EXTRACT FROM AN ARTICLE OF SECRETARY STRIEBY IN THE FORTHCOMING VOLUME OF THE SCHAFF-HERZOG ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE.
The first school for the Freedmen was established by the American Missionary Association. On the 17th of September, 1861, only five months after the beginning of the war, that school was opened at Hampton, Va., where many fugitive slaves had congregated under the protection of the guns of Fortress Monroe. The spot overlooked the waters on which the first slave ship entered the American Continent. The Association steadily extended its work, until it had founded chartered institutions in every large Southern State;—Berea College, Berea, Ky.; Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.; Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga.; Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.; Talladega College, Talladega, Ala.; Tougaloo University, Tougaloo, Miss.; Straight University, New Orleans, La.; Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute, Austin, Texas. Land has also been purchased for the Edward Smith College, in Little Rock, Arkansas. It has 49 other schools of different grades. Connected with some of its chartered institutions are Theological, Law and Industrial Departments. Those at Hampton, Talladega and Tougaloo, have large farms. Chartered Institutions, 8; Normal and High Schools, 11; Common Schools, 38; Total, 57; Teachers, 241; Students, 9,608. Howard University, Washington, D.C., established by the Freedmen’s Bureau, in 1882 had 29 teachers and 349 students. The theological department is sustained mainly by the A. M. A.
The “Freedmen’s Aid Societies” were early organized. The first was formed in Boston, Feb. 7th, a second in New York, Feb. 23d, 1863. Others followed rapidly—in Cincinnati, Chicago, Cleveland, and elsewhere throughout the North, and in 1865 the teachers employed by all the societies numbered 634. With a view to economy and efficiency they were consolidated in 1866, in the “American Freedmen’s Union Commission.” These societies devoted themselves in large part at first to physical relief and the organization of labor. But ere long, the education of the Freedmen became their chief endeavor and they accomplished much good in the line of secular education. But the several branches were at length abandoned or became absorbed in the societies of the religious organizations. The Commission itself closed in 1869.
The Baptists, who conduct their work, both educational and church, among the Freedmen, through their Home Missionary Society, entered early into the establishment of schools; beginning in the Spring of 1862 with schools at St. Helena and Beaufort, S.C., and afterwards adding others at Fortress Monroe, Washington, Knoxville and New Orleans. Missionaries were appointed to preach, and to teach day-schools, and assistants, both male and female, were sent out; from 3,000 to 5,000 pupils were taught yearly, until about 1872, when the secular or day-school system was given up, and efforts concentrated on permanent or higher institutions, some of which had been planted in 1865. In 1882, the Society has under its care 12 schools as follows: Wayland Seminary, Washington, D.C.; Richmond Institute, Richmond, Va.; Shaw University, Raleigh, N.C.; Benedict Institute, Columbia, S.C.; Atlanta Seminary, Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville Institute, Nashville, Tenn.; Leland University, New Orleans, La.; Natchez Seminary, Natchez, Miss.; Alabama Normal and Theological School at Selma, Ala.; Florida Institute, Live Oak, Fla.; Bishop College, Marshall, Tex.; Louisville Normal and Theological School, Louisville, Kentucky. Normal instruction is given in most of the schools; industrial education in several; and Biblical instruction in all. In four institutions a collegiate course is pursued. Five are chartered institutions. In 1882, Schools, 12; Teachers, 79; Pupils, 2,397. The Free Will Baptists have an excellent institution, Storer College, at Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., with 5 Teachers and 245 Students.
The Friends, true to the principles of the founder of their denomination, George Fox, entered at once the opened door for relieving the physical necessities of the Freedmen, and at length established schools among them; but when the public schools furnished the education, they gradually withdrew. They now maintain Southland College, Helena, Ark., with 277 Pupils, a school in Maryville, Tenn., with 13 Instructors and 211 Pupils, and one in Philadelphia with 291 Pupils, with the supervision of 22 other schools in the South sustained for several months in the year. The Friends (Hicksite), entered the work in 1862, furnishing supplies at first, afterwards sustaining schools numbering at one time 25. They now have one school with 150 scholars.
The Methodist Episcopal Church had from the first co-operated with the undenominational Aid Societies in the care of the Freedmen, in relieving physical suffering and in giving instruction in primary education. But it concentrated its efforts by the organization, in Cincinnati, Aug. 6, 1866, of “The Freedmen’s Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.” This Society now reports six chartered institutions, viz.: Central Tennessee College, Nashville, Tenn.; Clark University, Atlanta, Ga.; Claflin University, Orangeburg, S.C.; New Orleans University, New Orleans, La.; Rust University, Holly Springs, Miss.; Wiley University, Marshall, Texas. Four theological schools, viz.: Centenary Biblical Institute, Baltimore, Md.; Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga.; Baker Institute, Orangeburg, S.C., and Thomson Biblical Institute, New Orleans, La. One medical college, viz., Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn.; and 14 institutions not chartered. Total number of institutions, 35; teachers, 95; pupils, 3,506. It gives special attention to Biblical instruction, and at Clark University a Department of Industry is established. The African Methodist Episcopal Church founded and sustained Wilberforce University at Xenia, Ohio, with 13 teachers and 170 students.
The “Presbyterian Committee of Missions for Freedmen,” was organized by the General Assembly in 1865 and began its work at once, by sending preachers and teachers to the South. Its efforts thus far are confined to the two Carolinas, Virginia and Tennessee, with a few missions and schools in Georgia, Kentucky and Florida. It has under its care three chartered institutions: Biddle University, Charlotte, N.C. (with a Theological Department), Wallingford Academy, Charleston, S.C., and Scotia Seminary, Concord, N.C.; 2 normal schools; 3 graded schools, and 50 parochial schools. Total number of schools, 58; teachers, 108; scholars, 6,088. Lincoln University (Lincoln University P. O.), Oxford, Pa., has an able corps of 13 professors and 200 students—18 theological, 100 collegiate, 82 preparatory. The United Presbyterians have two schools, one in Abbyville, Va., with 4 teachers and 245 students, the other in Chase City, Va., with 3 teachers and 251 students.
The “Protestant Episcopal Freedmen’s Commission” was organized October, 1865, and in a few months it opened schools in Petersburg, Va., Wilmington and Raleigh, N.C. The first year the teachers numbered 23, and the scholars, day and night, 1,600. The Committee for Domestic Missions (under whose care this work now is), reported in 1882, 2 normal schools with 8 teachers each, and 11 schools with one teacher each. The normal schools are at Raleigh, N.C., and at Petersburg, Va.
The Catholic Directory for 1882 reports for the Archdiocese of Baltimore 1 academy for colored girls, with 60 pupils, and 4 other schools with 693 pupils; total, 753; Archdiocese of New Orleans, 7 schools, 330 pupils; Archdiocese of St. Louis, 1 school, 120 pupils; Diocese of Louisville, 6 schools, 332 pupils; Diocese of Natchez, 3 schools, 80 pupils; Diocese of Natchitoches, 2 schools, 40 pupils; Diocese of Savannah, 2 schools, 75 pupils; Diocese of St. Augustine, 6 schools, number of pupils not given. Total schools, 30; pupils reported, 1,730.
Rev. Joseph E. Roy, D.D., Field Superintendent.
Prof. Albert Salisbury, Superintendent of Education.
BY GEN. S. C. ARMSTRONG.
In 1878, when the 150 acres of arable land of the Hampton Institute could offer no more farm work to the increasing number of negro and Indian students, a generous lady, of Boston, Mass., gave, principally for the benefit of the Indians, the sum of nine thousand dollars, to purchase a fine grass and grain farm of 350 acres, five miles from the school, to which was added, by purchase, 250 acres more, and to it has been given the name “Hemenway Farm,” as a memorial to the husband of the giver.
It was placed in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Vanison, both graduates of Hampton, but has been under the general control of Mr. Albert Howe, formerly of Dorchester, Mass., manager of the Normal School farm.
During the three and a half summer (vacation) months, the sixty Indian boys, excepting about one-third who go to Berkshire Co., Mass., to work with the farmers, spend by turns, in squads of twelve or fifteen, two weeks at a time at this farm, taking part in the stock and farming operations, which are carried on on a larger and simpler scale than at the school. They thus get a wholesome change from life in the workshops, besides useful, practical knowledge. A general knowledge of agriculture and stock is important for those who are learning trades.
The steady working force of the farm is composed of from eight to ten colored boys, who begin October 1st each year, working till the next October, ten hours a day, studying every night from seven till nine o’clock, under the direction of Mrs. Vanison. They receive, besides their board, from $8 to $10 a month, which, excepting $3 a month for clothing, they are expected to save to pay future school expenses. They are an ignorant, destitute class, but, as a rule, are most willing, earnest and deserving students. After working all day, they study harder at night than any others in the school. Ten hours of handling lumber at the saw-mill, or steady work on the farm, or in the machine shop, is no trifling duty, but they are eager for their night lessons.
The ten at the Hemenway Farm are a part of 130 “work students,” thirty of them girls, employed in the various industrial departments, constituting about one-third of the colored pupils at Hampton. They devote a preliminary year to day labor and night study, to fit themselves to enter the junior class of this year’s course, and to accumulate a small fund, averaging $75 for the year, to help meet cost of board, ten dollars a month, besides clothing and books. This is done in part by working two days each week of the regular course. With strict economy and working all vacations, they maintain themselves through the entire course graduating without receiving a dollar in charity, some, however, need help the last year and none are more worthy of it.
The effect on their characters is excellent. Good as it is, that they shall earn and learn in this way, it is even better for the habits, ideas and manliness it promotes. The entire class is mature, averaging 19 years of age. Mr. Vanison is as excellent a manager as we care to have; his wife keeps house, sees to the boys’ meals, rooms and washing, and teaches them nights, besides raising some 500 chickens, at which she has a wonderful “knack.”
The farm was cultivated last year as follows; 75 acres in wheat, 80 acres in oats, 112 in corn, 35 in clover and orchard grass, the rest in pasture, a few acres being devoted to vegetables and an orchard. Much was done in clearing old ditch banks. The stock consists of 50 hogs and pigs, 110 sheep and lambs, 6 colts, and from 10 to 20 beef cattle, which are bought in the neighborhood, fattened on the pasture and killed at the school, two or three a week being required there.
The Hemenway farm, of 600 acres, some 60 acres of it marshy, is situated in Elizabeth City County, on Bach River, which is an estuary half a mile in width. The house is a famous, but plain, old Southern mansion, in which Gen. Washington once dined. Until 1878 it had been for many generations in the hands of an old aristocratic family, whom the war impoverished, and their place was sold for debt. The location is a beautiful one; the region is quite Englishlike in appearance, with its rich, level fields and its hedge-rows. In summer, delicious breezes blow up the river from Chesapeake Bay, four miles distant.
Oysters and fish abound in its water front; a handsome lawn and fine old trees surround the house, all of which are a delight to the boys, especially to the Indians, who have long summer mornings.
The past season a plain but pretty cottage was added to the old house, which was too small, containing a dining-room, kitchen, laundry, and bedrooms for the boys upstairs. This leaves rooms, as was intended by the giver, for tired teachers to come and rest for a night from the cares and din of the institute, to whom the quiet and beauty of “Shellbanks,” its former name, is a great comfort. I must not forget to mention the ample barn, stable, cow-shed, tool-house, corn-crib, extensive stacks of straw, and wind-mill for pumping water for the stock.
HEMENWAY FARM.
This is entirely a negro affair; no white person lives on the place. Its Christian character and influence are earnest and emphatic. Nothing in the Hampton system is more satisfactory than this farm. I hope others like it will be provided for other institutions, but to fit up an old Southern farm after buying it, costs about as much as the land costs.
An unexpected advantage of the farm is its being an excellent place for a badly-behaved Indian boy, when only one is sent there. He is punished by being separated from his old friends, but the ten colored fellows carry him along in their daily routine of work and study; he has no one to “cut up” with; he improves in spite of himself; the plan has never failed to work well; he finally likes it and returns changed for the better.
W. S. ALEXANDER, D.D.
It has been our custom in previous years to begin our special religious meetings the first of January in connection with the “Week of Prayer.” But this year the Church seemed in readiness at an earlier date, and we felt that we were obeying the call of the Lord to “go forward” when we began our special effort to reach the impenitent, on the night of December 1st. The Friday preceding had been observed as a day of fasting and prayer. For many days the spirit of prayer and consecration had been evidently deepening upon the part of the great majority of the Lord’s people. People who, for some trivial reason, had been alienated, came together in the spirit of forgiveness. A great desire was expressed, and I have no doubt felt, to prepare the way for the coming of the Lord. Our lady missionary with unsurpassed devotion, visited all the families of the congregation, making in the short space of ten weeks some 600 visits. The effort was made to reach every one who sustained even a nominal relation to our church, as a member or casual attendant, and invite him to our revival services.
The result was all and more than we anticipated. The church was thronged every night. The very first night several presented themselves for prayer. The number of inquirers increased till we counted more than fifty. One by one, with a quietness and depth of feeling that impressed every heart, these earnest inquirers came into the light, and were made to “rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” The two manly and dearly beloved sons of the Dean of our Faculty, were among the first to share in the blessings of the revival. God only knows our joy when they came forward with the rest, and bowed before God as suppliants for His mercy and forgiveness. Never did the words of Holy Writ, which have fallen from the lips of so many believers, sound sweeter than when one of these young men recited as his verse at the breakfast table, the morning after his conversion, “I know that my Redeemer liveth.”
A pleasant and somewhat unusual feature of this revival has been its influence upon the men. On more than one occasion we counted twelve men on the “Mourners’ seats.” Thirty-four professed conversion. We hope and believe they have been “born again.” A class of 35 are waiting in joyful anticipation of taking the vows of God upon them in the Church, and of receiving their “first communion.”
I should do injustice to my own feelings did I not speak of the earnest sympathy and hearty co-operation of all the teachers in the University in this religious movement. We moved in this matter as a united body, with but one object in view: the glory of God, and the upbuilding of the Kingdom of His Son.
PROF. R. C. HITCHCOCK.
The revival which has been in progress for several weeks at Central Church has been to me a constant wonder. Even in sedate old Connecticut a revival season is usually a scene of much emotional excitement, and it is often impossible to tell how much is sincere and permanent; but this revival has been all through marked by a quiet, deep and reverential character. It was my first opportunity for observation of such meetings among the colored people. I had heard and read a great deal of the tumultuous excitement on such occasions, and each night I looked to see, when they should be fairly “warmed up,” such scenes as I had had pictured. What I actually did see was this. Each night the pastor preached a short, practical gospel sermon, packed full with reasons why religion should be chosen and chosen now, to an earnest, attentive audience. Then he stepped down in front, and in kind but strong words invited all who felt the truth of what had been said and wished to become Christians, to come forward for conversation and the prayers of the church. Most of those who accepted the invitation were men of middle age and young men; a few were young ladies.
Night after night this went on; while the pastor and others were talking with those who came forward, the audience engaged in singing. No general invitation was given to speak or pray, a few only being called on each night to take part. Each night some souls found peace and joy. It was my good fortune to talk with nearly every one of the converts, and I found all, so far as I could judge, thoroughly in earnest; no one scared or urged into confessions, but each, as the new hope was born in his soul, rising, generally with streaming eyes, to tell what God had done for him and ask for fellowship and prayerful help.
BY REV. B. F. FOSTER.
We began work here on the 5th of September, and opened school under very favorable auspices. We have had 92 pupils enrolled. Our school is the only one for colored children within a radius of 65 miles. We are giving some attention to church work, and are using our school-house as a place of worship. We have service every Sabbath morning at eleven o’clock—the audiences are large. We are gratified to say that the influence of the teachers takes fast hold upon both parent and pupil. We have Sunday-school every afternoon at three o’clock, and these services are largely attended. Thanksgiving day was appropriately commemorated. A sermon was preached in the morning by the missionary pastor. All who were present seemed deeply impressed with the word. The chapel was beautifully and tastefully festooned with autumn leaves and berries, and the walls were embellished with appropriate mottoes of the sacred Scriptures. At seven o’clock in the evening a very large number of patrons and friends of the school gathered, and partook of a repast prepared as a thanksgiving token for them by the teachers and pupils. Toasts were responded to by the several pastors of the town and teachers. I said we had service in our chapel at 11 A.M. every Sunday. We could induce as many to come in the evening if we had lamps to light up our chapel. Equally as good results would come from a weekly prayer-meeting, if we had sufficient lights. We heartily accept this opportunity of asking the friends of some of our Northern churches to give us of their old ones—chandelier lamps. The Lord’s Supper was celebrated the first time, since beginning our work here, last Sunday. Truly, the Lord was with his people on that solemn occasion. At this service the missionary pastor’s first and only little daughter was baptized, which increased the interest of the meeting. To carry this blessed Supper to Christ’s brethren and sisters, Mrs. Foster’s pie-pans were used for the emblems of his body, and two borrowed mugs for the emblem of his blood. From this the friends of God’s poor will see we would thank them very much to assist us in getting a communion set. The people among whom we are working are very poor. Few of them have homes.
Rev. W. C. Pond, Superintendent.
Sacramento Mission.—Mrs. Rilla Carrington, who for the last three years has most faithfully and successfully conducted the Sacramento Mission, is required by the state of her health to take a vacation. It will be only a vacation, and I hope and expect that two or three months of recuperation will bring her back fresh and strong, and good for another three years of steady and faithful service. During her absence, her sister will take her place, and will fill it well. In communicating her desire for this respite, she indulges in some reminiscences which, I am sure, will interest our readers. “During the past three years and a quarter, more than 450 have, for a longer or shorter period, been members of our Sacramento school. I would that all who come with us in the school could remain until they are converted and ready to work for the salvation of their people. We know of the good service of many who have gone out from us to visit their homes. For instance, Fong Get Roy, who wrote you something of his work while in China: he has not ceased to labor for Christ since his return; Fong Gee, whose father, now dead, was a heathen priest, was always zealous while here with us; sometimes speaking to his country-men for an hour or more at a time, showing them, in the most ridiculous light, the folly of idol and ancestral worship, and holding up Christ as the only hope of salvation. His health gave out, and he was compelled to return to China—being helped by the brethren of San Francisco and Sacramento to do so. There he is working at his trade for a mere pittance, and giving what time he can for the conversion of his country-men. Wong Loung visited his home a year ago, and was married, in accordance with Chinese customs, to one to whom he had been betrothed in childhood by his parents. Because he had renounced the religion of his fathers, he suffered much indignity from members of his family—the persecutions becoming so great he was obliged to leave home. But the result was that he returned to America more determined than ever to hold fast to Christ. Louis Sing, too, was under great pressure while in China to take part in worship with his relations, but could not, he said, because he knew the uselessness of such worship. We hear of Gwan Lee, our organist, as standing firm amidst the powers of darkness—holding fast to the living faith. He is one of those whom the present law prohibits from returning to this country. We all feel as though we could not give him up, and that some way must be found by which he may come back.
“We are not only made glad by work done far away, but workers are here with us—true hearts that love to do something for Jesus every day. Several have joined the Association this year; among them, Fong Bow, who is one of the class for whom I requested your prayers several months ago. He seemed to have much to hold him back; outside influence made it hard for him to decide. He has been a member of the school so long that we feel more than usually happy in his coming. May we not hope and still pray, in faith, for the other members of the class? This mission work is ever a source of comfort and pleasure to me, and I know I cannot remain away from it if blessed with health.”
Each Wednesday afternoon I meet the Chinese helpers in the schools of this city for a drill in Bible study, and to receive and remark upon the sketches of sermons, which they have prepared during the week. Here is one which Lou Quong brought in yesterday. James 5:16.
“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
My subject is all on prayer to-day, and it is very needful to all Christians, especially to those who really mean to be the followers of the Lord Jesus, and to be workers in the Master’s field. I will mention a few things of the heathen prayers, which were occasionally offered to the heathen gods in China as well as in this city. So far as I can judge there is no true prayer which was ever offered to their gods, and I, having been born in a heathen nation, therefore know them well. Each certain prayer belongs to a certain god. You cannot take one god’s prayer to pray to others; if you do, you will get no blessing, because you got the wrong prayer, their prayers not having to come from the heart, but being learned only from the history of a certain god, so they mostly repeat the words as near as they can remember. There is not a single prayer that really comes from the heart. They come only from the lips; and besides this, when they pray, they do not, like our Christian people, pray for bad and good, and even for our enemies, and for all nations; their prayers are only for a certain thing, a certain matter, for riches, for honors, and for glory, and to have more sons born than girls; for their father and mother, brothers and sisters, that they might have a long life. If they have any one which they do not like, they would pray their God to destroy his whole family. By this we know that such a prayer our true God will not hear, but rather punish them. I have a great deal more to say about the heathen prayer, but I have no time for it just now. So I must go on to the true prayer, which our Lord Jesus Christ taught his disciples to say. Yet even such a true and short prayer as that, which we have repeated every evening in our schools, many of us would forget before we go to bed at night. This won’t do, my Christian brethren. We must give all our hearts to God before we shut our eyes. We cannot pray to God for a certain thing that must be done while our hearts are on something else, or are doubting whether God could hear us or not. Suppose to-morrow you intend to go out and look for a place, so you would pray to God to help you and to give you one, and you believe he will do it, and then when to-morrow comes you would lie in bed until afternoon. Then you got up, thinking that was too late, and would not go. This, indeed, would make you think that God did not hear your prayer last night. This is the whole trouble that sometimes God don’t answer our prayer; but I am very sure that God has heard all my prayers and has answered all which are for good. When we have a certain matter that we cannot manage at all, and when we would bring it to God, we must first make our hearts ready to pray and then without doubting draw out the true thoughts of our hearts and feel that God is above us and Jesus is on one side. Then comes the Holy Spirit into our hearts to teach us how to pray. After we got up from prayer I am sure we can feel that we were heard, and if we are not answered on a certain hour we must wait and pray without ceasing until it comes, for God not, like man, would fail you sometime. This is the kind of prayer that God does hear. So James says, “The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much;” that is, God does always hear and answer the true prayer.
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| MAINE, $524.18. | |
| Alfred. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | $19.00 |
| Augusta. Miss E. F., 1; Mrs. F. L., 1, for Tillotson C. and N. Inst. (Land) | 2.00 |
| Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 150.00 |
| Brewer. First Cong. Ch., 8, and Sab. Sch., 5 | 13.00 |
| Brunswick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 45.03 |
| Cumberland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. John Blanchard L. M. | 45.00 |
| Ellsworth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 82.45 |
| Garland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 6.00 |
| Gorham. Cong. Ch. bal. to const. Mrs. Rufus Fogg and Daniel Billings L. M’s | 25.95 |
| Limerick. Bbl. of C., for Raleigh N.C. | |
| Paris. Mrs. K., for Tillotson C. and N. Inst. (Land) | 1.00 |
| Portland. Williston Ch. and Soc., 30; T. B. Percy, 5 | 35.00 |
| Searsport. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 20.00 |
| Skowhegan. Eddie A. Hussey, 5; Mary Steward, 2; L. P. W., 1; Mrs. L. T. H., 1; for Tillotson C. and N. Inst. (Land) | 9.00 |
| South Bridgeton. Cong. Ch. | 35.00 |
| South Paris. Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Tillotson C. and N. Inst. | 20.00 |
| Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 15.70 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE, $324.31. | |
| Atkinson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l), for Student Aid Atlanta U. and to const. Geo. P. Dow L. M. | 15.00 |
| Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 1.63 |
| Claremont. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 17.37 |
| Concord. “Friends.” | 3.00 |
| Gorham. Cong. Ch. | 2.48 |
| Greenfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 13.30 |
| Greenland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 10.25 |
| Hampstead. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 27.45 |
| Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 9.03 |
| Keene. Ladies Benev. Soc. of Second Ch., Bbl. of C. and $2.50 for Freight, for McIntosh, Ga. | 2.50 |
| Keene. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch. | 127.78 |
| Northampton. E. Gove | 10.00 |
| Pittsfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., for Marion, Ala. | |
| Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 2.38 |
| Rochester. Cong. Ch., for Straight U. | 21.00 |
| Seabrook and Hampton Falls. Cong. Sab. Sch., for John Brown Steamer | 7.50 |
| Swanzey. Mrs. R. Williams | 2.00 |
| Temple. Mr. and Mrs. Goodyear | 2.00 |
| Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 15.51 |
| Warner. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 9.11 |
| West Campton. T. J. Sanborn | 5.00 |
| West Lebanon. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., for Marietta, Ga. | |
| Wilton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. Christmas Gifts, for Savannah, Ga. | |
| Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 1.78 |
| Wolfborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 18.24 |
| VERMONT, $557.28. | |
| Alburgh. Cong. Ch. | 10.00 |
| Ascutneyville. Dea. N. Gage | 5.00 |
| Barnet. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 35.50 |
| Bellows Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 56.44 |
| Benson. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Storrs Sch. | 5.00 |
| Benson. Ezra Strong, 10; Mrs. Annie Howard, 5; Mrs. L. B., 1; for Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga. | 16.00 |
| Burlington. “A Friend” | 7.00 |
| Cabot. Cong. Ch. | 10.00 |
| Cambridge. “Daughters of Mrs. Nancy Howe, deceased” | 5.00 |
| Clarendon. Mrs. Wm. D. Marsh, to const. Mrs. Geo. H. Morss L. M. | 30.00 |
| Dorset. Ladies, Cask of C., for Raleigh N.C., 3, for Freight | 3.00 |
| East Berkshire. E. W. Hatch and Others, 1 ea., for John Brown Steamer | 5.00 |
| East Poultney. A. D. Wilcox | 5.00 |
| Essex. “Cash” | 0.50 |
| Greensborough. Hattie Cutler (a dying girl’s gift), 5; Mrs. K., 1; Mrs. S., 50c., for Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga. | 6.50 |
| Hartford. Ephraim Morris, 100; Second Cong. Ch., 26.16 | 126.16 |
| Montpelier. Bethany Sab. Sch. | 11.95 |
| New Haven. A. M. Roscoe, 5; Miss A. W. Kent’s S. S. Class, 2.05, for Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga. | 7.05 |
| Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 12.00 |
| Peacham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 34.86 |
| Pittsford. Mrs. Nancy P. Humphrey | 10.00 |
| Royalton. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. for Student Aid, Atlanta U. | 10.85 |
| Royalton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 16.53; A. W. Kenney, 14 | 30.53 |
| Saxton’s River. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 11.04 |
| Vergennes. ——, 2; 2 Bbls. C., for Washington, D.C. | 2.00 |
| Westminster. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 15; Rev. J. L. S., 50c. | 15.50 |
| West Randolph. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 9.25 |
| West Townsend. A. R. Pierce. | 4.00 |
| Windham. Cong. Ch., 24.50, and Sab. Sch., 4.50 | 29.00 |
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| $514.13 | |
| LEGACIES. | |
| Jericho. Estate of Hosea Spaulding, C. M. Spaulding, 10; A. C. Spaulding, 5; Nellie M. Spaulding, 3; E. J. Spaulding, 3 | 21.00 |
| North Ferrisburgh. Estate of Sylvia Dean, by J. M. and Wm. L. Dean, Ex’s. | 22.15 |
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| $557.28 | |
| RHODE ISLAND. $111.52. | |
| Barrington. Cong. Ch. 64.93, and Sab. Sch. 22.43 | 87.36 |
| Kingston. Cong. Ch. | 24.16 |
| NEW YORK, $838.69. | |
| Alfred Centre. Mrs. J. F. Kenyon | 5.00 |
| Aquebogue. Cong. Ch. | 17.25 |
| Brooklyn. Plymouth Ch., 381.34; “A Friend,” 10 | 391.34 |
| Brooklyn. “A Friend,” for Washington, D.C. | 5.00 |
| Brooklyn. Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch., Box of Christmas Gifts, for Marion, Ala. | |
| Camden. “A Friend” | 1.00 |
| Chateaugay. Joseph Shaw | 5.00 |
| Chesterfield. Mrs. M. A. Higby | 1.50 |
| Cincinnatus. Union Service Coll. | 15.00 |
| Coxsackie. Rev. M. Lusk | 5.00 |
| Durham. Hannah Ingraham | 2.50 |
| Ellenville. Mrs. M. B. Holt | 6.00 |
| Ellington. Mrs. H. B. Rice, 10; Mrs. E. Rice, 4 | 14.00 |
| Elizabethtown. Rev. W. T. Herrick | 5.00 |
| Fairport. First Cong. Ch. | 100.00 |
| Galway. Delia C. Davis, for Atlanta U. | 5.00 |
| Hartford. Miss H. E. Bacon | 1.00 |
| Homer. Mrs. Augusta Arnold, 2.50; F. F. Pratt, 2 | 4.50 |
| Locust Valley. Mrs. Sarah Palmer (1. of which for Lady Missionary, Savannah, Ga.) | 6.00 |
| McGrawville. “A Friend” | 5.00 |
| New Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 4.00 |
| New York. “Carrie T.,” for Straight U. | 50.00 |
| New York. Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, to const. Anna M. Cahill L. M. | 30.00 |
| New York. “A Friend.” Assortment of Carpenter’s Tools, val. 200, for Sch. of Carpentry, Atlanta U.; Dewey Mfg. Co., Combination Saw with Lathe, val. 8, for Ind. Dept., Atlanta U. | |
| Oriskany. Albert Halsey, 10; Mrs. E. D. Porter, 2 | 12.00 |
| Pekin. Abigail Peck | 10 00 |
| Prattham. Edward Halsey | 2.00 |
| Rome. John B. Jervis | 25.00 |
| Sag Harbor. Chas. N. Brown, to const. Miss Ella W. Brown L. M. | 30.00 |
| Saratoga Springs. Nathan Hickok | 1.50 |
| Smyrna. Sab. Sch. Miss’y Soc. of First Cong. Ch., to const. Courtney E. Ferris and Lynn D. Willcox L. Ms. | 60.00 |
| Tarrytown. Dr. A. Smith | 5.00 |
| Ticonderoga. Rev. Henry P. Bake | 5.00 |
| Tompkinsville. Mrs. Maria Snyder | 2.00 |
| Troy. Mary F. Cushman, 1.50; Margaret J. Cushman, 1.50 | 3.00 |
| West Camden. N. C. | 0.50 |
| West Winfield. Cong. Ch., 31, incorrectly ack. in the December number from Richfield Springs. | |
| Westmoreland. First Cong. Sab. Sch. | 3.60 |
| NEW JERSEY, $163.59. | |
| Bernardsville. Jos. L. Roberts | 40.00 |
| Colt’s Neck. Reformed Ch. | 6.17 |
| East Orange. Trin. Cong. Ch. | 132.17 |
| Jersey City. First Cong. Ch. | 59.25 |
| Lakewood. Rev. Geo. L. Hovey | 5.00 |
| Newfield. Rev. Chas. Willey | 15.00 |
| Paterson. Mrs. A. C. W. | 1.00 |
| Raritan. Miss S. Provost | 5.00 |
| PENNSYLVANIA, $1,111.00. | |
| Espyville. Mrs. Theodate Linn | 2.00 |
| Hyde Park. Plymouth Cong. Ch., Sab. Sch. and Band of Hope, 1 ea., for John Brown Steamer | 3.00 |
| Lynn. Mrs. S. W. Smith | 2.00 |
| Pittsburgh. B. Preston | 50.00 |
| Troy. Chas. C. Paine | 1,050.00 |
| West Alexander. John McCoy | 4.00 |
| ILLINOIS. $1,882.90. | |
| Alton. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) | 1.00 |
| Chicago. First Cong. Ch. (in part) | 113.43 |
| Chicago. H. M. Hooper, 25: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hayes, 12.50; John Dole, 12.50; for Student Aid, Atlanta U. | 50.00 |
| Chicago. “Friend,” 3; Mrs. W. C. K., 1; for Kindergarten, Atlanta, Ga. | 4.00 |
| Chicago. South Cong. Ch., 3 Bbls. of C., for Washington, D.C. | |
| Cobden. E. W. T. | 0.50 |
| Dover. Cong. Ch. | 42.00 |
| Elgin. Cong. Ch. | 28.06 |
| Evanston. J. M. Williams, for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 100.00 |
| Farmington. Phineas Chapman | 50.00 |
| Farm Ridge. Rev. J. P. Hiester, for the Chinese | 5.00 |
| Geneseo. First Cong. Ch. | 110.00 |
| Greenville. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 22.10 |
| Highland Park. L. S. Bingham | 5.00 |
| Jacksonville. Cong. Ch. | 37.05 |
| Lockport. First Cong. Ch. | 13.20 |
| Malden. Cong. Ch. | 10.70 |
| Millburn. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., for Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala. | 30.00 |
| Ottawa. Cong. Ch. | 60.00 |
| Payson. J. K. Scarborough, 62, to const. Miss Nora Hampton and Miss Ellen Maria Grubb, L. Ms.; Cong. Sab. Sch., 20; Cong. Ch. 15 | 97.00 |
| Peru. Cong. Sab. Sch. | 10.00 |
| Paxton. “Friends,” 8.51; Cong. Sab. Sch., 1.49, for Student Aid, Atlanta U. | 10.00 |
| Rochelle. W. H. Holcomb. Jr., 30; W. H. Holcomb, Sr., 1.50 | 31.50 |
| Rosemond. Cong. Ch. | 19.00 |
| Tonica. “V. G. L.” | 5.00 |
| Toulon. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid. Fisk U. | 12.50 |
| Turner. Mrs. Currier | 2.50 |
| Waukegan. Young Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. | 10.00 |
| Woodstock. Cong. Ch. | 3.36 |
| ——— | |
| $882.90 | |
| LEGACY. | |
| Hinsdale. Estate of Alanson P. Kennedy, by Mrs. Sarah S. Kennedy, Executrix, for Orphan Students | $1,000.00 |
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| $1,822.90 | |
| INDIANA, $1.00. | |
| Michigan City. “Golden Links Soc.,” First Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U. | 1.00 |
| MICHIGAN, $501.10. | |
| Battle Creek. “A Friend,” 5; Miss S. A. G., 1 | 6.00 |
| Church’s Corners. A. W. Douglass, 5; C. Clement, 5; Jas. Robbins, 2; T. R., 1; Dea. W., 1: Mrs. J. W., 1; Others, 1 | 16.00 |
| Clio. Cong. Ch. | 4.68 |
| Detroit. Mrs. C. H. Ladd | 10.00 |
| Dowagiac. Cong. Ch. | 14.42 |
| Greenville. Cong. Ch. | 50.00 |
| Homer. Mrs. C. C. Evarts | 3.00 |
| Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett | 1.50 |
| Kalamazoo. First Cong. Ch., to const. Miss Mary A. Dean, Mrs. H. E. Montague, Dea. David Turnbull, Miss Alice Everett and Miss Alice L. Sabin L. Ms. | 166.56 |
| Milford. Ansley A. Arms and Others, 30, to const. Mrs. Mary B. Arms L. M.; Mrs. E. G., 1 | 31.00 |
| Olivet. Cong. Ch. | 95.70 |
| Pontiac. Cong. Sab. Sch. | 2.45 |
| Romeo. Miss E. B. Dickinson | 50.00 |
| Saint Clair. Cong. Ch. | 35.54 |
| Shelby. Cong. Ch. | 13.25 |
| Warren. C. S. B. | 1.00 |
| IOWA, $114.99. | |
| Creston. Pilgrim Parish, Ladies’ Miss. Soc., for Student Aid, Tougaloo U. | 25.00 |
| Denmark. Cong. Ch. | 40.00 |
| Grinnell. “H. L.,” for destitute colored people, Mobile, Ala. | 5.00 |
| Lewis. Cong. Ch. | 16.69 |
| McGregor. Young Ladies’ Mission Band of Cong. Ch. for Tillotson C. and N. Inst. (Building) | 10.00 |
| Shenandoah. Cong. Ch. | 8.30 |
| Winthrop. Cong. Ch. | 10.00 |
| WISCONSIN, $205.17. | |
| Appleton. Mrs. O. Smith, for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 10.00 |
| Beloit. Second Cong. Ch., 39.36 “A Friend,” 10 | 49.36 |
| Depere. Cong. Ch. | 16.89 |
| Fond du Lac. Cong. Ch. | 25.00 |
| Fort Howard. Rev. L. C. C., for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 1.00 |
| New London. Cong. Ch., Thanksgiving Col. for Tillotson C. and N. Inst. | 2.30 |
| Milwaukee. Grand Av. Cong. Ch. | 46.39 |
| Racine. Welch Cong. Ch. | 5.19 |
| Ripon. Cong. Ch. ad’l | 9.04 |
| Ripon. Dea. Harwood, for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 5.00 |
| Waupun. Cong. Ch., 20; Cong. Sab. Sch., 15 | 35.00 |
| KANSAS, $31.00. | |
| Manhattan. Mrs. Mary Parker | 10.00 |
| Meriden. J. Rutty and Family | 10.00 |
| Topeka. Miss Sue Stephenson, 5; Miss S., 1; Miss M. C., 1; Mrs. B., 1, for Student Aid, Straight U. | 8.00 |
| Wellsville. Cong. Ch. | 3.00 |
| MISSOURI, $14.50. | |
| Sedalia. Cong. Ch. | 14.50 |
| NEBRASKA, $21.00. | |
| Crete. Rev. D. B. P., for Tillotson C. & N. Inst. (Land) | 1.00 |
| Exeter. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. | 15.00 |
| Exeter. “The Cheerful Givers,” by Austin P. Dean, Treas., for John Brown Steamer | 5.00 |
| DAKOTA, $14.50. | |
| Chamberlain. Cong. Ch. | 5.00 |
| Jamestown. Mrs. M. S. Wells | 9.50 |
| COLORADO, $41.00. | |
| Denver. First Cong. Ch. | 40.00 |
| South Pueblo. Cong. Ch. | 1.00 |
| CALIFORNIA, $10.00. | |
| Santa Cruz. Pliny Fay | 10.00 |
| WASHINGTON TER., $5.40. | |
| S’kokomish. Cong. Ch. | 5.40 |
| MARYLAND, $5.00. | |
| Federalsburgh. Sarah A. Beals | 5.00 |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $3.25. | |
| Washington. Lincoln Memorial Ch. | 2.25 |
| Washington. “Willing Workers of Lincoln Mission,” for Student Aid, Atlanta U. | 1.00 |
| KENTUCKY, $178.25. | |
| Lexington. Tuition | 178.25 |
| TENNESSEE, $651.25. | |
| Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition | 234.15 |
| Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition | 407.10 |
| Nashville. Rev. F. A. Chase | 10.00 |
| NORTH CAROLINA, $253.85. | |
| Wilmington. Normal Sch., Tuition | 248.85 |
| Wilmington. Cong. Ch., for Tillotson C. & N. Inst. Building | 5.00 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA, $354.75. | |
| Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition | 344.75 |
| Charleston. Plymouth Ch. | 10.00 |
| GEORGIA, $890.53. | |
| Atlanta. Storr’s Sch., Tuition, 470.26; Rent, 6 | 476.26 |
| Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition, 190.45; Rent, 3; First Cong. Ch., 30 | 223.45 |
| Macon. Cong. Ch. | 10.00 |
| Marietta. “The Penny Babies,” by Papa Penny | 1.00 |
| McIntosh. Tuition | 8.34 |
| Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, 129.40; Rent, 17; Cong. Ch., 25.08 | 171.48 |
| ALABAMA, $59.75. | |
| Athens. Trinity Sch., Tuition | 47.00 |
| Marion. Cong. Ch., 7; Tuition, 5.75 | 12.75 |
| FLORIDA, $10.20. | |
| Daytona. Cong. Ch. | 10.20 |
| MISSISSIPPI, $418.24. | |
| Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, 273.14; Rent, 145.10 | 418.24 |
| LOUISIANA, $242.50. | |
| New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition | 242.50 |
| TEXAS, $199.35. | |
| Austin. Tillotson C. & N. Inst. Tuition, 190.85; Rent, 2.50 | 193.35 |
| Corpus Christi. Cong. Ch. | 4.00 |
| Luling. Quinton B. Neale, M.D. | 2.00 |
| INCOMES, $1,096.50. | |
| Theological Fund, for Howard U. | 500.00 |
| Avery Fund, for Mendi M. | 261.50 |
| Graves’ Library Fund, for Atlanta U. | 150.00 |
| General Endowment Fund | 50.00 |
| Dike Fund, for Straight U. | 50.00 |
| Plumb Scholarship Fund, for Fisk U. | 50.00 |
| Town Bonds, Greenwich, N.Y., for Straight U. | 35.00 |
| CANADA, $10.00. | |
| Yorkville. Rev. Edward Ebbs | 10.00 |
| ——— | |
| Total | $20,471.06 |
| Total from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 | $55,015.42 |
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| FOR AMERICAN MISSIONARY. | |
| Subscriptions | 141.55 |
| FOR ENDOWMENT FUND. | |
| Chicago, Ill. Tuthill King, for Atlanta U. | 5,000.00 |
H. W. Hubbard, Treas.,
56 Reade St., N.Y.