  with  1,574  members  added 
none  by  profession,  and  lost  28  by  death. 
Tlie  apfurretjate  attendance  upon  the  Sab- 
bath schools, inclndinpf  3  mission  schools, 
was  2,707,  and  the  conf^regatioos  em- 
braced 1,509  families. 

'*  Every  church  but  one  reported  a 
weekly  prayer-meeting,  and  all  but  two 
reported  a  monthly  concert,  though  in  a 
a  few  cases  these  meetings  were  not  held 
regularly  through  the  year.  The  chari- 
ties were  $:>,'?32.92,  or  on  an  average  of 
$1.07  for  each  church  member,  and  88 
per  cent,  of  the  whole  amount  granted 
to  these  churches  for  the  year." 


The  Genins  of  the  Society. 

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  General 
Association  of  Kansas,  Rev.  J.  G.  Mer- 
rill, the  Superintendent  of  Home  Mis- 
sions in  that  State,  presented  a  paper 
in  which  he  stated  his  views  of  the 
Genius  of  the  American  Home  Mission- 
ary Society,  as  follows : 

I.  It  is  not  a  Pension  Bureau.  There 
are  some  who  appear  to  think  that  the 
title  Reverend,  and  a  place  in  the  Con- 
gregational Quarterly's  list  of  ministers 
entitles  them  to  a  field  of  labor  on 
Home  Missionary  ground.  This  is 
most  pernicious  doctrine.  The  law  of 
supply  and  demand  should  hold  in  the 
work  of  the  ministry  as  in  all  other 
professions.  It  should  prevail  in  the 
West,  as  well  as  the  East.  In  the  East 
there  are  scores  of  men  who  have  grad- 
uated at  Theological  Seminaries  who 
are  among  the  laymen  of  the  churches 
— we  cannot  afford  to  have  it  otherwise 
with  us.  A  man  who  is  not  adapted 
to  our  work,  or  has  lost  heart  in  it, 
has  no  place  in  it.  It  would  be  a  great 
relief  to  me  if  those  who  have  been 
unsuccessful  in  the  work  of  the  minis- 
try would  refrain  from  applying  for 
commissions.  I  can  never  indorse  their 
applications.      The  funds    which    are 


given  by  the  poor  widows  and  self- 
denying  men  of  means  in  the  East,  are 
bestowed  to  build  up  churches,  not  to 
support  ministers. 

II.  The  Society  is  not  an  Agricultural 
Bureau.  It  is  no  doubt  a  shrewd  plan 
for  a  clergyman  in  the  East  to  offer 
himself  as  a  frontier  missionary,  with 
the  determination  to  improve  a  new 
farm  in  connection  with  his  pastoral 
work.  But  it  is  not  shrewd  for  the  So- 
ciety to  employ  such  men,  and  I  have 
thought  it  my  duty  to  keep  off  several 
clergymen  who  had  supposed  that  our 
need  of  men  would  force  us  to  take 
half-men.  It  would  be  a  wiser  policy 
for  the  Society  to  furnish  capital  to 
laymen  to  come  to  Kansas,  and  start 
trade  in  connection  with  the  deacon- 
ship  of  a  church  than  to  employ  men 
who  divide  their  energies  between  the 
farm  and  the  pulpit.  A  minister  ought, 
indeed,  to  have  bodily  exercise,  but  so 
much  of  it  as  tends  to  make  him  in 
any  measure  less  able  for  his  one  great 
work,  ''  profiteth  little  "  The  line  be- 
tween a  garden  and  a  farm  is  so  very 
indistinct  that  it  must  be  looked  for 
carefully.  It  is  so  easy  to  have  the 
growth  of  corn  and  of  stock  supplant 
the  study  of  the  Bible,  and  the  care  of 
souls,  that  the  Society  will  insist  upon 
its  rule  that  missionaries  have  no  other 
employment. 

There  certainly  is  ministerial  work 
enough  in  Kansas  to  employ  all  the 
time  and  energies  of  our  two  score 
missionaries.  If  it  is  not  found  in  the 
centers  at  which  they  are  stationed,  it 
certainly  can  be  found  in  the  circum- 
ference  which  an  eight  or  ten  mile 
radius  will  draw. 

The  shrewd,  common  sense  of  our 
farmers  and  men  of  business,  ought  to 
find  itself  matched  by  a  pulpit  enriched 
by  hard  study,  while  the  lonely  homes 
of  our  prairies  need  the  frequent  visits 
of  the  faithful  pastor.  There  is  but 
one  excuse  for  a  neglect  of  ministerial 
work,  and  that  is  want  of  support,  and 
certainly  the  Society  will  give  a  liTing 


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to  men  whose  success  shows  them 
whole-hearted  laborers. 

HI.  The  Society  is  not  a  town  build- 
er. An  original  Kansan  would  hardly 
think  his  life  worthy  having  been  lived, 
had  he  not  founded  a  town.  The 
beautiful  plats  which  engineers  have 
drawn  of  these  myriad  cities  always 
designate  locations  for  churches.  This 
is  well  always  for  the  town,  but  not 
always  for  the  churches.  Our  mission- 
aries are  wise  in  making  use  of  this 
zeal  for  town  building  in  the  erection 
of  churches,  and  in  securing  salary, 
but  we  need  utmost  caution  that  each 
church  which  we  form  may  in  the  end 
prove  to  have  been  well  planted. 

A  genuine  town  builder  could  make 
a  city  of  five  hundred  houses  in  six 
months,  on  the  desert  of  Sahara,  if  he 
should  devote  himself  to  it.  He  would 
rejoice  to  have  us  build  a  stone  meet- 
ing hoase  in  it.  But  we  must  remem- 
ber that  the  money  which  builds  our 
churches  and  pays  our  salaries  is  for 
Christ,  and  not  for  county  seats;  for 
the  church  and  not  for  the  increased 
sale  of  town  lots.  We  should,  indeed^ 
be  good  citizens  of  our  towns,  but  we 
have  a  higher  citizenship. 

rV.  The  Society  is  the  agent  employ- 
ed by  the  descendants  of  the  Pilgrims 
to  extend  through  puritan  churches 
the  kingdom  of  Christ.  It  distributes 
the  funds  in  its  charge  when  and  where 
it  is  thought  they  can  be  most  wisely 
used.  Its  missionaries  arc  the  self 
sacritioing  ones  who  in  doing  the  work 
of  the  churches  demand  support,  not 
as  a  gift,  but  as  their  due.  In  view  of 
this  basis  of  action,  there  is  need  of  the 
most  hearty  co  operation  on  the  part 
of  churches,  society,  missionaries,  and 
associations. 

Home  Missionary  Work  in  the 
West. 
We  have  cited  the  testimony  of  Mis- 
sionaries of  the  American  Sunday 
school  Union,  in  Xew  England,  to  cor- 
roborate our  own  witnesses  in  justifica- 


tion of  our  outlays  in  the  East.  We 
now  offer  specimens  of  their  testimony 
from  the  West,  as  found  in  the  47th 
Report  of  the  American  Sunday  School 
Union,  recently  published.  One  in 
Michigan  closes  his  report  thus  : 

"  Now,  as  I  look  back  over  this  imper- 
fect record,  I  grieve  as  I  call  to  mind 
the  deep  sad  destitution  which  it 
brings  up  so  freshly  to  my  mind.  Oh  ! 
how  deep  and  dark  I  I  cannot  tell  it. 
One  must  see  it  to  apprehend  it.  Fam- 
ilies, eight  or  ten  in  number,  living  day 
after  day.  Sabbath  after  Sabbath,  with 
no  meetings,  no  Sunday  schools,  no 
books  to  read,  no  day  schools,  no  pa- 
pers (either  religious  or  political), 
nothing  to  do  on  the  Sabbath  days  but 
to  hunt,  or  fish,  or  pick  berries.  And 
as  I  recall  the  joy  they  manifested 
when  I  called  at  their  homes,  or  as  I 
gathered  them  at  the  largest  room, 
whether  kitchen,  bar-room,  or  bam, 
and  talked  to  them  of  Jesus  and  his 
love,  I  long  that  I  may  again  mingle 
my  prayers  and  counsels  with  those 
neglected  ones." 

The  Rev.  Hiram  Foote  has  been  pros- 
ecuting th«  mission  work  for  the  third 
year,  in  southwestern  \Yisconsin.  He 
says: 

*'It  requires  no  prophet  to  predict 
that  in  less  than  fifty  years,  many  of  these 
western  commonwealths  will  become 
Christian  or  infidel.  Let  Christians  of 
America  see  to  it,  that  the  home  fields 
bring  not  forth  the  clusters  of  Sodom. 
Pray  and  give  for  the  foreign  work, 
but  do  equally  as  much  for  your  own 
homestead.  When  the  American  Sun- 
day school  Union  and  other  hoinc 
missionary  societies  hold  the  highest 
place  in  the  affections  of  the  church, 
then  may  we  hope  to  see  our  land  not 
only  saved  from  tlie  dangers  which 
threaten  it,  but  instrumentalities  raised 
up  to  save  a  heathen  world." 

A  missionary  in  Minnesota  reports  : 

"  Interesting  services  have  been  held 
during  the  winter  at  various  places 
along  the  line  of  the  Northern  Pacific 


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Railroad.  The  wave  of  immigration 
has  already  begun  to  roll  in  along  its 
track,  through  the  forests  of  the  upper 
Mississippi,  to  the  fertile  prairies  water- 
ed by  the  Red  River  of  the  North,  and 
even  to  the  rich  plains  of  Dakota  and 
Montana.  Towns  and  cities  are  spring- 
ing up  behind  it.  *  We  want  a  dozen 
of  your  missionaries  along  the  line  of 
our  road  this  summer,'  said  the  superin- 
tendent of  this  railroad  to  me  recently. 
No  one  is  more  gladly  and  heartily 
welcomed  in  these  irontier  settlements 
than  the  Sunday  school  missionary." 

Rev.  B.  C.  Church  reports  from 
Southern  Illinois: 

"My  heart  has  been  deeply  moved  by 
the  condition  of  some  for  whom  I  have 
labored.  I  recently  conversed  with 
seven  young  people,  14  to  17  years  of 
age.  Neither  of  them  knew  anything 
of  Christ — and  there  were  85  children  in 
that  district  who  never  heard  the  Bible 
read,  or  prayer  offered.  In  another 
place  I  found  80  children  and  youth, 
and  175  to  200  older  persons  who  have 
hitherto  been  destitute  of  all  religious 
instruction.  Out  of  40  families  visited, 
only  three  took  any  paper — and  that  a 
county  paper." 


Congregational  Statistics. 

Mainb. — From  the  report  of  the  (Gen- 
eral Conference  for  1871,  we  gather 
the  following  statistics:  number  of 
churches,  242 ;  of  members,  19,704— 
5,908  males,  13,796  females ;  absentees, 
3,829.  Number  received,  777 ;  removed, 
728 — gain,  49.  Number  of  pastors,  57 ; 
stated  supplies,  107 ;  licentiates,  59  - 
total  of  acting  ministers,  223.  Bap- 
tisms :  300  adult,  145  infant — 445.  In 
Sabbath  schools,  22,010.  Amount  of 
reported  contributions,  $34,938  —  of 
which  for  Home  Missions,  $13,500; 
Foreign  Missions,  $17,000. 

Connecticut. — The  Minutes  of  the 
General  Conference,  for  1871,  report: 
churches,  292;  members,  49,818— 16,799 
males,  32,519  females  —  absent,  6,194. 
Additions,  2,390 ;  removals,  2,399.  Bap- 
tisms :  477  adult,  902  infant  In  Sab- 
bath schools,  49,877.  Contributions, 
$262,739.  Of  the  372  ministers  con- 
nected with  the  several  associations,  69 
reside  out  of  the  State,  155  are  paatore, 
73  are  stated  preachers,  and  95  are 
without  charge.  Churches  without 
ministers,  44;  young  men  licensed  to 
preach,  28 ;  ordinations,  15 ;  installa- 
tions, 14  ;  dismissions,  16  ;  ministers  de- 
ceased, 9. 


APPOINTAfENTS  IN  SEPTEMBER,  1871. 


Not  in  conimisHon  last  year. 

Rev.  Henry  Davies,  (Weleh),  Powys,  Kan. 
Rev.  Mortimer  L.  8.  Noves,  Highland,  Kan. 
Rev.  Edward  P.  Kimball,  Central  City,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Henry  C.  Simmons,  Oakfield,  Wis. 
Rev.  Silas  AfcKiuncy.  South  Boston,  Mich. 
Rev.  Albert  Matson,  Cahoka  and  Pro8pect  Grove, 

Mo. 
Rev.  J.  F.  Smith,  Beecher,  HI. 

Be-commissioned. 

Rev.  Jo8iah  Bates,  San  Bernardino.  Cal. 
Rev.  Eli  Corwin,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Rev.  William  L.  Jones,  San  Juan  (South),  Cal. 
Rev.  John  A.  Jones,  Spring  Ranch  (Little  Blue), 

and  vicinity.  Neb. 
Rev.  James  (;hew.  Ottawa,  Kan. 
Rev.  Alva  A.  Huro,  Muscotah,  Kan. 
Rev.  Elihu  P.  IngersoU,  Milford,  Kan. 
Rev.  William  C.  Stewart,  Seneca,  Kan. 
Rev.  William  M.  Weld,  Marine,  Minn. 


1  Rev.  Frederick  Crang,  Franklin,  Tallyrand,  Web- 
I     ster,  and  one  out-station,  Iowa. 
I  Rev.  wniiam  H.  Hayward,  Magnolia,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Edwin  8.  Hill,  AUanUc,  Iowa. 
I  Rev.  Robert  Hunter,  NcvInviUe,  Iowa. 
<  Rev.  John  II.  Cameron,  Markesan,  Wis. 
Rev.  J.  W.  Donaldson,  Hancock,  Coloma  and  vi- 
cinity, \5'i9. 
Rev.  Simon  Spyker.  Sextonville,  Willow  Creek, 
Lone  Rock,  Little  Willow  Creek  and  vicinity. 
Wis. 
Rev.  Albert  O.  Wright,  New  Lisbon,  Wis. 
Rev.  Cyreneus  N.  Coulter,  Banks  and  vicinity, 

Mich. 
Rev.  John  S.  Kidder,  New  Haven  and  Chester- 

field.  Mich. 
Rev.  John  Maile,  Johnstown  and  vicinity,  Mich. 
Rev.  Alfred  P.  Johnson,  Woodstock,  HI. 
Rev.  John  A.  Davies,  Pisgnih,  Ohio. 
Rev.  George  Pierce,  Jr.,  Paterson,  N.  J. 
Rev.  Stealy  B.  Rosslter,  Bllxabethport,  K.  J. 
Rev.  Albro  L.  Greene,  Richford,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  George  Hardy,  Potsdam  Junction,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  William  Macnab,  West  Newark,  N.  Y. 


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RECEIPTS  IN  SEPTEMBER,  1871. 


60 


40 


MAINE- 

Kennebank,  Union  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W. 

E.  Darling,  $47 

South  Berwick,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Parish, 

by  J.  Plomer,  M 

NBW  HAMPSHIRE— 

Received  by  L.  D.  Stevens,  Treas.,  N. 
H.  M.  Soc : 
Derry,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
to  const  D.  D.  Anderson  a  L.  M.,       42 

Claremont,  A  Friend,  S 

Fitzwilliam.  On  account  of  Legacy  of 
Dexter  Whittemore,  by  Joel  Whitte- 
more,  Ex.,  400  00 

Mason,  Martha  J.  Merriam,  deceased, 
to  const.  Edmund  Merriam  a  L.  M.,        80  00 

Milford,  Lozacy  of  Rev.  Humphrev 
Moore,  D.D.,  by  QeorgeA.  Ramsdell, 
Ex.,  GOO  00 

MASSACHUSETTS— 

Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc.,  by  S.  T.  Far- 
weU,  Treas.,  1,500 

Hadley,  Ladies'  Sew.  Soc.,  of  the  Rus- 
sell Cong.  Ch.,  by  Abby  P.  Wilder, 
Sec.. 

LanesDoro,  A  Female  Friend  of  Mis- 
sions, 

Lowell.  J.  M.  O., 

Milforo,  Legacy  of  Sophia  Jones,  by  G. 
B.  Pierce,  Ex., 

Wellesley,C.*A, 

Weslboro,  Ladies'  Sewing  Circle  of  the 
Evan.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Miss  Susan  M. 
Hardy,  Treas., 


00 


8  00 


6  00 


CONNECTICUT— 


Bolton,  Friends,  by  Rev.  W.  B.  B. 
Moore,  2  00 

Bridgeport,  Bequest  of  Dea.  Qeorge 
Sterling,  by  Edward  Sterling,  1,162  60 

Derby,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  L.  D.  San- 
ford,  Treas.,  89  86 

Ooshen,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  F.  M.  Double- 
day,  8  00 

OrauDT,  Dea.  Bartholomew  and  Mrs.  L. 
A.  ^entley,  4  00 

Greenwich,  Stillson  Benev.  Soc.,  by 
Mrs.  Edward  Mead,  Treas.,  to  const 
Mrs.  Augustus  Mead,  Mrs.  Elnathan 
Mead,  Mrs.  Lockwood  Clark,  Mrs. 
Henry  Kane,  Mrs.  Joseph  Mead, 
William  Henry  Mead  and  George 
Scofleld  L.  Ms..  620 

Groton,  A  Friend,  8 

Guilford,  A  Friend,  100 

Hartford,  On  account  of  Legacy  of  Al- 
fred Smith,  by  U.  A.  PerklnH,  Ex.,     2,600 


A  Friend,  600 

Kent.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  Fuller,  64 

Mystic  Bridge.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 

U.  C.  Holmes,  28  98 

New  Haven,  On  account  of  Legacy  of 

Mrs.   Frances  Bradley,  by   Atwatcr 

Treat  Ex., 

Legacy  of  Gains  F.  Warner,  by  H.  A. 
Warner,  Adm.,  1,000 

Elihu  Atwater,  100 

New  London,  First  Cong.  Ch»  X.,  60 

TerryvlUe,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  H.  Stongh- 

ton. 


1,000  00 


Thomaston,  Cons.  Ch.,  by  P.  Darrow, 
to  const  Samu^  I.  Taylor  a  L.  M., 


Washington,  Wait  Abemelhy,  by  C.  L. 

Hickox,  to  const.  Arthur  B.  Aber- 

nethy  and  Mrs.  Aurelia  Lambert  L. 

Ms.,  $60  00 

West  Hartford,  Indies'  Sew.  Soc,  by 

Mrs.  L.  W.  Selden,  Sec,  6  00 

West  Suffield,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 

C.H.King,  *  '      1160 

Woodbury,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  L.,  60  00 

NEW  YORK— 

Adams,  Mrs.  L.  H.  Wright,  by  Mrs.  L. 

Kellogg,  1 00 

Austerlltz.  Rev.  David  8.  Morse  and  wife 
(credited,  by  mistake,  in  the  last  Hifme 
MisiUmary^  to  Rev.  David  8.  Mitchell 
and  wife,  25  00 

Baiting  Hollow,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A. 

W.Allen, 
Fairport,  Cong.  Ch^  by  J.  R.  Howard, 
Frewsburg,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  Bix- 

by, 
Keeseville,  Mrs.  C.  Andrews, 
Little  Valley,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

C.  L.  Mitchell, 
Malone,  On  account  of  Legacy  of  L.  8. 

Cotton,  by  G.  C.  Cotton,  Ex., 
New  Lots,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L.   C. 

Lockwood 
New  Yorkiblty,   Harlem   Cong.  Ch., 

mon.  con.,  by  W.  W.  Ferrler,  Treas., 

A  Friend,  "  To  the  most  needy  indi- 
vidual," 
Potsdam  Junction,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  G.Hardy, 
Poughkeepsie,  John  Scofleld, 
Richford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  L. 

Greene, 
Richville,  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D. 

Jones, 
Rutland!,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  Rev. 

L.  W.  Chaney, 
Westmoreland,  Cong.    Ch.,    byJA.  S. 

Brower, 

NEW  JERSEY— 
Montclair,  On  account  of  L^racy  of  Ze- 

nas  Baldwin,  by  N.  O.  Baldwin,  Ex., 
Orange  Valley,  Cong.  Ch.,  $207.76;  Rev. 

G.  B.  Bacon,  $25,  by  A  Carter,  Treas., 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA— 
Washington.  Legacy  of  Daniel  Morrill, 
by  B.  R.  CatUn, 

FLORIDA— 

A  Friend, 
iOHIO— 

Brownhelm,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  R. 
C.  Perry, 

Greenwich,  Marcus  E.  Mead, 

Nelson,  Harvey  Pike,  by  Rev.  H.  Mat- 
son. 

PIsgah,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Davies, 

Rawsonville,  Rev.  G.  Dana.  $6 ;  A.  A. 
BlHbie,  $2 ;  W.  McGraw,  ti^hy  Rev. 
G.  Dana, 

Tallmadgc,  Rev.  John  Seward,  to  const. 
Mrs.  Amanda  P.  Rhodes  a  L.  M., 

WeUIngton,  C.  F.  West, 

INDL\NA- 

Indianapolis,  Mayflower  Cong.  Ch..  to 
const  Rev.  G.  W.  Bainum  a  L.  M., 
by  Rev.  G.  W.  Bainum,  42  60 


760 
40  00 

10  00 
1  00 

16  00 

160  00 

700 

10  82 

25  00 

22  60 
1  26 

16  25 

9  81 

47  10 

12  00 

800  00 

232  76 

60  00 

100  00 

17  15 
200 

260 
600 

11  00 

80  00 
1  00 

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ILLINOIS— 

Chicago,  New  England  Cong.  Ch.,  by  O. 

B.  «.,  $100  00 

E&H  Lisbon,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  W. 

Curtie.  6  00 

Gnlva,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.,  by  Rev. 

R.  1§.  G.,  10  60 

LufUow,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  E. 

Everest,  15  00 

Oak  Park,  Miss  Mary  McDougall,  2  00 

Pay  son,  Cong.  Ch.,  $40.15;  D.  Robbins, 

$10,  by  D.  liobbius,  50  15 

Roscmond.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  T. 

Bering,  40  85 

Sandwich,  Cong  Ch.,  to  const.  8.  B. 

Stimson  and  Rev.  C.  A.  Towle  L.  Ms.,  60  00 
Winnebago,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  M. 

Daniels,  65  00 

MISSOURI— 

Hamilton.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G. 
G.  Pcrkljis,  la  00 

MICHIGAN— 

Received  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Williams : 
Alpena.  Cong.  Ch..  $8t  00 

Battle  Creek,  Presb.  and  Cong. 

Ch.,  19  06 

Mrs.  A.  Dickenson,  6  00 

Chariotte,  Cong.  Ch.,  16  94 

Mrs.  Esther  Alfred,  5  00 

South  Haven,  Cong.  Ch.,  16  47 

Received  by  Rev.  L.  Warren : 

Manistee,  Cong.  Ch., 
Benton  Harbor.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 

P.  Welton. 
Bridgeport,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

W.  Fitzmanrlce. 
New  Baltimore,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  H.  U.  Van  Aukcn, 

WISCONSIN— 

Received  by  Rev.  D.  Clary : 
Geneva,  Prefrb.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.  by 
Rev.  E.  G  Miner, 

Received  by  Rev.  F.  B.  Doe : 
Fond  du  Lac,  Cong.  Ch..  $118  05 

West  Eau  Claire,  Cong.  Ch.,       22  25 

Augnsta,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

G.  Taylor, 
Raymond,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  U. 

Parsons. 

IOWA— 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  Onernsey,  D.  D. : 

Dubaque,  Cong.  Ch..  mon.  con., 
Buflalo,    Cong.    Ch.,   by   Rev.    L.  W. 

Brintnull, 
Beacon,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D.  Thomas, 
Cedar  FallH,  Conjr.  Ch.,    $13.50;    Mr. 

Spauldiu;:.  $19.25.  by  Rev.  C.  Gibbs 
Cherokee,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  F. 

Rose. 
Hiliaboro,  Cong.  Ch.,  $2.86;  John  Ham- 
mond, $5 ;  8alem,  Cong.  Ch.,  $4.65, 

by  Rev.  J.  S.  Barris, 
JameHtown,  Cong.  Ch.,  $21.87:  Went- 

worth,  Cong.  Ch.,  $8.13,  by  Rev.  W. 

F.  Harvey. 
Shell  Rock  Falls.  Mrs.  E.  ^l.  Mason,  by 

Rev.  J.  D.  Mason, 

MINNESOTA— 

Received  by  Rev.  R.  Hall : 
Northfleld,  Central  Cong.  Ch., 


99  47 
46  SO 
10.25 
12  62 

aioo 


18  70 


Austin,  Union  Cong.  Ch..  by  H.  W. 

Page,  Treas.,  $34  21 

Brownsville,  Mrs.  Sarah  M.  McHose,  4  50 

Glcncoe,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  8.  H.  Kel- 

'oggi  '  ^ 

Minncapoli8,V}nc  Street  Cong.  Ch.,  $16; 

Lvmau  B.  Gorham,  $10,  by  Rev.  P. 

Fay,  25  00 

KANSAS— 

Baxter  Springe,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 
S.  Shattuck,  10  00 

Council  Grove,  Cong.  Ch^  $14.15 :  Dia- 
mond Springs,  Cong.  Ch.,  $15.85,  by 
Rev.  L.  llariow,  80  00 

Tonganoxie,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
H.  E.  Woodcock,  20  00 

NEBRASKA— 

Avoca,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F.  Alley,  16  00 

Cedar  Bluflfe,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 

Giddings,  13  25 

Lincoln,  First  Cong.  Ch..  by  Rev.  L.  B. 

Fifleld,  10  00 

HOME  MISSIONARY.  18  60 

$12,525  75 


Donaiiorti  qf  Chthinff,  tie. 

Goshen,  Conn.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  F.  M. 

Doubleday,  a  barrel,  $80  00 

Granby,  Conn.,  Dea.  Bartholomew  and 

Mrs.  L.  A.  Ben  tie V.  a  half  barrel,  49  21 

Guilford,  Conn.,  Ladies  of  the  First  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  Sarah  Brown,  a  box.  275  00 

Hadlev,  Mast..  Ladies'  Sew.  See.  of  the 

Russell  Ch.,  by  Abby  P.  Wilder,  Sec.,  a 

barrel,  121  65 

Westboro',  Mass.,  Ladies'  Sewing  Circle, 

Evan.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Miss  Susan  M. 

Hardy,  Treas.,  a  barrel.  107  45 

Worcester  Mass.,  Ladies^  Sewing  OirdO 

of  the  Salem-fetreet  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.  P. 

Draper,  a  box,  9S  70 


Receipts  qf  the  Connecticut  Home  Missionary  S9- 
141  20      <^^i/  '^  Septtinber,  E.  W.  Parsons,  Treat. 


700 

44  00 

24  00 

10  00 

885 

32  75 

7  00 

12  50 

CO  00 
2  00 

28  85 


Black   Rock,   Cong.   Ch.   by  A.  Allen, 
;     TreaP.,  $25  00 

Colchetiter,  Cony.  Ch.,  by  E.  Ransom.  258  00 

I  Durham  Center.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  F.  T.  J.,  8  00 

,  East  Haddani.  Millington  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  A.  C.  Beach,  12  00 

[(Jreenwich,  Cong.  Ch.,  L.  P.  Hubbard, 
I     Treat*.,  108  21 

■  Hartford,  Fourth  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  R. 

Loomi",  60  88 

Litchfield.  Cong.  Ch..  by  H.  R.  Colt,  202  00 

Lviiie,  rons.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  T.  Burr.  61  67 

!M!iddletown,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  E. 
i     Sawyer,  137  62 

'  Middletown,  South,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  Dan- 
I     fortli.  190  00 

I  Northford.  Con^'.  Ch.,  by  F.  T.  J.,  40  00 

South  Olastenbury,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  D. 

Hale,  16  48 

SouthiMrtoD.  A  Friend,  600  00 

South  Meriden.  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const.  Rev. 

J.  H.  V(  rce  a  L.  M.,  30  00 

West  Hartford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  T.  Brace, 
Trea«.,  of  wh.  $100  from  Charles  Bos- 
well,  to  const.  Newman  Sears.  L.  H. 
Francis  and  J.  M.  Griswold  L.  Ms..  262  TO 

$1,911  99 


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APPLICATIONS  FOR  AID. 

Feeble  congregations,  desirmjjr  aid  in  supporting  the  gospel,  are  requested,  ia 
their  applications,  to  make  full  statements  of  tlieir  condition  and  prospects,  and  of 
the  reasons  for  granting  their  requests.  They  are  desired,  also,  to  furnish  the 
following  particulars,  namely : 

The  population  of  the  place. 

The  name  of  the  church  or  congregation. 

The  number  of  communicants,  and  the  average  number  of  attendants  on  pub- 
lic worship. 

The  denomination  and  size  of  congregations  immediately  contiguous,  with  the 
distance  to  their  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  which  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  given  time,  and  the 
arrangements  that  are  made  for  securing  it. 

Whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 

The  least  atnount  that  will  suffice  from  this  Society. 

The  name  in  full  and  post-office  address  of  the  minister  for  whom  a  commission 
ia  desired. 

His  credentials. 

Whether  he  is  a  resident  of  the  place  in  which  he  preaches,  and  is  engaged  in 
any  other  calling  than  that  of  the  ministry. 

Whether  he  is  the  p^tor  of  the  church,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangements 
are  made  or  contemplated  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  the  year. 

The  application  should  be  signed  by  the  officers  of  the  church,  and  by  the 
trustees  or  a  committee  of  the  congregation. 

If  the  ecclesiastical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  have  a  "  Com- 
mitte?  of  Missions  "  to  act  in  their  behalf,  the  members  of  this  Committee  are  the 
proper  persons  to  certify  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  minister, 
and  his  prospects  of  usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  services  are  desired ;  and  the 
application  should  be  sent  to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation. 
Where  no  such  "  Committee  of  Missions  "  exists,  the  application  should  receive  the 
indorsement  of  two  or  more  neighboring  clergymen,  of  the  same  denomination, 
acquainted  with  the  facts. 

Applications,  after  being  properly  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  be  sent  to 
the  Superintendent  (or  Secretary  of  the  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  appli 
cants  reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriations  are  for  twelve  months  from  the  date  oftk^. 
application  ;  at  the  end  of  wnich,  if  further  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must 
bie  made,  containing  all  the  particulars  above  stated,  and  indorsed  and  recommended 
in  like  manner. 

Each  wngregaiion  applying  for  renewed  aid,  should  furnish,  also,  the  certificate 
of  the  missionary  that  they  hade  fulfilled  their  previous  pledges  for  his  support. 

The  address  of  the  Society's  Superintendents  and  the  Secretaries  of  its  Auxil- 
iarit's  will  be  found  on  the  cover  of  its  Reports  and  of  the  Home  Missionary. 

THE  HOME  HISSIONAAT. 

The  Home  Missionary  will  be  sent  gratuitously  to  the  following  classes  of  in- 
dividuals, unless  they  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers : 

To  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Missionaries  of  the 
Society  and  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clergyman  in  whose  congregation  a  collection 
is  taken  up  every  year  for  the  Society,  or  one  of  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  individual 
who  ctmtributes  ten  dollars,  or  upward,  during  the  year.  To  every  Auxiliary,  Asso- 
ciation, or  Congregation,  one  copy  for  every  ten  dollars  collected  and  paid  into  the 
Treasury  of  the  Society,  or  of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  confer  a  special  favor  by  availing  himself  of  the  facilities 
offered  above  to  introduce  the  Home  Missionary  among  his  people.  In  notifying  the 
Secretaries  of  his  desire  to  have  the  work  sent  on  these  terms,  he  is  requested  to 
mention  the  nam^  of  some  person  to  whom  each  copy  shall  be  addressed. 

The  Secretaries  will  be  grateful  for  early  notice  of  discontinuances,  or  cJianges 
in  the  pynt-offlce  address  of  subscribers. 

FOBM  OF  A  BEaXTEST. 

I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trust,  to  pay  over 

the  same  in  after  my  decease,  to  the  pers  >n  who,  when  the  same  is 

payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  American  Home  Mi.ssionary  Society,  formed  in 
l!ie  city  of  N«%w  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty^ix,  to  be  applied  to 
the  charitable  uses  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


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1871. 


AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOR  PLACE,  NEW  YORK. 


Secretaries  for  Oorrespond^nee, 


Rbv.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.l)., 
Rkv.  DAVID  B.  COE,  D.D., 
Rev.  ALEX.  H.  CLAPP,  D.D., 

Mk.  WILLIAM  HENRY  SMITH,  Trfomrer. 


EzBCUTivB  Comjcitteb:— Mb.  WILUAM  G.  LAMBERT,  CTudrman;  Mr,  C.  B.  ROBERT; 
Bfn.  SIMEON  B.  CHITTENDEN;  Rbv.  RICHARD  S.  STORR8,  Jr.,  D.D.;  Rmr.  WILLIAM 
I.  BIT^INOTON,  D.D.;  Mr.  CALVIN  C.  WOOLWORTH;  Mr.  CHARLES  ABERNETHY; 
Mr.  JOHN  B.  HUTCHINSON;  Rev.  HENRY  M.  8TORRS,  D.D.;  with  the  mombers  ex-offido— 
vlx:  AUSTIN  ABBOTT,  Esq.,  Recording  Secretary,  the  Trbasurbb,  and  the  Sbcrbtariks  fob 
C0BRB8PONDEKOB. 

COMMUNICATIOKS 

Relatlag  to  the  business  of  the  Society  generally,  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the 
Secretaries  for  Correspondence. 

DONATIONS  AND  SUBSCKIPTIONS, 

In  Drafts,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Post-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  s^nt  to 
the  Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  p^fcSient  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  lime  constitutes  a  Life  Member ;  and  of  one 


frmdred  dollarg  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  addition  to  a 
(lundred  dollars),  a  Life  Director. 


previous  payment,  makes  one 


SECBETABIES  AND  TBEASXTBEBS 

OF  THE 

PRINCIPAL    AUXILIARIES. 

Rev.  Stephen  Thurston,  D.D.,  Secretary,  Maine  Miss.  Soe.,  Searsport,  Me. 

Joshua  Maxwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "         "        "    Portland,  Me. 

Hev.  William  Clark,  D.D.,  Sec,  Kew  Hampshire  Miss.  Soc.,  Ajnherst.  N.  H. 

LY.MAN  D.  Stevens,  Esq.,  Treasurer,        "  "        "    Concord.  N.  H. 

K(»v.  C.  S.  Smith.  Secretary,  Vermont  Doyn.  Miss.  Soc,  Montpelier,  Vt. 

C.  W.  Storrs,  Esq.,  Treasurer, 

Kev.  H.  B.  Hooker,  D.D.,  Sec,  Mass.  H.  M.  Soc.,  81  Washington  street,  Bt>8ton»  Masa. 

Stephen  T.  Farwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    *' 

Rev  James  G.  Vose,  Secretary,  R.  L  Hanu  Miss.  Soc.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Edwin  Knight,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    " 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary.  Conn.  Home  Miss.  80c.,  Berlin.  Conn. 

E.  W.  Parsons.  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "  "        **        "     Hartford,  Conn. 

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Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart,    New  York  City. 
Rev.  Lysander  Kelsey,  Columbus,  O. 
Kev.  Nath'l  a.  Hyde,      Indianapolis.Ind. 
Kev.  Joseph  E.Roy.D.D.,  Cliicajro,  111. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Turner,  Hannibal,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  B.  WrLLi.\M8,      Charlotte,  Mich. 
Rev.  Leroy  W.vrren,      Pentwater,  Mich. 
Rev.  Dexter  Clary,        Beloit,  Wis. 


Rev.  Franklin  B.  Doe,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis. 

Rev.  J.  Guernsey,  D.D.,  Dubuque,  la. 
Rev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett,  Des  Moines,  la. 

Rev.  Richard  Hall,  St.  Paul,  Minn, 

Rev.  James  G.  Merrill,  Topeka,  Kan. 

Rev.  O.  W.  Merrill,  Nebraska  City,I 

Rev.  James  H.  Warren,  San  FrancisoQi^C 


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CONTENTS. 


PAOB 

THB  HOMB  MI88I0NABY  WORE  IN 
IOWA 181 

MISSIONARY  INTELLIGENCE. 

Washington.  — Prom  Ute,  J.  F.  Da- 
mon^ Seattle— Present  Hindnncef.— 
Future  Promisee 187 

California.— From  net.  o.  a.  Eott^ 

Lincoln.— Working  amid  Difflcnlties  ..  188 

From  R$t.  J.  T.  Wllit,  Eureka.— Self- 
Suauining 189 

Nebraska.— From  n«v.  J.  J.  A.  T. 
Dixon,  Inrington.— Hifi  New  Field.— 
A  Working  Church.— Timely  Gift 189 

From  Jliv.  Jf.  FotUf\  Plattamouth.— Vis- 
itation and  Street  Preaching.— Cheer- 
ing GifU 190 

From  /?#r.  J.  A,  Jorut^  Sutton.- Frontier 
Sxperienc«t 190 

Kansas.- From  y?<v.  H.  a.  Brttndidgt^ 
Cottonwood  FaUs.— Rallying.— A  Sha- 
ky Plact 191 


rAoi 

From  «#».  F.  T.  Inyalls,  Olathe.— Year's 
Progress 192 

Minnesota.— From  Pev.  S.  Jlall,  Sauk 
Rapids.— After  Forty  Years 199 

From  Jfiv.  A.  C.  Lathrop,  Glenwo«d.— 
Hard  Fight,  hut  Succesef nl 193 

Iowa.— From  Hit.  W.  J.  Smith.  Alden. 
New  Settlers.— Debts 194 

From  Ret.  M.  Rowley,  Eddyville.— Pur- 
suing     194 

From  Rev.  J.  W.  Put,  Fontonello 195 

Wisconsin.  *-  From  Rev.  J.  Jameson, 
Muscoda.- Trial  of  Faith 195 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Thi  Tbsasubt 196 

Thb  Gbbat  Fibbs 198 

Thb  Cbnt  Institution 199 

Vacation  in  Mexico 193 

MieeUjnary  AppointmmU SOI 

Actnowledgment  ofReceipte..^ ^1 


PUBLISHED  BY 

THE  AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOR  PLACE.  NEW  YORK. 
PRICE,  FIFTY  CENTS  A  YEAR  EN  ADVANCE. 


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AISSIOXAliY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  Clotliiug,  seut  directly  and  without  any  particular  deolgnation,  to  tk 
office  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  such  mission 
ftries  as  are  known  to  be  most  in  need  of  them',  with  requests  from  the  Society  to 
thocQ  who  receive  them,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective 
donors. 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  individual  or  association,  intending  to 
prepare  a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  missionary  desigrnated,  and  a 
detailed  account  of  the  circumstances  of  his  family  given,  the  information  is  not  always 
at  hand,  so  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when 
it  is,  it  not  unfrequently  hapi>ens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  the  missionary  re- 
mains for  months  unsupplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  mijrlit bo 
furnlslied  with  articles  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society,  k 
other  cases,  while  the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from 
other  sources,  so  tliat  when  the  box  is  ready,  tliis  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want 
aa  many  others. 

It  is  preferretl,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  dononj, 
that  the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  la- 
dividual  in  particular,  should  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Society, 
c^er  they  reach  the  office.  It  is  believed  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  the 
designs  of  those  who  generously  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which 
the  Society  can  have  an  agency. 

DIBECTIONS  FOB  FORWARDING. 

1.  Put  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  tho  box  is  opened,  a 
paper  or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  with  the  name  of  the  in- 
dividual or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  tho  address  of  the  individual  to 
whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent. 

2.  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  mdmorandum  put  inside  the  box  should  be  sent  to  a 
ietter  to  the  office  of  the  Society.  This  copy  should  state  the  estimated  value  of  the 
contents,  and  the  wit  of  adults,  with  the  ages  owrf  «ca;  of  children,  for  whom  die 
clothing  is  intended.  Tho  letter  should  also  state  when,  and  by  what  conveyance, 
the  box  was  forwai-ded,  and  in  it  should  be  inclosed  such  money  as  is  intended  for 
the  payment  of  freight.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  i)rovided  for  in  all 
cases,  if  practicable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  $3  to  (6,  accord- 
ing to  its  size  and  the  distance  it  is  sent.  A  harrel  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense 
than  a  box  of  the  same  size. 

3.  The  box  should  be  fully  and  plainly  marked,  and  tlie  place  from  tcJiicJi  it  cmei 
should  ALWAYS  appear  on  the' outside,  so  that  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening 
it  at  the  office.  It  should  be  strong,  tight,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  Iw 
hooped,  or  otherwise  fully  secured  against  the  effects  of  hard  usag^  on  the  \vay. 

4.  Boxes  may  bo  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor 
Place,  New  York. 

KO  PART  OF  A  MISSIONARIES  SALARY. 

Boxes  of  clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  reornlar  appropriation.  Tho 
Society  needs  the  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptly  its 
stipulations  with  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  Le  no 
favor  to  a  missionary  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  nmoimt  of  money 
that  would  otherwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionally  diminished. 

Wo  trust  tho  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary',  therefore,  will  every  where  poc  to 
it  that  they  give  none  tho  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  giving  other  things 
that  are  needful  and  convenient.  \Vo  hope,  on  tho  contrary,  their  Fvmpathirs  will 
be  so  awakened  in  the  j^repamtion  of  the  lesser  ffift,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  bo 
their  privilege,  not  only  to  cbhtinuc,  but  also  to  enlarge  tho  greater. 

SUGGESTIONS  AS  TO  THEIR  CONTESTS. 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  Into  the  box,  whilo  clothing  of  woollen  or  linen 
fabrics,  shoes,  boots,  writin<:r  paper,  and  books  will  be  specially  valuable,  scarci'ly 
any  thin^  in  the  shape  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  wliica 
is  of  common  use  in  any  form  in  a  family,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  foiks, 
spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of  cotton,  a  skein  of  vam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles, 
a  cake  of  wax.  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a  thimble,  a  tumbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skimmer,  or  a 
pepjior  box,  nee<l  not  bo  left  out. 

When  articles  of  ch^tliing  arc  not  fitted  to  tho  members  of  the  families  to  which 
boxes  arc  sent,  missionaries  arc  in  tho  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  other 
that  almost  every  thing  which  a  box  may  contain  is  turnod  to  good  account 


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THE  HOME   MISSIONAEY. 

Go, Pkeacu  tlie  Uospki Mark  xvi.  15. 

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THE  HOME  MISSIONARY  WORK  IN  IOWA. 

Frona  Rjpsrt  to  ti3Q3a)r.\l  AiiOihtiDi,  hj  R3V.  J2332  GjEaN3sr,  D.  D.,  Superintendent. 

One  hundred  and  twelve  laborers  in  Iowa  bore  the  coinmisaion  of  the  Amer- 
ican Home  Missionary  Society,  within  the  year;  sixteen  Congregational 
chorches  were  organized,  and  a  considerable  preliminary  work  was  done,  look- 
ing to  early  organization,  in  quite  a  number  of  localities  previously  unoccupied 
by  any  agency  of  our  denomination.  In  some  of  these  new  fields  we  were  "  in 
advance  of  all  others,"  but  this  proved  to  be  no  protection  against  the  multi-. 
plication  of  sects  through  the  organization  of  churches  of  other  names.  Those  ^ 
who  have  been  connected  with  other  Christian  bodies  and  cherished  a  life-long 
conviction  of  their  special  excellences,  and  in  some  cases  of  their  exclusiv«^- 
divine  sanction,  seem  to  be  very  slow  in  arriving  at  that  peculiar  measure  of 
enlightenment  and  Christian  grace,  requisite  to  enable  them  to  see  that  toe 
ahne^  of  all  the  denominations  into  which  the  body  of  Christ  is  divided,  are 
not  a  Beet ;  that  ours  is  the  one  Apostolic  system  of  church  order,  under  which 
all  true  believers  in  the  exercise  of  a  large  liberality,  and  the  enjoymept  of  a 
large  liberty  of  faith  and  practice,  are  reasonably  expected  to  unite !  They  are 
80  blind  for  the  most  part,  as  not  to  recognize  the  obligation  to  ignore  their 
past  church  relations,  and  with"  one  consent  enlist  under  the  primitive  banner 
of  Congregationalism  I  Even  the  proposition  to  leave  out  of  the  creeds  of  the 
churches  we  organize,  the  distinguishing  features  of  the  faith  that  has  been 
identified  with  our  denominational  history,  and  to  make  these  creeds  as  broad 
as  the  broadest  evangelical  Christianity,  has  failed,  and  seems  likely  to  fail,  of 
inspiring  them  with  the  proper  sense  of  their  duty  I  This  their  way  may  be 
their  folly,  but  inasmuch  as  there  seems  to  be  no  remedy  for  it  within  the  scope 
of  our  power  or  skill,  our  only  choice  is,  not  being  a  sect,  to  work  side  by  side 
with  the  sects,  very  much  as  though  we  were  one,  or  to  throw  up  the  commis- 
Bion  we  think  we  have  received  from  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  retire  from  the  field. 
Certain  convictions  of  ours,  that  the  way  of  our  churches  is  that  recognized 
and  taught  by  Apostolic  example  and  precept,  that  it  haj  proved,  and  w 
proting  itself  the  best  form  of  organization  for  the  work  of  the  Christian 
church,  and  that  it  is  a  n33e33ity  to  the  surest  and  largest  triumph  of  the 
gospel,  make  the  latter  of  these  alternatives  impossible.  We  must  therefore 
plant  churches  and  sustain  them  from  infancy  to  maturity,  where  there  are  or 
surely  will  be  other  churches,  more  or  less  of  them,  any  one  of  which  could,  in 
many  instances,  meet  the  wants  of  the  whole  community,  provided  all  the 
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Christian  element  in  it  would  join  that  one  church,  and  it  would  become  a 
Congregational  church.  Wo  mu3t  do  thia  or  cut  short  our  work  of  church  ex- 
tension, disband  multitudes  of  our  churches,  and  soon  cease  to  have  a  place 
among  the  tribes  of  Israel. 

DENOMINATIONALISM. 

It  seems  not  out  of  place,  therefore,  tp  suggest  in  this  connection,  that  the 
articles  which  some  of  our  Congregational  editors  and  other  writers,  seem  gpeci- 
ally  fond  of  writing  and  printing,  setting  forth  the  maintenance  of  small  con- 
gregations in  towns  and  villagei  in  which  there  are  several  churches  with 
"  only  material,  as  they  say,  enough  for  one  good  one,"  as  a  wicked  waste  of 
money  and  men,  are  not  pre-eminently  wise  and  useful,  and  would  be  mors 
just  and  candid  if  they  embodied,  as  they  never  do,  the  conviction  that  the 
one  in  which  the  many  should  be  lost,  is  that  in  which  these  writers  and 
editors  especially  believe.  This  would  not,  indeed,  be  exactly  in  the  line  of 
the  iounding  liheralUy  of  which  we  hear  so  much  now-a-days,  but  it  would  be 
Twnost  and  true^  and  perhaps  that  is  quite  as  much  to  the  purpose. 

lu  the  organization  of  churches,  there  are  many  considerations  that  should 
have  weight  in  determining  our  action.  We  are  not  to  be  unmindful  of  the 
existence  of  other  denominations,  nor  of  their  interests.  Some  of  these  reach 
and  inQaence  a  very  different  clasa  from  that  among  whom  our  work  is  com- 
monly done.  The  existence  of  one  or  more  of  them  in  a  community  of  con- 
siderable size,  or  having  promise  of  growth,  is  no  hindrance  to  the  organiza- 
tion, or  the  growth  of  a  Cangregationil  church.  It  comea  in  to  do  a  work 
which  they  wo  aid  never  accomplish,  though  the  field  were  left  wholly  to  their 
tillage.  It  is  by  no  means  uncommon  for  members  of  Methodist  and  Baptist 
churches,  for  example,  even  while  their  own  organizations  are  yet  weak,  to  say 
to  us  '*  we  hope  you  will  organize  a  church  ;  there  are  people  here  whom  w« 
can  do  little  for,  whose  wants  you  would  meet."  In  such  cases  their  prior  occu- 
pation of  the  ground  should  be  deemed  no  hindrance  to  us.  On  the  othei 
hand,  the  Presbyterian  church,  for  example,  finds  its  work  largely  among  the 
same  class  in  which  we  find  ours.  With  now  and  then  an  exception,  therefore, 
we  can  do  letter  for  the  cause  of  Christ  and  for  our  denominational  interests  too, 
than  to  crowd  in  an  organization,  in  a  small  place,  by  the  siile  of  a  weak  Prc3- 
byterian  church.  We  should  hinder  their  success  by  so  domg,  while  their 
prcacnce  would  doom  us  to  a  long  and  discouraging,  if  not  absolutely  fruitless, 
struggle.  The  fact  that  our  Presbyterian  brethren  have  not  always  been  con- 
siderate of  us  in  this  respect,  as  they  certainly  have  not,  has  perhaps  been  quite 
as  unfortunate  for  them  as  for  ourselves,  and  certainly  constitutes  no  sufficient 
reason  why  we  should  pursue  another  policy  than  that  here  indicated.  With- 
out laying  down  the  broad  proposition  that  we  should  never  organize  a  church 
side  by  side  with  a  Presbyterian  organization,  still  dependent  upon  missionary 
aid,  the  circumstances  must  be  rare  and  exceptional,  in  which  to  do  so  would 
be  either  just  towards  them  or  wise  for  us.  It  is  difficult  to  make  a  rule  in 
this  connection  of  universal  application ;  but,  perhaps  it  is  safe  to  say,  that  so 
far  as  the  means  and  working  force  at  our  command  will  allow,  we  should 
plant  our  churches  wherever  there  is  manifeatly  a  icorh  in  waiting /or  them  to  dc^ 
that  is,  wherever  they  will  give  the  gospel  to  the  destitute,  or  so  meet  an  ex- 
isting or  prospective  want,  as  to  become  a  permanent  and  effective  power  for 
the  salvation  of  men. ,    Especially  should  we  plant  them  where  as  yet  thers  is 


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no  Christian  church,  and  where,  as  in  places  not  a  few,  there  is  little  or  no 
Christian  character  or  influence.  In  such  places  we  are  not  to  wait  for  what  is 
technically  called  *'  Congregational  material.''  Men,  women,  and  children, 
human  8oula,  are  0:>}igrejritional  material^  and  it  is  our  work  to  mould  them  into 
the  living  stones  of  Christ's  spiritual  temple. 

SELF-SUPPORT. 

During  the  last  home  missionary  year  eight  of  the  churches  connected  with 
this  body  became  independent  of  missionary  aid.  While  it  is  gratifying:  that 
80  many  have  been  added  to  the  list  of  our  self-sustaining  churches,  there  can 
be  scarcely  a  doubt  that  there  are  as  many  more  that  with  a  liberality  and  self- 
sacrifice  no  whit  greater  than  theirs,  might  have  been  added  to  the  list.  There 
are  very  many  men  and  women  in  our  missionary  churches  whose  giving  is  of 
the  largest  sort;  but  there  are  others,  and  they  are  generally  among  those  whose 
meins  are  most  abundant,  who  fall  very  far  below  the  measure  of  their  ability; 
The  man  who  gave  ten  or  fit^ecn  dollars  towards  the  pastor's  salary,  when  he 
had  only  his  rough  cabin,  and  naked  lands,  and  was  perhaps  in^ebt  for  them, 
now  with  his  barns  bursting  with  plenty,  with  his  well  furnished  home,  his  cer- 
tificates of  bank  stock  and  his  government  bonds,  writes  on  the  annual  sub- 
scription paper,  his  ton  or  Jiftem  dMcirs  aj  bsfore^  or  pDasibly  doubles  the 
amount,  and  thinks  he  is  doing  tcondromli/  well.  There  are  some  churches  at 
leist,  with  two,  three,  or  more  men  of  this  sort,  who  if  only  they  would  con- 
tribute now  in  anythin,if  like  the  same  proportion  to  their  means,  that  charac- 
terized their  early  contributions,  would  relieve  the  missionary  treasury  at  once 
of  all  demands  for  the  support  of  their  pastors.  But  growth  of  soul  fails  to 
keep  pace  with  growth  of  means,  and  so  amid  surroundings  of  abundance  and 
wealth,  they  ask  and  receive  their  religious  privileges  as  a  charity,  and  seem  to 
comprehend  neither  the  guilt  nor  the  meanness  of  it.  **  Why  not  cut  off  mis- 
sionary aid  from  churches  whose  members  are  thus  able  to  support  the  gospel 
and  fail  to  do  it  ?  '*  Perhaps  there  has  besa  error  in  this  respect,  but  it  is  cer- 
tainly far  from  cl«ar,  when  the  mass  of  a  church  are  ready  to  come  fully  up  to 
the  measure  of  their  ability,  that  they  and  others  with  them  should  be  de- 
prived of  the  preaching  of  the  gospel  because  of  the  shortcomings  of  two  or 
throe  individuals.  Such  a  course  would  often  manifestly  work  great  injury 
and  loss.  We  are  not  prepared  to  recommend  any  general  change  of  policy, 
as  to  missionary  appropriations  in  such  cases,  but  desire  to  call  attention  to  the 
importance  of  special  endeavors  to  enforce  and  secure  a  wider  practical  recog- 
nition of  the  obligation  to  gauge  contributions  for  the  support  of  the  gospel 
according  to  the  measure  of  material  prosperity  which  God  has  given. 

While  fewer  churches  have  become  self-sustaining  than  there  would  hare 
been  if  all  the  membership  of  some  churches  had  done  their  who>  duty,  and 
the  advance  toward  se'f -support  in  many  churches  not  able  yet  to  reach  it,  has 
not  been  as  great  as  it  should  have  been,  an  encouraging  measure  of  progress 
has  been  secured.  A  large  aggregate  increase  of  contributions  for  ministerial 
support  by  the  missionary  churches  has  distinguished  the  year,  and  a  large 
proportion  of  them  have  asked  reduced  missionary  appropriations.  This  re- 
sult achieved  in  a  time  of  marked  financial  depression,  and  when  the  complaint 
of  scarcity  of  money,  and  the  diflSculty  of  collections  in  all  the  departments  of 
business  has  been  universal,  shows  that  with  proper  and  persistent  endeavor, 
the  march  towards  self-support  may  be  vigorous  and  rapid. 


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CONTRIBUTIONB. 

The  amount  contributed  by  our  churches  during  the  last  missionary  year  to 
Home  Missions  was  $8,084.00,  an  advance  of  $300  on  the  contributions  of  the 
previous  year,  and  a  fraction  over  thirty-two  cents  for  each  resident  church 
member.  It  has  a  hopeful  look  tliat  amid  th^  pressure  of  proverbially  "hard 
times "  there  has  been  procuress  ratlier  than  retrogression.  But  toe  haw  nd 
done  what  we  could.  Mor«  than  one-fourth  of  the  churches  made  no  contribu- 
tions during  the  year,  and  among  them  were  two-fifths,  or  about  twenty,  of  the 
self-sustaining  ones.  If  some  plan  could  be  adopted  by  which  the  largest  pos- 
sible number  of  givers  could  be  enlisted,  and  then  if  each  giver  could  be  asked 
to  specify  at  the  beginning  of  each  year  the  amount  he  will  give  monthly  or 
quarterly  for  this,  and  for  other  Christian  causes,  the  sum  total  of  our  giving 
would  be  greatly  augmented.  Such  a  plan,  to  be  sure,  would  involve  care  and 
labor  on  the  part  of  ministers  and  people,  but  then  what  are  churches  for,  save 
Christian  work — this,  and  every  other  ? 

MOUE  MINIBTEIIS  KBEDED. 

There  are  now  within  our  bounds  forty-five  churches  without  pastors.  Ten 
of  these  ore  self-supporting,  and  thirty-live  are  dependent  upon  missionary  aid. 
The  more  inviting  and  promising  of  these  are  in  communication  with  minis- 
ters seeking  locations,  and  for  the  most  part  will  doubtless  be  soon  supplied. 
Those  having  little  present  promise  of  grov/lh,  and  in  some  other  respects  per- 
haps unfavorably  circumstanced,  it  is  found  exceedingly  difficult  to  provide 
with  pastors.  Some  of  them — most  of  them,  are  needed  for  the  work  of  the 
Master  in  their  several  ocalities,  and  should  by  all  means  be  sustained,  even 
though  there  is  no  very  clear  prospect  that  they  can  soon  reach  the  point  of 
self-support.  Some  may,  perhaps,  be  provided  for  in  connection  with  other 
churches,  while  it  is  sadly  to  be  feared  that  others  will  be  left  to  languish  and 
die  for  the  lack  of  pastoral  care.  Nor  would  it  be  strange  if  in  the  case  of 
some  of  this  number,  through  changes  not  less  probable  than  have  occurred  in 
other  localities,  if  only  they  can  be  cared  for  and  sustained  now,  there  shonld 
be  a  future  of  prosperity  and  strength.  A  considerable  familiarity  with  the 
history  of  churches  combined  with  even  an  ordinary  measure  of  faith  in  God^B 
care  and  love  for  them,  it  would  seem,  should  make  a  true  minister  of  Christ 
exceedingly  slow  to  conclude,  even  in  forbidding  circumstances,  that  they  are 
not  worth  his  care  and  labor. 

The  hundreds  of  miles  of  railway  completed  in  our  State  during  the  last 
year,  and  the  starting  of  scores  of  villages  along  the  new  lines  of  settlement 
and  travel,  have  created  large  demand  for  the  occupation  of  new  fields.  Here 
and  there  our  stakes  have  already  been  driven,  but  we  have  made  only  a  be- 
ginning. With  men  and  means  in  adequate  sapply,  we  might  lay  the  founda- 
tions of  twice  as  many  churches  during  the  present  year  as  have  been  organized 
in  any  year  of  our  previous  history.  They  would  not  all  be  In  places  where 
Congregational  church  members  or  any  other  sort  of  church  members  in  con- 
siderable numbers  are  found,  nor  where  any  very  large  part  of  a  minister's  sal- 
ary could  in  the  outset  be  raised,  but  they  would  be  where  human  souls  are 
gathering,  and  where  Christian  institutions  planted  amid  the  beginnings  of  so- 
ciety would  promise  in  the  end  the  largest  fruitfulness  and  success.  The  new 
work  ready  for  us  now  is  only  the  merest  fraction  of  what  the  years  immedi- 
ately before  us  are  sure  to  develop.   Plans  are  on  foot  and  fast  maturing,  which 


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in  the  near  future  will  send  the  iron  horse  over  our  prairies  cast  and  west, 
north  and  south,  and  transversely,  through  four-fifths  of  our  100  counties,  and 
all  along  his  extended  track  the  populations  will  rapidly  gather,  neoding  and 
asking  for  the  bread  of  life.  The  next  five  or  ten  years  are  to  develop  in  Iowa 
a  demand  for  missionary  churches  and  missionary  workers  uncqualcd  in  any 
like  number  of  years  in  the  past,  and  characterized  by  the  most  imperious 
necessity  and  the  largest  promise.  How  is  this  coming  want  to  be  met  ?  How 
are  we  to  meet  the  necessities  already  vpon  us?  We  need  money — more,  much 
more  than  the  churchea  are  putting  into  the  treasury  of  the  Lord,  for  our 
work.  We  need  men — many  men,  devoted  and  strong ;  and  all  past  experience 
indicates  that  with  the  men  ready  and  eager  for  the  work,  the  money,  which 
is  the  Lord's,  would  be  forthcoming. 

OP  THE  RIGHT  KIKD. 

We  need  men  not  so  much  because  '*  ministers  are  scarce,"  as  because  tTiose 
are  scarce  who  are  willing  to  do  such  tcorh  as  there  is  to  be  done.  If  all  the  men 
who  have  inquired  for  fields  in  Iowa  during  the  past  year,  and  would  gladly 
have  taken  places  in  flourishing  railroad  towns  with  established  churches,  in- 
viting sanctuaries,  and  a  salary  of  from  $800  to  $2,000  a  year — if  even  those  of 
them  still  in  the  Seminary,  or  graduates  of  from  one  to  five  years*  standing, 
and  therefore  as  to  age  and  family  most  favorably  circumstanced  for  downright 
missionary  service,  could  have  been  induced  to  take  such  fields  of  labor  as  we 
had  to  ofier,  every  missionary  church  in  our  State  might  have  been  supplied 
to-day,  and  we  might  have  planted  our  standard  in  a  large  proportion  at  least 
of  the  new  localities  that  are  ripe  for  occupancy.  "  Scarcity  of  ministers!'* 
The  correspondence  of  your  Home  Missionary  Superintendents  does  not  very 
strikingly  Indicate  that^  in  any  general  sense ;  but  it  does  indicate  a  scarcity  of 
two  classes  of  ministers — ^those  who  are  equal  in  Beecherlike  attractions  to  the 
fancied  wants  of  a  few  very  ambitious  churches ;  and  those  who  are  equal  in 
Paul-like  self-denial  and  zeal,  to  the  real  wants  of  a  multitude  of  out-and-out 
missionary  fields.  The  Kingdom  of  Christ  is  not,  perhaps,  in  danger  of  utter 
rain  through  the  scarcity  of  the  first  of  these  classes,  but  that  of  the  last  must 
in  some  way  be  remedied,  or  wc  shall  utterly  fail  to  meet  the  exigencies  upon 
and  immediately  before  us.  The  experience  of  the  last  few  years  docs  not 
afibrd  any  bright  prospect  that  the  multiplication  of  students  within  any  at- 
tainable limits,  in  Theological  Seminaries  luxuriously  furnished,  located  in 
large  cities,  under  the  eaves  of  one-hundred-and-fiftf-thousand-dollar -churches, 
and  amid  fivc-to-ten-thousand-dollar-salaries,  with  other  surroundings  to  cor- 
respond, will  be  likely  to  give  us  any  large  supply  of  the  men  whom  of  all 
others  we  most  need.  The  ideas,  habits,  tastes  and  aspirations  which  an  educa- 
tion in  such  circumstances  almost  surely  secures,  are  not,  it  would  seem,  speci- 
ally adapted  to  make  men  eager,  or  even  willing,  to  find  their  work  amid  the 
sod-houses  and  log-cabins  and  rough  shanties  of  our  frontier  prairies  and  vil- 
lages, with  the  pioneer  school-house  for  a  sanctuary,  and  a  missionary  stipend 
for  pay.  It  is  not  in  human  nature  that  it  should  Le  otherwise ;  and  (hough  it 
U  in  the  nature  of  divine  grace,  the  instances  do  not  seem  to  be  many  in 
which  there  is  enough  of  that  to  secure  the  desired  result.  Partly,  perhaps, 
because  "  distance  lends  enchantment  to  the  VjCw,"  and  on  account  of  a  sort  of 
poetry  in  which  imagination  is  wont  to  invest  many  regions  of  the  orientul 
world,  and  partly  because  of  the  special  sympathy  and  heroism  which  happily 


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the  general  sentiment  of  the  churches  has  connected  with  miseonary  life  abroad, 
it  is  cisler  doubMeas  to-day,  to  enlist  our  Sejiinary  students  for  the  waiting 
fioAb  of  Asia,  than  for  the  rising  railway  towns  and  prairie  settlements  of 
the  most  recently  occupied  portions  of  our  land. 

HOW  TO  GET  THEM. 

What,  in  this  condition  of  things,  are  we  to  do  ?  What  is  there  we  can  do  ? 
We  are  by  no  means  to  care  less  for  Theological  Seminaries,  and  especially  for 
the  one  which,  par  eminents,  we  call  outb.  The  men  trained  in  these  institu- 
tions will  find  needed  work.  A  few  of  them  will  have  sfclf-denial  and  courage 
enough  for  the  sort  of  labor  whose  claims  we  are  considering,  and  perhaps 
with  special  eflforts  in  that  direction,  the  proportion  of  these  may  be  very  con- 
siderably increased.  But  whatever  may  be  hoped  for  in  this  respect,  is  it  not 
clear  that  if  our  immediate  and  close-at-hand  wants  are  to  be  met,  we  have  no 
alternative  but  to  seek  out,  in  the  exercise  of  the  wisest  discretion  at  our  com- 
mand, devoted  and  earnest  men  who,  without  the  training  of  the  schools  and 
with  a  little  wise  direction  and  help  in  the  way  of  preparation  from  our  pas- 
tors, and  a  little  experience  in  home  evangelization  work  under  their  supervi- 
sion, can  bo  qualified  for  large  usefulness  as  frontier  missionaries  ?  Accus- 
tomed, many  of  them  in  past  years  if  not  now,  to  whatever  privations  are  in- 
cident to  the  life  of  the  frontier,  they  will  not  shrink  from  them.  Knowing  the 
d'3C0uragC2ieat3  and  difficulties  that  environ  Christian  work  amid  earliest  be- 
ginnings, and  not  altogether  without  experience  and  observation,  perhaps,  of 
its  frequent  speedy  and  abundant  fruitage,  they  will  not  be  afraid  togivethem- 
selvea  to  it.  A  few  such  men  we  have  already  in  the  service;  and  for  the  most 
part  they  are  fully  realizing  the  most  sanguine  hopes  in  respect  to  their  success. 
The  number  can  be  increased.  •  The  most  effective  way  of  finding  and  devel- 
oping the  beat  talent  of  this  description  is,  doubtless,  to  enlist  our  churches 
more  thoroughly  and  systematically  in  a  work  of  Home  Evangelization — the 
work  of  carrying  the  gospel  into  the  out-lying  districts  of  their  neighborhood, 
so  many  of  which  are  largely  without  Christian  influences  and  privileges. 
This  work  is  a  neceaaity  not  only  to  the  people  of  these  districts,  but  to  the 
f  aturc  prosperity  and  perhaps  the  existence  of  the  churches  themselves.  Onr 
villagC3  and  cities  will  not  always,  as  now,  be  fed  and  built  up  by  distant  immi- 
gration. The  time  is  rapidly  coming  when  this  immigration  will  mainly  cease, 
and  their  annual  growth  must  be  largely  through  acquisitions  from  the  country 
immediately  surrounding  them.  If  the  policy  which  has  hitherto  been  too 
generally  pursued  is  continued,  and  our  rural  districts  become  practically 
hcjithen,  as  in  that  case  they  surely  will,  it  is  easy  to  see  that  streams  of  Chris- 
tian life  and  power  that  otherwise  might  flow  continually,  and  with  increasing 
volume,  into  our  city  and  village  churches,  will  be  utterly  wanting,  and  instead 
there  will  come  against  them  the  destroying  tide  of  a  godlessness  worse  than 
heathcnis  a.  Let  every  pastor  look  after  the  neighborhoods  about  him  in 
which  a  mission  Sabbath  school  would  meet  a  pressing  want,  and  find  among 
his  flock  some  young  man  to  whom  it  would  be  a  personal  joy  and  means  of 
grace  to  superintend  it,  and  through  his  exposition  of  the  weekly  lesson  or 
otherwise,  preach  the  go-pel  to  gathered  parents  and  children.  Let  him  hare 
in  school -house  or  private  dwelling,  here  and  there,  the  frequent  and  regular 
weo'i-day  and  an  occasional  Sabbath  afternoon  religious  meeting,  such  as  has 
always  been  common  in  the  rural  districts  of  New  England ;  and  for  the  main- 


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tonance  of  these  services  let  him  call  to  his  aid  one,  two,  or  three,  from  his  own 
church  who  can,  and  with  the  proper  encouragement  will  speak  e3cctivcly  to 
the  people,  of  Christ  and  his  salvation.  Let  him  have  in  a  week  day  BiV.o 
class  young  men  in  constant  training,  from  whom  selections  may  be  made  for 
such  work.  It  is  said  that  all  this  sound 3  plausible  and  well,  but  the  practical 
difficulty  is  to  find  the  men  who  are  qualified  for  this  service  and  willing  to 
engage  in  it  ?  If  there  be  difficulty,  it  is  not  insarmountab^e.  Wherever 
Christian  Associations  have  been  organized,  and  maintained  an  active  exist- 
ence, thty  find  men  for  just  this  kind  of  labor,  and  find  them  too,  it  has  been 
observed,  very  largely  in  our  churches,  and  what  they  have  done  our  pastors  and 
churches,  if  only  they  will  set  themselves  earnestly  about  it,  can  (\ofar  letter. 
This  work  done  as  well  and  as  widely  as  it  might  and  ought  to  be,  would  very 
soon  bring  to  view  a  goodly  company  of  men  who  would  make  a  grand  work- 
ing force  for  fields  that,  so  far  as  now  appears,  wo  shall  otherwise  be  utterly 
unable  to  supply. 

.  We  venture  this  further  suggestion :  that  if  in  connection  with  our  College, 
or  elsewhere,  we  could  have  some  provision  by  which  men  of  this  sort  could 
receive  a  course  of  training,  more  or  les3  extended  according  to  circum3liincc3, 
in  studies  specially  needful  for  them,  coupled  with  the  work  of  conduotiag 
religious  services  in  dejtitute  neighborhoods  about  them,  it  would  uscfally  sup- 
plement, without  interfering  with,  the  work  of  existing  agencies  for  the  edu- 
cation of  men  for  the  ministry,  and  might  do  much  toward  rejQcdying  tlio 
scarcity  of  ministers  at  just  the  point  wher^  alons  it  is  terioudt/ felt.  There  aro 
those  who  with  a  few  months  thus  spent  would  make  very  efficient  missionary 
pioneer;,  who  will  cever  go  to  a  Theological  Seminary,  for  a  "  special  *  or 
"regular"  course,  and  who,  if  they  did,  would  very  possibly  through  the  con- 
sequent development  of  new  tastes  and  ambitions,  bo  lost  to  the  work  for 
which  they  are  most  needed,  and  find  a  sottlement  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Chicago  or  Andover.  Is  it  certain  that  something  in  the  line  indicated  should 
not  be  attempted  ?  A  plan  in  this  direction  has  within  two  or  thrco  years  been 
drawn  out  somewhat  in  detail  and  discussed  among  a  number  of  our  ministers 
and  laymen,  as  a  thing  that  might  bo  found  both  desirable  and  feasible. 
Though  contemplating  provision  for  the  almost  entire  support  of  students,  and 
for  that  of  at  least  one  Inetructor,  it  was  such  as  not  to  involve  a  very  large  ex- 
penditure of  money.  Half  the  amount  requisite  to  endow  a  single  professor- 
ship in  a  Theological  Seminary,  was  deemed  sufficient.  It  may  not  bo  unworthy 
of  consideration,  at  least,  whether  this  plan  or  iomsthing  liks  it  should  not  bo 
realized. 


MISSIONARY    INTELLIGENCE. 


WASHINGTON. 
Fnm  Bn,  J.  F.  Damon,  SeattUy  King 
County. 
Present  Hindrances. 
Notwithstanding  the  disabilities  un- 
der which  a  church  must  labor  while 
without  a  consecrated  edifice, — a  build- 
ing exempt  from  association  with  the 


theater  and  dance, — our  congregations 
are  good,  with  some  increase  of  spirit- 
ual interest,  an  addition  of  five  to 
church  membrship,  and  a  reconcile- 
ment of  differences,  that  had  hindered 
our  best  usefulness  in  church  and  Sab- 
bath school. 
Owing  to  the  terribly  stringent  finan- 


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cial  condition  of  this  entire  sootion, 
many  have  been  compelled  to  go  else- 
where for  labor  to  '*make  both  end? 
meat,"*  until  better  times  here,  which 
can  hardly  be  nntil  the  terminus  is  lo- 
cated. We  are  not  disheartened ;  for 
if  we  do  our  duty,  the  promise  "  I  will 
never  leave  thee  nor  forsake  thee,"  is 
ours.  Blessed  assurance  I  How  often 
have  we  seen  it  verified  I 

My  labors  outside  of  Seattle  have 
boon  confined  principally  to  Port  Madi- 
son, from  which  place  the  proprietor 
kindly  sends  a  steamer  on  Sabbath 
afternoons,  and  where  an  intelligent 
and  attentive  congregation  of  from  40 
to  GO  await  evening  service.  I  have 
boon  able  to  visit  Port  Gamble  but 
once  during  the  ha'f-year,  when  we  had 
an  interesting  meeting. 

Future  Promise. 
God  has  reserved  this  section  of  lat- 
est deve!opaient  for  great  things ;  and 
if  we  cm  sacrifice  a  little  present  per- 
sonal comfort,  working  faithfully  and 
humbly,  exhibiting  an  earnest  Christian 
sympathy  with  the  tempted,  and  point- 
ing alone  to  Christ  as  able  by  his  grace 
to  succor,  our  duty  will  be  discharged. 
The  general  intelligence  and  activity 
of  our  population  demand  the  best 
minis^crial  ability  at  your  command ; 
and  I  would  gladly  answer  through 
you  the  many  letters  (impossible  for  me 
to  notice  otherwise),  from  clergymen  in 
search  of  location,  with  the  statement 
that  the  gospel  of  Christ,  presented  in 
its  true  character  of  simplicity,  earnest- 
ness and  power,  is  what  is  wanted  on 
Pugct  Sound ;  and  the  minister  who 
can  deny  himself  and  enter  upon  this 
work  has  the  guarantee  of  success  any- 
where. To  plant  and  water  is  our  mis- 
sion ;  a  humble  missicm,  which  we  cheer- 
fully accept.  God  is  ready  to  do  the 
rest  in  his  own  good  time.  We  are  but 
his  instruments,  and  to  him  be  all  the 
glory  I 


CALIFORNIA, 

From  Rev.    0.  A.  Ross,  Lincoln^  Plaeer 

County. 

Working  amid  Difficulties. 

Three  have  united  with  the  church 
here,  undismayed  by  the  disheartenii^ 
spirit  of  sectarianism,  and  the  difficul- 
ty of  keeping  up  prayer  meetings 
among  our  scattered  people. 

At  Roseville  there  is  some  encourage- 
ment. Steps  have  been  taken  for  or- 
j^fanizing  a  church,  though  from  differ- 
ences of  opinion  several  attempts  to 
build  a  school-house  having  failed,  the 
district  still  uses  private  property,  and 
suffers  for  want  of  room.  Of  course 
we  cannot  expect  unanimity  of  feeling 
in  regard  to  a  church  edifice  just  yet. 
But  the  little  church  once  organized, 
we  hope  soon  to  Eee  it  a  power  in 
moulding  public  opinion.  It  will  com- 
mence with  eight  souls — three  men  and 
five  women — ^representing  three  denom- 
inations. 

Since  July  I  have  labored  also  in 
Rocklin,  where  there  had  been  no 
preaching  for  about  a  year.  The  Bab- 
bath  school,  formerly  flourishing,  had 
dwindled  to  eight  pupils,  for  whom 
one  excellent  lady  was  acting  as  super- 
intendent and  teacher ;  and  this  in  a 
community  numbering  not  less  than 
twenty  professors  of  religion,  of  vari- 
ous names.  How  must  our  Saviour  re- 
gard those  nominal  disciples  whose 
jealousy  and  strife  allow  his  cause  thos 
to  languish  in  these  ends  of  the  earth  ? 

There  has  been  a  stirring.  The  Sab- 
bath school,  reorganized,  and  dnly 
officered,  has  increased  to  thirty-three 
scholars,  with  promise  of  still  greater 
enlargement.  At  the  last  prayer  meet- 
ing, our  hearts  were  made  glad  by  the 
presence  of  twenty-six.  Some  are  in- 
quiring what  they  shall  do  to  be  saved, 
and  I  have  thought  it  advisable  to 
meet  them  every  Sabbath,  and  to  spend 
a  day  in  the  week  in  visiting  fron^ 
house  to  house.  May  God  grant  wis- 
dom to  work  wisely  among  discordant 


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tlementa,    00  as  to  bring  order  out  of 
oonftision,  and     stretch  the    lines  of 
our  missionary  labor  till  they  shall  en 
circle  all  the  fold ! 


^Vwii  S&o,  J,  T,  WiUs^  Eureka,  Hum- 
ioldt  Co. 

8elf-Snstaining. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  church  and  so- 
ciety held  last  night,  the  following  res- 
olutions were  unanimously  adopted : 

Haohed,  That  in  consideration  of  the 
help  we  have  received  from  the  Ameri- 
can Home  Missionary  Society,  and  of 
its  present  pecuniary  embarrassments, 
we  declare  ourselves  a  self-sustaining 
congregation,  and  unless  compelled  by 
some  unforeseen  change,  we  will  not 
apply  again  to  that  noble  Society  for 
help. 

Besolved,  That  we  do  hereby  return 
•ur  heart-felt  gratitude  to  the  Society, 
for  its  aid,  received  in  all  the  years  of 
our  weakness  and  dependence;  that 
henceforth  we  will  most  gladly  be  co- 
Uborers  with  it,  in  the  pressing  Home 
Missionary  work  yet  to  be  done  in  the 
destitute  parts  of  our  land ;  and  that 
cor  pastor  be  requested  to  forward  a 
oopy  of  these  resolutions  to  the  Soci- 
ety in  New  York. 

To  say  that  it  affords  me  joy  to  send 
you  this  action  of  our  congregation, 
but  feebly  expresses  the  gratitude  I  feel 
to  the  great  Head  of  the  church,  for  so 
blessing  our  labors  and  strengthening 
his  cause  here. 

In  consequence  of  a  throat  trouble, 
contracted  in  this  damp  climate,  I  leave 
this  field  on  the  next  steamer.  I  shall 
preach  my  fEtrewell  sermon  next  Sab- 
bath. 

May  the  Master  send  a  man  to 
strengthen  the  work  that  remains,  and 
may  Heaven's  blessing  rest  upon  your 
Society! 


NEBRASKA. 

From  Bev,  J,  J.  A.  T.  Dixon,  Irvin^toriy 

Douglass  Co. 

His  New  Field. 

This  place  lies  in  a  most  beautiful 
valley,  forty  minutes'  drive  from  Omaha, 
and  surrounded,  like  Jerusalem,  with 
hills. 

Having  torn  ourselves  from  a  church 
endeared  to  us  by  the  toils  and  expe- 
riences of  eleven  years,  it  was  comfort- 
ing to  find  a  stranger  people  eager  to 
welcome  us  to  their  homes  and  hearts. 

I  began  labor  somewhat  depressed. 
Everything  was  new ;  we  had  only  a 
school-house  ;  the  congregation  looked 
small ;  all  seemed  so  strange,  that  my 
heart  cried  out  and  asked  if  it  was  the 
Lord's  voice  that  I  followed  in  coming. 
But  the  cloud  passed,  and  I  am  pleased 
with  the  aspect  of  things.  True,  we 
meet  in  the  school -house,  but  it  has 
been  put  in  good  order,  and  the  con- 
gregation is  as  large  as  it  will  hold. 
I  preach  also  at  two  out-stations,  three 
and  four  miles  away.  One  promising 
young  man  had  been  hopefully  con-* 
verted  and  joined  the  church. 

A  Working  Ghureh. 
I  wish  to  record  this  as  a  working 
church.  It  is  composed  of  comparative- 
ly young  men  and  women,  the  oldest 
member  being  under  50.  The  members 
have  a  mind  to  work,  and  take  the. 
right  view  of  property — that  it  is  given 
by  the  Lord,  and  to  be  used  for  him. 
While  not  one  is  rich,  they  built  a 
parsonage,  large  and  comfortable,  and 
had  it  ready  for  us,  costing  from  $1,000 
to  $1,200.  Now  they  talk  of  laying 
the  foundation  of  a  church  building, 
to  be  erected  in  the  spring.  Our 
weekly  prayer  meetings  were  well  at- 
tended, even  in  the  short  evenings  of 
summer,  with  the  heat  most  intense, 
and  the  bugs  and  musquitoes  abundant 
and  furious  beyond  description.  The 
members  divide  so  as  to  attend  Sabbath 
achools  at  three  points  on  Sabbath  af- 
ternoons; thu^  throwing  out  their  lines 


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Decombor, 


to  take  more  land  for  Jeftus.  And 
there  is  much  land  in  this  new  and  ris- 
ing State,  yet  to  be  possessed  for  him. 
As  I  look  over  these  broad  acres — so 
much  land,  capable  of  supporting  its 
teeming  multitudes,  —  I  seem  to  hear 
the  tread  of  the  coming  millions  and 
the  thunder  of  a  mighty  commerce,  in 
a  future  not  far  distant;  and  I  ask, 
will  that  majestic  tread  of  business, 
that  grand  flow  of  life,  be  consecrated 
to  Jesus  or  perverted  to  Satan?  Let 
us  now  lay  deep  the  foundations,  and 
take  this  grand  country  for  the  Lord 
and  his  Christ ! 

Timely  GWft. 
The  Ladies^  Home  Missionary  Society 
of  the  First  church  of  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  through  Mrs.  R.  Qaylord,  have 
presented  this  church  with  a  very  fine 
communion  service.  It  was  much 
needed,  and  places  us  under  many  obli- 
gations to  the  kind  donors.  You  see 
that  the  gifts  of  the  Home  Missionary 
Society  to  this  church  have  not  been 
bestowed  unworthily,  but  upon  a  people 
doing  all  they  can,  and  calling  for  aid 
only  when  there  is  no  other  way. 


From  Eec,  R,  Foster^  Plaitsmouth,  Casa 
County, 

Visitation  and  Street  Proaohing. 

There  has  been  a  large  and  steady  in- 
crease in  the  congregation  and  Sabbath 
school,  due  partly  to  extra  pastoral 
work  and  partly  to  street  preaching. 
Two  other  ministers  arranged  with  me 
to  visit  every  family  in  the  city,  and  to 
preach  on  the  ntieet  on  Sunday  even- 
ings. Accordingly,  I  have  visited  now 
about  GO  families,  in  which  I  found 
over  800  souls,  of  whom  not  more  than 
80  profess  to  be  Christians.  Nearly  as 
many  more  once  professed  Christ,  but 
have  **  fallen  from  grace." 

In  this  visitation  I  hope  I  have  lifted 
one  drunkard  out  of  the  gutter,  and 
secured  for  his  seven  children  re  igious 
and  Bchcol  privileges.  One  of  the 
most  besotted   men  in  the  city  now 


comes  every  Sabbath  to  church,  and.hi8 
erring  wife  also  comes  sometimes.  I 
am  seeking  to  lead  them  to  Christ,  in 
the  full  conviction  that  nothing  is  too 
hard  for  God. 

Visiting  an  Irish  Romanist  family, 
consisting  of  an  old  man  and  wife  and 
little  grandchild,  I  read  to  them  the 
Bible  and  prayed  with  them,  very 
much  to  their  joy,  and  was  urged  to 
come  and  see  them  again.  I  believe 
they  have  the  true  Christian  spirit,  and 
expect  to  see  them  inf  my  church.  Sev- 
eral families  now  are  in  regular  atten- 
dance upon  our  Sunday  services,  who 
tell  me  they  have  not  been  at  church 
before  for  years. 

In  our  street  preaching  we  probably 
reach  more  than  in  all  our  churches 
through  the  day.  One  man  says, 
"  This  IS  my  church ;  I  shall  go  here 
every  time,  but  nowhere  else."  The 
doors  and  windows  of  the  saloons  and 
billiard  rooms  are  often  full  of  respect- 
ful hearers.  We  think  we  see  evidences 
of  increasing  interest.  My  own  heart 
is  greatly  strengthened  in  the  hope  of 
a  revival,  during  the  first  year  of  my 
work  here. 

Cheering  Gifts. 

Our  hearts  are  encouraged  by  fre- 
quent tokens  of  remembrance  from 
triends  in  the  East.  Just  before  my 
coming  here,  the  church  received  a  very 
nice  communion  service  from  one  of 
the  churches  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  con- 
sisting of  fourteen  pieces,  which  being 
sufficient  for  this  church  and  that  in 
Crete,  was  so  divided.  We  have  recently 
received  $100  toward  an  organ,  from 
several  friends,  whom  we  wish  to  assure 
that  such  kind  remembrances  are  ap- 
preciated by  us,  and  are  a  source  of 
encouragement  and  strength. 


From  Rev,  J.  A,  Jones,  Sutton,  Ckj/  Co- 
Frontier  Experiences. 
I  have  borrowed  pen  and  ink  from 
the  freight  agent  in  a  car,  and  a  i^^ 


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board  from  a  friend,  and  in  a  shade  on 
School  Creek  am  writing  my  report. 
Leaving  my  church  and  family  in  Iowa, 
at  the  invitation  of  your  Superintend- 
ent Merrill,  I  came  to  this  frontier. 
After  preaching  one  Sabbath  in  Ash- 
land, Rev.  Mr.  Knowles  sent  me  40  miles 
with  his  missionary  ponies,  to  York 
county,  where  I  spent  a  Sabbath,  and 
found  three  Congregational  families. 
Thence  canvassing  Fillmore  county,  I 
found  enough  Puritans  to  organize  a 
church  in  the  future,  and  turned  my 
face  westward  to  School  Creek. 

My  first  night  in  a  dug-out  was 
rather  a  sleepless  one— partly  on  ac- 
count of  wicked  fleas ;  partly  on  ac- 
count of  the  noise  and  confusion  of 
catching  a  murderer;  and  partly  on 
account  of  a  fright.  At  eleven  o'clock 
a  tall  man  put  his  hand  quietly  on  my 
bed.  I  jumped  up  and  asked  him, 
"What  do  you  want,  sir?"  "The 
lady  has  given  you  her  shawl  and 
blanket,"  said  he,  "  and  I  want  one  of 
them."  "  I  have  not  too  much  cover- 
ing, but  I  will  divide  with  you,"  was 
my  reply.  I  shook  with  fear,  and  ere 
long  with  cold ;  but  no  harm  was 
meant.  In  the  morning  we  found  the 
house  desolate — the  man  gone  in  pur- 
suit of  the  murderer,  and  his  wife  at  a 
neighbor's.  The  place  where  I  had 
spent  the  night  was  not  very  inviting 
by  day-light  —  no  bedstead,  only  a 
bonch  of  ^  straw  on  the  bare  ground. 
I  thought  of  what  an  old  Irishman 
told  me,  about  a  mile  out :  "  This  is  no 
place  for  a  gentleman  to  stop ;  I  advise 
joo  to  get  into  the  best  refuge  you  can 
find,  and  leave  it  as  quick  as  you  can 
in  the  morning."  Instead  of  return- 
ing, I  resumed  my  journey,  visited  the 
family  in  the  next  dug-out,  and  as  I 
was  offering  the  first  prayer  by  a  stran- 
ger in  that  house,  a  sigh  from  the 
saintly  mother  made  me  to  feel  that  I 
was  under  the  smile  of  heaven. 

The  next  Sabbath,  on  the  Little  Blue 
river,  in  the  south  part  of  01  ay  county. 


coming  to  meeting.  A  small  church 
can  be  organized  there  soon.  I  endeav- 
or to  hold  four  places— Spring  Ranch, 
Liberty  Farm,  School  Creek,  and  Clay 
City.  I  am  the  only  regular  minister 
in  the  county,  and  the  only  one  repre- 
senting our  order  for  100  miles  square, 
I  think.  May  God  give  me  grace  and 
wisdom  to  cultivate  this  vast  field  and 
take  possession  of  it  in  the  name  of 
Christ  I 

Riding  one  day  with  a  young  man,  I 
found  that  he  was  the  son  of  a  deacon ; 
had  left  his  father  in  Illinois  three 
years  ago,  and  become  wild  and  reck- 
"  I  was  once  a  member  of  the 
church,"  said  he,  "  but  I  have  slighted 
Qod's  grace  and  sinned  against  his 
Spirit.  I  have  not  heard  the  voice  of  a 
minister  before  for  three  years."  As  I 
talked  to  him  of  the  Prodigal  Bon,  he 
promised  with  tears  to  return  to  his 
home  and  live  a  better  life.  One  man 
told  me,  "  You  are  the  first  man  that 
has  spoken  to  me  about  my  soul  and 
religion,  since  I  came  to  Nebraska.  All 
our  talk  has  been  heretofore  about  home- 
steads and  making  money."  I  find 
church  members  who  are  neighbors, 
but  have  never  talked  to  each  other 
about  religious  things.  Some  of  these 
I  have  been  the  means  of  bringing  to 
know  and  associate  with  each  other. 


KANSAS. 

From  Ret>.  H,  A.  Brundidge,  Cotton- 

xcood  FallSy  CTiaae  Co, 

Rallying. 
This  church  has  had  a  severe  strug- 
gle for  existence,  its  actual  membership 
being  only  seven,  and  members  from 
other  places  having  been  here  for  sev- 
eral years  without  connecting  them- 
selves with  or  actively  aiding  it.  The 
church  commenced  a  house  of  worship 
about  two  years  ago,  but  becoming  dis- 
couraged turned  over  their  material 
and  subscription    to  the    Methodists, 


without  reserve.    I  found  it,  therefore, 
I  was  Burpriied  to  see  aboui  ^")  persons  I  necessary  to  commence  anew — and  saw 


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Bocember, 


that,  in  order  to  assure  a  foothold  and 
Bivc  the  chuxh,  wo  muit  have  a  house 
of  our  OTn. 

It  was  like  taking  charge  of  an  army 
that  had  surreadored  and  turned  over 
its  guns  to  the  captors.  We  found, 
howcvo.-,  that  with  $jOD  from  the 
"Union "we  couM  raise  oaough  here 
to  c:e3t  a  Cf)jifortab!e,n3at  little  chapel, 
which  would  be  better  than  to  bury 
the  dead  aid  retreat.  Now  we  have 
such  a  hausc,  23  by  50  feet,  painted 
and  ready  for  the  seats.  We  have 
raised  aad  expended  the  sum  of  $755 
and  owe  about  |6C0.  The  estimated  cost 
of  the  houEO  coaiplcte,  is  $1,550.  TVc 
must  now  rest  until  our  debts  arc  paid. 
A  Shaiy  Place. 

At  Cedar  Point,  tweaty-two  miles 
frooa  Cottonwood  Falls,  I  have  organ 
ized  a  church  of  seven  members,  with 
prospest  of  immediate  acccssioDs.  Wc 
expect  to  have  an  elifice  inclose;!  and 
in  coidition  to  use  before  winter.  Thit 
is  a  hopeful  field.  The  town  is  small, 
has  good  water  pDwe:  and  mills,  three 
or  four  3t:re3,  and  is  a  natural  trading 
point.  The  spiritual  conditicn  of  tht 
station  warrants  a  cericj  of  meetings 
which  I  hope  to  commence  as  SDon  at 
"the  ague  season''  will  admit.  Man; 
of  the  peapleare  sick  with  this  disease 
6o  as  not  only  to  seriously  inteifcic 
with  the  church  enterprise,  but  evei 
the  circuit  court  adjourned  for  three 
Bucc03sive  days,  a  port  of  each  day, 
'' to  let  the  jury  shake  P' 


FromEei,  F,  T.LigalU^  Olatjey  Johnson  Co. 

Year's  Progress. 
The  first  year  of  my  labors  under  the 
auspices  of  your  Society  is  closed.  Ir 
reviewing  J^hc  progreja  made  durin£ 
the  year,  I  fi  .d  on  every  hand  occasioL 
fjr  gratitude  for  the  past  and  confi 
dcace  for  the  future.  In  one  way  and 
another  we  have  sncured  several  hun 
dred  dollars  for  the  finishing  aud  fur 
niihing  of  tho  church.  The  i^mulici 
of  the  ciiurch  have  boon  bleosed,  and 


the  rumbcr  that  attend  ocr  service  has 
largely  incrca£cl.  We  have  enjoyed 
much  spiritual  prosperity.  The  n.ciL- 
bcrs  are  united,  harmcnious,  end  a 
good  proportion  of  them  are  active 
and  zealous,  exhibiting  both  the  spirit 
and  the  acts  of  self-denial  and  self- 
sacrifice.  Our  membership  has  about 
doubled  during  the  year,  and  they 
cater  upon  the  fall  and  wintei'j  work 
witli  a  spirit  that  is  encouraging. 

I  have  just  received  a  gift  of  |S00 
from  the  church  of  my  old  home— the 
North  Congregational  Church  of  Haver- 
hill, Mass. — for  the  purchase  of  a  l»ell, 
and  that  gift  moves  the  people  to  put 
-heir  hands  into  their  pockets  to  help 
themselves  more  vigorously. 

When  our  next  application  goes  in, 
I  hope  to  show  that  they  are  making 
progress  towards  self  support.  But  it 
vS  hard  up-hill  work,  with  com  at  25 
cents  a  buslicl,  and  money  at  12  per 
cent,  interest.  I  can  pay  no  debts  till 
I  hear  from  you. 


MINNESOTA. 
Fr0:n  Ecv.  8,  UjU,  Sau^:  Bofnia^  BaUan 
Countr/. 

After  Forty  Years. 
A  rezent  sermon  on  the  subject  of 
Home  Missions,  lei  me  to  set  be.'bre  mj 
poo  pie  the  progress  which  has  been 
jiade  in  this  great  norihwestem  comi- 
ry  during  the  40  years  that  I  have  rc- 
aded  here,  and  the  great  changes  which 
vill  doubtless  occur  during  the  next  40 
/ears.  The  Society  has  done  a  nohle 
vork  for  nearly  all  the  churches  in  this 
;reat  Interior,  and  I  hope  they  will  not 
orgel  you  now  in  your  noed.  I  know 
.TO  arj  almost  all  poor  in  this  world's 
Toods,  but  if  we  are  rich  in  faith,  wo 
.hall  contrive  dome  way  by  which  wo 
;an  enjoy  the  ordinances  of  the  gospel, 
iod  helps  those  who  help  IhemscKcaL 
L  Jcnow  many  of  our  churches  could  do 
nore  for  Home  Missions  than  they  rrj 
Jolng,  if  they  would  resolutely  try.  Yoi 
probably  a  large  proportion  of  Christiani 


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here  find  it  harder  to  do  what  thoy  dn 
to  support  the  gospel,  than  most  Chns- 
tians  in  the  older  States  do  to  support 
their  churches,  missionary  ar.d  charita- 
ble socictic3. 

I  hope  you  will  not  bo  long  nor  seri- 
ously cmbarrasied  for  the  waat  of  funda. 
The  work  here,  as  elsewhere,  is  no! 
done.  The  fie'd  never  was  .so  broad  ar 
now.  The  Northern  Pacific  Railroatl 
and  its  branched,  now  in  proceia  oi 
CDnstruction  and  SDon  to  be  constructed. 
will  open  an  immense  field  for  new  en 
tcrprlso  and  commerce,  and  must  draw 
a  very  large  population  along  its  line 
If  this  population  does  not  carry  re 
ligion  with  it,  and  maintain  the  church 
and  the  school  from  the  first,  society 
will  soon  sink  into  barbarism.  Its:emr 
a3  if  God  were  bringing  together  in  thi? 
great  West  and  Northwest  all  the  na- 
tion3  of  the  world,  and  all  differen* 
religions,  to  show  Christiana  what  a 
work  he  has  for  them  to  do.  There 
will  be  work  enough  for  every  pious 
enterprising,  solf-denying  minister  you 
may  send  here,  with  the  purpose  to  do 
the  icorh  God  calls  for, 

I  sometime}  think  that  perhaps  it 
may  be  better  for  mo  to  give  pla^e  to  a 
younger  and  better  man.  If  the  Lord 
should  send  such  a  one,  I  will  cheur- 
fally  resign.  My  age  and  declining 
physical  strength  admonish  me  that 
what  remaina  for  me  to  do  in  the  min- 
istry, I  must  do  soon.  I  lore  the  work 
of  preaching  the  goipel,  and  think 
God  from  the  heirt,  that  he  ever  per- 
mitted mo  to  b3  thus  employed.  I 
loTC  it  more  than  in  the  earlier  periods 
of  my  ministry.  The  great  fundamental 
troths  of  religion  n^ver  appeared  so 
c!ear  and  convincing  and  beautiful  and 
glorious,  as  within  the  last  few  months. 
My  heart  rests  on  God's  Word  as  on  a 
rock.  I  do  liOt  see  how  any  man  can 
rejc3t  or  b2  indlfibreat  to  such  previous 
truths  as  arc  found  thore.  Be  ir  with 
what  may  seem  like  intruding  my  per- 
sonal oxpurioacy.    I  thought  you  might 


ike  to  know  how  wo  feel  while  prose- 
3utinT  our  work  here. 


Frorn,  Rev.  A.  C,  L'Chrop,  Glcnico92, 
Pope  Co, 
Hard  Fight.  But  Suocsssful. 
The  hopes  of  a  good  harvest  have 
been  sadly  blighted.  There  has  not 
been  a  good  crop  in  this  section  of  the 
State  since  I  came  to  it ;  but  this  year 
is  the  poorest  of  all.  The  early  drought 
ihrive'ed  many  fields.  Then  came 
hordes  of  devouring  grasshoppsrs,  like 
the  locusts  of  Egypt.  Last  of  all  camo 
the  threshing  hail  stonns,  thrice !  They 
beat  out  wheat  and  oatf,  and  crushed 
down  com  and  potatces.  Catt'e  were 
injured  to  some  extent,  that  had  ro 
shelter.  Wmdow-glass  was  extonsivc'y 
broken.  Some  hailstones  were  nine 
nches,  and  many  were  six  inches  in 
nrcumfcrence.  Potato  bugs  were  cr* 
:ceding  plenty,  and  then  came  tho 
2arly  frost.  Agriculture  is  properly  rc- 
-jardcd  as  the  safest  and  surest  mode 
of  obtaining  the  nocessaries  of  life,  bc- 
■ng  directly  dependent  upon  the  bless- 
ing of  Providence.  Yet  God  in  his 
wisdom  often  sees  it  best  to  disappoint 
'he  hopes  o"  the  husbandmen,  and  all 
other  avocations  suiTcr  with  them  ;  per- 
haps to  wean  us  from  earthly  insecurity, 
and  to  ts'orate  hope  in  heavenly  surety. 
We  should  bj  very  grateful  that  wo  arc 
not  left  to  the  horrors  of  famine,  and 
that,  on  the  whole,  there  is  progress 
and  success.  While  some  farmers  have 
no  crop,  yet  there  is  bread  and  seed  for 
all,  with  but  little  to  spare.  Stock  of 
all  kind  increases ;  so  beef  and  pork, 
fish  and  fowl  are  plenty.  Furs  also 
abound  in  every  slough,  though  many 
sloughs  are  utterly  dried  up,  and  old 
rat-houses  on  the  prairie  arc  high  and 
dry.  Musk-rats  have  done  more  for 
the  people  here  than  grain-fields.  They 
multiply  by  thousands  in  the  marshcr, 
lakes,  and  cat-holes.  They  constitute 
the  savings  banks  of  thee  northern 
prairies.     Were  it  not  for  them,  this 


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country  could  not  be  settled.  They! are  very  slow  in  being  improved, 
furnish  the  homesteaders  away  out  on  Emigration  no  longer  stops  in  this  re- 
the  wide  prairies  with  the  means  ofjgion.  The  few  whom  I  find  scattered 
livelihood.  Indians  and  half-breeds  eat  in  this  vicinity  are  rather  disposed  to 
the  carcasses  of  rats  and  skunks,  but  attend  religious  service  on  the  Lord's 
white  people  do  not  craw  them,  though  I  day.    And  I  think  we  may  do  some- 


they  use  them  in  extreme  cases. 

I  am  thankful  to  say  that  I  enjoy 
good  health,  perhaps  from  the  fact 
that  I  have  not  many  luxuries  ;  though 
to  the  hungry  the  plainest  food  is  the 
greatest  luxury.  Potatoes  constitute 
half  our  living,  good  living,  giving 
both  health  and  strength.  My  garden 
yields  a  plenty  of  them,  as  the  result 
of  careful  cultivation,  and  of  many  a 
battle  with  the  Nevada  bug,  of  which 
thousands  have  been  slain  by  crushing, 
burning,  scalding  and  poisoning;  a 
rather  ignoble,  but  necessary  warfare. 

I  am  now  the  oldest  minister  of  this 
region,  though  brother  Sherman  Hall, 
of  Sauk  Rapids,  is  my  senior.  Except- 
ing him  and  Mr.  Packard,  of  Anoka, 
I  am  longest  in  my  pastorate  on  the 
same  field.  I  have  been  able  to  meet 
all  my  appointments,  also  to  distribute 
books,  tracts,  and  religious  papers,  far 
and  wide,  over  my  field  in  my  visits, 
sowing  the  seed  of  the  kingdom  in 
hopes  of  a  harvest  soon.  May  nothing 
blight  it  I  May  Qod  bless  it,  though 
scattered  by  unworthy  hands  I 


IOWA. 

From  Est,  W,  J.  Smithy  Alden^  Hardin 

County, 

New  Settlers. 
I  have  established  still  another  sta- 
tion, five  miles  west  of  us,  and  expect 
to  make  it  a  permanent  point  of  labor, 
but  cannot  now  say  much  as  to  its 
promise.  The  prairie  is  in  its  primeval 
state ;  small  beginnings  are  made  here 
and  there;  shanties  and  very  small 
scattered  houses,  located  without  refer- 
ence to  traveled  roads,  indicate  the 
starting  place  of  the  pioneer.  The 
vacant  lands  are  owned  by  speculators, 
or  by  persons  living  elsewhere,  and 


thing  among  them  for  the  Master. 

Debts. 

I  will  only  say  here  with  regard  to 
our  own  pecuniary  situation,  that  we 
are  in  considerable  perplexity  from  not 
receiving  the  expected  draft.  I  have 
laid  the  subject  of  Home  Missions  be- 
fore the  church,  and  urged  the  duty  of 
more  thorough  self  denial  in  replenish- 
ing its  empty  Treasury.  I  trust  we  shall 
come  up  to  the  dollar-a-member  rule, 
though  our  part  of  the  State  is  not 
prosperous.  Our  great  incubus  is  debU. 
A  large  proportion  of  the  people  are 
deeply  involved.  The  season  now 
closed  has  been  one  of  abundant  crops 
— com,  potatoes,  oats,  vegetables  of  all 
kinds.  Even  the  hazel,  the  crab,  the 
plum,  the  hickory,  the  black  walnut, 
the  butternut,— every  tree  that  bears  a 
nut,  every  bush  that  bears  a  berry, — 
has  done  its'^utmost  to  start  the  people 
well  and  cheerfully  into  our  long,  cold 
winter. 

But  the  best  results  can  not  come, 
till  the  people  learn  to  be  more  cau- 
tious as  to  contracting  debts;  and 
when  we  go  to  them  for  aid  in  Christian 
work,  cease  to  turn  the  edge  of  our 
weapons  by  replying,  "  We  are  badly  in 
debt,  and  our  creditors  want  their 
pay." 


From  Bev,  M,  Bcncley^  JSddpvilUf  Wapd- 
lo  Co. 

Pursuing. 
Our  church  may  not  have  been  a 
grand  success  at  home,  but  it  has  ac- 
complished much  abroad.  It  has  con- 
stantly been  sending  reenforcements  to 
other  points,  and  has  planted  a  colony 
in  Missouri,  which  has  outgrown  the 
mother  church.  I  think  that  this  &«t 
should  be  borne  in  mind,  for  our  own 


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encouragement,  and  that  the  friends 
of  the  Society  may  know  that  it  has 
not  been  lifting  into  existence  and 
keeping  alive  an  unproductiTe  church. 
During  the  quarter  we  have,  by  in- 
dividual exertions,  raised  the  means  to 
put  our  church  edifice  in  fine  repair,  to 
replace  a  broken  bell  with  a  new  one 
of  the  first  quality,  and  to  procure  a. 
church  clock.  I  have  found  myself 
penniless  at  times,  and  have  been  forced 
to  borrow,  but  though  faint  I  am  still 
pursuing.  To  help  a  cause  we  so  much 
love,  it  is  not  hard  to  part  with  many 
luxuries  that  in  our  Eastern  homes,  we 
regarded  as  essentials.  I  must  think 
that  if  some  of  our  good  sisters  at  the 
East,  who  are  enjoying  abundance, 
could  look  in  upon  the  homes  of  many 
of  the  missionaries,  %nd  see  their  needs, 
their  patient  toil,  and  the  pressure 
which  this  state  of  things  brings  upon 
the  missionary  wives,  they  would  be 
even  more  quickened  in  their  efforts  to 
share  the  burdens  of  their  Western 
representatives.  Were  it  not  for  om* 
wives  and  children,  the  late  sad  word 
from  the  East — '*  An  empty  Treasury" — 
would  lose  more  than  half  its  portentous 
meaning.  But  the  work  must  go  on. 
It  is  Christ^s  work  :  "  Ee  shall  not  fail 
nor  be  discouraged ;"  nor  toill  toe  / 


From  Bev.  J,  W.  Peet,  FontenelU,  Adair 
County. 

We  have  had  the  pleasure  of  dedi- 
cating our  new  church  building  at  this 
place,  free  from  debt  To  do  this,  the 
real  friends,  who  had  already  given  all 
they  felt  able  to  give,  were  obliged  to 
double  their  donations.  But  it  was 
done  cheerfully,  for  the  most  part,  and 
we  have  now  a  comfortable  and  pleas- 
ant place  for  worship :  the  only  church 
edifice  of  any  denomination  in  the  en- 
tire county,  24  miles  square.  No  other 
church  spire  points  from  these  broad 
prairies,  within  80  miles  in  any  direc- 
tion. So  you  will  perceive  that  our 
necetaity  was  very  argent,  and  our  peo- 


ple have  done  well  in  taking  the  lead 
in  this  work. 

On  the  day  of  our  dedication  there 
reached  us  a  beautiful  communion  set, 
the  gift  of  my  beloved  friend,  Henry 
H.  Fish,  Esq.,  of  Fall  River,  Mass.,  so 
that  we  were  made  doubly  glad. 

The  people  are  attending  our  service 
in  increasing  numbers,  and  I  wish  that 
I  could  report  more  favorably  as  to 
their  spiritual  growth.  Financially, 
our  struggle  still  conf 'nues.  Our  main 
dependence  is  upon  wnat  the  soil  pro- 
duces ;  and  these  products  on  our  new 
farms  have  not  been  large,  and  this 
year  bring  but  a  meagre  price.  Money 
among  the  poop!e  generally  is  a  rare 
commodity,  and  the  minister  usually 
has  less  than  anybody  else ;  but  1  shall 
hold  on,  and  keep  the  field  a^  long  aa 
I  can. 

WISCONSIN. 

Frmn  Bev.  J,  Jameson^  Muscoda,  Grant 
County, 

Trial  of  Faith. 

I  have  been  a  Home  Missionary  for 
something  over  twenty  years,  and  in 
that  time  have  received  many  blessings 
from  the  hand  of  the  Lord.  I  have 
also  had  to  pass  through  seasons  of 
darkness  and  trial,  such  as  none  but  a 
Home  Missionary  knows. 

At  the  close  of  my  last  year,  I  was  at 
a  loss  whether  to  remain  here  or  go 
where  more  might  be  accomplished.  I 
concluded  to  remain,  and  was  soon 
prostrated  by  sickness.  In  a  few  days 
my  strength  was  almost  entirely  gone, 
and  for  two  days  my  physician  thought 
my  recovery  very  doubtful.  I  felt  a 
strong  confidence  in  God,  and  had  not 
a  doubt  that  all  would  be  well  with  me 
in  a  future  state ;  but  in  some  respects, 
how  dark  was  the  present  I 

Your  excellent  Society  for  the  last 
twenty  years  had  almost  always  been 
prompt  in  sending  a  remittance,  in  a 
few  days  after  I  had  mailed  my  report ; 
and  very  dark  was  that  sick  hour  to 


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me,  when  I  thought  of  my  temporal 
affairs.  Here  I  was  prostrated,  the  last 
dollar  broken,  many  things  needed  in 
the  family ;  but  no  response  to  my  re- 
port or  the  application  for  a  new  com- 
mission. In  the  midst  of  all  this  dark- 
ness and  want  of  faith,  the  physician 
came,  by  way  of  the  post-office,  and 
brought  me  a  letter.  I  asked  him  to 
read  it,  as  I  was  not  able.  He  opened 
it  and  said,  "  Here  is  money."  A  five- 
dollar  bill  was  inclosed,  and  the  letter 
read:    "At    Home,    .      Will  Mrs. 


J please  accept  this  small  smn  from 

a  friend  ?" 

I  said,  "  After  all  my  want  of  faith, 
Grd  has  sent  us  that  money.  May  he 
forgive  my  want  of  faith  in  him  ! " 

My  sickness  has  been  very  severe,  bat 
short.  I  am  now  able  to  attend  to  my 
work  as  usual ;  and  at  both  points  I 
think  we  are  making  some  advances. 
Our  progress,  however,  must  be  slow, 
as  more  than  half  of  the  people  are 
Germans,  and  your  missionary  cannat 
speak  in  their  language. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


THE  TREASTTBT. 

I^ollowing  the  previous  statements  in 
these  pages  and  elsewhere,  concerning 
the  emptiness  of  the  Society's  Treasury, 
we  issued  in  the  religious  papers  of  the 
first  tveek  in  November  tliis  "  Appeal 
for  Home  Missionaries :" 

The  conductors  of  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society  deem  it  their 
duty  to  press  its  financial  condition 
again  upon  the  attention  of  the 
churches.  The  claims  of  its  mission- 
aries for  labor  already  performed  now 
reach  about  $40,000.  Many  of  these 
faithful  laborers  are  suffering  not  only 
disappointment  and  the  loss  of  credit, 
but  severe  physical  privation.  Some 
of  them  have  already  been  obliged  to 
sacrifice  furniture,  books,  the  horse,  the 
cow,  to  satisfy  the  demands  of  creditors 
and  obtain  the  means  of  subsistence 
for  their  families ;  while  the  congrega- 
tions to  which  they  minister,  and  on 
which  they  depend,  in  part,  for  sup- 
port, are  sufi*ering  from  ths  effects  of 
the  drought  and  desolating  fires.  Win- 
ter is  now  at  hand,  and  severer  priva- 
tion impends.  The  Executive  Com- 
mittee, also,  are  hindered  in  their 
efforts  to  occupy  new  fields,  and  the 
destitute  call  in  vain  for  help.    In  their 


behalf,  and  in  behalf  of  hundreds  of 
missionary  families  anxiously  waiting 
for  relief,  we  again  present  these  foots 
to  the  churches  and  their  pastors,  and 
invoke  their  prompt  and  liberal  ud. 
^^^ Bear  ye  one  another^$  hurden$,  and  m 
fulfill  the  law  of  Chri$t:' 

Encouraging  responses,  in  large  offer- 
ings of  wealthy  individuals  and  churches, 
and  in  smaller  but  not  leas  precious  gifts 
of  the  widow,  the  day  laborer,  the  clerk, 
the  Sabbath  school  clase^  the  poor  stu- 
dent  of  theology,  and  the  little  child, 
have  considerably  reduced,  but  by  no 
means  canceled,  this  indebtedftess.  We 
cannot  believe  that  the  friends  of  Home 
Missions  will  allow  the  winter  months  to 
find  their  representatives  in  the  field 
suffering  for  lack  of  the  common  com- 
forts of  life,  by  reason  of  the  non-pay- 
ment of  money  so  hardly  and  nobly 
earned. 

That  our  readers  may  catch  a  glimpse 
of  the  state  of  things  which  '*  the  empty 
Treasury"  causes  in  many  missionary 
homes,  we  subjoin  a  few  extracts.,  taken 
almost  at  random,  from  letters  daily 
reaching  us  : 

'*  My  sick  wife  has  been  seeking 
health  at  the  East  for  months.  I  ought 
to  be  with  her  and  bring  her  back  as 
soon  as  she  can  travel,  but  have  not 


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the  means,  having  put  all  I  had  into 
the  church  built  last  summer.  I  have 
not  been  able  to  collect  more  than  $60 
on  my  salary." 

"  My  wife  and  I  have  both  been  sick, 
and  we  greatly  need  the  money  to 
meet  increased  expenses.'' 

"I  am  in  great  need  of  money,  to 
meet  bills  that  mvat  be  paid  without 
delay." 

"  I  know  you  are  doing  the  best  you 
can,  but  I  am  sorely  in  need  of  monej 
to  redeem  a  promise  on  which  my 
character  is  staked." 

''  I  was  compelled  to  anticipate  the 
amount  by  borrowing,  promising  to 
pay  on  the  day  I  thought  myself  sure 
of  receiving  it,  with  your  customary 
promptness." 

**  Having  always  received  my  drafts 
promptly,  I  have  no  reason  to  complain, 
but  I  am  really  beginning  to  suffer. 
Necessity  begins  to  press  me  hard ; 
and  I  am  ashamed  to  meet  my  credi- 
tors, who  should  have  been  paid  weeks 
(some  of  them  months)  ago." 

'*  My  board  bill  is  unpaid,  and  the 
brother  with  whom  I  live,  being  poor, 
cannot  put  far  off  the  day  of  reckon- 
ing." 

*«I  am  embarrassed  by  debt;  have 
given  more  than  I  could  afford  for 
building  our  house  of  worship;  we 
are  living  in  a  house  of  one  room,  and 
looked  for  the  draft  to  enable  us  to  add 
another,  so  lessening  by  one-half  our 
discomforts." 

*'  I  am  depending  on  the  draft  to  pay 
pemium  on  life  insurance,  which  will 
oe  forfeited  if  not  paid  in  time." 

*'I  would  a  thousand  times  rather 
tend  you  money  than  ask  for  it,  but 
debts  are  heavily  pressing  me ;  can  I 
hope  for  it  soon  ?" 

**  Your  drafts  are  the  only  income  on 
which  I  can  rely  with  any  reference  to 
time ;  and  a  note  in  the  bank  will  be 
due  in  a  few  days,  which  your  draft 
must  pay,  if  it  is  paid  at  all." 

*^  I  get  hold  of  so  little  money  that  I 
have  to  use  up  these  payments  before 
they  come  to  hand,  and  my  feelings  and 
my  credit  both  suffer,  if  the  money  does 
not  come  at  the  expected  time." 

''Nothing  can  be  bought  here  ex- 
cept for  eoj^,  and  we  are  greatly  in 
need.  I  hope  it  will  not  be  hmg  de- 
Uyed." 

«<  I  am  paying  compound  interest  at 


the  bank,  from  month  to  month,  and 
am  greatly  embarrassed.  May  I  not 
hope  for  relief  ere  long  ?" 

**  Hail-storms  have  destroyed  all  the 
oorn,  cats  and  wheat,  so  that  in  all  my 
field  there  is  nothing  for  bread,  or  seed 
for  next  spring.  I  cannot  expect  anf- 
iiing  from  the  churches  I  serve,  and 
debts  are  calling  for  prompt  payment. 
I  do  not  know  what  we  shall  do  here, 
but  I  mean  to  hold  on." 

**  Never  in  my  ministry  has  our  finan- 
cial distress  been  so  great ;  the  people 
have  not  a  half-crop  of  wheat— our 
sole  dependence.  Can  you  send  relief 
90on  ?" 

''  I  can  collect  nothing  at  all  here  on 
salary.  Can  you  send  me  a  part  of  the 
amount  due,  and  I  will  wait  for  the 
rest." 

"  I  greatly  want  to  seild  my  son  to 
college,  but  cannot  unless  I  can  hear 
from  you  very  soon.  In  the  ^rcat  need 
of  Home  Missionan^  work,  all  through 
the  West,  it  cannot  be  that  the  churches 
will  leave  your  Treasury  empty.  I  am 
borrowing  from  week  to  week,  till  the 
draft  comes." 

*'  My  expenses  of  living  are  greatly 
increased,  and  I  am  in  extreme  need. 
For  more  than  six  weeks,  my  creditors 
have  been  growing  more  and  more 
pressing." 

"  Money  is  not  to  be  had  here.  What 
you  send  is  all  that  I' receive  in  cash. 
The  delay  is  causing  me  great  inconve- 
nience —  every  dollar  due  me  having 
been  promised  weeks  ago." 

'*  This  is  the  most  embarrassing  time 
I  have  known  in  my  thirteen  years' 
connection  with  the  Society.  I  know 
not  which  way  to  turn  for  the  actual 
necessaries  of  life,  and  have  daily 
watched  the  mail,  hoping  and  praying 
for  the  draft,  now  nearly  two  months 
behind  its  time.  I  was  hoping  to  pay 
some  debts,  and  to  buy  a  cow.  The 
cow  is  unbought,  and  my  children  aie 
compelled  to  forego  the  great  luxury 
which  it  is  her  sphere  to  provide — as 
also  groceries  and  other  proper  sup- 
plies. As  a  consequence  we  have  been 
sick  and  needing  medicine,  which 
could  not  be  bought  without  money. 
Men  look  sour,  when  asked  to  give  a 
little  credit.  My  children  need  school- 
books,  and  I  cannot  attend  important 
meetings  for  lack  of  means  to  pay  the 
fare.  Had  not  the  Lord  given  us  a  lit- 
tle crop  of  wheat  and  potatoes,  I  know 
not  how  we  should  have  subsisted." 


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The  Great  Fires. 

With  profound  gratitude  to  God,  we 
are  able  to  announce  that,  up  to  the  time 
of  sending  this  issue  to  press,  we  know 
of  but  a  single  missionary  of  this  Society 
who  has  been  overtaken  by  the  great 
fires  that  have  devastated  so  lar^o  por- 
tions of  northern  Michigan  and  Wiscon- 
sin, and  swept  many  hundreds  of  people 
suddenly  from  life.  All  the  missionaries 
in  both  those  States  will  be  pinched  for 
means  and  hindered  in  their  work,  by  the 
fires;  and  the  Home  Missionary  cause 
throughout  the  entire  West  must  indi- 
rectly be  affected  by  the  overwhelming 
calamity  at  Chicago.  We  bejj  our  friends 
to  bear  this  in  mind,  while  planning  for 
the  supply  of  the  Society's  Treasury  for 
the  winter. 

^e  single  personal  sufferer  alluded  to, 
is  the  Rev.  Edwin  B.  Beach,  late  of 
Peshtipo,  Wisconsin,  who  with  his  wife 
and  child  escaped  from  the  flames,  but 
utterly  destitute. 

On  reaching  a  place  of  safety,  with 
friends  in  Appleton,  and  partially  recov- 
erinpT  f rem  the  fever  brought  on  by  the 
sudden  shock  and  consequent  over-work, 
Mr.  Beach  wrote  us,  as  follows : 

"  You  have  heard  of  the  calamity 
that  has  befallen  us.  I  suppose  the 
most  terrible  fire  rained  upon  us,  and 
swept  over  us,  that  was  ever  known  in 
the  United  States.  About  one-third,  i, 
e.,  800,  of  the  inhabitants  of  Peshtigo, 
(and  more  than  1,500  in  the  region), 
perished  in  the  flames  or  in  the  river. 
Many  of  the  survivors  suffered  all  that 
human  beings  can  suffer  and  live.  Al 
most  every  day  some  one  or  more  dies, 
from  the  exposures  of  that  dreadful 
night.  Those  who  escaped  took  noth- 
ing with  them  but  their  lives. 

"  I  remained  nearly  a  week,  to  help 
bury  the  dead  and  to  console  and  di 
rect  the  living,  but  was  finally  taken 
with  fever  and,  with  many  regrets,  lefl 
the  friends  at  Peshtigo,  and  am  now  in 
Appleton,  sufficiently  recovered  to 
write  you.  My  family  and  myself, 
like  the  rest,    are  entirely  destitute. 


Our  hearts  are  sad,  for  we  are  beggars 
in  the  world.  If  your  appropriation 
can  be  furnished  me  «hwi,  it  will  help 
me  in  looking  up  a  new  field. 

'*  I  have  little  doubt  that  Providence 
may  move  some  Christian  hearts  to 
send  us  something,  through  you ;  and 
anything  sent  to  the  care  of  Rev.  F.  B. 
Doe,  of  Fond  du  Lac,  will  reach  me. 
My  library,  costing  over  $2,000,  and 
all  my  sermons  were  swept  airay.  I 
had  put  on  a  cast-off  suit  of  clothes,  to 
'fight  the  fire,'  and  that  is  all  that  is 
left  me  from  the  ruin.  Our  new  church 
building  is  gone«  and  many  of  the  lit- 
tle band  of  Christians  laboring  in  the 
midst  of  the  prevailing  worldliness  fell 
victims  to  the  Destroyer.  I  took  up 
their  charred  remains,  put  them  in 
graves,  sometimes  dug  by  my  own 
hands,  and  left  them  there  amid  the 
desolation.  No  building,  no  abode  ot 
any  human  being,  is  left  to  mark  the 
site  of  Peshtigo.  Mr.  Doe  was  on  the 
ground,  the  day  after  I  left,  and  you 
will  doubtless  hear  more  soon." 

We  are  happy  to  say  that  many  friends 
have  spontaneously  come  forward  with 
offerings  of  aid,  and  a  considerable  amoant 
of  clothing  and  household  goods  has 
gone  forwtard,  with  more  to  follow,  more 
than  enough  for  Mr.  Beach's  preunt 
want's,  in  his  homeless  state. 

The  surplus  will  be  carefully  distrib- 
uted by  Superintendent  Doe,  among 
other  Home  Missionary  families,  and 
members  of  our  churches,  most  worthy 
and  needy,  but  among  the  last  to  ask  aid. 

As  will  be  seen  from  this  letter,  Mr. 
Beach  proposes  at  once  to  enter  some 
other  missionary  field,  where  of  coarse  he 
will  have  to  "set  up  housekeeping" 
anew,  and  the  offerings  of  friends  will 
then  have  place.  But  his  pecuniary  loss, 
of  about  $2,500,  cannot  be  fully  met 
with  gifts  of  this  sort ;  and  we  shall  be 
happy  to  transmit  safely  to  him  the  So- 
ciety's drafts  for  any  sums  entrusted  to 
our  care  for  so  worthy  a  purpose.  A 
generous  beginning,  in  this  line,  has  al- 
ready been  made,  for  which  we  are  sin- 
cerely grateful. 


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The  Cent  Institution.  j 

The  sixty-sixth  Annual  Report  6f\ 
the  Female  Cent  Institution,  auxiliary  i 
to  the  New  Hampshire  Missionary  So-  j 
ciety,  gives  evidence  that  that  method! 
of  aiding  the  ca'iise  of  Home  Missions; 
is  gaining  in  favor  with  the  good  la- 
dies who  have  longest  practiced  it. 
The  receipts  for  the  first  year,  (1806) 
were  $5  ;  for  1871  they  were  $2,564.14  ; 
received  in  the  first  decade,  $8,885.40 ; 
in  the  last  decade,  $22,810.98;  in  67 
I  years,  $77,898.15. 

Females  over  14  years  of  age  are 
constituted  members  by  the  payment  of 
one  cent  a  week,  for  the  year;  and  chil- 
dren, by  the  payment  of  not  less  than 
ten  cents  a  year.  There  is  also  a  Memo- 
rial Fund  for  perpetuating  the  mem- 
ory of  the  founders  of  the  Cent  Insti- 
tution, created  by  the  payment  of  $10 
for  each  name,  the  interest  of  which  is 
paid  annually  to  the  New  Hampshire 
Missionary  Society.  This  fund  now 
amounts  to  more  than  $5,000,  and  the 
number  of  towns  from  which  subscrip- 
tions come  for  both  branches  of  this 
organization,  shows  the  wide-spread  in- 
terest that  is  taken  in  it.  The  Direc- 
tors of  the  N.  H.  M.  S  call  it  **the 
right  arm  of  their  Society."  '  Do  not 
such  fruits  of  earnest,  persistent,  but 
quiet  work  of  godly  women,  encourage 
the  trying  of  thb  system  elsewhere,  by 
the  multitudes  of  women  in  our 
churches  who  '*  do  not  feel  able  to  do 
great  things  "  ?  They  may  so  accom- 
plish more  than  many  who  are  waiting 
to  do  "  something  worth  the  while." 

It  is  not  invidious  to  say  that  the 
success  of  this  Institution  is  very  large- 
ly due  to  the  presevering  energy  of  its 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Dr.  Benjamin  P.  Stone. 
A  sad  interest  is  added  to  this  Report 
by  her  allusions  to  her  late  husband, 
in  whose  death  the  cautte  of  Home 
Missions,  not  only  in  New  Hampshire 
but  in  all  the  land,  sustained  a  serious 
loss. 


Vacation  in  Hezico. 

By  Rev.  JxBxinAH  Pobtsb.  Chaplain  at  Fort 
Brown,  Texas. 

Instead  of  going  north  for  our  health, 
the  past  summer,  we  decided  to  come 
to  this  mountain  region  of  Mexico, 
[Monterey],  and  are  already  richly  re- 
paid, both  in  health  and  the  comfort 
of  trying  to  strengthen  onr  Protestant 
friends  here,  in  their  self-denying  mis- 
sionary work.  Reaching  the  city  by 
stage  from  Comargo,  160  miles'  ride 
over  a  sterile  country,  after  a  few  hours* 
rest  we  ascended  the  mountains.  From 
the  bishop^s  palace,  I  have  just  been 
enjoying  a  charming  view  of  this  capi- 
tal of  Nuevo  Leon.  The  palace,  once 
Gen.  Zachary  Taylor's  head-quarters, 
commanding  the  city,  is  on  a  spur  of 
Mitre  mountain,  one  of  three  mountains 
that  hold  the  city  in  their  lap.  This 
is  the  first  resemblance  to  New  Eng- 
land scenery  or  Hudson  river  moun- 
tains that  I  have  seen  since  crossing 
the  gulf. 

A  river,  swollen  now  by  Jate  rains, 
has  often  a  dry  bed  in  the  city  through 
the  summer,  from  so  much  of  the  water 
being  used  in  fields  and  gardens.  Ten 
miles  west  of  the  palace  we  see  SteePs 
cotton  factory,  which  every  American 
loves  to  visit,  sure  of  a  cordial  welcome 
and  an  admirable  example  of  what  en- 
terprise will  do  in  this  land  of  indolence. 
A  battery  is  now  planted  in  front  of 
the  palace,  and  a  coloiiel  commands 
the  troops  in  the  interest  of  President 
Juarez.  Having  once  been  in  Wash- 
ington, he  knows  of  our  national  pros- 
perity and  power,  and  received  us  very 
cordially.  Spanish  tracts  of  the  A. 
T.  S.,  obtained  from  Mies  Rankin's 
mission,  were  on  his  table. 

This  lofty  and  sublime  mountain 
scenery  well  prepared  us  for  a  joyful 
surprise  in  the  evening.  At  the  chapel 
in  Miss  Rankings  dwelling,  we  found  a 
congregation  of  about  50  Mexican 
Protestants,  half  of  -them  men.  After 
a  sermon  in  Spanish  by  Rev.  J.  Bever- 
idge,  prayer  by  a  native  preacher,  and 


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singing  by  the  congregation,  five  can- 
didates were  examined  by  the  pastor^ 
and  received  by  vote  of  the  church. 
Four  were  baptized,  three  of  whom 
■were  men.  Last  evening  three  more 
women  were  received  as  members. 
Others,  now  candidates,  will  commune 
with  the  Protestant  church  for  the  first 
time  next  month.  IIow  different  from 
their  first  communion  with  the  Romish 
church,  from  which  they  have  come  out, 
on  learning  the  way  of  God -more  per- 
fectly ! 

After  meeting  we  had  a  letter  from 
Rev.  A.  J.  Park,  at  his  mission,  80 
miles  distant.  He  had  just  received 
from  the  city  of  Mexico  the  letter  of 
the  converted  and  eloquent  -Qadre 
Aguas  to  his  archbishop,  and  sent  a 
copy.  Mr.  Beveridge  pronounces  it 
the  best  thing  he  had  read  since  the 
letters  of  Kirwon,  and  hopes  for  a  sup- 
ply to  circulate  here.  I  have  also  ap- 
plied for  some  to  circulate  in  Texas. 

I  think  I  see  in  this  city  as  a  type  of 
all  Mexico,  what  the  eminent  Italian 
philosopher,  Count  Maraiani,  a  devout 
Catholic  and  friend  of  the  Pope,  wrote 
a  year  ago:  *' Romanism  has  at  last 
produced  in  Italy  three  deplorable  re- 
sults— superstition  in  the  lowest  popu- 
lace, indifference  in  the  other  classes, 
ii\fideiity  in  the  greater  part  of  the 
thinkers  and  writer?."  In  one  of  the 
magnificent  churches  of  this  city,  a 
century  and  a  half  old,  as  are  most  of 
the  churches  of  Mexico,  I  found  last 
Sabbath  some  30  women  kneeling  at 
various  altars,  and  on'y  one  man; 
while  in  Mr.  Beveridge's  church  a  ma- 
jority were  men.  Here  men  seem  first 
to  receive  the  truths  of  the  gospel, 
then  their  wives  and  their  motherf. 
Venerable  women  come  anxious  for  their 
sons,  fearing  they  are  taking  the  first 
step  to  ruin,  and  hearing  the  gospel  in 
their  own  tongue,  moved  by  the  Holy 
Spirit,  they  fall  down  in  worship,  and 
report  that  "  God  is  with  them  of  a 
truth."  This  work  has  begun  in  Mon- 
t«rey,  and  there  are  many  adversaries ; 


but  the  work  in  the  city  of  Mexico 
with  Rev.  H.  A.  Riley,  and  the  eloquent 
converted  pricstp,  is  of  much  greater 
promise.  A  Mexican  in  our  diligencb 
handed  his  fellow  passengers  Protes- 
tant tracts  in  Spanish,  given  him  by  Mr. 
Riley,  and  confirmed  what  we  had 
heard  of  the  great  church  bought  by 
New  York  Christians,  for  padre  Aguas. 

It  was  refreshing  to  meet  the  little 
Protestant  ccngrcgaticn  en  the  Bab- 
bath  in  this  city ;  shouts  from  a  bull- 
fight, the  music  of  the  theatre,  and  the  9 
idlers  and  gamblers  in  the  open  air  in 
the  plaza,  meanwhile  showing  how  ut- 
terly God's  command  is  disregarded 
in  Mexico.  Another  contrast  to  oor 
own  country,  is  the  feeling  of  exposure 
to  robbers  here.  Every  Mexican  trav- 
eling in  our  diligcncia  is  armed  with  a 
3ix-shooter  in  self-defenEC,  and  Mrs. 
Porter  and  I  felt  the  safer  for  that  fact 
Many  cresses  by  the  road-side  show 
where  a  murder  has  been  committed. 

The  State  fair,  the  election  of  Gov- 
ernor, and  the  50th  celebration  of  the 
independence  of  Mexico  from  Spain, 
have  occurred  this  week.  The  Govern- 
or's home  is  just  across  the  stiect  from 
Miss  Rankin's ;  so  we  had  the  benefit 
of  the  serenade  of  his  Excellency.  He 
is  a  protector  of  the  Protestant  missioc ; 
and  it  needs  human  as  well  as  divine 
protection.  On-?  of  our  party,  speak- 
ing Spanish,  was  yesterday  waked  by 
the  cry  under  our  windows :  **  Death 
to  the  Protestants!"  Mr.  Nc'son, 
American  minister  in  Mexico,  has  di- 
rected our  consul  here  to  see  that 
Protestants  are  protected.  The 
house  was  stoned  two  years  since  be- 
cause some  persons  had  pulled  down  a 
stone  image  of  the  Virgin  from  a  bridge 
in  the  city.  This  was  faleely  charged 
to  our  mission,  and  has  resulted  in  very 
greatly  reducing  the  taxes  on  the 
school  building  and  church — the  wrtth 
of  man  thus  praising  God. 

[Wiiting  later,  aftiT  his  return  to  Fort 
Brown,  Mr.  Porter  begs  to  be  put  in  cor- 
respondence with  some  godly  man,  speal^' 


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\ng  the  SpaniPh  lan^ngpe,  who  will  go 
to  Monterey  as  a  ininiftter  of  Christ ;  or 
who  will  take  charge  of  the  church  h«^ 
re-organized  and  revived  in  Brownsville. 
Is  there  no  one  to  catch  the  spirit  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Porter,  who. having  served 
through  a  generation  as  Western  Home 


Missionaries,  and  devoted  their  children 
to  the  f»)reign  work  in  ('hinn,  are  cheerful- 
ly jriving  their  last  (and  not  least  effective) 
days  to  the  some  great  cause  on  the  far 
Southern  frontier.  AVho  will  come  to  their 
aid  now,  and  push  on  the  work  when  they 
must  lay  it  down  ?] 


APPOINTAfENTS  IN  OCTOBER,  1871. 


ir#^  in  Commission  latt  ysar. 

Rer.  WasbfDgton  Chester,  Lockcford,  Cal. 

Rev.  Am  Farwell,  Ashland  and  viclnil}',  Neb. 

KcT.  Edward  C,  Down?,  Polk,  Iowa. 

Itev.  A.  W.  Bill,  Dcpere  and  West  Dcpcre,  Wis. 

Kev.  Edward  Cleveland.  Ilhara.  Mich. 

Rev.  Robert  Parson?,  Flat  Rock.  Mich. 

Rev.  Samuel  Ingham,  To  go  to  Mit*fioarf. 

Rev.  Thomas  C.  Kiunc.  St.  Catharine,  Mo. 

Rev.  John  B.  Dawson,  Lock,  Ohio. 

Rer.  Henry  Hat  son.  Nelson,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Charles  A.  Ruddock,  Miinnsville,  N.T. 

Rev.  J.  D.  Stewart,  81nclearvllle,N.  Y. 

Bs-€ommisHonad, 

RcT.  John  Price,  Nortonvllle,  Cal. 

Rev.  Samuel  K.  Rosboro,  Woodland,  Cal. 

Rev.  Simon  Burrow?,  Weeping  Water,  Neb. 

Rev.  Lcbbens  B.  Fiflcld,  Lincoln,  Nob. 

Rev.  Frederick  A.  Armstrong,  Oswego  and  two 

oat-statlous,  Kan. 
Rev.  Luther  Newcomb,  Pomona  and  vidnitj, 

Kan. 
Rev.  Joseph  C.  Plumb,  Fort  Scott,  Eao. 


Rev.  Ilenry  Rces,  Emporia  and  Dry  Creek,  Kan 

Rev.  A.  W.  Safford,  Cawker  City  and  Wagoada* 
Kan. 

Rev.  Horatio  W.  Shaw.  White  Clond,  Kan. 

Rev.  C.  A.  Hampton,  Princeton,  Mian. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  Mankato.  Minn. 

Rev.  Charics  C.  Salter,  Duluth,  Minn. 

Rev.  Charles  Gibbs.  Codar  Falls,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Luther  P.  Mathews,  Colesburg  andTankoa 
Settlement,  Iowa. 

Rev.  James  M.  Smith,  Monona  and  Luana,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Jvhn  P.  Haire,  Fox  Lake,  Wis. 

Rev.  Nichohis  Mayue,  Jamestown  and  Mount 
Zion,  Wis. 

Rev.  John  U.  Parsons,  Raymond,  Wis. 

Rev.  Pgrtcr  B.  Parrey,  Herscy  and  one  out-sta- 
tion, Mirh. 

Rev.  Griffith  Griffiths,  New  Cambria.  Mo. 

Rev.  Joseph  S.  Rounce,  WoUsville,  Mo. 

Rev.  Charles  C.  Breed,  Ea^t  Paw  Paw  and  vlain- 
ity.  111. 

Rev.  John  A.  Palmer.  Nebraska  and  Oridley,  111. 

Rev.  Otis  Holmes,  New  Village  and  Farming- 
ville.N.Y. 

Rev.  George  Rowley,  Norfolk,  N.  T. 


RECEIPTS  IN  OCTOBER,  1871. 


Bangor,  A  Friend,  to  const  Mary  17. 

Ci%»weU  a  L.  M., 
Frreburz,  Cong.  Cn.  and  Soc,  by  Bev. 

D.  B.  Sjwall, 
Portland,  Mrs.  W.  Oxnard, 

NSW  HAMPSHIRE- 

Rocetvod  by  L.  D.  Stevens,  Treas.  N. 

U.  M.  Soc : 
Concord,  Legacy  of  Francis 

N.  Pisk,  $500  00 

Fr^incistown,  Joseph  Kingsbury,  15  00 

Ambersr,  Ladies*  Charitable  Assoc.,  by 

Mrs.  J.  O.  Davis, 
Coooord,  Ladles,  by  Mrs.  E.  W.  Wood- 
ward. 
Dover,   Ladies*  Homo  Miss.   Soc  of 

First    Cong.   Ch.,   by    Miss  C.   M. 

Palmer, 
GUmanton,  a  Life  Member, 
Hennlker,  Ladies*  Miss.  Soc,  by  Mrs. 

H.  Childs  Sec, 
Lyma,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  L..A.  Churchill, 

Sjc, 
New  Ipswich,  Children's  Fair,  by  W. 

D.  Locke, 
New  London.  L.  M.  Trussoll. 
Wiuchestcr,  Ladies'  Homo  Miss.  Soc., 

by  Mary  B.  Coxeter, 


$80  00 

83  00 
600 


615  00 
600 
800 


800 
10  00 


100 

400 


860 
10  00 


6S6 


VERMONT— 
Bratticboro,  Mrs.  H.  M.  Linsley,  $S6.00 : 

O.  F.  T.,  «6.00 ;  Mrs.  Betsey  fiTvan 

Doom,  f  10.00, 
Fairhaven,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  C.  Roed, 
St.  Albans,  Mrs.  A.  J.  Samson, 
St.  Johnebury,  South  Cong.  Ch.  and 

Soc,  by  T.  L.  Hail, 
Svianton,  Mrs.  Lliuibelh  Etcne,  il; 

Harriett  M.  SIclc,  $1, 
Vermont.  B., 
Woodstock,  <  n  account  of  Legacy  of 

Electa  Montague,  by  J.  S.  Montague, 

Ex., 

MASSACHUSETTS- 

Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by  8.  T.  Far- 
well,  Treas., 

Amherst,  College  Ch.,  by  W.  C.  Esty, 
Troas., 

Ashby,  Ladies*  Char.  Soc,  by  Miss 
Nellie  A.  Uayward, 

Attol,  Ladies*  Home  Misf .  Soc,  by  Mrs. 
Lewis  Thorpe, 

Blandford.  £.,  *^In  Memory  of  my 
Parents,^' 

Boston,  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Sarah  P.  Bald- 
win, by  W.  H.  Pltkiu  and  C.  L.  1  it. 
kii:.  Ex?., 

Daltor,  Cong    Ch.   and  £or.,   ly 
Drown, 


$00  00 
65  00 
13  00 

08  00 

SCO 
«00 


Ea^t  Hampton,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  bal. 

coll.,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Cotton, 
Fitchbni     " 


itchbni^,  Rollston  Cong.  Ch.  andSoc, 
by  D.  BontaUe,  Treas.,  ' 


610  00 

6,000  00 

193  07 

800 

600 

600 

2,000  00 
CO  85 
6^96 
189  Si 


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Ddcoflnbor, 


Hampebire  Misf.  Soc,  by  E.  WlUiams, 

Treae. : 

Oosben,  Cong.  Cb.,  $2S  97 

Westbampton.  Cong.  Ch.«  5  00 

Otber  8uurce!>,  S97  75 

HarerhiU.  Mlse  Matilda  Smltb,  to  const 

Eben  Webster  a  L.  M., 
Huntington,  A  Friend, 
Honson,  Infant  Sabbatb  Scbool  of  tbe 

Cong.  Cb.,  by  Anna  M.  Bradford, 
Newbury  port,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Spring, 
New  Braintree,  C.  A.  Oleason, 
Nortb   Brookfleld,    First  Cong.    Ch., 

mon.  con.,  by  J.  B.  Porter, 


$896  01: 

80  OO' 
600> 

60*00 

90  00 

1  00 

18  69 
960 
10  00 


Peabody,  Cong.  Cb.,  Fri6nd^ 
Salem,  Sontb  Ch.,  Jobn  C.  Osgood, 
Sontbampton,  Cong.  Cb.,  M6.60;  Mrs. 

Sarab  £.  Searls,  $6.00,  by  Dea.   8. 

Lyman, 
Soutb  Bgremont,  Cong.   Cb..  by  O. 

Gardner,  Treas.,  to  const  Mrs.  Har- 
riett F.  Benjamin  and  Dr.    S.   A. 

Foster  L.  Ms.. 
Bontb  Plvmontn,  Mr8.C.  Bartlett,  by 

Rev.  8.  w.  Cotaens, 
Springfield,  Mrs.  Ruth  Kilbon, 
Stockbridge,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc,  br  O. 

P.  BradTev,  Treas.,  to  const  Mies 

Sarab  Wbltner  a  L.  M., 
Wakefield,  Ladies'  Cbaritable  Soc,  by  ' 

Mrs.  E.  T.  Freeman,  Sec., 
West   Brookfleld,   Home  Miss.    Sew. 

Circle,  by  Mrs.  Lewis  Oleason,  Treas., 
Westford.  Union  Parisb  Cong.  Cb.,  by 

N.  R.  NIcbols, 
West  Stockbridge.  on  account  of  L«z- 

acy  of  B.  Cone,  by  H.  W.  Taf  t  and  O. 

J.  Tucker,  Trustees, 
WbitinsviUc,  Mrs.  C.  P.  Wbitin.  for 

freigbt, 

RHODE  ISLAND— 
Newport,  Friends,  by  W.  Guild. 
Providence,  Friends,  by  M.  E.  Torrcy, 
Tiverton,  Sabbatb  Scbool  of  Cong.  Ch., 

$11.45:  Mrs.  M.  Hicks,  $6,  by  Kcv.  A. 

L.  Wbitman, 
Tiverton  Four  Comers,  Cong.  Cb.  and 

Soc,  by  Rev.  A.  L.  Wbitman, 

CONNECTICUT— 
Conn.  Home  Mies.  Soc.  by  E.  W.  Par- 
sons, Treas.,   tbrough  Rev.  W.  H. 
Moore,  1,189  96 

Received  by  F.  T.  Jarman  : 

Guilford.  First  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc,       186  00 
Avon,  Henry  G.  Marshall,  90  00 

Betbel,  Cong.  Ch..  by  W.  W.  Sherman, 
to  const  Charles  Bailey,  R.  E.  Bam- 
nm  and  F.  Judd  L.  Ms.,  88  00 

Bristol,  Ladies*  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by 

Mrs.  A.  L.  Atwood,  Treas.,  4  00 

Clinton,   N.   Stanton,  by  Mrs.   T.  C. 

Fanning,  10  00 

Connecticut.  A.  H.  K.,  60  00 

Coventry,  Andrew  Kingsbury,  6  00 

Cromwell,  Cong.  Cb.,  mon.  con.,  by  G. 

H.  Buaer.  11  95 

Groton,  A  Friend,  6  00 

Hartford,  ou  account  of  L^acv  of  Mrs. 
Mary  A.  Warburton,  by  N.  Shipman, 
Ex.,  800  00 

A  Friend,  $800 ;  G.  8.  Dodge,  $19,         819  00 
Middletown,  Ladies'  Home  Miss.  8oc. 
of  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Miss  C.  M. 


61  60 


7196 


940 
60 


68  00 
600 


800 
98  16 


196  00 
600 


16  00 
10  00 


16  45 
88  00 


Bacon,  f5 ;  G.  X.  Edwards,  $6, 
•trorc*  —    ••  " 


10  00 
64  75 


New  Hartford,  North  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

by  H.  W.  Brown,  Treas., 
New  Haven,  on  account  of  Legacy  of 

Mrs.  Frances  Bradley,   by  Atwatcr 

Treat,  Ex.,  1,000  00 

New  London,  A  Lady  of  tbe  First  Cong. 

Cb.,  by  Rev.  R.  McEwen,  90  CO 

New  Milford.  Ladies'  Mite  Soc,  by  Miss 

Gratia  M.  Mcrwin,  Treas.,  59  £0 

Norwich.  Legacy  of  Miss  Abby  Wilkie, 

by  A.  W.  PrenUce,  Ex.,  8  948  69 


Norwich,  Legacy  of  Susan  H.  Gifford. 

by  Frank  Johnson,  Adm.,  $60 ;  ''  A 

WeU  Wisher."  $10, 
Plymouth,  Miss  Phebe  Beach,  by  Mrs. 

Harriett  L.  Drake, 
Putnam,  Mrs.  M.  R.  Hunt, 
Rocky  Hill,  Ladies'  Bencr.  Soc,  by 

Mrs.  J.  G.  Dtmock,  Sec, 
SonUiport,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  Geo.  B. 

F.  Marquand, 
Suffleld,  Ladies  of  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Mrs.  W.  L.  Loomis, 
Vemon  Center,  Ladies,  by  8.  G.  Butler, 
Westbrook,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Robbins,  $10; 

Mrs.  E.  C.  KimbaU,  $6, 
Weston,  Rev.  Z.  B.  Burr, 

NEW  YORK— 

Albany,  A  former  Missionary. 
Brooklyn,  Cb.  of  the  Covenant,  by  Rev. 

F.  Noble, 
Buffalo,  Mrs.  W.  G.  Bancroft, 
Crown  Point   Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  C.  C.  Stevens, 
Bast  Bloomfleid,  Ladies'  Home  Miss. 
^Soc  of  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  W. 

Taylor,  Treas.,  to  const  Mrs.  Jobn 

Hatch  and  Mrs.  Seth  Hodges  L.  Ms., 

Josiah  Porter, 
Ellington,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  D. 

Olds, 
Floyd,  Welsh  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  J.  R. 

GriAths, 
Groton,  Cong.  Cb.,  Storrs  Barrows,  by 

J.  C.  Taylor, 
Lima,  Mrs.  Mary  Spragne,  $10;  Sarah 

Marceuus.*  Mrs.  L.  Hemenway, 
Mooers,  Miss  J.  G.  Blrcbard, 
New  York  City,  i/arism  Cdtta.   Ch., 
mon.  con.,  by  W.  W.  Ferrier,  Treas., 
Mrs.  Parker,  $100;  G.,  $19;  Mrs.  A. 

Penn  ^1^,  Charles  C.  Sbeppard,  to 
const  Morris  F.  Sbeppard  a  L.  D., 

Rodman,  Sabbatb  Scbool  Miss.  Soc  of 
Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  R,  Hanford, 

Saratoga  Springs,  Cong.  Cb.,-  by  Rev. 
L.  8.  Rowland, 

Smyrna,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  byM.  C.  Dix- 
on, Treas., 


Springville,  kev.  W.  L  Hunt.  $1 ;  Mrs. 
F.  H.  Hunt,  $1 ;  H.  Willie  Hunt,  $1 ; 
R.   Isabella  Hunt    $1;    W.   Irving 


Hunt,  $1 ;  Ellen  E.  Hunt  $1, 
Watertown,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Mack, 
West  Bloomfleid,  Arden  Woodruff,  to 

const  Dr.  C.  D.  Woodmff  a  L.  M., 
West  Brook,  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  8.  N.  Robinson, 

NEW  JERSEY- 
Bloomfleld,  Rev.  A.  C.  Frissdl, 

DELAWARE- 
Dover,  Obil  Rockwell,  by  G.  Rockwdl, 
Ex., 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA- 
Washin^on,    First    Cong. 


shington.    First 
.T.  White, 


$60  00 

16  00 
600 

800 

157  76 
70  00 

700 
400 

16  00 
60  00 


Cb.,    by 


80  00 

16  00 
600 

vroo 

6B00 
85  00 

16  00 

560 

10  00 

19  00 
100 
10  00 

87» 

116  00 

195  00 

80« 

88  00 

60  00 

600 
80  00 

80  00 

800 

10  00 
106  00 
80  00 


MISSISSIPPI- 
Columbus,  Salem  Cong.  Ch..   bol.  of 
coll.,  by  Rev.  8.  C.  Feemstcr, 

OHIO— 
Received  by  Rev.  L.  Kelsey : 
Cincinnati,  Vine  Street  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  D.  Moore,    $990  00 
Columbus,  Cong.  Cb.,  byM. 

P.Ford,  19  00 

Four  Comers,  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
C.B.Cook,'      "•         •  t4D 


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Madison.  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rer. 
J.  H.  Severance,  $15  00 


PainesTille,    Cong.   Cb.,   by 
Rev.  H.  C.  Haydn,  f  "    ' 
C.  R.  Stone,  $78.04. 


Rawsonville.  Cong.  Ch., 
Rnsgles,  Cong.  Cn.,  * 


Rnggles,  Cong.  Cn.,  by  E.  H. 


Springfleld,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  W. 
H.  Andrews,  Treas., 


00  04 
6  47 


47  10 


28  87 

$428  88 

Cincinnati,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  H.    Qroe- 

▼enor,  26  00 

Cleveland,  Welsb  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev. 

J.  M.  Bvans,  10  00 

OoBtavas.  Elam  Linsley,  1  00 


Hartford,  legacy  of  Hilpa  Hnmpbrey, 

by  Bliba  TEorston,  Ex., 
HaoBon,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  M.  Mes- 


200  00 
40  00 


Montgomery.  Cong.  Cb.,  $6.86 ;  Rollers- 
ville,  Cong.  Ch.,  $6.15 ;  by  Rev.  N.  T. 

Fay,  12  00 

Painesville,  A  Friend,  (Salem,)  60  00 

Sontbington.  Silas  H.  Oriflln,  6  00 

Tallmad^  Rev.  Latber  Sbaw,  10  00 

ILLINOIS— 
Beeeher,   Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  J.   F. 


Chicago,  Wicker  Park  Cong.  Cb.,  $11 ; 

MraT  Mary  Ballard,  $26,  by ' 

B.  Holyoke, 


10  00 


r  Ballard,  $26,  by  Rev.  W. 
ce,  86  00 

Richview,  Rev.  C.  B.  Barton,        _  10  00 


Springfield,  First  Conff.  Ch.,  coll.  in 

WIMirt,  by  Rev.  J.  K.  McLean,  160  00 

aaponsee  Grove,  Cong,  Cb.,  $29; 
Thumb  school-house,  $24,  by  Rev.  S. 
A.  Arnold,  63  00 

MISSOURI- 
Dawn,  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  T. 
Bavice, 


800 
1  70 


17  66 
800 


986 


Moniteau.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F. 

Q.  Sherrill, 
St  Joaepb,  Tabemade  Coog.  Ch.,  by 

H.  K.  White, 
Utica,  Conff.  Co.,  by  Rev.  I.  Carleton, 
Weet  Hartford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  O. 

W.  Williams, 

MICHIOAK— 
Alamo,  Rev.  Elam  Branch,  6  00 

Alma,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  M.  Holi- 
day,     ^  '  18  00 
Brady.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  M. 

Ashley,  6  12 

Columbus,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  8. 

O.  Bryant.  10  00 

Easton  and  Orleans,  First  Cong.  Chs., 

by  Rev.  W.  H.  Barclay,  10  00 

Lodl,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  Piatt,  20  91 

Middleville.  Rev.  B.  N.  Raymond,  6  00 

Newaygo.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M. 

8.  X&ell,  5  00 

Olivet.  Toung  Men's  Chris.  Assoc.,  by 

H.  N.  Hoyt,  Treas..  10  00 

Ransom,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Hus- 

tod,  8  00 

RichUnd,  E.  R.  MUler,  by  W.  Doollttle,     6  00 
Qaincy,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 

Duren,  19  20 

WISCONSIN— 
Appleton,  Ladies*  Prayer  Circle  of  the 

First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Ann  8.  Kimball, 

Treas..  10  00 

Janesville,  Enos  Dickinson,  to  const. 

him  a  L.  M.,  by  Rev.  L.  Whiting,  D. 

D..  80  00 

Leeds,  Cong.  Ch.,  $6 ;  Windsor,  Cong.. 

Ch.,  $iOTM,  by  Rev.  8.  B.  Demarest,    ■  26  64 
Mt  Morris,  C^ong.  COi.,  by  Rev.  D.  A. 

Campbell.  _        1  69 

New  Richmond,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 

W.  Norton,  11  86 

Rio  and  Wyoccna,  Cong.  Chs.,  by  Rev. 

T.  L.  Brown,  12  00 


Union  Orove,  Cong.  Ch. 
Watts, 


by  Rev.  J. 


$18  60 


lOWA- 
Arlington,  "  A  lover  of  Zion,'*  6  26 

BeUe  Phiine,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev. 

D.  Lane,  20  60 
Belmond,  Rev.  J.  D.  Sands,  10  00 
Bradford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  Graves,  26  54 
Chapiuaud  Uamptou,  Cong.  Chs.,  by 

Rev.  W.  P.  Avery-  19  85 

Clay,  Mre.  N.  A.  Woodford's  Sabbath 

School  class,  by  Rev.  T.  H.  Holmes.  1  80 

Elk  River,  Cong.  Cb.,  $11.40 ;  SterUng. 

Cong.  Ch.,  $6.60;  Deep  Creek  and 

Waterford,    Coug.    Chs.,  $10.50,  by 

Rev.  O.  Emereou.  28  60 

Jasper  City,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

R.  Hassell,  28  86 

Lucas  Grove,  Cong.  Ch.,  $86 :  Seventy 

Six.  Cong.  Ch.,  $6.  by  Kev.  D.  B.  Eelfs,  40  00 
Honticello,  Cong.  On.  and  tioc,  by  Rev. 

W.  Leavitt,  25  00 

MINNESOTA- 
Dulutb,  Pilgrim  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 

C.  i^lter,  28  00 

Sauk  Rapids,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

S.  Hall,  86  42 

KANSAS— 
Leavehwoitb,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
Rev.  J.  D.  Liggett,  15  00 

NEBRASKA- 

Colnmbus,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  E. 
Elliott,  10  00 

Irvington,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.,  $2  ; 
Omaha,  A  Lady,  $6,  by  Rev.  R.  Gay- 
Ibrd,  7  00 

DAKOTA  TER.— 
Yankton,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  J. 
Ward,  4  46 

CALIFORNLA.- 
Dizon,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G.  Morris,  6  75 

ORBGON- 
Astoria.  Cong.   Cb.,  by  Rev.   W.  A. 

Tenney,  10  00 

Forest  Grove,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

E.  Walker,  a  »  ^  ^^ 
Unknown,  A  Friend,                                  10  00 

HOME  MISSIONARY,  9  50 


$19,722  85 


Donationt  <ff  Clothing^  etc. 

Amherst,  N.  H.,  Ladies'  Charitable  As- 
soc, by  Mrs.  J.  G.  Davis,  a  barrel,  $40  68 

Asbby,  Mass.,  Ladies'  Charitable  Soc, 
by  Miss  Nellie  A.  Hayward, .  Sec.,  a 
box. 

Atbol.  Mass.,  Ladies'  Home  Miss.  Soc. 
by  Mrs.  Lewin  Thorpe,  a  box,  152  77 

Bristol,  Conn.,  Ladies^  llomc  Miss.  Soc., 
by  Mrs.  A.  L.  Atwood,  Treas..  a  barrel,     70  58 

Concord,  N.  H  .  Udiee.  by  Mrs.  E.  W. 
Woodward,  a  barrel,  106  80 

Dover,  N.  H.,  Ladies' Home  Miss.  Soc.  of 
First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Miss  C.  M.  Palmer, 
Sec.,  a  barrel,  87  60 

Henniker,  N.  H..  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc,  by 
Mrs.  Horace  Cbilde,  Sec.  a  box,  48  00 

Hopkintoo,  Mass.,  Ladies,  two  barrels,       146  00 
Ladies'  Cong.  Sew.  Circle  by  Mrs.  T.D. 
Bridges,  two  barrels,  220  44 

Ladies,  by  Mrs.  8.  B.  Crooks,  a  barrel,       88  00 

Lyme,  N.  H..  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  L.  A. 
Churchill,  a  box,  60  00 

Middletown,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Home  Miss. 
Soc  of  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Miss  C.  M. 
Bacon,  a  barrel,  170  00 


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Vew  HarcB,  €000.,  a  bundle  of  books 

New  York  c;|iy,  Mrs.  Parker,  a  bundle. 

Rocky  Hill,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Sec, 
bT  Mrs.  J.  G.  Dimock,  a  half  barrel,        $31  08 

Soffleld,  Conn.,  Ladies  of  the  First  Ccnff. 
Ch.  and  80c,  by  Mrs.  W.  L.  LoornKs, 
Sec.,  a  barrel,  75  00 

Snnderland,  Mass.,  Dorcas  See.,  bj  Mrs. 
C.  B.  Trow,  Sec.,  a  barrel.  64  06 

Vernon  Center,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Charit- 
able 80c.,  br  Mrs.  8.  G.  Butler,  a  barrel,     80  00 

Wakefield,  Ma^s..  Ladies'  Cbariuble 
Soc,  by  Mrs.  E.  T.  Freeman,  a  box,         187  00 

West  Brookfleld,  Mass.,  Home  Miss. 
Sew.  Circle,  by  Mrs.  Lewis  Oleason,  78  68 

WhitinsTiIle,  Mass.,  Mrs.  Charles  P. 
WhitiD,  a  box. 

Worcester.  Mass.,  Ladies'  Bener.  Assoc, 
of  the  Old  South  Ch.,  by  Miss  Jennie 
Morgan,  Sec,  a  box  and  three  barrels,     600  00 


Jr«a0<p<9  qf  th$  Mamuf^iMiBpme  mmiomarv 


^^SSiL^x  ^  ifat'oc^uMUa  Bbms  Mittkmary 


SoMy.in  September, 
TreoB. 


Stkfhen  T.  Fabwxll, 


Barre,  ETan.  Cong.  Ch.  and  See,,  $87  06 

Becket,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  4  00 

Bedford,  Trin.  Ch.,  mon.  con.,  86  81 

Boston,  Shawmut  Ch.  and  Soc,  141  66 

Highlands,  Vine  St.  Ch.  and  Soc,  mvu 

con.,  80  00 

Boxford,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  6  00 

Brain  tree,  Flhit  Cong.   Ch.    and    Soe., 

quarterly  coll.,  48  00 

Chelsea,  Winnieimmet  Ch.,  in  part,  86  00 

Clinton,  C.  L.  Swan,  100  00 

Danvers,  First  Ch.  and  Soc,  141  87 

Dedham,  Allen  Cong.  Ch.  and  8«c,  146  00 

Bnflold,  Lucina  Hosmer,  100  00 

Bnrinff.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Hoc,  18  86 

Franklin  Co.  H.  M.  Soc,  D.  L.  Sammis, 
Treas: 

Beniardstsn,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  $30  25 

Buckland,         '*  ''  66  08 

Oolerain,  *•  **  15  00 

Mrs.  K.  Allen,  %  60 

Beerfield.  Conp.  Ch.,  and  Soc,       80  88 

East  Charlemont,  Cong.    Ch., 
and  Soc, 

Estate   of    Emily    Sererenee 
Sweet,  (as  a  Le^^acy,) 

Gill,  Cone;.  Cb.  and  Soc, 

Groenfleld^  Second  Cong.  Ch.  and 


ao^atV,   in 
TYeaturer. 

Acton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

Abington  South. 

Boston,  Old  South  Ch.  and  Soc.. 

Park  St.  Ch.  and  Soe., 

Union  Ch.  and  Soe., 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  W.  Haynes, 

A  Friend, 

Highlands,  Vine  St.  Ch.  and  Soc. 
Chatham,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Campello.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Dunstable,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc. 
Eastham,  Legacy  of  Josiah  Lincoln, 
Essex,  Friend  of  Missions, 
Essex  South  Conference.  collectittB, 
Falmouth,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Franklin.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
HaTerhill,  Second  Ch.  and  Soc. 
Hampden  Co.,  Benev.  Assodatioii, 
Hanrard,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Lynnfleld.  Center  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Lowell,  First  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc. 
Lunenburg,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  Bor. 

W.  H.lfowden, 
Marshfleld,  N.  8.  Waterman,  L.  M., 
Needham,  J.  Davenport, 
Newburrport,  Whitfield  Ch.  and  Soc, 
New  Bedford.  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
New  Hampshire,  A  Clergyman's  Widow, 
Orleans, 

Oxford.  A  Friend, 
Shrewsbury,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Sonthboro,  Cong.  Cb.  and  Soc, 
Templeton,  Ladies'  Charitable  Soc, 

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Fabwbll, 


$87  60 

80  00 

1,846  00 

1,678  00 

166  60 

80  00 

800 

80  00 

18  75 

78  80 

86  10 

175  00 

60  00 

8890 

800  00 

48  80 

40  00 

187  46 

17  86 
817 

100  00 

80  00 

80  00 

600 

104  00 

18  00 
800 

86  00 

800 
4660 
8110 
16  00 
18  00 
86  00 
80  00 
77  65 
188  81 

600 
40  00 
8110 


700 


100  00 
14  76 


Soc,  181  10 

Montague,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  78  00 

Northflold,  Trin.  Ch.  and  Soc,  60  81 

Sholburno,  Con?.  Ch.  and  Soc.,  66  46 
South    Decrflcld,   S.   8.  Miss. 

Asso.,  to  const,  two  L.  Ms.,  74  60 
Sunderland,    Cong.    Ch.    and 

Soc,  to  const  two  L.  Ms.,  66  70 


OroTeland,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Grafton.  A  Friend, 
Hartfora,  Conn.,  F.  B.  P., 
Hingham,  Cone,  Cb.  and  Soc, 
Jamaica  Plain.  Estate  of  A.  w.  Swett, 
Leominster,  Oona.  Ch.  and  Soc., 

•  A.  G.  Packard, 

Milford,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Needham,  Plains  Sabbath  School, 
Newburyport,  Belleville  Cong.  Ch.  and 

Soc, 
Newton,  Eliot  Ch.,  mon.  con., 
North  Andovcr,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,    ' 
North  Carver,  C^ong.  Ch.  and  Soc. 
North  Chelmsford;  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

10  const,  two  L.  Ms., 
North  Orange,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Provincetown,  Cong.  Ch.  and  So**., 
Salisbury  and  AmesDury,  Union  Ch., 
Stonghton,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
WeUfieet  South.  Rcv.7.  W.  C.  Pike, 
Winchendon,  North  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Worcester,  A  Friend, 


710  81 

800 

150  00 

800 

15  66 

800  00 

8r55 

15  00 

84  97 

600 

869  50 
63  15 
81  08 

10  00 

78  00 
81  00 

11  40 
666 

40  00 
10  00 
18  00 
10  00 


$8,787.96 


Upton  J3ong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Ware,  First  Cong.  Cb.,  (rec 

West  Amesbury,  Cong.  Cb.  and  8oe^ 
Westfield,  Second  Ch.  and  Soc, 
West  Newton,  A  Friend, 
Wrentham,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Worcester,  Old  South  Cb.  and  Soc, 

KWa 

SeoeiptB  ttf  the  Conneeiieut  Borne  Mletimimt  A- 
eitfy,  in  October,  E.  W.  Pabsovs,  Treat. 

Bristol,  A  Lady,  $8  60 

Buckingham,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  Ord- 

way,  18  00 

Eagleville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  H.  Snow,  5  00 

Ifiaston,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  M.  Dudley,  to 

const  Mrs.  Elixabeth  BowsU  a  L.  M.,  88  00 
Long  Ridge,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  S.  ScofieUL  80  00 
Mansfield,  Second  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rer.  M. 

Welsh,  to  const  George  F.  King  a  L. 

M..  87  00 

North  Guilford.  A  Friend,  80  00 

North  Stamford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

Peabody,  16  00 

Plymouth,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  Fenn,  186  18 

Saugatuck,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  W.  Taylor, 

Trees,,  47  10 

Southport,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G.  B.  Hill,     48  00 
South  Windsor,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  B. 

Ckrk,  Treas..  40  01 

Stanwich,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  Lockw^od,  to 

const  Charles  Brush  a  L.  M.,  80  68 

Wauregan,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  S.  H.  SeUew,        10  00 
Winsted,  First  TJong.  Ch.,  by  E.  E.  Gil- 

man,  Treas.,  78  V 

r-  $66611 

Recede  in  coin,  ^  Cal^fomia  Agency,  6y  J.  W. 
Clark,  M.  D.,  Financial  Agent, 

Downieville,    Proceeds  of    Cong.    Ch. 
buUding.  by  J.  P.  Haven,  $150  00 

Oakland,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  160  00 

San  Francisco,  Oreen  Street  Cong,  Ch.„  7  00 

Third  Cong.  Ch.,  M  00 

Second  Cong.  Ch.,  18  » 

Rev.  E.  S.  Lacy,  1500 

Stockton,  Coll.  at  Gen.  AasodatioB,  54  % 

$41160 


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APPLICATIONS  FOR  AID. 

Feeble  congregations,  desiring  aid  iu  supporting  the  gospel,  are  requested,  iax 
their  applications,  to  make  full  statements  of  tiieir  condition  and  prospects,  and  of 
the  reasons  "for  granting  their  requests.  TlieT"  aro  desirud;  also,  to  furnish  tko 
following  particulai:s,  namely : 

The  population  of  the  place. 

The  name  of  the  churcu  or  congregation. 

The  number  of  communicants,  and  tho  arorago  nximbcr  of  attendants  on  pab> 
He  worship. 

The  denomination  and  size  of  congregations  immodiatol/  contignous,  with  tho 
distance  to  their  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  which  tho  applicants  propose  to  mako  np. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  tho  given  timo,  and  tho 
arrangements  that  are  made  for  securing  it. 

Whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 

The  least  anyurU  that  will  suffice  from  this  Society. 

The  namo  in  full  and  post-oMce  addreM  of  tho  minister  for  whom -a  cooxmisslon 
Is  desired. 

His  credentials. 

Whether  he  is  a  resident  of  the  place  In  which  ho  preaches,  and  la  engaged  In 
•ay  other  callin;?  than  that  of  the  mini-stry. 

Whether  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  church,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangomeatj 
are  made  or  contemplated  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  tho  year. 

The  application  should  bo  signed  by  the  officers  of  tho  church,  and  by  tho 
trostees  or  a  committee  of  the  conprregation. 

If  the  ecclesiasfical  body  with  whicli  the  church  is  conncxitod  hare  a  "  Com- 
mittor of  Missions  "  to  act  in  tlieir  behalf,  the  members  of  this  Committee  are  tho 
proper  pdrsons  to  certify  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  iln  minister, 
and  his  prospects  of  usefulness  in  the  place  wliero  his  services  arc  desired ;  and  the 
application  should  bo  sent  to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation. 
Where  no  such  **  C/ommitteo  of  Missions"  exists,  the  application  should  receive  tho 
iud'irsemant  of  two  or  more  neighboring  clergymen,  of  the  sams  denomination, 
ac  ^uaintei  with  tho  facts. 

Applications,  after  bolnjr  properly  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  1)3  sent  to 
thi.Saporintendjut  (or  Secretary  of  iha  Auxiliary)  for  tho  rcjion  where  tho  appll- 
caats  rjiido. 

As  a  g.)aoral  ralo.  anpr>priation3  aro  for  twclvo  monthn /tottj  t\*,  (HUofth'i 
fippliettij.'i ;  at  t!io  en  I  of  which,  it  furth?r  aid  1)0  nooilcd,  a  new  .ipplicatioii  must 
be  mado*  containing  all  tho  particularj  above  stated,  and  indorsed  and  rccommcndci 
in  like  manner. 

E ts\  eo'ijrsjith^  appV/ifij  for  renewsd  aid,  should furnUJi,  also,  t?i5  eertificaii 
ofCi*.  minhiarj  t\ii  t*5.y  hioifalfdled  thur  prcotjuj pled jes  for  his  /support. 

The  address  of  tho  Society's  Snperintendents  and  the  Secretaries  of  its  Anxil- 
iarii^  will  be  found  on  the  cover  of  its  Reports  and  of  the  IIom6  Missionary, 

THE  HOME  MISSIOir  AB7. 

The  Uomi  Missionarj/  will  be  sent  gratuitously  to  the  following  chissca  of  in- 
dividaah,  unless  they  prefer  to  take  it  as  subscribers: 

To  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  tho  Society.  To  Missionaricj  of  tho 
Sosiety  an  J  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clergyman  in  whose  congregation  a  coUoctiou 
is  ta'ion  u)  every  year  for  tho  Society,  or  one  of  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  individual 
who  cmtributej  tea  dollars,  or  upward,  during  the  year.  To  every  Auxiliary.  Asso- 
ciition.  orCoiorro^Uioii,  o;i3  c^pj  for  every  tzn  dJllars  collected  and  paid  into  tho 
Treasury  of  tho  So^ietv,  or  of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  panor  will  confer  a  special  favor  by  availing  himself  of  tho  facilitieg 
oTjred  above  to  introduce  tho  Ilorm  Afission/iry  among  his  jxjo.dc.  In  notifying  tho 
Sejretarlas  of  hi.4  dosiro  to  have  the  work  sent  en  these  terms,  ho  i^  requested  to 
mention  the  nam^  of  so  no  person  to  whom  each  copy  shall  bo  addressed. 

The  Secrotariea  will  b:^  grateful  for  early  notice  of  discontinuances,  or  cJtanj:9 
ii  /ii  pnN»W?J  adirfst  of  sulw^rilxirs. 

POEM  OF  A  BEaUEST. 

I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  tnist,  to  pay  over 

tho  flamy  in  after  my  decease,  to  iho  person  who,  when  tho  sumo  \3 

imyable.  shall  art  ns  Treasurer  of  the  American  Roino  Missionary  Socictv,  forme  1  in 
t'lo  city  of  X^w  York,  In  the  year  eiirhteen  hnntlred  and  twentvVix,to  bj  aooliedto 
tUo  charitable  ubcs  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


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DECEMBER . 


1871. 


AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOR  PLACE.  NEW  YOBE. 


Rbt.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.D., 
Bet.  DAVID  B;  COE, 
Rev.  ALEX.  U.  CLAPP, 


9ER,  D.D., ) 
S,  D.D.,        [. 
lPP,D.D.,    ) 


3eer€tari4sprGarr$9ppnds9im. 
Mn.  WILLIAM  HENRY  SMITH,  Tr^aturer, 


EzBcuTxra  Commhtbi  :~Mb.  WILLIAM  O.  LAMBERT.  Chairfmm;  Mb.  O.  R.  SOBEBT; 
Mb.  BniEON  B.  CmTTENDEN;  Ret.  RICHARD  8.  8T0RR8»  Jb.,  D.D.;  Ret.  WILLIAM 
I.  BUDINOTON,  D.D.:  Mr.  CALVIN  C.  WOOLWORTH;  Mb.  CHARLES  ABEHNBTHY; 
Mr.  JOHN  D.  HUTCHINSON;  Ret.  HENRT  M.  STORES,  D.D. ;  with  the  mombera ox-offldo- 
\iz:  AUSTIN  ABBOTT,  £i^,  £tcording  S^crftary^  the  TbbjlSubxb,  and  the  Sbobbtashs  vob 

C0BBIfFO2n)S2rCX. 

COHHITHICATIOHS 

ReUting  to  t lie  boslness  of  the  Societj  generaUy.  tomj  be  addraBtcid  to  eithor  of  tlio 
Secretaries  for  Correapondence. 

DONATIONS  AND  STJBSCSIPTIONB^ 

-  In  Drafts^  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Post-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  maj  be  not  to 
tlie  Treas\irer.  Bible  Hoose,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  paymeDt  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Life  Member;  and  of  one 
hundred  dollars  (or  a  sum,  wliicb,  in  addition  to  a  prsTious  payment,  makes  one 
(lundred  dollars),  a  Life  Director. 


SECBETABIES  AND  TBEASUBEBS 

OP  THE 

PRINCIPAL   AUXILIARIES. 

Rev.  Stephen  Thurston,  D.D.,  Secretary,  Maine  Mm.  8oe.,  Searsport,  Me. 
JosnuA  Maxwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer.  h         h        u    Portland.  Me. 

Wqv.  William  Clark,  D.D..  Sec,  New  ITampshire  Mi$$.  8oc.,  Amherst,  N.  H. 
LY.AfAN  D.  Ste%'EN8,  Esq.,  Treasurer,        "  "        "    Concord,  N.  H. 

Hov.  C.  S.  Smith.  Secretary,  Vermont  Dotn.  Miss.  Soe.,  Montpelier,  Vt. 
C.  W.  Storrs,  Esq.,  Treasurer,       •*        "  "      " 

Kev.  II.  B.  Hooker,  D.D.,  Fee.,  Mass.  H.  M.  Soe.,  81  TTasbington  street,  Boston, 
Stephen  T.  Farwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer.    "         "  "  «.  ^ 

Rev.  James  G.  Vose,  Secretary,  E.  I.  Ilome  Miss.  Soe.,  Providence,  R.  L 
Edwin  Knight.  Esq.,  Treasurer,    «        "  •«  #.  w 

Uev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary.  Conn.  Home  Miss.  Soe.,  Beriin,  Conn. 
E.  W.  Parsons.  Esq.,  Treasurer,  ^         «        ^       «     Hartford,  Conn. 

STTFEBUiTEJNDENTS. 


Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart,  -  New  York  City. 
Rev.  Lybander  Kelsey,  Columbus,  O. 
Rev.  Nath'l  a.  IIydk,      Indianapolis Jnd. 
Rev.  Joseph  E.Roy.D.D.,  Chicacro,  111. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Turner,  Hannibal ,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  B.  WnjJAMS,      Charlotte,  Mich. 
Rev.  Leroy  Warren,      Pent  water,  Mich. 
Rev.  Dexter  Clary,        Beloit,  Wis. 


Rev.  Franklin  B.  Doe,  Fond  du  Lac»  Wli. 

Rev.  J.  Guernsey,  D.D.,  Dubuque,  la. 
li'ev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett,  Dea  Moines,  la. 

Rev.  Richard  Hall,  St.  Paul,  Mini. 

Rev.  James  G.  Merrill,  Topeka,  Kan. 

Rev.  O.  W.  Merrill,  Nebraska  CS^J 

Rev.  James  n.  Warren,  SanF 


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CONTENTS. 


PAOB 

THE  HOME  MIS8I0NAHY  WORK  IN 
NORTHERN  WISCONSIN SOS 

MISSIONARY  mTELUGSNCB. 

California.— From  Bw.  I.  W.  AtherUm^ 
Lot  ADgeles.~Change  of  BaHe SOO 

From  /?tfv.  J.  H,  Strong^  Soquel.— Not  for 
g^jf      209 

NebraskfiU-From  Rw,  O.  W.  Merrui 

Saperintendent.— Pioneers  Wanted 210 

From  Rw.  T.  N.  Skinny,  Milford.-Af- 

tw  Hanrett 210 

Kansas.— From  Bw,  8.  O.  WHgM,  Bar- 

ker*B.— Veteran  in  a  New  Field 910 

From  B09,  J.  CJuw^  Ottawa.— Encourage- 

mentt til 

Minnesota.— From  Bev.  L.  Wo^ftm^ 

Fergna  Fallt.— At  the  Front SIS 

From  Rev.   C.  H,  MerriU,  Mankato.— 

Long  Step  Ahead 919 

From  R€V.  E.  C.  Starr^  Waseca.— Hard  at 

Work S18 

Iowa.— From  Rev.  W.  SpeU^  Greenwood 

Center.— Breaking  Oronnd 218 

From  B€C.  W.  H.  Barrotcs^  Anamosa.— 

Self-Sapport 214 

Wisconsin.— From  Bet.  M.  M.  Martin, 

Masomania.— Onr  New  House 214 

From  Bev.  D.  A,  OampbeUy  Pine  River- 
Tea  Years*  Berrice 214 


PAOBI 

Mfohigan— From  i?«v.  H.  M.  Holiday,       I 
Alma.— Some  of  the  Trials    216] 

From  Bev.  P.  H.  HoUitUr,  Hancock.—       I 
Fruits  of  Three  Years 215] 

Missouri.— From  Bev.  0.  C.  Harrah^ 
Brookfleld.— Save  and  Give  1 216 

From  Bev.  M.  J.  OalUtn,  Kingston.- A       | 
Fruitful  Land...  216 

Illinois.— From  B&v.  F.  Baseom,  J).  D., 
Hinsdale.— That  Union  Plan  Works.— 
** The  nilnois Band" 917 

From  Bev.  B.  F.  ffaekiiu,  Victoria.— Ear- 
ly Conversion 217 

Indiana.  —  From  Bev.  H.  B.  Swift, 
Bloomfield.— Solsberry.— Bloomfleld  ..  218 

^SCELLANEOUS. 

Th«  Trsasubt 219 

Ths  National  Council  on  Hoxk  Mis- 
sions  219 

Th»  Black  Vallbt 2-21 

''Ebbnbzxb" 221 

Nbw  Hampshibk  Missionart  Society  . .  222 

ThbWbst 223 

Mt  Monet 223 

DiCBASB  or  Rbt.  Dr.  Gubrnsbt £M 

MistUman  AppoMmtntt^ 224 

AcknonoUdgmmtofR^ceipte 226 


PITBI.IsnED  BY 

THE  AMERICAN  HOME  mSSIONART  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  UOUSE,  ASTOR  PLACE,  NEVIT  YORK. 


PRICE,  FIFTY  CENTS  A  YEAR  IN  ADVANCE, 
"QO.   PREACH   THE   GOSPEL." 


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MISSIONARY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  Clothing,  sent  directly  and  without  anj  particulM-  designation,  to  the 
office'  of  the  Americau  tlome  Miaaiouary  Socletj,  will  be  forwarded  to  Buch  mission, 
anes  as  are  known  lo  be  most  in  need  of  tliem,  with  reqaeets  from  the  Sodetj  to 
those  who  receive  them,  to  addreas  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  reapectiye 

Experience  has  shown  ua  that,  when  an  individaal  or  association,  intendrngto 
prepare  a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  misaionary  designated,  anda 
detailed  account  of  the  circumstances  of  his  famUy  given, the  informaUon  isnot alwaya 
at  hand,  so  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfiBictorily  answered.  And  when 
It  18,  It  not  unfrequeutly  happens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing, 'iie  missionary  re- 
mains for  months  uiiaupplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  might  be 
furnished  with  articles  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society,  hi 
other  cases,  while  the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from 
other  sources,  so  that  when  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want 
as  many  others.  f 

It  is  preferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors, 
that  the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  ajre  not  put  up  for  any  in- 
dividual in  particular,  should  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Soaety. 
<^ft€T  Vuy  reach  the  office.  It  is  believed  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  the 
designs  of  those  who  generously  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which 
the  Society  can  have  an  agency. 

DIRECTIONS  FOE  FORWABDIHe. 

1.  Put  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  openad,a 
paper  or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  with  the  name  of  the  in- 
diridual  or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the  individual  to 
whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent. 

2.  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  the  box  should  be  sent  in  a 
letter  to  the  office  of  the  Societv.  This  copy  should  state  the  estimated  valuei  of  the 
contents,  and  the  mze  of  adults,  with  the  agtB  and,  sex  of  children,  for  whom  the 
clothing  is  intended.  The  letter  should  also  state  when,  and  by  what  conveyanct, 
the  box  was  forwarded,  and  in  it  should  be  inclosed  such  money  as  is  intended  for 
the  payment  of  freight.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  provided  for  in  all 
cases,  if  practicable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  $3  to  $6,  accord- 
ing to  its  size  and  the  distance  it  is  sent.  A  barr$l  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense 
than  a  box  of  the  same  size. 

8.  The  box  should  be  fully  and  plainly  marked,  and  tJu  place  from  which  it  oomti 
should  ALWATS  appear  on  the  outside,  so  that  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening 
it  at  the  office.  It  should  be  strong,  tight,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  be 
hooped,  or  otherwise  fully  secured  agamst  the  effects  of  hard  usage  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astar 
Place,  New  York. 

HO  PART  OF  A  MISSIONARY'S  SALARY. 

Boxes  of  clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriatioiL  The 
Society  needs  the  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptly  Ita 
stipulations  with  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  be  no 
favor  to  a  missionary  to  receive  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money 
that  would  otherwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionally  diminished. 

We  trust  tlie  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to 
it  that  they  give  none  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  giving  other  thinn 
that  are  needful  and  convenient.  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  sympathies  will 
be  so  awakened  in  the  preparation  of  the  lesser  pit,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be 
their  privilege,  not  only  to  continue,  but  also  r.   mlarge  the  greater. 

SUGGESTIONS  AS  TO  TflEIR  CONTENTS. 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box,  while  clothing  of  .woollen  or  linffl 
fabrics,  shoes,  booU,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  hC  specially  valuable,  scarodr 
any  thing  in  the  shape  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  whi» 
is  of  common  nse  in  any  form  in  a  family,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  *^^^^^ 
spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of  cotton,  a  skein  of  vam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  nesem 
a  cake  of  ^vax.  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a  thimble,  a  tumbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skimmw,  or  a 
pepper  box,  need  not  be  left  out.  "  ^.  u. 

When  articles  of  clothing  are  not  fitted  U>  the  members  of  the  families  to  w» 
boxes  are  sent,  missionaries  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  otter 
that  almost  every  thing  which  a  box  jqb^  contain  is  turned  to  good  acoount. 


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Harvard  Coilefe:^  i^iorary 

Gil  t  t  , 

MIsB  Nel  i -*  ^.    Liittv':>n, 
We  tl   eld,    Ji/Lb.QQ. 

Perkins  GoUticti:)n 

THE  HOME  MISSIONARY. 

Go, Pbbach  the  Qospbl Mark  xvl.  15. 

How  shall  thej  preach  except  they  be  sent  ? .  Ram,  x.  15. 

Vol.  XlilV.  JANUARY,  1872.  No.  9. 

THE  HOME  MISSIONARY  WORK  IN  NORTHERN  WISCONSIN. 
From  a  Report  to  the  Gen^nO  Convention  by  Bey.  Fbahxijn  B.  Dob,  Superintendent. 

The  territory  coTered  by  this  Report  embraces  all  that  portion  of  the  State 
north  of  a  line  from  Milwaukee  to  the  northwest  comer  of  Dane  county,  thence 
down  the  Wisconsin  river  to  its  mouth.  For  the  most  part,  this  is  missionary 
ground  —  some  of  it  almost  as  much  so  as  China  —  and  there  are  yast  tracts  of 
timber  land  not  yet  invaded  by  a  settler,  which,  alive  ere  long  with  the  hum 
'  of  industry,  will  be  the  arena  of  moral  conflicts. 

There  are  100  churches  on  this  field,  only  thirty  of  them  self-supporting — 
leaving  seventy  dependent  on  Home  Missionary  aid,  in  amounts  varying  accord- 
ing to  circumstances.  Only  two  churches  receive  over  $800  each ;  the  average 
is  about  $240 ;  and  the  total  of  appropriations  during  the  year  is  a  little  lefls 
than  $12,000.  The  yearns  contributions  of  these  100  churches  to  Home  Mis- 
sions were  $1,752.71.  Forty-seven  ministers  have  supplied  61  churches  and  52 
OQt-stations,  showing  that  the  work  of  Home  Evangelization  is  not  neglected. 
The  majority  of  our  ministers  take  care  of  one  or  two  churches  each,  and  in 
destitute  neighborhoods,  by  regular  visitation  or  occasional  appointment,  in 
school-houses  and  sometimes  in  whisky  saloons,  preach  the  gospel  of  Christ. 
The  people  in  large  numbers  come  to  hear  them  gladly.  The  most  of  our  new 
churches  sre  gathered  in  thb  way.  To  the  poor  the  gospel  is  preached,  and 
so  the  kingdom  of  Christ  is  built  up.  This  work  of  Home  Missionary  supply 
is  a  legitimate  method  of  multiplying  churches  of  our  faith  and  order — not 
crowding  them  in  where  there  are  already  too  many  churches,  but  planting 
them  in  regions  neglected  by  others  and  in  advance  of  others. 

We  must  more  closely  work  the  material  already  at*  hand,  and  be  wise  to 
convert  our  foreign  population  to  Christian  truth  and  life,  or  they  will  convert 
OS  to  something  else.  God  has  laid  this  special  duty  on  the  churches  of  Wis- 
consin. Are  we  as  a  denomination  appreciating  the  responsibility  ?  We  educate 
young  men  that  they  may  stand  behind  the  counter,  or  in  the  bank,  speaking 
in  a  foreign  tongue ;  but  how  rare  it  is  that  we  find  a  church  training  a  young 
man  that  he  may  tell  in  another  tongue  the  wonderful  works  of  God,  and  do 
successful  business  for  Christ,  while  doing  well  for  himself.  When  we  take 
hold  of  this  part  of  our  Home  Evangelization  work  with  a  real  purpose  and  hope 
of  thoroughly  doing  it,  the  fruits  will  appear. 
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CHURCH  BUILDINO. 

In  this  there  has  been  some  fair  advance  daring  the  year.  Six  houses  of 
worship  have  been  completed  and  dedicated,  five  of  them  by  home  missionary 
churches.  The  aggregate  expense  was  about  $52,000.  The  Congregational 
Union  furnished  $1,700,  and  there  was  pledged  at  the  dedication  to  meet  in- 
debtedness on  these  home  missionary  churches,  $8,259.45.  Several  houses  are 
now  in  process  of  erection,  and  two  are  nearly  ready  for  dedication.  Several 
also  have  made  important  additions  and  repairs.  There  are  only  sixteen 
churches  that  have  not  houses  of  worship,  though  some  are  poor,  and  alto- 
gether inadequate.  Not  much  progress  can  be  made  until  there  is  a  church 
home  ;  and  this  object  makes  its  strong  appeal  to  prudential  motives,  as  well 
as  to  spiritual  wants.  It  is  good  and  shrewd  economy  for  a  young  community 
to  build  a  house  of  worship  which  adds  to  the  value  of  comer  lots  and  speaks 
well  for  the  town.  It  is  well  that  we  can  get  money  even  in  this  way.  There 
is  a  real  need  for  the  Congregational  Union,  and  that  society  does  a  wise  and 
noble  work  ;  but  every  community  should  know  that  in  church-building  they 
are  simply  helping  themselves,  and  rarely  give  so  much  as  they  receive,  even 
as  a  matter  of  finance.  In  the  m  itter  of  church  erection,  very  few  rise  to  the 
height  of  absolute  giving,  and  that  because  it  is  the  Lord^s  work. 

We  need  a  book  of  plans  and  suggestions,  for  our  home  missionary  churches 
especially,  for  the  saving  of  trouble  and  waste  through  inexperience  and  dif- 
ference of  opinion,  and  for  securing  convenience,  attractiveness  and  propriety 
without  additional  cost.  Whosoever  shall  provide  such  a  work  will  confer  t 
lasting  blessing  on  our  churches  throughout  the  West. 

CHUBCHBS  ORGANIZED. 

Eight  churches  have  been  organized  within  the  year,  with  a  membership  of 
74.  With  one  exception  they  are  on  new  ground,  where  the  gospel  had  been 
preached  only  occasionally,  if  at  all.  The  Home  Missionary  Society  in  this 
case  is  not  simply  a  church-aiding  but  a  church-making  society.  One  of  thes^ 
churches,  in  a  destitute  region,  beginning  with  six  members,  in  a  few  months 
added  seventeen  on  profession  of  faith.  It  is  far  easier  to  start  a  church  than  to 
perpetuate  it,  and  secure  its  growth  ;  but  where  a  few  Christian  families  desire 
a  church  home,  and  are  willing  to  meet  their  fair  share  of  its  responsibilities, 
experience  encourages  the  favoring  of  their  wishes. 

SELF-  SUPPORT. 

Only  four  churches  have  become  self-supporting  this  year.  That  in  Grand 
Rapids,  with  25  members,  which  with  $200  aid  paid  $700  salary,  becomes  in- 
dependent, and  pledges  $1,200  to  its  pastor.  This  was  chiefly  the  fruit  of  a  re- 
vival, by  which  55  were  added  to  the  membership,  and  the  work  was  thorough 
enough  to  convert  the  pockets  of  the  people,  thereby  proving  it  divine.  We 
need  a  good  many  re-conversions  of  that  kind,  in  our  stronger  churches.  The 
church  in  New  London,  that  with  $100  aid  paid  $700  salary,  assumes  self-sup- 
port, and  reaches  $1,000  salary — not  the  result  of  a  revival  in  this  case,  but  of 
an  honest  conviction  that  it  ottght  to  go  alone,  and  not  use  funds  needed  by 
some  feebler  church ;  and  the  Lord  has  blessed  that  people  in  their  effort.  There 
are  numbers  of  small  churches,  where  the  soil  is  poor,  or  where  the  American 
population  is  scarce,  and  dwindling,  that  will  be  long  in  reaching  self-support 
— perhaps  never  will — which  yet  should  not  be  abandoned.    Some  of  our  best 


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spiritual  material  is  hid  away  in  these  obscure  places,  and  not  a  few  of  our  fu- 
ture ministers  and  influential  laymen  will  come  from  them.  But  there  are  other 
churches  not  a  few,  in  growing  towns,  and  in  which  are  men  of  means,  that 
ought  to  crowd  toward  self-support ;  some  that  should  reach  it  immediately. 
It  should  be  made  a  matter  of  conscience  with  them,  prayerfully  to  consider 
whether  they  have  a  right 'to  ask,  and  with  the*  missionary  committee  whether 
they  have  a  right  to  recommend  aid,  while  the  loud  cry  sounds  from  new  re- 
gions beyond,  "  Come-  over  and  help  u«."  The  aiding  of  a  church  that  has 
come  to  the  point  of  posnble  self-support,  is  not  more  unjust  to  really  needy 
churches,  than  it  is  injurious  to  the  recipient.  By  declaring  their  independ- 
ence, building  a  shelter  for  themselves,  taking  care  of  their  own  household, 
and  doing  their  part  of  the  work  in  more  destitute  regions,  these  churches  will 
get  self-respect,  strength,  growth  in  numbers,  and  in  all  those  spiritual  graces 
that  are  nurtured  by  cheerful,  active  obedience  to  the  Master^s  call. 

MUnSTEKS  ORDAIKED  A2SiD  INSTALLBD. 

Four  ministers  have  been  ordained,  five  installed  as  pastors,  and  several  more 
are  soon  to  be  installed.  The  frequent  change  of  ministers  in  our  home  mission- 
ary churches  is  one  of  the  chief  evils  with  which  we  have  to  contend — more 
disturbing  than  all  other  things  combined.  Sometimes  changes  of  this'  kind 
are  desirable ;  but  they  are  far  too  ft-equent,  and  often  occur  for  very  insuffi- 
cient reasons.  Churches  and  ministers  seem  to  be  equally  fickle,  and  both 
parties  should  seriously  consider  the  matter.  Doubtless  installation  will  help 
toward  greater  permanence ;  but  the  real  difiSculty  lies  further  back,  in  an  un- 
due ambition  and  a  love  of  change.  The  churches  kept  in  a  perpetual  com- 
motion in  getting  rid  of  ministers  and  getting  new  ones,  are  not  those  that 
show  the  largest  growth,  or  give  the  best  evidence  of  spiritual  life.  Parties 
are  formed,  a  spirit  of  strife  appears,  and  plans  are  not, formed  wisely  with  a 
view  to  future,  permanent  results. 

In  certain  circumstances  transient  work  answers 'a  good  purpose ;  at  least  it 
is  the  best  that  can  be  had.  And  so  we  find  it  well  to  employ  Theological  un- 
dergraduates, during  vacation.  Tliese  young  men,  eager  for  the  battle,  bright 
with  hope,  and  full  of  enthusiasm,  often  do  excellent  work  ;  but  they  generally 
regret  that  they  must  break  up,  just  as  they  have  got  the  forces  at  command, 
and  the  door  of  usefulness  open.  Still,  this  is  better  than  no  supply,  and 
sometimes  a  young  or  discouraged  church  is  thus  started  in  the  line  gf  perma- 
nent success. 

coin'BiBunoNS. 

In  the  matter  of  Contributions  to  Home  Missions  we  are  greatly  at  fault, — 
specially  the  self-supporting  churches,  nearly  all  of  them  gathered  and  built 
up  by  home  missionary  funds.  Some  of  these  neglect  the  annual  contribution, 
and  none  give  in  proportion  to  their  means,  or  as  the  cause  requires.  With 
shame  I  repeat  that  the  churches  of  this  District  average  only  thirty-four  cents 
a  member,  and  a  part  of  this  is  given  outside  of  the  churches.  This  may  be 
duo  partly  to  frequent  changes  in  the  ministry,  partly  to  the  neglect  of  minis- 
ters ;  but  largely  to  lack  of  appreciation  and  to  selfishness.  Surely  we  ought  to 
average  one  dollar  a  member;  and  this  would  secure  an  aggregate  of  f  10,000, 
instead  of  $3,000,  from  the  whole  State.  We  have  farms,  houses,  merchandise, 
mills  and  bank  stock,  enough  to  warrant  this  at  least ;  but  it  can  be  done  only  as 
the  miniBters  with  a  hearty  interest  press  home  on  their  people  the  work  as  w 


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privilege  and  duty.  The  mites  gathered  from  all  out  poorer,  and  the  gener- 
ons  gifts  and  legacies  of  the  growing  number  of  our  wealthy  members,  turned 
into  Home  Missionary  channels,  ought  ere  long  to  bring  the  State  to  sclf-eup- 
port,  and  allow  the  offerings  of  our  Eastern  friends  to  pass  on  to  the  newer  re- 
gions beyond. 

THE  WORK   BEFORE   US. 

We  live  in  a  State  whose  material  resources  have  only  begun  to  be  developed. 
"  The  lines  have  fallen  to  us  in  pleasant  places ;  we  have  a  goodly  heritage." 
Railroads  are  projected  and  are  building  in  almost  every  direction.  Immense 
timber  lands  are  to  be  made  tributary  to  the  building  up  of  Christ^s  kingdom. 
Along  these  new  lines  we  are  responsible  for  doing  our  part  in  planting  the 
church  of  Christ.  Having  gained  so  much  in  thirty  years  of  toil  and  struggle, 
what  should  we  not  do  in  the  coming  years,  with  such  increased  facilities  and 
Such  golden  opportunities  for  Home  Missionary  work  I  In  the  next  ten  years 
we  ought  to  make  solid  marches  into  the  empire  of  darkness,  and  cause  many 
a  present  wilderness  to  become  as  the  garden  of  the  Lord. 

To  accomplish  this,  we  shall  need  not  only  money  but  men -^  ministers 
adapted  to  the  work,  and  who  will  give  therMekes  wholly  to  it,  and  thus  succeed  ; 
men  to  whom  pioneer  difficulties  give  inspiration ;  men  who  can  work  patiently 
and  hopefully  in  rough  places,  to  lay  broad  and  deep  foundations  for  coming 
generations.  The  men  who  regard  it  as  a  great  burden  to  go  into  remote  and 
rude  places  to  preach  the  gospel,  will  not  be  likely  to  succeed.  There  must  he 
an  element  of  Christian  heroism ;  the  feeling  that  it  is  a  grand  pritiUge  to  preach 
the  gospel  in  this  way.  We  have  little  sympathy  with  the  whine  about  hard- 
ships, though  there  are  hardships.  Men  and  families  volunteer  to  go  into  new 
and  remote  regions,  to  locate  farms,  to  make  homes,  to  gain  material  good, 
through  much  patience  and  hard  labor.  And  shall  we  be  timid  and  complaining, 
looking  for  a  church  in  good  running  order,  and  on  a  railroad,  when  the  Mas- 
te;  opens  the  way  for  us  to  go  in  and  subdue  the  wilderness ;  to  pre-empt  and 
possess  the  land  for  Christ  and  a  Christian  civilization ;  to  secure  spiritual  good 
and  everlasting  rewards.  Let  us  take  Paul  for  an  example,  with  his  soleom 
sense  of  duty  toward  a  world  lying  in  ignorance  and  sin.  Consider  the  light 
he  let  in  upon  realms  of  darkness ;  the  churches  he  planted ;  the  vast  number 
of  souls  he  won ;  and  with  what  apparent  disadvantages !  PauPs  consecration 
to  ttie  Master  and  his  work  is  no  more  intense  than  aura  should  be.  His  spirit, 
Ills  earnestness,  his  fervor  and  frequency  of  prayer,  should  be  ours.  Let  the 
Christ  whom  Paul  saw  and  loved  be  the  motive  power  within  us,  and  we  shall 
need  no  other.  This  whole-hearted  working  for  Christ — ^what  inspiration, 
what  power  there  is  in  it  I    Brethren,  let  us  make  full  proof  of  our  ministry ! 


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CALIFORNIA. 

From  Bev,  L  W,  Athertan,  Los  AngeUB^ 

Los  Angeles  Go. 

Change  of  Base. 

Tne  close  of  my  third  year  here  also 
closes  my  pastoral  connection  with  this 
church.  A  lung  difficulty,  threatening 
for  years  and  now  fairly  developed 
compels  me  to  resign.  By  advice  of 
the  Superintendent,  I  go,  for  the  pres- 
ent at  least,  to  Riverside,  60  miles 
farther  from  the  coast.  It  has  a  great 
er  elevation,  is  mostly  fVee  from  fogs, 
and  is  considered  peculiarly  favorable 
for  pulmonary  affections.  About 
year  ago  there  was  started  there  a  sort 
of  colony ;  fifteen  or  twenty  families 
are  already  on  the  ground,  and  more 
are  coming.  The  material  is  intelligent 
and  cultivated. .  They  have  no  resident 
minister,  but  need  and  ask  for  one 

You  will  not  wonder  that  I  find  my 
self  deeply  rooted  here.  This  is  my 
first  work  in  California,  and  one  that  I 
have  wrought,  under  God,  almost  from 
the  foundation.  It  has  grown  into  me 
and  1  into  it.  In  leaving  it,  I  seem  to 
leave  part  and  parcel  of  myself.  Mine^ 
in  a  sense,  is  the  place,  the  church,  the 
people,  the  dear  lambs  of  the  flock, — 
all  objects  of  intensest  solicitude  and 
prayer — how  can  I  leave  them  ?  Three 
years  ago,  I  entered  upon  the  work 
with  the  vantage  ground  of  a  neat  and 
attractive  chapel,  ready  to  hand;  a 
constant  reminder  of  him  who  here 
pioneered  ^^  the  Congregational  way^* — 
Rev.  Alexander  Parker,  whose  persist- 
ent energy  and  pluck,  under  God 
carried  it  through.  But  besides  the 
chapel  there  was  little,  and  some  things 
that  were  worse  than  nothing.  In  the 
mouths  of  many  were  jeers  and  re- 
proaches; here  and  there  only  was 
there  one  to  bid  us  a  hearty  God-speed 

Now  we  are  one  of  four  Protestant 
ehurches,  all  small,  but  with  one  ex 


ception,  having  comfortable  houses  of 
worship.  The  Congregational  church 
has  a  membership  of  87,  a  congregation 
ranging  from  50  to  80,  a  flourishing 
Sabbath  school  of  about  70,  and  some 
80  choice  families,  in  sympathy  and 
association  more  less  closely  identified 
with  its  interests. 

All  this,  by  the  help  of  God  and  of 
his  chosen  agency  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society,  which  has  all  the 
while  stood  as  our  chief  pillar,  has  been 
worked  up  in  three  years ;  the  last  two 
of  them  years  of  severe  pinch  and 
drought.  God  has  given  the  church 
favor  in  the  eyes  of  the  people,  and  the 
hardest  foundation  work,  probably,  has 
been  done.  Who  now  in  the  name  of 
the  dear  Master,  will  lead  this  little 
band  on  to  a  position  of  assured  strength 
and  triumph  ?  To  one  fitted  of  God 
for  this  work,  here  is  a  grand  oppor- 
tunity and  a  glorious  privilege. 

>»^ 

From  Rev.  J.  H.  Strong,  Soqud,  8ant<$ 

Cruz  Co. 

Not  for  Self. 

Ten  dollars  of  the  thirty  here  con- 
tributed for  Home  Missions,  were  given 
by  a  young  lady  member  of  our  church, 
who  earned  it  by  school  -  teaching. 
After  a  presentation  of  the  subject,  she 
handed  me  the  f  10,  saying  that  she 
looked  at  her  duty  in  a  new  and  differ- 
ent light.  She  had  thought  that  all 
she  could  do  should  be  done  here  at 
home,  because  we  are  so  weak  and  de- 
pendent. But  she  now  felt  that  she 
was  mistaken;  that  it  was  her  duty 
and  privilege  to  give  to  objects  out- 
side of  ourselves ;  and  this  she  gave,  a 
free-will  and  thank-offering,  to  further 
Christ^s  cause.  I  am  the  more  grati- 
fied in  crediting  to  your  Society  the 
above  amount,  because  some  so  shrank 
from  giving,  and  thought  we  should  be 
able  to  contribute  very  little  this  year. 


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Thus  God  sometimes  makes  people 
willing,  and  results  are  accomplished, 
when  we  are  in  the  way  of  duty,  far  ex- 
ceeding our  expectations.  We  are 
encouraged  by  the  recent  coming  of 
two  Christian  families,  who  have  pur- 
chased places  among  us. 


NEBRASKA. 
From  Ret.  0,   W,  MerriU^  Superintend- 
ent. 
Pioneers  Wanted. 

The  quarter  now  closed  has  been 
spent  largely  in  exploring  settlements 
that  have  grown  up  in  great  numbers 
during  the  last  summer.  This  has  re- 
quired about  1,800  miles  of  travel.  On 
the  fields  already  occupied  good  pro- 
gress has  been  made,  though  many  of 
our  missionaries  have  worked  under 
pecuniary  embarrassments.  There  is 
no  money  in  these  new  fields,  and  the 
missionaries  are  almost  entirely  de- 
pendent upon  the  Society  for  what 
only  money  will  buy.  We  have  organ- 
ized but  one  new  church,  but  at  sev 
eral  good  points  we  have  little  flocks 
already  waiting  for  a  shepherd.  I  in- 
close a  statement  of  several  counties  in 
which  I  find  good  Congregational 
brethren.  In  York  county.  Rev.  Mr. 
Hills,  of  Missouri,  has  bought  lands  for 
a  small  colony,  with  which  he  brings  a 
church  of  a  dozen  members,  organized 
and  ready  for  work,  in  early  spring. 

Several  new  churches  should  be  or- 
ganized in  the  spring,  and  men  must 
be  found  to  re-enforce  our  overbur- 
dened brethren ;  dividing  their  fields, 
now  far  too  wide  for  wise  and  effective 
cultivation.  We  very  much  need  five 
good  pioneer  men  at  once^  and  the 
early  spring  will  imperatively  demand 
as  many  more.  Will  they  be  forthcom- 
ing ? — men  fitted  for  pioneer  work,  and 
ready  to  **  endure  hardness"  along 
with  the  people  who  are  willingly 
**  roughing  it"  for  a  time,  with  an  eye 
to  merely  temporal  ends.  Let  us  hear 
from  those  who  covet  the  eternal  re- 
eompenaeal 


From  Rev.    T.  N.   Shinner,   MUford, 
Seward  Co. 

After  Harvest. 

An  attack  of  typhoid  fever,  from 
which  I  have  nearly  recovered,  leaves 
me  not  very  strong.  I  am  able  to  do 
but  little,  yet  gratefxd  for  what  Btrengtb 
I  have,  and  am  hoping,  praying,  and 
looking  for  a  rich  spiritual  ingather- 
ing. Our  Inaterial  harvest  proves  not 
so  abundant  as  we  had  hoped ;  wheat 
averaging  about  eleven  or  twelve 
bushels  to  the  acre :  oats,  forty  bushels  ; 
and  com,  probably  forty  busheld.  Tbe 
smallness  of  the  price  is  discouraging ; 
wheat,  sixty  to  seventy  cents;  oats, 
twenty  to  twenty-five  cents ;  com,  prob- 
ably twenty  to  thirty  cents. 

Some  of  the  exciting  things  now 
stirring  us  are :  an  unprecedented  way 
of  trying  to  remove  our  county  seat: 
the  coal  experiments;  and  the  new 
State  constitution— which  I  think  will 
carry,  except  such  articles  as  those 
looking  to  compulsory  education,  and 
female  suffrage.  Strong  oppodtion 
grows  out  of  the  non-exemption  of 
more  than  $5,000  of  assessed  value  for 
church  property.  This  I  approve  ;  for 
I  cannot  favor  the  erection  of  coetlj 
edifices,  while  there  are  thousands  of 
places  needing  the  money  so  worse  tbao 
wasted.  It  is  all  aside  from  the  primi- 
tive simplicity — this  ostentatious  dis- 
play, which  may  please  the  eye  with- 
out purifying  the  life,  or  pUnting 
Christ*s  love  deep  in  the  soul. 


KANSAS. 

From  Rev.  8.  O.  Wright^  Barker^ 
Douglass  Co. 

Veteran  in  a  New  Field. 
I  left  my  old  field  of  labor  in  Ulinois, 
with  the  conviction  that  my  long  home 
missionary  experience  there  would  en- 
able me  to  do  frontier  work  here  to 
better  advantage  than  could  those  with 
out  such  experience.  This  it  a  coooti? 


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Mttlemeot,  with  no  village  ;  the  people 
are  fanners,  none  of  them  in  a  condition 
to  take  a  boarder.  Yet  all  of  them 
wished  me  to  **  visit'*  them  for  a  week 
or  two;  so  I  began,  like  an  old-fash- 
ioned country  school-master,  to  labor 
and  '^  board  aronnd." 

After  having  been  at  the  head  of  a 
family  for  thirty-nine  years,  this  was 
qaite  a  change.  In  every  case  I  had 
the  best  of  attention  and  caft'e,  accord- 
ing to  the  ideas,  habits,  and  ability  of 
the  several  families — ^not  always,  per- 
haps, enjoying  all  that  most  of  our 
Eastern  people  consider  the  perfection 
of  comforts,  but  the  best  the  people 
had.  The  few  brethren  were  greatly 
cheered  by  my  coming,  and  from  the 
first  Sabbath  it  seemed  as  if  the  Holy 
Spirit  was  present,  applying  the  Word. 
At  the  first  prayer  meeting,  one  young 
man  rose  for  prayers,  and  soon  ex- 
pressed a  hope.  At  the  next,  a  young 
lady  was  convicted,  and  after  a  few 
weeks  was  rejoicing  in  Christ,  and  tell- 
ing of  his  love.  The  first  evening 
twenty  attended  the  prayer  meeting, 
and  week  by  week  the  number  and  in- 
terest increased,  until  we  had  near  fifty; 
when  sickness  somewhat  reduced  the 
number.  Meanwhile  I  was  going  from 
house  to  house,  visiting  some  forty 
families,  talking  with  all  I  met,  to  gain 
acquaintance  and  to  recommend  the  re- 
ligion of  Christ,  usually  closing  my  in- 
terviews with  prayer.  On  the  Sabbath, 
I  lead-  two  Bible  classes,  and  preach 
twice,  at  stations  four  miles  apart. 

In  one  of  my  visits  a  young  lady 
tearfully  promised  earnest  attention  to 
her  spiritual  interests.  I  am  glad  to 
say  she  redeemed  her  pledge,  and  is 
now  in  covenant  with  the  church.  In 
another  family  a  man  and  his  wife, 
grreatly  interested,  promised  me  they 
would  kneel  and  pray  together  before 
retiring.  This  pledge  they  have  kept, 
and  I  trust  they  are  both  bom  of  the 
Spirit.  In  yet  anoth\9r,  the  father  of 
eigh'  children  had  been  terribly  addict 


ed  to  profanity  and  passion.  Now  he 
attends  the  Sabbath  school  with  his 
children,  and  has  resolved  to  break  from 
his  evil  habits.  On  a  recent  Sabbath  he 
called  his  children  around  him  and 
told  them  that  he  had  not  in  his  youth 
such  privileges  as  they  now  enjoyed, 
but  had  grown  up  in  wickedness,  until 
it  was  hard  for  him  to  change,  though 
he  was  trying ;  and  urged  them  to  be- 
gin at  once  to  obey  the  Holy  Bible, 
now  more  precious  to  him  than  all 
other  books.  As  he  talked  ihe  tears  of 
father,  mother,  and  children  mingled 
freely.  It  was  a  scene  never  to  be  for- 
gotten, and  over  which  I  trust  angels 
rejoiced.  Other  marked  cases  of  in- 
terest have  occurred,  in  which  neglect- 
ers  have  become  regular  attendants  on 
public  worship.  At  the  last  commun- 
ion service,  eight  were  received  into 
covenant;  five  of  them  on  profession 
of  their  faith,  and  four  were  baptized. 
Others  we  expect  will  unite  hereafter. 


From  ReD,  J,  Chew,  Ottawa,  Franhlin  Co, 
Encouragements. 

We  are  not  wholly  without  encour- 
agement. A  gentleman,  whom  we  will 
call  Mr.  A.,  was  stopped  on  the  street 
by  another,  Mr.  B.,  a  few  evenings 
since,  and  asked  to  take  a  walk.  Mr. 
B.  commenced  telling  Mr.  A.  what  a 
sinner  he  had  been ;  how,  as  Mr.  A.  well 
knew,  he  used  to  drink  and  sometimes 
do  worse,  but  that  since  he  had  attend- 
ed the  Congregational  church  he  had 
completely  abandoned  those  habits,  and 
wanted  to  lead  a  new  life  altogether ; 
and  would  Mr.  A.,  as  an  experienced 
Christian,  advise  him  what  to  do  ? 

The  very  next  evening  (Sabbath,  af- 
ter preaching),  Mr.  A.  was  again  stop- 
ped in  the  street  by  another  gentleman, 
who  sought  his  advice  on  the  ground 
that  he  was  very  unhappy  ;  the  preach- 
ing made  him  miserable ;  and  he  must 
either  give  up  hearing  the  preacher,  or 
be  a  different  man.    He  preferred  the 


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latter,  and  had  some  thoughts  of  join- 
ing the  church  ;  what  would  Mr.  A.  ad- 
vise? 

These  are  two  of  the  foremost  men 
in  the  town,  and  from  appearances 
not  likely  to  be  the  first  among  my  un- 
converted hearers  to  inquire  what  they 
must  do  to  be  saved. 

May  they  grow  in  grace,  and  their 
conversion  be  the  harbinger  of  many 
more! 


by  the  grace  of  Gk)d  we  expect  more 
during  the  three  months  before  us. 

Our  great  trouble  has  been  to  secure 
a  home.  As  it  was  an  impossibilty  to 
hire,  I  was  obliged  to  build,  and  for 
this  I  had  no  means,  as  I  had  just  1^ 
the  Seminary ;  so  we  have  lived  very 
uncomfortably  thus  far,  but  by  the  kind 
aid  of  friends,  brighter  prospects  are 
before  us. 

From  Bm>,  C,  JBT.  MerriU,  Manhato,  BUts 
Earth  Co. 

Long  Step  Ahead. 

We  are  all  very  grateful  for  the 
amount  of  aid  pledged  us  for  the  com- 
ing year,  in  the  straitened  condition  of 
your  Treasury.  I  trust  we  shall  show 
ourselves  deserving  of  it,  by  paying  up 
all  bills  incident  to  building,  and  en- 
tering our  new  house  ready  to  take  t 
long  step  towards  self-support  next  year. 

We  dedicated  our  chapel  on  the  first 
day  of  November.  On  the  Sunday 
following  we  received  eight  persona 
(three  of  them  heads  of  families),  a 
strong  accession  to  our  force.  We  hate 
now  a  membership  of  fifty-two,  afiw 
having  been  organized  about  fifteen 
months.  We  have  had  accessions  at 
every  communion ;  have  built  a  chapel, 
and  accumulated  church  property  to 
the  amount  of  between  $4,000  and 
$5,000 — not  yet  wholly  paid  for— and 
have  in  operation  a  healthy  Sunday 
school.  We  speak  not  of  this  boast- 
ingly,  for  we  have  been  lifted  along  at 
every  step  by  divine  and  human  aid. 
Providence  has  seemed  to  mark  out 
the  way  for  us;  and  kind  friends, 
among  whom  your  Society  has  the  first 
place,  have  generously  come  to  our  as- 
sistance. Friends  of  other  denomina- 
tions here  expressed  great  surprise, 
when,  at  the  dedication,  figures  were 
read  giving  a  statement  of  our  finances, 
and  showing  the  sums  raised ;  for,  as 
they  truly  said,  we  had  no  men  of 
means.  Each  one  did  what  he  conld, 
plished  in  less  than  three  months,  and  I  and  trusted  GU>d  for  the  rest. 


MINNESOTA. 

From  Rev.  L.  Wolfsen^  Fergus  FaUs^ 

Otter  Tail  Co. 

At  the  Front 

I  found  here,  only  two  months  ago, 
a  promising  village,  then  about  five 
months  old,  the  inhabitants  numbering 
about  800.  Since  then  the  population 
has  about  doubled  in  number.  The  vil- 
lage is  on  a  branch  of  the  Red  river, 
with  an  unrivaled  water  privilege.  A 
saw -mill  and  a  grist-mill  have  been 
built,  and  other  mills  will  be  built  next 
summer.  Those  who  seem  best  to  un- 
derstand western  life,  think  that  Fergus 
Palls  is  destined  to  be  a  large  city. 

The  best  place  I  could  find  for  public 
worship  was  in  a  carpenter^s  shop, 
where  I  used  the  bench  for  my  pulpit. 
Since  then  we  have  secured  a  hall,  and 
now  a  school-house  is  building,  soon  to 
be  finished,  where  we  will  hold  religious 
services  during  the  winter.  There  are 
a  number  of  Christian  families  here; 
among  them  a  few  of  our  denomination. 
The  people  in  general  are  anxious  that 
the  gospel  should  be  preached  here, 
and  there  is  a  great  need  of  it.  My  av- 
erage congregations  are  forty,  and  in  a 
more  suitable  place  the  number  will  in- 
crease. We  have  just  organized  a  choir ; 
have  a  promising  Sabbath  school  with 
an  average  attendance  of  about  thirty, 
and  a  Bible  class.  We  have  a  good  su- 
perintendent, and  a  library  of  about 
sixty  volumes.    This  we  have  accom- 


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W«  have  hardly  taken  breath  in  our 
new  home  yet ;  bnt,  now  that  the  pree- 
fore  of  building  is  remoyed,  are  pre- 
paring to  organize  our  forces  for  ag- 
gressive church  work.  We  are  no 
longer  limited  in  the  number  of  our 
meetings  by  strolling  players  and  pub- 
lic dances,  and  our  earnest  prayer  is 
for  an  outpouring  of  God's  Spirit,  giv- 
ing yet  greater  cause  to  praise  him  for 
hb  goodness. 


From  Bee.  E,  C,  Stwr,  Wanea,  Waseca 
County, 

Hard  at  Work. 

For  the  last  three  months,  besides 
our  two  regular  preaching  services,  I 
have  preached  twice  in  a  school-house 
toward  Meriden,  and  once  in  another 
toward  Blooming  Qrove.  The  people 
attend  these  services,  and  urge  that  I 
come  oftener ;  but  I  cannot  often  hold 
three  services  a  day,  besides  superin- 
tending the  Sunday  school,  and  some- 
times teaching  a  Bible  class  (all  of 
which,  and  more,  I  did  last  Sunday), 
and  I  do  not  think  it  best  to  leave 
Waseca  without  evening  worship. 

There  has  been  a  steady  increase  in 
our  Sunday  school  attendance,  now 
averaging  78.  We  have  received  a 
beautiful  illumination,  a  call-bell,  one 
library  of  100  books,  and  another  of 
180,  besides  40  ''  Happy  Voices,''  from 
Eastern  Sunday  schools,  and  a  similar 
supply  is  now  on  its  way,  for  a  neigh- 
boring school.  We  sadly  need  a  bell 
as  a  standard  of  time — there  being  none 
in  the  county  yet.  Two  boys  in  our 
Sunday  school  come  nearly  five  miles, 
sometimes  on  foot,  and  have  not  been 
absent  for  four  months, — I  know  not 
how  much  longer. 

In  the  place  where  I  preached  on 
last  Sunday,  they  had  formerly  had 
Moravian  and  other  preachers,  but 
there  had  been  no  service  for  two  or 
three  years.  An  old  lady  urged  me  to 
come  and  preach,  but  most  thought  it 
doubtftil  if  any  came  to  hear.     We 


had  a  good  number,  however,  and  the 
people  seemed  to  be  interested.  The 
school  children  had  been  over  and 
scrubbed  the  rough  floor  of  the  old  log 
building  beautifully  clean ;  and  when 
I  came  away  some  one  said  that,  if  I 
could  not  come  they  proposed  to  get 
some  one  else,  and  ^^have  preaching, 
anyhow." 

There  has  been  more  than  usual  re- 
ligious thought,  though  little  seems  to 
come  of  it  yet,  in  most  cases.  I  am 
trying  to  labor  with  patience,  and  to 
wait  in  hope. 

I  u      = 

IOWA. 

Fr^m  Rev,  W,  Spell,  Greenwood  Center , 

Crocker  Co. 

Breaking  Ground. 
I  write  this  firom  the  banks  of  *'  the 
upper  Des  Moines,*'  on  both  sides  of 
which  is  one  vast  prairie.  The  people 
that  have  come  in  here  are  poor,  and  so 
illiterate  that  I  cannot  imagine  where 
they  have  lived.  If  any  people  need 
the  gospel  and  Christian  training,  they 
do.  They  came  here  to  take  home- 
steads: most  of  them  live  in  sod 
houses,  and  the  crops  are  raised  with- 
out fences.  There  are  four  wooden 
school-houses,  and  others  of  sod.  The 
*'sod  school-house'^  tells  its  own 
story;  and  the  idea  that  prompted 
that,  will  ultimately  build  a  "house 
for  the  Lord."  These  vast  prairies 
will  soon  be  occupied  by  a  better  class 
of  people.  A  railroad  is  to  run  through 
the  center  of  this  county,  from  Fort 
Dodge  and  Algona  into  Minnesota.  A 
county  seat  is  to  be  laid  out ;  a  eourt- 
house  is  to  be  built ;  mills  will  be  set 
up  on  the  Des  Moines.  In  view  of  this 
prospect,  we  want  the  region  .to  be 
possessed  for  the  Lord.  I  have  been 
for  some  weeks  trying  to  sow  the 
"Word  of  life"  among  this  people. 
They  wish  me  to  stay,  but  have  no 
place  to  put  me,  and  are  not  able  to 
build  one.  But  I  can  "stay  over 
night,    and    they    will    divide    their 


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Johnny-cake  and  sorghum  with  me»  if 
I  can  put  up  with  it  !^^  All  hail  to  such 
a  people ;  they  will  do  better  by-and- 
byl 

If  our  Eastern  brethren  get  the 
dyspepsia,  let  them  come  out  and 
shoot  these  tall  cranes,  or  the  thou- 
sands of  prairie  chickens  and  ducks 
that  abound  here,  and  have  them 
cooked  in  one  of  these  sod  houses,  and 
they  will  sleep  well  after  a  good  hunt, 
if  only  the  fleas  will  let  them  I 


From  Bet.    W.  H,  Barrowi^  Anamo$a, 

Jone$  Co, 

Self-Support. 

I  am  happy  to  say  that  this  church 
will  not  ask  aid  the  present  year ;  and, 
unless  weakened  by  removals  or  other- 
wise, they  expect  to  be  permanently 
self-sustaining.  Our  numbers  are  still 
small  and  we  are  by  no  means  wealthy, 
so  that  it  is  only  by  united  effort  that 
we  can  take  this  step.  We  haye  great 
reason  for  gratitude  for  the  aid  receiv- 
ed from  the  Society  in  the  past,  aud  I 
trust  we  shaft  remember  its  claims  in 
our  annual  contributions. 

What  is  in  store  for  this  little  church 
on  the  prairie,  we  cannot  tell ;  but  we 
would  humbly  trust  in  him  who  has 
begun  the  good  work  here.  We  have 
now  a  neat  edifice,  a  good  organ,  a 
good  Sunday  school  library,  and  a  com- 
plete parsonage. 

1  would  express  my  thanks  to  the 
Society,  for  the  sympathy  and  encour- 
agement I  have  received,  while  acting 
as  one  of  its  missionaries ;  and  wheth- 
er I  shall  labor  in  that  capacity  in  the 
future  or  not,  I  shall  ever  take  a  deep 
interest  in  it,  and  its  great  and  good 
work. 


WISOONSON. 

From  Bm).  M,  M,  Martin,  McmmanU^ 

Dane  Co, 

Our  New  House. 

We  have  finished  and  dedicated  our 

new  house  of  woi^hip,  and  if  ever  a 


people  rejoiced  in  living  in  a  new 
house,  our  people  do. 

We  have  as  neat  a  church  as  I  hare 
seen  in  the  West.  Everything  about  it 
is  very  plain,  and  every  dollar  that  was 
put  into  it  seemed  to  be  put  in  the  right 
pUce.  It  will  seat  about  250  eauly, 
and  800  if  necessary.  The  audience 
room  is  82  by  46  feet,  with  a  vestibule 
of  comfortable  size.  It  is  heated  from 
below,  so  that  the  whole  room  is  dear. 
The  church  Is  finished  and  furnished, 
all  the  money,  except  $87,  is  pledged  to 
pay  for  it,  and  the  pledges  are  all 
''  good.''  What  is  better  than  all,  the 
house  has  been  filled  ever  since  it  was 
dedicated,  and  every  one  seems  satisfied 
with  the  location,  the  house,  and  the 
management.  The  other  churches  are 
all  heavily  in  debt  for  their  houses, 
some  of  which  cost  more  than  ours; 
but  we  would  not  exchange  with  any 
of  them  to-day. 

I  am  now  working,  praying,  and  look- 
ing for  that  higher  good  for  which  the 
church  was  built.  I  am  trying  to  im- 
press upon  myself  and  my  people  the 
importance  of  a  more  thorough  conse- 
cration to  the  work  of  saving  souls; 
and  I  cannot  but  hope  that  GUkL  is  pre- 
paring the  way  for  a  good  work  here. 


From  Bee,  D,  A.  CampbeH  Pine  Biter, 
Waushara  Co, 
Ten  Years*  Servioe. 
I  here  close  my  ten  years'  labor  with 
this  people,  being  now  nearly  fifty 
years  of  age,  and  feeling  very  much  the 
effects  of  over-work,  under  many  dis- 
couragements. I  think  that  ten  years 
ago,  when  I  settled  in  Pine  River,  there 
was  not  a  praying  soul  in  the  village. 
The  church,  which  had  been  organized 
in  another  place,  and  had  suffered  much 
from  removals,  accepted  Pine  River  as 
its  base  of  operations,  for  my  sake,  as 
my  home  was  there.  Many  thought  it 
strange  that  I  should  choose  this  point, 
where  spiritism  and  infidelity  seemed 
to  bear  sway.    But  God  haa  bew  witii 


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118.  We  have  now  a  good  church  build- 
ing, and  a  membership  of  more  than 
thirty,  notwithstanding  the  many  re- 
movals. On  this  whole  field  we  have 
been  prospered  more  than  our  enemies, 
and  more  than  our  friends  of  other  de- 
nominations. If  your  missionaries  who 
have  labored  here  from  the  first  have 
not  been  men  of  very  great  ability, 
they  have  at  least  maintained  a  reputa- 
tion for  integrity,  which  has  had  much 
to  do  in  giving  Congregationalism  the 
high  position  it  holds  in  this  region. 


MICHIGAN. 

FVom  Rev,  H,  M.  Holiday^  Alma^  Gratiot 

County, 

Some  of  the  Trials. 

If  we  suffer  some  privations,  we  have 
no  complaints  to  offer.  We  cannot 
look  upon  ourselves  as  alone  in  our  ex- 
periences of  evil.  Disappointment, 
lickneee,  and  even  death,  are  in  the  lot 
of  others.  But  we  feel  that  we  are  liv- 
ing a  strange,  new  life  here,  whose  sin- 
gular features  have  been  more  promi- 
nent during  this  quarter,  than  ever  be- 
iure.  Yet  in  all  these  experiences  we 
do  not  forget  Qod's  blessings,  in  the 
daily  enjoyment  of  which  we  are  living. 

Our  congregations  have  been  small, 
owing  to  the  great  amount  of  sickness- 
ague,  chills  and  fevers,  and  bilious 
complaints  generally.  Though  the 
sickness  has  been  unprecedented,  there 
have  been  few  deaths.  In  our  own 
fiunily,  certainly,  we  have  never  before 
been  called  to  such  trials.  By  times  we 
have  been  all  sick,  and  all  alone ;  for 
^ey  were  sick  in  almost  every  house. 
I  have  not  been  able  to  do  any  great 
amount  of  pastoral  visiting,  though  so 
greatly  needed. 

I  go  into  a  house,  and  the  first 
room  I  enter  has  a  bed  and  two  or 
three  cots.  Here  the  mother  lies  shiv- 
ering, and  there  are  the  pale,  sickly 
children.  There  is  no  one  to  rise  and 
let  me  in.    The  father  had  his  ague  for 


to-day,  earlier  in  the  day,  and  has  gone 
out  to  do  such  work  as  he  can. 

Without  help,  without  money,  fre- 
quently wanting  what  some  call  the 
common  necessities  of  life ;  for  weeks 
together  without  butter  or  meat  of  any 
kind — but  I  will  stop  this.  I  look  ypbto 
many  homes  among  us,  and  I  know 
they  cannot  be  much  better  provided 
for.  It  is  not  just  like  preaching  the 
gospel  in  New  England  for  $1,300  a 
year.  Yet  it  might  be  worse.  I  won- 
der, sometimes,  that  we  are  not  dis- 
contented ;  yet  we  are  not.  When  this 
sickly  season  shall  pass,  and  the  frosty 
nights  return,  we  shall  have  more  to 
cheer  us.  We  must  soon  vacate  the 
tenement  where  we  are  now  living,  and 
I  have  been  thinking  of  putting  up  a 
cheap  house  to  accommodate  us  for  the 
present;  but  hotof  Whur&with  to  fin- 
i$h  f  These  are  the  embarrassing  ques- 
tions ;  and  winter  will  soon  be  on  us, 
fierce  and  strong.  I  do  not  see  but 
that  I  must  commence  it  somehow,  and 
trust  in  God  to  help  me  through.  If 
your  payments  are  not  now  so  prompt 
as  we  could  wish,  we  know  that  they 
are  made  with  all  the  promptness  pos- 
sible, and  that  they  will  turely  come 
some  time. 


From  Rev.  P.  H,  Holliater,    Hancock, 
Houghton  Co, 

Fruits  of  Three  Years. 
Last  Sabbath  I  commenced  my  fourth 
year  of  service  with  this  people.  Very 
precious  were  the  memories  recalled  by 
the  occasion.  These  years  have  not 
been  without  their  struggles  and  sor- 
rows, yet  they  have  been  filled  with 
tokens  of  the  loving-kindness  of  the 
Lord.  During  my  three  years'  service 
here,  88  have  been  added  to  the  church, 
17  of  them  on  profession  of  their  faith. 
A  comfortable  parsonage  has  been 
procured,  a  very  tasteful  and  conve- 
nient church  edifice  built,  with  ample 
shed-room  for  the  horses.  In  fact,  after 
the  destructive  fire  of  1869  we  were 


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compelled  to  "  begin  at  the  beginning." 
What  the  apostle  was  constrained  to 
say  of  himself  is  most  assuredly  true  of 
us :  *'  Having  obtained  help  of  the 
Lord,  we  continue  into  this  day.'*  For 
myself)  I  can  truly  say  that  these  have 
been  the  happiest  years  of  my  minis- 
try ;  and  I  think  I  feel  a  greater  desire 
than  ever  before  to  do  honest  and 
faithful  work  for  the  Master. 

During  my  absence  at  the  East,  every- 
thing went  on  quietly  and  prosperous- 
ly. My  people  raised  about  |1,000, 
due  upon  the  parsonage,  so  that  I 
might  (as  they  said),  return  to  a  house 
free  of  debt.  We  all  feel  a  great  deal 
happier. 

I  find  a  deep  and  tender  interest  in 
the  Bible  class,  and  believe  that  the 
prayers  of  its  fiiithful  teacher,  now 
temporarily  absent,  are  about  to  be 
answered  in  youth  brought  to  Christ. 
There  are  very  many  discouraging 
things  in  the  condition  of  the  commu- 
nity about  us,  but  in  my  church  and 
congregation  I  have  everything  to 
cheer  me.  Things  are  looking  well  for 
the  fall  campaign,  and  with  fidth, 
prayer  and  lab^r,  I  am  confident  that 
we  shall  see  the  salvation  of  Qod. 


MISSOURI. 

Pnm  Bet.    C.    C,  Hwrrdh,  Brookfidd^ 

Linn  Co, 

Save  and  Qive ! 
I  regret  that  I  hold  the  Society^s 
commission  only  because  I  would,  if 
possible,  appropriate  the  money  else- 
where. Every  man  that  can  raise  a 
dollar,  or  a  thousand  dollars,  for  Home 
Missions,  should  do  it  note.  Having 
spent  more  than  half  my  life  west  of 
the  Mississippi,  I  believe  I  understand 
the  West  and  its  needs,  and  it  has  come 
to  be  my  daily  prayer,  that  God  may 
send  more  eomserated  men  into  these 
States  and  Territories.  Leaving  the 
Seminary  a  year  ago  last  April,  I  took 
two  men's  work  in  Iowa,  that  I  might 
have  a  field  large  enough  to  support 


me,  and  save  the  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety. God  blessed  that  work.  I  or- 
ganized two  new  churches  and  received 
into  them  and  the  original  churches,  70 
new  members.  I  could  no  longer  do 
the  work  required,  and,  from  what 
seemed  to  me  a  clear  direction  of  Pror^ 
idence,  decided  to  come  here,  though 
I  shrunk  from  following  a  man  of  Mr. 
Salter's  peculiarly  attractive  power. 
I  hope  that  I  ^all  not  be  necessitated 
to  receive  aid  from  you  after  this  year. 
Every  man  in  the  ministry  and  out  of 
it  should  MWtf  ajid  gine  that  God's  work 
may  go  forward  in  this  western  country ! 
We  very  much  need  a  true  revival 
here.  I  am  burdened  with  desire 
for  it.  It  must  come,  if  it  comes  at 
all,  by  the  outstretching  of  God's  al- 
mighty arm ;  and  I  beg  you,  therefore, 
please  pray  for  me ;  pray  for  us  I  May 
the  Lord  bless  you,  and  bless  all  the 
churches  which  we  are  endeavoring  to 
plant  in  this  great  country  t 


From  Bee.  M.  J,  OaUaUj  KingUcny  Cold- 
toeil  Co. 


A  FniitfVil  Land. 

Much  interest  has  been  shown,  at 
times,  under  the  influence  of  evening 
sermons  which  I  have  prepared  especi- 
ally for  awakening  the  young  people ; 
and  I  am  arranging  to  secure  the  labors, 
for  a  short  time,  of  an  evangelist,  from 
which  1  hope  for  good  results.  I  do 
earnestly  pray  for  an  outpouring  of 
God's  Spirit  upon  this  place,  for  it  has 
known  nothing  that  could  properly  be 
called  a  **  revival  of  religion,"  for  many 
years;  not  within  the  memory  of  the 
present  inhabitants,  as  far  as  I  know. 

I  am  beginning  to  learn  the  value  of 
a  **  possession  of  the  ground  "  here.  I 
went  to  southern  New  Jersey  last 
summer,  and  have  seen  now  most  of 
the  country  from  Maine  to  the  District 
of  ColumUa,  and  between  the  Atlantic 
and  Missouri  river,  and  as  beantifVil  a 
country  as  this  of  ours  I  have  yet  to 
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fertility  it  much  exceeds  the  boasted 
fruit  lands  of  Jersey  and  Delaware « 
while  eren  in  their  specialty,  fruit-cal- 
tare,  I  haye  reason  to  believe  that  in 
many  respects  we  can  eqnal  or  exceed 
them.  I  saw  nowhere  at  the  East  as 
ftae  fmit  as  we  had  this  season,  either 
in  quality  or  quantity.  In  grapes  and 
apples  we  greatly,  exceed  southern  New 
Jersey.  Our  grain  crops  too,  com  in 
particular,  are  good,  and  this  season 
(for  the  first  time  since  I  came),  has 
demonstrated  the  superior  agricultural 
capacity  of  this  section.  I  thank  God 
that,  to  meet  the  sure  material  growth, 
the  gospel  of  Christ  is  planted,  and 
plans  so  well  organized. 


ILLINOIS. 


f^r&m  Beo,  F,  Bfueom,  2>.  i>.,  ffinsdalef 
Du  Page  Co. 

That  Union  Plan  Works. 

In  my  last  report,  I  informed  you  of 
an  arrangement  between  the  Oongrega- 
tionalists  and  Baptists,  by  which  both 
churches  were  to  worship  together,  and 
unite  in  supporting  the  same  pastor; 
and  expressed  the  hope  that  this  ar- 
rangement would  render  further  aid 
from  your  Society  unnecessary.  I  am 
happy  to  say  that  this  hope  is  realized. 
The  united  congregation  have  invited 
me  to  continue  with  them,  and  have 
•asiimed  my  entire  salary. 

My  people  have  had  no  opportunity 
to  axpress  their  gratitude  to  your  So- 
ciety, by  formal  vote,  but  they  will 
do  it  from  year  to  year,  by  their  con- 
tributions to  your  Treasury. 

After  four  months  experience,  I  Am 
able  to  report  the  union  as  working 
pleasantly  and  prosperously.  Our  con- 
gregations on  the  Sabbath  are  about 
doubled;  our  united  Sunday  school 
numbers  about  100.  Many  of  our 
prayer  meetings  are  spiritually  refresh- 
ing. Attention  to  preaching  is  always 
good  and  sometimes  eager ;  though  as 
yet  fhdt  does  not  appear  in  such  meas- 


ure as  I  have  been  accustomed  to  ex- 
pect, and  to  gather,  in  other  fields. 

Most  of  the  male  members  of  both  of 
my  churches  are  compelled  by  bosiness 
to  be  in  Chicago  every  week-day  firom 
morning  to  night^-a  serious  obstacle  to 
pastoral  intercourse  with  them,  and  to 
their  co-operation  with  their  pastor  in 
church  work;  so  that  I  can  scarcely 
avoid  a  feeling  of  isolation,  and  a  pain- 
ful consciousness  of  drawing  my  bow 
at  a  venture.  I  deeply  feel  that  my 
^^bow  must  abide  in  strength,  and  the 
arms  of  my  hands  be  made  strong  by 
the  hands  of  the  mighty  God  of  Jacob," 
if,  in  these  circumstances,  much  good  is 
to  be  effected. 

**  The  lUinois  Band.** 

I  believe  I  am  the  last  of  the  *^  Illinois 
Band'^  from  Yale  Theological  Sem- 
inary, that  continues  in  the  regular 
duties  of  the  ministry.  Four  of  our 
number  have  died.  One  still  continues 
at  the  head  of  the  Institution,  thfi 
founding  and  fostering  of  which  was 
a  prominent  object  in  our  original  plan. 
The  other  members,  though  still  per- 
mitted to  labor  in  the  ministry,  more 
or  less  effectively,  are  released  from  a 
regular  charge.  Soon  we  shall  all 
have  passed  away ;  but  while  we  live, 
and  I  trust  in  eternity  as  well  as  in  time, 
we  shall  not  cease  to  rejoice  that  we 
were  permitted  to  spend  our  lives  in 
such  labors.  Id  such  a  field,  and  at  such 
a  period.  Could  I  speak  to  the  Chris- 
tian young  men  of  our  country,  who  are 
just  forming  theii*  plans  for  life,  I  would 
exhort  them  with  all  the  earnestness 
and  confidence  of  one  who  has  tried 
what  he  recommends  —  to  prepare 
themselves  for  the  ministry  of  the 
blessed  gospel,  and  then  '*go  to  the 

front" 

»♦• 

From    Bet,    B.    F.  Easkins,    Victoria, 
Knox  Co. 
Early  Conversion. 
Our  prospects  have  brightened  be- 
yond my  most  sanguine  expectation. 
The  congregations;  especially  at  Vlc- 


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toria,  have  increased  beyond  those  of 
any  previous  year.  The  Sabbath 
schools  also  are  in  a  very  healthy  con- 
dition. We  have  now  three  schools 
under  the  control  of  our  two  churches ; 
and  if  the  workers  we  now  have  shall 
increase  in  love  for  the  work,  and  eflB- 
ciency,  as  appearances  indicate,  we 
hope  to  organize  another  within  our 
bounds,  where  one  is  much  needed. 

One  of  the  scholars  of  the  Elmore 
Sabbath  school,  after  four  weeks  of 
severe  sickness,  lately  died.  He  was  a 
bright  boy,  eleven  years  of  age,  a  favor- 
ite in  both  the  Sabbath  and  day  schools, 
and  a  good  singer.  I  visited  him  fre- 
quently, talking  with  him  about  Je- 
sus, of  whom  he  had  learned  so  much, 
and  sung  so  often.  He  thought  and 
talked  much  about  dying  and  being 
prepared  to  meet  Jesus,  and  prayed 
earnestly  for  the  forgiveness  of  his 
sins.  He  gave  his  well-worn  Testament 
to  a  beloved  playmate,  and  calmly 
disposed  of  what  little  cherished  arti- 
cles he  had,  saying  with  composure, 
"  I  shall  not  need  them  any  more."  I 
have  never  witnessed  anything  that 
showed  more  clearly  the  value  of  early 
Christian  training.  Grace  seemed  truly 
to  abound,  in  preparing  him  to  die 
with  so  much  composure ;  and  also  in 
enabling  his  poor  widowed  mother, 
with  but  one  child  left,  to  bear  up  un- 
der this  heavy  stroke,  with  great  pa- 
tience and  Christian  fortitude.  I  trust 
that  I  am  better  prepared  to  work  in 
faith  for  the  conversion  of  children. 


INDIANA. 

From  Bet.    H,    B.    Bufift,    Bloan^fiM, 

Or  em  Co. 

Solsberry 

Our  church  at  Solsberry  is  a  power 

in  the  land.    It  is  composed  of  sturdy 

Ohio  farmers,  the  original  anti-slavery 

men  in  this  section  of  country,  men  who 

had    during    the    Rebellion    to    look 

death    in    the    face    frequently  —  the 

*'  Knights  of  the  Golden  Circle  "  and 


their  sympathizers  being  in  power 
there.  They  love  the  Congregation^ 
polity,  because  they  love  freedom  of 
thought  and  speech.  My  congregations 
are  large  and  attentive.  Nine  have 
been  received  into  church  fellowship— 
the  majority  being  men,  and  four  of 
them  heads  of  families.  We  have  a 
good  church  building,  and  the  best 
Sabbath  school,  I  think,  in  the  county. 
Some  scholars  come  several  miles  to 
attend. 

Blooxnfield. 
At  Bloomfield  we  have  a  lot  secured, 
and  brick  partly  paid  for,  to  erect  a 
church  building.  We  have  also  a  plan 
for  a  neat  chapel,  to  cost  abont  $8,000, 
and  have  several  hundred  dollars  sub- 
scribed. But  the  brethren,  being  so 
few  and  poor,  fear  to  commence.  We 
have  less  than  a  dozen  members,  and 
yet  the  congregations  are  good.  I 
preach  on  Sabbath  afternoons  in  the 
court-house  square  and  thus  secore  the 
attendance  of  persons  who  are  never 
seen  in  any  church.  We  worship  in 
the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church, 
now  without  a  pastor.  They  give  us 
the  use  of  their  house,  when  none  of 
their  traveling  preachers  want  it 
On  two  occasions,  after  my  appoint- 
ments have  been  announced^  they  have 
brought  without  notice  their  own  min- 
isters to  occupy  the  place,  and  next 
Sabbath  they  announce  a  third.  I  do 
think  that  if  some  of  our  benevolent 
moneyed  men  understood  the  state  of 
affairs  here,  they  would  send  us  a  few 
hundred  dollars  to  commence  opera- 
tions with.  Bloomfield  is  the  wealthiest 
county  in  minerals  in  the  State,  and 
perhaps  one  of  the  least  desirable  for 
farming  purposes.  This  section  is  cov- 
ered with  heavy  timber,  is  very  rough 
and  hilly,  and  in  consequence  yet  un- 
developed. Three  or  four  railroads 
are  striving  to  reach  us  for  our  iron 
and  coal.  I  have  no  doubt  that  had  we 
a  neat  church,  modem  in  its  architec- 
ture, we  would  draw  the  largest  con- 
gregation in  town.      What    can    w« 


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dot  Who  win  ftid  OS  in  this  good 
work  ? 

In  reading  The  Boms  Miwumivry^  I 
found  a  statement  that  somebody  had 
sent  a  box  of  notions  to  a  missionary 
church,  to  be  sold  at  a  festival.  Who 
will  aid  Bloomfield  in  this  way,  or  in 
any  other  that  they  may  prefer  ?    Re- 


member that  Indiana  is  on  the  southern 
frontier  of  Congregationalism. 

Next  Sabbath  is  my  second  commun- 
ion season  at  Solsberry,  and  the  Sab- 
bath following  my  first  at  Bloomfield, 
and  we  have  no  communion  set  at 
either  church.  Perhaps  one  could  be 
sent,  if  the  suggestion  were  made  in 
the  right  quarter. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


THE  TBEASUET. 

Generous  responses  to  this  Society^s 
appeal  for  help  have  continued  to  re- 
lieve the  anxieties  of  its  missionaries, 
while  assurances  of  confidence  and 
eympathy  have  cheered  its  conductors. 
The  claims  for  reported  missionary 
service,  at  the  time  of  our  going  to 
press,  have  been  reduced  to  about 
$10,000,  of  which  a  little  more  than 
$8,000  are  for  work  reported  in  the 
latter  part  of  October.  Massachusetts, 
as  usual,  has  most  nobly  and  liberally 
come  to  our  aid,  through  individuals, 
churches,  and  her  never-failing  Auxili- 
ary. Nor  has  Connecticut  been  wanting* 
One  of  her  churches — that  in  Brbtol— 
has  cheerfully  remitted  three  collec- 
tions. 

We  gratefully  Acknowledge  thb  large 
reduction  of  our  burden ;  hut  the  Treae- 
ttfvr  needi  $10,000 /or  remittance,  this 
daffy  to  men  who  have  earned  it  by 
standing  in  their  brethren's  stead,  at 
the  front,  in  many  a  hard  field.  They 
will  hold  their  posts  till  supplies  can 
reach  them.  How  long  shall  they  wait 
for  fmtr  part  of  that  supply  t 

Nor  is  it  enough  to  provide  for  these 
payments  already  due.  The  Socitey 
steadily  expands  its  work,  year  by  year. 


Its  receipts,  to  December,  1871,  ex- 
ceeded by  $17,800  those  of  the  cor- 
responding months  of  1870.  Yet  it 
has  not  been  able  to  keep  pace  with 
the  manifest  movements  of  God's  pro- 
vidence. And  just  now  the  churches, 
by  their  representatives  in  National 
Council,  have  decided  that  still  great- 
er advances  shall  be  made.  They 
have  enthusiastically  ^^ resolved''  that 
$500,000 — ^twice  the  receipts  of  the 
last  year — ought  to  be,  and  must  be 
devoted  to  Home  Missions  in  the 
year  to  come.  But  last  year's  receipts 
will  not  be  doubled  by  a  "  resolution." 
If  doubled  at  all,  it  will  be  by  aete. 
That  sum  of  money  is  to  be  raised  by 
voluntary  offerings — your  gifts,  and  the 
gifts  of  those  whom  you  may  influence. 
Shall  those  gifts  replenish  the  Treas- 
ury? Will  you  begin  the  work,  by 
sending,  to-day,  your  share  of  the  $10,- 
000  now  due  to  your  waiting  represent- 
atives at  the  front  ? 


The  National  Council  on  Home  Mii- 
iions. 
No  subject  awakened  more  intense 
interest,  at  the  recent  National  Coun- 
cil, than  the  Home  Missionary  work. 
Early  in  the  session,  an  able  paper  was 
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letting  forth  the  work  and  plam  of  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society, 
and  the  urgent  need  of  means  to  ex- 
tend its  operations,  especially  in  the 
frontier  settlements.  This  paper,  with 
another  on  Home  Erangelization,  pre- 
sented by  Pres.  Merriman,  of  Ripon  Col- 
lege, Wis.,  was  referred  to  a  committee 
consisti.ig  of  Rev.  H.  D.  Kitchel,  D.D., 
of  Vermont,  8.  F.  Drury,  of  Michigan, 
Rev.  Ephraim  Adams,  of  Iowa,  Rev. 
W.  H.  Ward,  of  New  York,  and  Rev. 
Edward  Brown,  of  Minnesota.  Their 
report  is  as  follows : 

Your  Committee  have  labored  earn- 
estly to  clear  the  way  of  the  Council  to 
some  decisive  action  which  shall  at 
oDce  be  wise  and  harmonious,  and  lead 
Jbrth  our  now  united  churches  into  a 
new  era  of  energy  and  liberality  in 
their  home  missionary  work.  To  this 
end,  they  have  invited  the  utmost  free- 
dom of  representation  and  criticism, 
and  have  sought  light  from  all  the 
sources  within  their  reach.  It  will  be 
impossible  for  your  Committee,  under 
this  pressure  of  conference  and  inquiry, 
to  do  more  than  to  indicate  very  brief- 
ly the  convictions  to  which  they  have 
been  led.  And  they  offer  these  several 
results  of  their  deliberations  as,  in  their 
judgment,  worthy  to  be  made  the  ex- 
predsion  of  this  Council. 

First.  We  record  with  profound 
gratitude  our  sense  of  God^s  great  and 
seasonable  mercy  in  raising  up  for  our 
times  and  for  our  country  the  Ameri- 
can Home  Missionary  Society;  we  re- 
joice in  the  honor  he  has  put  on  thb 
agency  in  giving  it  the  affectionate 
favor  of  our  churches,  and  in  blessing 
it  for  these  fifty  years  with  an  evange- 
li^g  eificiency  which  hss  for  its  im- 
perishable memorial  State  beyond 
State,  from  the  sea  to  the  river,  and 
from  the  river  to  the  ends  of  our  earth, 
planted  under  its  auspices  with  Chris- 
tian institutions ;  and  in  the  name  of 
all  our  churches,  both  those  which  are 
aided  and  those  which  are  aiding  in 
this  service,  we  bear  grateful  testimony 
to  the  eminent  fidelity  and  discretion 
which  have  so  generally  characterized 
its  administration. 

Secondly,  While  we  rejoice  in  the 
abundant  fruits  of  our  Home  Mission- 
ary work  and  admire  the  liberal  bless- 
ing that  has  crowned  our  labors  in 
this  direction,  we  are  humbled  by  the 


conviction  that  we  have  bat  /ottnd  oor 
work,  not  dona  it, — that  we  have  only 
touched  the  skirts  of  our  enterprise  in 
its  breadth  and  vital  relations,  and 
that  it  is  now  imperatively  demanded 
of  the  whole  fatemity  of  churches, 
united  in  this  Council,  by  the  very 
^wth  which  God  has  given  them  and 
IS  ready  more  abundantly  to  give,  by 
the  expanding  field  that  appeals  to  us 
by  its  destitution,  by  every  claim  of 
Christian  patriotism,  and  by  their  alle- 
giance to  Christ  and  his  redeeming 
purpose  in  all  the  world,  that  they 
awake  now  to  the  greatness  of  our 
evangelizinff  work,  and  give  it  without 
delay  that  lull  measure  of  zeal  and  lib- 
erality which  shall  equal  the  urgency 
of  the  demand. 

Thirdly,  Instructed  by  our  work  it- 
self, as  it  passes  from  one  stage  to  ano- 
ther, we  <uacem  the  necessity  of  greater 
flexibility  in  our  methods  and  measures, 
and  we  recommend  (i)  that  a  S  ate  or- 
ganization be  formed  in  every  State, 
upon  which  shall  be  devolved  the 
development  and  direction  of  the 
work  in  its  own  field  to  the  extent  of 
the  funds  it  may  raise;  (d)  that  the 
Secretaries  avail  themselves  to  the  ut- 
most of  whatever  wisdom  to  dire(^ 
can  be  gathered  from  those  closest  to 
the  work ;  (8)  that  the  policy  and  prac- 
tice on  which  the  Society  has  proc^d- 
ed,  of  invading  unevan^elical  fields 
and  sending  its  missionaries  to  the  re- 
gions beyond,  and  among  all  of  what- 
ever nationality  open  to  our  approach, 
be  urgently  pressed ,  and  (4)  that  the 
obligation  be  still  more  urgently 
pressed  on  the  aided  churches,  both  in 
the  older  States  and  in  the  new,  to 
cease  from  their  dependence  as  early 
as  possible  for  the  sake  of  those  fun- 
ishing  in  the  West. 

Fourthly,  We  recommend  that  a  com- 
mittee of  Hve  be  api)ointed  by  this 
Council  to  confer  with  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety, and  arrange  with  them  a  plan  on 
which  the  State  organizations  can  co- 
operate in  efficient  harmony  with  the 
parent  Society  for  the  common  end; 
and  that  this  committee  take  action  in 
season  for  the  plan  proposed  to  be  in 
readiness  for  the  several  State  Associa- 
tions, Conferences,  or  Conventions  at 
their  next  annual  meetings. 

Fifthly,  For  the  compassing  of  the 
vast  evangelizing  work  now  devolved 
upon  us,  we  urge  upon  our  churches 
that  at  once  notUss  than  ha^  a  milUm 


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ioHatf   aTmuaUy    be    devoted  to  our 
Home  Missionary  enterprise. 

Ah  evening  was  devoted  to  the  con- 
Bideration  of  this  report  and  a  discus- 
sion of  the  present  aspects  and  claims 
of  Home  Missions,^ and  the  occasion 
was  one  of  extraordinary^  interest  and 
enthusiasm.  The  report  was  adopted 
by  a  unanimous,  rising  vote,  after 
which,  while  the  congregation  remain- 
ed standing,  Rev.  Pres.  Sturtevant 
offered  a  prayer  of  renewed  consecra- 
tion to  this  work,  and  the  vast  assem- 
bly broke  forth  in  singing 

"  I  love  thy  kingdom,  Lord." 

During  the  discussion,  frequent  allu- 
sions were  made  to  the  present  financial 
embarrassment  of  this  Society,  and  on 
the  next  day  the  following  resolution 
was  adopted : 

Besoltedy  That  we  hear  with  regret 
of  the  financial  embarrassment  of  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society, 
occasioned  not  by  the  diminution  of  its 
receipts,  bat  by  the  enlargement  of  its 
work,  and  we  earnestly  exhort  the 
churches  to  make  such  prompt  and 
liberal  gifts  to  its  Treasury  as  will  ena- 
ble it  not  only  to' supply  the  wants  of 
its  missionaries,  but  to  extend  the  scale 
of  its  operations  as  the  providence  ^of 
Gk>d  demands. 

The  Committee  of  Conference  with 
the  Executive  Committee  of  this  So- 
ciety, recommended  in  the  fourth  para- 
graph of  the  foregoing  report,  consists 
of  the  following  gentlemen : 

Rev.  H.  D.  Kitchel,  D.  D.,  of  Ver- 
mont, Hon.  Benjamin  Douglas  of  Con- 
necticut, Rev.  Hiram  Mead,  of  Ohio, 
Rev.  J.  W.  Strong,  D.  D.,  of  Minnesota, 
*  Hon.  Henry  White,  of  Connecticut. 

This  Committee  propose  to  meet  in 
January,  when  satisfactory  arrange- 
ments will  doubtless  be  made  for  car- 
rying out  the  plans  of  the  Council  for 
throwing  the  burden  of  supporting 
their  own  Home  Missionary  work  upon 
the  older  Western  States,  and  leaving 
the  Society  free  to  apply  its  doubled 
resources  to  the  evangelizing  of  the 
mpidly  opening  fi-ontier. 


It  cannot  be  but  that  this  unanimous 
and  enthusiastic  action  of  the  represent- 
ative men  of  our  churches,  from  all 
sections  of  the  country,  shall  awaken  a 
new  interest  in  this  Society  and  its  op- 
erations, speedily  replenish  its  Treas- 
ury, and  rally  to  its  ranks  *'  the  right 
'men  " — enough  of  them  to  do  the  work 
set  before  us  by  the  providence  and 
Spirit  of  God. 


The  Black  Valley. 

We  have  seen  no  Temperance  docu- 
ment better  suited  to  instruct,  arouse, 
and  alarm  the  public  mind  in  reference 
to  the  power,  progress  and  evils  of  in- 
temperance than  this  little  volume. 
There  is  great  graphic  power  in  its 
arguments,  and  illustrations.  Beautiful 
engravings  also  increase  its  value.  It 
would  give  inspiration  and  strength  to 
all  our  Home  Missionaries,  in  their 
labors  against  intemperance',  to  have 
this  book  in  their  hand ;  and  the  man, 
or  the  men,  who  should  furnish  the 
means  for  giving  it  to  each  of  these 
servants  of  God  would  be  a  benefactor 
on  a  large  scale.  H.  B.  H 


"Bbenezer." 


September  25th,  1811,  sixty  years 
ago  to-day,  I  was  ordained  in  Dr. 
Nathan  Perkins^  meeting  house,  in  West 
Hartford,  Conn.,  as  a  missionary  to  go 
to  "  New  Connecticut,"  under  appoint- 
ment by  the  Connecticut  Missionary 
Society.  Three  days  afterward,  I  left 
my  father^s  house,  in  Granville,  Mass., 
for  my  distant  and  then  frontier  field 
of  labor.  Traveling  on  horseback 
eighteen  days,  and  stopping  to  preach 
on  the  three  intervening  Sabbaths,  I 
spent  the  fourth  Sabbath  on  the  West- 
em  Reserve,  where  I  have  resided  ever 
since,  having  had  pastoral  charge  of 
the  church  in  Aurora  nearly  one-third 
of  a  century,  and  of  the  church  in 
Solon  about  half  as  long.  But  for  ten 
years  past,  I  have  dwelt  here  as  a  super- 
annuated minister.    Looking  back  on 


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the  wondrous  changM  God  has 
wrought  here  during  these  sixty  years, 
and  forward  to  the  more  glorious 
changes  he  will  yet  accomplish,  I  am 
ready  to  say  to  every  frontier  pioneer 
missionary,  **  Thank  Qod  and  take 
courage  I^' 

While  pastor  of  the  church  in  Aurora} 
I  spent  considerable  time  as  a  mission- 
ary, yisiting  all  parts  of  the  Reserve,  in 
the  earlier  years  having  my  commis- 
sions from  the  Home  Missionary  Society 
of  Connecticut,  and  in  later  years  from 
the  American  Home  Missionary  Society. 
Three-score  years  having  now  termin- 
ated since  I  was  ordained,  I  desire  to 
commemorate  the  event  by  making  a 
donation  of  thirty  dollars  to  the  funds 
of  the  Home  Missionary  Society,  with 
the  inscription  upon  it — "  Ebenezer." 

Tdlltnadgey  0.  John  Sbwabd. 

— — -»#» 
Hew  HampflliiTe  Hiisionary  Society. 

The  seventieth  annual  meeting  of 
this  auxiliary  was  held  in  Rochester, 
N.  H.,  August  24,   18?  1— Hon.  Lyman 

D.  Stevens,  Vice  President,  in  the 
chair.  Hon.  L.  D.  Stevens  read  his 
annual  report  as  Treasurer,  and  Rev. 
William  Clark,  D.  D.,  presented  an 
abstract  of  the  report  of  the  Trustees. 
Addresses  were  made  by  Rev.  Drs.  J. 
K.  Young,  and  H.  B.  Hooker,  and  Rev. 
Messrs.  W.  D.  Thomas,  Q.  Blakeley,  C. 

E.  Milliken  and  A.  Mann. 

The  report  makes  worthy  mention  of 
the  death  of  Rev.  Dr.  Benj.  P.  Stone, 
whose  many  years  of  wise  and  faithful 
labor  for  the  Home  Missionary  cause 
were  commemorated  in  The  Home  Mis- 
Mnary^  for  January,  1871. 

We  give  the  following  items  from  the 

BUMMART  OF  RESULTS. 

Porty-nine  missionaries  have  been 
in  commission  within  the  year  now  re- 
ported; nineteen  during  the  entire 
year;  thirty  for  periods  varying  from 
nine  months  to  one  month  ;  the  time  of 
service  of  the  whole  being  24^  years. 
Amount  of  appropriations,  $5,914  in  aid 
of  87  churches ;  an  average  to  each  of 


nearly  $160.  Average  attendance  on 
public  worship  in  81  congr^^tions  re- 
ported, 2612;  hopeful  conversions  in 
21  churches,  100;  members  in  82 
churches  reported,  1205,  of  whom  257 
are  males;  additions  to  20  churches, 
90,  of  whom  by  profession,  65;  re- 
movals from  24  churches,  57;  baptisms 
in  14  churches,  47 ;  of  which,  infant, 
11,  adult,  86;  scholars  in  82  Sabbath 
schools,  1965;  contributions,  in  82 
churches,  to  Home  Missions,  $886.86. 

RECEIPTS  AND  PATMSNT6. 

The  receipts  within  the  year  were 
$9,507.88;  of  which  for  the  Americtn 
Home  Missionary  Society — in  dona- 
tions, $567.58,  in  legacies,  $50.00— 
$617.58. 

There  was  sent  to  the  National 
Society,  directly  from  the  churches, 
in  legacies,  $4,514.50;  in  donations, 
$578.41— $5,092.91. 

The  whole  amount  raised  in  the 
State,  was  $14,600.79— $5,001.87  more 
than  was  raised  in  1870. 

The  whole  amount  of  disbursements, 
in  the  State,  was  $7,258.19 ;  leaving  in 
the  treasury,  at  the  close  of  the  year, 
$5,629.11. 

The  New  Hampshire  Cent  Institution 
and  Memorial  Fund,  noticed  in 
our  last  issue,  are  again  recognized  u 
among  the  most  efficient  helpers  of  the 
State  Society. 

Seventeen  Theological  students  were 
employed  in  mission  service,  from  one 
month  to  four  months  each,  of  whom 
the  Trustees  say :  *'  As  in  former  yean, 
we  are  happy  to  be  able  to  report, 
generally,  the  great  acceptableneas, 
fidelity,  and  usefulness  of  these  young 
men.  They  promise  to  be  greatly 
serviceable  to  the  cause  of  Christ  when 
they  shall  have  completed  their  pre- 
paratory course,  and  have  fully  entmd 
on  the  great  work  before  them.*' 

.EMIGBATION. 

'*We  should  not  be  surprised  at  the 
process  of  decline  in  our  missioi 
churches,  for  it  is  well  known  the 
population  is  diminishing  in  nearly  sU 
our  rural  towns,  as  shown  by  the  censiii 


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<^  1970,  oompared  with  that  of  I860. 
Within  the  aecade  the  population  of 
the  State  has  decreased  nearly  9000; 
the  decrease  occurring,  mainly,  in  our 
agricultural  towns ;  almost  invariably, 
in  towns  were  our  mission  churches  are 
located.  We  may  make  up  our  minds 
that,  in  all  probability,  we  shall  never 
have  fewer  weak  dependent  churches  in 
our  State  than  we  now  have.  We  may 
rather  expect  an  increase  of  such,  for 
the  constant  process  of  emigration 
from  our  State  is  essentially  weakening 
many  of  our  hitherto  strong  churches, 
some  of  which,  in  consequence,  are 
applicants  for  missionary  aid  in  sup- 
port of  the  institutions  of  the  gospel. 
Let  not  these  things  dishearten  us,  or 
cause  us  to  abate,  in  the  least,  our  zeal 
or  efforts  in  the  glorious  missionary 
work,  for  though  our  existing  feeble 
churches  may  b^me  more  feeble,  and 
our  now  stronger  ones  become  weak  by 
the  inevitable  process  of  death  and 
emigration,  souls,  under  the  blessing  of 
God  on  our  efforts,  are  preparing  for 
heaven  and  for  greater  usefulness  to  his 
cause  and  kingdom,  by  leaving  our 
severe  soil  and  bleak  highlands,  for  the 
more  fertile  lands  and  milder  climate  of 
our  great  Central  and  Western  country. 
Our  beloved  Granite  State  has  been, 
now  is,  and  will  continue  to  be,  a 
nursery  of  sturdy  men  and  devoted 
women,  to  establish  and  maintain 
churches,  schools,  and  all  good  institu- 
tions in  the  West,  even  to  the  Pacific.^^ 


''  The  keen  edge  of  the  American  popu- 
lation is  cutting  the  nation's  way  to- 
ward the  Pacific,  and  the  best  men  are 
wanted  just  there.  Let  enterprising 
young  ministers  and  Theological  stu- 
dents read  up  and  work  up  for  the 
West."  And  let  me  add,  then  prepare  to 
endure  hardship  and  privation ;  for  the 
successful  minister  in  the  far  West  must 
be  a  soldier. 

Brethren  of  the  East,  you  to  whom 
Gk>d  has  given  abundance,  and  hearts  to 
use  your  means  to  the  glory  of  God,  can 
you  stand  still,  while  the  enemies  of  re- 
ligion are  making  such  fearfnl  strides, 
laying  such  deep  foundations,  taking 
possession  of  the  very  heart  of  this  na- 
tion? Many  of  your  sons  are  hero; 
many  more  will  come.  They  come  with 
but  little  means,  to  raise  their  families 
here.  Will  you  make  no  provision  for 
them  ?  Oh,  how  many  of  these  are  now 
being  drifted  away  by  the  mighty  tide 
sweeping  over  this  beautiful  land!— 
Corr.  Fresbi/terian. 


The  Weit 

Abundant  are  the  calls  made  upon 
our  benevolent  and  wealthy  citizens  for 
pecuniary  contributions  in  aid  of  the 
great  West;  and  they  should  desire  to 
learn  all  they  can  about  its  necessities 
and  claims. 

Rev.  Dr.  John  Hall,  of  New  York, 
after  a  short  visit  to  the  West,  said : — 
^  One  must  be  in  the  western  country  to 
know  it.  Most  of  ui  do  not  begin  to 
eomprehend  it." 

^  There  is  a  great  deal  of  property  in 
the  West,  but  not  much  money,  and  of 
both,  only  a  small  proportion  is  in  the 
hands  of  Christian  people.  Many  who 
have  gone  westward  have  to  use  all  avail- 
able resources  for  some  years  in  estab- 
Udiing  thtmsdvea.'' 


My  Money. 

"  I  have  use  for  all  my  money,"  said 
a  church  member  to  a  minister  of  the 
gospel,  a  short  time  ago,  when  he  asked 
him  to  contribute  something  to  Christ's 
poor,  to  aid  them  in  liquidating  the 
debt  on  their  house  of  worship.  In  all 
his  ministry  he  had  never  met  with 
such  a  rebuff  from  a  professing  Chris- 
tian. It  went  like  a  dagger  to  his 
heart,  and  no  dov:bt  to  Christ^s  heart, 
too,  for  what  is  done  to  his  servants  is 
done  unto  him. 

^^  I  hate  iue/or  all  my  money ^^^  he 
said— -"my  money."  He  reminded  us 
of  another  "certain  rich  man,"  whose 
ground,  like  his, "  brought  forth  plenti- 
fully," who  called  everything  about 
him,    even    himself,    his   own.     "Jfy 

fruits" — "ii»y  bams" — "iwy  goods" 

"my  soul,"  was  his  language.  They 
were  considered  his  property,  not 
God^s.  They  were  all  his  own.  He 
was  a  fair  type  of  the  covetous  man, 


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who  shall  no  more  **  inherit  the  king- 1  irreparable  lose  to  the  Home  Minion' 
dom  of  Godf"  as  St.  Paul  tells  us,  than'ary  cause.  What  he  was  as  a  friend 
the  thief,  the  drunkard,  the  reViler,  the  I  and  Christian  brother,  many  can  tes- 
eztortioner,  and  a  host  of  other  notori-  tif  j  who,  with  us,  have  long  known 


onsly  bad  sinners.  Well,  what  became 
of  him  ?  *'  God  said  unto  him,  thou 
fool,  this  night  thy  soul  shall  be  requir- 


the  genial  heart  that  has  now  ceaaed 
to  beat  What  he  was  as  an  earnest, 
wise,  and  faithful  actuary  of  this  80- 


ed  of  thee.^'  Professing  Christian,  ciety,  the  brethren  and  churches  of 
when  you  are  asked  to  aid  the  cause  of  Iowa  can  attest,  and  will  feel  more  and 
Christ,  is  this  your  language,  "I  hare  more  keenly  as  they  come  to  miss  him 
use  for  all  my  money?'*  Take  care! 'from  their  missionary  enterprises  and 
God  may  say  unto  you  as  he  said  unto  counsels. 

the  rich  fool  in  the  parable.  In  a|  Though  for  some  little  time  he  bad 
night,  even  tkw,  he  may  '^require  thy. not  been  in  good  health,  he  made  hia 


soul,*'  take  it  away — call  it  to  gire  a 


strict    account    of 
"Then  whose  shall 


its    stewardship, 
those   things   be 


which  thou  hast  provided  ?**  Ah !  you 
cannot  tell.  This  you  will  only  know, 
that  you  can  carry  nothing  out  of  this 
world. — Bxehange. 


Deoeaie  of  Bev.  Dr.  Ouerniey. 

Seldom  have  we  been  saddened  by 
so  sudden  and  painful  intelligence  as 
that  of  the  death  of  Rev.  Jesse  Gitbbn- 
SET,  D.  D.,  Superintendent  of  Home 
Missions  for  Northern  Iowa,  which 
comes  to  us  after  the  last  page  of  this 
issue  had  been  sent  to  press.  Our  be- 
loTed  associate  in  youthful  studies,  in 
later  pastoral  labors,  and  since  Octo- 
tober,  1857,  in  the  Superintendence  of 
this  Society's  work,  his  death  is  a  per- 
sonal bereavement  to  us,  as  well  as  an 


arrangements  to  attend  the  National 
Council  in  Oberlin.  and  then  to  recu- 
perate his  energies  by  a  visit  to  New 
England.  At  the  last  moment,  he  felt 
himself  too  weak  to  attend  the  Council, 
but  we  were  looking  for  his  appearance 
in  the  Bible  House  at  any  time,  when 
the  news  came  that  a  lumbar  abscess, 
from  which  he  was  suffering  with  no 
apprehension  of  a  fatal  issue,  suddenly 
assumed  a  m^lig^ant  type,  and  be 
died  at  his  home  in  Dubuque,  on  the 
night  of  December  1.  He  leaves  a 
wife  and  six  children  to  mourn  his 
sudden  departure.  We  join  in  the 
sympathy^and  prayer  of  the:many  who 
will  share  the  sorrow  of  their  'bereave- 
ment. May  the  God  of  the  widow  and 
the  fatherless  keep  and  comfort  them ! 
In  a  future  number,  we  shall  hope  to 
give  a  fuller  notice  of  Dr.  Guernsey's 
character  and  services. 


APPOINTMENTS  IN  NOVEMBER,  1871. 


Rev.  J. 


Not  in  eommUsion  Uut  year. 
H.  D.   Henderson,   Springfield,  Junc- 


tion City,  and  Eugene  City,  Or. 
Rev.  Samael  Q.  Wright  Barker's  District,  Kan. 
Bev.  Edwin  Teele,  Florenceville,  Iowa. 
Rev.  H.  B.  Dean,  Prescott,  Wis. 
Rev.  John  Pettitt,  Homestead,  Mich. 
Rev.  Q.  ▲.  Pollard,  Qlen  Arbor  and  vicinity, 

Mich. 
Rev.  Darius  R.  Shoop.  Kalamoand  Bellevne,  Mich. 
Rev.  A.  E.  Allaben,  To  go  to  Missouri. 
Rev.  George  Lewis,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Rev.  Olney  Place,  Carthage  and  Deer  River,  N.  T. 

Be-ixmuniUiOMd. 

Rev.  Abridge  Oerry,  Oregon  City,  Or. 


Rev.  William  C.  Merrltt,  San  BaenaTentuaL  C^ 

Rev.  Blihu  Barber,  Leghorn,  Kan. 

Rev.  DavlUo  W.  Comstock,  Paola,  Kan. 

Rev.  Calvin  Gray,  Geneva,  Kan. 

Rev.  Elijah  W.  Merrill,  Cannon  FaUa,  GfanriHe 

and  Douglass,  Minn. 
Rev.  James  D.  Todd,  Lansing  and  Mower  City, 

Minn. 
Rev.  Henry  Willard,  Plainview  and  Smithfleldi 


Rev.  Ludwig  WolfSen,  Fergus  Falls,  Minn, 
iiev.   John  Allender,  PnOrie  City  and  Moud 

Prairie,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Davis  R.  Barker,  Amity,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Joseph  S.   Barns,  Salem  and  Hilld»oro. 

Iowa. 
Rev.  George  8.  Biscoe,  Tipton,  Iowa. 


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Brr.  Wimam  C.  Foster,  CItU  Bend,  lowi; 

BcT.  WUlUm  F.  Hinrej,  Jamestown  and  Went- 

worth,  Iowa. 
Ber.  Benjamin  F.  Hariland,  Lewlii,  Iowa. 
S«T.  Beriah  King,  GamaTlUo,  Clayton  City  and 

one  ont-aUtion,  Iowa. 
Ber.  Jacob  Schneider,  Locoat  Lane  and  Decorah, 

Iowa. 
Rer.  Winiam  Spell,  Seneca,  Iowa. 
BeT.  Peter  Weidmann,  Qrove  Hill  and  one  ont- 

ttation,Iowa. 
Ber.  Reed  Wilkinson,  Wooster,  Iowa. 
Be^  Firederic  W.  Faiifleld,  Rio  and  Wyocena, 


Rev.  Peter  ya]entin^  Mt  Sterling,  Seneca  and 

Gay's  Mills,  Wis. 
Rev.  Reuben  Everts,  Le  Roy,  Mich. 
Rev.  William  Irons,  Rockford,  Mich. 
Rev.  James  Vemey,  Fredonia,  Mich. 
Rev.  Robert  Fnmess.  Christian  Co.,  Oaark  and 

two  out-stations.  Mo. 
Rev.  WUliam  H.  Warren,  Blleardville,  (St  Lonls), 

Mo. 
Rev.  Daniel  R.  Miller,  Rochester,  Ohio. 
Rev.  GeoKe  W.  Walker,  Chagrin  Falls,  Ohio. 
Rev.  Bnrdett  Hart,  Vineland,  N.  J . 
Rev.  Owen  P.  Jones,  Tnrin  and  Tug  Hill,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Mason  Moore,  North  Lawrence,  Moira  and 

Lawrenceville,  N.  Y. 


RECEIPTS  IN  NOVEMBER,  1871. 


DennysvUle,  CoBg.  Oh.  and  Soc,  by 
^  Peter  E.Voae7^  $S6  00 

Portland,  A  Lady  of  the  Bethel  Oh.,  by 
W.  Ryan.  6  00 

Mrs.  W.  Oznard,  10  00 

B«oelved  by^L.  D.    Stevens, 


1  by  1 
Treaa.  N.  H.  M.  Soc. 
Bath,  Cong.  Oh.  and  Soc,  by 

Rev.  Mr.  Mann, 
HoUis,  John  Shedd,  to  const 

O.  M.  Shedd,  L.  B.  Shedd. 

Rosaline    M.    Patch    and 

Marv  B.  Patch  L.  Ms., 
Lyndeboro,    (Mmg,   Oh.  and 

Mra!  Abigail  Crosby, 


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ISO  00 


8S60 
600 


917  60 


WT*.,  Ladies*  Home  Miss.  Soc.  of 

Plrat  Parish,  by  Mrs.  C.  M.  Palmer, 

B«^.  (fk^jght), 
Henniker,  Cong.  Oh.  and  Soc,  special 

coll.,  by  Rev.  S.  S.  Morrill, 
Hi^Ua,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Bev.  D.  Peiry, 
Pelham,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc,  by  Mrs. 

K.  W.  Tyler,  (freight), 
Pittsfleld,  B.,  by  Rev.  H.  A.  Hafen, 
Undge.  Ladies*^  Sew.  Circle,  by  Mrs.  B. 

jTSaie,  (flreight), 

VZBMONT— 
Borlinffton,  Third  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Mrs.  B. 

W.  Boell, 
Charleston,  Mrs.  0.  Cnmmings,  by  Bev. 

B.  Knight, 
CbelseaTCong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Her- 

rick. 
Cheater,   Ladies*  Benev.  Soc,  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Hale,  (fftiigbt), 
Norwich,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  Rev. 

W.  SewaU, 
l%achsTn,  Mrs.  S.  Chamberlin, toconst 

Mrs.  Sosan  Scott  a  L.  M., 
Plttsford,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  R.  T. 

Hall, 
Biptoo,  A  Friend, 
St  Albans.  Ladies  of  the  First  Cong. 

Ch.,  AvidU  of  Festival,  by  Mrs.  A.  S. 

Samaon, 
St  Johnsbnry  Moses  Eittredge. 
Swanton,  Ladles  of  the  Cong.  On.  and 

Soc,  by  G.  W.  Sonier.  (freight), 
Waterbnry,  L.  Hntcnins. 
Wells  River,  Cong.  Oh.  and  Soc,  by 

Bev.  W.  S.  Palmer, 
Weat  Brattieboro,  Cong.  Oh.  and  Soc, 

by  a  F.  Thompeon, 
Westminster  Weat,  D.  Stoddard  and 

wife, 

MASSACHUBBTTS— 
Maat.  Home  Miaa.  Soc,  by  S.  T.  Fir- 
well,  Trsaa.,  10,600  OOJ 


600 


61  00 
48  26 


600 
SO  00 


400 


SOOOO 
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9180 
80  00 


84  40 
600 


76  00 
100  00 


800 
100  00 


60  00 
70  08 


800 


Amherst,  Rev.  H.  G.  Jesop,  6  00 

Andovor,  Sonth  Cong.  Ch.,  special  coll., 
$148 ;  mon.  con.,  |46,  by  B.  Taylor,       189  00 
Free  Cong.  Ch..  by  Rev.  E.  8.  Wil- 
liams, 


George  Ripley, 

A  Theological  Student 


,G.H.T.,$6;A.L., 


Theological  Sem. 

Campello,  Ladies  Sew.  Soc,  by  Mrs.  F. 

Keith,  (freight), 
Clinton,  N.^8.. 
Cnmmington,  Ladies*  Benev.  Assoc, 

by  Mrs.  Sarah  B.  Orcutt,  Treas.,  to 

const  Mrs.  Maria  Porter  a  L.  M., 
Grafton,  Evan.  Cong.  Ch.,  special  coll., 

by  Rev.  J.  H.  Windsor, 
Huntington,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

W.  F.  Avery, 
Lynn,  North  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  J. 

D.  HaskeU,  Treas., 
Monson,  A.  w.  Porter 
Newburyport.  North  Cong.  Ch.,  of  wh. 

$100  from  Miss  H.  F.  Tyler,  to  const 

Rev.  Leroy  Warren  a  L,  D., 

A  Friend, 
Newton  Centre,  W.  H.  Wardwell, 
Northampton,  First  Ch.,  X., 
Plainfleld,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  J. 

Barber, 
Sheffield,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  in  part,  by 

J.  N.  Dickson, 
South  Boston,  A.  C.  Clapp, 
South  Bgremont  Andrew  Bacon, 
South  Hadley,  Mt  Holyoke  Fem. 

by  Miss  Sarah  H.  Melvin, 
Sonth  Weymouth,  Second  Cong.  Ch. 

and  Soc,  to  const  Rev.  G.  F.  Stan- 
ton, W.  Dyer  and,Miss  Elisabeth  B. 

Torrey  L.  Ms., 
SpriDgflcld,  *^  Unabridged,** 
Stockbridee,  A  Friena  to  the  cause, 
Sunderland,  Dorcas  Soc,  by  Mrs.  C.  B. 

Trow, 
Taunton,  Trin. Cong.  Ch.,  to  const.  Rev. 

S.  M.Newman  a  L.D., 
Townseud  Center,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

G.  H.  Morss, 
West  Brookfleld,  Cong.  (^.,  in  full,  to 

const.  Rev.  R.  B.  Bull  a  L.  D.,  by 

Rev.  R.  B.  Bull, 
WhitlnsviUe,      George     L.      Gibbs, 

(freight), 
Winchondon,  Ladiea*  Benev.  Soc.  of 

the  North  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  D.  Fos- 
ter, (freight), 

RHODE  ISLAND- 

Bristol,  Miss  Charlotte  De  Wolf  and 
Mrs.  Maria  De  W.  Rogers,  special  do- 
nation, by  Rev.  J.  P.  Lane, 

Providence,  Miss  S.  E.  Jackson, 

CONNE(3TICUT— 
Bloomfleld,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc  of  the 


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600 

10  00 

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82  00 
900  64 

10  00 

60  00 
600  00 


886  00 
60  00 

100  00 
60  00 

796 

64  80 

900 

90  00 

197  00 


89  00 

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900 

600 

900  00 

64  68 


61  00 
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-_p.  Ch.,  by  Mi».  B.  H.  J.  Clere- 
_  UmC  8«c.,  (freight),  $4  00 

Bnmford,   Cong.   Ch.,   by   S.   Batch, 

Treas.,  85  80 

Bristol  JWret  Cong.  Ch.,  third  coll.,  by 

R«v.  W.  W.  B«lden,  10©  00 

Clinton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.    W.   B. 

Brooks,  to  const,    Mrs.  WlUlun  8. 

GrinneU,  B.  K.  Redfleld  and  Miss 

Mary  C.  Elliot  L.  Ms.,  101  61 

Bast  Hartford,  Sarah  L.  Williams,  to 

const  Samnel  T.  Bnmham,  a  L.  M.,       SO  00 
Bast  Lyme,  Mrs.  U.  M.  Webb,  ftS;  O. 

H.  Webb,  fl ;  N.  Webb,  $1 ;  Mrs.  G. 

H.  Webb.il,  6  00 

Essex,  C.  U.^.,  6  00 

Fairfield  Ladies  of  the  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Mrs.  C.  M.  Beers.  (freightV  6  00 

Greenwich,  Mrs.  B.  Sniffln,  6  00 

Hanover,  Cong.  Ch.,  special  coIL,  by 

Key.  L.  H.  Barber,  18  00 

Hartford,  J.  B.  Cone,  $50:   Rer.  B. 

F.  Northrop,  $10 ;  Vincent  Moses,  $5,     66  00 
Huntington,  Mrs.  Parmelia  Wells,  by 

Bey.  L.  B.  Marsh,  85  00 

Lebanon,  Cong.  Ch.,  *' Gk>shen  Soe.,** 

to  const  Rev.  D.  B.  Lord  a  L.  M.,         40  11 

Firtt   Cong.   Ch.  and  8oc.,  $17  70; 

mon.    con.,  $82.80,  by    Rey.  O.  D. 

HIne,  »  ^--     '     '  5Q  ^ 

Madison,  Ladles'  Cent  8oc,  by  Miss 
Sarah    B.   Grave,  Treas.,  to  const 
Mrs.  Samuel  F.Willard  and  Mrs 
Lnwrence  Field  L.  Ms.,  71  74 

Middle  Haddam,  David  Dickinson,  80  00 

New  Britain,  CtnUr  Cong.  CfL,  by  H. 
P.  Strong,  Treas.,  841  80 

"A  Widow's  Mite,"  10  00 

New  Haven,  On  account  of  Lency  of 
Mrs.  Frances  Bradley,  by  Atwater 
Treat  Ex.,  1,000  00 

Rev.  J.  G.  Baird  and  wife,  $7;  Prof. 
B.  B.  SaUsbnry,  $50:  Tale  College, 
F.  B.  Dexter,  $80:  Alfred  Walker, 
$90 ;  S.,  $16 ;  A  Friend  of  Home 
Misalons,  $100 ;  W.  C.  Conant,  $60 ; 
AFriend.£l6,  887  00 

Norfolk,  Rev.  jTsidridge,  D.  D.,  100  00 

Northfleld,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  J.  H. 

Hopkins,  Treas.,  86  85 

North  Guilford.  A  Friend,  10  00 

Norwalk,  Ladies*  Benev.  Assoc,  of 
First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Miss  C.  E.  Ray- 
mond, Treas.,  of  wh.  $80  to  const 
Mrs.  Lewis  Curtis  a  L.  M.,  100  00 

Norwich,  Mrs.  O.  Gager,  5  00 

Plalnville,  J.  Camp.  1  00 

Salisbury,  M.  M.  filake.  6  00 

Sharon,  on  account  of  LM^y  of  Harry 

Cowles,  by  R.  Smith,  Ex.,  50  00 

South  Britain,  N.  P.  Mitchdl,  5  00 

Southport,  F.  Marquand,  1,807  81 

Stamford,  Preib.  Ch.,  by  W.  R.  Rltch,      75  00 
D.  M.  Bean.  80  00 

Stonington,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const 

DeaTB.  F.  Williams  a  L.  M.,  81  08 

Talcottville,  Ladies*  Miss.  Assoc.,  by 

Mrs.  C.  D.  Talcott,  Sec,  (freight),  8  00 

Thompson,  Ladies,  by  Miss  B.  D. 
Lamed,  (freight),  8  00 

A  Friend.  8  00 

Torringfora,  Harvey  Watson,  by  H.  P. 

Hopldns,  8  00 

Walllngford,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 

Rev.  B.  R.  Gilbert  (freight),  8  00 

West  Hartford,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc.  of 
Center  District  by  Miss  Mary  C. 
Buckland,  Sec^  (freight),  5  00 

WASt  Meriden.  B.  H.  Catlin,  to  conit 

Mrs.  Amelia  D.  CatUn.  a  L.  M.,  80  00 

West  Winsted,  A  Friend,  8  00 

Woodbridge,  A  Friend  to  the  cause,  6  00 

NEW  YORK— 
Albany,  W.  L.  Learned,  50  00 

Batovfa,  P.  L.  Tracy,  185  00 

Brooklyn,  OHnton  Av0M€  Oong.  Ch.^ 
by  W.  W.  Fessenden,  Treas.,  in  part,  1,800  00 


On  account  of  Legacy  of  Mark  H. 
Newman.  $898  68 

Camden,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 
J.  Stark,  Treas.,  of  wh.  from  Bennett 
Cobb,  $10,  In  foil,  to  const  him.  a 
L.  M.,  80  » 

Canandaigua.  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
by  B.  G.  Tyler,  additional  to  previous 
coll.  of  $«».48,  60  48 

Gaines.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  8.  Egleston.     88  08 

Howelis,  (^ng.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  Amsl 
Mapes,  85  60 

Malone,  On  account  of  Legacy  of  L.  8. 
Cotton,  by  G.  8.  Cotton,  Adm.,  881  08 


Morrisville.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  B.  Smith,  19  08 
Mt  Sinai,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  Snow,  88  00 
New  Haven,  (Jong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 

Rev.J.T.lMarsh,  48  00 

New  York,  A  Friend ,  86  00 

Orient  Sabbath  School  of  Cong.  Ch., 

by  W  H.  Young,  Treas.,  86  87 

Oswego,  Cong.  Ch.,  coll.  In  part  by  X. 

Root  88  86 

PekinrMrs.  AbigaU  Peck,  U  08 

Penn  Yan,  C.  A.  Hamlin,  10  00 

Rochester,  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,  by  P. 

W.  Handv.  118  68 

Rome,  Weisn  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D.  B. 

Pricliard,  U  08 

Schroon  Lake,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D. 

H.  Gould,  18  88 

Sherburne.  Mrs.  M.  Storrs,  4  60 

South  Canton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D.  K. 

Pangbom,  7  56 

Stockholm,  Cong,  Ch.,  by  Rev.  Geo. 

Anderson,  IS  00 

Tarrytown,  "  WlUle,**  68 

Upper  Aquebogue,  Cong.  Ch.,  to  ooiiBt 

Dea.  A.  Youngs  a  L.  IL,  86  00 

West  Farms,  A.  Wood,  8  60 

NEW  JERSEY— 
Newark,   David  A.  Hayea,  to  const 

Alice  Hayes  a  L.  M.,  80  08 

Orange  Valley,  Cong.  Ch.,  additional 
coll.,  by  Rev.  G.  B.  Bacon,  86  68 

PENNSYLVANIA— 
Philadelphia,  James  Smith, 


100  00 
86  68 


Pittoton,  Mrs.  H.  D.  Strong,  In  full,  to 
const.  Mrs.  8.  B.  Cooley  a  L.  M., 

MARYLAND- 
Frederick  Citv.   B.   H.  Rockwell,   to 
const  himself,  Mrs.  R.  Rockwell  and 
T.  SchulU  L.  Ms.,  100  68 

DISTRICT  OF  CJOLUMBIA— 
Washington,  Rev.  B.  Goodrich  SmittL 
$80;  Rev.  H.H.  Grannie,  $8,  8168 

OHIO-  I'c 

Received  by  Rev.  L.  Kelsey : 
Columbus,  Rev.  L.  Kelsey,  to 

const  Qeorge  D.  Kelsey  a 

L.  M..  $80  00 

Greenwich  Station,  Friends 

of  Home  Missions,  by  Anna 

M.  Mead,  7  00 

Litchfield.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

H.  Thrall,  7  00 

Medina,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  P. 

Clark,  to  const.  Dea.  8.  B. 

Curtis  a  L.M..  46  CO 

PainesviUe,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  C. 

R.  Stone,  60  08 

Sandusky,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  L.  H. 

Lewis,  17  00 

South  Amherst  Cong.  Ch.,by 

J.  B.  Clark,  10  08 

Strongsville,   Cong.  Ch.,  by 

RevTO.  W.  White,  4  86 


Albany,  Cong.  (^,  $1 ;  Jerome,  Cong. 

Ch.,  $1,  bal.  of  coll.,  by  Bev.A.lr. 

Hamlin. 
Bdlnbnigh,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  B.  H.  Coa, 


170  81 


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Hartford,  Cons.  Cb.,  coll.  in  part,  by 

BeT.J.B.I>STl8oii,  $16  00 

Liwrence,  Mrs.  Betsey  McGalre,  ,6  00 

Mecca,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Dari- 
■on,  9  76 

Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  M.   W. 

Wairai,  Miss  Ellen  A.  Darling,  in  fall, 
to  const  Mrs.  Lydia  M.  Darling  a 
L.M,,  *         16  00 

INDIANA- 
Plymonth,  H.  Hervey,  6  00 

Terre  Haute,  Flrtt  (Jang.  OK.^  of  wb. 

rfrom  Capt  8.  H.  Potter,  by  Rev. 
<L  Hvde,  112  68 

Cofng,  MMon,  by  Rev.  O.  D.  Crawford,    5  00 

ILUNOIS- 
Chicago,  Memorial  Ch.,  in  part,  13  86 

South  Ch.,  in  part,  _ 

MissH.  A.  Parian,  $10;  Mrs.  P.  W. 
Pisk,  $6 :  PamUy  Miss,  box  at  Prof. 
Hyde'sijS, 
Bast  Psw  Riw,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  C. 

C.  Breed,  7  60 

Ftomington,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  W.  New- 

eU,  Traas.,  185  00 

Galesbnrgh,   Plrst  Ch.   of  Christ,  to 

eonst  Dea.  A.  N.  Bancroft  a  L.  D.,  of 

wh.  from  Sabbath  School,  $89.60,  296  66 

Geneseo,  C.  Perry,  $10 ;  Mrs.  E.  Perry, 

$10.  ^  «)  00 

Greenville.  Pirst  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

M.M.Longley,  46  90 

Griggsville,  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const.  Rev. 

BLC.  Barnard  a  L.  D.,  P.  Cotton,  D. 

Hoyt  and  Miss  Rath  Tvler  L.  Ms..       210  00 
Lanark.  Cong.  Ch.,  coll.  in  part,  by 

Rev.  L.  H.  Biggins,  27  00 

Ontario,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  B.  Shedd,  16  60 

Richmond,  R.  R.  Crosby,  by  Rev.  P.  J. 

Donglass,  1 00 

Bwingfleld,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.,  by 

MISSOURI— 
Qreenridge  and  Windsor,  Cong.  Chs., 

by  Rev.  J.  M.  Bowers,  10  00 

La  Orange,  Evan.  Salem  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  J.  Schaerer.  _     ^         2  00 

Pleasant  Mount,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
Rev.  A.  H.  Misdldine,  5  00 

MICHIGAN- 
Received  by  Rev.  Leroy  Warren : 
Grand   Rapids,   Pirst  Cong. 
Oh.,  to  const.  Rev.  J.  Mor- 
gan Smith  a  L.  D.,  $100  00 
Manistee,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of 
colL,  8  00 


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long.  Ch.,  $2.82 ;  Port 
C?,  $8,  by  Rev.  D. 


108  00 


Bridgeham] 

Sanilac,  l,^    ^  , 

Bemey,     ^W  10  82 

Detroit,  Second  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 

D.  O.  Penfleld,  61  66 

Prankfort  Pirst  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A. 

H.  Fletcher,  25  64 

Jonesville,  S.  B.  Vrooman,  20  80 

Matuwan,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  Crane,  7  26 
Nappleon,  Pirst  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  S. 

WISCONSIN— 
Received  by  Rev.  P.  B.  Doe:       ^_  _ 
Appleton,  Cong.  Ch.,  $40  26 

Brandon,  Cong.  Ch.,  8  67 

Pond  du  Lac  Miss  Jones,  $5; 

Dea.  J.  Homiston,  $2,  7  00 

Milwaukee,  WelshCong.  Ch.,     7  00 
Oshkosh,  Cong.  Ch^  50  00 

Sheboygan,  Cmg.  Ch.,  46  76 

Springvale,  Cong.  Ch.,  7  16   ^^.  „ 

'  166  oS 

Crater.  Pirst  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  B.     _  _ 
Morris,  10  86 

Gtmo  Bay,  W.  Richardson,  20  00 


Herseyvllle,   Pirst  Cong.  Ch.,  $8.75; 

Leon,  Pirst  Cong.  Ch.,  $8.76,  by  Rev. 

H.  Pollan,  $12  60 

Jalapa,  Cong.  Ch.,  $5.26 ;  Rev.  T.  Pugh, 

$7^26,  12  60 

New  London,  Plrst  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H. 

H.  Page,  Treas.,  86  78 

Oak  Grove,   Cong.  Ch.,   by  Rev.   M. 

Wells,  16  00 

Sterling,    Cong.   Cb.,   $8.65-     Seneca, 

Cong.  Cb.,  $6 :   GavV  Mills,  Cong. 

Ch.,  $8.50:  Links  Vmage,  Cong.  Ch., 

$1.16,  by  Rev.  P.  Valenthie,  18  80 

Sun  Prairie,  Cong.  Ch.,  mon.  con.,  by 

H.  B.  Boardman,  7  10 

lOWA- 
Bentonsport,  A  Friend,  60  00 

Denmark,  Cong.  Ch.,  bv  Isaac  Field,  61  00 

Eldora,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  P. 

Boynton,  45  00 

Franklin,  Cong.  Cb.,  $5 ;  Talleyrand, 

Cong.  Ch.,  $2:  Webster,  Cong.  Ch., 

$1.80,  by  Rev.  P.  Crang,  8  80 

Manchester,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  L  Harvey,         16  00 
Muscatine,  German  Evan.  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  J.  Reuth,  16  00 

New  Hampton,   Pirst  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  T.  Bayne,  26  00 

Otho  and  Tyson*s  Mills,  Cong.  Chs.,  bal. 

of  coll.,  bv  Rev.  G.  Bent,  20  00 

Ottumwa,  Cong.  Ch.,  in  part,  by  Rev.  H. 

Bross,  28  00 

Waverly,  Rev.  M.  K.  Cross,  6  00 

MINNESOTA— 
Belle  Prairie,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 

A.  Cutler,  10  00 

Mantorvillj^  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc.,  by 

Rev.  N.  W.  Grover,  15  00 

Rushford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W,  W. 

Snell,  -  11  70 

KANSAS— 
Manhattan,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  R^  D. 

Parker,  60  00 

Solomon  City,  Mary  W.  "gaatt^ftiT^  s  qq 

NEBRASKA— 
Elmwood  and  Salt  Creek,  Cong.  Chs., 

by  Rev.  D.  Knowles,  2  60 

Irvington,  Cong.  Ch.,  Rev.  J.  J.  A.  T. 

Dixon.  8  60 

Linwooo,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A. 

Dresser,  12  60 

Norfolk,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  W. 

Kidder,  10  06 

CALIFORNIA- 
San  Buenaventura,  Pirst  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  W.  C.  Merritt,  8  00 

San Francisco^Rev.  Eli Corwin,  26  00 

Soqncl,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Strong, 

to  const.  Miss  Lola  HaU  a  L.  M.,  80  00 

OREGON— 
Oregon  City,  Pirst  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
E.  Gerry,  9  00 

CANADA- 
Sherbrook,  Prov.  Quebec,  Thomas  S. 
Morey,  6  00 

HOME  MISSIONARY,  21  00 

$26,720  69 

IMmaiUms  qf  CMhing^  etc, 

Bloomfleld,  Ct,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc, 
Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  E.  H.  J.  Cleveland, 
Sec.,  a  box,  $86  2B 

Burlington,  Yt.,  Ladies  of  Third  Cong. 
Ch.,   two  barrels. 

Campello,  Mass.,  LadisM*  Sew.  Soc,  by 
Mrs.  Franklin  Keith,  a  box,  40  00 

Chester,   Vt,   Ladies*  Benev.   Soc   of 


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Cong,  Ch..  by  Rer.  J.  O.  Hale,  a  barrel 
Dover,  N.  H..  Ladiea*  Home  Hisa.  8oc, 

First  Parish,  by  Mrs.  C.  If .  Palmer,  a 
^barrel,  $191  » 

Bast  Machias,  Me.,  Ladies,  by  Sasan  T. 

Bates,  a  barrel,  M  00 

Fairfield,  Ct.  Ladies  of  the  Cons.  Ch., 

by  Mrs.  C.  M.  Beers,  a  barrel,  06  00 

GaQford,  Ct.,  Ladles  of  the  Third  Cong. 

Ch.,  bT  Mrs.  O.  M.  Boynton,  a  box,  115  00 

Hartford,  Ct,  Peari  St.  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  W.  L.  Qage,  a  barrel,  188  00 

Hqpkinton,  Mass.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  S.  B. 

Crooks,  a  barrel,  68  00 

Madison,  Ct,  Tonne  Ladies*  Sew.  Soc., 

bv  Miss  Lizzie  BTLee,  a  barrel.  186  00 

Maoison,  N.  J.,  a  package. 
Middletown.  Ct  j?^estfleld  Cong.  Ch.  and 

Soc,  by  Rev.  Ed.  T.  Hooker,  a  box,         00  00 
New  Britain,  Ct.  Ladies  of  the  So.  Cong. 

Ch.  and  Soc.,  by  Miss  Jennie  B.  Osse, 

Sec.  and  Treas.,  a  barrel,  177  64 

New  Britain,  Ct.  Ladies  of  Centre  Ch., 

by    Miss  Looisa  Strickland,  Sec,  a 

barrel. 
New  Haven,  Ct.  Ladies*  Home  Miss. 

Soc,  by  Miss  H.  ▲.  Tncker,  Sec,  four 

boxes,  700 11 

New  York  City,  Mrs.  Parker,  a  handle  of 

books. 
Pelham,  N.  H^  Ladles  Benev.  Soc,  by 

Mrs.  E.  W.  Tyler,  a  barrcO,  86  00 

Pittston,  Penn..  Mrs.  N.  H.  Gaston,  a 

handle,  two  shawls. 
Bindge,  N.  H.,  Ladies*  Sew.  Cirde,  by 

Mrs.  B.  J.  Hale,  Sec,  a  barrel,  67  00 

Royalston,  Mass.,  Mrs.  B.  B.  Ripley,  a 

lix,  80  00 

Swan  ton,  Yt,  Ladies  of  the  Cong.  Ch. 

and  Soc,  by  Q.  W.  Sqnier,  a  barrel,  68  IS 

Talcottville,  Ct,  Ladies^  Miss.  Assoc, by 

Mrs.  C.  D.  Talcott  Sec,  a  barrd,  88  00 

Thompaon,  Ct,  Ladies,  by  Miss  Bllen  J. 

Learned,  a  barrel,  74  66 

Wallingford,  Ct,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 

RevTs.  R.  Gilbert,  two  barrels,  196  47 

Ladies*  Benev.  Soc,  by  Rev.  B.  R.  Gil- 
bert a  barrel,  111  48 
Waterville,  Me..  Ladies*  Sew.  Clrde,  by 

Mrs.  Amos  C.  Stark,  Sec,  a  barrel. 
West  Hartford.  Ct,  Ladies*  Sew,  Soc, 

Soath  Dlst,  by  Mrs.  C.  8.  MiUs,  Sec, 

a  barrel,  149  48 

West  Hartford,  Ct,  Ladles*  Benev.  Soc, 

Center  District,  by  Miss  Mary  C.  Back- 
land,  Sec,  a  barrel,  1»  00 
Whitlnsville,  Mass.,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc, 

by  Mrs.  J.  R.  Thurston,  a  barrel,  64  60 

Cfeo.  L.  Gibbs,  a  barrel. 
Winchendon.  Maas.,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc, 

of  the  NortD  Cong.  Ch.,'bv  Rev.  Davis 

Foster,  two  barreiK,  and  a  dox,  884  86 

Winchester.  N.  H.,  Ladies*  Home  Miss. 

Soc,  by  Mary  B.  Coxeter,  Treaa..  a  box,     60  00 
Worcester,  Mass.,  Central  Sab.  School,  a 

box  of  Sabbath  school  books. 


Seeelnts  qf  th4  MatitiehuHtts  Horns  HUtUmary 
aoeUty^  in  November^  Btbphih  T.  Fabwsll, 
Trtat. 
Abington,  First  Ch.  and  Soc,  $76  60 

Amesborj  MUls,  W.  F.  B.,  600 

Ashby,  Becx>nd  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  to 

const  Cecil  F.  Havward  a  L.  M.,  66  65 

Beverly,  Dane  St  Cn.  and  Soc,  160  17 

Boston,  Park  8t.  Ch,  and  8oe.^  54  00 

Do.,  additional,  f  115,  less  error  of 

$45,   in  crediting  receipts  for 

Oct,  (prev.  ack.,  $1678.00).  70  00 

Old  South  Ch.,  additional,  10  00 

ZMon  Ch.  and  Soc,  85  00 

PhUljps  Ch,  and  8oc.,  1,164  80 

Mt.  Vtrnon  Ch.  and  Soe.,  885  85 

Csniral  Ch.  and  Soe.,  1,880  88 

Highlands,  Vine  St.  Ch.,  80  00 

Dorchester  VilUge  Sabbath  School,  88  65 


Daniel  Leeds,  $10  00 

Widow  of  a  Home  Missionary.  10  00 

Bnx^kline,  Legacy  of  John  Heath,  by  J. 

M.  Pinkerton^JTrnstee,  4^00  47 

Carlisle,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  80  88 

Charlestown,  A  Friend,  80  00 

Chelsea,  Wlnnislmmet  Ch.  and  Soc,  800  00 

Clinton,  First  Entn.  Ch.  and  Soc,  78  00 

Fitchborg,  Calvinlstic  Ch.  and  Soc,  416  90 

Franklin  Co.  Home  Misa.  Soc,  D.  L. 

Sammls,  Treas.: 

Greenfield,  Second  Cong.  Ch. 

and  Soc,  $886  68 

Soath  Deerfield,  From  a  L.  M.,      10  00 

M668 

Great  Barrington,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,        60  46 
Hardwick,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  80  00 

HarvardT        ^'  "  »« 

Hinadal^  "  "  tU  7« 

Hampden  Benev.  Association:  Monaon, 

888  71 

810  00 

878  8T 

80  68 

66  64 

94  70 

600 

7S00 

600 

800 

86  88 

78  00 

80  00 

19  00 

in  00 

174  08 

8S160 

648  88 

169  06 


Laoies*  Prayer  Meeting, 
Jamaica  Plain,  Bvan.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Lawrence,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Leominster,  Cong.  Cn.  and  Soc, 
LltUeton, 

Lowell,  Appleton  St.  Ch., 
Mancheater,  Bvan.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Marblehead.  A  Friend, 
Medway  Village,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc, 
Merrimack,  N.  H..  A  Friend, 
Massachnsetts,  A  Friend. 
Middleboro,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Middleton, 
Milton,  A  Thank  OiTering, 

Mrs.  Charlotte  Vose, 
New  Bedford,  Trin.  Ch.  and  8oe., 

ydrth  Cong.  Ch.  and  3oe., 
Newton^^fvf  Ch.  and  8oe., 

EUot  Ch.  and  8oe., 

Steond  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soe.,  In  part 

Legacy  of  Mary  Ward,  by  G.  W.  Ward, 
Bx., 
Northboro,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc. 
North  Falmonth,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
North  Cambridge,  Juvenile  Miasloaary 

Society  of  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Orleans,  Rev.  C.  £.  Harwood, 
Otis.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Peabody.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Pepperell,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
Petersham^rthodox  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 


100  68 

167  76 
10  60 

100  00 
10  08 
14  00 
490  88 
106  61 
18  00 


lanLOr  _ 

inlncy,  AFriend.            "  100  00 
[andolph.  A.  Wales,  to  support  Westem 

Home  Missionary,  100  00 

Salem,  Tabernacle  Ch.,  445  10 

Saogaa,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  86  68 

Sndbory,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  48  88 

Taanton,  Winslow  Ch.,  78  00 

Templetnn,  L.  R.  and  E.  C.  Shattack,  16  00 


Townsend.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc. 
Wells.  Maine,  Second  Ch.  and 
WestBoylston,  First  Ch.  andr 
West  Stockbridge,  Village  Coi 

Soc. 
Worthington,  Cong.  Ch.  and 
A  Friend, 


)^Bh.  and 


17  00 
15  00 
86  00 

1910 
70  40 

18  00 


$14.886  64 


The  following  donations  were  InadTcrtMtly 
omitted  In  the  Jnly  and  October  receiyta. 

Athol,  Legacy  of  J.  H.  Packard,  $861  81 

CentrevlUe,  M7  80 

North  Falmonth,  88  00 

Ameabary  and  Salisbury.  Milla,  Ooog. 

Ch.  andSoc,  80  OO 

Amherst,  South  Ch.  and  Soc,  88  OO 

Ayer,  Miss  Martha  Kimball.  8  00 

Boston,  Union  Ch.  and  Soc,  80  00 

A  Friend,  10  00 

Old  South  Ch.,  Mrs.  Bartlett,  80  00 

New  Braintree,  A  Friend,  1  00 

Miss  Anderson,  1 00 

Q.S.  Dodge,  10  00 


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APPLICATIONS  FOR  All). 

Feeble  congregations,  desiring  aid  in  supporting  tlie  gospel,  are  requested,  in 
their  applications,  to  make  full  statements  of  their  condition  and  prospecto,  and  of 
the  reasons  for  granting  their  requests.  They  are  desired,  alsu^  to  furnish  the 
following  particuUrs,  namely : 

The  population  of  the  place. 

The  name  of  the  church  or  congregation. 

The  number  of  communicants,  and  the  ayerage  number  of  attendants  on  pub- 
lic worship. 

The  denomination  and  size  of  congregations  inmiediately  contiguous,  with  the 
distance  to  their  places  of  worship. 

The  total  amount  of  salary  which  the  applicants  propose  to  make  up. 

The  portion  of  that  salary  which  they  pledge  for  the  given  tijne,  and  the 
arrangements  that  are  made  for  securing  it. 

Whether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  source. 
V  The  least  amount  that  will  suffice  from  this  Society. 

The  name  in  full  and  post-office  address  of  the  minister  for  whom  a  commission 
is  desired. 

His  credentials. 

Whether  he  Is  a  resident  of  the  place  in  which  he  preaches,  and  is.  engaged  in 
any  other  calling  than  that  of  the  mmistry. 

Whether  he  is  the  pastor  of  the  church,  or  if  not,  whether  any  arrangements 
are  made  or  contemplated  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  the  year. 

The  application  should  be  signed  by  the  officers  of  the  church,  and  by  ^Li-^' 
trustees  or  a  committee  of  the  congregation. 

If  the  ecclesiastical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  have  a  "  (Com- 
mittee of  Missions  "  to  act  in  their  behalf,  the  members  of  this  Committee  are  the 
proper  persons  to  certify  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  minister, 
and  his  prospects  of  usefulness  in  the  place  where  his  services  are  desired ;  and  the 
application  should  be  sent  to  them  for  their  indorsement  and  recommendation. 
Where  no  such  "  Committee  of  Missions  *'  exists,  the  application  should  receive  the 
indorsement  of  two  or  more  neighboring  clergymen,  of  the  same  denominatibn, 
soquainted  with  the  facts. 

Applications,  after  being  properly  indorsed  and  recommended,  should  be  sent  to 
the  Superintendent  (or  Secretary  of  the  Auxiliary)  for  the  region  where  the  appll- 
eants  reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appppriations  are  for  twelve  months  from  tJie  date  of  the 
application  ;  at  the  end  of  which,  if  further  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must 
be  made,  contahiing  all  the  particulars  above  stated,  and  indorsed  and  recommended 
in  like  manner. 

Each  congregaHon  applying  for  renemd  aid,  should  furniah,  also,  the  eertifleate 
of  the  misnonary  that  they  have  fulfilled  thsir  previous  ptedgesfor  his  support. 

The  address  of  the  Society's  Superintendents  and  the  Secretaries  of  its  Auxll- 
iaries  will  be  found  on  the  cover  of  its  Reports  and  of  the  Borne  Missionary. 


THE  HOME  MIBSIOHABT. 

^,_,  The  Home  Missionary  wlU  be  sent  gratuitously  to  the  foUowhig  classes  of  in- 
dlyiduals,  unless  they  prefer  to  toke  it  as  subscribers : 

To  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  Missionaries  of  the 
Society  and  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clergyman  in  whose  congregation  a  collection 
is  taken  up  every  year  for  the  Society,  or  one  of  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  individual 
who  contnbutes  ten  doUars,  or  upward,  during  the  year.  To  every  Auxiliary,  Asso- 
rtatlon,  or  Congregation,  one  copy  for  ewry  ten  dollars  collected  and  paid  into  the 
Treasury  of  the  Society,  or  of  any  Auxiliary. 

am^^^^TL^  ~*!f'  ^  *P^^  ?*^^''  ^y  *^"^^  himself  of  the  fadlities 
fiSl^ri^  of  i,u*5^^^  the  fibmd  if«t<^^  among  hlTpeople.  In  notifying  the 
mS^nn  Sa  1!S  ^^"^  ^  ^^"^  the  work  sent  on  these  teris.  he  is  requested  to 
mention  the  name  of  some  person  to  whom  each  copy  shall  be  addressed. 

i.  ihiZ^JS^^  ^"  5®  ^^^^  '^'  ^^y  "^^i**  of  discantinuanees,  or  changes 
fn  the  post^fflee  address  of  subscribers. 

T~~  FOSM  OF  A  BEaVEST. 

thi  L^Z"^^^  ^  ™^  executors  the  smn  of  dollars,  in  trust,  to  pay  over 

^t/ku  .K.11    ^      w  •««;  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the^ame  is 

thJ!?;!'^^"  •^••J«M?rer  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in 
th!  -kIJ^S**'^  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty^dx,  to  be  applied  to 
the  eharitablenses  and  pnrposas  of  said  Society,  and  under  iU  direction. 


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AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONAET  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOR  PLACE,  NEW  YOKKL 


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Bbv.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.D., ) 

Bev.  DAVID  B.  COE,  D.D.,        [  8eerstar%es/(^Correiptmdm6$. 

Rev.  ALEX  H.  CLAPP,  D.D.,   ) 

Mb.  WILLIAM  HENRY  SMITH,  Treagurer. 

BxicuTivi  CoMMirm:— Mb.  WILLIAM  O.  LAMBERT,  Chaknnan;  Mb.  C.  S.  SOBEBT; 
Mb.  SIMEON  B.  CHITTENBEN;  Rbt.  RICHARD  8.  STORES,  Jb.,  D.D.;  Rbt.  WILLIAM 
L  BUDINOTON,  D.D.;  Mb.  CALVIN  C.  WOOLWORTH;  Mb.  CHARLES  ABERNETHY; 
Mb.  JOHN  B.  HUTOftlNSON;  Rbt.  HENRT  M.  STORRS,  D.D.  ;  with  the  members  ex-offlckH- 
Tis:  AUSTIN  ABBOTi;  Eaq.,  JUeordinff  SmrtUary,  the  Tbxasubxb,  and  the  Sbobbtabibi  fn 

COBBBSPOVSSaCB. 

COXXVHICATIOHS 

Relating  to  the  biuiiiiesB  of  tlie  Society  'Jfinerally.  nutj  be  addreBsed  to  ettlier  of  the 
Secretaries  for  Correspoodence. 

DOHATIOHB  AHS  STJBSCSIPTIOirB^ 

In  Draft!,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Poet-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  ma^  be  sni  to 
the  Treasurer,  Bili>le  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 


A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Life  Member;  and  of  one 
j       hundred  dollars  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makes  one 
hundred  dollars),  a  Life  Director. 


8B0BEIABIB8  AlH)  TBEASUBEBS 

OF  THE 

PRINCIPAL   AUXILURIEa 

Rev.  Stephen  Thurston,  D.D.,  Secretar}%  Maine  IRsa.  8oe.,  Searsport,  Ma 
Joshua  Maxwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "         "        "    Portland,  Me. 

Rev.  WnxiAM  Clark,  DJD.,  Sec.,  New  HampMre  Mis8,  8oe.,  Amherst,  N.  H. 
Lyman  D.  Stevens,  Esq.,  Treasurer,        "  "        "    Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith.  Secretary,  Vermont  Dom.  Miss.  8oc,,  Montpelier,  Vt. 
C.  W.  Storks,  Esq.,  Treasurer,       '*        "         "      •' 

Rev.  H.  B.  Hooker,  D.D.,  Sec,  Mass.  H.  M.  8oc.,  31  Washington  street,  Boston, 
Stephen  T.  Far  well,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    "  "  "  «  m 

Rev  James  G.  Vose,  Secretary,  B.  I.  Home  Miss.  8oc.,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Edwin  Knight,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    "        "  **  "  " 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary,  Conn.  Home  Miss,  8oe.,  Berlin,  Conn. 
E.  W.  Parsons.  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "         «        ««        «     Hartford,  Conn. 

SUPEBnTTENDEFTS. 

Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart,    New  York  City,  j  Re  v.  Franklin  B.  Dcnb.      Fond  du  Lac,  Wia 
Rev.  Lys.\nder  Kelsey,  Columbus.  O.       ;  Ilev.  J.  Guernsey,  D.D.,     Dubuque,  la 
Hev.  K\th'l  A.  Hyde,      Indianapolis.Ind.,  Kev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett,  Des  Moines,  la. 


Kev.  Joseph  E.Roy,D.D.,  Chicacro.  111. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Turner,  Hannibal ,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  B.  Williams,      Charlotte,  Mich. 
Rev.  Leroy  Warren,      Pentwater,  Mich. 
Rev.  Dexter  Clary,        Beloit,  Wis. 


Rev.  Richard  Hall,         St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Rev.  James  G.  Merrill,  Topeka.  Kan.  * 
Rev.  O.  W.  Merrill,        Nebraska  City,K«hL  j 
Rev  James  H.Warren,    San  Francisco,  Od. 


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CONTENTS. 


PAOB 

SKETCH  OF  THE  HOME  MISSION- 
ARY WORK  IN  KANSAS  S68 

MISSIONARY  INTBLLiaENCE. 

Oregon.— ^rom  Rw,  J.  H.  D.  Bmder- 
«w,  Eagene  City.— Hoiue  of  Worship 

Needed 866 

California.  —  From  Bev.  J.  H.  Strong, 
Soqnel.  —  Encouraged.  —  The  Blessed 
Rain 866 

From  Set.  J.  W.  BrUr,  Cherokee.  — 
Plants  of  Grace 856 

From  Bev.  A.  M.  Ooodnougk,  South  Yal- 
lejo.— Certain  Future 267 

Idaho.  —  From  Bev.  M.  EelU,  Boise 
City..— On  New  Ground 867 

Dakota.  —  From  Bev,  J.  Ward,  Yank- 
ton.—Stormy,  hut  Hopeful  Quarter.— 
Across  the  River 868 

Nebraska.  —  From  Bev.  T.  Bell,  Pal- 
myra.-WhowUlHelpBuUd?-Thanks  368 

From  Bev.  F.  Alley,  Crete.— Nohle  Con- 
trihution.— That  Barrel 809 

Kansas.— From  Bev.  A.  W.  Sc^ord^ 
Cawker  City.— Pioneering 859 

From  Bev.  B.  Barber,  Westmoreland.— 
Among  the  Homesteaders 860 

Minnesota.— From  Bev.  C.  C.  Salter^ 
Dulath.— The  North  Pacific 860 

From  Bev.  B.  Brown^  Medford.— A  Feast 
of  Remembrance 861 


Iowa.— From  Bev.  O.  Emereon,  Sabula. 
—Beginning  to  Feel  the  Wear.- Testi- 
mony of  an  Expert 862 

Prom  Rfv.  A.  8.  Allen,  Clear  Lake.— 
Twenty  Degrees  Below.— Warmed  Up.  868 

Prom  Bev.  A.  Mantton,  Quasquetou.  — 
Work  and  Wages 268 

Miohigan.  —  From  Bev.  J.  Van  Ant- 
werp, Canandaigua.— Good  Chance  to 
Work 264 

Missouri.— From  Bev.  G.  A.  Paddock, 
Lebanon.— Genuine  Helpers 264 

Illinois.— -^<w> «  MUeionary  in  Egypt. 
— "  Westward  Ho  1"— How  He  Lives  . .  265 

Tennessee.— ^^>w»  -ffw.  A.  E.  Bald- 
vnn,  Memphis.— Good  News     265 

Virginia.  — ^'Vwn  Bev.  B.  Tolman. 
Hampton.— Further  Progress 266 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

"  The  Nbw  Dbparturk" 266 

Facts  por  the  Churches 268 

Chanob  of  Superintendents 269 

The  Home  Missionary    270 

The  Ladies  of  New  Haven 270 

A  Chebrful  Giver 271 

Provoked  to  Emulation 271 

Miesionary  Appointments 272 

Acknowledgment  of  Beceipte 272 


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Rev.  DAVID  B:  COE,  D.D.,        >  8eeretarie$for  CarretpoThdence. 

Rev.  ALEX.  H.  CLAPP.  D.D.,    ) 

Mk.  WILLIAM  HENRY  SMITH,  Treasurer, 

ExBOUTiYS  Ck)MMiTTBB:~MB.  WILLIAM  O.  LAMBEBT,   Chairman;  Mb.  O.  B.  BOBEBT; 

>  Mr.  SIMEON  B.  CHITTBNDEN;   Biy.  BICHABD  S.  8TOBB8,  Jb.,  B.B.;   Bbt.  WILLIAM 

I.   BUDINQTON,  D.D.;   Mr.  CALVIN   C.    WOOLWOBTH;    Mr.  CHABLBS  ABBBNBTHT; 

Mb.  JOHN  B.  HUTCHINSON ;  Bbt.  HENBT  M.  STOBBS,  D.D.  ;  with  the  memben  ex-offlcio— 

y\z:  AUSTIN  ABBOTT,  Bm).,  Heeording  Secretary,  the  Trbasurer,  and  the  Sbobbtabcu  vob 

OOBMBePOllDBNOE. 

COMMITHICAIIOHS 

ReUUng  to  the  business  of  tlie  Society  generally,  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the 
Secretaries  for  Correspondence. 

DOHAIIOHS  Am)  SUBSCBIPnOHS, 

In  Drafts,  Certificates  of  Deposit,  or  Post-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  sent  to 
the  Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  timo  constitutes  a  Life  Member ;  and  of  on» 
hundred  dollars  (or  a  sum,  which.  In  addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makes  one 
hundred  dollars),  a  Life  Director. 


SECBEIASISS  Am)  IBEASUBEBS 

OP  THE 

PRINCIPAL    AUXILIARIES. 

Rev.  Stephen  Thurston,  D.D..  Secretary,  Maine  M%S8. 8oe.,  Searsport,  Me. 

Joshua  Maxwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "         "        "    Portland,  Me. 

Rev.  William  Ci.AnK,D.D.,Secy,  New  Hampshire  Miss.  Soe.,  Amherst,  N.  H. 

Lyman  D.  Stevens,  Esq.,  Treasurer,       "  "        "    Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  Secretary,  Vermont  Dam.  Miss.  8oc.,  Montpelier,  Vt. 

C.  W.  Storks,  Esq.,  Treasurer,       *'        "  "      "  " 

Rev.  H.  B.  Hooker,  D.D.,  Sec,  Mass.  H.  M.  8oe.,  81  Washington  street,  Boston,  Ma.s8. 

Stephen  T.  Faravell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    "  "  "  " 

Rev.  James  G.  Vose,  Secretary,  R.  I.  Hmne  Miss.  8oc.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Edwin  Knight,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    "        "  "  "  *• 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary,  Conn.  Home  Miss.  8oc.,  Berlin,  Conn. 

James  L.  Chapman,  Esq.,  Treas.,  '         *•        "        "     Hartford,  Conn. 


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Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart,    New  York  City. 
Rev.  Lybandbr  Kelsey,  Columbus,  O. 
Rev.  Nath'l  a.  Hyde,      Indianapolis,Ind. 
Rev.  Joseph  E.Roy,D.D.,  Chicago,  111. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Turner,  Hannibal ,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  B.  Williams,      Charlotte,  Mich. 
Rev.  Lbroy  Warren,      Pentwater,  Mich. 
R«v.  Dbxtbb  Clary,        Beloit,  Wis. 


Rev.  Franklin  B.  Doe,      Pond  du  Lac.  Wis. 
Rev.  Ephbaim  Adams,      Decorah,  la. 
Rev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett,  Des  Moines,  la. 
Rev.  Richard  Hall,         St.  Paul.  Minn. 
Rev.  Sylvester  D.  Storrs,  Quindaro.  Kan, 
Rev.  O.  W.  Merrill,        Lincoln, Neo 
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SKETCH    OF  THE   HOME   MISSIONARY  WORK  IN   KANSAS.  • 

By  Roy.  Jambs  G.  Mbrrili.,  Saperintendent. 

THE   PIONEER  CHURCHES. 

The  work  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  in  Kansas  dates  back 
to  historic  times,  although  it  has  only  the  age  of  half  a  generation.  Early  in 
1854  the  Old  South  Church  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  pledged  |500  for  the  support 
of  a  minister  for  **  the  first  Free  State  Colony  in  Kansas,^'  and  in  July  of  that 
year'Rev.  Samuel  Y.  Lum,  of  Middletown,  New  York,  was  commissioned  for 
the  work.  The  last  of  September  found  him  and  his  family  on  the  borders  of 
Kansas,  and  on  the  second  Sabbath  of  October,  Lawrence  was  taken  by  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  tlie  Jirat  diurch  of  any  denomination  in 
the  Territory  was  organized. 

The  city  of  Lawrence  of  1854  was  a  mile  square,  as  it  is  to-day ;  its  inhabit- 
ants however  have  increased  sixty-fold.  The  church  began  with  seven ;  its 
membership  has  increased  more  than  thirty -fold,  with  eight  other  evangelical 
churches  within  the  city  limits — a  significant  result  in  view  of  the  threats  of 
the  so-called  **  liberals ''  of  that  day,  that  they  were  "  going  to  make  Lawrence 
too  hot  for  Orthodoxy."  The  first  place  of  meeting  was  the  sleeping  apart- 
ment of  the  town  company — a  room  about  twenty  feet  by  fifty,  made  of  poles 
and  thatched  with  grass ;  the  first  pulpit  was  the  end  of  a  trunk,  and  the  pews 
were  of  the  same  material  as  the  pulpit. 

Mr.  Lum  had  an  out-station  at  Topeka,  thirty  miles  west  of  Lawrence.  The 
first  sermon  preached  in  the  capital  of  Kansas  was  by  a  miHsionary  of  the  So- 
ciety. These  services,  on  the  evening  of  December  20th,  were  held  in  a  little 
cabin  upon  the  •*  river  bottom,"  and  the  only  tradition  handed  clown  concern- 
ing the  exercises  is  that  there  was  great  consternation  among  the  hearers,  lest 
the  minister  should  take  one  step  back  in  the  darkness  and  ruin  the  dinner  of 
the  company. 

Owing  to  sickness  in  Mr.  Lum's  family,  services  were  suspended  at  this 
point,  and  at  Manhattan  —  one  hundred  miles  from  Lawrence,  toward  the 
Rocky  mountains — was  formed  the  second  Congregational  church  in  the  Ter- 
ritory. This  town,  situated  at  the  mouth  of  the  Big  Blue  and  upon  the  Kan- 
sas river,  the  last  staticm  for  trains  and  for  military  operations,  was  named 
Boston ;  but  this  name,  being  unworthy  of  the  town's  future  greatness,  was 
changed  to  Manhattan.  Httre  the  first  sermon  was  preached  by  a  missionary 
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of  the  Society,  Rev.  Charles  E.  Blood,  from  these  words:  '* These  that  have 
turned  the  world  upside  down  are  come  hither  also.''  The  Manhattan  church 
was  organized  Januar}-  6th,  1856.  During  this  year  there  were  seven  churches 
added  to  the  list,  five  of  which  still  exist.  Now  the  Missouri  river  is  block- 
aded, and  immigrants  come  by  land  through  Iowa  and  Nebraska.  In  one  of 
these  companies  was  Rev.  Lewis  Bodwell,  with  knapsack  and  Sharp's  rifle, 
walking  by  day  and  camping  by  night.  This  company  was  arrested  by 
United  States  authority,  and  brought  under  strong  guard  into  the  Territory. 
Mr.  Bodwell,  on  his  release,  became  pastor  of  the  First  Church  of  Topeka. 
At  this  place,  on  the  25th  of  April,  1857,  was  formed 

THE   STATE    ASSOCIATION. 

Eleven  ministers  became  members  of  the  body.  They  represented  eight 
churches  and  three  **  societies,'^  at  important  points.  Some  of  their  published 
statements  would  not  place  them  among  the  prophets.  We  read  :  '*  There  is  a 
vigorous  settlement  of  Congregationalists  at  Quindaro,  on  the  Missouri  river, 
just  above  the  mouth  of  the  Kansas,  possessed  of  ample  means  to  put  in  oper- 
.ation  the  ordinances  of  the  gospel ;  they  have  formed  a  society,  appropriated 
$10,000  to  build  a  church,  and  offer  a  liberal  support  to  a  minister.^^  Alaa  ! 
to-day  this  church  can  only  pay  one-half  of  a  meager  salary ;  although  to  the 
credit  of  those  men  of  buoyant  hope  be  it  said,  at  Quindaro  was  built  the  first 
Protestant  meeting-house  in  Kansas.  During  this  year  two  churches  were  or- 
ganized, both  of  which  remain. 

Three  years  have  passed,  and  ten  churches  are  formed,  scattered  over  an 
area  as  large  as  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  when  the  work  receives  new  Uf<i 
by  the  coming  of  the 

AIIDOVEB   KAKSAS   BA27D. 

Fifteen  yeai-s  after  the  formation  of  the  famous  **  Iowa  Band,"  Sylvester  D- 
Storrs,  a  student  at  Andover,  organized  a  band  for  Kansas,  comprising  twelve 
members  of  the  middle  class  in  the  Theological  Seminar}-.  Before  their  grad- 
uation affairs  had  become  more  settled  in  the  Territory,  and  four  only  of  the 
twelve  came  to  Kansas.  They  were  stationed  at  important  points,  and  the 
churches  to  which  they  were  sent,  or  which  they  organized,  have  risen  to  the 
condition  of  self-support.  This  increase  of  men  was  an  increase  of  efficiency, 
and  in  the  year  which  followed  ten  churches  were  organized,  eight  of  which 
are  in  existence.  The  founding  of  a  Christian  college  was  projected,  as 
was  the  starting  of  a  newspaper .  for  the  churches.  Lincoln  College  (now 
VV^ashburn),  and  The  Confjreyational  liecord  were  the  result. 

In  1859  six  churches  were  formed,  every  one  of  which  became  extinct,  and 
seven  ministers  came  to  the  Territory,  only  one  of  whom  remains :  such  was 
the  blighting  effect  of  the 

DKOUQHT  OP   1860. 

This  year,  unparalleled  in  the  history  of  any  State  in  the  Union,  found  a 
population  with  no  surplus  provision,  overrun  with  immigrants,  and  afforded 
them  but  the  slightest  return  for  their  labor.  The  rain  was  withheld /<^  ei^fht- 
een  months^  and  starvation  was  averted  only  by  timely  help  from  the  East 
Sunday  schools  were  disbanded  because  the  children  had  no  clothes;  churches 
were  broken  up  by  removals.  Two  organizations  effected  this  year  still  re- 
main ;  and  of  six  ministers  who  came  to  Kansas,  two  are  yet  with  us.  This 
year  was  marked  by  the  successful  attempt  to  form  a  State  Temperance  Soci- 
ety, which  owes  its  lite  to  otir  State  Association. 


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Bat  the  hardships  of  thf.  drought  reached  with  iucreased  intensity  into  the 
succeeding  year,  and  some  of  the  most  earnest  laborers  were  called  from  their 
churches  by  the 

WAR   OP   THE   REBELLION. 

One  ch\irch  that  had  eight  members  liable  to  military  duty  sent  eight  mem- 
bers into  the  service.  Statistics  show  that  the  churches  of  Kansas  are  entitled 
to  the  banner  in  this  regard.  From  the  beginning  of  the  struggle,  Kansas 
Christians  felt  that  the  war  against  the  rebels  was  '*  their  fight.'' 

During  these  years  the  work  of  the  churches  was  away  fiom  home,  and  only 
oue  church  was  formed  in  a  year.  Say  the  General  Association  for  18G3,  "  This 
year  is  one  of  trial.  Many  of  our  members  have  been  called  into  the  war. 
Some  of  them  will  not  return ;  death  has  overtaken  them.  We  feel  such  losses 
far  more  sensibly  than  older  and  larger  churches  can.  While  weeping  our  loss, 
but  one  sentiment  prevails  among  us  in  regard  to  this  war :  we  choose  to  suffer 
on  until  Slavery,  the  cause  of  our  troubles,  has  been  rooted  up  and  destroyed.'' 
And  strictly  did  Providence  hold  them  to  their  pledge,  for,  in  less  two  months 
from  this  utterance,  Quuntrell  had  made  his  march  from  Missouri,  and  had  de- 
stroyed Lawrence,  burning  two  of  our  churches. 

PROSPERITY   BEGLNS. 

The  return  of  the  Christian  soldiery  greatly  strengthened  the  churches,  by 
the  presence  of  old  and  long-tried  members.  Tlie  building  of  railroads  began. 
Several  of  the  chnrche.H  were  blessed  by  the  special  presence  of  God's  Spirit. 
The  **  National  Council"  was  held  in  Boston,  giving  new  life  to  the  churches, 
and  four  graduates  of  Bangor  came  directly  from  that  Seminary  to  supply 
the  lack  of  men.  A  decade  of  missionary  work  had  just  passed  ;  $40,000  had 
been  expended  by  the  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  twenty-three  permanent 
churches  had  been  the  result.  The  Congregational  Union  had  expended 
♦8,500,  and  the  American  Missionary  Association,  $15,000.  There  were  sixteen 
meeting-houses  which  had  cost  $50,000 ;  four  churches  had  become  self-sup- 
porting ;  Lincoln  College  had  secured  a  habitation,  and  competent  professors 
were  at  work  with  full  claases.     So  we  come  down  to 

THE  LAST   FIVE    YEAUS. 

In  these  the  State  has  made  rapid  stndcs,  multiplying  its  'population  by 
thrc;e,  and  building  a  mile  of  railroad  each  day.  The  churches  then  on  the 
roll,  and  existing  to-day,  numbered  twenty-six  ;  there  are  now  more  than  thrice 
that  number.  The  membership  in  1866  wjis  722  ;  that  in  1871  multiplies  these 
figures  by  three  and  one-half.  The  money  raised  at  the  beginning  of  the  de- 
cade for  religious  purposes  was  $16,500  a  year ;  the  sum  raised  last  year  was 
nearly  four  times  as  much.  The  ministers  then  numbered  twenty-six;  to-day 
they  are  fitly.  Our  work  has  trebled,  our  contributions  nearly  quadrupled,  but 
our  ministers  are  not  doubled. 

Much  land  remains  to  be  possessed.  One  man  to-day  must  care  for  a  county. 
Our  ministers  are  doing  double  duty.  They  call  for  re-cnfor:ements  —  for 
men  who  will  go  to  the  front ^  and  who  next  year  will  call  for  recruits  to  go  to 
the  regions  heyantl  thew. 

In  National  Council  assembled,  the  Congregational  churches  of  the  land  hare 
solemnly  pledged  themselves  anew  to  stand  by  the  American  Home  Missionnry 
Society,  in  its  prosecution  of  this  work.  Surely  it  will  not  b^  left  to  suffer 
for  the  lack  of  mex  ! 


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OREGON. 

From  Rev.  J.  11.  D.  Henderson,  Eugene 
City,  Lane  Co. 
House  of  Worship  Needed. 
I  regard  this  enterprise  altogether  in 
the  light  of  an  eTj}eriment,  and  the 
prospect  of  success  is  none  too  flatter- 
ing. As  advised,  I  commenced  my  la- 
bors at  Junction  City  and  Springfield, 
have  continued  them  regularly  to  the 
present  time,  and  expect  to  go  on  till 
spring.  I  have  also  visited  and  preached 
at  Camp  Creek  settlement.  The  dis- 
tance and  the  difficulty  of  reaching  the 
place  (two  rivers  intervening),  will 
probably  prevent  my  going  again  till 
the  close  of  the  winter.  As  to  preach- 
ing in  Eugene,  the  difficulty  has  been 
to  get  the  use  of  a  place  of  worship. 
The  Episcopal  house  is  vacant,  but 
cannot  bo  obtained  for  the  use  of  an- 
other denomination.  The  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  is  also  vacant,  but  is  so 
unfavorably  located  that  to  start  in  it 
would  certainly  insure  a  failure.  I 
have  been  negotiating  with  the  Bap- 
tists tor  their  house  a  part  of  the  time, 
and  expect  to  get  it  at  least  one  Sab- 
bath in  the  month.  I  cannot  preach 
with  that  freedom,  ease  and  independ- 
ence in  the  house  of  another  people 
that  I  could  in  one  of  our  lown,  and  we 
have  not  the  means  to  build. 


CALIFORNIA. 


Frem  B$9.  J,  H,  Strong,  Soquel^  Santa 
Cruz  Co, 
Encouraged. 
In  our  outward  condition  there  is 
nothing  to  depress,  and  much  to  en- 
courage.     The  portion  of  my   salary 
paid  by  the  people  is  all  raised  on  the 
rent  of  seats,  and  not,  as  heretofore,  by 
*•  festivals  "  at  the  close  of  the  year — a 
method  which  is  decidedly  disagreea- 
ble all  around.      We    have    received 


strength  by  the  coming  of  an  active 
Christian  family  from  Oakland,  but 
are  seriously  threatened  with  the  re- 
moval, in  the  spring,  of  some  of  our 
best  families  for  the  purpose  of  coloniz- 
ing an  unsettled  portion  of  the  State 
at  the  south  of  us.  Large  Spanish  or 
Mexican  grants  afford  facilities  for  this 
purpose,  and  townships  grow  up  in  this 
way.  As  things  look  now,  however, 
we  expect  increase  of  families,  rather 
than  diminution.  There  is  a  prospect 
that  a  railroad  will  be  soon  built 
through  this  place,  connecting  Santa 
Cruz  with  the  "  Southern  Pacific ''  at 
Watsonville.  The  road  is  already  com- 
pleted from  Gilroy  to  Watsonville, 
giving  us  easier  access  to  San  Francis- 
co by  way  of  Gilroy. 

We  have  obtained  a  two-hundred- 
dollar  organ,  and  the  money  to  pay  for 
it  is  nearly  raised. 

The  Blessed  Rain. 
Abundant  rains,  which  are  general 
throughout  the  State,  have  beeiv  de- 
scending these  three  weeks.  In  this 
respect  our  cup  of  blessing  is  full,  and 
as  a  State  we  are  relieved  of  the  great- 
est fear  of  another  dry  winter,  and  dis- 
tressing depression  in  pecuniary  affairs. 
How  ought  the  hearts  of  the  whole 
people  to  be  lifted  to  God,  who  has  so 
beneficently  remembered  us  in  our  per- 
ishing need  !  And  yet  how  few  re- 
ceive these  rains  with  rejoicings  in  his 
name.  Nay,  some  portion  of  the  secu- 
lar press  is  becoming  almost  profane 
over  the  superabundance.  How  easily 
do  men  cast  off  their  dependence 
when  want  is  relieved ! 


From  H&v,  J.    W,  Brier,    Cherokee, 

Butte  Co. 

Plants  of  Graoe. 

It  is  not  often   that  goodly  plants 

shoot  from  a  stony  surface  in  a  rainless 


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region ;  but  the  rain  has  come,  and 
eren  here  plants  of.  immortal  gro.wth 
are  springing  up  on  every  hand.  Cher- 
okee (the  very  name  is  heathenish),  has 
for  fifteen  years  been  considered  one 
of  Satan^s  fortresses.  When  I  com- 
menced under  your  auspices  in  April 
last  it  was  considered  the  forlorn  hope 
of  all  the  land  ;  but  a  change  has  come. 
Eight  or  nine  weeks  ago  I  commenced 
a  course  of  morning  sermons  on  the 
fundamental  doctrines  of  the  gospel ; 
and  in  the  evenings  preached  on  the 
prevailing  sins  of  the  day  and  the 
place.  Soon  our  house  of  worship  was 
filled,  and  signs  of  the  coming  rain 
were  seen,  even  by  dim  eyes.  Several 
have  found  peace  with  God.  Seven 
persons  yesterday  entered  into  covenant 
with  the  church,  six  of  them  heads  of 
families,  and  I  know  of  ten  or  twelve 
more  who  will  join  soon.  We  have  a 
little  more  than  doubled  onr  numbers 
in  eight  months,  and  I  feel  safe  in  say- 
ing that  we  shall  have  forty. active  res- 
ident members  at  the  end  of  our  year, 
the  first  of  April. 

I  would  that  we  had  twenty  or  thirty 
more  earnest,  living  ministers  on  this 
coast ;  but  let  all  know  who  would 
come,  that  the  ministry  here  means 
work  and  suffering. 


From  Rev.  A.   M:   Qoodnough^   South 
VallejOy   Solano  Co. 

Certain  Future. 
Our  great  hope  as  to  the  coining  in 
of  a  larger  population  here  is  not  yet 
realized.  The  pressure  of  the  times  is 
so  severe  that  wo  have  ceased  to  ex- 
pect much  growth,  until  the  prospects 
for  harvest  and  a  prosperous  coming 
season  areHcnown.  Doubt  as  to  the 
agricultural  character  of  the  country 
unsettles  everything  for  the  time. 
While  I  write,  however,  we  are  receiv- 
ing a  copious  rain^  which  is  making  all 
hearts  glad,  and  the  signs  of  general 
prosperity  for  the  coming  year  are  fa- 
vorable.    Beyond  the  general  depres- 


sion from  loss  of  crops  the  past  year, 
we  in  South  Vallejo  have  suffered 
much  from  railroad  agitations  and  ex- 
citements as  to  this  place  being  the 
grand  terminus  of  "  the  overland 
route."  We  have  lost  many  of  our  best 
families,  and  their  places  have  been 
taken  mostly  by  Romanists.  In  the 
number  of  children^  however,  we  have 
g«ined.  Great  things  are  still  talk«d 
of  for  the  future  of  this  place.  The 
railroad  company  have  constructed  a 
very  fine  wharf  here,  and  the  overland 
trains  now  come  in  at  South  Vallejo. 
I  am  mire  of  the  future  importance  of  thu 
point.  But  how  soon  will  the  place  de- 
velop ?    This  I  cannot  predict. 


IDAHO. 
From  Mev,  M.  Eells,  Boise  City,  Ada  Co, 

On  New  Ground. 

You  have  learned  that  I  transcended 
my  commission  '*  to  go  to  Washington 
Territory,"  by  the  advice  of  your  com- 
mittee in  Oregon,  and  am  now  in  Ida- 
ho Territory.  I  left  Walla  Walla  about 
the  middle  of  October,  and  have  been 
preaching  here  since  my  arrival.  It 
has  seemed  to  me  to  be  the  best  open- 
ing I  know  of.  This  place,  settled  in 
1863,  has  about  1,000  inhabitants,  and 
is  the  capital  of  the  Territory.  It  is  at 
the  head  of  an  agricultural  valley,  for- 
ty miles  long  and  a  mile  and  a  half 
wide  ;  is  the  commercial  center  of  all 
the  southern  part  of  the  Territory, 
which  is  chiefly  a  mining  country — 
this  being  the  only  agricultural  region. 
It  is  a  staging  center,  four  stages  leav- 
ing here  daily  and  two  weekly ;  tiirec 
of  the  daily  lines  being  about  250  miles 
long. 

I  find  here  an  Episcopal  church  only. 
The  Romanists  built  here  last  year,  but 
their  church  burned  down,  and  they 
have  done  nothing  since.  The  Bap- 
tists came  here  four  years  ago  and 
built  a  church,  but  soon  left.  The 
Methodists  occupied  the  house  for  a 
year  or  two,  but  have  not  had  anyone 


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bert  for  more  than  a  -ear.  Thus  far  I 
have  had  the  privilej2:e  of  occupying 
the  same  house,  and  shall  probably  do 
so  for  the  present,  but  how  long  I  do 
not  know.  My  oongrcj;ation>  have 
numbered  from  thirty-five  to  ninety. 
With  rejrard  to  an  application,  the 
people  are  doing  liberally,  but  are  not 
quite  through  yet. 


from  service ;  but,  in  spite  of  the  long 
intervals,  the  audience  has  steadily  in- 
creased. The  interest  grows  also.  Some 
who,  when  approached  a  year  ago  on 
the  subject  of  forming  a  church,  felt 
that  they  preferred  to  wait  for  one  of 
their  own  denomination,  are  now  will- 
ing to  help  form  a  Congregational 
church.  I  hope  that  th«*.  time  is  not 
i'ar  distant  when  this  can  be  done. 


From 


DAKOTA. 
Rer,  J.  Ward,  Yanlcton,   YanJrf-on 
Cmmty. 

Stormy,  but  HopeftU  Quarter. 
The  quarter  which  closed  the  year 
was  remarkable  for  its  bitter  weather, 
and  particularly  for  the  great  number 
of  very  stormy  Sabbaths.  For  three 
Sabbaths  in  succession,  in  November, 
there  were  no  services  in  our  church, 
it  being  almost  impossible  to  stand 
against  the  cold  wind  and  snow.  Of 
the  nine  Sabbaths  just  past,  seven  have 
been  stormy,  and  on  five  of  them  no 
services  were  held.  The  stormy  weath- 
er has  extended  over  the  whole 
northwest.  Business  has  been  hin- 
dered, and  there  has  been  much  suffer- 
ing. This  state  of  things  has  pre- 
cluded extended  work,  and  made  it 
difficult  to  do*  much  even  here  in  the 
village. 

Yet  I  am  hoping  for  more  good  from 
it  than  seemed  possible.  I  hope, 
though  with  trembling,  that  God's 
Spirit  has  been  working  in  a  way  to 
bring  large  results  ere  long.  Our 
prayer  meetings  encourage  me,  as  do 
new  cases  of  individual  interest  in 
spiritual  things.  At  our  last  commun- 
ion one  man  of  fifty-four  years  joined 
thb  church  on  profession  of  faith.  He 
is  always  at  meeting,  ready  to  help, 
and  better  still  is  at  work  outside 
every  day. 

Across  the  River. 
Mattel's  across  the  river,  in  Nebraska, 
arc    very   promising.     Of   course,   the 
storms  kept  them  as  well  as  us  away 


NEBRASKA. 
From  Ret.  T.  Bell,  Palmyra,  Otoe  Co. 

Who  wUl  Help  BuUd? 
A  sickness  that  troubled  me  through 
the  fall  and  winter  at  last  settled  in  my 
eyes,  and  I  was  nearly  blind  for  some 
weeks,  so  that  I  could  neither  read 
nor  write  ;  but  am  happy  to  say  that  I 
am  now  recovering. 

Our  financial  difficulties  have  sorely 
tried  us.  As  I  reported  in  my  last, 
ve  had  our  church-building  up.  ready 
for  the  plasterer,  and  there  I  am  sorry 
to  say  it  yet  8t«inds.  It  has  cost  over 
J^l,100.  We  have  collected  upwards 
of  $500,  and  the  "  Union "  promised 
t^800  more,  on  the  condition  that  it 
paid  "  the  last  billQ."  But  our  harvest 
has  proved  so  poor,  that  we  are  quite 
unable  to  comply  with  the  condition. 
With  a  fruitful  harvest  we  could  have 
done  it,  and  have  had  our  church  fin- 
ished and  dedicated ;  but  instead  of 
getting  twenty  bushels  of  wheat  to  the 
acre,  the  chinch-bugs  came  in  just  be- 
fore harvest,  and  left  us  less  than  an 
average  of  five  bushels  to  the  acre ; 
and  that  brings  only  eighty-five  cents 
a  bushel,  while  our  oats  and  com  are 
only  worth  fifteen  cents  a  bushel. 
So  you  will  see  that  there  is  good 
reason  for  our  shortcomings  in  this 
matter.  1  have  sometimes  thought 
that  if  some  of  our  Eastern  friends  only 
knew  our  condition,  they  would  read- 
ily come  to  our  help.  The  people 
have  made  a  noble  eflfort  to  build  a 
house  for  the  Lord.  We  should  need 
only  $250 ;  the  balance  we  could  raise 


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at  the  dedication  services.     Who  will  •  KANSAS. 

uc  the  first  to  help,  by  gift  or  loan  i       i  From  Rev.  A.  W.  Safford,  GaicJcer  dtp, 

Thanks.  1  Mitchell  Co. 

Three  different  persons  responded  to  |  Pioneering. 

my  call   for  books,  in   your   October!    mi      •      4.     i      •  «  1^     ♦• „*.  « 

•^   ,  .       ,     '         "^ ,         .,  Thisisatruly  pioneer  field,  ot  fn-eat  in- 

number,  so  that  I  am  now  happily  sup- 1  ^^^^^^  ^,^^  ^^  ^^^  g^^^^^^  .^  ^^^ 

phed  with  reading  matter,  for  which  I  ,^^^^^  ^^^^  ^^^^^.^^^  .^  ^,^^  g^^^^^  ^^^ 
return  my  sincere  thanks ;  also  for  the  ^^  ^^^^  ^^^^^.^^  ^^^  ^^j,^^,^^  ^^^  j^^.^^^ 
kindly  attentions  ot  those  good  ladies,  j^^^  ^.^^  westward,  population  has 
who  remember  that  the  poor  Home|^^^^^  ^  ^.j^^  ^^^^^  ^^^^  ^^^^^^^^  ^^^ 
Missionary  needs  cUthing.  I  trust j^^^^^j  very  intelligent  and  thrifty, 
that   I   may  ever  have   grace    to    bej^^^^    ^^  ^^^^   j^^^.^^    ^^j,^^    j^^^^. 


steads  during  the  past  two  years. 
Cawker  City  and  Wagouda,  at  the 
forks  of  the  Solomon,  are  small  rival 
villages,  about  two  miles  apart,  each 
contending  for  the  site  of  the  large 
town  which  seems  to  be  a  near  cerr 
tainty  when  the   railroad  reaches  us. 


worthy  of  such  assistance. 

From  It4V.  F.  Alley,,  Crete,  Saline  Co. 
Noble  Contribution. 
I  am  very  glad  to  be  able  to  report 
a  collection  on  your  behalf  amounting 

to  seventi/  dollars!  We  have  a  ^^^\rYx^^\^rTo\xndliig  country  is  quite 
noble-heaited  Christian  men  who  are|^,^j^^,y  ^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^  ^^^^^  i^  ^j^^ 
largely  in  sympathy  with  earnest  1  ^^^^^^jp  ^^^^^  r^^^  ^^^^^^  ^^  ^^. 
Christian  endeavor.  In  the  V^^^^^^^ri^til^^^  vf2.Tm\y  ^^\com^^  h^  Qhris- 
condition  of  your  treasury  I  exceeding-  ^.^^^  ^^  ^^^^^^^  denominations,  entire- 
ly rejoice  in  this,  the  largest  collection,  L^  destitute  of  preaching.  I  found 
I  believe,  that  I  Lave  ever  received  for  >  j^^,.^  ^  ^^^  Congregationalists  and  a 
the  Society.  ,  .  Sunday  school ;  immediately  organized 

That  Barrel.  :  ^  Bible  class  and  school  at  Wagonda, 

We  have  received*  that  barrel  of  and  commenced  preaching  alternately 
V*  hich  you  notified  us,  and  a  very  ac-  at  the  two  places,  with  weekly  prayer 
ceptable  and  valuable  one  it  was.  We  meetings.  I  have  also  visited  and 
greatly  needed  it,  though  we  think  it  preached  at  Solomon  Rapids,  fifteen 
^eak  and  wrong  to  complain,  or  talk  miles  down  the  river,  and  at  Osborne 
about  our  wants,  until  they  become  City,  fifteen  miles  up  the  south  fork, 
such  as  mu^t  be  met  from  some  source,  each  of  which  places  has  a  goodly 
We  warmly  value  the  Christian  love  number  of  Christian  people  and  some 
and  synipathy  that  prompts,  and  labors  prospect  of  organizing  a  church, 
for,  and  sends  these  gifts.  Tlic  aged '  Among  the  many  difliculties  Was  the 
hands  that  have  labored  on  them  are  being  obliged  to  board  at  a  small  and 
thought  of  with  full  hearts..  Mothers  crowded  hotel,  with  no  opportunity 
in  Israel,  God  bless  them  !  Much  more  for  quiet  study.  So  with  my  hands  I 
than  the  *'  cup  of  cold  water  '*  they  be-  tried  to  build  a  small  house  in  which 
•tow  for  Christ's  sake.  Many  times  to  lodge  and  study,  and  the  people 
richer  may  the  reward  be  I  Sometimes  volunteered  to  assist  me ;  but  the  cold 
when  our  hearts  are  faint  and  liands  veather  stopped  it. 
heavy,  they  come  giving  us  new  cour- '  We  are  earnestly  praying  for  divine 
age  and  renewed  energy  for  our  work,  direction  in  this  pioneer  enterprise, 
Thanks  for  Christian  love  and  sym-  and  above  all  for  the  baptism  of  the 
pothy  1  May  we  all  love  the  Savior  Spirit.  We  believe  the  Lord  is  with 
more  and  serve  him  better.  us.     I  feel  that  I  am  entrusted  with  a 


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gr  at  responsibility.  There  is  not  a 
church  organized  within  twenty  miles 
of  me,  unless  it  be  a  small  German 
church  without  a  pastor,  in  a  neigh- 
boring settlement,  while  within  a  ra- 
dius of  twenty  miles  there  is  a  field 
demanding  the  work  of  several  men. 
When  I  consider  these  numerous  com- 
munities fast  forming  into  villages  and 
gro"wing  in  importance,  scattered  about 
us  (like  the  companies  of  fitly  who 
once  sat  down  to  be  fed  by  the  Master), 
hungering  for  the  bread  of  life,  with 
no  one  but  me  to  feed  them,  I  feel  like 
exclaiming,  what  am  I  among  so 
many  ? 


Of  preachers  we  have  some  quite 
original  specimens,  and  some  rather 
crude  doctrines  are  taught;  but 
every  preacher  has  his  admirers,  and 
every  doctrine  its  advocates.  Yet, 
from  these  crude  beginnings  we  hope 
for  a  stable  and  intelligent  religious 
society.  If  Christians  do  their  duty, 
there  is  no  ground  of  discouragement ; 
means  that  God  has  blessed,  he  will 
bless  again,  and  I  have  strong  faith  in 
the  future  of  the  churches,  in  this  vast 
country,  so  rich  in  natural  resources. 


From   Eev.    E.   Barber^    WettmoriiUmdj 
Pottawattomie  C; 

Among  the  Homesteaders. 

This  is  an  entirely  rural  place ;  the 
people  being  mostly  new  comers,  wide- 
ly separated.  None  can  appreciate, 
without  experience,  the  difiSculties  of 
a  new  settlement.  The  people  are 
generally  poor,  and  can  hardly  procure 
ordinary  comforts.  My  many  visits  are 
warmly  welcomed,  and  seem  to  ac- 
complish as  much  as  my  preaching. 
They  have  impressed  me  with  the  say- 
ing that  half  the  world  knows  not 
how  the  other  half  lives.  I  find  a 
great  variety  of  habitations :  the  dug- 
out, the  stone  house  loosely  laid  up 
without  mortar,  the  cottage  made  with 
poles  and  grass,  and  occasionally  a 
more  pretentious  edifice  of  logs  or 
boards.  To  have  the  confidence  of  the 
people,  and  do  them  good,  the  mis- 
sionary must  make  himself  at  home 
every  where ;  the  luxury  of  a  private 
room  for  repose  or  study,  he  can  sel- 
dom have. 

Our  great  difficulty  is  the  want  of  a 
place  of  worship.  Here,  as  usual, 
there  is  a  great  variety  of  sects,  all 
wanting  the  school-house  for  their  fa- 
vorite preachers.  And  not  to  be  very 
obliging  in  these  matters,  would  be 
set    down   as   unpardonable    bigotry. 


MINNESOTA. 

Fram  Bev,  C,  C.  Salter,  Duluth^  8t.  Louis 

CourUy. 

The  North  Paoiflo. 

I  tried  in  December  to  make  the 
tour  of  "  the  North  Pacific,"  as  far  as 
the  Red  river,  but  learning  that  I  could 
not  get  through  th*5  snow-drifts  with- 
out long  delay,  returned,  to  try  again, 
as  soon  as  practicable.  In  a  two  days^ 
trip  we  visited  the  junction  of  the 
Lake  Superior  and  Pacific  roads ; 
where  by  invitation  of  the  station 
agent,  who  himself  called  together  the 
people,  a  religious  service  was  held  in 
the  office  and  waiting  room.  Though 
the  cold  was  20**  below  zero,  and  the 
place  had  a  bad  name,  forty  turned  • 
out,  and  gave  the  closest  attention  to 
a  short  sermon  by  my  comrade.  It 
was  a  pleasure  to  address  the  eager 
and  earnest  hearers. 

One  mile  north  and  south  of  the 
junction  are  Thompson  and  Yokomo, 
at  each  of  which  stations  are  at  least 
100  residents,  besides  many  workmen 
and  mechanics,  coming  and  going. 
These  points  are  specimens  of  much 
of  the  work  to  be  done  along  the  new 
lines  of  travel. 

We  must  take  things  as  they  are; 
but  the  subdivbions  of  the  Lord's 
forces  cause  a  sad  neglect  of  such 
places.  If  a  minister  is  at  work  in  a 
thrifty  town,  it  is  difficult  to  break  up 


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the  order  ot  his  home  service,  to  de- 
vote an  occasional  Sabbath  to  these 
more  needy  points.  Such  irregularity 
impairs  the  ojrowth  of  his  charge  at 
home. 

So  we  labor,  bound  by  these  denom- 
inational nece.^sities  to  neglect  points 
that  need  us  more  than  do  our  churches 
in  communities  supplied  with  teachers. 

No  one  denomination  can  afford  to 
send  the  men  ;  no  one  minister  can  for 
a  long  time  secure  enough  material  of 
one  religious  faith  to  build  a  church. 
The  occasional  visits  of  sftme  other 
brother  keep  the  lines  carefully  drawn ; 
each  flock,  though  but  ten  in  number, 
is  waiting  its  own  preferred  organiza- 
tion. And  so  it  imn^t  be.  No  one  sect 
can  chide  another.  It  is  one  serious 
misfortune  of  this  division  of  forcer, 
which  many  regard  as  on  the  whole  u 
source  of  strength.  For  the  imme- 
diate crisis,  we  want  a  live,  earnest, 
strong  man,  located  near  the  center,  to 
take  the  entire  line.  [Such  a  man  the 
Society  has  sent,  for  just  this  work.] 
He  can  stir  up  the  people,  interest  them 
in  Sabbath  schools  and  Sunday  servi- 
ces, and  band  together  those  wishing 
to  organize  a  church. 

Thus,  the  fresh  immigrant  family, 
the  young,  the  stranger,  find  a  Chris- 
tian friend  at  the  first,  and  are  helped 
and  comforted  and  often  saved  to 
Christ  and  his  church  at  a  critical  time, 
when  this  welcome  and  this  fore- 
thought in  pointing  them  to  their  op- 
portunity in  a  new  country  are  needed. 
Thus  congregations  are  gathered,  souls 
are  fed,  and  when  the  time  comes  the 
more  settled  pastorate  may  be  here  and 
there  substituted. 

For  ourselves,  our  church  gains  in 
concentration  and  form,  and  we  are 
hoping  to  see  Jesus  nearer  in  his  mani- 
fest working.  We  raise  $400  more  this 
year,  and  ask  $400  less  than  last  year, 
trusting  in  1878  to  walk  alone.  For 
your  liberal  help  in  this  our  struggling 
infancy,  accept  our  heartiest  thanks. 

2a 


From  Rer.  E.  Braitn,  Medford,  Sf-eele 
County. 
A  Feast  of  Remembra  oe. 
In  the  summer  of  1881,  a  ccmference 
of  churches  was  held  at  my  home  in 
Ohio,  where  Gilbert  Fay,  a  Home  Mis- 
sionari'  long  ago  gone  to  his  reward, 
was  faithfully  preaching  the  gospel. 
Among  the  guests  at  my  father's  house, 
were  three  young  persons,  from  a 
neighboring  town,  a  brother  and  sister, 
and  another  young  lady.  They  came 
from  the  midst  of  a  revival,  all  under* 
deep  C(mviction,  and  at  that  meeting 
found  a  hope  in  Christ.  Then  a  youth 
of  seventeen,  my  attention  was  attract- 
ed by  their  singing,  and  I  joined  them 
in  the  hymn  :  **  Come,  thou  fount  of 
eveiy  blessing."     When  they  sung, 

*•  Jesne  sought  me  when  a  Btranger, 
Wandering  from  the  fold  of  God. 
He,  to  rescue  me  from  danger, 
Interposed  hie  precious  blood  '■"— 

the  rapture  expressed  in  their  counte- 
nances and  voices,  was  the  Spirit's 
arrow  to  my  own  heart,  and  led  me  to 
devote  myself  from  that  hour  to  God's 
service. 

By  a  singular  tuni  of  providences, 
without  concerted  plan,  forty  years 
from  that  day,  we  were  all  brought 
together,  myself,  and  those  three  then 
young  persons,  now  surrounded  by 
their  children  and  grandchildren,  mem- 
bers of  the  same  church,  800  miles 
further  wesrward.  We  met  at  my 
house,  to  observe  the  anniversary  of 
that  scene.  Ai'ter  partaking  of  a  straw- 
berry ieast,  we  sat  down  in  the  parlor, 
as  forty  years  before  at  the  same  hour, 
and  sung  the  same  hymn  from  the 
same  book  then  used — Leavitfs  Chris- 
tian Lyre, — the  old  worn  copy  having 
been  preserved  by  one  of  the  members. 
7'heti  all  our  interest  centered  on  the 
verse,  **  Jesus  sought  me,''  etc.  ^ow 
we  found  it  in  another :  "  Here  I  raise 
!  my  Ebenezer,  Hither  by  thy  help  we 
come.''  We  paused  there,  and  told  of 
;  the  wonderful  dealings  of  God  with  us 
I  for  forty  years.     The  scenes,  both  joy- 


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au8  and  afflictive,  through  which  we 
had  come  by  help  of  him  who  had 
directed  all  the  steps  of  our  devious 
ways.  We  talked  of  those  who  came 
in  with  us,  both  of  my  father^s  family 
and  of  the  neighbors,  and  joined  our 
little  singing  group  (15  or  20  in  num- 
ber), only  three  of  whom  besides  our- 
selves survive.  Then  we  smng  a  few 
more  of  the  good  old  hymns  we  sang  so 
long  ago,  and  the  day  being  spent, 
after  a  season  of  prayer  and  thanks- 
giving, the  four  with  my  family  join- 
ing hands,  sung  the  doxology,  ^*  Praise 
(jk>d  from  whom  all  blessings  flow,^^ 
and  the  little  meeting,  of  happy  and 
sad  remembrances,  was  closed  with  a 
benediction. 

At  the  next  cdmmunion  season, 
about  ten  days  later,  we  received  the 
daughter  of  one  of  the  number,  whom 
Jesus  had  sought,  as  forty  years  before 
he  sought  the  mother.  At  the  follow- 
ing communion,  we  also  received  a  son 
of  the  other  two ;  and  yet  another  son 
is  hoping  in  Christ.  God  is  faithful  to 
his  covenant. 


IOWA. 

From  Het.  0.  Emerson^  8aJbula^  Jackwn 
County. 

Beginning  to  Feel  the  Wear. 
At  my  last  report,  I  was  just  leaving 
home  after  a  month's  confinement  from 
srevere  injuries  by  a  fall  from  my  car- 
riage. I  undertook  my  regular  appoint- 
ments, varying  from  five  to  twenty-five 
miles  from  home,  though  suffering 
from  frequent  attacks  of  ague,  besides 
being  so  lame  as  to  need  crutches. 
While  thus  infirm,  exposure  to  the 
winds  and  storms  brought  on  a  violent 
cough,  from  which  I  am  not  yet  free, 
though  ^tter.  Until  within  a  fort- 
night, these  complaints  wore  a  serious 
look.  I  have  seen  no  time  for  thirty 
years  when  there  seemed  such  ground 
to  fear  that  my  preaching  days  are 
numbered.  In  reviewing  thirty -four 
years   of  travel  in  the   West,  by  day 


and  night,  over  all  sorts  of  roads,  and 
by  all  sorts  of  public  and  private  con- 
veyances, I  can  remember  but  one  simi- 
lar injury,  and  that  laid  me  aside  less 
than  two  weeks.  When  I  remember 
what  I  was  at  the  beginning  of  my 
course,  and  what  I  have  passed  through, 
I  cannot  but  feel  that  the  Lord  has 
been  giving  his  angels  charge  over  me 
to  keep  me  in  all  my  ways. 

But  it  is  matter  of  serious  doubt 
whether  I  can  ever  fully  resume  this 
itinerant  work.  Our  best  time  is  the 
winter ;  and  the  vicissitudes  of  winter 
travel  in  a  new  country  demand  the 
vigor  of  robust  health,  and  the  prime 
of  life.  These  are  gone,  with  the  cer- 
tainty that  they  can  never  come  back. 
In  body,  mind  and  heart,  I  have  been 
from  early  youth,  so  bound  up  in  this 
work,  that  I  seem  fit  for  nothing  else, 
even  if  the  door  were  open  for  my  en- 
tering on  other  work.  But  though 
**  perplexed  "  as  to  the  question  of  fu- 
ture duty,  I  am  '^  not  in  despair."  The 
Lord  will  show  me  what  I  am  to  do, 
as  well  as  where  and  how  I  am  to  live. 
But  whether  or  not  I  continue  in  your 
service,  I  shall  ever  cherish  a  grateful 
remembrance  of  your  kindness  and 
Sympathy,  and  the  readiness  you  have 
shown  to  do  for  me  and  my  people 
all  that  we  have  asked.  From  the  be- 
ginning of  my  course,  I  have  been  fa- 
vored above  what  I  had  reason  to  ex- 
pect, in  the  field  of  labor  to  which  I 
was  early  led,  the  kind  of  work  to 
which  I  have  been  chiefly  devoted,  the 
measure  of  health  and  comfort  afforded 
me  in  doing  it ;  in  the  class  and  charac- 
ter of  the  ministers  and  churches  with 
whom  I  have  been  associated,  in  the 
length  of  years  in  which  I  have  been 
able  to  work,  and  in  the  liberal  aid 
which  societies,  churches,  and  individ- 
uals have  given  me.  My  life-long  tes- 
timony against  slavery,  intemperance, 
sectarianism,  and  other  evils,  both  in 
church  and  State,  have  cost  me 
much.  Both  by  nature  and  education 
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many  important  qualifications  for 
my  work.  That  work  has  all  of  it 
b«en  in  obscurity,  and  what  most  call 
priTation.  I  love  the  work  so  much, 
that  I  wish  to  prosecute  it  a  little 
longer,  and  have  some  hope  that  I 
may. 

Testimony  of  an  Expert. 
But  if  I  stop  just  here,  there  is  no 
testimony  I  more  desire  to  leave,  than 
this :  I  have  found  the  "  ofiice  of  a 
bishop  to  be  a  good  work."  Why 
others  may  not  be  as  happy  in  it  as  I 
have  been,  I  cannot  see.  And  if  it 
affords  such  satisfaction  as  I  have 
found,  it  is  passing  strange,  that  the 
world  should  continue  to  suffer,  from 
age  to  age,  for  lack  of  preachers  of  the 
gospel,  as  it  suffers  for  nothing  else. 
With  all  the  world  open  to,  and  much 
of  it  calling  for  the  gospel ;  with  the 
whole  church  ready  to  sustain  her  la- 
borers by  prayer  and  contribution; 
with  facilities  for  labor  accumulated 
through  all  the  ages,  and  still  con- 
stantly increasing;  with  the  commis- 
sion of  Christ  before  them,  his  "all 
power  in  heaven  and  earth"  behind 
them ;  his  assured  presence  and  help 
within  and  about  them  *'  every  day  un- 
til the  end  of  the  world ;"  and  above  all 
with  such  a  "  crown  of  life"  in  prospect, 
as  glittered  in  the  Apostle's  vision, 
when  at  the  close  of  his  **  good  fight " 
he  was  putting  off  his  armor — it  is  in- 
deed a  marvel  that  the  world  waits  for 
the  gospel,  only  because  those  who 
hope  for  salvation  by  the  blood  of 
Christ  shrink  from  obedience  to  his 
last  command ! 


Fram  Bee.  A,  8.  Allsn,   Clear  Lake, 
Cerro  Gordo  Co, 

Twenty  Degrees  Below. 
Sickness  and  suffering  from  cold 
weather  have  marked  the  quarter.  The 
winter  set  in  a  month  earlier  tl\an 
usual,  and  with  great  severity,  the 
thermometer  falling  to  20"  below  zero, 
for  several  days  together.     In  attend- 


ing one  of  my  appointments,  fourteen 
miles  from  home,  I  was  so  overcome 
and  exhausted  with  cold  and  storm, 
that  I  could  barely  get  to  the  school- 
house,  the  place  of  meeting :  and  had 
it  been  many  rods  further,  I  must  have 
perished  in  the  snow.  But  the  Lord 
preserved  me,  and  blessed  l>e  his  name 
forever  I 

Warmed  Up. 
.We  received  a  nice  box  of  clothing, 
etc.,  from  the  Ladies  of  the  first  church 
in  New  Haven,  which  has  mad8  us 
comfortable  in  this  cold  and  stormy 
climate.  Thanks  to  the  kind  and 
liberal  donors,  and  especially  to  our 
heavenly  Father,  who  ever  careth  for 
us !  It  was  the  best  and  most  useful 
box  that  we  have  ever  received  during 
our  more  than  thirty  years  of  mission- 
ary life  and  labor,  in  the  good  cause. 


Ph'om  Rev.  A.  Man^on,  Quasqueton. 
Buchanan  Co. 

Work  and  Wages. 

I  have  never  spoken  of  sufferings : 
few  Home  Missionaries  do.  We  came 
here  to  work,  and  to  endure  for  Jesus 
and  for  djdng  men ;  and  shall  we  not 
receive  in  patience  the  wages  promised 
— privations,  toils,  dangers,  and  some- 
times "  perils  among  false  brethren  "  ? 
These  were  in  the  covenant  of  our 
consecration  ;  and  I  feel  thankful  that 
so  little  has  been  laid  upon  me.  That 
your  treasury  would  be  all  right  in  a 
little  time,  I  have  not  doubted. 

We  are  "  homesteading  "  these  prai- 
ries for  our  Lord,  and  must  hold  pos- 
session until  the  title  is  good.  Those 
who  take  a  homestead  for  themselves, 
have  a  hard  three  years*  struggle  for 
life,  and  then  they  have  the  reward,  a 
home.  Shall  not  we  endure  for  our 
Master,  as  much  as  they  for  the  earthly 
■good  ?  Should  we  expect  to  reap  be- 
fore the  seed  is  sown  ? 

Revivals  are  not  as  frequent  here 
Vpon  the  prairies,  nor  so  extensive,  as 
in  the  old  settled  States;   there  are 


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not  the  numbers  here  to  be  converted, 
and  there  is  much  preparatory  work  to 
be  done,  before  tme  revivals  may  be 
looked  for.  We  are  doing  the  "open- 
ing "  work  on  the  great  farm — plant- 
ing, that  others  may  harvest.  We 
need  a  little  help,  and  the  prayers  of 
saints;  and  our  work  will  prosper,  for 
the  promise  of  our  Lord  will  not  fail. 


give  work  to  100  more.  But  we  must 
do  the  best  we  can— stretch  ourselves 
to  the  utmost,  and  leave  all  with  the 
Lord  of  the  harvest. 


MICHIGAN. 

Frmii  Rec.  J.  Van  Antwerp,  Ganandai- 

gua,  Lenawee  Co. 

Qo^d  Chance  to  Work. 
This  is  a  needy  field,  there  being  no 
Congregational  church  where  the  stat- 
ed means  of  grace  are  enjoyed  within 
nine  miles  of  us.    Fifteen  miles  to  the 
west  is  a  church  ;  another  sixteen  miles 
east ;  and  six  miles  to  the  south  a  small 
church  is  trying  to  build,  but  does  not 
attempt    to  support    preaching.      My 
labors    have   extended  eastward   four 
miles,  west  and  southwest  six  miles.  Ear- 
ly in  the  season  I  commenced  preaching 
in  a  school-house  about  a  mile  and  a 
half  from  the  center.     At  our  first  ser- 
mon we  had  about  thirty  present ;  in  a 
short  time  we  ran  up  to  seventy-five. 
A  Sabbath  school  was  organized  and 
prayer  meetings  commenced,  with  vis- 
iting from  house  to  house,  and  we  are 
looking  for  sheaves  in  that  part  of  the 
field.     I  have  also  preached  occasion- 
ally about  four  miles  east,  where  they 
much  need  the  gospel,  but  have  never 
valued  it.     Six  miles  to  the  west,  also, 
I  have  preached,  and  find  a  promising 
opening.     From  the  northwest,  seven 
miles,  conies  an  earnest  call  for  regular 
preaching.     I  try  to  preach  three  times 
on   the  Sabbath,  and   had  I  strength 
would  preach  four  times — such  are  the 
needs  of  the  people.   If  I  could  but  du- 
plicate myself,  and   have  in  addition 
two  earnest  colporters  to   visit   from 
house  to  house,  the  field  might  be  more 
profitably  worked.     You  need  not  go 
to  Iowa  or  Nebraska  to  find  fields  for 
the  Home  Missionary.    Michigan  could* 


MISSOURI. 
From    Bev.    O.  A,   Paddock,    Ltsbanon, 
LacUde  Co. 
Oennlne  Helpers. 
The  late  war  at  its  close  had  wafted 
two  young  men  to  this  place,  original- 
ly from  the   East,  and   more  recently 
from  Wisconsin.    They  came  out  of  the 
Union  army,  decided  to  settle  here  and 
carry  on  their  profession — the  law.  No- 
ble-hearted yoimg  men  they  were,  and 
well   educated,   but    neither  of   them 
Christ's.    There  was  scarcely  ever  any 
preaching  in  the  place,  of  a  kind  which 
men  of  their  antecedents  could  be  in- 
terested in.      At    length,  however,  a 
missionary  of  yours  began  service  here. 
The  church  was  gathered  and  organ- 
ized by  him,  and  one  of  these  young 
lawyers  came  in  with  its  first  members. 
A  year  or  more  later,  the  other — now 
suffering  from  the  first  stages  of  con- 
sumption— wrote  to  the  leader  of  the 
prayer  meeting  —  "I   have   found  the 
Saviour:    may   we  not   proceed   from 
spiritual  blessings  to  temporal  ?     Pray 
for  me  that  my  health  may  be  restored.'* 
But  this  was  not  God's  will,  and  the 
sufferer  never  preferred  such  a  request 
again.     He  left  the  place  in  search  of 
relief;  but  always  seemed  to  feel  that 
his  days  were  few.    Because  he  did  not 
expect  to  live  long,  and  because  he  had 
first  loved  Jesus  here,  he  preferred  to 
keep  his  membership  with  this  church. 
He  ever  looked  back  to  it  as  his  first 
and  only  love;   and  inquired  after  its 
welfare  in  every  letter.     He  had  a  cus- 
tom  of    '*  showing    his    faith    by  .  his 
works,"  in  sending  back,  as  his  means 
would  allow,  money  to  one  in  whose 
judgment  he  could   confide,  with  the 
direction,  "  Say  little  about  it,  but  dis- 
tribute this  among  the  poor  of  the 
place,   as  you   find   the  most  needy.'' 
This  member  of  our  church   died   in 


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Chicago  during  the  last  quarter.  *'  One 
is  taken  and  another  left  ;^^  but  the  one 
left  is  a  pillar  of  the  church,  both  finan- 
cially and  spiritually.  Such  is  a  sam- 
ple of  the  work  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society  is  doing  for  souls 
and  for  the  Redeemer,  in  this  West. 


ILLINOIS. 
Prom  a  Missionary  in  Egypt, 
"Westward  Ho!" 
The  tide  of  emigration  sets  westward 
from  here,  as  much  as  from  Massachu- 
setts or  New  York.  There  is  not  a 
man  here  that  would  not  ^*sell  out''  at 
a  great  sacrifice  to  try  his  fortunes  in 
some  golden-hued  State  or  Territory  to 
the  westward.  All  business  is  para- 
lyzed. The  fruit  crop  has  been  a  fail- 
ure, for  four  or  five  years.  All  hopes 
and  expectations  are  disappointed,  and 
our  poor  little  church  shares  in  the 
general  distress.  Depleted  in  numbers, 
diminished  in  means,  and  dejected  in 
spirit,  the  members  begin  to  feel  that 
it  is  useless  to  attempt  longer  than  this 
year  to  sustain  a  minister  alone.  I 
think  this  and  the  - 


cent.  For  some  months  past,  our  ex- 
penses have  been  partly  met  in  this 
way.  .  Deduct  ten  dollars  from  the 
amount  now  due,  for  my  own  subscrip- 
tion to  the  Society.  I  will  try  to  get 
from  the  congregations  an  equal 
amount,  to  be  deducted  the  next  quar- 
ter ;  for  I  intend  that  our  church  shall 
come  up  to  the  standard  set  for  the 
churches  by  the  General  Association  of 
Illinois,  if  it  all  comes  out  of  my  own 
pocket.     But  they  will  do  all  they  can. 


-  church,  with 
the  congregation  at  the  school-house 
between  the  two  places,  where  I  have 
•o  long  held  a  good  congregation  to- 
gether, will  furnish  an  average  field, 
that  will  justify  your  aid.  I  am  now 
satisfied  that  this  is  the  best  thing  that 
can  be  done,  and  shall  try  to  bring  it 
about. 

How  He  Lives. 
My  people  are  so  poor,  that  I  have 
received  from  them  in  these  three 
quarters  only  $65,  and  but  $21  of  this 
in  cash.  This,  with  the  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society's  appropriation,  is  all 
the  salary  I  have  had  for  nine  months, 
with  a  £&mily  of  five  to  support,  be- 
side a  horse  and  cow.  Yet  we  have 
not  come  to  want,  nor  suffered.  You 
ask,  doubtless,  how  we  live.  I  have 
some  property  in  a  shape  that  yields  no 
income  of  consequence,  but  it  gives  me 
credit ;  and  when  necessity  requires,  I 
can  and  do  borrow  money,  at  tm  per 


TENNESSEE. 

FVom   Ret.   A.  E.   Baldwin^   Memphis, 

Shelby  Co. 

GK>od  News. 

I  find  all  my  church  ready  to  take 
hold  with  me  and  carry  forward  the 
good  work,  in  a  most  encouraging  spirit. 
The  congregation  is  increasing,  as 
week  by  week  we  are  finding  out  those 
who  have  been  strangers  to  us  and  all 
church  privileges  here,  whMn  we  are 
interesting  in  our  enterprise.  We  are 
now  spoken  of  kindly  by  all,  I  think, 
and  our  power  for  good  is  constantly 
increasing.  The  Sabbath  school,  the 
center  of  much  interest  and  earnest 
work,  is  doing  very  tuuch  to  help  us 
reach  many  families. 

All  interested  in  our  church  feel 
more  deeply  every  day,  not  only  the 
comfort  but  the  real  necessity,  espec 
ially  to  Northern  people,  of  a  Congre- 
gational church  here.  Most  from  the 
North  enjoy  little  ih  the  Southern 
churches,  for  obvious  reasons,  and 
feel  the  need  of  their  old  associations. 
Hence  we  are  all  most  grateful,  for  the 
very  generous  aid  of  the  Home  Mission- 
ary Society,  during  the  past  year — our 
special  time  of  need — as  also  in  the 
six  previous  years :  aid  through  which 
our  church  has  been  able  not  only  to 
live,  but — as  I  am  now  confident-— is  to 
go  forward  to  larger  efficient  work 
for  our  blessed  Lord.  As  evidence  of 
this  gratitude,  we  offer  not  only  words. 
Our  people  are  now  casting  about  most 


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earuestlj  to  gee  if  they  caonot  get  ]  As  my  health  improves,  I  desire  to 
along  without  help  from  the  Society, do  more  here  for  the  Master  than  it 
for   the  ensuing   year,   and    they   are  was  safe"  to  undertake  at  the  first.     ' 

long  to  enter  every  open  door  of  use- 


hopefiil  of  the  result. 


VIRGINIA. 

From  Rev,  R,  Tolman,  Hampton  ^  Elua- 

heth  Oity  Co, 

Further  Progress. 
I  have  before  stated  that  it  seemed 
best  to  UH  that  those  professing  disci- 
ples,  who  unite  with  us  in  Sabbath 


fulness,  and  besides  preaching  to  my 
congregation,  would  gladly  make 
Christ  known  to  others.  A  newspaper, 
to  be  called  "  The  Southern  Workman," 
under  the  editorial  care  of  General 
Armstrong,  Principal  of  the  Hampton 
Normal  school,  is  soon  to  be  issued, 
and  I  am  invited  to  take  charge  of  the 
page  devoted  to  moral  and  religious 
reading.     It  seems  an  opportunity  for 

The 


worship,  should  not  divide  at  the  com- 
munion table.  I  am  happy  now  to  i  good  which  should  be  improved 
add  that  I  anticipate  the  privilege,  I  object  of  the  paper  is  the  enlighten- 
next  Sabbath,  of  receiving  to  our'ment  and  elevation  of  the  masses  ol 
church  twelve  persons,  aix  white  andl the  South,  and  not  pecuniary  gain.  I 
m  colored.  Considering  that  this  is  in  |  take  part  in  it  gratuitously,  hoping 
"the  Old  Dominion,"  we  can  but  say 'thus  to  do  more  for  Christ  and  his 
in  adoring  gratitude,  ''This  is  the 'cause  in  the  South,  than  could  be  done 
Lord^s  doing,  and  it  is  marvelous  in  j  by  the  mere  oral  proclamation  of  the 
our  eyes."         .  gospel  alone. 


M  ISCELLANEOUS 


*'The  New  Departure." 

The  committee  of  five  appointed  by 
the  National  Council  at  Oberlin,  to 
confer  with  the  Executive  Committee 
of  the  American  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety [see  The  Home  Mu»ionary,  for 
January,  page  221],  met  at  the  Socie- 
ty's rooms,  on  Thursday,  January  11th. 
All  the  members  of  the  Committee  of 
Conference  were  present,  and  of  the 
Executive  Committee  all  attended, 
excepting  Rev.  Dr.  Badger,  detained 
by  ill-health,  Rev.  Dr.  R.  S.  Storrs,  Jr., 
and  Mr.  S.  B.  Chittenden,  both  absent 
from  the  country. 

The  Committee  of  Conference, 
through  Rev.  Dr.  Kitchel,  its  chair- 
man, proposed  "  A  Plan  for  increased 
efficiency  in  Home  Missionary  work," 
which  had  been  elaborated  by  that 
Committee,  after  correspondence  with 
leading  friends  of  the  cause  through- 
out the  West.  It  was  patiently  and 
thoroughly    discussed,    in     the     best 


spirit,  and  in  the  light  of  Eastern  and 
Western  experience  as  to  the  needs 
and  resources  of  both  sections. 

After  such  minor  modifications  as 
seemed  wise,  each  article  was  unani- 
'mously  adopted,  and  the  committees 
parted  with  the  feeling  that  the  har- 
mony of  their  deliberations,  and  their 
!  mutual  satisfaction  with  the  result, 
had  proved  the  Master's  presence  and 
guidance. 

The  '*  plan "  mutually  agreed  upon 
is  as  follows : 

It  is  recommended,  1st.  That  the 
General  Conference  or  Association  of 
Congregational  churches  in  each  State, 
provide  for  the  organization  of  a  Home 
Missionary  Society  for  that  State. 

2nd.  That  the  Society  so  constituted 
annually  appoint  an  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  three  in  each  district  confer- 
ence for  missionary  work  therein ; 
and  this  Committee,  on  beins  accepted 
by  the  American  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety as  its  agency  for  the  purpose, 
shall,  in  counsel  and  co-operation  with 


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the  Superintendent,  designate  and  re- 
commend fields,  missionaries,  apd  ap- 
propriations. 

8rd.  That  the  chairmen  of  the  Dis- 
trict Executive  Committees  constitute 
a  Board  for  the  general  oversight  of  the 
work,  and  for  the  nomination  of  State 
Superintendents — to  be  appointed  and 
paid  by  the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society— who  shall  labor  within  the 
State  in  conference  with  the  Board. 

4th.  That  the  Superintendent  and 
the  Executive  Committees  labor  ear- 
nestly to  stimulate  the  churches  and 
increase  their  contributions  for  home 
nuBsionary  work ;  and  jointly  aim  to 
secure  such  a  system  of  harmonious 
co-operation  with  others,  as  shall  pre- 
vent sectarian  jealousies  and  needless 
expenditures. 

5th.  That  each  State  Society  annu- 
ally appoint  a  treasurer,  to  whom 
flmds  contributed  in  the  State  for 
Home  Missions  may  be  sent ;  and  who 
shall  remit  the  same  to  the  treasury  of 
the  American  Home  Missionary  Socie- 
ty; and  that  efficient  measures  be 
taken  to  secure  accurate  and  full  re- 
ports of  all  moneys  annually  raised  for 
this  home  missionary  work  by  the 
churches,  and  expended  in  the  several 
districts. 

6th.  That  in  the  frontier  States  es- 
pecially, larger  provision  be  made  for 
prosecuting  missionary  work  among 
the  floating  and  pioneering  population, 
where  it  may  not  at  once  be  practica- 
ble to  organize  churches. 

7th.  That  as  soon  as  possible  each 
State  assume  entire  charge  of  the  home 
missionary  work  within  its  own  bounds, 
becoming  auxiliary  to  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society  as  to  its  sur- 
plus funds. 

In  behalf  of  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee of  the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society, 

In  behalf  of  the  Com.  of  the  Nation- 
al Council, 

H.  D.  EiTCHBL,  Chairman. 
Jas.  W.  Strong,  Secretary. 

New  Torh,  Jan.  11,  1872. 

This  plan  has  already  been  given  to 
the  Christian  public,  and  has  thus  far 
tnet  with  cordial  approval  from  the 
friends  of  Home  Missions  at  the  West 
and  the  East.  Several  Western  States 
at  their  annual  Associations  and  Con- 


ferences will  soon  take  action  upon  it, 
and  the  others  will  do  so  in  the  autumn. 
It  may  be  taken  for  granted,  that  the 
scheme  which  they  have  themselves 
proposed  will  be  cordially  adopted  and 
carried  into  efficient  execution. 

We  shall  take  occasion  hereafter  to 
set  forth  the  intended  practical  work- 
ing of  the  plan.  For  the  present  we 
simply  call  attention  to  its  most 
marked  feature:  the  laying  upon  the 
churches  of  each  State  the  chief  re- 
sponsibility for  the  Home  Missionary 
work  within  its  bounds.  The  pastors 
and  churches,  represented  in  a  State  As- 
sociation or  Conference,  provide  the 
Home  Missionary  Society  for  that  State. 
The  executive  agents  of  the  work  are 
of  their  nomination.  They  are  to 
know  the  qualifications  of  the  mis- 
sionaries, the  relative  needs  and  prom- 
ise of  the  fields,  and  to  make  their  rec- 
ommendations accordingly.  Thep*  are 
to  advise  as  to  the  just  proportion  of 
pioneer  work  to  that  in  the  older  set- 
tlements; as  to  the  time  when  aid 
shall  no  longer  be  given  to  each  church  ; 
as  to  the  best  methods  of  avoiding 
sectarian  friction  and  the  waste  of  mis- 
sionary funds.  They  are  to  devise 
methods  for  raising  the  largest  possi- 
ble amounts  from  their  own  territory, 
bringing  the  several  churches  rapidly 
to  independence,  and  at  the  earliest 
practicable  day  lifting  the  State  from 
the  list  of  beneficiaries,'  and  making  it 
efficiently  "auxiliary''  to  the  Society 
that  has  so  long  and  liberally  aided 
its  churches. 

All  this,  of  course,  in  cordial  co-op- 
eration with  the  National  Society, 
which,  as  before,  will  do  its  best  for  the 
raising  of  men  and  money,  both  at  the 
East  and  the  West,  and  will  continue 
its  responsibility  for  the  temporal  sup- 
port of  the  missionaries.  Acting  in 
the  fields  of  these  State  Societies 
through  officers  that  honestly  represent 
both  organizations,  it  will  aim  at  a 
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each  of  them  of  men  acd  monej'.  At 
the  same  time,  in  ways  that  long  expe- 
rience has  approved,  it  will  carr>  on , 
its  pioneer  work,  as  hitherto,  in  *' the 
regions  beyond,^'  until,  one  after  ano- 
ther, these  shall  develop  their  State 
Societies,  and  in  time  their  "auxilia-l 
ries/'  I 

The  practical  wisdom  of  this  scheme 
will  appear  still  more  clearly  in  the 
fuller  development  which  we  propose : 
but  we  are  sure  that,  in  this  bare  out- 
line, it  will  command  the  approval  of 
the  true  friends  of  the  Society  and  its 
work. 

The  machinery  is  as  simple  as  possi- 
ble, easily  understood,  easily  worked. 
With  the  united  wealth  of  both  sec- 
tions to  equip  it ;  with  the  zeal,  cour- 
age and  energy  of  the  young  West  to 
move  it,  and  the  almost  half-century*9 
experience  of  the  National  Society  to 
guide  it,  what  can  be  wanting  to  that 
harmonious,  prompt,  efficient  advance, 
in  the  great  Home  Missionary  work,  for 
which  so  many  are  anxiously  looking  ? 
What,  but  the  Spirit  of  God  rousing 
the  churches  to  a  new  consecration ; 
moving  their  young  men  to  solemnly 
settle  the  question  of  their  call  to  the 
ministry;  their  able  ones  to  give  as 
God  hath  prospered  them  ;  their  de- 
vout ones  to  pray  without  ceasing, 
"  Thy  kingdom  come  I" 

— —  -•^«- 

Facts  for  the  Churches. 

This  Society  has  no  paid  collerting 
agents.  Its  chief  instrumentality  for  the 
raising  of  funds  must  be  (as  it  ever  has 
been),  the  personal  effort  of  pastors. 
They  know  the  ability  and  disposition  of 
their  people,  and  hold  the  key  of  their 
hearts  and  treasures,  as  no  others  can. 
With  the  help  of  one  or  two  interested 
church-members  of  either  sex,  they  can 
do  better  for  the  cause,  year  after  year, 
than  any  number  of  paid  "  agents  "  could 
possibly  do. 

Through  its  Annual  Reports,  llie  Home 
Missionary f  and  other  channels,  the  So- 
ciety aims  to  furnish   pastors  and  their 


helpers  with  the  facta  needed  for  an  effec- 
tive presentation  of  its  claims  to  the 
prayers  and  gifts  of  all  who  desire  the 
country's  welfare.  The  character  of  th«  se 
facts  does  not  materially  change  from 
year  to  year;  they  make  their  appeal 
mainly  to  Christian  principle,  rather  than 
the  sensibilities ;  they  constitute  a  last- 
ing and  cumulative  argument  for  a  per- 
manent and  growing  work. 

But  there  can  be  no  success  in  such  a 
work,  unless  the  main  facts  concerning 
it  be  ktpt  b^are  the  minds  of  Chrisiian 
pe4>ple.  In  the  pastor's  absence,  we  ask 
that  some  other  interested  friend  of  Home 
Missions  will  see  to  it.  For  the  use  of 
such,  we  append  a  succinct  statement, 
prepai-ed  at  the  request  of  several 
churches  temporarily  without  pastors, 
with  reference  to  their  annual  collec- 
tions. 

We  beg  that  no  church  will  let  its  col- 
lection go  by,  because  its  pulpit  is  vacant. 
The  call  for  stiU  further  advav^.  finds 
the  Society  using  all  its  income  to  meet 
present  engagements.  In  this  harvest 
time  for  the  Treasury,  the  receipts  for 
January  (including  legacies),  were  fully 
$1,200  less  than  those  for  December. 
How  shall  the  dues  of  the  next  summer 
be  met,  when  the  churches  are  scattered, 
if  meanwhile  the  Society  barely  lites  by 
iJie  day  f  Will  the  friends  of  the  cause, 
thus  early  notified,  lay  this  question  to 
heart? 

For  nearly  forty -six  years  the  Amer- 
ican Home  Missionary  Society  has  been 
'*.  carrying  the  gospel  to  the  destitute  " 
in  this  land,  by  founding  chutches  and 
helping  to  sustain  ministers  in  them 
till  those  churches  can  assume  the 
whole  expense.  This  is  its  one  work. 
In  this  work  the  Society  has  raised  and 
expended  more  than  $6,000,000  (six 
millions  of  dollars). 

For  the  last  ten  years  (since  another 
denomination  ceased  to  co-operate 
\\ith  it),  it  has  commissioned  an  an- 
nual average  of  about  860  men.  It 
now  has  in  the  service  about  940  men. 

Its  occupied  field — at  first  mainly 
the  outlying  districts  of  the  New  Eng- 
land and  Middle  States — now  reaches 
from  Maine  to  Washington  Territory,  • 
and  trom  Lake  Superior  to  the  Rio 
Grande.  It  has  been  instrumental  in 
the  organization  of  as  many  as  8,850 


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churches,  of  which  more  than  1,700 
have  become  self-supporting.  The 
reported  additions  to  these  churches 
number  more  than  218,000  persons. 

Of  the  940  missionaries  commissioned 
the  last  year,  and  occupying  nearly 
2,000  fields,  570  were  stationed  in 
Western  States  and  Territories — 37  of 
them  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  They  or- 
ganized 98  churches;  48  became  self- 
sustaining;  5,888  persons  were  gath- 
ered into  missionary  churches,  and 
more  than  71,000  children  were  taught 
in  their  Sabbath  schools. 

The  Society  is  enlarging  its  work  as 
rapidly  as  seems  consistent  with  safety. 
Within  six  months,  it  has  enlisted  and 
sent  out  75  fresh  recruits;  others  are 
under  orders,  or  on  their  way  to  "  the 
front." 

Keeping  abreast  of  the  heaviest  col- 
umns of  emigration,  it  issued  in 
1871,  56  conmiissions  for  Kansas,  86  for 
Minnesota,  21  for  Nebraska,  and  en- 
larged its  force  in  Western  Iowa, 
while  keeping  up  its  numbers  in  the 
other  States. 

It  has  just  sent  a  general  missionary 
to  labor  along  the  line  of  the  Northern 
Pacific  Railway ;  has  entered  an  entire- 
ly new  field  id  East  Tennessee ;  and 
has  stationed  an  efiScient  worker  in  the 
chief  business  center  of  Idaho. 

It  has  al>out  80  men  in  Calilbmia, 
six  in  Oregon,  and  is  represented  in 
Washington,  Colorado,  Wyoming  and 
Dakota. 

But  the  expansion  of  the  work  does 
not  yet  keep  pace  with  the  march  of 
God's  providence.  In  four  months  of 
1871,  35,000  people  found  homes  in 
Nebraska.  Other  States  are  each  re- 
ceiving, annually,  from  50,000  to  100,- 
000  settlers ;  railroads  are  daily  push- 
ing into  regions  that  just  now  were 
unbroken  solitudes ;  hundreds  of  rising 
towns  call  for  the  gospel ;  tens  ot  thou- 
sands of  pioneers  scattered  over  the 
prairies,  or  delving  in  the  mountain 
mines,  or  felling  the  forests  of  the 
Pacific  slope,  are  living  and  dying 
without  its  blessed  ministrations. 

The  call  is  for  "  an  advance  all  along 
the  line.^'  But  in  the  advance  already 
made,  the  Society  outran  its  income, 
and  for  a  time  involved  itself  and  the 
miaeionaries  in  great  embarrassment. 
Unless  the  churches  very  largely  in- 
crease their  contributions,  it  is  certain 
that,  at  the  present  rate  of  outlav,  the 
treasury  will  soon  be  exhausted,  the 
missionarios    and    their  families    will 


suffer  privation,  and  the  waste  places 
of  our  land  must  remain  unsupphed. 

The  churches  represented  in  Nation- 
al Council,  by  a  rising  vote,  solemnly 
recommended  that  $500,000  (the  same 
amount  as  was  recommended  for  the 
American  Board),  be  annually  devoted 
to  this  Home  Missionary  work.  This 
is  nearly  twice  the  annual  outlay  of 
this  Society,  for  the  last  five  years. 
The  Council  says  to  the  Society  :  '^Go 
forward  and  the  churches  will  sustain 
youP^  The  Executive  Committee  are 
ready  to  obey  the  order.  Is  this  church 
ready  to  double  the  amount  of  its  annual 
subscription  f 

••• 

Change  of  Sapermtendents. 

The  Superintendency  of  Home  Mis- 
sions for  Northern  Iowa,  for  more  than 
fourteen  years  held  by  the  lamented 
Dr.  Quemsey,  whose  sudden  decease 
was  noticed  in  our  January  issue,  has 
been  filled  by  the  appointment  of  Rev. 
Ephraim  Adams,  of  Decorah,  Iowa. 
Mr.  Adams  was  one  of  the  well-known 
**  Iowa  Band,'^  who  left  Andover  Sem- 
inary in  1848,  for  pioneer  work  in  that 
new  Territory.  From  his  modest  me- 
morial of  the  Band,  issued  by  the  Con- 
gregational Publishing  Society,  our 
readers  will  recall  the  two  interesting 
chapters  we  have  transferred  to  The 
Home  Missiofiary^  for  November,  1870, 
and  June,  1871.  His  long  residence  in 
Iowa,  his  experience  both  with  mis- 
sionary and  self-supporting  churches, 
his  large  acquaintance  with  the  State, 
its  churches  and  ministers,  whose  con- 
fidence he  deservedly  held,  combined 
to  mark  him  out  to  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee and  his  brethren  on  the  ground, 
as  the  right  man  for  the  place.  Thb, 
we  doubt  not,  he  will  prove  himself  to 
be.  He  may  for  the  present  be  ad- 
dressed at  Decorah. 

Of  far  shorter  duration  than  Dr. 
Quemsey ^s,  but  marked  with  many 
similar  successes,  was  the  two  years' 
service  of  Rev.  James  G.  Merrill,  in 
Kansas.  Entering  zealously  on  the 
work  with  the  incoming  fiood  of  set- 
tlers upon  the  newly  opened   Indian 


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and  other  homestead  lands,  he  traveled 
30,000  miles  on  tours  of  exploration, 
etc.,  was  instrumental  in  the  formation 
of  twenty-seven  churches,  the  securing 
of  twenty-five  ministers,  and  (what  was 
no  less  important),  the  keeping  from 
the  Kansas  pulpits  of  not  a  few  useless 
or  worse  than  useless  persons  who 
sought  to  enter  them.  Ill  health  in  his 
family  compelled  him  to  resign  his 
Superintendency,  and  he  has  accepted 
a  call  to  the  pastorate  in  Davenport, 
Iowa. 

The  committee  appointed  as  his  suc- 
cessor. Rev.  Sylvester  D.  Storrb,  of 
Quindaro,  Kansas,  where  he  may  be 
addressed.  He  also  was  of  an  "  An- 
dover  Band,*'  leaving  that  seminary  in 
1857,  since  which  time  he  has  been  a 
faitiiful  and  successful  missionary  pas- 
tor in  Quindaro  and  Atchison,  with  a 
brief  interval  of  similar  labor  in  Iowa—* 
an  experience  well  fitting  him  for  the 
post  to  which  he  is  called. 

The  address  of  Rev.  Orville  W. 
Merrill,  Sup't.,'*is  now  Lincoln,  Ne- 
braska, instead  of  Nebraska  City,  as 
heretofore. 


The  Home  Misiionary. 

The  circulation  of  this  monthly  now 
reaches  17,500  copies,  and  we  have  the 
best  evidence  that  it  is  widely  read. 
No  one  instrumentality  has  awakened 
and  kept  awake  so  intelligent  an  inter- 
est in  Home  Missions,  or  secured  for 
the  cause  such  an  amount  of  money. 
Here  only  can  the  friends  of  the  Socie- 
ty loam  the  amount  and  sources  of  the 
monthly  contributions  to  its  treasury. 
We  seek  to  give  in  its  pages  a  fair, 
truthful  statement  of  the  history,  poli- 
cy, progress,  and  claims  of  the  work ; 
of  the  needs  and  promise  of  the  differ- 
ent States  and  Territories  already  en- 
tered or  open  to  labor ;  and  of  the  ex- 
perience of  the  missionaries.  By  their 
own  reports  of  their  encouragements 
and  difficulties,  their  joys  and  sorrows, 
we  aim  to  bring  and  to  keep  them  in  vi- 


tal contact  with  the  hearts  of  their  fel- 
low-Christians in  more  feivored  sec- 
tions, and  so  to  secure  an  interest  in 
their  gifts  and  prayers. 

While  the  Society  has  no  money  to 
waste  in  the  multiplication  of  copies 
to  lie  unread,  it  would  gladly  furnish 
thousands  more,  on  the  very  easy  pub- 
lished terms,  to  those  who  will  read 
and  wisely  distribute  them.  And  we 
ask  the  aid  of  pastors  and  other  friends 
in  all  our  churches,  at  the  East  and  the 
West,  in  securing  both  a  larger  and  a 
more  effective  circulation. 

The  official  notices  of  discontinuance, 
and  of  changes  by  removals  or  oth- 
erwise, are  apt  to  be  irregular  and  de- 
fective— very  often  wanting  any  clue 
to  the  subscriber's  retidenee;  and  we 
shall  be  specially  grateful  to  friends 
who,  by  an  occasional  inquiry  at  the 
post-office,  will  aid  us  in  keeping  the 

list  alive. 

— —♦♦« 

The  Ladies  of  New  Haven. 

Each  of  the  New  Haven  churches 
seems  to  be  blessed  with  a  Ladies'  So- 
ciety of  unusual  zeal,  and  the  Home 
Missionaries  owe  to  them  all  a  debt  of 
grratitude.  But  they,  as  well  as  their 
sisters  elsewhere,  whom  their  example 
has  provoked  to  close  emulation,  will 
yield  the  palm  to  the  Ladies'  H.  M. 
Society  of  the  First  Church,  of  which 
Mrs.  Lathrop  has  so  long  been  the  mov- 
ing spirit. 

The  loaning  of  their  twentieth  an- 
nual report  has  delayed  our  notice  of 
their  benefactions  for  the  last  year. 
To  fourteen  missionaries  they  sent 
twenty-two  boxes  of  clothing,  books, 
etc.,  and  to  six  churches  services  of 
communion-plate  —  the  whole  valued 
at  14,678.92— about  $100  more  than  the 
donations  of  the  preceding  year. 

In  the  report,  Miss  Harriet  A.  Tuck- 
er, the  present  efficient  Secretary  pays 
a  deserved  tribute  to  the  memory  of 
her  predecessor.  Miss  North,  ^'  one  of 
the  original  movers  in  the  organization 


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of  the  Society,  who  held  the  offices  of 
Secretary  and  TreBsarer  ftyurteen  years, 
and  that  of  Secretary  nineteen  years, 
and  for  sixteen  years  prepared  the 
annual  reports."  The  grateful  letters 
of  the  aided  missionaries,  filling  sev- 
eral pages,  and  giving  an  ''inside 
view  "  of  their  home  life,  must  be  a 
pleasant  recompense  for  past,  and  a 
stimulus  to  future  labor. 

We  have  good  reason  to  know  that 
the  Society  is  still  vigorously  pur- 
suing its  work  of  love — as  may  be  seen 
from  the  acknowledgments  in  our 
present  number — notwithstanding  the 
partial  disability  of  its  venerated 
leader,  of  whose  illness  many  a  mis- 
sionary household  will  hear  with  sor- 
row, and  with  prayer  for  her  speedy 

recovery. 

»^< 

A  CheerM  Oiver. 

In  the  decease  of  Deacon  John  Pat- 
soH  WiiiLisTON  of  Northampton,  Mass., 
thb  and  other  missionary  societies 
have  lost  one  of  their  most  constant 
and  generous  friends.  His  name  seldom 
appeared  in  our  monthly  acknowledg- 
ment of  receipts,  but  his  gifts  were 
often  there,  in  the  aggregate  many 
thousands  of  dollars — their  source  Lid- 
den  by  some  device  or  other  from  pub- 
lic knowledge. 

In  The  CangregatunuzUstj  for  Jan. 
18th,  Rev.  Dr.  Eddy,  his  former  pastor; 
gives  an  interesting  and  instructive 
account  of  his  life  and  character,  which 
we  commend  to  the  study  of  those 
whom  Qod  has  blessed  with  business 
prosperity.  Among  other  things  Dr. 
Eddy  says  of  his  friend  : 

**  How  much  in  the  course  of  his  lite 
he  gave  away,  will  never  be  known 
on  earth.  No  thief  or  murderer  ever 
took  more  pains  to  cover  his  tracks, 
than  he  to  conceal  all  traces  of  his  be- 
neficence." **  He  gave  much  thought 
and  investigation  to  the  selection  of  the 
objects  of  his  charities.  He  felt  that 
he  was  bound  to  give  not  only  largely 
Wnt  wisely ;  and  nothing  could  induce 


him  to  contribute  to  a  society,  unless 
he  regarded  that  contribution  as  the 
best  investment  possible^  all  things  con- 
sidered,^^ "  He  gave  the  preference  to 
societies  that  were  pledged  to  the  sup- 
port of  Uving  preachers,  teachers,  and 
missionaries.  Doubtless  the  three  in- 
stitutions that  lay  nearest  his  heart 
were  the  A.  B.  C.  P.  M.,  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society,  and  the 
American  Missionary  Association." 
"  He  was  the  large-hearted  and  open- 
handed  friend  of  educatipn  everywhere, 
but  especially  in  the  West."  '*  It  was 
his  rule  not  to  contribute  to  permanent 
funds  and  endowments.  He  wished  to 
know  that  money  given  by  him  was 
speedily  applied  to  the  objects  which 
he  designated."  "He  preferred  tu 
give  away  his  wealth  while  it  was 
properly  his  oton,  rather  than  to  leave 
it  to  be  distributed  by  his  executors. 
It  was  his  solemn  purpose  not  to  die 
rich.  Should  his  estate  prove  to  be 
large,  it  will  be  in  consequence  of  cir- 
cumstances which  he  could  not  con- 
trol." 


ProYoked  tot  Emulation. 
On  looking  over  the  pages  of  The 
Home  Missionary  for  January,  1872, 
my  eye  fell  upon  a  communication 
headed  "  Ebenezer,"  and  signed  John 
Seward— a  name  with  which  I  was 
familiar  nearly  Jffty  years  ago,  while 
myself  employed  as  a  Home  Mission- 
ary, in  the  northwestern  comer  of 
"  New  Connecticut."  I  supposed  that 
this  excellent  brother  had  been  for 
years  in  heaven ;  but  it  seems  he  still 
lives,  to  rejoice  in  his  old  age  in  wit- 
nessing the  abundant  fruit  of  his  early 
labors.  With  his  name  are  pleasantly 
associated  those  of  Coe,  Pitkin,  Han- 
ford,  Treat,  Sullivan,  Betts,  Lathrop, 
Conger,  Beach — the  last  two  "  my  fel- 
low-laborers "  in  Huron  county,  in 
1824,  when  that  county  was  as  new 
missionary  ground  as  much  that  to- 
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to  the  Pacific  coast.  Three  of  the 
brethren  whose  names  1  have  recalled 
remain ;  all  the  rest  *^  are  fallen 
asleep."  My  brother  sent  you  thirty 
dollars  with  the  inscription  ^^Ebene- 
zer  "  upon  it.  Provoked  to  emulation, 
I  enclose  my  check  for  the  same  amount 
—  partly  as  a  thank-offering  for  the 
privilege  of  being  associated  (tUough 
for  a  brief  season),  with  the  pioneer 


missionaries  of  "  New  Connecticut," 
and  partly  in  response  to  the  appeal  in 
The  Home  Missumarp,  for  January, 
which  closes  with  these  strong  words : 
**  Will  you  begin  the  work  by  sending 
Uhday  your  share  of  the  $10,000  now 
due  to  your  waiting  representatives  at 

the  front  ?" 

T.  L.  SmFUAS. 
Jetcett  City,  Oor^n. 


APPOINTMENTS  IN  JANUARY,  1872. 


ydf  in  oomnUtsion  last  year. 

Rev.  J.  M.  Frey,  Lawler,  Bethel  and  oat-HUUon, 

Iowa. 
Rev.  Chapmau  A.  Mareball,  Burr  Oak.  Orleans 

and  out-station.  Iowa,  and  Lenora,  Minn. 
Rev.  William  8.  Potwln,  Fayette,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Bmersou  G.  Wicks.  To  go  to  Iowa. 
Rev.  B.  Moore,  Wayland  and  Dorr,  Midi. 
Rev.  Enoch  Jones,  New  Cambria,  Mo. 
Rev.  Oscar  O.  May,  Marseilles.  111. 
Rev.  John  O.  Fraser,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

R«-commis8ioned, 

Rev.  WUllam  J.  CTark,  Cloverdale,  Cal. 

Rev.  George  R.  Ellis,  racheco,  Cal. 

Rev.  George  Morris,  Dixon,  Cal. 

Rev.  Amos  Dresser,  Batler  Connty,  Neb. 

Rev.  David  Knowles,  Greenwood,  Elmwood  Pre- 
cinct and  out-stations.  Neb. 

Rev.  Hiram  A.  Brundidge,  Cottonwoo<l  Falls,', 
Kan.  •  ' 

Rev.  Lincoln  Harlow,  Council  Grove,  Kan.  i 

Rev.  Robert  M.  Tunnell,  Independence,  Kao. 

Rev.  Edward  P.  Dada.  Mazeppa,  Minn.  i 

Rev.  SylvanuB  H.  Kellogg,  Cfollins,  Preston  Lake  I 
and  Marion  Lake,  Mmn.  ; 

Rev.  Charles  C.  Salter,  Duluth,  Minn. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Bissell,  Independence.  Iowa.      | 

Rev.  Josiah  T.  Closson.  Boweu's  Prairie.  Iowa.   , 

Rev.  Oliver  Emerson,  Elk  River,  Sterlini;,  Deep) 
Creek  and  Waterford,  Iowa.  j 

Rev.  Francis  Fawkes.  OtlsviUe,  Oakh  nd  and 
vicinity,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Alexander  Parker,  Springvale,  Iow;i.  1 

Rev.  Jacob  Reuth,  Muscatine,  Iowa.  ' 


Rev.  Mortimer  Smith.  To  go  to  Iowa. 

Rev.  John  P.  Chamberlain,  Elk  Grove,  Bashford 

and  Jenkinsville,  Wis. 
Rev.  James  W.  Harris,  EvansvUle  and  Cooks- 

ville.  Wis. 
Rev.  A.  Kidder,  Mondovi,  Wis. 
Rev.  Henry  Pullan,  Leon,  Melvina  and  Heraey- 

N-iUe.  Wis. 
Rev.  Samuel  H.  Thompson,   Osaeo  and  Hale, 

Wis. 
Rev.  Daniel  Bemey,  Port  Sanilac  and  Bridghamp- 

ton,  Mich.  .  .  , 

Rev.  Edwin  W.  Shaw,  Lawrence  and  vicinity, 

Mich. 
Rev.   Alanson  St.  Clair,  Shelby  and    vicinity, 

Mich. 
Rev.  Albert  Bowers,  Macon,  Mo. 
Rev.  Thomas  W.  Daviea,  Dawn  and  Low  Gap. 

Mo. 
Rev.   Arthur  H.    Dean,   Dixon,   Hancock  and 

Humboldt,  Mo. 
Rev.  George  G.  Perkins.  Hamilton,  Mo. 
Rev.  Alfr^  E.  Tracy,  Pierce  City,  Newtonla  and 

out-stations,  Mo. 
Rev.  Cyrus  H.  Eaton,  New  Windsor,  Rio  and  vi- 
cinity, 111. 
Rev.   James    H.    Laird,  Park   Ridge  and  Dee 

Plaines,  HI. 
Rev.  Samuel  Penfield,  Shirland,  HI. 
Rev.  George  Schlosser,  Gibson  City  and  Aah- 

kum,ni. 
Rev.  David  M.  Evans,  Berea  and  vicinity.  Ohio. 
Rev.  Austin  N.  Hamlin,  Jerome  and  Proridence. 

Ohio. 
Rev.  William  James,  Woodhaven,  N.  T. 


RECEIPTS  IN  JANUARY,  1873. 


MAINE- 

Gardiner.  A  Friend,  $S5  00 

Waldoboro,  Mrs.  H.  K.  Lovell,  5  00 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE— 

Received  by  L.  D.  Stevens,  Treas.  N. 
H.  M.  Soc. : 

Concord,    South  Cong.    Ch. 
and  Soc,  $36  00 


New  Market,  Cong.  Ch.  and 

Soc.,  19  00 

Webster.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc.,     15  CO 

Bedford,  Mra.  J.  Kendall,  by  Rev.  L  C. 

Tyson, 
Great  Palls,  First  Cong.  Ch,  and  Soc., 

of  wh.  from  Mrs.  M.  J.  H.  Bray,  $& 

by  S.  8.  RoUins,  Troas., 
Londonderry,  Mrs.  J.  Sleeper, 


$50( 


100 


100  as 

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VBRMONT- 
Barton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc.,  by  Rev. 

S.  V.  McDoffee,  to  const  Mn.  8.  V. 

McDoffee  a  lTm..  89  00 

Brattleboro,  Sabbatb  School  of  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  C.  F.  Thompson,  36  00 

Brookfleld,   M.  Peck,  by  Rev.  W.  A. 

Bnshee,  S  00 

Mlddlebory,  On  account  of  Leeacy  of 

Chester  Btaner,  by  Chester  £hner, 

Adm.,  400  00 

8t.  Albans,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

by  C.  B.  Swift,  Treas.,  206  00 

Spiinglleld,  A  Friend.  10  00 

MASSACHUSBTTS- 

Mass.  Home  Hiss.  Soc.,  by  S.  T.  Far- 

weD,  Treas..  10,000  00 

Amherst,  Z.  M.  Phelps,  to  const.  S.  L. 

WoodhoQse,  W.  B.  Dickerman  and 

Mrs.  W.  B.  Dickerman  L.  Ms.,  90  00 

Andover,  Ch(n>el  Cong.  Ch.^  by  W.  F. 

Draper,  176  00 

Two  Friends,  60  00 

Brfleld,  J.  M.  Wheelwright,  '     6  00 

Cnarlestown,  Legacy  of  Betsey  Kettell. 

by  W.  Abbott,  Ex.,  200  00 

East   Hampton,    Pay  son    Cong.    Ch., 

ftaMn.89;  mon.  con.,  $6S.82,  by  Dea. 

Seth  Warner,   Treas.,  of  wh.  $100, 

from  Hon.  £    H.  Sawyer,  to  const. 

Prof.  E.  Hitchcock  a  L.  D.,  814  «1 

Fltchborg,  Mrs.  Stephen  W.  Dole.  60  00 

Hampshire  Miss.  Soc,  by  E.  WiUiamB, 

Treas.  : 

Hadley,  First  Parish,  189  60 

.  Haydenville,  Cong.  Ch.,  116  88 

Northampton,  First  Parish,       416  70 
A  Friend,  SI  00 

Westhampton,  Cong.  Ch.,  97  60 

09068 

Lawrence,  C^^ra/  Cong,  Ch.,  by  F.  M. 

Victor,  Treas.,  98  64 

A  Friend.  1  00 

Lenox,  Individaals,  by  G.  W.  Ford,  86  96 


Lowell,  High  St  Cong.  Ch.,  of  wh.  from 

Mrs.  W.  B.,  $4,  byj.  A.  Chase, 
Milford,  LeMcy  of  W.  B.  Dyer,  by  L. 


182  06 

1,000  00 

210  84 

20  68 
60  00 


H.Cook,  Ex., 
Pittsfleld,  Fir$t    Cong.    Ch.,   bal.   of 

coll..  by  M.  H.  Wood, 

South    Cong.     Ch.,  by   J.   WUson, 
Treas., 

L^acy  of  Jason  Clapp,  by  J.  L.  Peck, 
Sheffield,  First  Cong.   Ch.,   by  J.  N. 

Dickson,  in  fall,  to  const  Dea.  R.  G. 

Elton,  G.  B.  Cook  and  M.  8  Bid  well, 

Jr.,  L.  Ms.,  26  92 

Mason  Noble,  Jr..  10  00 

Springfield,  Unabridged,  600  00 

StockDridge,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  byD. 

R.  Wlllfoms,  66  12 

Wellfleet  A  Friend,  20  00 

West  Newbury,  A  Friend,  10  00 

Whldnsville,  Ladles'  Benev.  Soc,  by 

Miss  F.  A.  Batohelor  (freight),  8  00 

RHODE  ISLAND— 

Coventry,  Mrs.  Su^an  L.  Spencer,  2  00 

Newport  Mrs.  Caroline  M.  Willard,  186  61 

Providence,  Central  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of 

coll.,  by  M.  E.  Torrey,  7  00 

Mrs.  R.  8.  R.,  lO  00 

CONNECTICUT- 
Andover,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc,  by  Sarah 

A.  Hvde,  (freight),  6  00 

AnsonuL  8.  C.  Blair,  6  00 

Bolton,  Rev.  W.  E.  a  Moore,  6  00 

Bridgeport,  Sabbath  School  of  Cong. 
Ch.,  T)y  B.  Sterling,  Supt,  in  full,  to 
const  T.  C.  Burgia.  Carrie  L.  Ives.  G. 
E  Storling,  C.  8.  Hanford  and  H. 
Stephens  L.  Ms.,  76  00 

Bridgewater,  J.  L.  Miner  and  Brother,         7  00 
Canaan.  A  Friend,  10  00 

CoUinsville,  Ladiets  by  Mrs.  L.  A.  Good- 
win, (freight),  8  60 
Darien  Depot  Rev.  E.  D.  Kinney,  1  00 


Bast  Hartford,  A.  E.  Ohnsted,  10  00 

Enfield,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Eggleston,  (freight).      5  00 
Franklin,  A  Friend,  8  00 

Greenwich,  A.,  20  00 

HartfordTA  Friend,  1,000  00 

Jewett  Cl^,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Aug.  Root,       6  00 
Rev.  T.  L.  Shipman,  to  const.  MissLy- 
dia  L.  Shipman  aL.  M.,  80  00 

Killingworth,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  Buell, 

Treas.,  12  20 

Ledyard,  New  Year's  offering,  from  two 

sisters,  2  00 

New  Hartford,  Mrs.  SaUy  Gillett  by  T. 

G.  Jerome,  80  00 

New  Haven,  North  Ch^  E.  C^  80  00 

A  Friend,  to  const  H.  H.  Gladding  a 
L.  M.,  j|80:  A  Friend,  $1,  81  00 

New  Milford,  Albert  Pickett  to  const 

himself  a  L.M.,  80  00 

North  Cornwall,  Benev.  Assoc,  byE. 

D.  Pratt  Treas.,  42  10 

Plainville,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Parish,  by  T. 
H.  Darrow.  Treas.,  to  const  C.  M. 
Whiting  and  Jane  E.  Hart  L.  Ms.,  72  00 

Sherman,  Hugh  Gelston,  6  00 

Somers,  On  account  of  Legacy  of  Mrs. 
Submit  Arnold,  byE.  E.  Hamilton. 
Ex.,  648  62 

South  Coventry,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  J.  P.  Hawley.  61  00 

South  Glastenbury.  On  account  of  Leg- 
acy of  Nancy  Strickland,  70  00 
South  Manchester.  A  Widow's  Mite.  2  00 
Southport,  A  Friend,                                  200  00 
Stamford,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  C. 

Willcox.  66  00 

Stanwich,  William  Brush,  60  00 

Suffleld,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 

J.  W.  Spelman,  41  61 

Torringf  ord,  Harvey  Watson,  by  H.  O. 

HopHns,  6  00 

Waterbury,  From  a  Friend  of  Missions,  100  00 

Watertown,  W.  S.  M.,  6  00 

Weston,  Edwin  Beers,  by  Rev.  Z.  B. 

Burr,  6  00 

NEW  YORK— 

Albany,  On  account  of  Legacy  of  Capt 
.      S.  Gates,  by  John  S.  Perry,  Ex.,  800  00 

Arkport,  Jarvis  P.  Case,  2  00 

Ballston  Spa,  Titus  M.  Mitchell,  16  00 

Brooklyn.  CfUnton  Av.  Cong.  Ch.,  J. 
P.  Elwell,  100  00 

Ch.  of  thi$  PUgrimt,  mon.  con.,  by  S. 

F.  Phelps,  Treas.,  107  76 

A  Friend  to  the  Cause,  $20 ;  R.  B.  A., 
$80,  60  00 

Columbus,  On  account  of  Legacy  of 

Pama  S.  Palmer,  by  Austin  Kirrows,     60  00 
Deansville,  A  Friend,  200  00 

East  Bloomlleld,   Cong.   Ch.,    by   F. 

Manson,  Treas.,  86  87 

Eaton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  N.  Cleve- 
land, 80  00 
Elmira,  W.  Bement  6  00 
Flushing,  Cong.  Ch.,  2  00 
Lumberund,  Cong.    Ch.,  by  Rev.    F. 

K  vto,  8  00 

Madison,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  S. 

M.  Keeler.  16  26 

New  York,  A  Friend,  60  00 

New  York  City,  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Le 
Grand  B.  Cannon,  by  Le  Grand  B. 
Cannon,  Ex.,  8,000  00 

Harlem  Cong.  C^,  mon.  con.  coll.,  by 

W.  W.  Ferrier.  Treas.,  24  64 

Legacy  of  Elijah  Withington,  bv  8. 
8.  Jocelyn  and  J.  B.  Coleman,  Trus- 
tees, 6000 
M.  W.  Lyon,  $60:  A  Friend,  $86,           86  00 
New  York  MiUs,  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  T.  M.  Owens,  16  00 

North  Walton,  Cong.  Ch.,  $16.86; 
Union  Miss.  Soc.  $40.84,  by  W.  S. 
Boyt,  Treas.,  66  09 

Norwich,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by 
J.  Hammond,  to  const.  Mrs.  M.  L. 
Grant  a  L.  M.,  66  61 

Mrs.   Lydia   M.  Card,   by  J.  Ham- 
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Orient.    Cone.    Ch.,    to    conet    Det. 

W.  Toong  a  L.  M.,  $80  00 

Perry,  A  Friend,  %  00 

Poaghkeepsie,  Mre.  David  Hale,  90  00 

Pulaski,  Cong.  CIl,  by  J.  Donglas,  6  S8 
Sherborne,  First  Cong.    Ch.,  baJ.  of 

coll.,  by  n.  T.  Dunham,  5  00 

First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  T.  Dunham,  61  46 
Syracase,  Legacy  of  H.  Davis,  by  T.  T. 

Daris,  Ex..  9100  00 

Tarrytown,  Mrs.  John  RockwelL  10  00 
ntica.  On  account  of  Legacy  of  John 

H.  Ostrom,  104  18 
Wadham's  Mills.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc.,  by 

Rev.  W.  H.  Wolcott,  90  00 

WeUsvUle,  H.  G.  White.  6  00 

Windsor,  Rev.  G.  C.  Jndson,  8  00 

NEW  JER8EY- 
Bloomfleld,  Miss  Minnie  L.  Coe,  5  00 

Newark,  Rev.  S.  T.  Richards,  6  00 

PENNSYLVAinA—    . 

Gibson,  Miss  P.  Stevens,  $t:  U.  8.  8. 
8.,  by  A.  8.,  $8. 

Indiana,  C^ng.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T.  Atkin- 
son, 

Philadelphia,  Theodore  Bliss,  to  const. 
C.  D.  Branin  a  L.  D..  $100;  Mrs. 
Emma  Bntler,  by  F.  Bntler,  $5, 

MARYLAND— 

Baltimore,  A  Missionary  Box, 
DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA— 
Washington,  F\nt  Cong,  Ch.,  bal.  of 
coU.,  by  H.  T.  White, 
Prof.  E.  Whittlesey,  by  W.  B.  Whit- 

MISSISSIPPI- 
Colombns,  Salem  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  8. 
C.  Feemster, 

KENTUCKY— 
LottisviUe,  8.  8.  N.. 

OHIO- 
Received  by  Rev.  L.  Kelsey : 

Berlin  Heights,  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
Rev.  L.  Coring, 

Brunswick,  A  Friend  of  Mis- 
sions, 

Cincinnati.  Seventh  Street 
Cong.  On.,  by  J.  C.  Hont- 
ington,  Treas.. 

Cnyahoga     Falls.      Sabbath 
School  of 
Miss  M.  B.  Clark, 


10  00 
10  00 

lOROO 

400 

60  00 

10  00 

11  00 
600 


School  of  the  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Miss  M.  B.  Clark,  Treas., 
Lebanon.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  B.  E. 

Parshall, 
Litchfield,   Cong.    Ch.,    $19; 

Miss  Susan  8.  Brown,  $10 ; 

by  Rev.  H.  Thrall, 
Maaison,  Cong.  Ch^  bal.  of 

coll.,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Sever- 
ance, 
Painesville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  C. 

R.  Stone, 
Sahdosky,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

H.  N.  Burton, 
StrongBvllle,   Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  O.  W.  White,  Treas., 
Wadsworth,    Cong.    Ch.,  by 

Rev.  D.  E.  Hathaway, 


$90  90 
1  00 

818  00 

56  00 
10  00 

90  00 

500 
85  98 
56  00 
10  00 

600 


604  18 
Alexandria,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D. 

S.  Jones,  10  00 

Collamer,  Legacy  of  Asa  Cady,  by  Mrs. 

A.  M.  Cady,  Ex'x.,  999  00 

Bast  Cleveland,  Cong.  Ch.,  addM.,  by 

n.  Ford,  to  const  8.  H.  Mathews  and 

S.  C.  Hale  L.  Ms.,  60  00 

Edinburgh,  Mrs.  Eliza  O.  Stanford,  8  00 

Harmar,  Douglas  Putnam,  Esq.,  600  00 

Independence,  Mrs.  Manr  Ann  Munson, 

to  const  her  a  L.  M.,  by  A.  Adams.  80  00 
Lafayette,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  B.  Chapln, 

Treas.,  16  00 


Marysvllle   Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M.  K. 
Pasco, 

Rochester,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D.  R.  Mil- 
ler, 

Toledo,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  M. 
$40from'*      - 


ham,  of  wh.  | 


I  John  H.  Whii 


aker,  to  const  Mrs.  Mary  Whitaker  a 
Windham,  A.  V.  Rudd,  by  T.  Wales. 
JNDVlSA- 
Indianapolis,    First    Cong.    Ch..     by 


ndlanapolls.    First 

Rev.  N.  A.  Hyde, 

^ke  Prairie,  Ind.  i 


Lake  Prairie,  Ind.  Presb.  Ch^,  by  E.  N. 
Morey,  to  const  W.  H.  Morey  a  L.  M., 

ILLINOIS— 

Aurora,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  Isaac 

Clark,  ^ 

Canton,  Eight  Aged  Widows, 
Chenoa,  Ffirst  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 

G.  Pendleton. 
Chicago,  LeavUt  St.  Ch,,  by  M.  Wake- 
field, Treas., 

South  Ch.,  in  part,  by  C.  T.  Fenn. 

Miss  Ellen  H.  Saigent 
Chicago.  J.  H.  MoBlillan, 
Crystal  Lake,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  C.  T.  Dike, 

Treas., 
DeKalb,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L.  P. 

Atwood, 
Dundee,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D.  D.  HUL, 
.Elmore,  Cong.  Ch.,    $7.40;   Victoria, 

Cong.  Ch.,  $10;  Viola,   Cong.  Ch., 

$8.^  by  Rev.  B.  F.  Haskins, 
Evanston,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  W.  Wood, 
Geneva,  Cong.  Ch.jbal.  of  colL,  infnlL, 

to  const.  Rev.  w.  H.  Brewster  a  L. 

D., 
Granville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  W.  Hop- 
kins, to  const.  Rev.  H.  V.  Warren  a 

L.D., 
Gridley,  Cong.  Ch.,  $14.44 :   Nebraska, 

Cong.   Ch.,  $6.46,   by  Rev.   J.   A. 

Palmer, 
Hampton,  Cong.  Ch.,  $4;  Port  Byron, 

Cong.  Ch.,  $10.60,  by  Rev.  A.  Har-  ' 

per, 
Havana,  Mrs.  (X  Churchill, 
Kewanee.  Cong.  Ch.,  in  part,  by  Rev. 

N.  D.  Graves, 
Maiden,  Cong.  Ch..  to  const  Rev.  J.  D. 

Baker,  L.  F.  Belden  and  Edgar  Mead 

L.  Ms.,  ^^ 

Moline,  Cong.   Ch..    to  const  H.  B. 

Barnes  aL.  D.,  John  Deere  and  J.  S. 

Keaton  L.  Ms., 
Ontario,  Sabbath  School  of  Cong.  Ch., 

by  E.  Shedd, 
Rich  view,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  B. 

Barton, 
RoseviUe,  Cong.  Ch.,  to  const  Rev.  J. 

D.  Wickofi*  and  John  A.  Gordon  L. 

Ms., 
Summer  Hill,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  E. 

Marsh, 
Tampico,  W.  H.  Wballon, 
Waukegan,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 

M.  Sanders. 
Wyanet,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  8.  F. 

Stratton, 

MISSOURI— 

Received  by  Rev.  E.  B.  Turner: 
Bevler,  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by  T.  D. 

Evans,  $45  40 

Hannibal,  Cong.  Ch..  bv  M.  L. 

Pierson.  66  60 


Cahoka,   First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A. 

Matson, 
Glasgow,  A  Friend, 
Lathrop,  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

F.  W.  Adams, 
St.  Louis,  First  Trin.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  F. 

Whiting,  Treas., 
West  Hartford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G. 

W.  Williams, 


$15  00 
600 


196  75 
400 


96  60 
80  00 


89  96 
400 

90  10 

59  07 
600 
600 

95  00 

4186 

90  00 
61  16 


9195 
199  99 


18  95 
110  00 
90  90 

14  60 
900 

54  00 

96  50 

988  00 
850 

15  00 

75  00 

88  65 
9C0 

87  00 

98  60 


110  90 

700 
500 

10  00 

104  00 

100 


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AUuno,  Cong.  Oh.,  by  Rev.  B.  Branch,     $10  00 
CorintlL,  Cong.  Ch.,  $11.76 :  Paris,  Cong. 
Ch.,  $iaa6,  by  Rev.  N.  K.  EvartsrS) 
const,  him  a  L.  M.,  80 


Grand  Ledge,  Cong.  Ch.,  $8;  Rev.  N. 


00 

D.  O.,  $6:  Waconsta,  Cong.  Ch.,  $0, 

by  Rev.  N.  D.  Glidden,  18  00 

Hancock,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  P. 
H.  HoUister,  50  00 

Portland,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L. 
P.  Spehnan,  11  S5 

SaogaCack,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 
F.  Taylor,  96  00 

Sherman,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  Den- 
ton, 7  60 

Somerset,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  G.  A. 
Smith,  14  61 

Webster,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  Kim- 
beriy,  to  const  Rev.  H.  B.  Brown  a 
L.  M.,  81  48 


WISCONSIN— 
Black  Brook,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  W. 

Hiunan,  1  67 

Black  Earth,  Cong.  Ch.,  $10;  Mazo- 

manie,  Cong.  Ch.,  $10,  by  Rev.  M.  M. 

Martin,  90  00 

Bloomer,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 

A.  Wentz,  10  00 

Brooklyn  and  Stooghton,  First  Cong. 

Chs.,  by  Rev.  R.  Sewell,  19  00 

Grand  Marsh,  Mrs.  J.  H.  McC.,  by  Rev. 

J.  H.  McCbesney.  6  00 

Hammond,  Cong.  Cn.,  $94.99 ;  Kinnlck- 

inmick,  Cong.  Ch.,  $4.78,  by  Rev.  H. 

A.  Gonld,  90  00 

Ironton,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  H.  Hin- 

man,  11  28 

Kildare,   Cong.   Ch.,   $9.10;  Lyndon, 

Cong.  Ch.,  $9.10;   Wonewoc,  Cong. 

Ch.,  $10;  Rev.  W.  W.  Jones,  $1.», 

by  Jurv.  W .  W.  Jones,  16  40 

Milwaukee.  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

J.  Cadwaiader,  7  00 

Shnllsburgh,  Cong.  Ch.,  $6.60 ;  Rev.  R. 

J.  W.  and  ftunfly,  $6,  by  Rev.  R.  J. 

Williams.  11  60 

IOWA—  • 

Alden,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  J. 

Smith,  90  00 

Anita,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  D.  Wright,     6  00 
Big  Rock,  Sabbath  School  of  Cong.  Ch., 

f  y  G.  H.  Winn,  8  60 

Davenport,  Bdwards  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J. 

Golasborv,  Treas.,  46  00 

Dubnqoe,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  C.  Cham- 
berlain, Treas.,  100  00 
Dorant,   Cong.  Ch.,   by    Rev.    B.   E. 

Webber,  18  00 

Bddyville,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M. 

Rowley,  18  60 

Bxira  and  Oakfleld,  Cong.  Chs.,  by  Rev. 

J.  S.  Toft,  10  00 

Fairfax,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 

Adams,  96  90 

Fort  Atkinson,  German  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  H.  Hess,  80  00 


Genoa  Blalfc,   Cong.   Ch.,  $19;  Wil- 
liamsbor^  Cong.  Ch.,  $18,  by  Rev. 


89  00 
600 


Given  Station,  Welsh  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  D.  R.  Lewie, 
Keosaaqoa,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.,  by 

Rev.  J.  W.  Windsor,  1  00 

Manson,  Cong.  Ch.,  Rev.  A.  V.  Hoose,        6  76 
Onawa,  FirstCong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  N. 

Lvman,  16  OD 

Parkersborgh,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L. 

D.  Boynton,  5  00 

MINNB80TA- 
Recdved  by  Rev.  R.  Hall : 
Cottage  Grove,  Cong.  Ch.,  18  50 

Faribault,  Plymoath  Cong.  Ch.,  70  91 
Lake  City,  Cong.  Ch^  41  60 

St  Paul,  Plymoath  Cong.  Ch..  90  06 


Mrs.  8.  W.  Nichols,  6  00 

$166  86 

Austin,  Mrs.  M.  C.  Page,  by  H.  W. 

Page.  10  00 

Clear  Water,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

J.  G.  D.  Steams,  94  00 

Paribanlt,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  C.  W. 

Andrews,  Treas.,  90  88 

Granike  Falls,  Lac  Qui    Parle    and 

Montevideo,  Cong.  Chs.,  by  Rev.  O. 

A.  Starr,  6  96 

Hamilton,  Firtt  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  R. 

S.  Armstrong,  16  OO 

Winona,  Cong.  Ch..  by  H.  M.  Tenney, 

to  const  WT  Laird  and  H.  Stevens  L 

Ms.,  70  00 

KAN8AS- 

'  Albany,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  O.  A. 

Thomas,  14  qo 

Milford,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  B. 

P.  Ingersoll,  19  30 

Osawkee.  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.   J.  M. 

Cheesman,  95  00 

Qulndaro,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  S.  D. 

Storrs,  90  00 

Topeka,  X.,  99  99 

Vienna,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L.  B.  Sikes,      5  00 
Wabaunsee,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  F. 

Willard,  ^  ^  9100 

NEBRASKA- 
Weeping  Water,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
Rev.  S.  Barrows,  91  41 

DAKOTA  TER.— 
Yankton,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.- 
Ward, 6  16 

CALIFORNL^- 
Antioch,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A. 

H.  Johnson,  9  oO 

Sonoma,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M.  S. 

CrosweU,  to  const.  Dea.  Obed  Chart 

a  L.  M.,  80  00 

Sonth  Vallejo,  First  Cong.   CTi.,   by 

Rev.  A.  M.  Goodnongh,  10  00 

61  06 


HOME  MISSIONARY, 


$97,684  79 


Danationt  of  CMhkng^  etc. 

Andover,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.,  by 
Sarah  A.  Hyde,  a  half-barrel,  $96  oO 

Bangor,  Me.,  Ladies  of  the  Hammond  St 
Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  L.  L.  Paine,  a  bar- 
■^v  176  00 

Bridgeport,  Conn.,  Ladies  of  the  North 
Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  S.  M.  Cate,  a  box,       950  00 

Burlington,  Vt,  Ladies  of  the  Third 
Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  L.  Marsh,  a  box. 

Canandaigna,  M.  Y.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  F. 
B.  Allen,  three  barrels. 

ChapinviUe,  Conn.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  F. 
MUes,  a  barrel. 

CoUinsville,  Conn.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Lau- 
ra A.  Goodwin,  a  barrel,  94  00 

Coventry,  N.  Y.,  Ladies  of  the  Second 
Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  P.  Thorp,  a  bar- 
fol^  60  60 

Bnfleld,  Mass.,  by  Mrs.  S.  A.  Bggleston, 
a  barrel. 

Huntington,  Mass.,  Ladies  of  the  Second 
Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  E.  V.  Woods,  a  bar- 
rel. 

LoweU,  Mass.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of 
Kirk  St  Ch.,  by  Miss  Sarah  H.  Stick- 
ney.  Sec.,  a  box,  500  oo 

Marlborouffh,  Mass..  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc, 
by  Mrs.  A.  Howe,  Sec.  a  box. 

Middletown,  Conn.,  Ladies  of  the  South 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  P.  Taylor,  a  box,  I8O  78 

New  Haven,  Conn.,  Prof.  E.  B.  Coe.  of 
Yale  College,  a  bundle  of  books. 
Ladies'  Home  Miss.  Soc.  of  First  Ch., 
by  Miss  H.  A.  Tucker,  Sec,  six  boxes,     990  18 


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New  York  City,  C.  M.  Mather,  a  bundle. 

Mrs.  Parker,  a  buudlu. 
Norwich,  Conn.,  Ladiea'  Home  Miu.  8oc. 

of  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  L.   B. 

Young.  Sec.,  two  boxes,  $8S9  89 

Orange,  N.  J.,  Ladiep  of  Trinity  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  Ml88  N.  E.  Means  a  box,  175  00 

ProTid«nce,  R.  I.,  Ladles'  Miss.  Assoc,  of 

Beneficent  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  W.  Taft, 

four  boxes,  774  45 

Whltinsvllle,  Mass.,  Ladles'  Benev.  Soc., 

by  Miss  F.  A.  Batchelor,  Sec,  a  box,       164  98 
Woodbrldge,  Conn,.  Ladles'  Sew.  Soc., 

by  Mrs.  H.  F.  Peck,  a  barrel. 
Worcester,  Mass.,  Ladies'  Soc  of   the 

Salem  St.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  H.  Bigelow, 

a  box,  188  88 


Receipts  of  the  MoMoehuMtts  Borne  Misskmary 
Society,  in  January,  Stkfhvn  T.  Fabwbll, 
Treas. 

Attleboro,  Bst  of  Miss  Betsey  B.  Wilder, 

to  const.  H.  W.  French  a  L.  M.,  187  92 

Boston,  New  Year's  Gift,  by  G.  S.  Chase,  60  00 

A  Friend.  $30:  A  Friend,  $1,  81  00 

'■  Shaicmut  Ch.  and  Soc.,  806  34 

Mt.  Vernon  Ch.  and  Soc.,  140  00 
Legacy  of  Hon.  A.  H.  Twombly,  by  J; 

M.  8.  Williams,  Ex.,  1,987  90 

H.  B.  H.,  360  00 

Dorchester.  T.  D.  Quincy.  60  00 

Second  Ch.  and  Soc.,  861  00 

FMto7«  Ch.  and  Soc.,  81  22 

Village  Ch.  Sab.  School,  88  78 

Highlands.  Vine  St.  Ch.  and  Soc..  80  00 

James  Fisher,     .  176  00 

mioi  Ch.  and  Soc,  478  26 

Boxboro,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  7  00 

Boxford.  Coug.  Ch.  and  Soc,  84  18 

Bradford,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  82  97 

Brimfleld.  E.  B.  Wild,  2  00 

Brookline,  Legacy  of  John  Heath,  add'l. 

by  J.  M.  Pinkerton,  Ex.,  2,178  66 

E.  n.  C,  60  00 

Carlisle,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  1  68 

Charlestown,  Winthrop  Ch.  and  Soc,  to 

conht.  Miss  Hannah  N.  Curtis  and  Mrs. 

Martha  Maxwell  L.  Ms.,  68  00 

East  Medway,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  42  04 

Enfield,  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Lucina  Hosmer,  90  00 

Essex,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  25  00 

Fall  River^Central  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  R.  B. 

Borden,  Treas.,  704  80 

Fitchbnrg,  A  Friend,  100  00 

Stephen  Lowe,  10  00 

A  Friend,  10  00 

Grafton,  A  Friend,  60  00 

Groton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc^  95  10 

Groveland,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  17  00 
Hampden  Benev.  Asso.,  by  C.  Marsh,  Tr.: 
Springfield,  Olivet  Ch.,  to  const 
Geo.  S.  Savage,  Jas.  M.  Whee- 
ler,  Jas.    mT  Ingersoll    and 
Elizabeth  McKechine  L.  Ms.,    !83  55 
West,  First  Church,                    .  12  81 
East  Longmeadow,  Cong.  Ch. 

and  Soc,  80  00 

Southwick.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,     6  27 
Longmeadow,    Gent's.   Benev. 
Asso.,  119  80 

299  43 

Harvard,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  12  00 
Harwich  Port,  Capt.  Leonard  Robbins. 

by  Rev.  H.  C.  Fay,  10  00 

Haverhill,  North  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  470  00 

Mrs.  A.  L.  Swan,  5  00 

Center  Cong^  Ch.  and  Soc..  to  const 

Mrs.  Anna  L.  Swan  a  L.  M.,  70  13 

Hinsdale,  A  Friend,  5  00 

Lee,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  for  Am.  H.  M. 

Soc,  bj  Wm.  J.  Bartlett,  Treas.,  400  00 

Leveret tTCong.  Ch. and  Soc,  29  60 

Lincoln.  Dea.  Manning,  10  00 

Lowell,  Kirk  St.  Ch.  and  Soc.,  by  A.  W. 

Bumham,  Tr.,  875  00 

John  St.  Ch.  and  Soc..  11  66 


$80  00 
1  CO 


Abel  Whitney,  to  const.  Rev.  Chns*.  D. 

BarrowK  h  L.  M.. 
Mrs.  J.  M.  Gkeen« 
Matshfleld,  First  Ch.  and  Soc,  of  which 
$80  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  H.  Bourne,  to 
const  Miss  A.  E.  Baldwin  a  L.  M.,  87  g 

Medway,  Mrs.  M.  DanieK  *  ^ 

Methuen,  First  Parish  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc. 

by  J.  Emerson,  Jr.,  Treas..  192  80 

Middleboro,  North  Ch.  and  Soc,  54  68 

Milford,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  «1  » 

Milton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  to  const 
John  A.  Tucker  and  Mrs.  Geo.  Ray- 
mond L.  Ms.,  T6  28 
Neponset  Ladies'  H.  M.  Soc.  60  00 
Nrwton  Center,  Ladies'  H.  M.  Soc  of 

First  Cong.  Ch.,  M  04 

New  Bedford.  Pacific  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 

by  Geo.  B.  Hathaway,  TO  18 

North   Andover,   Trin.  Cong.   Ch.    and 

Soc,  to  const  Jas.  S.  Sanborn  a  L.  M.,     86  00 
North  Beverly,  Mrs.  Rebecca  Conant,  10  00 

North  Cambridge,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  to 
const  Albert  P.  Hayward,  Henry  M. 
Bird  and  John  Davis,  Jr.,  L.  Ms.  of 
A.  H.  M.  S.,  in  51 

North  Rochester.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc.  17  00 

Philllpston,  Rev.  C.  R.  Morse  10  00 

Piltsfleld,  German  Ch.  and  Soc.  26  00 

Plympton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  2  50 

Plymouth,  Ch.  qf  the  PUgrimage.  38  7S 

Ladles' ft.  M.  Soc.  34  16 

Randolph,  Athcrton  Wales,  to  support  a 

H.M.  at  the  West  1«>  «> 

Raynham,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  20  00 

Revere,  Evan.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc.  4  18 

Shirley  Village.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  9  00 

South  Hadley,  First  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc, 
by  J.  Dlckerson,  Tr.,  to  const  H.  B. 
De  Witt  Albert  Goldthwalt  and  Calvin 
Preston  L.  Ms.,  118  00 

SunderUind,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  N.  A. 

Smith,  75  00 

Templeton,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  36  00 

Uxbridge.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Judaon,  20  00 

Wakefield.  Addison  Hubbard,  15  00 

Walpole,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  E.  C. 

Ciiig,  5800 

Waltham.  Orth.  ifh.,  by  Isaac  Warren,       81  20 
Washington,  D.  C,    Mrs.  A.  8.   Bum- 
field,  40  00 
West  Gloucester,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  10  00 
West  Medway.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  E. 

White,  Treas..  129  00 

West  Newton,  Second   Cong.  Ch-  and 

Soc,  add'l,$2l.OO;  mon.  con.,  $24.25,  45  26 

Wilmington,  Cong.  Sab.  School,  16  00 

Wobum.  Mrs.  S.  Howe,  2  00 


$11,788  82 


Reeeipte  qf  the    Connecticut    Home  Jtimionanf 
Society,  in  January.  Jaxbs  L.  Chapman,  Ti-ea^. 

Bridgeport  IHret   Oong.  Ch.,  by  N.  S. 
Wordin,  Treas..  $84  00 

Park  St.  Ch.,  bv  F.  W.  Storrs,  32  81 

Burlington,  by  Rev.  C.  Chamberialn.  16  fiO 

Danbury,  Second  Cong.  Ch..  by  W.  Mans- 
field, 6  00 

Fair  Haven.  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  F.  T. 
Jarman,  100  00 

Hartford,  Bequest  of  Rev.   J.   Hawes, 
D.D.,  li30 

North    Haven,    Ladies'    Benev.     Soc, 

g»  66;  Rev.  W.  T.  Reynolds,  $6:  K. 
Ickerman,  $2, 
P*.  mouth,  by  Horace  Fenn,  Treas., 
Saybrook,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 

Denison. 
Seymour,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Fitch, 
Somers,  by  Marcus  Woodward,  Treae., 
South  Glastenbury,  by  H.  D.  Hale.  Trea^.. 
West  Hartford,  Bequest  of  Abigail  Tal- 


cott,  by  C.  Day,  Trea8.-_ 
Willlmantlc  by  Rev.  H.  Winslow. 


4:.  ffi 
19  .'. 

15  3} 
17  00 
173 
12  13 

109  50 
69  86 

$572  10 


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MISSIONARY  BOXES. 

Boxes  of  Clothing,  sent  directly  and  without  any  particular  designation,  to  the 
office  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  wUl  be  forwarded  to  such  mission- 
Mies  as  are  known  to  be  most  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  to 
ti^ose  who  receive  them,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  indi  ddual  or  association,  intending  to 

Srepare  a  box,  writes  to  the  Society  to  have  a  parucular  missionary  designated,  and  a 
stalled  account  of  the  circumstances  of  his  famUy  given,  the  information  is  not  always 
at  hand,  so  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when 
It  is,  it  not  unfrequently  happens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  ^.he  missionary  re- 
mains for  months  unsupplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  might  be 
furnished  with  articles  phtced  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  In 
other  cases,  while  the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from 
other  sources,  so  that  when  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want 
as  man^  others. 

It  IS  preferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors. 
Uiat  the  special  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  are  not  put  up  for  any  in- 
dividual in  particular,  should  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Society, 
(tfUr  they  reach,  the  offlee.  It  is  believed  that  they  will,  in  this  way,  answer  the 
«©«gM  of  those  who  generously  contribute  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which 
the  Society  c^m  have  an  agency. 

DIRECTIONS  FOE  FOBWABDHie. 

1.  Put  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  a 

Saper  or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  with  the  name  of  the  in- 
ividual  or  association  from  whom  it  comes,  and  the  address  of  the  individual  to 
whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent. 

2.  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  the  box  should  be  sent  in  a 
letter  to  the  office  of  the  Society.  This  copy  should  state  the  estimated  value  of  the 
eontents,  and  the  size  of  adults,  with  the  a{fes  and  sex  of  children,  for  whom  the 
clothing  is  intended.  The  letter  should  also  state  when,  and  by  what  conveyance, 
the  box  was  forwarded,  and  in  it  should  be  inclosed  such  money  as  is  intended  for 
the  payment  of  freight.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  provided  for  in  all 
cases,  if  practicable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  $8  to  $6,  accord- 
ing to  its  size  and  the  distance  it  is  sent.  A  barrel  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense 
than  a  box  of  the  same  size. 

3.  The  box  should  be  fully  and  plainly  marked,  and  t/te  place  from  which  it  comes 
should  ALWAYS  appear  on  the  outside,  so  tliat  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening 
it  at  the  office.  It  shoulA  be  strong,  ti^ht,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  m 
hooped,  or  otherwise  fully  secured  agamst  the  effects  of  liard  usage  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor 
Place,  New  York. 

NO  PART  OF  A  MISSIONABT'S  SALARY. 

Boxes  of  clothing  form  no  part  of  a  missionary's  regular  appropriation.  The 
Society  needs  the  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  order  to  meet  promptly  its 
stipulations  with  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  be  no 
favor  to  a  missionary  to  receive  a  box,  if ,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  the  amount  of  money 
that  would  otherwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionally  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Missionary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to 
it  that  they  give  none  the  less  monev,  in  consequence  of  their  giving  other  things 
that  are  needful  and  convenient.  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  sympathies  wul 
be  so  awakened  in  the  preparation  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be 
their  privilsge,  not  only  to  oontinu«,  but  also  t    mmrge  the  greater. 

SUOOESTIONS  AS  TO  TflEIR  CONTENTS. 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box,  while  clothing  of  woollen  or  lineQ 
fabrics,  shoes,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  bC  •^.pecially  valuable,  scaroshr 
any  thing  in  the  shape  of  plain,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  which 
is  of  common  use  in  any  form  in  a^  *amlly,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  forks, 
spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of  cotton,  a  skein  of  vam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles, 
a  cake  of  wax,  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a  thimble  a  tumbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skimmer,  or  a 
pepper  box,  need  not  be  left  out. 

When  articles  of  clothing  ar«  not  fitted  1^  the  members  of  the  families  to  which 
boxes  are  sent,  missionaries  are  in  Um  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  each  other 
that  almost  evary  thing  which  a  box  mmj  contain  is  turned  to  good  account. 


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NOTICE  TO  MIBSIOVABIES  OF  THE  A.  H.  M.  SOOIETT. 

KABOH    IsUPOBT. 

Dear  Brbthbbn:  By  the  teni^  of  your  Commission,  a  Statistical  Beport 
is  to  be  forwarded  to  the  Society  on  the  1st  of  March.  The  data  supplied  by 
sucli  reports  are  indiq>en8able  for  making  out  a  full  exhibition  of  the  doings  of 
the  Society  for  one  year.  We  therefore  make  early  and  earnest  request  that 
you  will  each  furnish  the  particulars  named  in  the  following  list,  in  a  ^f^edal 
eommunicationy  to  this  opfics,  as  early  as  the  fibst  day  of  Maboh. 

1.  Tour  name  infuU^  with  the  name  of  your  Post-office,  County  and  State. 

3.  Names  of  the  church  or  churches,  and  of  all  t&s  statiohs  where  you 

have  preached  at  regular  intervals  during  the  year. 
8.  Number  of  church  members— male  and  female. 

4.  Average  attendance  on  public  worship. 

5.  Number  of  hopeful  conversions. 

6.  Number  added  to  the  church  by  profession.** 

7.  Number  added  to  the  church  by  letter.**- 

8.  Number  of  Sabbath  school  and  Bible  class  scholars. 

9.  Number  of  churches  organized  during  the  year. 

10.  Number  of  church  edifices  erected,  or  repaired. 

11.  Number  of  young  men  preparing  for  the  ministry. 

12.  Contributions  to  benevolent  objects,  such  as : 
Home  Missions,  $ 


Foreign  Missions,  $ 

Bible  Society,  $ ,  etc.,  etc    Total  for  all  objects,  $ 

Please  state  any  other  facts,  in  relation  to  Revivals,  Conversions,  Church 
erection,  Lay  effort,  etc.,  which  will  indicate  the  progress  of  the  missionary 
work  on  your  field ;  and  such  as  will  exhibit  the  remaining  destitutions  of  the 
general  regions  where  you  labor. 

Affectionately  yours, 

Milton  Bapobr,  ^ 

David  B.  Cob,      -  Seor^taries. 

Albx.  H.  Clapp,  ^ 

*  TobereokcmedftomlUiditolfArdiiif  7<mh«Teb«enincoiimiU0ionUiewlioleyear;  U 
for  that  portion  of  the  year,  between  theae  datea,  which  your  commisaion  coTera. 

N.  B.  This  Btatistloal  Report  should  be  disconnected  entirely  from  a  qiiar> 
terly  report  and  from  all  other  business  matters. 


FORM  OF  A  BEQUEST. 

I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trutt,  to  pay  over 

the  same  in  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is  payable 

shall  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  theoU^ 
of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to 
charitable  uses  and  porposee  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


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APRIL,  1872. 


THB  NEW  PLAN  FOR  HOME  MIS- 
SIONARY WORK 877 

MISSIONARY  INTELLIGENCE. 

Oregon.  — F'om  -ff**'.  v.  J?-  JiutdUr^ 
Albany.— Th«  Oatlook 284 

Oalifomia.— From  Sev.  A.  H.  Johfuon, 
Antioch.— Going  Alone S84 

Colorado.  —  From  Jiev.  T.  B.  BtUt, 
Denver.— On«  Year's  Work.— Pueblo. .  884 

Dakota.  — From  Bev.  3.  Shsldon,  Elk 
Point 886 

From  Sep.  J.  Ward,  Yankton.— So  Soon 
Off  the  List !— Spiritual  Blesaingf 886 

Nebraska.— From  Sev.  C.  H.  Emenon, 
Creighton.— Breaking  the  Sod 886 

Kansas.— Prom  Jiev,  C.  A.  Biehardton, 
Fredonia.— Burnt  Out 886 

From  Rev.  I.  Jacobus,  Junction  City.— 
Wants  Sunday  School  Books 887 

From  B9V,  W.  C.  SUwart,  Seneca.— One 
Great  Danger 887 

Minnesota.— From  Bev.  E.  W.  Merrili, 
Cannon  Falls.— Gone  Up  Higher 887 

From  Bev,  N.  H.  BeB,  Owatonna.  —  An- 
other Bell  Wanted 888 

Iowa.— From  Bev,  J.  Swribut,  Fort  At- 
kinson. —  Blessed  to  Receive.  — More 
Blessed  to  Give 888 


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From  Bfv,  J.  W.  Peet,  Fontenelle. -Sow- 
ing on  the  Snow 399 

Wisconsin.— -PVywi  Bev.  W.  H.  Cross, 
Tomah.— Mother's  Prayers  Answered  .  889 

From  Bev.  W.  M.  Blchards,  Princeton.— 
A  Converted  Hop-Stove 290 

Michigan,- Prom  Bev.  P.  H.  HoUisUr, 
Hancock.— Self-Supporting  and  Grate- 
'«* 290 

From  A  Missionary  in  Benzie  County.— 
The  Chicago  Fire 290 

Missonri,  — From  Bev,  A.  M.  Thome, 
Memphis.— Plenty  of  Hard  Work 891 

From  Bev.  B.  D.  Ixming,  Neosho 291 

Illinois.— ^/ow  Rev.  C.  M.  Saunders, 
Waukegan.— Out  of  Mother's  Lap. ...  292 

From  Bev,  A.  P.  Johnson,  Woodstock.- 
Indepenpent.  292 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

DscsAss  OF  Mbs.  Lathrop 292 

"  Th«  New  Dkpabtubs" 298 

HoMB  Missionary  Convbntioks 294 

'^Thb  Habdeb  Part  op  thb  Work"..  296 

Flbbimo  from  thb  Dbacon 895 

Christian  Colonization 296 

Missionary  Appointments 897 

Acknowledgment  (^  Beeeipts 297 


PUBLISHED  BY 

THE  AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY^ 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOR  PLACE,  NEW  YORK. 


PRICE,  FIFTY  CENTS  A  YEAR  IN  ADVANCE. 


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APPLICATIONS  FOR  AID.        . 

Sf  r^^B^  to^^^J^^i  tSeir  requeaU.    Tkey  are  d^rtred.  also,  to  furniah  tl,. 
following  particulars,  namelv : 
The  population  of  the  place. 

'^l  ;!;Xrorc=i4r^Sr  avenge  number  of  att«KUaU  on  pab- 
"*  'rhi'Lomination  and  riMe  of  congregation.  Immediately  contiguon*.  wi*  the- 

The  ^T^^tbLZS^  wWch  th^  pledge  for  tb.  give*  time,  -d  the 
<  arraiurements  that  are  made  for  aecnring  it. 

Wbether  aid  is  expected  from  any  other  souwe. 

The  leatt  amount  tLat  will  suffloe  from  *!»»  Society.  ,«„„««i„- 

The  name  infvU  and  poetofflce  addnN*  of  the  minister  far  whMa  a  iwmwiiiina 
iaderired. 

Wheti^r  hX  reaident  of  the  place  In  which  h.  pmch..,  and  to  titfaged  b 

anv  other  callinir  than  that  of  the  mmistrj. 

^  methir  hf  Is  the  pastor  of  the  chuiih,  or  if  not,  whether  anr  •mMt^entS 

are  made  or  contempUted  for  his  installment  in  the  course  of  the  rear 

The  appUcation  should  he  signed  hy  the  officers  of  the  church,  and  bgr  th« 
trustees  or  a  committee  of  the  congregation.  .  i»rw«. 

If  the  ecclesiastical  body  with  which  the  church  is  connected  l^re  a  Oojl. 
mittee  of  Missions"  to  act  In  their  behalf,  the  members  of  this  Committee  «*«• 
proper  persons  to  certify  the  statements  of  the  church,  the  standing  of  the  min»», 
and  his  prospects  of  usefulness  In  the  place  where  his  services  are  desired ;  aad  the 
application  should  be  sent  to  them  for  their  Indorsement  and  reoommfindati<m. 
Wbere  no  such  "  Committee  of  Missions  "  exists,  the  application  diould  receiye  the 
Indorsement  of  two  or  more  neighboring  clergymen,  of  the  8am«  denominalion, 
acquainted  with  the  facts.  ^  ^    v     u  i.^ 

Applications,  after  being  properly  indorsed  and  leoommended,  should  be  wBoi  to 
the  Superintendent  (or  Secretary  of  the  Auxiliary)  lor  the  region  wbnre  the  fsppU- 
cants  reside. 

As  a  general  rule,  appropriations  are  for  twelve  months  ftvm  tl«  Sate  pfthe 
appUcation  ;  at  the  end  of  which.  If  further  aid  be  needed,  a  new  application  must 
be  made,  containing  all  the  particulars  above  stated,  and  Indareed  and  reoommended 
in  like  manner.  »     ,      ^      -.-^ 

Each  o<mgr6gatum  appHfingfor  renewed  aid,  ehmddfimieA,  meo,  me  rnn^eate 
of  the  mi$»(mary  that  thM  have  ftdJUled  their  pre9i0U$p^ 

^  The  address  of  the  Hodety's  Superintendents  and  the  Secretaries  ot  its  Auxil- 
iaries will  be  found  on  the  cover  of  Its'ReporU  and  of  the  Some  liStetanmy, 

THE  HOMS  IDBBIOHABTe 

The  Home  MteeUmary  will  be  s^t  gratuitoudy  to  the  IbUowing  clawns  of  fah 
dlvlduals,  unless  they  prefer  to  take  It  as  subscribers : 

To  Life  Directors  and  Life  Members  of  the  Society.  To  IDs^onariee  of  the 
Society  and  its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  clergyman  In  whose  congregation  a  coUectioii 
is  taken  up  every  year  for  the  Society,  or  one  of  Its  Auxiliaries.  To  every  individual 
who  contributes  ten  dollars,  or  upward,  during  the  year.  To  every  AuxHiarjr*  Asso- 
ciation, or  Congregation,  one  copy  for  every  ten  doUare  collected  and  paid  into  the 
Treasury  of  the  Society,  or  of  any  Auxiliary. 

Every  pastor  will  confer  a  spedal  favor  by  availing  himself  of  the  facilities 
ofiered  above  to  Introduce  the  Home  M%eaion(vry  among  his  people,  bi  notifying  the 
Secretaries  of  his  desire  to  have  the  work  sent  on  tnese  terms,  he  is  requested  to 
medtfon  the  name  of  some  person  to  whom  each  copy  shall  be  addressed. 

The  Secretaries  will  be  grateful  for  early  notice  of  dieeoniinuaneee,  or  ckangm 
in  the  poetofflce  addreee  of  subscribers. 

70BM  OF  A  BEaiTEST. 

I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trtut,  to  pay  over 

the  same  In  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  Is 

payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  In 
the  city  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  t^ 
the  charitable  uses  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direetioii. 


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Perliins  Oci..jctiDn 

THE  HOME   MISSIONARY. 

Go, Prbach  the  Gospel Mark  xvi.  15. 

How  shall  they  preach  except  they  be  sent  ? .  Rom.  x.  15. 

Vol.  XLIV.  APRIL,   1872.  No.  12. 

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THE    NEW    PLAN    FOR    HOME    MISSIONARY    .WORK. 

As  our  readers  are  aware,  the  National  Council  in  Oberlin  recommended  that, 
for  the  more  effective  prosecution  of  the  vast  and  growing  work  of  Home 
Miaeioiis  throughout  the  land,  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  be  sup- 
plemented by  State  Societies  yet  to  be  formed.  [See  The  Home  Missionary  for 
January,  1872,  page  219.]  In  our  March  number,  page  266,  we  gave  the  plan 
for  the  organizing  and  working  of  these  State  Societies,  elaborated  by  the 
Council's  Committee,  and  cordially  adopted  in  their  conference  with  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  of  this  Society. 

Mainly  by  way  of  explanation,  for  those  to  whose  thought  the  scheme'is 
new,  we  propose  to  say  here  a  few  things  as  to  the  intended  method  of  its  prac- 
tical working.     We  will  take  the  seven  sections  of  the  plan  in  their  order. 

I.   THE   STATE   80CIETIB8. 

*'  It  is  recommended,  that  the  General  Conference  or  Association  of  Congre- 
gational churches  in  each  State,  provide  for  the  organization  of  a  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society  for  that  State." 

As  the  State  Societies  are  to  be  **  provided  for  "  by  the  General  Associations 
or  Conferences,  it  will  naturally  come  about  that  each  General  Association  or 
Conference  will  virtually  he  the  State  Society.  This  will  be  formed,  manned, 
kept  alive,  and  its  work  in  outline  will  be  laid  out,  at  the  annual  gatherings, 
which  bring  together  pastors  and  delegates  from  the  churches  of  all  parts  of 
the  State.  Here  will  be  the  men  most  interested  in  Home  Missions ;  nearly  all 
of  them  from  churches  which  the  missionaries  of  this  Society  founded,  and 
many  of  which  are  still  receiving  its  aid.  The  experience  of  the  older  men, 
the  enthusiasm  of  the  younger,  with  the  practical  skill  of  the  Superintendent 
and  other  representatives  of  the  National  Society,  and  the  good  sense  and 
pious  zeal  of  all,  will  have  their  influence  in  the  discussions  of  the  body. 
With  the  facts  as  to  the  condition,  needs  and  prospects  of  every  part  of  the 
State  before  them ;  with  a  fair  knowledge  of  what  has  be.en  done  and  how  it 
was  done ;  with  some  proximate  idea  of  the  resources  in  meaand  money  reason- 
ably to  be  hoped  for,  the  discussions  and  plans  of  such  a  body,  acting  under 
the  Spirit's  promised  guidance,  ought  to  be  m:irked  by  a  Christian  wisdom  that 
shall  stand  the  test  of  practical  working,  by  which  they  will  at  once  be  tried. 
Such  a  body,  too,  must  best  know  the  men,  in  each  district  of  the  State,  whopi 
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it  will  be  safest  to  trust  with  the  responsibility  of  wisely  carrying  out  theM 
plans— modifying  their  details  as  the  providence  of  (jk)d  may  make  expedient 

U.   DISTRICT  BZBGUTIYE  COMMITTBE8. 

^'  It  is  recommended,  that  the  Society  so  constituted  annually  appoint  an  Ex- 
ecutive  Committee  of  three  in  each  district  conference  for  missionary  work 
therein ;  and  this  Committee,  on  being  accepted  by  the  American  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society  as  its  agency  for  the_  purpose,  shall,  in  council  and  co-opera- 
tion with  the  Superintendent,  designate  and  recommend  fields,  missionaries 
and  appropriations." 

Every  settled  portion  of  the  State  is  or  should  be  embraced  within  the  limits 
of  some  local  Association  or  Conference.  To  a  picked  Committee  of  three  in 
each  of  these  local  bodies  is  to  be  intrusted  the  actual  work  of  their  district 
They  are  to  '^  designate  and  recommend  fields,  missionaries,  and  appropria- 
tions.'^   They  m^y  safely  reckon  on  finding  their  office  no  sinecure. 

Of  the  fields  in  their  district  they  are  to  know  enough,  either  by  actual  yisit- 
ation,  testimony  of  the  Superintendent,  their  brother  ministers,  or  trustworthy 
residents,  to  advise  wisely  as  to  the  commencing  or  continuing  of  work  in 
them.  With  the  fundamental  idea  of  our  Home  Missipns  ever  in  view — ^the 
founding  of  churches  that  are  to  become  self-supporting  and  the  mothers  of  other 
churches  AS  soon  as  may  be — they  will  have  to  deal  with  knotty  questions  as  to 
the  relative  importance,  need,  and  promise  of  neighboring  (often  rival)  settle- 
ments ;  how  many  and  which  of  them  may  be  wisely  united  under  one  man's 
oversight ;  which  of  them  has  best  promise  of  permanency,  of  growth,  and 
of  the  population  most  hopeful  for  this  work.  These  decisions  they  are  to 
give,  not  in  the  interest  of  railroad  companies  or  land  speculators,  but  of  the 
cause  of  Christ  In  many  districts  they  will  not  be  long  in  office  without 
having  to  take  up,  in  some  form,  that  vexed  question  of  "  Congregational 
material  ''—not  to  discuss  it  as  a  theory,  but  to  act  upon  it  as  common-sense 
Christian  men,  responsible  to  God  for  the  wise  disposal  of  his  people's  labor 
and  money.  Without  questioning  that  any  human  soul  is  precious  beyond 
compute,  that  the  command  is,  preach  the  gospel  to  et>ery  creature,  and  that 
that  gospel  is  **  the  power  of  God,"  as  truly  able  to  subdue  the  heart  of  a  bush- 
man  as  of  a  philosopher,  these  brethren  may  yet  have  to  ask :  With  ten  fields 
open,  and  but  one  man  to  send,  shall  we  place  him  in  that  cluster  of  Romanists, 
or  in  this  Protestant  hamlet  ? — among  those  German  rationalists  (who  surely 
need  to  be  won  from  their  infidelity,  their  Sunday  sports,  and  their  lager),  or 
in  this  English,  Scotch,  or  Norwegian  colony  ? — shall  he  go  first  into  the  sod- 
huts  of  those  "  poor  white  trash  "  from  Carolina,  or  into  this  young,  thriving 
village,  where  the  presence  of  the  school-house  and  the  absence  of  the 
"  saloon,"  the  Sunday's  quiet  and  the  week-day's  hum  of  industry,  tell  unmis- 
takably of  "  the  New  England  element "  ?  To  reach  all,  soonest,  shall  we 
begin  at  Jerusalem — or  at  Rome  ? 

T?ie  ministers,  too,  especially  the  missionaries,  in  their  district,  this  Commit- 
tee will  need  to  know,  since  once  a  year  at  least  they  must  honestly  advise  as 
to  the  continuing  of  each  one's  commission,  and  the  wisdom  of  his  laboring  in 
the  particular  field  which  applies  for  his  service.  The  District  Committees 
will  be  likely  to  find  (as  this  Society  has  found)  a  call  for  no  little  skill  in 
making  the  most  of  their  various  ministerial  forces.  There  will  be  on  the 
ground,  and  coming  in  from  time  to  time,  some  whose  power  lies  in  their  wealth 
of  ripened  experience,  others  who  are  to  win  by  the  deft  use  of  weapons  bright 


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from  the  armory  on  some  eastern  or  western  **  Seminary  Hiir^  men  of  high, 
of  medium,  and  of  low  talent  and  culture,  alike  loving  the  Master  and  de- 
voted to  his  work.  For  every  stick  worker,  that  Master  has  a  plac£  where  each 
consecrated  power  will  "  tell."  Carlyle  says,  '*  Happy  is  the  man  who  hath 
found  his  place."  It  is  the  province  of  this  Committee  to  help  each  man  to 
find  hU  place,  each  place  to  find  its  man. 

They  will  work  hard  to  get  good  men  into  their  districts;  they  may  find  it 
harder  work  to  keep  bad  men  out ;  those  men  who  sift  through  Canada  from 
England,  and  ^^  have  lost  their  papers  at  sea,'*  or  who  now  and  then  turn  up 
from  the  older  States  as  a  "  supply  "  in  some  pulpit  where  they  win  the  hearts 
of  novices,  and  teach  them  what  the  apostle  meant  by  '*  grievous  wolves,  not 
sparing  the  flock."  This  Committee  will  be  wise  to  see  that  no  man  serves  a 
missionary  church  in  their  district,  till  he  produces  *'  clean  papers,"  or  satisfac- 
tory reference  to  known  and  accessible  indorsers. 

Advising  as  to  appropriations,  is  another  delicate  item  of  this  Committee's 
duty,  calling  for  conscientious  care.  The  Society  has  learned  that  good  men 
who  can  easily  meet  the  question,  What  is  a  fair,  living,  missionary  salary  ?  un- 
trammeled  by  personal  favoritism  or  dislike,  or  by  the  bearing  of  their  de- 
cision on  their  own  income  (if  they  are  missionaries),  do  not  always  find  it  so 
ea'^y  to  adjust  those  elements  of  their  verdict  which  grow  out  of  the  difference 
in  the  size  of  their  brethren's  families;  in  their  tact  at  making  much  out  of  lit- 
tle ;  their  readiness  or  unreadiness  to  receive  outside  aid  ;  their  people's  style 
of  living ;  the  comparative  expenses  of  railroad  centers  and  of  rural  hamlets, 
and  the  like.  Those  of  experience  enough  to  fit  them  for  their  ofiice,  will 
have  learned  the  folly  of  trying  to  coax  men  into  the.  missionary  work  by  offers 
of  tempting  salarie.^.  One  who  is  looking  for  money,  can  easier  find  it  almost 
anywhere  else  than  in  such  a  parish;  and  if  he  mistakenly  seeks  it  there,  he 
will  not  find  saved  souls  in  the  search. 

The  Committee's  work  is  complicated  also  by  their  having  to  decide  not 
merely  with  reference  to  the  comfort  and  efficiency  of  the  missionary,  and  his 
useful  relation  to  his  hearers,  but  with  reference  to  the  best  training  of  his 
people.  The  old  problem,  how  to  aid  without  pauperiziug  them,  how  to  carry 
them  for  a  time  without  withering  their  limbs,  will  tax  the  closest  thought  of 
Qod's  wisest  people,  for  years  yet.  But  by  drawing  on  their  own  and  their 
neighbors'  experience,  an  approximate  decision  can  be  reached  in  most  cases, 
which  may  be  modified  by  later  light ;  and  skill  will  come  with  practice. 

We  cannot  leave  this — one  of  the  most  important  features  of  the  plan^ 
without  noticing  another  urgent  duty  of  the  Committee  :  to  keep  its  number 
foil,  and  in  working  order. 

A  great  difficulty  of  the  Society  has  been  to  secure  the  certain  appointment 
and  the  efficient  service  of  the  best  men,  on  its  local  *'  Missionary  Committees," 
to  which  these  associational  executive  committees  correspond.  If  a  member 
cannot  command  time  and  facilities  for  making  himself  an  intelligent  adviser 
in  so  important  a  business,  surely  he  should  not  nominally  hold  the  office ; 
and  they  who  are  to  bear  the  responsibility  should  see  that  his  place  is  effec- 
tively filled. 

m.     BOABD  OT   OVERSIGHT. 

^^  It  is  recommended,  that  the  Chairmen  of  the  District  Executive  Committees 
constitute  a  Board  for  the  general  oversight  of  the  work,  and  for  the  nomi- 


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nation  of  State  Superintendents — to  be  appointed  and  paid  by  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society  —who  shall  labor  within  the  State  in  conference  with 
the  Board." 

In  the  intervals  between  the  stated  meetings  of  the  General  Association,  or 
of  the  State  Society,  questions  of  common  concern  may  arise — such  as  the  just 
apportionment  of  men  and  money;  methods  of  increasing  the  supply  of  both  ; 
of  providing  for  some  sudden  influx  of  immigration,  and  the  like.  For  these 
emergencies,  a  Board  of  Oversight  is  made  up  of  those  men  from  all  the  dis- 
tricts, supposed  to  be  the  best  informed  and  most  interested  in  Home  Mission- 
ary matters — the  fittest  representatives  of  the  average  sentiment  of  the  State. 

Or  the  Superintendent  may  die,  or  be  disabled  ;  and  this  Board  should  be 
best  qualified  to  nominate  a  successor.  Perhaps  there  is  no  single  point  in 
which  the  National  Society  has  been  more  favored,  than  in  its  past  and  pres- 
ent corps  of  Superintendents.  They  have  never  been  appointed  without  fre« 
consultation  with  the  brethren  of  the  district  to  be  served,  and* the  general 
satisfaction  they  have  given,  with  the  marked  blessing  of  God  upon  their  la- 
bors, has  called  grateful  acknowledgment  from  all  quarters.  But  though  there 
has  scarcely  ever  been  a  ripple  of  divided  opinion  in  the  selection,  it  will  be 
a  relief  to  the  Parent  Society  that  the  responsibility  of  initiating  the  movement 
to  change  a  Superintendent,  or  to  fill  a  vacancy,  rests  now  not  at  the  Bible 
House,  but  with  the  brethren  of  the  district  concerned,  represented  by  this 
Board  of  Oversight.  In  those  States  that  have  two  Superintendents,  if  it 
shall  seem  best  to  continue  this  usage,  it  may  be  well  to  divide  the  Board  by 
the  same  lines  that  mark  out  the  Superintendencies.  As  the  actuary  of  this 
Society,  the  Superintendent  will  see  that  its  establi  ^ed  principles  and  usages 
are  adhered  to  (so  avoiding  collision  and  confusion  in  its  national  work), 
while  his  close  conference  with  the  local  Board  will  tend  to  insure  the  great- 
est efficiency  and  most  satisfactory  distribution  of  his  labors. 

rv.      IKCBEABB  OP  FUNDS.      HARMOmOUS   CO-OPERATION. 

"  It  is  recommended,  that  the  Superintendent  and  the  Executive  Committees 
labor  earnestly  to  stimulate  the  churches  and  increase  their  contributions  for 
home  missionary  work ;  and  jointly  aim  to  secure  such  a  system  of  harmoni- 
ous co-operation  with  others,  as  shall  prevent  sectarian  jealousies  and  needless 
expenditures." 

Nothing  oftener  greets  the  ears  of  the  Secretaries  in  their  periodical  attend- 
ance on  the  western  General  Associations — particularly  those  of  the  older 
States — than  the  assertion  that  ^*  not  one-half,  one-quarter,  one-tenth  of  what 
might  and  should  be  raised  in  this  State  for  Home  Missions  is  raised.^'  And 
that  would  be  a  rare  session  in  which  eloquent  speeches  were  not  made,  vari- 
ous plans  proposed,  and  stirring  ^^  resolutions  "  passed,  for  immensely  increas- 
ing the  contributions.  Making  all  fair  allowance  for  shrinkage  on  words 
spoken  in  the  heat  of  debate,  and  for  the  difference  between  resolving  and 
acting,  there  is  room  to  question  whether  these  sums,  contributed  the  last  year 
(a  large  portion  of  them  by  aided  churches),  fairly  measure  the  ability  of  the 
.  States  to  which  they  are  credited  : — Indiana,  $994 ;  Illinois,  $5,727 ;  Missouri, 
$1,122;  Michigan,  $4,158;  Wisconsin,  $2,972;  Iowa,  $8,085;  Minnesota, 
$1,059;  Kansas,  $1,319;  Nebraska,  $309 ;  California,  $1,169;  Or.,  $160:— or, 
taking  the  average  for  the  last  five  years, — in  both  cases  including  legacies, 
ot  which  Illinois  has  paid  one  of  $10,000— Ind.,   $494:    III.,   $7,076;   Mo., 


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$1,066  ;  Mich.,  $2,950 ;  Wis.,  $3,425  ;  Iowa,  $3,087 ;  Minn.,  $723  ;  Kan.,  $644  ; 
Neb.,  $166 ;  Cal.,  $1,677 ;  Or.,  $150.  When  such  figures  as  these  are  held  up 
before  the  Western  brethren  in  contrast  with  the  Society's  approjynatiom  to 
their  miflsionaries,  as  for  example  in  the  last  financial  year,  to  Ind.,  $4,262 
DL,  $16,751;  Mich.,  $15,528;  Mo.,  $14,202 ;  Wis.,  $18,046;  Iowa,  $29,987; 
Minn.,  $18,250;  Kan,,  $28,987;  Neb.,  $8,946;  Cal.,  $18,498;  Or.,  $3,275— there 
really  seems  to  be  room  for  eloquence  and  strong  resolutions,  and  some  temp- 
tation to  Ht  blame — a  long  way  off  from  home.  At  the  National  Council  it 
was  settled  that  this  state  of  things  would  all  be  changed,  if  much  mare  of  the 
retponninlUy  of  raising  mane^for  Home  Missions  were  only  thrown  upon  the  States 
that  so  largely  reeeive.  It  may  not  be  so  clear  why  the  responsibility  has  not 
been  theirs  all  along ;  but  it  is  emfessedly  theirs  now.  They  accept  it.  The 
Committee  and  Superintendent  of  every  district  have  now  the  strongest  mo- 
tiyes  to  do  their  utmost  in  the  formation  or  plans  and  seeing  that  tl^ey  are  car- 
ried <mt^  for  getting  from  every  person  within  their  reach,  according  to  his 
ability,  whether  by  yearly,  monthly  or  weekly  gatherings,  by  box,  envelope, 
pledge,  or  whatever  method.  Through  the  newspapers,  circulars,  personal 
appeals,  and  The  Ilome  Missionary^  they  will  keep  the  facts  before  the  people  ; 
and  we  pledge  them  that  every  dollar  they  raise  shall  go,  with  their  just 
share  of  Eastern  offerings,  to  the  enriching  of  the  home  field  for  yet  grander 
harvests. 

In  the  other  branch  of  their  duty — the  securing  of  harmonious  co-operation 
with  other  denominations,  the  prevention  of  sectarian  jealousies,  and  the 
needless  expenditures  to  which  they  give  rise — the  Committees  will  find  use 
for  all  their  practical  wisdom  and  Christian  charity.  It  may  not  at  once 
appear  what  is  the  wisest  thing  to  be  done  in  a  young  community  of  a  hun- 
dbred  people,  seven  of  whom  are  intelligent  Congregatronalists,  where  twenty 
** sects'*  are  represented,  some  of  which  call  themselves  "evangelical,"  and 
where  a  dozen  so-called  "  preachers ''  make  the  Sabbath  hideous  with  their 
noise,  and  religion  a  by-word  by  their  travesty  of  it.  There  will  be  hard  ques- 
tions to  settle,  as :  when  is  a  field  really  "  occupied ''?  How  much  deference 
is  to  be  paid  to  priority  of  coming  ? — to  plurality  of  numbers  ? — to  pecuniary 
ability  ? — to  strong  preferences  as  to  church  polity  ? — to  previous  training,  hab- 
its, intellectual  as  well  as  spiritual  needs  ?  What  is  "  needless  expenditure ''? 
Where  there  are  only  numbers  and  strength  enough  to  sustain  one  church, 
shall  a  nominally  evangelical  organization  that  does  not  meet  the  first  need  of 
a  thinking  man,  necessarily  debar  a  Congregational  church  ?  Shall  the  buy- 
ing of  a  meeting-house — and  the  church  with  it — by  another  denomination, 
be  held  to  squelch  the  right  of  its  former  occupants  to  re-organize  in  that 
community  ?  There  will  be  found  stubborn  difficulties  about  this  harmonious 
co-operation,  and  the  prevention  of  sectarian  jealousies  with  their  "  needless 
expenditures.''  For  years  they  have  taxed  the  faith  and  patience  of  the  offi- 
cers and  missionaries  of  this  Society,  as  few  other  matters  have.  If  the  Mas- 
ter shall  give  wisdom  to  these  Committees  to  work  out  a  happy  solution — as 
we  pray  that  he  may — "  the  new  plan  "  will  not  have  been  devised  in  vain. 

V.   STATE  TBBASUUER. 

**  It  is  recommended,  that  each  State  Society  annually  appoint  a  treapurer.  to 
whom  fimds  contributed  in  the  Stntc  for  FTomc  Mission^i  may  be  sent:  ond 


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who  shall  remit  the  same  to  the  treasury  of  the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society;  and  that  efficient  measures  be  tak^n  to  secure  accurate  and  full  re- 
ports of  all  moneys  annually  raised  for  this  home  missionary  work  by  the 
churches,  and  expended  in  the  several  districts.'' 

For  its  local  expenses,  each  State  Society  will  need  a  treasurer,  as  does  the 
General  Association.  The  same  trusted  man  may,  perhaps,  hold  both  offices. 
From  The  Home  Missionary  he  will  gather  the  receipts  from  his  State  and  all 
its  districts.  From  the  Superintendent  he  can  learn  the  appropriations  to 
each  district.  Thus  he  will  be  prepared  to  make  useful  to  the  State  Society, 
the  proposed  annual  report  of  collections  and  appropriations — ^giving  the 
facts  by  which  that  body  can  measure  its  progress  and  quicken  its  constit- 
uents. 

The  missionaries  will  probably  wish  to  retain  their  present  privilege  of 
holding  their  collections  for  immediate  ujse,  reporting  them  to  this  Society, 
to  be  deducted  from  their  next  draft.  Self-supporting  churches  and  other 
donors,  can  hand  their  offerings  (if  more  convenient),  to  the  State  treasurer,  — 
he  transmitting  them,  at  least  monthly,  for  acknowledgment  in  The  Home 
Missionary,  and  for  immediate  use  in  the  general  work.  Every  practical  man 
will  see  that  the  party  responsible  for  the  payment  of  the  missionaries'  salaries 
(the  National  Society),  should  early  receive  the  money  that  it  must  disburse ; 
and  that  there  can  be  no  proper  system  of  accounts  kept  at  more  than  one 
place — the  disbursing  office — the  center  of  operations  for  aU  the  States.  Only 
by  knowing  continuously  what  it  is  receiving  and  pledging,  can  the  Society 
keep  such  a  far-reaching  work  in  hand. 

VI.    PIONEBR   WORK. 

"  It  is  recommended,  that  in  the  frontier  States  especially,  larger  provision  be 
made  for  prosecuting  missionary  work  among  the  floating  and  pioneering 
population,  where  it  may  not  a^  once  be  practicable  to  organize  churches." 

This  Society  will  gladly  welcome  light  from  those  nearest  the  ever  re- 
ceding frontier,  as  to  the  wise  apportioning  of  men  and  money  between  the 
newest  and  the  older  points  of  its  wide  field.  Its  great  work — carrying  the 
gospel  to  the  destitute — marks  it  as  more  properly  a  church-/<W'wm^,  than  a 
church' aiding  Society.  But  it  is  both ;  since  it  is  folly  to  organize  churches 
only  to  die.  How  much  aid  shall  be  giVen,  and  how  long,  are  trying 
questions,  not  to  be  settled  by  arbitrary  rules.  The  least  and  briefest  aid  tJuU 
mil  insure  vigorous  life,  is  as  definite  a  rule  as  the  Society  has  been  able  to 
adopt.  Yet  Western  brethren,  as  well  as  Eastern,  will  bear  witness  to  the 
persistent  plea  of  the  Society's  representatives,  for  the  speediest  possible 
release  from  aid  to  older  churches,  that  it  may  pass  on  with  the  moving  mul- 
titudes to  "  regions  beyond."  The  recommendation  of  **  larger  provision  for 
the  floating,  pioneering  population,"  will  give  new  emphasis  to  this  plea, 
and  a  new  claim  for  liberal  receipts.  For  these  frontier  labors,  preparatory  to 
the  forming  of  churches,  though  the  least  rewarding  in  immediate  tangible 
results,  are  very  costly.  The  Society's  yearly  outlay  for  a  single  pioneer  mis- 
sionary in  Colorado,  for  example,  has  sometimes  been  more  than' eight  times 
the  average  cost  of  a  missionary's  support.  Then  there  is  the  liability  of  the 
pioneer,  less  favored  than  others  with  the  advice  and  oversight  of  his  brethren, 
to  confound  exploration  with  occupation  ;  the  f/nding  of  work  with  the  doing 
of  it.  The  Society  has  no  sort  of  difficulty  in  securing  any  amount  of  explor- 
ation— especially  in  an  interesting  region  and  in  a  pleasant  season — and  its 
reach  of  country  '*  explored  "  is  always  far  in  excess  of  that  it  can  occupy. 


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Scores  are  ready  to  ride  through  and  make  report  of  a  just-opening  Terri- 
tory ;  but  the  men  physically,  intellectually,  and  spiritually  fitted  to  live  there ; 
willing  with  their  families  to  live  as  the  people  live,  that  they  may  do  them 
good,  are  too  rare  in  the  East.  Our  Western  brethren  should  be  better  able  to 
find  them,  and  the  Society  will  gladly  send  to  the  extreme  front  such  quali- 
fied men  as  will  go  there  to  work, 

Vn.     BBCOMINO  AUXILIABY. 

'^  It  is  recommended,  that  as  soon  as  possible  each  State  assume  entire  charge 
of  the  home  missionary  work  within  its  own  bounds,  becoming  auxiliary  to 
the  American  Missionary  Society  as  to  its  surplus  funds." 

This  final  section  was  added  for  something  more  than  formes  sake.  It  urges 
the  duty  before  spoken  of,  of  pushing  off"  ciiurches  that  are  able  to  support 
their  ministers,  but  who  do  not  know  or  believe  it,  and  so  do  not  take  them- 
selves oflf.  There  is  certainly  a  growing  feeling  in  both  sections,  that  the 
older  West  might  lean  less  heavily  on  the  Society,  if  it  vould.  The  New 
York  or  Boston  merchant  wonders  at  seeing  the  missionary  outlay  in 
towns  where  he  has  customers,  each  of  whom  might  singly  bear  the  expenses 
of  a  church,  if  he  would.  And,  despite  the  solemn  testimony  of  pastors  and 
people,  by  which*  every  missionary  grant  is  procured,  it  is  yearly  said  in  West- 
em  Associations  that  **  there  are  aided  churches,  many  such,  that  could  take 
the  whole  burden,  if  they  would.^^  So'metimes  we  hear,  '*  our  whole  State 
could  take  care  of  itself,  if  it  wouldy  These  assertions  are  now  to  be  tested. 
If  these  things  are  so,  they  can  be  pressed  home  in  the  family  far  more  posi 
tively  than  might  seem  courteous  in  a  comparative  stranger.  If  these  state- 
ments are  true,  brethren  on  the  spot  will  be  able  to  prove  them^  and  to  cut  otf 
from  aid  all  that  ought  to  take  themselves  off.  If  such  overgrown  children 
still  hang  around  the  nursery,  the  patient  old  Mother  must  no  longer  be 
blamed.     The  remedy  is  in  the  hands  of  their  more  stalwart  brethren. 

The  American  Home  Missionary  Society  heartily  adopts  this  ''  new  plan  *'  of 
the  Councirs  Committee,  and  so  far  from  relaxing  its  efforts,  proposes  to  put 
forth  its  strength  as  never  before.  But  it  is  a  great  relief  to  its  managers  that 
some  portion  of  the  responsibility  for  the  work,  which  hafe  always  justly  be- 
longed to  others,  is  now  voluntarily  assumed  by  them.  It  is  a  natural  feeling 
of  good  western  brethren — and  this  Society  has  always  deeply  shared  it — that 
each  year  should  see  more  accomplished,  of  the  boundless  work  there  is  to  do. 
They  meet,  stir  each  other  up  with  rousing  speeches,  go  home  and — do  very 
much  as  before.  Meeting  a^ain,  with  no  very  startling  events  to  mark  another 
year,  it  is  easy  to  blame  somebody  far  away  (who  meanwhile  may  have  been 
lifting  at  his  burden  night  and  day),  and  to  say  if  we  had  a  larger  part  in  the 
work,  there  would  be  more  wisdom  and  energy  in  the  management,  and 
larger  results.  The  work  now  is  in  their  hands,  as  fully  as  it  can  be  in  the  na- 
ture of  things.  There  is  no  further  call  to  spend  time  in  criticizing:  it  is  all 
wanted  for  work.  The  State  Societies  shall  have  all  the  aid  that  the  experience, 
the  toil  and  th<'  prestige  of  the  Parent  Society  can  give;  «ll  the  money  it  can 
raise  at  the  Ka^^t  ;  all  the  men  that  it  can  rally ;  all  its  wisdom  in  their  just  ap- 
portionment among  the  States.  The  enlargement  of  the  wo.»-k  in  each  State 
shall  keep  full  pace  with  its  advance  in  the  development  of  its  own  resources 
I ;  it  not  fair  to  look  for  such  working  and  giving  in  the  aided  States,  one  and 


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all,  as  shall  verify  their  glowing  statements  made  before  the  National  Coun- 
cil, and  warrant  the  enthusiasm  with  which  it  resolved  "  to  urge  upon  the 
churches  that  at  once  not  less  than  half  a  miUion  dollars  anmially  he  devoted  to 
our  Horns  Muswnary  enterprise!  "      How  much  of  that  half  million  shall 

COME  FKOM  THB  WEST  ? 


MISSIONARY    INTELLIGENCE. 


OREGON. 

From  Bev.  W,  R.  Butcher,  Albany,  Linn 

County, 

The  Outlook. 

The  outlook  seems  brighter,  not 
financially,  but  in  the  line  of  work. 
My  congregations  are  becoming  more 
permanent,  not  larger  perhaps,  but  I 
see  less  change  of  faces  than  hereto- 
fore. This,  with  my  new  plans  for 
another  year's  work,  gives  me  cheer. 
I  mean  to  labor  this  year  much  more 
for  the  young  people  who  float  hither 
and  thither,  and  for  wliom  we  are 
laying  larger  Sabbath  school  plans. 
I  am  happy  to  say  that  there  is  more 
interest  among  a  few  in  this  direction 

We  hope  to  get  out  of  the  ruts,  and 
to   give  much  more  than  the  people 
have    been    educated   to  do   in   that 
line.     They  now  give  perhaps  twice 
as  much   as  ever  before.    When  you 
remember  that  our  resident  member- 
ship is    only   thirteen,  including  the 
pastor  and  his   wife,  you  may  think 
that  our  collection  is  not  bad.    May 
you  have  a  replenished  treasury,  and 
all   blessings  on  the  cause  you  repre- 
sent !        ______«__-^— 

CALIFORNIA. 
From  Rev.  A.  H.  Johnson,  Antioch,  Con- 
tra Costa  Co. 


now  the  rains  have  fallen  so  that  oar 
prospects  are  very  good.  It  affords 
me  pleasure  to  say  we  will  no  longer 
appeal  to  your  Society's  generosity, 
but  try  to  go  alone.  The  Society  has 
our  most  sincere  thanks  for  the  assist- 
ance of  past  years,  and  we  will  en- 
deavor to  give  some  substantial  evi- 
dence of  our  gratitude  by  our  contri- 
butions in  years  to  come. 


Going  Alone. 
It  has  long  been  my  purpose  not  to 
renew  our  application  for  aid  beyond 
this  year,  but  to  secure  my  whole  sup- 
port from  the  church  and  people.   Andj 


COX'ORADO. 

From  Rev.  T,  E,  BlisSy  Denver,  Arapet- 

hoe  Co. 

One  Year's  Work. 

One  year  ago  yesterday  I  stood  in 
my  pulpit  here  for  the  first  time.  A 
great  and  favorable  change  has  takeai 
place  with  us  since  then.  I  am  told 
that  they  had  never  had  over  forty 
persons  present;  now,  we  often  have 
250,  and  sometimes  more.  Our  church 
then  numbered  on  the  ground  less  than 
twenty.  Thirty-five  have  united  in 
the  past  year,  and  from  twenty  to 
thirty  intend  to  unite  soon.  Recently 
the  Holy  Spirit  has  wrought  upon 
fifteen  or  twenty,  turning  them  from 
dead  works  to  serve  the  living  God. 

The  church  was  heavily  in  debt ;  the 
furnishings  of  the  house  had  to  be 
paid  for — carpet3,  stoves,,  lamps,  Sun- 
day school  library,  organ,  hymn  books, 
etc.  With  God's  help,  we  have  raised, 
all  told,  fully  $4,500  the  past  year, 
paying  off"  old  debts,  furnishings,  etc., 
besides  running  expenses — leaving  us 
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$500  due  the  "  Union."  I  do  not  ex- 
pect that  we  can  raise  as  much  another 
year,  but  we  shall  do  the  best  we  can. 
We  apply  to  the  Society  for  $260  less 
than  wc  had  last  year.  But  one  church 
in  the  city  (the  Methodist)  now  has  as 
large  audiences  as  ours ;  but  many  are 
new  comers,  with  little  means.  In 
point  of  numbers  and  growth,  our 
prospects  were  never  better  than  now. 
We  hope  for  the  best. 

Pueblo. 
It  is  greatly  to  be  desired  that  you 
procure  a  good  man  for  Pueblo,  next  to 
Denver,  the  best  point  in  this  Territory. 
A  company  of  twelve  or  fifteen  Con- 
gregationalists  are  waiting  and  praying 
for  some  one  to  come  and  organize  a 
church  and  labor  there  in  the  gospel. 


DAKOTA. 

From  jRsv.  3,  Sheldon^  Elk  Pointy  Union 

County. 

I  now  alternate  between  Yermillion 
and  Lincoln,  thirty  and  twenty  miles 
east  of  Tankton,  and  Bonhomme  and 
Springfield,  about  the  same  distances 
west.  On  my  *' eastern  Sabbath,"  I 
preach  in  the  morning  at  Yermillion, 
ride  ten  miles,  and  preach  in  the  after- 
noon at  Lincoln;  return,  and  preach 
again  in  the  evening  at  Vermillion, 
usually  attending  two  Sabbath  schools 
besides.  You  will  see  that  the  day  is 
pretty  well  filled  up.  On  my  "  western 
Sabbath,^'  Springfield  has  the  morning 
service,  and  Bonhomme  the  afternoon. 

A  few  Sabbaths  ago  it  was  my  priv- 
ilege to  present  the  subject  of  the 
Abrahamic  covenant,  and  administer 
the  ordinance  of  baptism  to  four  little 
children  of  members  of  the  church. 
There  was  a  good  "sprinklings^  of 
Baptists  present,  and  the  occasion  was 
interesting  and  impressive. 

The  Sabbath  school  at  Yermillion 
has  more  than  doubled  since  we  receiv- 
ed that  library  from  friends  in  Chica- 
go. The  ball  where  we  worship  has 
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been  made  more  comfortable  for  our 
seYrices,  and  two  excellent  ladies  have 
joined  the  church,  on  profession  of 
faith. 

At  Lincoln  the  way  is  preparing,  I 
think,  for  the  organization  of  a  church 
at  no  distant  day. 

At  Springfield  we  have  organized  a 
church  with  eight  good  members, 
started  a  Sabbath  school,  and  a  vigor- 
ous Temperance  organization.  Through 
some  kind  Eastern  friend,  I  receive 
monthly,  fifty  copies  of  Ths  Christian 
Press^  a  great  help  to  me  in  my  work. 

We  were  sorry  not  to  be  represented 
from  this  Territory,  in  the  great  Na 
tional  Council;  but  were  especically 
pleased  at  the  enthusiasm  which  seem- 
ed to  prevail  with  reference  to  Home 
Missions.  We  sincerely  hope  and  pray 
that  the  half-million  may  be  raised,  to 
carry  forward  the  grandest  work  that 
can  claim  the  attention  of  the  Christian 
and  the  patriot!  If  not,  we,  at  this 
part  of  "  the  front,"  shall  lay  the  fault, 
if  there  is  any,  at  the  door  of  tlie 
churches  that  do  not  furnish  sufiScient 
means  to  carry  forward  this  great 
work,  and  not  on  the  Society. 


From  Rm.  J,   Ward^  Tarikton^  Yankton 
County, 

So  Soon  Off  the  List ! 

Rejoice  with  us  I  Our  people  have 
voted  to  assume  the  whole  of  my  sup- 
port from  the  first  of  April.  They 
thought  it  a  hard  load  to  carry,  but  I 
told  them  I  would  remit  a  part  of  my 
salary,  put  myself  in  their  hands,  and 
be  content  with  what  they  could  get 
for  me.  I  think  it  will  result  in  their 
raising  tJie  whole  more  easily  than  they 
have  before  raised  a  part. 

I  think  I  have  about  the  best  people 
west  of  the  Mississippi,  and  I  certainly 
would  not  exchange  them  for  any 
parish  east  of  that  river. 

Spiritual  Blessings. 
And   yet  again  rejoice,  for  God  is 


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blessing  us  with  his  Spirit !  We  agreed 
to  observe  the  week  of  prayer,  and 
found  so  much  good  in  the  meetings 
that  we  went  on  another  week.  That 
grew  better  all  the  trme,  and  at  its 
close  we  felt  that  we  must  have  at  least 
one  more  week,  and  so  we  have  gone 
on. 

So  far  those  interested  are  all  men, 
and  from  that  class  so  hard  to  reach 
usually — moral  men,  but  not  over  reg- 
ular at  church,  and  never  in  prayer 
meeting.  Yesterday  the  church  was 
nearly  full,  morning  and  evening,  and 
the  interest  was  very  great.  A  good 
feature  of  the  meetings  has  been  the 
joy  of  Christians  in  the  work,  and 
their  willingness  to  help  in  any  way. 


NEBRASKA. 

From  Ben,   G.  H.  Emerson,  Creighton, 

VEau  qui  Court  Co, 

Breaking  the  Sod. 
This  town,  formerly  **the  Bruce 
Colony,"  has  been  nearly  all  gathered 
since  April,  1871.  The  people  are 
from  nearly  all  the  Western  States  with 
a  few  from  New  England — mostly  per- 
sons in  middle  life,  intelligent,  indus- 
trious, enterprising,  and  generally  of 
correct  habits.  Several  families  have 
a  good  deal  of  culture  and  refinement, 
but  the  most  are  in  rather  straitened 
circumstances.  They  have  all  taken 
government  land  by  preemption  or 
homestead,  and  can  hardly  fail  to  make 
in  a  few  years  a  wealthy  and  powerful 
community.  The  farms  are  rich  — 
many  of  them  bottom  lands.  A  tribu- 
tary of  the  Missouri  runs  through  the 
settlement,  affording  a  good  water 
power  on  which  mills  are  to  be  erected 
the  present  year.  Probably  a  school- 
house  will  be  put  up,  the  coming  sum- 
mer. There  are  about  100  inhabitants, 
with  some  thirty  children.  Compara- 
tively few  are  professors  of  religion, 
and  they  of  all  sorts  of  religious  opin- 
ions. J  No  denomination  can  as  yet  or- 
ganize much  of  a  church.     Ours  cer- 


tainly can  do  as  well  as  any.  I  am 
expecting  that  some  members  of  my 
old  church  in  Maine,  the  field  of  my 
labors  for  fourteen  years,  will  seek  a 
home  here  within  a  year.  If  they  do, 
it  will  be  a  great  assistance. 

I  preached  my  first  sermon  on  a  very 
beautiful  autumn  day,  in  an  unfinished 
log-house,  to  an  audience  of  eighteen, 
who  appeared  as  well  as  any  country 
audience  to  be  found.  It  was  the  first 
religious  meeting,  the  first  minister, 
and  the  first  sermon,  in  all  the  region. 
I  held  public  worship  regularly  through 
the  autumn  and  to  about  the  middle 
of  December,  when  not  prevented  by 
the  prairie  fires  and  snow-storms  (the 
attendance  ranging  from  half  a  dozen 
to  twenty-five),  in  a  "  dug-out," — not 
very  favorably  located,  a  disadvantage 
which  will  probably  be  overcome  next 
summer. 

On  the  17th  of  November,  there 
came  a  most  unexpected  and  violent 
snow-storm,  la3riug  the  whole  county 
under  a  heavy  blockade.  It  found  the 
people  not  a  little  short  of  provisions 
and  wood.  For  three  successive  Sab- 
baths we  had  violent  storms  of  snow 
and  wind.  It  was  two  or  three  weeks 
before  the  people  could  get  into  the 
woods  for  fuel,  or  to  Norfolk  (forty 
miles  distant),  for  provisions.  Many 
calculations  were  disappointed.  The 
people  were  intending  to  put  me  up  a 
house,  but  it  became  impossible. 


KANSAS. 

From  Bet.  C,  A.  BicharcUon,  Fredonia^ 

Wihon  Co. 

Burnt  Out. 
Last  Sunday  night,  in  a  destructive 
fire,  which  burned  the '  block  of  build- 
ings in  which  I  had  my  room,  I  lost 
nearly  all  my  few  worldly  possessions. 
I  had  retired  quite  weary,  and  had  to 
be  called  several  times  when  the  fire 
broke  out,  before  I  awoke.  Hastily 
dressing  and  going  out  into  the  ball 
I  found  the  smoke  so  dense  that  I  re- 


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turned,  and  gathering  up  an  extra  suit 
of  clothes  and  four  doohs,  I  made  my 
way  down  stairs.  Unable  to  return  for 
anything  more,  I  lost  everything  ex- 
cept what  I  have  mentioned.  The 
friends  here  have  kindly  assisted  me 
to  some  of  the  most  necessary  articles 
of  clothing ;  but  I  shall  miss  my  little 
library,  of  about  160  volumes.  The 
fire  may  be  something  of  a  drawback 
to  us  as  a  church,  but  I  hope  and  be- 
lieve that  it  will  not  seriously  affect  us. 
The  total  loss  by  the  fire  is  estimated 
at  about  $30,000 — quite  a  misfortune 
for  a  little  town  like  this. 


From  Bet),  I.  Jacobus^  Junction  Oityy 

Davis  Co. 

VTants  Sunday  Sohool  Books. 

Our  Sabbath  school  has  more  than 
doubled  its  numbers,  and  I  am  doing 
all  I  can  to  sustain  and  increase  the 
interest.  One  great  want  is  Sabbath 
school  singing  and  library  books,  which 
we  are  too  poor  to  get. 

I  do  wish  some  of  our  good  brethren 
at  the  East  would  lay  us  under  obliga- 
tion for  a  library,  or,  what  would  be 
just  as  well,  that  some  Sunday  school 
would  give  us  their  old  hooks,  I  can 
assure  them  that  they  would  be  de- 
voured by  hungry  readers.  I  am  do- 
ing all  I  can  in  getting  a  variety,  and 
a  goodly  number,  of  the  best  papers, 
and  I  attribute  our  increase  of  numbers 
largely  to  this.  I  am  happy  to  speak 
of  unusual  interest,  dating  from  the 
week  of  prayer.  I  cannot  tell  you  in 
words  how  hungry  I  am  getting  for  a 
blessing  here.    May  God  speed  the  day  ! 


From  Eev.  W.  C.  Stewart^  Seneca^  Ne- 
I        maha  Co, 

One  Great  Danger. 
One  great  danger  I  see  in  the  future 
of  these  young  missionary  churches  is, 
their  tendency  when  they  have  got  on 
so  far  as  to  obtain  a  honse,  to  relapse 
into  a  BUte  of  ease,  spiritually ;  and  in 


financial  matters  to  depend  too  much 
upon  the  Home  Missionary  Society. 
Pastors  must  boldly  face  this  tendency. 
There  must  come  a  time  in  the  history 
of  every  missionary  church,  when  its 
members  must  be  brought  right  up  to 
their  spiritual  and  pecuniary  responsi- 
bilities. We  must  all  be  made  to  see 
and  feel  that  the  Society  is  not  an  in- 
3  itution  merely  for  keeping  up  weak 
churches.  Its  object  is  rather  to  make 
out  of  weak  churches,  strong  ones. 
Our  business  is  not  to  eat  the  bread  of 
charity  and  idleness ;  nor  to  have  nice 
little  houses  of  worship,  and  pretty 
little  sermons  to  please  us ;  but  to  go 
into  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord  and 
strive  to  save  souls..  The  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society,  if  I  understand  it,  is 
a  soul-saving  Society. 


MINNESOTA. 

From  Rev.  E,  W.  Merrill,  Cannon  Falls , 
Goodhue  Co. 

Gone  Up  Higher. 

We  have  lost  the  oldest  officer  oi 
this  church,  and  in  many  things  the 
most  remarkable  man  in  this  commu- 
nity. 

Dea.  Benjamin  Chapman  moved 
hither  in  May,  1857,  from  North  Hamp- 
ton, N.  H.,  where  he  was  bom  and  ed- 
ucated. He  was  one  of  the  original 
members  of  the  church  here,  and  its 
deacon  from  the  organization  to  his 
death,  at  the  age  of  75  years,  having 
been  a  professing  Christian  for  several 
years  over  a  half-century.  In  New 
Bngland  he  had  taken  an  active  part 
in  church  interests,  and  in  the  West  he 
was  a  bright  and  shining  light. 

In  his  confession  of  faith,  written 
when  uniting  with  the  church  in  his 
native  town,  he  says,  "  I  believe  that 
ever  since  I  came  to  years  to  know 
good  from  evil,  I  had  a  tender  con- 
science and  a  sacred  regard  for  the  Bible 
and  the  Sabbath.'' 

During  his  closing  months,*  he  passed 


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through  severe  bodily  BafTerinff,  having 
for  twenty-five  years  had  a  cough 
which  ended  in  consumption.  His 
last  years  here  also  clouded  by  the  se- 
verest domestic  affliction ;  through 
all  of  which  he  passed  with  resignation 
and  the  most  implicit  trust.  The  clos- 
ing weeks  were  but  a  patient  waiting 
for  the  Master^s  coming. 

When  at  last  too  feeble  to  kneel  in 
prayer,  he  leaned  over,  supporting 
himself  with  his  cane,  saying,  ^*  Like 
Jacob,  I  worship  leaning  upon  the  top 
of  my  staff."  As  he  was  assisted  the 
last  time  from  his  chair  to  the  bed,  he 
said,  "•  Henceforth,  the  Lord  must  be 
my  only  support."  "  All  my  comfort 
is  in  the  hope  pf  the  blessed  future 
rest." 

This  Christian  faith,  which  had  wit- 
nessed for  God  in  the  t^hurch  more' 
than  fifty  years,  gained  an  absolute 
conquest  over  "  the  last  enemy."  This 
Christian  life  has  left  with  us  a  savor 
that  will  not  soon  pass  away — the 
aroma  of  spikenard,  precious  to  its 
possessor,  more  precious  in  its  diffu- 
sion. 


Will  not  some   one   lend  a  helping 
hand? 


From  Bev,  N.  E,  BeU,  Owatonna^  Steele 
County, 

Another  Bell  Wanted. 

Our  present  need  is  a  beU,  We  have 
a  good  church — ^the  best  in  the  place. 
The  brethren  have  done  nobly,  and  are 
still  doing  all  in  their  power ;  and  if 
some  of  God^s  children  who  have 
means,  would  contribute  something  of 
their  abundance  to  aid  us  in  putting 
a  good  bell  in  our  tower,  they  would 
receive  the  thanks  of  many  warm 
hearts,  would  encourage  a  noble  band 
of  Christian  workers,  and  help  us,  not 
a  little,  to  advance  the  cause  of  our 
Redeemer. 

I  feel  more  inclined  to  urge  this  plea 
because  of  the  heavy  expense  which 
we  suffered  by  a  tornado,  a  few  months 
since,  which  shook  our  building  so 
severely  as  to  require  new  plastering. 


IOWA. 

From  Bev,  J.  BurUnU,  Fort  AtMneot^ 
Winneehiek  Co. 

Blessed  to  Receive. 

Our  people  at  the  Fort  have  showed 
an  unusual  interest,  in  making  me  a 
**  donation  visit."  It  was  a  very  pleas- 
ant social  occasion,  leaving  behind 
$150  of  substantial  aid — the  largest 
sum  ever  raised  on  such  an  occasion  in 
this  place.  It  was  a  generous  free-will 
offering,  prized  as  an  indication  of  the 
mood  of  the  people  towards  your  mis- 
sionary. 

More  Blessed  to  Give. 

I  am  glad  that  I  have  remained  in 
this  part  of  the  *' highways  and 
hedges"  whither  the  servants  of  old 
were  directed  to  go  and  '*  compel  them 
to  come  in  "  to  the  great  supper.  To 
be  sure  the  field  is  hard,  the  labor  one 
of  self-denial,  and  success  moderate ; 
but  shall  we  therefore  flee  to  more  con- 
genial fields  and  leave  these  waste 
and  desolate  ?  If  we  do  so,  will  not 
M  places  become  desolate  ?  I  wish  I 
could  tell  you  what  is  in  our  hearts  of 
gratitude  to  you,  the  almoners,  and  to 
the  churches  that  contribute  to  your 
treasury.  Hundreds  of  our  churches, 
but  for  your  aid,  would  never  have 
been  formed,  and  being  formed,  but 
for  that  aid  could  never  have  grown 
and  become  self-supporting,  and  help- 
ers of  your  treasury.  They  were  ready 
to  perish  and  you  sustained  them. 

The  powers  of  evil  in  these  waste 
places  are  terrible,  and  without  the 
gospel  would  be  fatal.  Your  aid  re- 
tains the  ministry  in  its  place,  as  the 
divinely  appointed  means  of  feeding 
the  flock  of  God  and  saving  souls.  I 
would  rather  be  a  helper  of  your  Socie- 
ty in  true  faith,  than  be  a  millionaire. 
The  blessing  of  those  ready  to  per- 
ish is  more  to  be  desired  than  any 
earthly  treasure. 


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May  the  good  Shepherd  stir  up  all 
his  people  to  greater  sacrifices  for  his 
cause? 


lost.    May  the  Lord  hasten  the  harvest 
time! 


t^om  Ret,  J,  W,  Peet,  FonUtuitU^  Adair 
County. 

Sowing  On  the  Snow. 
The  winter  has  been  one  of  uncom- 
mon severity — wood  very  scarce,  coal 
remote  and  very  high;  and  the  low 
price  of  all  farm  products  has  kept 
everybody  destitute  of  money.  Almost 
without  exception,  our  houses  are  very 
small,  poorly  built,  and  meagerly  fur- 
nished. Now  imagine  the  mercury 
down  to  zero,  or  below,  and  the  fierce 
north  wind  moving  at  the  rate  of  forty 
or  fifty  miles  an  hour  over  these  un- 
broken prairies,  and  against  our  shan- 
ties unprotected  by  tree  or  bush,  and 
you  may  get  an  idea  of  the  cheerless- 
ness  of  some  part  of  our  winter  life, 
on  this  sparsely  settled  frontier.  This 
cold  and  inclement  weather  was  very 
unfavorable  for  my  work,  making  it 
difficult  for  the  people  to  get  to  the 
meetings,  either  in  the  evenings  or  on 
Sabbath.  There  has  also  been  an  un- 
usual amount  of  disheartening  sick- 
ness, requiring  not  a  little  of  my  time 
and  attention. 

Tet  the  Lord  reigns  and  is  plenteous 
in  mercy.  With  these  and  similar  pre 
cious  words,  I  try  to  fortify  my  own 
heart,  and  to  encourage  these  poor 
people;  but  often  find  it  difficult  to 
turn  distressed  and  anxious  minds, 
away  from  their  worldly  cares  and 
troubles,  to  that  better  portion  which 
the  Savior  promises  t^  the  weary  and 
heavy-laden.  I  have  great  reason  for 
thankfulness  that  my  own  health  has 
been  so  good  that  I  have  not  bad  to 
turn  aside  from  a  single  service,  night 
or  day,  on  account  of  bitter  cold  or 
driving  storm.  I  have  just  returned 
from  a  preaching  and  visiting  tour  in 
the  remote  parts  of  my  field,  affording 
no  very  bright  picture;  but  I  know 
that  the  good  seed  sown  will  not  be 


WISCONSIN. 

From  Bm.  W,  K  Cross,  Tomdh,  Monro9 
County. 

Mother*s  Prayers  Answered. 
You  may  be  interested  to  hear  of  a 
young  T^oman.  recently  come  among 
us,  whose  history  has  come  out,  piece- 
meal.    She  attracted  our  notice  by  hef 
mild,  gentle  disposition  and  brightness 
of   mind,  with  good  common  sense. 
Her  history  was  about  this :  her  moth- 
er died  when  she  was  about  five  or  six 
years  old.    Since  then  her  father  had 
kept  her  at  home,  and  would  not  let 
her  go  to  Sabbath  or  day  school,  and 
sometimes,  when  under  the  influence 
of  liquor,  would  whip  her.     So  afraid 
was  she  of  him  that  she  would  hurry 
to  bed  after  supper,  before  he  could 
get  the  horses  cared  for.    He  spent 
the  Sabbath  in  working  and  hxmting. 
Amid  such    evil    influences    was  she 
brought  up.    She  seemed  inclined  to 
talk  of  religion,  and  we  found  that  she 
was  accustomed  to  pray  and  read  the 
Testament.      She    went   to    Sabbath 
school,  took  delight  in  studying  the 
lesson  during  the  week   and    asking 
questions  about  it.  On  my  asking  what 
led  her  to  commence  reading  the  Bible 
and  prayer,  she  said  that  before  her 
mother  died  she  taught  her  to  pray 
and  read;  and  that  she  remembered 
seeing  her  mother  often  reading  the 
Bible.      She    speaks    kindly    of    her 
father,   though  she  is  afraid  of  him, 
and  says  that  she  would  pay  some  one 
to  go  and  take  care  of  him,  if  sick, 
though  he  said  as  she  left,  he  hoped 
he  should  never  hear  from  her  till  she 
was  dead  and  he  was  rid  of  her.    She 
seems  to  be  a  bumble,  trusting  Chris- 
tian, and  I  trace  it  all  back  to  that 
mother's  teaching,  example  and  pray- 
ers in  her  earliest  childhood.    What  a 
striking  lesson  of  a  mother's  power, 
and  God*s  faithfulness ! 


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FromRw,  W.  M.  BkhardSy  Prineeton^ 
Ghreen  Lake  Co, 

A  Converted  Hop-Stove. 
We  have  added  much  to  our  out- 
ward comfort  by  a  warming  apparatus^ 
costing  $100.  I  will  tell  you  about  it, 
so  that  other  poor  churches  may  take 
tlic  hint)  if  you  think  best  to  give  it 
to  them.  We  dug  a  cellar,  in  the  sand 
under  our  house — a  mere  hole* without 
a.  wall,  and  put  up  a  chimney  on  the 
rear  outside  of  the  building,  tying  it 
to  the  upper  timber  with  a  strong 
iron  band.  Into  this  cellar,  sufficient- 
ly damp  to  prevent  the  former  un- 
healthy dryness  of  the  upper  room,  we 
put  an  ex-hop-stove  (cost  $25),  and 
eight-inch  pipe.  Our  registers  are  slits 
in  the  floor  under  each  slip,  half  an 
inch  by  twelve  inches.  This  gives  the 
heat  (including  the  pulpit  arrange- 
ment) where  we  want  it — at  our  feet ; 
and  we  have  no  more  complaints  of 
head-ache  and  languor,  and  no  smoke  ; 
consequently  no  windows  raised  to  let 
out  smoke  (and  caloric),  and  to  let  in 
cold  to  make  cold.  The  audience 
room,  too,  being  cleared,  of  100  feet  of 
stove-pipe,  cranes,  etc.,  is  much  better 
adapted  to  speaking  and  singing. 
Then  we  save  several  dollars  a  year, 
formerly  paid  for  sawing.  The  con- 
verted hop-stove  demands  no  two-feet 
billets.  It  takes  in  the  four-feet  wood, 
and  makes  no  complaint,  except  when 
the  too  honest  people  sell  us  five-feet 
wood,  as  they  often  do  in  this  wood- 
burdened  country. 


pect.  We  have  raised  by  our  annual 
collection  the  amount  of  the  last  quar> 
terly  payment,  and  have  made  provis- 
ion for  raising  my  salary  for  the  com- 
ing yearl  This  has  been  done  har- 
moniously and  cheerfully  ;  not  by  my 
urging,  threatening,  or  preaching,  but 
by  the  willing  people. 

Let  me  express  to  you  for  my  peo- 
ple, the  gratitude  they  feel  to  the  So- 
ciety, for  its  timely  and  generous  aid, 
during  the  period  of  our  feebleness, 
trial,  and  struggle.  Standing  alone  as 
we  do,  BO  far  separated  from  other 
churches  of  our  denomination,  and 
having  no  formal  connection  with  any 
ecclesiastical  body,  your  Society  has 
been  a  visible  bond  of  brotherhood, 
uniting  us  to  those  of  a  like  faith  and 
order.  But  while  this  bond  is  severed, 
we ,  know  that  the  spiritual  bond  of 
faith  and  love  will  not  be  sundered. 
Brethren,  pray  for  us.  And  may  the 
good  work  that  your  Society  is  doing 
receive  the  full  and  hearty  support  of 
the  churches.  You  can  always  depend 
on  us  for  our  share. 


MICHIGAN. 

Fr&m  Eev,  P.  H.  Hollist&r^  Hancock^ 
Houghton  Co. 

Self-Supporting  and  QratefuL 
My  report  has  been  delayed  that  it 
might  include  the  action  of  our  an- 
nual church  and  society  meetings.  I 
ain  now  happy  to  say  that  the  result 
has  been  all  that  I  could  desire,  and 
much  more  than  I  had  reason  to  ex- 


From  a  Mimonary  in  Benzie  Co, 
The  Chicago  Fire. 
I  presume  you  have  heard  of  our 
loss.  My  wife  had  a  small  house  and 
lot  on  the  north  side,  in  Chicago, 
which  had  come  to  her  by  will,  in 
trust  for  her  heirs.  It  was  much  run 
down,  and  after  several  years  in  which 
it  had  been  a  trouble  and  expense  to 
us,  with  but  little  return,  necessity 
seemed  laid  upon  us  (as  the  street  was 
about  to  be  raised  and  paved),  to 
thoroughly  over)iaul  it,  raise  to  grade, 
etc.  For  this  purpose,  and  to  meet  the 
expense  of  street  improvements,  we 
required  $1,000.  As  we  could  not 
mortgage  that  property,  we  obtained 
it  on  our  house  here,  upon  which  we 
were  already  owing  something.  We 
had  taken  every  possible  precaution; 
had  just  got  it  nicely  done,  insured, 
and  rented — when  the  fire  came. 


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As  our  insurance  fails,  we  hare  noth- 
ing with  which  to  rebuild,  and  noth- 
ing to  depend  upon  for  the  payment 
of  our  debts,  except  our  home  here. 
This  cannot,  probably,  be  readily  dis- 
posed of,  and  not  in  any  case  for 
enough  to  meet  all  our  obligations. 
Tour  Superintendent  has  interested 
himself  very  warmly  in  our  behalf,  and 
we  have  received  through  his  eflforts 
thus  far  $875,  besides  a  good  supply  of 
clothing,  which  will  save  us  money  for 
two  or  three  years  to  come.  So  if  we 
can  sell  our  home  here  without  great 
delay,  on  reasonable  terms,  we  shall  be 
saved  any  more  serious  embarrassment. 
It  is  certainly  no  inconsiderable  trial  to 
give  up  our  home  here,  which  we  have 
struggled  so  long  to  secure,  but  our 
heavenly  Father's  will,  whatever  it 
may  be,  is  best. 


ous  results.  Abiding  is  the  essential 
of  sanctification.  This  whole  region 
needs  the  transformmg  power  of  Chris- 
tian families.  Nor  can  I  see  how  we 
can  reasonably  expect  to  keep  pace 
with  commercial  prosperity,  now  open- 
ing upon  us,  without  sanctified  men, 
women,  and  children. 

One  railroad  has  reached  us ;  others 
are  coming ;  yet  not  one  Congrega- 
tional family  comes  in  to  help  us  build 
up  the  waste  places  of  our  beloved 
Zion.  Where  are  the  people  that  should 
be  offering  themselves,  saying,  "  Here, 
Lord,  are  we :  send  us  "  ?  O  how  we 
long  for  co-workers,  while  we  rejoice  in 
well  wishers  !    Send  us  helpers. 


MISSOURI. 

FH'om  Bee,  A.  M.  T  homey 
Scotland  Co. 
Plenty  of  Hard  Work. 

I  have  been  too  busy,  in  this  and 
the  adjoining  county,  to  report.    The 
field    formerly    occupied    by    brother 
Pierce,  falls  naturally  to  my  care  as  a 
sort  of  paterfamilias.    The  trips  to  and 
from  Glenwood    take  so  mucb  time 
that  I  sometimes  grudge  it.    There  is 
not  much  in  the  churches  in  either  of 
these  counties,  that  is  very  encourag- 
ing, unless  it  be  hard  work,  and  plenty  of 
it.     And  Tor  those  who  really  enjoy  this 
delightful  employment,  I  know  of  no 
more    promising  field   than  Scotland 
and  Schuyler    counties.      To  present 
sight  it  appears  against  our  cause,  to 
have  men  come  in  and  stay  for  a  while, 
and  then  leave  for  New  England.   And 
it  is  more  than  a  benighted  Eentuck- 
ian  can  see  clearly,  how  the  same  per- 
son can  be  at  once  married  to  Christ 
and  wedded  to  New  England ! 

It  seems  to  me  that  our  seminaries 
might  teach,  **  How  to  bum  the  bridges 
behind  you,*'  with  saving  and  victori- 


From  JRev.  H.  D.  Lowing,  Neosho,  New- 
ton Co. 

More  of  the  Southern  people  are  at- 
tending our  meetings,  and  these  are 
the  more  prominent  citizens  and  their 
families.  The  prejudice  against  North- 
erners is  gradually  giving  way.  Out- 
side of  the  town,  in  the  out-stations, 
the  Southern  people  are  as  cordial  and 
hospitable  towards  me  as  any  portion 
of  the  population.  My  former  acquaint- 
ance with  the  old  settlers  of  Western 
Pennsylvania,  who  were  of  the  Mary- 
land and  Virginia  stock,  has  been  a 
great  help  to  me  with  the  old  settlers 
here. 

I  think  several  churches  could  have 
been  formed  in  the  out-stationa,  could 
they  have  been  supplied;  but  I  con- 
tent myself  with  preaching  what  I 
can,  and  let  the  leaven  work  until 
more  laborers  can  be  sent.  I  do  not 
see  but  some  means  will  have  to  be 
taken  to  raise  them  on  the  field. 
They  would  understand  the  work 
better;  would  be  more  efficient,  and 
could  get  hold  of  the  Southern  people 
better  than  any  that  are  imported. 

At  Neosho  City  there  has  been  unu- 
sual interest /or  weeks,  and  several  con- 
versions. Christians  there  desire  a 
church  organization. 


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ILLINOIS. 

From  Rev,  C.  M.  Saunderi^  Waukegan^ 
Lake  Co, 

Ont  of  Mother*s  Lap. 

You  will  be  glad  to  hear  of  the  ac- 
tion of  the  church  at  its  annual  meet- 
ing to-night.  After  hearty  expressions 
of  gratitude  to  your  Society  for  its 
fostering  care,  through  these  years,  in 
view  of  the  success  of  the  past  year, 
and  believing  that  ^*  the  God  of  heav- 
en, he  will  prosper  us,"  it  was  voted 
that  we  get  out  of  this  good  Mother^s  lap, 
and  make  the  attempt  to  go  alone. 
This  is  quite  a  step  for  the  church  to 
take,  in  view  of  its  ability ;  for  we 
have  no  wealth,  speaking  after  the 
manner  of  men.  But,  rich  in  faith 
and  good  works,  the  people  are  dis- 
posed to  do  what  thoy  can — *'  having 
a  mind  to  work." 

In  taking  my  leave  of  your  Society, 
as  one  of  its  missionaries  (in  its  em- 
ploy since  I  left  the  Seminary,  five  years 
ago),  I  desire  to  express  to  you  my 
thanks  for  your  kindness  to  me  per- 
sonally.   I  am  glad  to  be  able  to  leave 


your  arms,  and  trust  that  I  may  eror 
be  one  of  your  Aarons  or  Hnrs. 


j^Vvm  Bev,  A.  P.  Johnson,  Woodstock^ 
MeHenry  Co, 
Independent. 
This,  I  trust,  is  the  last  quarter  that 
this  church  will  lean  upon  your  Society 
for  aid.  Two  weeks  ago  it  declared 
its  independence.  It  is  with  great  fear 
and  trembling  that  it  begins  to  walk 
alone.  To  accomplish  it  we  must 
raise  two  dollars  a  member,  in  addition 
to  its  previous  burden.  But  I  believe 
we  can  do  it ;  and  we  all  hope  the 
time  will  soon  come  that  this  great 
wealthy  State  be  free  from  all  depen- 
dence on  the  East.  In  the  name  ot 
the  church  I  thank  you  for  all  the  aid 
we  have  had  for  the  last  six  years.  I 
am  glad  that  $200  a  year  can  thus  be 
added  to  your  resources,  for  the  work 
beyond  the  Mississippi. 

The  church  seems  in  a  more  favor- 
able condition  for  work  than  ever  be- 
fore ;  and  we  are  looking  for  a  harvest 
of  souls. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


Decease  of  Krs.  Lathrop. 

Hundreds  of  hearts  in  the  great  Home 
Missionary  field  will  be  made  sad  by  the 
announcement  that  heads  these  lines. 
The  readers  of  the  brief  notice,  in  our 
March  number,  of  the  Annual  Report  of 
the  Ladies'  Home  Missionary  Society  of 
the  First  Church,  New  Haven,  may  re- 
member its  closing  words,  concerning 
"  the  partial  disability  of  the  venerated 
leader  of  that  Society,  of  whose  illness 
many  a  missionary  household  will  hear 
with  sorrow,  and  with  prayer  for  hor 
speedy  recovery." 

While  that  number  was  speeding  to 
our  readers,  we  received  by  telegraph, 
and  then  by  note  from  the  Secretary  of 
that  Society  and  the  efficient  ally  of  Mrs. 


Lathrop,  the  announcement  that  our  ven- 
erated and  beloved  friend  and  co-worker 
had  exchanged  her  ceaseless  toil  for 
ceaseless  rest.  We  shall  doubtless  be 
able,  in  a  later  number,  to  give  the  mia- 
sionaries  further  particulars  of  their  bene- 
factress. Meanwhile,  Miss  Tucker  will 
pardon  us,  we  trust,  for  laying  before 
them  her  note,  though  written  for  our 
eyes  alone : 

"New  Haven,  Fd>,  26,  1872. 
"Before  this  reaches  you,. you  will 
have  heard  that  the  busy  brain  and 
untiring  energies  of  our  dear  Mrs.  La« 
THROF  are  at  rest.  Tou  will  sympa- 
thize with  us  in  our  loss,  as  we  do 
with  the  whole  army  of  Home  Mis- 
sionaries, and  all  who  work  for  them. 


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Her  I088  will  not  easily  be  made  up  to 
us  and  to  you.  '  She  hath  done  what 
she  could,^  and  her  works  do  follow 
her.  Who  shall  take  up  her  fallen 
mantle  ?  No  one  can  begin  where  she 
left  of;  for  hers  was  an  experience  of 
twenty  years^  growth.  We  cannot 
bear  to  think  of  our  Society's  retro- 
grading, and  it  may  be  that  the  Lord 
wUl  raise  up  some  one  to  carry  the  work 
forward  on  even  a  grander  scale.  We 
are  still  moving  under  the  impetus  she 
gave  OB ;  and  it  is  a  comfort  to  know 
that  God's  work  on  earth  does  not 
depend  on  one  frail  human  life." 

Her  surviving  husband.  Rev.  Daniel 
W.  Lathbop,  will  have  the  sorrow- 
ing sympathy  of  the  missionaries,  as  he 
has  of  the  officers  of  this  Society,  whose 
commission  he  bore  in  its  earlier  years, 
first  as  a  missionary,  then  as  an  agent. 
and  whose  interests  have  ever  been  very 
dear  to  his  heart. 

Since  the  foregoing  notice  was  printed, 
we  have  received  the  following  Minute 
relating  to  the  decease  of  Mrs.  Lathrop : 

"  HB8.    LATHROP  IB  DBAD  I" 

Our  Mother— our  Guide — our  Leader 
has  left  us  I  God  in  his  infinite  wisdom 
has  called  her  home !  He  has  in  loving 
tenderness  summoned  her  to  come  up 
higher  and  finish  her  work  in  his  pres- 
ence. 

Her  education  on  earth  was  com- 
pleted. She  has  helped  and  comforted 
the  missionaries  in  their  struggles  with 
poverty  and  privation,  —  supplying 
their  wants  with  a  wonderful  aaapta- 
tion, — soothinff  and  encouraging  their 
despondency  by  her  loving  sympathy 
ana  prompt  attention  to  their  needs. 

She  has  been  full  of  labors  of  love 
for  the  poor  and  the  friendless, — work- 
ing with  her  own  hands  to  clothe  the 
destitute,  —  sending  often  from  her 
own  table,  food  for  the  hungry,  — 
visiting  often,  with  words  of  cheer 
and  counsels  of  Christian  hope,  the 
lonely  and  the  sinning— encouraging 
with  her  always  cheering  piety  the 
doubting,  troubled  saint, — remember- 
ing the  affed  and  destitute  women  of 
the  church — indefatigable  in  her  efforts 
to  secure  for  them  a  Home,  and  rejoic- 
ing with  a  fbll  joy  when  their  Home 
was  completed  and  occupied. 


Who  can  tell  of  all  her  works  of 
love  for  the  Master?  Who  shall  re- 
count the  **  good  works  and  almsdeeds"  % 
of  this  noble,  active,  Christian  woman  ? 
Only  the  Master,  whom  she  loved  and 
served  with  untiring  devotion,  can 
know  what  she  has  done.  He  surely 
knows,  and  he  will  give  her  that 
blessed  reward  —  "  Well  done  thou 
good  and  faithful  servaiit — enter  thou 
into  the  joy  of  thy  Lord  !'' 

As  an  expression  of  our  sorrow  and 
sympathy. 

Resolved^  That,  while  we  acknowledge 
the  wisdom  and  love  of  our  Heavenly 
Father,  in  removing  our  beloved 
friend,  we  cannot  but  mourn  our  own 
loss,  and  the  very  great  loss  to  her 
family  and  to  the  large  circle  of  Home 
Missionaries  in  all  parts  of  our  coun- 
try. 

Besohed,  That  we,  each  onsy  will  en- 
deavor to  do  all  we  can,  to  sustain 
the  reputation  of  this  Society,  and 
supply  to  the  Home  Missionaries  the 
firreat  loss  they  have  sustained  ;  rely- 
ing on  the  blessing  of  God,  as  she  did, 
to  support  and  guide  our  cfi'orts. 

Beiohedf  That  a  copy  of  this  paper 
be  sent  to  the  family  of  our  departed 
friend. 

Beiohed,  That  a  copy  of  the  above 
be  placed  on  the  records  of  the  Society, 
and  also  forwarded  to  the  Secretaries 
of  the  A.  H.  M.  S.,  at  New  York. 


"The  Hew  Departure." 

B7  Bev.  J08SFH  B.  Rot,  D.D. 
In  the  "new  departure"  in  Home 
Missions  let  it  not  be  thought  that  the 
older  States  of  the  West  that  shall  at 
once  or  soon  strike  for  self-support, 
will  have  little  to  do.  The  New  Eng- 
land Societies  that  have  been  running 
from  fifty  to  seventy  years,  find  yet 
enough  work  to  be  done  within  their 
own  borders.  The  older  States  of  the 
West  are  coming  to  have  not  a  little  to 
do  in  the  same  line  of  nursing  churches 
once  aided,  then  brought  to  indepen- 
dence, and  again  made  feeble  by  re- 
movals. Men  who  bought  their  land 
at  Congress  price,  when  they  can  sell 
at  fifty  dollars  an  acre,  often  sell  out, 
push  on  West  and  buy  again  the  cheap 
land  or  become  "homesteaders/"  and 


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80,  many  of  our  churches  are  kept  weak 
and  ready  to  perish.    Then  the  new 
•work  to  be  done  is  illustrated  by  the 
result  of  the  last  eleven  years.    Since 
January,   1860,  in  Michigan,    seventy 
churches    have    been   organized,  and 
sixty  houses  of  worship^built.    In  Il- 
linois, seventy-three   churches  organ- 
ized, and  eighty -six  houses  built.    In 
Wisconsin,  sixty  churches,  fifty  houses. 
In  Iowa,  eighty-nine  churches  organ- 
ized. In  Minnesota,  thirty-nine  church- 
es, thirty  houses.    In  Kansas,  sixty- 
one  churches  organized.     Thus  in  the 
last  eleven  years  these  six  States  have 
organized  three  hundred  and  ninety- 
two  churches,  and,  estimating  seventy 
houses  for  Iowa  and  fifty  for  Kansas, 
they  have  built  three   hundred  and 
forty-six  church  edifices.     More  than 
four-fifths  of  these  churches  have  been 
gathered  by  the  Superintendents  and 
Missionaries  of  the  Society,  and  fully 
that  proportion  of  the  houses  have 
been  built   by    missionary   churches. 
Now,  in  the  continued  development 
of  these  States  there  is  probably  not 
one  Superintendent  who  does  not  see 
as  much  new  work  to  be  done  in  the 
next  ten  years  as  in  the  last  ten.    And 
this  new  movement  that  must  be  sus- 
tained within  these    States,  together 
with  the  nourishing  of  four  hundred 
dependent  churches  into  independence, 
will  be  a  heavy  burden  for  these  older 
States  to  bear.     The  work  must  be 
pushed  along  the  front;    more  men 
and  more  money  must  be  fui^iished  for 
the  deep  Interior,  but  our  line  of  com- 
munication must  be  kept  open,  our  new 
base  of  supplies  must  be  extended  and 
fortified. — Congregationalist. 


Home  Kissionary  Conventions. 

By  Bey.  M.  M.  Q.  Dana,  Norwich,  Ct 

We  need  a  crusade  here  in  the  East, 
in  behalf  of  the  Home  Missionary 
cause.  The  people  are  not  alive  to  its 
importance,  and  our  giving  is  altogeth- 
er disproportionate  to  its  necessities. 
And  now  it  is  intended  at  two  or  more 


central  points  in  every  ecclesiastical 
district,  in  Connecticut,  as  well  as  in 
Massachusetts  and  other  States,  to  call 
the  people  toother  to  consider  what 
the  Lord  requires  of  them  in  the  line 
of  home*  evangelization  eflfort.  And 
that  there  may  be  the  largest  possible 
finitage  of  good  from  this  series  of 
meetings  it  is  necessary, 

1.  To  enter  into  them  with  confi- 
dence. There  ought,  now  that  the 
gatherings  are  determined  upon,  to  be 
no  backwardness  about  doing  every- 
thing practicable  to  ensure  their  suc- 
cess. Let  the  particular  churches  with 
which  these  meetings  are  to  be  held, 
resort  to  every  proper  expedient  to  se- 
cure a  large  attendance,  not  alone  from 
the  immediate  locality  in  which  they 
may  be  situated,  but  from  the  vicin- 
ity, and  from  neighboring  churches. 
The  fire  to  be  kindled  must  be  made  to 
warm  a  multitude  of  hearts,  and  if  the 
local  committees  will  move  in  this  mat- 
ter with  alacrity  and  hopefulness,  it  is 
certain  they  will  be  proportionately 
successfid. 

2.  We  want  to  baptize  the  move- 
ment from  the  first  ana  all  through  its 
'st^es  with  prayer.  The  churches  are 
to  be  convened  together  that  they  may 
know  how  ^eat  are  their  evangeliza- 
tion obligations  and  opportunities,  and 
they  will  need  much  j)rayer  in  order 
to  De  prepared  for  this  new  era  in 
Home  Missionary  working  and  giving. 
The  Lord's  help  is  needed.  He  can 
supply  inspiration  and  strength. 
*'  There  remaineth  yet  very  much  land 
to  be  possessed ;''  that  is  the  occasion 
for  our  supplicating  a  new  anointing 
from  on  high,  that  the  churches  may 
through  their  present  efficient  agen- 
cies be  enabled  to  ^o  in,  and  occupy  it 
in  the  name  of  Christ.  There  is  great 
good  to  come  from  this  effort,  if  we 
make  it  a  prayerful  one.  These  mass 
conventions  (for  such  they  ought  to  be) 
will  be  largely  made  up  of  warm  and 
believing  friends  of  Christ's  kingdom, 
and  there  will  be  power  in  uniting 
them  in  prayer  over  this  great  subject. 

8.  It  should  also  be  borne  in  mind 
that  these  proposed  meetings  are  to  do 
an  educational  work.  They  are  to 
show  to  the  people  the  magnitude  of 
this  Home  Missionary  enterprise  and 
bring  home  to  them,  so  far  as  possible, 
the  immediate  necessity  of  doing  more 
to  push  it  forward.  Who  are  the  lag- 
gards in  this  work  ?  They  are  some- 
where, for  the  American  Home  Mis- 


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donary  Society  cannot  always  pay  the 
men  it  has  put  into  the  field.  Who 
are  withholmng  from  this  holy  eflfort  ? 
The  people  ne^  to  know  what  must 
be  done  to  save  our  own  country,  to 
take  care  of  the  missionary  fields  in 
New  England,  and  look  out  for  the 
churchless  classes  in  all  our  large  cities. 
And  with  the  knowledge  of  our  vast 
existing  needs,  and  of  our  opportuni- 
ties, will  come,  it  is  believed,  a  conse- 
cration of  spirit  that  will  enable  us  to 
do  far  more  liberally  and  faithfully 
than  we  have  ever  done  as  yet.  When 
we  hear  the  official  voices  of  those 
who  represent  our  Home  Missionary 
agencies,  speaking  brave  and  earnest 
words,  and  pointing  us  to  what  those 
they  have  sent  into  the  field  are  doing, 
it  most  be  ^at  all  hearts  must  be  quick- 
ened, and  the  question  will  be  forced 
upon  every  disciple  of  the  Master, 
every  friend  to  the  christianization  of 
this  land.  Am  I  doing  all  I  can  to 
help  on  this  work  ?  It  is  a  most  seri- 
ous thin^  that  is  contemplated  by  these 
conventions,  and  on  the  churches  will 
rest  the  responsibility  for  their  sue 
cess  or  failure. — CongregatianalUt, 


"The  Harder  Part  of  the  Wort" 

The  following  incident  is  related  in 
the  Herald  and  Presbyter,  by  Rev. 
Henbt  Little,  who  formerly  labored, 
for  many  years,  as  an  Agent  of  this  So- 
ciety in  Ohio  and  Indiana : 

Near  forty  years  ago,  when  it  was 
understood  that  the  whole  valley  of 
the  Mississippi  was  to  be  taken  pos 
session  of  by  the  soldiers  of  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  I  was  then  very  pleasantly 
settled  at  Oxford,  Ohio,  and  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Home  Missionary  Society 
at  New  York  indiiced  me  to  leave  my 
church,  move  to  Cincinnati,  and  en- 
gage in  my  present  work,  with  the 
whole  West  for  my  field  of  labor ;  a 
hatter  in  New  York,  whom  I  had  nev 
er  seen,  promising  to  pay  my  salary 
and  traveling  expenses.  The  first  move 
I  made  was  to  ^o  on  to  New  York  to 
get  into  the  ammu$  of  the  work,  and 
to  visit  Princeton  and  Andover  to  beat 
up  for  re-enforcements. 

At  New  York  I  called  upon  the  hat 
ter,  who,  with  his  coat  off.  Kept  on  fin- 
ishing a  hat,  and  said :  **  Some  time  ago 
I  heard  a  stirring  Home  >tissionary  ap- 
peal, and  thought,  six  months  hence, 
when  the  time  will  come  for  our  annual 


collection,  I  would  give  $100,  but 
knowing  the  avarice  of  my  heart,  I 
prayed  the  Lord  to  keep  me  in  that 
state  of  mind,  and  he  so  heard  my 
prayer  that,  when  our  minister  held  up 
the  claims  of  the  Master  upon  me,  I 
gave  $200  instead  of  $100.  Afterward, 
when  I  heard  you  were  appointed  to 
that  wide  field  of  labor,  I  promised  to 
support  you ;  and  now  I  do  not  wish 
you  to  feel  under  obligation  to  me ; 
no,  I  am  rather  under  obligation  to 
you,  for  it  is  just  as  much  my  duty  to 
see  that  the  West  has  the  gospel  as  it 
is- yours;  and  if  you  will  leave  home, 
take  the  long,  hard  rides  through  that 
western  mud,  and  cross  those  danger- 
ous streams,  it  will  be  easier  for  me  to 
make  hats  and  support  you,  than  for 
you  to  do  the  harder  part  of  the  work." 
There  were  wolves  and  bears  and  wild- 
cats in  the  woods  then,  and  still  more 
frightful  creeks  and  rivers  to  ford, 
and  the  Lord  has  been  with  me  '*  these 
forty  years  in  the  wilderness,"  and 
scattered  blessings  and  happiness  all 
along  my  path,  yet  I  have  often  thought 
the  hatter  was  correct  that  I  had  the 
harder  end  of  the  work. 


Fleeing  From  the  Deacon. 

A  missionary  of  the  American  Sun- 
day School  Union  gives  us  this  inci- 
dent of  his  experience : 

While  organizing  a  new  Sunday 
school  near  Grand  Rapids,  Wisconsin, 
I  heard  of  a  place  called  Mill  Creek,  a 
new  and  large  settlement,  which  never 
had  Sunday  school  nor  sermon,  about 
twelve  miles  distant  through  the  woods. 
The  road  was  rough  and  swampy,  pas- 
sable only  for  ox-teams  and  persons  on 
foot — ^not  a  house  or  hut  in  sight  until 
the  settlement  was  reached.  ' 

I  made  the  journey  on  foot.  A  ter- 
rific thunderstorm  .overtook  me  in  the 
depths  of  the  woods.  After  five  hours' 
wading  throughmud  and  water,  I  reach- 
ed the  house  of  a  Scotchman.  I  was 
hungry  and  dripping  wet.  He  sent  me 
to  the  house  of  Mr.  Wilcox  *  a  Buffalo 
man,  who  kenned  aboot  Sunday 
schools.'  When  I  found  him  and  told 
him  what  I  came  for,  his  sharp  response 
was,  "  What  fool  sent  you  here  ?"  Your 
Scotch  neighbor,  sir.    *<Did  he  say  I 


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was  2^  friend  to  Sunday  schools."  Well, 
no  sir,  not  exactly.  "  I  have  been  in 
Sunday  schools,  and  don't  belieye  in 
them.  They  are  hombugs,  delusions — 
give  false  views  of  life.  I  moved  out 
here  to  get  rid  of  this  humbuggery — 
beyond  churches,  and  piauB  deacons, 
and  the  whole  pack  of  long-faced  fel- 
lows. I  haven't  been  here  three  months, 
and  here  you  are  after  me,  like  the 
roaring  lion  the  Book  you  swear  by 
tells  of" 

I  admitted  that  Sunday  schools  are 
not  perfect,  and  quietly  answered  his 
objections.  After  talking  with  him  a 
while  longer,  he  said,  **  My  wife  don't 
think  as  I  do ;  come  in  and  talk  with 
her."  I  found  her  a  lowly  Chris- 
tian, teaching  a  small*  day  school, 
and  very  anxious  for  a  Sunday  school. 
With  her  aid  one  was  organized,  on 
condition  of  my  giving  the  needed 
library,  and  she  became  the  superinten- 
dent. 

Three  years,  after  I  was  riding  in  a 
stage-coach  with  only  one  other  pas- 
senger, who  said  he  lived  at  Mill 
Creek.  "  In  the  lumber  trade  I"  "  No, 
sir,— preaching."  **  Not  at  Mill  Creek  I" 
Yes,  sir ;  have  a  church  there  of  forty 
members."  "  Do  you  know  a  Mr.  Wil- 
cox there — quite  sceptical  ?"  *'  Enow 
him  well,  sir.  He  is  the  leading  dea- 
con in  my  church ;  was  converted  with 
others,  in  a  Union  Sunday  school  con- 
ducted by  his  wife,  and  then  sent  for 
me  to  be  their  pastor." 

So  much  ioT  fleeing  from  the  deacon. 

B. 
>•< 

Christian  Colonization. 

One  of  the  most  effective  ways  to 
carry  the  blessings  of  a  Christian  civ- 
ilization into  our  new  States  and  Ter- 
ritories, is  to  plant  colonies  on  Christ- 
tian  principles.  The  only  way  lo  do  this 
successfully,  is  by  co-operative  move- 
ments on  the  part  of  truth-loving  peo- 
ple. 

Much  has  been  said,  and  well  said, 
within  a  few  years,  and  sometimes  with 


no  email  display  of  platform  rhetoric 
and  enthusiasm,  in  regard  to  taking 
and  holding  these  new  States  and  Ter> 
ritories  for  the  Lord.  There  can  not 
be  a  moment's  question  as  to  the  duty 
and  importance  of  such  an  undertaking, 
but  how  it  is  to  be  achieved  may  not 
be  so  clear.  The  sober  but  earnest  and 
thoughtful  Christian  Yankee,  who,  by 
the  hardest,  has  gathered  out  the  stones 
and  cleared  away  the  stumps  from  a 
small  farm  away  down  East,  and  by 
the  strictest  economy  and  self-denial, 
has  gained  a  moderate  competence,  is 
giving  a  liberal  annuity  from  his  hard 
earnings  and  savings,  to  help  sustain 
Home  Missionaries  iu  the  West,  North- 
west, Southwest,  and .  Far  West.  This 
is  all  well.  He  is  to  be  honored  for 
the  genuine  love  of  country  displayed 
in  his  conscientious  benefactions  to  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society 
and  kindred  associations,  whose  work 
it  is  to  plant  gospel  insritutions 
throughout  our  broad  national  domain. 
It  has  been  chiefly  by  just  such  self- 
denying  gifts  from  the  sturdy  sons  of 
New  England  that  this  cause  has  been 
thus  far  nobly  sustained.  Incalculable 
good  has  resulted  to  our  beloved  coun- 
try. It  may  be  questioned  whether  the 
nation  could  have  successfully  with- 
stood the  late  slaveholder's  Rebellion, 
and  vindicated  the  great  principles  of 
civil  and  religious  freedom  so  decid- 
edly, had  it  not  been  for  the  majestic 
uprising  of  the  thousands  who  had 
been  taught  to  reverence  these  princi- 
ples in  the  Home  Missionary  churches 
in  the  great  interior  of  the  country. 
Hence  we  think  it  would  be  quite  im- 
possible to  over-estimate  the  value  of 
the  Home  Missionary  movement  to 
our  national  life  and  happiness. 

Home  Missionary  movements  were 
organized  none  too  soon,  and  no  one,  we 
venture  to  say,  has  given  a  dollar  too 
much  to  aid  them  in  extending  and 
planting  the  institutions  of  Christianity; 
but  if  our  New  England  fathers  had  had 


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the  wise  forecast  to  see  that  indimdudl 
emigration  would  often  result  in  dis- 
integration to  the  churches,  and  ruin 
to  personal  and  family  religion ;  and 
they  had,  therefore,  kept  up  a  hearty 
and  vigorous  system  of  co-operation 
with  a  view  to  having  their  immigrat- 
ing children  and  church  members  come 
West  to  aid  in  building  up  Christian 
institutions,  it  would  not  only  have 


been  a  saving  of  many  thousands  of 
dollars,  but  would  have  made  practical 
and  effective  Christian  workers  of 
if|  multitudes  who  came  with  their  church 
letters  in  their  pockets,  but  who,  find- 
ing no  congenial  church  relationship 
here,  gradually  became  indifferent,  and 
finally  lost  all  interest  in  Christian 
work,  and  lapsed  into  confirmed  world- 
liness. — Beo,  2).  E.  Jones. 


APPOINTMENTS  IN  FEBRUARY,   1872. 


Noi  in  eommisHon  last  ytar. 

Rev.  Benjamin  F.  Manwell,  Plattsmoath,  Neb. 
Bey.  Cadwalader  D.  Jonee,  Azfonia,  Kan. 
Key.  Samael  O.  Wright,  Barlington,  Kan. 
Bey.  Horace  Bamstead,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Rey.  Francis  L.  Faller,  Saratoga,  Minn. 
Bey.  John  T.  Baldwin,  Barton,  Lamar  and  yi- 

dnity,  Mo. 
Rey.  Orin  J.  Moon,  Gambler,  Ohio. 
Bey.  George  Anderson,  Niagara  Ci^,  N.  Y. 
Bev.  Samuel  F.  Porter,  Colombos,  N.  Y. 
Bey.  William  H.  Wolcott,  Westport,  N.  Y. 

Bey.  Lewis  Bridgman,  Richland,  Elk  Point,  Tnr- 

neryflle  ani  Biker's  Mill,  Dak. 
Rey.  John  A.  Palmer,  Canton,  Sioux  Falls  and 

Sioux  Valley,  Dak. 
Rey.  Frederick  Alley,  Crete,  Neb. 
Rev.  John  B.  BUiott,  Columbus,  Neb. 
Rey.  John  A.  Jones,  Little  Blue,  Liberty  Farm 

and  vicinity.  Neb. 
Rev.  John  M.  Barrows,  Arvonia,  Kan. 
Rev.  Oeorge  A.  Beckwlth,  Neodesha  and  Altoona, 

Kan. 
Rev.  Alfred   Connet,  Rossville  and  Newbury, 

Kan. 
Rev.  Luther  H.  Piatt,  Eureka,  Kan. 
Rev.  Horatio  W.  Shaw,  White  Cloud,  Kan. 


Rev.  Benjamin  A.  Dean,  Osceola  County  and 

vicinity,  Iowa. 
Rev.  John  F.  Graf,  Davenport,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Richard  Hassell,  Kellogg,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Charles  N.  Isyman,  Onawa,  Iowa. 
Rev.  George  W.  Palmer,  Ogden,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Daniel  A.  Campbell,  Pine  River,  Aurora- 

vllle  and  vicinity.  Wis. 
Rev.  Sidney  B.  Demarest,  Leeds,  Wis. 
Rev.    William  W.   Jones,  Wonewoc,   Kildare, 

Lyndon  and  vicinity,  Wis. 
Rev.  Robert  Sewell,  Stoughton,  Wis. 
Rev.  Samuel  P.  Barker,  Allendale  and  Lament, 

Mich. 
Rev.  John  L.  Maile.  Cheboygan,  Mich. 
Rev.  Joseph  D.  Millard,  Pleasanton,  Bear  Lake, 

Cleon  and  MariUa,  Mich. 
Rev.  Helmus  H.  Van  Auken,  New  Baltimore, 

Mich. 
Rev.  Holland  B.  Fry,  Carthage,  Mo. 
Rev.  Franklin  G.  Sherrill,  California,  Syracuse 

and  Moniteau,  Mo. 
Rev.  George  B.  Hubbard,  Rantoul,  HI. 
Rev.  CharT«^s  H.  Wheeler,  Malta,  HI. 
Rev.  Abel  S.  Wood,  Kokomo,  Ind. 
Rev.  Page  F.  McClelland,  West  Independence, 

Ohio. 
Rev.  Lysander  T.  Burbank,  Hemdon^a. 
Etev.  Isaac  D.  Comwell,  Hancock,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Felix  Kyte,  Lumberland  and  Barryville, 
•  N.  Y.  • 

Rev.  David  E.  Prichard,  Rome,  N.  Y. 


RECEIPTS  IN  FEBRUARY,  1872. 


NEW  HAMPSHIRS- 

Dover,  Ladies'  Home  Miss.  Soc,  of 
Cong.  Ch.,  by  MIm  C.  M.  Palmer, 
Sec,  (freight),  $6  00 

Lyme,  Cong,  and  Presb.  Ch^  by  Rev. 
E.  M.  Kelloffg,  to  const  D.  C.  Church- 
ill a  L.  M.,  84  00 

New  Ipswich,  Individuals,  by  W.  D. 
Locke,  S60 

Pelham,  A  Friend,  10  00 

Troy,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Abel  Baker,  to 
const.  Dea.  B.  Ripley  a  L.  M.,  80  00 

VERMONT— 

West  Westminster,  .\  Friend,  by  C.  F. 
Thompaon,  5  00 


Burlington,  Mrs.  R.  W.  Frands,  $60  00 

MASSACHUSETTS— 

Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by  S.  T.  Far- 
well,  Treas.,  5,000  00 
Blanford,  Mrs.  Electa  Shepard,  8  00 
Boston  Highlands,  balance  of  Legacy 
of  Rev.  W.  W.  Davenport,  by  Henry 
Davenport,  Ex..  0  00 
East  Abington,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 
H.  Jones,  to  const  Dea.  R.  J.  Lane, 
Dea.  J.  A.  Rice  and  Martha  Reed  L. 
Ms.                                                          101  00 
Fitchbuig,  Jacob  Haskell,                           6  00 
HaverhilC  Miss  A.  M.  Eastman,                 16  00 
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Leicester,  S.  Parker,  A  Think-offerlng,  $t  00 
Lynn,  ''  Little  Morris's  Birthday  giitv 

in  Memonam,  6  00 

Northampton,  First  Ch.  **  Y,"  60  00 

North  Brookflold,  First  Cons.  Ch.,  coll. 

in  part,  $184 ;  mon.  con,  $10,  by  J.  B. 

Porter,  Treas.,  SOO  00 

Rowley,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.,  by  Miss 

B.  Mighill,  (freight),  0  00 
Sheffield,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  mon.  con., 

by  J.  N.  Dickson,  6  68 

Springfield,  M.  C,  $500 ;  A  Lady  Friend, 

$10,  610  00 

West  Medway.  Mrs.  Sarah  L.  Rldgeway,  60 
Wilbraham,  Legacy  of  Henrietta  Orma- 

by,  by  John  Ormsby,  Ex.,  8M  00 

RHODE  ISLAND— 

Pawtncket,  E.  R.  Clark,  by  Bar.  C. 
Blodgett,  D.D.,  to  const  Mrs.  B.  R. 
Clark  a  L.  M., 

CONNECTICUT— 

Bethel,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  W.  W.  Sherman, 
Colebrook,  W.  E.  Allen, 
Connecticut,  A  Friend^s  ThaDk-oflSBT- 

ing. 
Bast  Hampton,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  P. 

Bevin, 
Fairfleld,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  Mrs.  A.  H. 

Kellogg,  by  O.  B.  Jenninga, 
Qlastenbury,  Friends,  to  const  Mrs. 

Emma  McNair  Eittredge  a  L.  M., 
Hartford,  D.  M.  S.,  $100 ;  A  Friend,  $t: 

C.  W.  kilbon,  $1 ;  C.  A.  W.,  $1 
Lakeville,  A  ViUage  Prayer  Mei 

by  Joseph  Knight, 
Mystic  Bridge,  Ladies  of  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Mrs.  C.  G.  Beebe.  (freight). 
New  Milford,  A  Friend,  to  const  Misa 

Elizabeth  Williams  a  L.  M., 
New  Preston,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rct. 

J.  A.  Woodhnll, 
Norfolk,  ReT.  J.  Eldridge,  D.D.,   to 

const.  Miss  Lacy  Irene  Gaylord  a  L. 

M., 
Norwich.  Legacy  of  Stephen  Colt,  by 

8.  T.  Holbrook,  Adm., 
Plainfield,    A   Friend,  by    Rev.    W. 

Phipps, 
Simsbory,  Ladles,  by  Mrs.  W.  Wilcox, 

(freight), 
Stamford,  Flnt  Cong,  Ch,^  mon.  con., 

by  W.  C.  Wilcox, 

Mrs.  F.  M.  Bean,  $90 ;  G.  Fox,  $5. 
Waterbnry,  Legacy  of  Jacob  Llnsley, 

by  J.  E.  Llnsley  and  B.  L.  Bronson, 

Exs.,*  1, 

Weston,  A  Friend  of  Missions,  by  Rev. 

Z.  B.  Burr, 
Winchester,  Ckmg.  Ch,  and  Soe.^  by  J. 

A.  Bronson. 

Cong.  CJh.,  Dal.  of  coll.,  by  Louise  M. 

CarnngtoiL 
Woodbury,  G.  H.  Attwood,  M  J>., 

NEW  YORK— 

Balston  Spa,  on  account  of  Lc^cy  of 

Sarah  Bronson,  by  Titus  M.^Mltchell, 

Ex.,  1,000  00 

Batavla,  Mrs.  Harriet  L.  Tracy,  5  00 

Brighton,  J.  H.  Wheeler,  by  Rev.  H. 

Wickes,  5  00 

Brooklyn,  Central  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  H. 

Pratt,  Treas.,  104  06 

County  Line,"!! Mrs.  Amanda  Foote,  in 

full,  to  const.  George  A.  Foote  a  L. 

M..  90  00 

Franklin,   Mrs.  Lydia  Hotchklss,   by 

Mrs.  J.  H.  Penfleld,   to.  const  Mrs. 

Jane  H.  French  a  L.  M.,  80  00 

Kecsevillo.  Mrs.  C.  Andrews,  1  00 

Little  Valley,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

C.  L.  Mitchell,  12  20 

Maine,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  Weller,  80  00 
New  York,  A  Friend,  947  60 


96  64 
150 

90  00 

97  90 
000  00 
100  00 
104  00 

96  00 
600 
80  00 
9100 

80  00 

600  00 

10  00 

800 

60  96 
96  00 

.000  00 

600 

19  94 

400 
400 


New  York  City,  Prof,  a  N.  Martin, 

D.D.,  $90 ;  Bequest  of  J.  I.  M.,  $90.  $40  00 
North  Lawrence,  A  Lady,  by  Rev.  M. 

Moore,  9  00 

Phoenix,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E. 

Perkins,  8  68 

South  Canton,  0>ng.  Ch..  by  Rev.  D.  K. 

Pangbom,  6  00 

Warsaw,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  A.  Metcalf, 

Treas.,  70  96 

West  Bloomfleld,  Mrs.  Betsy  P.  Hall, 

by  Arden  WoodrulT,  96  00 

NEW  JERSEY— 
Newark,   David   A.  Hayes,    to  const. 
Mary  A.  Hayes  a  L.  M., 
S.  B., 

PENNSYLVANIA— 

Philadelphia,  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  W.  E.  C.  Wright 
WiUlamsport  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

J.  A.  Daly, 

NORTH  CAROLIINA- 

Charlotte,  A  Friend, 

Raleigh,  Miss  Esther  P.  Hayes,  * 

TENNESSEE— 
Knoxville,  First  Cong.  Oh.,  by  B.  D. 

Evans, 
Lookout  Momitaln,  Rev.  C.  C.  Carpen- 
ter, 
OHIO— 
GnstaTUB,  Elam  Llnsley, 
Jefferson,  Cong.  Cfh.  and  Soc,  $6.46; 
Lenox,   Cong.   Ch.,  add*l,  60c,  by 
W.P.llil"- 


.80  00 
10  00 


60  00 
500 


85  00 
100 


650 
10  00 

100 

Rev.  W.  P.  iRlllkan,  6  96 

Kent  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  S.  Cooke, 

Treaa.,  81  66 

Oberlln,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  H.  Hnl- 

bnrd,  80  86 

INDLAlNA-      ' 
Michigan  City,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  N. 

A.  Hyde,  to  const  J.  C.  Haddock,  8. 

B.  Miller  and  Eli  Smith  L.  Ms.:  of 
which  from  Mrs.  H.  Williams,  $10,       100  00 

ILLINOIS— 

Albion,  Mrs.  M.  Skeavlngton,  by  O.  T. 

Macomber,  5  00 

Bunker  Hill,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  R.  C.  Stone,     fit  40 
Champaign,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  P.  W.  Plank, 

Treas.r  H  09 

ChandlervUle,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

P.  A.  Beane,  90  00 

Chicago,  Neto  England  Cong.  Ch.^  bv  B. 

W.  Blatchford,  Treas.,  to  const  Amy 

Blatchford,  Frances  May  Blatchford 

and  Florence  Blatchford  L.  Ms.,  100  00 

Union  Park   Cong,   CA.,   by  C.  H. 
Stoughton,  Treas..  78  76 

Memorial  Cong.  Ch.y  bal.  of  coll.,  5  00 

Delaware,    Cong.    Ch.,    by  Rev.    B. 

Loomis,  7  00 

Downer^s  Grove,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

A.  L.  P.  Loomis,  96  00 

Illinois,  A  Friend^  »  60 

Kewanee,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  M.  Doty.  40  00 

Lincoln,   Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.   H.   D. 

Piatt  30  60 

LyonsviUe,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F.  W. 

%ush,  17  60 

Mendon,    Cong.   Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  B. 

Campbell,  48  60 

Paw  Paw,  Union  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

S.  R.Dole.  10  87 

Rockford.  Ralph  Bmerson,  500  06 

St.  Charles,  Cong.  (7h.,  to  const  Rev. 

J.  A.  Cruzan  a  L.  D.,  100  00 

Sublette,  Cong.  Ch.  of  Christ,  by  L,  P. 

Trowbridge,  4  96 

Tonlca,  Saboath  School  of  Cong.  Ch., 

by  C.  W.  Stanley,  Treas.,  6  97 

Turner  Junction.  First  Cong.  Ch;,  by 

Rev.  A.  R.  Th^  96  00 


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Utica,  Cong.  Ch.,  bj  Kev.  J.  T.  Ban- 
ning. $5  00 

Wayne  and  Wayne  Station,  Cong.  Chi., 
by  Rev.  H.  Jacobs,  21  00 

MICHIGAN— 

Auensta,  Plpst  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rer.  W. 
H.  Osborn,  20  00 

Dexter,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  8.  Ked- 
2ie.  87  00 

Dundee.  Cong.  Ch..  $6.50;  London. 
Cong.  Ch.,  $11.60,  by  Rev.  B.  Dyer,        18  00 

Hersey,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  P.  B.  Par- 

rey,  10  26 

HlllBdale,  G.  W.  Underwood,  10  00 

Leonidas,  N.  Tompkins,  1  00 

Litchfield,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D. 
D.  Frost,  to  const.  H.  K.  Bnshnell  a 
L.  M.,  46  or 

Lodi,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of  coll.,  by  Rev. 
W.  Platf,  1  6( 

Memphis,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  P. 
RasselL,  16  0' 

Mount  Morris,  Mrs.  Harriet  Carrier;  15  01 

South  Boston,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
L.  McKinney,  to  const.  Rev.  G.  C. 
Strong  and  Dea.  L.  H.  Nelson  L.  Ms.,     66  8 

WISCONSIN— 
Received  by  Rev.  D.  Clary : 
Belolt,  Ladles'  Miss.  Soc.  of 
the  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 
F.  L.  Chapin,  Treas.,  $85  00 

Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  B. 
Merrill,  Treas.,  41  16 

Plattsville,  Cong.  Ch.,  bal.  of 

coll.,  byB.  Baton,  5  00 

Ridgeway,  Welsh  Cong.  Ch., 

by  E.  D.  Evans,  7  00 

Waukesha,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  O. 
Z.  Olin,  Treas.,  17  20 

Bloomfleld,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  F.  J.  Doug- 
lass, 

Evans ville  and  CooksvUle,  Cong.  Chs., 
by  Rev.  J.  W.  Harris, 

Mondovi,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  Kid- 
der, • 

Sparta,  Sabbath  School  of  Cong.  Ch., 
by  E.  Nutting,  Treas., 

Tomah,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 
H.  Cross, 

Watertown,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  P.  B. 
Doe, 

lOWA- 

Aigona,  First  Cong  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 

Taylor, 
Coming.  Cong.  Ch.,   by  Rev.   C.    O. 

Carpenter, 
Crawfordsville,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  $7.90 ; 

Wavne,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  $10 ;  by  Rev. 

Decorah,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  E.  Cutler, 
Treas., 

Earl  ville,  Cong.  Ch.,  $11.76 ;  AlmoraL 
Cong.  Ch.,  $1.86,  by  Rev.  J.  L.  A^ 
kinson, 

Elkader,  First  Cong.  Ch..  $4 ;  Farmers- 
burg.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  $A,  by  Rev.  M. 
M.  wakeman. 

Grove  Hill,  German  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
P.  Weidmann, 

Independence,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 
H.  BIssell, 

Lima,  Cong.  Ch..  by  Rev.  8.  D.  Helms, 

Nevinville,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  R. 
Hunter^^ 

Newton.  Wlttemberg  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
8.  C.  Bos  worth.  Treas., 

Pacific  City,  Sabbath  School  of  First 
Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M.  F.  Piatt, 

Rome,  Cong.  Cb.,  by  Rev.  R.  Wilkin- 
son. 

Toledo,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Gil- 
bert, 
MINNESOTA— 

Afton,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  $22.12;  Lakct- 


105  8( 
87C 

20  00 
881^ 

16  OC 
600 

22  67 

17  00 

18  60 

17  9C 
40  00 

18  1€ 

10  0( 

860 

100  00 
660 

10  00 

17  10 

2  10 

400 

26  60 


land.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  $6,  by  Rev. 

A.  D.  Roe,  >  ^^     J  ^  ^ 
Chanhasson  and  Excelsior,  Cong.  Chs., 

by  Rev.  C.  B.  Sheldon.  20  00 

Mankato.  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 

H.  MerrUl,  16  00 

Minneapolis,  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

C.  M.  Cnshman,  Treas..  26  02 

Northfleld,  Rev.  J.  W.  Strong,  D.D.,  to 

to  const.  William  Brinsmiute  Strong 

a  L.  M.,  80  00 

KANSAS— 
Grasshopper  Falls,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  H.  .Jones,  86  00 

Mound  City,  Cong,  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L. 

Armsby,  26  00 

Neosho  Falls,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

J.  Scotford,  18  00 

Orford,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F.  Hurd,         28  10 

NEBRASKA— 
Columbus,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  E. 

Elliott,  1  00 

Fontenelle,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T. 

Douglass,  12  00 

Irvington.   Sabbath   School  of  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  R6v.  J.  J.  A.  T.  Dixon,  8  00 

Plattsmouth,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

B.  F.  Manwell,  6  00 

COLQRADO- 
Boulder  City,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  N. 

Thompson.  H  00 

Denver,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  J.  R.  Han- 

na,  Treas.,  80  00 

CALIFORNIA— 
Hayward,  Eden  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  B. 

N.  Sevmour,  6  76 

Hydesville,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L,  W. 

Winslow,  26  00 

Oakland,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

D.B.Gray,  n  20 

OREGON— 
Albany,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  R. 
Butcher,  28  50 

CANADA  EAST— 

Montreal,  Rev.  George  H.  Wells,  26  00 

HOME  MISSIONARY,  87  72 


$18,809  71 


DonatUms  of  Chmng,  etc. 

Dover.  N.  H.,  Ladles*  Home  Miss.  Soc., 
of  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Miss  C.  Palmer. 


two  barrels, 
Farmington,  Ct.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  8.  W. 

Cowles,  a  barrel, 
Jersey  City,  N.  J»  Tabernacle  Cong.  Ch., 

by  Mrs.  G.  B.  Wilcox,  a  box. 
Mystic  Bridge,  Ct.,  Laoies  of  the  Cong. 

Ch.,  by  Mrs.  E.  8.  Beebe,  a  barrel. 
New  Haven,  Ct,  Ladies'  Home  Miss. 

Soc  of  Third  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.  Beebe, 

Sec.  a  box. 
New  Haven,  conn..  Ladies'  H.  M.  Soc.  of 

First  Church,  by  Miss  H.  A.  Tucker, 

Sec,  four  boxes, 
[Of  the  nine  boxes  acknowledged  in  our 

February  number,  four  hao^  been  ac- 

knowleoged  in  Jannaij.l 
New  York  City,  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc  of  the 

Broadway  Tabernacle  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J. 


$112  99 

150  00 

200  00 

90  00 

224  76 

868  69 


T.  Leavitt,  Sec,  eleven  trunks, 

Rowley,  Mass.,  Ladies' Benev.  Soc,  by 
Miss  B.  Mighill,  Sec,  a  box.  ' 

Slmsbury,  Ct.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Watson 
Wilcox,  a  barrel. 

Sterling,  111.,  Ladies  of  the  Cong.  Ch.,  a 
box, 

Warren,  Ct.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  8.  J.  Corn- 
stock,  a  box, 

Worcester.  Mass.,  Ladies'  Soc  of  Salem 
St  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  Harrlette  P.  Draper, 


1,272  00 

60  10 
117  00 

86  00 
188  88 


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B«ceipt8  of  the  McMoehvMtU  Home  Mittionary 
SociefVy  in  JMruary,  STrnnaoK  T.  Fabwsll, 
Treae. 
Amherst,  South  Ch.  and  Soc.,  $16;  Ze- 

nas  Phelps,  $25,  $40  00 

Andovcr,  Peter  Smith,  600  00 

Ballard  vale,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Boc,  to  const 

Samael  Lowe  a  L.  M.,  80  00 

BoBton,  8alem  and  Marinert  Ch.^  10  00 

HlKhlands,  Vine  St.  Ch.  and  Soe.,  80  00 

Highlands,  Walnut  Av.  Ch.  and  Soe., 

by  Arthur  W.  Tufta,  MO  04 

C.  L.  Perkins  to  const.  Mrs.  J.  L.  Pei^ 
kins  and  Miss  Marj  L.  Perkins  L. 
Ms.,  100  00 

UMon  Ch.^  by  Geo.    H.   Darla,    Jr., 

Treas..  J97  89 

A  Friend,  t  00 

H.  B.  H..  1J6  00 

A  Friend,  1  00 

Mt.  Vernon  Ch.,  A  Friend,  t  00 

Mrs.  Robins,  t  00 

Brookfleld.  Cong.  Oh.  and  Soc.,  by  S.  M. 

Lane,  Treas.,  tlS  00 

Chelsea.  Winnialmmet  Ch.  and  Soc,  Ml  17 

Bast  Abington,  Amos  8.  Reed,  to  const 

B.  F.  Burgess  a  L.  M..  80  00 

Bast  Douglass,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc.,  by 
Rev.  Wm.  T.  Brlggs,  to  const  Ander- 
son Hunt  a  L.  M..  67  47 
Essex  North, ''  B. '*  In  Memory  of  Sarah,    80  00 
Fall  River.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc^                     77  S6 
Franklin  Co.  Conference,  by  u.  L.  Sam- 
mis,  Tr. : 
Cbarlemont,    Cong.    Ch.   and 

Soc,  $98  00 

Colraine,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  16  00 
Legacy  of  Little  Alfred,  6  00 

Conway,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  to 
const.  Dexter  Parker,  Lewis 
S.  Abell  and  Mrs.  Annie  M. 
Smith.  L.  Ms.,  08  66 

Greenfield,  Second  Cong.  Ch. 

and  Soc,  SO  06 

Shntesbury,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,     t  60 

170  71 

Harpoot  Turkey,  Dr.  Geo.  O.  Raynolds,  16  00 
Hopkinton.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  178  10 

Leicester,  First  Parish  Ch.  and  JSoe.^  866  85 

Sabbath  School,  It  98 

Maiden,  A  Friend,  %  00 

Mattipoisett.  M.  P.  S.,  %  00 

Middlesex  Village,  to  const  Mrs.  Saml. 

Parker  n  L.  M.  of  Am.  H.  M.  Soc,  80  00 

Millbnry,  Second  Ch.  and  Soc,  40  00 

Mon^on.  ''  Mas9.  P.  M.^*  800  00 

Natick.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  to  const  Mrs. 
Bmilie  A:  Forbush.  Sam'l  S.  Whitney. 
Henry  Travis,  Miss  Lizzie  J.  FarweU, 
Marv  Elkins  and  Miss  Nellie  F.  Tower 
L.  Ms.,  806  10 

Newbnrv.  Byjield  Ch.  and  Boc,  10  46 

First  Ch.  and  itoc.,  98  00 

Newburvport  North  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  W  86 
New  Salem,  Balance  of  Eastman's  Dft,  90  00 
North  Bridgewater,  Porter  Ch.  and  Soc,  96  01 
North  Dighton,  Nathan  Breed,  10  00 

Oakham,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  87  79 

Rutland.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  Bjter.  H, 

Cummings,  46  86 

Southbridge,  Cong.  Ch.,  116  40 

Sturbrldcc,  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  8.  M. 

Lnne,  Treas.,  106  81 

Thetford.  Vt.,  from  the  late  Dea.  Jared 

Hosford.  96  00 

Ware.  East  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  by  W. 

Hyde,  601  80 

Warebam.  Cong.  Ch.  and  Soc,  80  66 

Whatclv,  Rev.  J.  W.  Lane,  10  66 

Worc*»stpr,  Plvmouth  Ch.  and  Soc,  900  00 

D.  Whitiomb(Nov.,  1871),  600  00 

Old  South  Ch.,  88  00 

Home  Missionary,  16  60 


$5,916  60 
N.  B.— The  contribution  of  $186,  credited  in 
The  Home  Missionary  for  February  to  "Weston" 
should  have  been  credited  to  Lincoln. 


Donations  of  Chthinff,  stc,  rscHved  at  iks  s0e$ 
qf  th£  Mass.  Boms  Miss.  Soc,  Boston,  fiom 
June,  1871,  to  Fsb.,  1878. 

Arlington,  Ladies,  a  barrel,  $190  80 

Ashland,  Ladies'  Assoc,  a  barrel,  96  00 

Attleboro,  Ladies,  two  barrels, 
Braintree,  barrel  and  package,  118  00 

Boston,  box  from  office. 

Centra]  Church,  a  barrel. 

Mount  Vernon  Church,  a  barrel, 

Norfolk  House,  a  box.  (freight,  $9.) 

South,  Mrs.  Drake,  a  barrel, 
Brookline,   Mrs.  John  Dana,  a  barrel, 

(freight  $6.) 
Boxford,  Ladies  of  First  Parish,  a  box, 

(freight,  $5.) 
Concord,  Ladies'  Soc,  a  barrel,  197  00 

Dorchester,  Ladies'  Soc,  a  barrel, 
Fairhaven,  Mrs.  Pope,  a  package, 
Fitchburg,  a  barrel,  118  00 

Foxboro,  a  package.  ^frek:bt  $6.) 
Franklin,  Ladies,  a  biurne^  (Mght,  $8.) 
Grantville.  two  barrels, 

Hampstead,  N.  H.,  a  box,  90  00 

Hanover,  Ladles  of  .Second  Cong.  Oh.,  a 

box.  (freight  $a.) 
Haverhill,  Ladies'  Sew.  Soc,  a  box,  900  00 

Hollister,  Ladies'  Soc,  a  barrel,  146  00 

Ipswich,  Ladies'  Ben.  Soc,  a  box,  61  00 

Mrs.  Farley,  a  box,  66  00 

Medford,  Social  Sew.  Cirde,  a  barrel, 

(freight  $6.) 
Medway,  a  barrel  and  box,  81 16 

Med  way  Eai»t  Ladies'  Soc,  a  box,  96  00 

Newburyport  a  package, 
Newton  Center,  four  barrela, 
Newtonvllle,  Ladies'  Soc,  three  barrels,    981  OD 
Phillipston,  Ladies'  Sew.  Circle,  three 

K..^t.  154  60 

barrel, 
le,  a  box,  48  00 

98  60 
K)X,  119  00 

light,  $8.) 

,  a  l>ox,  (freight, 

,  a  box,  (freight 

$8.)     ' 
Wobum,  Ladies'  Char.  Soc,  two  barrels, 

(freight  $8.) 
Yarmouth,  Ladies'  Soc,  a  barrel,  (fk«Ight 

$8.)  

Beeeipts  qf  the    Connsetieut  Bdnu  Mistionarff 
SocUtjf,  in  Fehrwxry,  Jaxeb  L.  Chapmah,  TYsol 

Berlin,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  by  A.  North, 

Treas.,  to  const  Wm.  T.  Moon  a  L.  M., 

Sabbath  School, 
Enfield,  First  Bcc'l  Soc,  by  D.  T.  Ohapin, 

Treas., 

H.  B.  K«, 
Hartland,  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Doo- 

litUe, 
Lvme,  Grassy  Hill  Ch.,  by  Wm,  Hall, 
Mansfield  Center,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by 

R.  P.  Barrows,  Treas., 


976  00 
9184 

100  00 
16  00 

1100 
89  00 

100 
New  London,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  Rial  Cha- 
ncy, Com.,  1,040  00 
Putnam,  Cong.  Ch.  bv  Rev.  T.  M.  Boss,       10  00 
Westbrook,  Cong.  On.,  by  A.  Boshnell, 

Treas.  44  68 

Windham,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  by  Wm.  Swift     M  00 

1^14  TT 

Agmtif.bifJ.W. 


Beeeipts,  in  Coin,  qf 

Clark,  M.  D., 
Grass  Valley,  Cong.  Ch., 
Nevada  City,  Cong.  Ch., 
Oakland,  First  Cong.  Ch., 
San  Francisco.  Second  Cong. 

Rev.  J.  Rowell, 
Santa  Cruz,  Cong.  Ch., 


Ch., 


$tf  00 
^00 
190  86 
10  00 
40  00 
8118 

$97910 


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iiOKtw  of  Clothing,  sent  directly  and  without  any  particular  desigiiatioQ,  to  the 
ae  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  will  be  forwarded  to  such  mission. 
MM8  aa  are  known  to  he  most  in  need  of  them,  with  requests  from  the  Society  to 
ttfiwwho  jocoive  tham,  to  address  letters  of  acknowledgment  to  the  respective 

Experience  has  shown  us  that,  when  an  individual  or  association,  intending  to 
pirei>are  a  box,  wiites  to  the  Society  to  have  a  particular  missionary  designated,  and  a 
detaUed  account  of  the  circumstances  of  his  family  given,  the  information  is  not  always 
9X  hand,  so  that  the  letter  can  be  promptly  and  satisfactorily  answered.  And  when 
it  is,  it  not  unfrequently  happens  that,  while  the  box  is  preparing,  the  missionary  re- 
iDAina  for  months  unsupplied,  when,  if  it  were  not  for  this  designation,  he  might  be 
liuniahed  with  articles  placed  in  the  mean  time  at  the  disposiJ  of  the  Society.  In 
other  caaes,  while  the  box  is  in  preparation,  supplies  are  sent  to  the  missionary  from 
other  aoarees,  00  that  when  the  box  is  ready,  this  missionary  is  not  so  much  in  want 
M  many  others. 

It  IB  preferred,  therefore,  when  there  is  no  objection  on  the  part  of  the  donors, 
thai  Ike  apodal  designation  of  the  boxes  of  clothing  that  aire  not  put  up  for  any  in- 
dkidnal  in  paiticular,  should  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officers  of  the  Society, 
^i4r  t^  rmeh  the  office.  It  is  believed  that  they  will,  hi  this  way,  answer  the 
cUsifns  of  those  who  generously  oontribate  them,  better  than  in  any  other  in  which 
UMMflletjr  «sn  have  an  agen(^.  ^ 

BmECnOH S  FOB  FOBWABDIN€(. 

1.  Put  inside  the  box,  where  it  will  be  readily  seen  when  the  box  is  opened,  a 
pftper  or  letter  containing  a  list  of  the  articles  in  the  box,  with  the  name  of  the  in- 
dividaal  or  association  from  whom  it  oomes,  and  the  address  of  the  individual  to 
whom  a  letter  of  acknowledgment  may  be  sent. 

3.  A  copy,  in  full,  of  the  memorandum  put  inside  the  box  should  be  sent  in  a 
ietter  to  the  office  of  the  Sodetr.  This  copy  should  state  the  estimated  value  of  the 
contents,  and  the  tiee  of  adults,  with  the  ages  and  sex  of  children,  for  whom  the 
clothing  is  intended.  The  letter  should  also  state  when,  and  by  what  conveyance, 
the  box  was  forwarded,  and  in  it  should  be  indoeed  such  money  as  is  intended  for 
the  payment  of  freight.  It  is  desirable  that  freight  should  be  provided  for  in  all 
cases,  if  practicable.  The  freight  and  expenses  on  a  box  vary  from  $8  to  $6,  accord- 
ing to  its  size  and  the  distance  it  is  sent.  A  ha/rrel  can  be  forwarded  at  less  expense 
than  a  box  of  the  same  size. 

8.  The  box  should  be  fully  and  plainly  marked,  and  the  place  from  which  it  comes 
should  ALWAYS  appear  on  the  outside,  so  uiat  there  may  be  no  necessity  for  opening 
it  at  the  office,  u  should  be  strong,  tight,  well  nailed,  and,  when  large,  should  m 
hooped,  or  otherwise  folly  secured  agauist  the  effects  of  hard  uaa^e  on  the  way. 

4.  Boxes  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries,  Bible  House,  Astor 
Place,  New  York.  ^ 

HO  PAST  OF  A  nSSIOHABrS  SALABT. 

Boxes  of  dothing  Ibrm  no  part  of  a  misdonary's  regular  appropriation.  The 
Sodety  needs  the  same  amount  of  money,  therefore,  in  oraer  to  meet  promptly  its 
stipulations  with  its  missionaries,  as  if  no  boxes  were  forwarded ;  and  it  would  be  no 
fkvor  to  a  misdonary  to  recdve  a  box,  if,  as  a  consequence  of  it,  tiie  amount  of  money 
that  would  otherwise  be  sent  him  must  be  proportionally  diminished. 

We  trust  the  friends  of  the  Home  Misdonary,  therefore,  will  everywhere  see  to 
it  that  they  give  none  the  less  money,  in  consequence  of  their  giving  other  things 
that  are  needful  and  convenient.  We  hope,  on  the  contrary,  their  sympathies  will 
be  so  awakened  in  the  preparation  of  the  lesser  gift,  that  they  will  feel  it  to  be 
their  privilege,  not  only  to  oontinne,  but  also  to  ei^ge  the  greater. 

^  SUGQBSTIOlfS  AS  TO  THEIB  CONTBNTS. 

In  regard  to  what  is  to  be  put  into  the  box,  while  dothing  of  woollen  or  linen 
fabrics,  shoes,  boots,  writing  paper,  and  books  will  be  spedaUy  valuable,  scarcely 
a^y  thbig  in  the  shape  of  pUin,  substantial  wearing  apparel  or  bedding,  or  which 
is  of  common  use  in  any  form  in  a  family,  will  come  amiss.  Knives  and  forks, 
spoons,  a  pair  of  scissors,  a  spool  of  cotton,  a  skein  of  vam  or  silk,  a  paper  of  needles, 
a  cake  of  wax,  a  dozen  of  buttons,  a  thimble,  a  tumbler,  a  tin  cup,  a  skimmer,  or  a 
pepper  box,  need  not  be  left  out. 

^When  articles  of  dothing  are  not  fitted  to  the  members  of  the  families  to  which 
boxes  are  sent,  missionaries  are  in  the  way  of  making  such  exchanges  with  esch  other 
that  almost  every  thing  which  a  box  may  contain  is  turned  to  good  account. 


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AMERICAN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY^ 

BIBLE  HOUSE,  ASTOB  PLACE,  NEW  YORK, 


Rbv.  MILTON  BADGER,  D.D.,  ^ 

Rev.  DAVID  B.  COE,.D.D.,       [  Seerstanes  fir  C(>rreip<mdmee. 

Rbv.  ALEX.  H.  CLAPP,  D.D.,   ) 

Mb.  WILLIAM  HENRY  SMITH,  Treasurer. 

BAMJUTifi  OoMMiTm:— Hb.  WILLIAM  G.  LAMBERT,  Chairman;  Mb.  O.  R.  BO^ntT; 
Mb.  SIMEON  B.  OHITTBNDBN;  Rey.  RICHARD  8.  8TOBRS,  Jb.,  B.D.;  Rby.  WILUAM 
I.  BUDINQTON,  D.D.;  Mb.  CALVIN  C.  WOOLWORTH;  Mr.  CHARLES  ABERNBTHY; 
Mb.  JOHN  B.  HUTCHINSON;  Riby.  HENRY  M.  8TORBS,  D.D. ;  idth  tke  members  ex-offldo— 
Tic:  AUSTIN  ABBOTT,  Bt^,  Ssoording  Secretary^  the  Tbbasubsb,  and  tbe  Sbobbtabdm  fob 
CoBBMFoinnnioB. 

OOKKirVICATIOVS 

RelBting  to  the  bnsinMi  <^  the  Society  generally,  nmj  be  addreesed  to  either  of  the 
Seeietariee  for  Correspondence. 

DOVATIOVS  AVD  SUBSCBIPTIOHB, 

In  Drafts,  GertifioateB  of  Deposit,  or  Post-Office  Orders,  if  practicable,  may  be  sent  to 
the  Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  payment  of  thirty  dollars  at  one  time  oons^tntes  a  life  Member;  and  of  ose 
hundred  dollars  (or  a  sum,  which,  in  addition  to  a  previous  payment,  makes  one 
hundred  dollars),  a  Life  Director. 


SBGSETABIES  AVD  TBEASUBXRS 

OFTHB 

PRINCIPAL   AUZILIABIES. 

Rev.  Stephen  1*hub8T0N,  D.D.,  Secretary,  Ma4M  MU»,  3oc.,  Searsport,  Me. 
Joshua  Maxwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  "        "       "    Portland,  Me. 

Rev.  William  Clakk,  D.D.,  Sec.,  New  ffampMre  Mies.  8oc.,  Amherst,  N.  H. 
Lyman  D.  Stevens,  Elsq.,  Treasurer,       "  "        **    Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  Secretary,  Vermont  Dom.  MUe.  Soe.,  Montpelier,  Vt. 
C.  W.  Stobrs,  Esq.,  Treasurer,       "        "  "      " 

Rev.  H.  B.  Hooker,  D.D.,  Sec.,  Mass.  H,  M.  Soe.,  81  Wsshington  street,  Boston,  Mass. 
Stephen  T.  Farwell,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    "  "  "  "  " 

Rev.  Jambs  Q.  Vose,  Secretary,  B.  I.  Home  Miss.  8oc.,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Edwin  Kniqht,  Esq.,  Treasurer,    "        **  "  "  " 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary,  Conn.  Home  Mm.  8oc.,  Berlin,  Conn. 
James  L.  ('hapman,  Esq.,  Treas.,  "         "        "        "     Hartford,  Conn. 


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8XIPEBI]rrEin)E]fT8. 

Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart,    New  York  City. 
Rev.  Lysanber  Kelsey,  Columbus,  O. 
Rev.  Nath'l  a.  Hyde,      Indianapolis,Ind. 
Rev.  Joseph  E.Roy.D.D.,  Cliicapro,  111. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Turner,  Hannibal, Mo. 
Rev.  W.  B.  Williams,      Charlotte,  Mich. 
Rev.  Leroy  Warren,      Pent  water,  Mich. 
Rev.  Dexter  Clary,        Beloit,  Wis. 


Rev.  Franklin  B.  Doe,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis. 

Rev.  Ephraim  Adams.  Decorah,  la. 
Rev.  Joseph  W.  Pickett,  Des  Moines,  la. 

Rev.  Richard  Hall,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Rev.  S.  D.  Storrs,  Quindaro,  Kan. 

Rev.  O.  W.  Merrill,  Nebraska  City,Neb. 

Rev.  James  H.Warren,  SanFiancisco,CaL 


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