his. Mrs. V.C. Logie, for Student Mee Tiligaeea-C.. v ei n. IO 00 ishville. C. E. Soc. of Fisk U., 4, jor Student Aid, New Orleans, La.; 4, for Hospital, OEE PACES INDI 3 pedo i 8 00 NORTH CAROLINA, $6.00. Blowing Rock. Pkg. Aprons and Hold- ers, from unknown source. Raleigh. Beene. Ci eitens sie i ee 6 00 GEORGIA, $43.55. Macon, E. H. Burrage,9; Eva F. Ches- ley, 1.75; Clara A. Dole, 1.50, for Stu- dent Aid, Ballard Inst., "Macon, Ga. I2 25 Mcintosh. Harriet E. Leach, to; Prof. Fred. W. Foster, 4; S. Josephine Scott, 3, for Student A 7d. Janet Sy re 6.30, for Books Hes Dorchester Acad.. 23 30 MecTntosh: Cone. Cig 00 3 t ce 7 00 ae Pilgrim Ch.,6sc.; Rev. J. H. : Fi ASCuostacke.(46'C, 2.046 ses ees. I 00 FLORIDA, $82.33. Bernandina. A.Priend| 6.4, 75 00 Melbourne. A ae members Cong. Ch., by Mrs: AO, M. Phillips... - 7 33 N ALABAMA, $13.24. Athens. Trinity Cone. CDs ie ecwn 2 20 Pile bs ONS SCs. tose see oi isee ys ess Uso Jronatou. prev. P.O, Wailes.-...-.. 2. 3.00 Talladega. Rev. H. S. De Forest, D. D., POO eo Cee ices he Cee ee ee 4 54 Talladega. Migs F. A. Frew, for Stu- dent A pee Piliadeca Ce, Ven es oS 2 00 MISSISSIPPI, $26.75. Meriaian, -iirst Cong Ch... .50.5 0. 2 25 Moorhead. Miss S. L. Emerson, is Student Aid, A. G. Sch. , Moorhead. . I5 00 Salem and Piney Grove. Churches... I 00 Tougaloo. Mrs. L. M. Sisson, 5 ; Frank H. Ball, 2.50, or Student Aid, Tougaloo ee. ele es ee oe 7 50 Westside. Rev. B.S. Ousley...... peas I 00 TEXAS, $8.00. Austin. *Texas Freeman? * Fort Worth Item and Rams Horn for Reading Room, Tillotson C. Polpene:.. Wirst ConeeCh 35.435, 8 09 Wem olisc os Oo ee ek $13,838.64 Estates..2..:... Teper eee as es eps 2,569.08 $16,407 72 INCOME, $2,690.00. Avery Fund, for Mendi M....... 907 25 E..A. Brown, Schp. Fund, /or DOLE COR 2 inte oe i 15 75 De Forest Fund, for President's Chair, for Talladega Cece 125 00 Fisk University Theo. Fund..... I 12 General Endowment ap oe Joes "2250 dega Rie G84 wo 8 trees 8 Oe be siete 125 00 Hood Fund, for StraightU. 93 75 ech eee Schp.. Fund, jor Az- PA PO. Ve aii a 6 25 se , Theo. Fund, /or How- ee ee 851 88 Bg eee vie ib oo oie ge es 146 25 wire wna wse 8 8 6 81% 2) ee. 8 oe ele + eis & Lake Memoria Pind. Jor Talla- are 10 00 22 50 RECEIPTS, Scholarship Fund, jor Straight Bec Agag lass i) ay eae ems 60 00 wal 2 ee 25 00 Siraiene wie Schp. Fund. 11 25 Tuthill King Fund, for Berea C. 75 00 se sas King Fund, Jor Atlanta ee a rn Ren 135 00 oe Wadham s Theo. Schp. Fund.. 22 50 J. and L. H. Wood Schp. Fund, SOV AG Maa, oS 25.00 Yale Library Fund, or Tadla- C20. Cas ae ees eae v ees 9.00 TUITION, $4,561.35. . Cappahosic, Va. Tuition. ... 21 00 Lexington, Ky. Tuition........ 182 00 Williamsburg, Ky. Puttion. 5. 25 15 Grand View, Tenn. Tuition..... IQ 44 Knoxville, Tenn, Tuition....... 39 05 Memphis, Tenn. Tuition ... .. 540 45 Nashville, Tenn. Tuition ....... 506 2r Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Tuition.. 54 95 Chapel Hill, N.C. Tuition...... 675 Beaufort, N.C. wed te, I5 10 Blowing Rock, N -C,. Tuition... 29 27 Enfield, (N.C. 2 Tuition IO 00 Hillsboro, N. Geo Tiition 2: 17 65 Kings Mountain, N.C. Tuition. a fore) Saluda, N.C. Tuition $64,209 85 - 14 Troy, N.C. ingons foi 5 4: Whittier, Nv@ Paiion.; 5s) 6 Wilmington, Nv G.c Puition 3 204 50 Charleston? SS." tuition (35: 337 75 Greenwood, S.C Puitton 7. ICO 71 Albany, Ga: Panton .,..c7- 150 00 Andersonville, Ga. Tuition..... TiU 3s Atlanta, Ga., Storrs Sch. Tuition 159 93 Macon, Ga. Tuition S27 es 253 06 ' McIntosh, (ca: SEaIMON: 9g oe 97 17 Marietta, ea. Taihea 5, os Lt 23 Marshallville, Ga. Euition..u5. 29 25 Savannah, Ga. Tuition......... 162 11 Thomasville, Ga, Tuition. 2; 44 63 - Woodville, Ga. Tuition......... ao. Joppa, Ala, Luition. 3... is See Marion, Ala, Tuition. 66 05 Mobile, Ala. Puition,......., 5 74.75 Nat, Ala. Puthlow ee es 75. 25 Selma, Ala, Dutton. 102 25 Talladega, Alas Eaition : 3.3..... 265 72 Meridian, Miss. Tuition........ 98 50 Moorhead, Miss: Puition=...<... 25 25 Tougaloo, "Miss. WANION 3. as ss 7 00 New Orleans, EQ. Laition....- 482 15 Orange Park, Fla... Euition... <: 42 15 Austin, Texas. Tuition.......... I43 25 Totalfor December...:.:.....<:. $23,659 o7 SUMMARY WONAHONS the ea ee yeess $42,071 23, Estates.. Bt oor pen mp ee eo yaa 22,138 62: INCOME io) et ek nee 3,465 00. Wuition obese Vina, 20222 46- Total from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31. FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. Subscriptions for December..... Vee - $78 82 Previously acknowledged.........s000008 Te mee creer errr renee veseerveece H. W.. HUBBARD, Treas., 4 2,690 (ored 4,561 35 .. $76,807 31 Bible House, N. Y- {THE i we FEBRUARY, pbs eo a "THE OUTLOOK. lebt- estioging in our treasury has varied during the Tas few At the close of August, 1895, it reached its highest point a fiscal yest, ge ee to eh, 151.66. During the nex Gick past. Discourse ae have been eden in every stag progress in this connection. In the old anti- slavery days there times of almost hopeless discouragement. wan the great strug for the life of the nation and. athe emancipation of the sl were days when only the bravest had hope. last oa of reconstruction and OFF. the: ae 34 _-.. LINCOLN MEMORIAL DAY. - scientious liberality of his followers, we yet believe that this debt will be removed and the means be furnished for the continuance and en- largement of this great work. Hence, we repeat the call we have already made to pastors, churches, Sunday-schools, Christian En- deavor Societies, and to individuals, to make this our Year of Jubilee, the time of emancipation and deliverance. LINCOLN MEMORIAL DAY. - Two years ago the American Missionary Association introduced a - new day inthe church calendars. The pastors of our Congregational fellowship were asked to observe the Lincoln Memorial Day on the Sabbath nearest to the birthday of.our greatest President. This request was generally responded to and sermons and responsive services were held in commemoration of Abraham Lincolns birth. A Concert Exer- cise was prepared by the Association which was used very largely. This year Lincoln Memorial Day comes on Sunday, February 16, and we trust will prove a day of wide observance among the Congrega- tional churches. It is, as our readers all know, the Jubilee Year of the American Missionary Association. Special collections are most appro- priate this year and are being pledged by many of the churches in be- half of the great work of the American Missionary Association among the neglected millions of our own land and to roll up thisJubilee offering on the Jubilee Year. Special envelopes have been printed and will be furnished any of the pastors who desire to celebrate Lincoln Memorial Day in taking this special collection for the Association. The Concert _ Exercise will be sent to the pastor or superintendent + in any Sunday-gchool who may desire to add their gift to awaken a wider interest in this work. Abraham Lincoln was born on the edge of the great region occupied by the mountaineers of the South, or American Highlanders as we like to call them. Among these people the American Missionary Association has established its churches, -schools and missions, and they have loyally responded in codperation in the spread of an intelligent gospel among the two and a half million people. The work among the Negroes must always be associated with the name of Abraham Lincoln, who lifted them from slavery into freedom and gave his life a willing sacrifice to the cause of their liberation and the salvation of our country. oe The work of no other society gathers so immediately about the name * PATS MISSN BOX, 35 of Abraham Lincoln as does that of the American Missionary Associ- ation, and we trust that Lincoln Memorial Day will be celebrated by the churches throughout the land, and that es special oHenitigs will pour into the Associations treas- ury to bring emancipation from debt and furnish the means for larger labor this glad Jubilee Year. PATS MISSN BOX. BY MRS. E. C. READ. In one of our Kansas missionary societies a mulatto woman was em- ployed as housekeeper. She has a very bright and attractive little girl, not yet three years old, whose full name is Alice May Lapsly. By the young lady of the house she has been pet-named Pat, and so is called little Pat by the ladies of the missionary society. Little Pat became greatly interested in the young ladys mission box, and wanted one for herself. The young lady procured a little modern barrel for her, and the child has saved all the money that has been given her for candy c., putting it in her missn barral saying it was to help build a chapel. She began putting her pennies in the barrel when two-and-a- half years old. At the end of three months she brought it to the ladies as they were preparing to send their money to the treasurer. On open- ing, little Pats barrel was found to contain one dollar and two cents, which the ladies have sent to the American Missionary Association for the colored schools of the South. They hope the gift and_ story of little Pat may bring courage to the workers and lead others to save their pennies to help feed Christs lambs. " Little Pat is not weary in well doing, but is again collecting money for missions. Soon after the barrel was emptied a book agent called at the house. Pat went up to him as he stood inthe door, clasped her arms about his knees and looking up-said: If you dive me some money for my missn box Desus will like you. The man looked at her and gave her half a dollar, saying: The idea of a little thing like that asking for money | for missions, and with a queer look on his face which Pats mother de- _ scribed by saying, he looked as if he was going to cry, he turned : and walked off without describing his book. : Truly, A little child shall lead them. 36 PROBLEM OF ILLITERACY. THE PROBLEM OF ILLITERACY. | The question of illiteracy among the peoples that come to us from foreign lands is one of great importance. The large percentage of those unable to read and write sent to us from Europe startles us. When we come, however, to compare the percentage of illiteracy in the lands represented by the larger body of immigrants with the illiteracy in our own Southern States the insignificance of the former is at once evident. The great body of illiterates are not those who come from across the ocean, but those who are born and bred in our own land native Americans. That this is most emphatically true the following table gathered from the last census reports abundantly proves: Ireland, percentage of illiteracy... ... 2.6... se eee tee ++. 23 France, Ss oe OSS teensy or) ass rR Ceara I5 Netherlands, ts dus Te ee "Gees 14 England, 2 ce OO Ie ae Hs aie Renn Oa Ge Deere cic OO 9 Scotland, a oY Bec Sc so sees eee 6 Switzerland, Se oe See es ok 5h tcceierene 5 - Germany, Bee e ee ee ec. sss Js eee: Scandinavia, ~ a OSA ats oS EROS Gc 8 The following tables are compiled from the United States Census of 1890, and represent the condition in our Southern States: Total Population. Native White. Alabama... 2). 30s i 41% 18345% Plorida: ij. . 2. see 270% 115% Georgia: 65 ee ee 3075% 16335% Kentucky <<. is= 2. on 21755% 16745% Mississippi: <5 5 3 40% T14%% South Garolinay 33-0 45% ~ 185% North Carolina... 7 a = 357% 23.75% Tennessee.) aes ee 2675% 184 Wireinia.) ss eee ee 30% 14% Lowisianas:. 3903 oe ee 4575% 20745% From this table it will te seen that no foreign country of all the list given above equals in illiteracy any one of these Southern states with the exception of Tennessee. It will be also noted that eliminating the Negro faetor from the South and taking simply our native white population the percentage of illiteracy in North Carolina of this class is one-tenth of one per cent. greater than the percentage of illiteracy in Ireland, the most illiterate of all these given. : This is an amazing fact and ought to startle us all into more earnest efforts to lift up out of the darkness of ignorance and illiteracy this great mass of people, black and white, in our Southern states. It abso- lutely destroys the weight of the argument so often heard in presenting the dangers threatening our country on account of the ignorance of for- ee Ps) FIELD WORKERS. : S72 eign immigrants. This alarm bell is muffled when we hear the alarm echo from Southern lowlands and mountains. Another startling fact revealed by careful study of the census tables of 1890 concerning illiteracy is this: In every case the percentage of illiteracy of the native white population in these states is greater than that of the foreign white population in the same states. To illustrate: In Alabama the native white population is 18,45 a cent. 4 The foreign white population show an a Or 7, percent. in Louisiana the native white population has 20,3, per bed. illiteracy, the foreign white 18,4, per cent. This irineiple nits good throughout. It is becoming in (Hose of us who are patriotic not to boast too much concerning the education of our own people, or to urge the ignorance of those who come from abroad. The greatest problem before our Chfistian patriotism of to-day is the removal of this dark cloud of illiteracy in our own Southern states and the bringing in of the light of an intelligent Christianity. FIELD WORKERS. We publish in this number of the Missionary the annual list of our Field Workers. We wish our readers to follow them to their appointed locations, where they are now busied in the peculiar toils and anxieties incident to all who are engaged in their special callings. We say these are peculiar, for we believe that the faithful preacher and teacher carry special burdens of care and anxiety that tax not only the body and mind, but weigh most heavily on the heart. When Paul enumerates the great burdens which rest upon him, he names as last and greater than all outer that which presseth upon me daily anxiety for all the churches. But beyond all this, the toilers in the South, laboring as they do among the poorest and most ignorant in the land, have added trials in meagre salaries and limited means for enlargement, and especially in an environment if not hostile yet unsympathetic. The people for whom they labor are held down under a severe race prejudice, and their preachers and teachers must share the odium with them. We gladly admit that the prejudice in the South against our workers is in many places moderating, yet it remains as a trial and a hindrance felt in no other part of our land. These discouraging features occur to some extent in all parts of our fieldamong the mountaineers, the Indians, and the Chinese on the Pacific Coast. Poverty and ignorance are common to all, and the race prejudice that confronts the Indian and the Chinese is scarcely less than that which rests upon the Negro in the 38 - ABRAHAM LINCOLN CENT SOCIETY. South. But these burdens our workers are willing to bear as followers of Him who spent His life among the lowly and gave as the greatest proof of His divine mission that the gospel was preached unto the poor. : But the hearts of these self-sacrificing toilers may be cheered by the sympathy and prayers of Gods people and by such liberal gifts as will take away the continual fear of any further crippling of the work. We ask that in the supplications in the pulpit, at the family altar and in the closet, these consecrated men and women come in for a share in the petitions, and we ask also that in this, our Jubilee year, our treasury be remembered with so much liberality that it may be indeed for this great work a year of release. THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN CENT SOCIETY. REV. SPENCER SNELL. We at Talladega are doing what we can by our pennies toward get- ting the American Missionary Association out of debt. The Abraham Lincoln Cent Society, which grew out of our effort on Lincoln Memo- rial Day last February to devise some organized plan by which we might help a little, has been the means of putting a good many pennies col- _lected from very poor people into the treasury at New York. Besides organizing a cent society here an appeal was sent to other American Missionary Association churches and schools among the colored people asking that similar societies be organized. A number of them acted upon the suggestion, some of them sending their money here to be for- warded by the treasurer of our society to the New York office, and others sending it direct. The members of these societies are asked to give one cent daily, weekly, or monthly, according to each ones financial ability. The object is to give every colored man, woman and child who can be reached by these societies an opportunity to do something for the American Missionary Association, which has done, and is Bene, SO much for them. As the new school year begins we renew our efforts in the society here, and shall try to stimulate others in the hope that much more may be done this year than was done last year in this humble way for the great cause. Weare trying to have the colored people feel that they are members of the American Missionary Association and that the work which the As- sociation is trying to do is their work, and that the debt which burdens the Association is their debt, which they are to share in common with the other lowly peoples on whose account the debt has been incurred, OUR FIELD WORKERS. 39 THE FIELD. 1895-1896. The following list gives the names of those who are in the work of the Churches, Institutions and Schools of the American Missionary Association. THE SOUTH. Rev. Geo. W. Moore, Field Missionary. James Wharton, Evangelist. * Gilbert Walton, General Mountain Missionary. WASHINGTON, D. C. THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, HOWARD UNIVERSITY. fev. |. . Rankin, D.D.; LL.D, Washington, D.C Heo}, owen. vx. M., 2 E - eisane-Clam A.M... S . * Sterling No Grown, A. M.. a ag eee a. George Oe, 1... | u ge . Charies Ho Butier, A. M,, : = Teunis 8. Hamlin, D:D; : a oe * Wilson A. Farnsworth, D.D., . se 7 soon 1. Jenifer, D.)., a eae Eugene Johnson, i. a Prof. Robert B. Warder, A.M., B.S. aS de i Wint..j. Stephens, 7? fe _WASHINGTON (LINCOLN MEMORIAL CHURCH). 17o% 41th St, N; We Pastor and Missionary, Rev B.A. Jo ohnson, Washington, D. C. Mrs.B, A. Jo Facon. a ee WASHINGTON (PLYMOUTH CHURCH). Minister, Rev. . N, Brown, Washington, D, C, 4 a bs | 40 OUR FIELD WORKERS. WASHINGTON (PEOPLES CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH). Minister, Rev. J. H. Dailey, Washington, D. C. VIRGINIA. : CAPPAHOSIC. GLOUCESTER HIGH AMD INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. Principal.Prof. W. B. Weaver, Cappahosic, Va. Mrs, Anna B. Weaver, , ). Sevier, McLeansville, N. C. CHAPEL HILL. , Minister, Rev. Paul L. LaCour, Chapel Hill, N. C, Teachers, Rev. Paul L. LaCour. te eopel Hill, N. C. Mrs. Paul L: LaCour. . J ae HILLSBORO. Teachers, Miss Bessie C. Bechan, Toronto, Canada. julia HH. Curtis, Syracuse, N. Y. HIGH POINT. Minister, Rev. E. W. Stratton, Hish Point, N.C. STRIEBY AND SALEM. Rev. Z. Simmons, .. ptereby, N.C. TROY AND NALLS. Minister, Rey. O, Faduma, Troy, NOC. 42 | OUR FIELD WORKERS. Teachers at Troy, Mrs. O. Faduma, Troy, ee. Miss Amanda F. Moore, Ocala, Fla. DRY CREEK AND PEKIN. Minister, Rev. W. D. Newkirk, Dry Creek, N. C. Teacher at Pekin, Miss Malsie D, Green, Fekin, Wy. C. Teacher at Nalts, Mr. B. H. Saunders, Nalls, N. C. HAYWOOD, DOUGLAS, BROADWAY AND CEDAR CREEK. Minister, Rev. J. E. McNeill, . Moneure, N.C. LITTLE'S MILLS AND .MALEE. : Minister, Rev. Geo. R. Morris, Littles Mills, N. C._ BROWNS SUMMIT (Unioy). Minister, Rev. H. Dillard, McLeansville, N. C PAW CREEK, LOWELL AND SOUTH POINT. Minister, Rey. A. L. De Mond, Chagiotte, NOC, SANFORD. - Minister, Rev. Henry Williams, Sanford, N, . CHARLOTTE AND INDIAN TRAIL. Minister, : Rev. Geo. Tt. Haines, Charlotte, N. CARTERS MILLS. Teacher and Preacher, Rev. S. A. Stanford, Carters Mills. ALL HEALING (Kincs Mountain P. O.). LINCOLN ACADEMY. Principal.Miss Lillian S. Cathcart, Minneapolis, Minn. Miss May E. Newton, Springfield, Mo. susie Ls CathCare, Tangerine, Fla. * Isadore M. Caughey, North Kingsville, Ohio. * Laura A. Dickinson, North Amherst, Mass. . Carrie W. Parrott, a Orange Park, Fla. OUR FIELD WORKERS. 43 LINCOLN ACADEMY CHURCH. Lay Pastor, Miss L. S. Cathcart, Minneapolis, Minn. : - ENFIELD. JOS. K. BRICK AGRICULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL AND NORMAL SCHOOL, Principal.Prof. T. S. Inborden, Oberlin, Ohio. Mrs. S. J. E. Inborden, + ba Mr. L. J. Watkins, Nashville, Tenn. Miss M. M. Jackson, Greenville, Tenn. * Ella May Thomason, Athens, Ala. BLOWING ROCK. SKYLAND INSTITUTE. Principal.Mrs. E. R. Dorsett, Oberlin, Ohio. Miss A. R. Mitchell, Acworth, N. H. | 1. L. Goar, Montevideo, Minn. fe N. 5. Dennis, Salem, Mich. SALUDA. Pioneer Evangelist, | Rev. E. W. Hollies, Topeka, Kan. ~ SALUDA SEMINARY. Principal, Miss Mary C. Phelps, Ph.B., Nova, Ohio. Miss Mary L. Baird, Mallet Creek, Ohio. Minnie A. Hollies, Topeka, Kan. Rev. E. W. Hollies, - 3 be Mrs. S. Hollies, Sas - WHITTIER. 7 Minister, Rev. Joseph Cadwallader, Waittrer, N. C. Teachers, Rev. Robert Humphrey, Whiter, N.C. Mrs. Olive A. Humphrey, m = BREVARD, DUNNS CREEK, GOLDEN VALLEY anp ISLAND CREEK. Minister, Rev; W.- A. Hamet, Brevard, N.C. HENRIETTA, McCLURDS, MOORHEAD AND PRIMS GROVE. Minister, ee SRR arene neem 44 OUR FIELD WORKERS. OUR FIELD WORKERS. be 45 GEORGIA. SOUTH CAROLINA. : : 3 ATLANTA. CHARLESTON, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. * Minister, Minister, ; Rev. George C. Rowe, * . Charleston, S. C. Rev. H. H. Proctor, Nashville, Tenn. AVERY NORMAL INSTITUTE (57, 59 Bull Street). ; STORRS SCHOOL (120 Houston St.). Prigsial Prof. Morrison A. Holmes, Lee, Mass. Princtpal.Miss Ella E. Roper, Worcester, Mass. Miss Mattie M. Marsh, A.B., eee Ohio. . ae I. Blowers: Westfield, N. Y. | Mary W. Bryant, A.B., Deli Rapids, S. D. Laura Humphries : Marathon, Iowa. * Adele B. Spemce, Snow Hill, Md. Alice A. Clarke North Hannibal, N. Y. Mr. Edward A. Lawrence, Charleston, S. C. iia P. as New York, N. Y. . . ? j Miss Mary L. Deas, Se 6 Nina E. Mosher Painesville, Ohio. * Marion R. Birnie, . . Mrs. A. S Webber Worcester, Mass. oh . > Ida C. Chapin, Gasport, N. Y. *Church Self-Supporting. Mrs. M. A. Holmes, Lee, Mass. : MACON _ * Church self-supporting. : : : Minister, Minister, BALLARD NORMAL SCHOOL (806 Pine SS a Rev. J. M. Robinson, Detroit, Mich. Principal.Prof. Geo. C. Burrage, Ph. B., Worcester, Mass. BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL. : a Eva F. Chesley East Barrington, N. H. . >} Sa Rev. J. M. Robinson, Detroit, Mich. - Ada M. Sprague (deceased), Keene, Ohio. Mrs. J. M. Robinson, os ee Winona Graffam, Andover, Mass. Miss Bessie L. Depew, Mallet Creek, Ohio. Ellen B. Scobie, Everett, Ohio. Fannie E. Curtiss, Nevada, Ia. Tce Carrie E. Browne, _ -W. Broomfield, N. Y. {~ Emily R, Bignop. Keene, .N.: H. ; Jean B. Butler, Newcastle, Pa. ** Clara S.. Boyd, Springfield, Ohio. M. Josephine Harper, Medina, Ohio. Mary E. Hoover, - Rushville; No Via @ S Anne M. Woodruff, Roseview, N. Y. Alice A. Holmes, Lansing, Mich. Lincolnia C. Haynes, Macon, Ga. Mr. John Orr, _ Macon, Ga. : COLUMBIA AND POMARIA. Miss Mary E. Simonds, : Hartland, Wis Minister, Clara A. Dole, Parkman, ne Rey. E. H. Wilson, Columbia, S. C. Mrs. George C. Burrage, - Worcester, Mass. a . - SAVANNAH. VEIGHL CHAPEL. A _ a as yy Preacher ee ene a Mr. Jefferson Miles, Columbia, S. C. | Rev. L. B. Maxwell,* Savannah, Ga. BEACH INSTITUTE (30 Harris St.). ee Morristown, N. J. pelts a os ee oe Cramecrilie Mee a iss Jennie Mathias ae : Minister, My + cae S holean Kalamazoo, Mich. Rev, 7. 12 Stanard, Newberry, S$: C. oy : 46 OUR FIELD WORKERS. Miss Julia A. Condict, | Adrian, Mich, * Julia E. McMillan, Oberlin, Ohio. * Nellie J. Arnott, Florence L, Ellis, = Louisa C. Holman, * Self-supporting church. Nashua, Iowa. New Yoru, N.Y, Vincennes, Iowa. THOMASVILLE. Minister and Mi tsstonary, Thomasville, Ga. ALLEN NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. - - Rev. F. W. Sims, Principal.Miss Amelia Merriam, Westboro, Mass. Miss C. M. Dox, Kalamazoo, Mich. ~ Nellie D. Sheldon, Seattle, Wash. ~ C. E. Bishop, New Haven, Conn. B. R. Parmenter, Rockford, Iowa. Frances N, Williams, Orange, N. J. * M. A. Kinney, Whitewater, Wis. Mr. H. C, Sargent, Thomasville, Ga. McINTOSH. z Minister, Rev. R. B. Johns, McIntosh, Ga. DORCHESTER ACADEMY. Principal,Prof. Fred. W. F oster, Castine, Me, - Miss Janetta Knowlton, Creston, Ohio. ** Jennie Curtis, S. Josephine Scott, Emma J. Rosecrans, Great Barrington, Mass. Hamilton, Ohio. Hammond, Ind. 6c 6c ** Nellie I. Reed, Oberlin, Ohio Carsie A: Whitaker, Franklin, Me. *** Harriet E. Leach, Norwich, Conn. Mrs. Mary W. F Oster, Castine, Me. Mr. Jonathan Perkins, . Bangor, Me. _ Mrs. Jonathan Perkins, Bangor, Me. CYPRESS SLASH. (P. O. McIntosh.) 7 oe Minister, Rev. J. A. Jones, Talladega, Ala. : MILLERS STATION. : Minister, Rev. Wilson Callen, Savannah, Ga. Sa OUR FIELD WORKERS. 47 ATHENS. : Minister, Rey. C. S-taaynes, M.D, Athens, Ga. KNOX INSTITUTE. Principal.Prof. L. S. Clark, A.M., oo ae Miss Emma S. Morton, Eliza B. Twiggs, A. M. Nicholson, ree 5 Memphis, Tenn. MARSHALLVILLE. Teachers, Mrs. A. W. Richardson, Marshallville, a Miss Anna R. Magrath, Charleston, S.C. | MM. Nettie Crump, Chreago, Ill. WOODVILLE. (P. O. Savannah.) Minister and Teacher, Rey. J. H. H. Sengstacke, | scala oe Me J. Loyd, MARIETTA. Minister, : Rev. Calvin Lane, . Marietta, Ga. Teacher, Miss Anna S. Gibbes, Charleston, S. C. CUTHBERT. Mr. F. H. Henderson, Caer, ce Mrs; Fo Henderson, : ALBANY. ALBANY NORMAL SCHOOL. Principal.Prof. Jas. L. Murray, Palash, acu Mrs. James L. Murray, cee Alice Davis, ee Mr. Isadore Martin, pa ios ae Miss Laura Dickerson, Memphis, : BAINBRIDGE. 8 WHITTIER SCHOOL. Teacher, Mr. A. W. Bowman, Bainbridge, oe 48 OUR FIELD WORKERS. RUTLAND AND BYRON. Minister, Rev. H. T. Johnson, Tobesofkee, Ga. Teacher at Rutland, Mrs. E. L. Johnson, _Tobesofkee, Ga. ANDERSONVILLE. Minister, Rev. J. R. McLean, Macon, Ga. Teachers, Principal.Miss M. E. Wilcox, Benson, Minn. Miss Mabel Wilcox, mt EUREKA, PORTAL, HAGAN AND ALFORDS. Minister, Rev. J. B. Fletcher, Hagan, Ga. PINEY GROVE anp SHADY GROVE. Lay Pastor. Mr. W. K. Kennedy, SWAINSBORO, PILGRIM AND BETHANY. Lay Pastor. Hagan, Ga. Mr. H. H. Williams, Garfield, Ga. FLORIDA. ORANGE PARK. Minister, ng Rev. T. S. Perry, Limerick, Me. NORMAL SCHOOL. Principal.Prof. B. D. Rowlee, Mrs. Julia E. Rowlee, Ss Miss Caroline Wandell, Edith M. Robinson, Helen S. Loveland, A. Margaret Ball, Mrs. Julia E. Titus, Mr. O. S. Dickinson, Moravia, N. Y. MARTIN. Principal.Miss Mattie J. Brydie, Athens, Ga. Miss Esther F. Alston, Charleston, S. C. * Ella N. Barksdale, Macon, Ga. East Woodstock, Conn Phoenix, N. Y. Battle Creek, Mich. Newark Valley, N. Y. Orange Park, Fla. West Granville, Mass. OUR FIELD WORKERS, Miss L. J. Blackmore, POMONA. Teacher, ALABATTIA, TALLADEGA. Rev. Spencer Snell, 6c oe Minister, Long View, Tenn. Talladega, Ala. TALLADEGA COLLEGE. President.Rev. H. 8. De Forest, D.D., Talladega, Ala. Rev. George W. Andrews, D.D., Rev. T. Newton Owen, A.M., Prof. William E. Hutchison, Martin Lovering, A.B., Edwin C. Silsby, Mr. Edgar A. Bishop, B.S., ce 66 (x9 ec oe 66 George Williamson, Miss Jane A. Ainsworth, Esther A. Barnes, Emma F. King, Mary Emma Landfear, Caroline E. Frost, A.B., H. E. White, L.B., Estelle Bloodgood, Florence A. Frew, Louie Savery, Susan Sands, A.B., Lena A. Tucker, Mary R. DeForest, Ruth K. Kingsley, A. B. Chalfant, L. A. Pingree, Mrs. A. E. Foote, 6c 6e 66 6 Utica, N. Y. Talladega, Ala. Tuckahoe, N. Y. Talladega, Ala. oe oe 66 66 Hyde Park, Mass. Tallmadge, Ohio. Elmhurst, Ill. New Haven, Conn. Methuen, Mass. Charlotte, Mich. Huron, S. Dak. Cleveland, Ohio. Talladega, Ala. ~ Belmont, Iowa. MOBILE. Minister, EMERSON INSTITUTE. Principal.Prof. Geo. A. Woodard, Miss Mary L. Nichol, Lillian J. Beecroft, May Lime, Springboro, Pa. Talladega, Ala. Syracuse, N. Y. Lebanon, S. Dak. Denmark, Me. Omaha, Neb. Manly, N. C. Neligh, Neb. - Madison, Wis. Port Carbon, Pa. 49 Miss M. Elisabeth Messick, * Mary E. McLane, MARION. Minister, Rev. William J. Larkin, OUR FIELD WORKERS. Zanesville, Ohio. New Haven, Conn. Marion, Ala. LINCOLN NORMAL SCHOOL. Principal.Rev. William J. Larkin, Mrs. Sophia Larkin, Miss Nellie D. Cooley, Lizzie Staplesan: SoM Mo Gate & Mary D. Hyde, \ -Blarriet Mi. Smee, * MONTGOMERY. Minister, a * This church self-supporting. Marion, Ala. ce North Amherst, Mass. Belle Plaine, Iowa. Phoenix, N.Y. Mazeppa, Minn. Troy, Iowa. ALCO AND BREWTON. Minister, Rev. J. J. Scott, ATHENS. Minister, Rev. M. S. Jones, TRINITY SCHOOL. Principal,Miss Ada Louise Wilcox, Miss Mary E. Perkins, May Knox, * Blanche L. Ashley, Mrs. L. H. Williams, SELMA. Minister, Rey. 4 J. Burnell, Brewton, Ala. Athens, Ala. Monroe, Mich. Norwich, Conn. Chester, Mass. Norwood, N. Y. Athens, Ala. Denver, Col. BURRELL SCHOOL (366 Selma St.). Principal.Rev. A. T. Burnell, Ph.D., Mrs. Mary A. Burnell, B.L., Miss Edith M. Thatcher, * Mabel M. Jones, to Ada A. Verri, Myra J. Lamb, Denver, Col. a9 oe Oberlin, Ohio. o ce Alexandria, N. H, Ladoga, Wis. a | | j Prof. Rev. Mrs. Rev. Rev. Ixev, Rev. iey: Rev. | Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. OUR FIELD WORKERS. 51 James A. Merriman, Selma, Ala. Ts Jo Beil, " : Mary A. Dillard, _ = LA PINE. Minister (Summer Supply), R. J. McCann. Talladega, Ala. KYMULGA. Minister (Summer Supply), R. W. Jackson, Talladega, Ala. LAWSON AND COVE. Minister (Summer Supply), M. L. Baldwin, Talladega, Ala. SYLACAUGA, Minister, J. I. Donaldson, Talladega, Ala. IRONATON. Minister and Teacher, P. O. Wailes, Ironaton, Ala. JENIFER. Minister, : J. B. Grant, Talladega, Ala. SHELBY IRON WORKS. Minister, A. Simmons, Shelby, Ala. CHILDERSBURG. Minister, W. P. Hamilton, Talladega, Ala. ANNISTON. Minister, James Brown, Anniston, Ala. GADSDEN AND FORT PAYNE. Minister, 7 K. Sims, Talladega, Ala. BIRMINGHAM AND PRATT CITY. Minister, James Bond, Painesville, Ohio NEW DECATUR. Minister, R. K. Stetson, Chicago, III. OUR FIELD WORKERS. NAT (BENDING OAKS). GREEN ACADEMY. Principal.Prof. H. E. Sargent, Clearwater, Minn. Mrs. H. E. Sargent, e Miss Edith M. Hatfield, *\ -Aabbie A. Hatield, Ze s FLORENCE. Minister, Rev. William L. Johnson, _ Blorence, Ala. CARPENTER HIGH SCHOOL. Teacher, Miss Mary Lucy Corpier, Florence, Ala. COTTON VALLEY (P. O. Fort Davis). COTTON VALLEY SCHOOL. Principal,Miss Lilla V. Davis, | Boston, Mass, Miss Corrie N. Johnson, Oberlin, Ohio. Katherine C. Dowdell, . Albany, Ga. JOPPA. NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. _ Principal.Rev. John C. Campbell, Andover, Mass. Miss Hattie M. Fairchild, Frankfort, Mich, BLOCTON AND BELLE SUMPTER. Minister, Rev. D. M. Lewis, Blocton, Ala. TENNESSEE. NASHVILLE. Minister, Rev. Chas. W. Dunn, A:M., B-D., Nashville, Tenn. FISK UNIVERSITY. President. Rev. E. M. Cravath, D.D., Nashville, Tenn Rev, A. K. Spence, 4, 31. 6 t FL AL ies, ae de Bs "< E.c. Stickel = 2 Prof. Charles W. Dunn, A.M., B.D., pee vi Rev. Eugene Harris, A.M., B.D., ts oe Prof. H. C. Morgan, A. M., : 6 a Charlestown, Ohio. OUR FIELD WORKERS. 53 Prot. 1. Ho Wrisht, A.M., Miss Anna T. Ballantine, - Dora A: Scribner, B.A., : Mary A. Spence, o1.A., ~ Meaty A. Bye, B.5., | Alice M. Garsden, Josephine Beard, B.A., Clara L. Blake, B. oe Mrs. Eleanor J. Pond, Miss Nellie F. onnnes * Carrie B. Chamberlin, Mary T. Richardson, B.A., @irs..Lucy R. Greene, Miss Jennie A. Robinson, Mary E. Chamberlin, Mrs. Luretta C. Stickel, B.L. Miss Anna S. Mueller, Frances L. Yeomans, Mrs. W. D. McFarland, Miss Frances M. Andrews, 66 Susan A. Cooley, Mrs. Alice M. Brown, Nashville, oe ce Gossville, N. H. Nashville, Tenn. Minneapolis, Minn. Westmoreland, N.Y. Andover, Mass. Nashua, N. H. Washington, D.C. St. Paul, Minn. Sharon, Vt. Neponset, IIl. Amherst, Mass. Nashville, Tenn. ce (73 ce 6 Oberlin, O. Danville, Il. Granby, Conn. Milltown, N.B. Bavaria, Kan. Rochester, N.Y. NASHVILLE (HOWARD CHURCH). Minister, Rev. J. E. Moorland, Nashville, Tenn. NASHVILLE (THIRD CHURCH, JACKSON STREET). Minister, Bey. t.. EB. Scott, Nashville, Tenn. GOODLETTSVILLE Minister, [Supplied from Fisk Theological Seminary. ] MEMPHIS. Minister, Rev.George V_ Clark, Atlanta, Ga. LE MOYNE INSTITUTE (294 Orleans St.). Principal.Prof. Andrew J. Steele, A.M., Whitewater, Wis. Miss Alice Harvey, Paw Paw, Mich. * Ella A. Hamilton, Whitewater, Wis. Luella Waring, Kalamazoo, Mich, * Celestia S. Goldsmith, | SGhester, N..H; 54 OUR FIELD WORKERS. Miss Louise B. Wright, Rose Bigelow, Mrs. Mary L. Jenkins, Sy arcinia Co Logie, Mr. O. R. Brown, Mrs. O. R. Brown, . Miss Mary E. Brereton, Mr. Elias S. Webb, Miss Emma O. Kennedy, Cornelia E. Lewis, s. Charlotte Rives, Mary E. Johnson, Quasqueton, Iowa. Galesville, Wis. Chautauqua, N. Y. Wellston, Mo. Downers Grove, Ill. | 66 66 Co Acorn, Wis. Memphis, Tenn. oe C6 Bailey, Tenn. OUR FIELD WORKERS. Miss Mary B. Spencer, Pine River, Wis. Po Hid daaae, Yorkville, Ill. GP, Huntington, Grand View, Tenn. < Maud Taylor, ls _ es Mary L. Jewett, s 2 Mrs. Carrie Ferree, es 2 PLEASANT HILL. Minister, Rev. W. E. Wheeler, PLEASANT HILL ACADEMY. Principal.Rev. Warren E. Wheeler, Richfield, Ohio. Mrs. Kate L. Wheeler, < &< Pleasant Hill, Tenn. JONESBORO. Minister. Rey, S. A. Paris, WARNER INSTITUTE. Principal.Miss Anna R. Miner, Lyme, Conn. Brookfield Centre, Ct. Miss F. A. Jackson, * Lula M. Palmer, - Ruth P. Harvey, Emma F. Dodge, Mrs. S. A. Hayes, Hudsonburg, Tenn. Union City, Mich. Somerset, Ky. Pleasant Hill, Tenn, Wakeman, Ohio. Miss Lucy E. Fairbanks, Miss Belle F. Burr, Miss Cordy Bayless, . KNOXVILLE. Minister, Woodstock, Vt. Toronto, Canada. Jonesboro, Tenn. SLATER TRAINING SCHOOL (606 Payne St). Principal.Miss Ida F. Hubbard, Miss Jessie B. Lyon, Miss Emilie Weiss, Mrs. Minnie L. Crosthwai*, Ascutneyville, Vt. Rockford, Iowa. Jenkintown, Pa. Knoxville, Tenn. Gettysburg, Pa. Mr. Chas. R. Blanks, Pine Bluff, Tenn. POMONA AND CROSSVILLE. Minister, Rev. H. E. Partridge, Pomona, Tenn. Teacher at Pomona, Mrs. A. E. Graves, _ Pomona, Tenn. MOSSY GROVE-AND WOLF CREEK. Minister, Rey. J. B. Cobble, Whetstone, Tenn. Miss Lena H. Kalbfleisch, CHATTANOOGA, TENN. *Rev. J. E. Smith, Chattanooga, Tenn. * This church is self-supporting. TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN WORK. -GRAND VIEW. Minister and Instructor in Biblical Department, Rev. W. W. Dornan, B.D., Somerville, Mass. GRAND VIEW NORMAL INSTITUTE. Principal.Rev. H. W. Webb, Rev, W, W. Dornan, _ Andover, Mass. Somerville, Mass, DEER LODGE AND RUGBY. Minister, Rev. George Lusty, GLEN MARY, HELENWOOD, ROBBINS AND MILL CREEK; Minister, Rev. M. N. Sumner, Deet Lodge, Tenn. Mill Creek, Tenn. BON AIR AND ROCK HOUSE. Minister, Rey. E. N. Goff, Bon Air, Tenn. KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL. Teacher.Miss Viola Young, - Bon Air, Tenn. 55 56 ors. ASA, Myers, OUR FIELD WORKERS. HARRIMAN. Minister, Rev.,C. B; Riggs, Harriman, Tenn. JELLICO AND PROCTOR. Minister, Rey. LL. C.. Partridge, Jellico, Tenn. Teachers, Miss Kenada, Jellico, Tenn. Bertha Davis, C a PINE MOUNTAIN. Mintster, Rev. Samuel Sutton, Williamsburg, Ky. BIG CREEK GAP. Minister, Rev. George Ames, Berea, Ky. Teachers, Miss Kate LaGrange, Feura Bush, N. Y. Ollie batranve, a e . CUMBERLAND GAP. Mintster, Kev, A. A. Myers, ~ HARROW SCHOOL. Principal.Prof. A. D. Luethi, Chicago, Ill. Cumberland Gap, Tenn Rock Creek, Ohio. Clifton, Ohio. Waterloo, Iowa. Miss Mabel A. Wightman, Ey Belle Know " 1oOla Akin, TRACY CITY AND MOUNT EAGLE. Minister, Rev. Mo J: Saath, Tracy. City, Tenn. KENTUCKY. LEXINGTON. Minister, Rev. J. S. Jackson, Lexington, Ky. ] / | | j { Cumberland Gap, Tenn. OUR FIELD WORKERS. 57 CHANDLER NORMAL SCHOOL (351 North Broadway). Principal.Miss Fanny J. Webster, Miss Mary J. Kuhn, Susan I. Estabrook, Margaret R. Spence, Mary H. Ewans, Emma J. Robinson, . Susad. Breck, * Mary S$. Larkin, HAND PRIMARY SCHOOL, Ann Arbor, Mich. Columbus, Ohio. Sacramento, Cal. New Wilmington, Pa. Olivet, Mich. Snow Hill, Md. Bellefontaine, Ohio. Portland, Me. Topeka, Kan. Marion, Ala. _ Miss Emily P. Jones, Eva D. Bowles, LOUISVILLE. . : Minister, Rev. E. G. Harris, KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN WORK. Washington, D. . WILLIAMSBURG. | Minister, Rev. W. G. Olinger, WILLIAMSBURG ACADEMY. Principal.Prof. Chas. M. Stevens, Miss Ella M. Andrews, Amelia Eo Wertis, M. Amelia Packard, a oe A ee A Julia B. Glines, Nora Hill, Minnie Ferree, Rev. George Ames, Williamsburg, Ky. Williamsburg, Ky. Frankfort, Mich. Oneida, Il. Brooklyn, N.Y: Union City, Mich. Elmira,.N. Y. Williamsburg, Ky. Harriman, Tenn. Berea, Ky. : ROCKHOLD, CORBIN, WOODBINE AND PLEASANT VIEW. : Minister, : Rez. C. Ws Green, Corbin, Ky. Teachers, Corbin, Ky. Union City, Mich. Rew ... Green, Miss Lillian L. Warner, CLOVER BOTTOM, GRAY-HAWK, COMBS AND MIDDLE FORK. Minister, Rev. Mason Jones, Combs, Ky. 58 OUR FIELD WORKERS. CARPENTER, MARSH CREEK AND LICK CREEK. Minster, Rev. Samuel Sutton, Williamsburg, Ky. a? Teacher, Mr. James Higginbotham, Williamsburg, Ky. RED ASH. Minister, Rey. L. C. Partridge. Jellico, Tenn. MORGAN AND WOLFE COUNTY MISSIONS. SPRADLING, MAYTOWN, FLAT ROCK AND CAMPTON. Minister, Rev. J. W. Doane, Campton, Ky. TOLIVER, Minister, Rev. J..W. Doane, Campton, Ky. BLACK MOUNTAIN (P. O. Evarrs). Minister, Rev. Herbert Carleton, A.M., Evarts, Ky. BLACK MOUNTAIN ACADEMY. Rev. Herbert Carleton, A.M., Evarts, Ky. Miss L. Middleton, co SANDERS CREEK. . Minister, Rev. Samuel Sutton, Williamsburg, Ky. ARKANSAS. LITTLE ROCK. Minister and Teacher. Rev. Ye. Sims, Talladega, Ala. HELENA. HELENA NORMAL SCHOOL. Principal.Prof. Chas. W. Driskell, B.S., Stanfordville, Ga. -Mrs. Chas. W. Driskell, fer Be Miss Lucy W. Parker, Marion, Ala. Elnora Winter, Nashville Tenn. OKLAHOMA. GUTHRIE. Minister, Rev. Thomas J. Austin, Jackson, Tenn, OUR FIELD WORKERS. MISSISSIPPI. TOUGALOO. | Minister, Rev. Frank G. Woodworth, D.D.,. Tougaloo, Miss. TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY, MISS. Rev. F. G. Woodworth, D.D., - Tougaloo, Miss. Prof. E. C. Moore, A.M., New York, N. Y. Mr. L: }) Catrier, Phoenix, N. Y. oP, Ta, Worcester, Mass. st A Hi. Bennett, Holden, Mass. Miss Lillian Woolson, A.B., Boston, Mass. Mrs. N. E. Woodworth, Tougaloo, Miss. Miss Mary H. Loveland, Newark Valley, N. Y. Blizabeth H. Plumb, B.S., Springfield, Mo. Emma Redick, Mansfield, Ohio. Carrie E. Parkhurst, Manchester, N. H. Blizabeth Ainsworth, Hyde Park, Mass. emma Robertson, =. ; Concord, N. H. '# Mary P. Roberts, B.L., - . Jacksonville, Ill. Tura s,. Hall, Rockland, Mass. Dorothea Lummis, M.D., Los Angeles, Cal. Etta V. Stone, Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. H.C. Mecock, Elyria, Ohio. Miss Alice M. Whitsey, Dover, Ohio. Mrs. L. M.., Sisson, Windsor, Vt. Miss Martha L. Shaw, Poughkeepsie, N. . MERIDIAN. _ Minister, Rev. C. L. Harris, Meridian, Miss. LINCOLN SCHOOL (2703 I1TH STREET). Principal.Mrs. H. I. Miller, Topeka, Kan. Miss Maria Myers, Kidder, Mo. Sadie Stimpson, Mittineague, Mass. _ * Hattie J. Lovewell, Willow Springs, Mo. Ella C. Abbott, Winchester, Mass. Carrie E. Kendall, Dunstable, Mass. MOORHEAD. ALMEDA GARDNER SCHOOL. Principal.Miss S. L. Emerson, Hallowell, Me. Miss E. L. Parsons, Mount Morris, N. Y. By. Lime, Port Carbon, Pa. 59 60 _ Mrs, M. A. F. Tapley, OUR FIELD WORKERS. JACKSON. Teachers, Miss Mary Jane Gibson, . ** $arah Jane Thomas, MOUND BAYOU. NORMAL INSTITUTE. Jackson, Miss. Summit, Miss. Teachers, Mr. Isaiah T. Montgomery, Mound Bayou, Miss. Miss Mary V. Montgomery, & Gs Mrs. Sallie P. Dozier, Vicksburg, Miss. NEW RUHAMAH, PLEASANT RIDGE AND SALEM. Misstonary, Columbus, Miss. LOUISIANA, | NEW ORLEANS. Minister (University Church). Rev. George W. Henderson, North Craftsbury, Vt. STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY (2420 Canal Street). President.Prof. Oscar Atwood, A.M., Jeffersonville, Vt. Rev. George W. Henderson, A.M., North Craftsbury, Vt. Mr. Benjamin C. Miner, B.S., New Haven, Vt. Miss Emily W. Nichols, Clinton: N. : (Mary W. Culver, Buchanan, Mich. Mary J. Oertel, B.S., Prairie du Lac, Wis. Mrs. L. St. J. Hitchcock, Simsbury, Conn. Miss Alice A. Flagg, Jeffersonville, Vt. " Mary KR. Bryant,A.M:, Olivet, Mich. Mr. George L. Dewey, Norwich, Conn. Mrs. George L. Dewey, Norwich, Conn. Mr. Emerson C. Rose, New Orleans, La. James D. Gordon, New Orleans, La. Miss Grace H. Ashley, Oberlin, Ohio. <> jenine Fyte, Lansing, Mich. Belle C. Harriman, North Craftsbury, Vt. Jeanne Forney, Madison, Neb. Carrie E. Hodgman, Princeton, III. oe ce ee DANIEL HAND PREPARATORY SCHOOL. Miss Louise Denton, ** Deborah B. Johnson, Freeport, 1. I, New Orleans, La, aw & Rev. John W. Whittaker, OUR FIELD WORKERS. : 61. West Randolph, Vt. Painesville, Ohio. Greenville, Mich. Miss Bertha D. Hodges, Belle M. Whelpley, Nellie B. de Spelder, NEW ORLEANS (CENTRAL CHURCH) INSTITUTIONAL. Minister, New Orleans, La. Assistant Minister, Miss Bella W. Hume, _ NEW ORLEANS (SPAIN ST. CHURCH). Minister, Rev. Cornelius W. Johnson, NEW ORLEANS (MORRIS BROWN CHURCH). Minister New Haven, Conn. New Orleans, La. ia Rev. I. H. Hall, New Orleans, La. NEW IBERIA. Minster, Rey. C. H. Claiborne, New Orleans, La. THIBODEAUX. Minister, Rev. J. E. Smith, New Orleans, La. HAMMOND. Minister, Rev. H. B. Bortel, Hammond, La. ROSELAND. Minister, : Detroit, Mich. BELLE PLACE. Rev. W. Mitchell, Minister, Rev. M. W. Whitt, Belle Place, La. : ABBEVILLE. ae a Minister, le Rev. J. A. Herod, Abbeville, La. SCHRIEVER. (MORNING STAR AND ST. MARKS CHURCHES. ) Minister, a Rev. William Brown, Schriever, La. LOCKPORT. Minister, Rev. Charles Sands, Lockport, La. 62 OUR FIELD WORKERS. ST. SOPHIE. Minister, Rev. C..W. Johnson, St. Sophie, La. TEXAS. AUSTIN. OUR FIELD WORKERS. ~ 63 INDIAN MISSIONS. , SANTEE AGENCY, NEBRASKA. NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL, Superintendent and Minister, Minister, Rev. W. S. Goss, Prestdent.Prof. W. S. Goss, A.B., Miss Charlotte M. Estabrook, * Ida F. Hayden, Edith Taylor, A.B., Margaret E. Reed, Helen L. Robertson, Sophia Crawford, : $f Phebe.B.. Parsons, Marie D. Holzinger, ..wlla AL Perley, Maggie Portune, * Martha J. Adams, Mr. Fred R. Bush, A.B., James S. Bingham, St. Johnsbury, Vt. TILLOTSON INSTITUTE. ot. Johnsbury, Vt... West Lebanon, N. H. Medford, Mass. New Wilmington, Pa, Princeton, Ill. Churchville, N. Y.@ Schroon Lake, N. Y. Marcellus, N. Y. Olivet, Mich. Portland, Me. Cincinnati, Ohio. Columbus, Wis. Orion, Mich. West Winsted, Conn. CORPUS CHRISTI. Minister, HELENA AND GOLIAD. Bey. A. i. Riggs, D.D., Teachers, Mr. F. B. Riggs, Miss Edith Leonard, Mary A..Cody, Mabel Egeler, Native Teachers, Mr. Eli Abraham, Rev. James Garvie, Mr. C. W. Hoffman, Miss Susan Wambdisun, . Matrons, Miss S. Lizzie Voorhees, (Boys Cottage.) Miss Ella Worden, (Whitney Hall.) Miss Annie Willerton, (Dakota Home.) Miss Harriet A. Brown, (Birds Nest.) Mrs. E. J. Black, (Dining Hall.) Missionaries, Mrs. A. L C. R. Lawson, W. H. Hamlin, St FE Wold, a Stone, Miss Mary Morris (Clerk.) Santee Agency, Neb. Santee Agency, Neb. Rochester, Mass. Cleveland, O. Wayne, Mich. Santee Agency, Neb. oe oe c Elbow Woods, N. D. . Santee Agency, Neb. Rocky Hill, N. J. Santee Agency, Neb. Wauwatosa, Wis. Rocky Point, N. . Santee Agency, Neb. Santee Agency, Neb. oe 66 66 66 c ce 66 ee ee ce ec. 6e e (x Minister, Rev. Mitchell Thompson, Helena, Tex. PARIS. Minister, Rev. A. C. Garner, Chicago, Ill. = Leachers, Rev. A. C. Garner, Chicago, Ill. Mrs. A. C.. Garner, 2g DODD AND BODOC. Minister and Teacher, Rev. R. H. Henson, Paris, Texas. DALLAS. Minister and Teacher, Rev. E. E. Sims, Dallas, Tex. Mrs. E. E. Sims, a e Industrial Department, Iver P. Wold, Shoemaking, Santee Agency, Neb. Charles R. Lawsoa, Printing, af i Robert Y. Gray, Blacksmithing, William H. Hamlin, Farm Supt., Homer L. Stone, Bakery, \. iss Ella Worden, Cooking School, Santee Agency, Neb. Jennie M. Lind, Sewing School, Yankton, S. D. a3 ce 6 6 oe 6 C62 (3 Cee OUR FIELD WORKERS. _ - ee OUR FIELD WORKERS. 65 Native Pastor, REMINGTON STATION, MOREAU RIVER. | : ee ee pee oe ade Nee Mr. John Bluecloud, Sisseton Agency: S. D. PONCA AGENCY, NEBRASKA. mn Mrs. Nora Bluecloud, : ee ee oe eee Santee Agency, Neb. : HOPE STATION, MOREAU RIVER. CHEYENNE RIVER AGENCY, S. D. a Mr. Daniel Yawa, Moreau River, S. D. ce ce cee 55 Rev. T. L. Riggs, General Missionary. Mrs. Mary Yawa, CENTRAL STATION, OAHE, SOUTH DAKOTA. THUNDER BUTTE, MOREAU RIVER, Minister, 4 Mr. Daniel White-Thunder, Peslice: S. 1y- Mr. David Lee, Bad River, S. D. eS Mrs. Elida White-Thunder, 2 ae OAHE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. . . Treasurer | : a nic. tas Teconege ye q STANDING ROCK AGENCY, NORTH DAKOTA. Sgn oe CENTRAL STATION. Mrs. T. L. Riggs, Oahe, S. D. | Rev. George W. Reed, Springfield, Mass. Miss Josephine E. Desmond, So. Framingham, Mass. | Mrs. Charlotte M. Reed, rt as Ny : * E. Jean Kennedy, Oahe, S. D. ELKHORN STATION. | OUT-STATIONS. | Miss Mary C. Collins, Keokuk, Iowa. ; ' BAD RIVER. Mr. Huntington Wakutemani, Grand River, S. D. Mr. Stephen Yellow-Hawk, Oahe, S. D. Mrs. Louisa Wakutemani, " ee y ELIZABETH WINYAN MEMORIAL STATION, CHEYENNE RIVER. LONG Ee Rev. Edwin Phelps, Collamer, S. D. Miss Mary P. Lord, Wellesley, Mass. Mrs. Ellen Phelps, ae e OAK CREEK STATION. *PLUM CREEK BOARDING SCHOOL, CHEYENNE RIVER. Mr. Elias Gilbert, Sisseton Agency, 8S. D. | - q : a3 G0 66 Mr. William M. Griffiths, Chicago, IIl. } Mrs. Mary Gilbert, | Mrs. Martha H. Griffiths, Ross, Ohio. : ROCK CREEK STATION. CHERRY CREEK, CHEYENNE RIVER. | Me Sightla ones ae oo ae Mr. Clarence Ward, Leslie, S. D. Mrs. J ulia ke Mrs. Estelle Ward, sf - as THUNDER HAWK STATION. - TOUCH THE CLOUD STATION, CHEYENNE RIVER. Mr. David Many-Buffalo, ae Be = D. - cs - Mr. Justin Black-Eagle, Leslie, 5. De. , Mrs. Martha Many-Buffalo, {WHITEHORSE STATION, MOREAU RIVER. | Z Mr Ansel Chapin Leslie 6 9) +Mr. Arthur Tibbetts, Cannon Ball, N. D. ? >. LU. Mrs. Mary Chapin, s CANNON BALL STATION. FORT YATES HOSPITAL. Mr. Arthur Tibbetts, Cannon Ball, N. D. Physician, Miss Louisa T. Black, M.D., Zanesville, Ohio. _ Assistant,Miss Jean Rodger, _ Escanaba, Mich. *Supported by the Society for Propagating the Gospel. {Supported by the Native Missionary Society. 66 OUR FIELD WORKERS. ROSEBUD RESERVATION, SOUTH DAKOTA. ROSEBUD AGENCY. Rev. James F. Cross, Mrs. Stella P. Cross, BURRELL STATION (P. O. Basin, Neb.). (a3 Rosebud Agency, S. D. ee ce OUR FIELD WORKERS. 67 CALIFORNIA. FRESNO. Teacher, Mrs. J. H. Collins, Fresno, Cal. LOS ANGELES. Rev. Francis Frazier, | Mrs. Maggie Frazier, Santee Agency, Neb. ce 66 : PARK STREET CHURCH STATION (White River, P. O. Stearns). Mr. Lot Frazier, Mrs. Rebecca Frazier, BLACK PIPE BRANCH. Mr. Solomon B. Yellow-Hawk, Mrs. Josephine Yellow-Hawk, Rosebud Agency, S. D. a3 Fort: Pierre, 5. VD. ce (a3 ce FORT BERTHOLD AGENCY, NORTH DAKOTA. Superintendent and Mtsstonaries, Rev. C. L. Hall, Mrs. S. W. Hall, Fort Berthold, N. D. oe ce Ge Teachers and Matrons, Miss A. Z. Powell, * Annie R. Creighton, Annette P. Brickett, * Mary E. Field, Mr. H. A. Hatch, Miss Helen E. Smith, Templeton, S. D. Dundee, Scotland. Haverhill, Mass. Conway, Mass. Lindenville, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. MOODY STATION, NO. 1 (Independence). Miss Elizabeth Kehoe, Chicago, II. MOODY STATION, NO. 2 (Elbow Woods). Miss Harriet B. Isley, WASHINGTON. Newark, N. J. SKOKOMISH AGENCY. Missionary, Rev. Myron Eells, D.D., | MONTANA. CROW AGENCY. Rev. J. G. Burgess, Mrs. J. G. Burgess, Union City, Wash. Crow Agency, Mont. 3 oe 66 CHINESE [USSIONS. Superintendent, Rev. Wm. C. Pond, D.D., San Francisco, Cal. Teachers, Mrs. C. V. Rice, Los Angeles, Cal Loo Ying, 6 ce (73 MARYSVILLE, Teachers, Miss Mattie A. Flint, Marysville, Cal. Chung Moi, . dy OAKLAND. Teachers, Mrs. H. E. Hibbard, Oakland, Cal. Yip Bow, . oe : OROVILLE, Teachers, Miss Blanche Reece, Oroville, Cal. Quong Leong, a : PETALUMA, Teachers, Volunteers, Petaluma, Cal. RIVERSIDE, Teacher, Miss Helen Webber, Riverside, Cal. SACRAMENTO. Teacher, Mrs. S. E. Carrington, SAN BERNARDINO. Miss Laura A. Curtis, Mrs. E. M. Stetson, Hom Goon, Teacher, SAN DIEGO. Teachers, Sacramento, Cal. San Bernardino, Cal. San Diego, Cal. ce 66 SAN FRANCISCO (CENTRAL). Mrs. R. E. Lamont, M, A, Greene, Miss J. G. Morrison, Rev. Jee Gam, Teachers, San Francisco, Cal c (x4 73 68 TEACHERS RESIDENCES. SAN FRANCISCO (BARNES). Teacher, Miss Olive Patten, San Francisco, Cal. SAN FRANCISCO (WEST). Teachers, Miss V. W. Lamont, San Francisco, Cal. Yip Bow, ne = ee : SANTA BARBARA. Teacher, Mr. Eli Kimberly, Santa Barbara, Cal. SANTA CRUZ, : Teachers, Mrs. Kate V. Hall, Santa Cruz, Cal. Pon C. Fang, 6s 66 GG ; VENTURA. Teachers, Miss Alma Bradley, Ventura, Cal. Mrs. S. West, a - VERNONDALE. Teacher, : Miss Ella Thomson, Vernondale, Cal. WATSONVILLE. 2 Teachers, Mrs. Martha Ellis, Watsonville, Cal. Joe Dun, UTAH. SALT LAKE CITY. Mrs. Marcus E. Jones, Teacher, Salt dlake City, Usa. TEACHERS RESIDENCES. MAINE. Bangor.Mr. Jonathan Perkins, Mrs. Jonathan Perkins. Castine.Prof. Fred. W. Foster, Mrs. Mary W. Foster. Denmark.Miss L. A. Pingree. Franklin.Miss Carrie A. Whitaker. Hallowell.Miss S. L. Emerson. Limerick.Rev. T.S. Perry. Portland.Miss Ella A. Perley, Miss Emma J. Robinson. Winthrop.Miss L. J. Hanscom. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Acworth.Miss A. R. Mitchell. Alexandria.Miss Ida A. Verrill. Chester.Miss Celestia S. Goldsmith. Concord.Miss Emma Robertson. East Barrington.Miss Eva F. Chesley. Gossville.Miss Dora A. Scribner, B. A. Keene.Miss Emily R. Bishop. Manchester.Miss Carrie E. Parkhurst. Nashua.Miss Clara L. Blake. West Lebanon.--Miss Charlotte M. Estabrook. VERMONT. Ascutneyville.Miss Ida F. Hubbard. Jeffersonville.Prof. Oscar Atwood, A.M., Miss Alice A. Flagg. : New Haven.Mr. Benjamin C. Miner, B.S. North Craftsbury.Miss Belle C. Harriman, Rev. George W. Henderson, A.M. Sharon.Miss Carrie B. Chamberlin. St. Johnsbury.Rev. W. S. Goss, A. B., Mrs. W. S. Goss. West Randolph.Miss Bertha D. Hodges. Windsor.Mrs. L. M. Sisson. Woodstock.Miss Lucy E. Fairbanks. MASSACHUSETTS. Amherst.Mrs. Lucy R. Greene. (Ee seers Seats Beard, B.A., Rev. ohn C. Campbell, Miss Winona Graffam, 2 H.W. Webb) a a ae Lilla V. Davis, Miss Lillian Wool- on, A.B. Cambridgeport.Prof. Fred. S. Hitchcock Fred. Pitchesck, re = Chester.Miss May Knox. Conway.Miss Mary E. Field. Dunstable. Miss Carrie E. Kendall. Great Barrington.Miss Jennie Curtis. Haverhill. Miss Annette P. Brickett. Holden.Mr. A. H. Bennett. Hyde Park.Miss Elizabeth Ainsworth, Miss ane A. Ainsworth, Lee.Prof. Morrison A. Holmes, Mrs. M. A, Holmes. Medford.Miss Ida F. Hayden. Methuen.Miss Caroline E. Frost, A.B. Mittineague.Miss Sadie Stimpson. TEACHERS RESIDENCES. 69 North Amherst.Miss Nellie D. Cooley, Miss Laura A. Dickinson. : Northfield. Miss susan M. Marsh. Rochester Miss Edith Leonard. Rockland.Miss Lura S. Hall. Salem.Miss Minnie T. Strout. Somerville.Rev. W. W. Dornan, B. D. South Framingham.Miss Josephine E. Des- mond. South Hadley Falls.Miss Katharine M. Jacobs. SpringfieldRev. George W. Reed, Mrs. Char- lotte M. Reed. Wakefield. Miss Julia K. Braxton. Wellesley.Miss Mary P. Lord. Westboro.Miss Amelia Merriam. West Granville.Mr. O. S. Dickinson. Winchester.Miss Ella C. Abbott. Worcester.Mr. F. H. Ball, Prof. George Cc Burrage, Ph.B., Mrs. George C. Burrage, Miss Ella E. Roper, Mrs. A. S. Webber. CONNECTICUT. Brookfield Centre.Rev. S. A. Paris. 2 East Woodstock.Prof. B. D. Rowlee, Mrs. Julia E. Rowlee. Granby.Mrs. W. D. McFarland. Lyme.Miss Anna R. Miner. g New Haven.Miss C. E. Bishop, Miss Bella W. Hume, Miss Mary Emma Landfear, Miss Mary E. McLane. Norwich.Mr. George L. Dewey, Mrs. George L. Dewey, Miss Harriet B. Leach, Miss Mary E. Perkins. : Simsbury.Mrs. L. St. J. Hitchcock. West Winsted.Mr. James S. Bingham. NEW YORK. Brooklyn.Miss Dora B. Doige, Miss M. Amelia Packard. Chautauqua.Mrs. M. L. Jenkins. Churchville-Miss Helen L. Robertson. Clinton.Miss Emily W. Nichols. Cranesville.Miss Jennie Mathias. Elmira. Miss Julia B. Glines. Feura Bush.Miss Kate LaGrange, Miss Ollie LaGrange. Freeport.Miss Louise Denton. Gasport. Miss Ida C. Chapin. Marcellus.Miss Phoebe B. Parsons. Moravia.Mrs. Julia E. Titus. Mount Morris.Miss E. L. Parsons. Newark Valley.Miss Helen S. Loveland, Miss Mary E. Loveland. New York.Miss Florence L. Ellis, Miss Bena P. Gummersbach, Prof. E. C. Moore, A.M. North Hannibal.Miss Alice A. Clarke. Norwood.Miss Blanche L. Ashley. Phoenix.Mr. L. J. Carrier, Miss M. M. Gates, Miss Caroline Wandell. Poughkeepsie.Miss Martha L. Shaw. Rochester.Mrs. Alice M. Brown. Rocky Point.Miss Harriet A. Brown. Roseview.Miss Anna M. Woodruff. Rouses Point.Miss Mary L. Thompson. Rushville.Miss Mary E. Hoover. Schroon Lake.Miss Sophia Crawford. : Syracuse.Miss Julia H. Curtis, Miss Ruth K. Kingsley. - : Tuckahoe.Prof. Martin San A.B. Utica.Rev T. Newton Owen, A.M. West Bloomfield._Miss Carrie E Browne. Westfield.Miss Jennie L. Blowers. Westmoreland.Miss Alice M. Garsden. NEW JERSEY. Morristown. Miss Julia B. Ford. Newark.Miss Harriet B. ule. Orange.Miss Frances M. Williams. Rocky Hill.Miss S. Lizzie Voorhees. PENNSYLVANIA. Gettysburg.Miss Lena H. Kalbfleisch. Jenkintown.Miss Emilie Weiss. Newcastle.Miss Jean B. Butler. New Wilmington.Miss Mary J. Kuhn, Miss Edith Taylor, A.B. Port Carbon.Miss May Lime, Miss S. J. Lime. Springboro.Miss Lena A. Tucker. MARYLAND. Snow Hill.Miss Adele B. Spence, Miss Mar- garet R. Spence. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Tacoma Park.Miss Estelle I.. Sprague. Washington.Rev. Sterling N. Brown, A.M., Rev. Charles H. Butler, A.M., Rev. Isaac Clark, AJM. Rev. J. HH. Dailey, Rev. JL. _ Ewell, A.M., Rev. Wilson A. Farnsworth, D.D., Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin, D.D., Rev. E. G. Harris, Rev. John T. Jenifer. D.D., Rev. Eugene Johnson, Rev. E. A. Johnson, Mrs. E. A. Johnson, Rev. Geo. O. Little, D.D., Mrs. Eleanor J. Pond, Rev. J. E. Rankin, D.D., LL.D., Prof. Wm. J. Stephens, Prof. Robert B. Warder, A.M., B.S. OHIO. Belden.Miss Rosa K. Schwarz. Bellefontaine.Miss Mary H. Ewans. Bryan.Miss Mattie M. Marsh, A.B. Charlestown.Miss Edith M. Hatfield, Miss Libbie A. Hatfield. Cincinnati._-Miss Maggie Portune. Cleveland.Miss Mary A. Cody, Miss Florence A. Frew, Miss Helen E. Smith. Clifton.Miss L. Belle Knott. Columbus.Miss Eva D. Bowles. Creston.Miss Janetta Knowlton. Dover.Miss Alice M. Whitsey. Elyria.Mrs. H. C. Hecock. Everett.Miss Ellen B. Scobie. Hamilton. Miss S. Josephine Scott. Keene.Miss Ada M, Sprague (Deceased). Lindenville.Mr. H. A. Hatch. Mallet Creek.Miss Bessie L. Depew, Miss Mary. L. Baird. Mansfield.Miss Emma Redick. Medina.Miss M. Josephine Harper. North Kingsville.Miss Isadore M. Caughey. Nova.Miss Mary C. Phelps, Ph.B. | Oberlin.Miss Grace H. Ashley, Miss Elizabeth Cheney, Miss Ella Louise Cheney, Mrs. Alice Davis, Mrs. E. R. Dorsett, Prof. T..S. Inbor- ' den, Mrs. S. J. E. Inborden, Miss Corrie N. Johnson, Miss Mabel M. Jones, Miss Julia E. McMillan, Mrs. Lucy M. Mellen, Miss Anna S. Mueller, Miss Nellie I. Reed, Miss Edith M. Thatcher, Prof. F.T. Waters. A.M. Painesville.Rev. James Bond, Miss Nina E, Mosher, Miss Belle M. Whelpley. : Parkman.Miss Clara A. Dole. Richfield. Rev. Warren E. Wheeler, Mrs. Kate L. Wheeler. Rock Creek.Miss Florence A. Sperry, Miss Mabel A. Wightman. . Ross.Mrs. Martha H. Griffiths. Springfield.Miss Clara S. Boyd. Tallmadge.Miss Esther A. Barnes. Wakeman.Mrs. S. A. Hayes. Zanesville.Miss Louisa T. Black, M.D., Miss M. ' Elizabeth Messick. : INDIANA. Hammond.Miss Emma J. Rosecrans. ILLINOIS, Chicago.Miss M. Nettie Aan Rev A., Garner, Mrs. A. C. Garner, Mr. William M. Griffiths, Miss Elizabeth Kehoe, Prof, A. D. Luethi, Rev. R. K. Stetson. Danville.Miss Frances L. Yeomans. Downers Grove.Mr. O. R. Brown, Mrs. O. R. Brown. : Elmhusest.Miss Emma F. King. ~ Jacksonville.Miss Mary P Roberts, B.L. TO 5. _ TEA CHERS RESIDENCES. Neponset. Miss Mary T. Richardson, B.A. Oneida.Miss Amelia L. Ferris. : Princeton.Miss Carrie E. Hodgman, Miss Mar- garet E. Reed. VYorkville.Miss E. J. Lane. MICHIGAN. Adrian. Miss Julia A. Condict. Ann Arbor.Miss Emily P. Jones. Battle Creek. Miss Edith M. Robinson. Buchanan.Miss Mary W. Culver. Charlotte.Miss H. E. White, L.B. Detroit.Miss Carlotta B. Leonard, Rev. W. Mitchell, Rev. J. M. Robinson, Mrs. J. M. Robinson. Escanaba.Miss Jean Rodger. : Frankfort.Miss Ella M. Andrews, Miss Hattie M. Fairchild. Greenville. Miss Nellie B. de Spelder. Kalamazoo.Miss C. M. Dox, Miss May Belle Nicholson, Miss Luella Waring. Lansing._Miss Jennie Fyfe, Miss Alice A. Holmes. : Monroe.Miss Ada Louise Wilcox. Olivet.Miss Mary R. Bryant, A.M., Miss Susan I. Estabrook, Miss Marie D. Holzinger. Orion.Mr. Fred R. Bush, A.B. Paw Paw.Miss Alice Harvey. Salem.Miss N.S. Dennis. Union City.Miss E. A. Buell, Miss Lula M. Palmer, Miss Lillian L. Warner. Wayne.Miss Mabel Egeler. IOWA. Belle Plaine.Miss Lizzie Stapleton. Belmont.Miss Susan Sands, A.B. Keokuk.Miss Mary C. Collins. Marathon.Miss Laura Humphries. Nashua.Miss Nellie J. Arnott. Nevada.Miss Fannie E. Curtiss. : Rockford.Miss Jessie B. Lyon, Miss B. R. Parmenter. Troy.Miss Harriet M. Smith. Vincennes.Miss L. C. Holman. Waterloo.Miss I. Ola Akin. MISSOURI. Kidder.Miss Maria Myers. Montier.Miss Louise B. Wright. : SpringfieldMiss Mary E. Newton, Miss Elizabeth H. Plumb, B.S. Welston.Mrs. Virginia C. Logie. Willow Springs.Miss Hattie J. Lovewell. WISCONSIN. Acorn.Miss Mary E. Brereton. Columbus. Miss Martha J. Adams. Hartland.Miss Mary E. Simonds. Ladoga.Miss Myra J. Lamb. Madison.Miss Lillian J. Beecroft. Pine River.Miss Mary B. Spencer. Praizie du Sac.Miss Mary J. Oertel, B.S. Wauwatosa.Miss Annie Willerton. : Whitewater.Miss Ella A. Hamilton, Miss M. A. Kinney, Prof. Andrew J. Steele, A.M. : KANSAS. Bavaria.Miss Susan A. Cooley. Topeka.Miss Susa H. Breck, Rev. E. W. Hol- lies, Mrs. S. Hollies, Miss Minnie A. Hollies, Mrs. H. I. Miller. MINNESOTA. Benson.Miss M. E. Wilcox, Miss Mabel Wil- cox. Clearwater.Prof. H. E. Sargent, Mrs. H. E. Sargent. Mazeppa.Miss Doge ee Hyde. Minneapolis.Miss Mary A. Bye, B.S., Miss Lillian S. Cathcart. Montevideo.Miss L. L. Goar. St. Paul.Miss Nellie F. Comings. NEBRASKA. * Madison.Miss Jeanne Forney. Neligh.Miss Mary L. Nichol. Omaha.Mrs, A. E. Foote. Santee Agency.Mr. Eli Abraham, Mrs. E. J. Black, Rev. Artemas Ehnamani, Rev. Francis Frazier, Mrs. Maggie Frazier, Rev. James Garvie, Mr. William H. Hamlin, Mrs. Will- iam H. Hamlin, Charles R. Lawson, Mrs. Charles R. Lawson, Miss Mary Morris, Rev. A. L. Riggs, D.D., Mrs. A. L. Riggs, Mr. F. B. Riggs, Mr. Homer L. Stone, Mrs. Homer L. Stone, Miss Susan Wambdisun, Mr. Iver P. . Wold, Mrs. Iver P. Wold, Miss Ella Worden, Mr. Robert Y. Gray. NORTH DAKOTA. Cannon Ball.Mr. Arthur Tibbetts. Elbow Woods.Mr. C. W. Hoffman. Fort Berthold.Rev. C. L. Hall, Mrs. S. W. Hall, SOUTH DAKOTA. Collamer.Rev. Edwin Phelps, Mrs. Ellen Phelps. : Dell Rapids.Miss Mary W. Bryant, A.B. Fort Pierre.Mr. Solomon B. Yellow-Hawk, Mrs. Josephine Yellow-Hawk. Grand River.Mr. David Many-Buffalo, Mrs. Martha Many-Buffalo, Mr. Huntington Wa- kutemani, Mrs. Louisa Wakutemani. Huron. Miss Estelle Bloodgood. Lebanon.Miss A. B. Chalfant. Leslie.Mr. Justin Black-Eagle, Mr. Ansel Chapin, Mrs. Mary Chapin, Mr. Clarence Ward, Mrs. Estelle Ward, Mr. Daniel White- Thunder, Mrs. Elida White-Thunder. Moreau River.Mr. Daniel Yawa, Mrs. Mary Yawa. Oahe.Mr. Elias Jacobson, Miss E. Jean Ken- nedy, Mr. David Lee, Rev. T. L. Riggs, Mrs. T. L. Riggs, Mr. Stephen Yellow-Hawk. Rosebud Agency.Rev. James F. Cross, Mrs. Stella P. Cross, Mr. Lot Frazier, Mrs. Rebecca Frazier. Sisseton Agency.Mr. John Bluecloud, Mrs. Nora Bluecloud, Mr. Elias Gilbert, Mrs. Mary Gilbert, Mr. Simon Kirk, Mrs. Julia Kirk. Templeton.Miss A. Z. Powell. Yankton. Miss Jennie M. Lind. MONTANA. Crow Agency.Rev. J. G. Burgess, Mrs. J. G. Burgess. COLORADO. Denver.Rev. A. T. Burnell. Ph.D., Mrs. Mary A. Burnell, B.L. : WASHINGTON. Seattle.Miss Nellie D. Sheldon. Union City.Rev. Myron Eells, D.D. UTAH. Salt Lake City.Mrs. Marcus E. Jones. CALIFORNIA. Fresno.Mrs. J. H. ( ollins. Los AngelesMiss Dorothea Lummis, M.D., Mrs. C. V. Rice, Loo Ying. Marysville.Miss Mattie A. Flint, Chung Moi. Oakland.Mrs H. E. Hibbard. Oroville. Miss Blanche Reece, Quong Leong. Riverside. Miss Helen Webber. Sacramento.Mrs. S. E. Carrington, Miss Fanny J. Webster. San Bernardino.Mrs. Laura A. Curtis. San Diego.Mrs. E. M. Stetson, Hom Goon. San Francisco.Mrs. M. A. Green, Mrs. R. E, Lamont, Miss V. W. Lamont, Miss J. G. Morri- son, Miss Olive Patten, Rev. W. C. Pond, D.D., Rev. Jee Gam, Yip Bow. Santa Barbara.-Mr. Eli ee Santa Cruz.--Mrs. Kate V. Hall, Pon G. Fang. Ventura Miss Alma Bradley, Mrs S. West. Vernondale.Miss Ella Thomson. Watsonville.Mrs. Martha Ellis, Joe Dun. TEACHERS RESIDENCES. eat TENNESSEE. Bailey.Miss Mary E. Johnson. Bon Air.Rev. E. N. Goff, Miss Viola Young. Chattanooga.Rev. J. E. Smith. Cees Gap.Rev. A. A. Myers, Mrs. A. A. yers, Deer Lodge.Rev. George Lusty. Grand View.Mrs. Carrie Ferree, Miss G. D. Huntington, Miss Mary L. Jewett, Miss Maud Taylor. : Greenville.Miss M. M. Jackson. Harriman.Miss Minnie Ferree, Rev. C. B. Riggs, Mr. Gilbert Walton. Hudsonburg.Miss F. A. Jackson. Jackson.Rev. Thomas J. Austin. Jellico.Miss Bertha Davis, Miss Kenada, Rev. L. C. Partridge. Jonesboro.Miss Cordy Bayless. Knoxville.Mrs. Minnie L. Crosthwait. Long View.Miss L. J. Blackmore. Memphis.Miss Rose Bigelow, Miss Laura Dickerson, Miss Emma O. Kennedy, Miss Cor- nelia E, Lewis, Miss Charlotte Rivers, Miss Etta V. Stone, Mr. Elias S. Webb. Mill Creek.Rev. M. N. Sumner. Nashville.Miss Anna T. Ballantine, Miss Mary E. Chamberlin, Rev. F. A. Chase, A.M., Rev. E. M. Cravath, D.D., Rev. Charles W. Dunn, Rev. Eugene Harris, A.M., B.D., Rev. J. E. Moorland, Rev. George W. Moore, Prof. Helen C. Morgan, A.M., Rev. H. H. Proctor, Miss Jennie A. Robinson, Rev. E. E. Scott, Rev. A. K. Spence, A.M., Miss Mary A. Spence, M.A., Rev. E. C. Stickel, A.M., Mrs. Luretta C. Stickel, B.L., Mr. L. J. Watkins, Miss Elnora Winter, Prof. H. H. Wright, A.M. Pine Bluff.Mr. Charles R. Blanks. Pleasant HillMiss Emma F. Dodge. Pomona.Mrs. A. E. Graves, Rev. H. E. Part- ridge. Pulaski.Prof. Jas. L. Murray, Mrs. Jas, L. Murray. Tracy City.Rev. M. J. Smith. KENTUCKY. Berea.Rev. George Ames. Campton.Rev. J. W. Doane. Combs.Rev. Mason Jones. Corbin.Rev. C. W. Green. Evarts.Rev. Herbert Carleton, A.M., Miss L. Middleton. Lexington.Rev. J. S. Jackson. Somerset.-Miss Ruth P. Harvey. Whetstone.Rev. J. B. Cobble. Williamsburg.Mr. James Higginbotham, Miss Nora Hill, Rev. W. G. Olinger, Prof. Charles M. Stevens, Rev. Samuel Sutton. VIRGINIA. Cappahosic.Mr. James H. Lockley, Mr. Robert L. White, Mr. David D. Weaver, Prof. W. B. Weaver, Mrs, Anna B. Weaver. Gloucester.Miss Lucy C. Wyatt. NORTH CAROLINA. Beaufort.Rev. J. P. Sims. Brevard.Rev. W. A. Hamet. Carters Mills.Rev. S. A. Stanford. Chapel Hill._Rev. Paul L. La Cour, Mrs. Paul L. La Cour. : Charlotte.Rev. A. L. De Mond, Rev. Geo. H. Haines. : Dry Creek.Rev. W. D. Newkirk. Dudley.Rev. S. P. Smith. High Point.Rev. E. W. Stratton. Littles Mills Rev. Geo. R. Morris. Manly.Prof. Geo. A. Woodard. McLeansville.Rev. H. Dillard, Rev. S. S. Sevier, Mrs. S. S. Sevier. Moncure.-Rev. J. E. McNeill. Nalls.Mr. B. H. Saunders. Oaks.Miss A. E. Farrington, Rev. Anthony Peden. Pekin.Miss Malsie D. Green. Ral A. W. Curtis, D.D.,, Mr: Wm. . Hall. . : Sanford.Rev. Henry Williams. Strieby.Rev. Z. Simmons. Swepsonville.Miss Fannie Forest. Troy.Rev. O. Faduma, Mrs. O. Faduma. Wilmington.Rev. F. G. Ragland. Whittier.Rev. Joseph Cadwallader, Rev. Rob- ert Humphrey, Mrs. Olive A. Humphrey. SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston.Miss Esther F. Alston, Miss Marion R, Birnie, Miss Mary L. Deas, Miss Anna S. Gibbes, Mr. Edward A. Lawrence, Miss Anna R. Magrath, Mr. Isadore Martin, Rev. George C. Rowe, Miss Carrie E. Steele. Columbia.Mr. Jefferson Miles, Rev. E. H. Wilson. Newberry.Rev. J. H. Stannard. GEORGIA. Albany.Miss Katherine C. Dowdell. Athens.Miss Mattie J. Brydie, Prof. L. S. Clark, A.M., Rev. C. S. Haynes, M.D., Miss Emma S. Morton, Miss A. M. Nicholson, Miss Eliza B. Twiggs. Atlanta.Rev. George V. Clark. Bainbridge.Mr. A. W. Bowman. Cuthbert. Mr. F. H. Henderson, Mrs. F. H. Henderson. Garfield.Mr. H. H. Williams. el eo J. B. Fletcher, Mr. W. K. Ken- nedy. Macon.Miss Ella N. Barksdale, Miss L. C. Haynes, Rev. J.R. McLean, Mr. John Orr. McIntosh.Rev. R. B. Johns. Marietta.-Rev. Calvin Lane. Marshallville.Mrs. A. W. Richardson. Savannah.Rev. Wilson Callen, Mr. J. Loyd, Rev. L. B. Maxwell, Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke. Stanfordville.-Prof. Charles W. Driskell, B. S., Mrs. Charles W. Driskell. : ba fsiingk baer H. C. Sargent, Rev. F. W. ims Tobesofkee.Rev. H. T. Johnson, Mrs. E. L. Johnson. FLORIDA. Ocala.Miss Amanda F. Moore. Orange Park.Miss A. Margaret Ball, Miss Car- rie W. Parrott. Tangerine.Miss Susie T. Cathcart. ALABAMA, Anniston.Rev. James Brown. Athens.Rev. M. S. Jones, Miss Ella May Thom- ason, Mrs. L. H. Williams. Blocton.Rev. D. M. Lewis. Brewton.Rev. J. J. Scott. ; Florence.Miss Mary Lucy Corpier, Rev. Wa - iam L. Johnson. Ironaton.Rev. P.O. Wailes. . Marion.Miss Mary S. Larkin, Rev. William J. Larkin, Mrs. Sophia Larkin, Miss Lucy W. Parker. Selma.Rev. T. J. Bell, Mrs. Mary A. Dillard, Prof. James A. Merriman Shelby.Rev. A. Simmons. Talladega.Rev. George W. Andrews, D.D., Rev. M. L. Baldwin, Mr. Edgar A. Bishop, B.S., Rev. H. S. DeForest, D.D., Miss Mary R. DeForest, Rev. J. I. Donaldson, Rev. _J. B. Grant, Rev. W. P. Hamilton, Prof. Will- iam E. Hutchison, Rev. R. W. Jackson, Rev. J. A. Jones, Rev. R. J. McCann, Prof Edwin C. Silsby, Miss Louie Savery, Rev. J. R. Sims, Rev. Y. B. Sims, Rev. Spencer Snell, Mr. George Williamson. : MISSISSIPPI. Columbus.Mrs. M, A. F. Tapley. Jackson.Miss Mary Jane Gibson. Meridian.Rev. C. L. Harris. Mound Bayou.Mr. Isaiah T. Montgomery, Miss Mary V. Montgomery. Summit.Miss Sarah Jane Thomas. Tougaloo.Rev. Frank G. Woodworth, D.D., Mrs. N. E. Woodworth. Vicksburg.Mrs. Sallie P. Dozier. 72 : RECEIPTS. LOUISIANA. Abbeville-Rev. J. A. Herod. Belle Place.Rev. M. W. Whitt. Hammond.Rev. H. B. Bortel. Lockport.Rev. Charles Sands. New Orleans.Rev. C. H. Claiborne, Mr. James D. Gordon, Rev. I. H. Hall, Rev. Cornelius W. Johnson, Miss Deborah B. Johnson, Mr. Emer- son C. Rose, Rev. J. E. Smith, Rev. John W. Whittaker. Schriever.Rev. William Brown. St. Sophie.Rev. C. W. Johnson. TEXAS. Dallas.Rev. E. E. Sims, Mrs. E. E. Sims, Helena.Rev. Mitchell Thompson. Paris.Rev. R. H. Henson. NEW BRUNSWICK. Ashland.Miss Georgia M. Belyea. Milltown.Miss Frances M. Andrews. CANADA. Springfield, Ont.Miss Emma J. Bryce. Toronto.Miss Bessie C. Bechan, Miss Belle F. Burr. ENGLAND. Barrow-in-Furness.Rev. James Wharton. SCOTLAND. Dundee.Miss Annie R. Creighton. RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER, 1895. THE DANIEL HAND FUND For the Education of Colored People. Income for December ..:.......2.,.... aus Previously acknowledged............. SSeS ShsGcemeae Cece en scccosesece Cece ese eroccccesne ree ag $ 2,730 00 6,460 oo $19,190 00 ENDOWMENT FUND. Estate of Daniel Hand, by Wilbur F. Day, Ex. Securities received, face value...... .. .. $305,025 00 : CURRENT RECEIPTS. MAINE, $223.86. Jor Freight to Blowing Andover. dock. IN (Cis Augusta. S. S. Class of Boys, /or Stu- dent Ard: Talladeed Cie 5). bss cee oak Brewer. First Cong. Ch., 14; Sab. Sch., burst Cong. Chi. 156 sso isc ices Castine. Rainbow Band, for McIntosh, (GOES Er a Orn fees re Eastport. S. S. Class Cong. Ch., 2; Harold and Leon Reynolds, 1; jor eee r cece re eervser cece es! sees Student Aid, Dorchester Acad......-+ : Ellsworth. one OH ees ee _ Farmington. Y. P. S. C. E., Bbl. of Bed- ding, etc., 2, for Freight, for Talladega OO ete Re ere ak ere | nee Gray. -Conge. Ch... 29 ie 5 che A ae Limerick. Cong. Ch..-..... ee aes Litchfield. , for Freight to Blow- tne Rock, N. Cra vo abe pcse eee 5 ee Machias. Cong. Ch., for Freight to Blowing Rock, N. C., and to Anderson- Uilles GAO cess ES Ser ewe es aes Portland. A Christmas Gift, 10; Maine Womans Indian Assn., by Miss Jee Gres ga. oe BAG eres Portland. Ladies of Wiliiston Ch., Bbl. C.and Dishes, jor Blowing Rock, N. Cc; Rockland. W. M. Soc., Bbl. of Bedding, etc., 2.08 for Hreight, for Talladega ECW ss eels ee ee ons sa oe eS south Freeport. Gong. Ghisi 225 i 5.. Thomaston. Cong. Ch.and Soc...... Mee Vinal Haven. Kings Daughters, by C. E. Leadbetter, for Student Aid, Dor- chester Acad: sk one Woitop.: Cong. Chi.) soe ee Windham. Cons Ch. .0.2 ses Yarmouth. First Parish S.S., Miss E. F. Snow S. S. Class, 1.69; Mrs. E. E. Mc- Kinley S. S. Class, 60c., for Indian M., Hort Berinold. Ne Dos a es York: First Cone; Ch... Womans Aid to A. M. A., by Mrs. Ida V. Woodbury Treas. jor Woman's Work: a 15 co COU uw oO tole} 67 14 co 50 fore} 88 & eo) 15 29 03 somerset Conf. Coll.:.. ..... 3 co HEXMELICK ocyeece. ss PERAD aS 5 Re 3 50 $t73 86 ESTATE. Gorham. Estate of Rev. Joseph Bartlett, by John A. Waterman, Administrator.. 50 00 $223 86 NEW HAMPSHIRE, $725.49. Acworth. Jr. C. E. Soc., for Blowing OCR INC ae ie CO ee eee r 5 00 Acworth. Bbl. Books, 2 Bbls. C., 7 Blowing Rock, N.C. Alstead Center. Ladies M. Soc., Pkg. C., for Tougaloo VU. Alstead Center. L. M. Soc., Bbl. Bed- ding and Patchwork, for Talladega C. Bennington. C. E. Soc. of Cong. Ch.... I 00 Bethlehem. Cong. Ch., Stereop. Coll... 5 00 Candia. John !P: French <1... 33,3 I00 00 Chester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., jor Freight to Blowing Rock, N. C.....cee I 25 Colebrook. Dea. E; C. Wilder..-.... I 50 Concord. A Friend, 30, fora L. M.; SA Friends? 503. 0.22000. e.ee 35 00 Concord. First Cong. Ch., Box C., for Andersonville, Ga. Dunbarton. Cong. Ch., Stereop. Coll... 3 50 Durham. Cone. Cheers... RSs ios: 64 89 Francestown. Cong. Ch....... reiting 5 9 00 Gilsum, Cong. Chi. 20.3, ae 4.00 Goffstown. E.M. Hadley... ..;. 272... 5 00 Haverhill. EOnR. Ch., Stereop, Collz =. 2 40 Keene. Miss M. A. Wheeler, to const. GEORGES. WHEELER, L; M,.......02-- 30 00 Keene. Mrs. DeBevoise's S. S. Class Sec. Cong. Ch., for McIntosh, Gase++++ 15 co Kingston, Cong. Ch... ...s.4a- eee 475 Manchester. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., /or S. S. Work, McIntosh, Gd..occeeeee+ess 33 25 py ae Bbl. C., for Blowing Rock, NV. Nashua: First Ch. 2s. eee stee a 50.00 *% Newport. Y. P. S: GE. by Geo, BP: Bercy, Treas., for Church Building, CL Sa es Gk Moree nae an: Two Members Cong. North Weare. S. E. Soc., by Rebecca W. Madison, for Central Ch., New Or- OIC FU ae ne acl Ga PAs we a Raymond. Cong. Ch. and Soc........... Salem. Cong. Ch Seabrook and Hampton Falls. Cong. Ch. Webster. Ladies Aid Soc. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., Freight prepaid, for Williams- burg Acad., Ky. j West Manchester. South Main St. New Hampshire Female Cent. Inst. and Home Missionary Union, Miss Annie A. McFarland, Treas., jor Womans Ork : - Chester Mission Circle....... 5 00 Concord. Cent. Union of Wirst. Che cop ee 200 90 Hopkinton. A Friend.... 5 00 Tamworth. A Christmas Of- ig ites em HBO AGE canned 25 00 VERMONT, $466.54. Barer, Gong. Chic 23505 2% Bac Oks Bellows Falls. First Cong. Ch........ Bennington. Miss H. D. Harwoods Class of Girls, Sab. Sch. First Cong. Wn yor (Indian Al... oe ee Burlington. Ladies of College St. Ch., 2.27 for Student Aid and 2.73 for freight for Dorchester Acad.......... Chester. A Friend, for Indian M... Coventry. Cong. Ch. and Soc:....... 7 Danville. Cong. Ch., Bedding, etc., or Tillotson C. East Hardwick. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 28.80; Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., 29.60...... Franklin, W.H.M. U., for Freight to STE DESO CUE En Gigten, Mis. B.A. Taft ea. ccs) Guildhall. Cong. Ch., Stereop. Coll.... H@eetord. Cong. Ch. adi 2i..:. snc. Jamaica. Cong. Ch., 6.75; Sab. Sch. Wome Ch ee, 8 ee es a Jeticho Center. First Cong; Ch...:..... Manchester. .Y. P. S.C. E-of Cong: Ch., Jor Knox Inst., Athens, Ga.vei.k.<)s Noga Craftsbury. Cong. Ch. ...3,..50.- Olcott. Extra Cent a Day Band of Cong. T. B. Parrott, Bbl. Apples, for Kings Mountain, N.C. Saint Johnsbury. Svuth Cong. Ch...... Saint Johnsbury. Arthur F. Stone, 2; Miss W. M. Glims, soc.; Mrs. Moses Huntley, 250.707 (7/lotson C...2... : South Hero and Grand Isle. Cong. Ch. Stockbridge, Rev. 7. S: Hubbard... Swanton, Cone. Ch c2 3. econ: Wallingford. 2 Bbls. C. and Cash, 2, for Moorhead, Miss. oo. . 6 eee a See Waterbury... Cong Cho 7s eee bah Barnet. Y.P.S.C. W., by Marion OU nee cee ie ee ce ees sea : West Brattleboro. Miss Maria E. Sted- ey 10; A Friend, soc., for Indian West Brattleboro, Kings Sons........ Westfield. A. C. Hitchcock, for Wii- WEUSEOU IN, COR et ss Se Westminster. Cong. Ch. and Soc Windham. Cong. Ch., 10; Sab. Sch., GOnSEAOR Bade ec sees Wolcott Cong Gn ee Womans Home Missionary Union of Vt., Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, Treas., jor Woman's Work: . Barnet. Jr. C. E., for [Indian 2) TB BSE HG NE Oeics eee 2 00 KRECEIFTIS, 32 00 35 00 2 00 IO 00 2I oo 16 95 235 00 34 00 63 47 5 00 2 00 25 00 58 40 I 0O 5 00 5 96 2.25 II 75 I2 40 10 00 6 14 20 00 3 13 2 75 4 00 IO 0O II 47 2 00 10 73 2 70 IO 50 5 00 5 00 29 75 12 09 2 00 Brattleboro West. L.B.S.. . & Io 0O Coventry. Busy Bees Christmas Git}o. 3.22 4; 2) 500: Proctor... ir. CuE:, jor In- OA SCUD. eae eee 5 00 Saint Johnsbury. No. Ch. W. NESS: So ccna, 25 00 Waterbury. W.H.M.S.... 1000 MASSACHUSETTS, $4,802.94. Amesbury. Union Evan. Ch:.... 2.0.2. Amesbury. Col. Y. M.C. A. Hall, 8.90; Col. by Robert H. King, 5.50, for Glou- cesterSch., Cappahostc, Vairs....0.-:- Andover. Young Ladies Soc. of Chris- tian Workers, 20, /or Blowing Rock, NEGs? 20 Jor Iud an Mi isi icccis ccs cs Athol Byan. Gh. fies. eta Barre. Ladies H.M. Soc., Bbl. C.. 7or Greenwood, S. C. ba oe Cong. Ch., Stereopticon OME ot ar cigs ce cai ee te ees Boston. Mount Vernon Ch..... Shawmut Cong. Ch., adl. ror oo Benjamin F. Dewing, to eer Miss M. L. Dewine Be neon eee eee 50 00 Park St..Ch:,adl..:. 0.45.4. < 25 00 Miss M. E. Thayer........ Io co W.L. Pierce, for Glouces- __ ter Sch., Cappahosic, Va. 5 00 South Boston. Phillips Cong. OT Gy Oe an Bawa ae 33 75 Brighton. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., Jor Grand View, Tenn.... 15 00 Dorchester. Rev. and Mrs. H. Houston, Bbl.C., Freight,.. 4,and 8, for Student A7d,.. Dorchester Acadsi.n veces 12 00 Dorchester. Harvard Cong. Chee ee ee 7 00 Dorchester. Dea. (Thomas Knapp and S. S. Class, for Wilmington, Nos. i vecsss 8 00 Dorchester Vilage, Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., for Central Ch., New Orleans, La.... 2000 Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Cheadle ak ie: Io 38 Roxbury. Immanuel Cong Chive ete aoe 178 55 Roxbury. Extra Cent a Day Band, Highland Ch........ I0 00 Roxbury. Humane Soc., Pkg. Literature for Tillotson C. Bradford. Friends, for Gloucester SC COPPANOSIC, VG ese es Bridgewater. Central Sq. Cong. Ch.... Brimfield. Second Cong. Ch., Bbl.C., Jor Meridian, Miss. Brockton. Friends First Cong. Ch.. Cambridgeport. Sab. Sch. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., for Central Ch., New Orleans, La. Cambridgeport. Jr. C. E. Soc. of Pil- grim Ch., for Student Aid, Pleasant TALI CNM ial ae te es es eee : Campello. Sab. Sch. South Ch., for Williamsture Acad., RY civics exch Chicopee Falls. Second Cong. Ch....... Ciltonville Cone Cha, 2. .e oc es Cliitondale:, Cone Cn 2 ee ee | Dalton. Mrs. Louisa F. Crane, for Knox LUSE.. AACHEUSs GO weno os ee as bat Danvers. Y. P.S. C. E., First Ch., for JOPPA, LO eer eee. tease Dover. Cone CH ek ce Sees Easthampton. Payson Cong. Ch. $147.52; First Cong. Ch. $44.96 Easthampton. First Cone Ch., for San~ CEC THAIAM Dee eee r 13 59 99 15 20 es 14 40 40 00 66 86 4.90 603 76 7 25 3. 93 5 25 Io 00 8 00 8 22 -3 97 I 00 26 14 Io 00 74 Everett. First Bapt. Ch., /or Glou- GCSLCL SCH, CUPPANOSIO IVA? ee iia vere VM he cote sie wees Beene at. A Friend, for Indian WCU Pe te. Be Pai Dees CNS wera e we Oe Framingham. .S. Class, for Williams- CULE) sie Pree Ae hs eG ee Pranislime Cong. Cho). sce. ston Gilbertville. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., for WEUOCHE Ald HIS OS oe ea ccics eee Globe Wallace. BH. PeGh 2 Le Granby. Cons. Ch..adl3 cc Great Barrington. Mrs. Mary Atwood, Material for Sewing Class, Val. 1.5<, Jor Dorchester Acad. Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch........... Groveland: Cong: Chi 35.77 8 Groton. Union Cong. Ch... 32.0605: soe Hadley-3 Hirst'Conge Ch Gin ie aces Haverhill) West Cong, Chic. cos Haverhill. Unitarian Ch., First Parish, Jor Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va... Haverhill. A. P. Nichols, for Hort Ber- thold, Ni D:. Indian Me. 2. ses Haverhill. Ladies Sew. Soc., Bbl. C., Jor Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Holden. Cong. Ch.,2 Bbls. C.and papers, Ae Tougaloo U. Holliston. S.S. Class of Boys, for Stu- dent Aid, Talliadesa Cycste ae Holyoke. The Ladies Prayer Circle, Sec. Cong. Ch., for Central Ch., New Orlegns Tit cee, ee SL eles poe Huntington. Second Cong. Ch.and Soc. Hyde Park. First Cong, Chee 2h: 055552 Hyde Park. Friends, for Student Aid, LAMA ACLAG 65 Seen ie a. ia tue Lakeville. A Friend, for Indian Schs.. Lancaster: Cong: Gh. GG ee lenox. Gone Ch cs ese ee ie Leverett. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.. . Ludlow. First Cong: Gh... 5... aioe gard Center. Cong. Ch.,Stereopticon Ole eae mete es cue aioe cnc Cees Teyn: Central Gone. Chia, occu Byunheld) Cong. Gh. sais coe: Lyousville,. Mrs: PisB: Smith. 2:0 3752.5. Malden. Mrs. R. P. Kemp, 50; First Bapt. Ch., 10.03; Th2 Universalist Ch., 12.03 3 Saint Paul Episcopal Ch., 8.16; . C. Burns, 5; Forest Dale Mission, 5, for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va. Merrimac; First Cone, Chi... 342: oe Methuen, First Parish Cong. Ch., adl.. Milford. Daniel Steward .........6...4. Millbury. First Conge@hw.. 3.52... Millis. Churehsof Ghrist. 5s /s0..0 0 Mittineague: - Cong. Chics eso Mittineague. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., /or Indian Educational Work seeceecivees Monson. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., for Mec- LULOSH, GOES Ae eee Ca ee ee Newburyport. Prospect St. Cong. Ch., Jor Model Cottage, Grand View, Tenn. and toconst. Dr. C..C. Day, L. M... Newton. Miss Cora C. Hood, for Stu- deme Ala. Nalladesa Cisccci. e Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch......... North Amherst) Cong, Ch... 2080 6. . Bo North Amherst. Mrs. G. E. Fisher, 20; Whatsoever Soc., 15, for Student Aid, TLESPE MTEL 2 0 PTE WO tiaras eats tas North Amherst. Ladies M.Soc., Bbl. C., Jor Fisk U. North Amherst. Two Bbls, Apples, /or Marion, Ala. Northampton. Ebl. of Cloaks, for W2- mington, N.C. Northampton. Mrs. J. S. Lathrop, for Student Aid, Chandler Sch., Lexing- LOT TOY NOUR as ou, a ee a, Northampton, _Edwards Ch., Kings Daughters, 2 Bbls. Christmas Presents, etc.; First Ch., Dorcas Soc., Box Christ- mas Presents, etc., for Lexington, Ky. KECEIPTS:. Notion, rin: Cones Chive vie. 3: Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.... Richmond. Kings Daughters, for Stu- CEE ATL, ASR ccs Ri ae ee Re Royalston. Y.P.S. C. E. of Cong. Ch., Box Papers, for Tougalov U. Salem); Crombie St.Cong. Ch.......... Salem. Tabernacle Ch. and Soc., to const. DaniEL A. SUTHERLAND, L. M.. Salem, Crombie St. Ch., 7; Crombie St. Ch. and S. S., 2 Bbl. C., for Welming- COMMING Covet es Na eR ns 4 Saxonville. Edwards Cong. Ch......... Shelburne Falls, Cong. Ch., to const. Mrs. Atsapa EtprtpGs, L.M......... Shirley Village. Ortho. Cong, Ch....... Southampton: Cone. Ch.) 343 2.7.0.2% South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch......... South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch..... South Weymouth. Mrs. Wm. Dyer, for Student Atd,A.N.andl. Sch., Thomas- TLC GO. See es ky ENO Cs a cea Springfield. Olivet Cong. Sab. Sch., 17; Memorial Ch., 16.67; A Grateful Christian, 10; St. John Ch., Stereopti- con Col. 320 a cee peg nase ee Springfield. Rev. B. Gilman, D.D., 20; K. D. of Ruth, Third Bapt. Ch., 3, or Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va........ cockbridge,.-Cong.Otia 0. 2. ee Stoneham. Cong. Ch., to const. Mrs. E. I RAIGHARDSON Is. Mio ar ce, 6 Stoneham. By Mrs. Worthen, Half Bbl. C., for McIntosh, Ga. Sunderland. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch........ Sutton. Ladies Bbl. C., for Tougaloo U. Tewksbury. Cong. Ch., Stereopticon Col. Tewksbury. Ladies Aid Soc. of Cong. Chior Toliver Kaye i a pee Rivers. Cong. Ch., Stereopticon fo) Waypole. Second Cong. Ch............. Ware. Jr.C.E.S., for Indian M., Fort BeriKold, ND eyes ee Ware. Children, pennies contributed during the year, by L. A. Tucker, jor LUDA NEO a ee Ot Ware. Miss C. B. Cutler, from her S. S. Class of little girls, for Indian Schp.. Ware. Miss Medora R. Howard, Bbl.C., Freight Paid, for McIntosh, Ga. Ware. Sab. Sch. Classof Mrs. S. R.Sage, Bbl. C. and Bedding, for Tougaloo U. Warren. Y.P.S.C.E., for Student Aid, Dorchester Acad.,8; L. B. Soc., Large Case and Box C., for McIntosh, Ga.... Wayland. Y.'P. S-C. B.,.4,and Bol, for Walminoton, NiO. oo ices canes Wellesiey Hills; Cong. Chu 7.1. Westboro. Ladies Freedmens Assn, FOP LEO LE cea ae oe ee - Westboro. Ladies Freedmens Assn, BblvG.: :, lb. B. Sec.) Box of Coand Christmas Presents, for Saluda, WV. C. West Boxford. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Box Sewing Material, for Lexington, Ky. West Brockfield. Cong. Ch Westfield. Second Cong. Ch oe West Medway. Third Cong. Ch........ West Newton. Second Cong. Soc....... West Newton. Miss A. M. Hobbs, for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va....... Weston. Town Hall Col., 17.52; Mrs. E. M. Knox, 5; Mr. Hastings, 5, jor Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va....... 5 West Somerville. Day St. Cong. Ch.... West Springfield. First Cong. Ch. ..... West Tisbury. First Cong. Ch......... 5 Williamstown. Ch. of Christ, in the WE Oaks... cea aes se ee Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and_ Soc, 1,085.50; Estate of William H. Whitin, 200, by Edward Whitin; Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., by Arthur F. Whitin, Supt., LOA SGA aR aU re eas tee Sine Gat MSR POT SOC I,4I0 50 Worcester. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 74.983 Eadies (of Plym. Ch. Aux; to const. Mrs. Mary Jane WILDER TOaMes 30.00r0 So ede coi kia Be Worcester. Plymouth Ch., Ladies M. Aux... by M 655 3. cb ne Danielsonville. Cong. Jr. Y. P. S.C. E., Jor Central Ch., New Orleans, La..... East Haven. Y. P. S. C. E., by Miss Lottie E. Street, or Central Ch., New OLAS LEE Be ee East Wallingford. Mrs. Benj. Hall.... East Windsor. First Cong. Ch., in part.. Granby: South Cong: Chis. 55.2... 3: Griswold. First Cong. Ch........ eee Haddam. Cong. Chad. 2. as ae Hadlyme.: Cong, Chica. :. eC Hartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch., 77.08; S. C. D., 60.00; Park Cong. ch. 49.453 Windsor Ave. Cong. Ch., 31.45..... eo Hartford. ' Friends, 12; Jewell Hall Col., 10.26; Rev. Dr. Moore, 2; : Hersey, 2, for Gloucester Sch., Cap- PANOSIC, Voce Bs hoci a sey ote old wees De ae First Ch., for Wilmington, LV. Pee c eee eee reese sens see eesceseeesere M Hebron; cV Pi 7S; CB by, Inez: Potter, Secy.:. 05 Coes cee eke Higganum. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., to const. DANIEL Brarnarp L. M...... Ivoryton. Mrs. J. E. Northrup, jor Wiglotpetany NGC ecu cees 0e ce et ne Ditchheld: (Sab. Sch Cong Chic... 22; yire,: 3 Scala oe ee os Madison.. Cong. Gh: . 3.2.6: Seleeuistsls Soe Middletown) = first Chic. o.. 508 eo Mystic. Conm Ch aus ieeiee eek New Britain. First Ch. of Christ, bal. to const., Mrs. ELten B. Boarpman, Miss Mattic E. Pecx, Miss BERTHA Ban- croFT, ARTHUR C. BLAKE, CHAUNCEY B. ANDREWS and Jamegs S. Nortu, L. Ms. New Britain. South Cong. Ch., toconst. Cuarctes W. MarsuHatit, E. ALLEN Moore and Miss Lotrit B. Bassetrr Te MBS ite e eis eee nee he Saale wes New Haven. Dwight Place Ch......... New Haven. Golden Links Soc.. Dwight Place Ch.,. for Student Atd, Fisk U.... New Haven. Emmanuel Bapt. Ch , /or Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va....... New Haven. Mrs. J. H. Burton, Pkg. Mats and Cards, for McIntosh, Ga. Norfoik. Mrs. Mary A. Curtiss.:.......6 Norwich. Park Cong. Chico. Bo New London. Second Cong. Ch.,2 Bbls. and Box C. and Christmas Gifts, for Raleigh, N.C. Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch., Quar. Col... Plainfield. Miss Sarah E. Francis, for Student Atd, Normal Inst., Grand VACUIMCNI Cora See tia ts Cae vais cat Plymouth. (Cong. hi2s see eee Pomfret. Womans Aux. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. Bedding, for Talladega C. Putnam.7; second Cous., Che tn... ce Sound Beach. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. (1 of Which for Talladega C.) oi vscus vi haves 75 81 40 11 08 18 87 13 00 I oo 5 00 Io oO I0' 00 17 86 5 0 25 00 4050 II 50 II 00 18 41 L02 217 98 26 26 8 00 5 00 2 00 30 00 Io 00 20 00 20 00 28 24 21 43 I40 00 97 64 138 25 18 00 8 03 I oo 5 00 32 52 10 00 I5 00 62 39 I5 00 i Nia is ean ies aia 76 Sound Beach. Jr. Y. P. S.C. E. of Pil- grim Cong. Ch., Bbl. Goods, yor King's Mountain, N.C. RECEIPTS. South Britain. Cong, Ch. 2012) T625 et Glastonbury. Cong Ch. and Sab. CUR oye are tale Solera lee fons s sheen tare olme isles ccc fen I 2 South Killingly. Cong. Ch. and Soc.... ! = South Norwalk. Cong. Ch... ....5.2.2 88 if SOUCRMORE ae 20 00 Stamford. First Cong. Ch. Jr. V.P.S, C.E, for Central Ch., New Orleans, CEI cs ge oo ae 5 00 stratford. Cong. Ch... .:. . 14 00 Suitiela, 7 irst Cong: Ch... 7.56.25 18 15 Talcottville. Cong. Ch... wee 80 00 Thompson. Cong. Ch..... 2x 98 Mornington. 2First Cong. Ch...0...35) 5 42 Waterbury. W.B Soc. of Second Cong. Ch., for A. N. and I. Sch., Thomas- DHE GAO i Be ae ee i558. 2 25.00 Waterbury. Miss C. B. Hill, for W27- winston, IN. CO. os. Safin Ube eee ce 8 00 Westchester. Gone. Cho. Il 45 West Hartford Pirst Ch, 2 2 G.10 Westville: + Cong7Gh. 3) 6 se eae 15 00 Whitneyville. Dorcas Soc. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., for McIntosh, Ga. Windsor. {First Cone. Gh 7. 33> 5 00 Wolcott. Cons Ch 40. IO 00 Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc... 15 50 Woman's Cong. Home Missionary Union of Conn., Mrs. W. W. Jacobs, Treas., for Woman's Work: Canton Centre. Aux........ I5 00 Danbury. Y. L. M. S., for Student Aid, Williams- buge Arad. Kyo. 3 00 Greenwich. Second Ch., Mrs. Halls S.S. Class, jor Stu- dent Aid, Conn. Indl. Sch., : Thomasville, Ga....... es0 5 50 Nangatuck. L. A. S., Sor Student Aid, Grand View, CUTE ce cas a eee I00 00 Notiglks Aux 22) I5 00 Plantsville. Ladies Indl. Soc. 35 00 West Hartford. W. H. M. Aux., for Student Aid, Thomasville, Ga.......... 7 00 180 50 $1,826 16 ESTATES, New Britain. Estates of Cordelia Stan- leyand Sophia Stanley, by Mrs. Julia a Loomis; Executrix: 45.8 5 546 58 Norfolk. Estate of Mrs. Mary Langdon : Porter, Fred E. Porter, Executor.... 947 50 Rocky Hill. Estate of Rev. A. B. Smith, by Rev. Elijah Harmon, Executor.... 120 oo West Hartford. Estate of Nancy S. Gaylord, F.H Parker, Executor... . 300 00 $3,740.24 NEW YORK, $1,282.26, Alfred. Mrs. Ida F. Kenyon............ 5 00 Batavia. Mrs. F. P. Rice, for Moorhead, DEES eee ee Ca asics sae as 5 00 Brockport. Intermediate Dept. State Nor. Sch., for Marion, Ala...... ..... 4 00 Brooklyn. Lewis -Av. Cong. Ch., jor indian MM, Oahe SD. 82 00 Brooklyn. Sab. Sch. Clinton Av. Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Pleasant fizll, TON a Phe ne 50 00 Brooklyn. South Cong. Chi...).....5) 4I 04 Brooklyn, South Cong. Ch., Mission Sab. Sch., for Central Church, New OF ans, Lac Se aos 25 0c Brooklyn. Y. P. S. C.E., Ch. of the Pilgrims, 5; The Wallace Class, Ch. of the Pilgrims, 5, for Deer Lodge, LENT, aoe ere cs eo Io 00 Brooklyn. Y. P.S. C. E., New Eng. Ch., for Student Aid, Talladega C......... Canandaigua. Bbl. and Box of C. and -_ Supplies, for Kings Mountain, Candor, Bbl. C., for Moorhead, Miss. Castle iG ASDaviss sao 9 ee Chataugay. Joseph Shaw... .... .....! Clifton Springs. , Jor Kings Moun- POURING Ce a eee ne Corona. Rev. W. J. Peck, Pkg. Litera- ture, for Beach Inst. Coventryville. Children of S., S., for Central Ch., New Orleaus. La... ok East Bloomfield. Bi, CE. for Central Ch., New Orleans, La......... Elmira. Mrs. S. D. Jennings............ : Honeoye. Y.P.S. C. E. of Cong. Ch., Jor Central Ch., New Orleans, La..... Jamestown. C.E.Soc., by Mrs. S. A. Baldwin, bal. to const. Miss Emity W. PHOUMES [o20ME, foe en Jefferson. Mrs. C. Nichols ............. Le Roy. Miss D. A, Phillips... -/:...... Little Falls. Miss F. D. Emerson, or Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va....... Lockport. East Ave. Cong. Ch. Y. P. Sh . | a eR ioe ey ore Middletown, First Cong. Ch............ Middletown. North St. Cong. Ch., for Freight to Grand View, Tenn..+...... Mount Vernon. B.B. Adams....... .. Napoli. Ladies H. M. Soc., Sab. Sch. Penny Col., for McIntosh, Ga.... 06.04. New York. W.E. Dodge, Educational Duind 07 Vadladesra Ce ee New York. Miss Phebe Ann Thorn, 100 ; Mrs. I, S. Kennedy, 10, for Gloucester Meee, CADPANOSIC VQ i Sr hoe Boe ie Broadway Tabernacle Ch., RUSNG S204: 6 0. Ot) 90: Ne wining le 2 6.c0 16 6) 9% sania se eee e Missi. 1. PARsonst le: Me ois New York. Rev. John B. Devin, Sor Jonesboro, Tenn...... Bo eee se se eas New York. S.S. Class of Christ Cong. Ch Mount Hope: 38. 4s oso New York. Miss Grace H. Dodge, Pkg., Cards and Calendars, for Beach ast. Northfield. Union M. Soc., Cong. Ch... North Hannibal, , Sor Storrs Sch., AWANLA: Gdieincs Be ee Orient, Sab. Sch Cone Ch: 422 Owego. Cong. Ch., Ladies M., Soc., 10, Y, BS. C.K. to, Sab, Sch. Cong. Ch., 5, for Central Ch., New Orleans, RS D9 6010) 86084 O10 0) 0 700s 0a ale le 6 las lee she gi cen Le VY. P. S).C) Be jo: Jr. .P. S.C. E., 70c., for Central Ch., New Orleans La. ee Pekin. | Miss Oliva Root..:0J.-7) 32,3 Poughkeepsie. L. M. Soc., Box of C., Sor Williamsburg Acad., Ky. Riverhead..; Congs@h <.o:: sn Rushville. First Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. Pota- toes, for Greenwood, S. C. Sag Harbor. Charles N. Brown, toconst. Miss Vircinia O. B. KErEseE L. M...... Sidney. {Gongs Ch 44.55.55. Sing Sing. Mrs. Cornelia E. Judd, 30; Mrs. Harriet M. Cole, 30, for L. Ms... Syracuse. Y.P.S. C. E. Goodwill Ch., Jor Central Ch., New Orleans, La..... Troy.. Mrs. George Harrison, for Glou- cester Sch., Cappahosic, Vae.e.creseaes Utica. Bethesda Welsh Cong. Ch....... Warsaw. Ladies of Cong. Ch. Bbls Ge for Wilmington, N. C. Westfield. Box of Bedding and Table Linen for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga. Woodhaven. Goodwill Inst., First Cong. Ch., Box of Papers and Mags., for Salu-_ da, N. 5 00 5 OO 4 50 10 00 5 00 2075 IO 00 IO 00 II 50 5 00 5 00 7 29 53 00 5 00 50 4 00 250 00 IIO 00 95 00 30 00 5 00 5 00 13 50 5 00 I5 00 25 00 10 70 I 00 Io 16 32 00 13 25 60 00 Io 00 5 00 uh a3 ae Germantown. RECEIPTS. Womans Home Missionary Union of N. Y., by Mrs. J.J. Pearsall, Treas., /or Woman's Work: Brooklyn... Ea: Mi. 5.25... 955 00 Brooklyn. Ch. of the Pil- eis: WE NM Th 1500 TIOMCE S29 25s vaceses ces occ 457 tomer: (AUX iu .05 63s. 2 se I7 50 Honeoye: Aux -......... +2 2: 12 00 Tthaca. W.M.S..... ae 20 00 Ithaca. W.M.S.,/or Central te Ne OR... on eee 25 00 New York. Broadway Tab. : Soc. for Wi W...2225.--25- 6 00 Poughkeepsie. S.S. for Cex- Eeal CHA INs Ovoewe's sees 28 00 Syracuse. W.M.S., 14; Ged- des Ch., Willing Workers, 5. 19 00. NEW JERSEY, $441.45. Cinnaminson. Mrs. A. Lippincott, 5; Mrs. A. Wood, 5; Mrs. Wood, 5 ; Miss Emily Harris, 1, for Elbow Woods Chapel, N. D., Indian M Haddonfield. Mr.and Mrs. B. M. Roads, 20; R.& S. Nicholson, 6; John J. Glo- ver, 5; for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va . cece coc et eee a a cece cette cee eee eee eee ct Jersey City. Mrs. Celia G. Dickinson, for Tillotson C : : Newark. First Cong. Ch. (of which Y. P.S.C.E., by Miss Emma A. Camp- field, to. dian Newark. Belleville Av., Y.P.S.C. E., for Central Ch., New Orleans, La.... Vineland. Jr. C. E.Soc., First Baptist Ch., for Student Aid, TalladegaC... Westheld: Cong. Ch........-........... Westfield. Ladies Soc., 2 Bbls. Bedding, or Macon, Ga. Woodbridee: First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., jor Central Ch., New Orleans, La ... Womans Home Missionary Union of the N. J. Assn, by a: Denison, Treas., for Woman's Work: Renae First Cong. Ch., W. H. M. Soc., for Schp. Talladega C.. PENNSYLVANIA, $223.19. Coudersport. Mrs. Mary W. Mann..... Falbeaees: Mrs. P. R. Burgess jor Gloucester Sch., Cappahoste,Va......+6 Second Presb. Ch., 153 Box of Books, 3.75 for Freight, for Blowing Rock, N.C : Guys Mills. Simeon O. Fitch ...... tee Mount Carmel. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.... Neath. Sab. Sch. sere Ch eo ee i Iphia. James Burson, for Studen i = : x 4) Friend, 20, for_ School Books, A Friend, 1, jor Blowing ROC ING Ce ives s ect en hc a cme ae oe Philadelphia. Mrs. C. A. Corlies, 10; Miss S. A. Robinson, 5; Miss Ann Fry, 5; C. H. Ross, 50c.; i" S. Truman, 39c., /or Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va.. .... Philadelphia. Central Cong. Ch.... .... Scranton. ; Miss Sarah Newlin, for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Vad.errsererssecsiveee OHIO, $626.72. Akron, First Cong. Ch. to const. JosEPH Batpwin L. Bellevue. first Cong: Ch... 2s ee Cincinnati. Miss Mary McEmery, /er Tilloeon Coes c: Eh eee canes cet rae see een e cers eee era leeeeeagedae ne 6 5 60 oi, . Sab. Sch. Plymouth Cong. ~ 202 07 31 00 25 00 44 25 Io 00 5 00 4 00 220 00 2I 20 65 00 5 00 I oo 18 75 I 50 5 co 6 29 26 00 30 87 8 00 Cincinnati. Miss Dorothy Papenheimer, 2; Miss Maggie Portune, 1.50, for Tz/- lotspn Cun Bawa. Be a oo oou Gees Cincinnati. Columbia Cong. Ch......... Claridon. A. A. Witmort, 30, to const. himself L.M;. Cong: Soc, 24.35: <1 .252- Cleveland. Euclid Ave. Cong. Ch., 118.25 ; Plymouth Ch., 54.26 ; Archwood Ave. Cong. Ch., 8.05; R. J. Thomas, 4.. Cleveland. Hough Ave. Cong. Ch., /or Central Ch., New Orleans, La.. ..+++- Cleveland. Pilgrim Ch., for Central Ch, NG, OZFCANS, eda aa aoe ss se Elyria. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., /or Wilmington, N.C. Genevar7Gong. Chu. .s.ciss... Ne Lenox, 2V,-2.S. . B. Gong-Gh..... 2. Marysville. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., for Andersonville, Ga. Mount Vernon. First Cong. (Oil saree. North Kingsville. Mrs. S.C Kellogg, 5, Jor Indian M., and 5 for Beaufort, WV. C.; Miss Eliza S. Comings, 5.--..... Norwalk, Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch., ee i i i ee erry Oberlin. - Second Cong. Ch... .. 2.2.3... Oberlin, -YP:S. Sor Student Aid, Talladega C.......... Oberlin. L.A. Soc., Second Cong. Ch., Box and Bbl. Household Linen and C.; Mutual Benefit Soc., Bbl. C.; Roy S. Dorsett, Box C., for Blowing Rock, Cc Painesville; Cone Ch. adl 3.2... sa: Ruggles. Cong. Ch. to const. WiLson J. STURTEVANT LO Miig oc eae Saybrook. Ladies Missy Soc., Bbl. C., Jor Marshallville, Ga. : Strongsville. Cong. Ch. for Alaska M.. Toledo. Central Cong. Ch., 40.25; Second Cong: Ch., 6: Harriet C. Plage, 1; -.. Wakeman. Cong. Ch. and Soc.......... Wellington. Edward West.............. West Richfield. Miss Eunice Alger, 10 3 Mrs. Esther R. Alger, 2.50, for Boys ._ New Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn........ Ohio Womans Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Geo. B. Brown, Treas.: Cleveland. Euclid Ave., for Student Aid, Lincoln Acad., All Flealing ON Cr ie oes 20 00 Mount Vernon. --S.5..5:... 5 00 North Olmstead. W.M.S... 5 00 Rochester. *A Friend.... I 90 INDIANA, $6.00. Angola. Mrs. Quick and Friends, Bbl. and Box dried Fruit and Carpet- ing for Kings Mountain, N.C. "Perr braute.: Mis Ps Noyes:... 32s ee. Womans Home Missionary Union of Indiana, Mrs. A. H. Ball, Treas., for Womans Work: Indianapolis. Mayflower Ch......... ILLINOIS, $1,136.73. Abingdon. Cong: Chis i co50 4c. Alton, Aid; Gregory [USE a tees ss bas Belvidere. Cong. Ch.. noe Chicago. Cash, 100; Leavitt St. Ch., 6.84; First Cong. Ch., 101.02; New Eng. Cong. Ch., 91; South Cong. Ch., 60.62; to const. H. Russell Smith and E. L. Burchard, L. M's; M.R., 25; Rev. Henry Willard, 20; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kilner, 10; Brainerd Ch., 8.04 Union Park Ch., Mrs.G. S. F., 5; 1. N. CAM, Si ertiia yee ee ee IO 00 Chicago. Miss Emma Willard, for Stu- dent: Aid. Valladesa Ce) he Ci@ |, birst one. Ch., Mrs. I. D. Gilman, for Student. 184 56 IO 97 Ses 20 00 5 oo I5 00 7 00 51 72 5 08 5 00 30 00 I 00 47 25 25 24 IO OO I2 50 25 34 Io oO 5 00 78 Chicago. Mrs. A, Hulburd, for Judian MM, Independent, N.D..cosccecssseess Danville. C. M. Young, Sewing Ma-- chine jor Fisk U. Dover. Sab. Sch: Cone. Ch ........... Galva. Cong. Ch.........2+++se-0e- noe Glencoe. Cong. CUNT STR Sa ae Granville. heerful Workers...... dea Grange, Cons. Ch. 2.2... ccc c esos Lee Center. Cone. Ch, adl ic. ies es Howells Vv 1G, Lutz is os ee Sas Moline birst Cong, Ch. 2.6.6. us Morrison. Miss Ellen S. Brown........ Oalkslags, HirstCong. Ch. 3... i.4. : Oak Park. "Mrs: J... M. Baker; Box Brushes and Combs jor Blowing Rock, Payson. Cong. CRe See ei ee Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens............ Princeton. ' A Friend, Sor Tillotson C. Princeton. W. M. Soc, Box and Bbl. Goods for eae U. Ridgeland. on SC. fi5: Sab. 3seh;, GONG OCD teste ites e's oss aces rere Falls. facies s Soc., Box Bed- ing for Lexington, Ky. Rockford... First-Cong. Ch... ...22...2... Sublette. Y.P.S.C.E., by Mrs. E. T. Leith, Treas., for Santee Indian Sch.. Toulon. Y.P.'S.C.E. of Cong. Ch..... Wheaton. College Ch. of Christ........ ia First ate Ch., 44.65; Mrs. Co Dowd; 52-1 see 6s nce cee fino Semmaira Bone Niedionacy Union,. Mrs.. L. A. Field, Treas., for Woman's Work + Aurora New Eng. Ch. Jr. Siatexetaue ip 0-4! Siete aaa: bicites s crane Oo 00 Chicago. New England Ch. : Sy ena ien cameos be 5 00 Elgin. WoM Bo IO 00 Evanston. W. M.S... ic... I5 07 OakPark, Ws M. Seo .2..40 1525 Rantoul. WMS. 7. 5 00 Rockford, Second Ch.W. M. De I coe ec hae 5 00 us Se First Ch. W. M. Seas age See ee 5 00 MICHIGAN. $855.97, Alpena. Mirst'Cone. Chistes. Ann Arbor. First Cong. Che. ....24..., Canton. Geo. R. Woodworth... ..... Charlotte. First Cong., Ch. Charlotte. Carmel Cong. Chis Miss H. E. White, 1.75, for Student Aid, Tal- VARESE Co. COLA aa ae eee Clinton. Cong. Ch., 8.79; Jr.C. E. Soc., by Thomas H. Warner, 2.50 ..s.seseees Coloma, Cons. Chu, (i... 246... weeseeee Detroit. First Cong. Ch ewete ae Detroit. W. M. A. of First Cong. Ch. by Mrs. Helen A. Clark, from sale of Coins, the gift of Marie Kuchera, of Konig- gratz, eae Bohemia... Detroit. Y.P.S.C. E. of Fort St. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C.: Woodward Av. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C. for Greenwood, SC. Dexter, ennis Warner........+ eee Grand Haven. First-Cong. Ch..... ABE Greenville. Cong: (Ch 42.609. SA Friend '-6 250005 (ea eres oe ee Homestead. x P.S.C. E., by Mary A. Sill, See o4a0n Sas ee ee Manchester. Cong. Chr see Nahma and Isabella. ee eases Olivet: -W: G TU. Cong: Ch, se Stu- dent Aid, Talladega Ci... s- 0.55 Olivet. Box Books, etc., jor Lexington, Ky. Pott Huron. First Cong. Ch mete ter wee Romeo, Cons, Ghai ce. RH RECEIPTS. South Haven. S.S. Class Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Talladega C Tecumseh. James Vincent.............. _ Traverse City. S. Anderson, Lot of S.S. Papers Sor Talladega C. Womans Home Missionary Union of Michigan, by Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Treas., Jor Woman's Work Addison. W.H. M. Sha ee ais Wenzonia. Wo PS; C, Be... 3 00 Greenville; . WM. S....- 5 00 yr eceaey: Church Workers : ties Vinten e ses Soe oe ee I5 Unio City. Wee McS:: 6 25 ESTATE. Ann Arbor. Estate of Dr. Corydon Ford by Sryant Walker, Admr...........34: IOWA, $385.14. Algona. Mrs. H. E. Stacy, 13; Miss Clara Zahlton, 11, for Student Aid, IGA OR ERA aa Bg A SRS Belle;Plaine. Cons. Chui... 0... sae Cedar Rapids. Band Willing Workers, Box C., etc., by Mrs. L. R. Munger, for CBeach Inst. hester Center. -Y.P.5.C.H., by J. We Wrener: Clive: toe. cere oo ee Des Moines. A Friend, for Wilming- Cape IN CeO ile ee Res ces uae Cee Des Moines. Plym. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. Material for Sewing Rom; Plym. Rock Miss. Scc., Pkg. Hall Supplied Sor Talladega pis Dunlap... Cong. Chet... .... 65...) ee Hativille, Cong. Ch. oi ..3.6cs ee Eldora. Mrs. Hardin, 1; Jr. E. Soc., 1, Jor Student Fhe Fisk G cee eee alt. Cong) Ch fin. bee cee, ee Grinnell. gen Sch. First Cong. Ch., to const. Mrs. Appiz M. Preston L. M. Independence. S.S. Class Cong. Ch., by Miss Grace Potwin, for Student Aid, Beach gist ee oe eee Independence. Mrs. O. Potwin, Pkg. te and Pkg. Literature for Beach mst Kingsley... YP. Ss: & E., by Mrs. Carrie Snyder, for Pleasant Hill'A cad., Tenn. Lansing. Rev. A. Kern ......-7-.-.- Le. Grand. 2 WV. Craigs ee ee Lincoln: Cong Ch. .2 o005. twee McGregor... Cong, Ch i20 eS srs Montour. Cong. Choi) .5..0 eee an New Hampton. Y. P. S. C. E. Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Talladega C.... Oskaloosa: Cong;: Chu is. s5 ee Red Oak. Cong. Ch. 20 sid. esc ae Rockford. Cong. Ch. and Soc :. Sionx City. Hirst. Cons. Ch. -.... ces Sloan. Bbl. of C. and Bedding jor Pleasant: Hill, Tenn Postville. First Cong. Ch., for Student Azad. Meridian, Missi Pe Waterloo. Miss Lucy Leavitt, for Tad- Ladeoa Cx issn dessa oe eee coe nes Iowa Womans Home Missionary Union, Miss Belle L. Bentley, Treas., for Woman's Work: Decorah. W.M. aged 995 Barvilies W.M:3S oa 5 00 Lewis. Jr. Y. Pp $ C. Ee yor, Schp. Beach Inst.......... 6 00 Madison Co. First Ch., Mrs. 1; W. Brownell, 0.05.02: I 00 Magnolia, -W..MiS......3 I 25 Westfield. Mission Band. . 4 85 ) HoH Hu NHNUDNDD 8 SH8838 oe 7 Beloit; Mirst Gone. Ch.cadl 22.2.4... Beloit. Miss Hobart, for Tages Aid, Talladega C1... 11. ences ce eee eee , Ae Cong. Chios: B. . vy Cong. Ch., 15...--..eee0es es Evansville. Cong. Ch. A ose ec csib Janesville. First Cong. Ch........---++ Madison. Pilgrim S.S., 2; Miss Bee- croft, 1 ; Miss Hemwood, soc., for Stu- dent Aid, Wg laaeea Cis. Ge aes Milwaukee. oe iam Cong; Ghee... Reaews, GConoi@h. 2.0... aes Whitewater. Jr. c E. Soc. Cong. Ch., Jor Student Aid, A. N. and 1. Sch., Thomasville, 7 eee O38 seen MINNESOTA, $139.76. Beaver Creek. Christian End. Soc., 6; Ellen R. aes 5.65, for Blowing Je1G:8) NE ONS Rr USS te ene Detroit. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.. Faribault, See Gh,; 3: Sab. Sch. Con, Ch., BNC G Sau cae a eA eee ee &. Graceville. ob Sch. Cong. Ch., for [x- | LEED ELA Se oS Re Minneapolis. Wm. H. Norris, ad; az Fee Lake Ch., 5.80; Vine Cong. Ch., New Pend. Mrs. E. E. Sos ih ndian M., ce east ND... New Ulm. Cong. Che ee eae. Northfield. First Gone. Ghie. 6.52... Rochester. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.......... Saint Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch........ MISSOURI, $72.40. Cameron. Mrs. Hiram Smith............ Cameron. Rev. D. E. Todd, for Student POT LOUSAOO Oo ke oe eee 68s Se Kidder. one Chins a... ames : Saint Joseph. Tabernacle C. E........ Saint Louis. Harlem Immanuel Cone Ch., 6.55; Ch. of the Redeemer, 1 45.. ARKANSAS, $4.00. Little Rock. First Cong. Ch.......+0+<- KANSAS, $62.15. Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Goudy.. Leavenworth. Hirst Cong. @h.......... Smith Center. First Cong. Ch.. sees Stockton: ;Gone. Ch.) sss Topeka. Ladies First Cong. Ch., Bbl. Bedding /or lee Miss. Wakefield. Cong. C Rs. es obs Ce $18.10. New @Gastle.. Cone @iey 2.0... 22. Santee. Pilgrim CES x Bier os, Steelburg. Sab. ae Maer Oh ele: Vork, [irst Cong Gn. =... -: Ati ogee NORTH DAKOTA, $16r.68.- Fort Berthold. S. W. and Rev. C. L Hall, too; Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., 29-18, for lee Woods Chapel, N. D., S. W. Hall, 30, for [ndependence, N. D. Woman's Home Missionary Union of North Dakota, by Mrs. Mary M. Fisher, Treas., Sor Woman's Work : Cummings. *Christian Soldiers. SOUTH DAKOTA, $08.55. Alexandria, 0A Priead....0..:2.5.. Clarks Gong: Che ie ace ce ee Saint Johns. Miss F. E. Hunnewell, FOr EUNAT ht Me oe ee ai Yanktown. Cong. Ch............ + ee t Con RECEIPTS. COLORADO, $13.50. Denver. Miss Caroline Danielson, or Lndigh Wie er ee OKLAHOMA, $4.20. Guthrie. Plym. Cha 2 .... 2 UTAH, $5.00. Salt Lake City. Ladies Missy Soc., Phillips Cone Ch. , for furnishing Chi- nese Mission Home, Salt Lake City.. CALIFORNIA, $127.93. Campbell Gono, Ch 8... se Haywards >= A-Mriend 7)... 2......4%. Los Angeles. Mrs. he Ce eddy. 3... Martinez. irs. J. Mo Weeks............ Poway. Rev. H.C. Abernethy........ a Ventura. Hirst Cone Chi... ...,-.-. California Womans Home Missionary S0c., by Mrs. J: M:, Haven, Treas., Sor Woman's Work: ae WW Ee MSOC, 5 ac eee nes OREGON, $3.50. Forest Grove. First Cong. Ch.......... WASHINGTON, $34.00. Garfield. Bertha M. Archer, for Moun- LAT WOU Riche ess ede ie re Seattle. Miss Lily M. Guion, Sub. to * Golden Rule ve Talladega C. Skokomish. -ConesCh. 3.3 gc Tacoma, East Ch:, by Rev. A. J. Smith Washington Womans Home Missionary Union, by Mrs C. E. George, Treas., Sor Woman's Work: Washington W.-M. U2 5... an. DISTRICT.OF COLUMBIA. Washington. Mary Buckman, Kinder- garten Material /or Macon, Ga. : MARYLAND, $80.09. _ Baltimore. First Cong. Ch., 75 ; Second Cong. CRE ee iste VIRGINIA, $183.34. Freeshade. H. oa Jor Gloucester SCh., CAPLENOSC VAT a Ss ae Gloucester. Gloucester Educational Club, for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, ae i ee te Gloucester. Gloucester Sab. Sch. Quar- terly Convention, 28.89; Morning Glory Bap. Ch., 5; Bethel h. 4.20, for Glou- cester Sa. Cappahos OV ass. aie Mathews Co. Mr.and Mrs. B. W. Dab- ney, for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, LE PERS POON earciny Si Ne g a TRCE MU S) Pape ea Sassafras. Mr. and Mrs: George Leigh, Sor Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va... Roanes. James H. Brooks, for Glouces- ter. Sch., Cappahoste, Va....... 4 aso KENTUCKY, $2.co. Red: Ash: Cons Gh ites. 7.2 ee: tees TENNESSEE, $118.00. Gtand View... W.: Ht Clark, Bbl. ot - Apples for Andersonville, Ga. Memphis. Mr. and Mrs. i, S. Minken, Sor Ki tndergarien, mata Sos ison American (Missionary Assoctation, PRESIDENT, Rev. Amory H. BraAprorp, D.D., N. J., Member of Executive Committee, ex-officto. Vice-Prestdents. Rev. w. F. se teiue LL.D., Colo, Rey. Henry C. Kine, D.D., Ohio. Assoc. Justice Davin J. BREWER, LL.D., Rev. H. H. Procror, B,D, Ga.. Washington, D.C. Judge Roperr R. Bisiop, Mass. Recording Secretary, Rev. ASHER ANpDERSON, D.D., Mass. Auditors, Epwin H. BAKrr, Conn. Joun E, Lescu, N. VY. Executive Commtttee. for Five Years. For Four Years. For Three Vears. CuaArtes A. Hutz, Chatrman, James H. OLIpHANt, Joun B. CLark, GrorcE E. Hatt, WILLIAM H, Warp, BENJAMIN F. BLarr, _JOuN M. Hotcomnr. Epwarp P. Lyon. Puitie S. Moxom. for Two Years. for One Year. WILLIAM W. McLANgE, Lucien C. WARNER, LEWELLYN PRATT, FRANK . FitTcH, G. Henry Wuitrcoms. DEWITT S. CLARK. CENTRAL OFFICE: 287 FourtH AvEenug, New York, N. Y. Honorary Secretary and Editor, Rev. A. F. BEarp, D.D. Corresponding Secretaries, Rev. JAmEs W. Cooprr, D.D., Rev. CHARLEs J. Ryper, D.D. . W. Hupparp, Treasurer. Secretary of Womlin' 5s Bureau, Miss D. E. EMErson. DISTRICT OFFICES: Boston OFFICE, 615 CONGREGATIONAL Housr, Boston, MAss. District Secretary, Rev. Grorcz H. GuTTerson. field Representative, Mrs. IDA VosE Woopsury. _| Cuicaco Orricr, 153 LA SALte Street, Cuicaco, ILL. District Be ree, Rev. W. L. fein D.D.s Emeritus, Rev. Jos. E. Roy, D.D. COMMUNICATIONS _ _ Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Aarecsbddine _ Secretaries; letters for Tum American Missionary, to the Editor, at the New York Office ; letters relating to the finances, to the Treasurer ; letters relating to rk, Me ae Secretary of the Woman s Bureau. : _ DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS sred letters, or post-office orders, may be sent to H. W. er abe Rooms, Fourth Avenue and 22d Street, ate fee Hh ahdreee label indicates the time ae bah made in ate on label to the roth se nd carly. notice 5 of change in post- nd os new oneaehaid in Ns aan oe a DECEMBER 1907 Ameriran Missionary Bike warp and woof all destinies Are woven fast, Linked int sympathy like the keys Of an urgan vast; Pluck one thread and the wel pe mar; Break fut one Of a thousand keys, and the paining jar Through all will run. John Greenleaf Whittier, natus Dec. 17: 1807 * re oe et Paki omigeacat MONTHLY EXCEPTING JULY AND AUGUST - BY THE ~ AMERICAN MISSIONARY cASSOCIATION * 287 FOURTH AVENUE i NEW. YORK Price 50 Cents a Year in advance. Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as Second-Class mail matter. CONTENTS| PacE WHPTIER AND: DROTHERAOOD, (6ociescy-0) 5) cantare teens ay uaeninaaeces roueesegibuens ce et PLD WHITTIER ANNIVERSARY cccce di ecetedgescursestrracucsupente Cee ipenNireiUunteiess cia he asun 307, Pe Nome Ge 8 Dene ah anayueedes esc 308, 309 A Great Day, AT FIOWARD UNWERSITY..00..4 02002050 ae Pvseleiant doce Csss ead sper ishe 309 Tie EXPERIENCE OF A FAITHFUL GEORGIA PASTOR ii ioisscseseeoubiabesconsrsd 311 _ EXCERPTS FROM ADDRESSES AT THE ANNUAL MEETING... ..scceceeseecese eee eene 312-325 Minutes OF THE SIxTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING..cccscscsscssscsssssssssssessscssvsvsveess 326 Le LE Ea nia a ON ee 331 Wee ei rise Pas GaebinuS Chis ce Lveuvh el Gabi niemn pay sani shAyGMAMh en lan MWesrReyyAGubs) 335 WANTS.) 1. A steady INCREASE of income to keep pace with the - imperative demand of work. This increase can be reached only by vegular and larger contributions from the churches, the feeble as well as the strong. 2. ADDITIONAL BurLpincs for our educational institu- tions are needed to receive the constantly increasing num- ber of students; Mrrtinc Houses for the new churches we are organizing; More Munisters, educated and devoted, for these churches. 3. Funps ror InpustriaL DepartMENTsto purchase implements for agricultural training; to erect shops and furnish tools and materials for instruction and use in the mechanical arts, for carpenters, blacksmiths, tinmen, harness and shoemakers; and to supply the girls industrial rooms. 4. Our work in Porto Rico calls for a school building at Santurce. It is necessary to successful work. This is - exceptionally important. CHAUNCEY HOLT, PRINTER, 27 Vandewater St., N.Y, THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. Vor. LXI DECEMBER, 1007 No. 10 WHITTIER AND BROTHERHOOD aw) | is no part of our purpose to celebrate Whittier as a poet. We simply bring our chaplet of Forget-me-nots in re- membrance of the Christian reformer and of the legacy which he left for human brotherhood. Country-born a hundred years ago this month, the son of hard- working, upright Quaker parents ; country-bred, with a meager train- ing at country schools, the young man inherited the spirit of earnest sincerity which characterized his after years. Asa boy he wrote that he would rather have the memory of a Howard, a Wilberforce anda Clarkson than the undying fame of a Byron. When he was about twenty years of age he left the farm and the plain New England farm-house to work out his life. With journalism as his chosen call- ing, for twelve years, when the duties of his vocation took him to various places, he held fast in them all to the tranquil faith in which he had been reared, while his love of freedom and justice and his sense of the brotherhood of man grew with his growth. The wrong of slavery made him its unwavering opponent, and his gentle, loving and sensitive nature expressed itself in his holy wrath against all oppression. When he was twenty-six years of age he published an essay en- titled Justice and Expediency ; or, Slavery Considered With a View for its Abolition. At twenty-nine he became Secretary of the Ameri- can.Anti-slavery Society, and soon after was editor of the Pennsyl- vania Freeman. This was ten years before the American Missionary Association came into life. At once he faced hostile forces. Riotous and abusive mobs confronted him, but his courage stood like one of the old oaks of his boyhood homestead in the stress of stormy seasons. As an editor of an anti-slavery journal he was among the foremost in advancing the claims of his despised little party, but it was when he recognized that God had made him a poet to sing the songs of righteousness and human brotherhood that he arrested the attention of the nation and became an acknowledged former and. reformer of MR. H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION, 287 FouRTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. I enclose Fifty Cents for one years subscription to THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. Town and State Street and No 306 WHITTIER AND BROTHERHOOD public opinion. With a divine fervor he consecrated his genius tc, this end, and soon set the hearts of multitudes beating in unison with -hisown. Quaker though he was, his verse was martial music. It stirred the blood as it stirred the conscience. It was not the poetry which called for students to discover its meaning, or for scholarly elubs to ponder and puzzle over its mysterious possibilities. If Whittier was a minor poet he never struck such a minor key as to make commentators a necessity. His verse never got away from the hearts of the people. Vigor and virility declared the poet to be through and through a brother man. It was a song of the heart when he sang for the slave: My God, can such things be? Hast thou not said that whatsoever is done Unto the weakest and thy humblest one, Is even done to thee? In that sad victim then, - - Child of thy pitying love I see thee stand ~ Once more the jest-word of a mocking band, Bound, sold, and scourged again. The great national crisis came, and the questions between freedom and slavery could no longer wait. It was then in the heat of the first conflict Whittier wrote : Ce The storm bell rings, the tempest blows, I know the word and countersign, Wherever Freedoms vanguard goes, Where stand or fall her friends or foes, I know the place that should be mine. Shamed be the hands that idly fold, And lips that woo the reeds accord, When laggard Time the hour has tolled For true with false and new with old, To fight the battles of the Lord. *O brother blest by partial fate With power to match the will and deed, To him the summous comes too late Who sinks beneath his armors weight And has no answer, but God speed. We wait beneath furnace blast, he wrote in the fearful struggle of Civil War, but when the victory came, his inspired Laus DEo came with it, which has been called one of the few really great and lasting contributions to literature. It is done! > Clang of bell and war of gun, Send the tidings up and down, ) ~~ A WHITTIER ANNIVERSARY 307, How the belfries rock and reel ! How the great guns peal on peal! Fling the joy from town to town! With the nation saved and slavery dead, the next vital question yet to be settled is that of human brotherhood. Here Whittier again. sings the prophecies of the future: Like warp and woof all destinies Are woven fast, Linked in sympathy like the keys Of an organ vast ; Pluck one thread and the web ye mar: Break but one Of a thousand keys, and the paining jar Through all will run. Just without the town where stood the plain little frame house which was so long his home, beneath a dark cedar in Gods acre, his mortal part was laid, but the immortal life in which he believed does not rest there. His songs of freedom may be temporal, but the in- fluences which Whittier set in motion and those which he accelerated when destinies of men and of races were in question, have passed into life and will go on repeating themselves in the generations of the future as the heirs of the ages come to their inheritances of liberty and universal brotherhood. No one can tell where nor how far these influences may go. No one can measure them. We who are committed to the unfinished work to which the prophet-poet gave his genius may well pause upon his century birth- day and gladly and gratefully cherish his memory. A WHITTIER ANNIVERSARY SECRETARY CHARLES J. RYDER q HE American Missionary Association has prepared an in- teresting and unique form of service in commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the birth of JoHn GREENLEAF WHITTIER. This occurs December 17, ek We give the outline of the service in this magazine. Whittier did much through his poetry and life to arouse the tation to a sense of guilt for the crime of slavery and to sound the bugle call of universal freedom under the Stars and Stripes. Perhaps no man through literature did more than he to resist the encroachments of the aggressive slave power and to touch the heart of the nation with the feeling of sympathy for the oppressed. Whittiers poems did much to prepare the way for the work of the American Missionary Association. It seems especially appropriate, therefore, that this ae 308 PREPARING THE SCHEDULE sociation which, through its schools, churches and missions, is doing so much to secure the intellectual emancipation of this great mass of our fellow citizens, should provide for this birthday celebration of the poet of freedom. In view of these facts, we suggest to the churches, literary clubs and mission circles the celebration of this One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birthday of John Greenleaf Whittier. The program and form of service which have been prepared will be sent to any who may desire it at the expense of five cents per copy. This simply covers the price of publication, and we shall be very glad to furnish any number that may be desired at this rate. Will not the friends de- siring to use this service write as early as possible that their orders may have immediate attention? Some other date may be selected for ~ the commemoration of this event. It need not synchronize with the date of his birth. We shall be glad to furnish the programs at any time when pastors or others who have charge of public ep eerings ean - use them to the best advantage. PROGRAM _ Whittier Anniversary 1. Sketch of Whittier. y Hymn: O Love, O Life, Our Faith and Sight. 2. Conditions of the Country in Whittiers Time. Hymn: Immortal Love. 3. Lpoch-marking Poems of Whittier. Epoch of Slavery. Epoch of Heroism. Epoch of Freedom. 4. The Inspiration of a Great Purpose. Hymn: I see the wrong that round me lies. 5. Poems of Religious Fatth. Hymn: Dear Lord and Father of mankind. * All as God wills Who wisely heeds. . OQ Love Divine, whose constant beam. fe Our churches as a rule are preparing their Preparing the Schedule list of benevolences for the coming calendar year, The last of November and the month of December are important periods in these adjustments for the years work, The A.M. A. is surely worthy of a place on the schedule of gifts from every one of our churches. Some can give but little, but | A GREAT DAY AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY 309 surely this great work among eight distinct races which mingle in our body politic should receive some recognition and help from every church in the land. If churches that already contribute and have the A. M. A. on their list give with generosity to this work and the non- contributing churches add their possible gifts, we shall hope to reach the conservative amount suggested by the National Advisory Com- mittee of $250,000. The appeal comes to every pastor and church to see to it that the schedule of benevolence this year surely contains the American Missionary Association. st NOTE The printed slips enclosed in this number are simply reminders to those whose subscriptions have expired and who would prefer to sub- scribe for the magazine. Though the printer has enclosed it in all the numbers, it is intended only for those who will be pleased to re- ceive it. Weare glad to send the MissIoNArRy free to life-members, pastors of contributing churches, and superintendents of contributing Sunday-schools when requested to do so. We hope that many will make the AMERICAN MISSIONARY glad at Christmas time by the re- newal of their subscription for 1908. st Rev. Dr. Wilbur Patterson Thirkield was installed A Great Day at = President of Howard University November the Howard University 15thlast. Not many institutions could command ; such a distinguished gathering as honored this reception. The Chief Executive, the President of the United States, the British Ambassador James Bryce, Andrew Carnegie, James R. Garfield, Secretary of the Interior, Dr. Elmer E. Brown, U. S..Com- missioner of Education, Dr. Henry G. Satterlee, Bishop of Washing- ton, were prominent with others in sharing the exercises. Nearly all the speakers emphasized the remarkable progress which the colored race has made in the forty years since tt enjoyed freedom. We hear a wail from the North now and then that the Negro has not made good. When the appeal is made to meet the greatest. problem before the American people with the help that the strong owe to the weak as a duty of nature and much more of grace, too often the discouraged and pessimistic piping is returned, but the Negro has been free forty years and he has not made good. This, of course, is an imported echo of such patriots as. Tillman and Vardaman et 1d omne genus, which by iteration and reiteration has secured a 310 5 A GREAT DAY AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY hearing and to some degree an acceptance in the North by those who know no better but who ought to know better. The President of the United States, however, declares on the platform of Howard University that the progress of the race has been better than good. Said he: The colored citizens of the United States have accumulated property until now in the short space of forty years they have $350,000,000 worth of taxable property, and during the same forty years have made for themselves homes, until there are 500,000 owned and occupied by the colored citizens of our country. Citizens! that is what President Roosevelt calls the people whom the South has so largely disfran- chised. Citizens who have made better than good. Ambassador Bryce said that the progress sometimes seemed to be slow, but that the upward movement of the race has been much more rapid, owing partly to the environment of an enlightened civili- zation, than that of the Anglo-Saxon race, which lived for centuries in a savage state in the wilds of Western Europe. He added: Is it not a supreme necessity for the race that there shall be the best instruction provided for those who are to he its clergymen, its phys- icians, its lawyers, andperhaps most of allits school teachers? The men who fill these professions will very largely guide and mold the coming generations. Through them, and better, perhaps, through them than in any other way, the best American influences will find their way among the masses of the South. _ Andrew Carnegie, in earnest words, declared the same confidence which Secretary Garfield, with the eloquence of his distinguished father, reasserted. Each one testified to the remarkable and hopeful advancement of the Negro since slavery, and pleaded for the higher education for those who could secure and use it. : President Thirkields inaugural was a noble argument for Chris- tian education and privilege. Democracy, said he, bears witness to the capacity of the downmost man. There are in American history numberless examples of the fact that the common man has stored up in him uncommon powers for highest life and service to man. Lin- coln, Grant and Douglass are conspicuous examples. This is the meaning of equality, not that every man in capacity is the equal of every other man, or that there is any such thing as equality of gifts and powers, for it is a truism that Liberty leads to inequality peer on natural differences of capacity and application among men. It is rather that in a democracy every man has a right to equality of opportunity, may claim equal right with every other man to a free enfoldment of all the powers and possibilities that are. stored up in him; that there are diversities of gifts, but one spirit of THE EXPERIENCE OF A FAITHFUL GEORGIA PASTOR 311 freedom ; that no artificial barrier shall be placed in the way of any man; that in civil life there shall be not a spirit of repression, but of broad and generous recognition. Howard University stands for just this. The needs and claims of the Negro for such an education as will draw forth the entire man to his best is grounded in his humanity, he continued. The demands of modern sociology are for a social con- sciousness that shall be characterized by a threefold conviction of essential likeness of men, of the mutual influence of men, and of the value and sacredness of the person. This means that all men should be sons of God and brothers of their fellow-men; that no race is left without witness of the divine in mental and moral capacity ; that men are so bound up together that education must be for all, and that the personality of every man is sacred. The impressive exercises will long be remembered, and as a wit- nessing and a testimony in behalf of the colored race were a complete reply to the ignorant lament that the Negro has not made good. The men on the Howard University platform knew well what they ste That five millions of the Negro people have been uplifted within forty years, while thousands of them are now uplifting others, may encourage us to carry the same kind of: salvation to five million more who wait for it and sadly needit. These yet unreached need our light, our Christianity, our patient, generous, saving help. We do not believe that our Christianity will fail to respond to this need. st : Seven years of effort here have begun, we The Experience ofa _ believe, to show results. When we came Faithful Georgia Pastor here there were only two persons going out of town toschool. This year there are fifteen, and every one of them has come directly under our influence, and in all but three or four instances we have had the privilege of selecting the school and making all arrangements. Most of these have gone away to get what our school here could not give. There is not a single family in our church that does not own its own home and many of them have been bought within the past few years. There is remarkable activity among the Negroes in securing property. The leading real estate dealer recently told me that the Negroes were buying property more rapidly than the whites. We have preached incessantly along these lines. The only letter carriers in BE four of them, are negroes and all were saying. As ii - 7 312 PRESIDENT AMORY H. BRADFORD, D.D. belong to our church. They secured their places under the Civil Service Regulations, over many white competitors, and our school and church influence ran through it all. The real awakening in spiritual matter seems to have had to wait upon the awakening along material and economiclines. I have often become discouraged because I did not see our people coming more rapidly to the ideals of the Gospel as I understood them and preached them. The Negro people, to be sure, have always been spoken of as very religious, and for many years I shared the belief of my race that we would have heaven all to ourselves; but one does not work long before he finds that so much religious zeal is lacking in knowl- edge ; there has been little true conception of the relation of religion and conduct. My preaching, pastoral advice and correction have all combined to further dissatisfaction with the old life and to produce a spiritual awakening, and I firmly believe that our little membership is slowly learning the meaning of the declaration, Righteousness exalteth a nation. ot ear Caan maT the AnnuaL MEETING of the Association in Cleveland all of the addresses, | without exception, were able and impressive. The excerpts and condensa- tions below give but a partial idea of their value and power, but we are sure they will command attention. ihe first article discussed was, President Amory H. Bradford, D.D. We believe in the universal The Creed of a Philanthropist brotherhood. It was stated that there is a tendency to be- little and forget the standards which our fathers uplifted. The ease with which the children of the Pilgrims allow the ideals of their fathers to go down is pitiful. A strong plea was made for the fre- quent emphasis of the universal brotherhood, for this is a compro- mising generation, The second article was, The best culture and opportunity is none too good for the poorest in humanity. Believing this, we have gone to the rice swamps and the sugar plantations with the same kind of training which makes white men manly, and have never failed to find in large numbers those who respond to our confidence. To the people without education, religion or opportunity this Association has taken ~ schools, colleges and the potent influences of the noblest of American men and women. They have given manual training, domestic arts, languages, literature and ethical ideas. We have insisted that the best is none too good for our poorest. If this Association is worthy Ay i) PRESIDENT AMORY H. BRADFORD, D.D. 313 of the praise it has received, it is because without fear or favor its missionaries have believed and practiced the truth that the best in training, religion and opportunity is none too good for the poorest in humanity. The third article was, The worst may sometime be made the best. Every civilized people has had its era of barbarism. Civilization is the monopoly of neither white nor black. The voices from the long silent ages with no uncertain sound declare this. Our work is with those who have never had opportunity. Those who have never tried to uplift them have no faith in their possibilities, but those who have had large experience are surest of success. Not yet fifty years have elapsed since emancipation, and bad as many of the colored people arethrough neglectas a whole, they have made more prog- ress in the same time and have reached better conditions than England had reached fifty years after the Roman conquest or than Germany | had reached in the days of feudalism. Let the Negro, the Indian, the Chinaman have an opportunityto be men; if they fail then, the failure is theirs, not ours. The fourth article was, America for all its people and all its people for America. No nation can live and prosper when any large pro- portion of its citizens feel themselves unjustly treated. Essential is the consciousness of the enjoyment of equal rights and privileges. One-tenth of the population of America is colored. It will never be- come a majority, but it is large enough if antagonized to hinder im- mensely the wheels of progress. They have faults and also great possibilities. If they are treated unjustly they will be enemies, but otherwise they make faithful friends. Ten million people smarting under a sense of injustice would be an awful drag upon the progress of any nation. From its earliest days I have been familiar with the leaders of this Association. Even as I speak I almost catch the light of their faces and hear the echo of their voices. They seem to be addressing those who have taken up and are carrying on the work which they began. They ask us to be loyal to the ideals which they served and to which they gave their lives. If their creed is our creed, and their self-denying devotion is repeated in us, all the citizens of our Republic may sometime realize their unity and be one. The articles of our creed therefore I repeat, as follows: = ** We believe in universal brotherhood. We believe that the best in training and opportunity is none too good for the poorest in humanity. We believe that the worst in men may be made the best. 314 JUSTICE DAVID J. BREWER We believe in America for all its people, and in all its people for America. 3 st spoke mainly of the race problem. The Justice David J. Brewer uplift of the colored race through Chris- tian education, though not the only object of the interest and care of the American Missionary Association, was, he said, its principal work, because of the numbers of the colored peo- ple and their peculiar relation to the nation. The numbers attested the value of the work, for surely anything which is uplifting one- ninth of our population must be of profound interest to all. Many of the vast multitudes pouring into this Republic, said Justice Brewer, are racially cold-blooded and selfish. Not a fewcome tainted with the spirit of anarchy and are willing to destroy all social order in the hope of personal gain out of the wreck. These immigrants become citizens, as we are citizens. Negroes, he said, were firm believers in social order. Anarchists and assassins of the type of Czolgosz and Guiteau were not found among them. In the struggle which may be ex- pected to come between order and anarchy, may it not be that these people, grateful to the nation for their liberty, and to the good people of the land for their uplift in knowledge, purity and social standing, will prove themselves a mighty force, upholding law, order and the supremacy of the nation? Stranger things have happened than that these people, crushed and wronged for generations, should become at last strong defenders of the nation and the community at whose hands they have hitherto received mainly injustice. They are here as citi- _ zens. Whatever temporary restrictions may be placed upon their ap- proach to the ballot box, the time will come when all barriers will be broken down and they will enjoy everywhere the full rights of citizen- ship. But ignorant citizens are the prey and the sport of every dema- gogue who appeals to their passions, and if one-ninth of our citizens are so exposed the whole life of the nation is.in peril. TI do not know in what special manner the uplift of this people will bring blessing tothe nation. I only know that until you blot out the words of the Master, Unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me, the path of duty is plain, and the result may safely be left with Him who holds the nations in the hollow of Hishand. 5 7 God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain. How good is coming from the uplift of the colored race may not be obvious, yet it is clear that great injury will result from a failure IS HUMAN BROTHERHOOD PRACTICABLE? V3r5 to uplift. They are here. They are here as citizens. Only the up- lifting power of a Christian morality can be depended upon. The principal work of the A. M. A. is religious. It is a Christian associa- tion, and as a missionary among these people this Association is doing a work of incalculable value in their uplift. If any one may say the. work is too great for us, remember that the everlasting arms of the Almighty are with us, and failure is an unknown word in the diction- aries of heaven, and let the Masters words, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me, be kept ringing through the chambers of the soul, lest we forget, lest we forget. of No one doubts that although the phrase does not occur in the New Testament, yet human brotherhood is a great fact, a great law and a great passion which Christ first brought to light and first awoke in the hearts of men. Nor can it be denied that during the history of the Church of Christ the law has been ardently and abundantly obeyed. There have always been those, whether few or many, obscure or prominent, who have cherished the love of humanity in Christs name and have put that love fully and nobly into practice. It is true that the Roman Church believed it necessary to segregate those who gave themselves ardently to the re- ligious life from those whose hearts were touched with a cooler flame or whose eyes had not seen the whole glory of the divine life. The former were expected to be brothers and sisters, in the whole meaning and measure of the word, to all human beings; while the latter might still carry on, as a mundane necessity, the arts of government and war, of commerce and culture, with their rivalries and hatreds, their selfish greed and their sinister methods. We of the evangelical churches deplore this arbitrary division among believers in Christ. We urge that the moral law as Christ would have us fulfill it, cannot be measured off into sections, all of which some Is Human Brotherhood Practicable? Prof. W. D. ineken ne, D.D. - may obey and only some of which all must obey. The law of love can never be understood or carried into effect unless it is apprehended as a universal principle, addressed to every will, and as a living prin- ciple which spurns the petty rules of dead consciences and works in freedom upon the facts before it. But, on the other hand, we must acknowledge that we of the evangelical faith have, without saying that any class was exempt from the full demands of the law of Christ, at any rate learned to expect that certain classes will manifest their obedience more openly and more fully. We are disappointed and in- 316 IS HUMAN BROTHERHOOD PRACTICABLE? dignant if we hear of a foreign missionary whose attitude and habits are not those of one who practices the law of universal brotherhood. Hence, also, we deeply honor and admire those who become teachers and missionaries among the Negroes of the South, who cut themselves off from the society of white folks that they may bring the love of Christ to their black brothers and sisters. That is to say, the ques- tion, Is Human Brotherhood Practicable?? must be answered first ofallina strong and triumphant affirmative. And the proof of it lies here, in that since Christs day there always have been those who ap- _ plied that principle to their own lives, with unimpeachable sincerity and with uncalculating surrender of self. In our own day they are actually more numerous and not less devoted than at any period in the history of the Church. * ~- * = - * . a as What then are we to do as practical men and men who in the Church of Christ are striving to hasten the full day of the brother- hood of man? What shall we do to hasten its coming? There are great features in our programme about which I believe that the Church of Christ must become absolutely clear and untiringly per- sistent if it would fulfill its task. The first has reference to public or political situations and actions. There the Church must insist on justice. Some would use other words. They would plead first for pity or sympathy or mercy. For me that is too sentimental and soft and weak. Justice is apparently hard and cold and mechanical. But it was a marvelous discovery of the Hebrew prophets when they came to see that the righteousness of Jehovah was the basis and fountain- head of His mercy. And they saw it so clearly that they appealed to His righteousness for their own deliverance from guilt and sin and national disaster. So is it always. Justice when stern, applied over the whole field of public life, to every man of every race and condition in life, will speedily spell itself out in syllables of charity and kind- ness. It is only safe in dealing with the broad issues of public life to act on great principles and let your feelings alone. Therefore, let justice be demanded by the Church for every human being whose feet touch American soil. And let us not be daunted by the argument that justice begins at home, that we must be just to our own race, our own people, our own class, our own family first. It may be that charity begins at home, but I believe that justice always begins from home. If a man is just to his own family at the cost of another man and his family, he is not a just man. And ifa nation is just to its own people at the cost of the honor and rights of another people, it is not a just nation. Justice is the clearest, steadiest lantern to carry through the winds G IS HUMAN BROTHERHOOD PRACTICABLE? 317 and tangled woods of a dark world. It is not easily blown out : it is | easily carried everywhere, and everywhere it helps you best to see how things actually are and what roads lead to destruction. There- fore let the Church of Christ stand always and in all things for sheer, unmitigated, glorious justice. . * = - pe _ The third and last weapon which the Church of Christ must use to promote the brotherhood of man is the preaching of the Gospel of Christ. To some men that sounds weak, to others it means hypocrisy. See, these last will say, here is the world dying for lack of brotherhood. Classes are divided, nations at war, the world covered with wrong. And then men utter the old, weak cry, preach Christ! They do not mean to promote brotherhood. They are hiding their cold and hollow hearts behind an ancient and dishonored mask. And yet we say it is because we know that in the name and cross of Christ the very power of God is still at work among the hearts of men. We, too, are men of flesh and blood and of like passions with our brother "men, but we have found this true and we have staked our lives upon its truth. We have given up, each man his own career, to this one great task. We believe that men are morally transformed when they receive upon their minds and hearts the whole force of the redeeming love of God in Jesus Christ. They become as new men. They must, if the event has been typically real with them, they must love whom Christ loves, and he loves all men. They must seek to save those whom He seeks, and He seeks all men. They must do justice and courtesy to all men towards whom He would do the righteous thing and the gracious thing, and He would do that for all men. If, then, so far as the Church can persuade men to come under the whole power of Christ, so far the wondrous dream of a human brotherhood will be brought out of dreamland into mans waking life. It is in this sense, through these means, and with that end as . hope, that we must answer our question, Is Human Brotherhood Practicable, with a second and strong affirmative. Practicable because God intends it, practicable because Christ died for it, practicable be- - cause through a morality renewed by Christ in man, man can make that brotherhood real. * - ic ia : ss ig ** - The man who catches even a glimpse of what the brotherhood means tastes in that very moment the bliss of Gods love and Gods peace. And he who in the midst of all this weltering world of bitter hearts and shattered hopes, lifts a hand to free one slave, or speaks a - word to purify one darkened soul, or makes one real and costly gift to bless mankind, he must feel in the holy spirit of that hour his kinship with God the Father and Christ the brother of us all. ys a 320 H. PAUL DOUGLASS, D.D. ve H, PAUL DOUGLASS, DD. : eg knuckle down to the physical universe? We simply do not know yet how far it will prove plastic to moral effect; therefore we will make ideal. Within this new world we have seen the objet vision of the Gospel which compels us to look beyond individual salvation to the actual and active contacts of redeemed men in the Kingdom of God.: the hypothesis of faith, He hath put all things under His feet. The impact of these two immediately forces race-feeling out of its a | Is there other ground of hope for anybody? Is Anglo Saxon sal- naive instructive character and compels it to forge weapons. Slave- a vation based on the shape of the skull? Was science crucified for holder theology believed in heaven for human chattels, mercantile phi- | you, or were you baptized into the name of anthropology ? dranstem lanthropy thanked God for souls new-bornin India, the old mission- and futile in the universe, without a single demonstrable clue to its ary evangelism converted a heathen and left the institutions of Turkey mystery, pleading Who shall change this vile body that it may be- or China to stand the moral shock and take the social consequences ; come like to His owt glorious body according to the working whereby but convert a heathen at home and American institutions have to . He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself, shall I falter at stand the moral shock and take the social consequences. What these ~ the color of the skin ?- a < I ook a consequences are race-feeling clearly discloses. You cannot evangel- ize a man and then shut the door of human fellowship in his face. Within twenty-five years, I venture, no American with a shred of honesty will dare engage in foreign missions unless race-feeling in America is conquered. These comparatively insignificant race-con- tacts will inevitably follow the spirit and fashion of the massive, per- manent and significant contacts within the national life. We've got to face the social consequences of asking men into the family of God. The very missionary impulse is at stake in the struggle with ascend- ant race-feeling ; for missions in the modern world must mean the participation of men in common civilization. Whether we shall evan- gelize at all is to be determined Zeveunder the stars and stripes. * * We shall never understand the white South until we realize that thousands of earnest Christians there believe that there are such inex- orable processes, and that attempting to raise the Negro above his natural station is contending against the purpose of God. They cling, therefore, with desperation to the policy of social separation, fearing that any relaxation of it will mean inter-marriage and the deteriora- tion of the white race. Suppose that, scientifically, they were right. What would we do about it ? Well, some of us would go on doing just what we are doing. We do not for a moment admit that the trend of natural processes has to be identified with the purpose of God. We do not find complete moral unity in the universe as it stands. Seems to us theres some real evil in it. Admitting that, we do not feel under obligation to worship anything which looks like evil. Ina universe in which one slaps a mosquito he reserves the right to take issue with the law of gravitation, if need be. A big mosquito is not God; a big evil is not holy. The bigger the worse! If cruelty has entrenched itself in the processes of nature so much the worse for them. We will follow Christ against evolution as quickly as with it. Who says we must If, then, the most unfriendly anthropology should triumph over the lower races; if they were scientifically branded unfit; if it were certain that their participation in our civilization meant a lowered physical standing, a decreasing mental capacity, an increasing moral tragedy for all, we would still carry out the programme of the Gospel at any cost. We may be beside ourselves, but the love of Christ con- - straineth us, because we thus judge that one died for all, therefore all died, and He died for all, that they which live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto Him who for their sakes died and rose again. Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh. I have held in my hand the diary of Snelling. With a dozen Mi- cronesians, including women and children, he was lost while making an evangelistic tour of scattered islands, and drifted in an open boat for fifty-one days. With vivid simplicity the daily entries tell how they starved to death and kept the faith. As the end approached the few survivors are practically crazy and lie in a delirium of worship, praising God and gasping life away. Ido not count that an inglori- ousend. I would be willing to have humanity finish earth like that! Humanity is out on the uncharted bosom of the universe in as frail a boat, a huddle of black, white, red and yellow. They do not know that any of them will get to land. Science, least of all, guarantees it. We live by faith. The white man might thtow the colored man overboardthough since the Japanese-Russian war, its a question who'd go over first; but craft might prevail against numbers; the white man might take all the food for himself; it might sustain life until land appears ; he might reach his desired haven. Suppose he did? In the splendor of morning the super-man stands in blonde glory on a fairer shore than ever mantrod. He builds his new life as far above ours as ours above the brutes. Intellect is ennobled, beauty perfected, gentleness enthroned. Women are more glorious than any 322 MR. JOHN R. ROGERS dream, and all men walk in kingly freedom. They look into each others faces, white and glowing, and are happyuntil they go out to meet the silent and unwearied contempt of the stars, to hear all voices of the sounding seas cry Where is thy brother? to know that the finest breed of human animals may inhabit a moral hell. Id rather be on the open sea, starving with a huddle of colored folks, with whom it is sweet and worthy to dieas Christ for sinful men. For not idly - is it written, It is better for thee to enter into life halt and maimed, than having two feet and two hands to be cast into the hell of fire. And what shall it profit the Anglo-Saxon if he gain the whole weed and lose his own soul ? sf There is abroad in our land to-day a spirit of. Mr. John R. Rogers laissez faire. It says, Let the South solve its own problem. Let the Negro work out his own destiny ; if he cant survive, let him perish. Even many good peo- ple are saying, For goodness sake, give us a rest; are we never to hear of anything but race problems and world needs? Itis the old answer of Cain, Am I my brothers keeper? Is the old spirit of sacrifice that was in our fathers dead? I do not believe it; but is not: the great need of the hour a revival of that spirit? Can we not give in proportion as they gave? Last year the A. M. A. unanimously voted to raise $250,000 from living donors. Have we done it? We have not. And it is not because hard-working secretaries have not done their best. Nor is it because we have fared worse than our other societies. We have done better. And yet less than one-half of our churches contributed last year to this great Society, and probably not more than one-quarter of the six hundred thousand members of our churches had any share in the great work of Bag? up the backward races in this great land of ours. Near the close of the Civil War there was a call made by President Lincoln for more men. The village in which I lived had already sent its quota to every call, and many of them slept on Southern battle- fields. But when the call came there was a public meeting, speeches were made, enthusiasm was aroused, and another contingent of young men came forward and signed the roll. A few days later they marched away, singing: * We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more, Shouting the battle cry of freedom. : Though a lad only eight years old, I shall never forget that scene. Strong men wept and cheered as the tears rolled down their cheeks. After all, what is there that thrills the heart and fires the soul like the estos Bibs Sie a w} 4 MRS. MARY CHURCH TERRELL 323 Sauk of genuine self-sacrifice. If men could cheerfully march to in- evitable hardship and possible wounds or death for their country in 64, can we not give a little money for it in our day? Was not the sunburnt boy who shouldered the musket and carried the knapsack as true a patriot as the general who rode at the head of the column. It was because there were millions of such boys that to-day we have our glorious country. Oh, my friends, if, with the same devotion and Ea icafice as those soldier boys we Congregationalists could sing: We arecoming, blessed Master, six hundred thousand strong, a new army would go marching through Georgia, but not to devastate, but to exalt, and bless, and beautify that great commonwealth. Then the treasury of the American Missionary Association would overflow in streams of blessing to these needy of the land, and the Kingdom of God would be at hand. t Naturally the question will be asked by the Rey. A. V. Woodworth churches, What progress has been made Principal of Grandview among the Southern Mountaineers?? Em- Institute, Tenn. phatically I reply, the schools have been : and are centres of permeating influence that have been leavening the communities about them. I recall the words of aman who came back to Grandview after an absence of twelve years. It does not seem like the same place, said he. Every- thing is changed. These changes are going on constantly. There has been great progress in educational ideas, and many of those who are now helping to shape public sentiment have received their train- ing wholly or in part in our schools. The progress in home-life and _ in outward conditions is most encouraging. The windowless cabins are giving way to more suitable and comfortable homes in many places. There has been decided progress also in temperance senti- ment, in respect to the feud spirit and in individual character. The movement is not too slow to be distinctly observable. Much has been accomplished, and what has been accomplished is our plea for con- tinuance and for greater things. The present time is our opportunity, - and the opportunity is great and full of hope. st The eloquent address of Mrs. Mary Church : Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Terrell cannot be understood by the brief extracts which we make. In her plea, The Strongest for the Weakest, she says, I sometimes think that 324. BISHOP CHARLES B. GALLOWAY, D.D. it requires a higher grade of courage and completer consecration for the white man and woman to work for the amelioration of the hard conditions under which colored people all over this land live than it did for their parents to plead the cause for the shackled slave before the war, or to adminster to his spiritual and mental wants immedi- ately after he was free. eo a The South has poisoned the mind of the North against the colored man, and has actually alienated the sympathy and support of thousands who were formerly our good friends. Those who were once our strongest advocates have almost nothing to say in our favor and to our credit now. In certain sections of our country few are more unpopular than our good white friends who insist upon pleading their colored brothers and sisters ee * * * - * 2 * oe The time has now come, if it never came before, when money alone will not do. There are hundreds of men and women in this country to-day who sympathize deeply with my unfortunate race, and who would cheerfully give large sums of money for any good purpose in its behalf, but who could not be induced to set an example which would count in the long run far more than their cash. I verily be- lieve if the generous-hearted, broad-minded white people of the coun- try would only realize how much they could do to smooth the rough path which their brothers and sisters of a despised race must travel by only saying a good word at the right time, many of them would cheerfully render this personal service. . * ba i . i TI wish to appeal to the white women of the North, to whom the colored people of this country owe such a great debt of gratitude for valuable service in their behalf in the past. I have always felt that the white women of the North have never received the credit due them for the prodigious amount of work they accomplished, both before and after the war. What a great power for good the mothers of the present generation might become if they would both observe themselves and teach their children to observe the lofty principles of justice, equality of opportunity and liberty upon which this govern- ment was founded, and in which, I am sure, they themselves believe. I beseech my sisters of a fortunate race to do everything in their power to teach their children to judge men and women by their intrin- sic merit rather than by the adventitious circumstances of race and color and creed. st Agreeing with the statement that Bishop Charles B. Galloway, D-D. education is rather a part of re- ligion, than religion is a part of education, I cannot understand how any intelligent Christian can be BISHOP CHARLES B. GALLOWAY, D.D. 325 indifferent to the cause of Christian education. And if Christianity is a world religion, adapted to and adequate for the uttermost needs of all men, the education that makes most intelligent and effective the purity of its ethics, the sanctions of its imperatives, and the inspirations of its eternal hopes, should not be withheld from a single human soul, And as the Negro is a man and brother, embraced in the divine scheme of human redemption, we cannot exclude him from any of the privileges and agencies that may fit him for service in the Kingdom of God. It rejoices me beyond measure to see a man of gifts and education consecrate himself with apostolic zeal and courage to the uplifting of the Negro and his better equipment for lifes responsibilities. Not because he is a Negro, but because he is a human being, and in sore need of Christian sympathy and support. And, on the other hand, I deeply regret that any one should be indif- _ ferent to a cause so righteous and a duty so urgent. * * * The point I wish to make is this: any argument against the Christian education of the Negro, based on the comparative failure of present methods, would close the door of every schoolhouse in the land and vacate the high commission of every teacher of American childhood. * * * But it is asserted that education unfits the Negro for indus- trial efficiency, that a knowledge of books degrades his productive | capacity and disqualifies him for service in the army of labor. Why a result so exceptional and illogical should occur is not apparent, but the fact is asserted with emphasis, and by many who have the best opportunity for wide and wise observation. Others, with equal opportunities, are insistent that exactly the reverse is true. I suppose the real fact is, that education affects the Negros relation to manual labor and his preference therefor and his skill therein quite as it does other people. The true theory of Negro education, as I have seen it everywhere, is insistent in this: the rudiments of an education for all, industrial training for the many, and a college course for the talented few who are to be teachers and leaders. * * * * #* * The Gospel is for the redemption of the world, but an insidious skepticism is being taught the people that would exclude the Negro from any part or lot in the great plan of salvation. A doc- trine that shuts the door of earthly hope in the face of any human being will also close to him the gates of Heaven. More to be deplored than the complexity of any political question or racial problem or industrial condition is the infidelity that would discrown the Son of God and fatally limit His gospel as the hope of the world. More pernicious than racial prejudice is the rank infidelity that would exclude any human being from the possibility of salvation 326 SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING through Jesus Christ. Our Lord is a world redeemer or He is no redeemer. If He has not power to save to the uttermost? He has no redeeming power at all. The Christ of a single race is not worthy of the praise of a single heart and hasnt power to save a single soul. ste SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN MIS- SIONARY ASSOCIATION, Pilgrim Congregational Church, Cleveland, O., October 14, 15, 1907. The Sixty-first Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association was held in affiliation with the National Council of Congregational Churches in Pil- grim Congregational Church, Cleveland, O., October 14, 15, 1907, the sessions be- ginning at 8.30 0clock Monday morning, October 14th. The session was called to order by the President, Rev. Amory H. Bradford, D.D., New Jersey. The prayer service, in which all sections of the many missionary fields of the Association united, was led by Honorary Secretary A. F. Beard, D.D., New York. The Quartet sang.* It was voted: That the Rules of Order of the National 1 Council be the Rules of Order for the sessions of the Association. The Financial Report for the preceding year v was read by the eo Mr. Hi. W. Hubbard. The Auditors certificate was read by Rev. Asher Anderson, Recording Secretary. Summary of the Treasurer's Report for the Year Ending September 370, 1907. FOR DETAILS, SEE ANNUAL REPORT. RECEIPTS. Donations from Churches, Sunday Schools, Y. P. Societies, Womens Societies and Tndividuale ee ee $195,060 OI Donations, Conditional Gifts released...... 0,479 30 04 539 31 Legacies for Current Work: ..4.:...3... 7 $123,287 97 Z ue E destenated 22. 1,910 93 125,198 90 Income,Sundty Bums, 8,568 31 Income from Funds held by Talladega College Trustees 4,000 00 Income from:Estate oF Mrs. Julia E. Brick. 2.2... 0.40. 7,335 98 Taio. 52 63,590 19 Slater Fund, paid to Institutions....... ees ae 4,500 00 17,738 6 Debt Balance, Otis tom a $67,912 61 : Less Balance onwear, 1600-7. .9.20..-... 4 12,961 43 Debt Balance, Sept. 40, 4007.65 os Marcas a ey 54,951 18 $472,689 87 * The Fisk University Quartet was composed of Prof. J. W. Work, James H. Myers, Tenors, and Noah W. Ryder, Alfred G. King, Bassos, and sang at all the services. pi SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING goer EXPENDITURES. TMB Sota ws oie fy eee $281,535 19 Indian Wissions..- 25,264 63 Chinese and Japanese Missions............ 19,500 68 Porto Rice, West dndtesi05655 os 16,669 72 Hawatian = Wiissions. 30. gs 8,000 00 a, Sasnure 22 PUBLICATIONS. Cost of American Missionary Nigsore. 3 22.3. $5,196 28 Less Amount received from Subseripiiogs <.....3 ss.6% 603 24 $4,593.04 Annual Reports, Leaflets, etc. $6,668 22 Less Amount Received from Sate Of Leanets...- <2. 243 - 14 43 eel Wes $11,246 83 AGENCIES. Eastern District District Secrenen Field Representative, Traveling Ex- penses, Clerk Hire, Rents, etc....... 8,074 94 Central DistrictTraveling Expenses.. 3,181 05- Interior DistrictTraveling Expenses. 676 95 Western District District Secretary, Secretary Emeritus, Traveling Ex- penses, Clerk Hire, Rent, etc........ 6,774 26 W omans BureauSecretaty and Clerk ee ee ee se 1,740 80 ; $20,448 00 HoNORARY SECRETARY AND FLDUIOR, (526s ave e ss os 23 2,000 OO ADMINISTRATION. ; Department of Correspondence........ $10,327 00 Treasurers Department......:.. ee 5,780 00 Rents, ete. oc a ee oe 77803 03 $23,970 63 Less paid from Daniel Hand Income for its administration 37.34.25... 5,000 00 : $18,970 63 Annual Meetine.: 23.05 20362 ae ee $702 QI Expenses of Estates........eeseeeeeeeeees 432 67 . ae oe $404,777 26 Debt Balance, Oct. 1, 1900;2...4-5-2-.- ais eke oes 67,912 61 $472,689 87 Tue DantreL Hanp EDUCATIONAL ee FOR COLORED PEOPLE. Income ACCOUNT. Plance On Hand, Woe fet) 1000... 6 cs $4,995 08 Taromie bole ce 1000007 ea se cee eee 75,804 35 $80,859 43 Amount expended for the South................-.-4-- $75,617 98 Balance on hand and appropriated...............- 5,241 45 $80,850 43 Income for African Missions, paid to the ABC MS Sas ey Oo ates eee e i a ee ees 227 84 HE May AV CISILY.. 0506s cove enteeet cece A 501.25 $4,652 96 328 SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING ENDOWMENT Funpns. Brown Fund (Income for Colored People)............ $50 00 Clara E. Hillyer Fund (Income for General Purposes). 50,000 00 Mrs. P. A. Livermore Fund (Income for the Pleasant Hill Academy, Tenn.)......... fet ee oes 1,350 00 Joseph K. Brick School Fund (Income for Enfield, WN, Cl. aoe ee a ee oo B.Oeg aoe $57,025 QI SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR. Current Work........-2+-+.+eseees ee ee $417,738 60 Income not in: Current Receipts..../.:2.5% 9) 3: 4,052 96 4 Daniel Hand Fund, not in Current Receipts. . 75,804 35. Endowment Funds not in Current Receipts............ 57,025 QI $555,281 91 RESERVE Lecacy ACCOUNTS. Amount for Current Work, 300705. 2.0.6 ec, . $76,571 07 . . TCL Sis ess cag a 37,808 35 RESERVE CONDITIONAL Girt ACCOUNTS. Amount-ftor Current Wok, 1007-08... 2... 05). $9,479 30 fs Mo PIOUS 00M se hoe 9,000 00 The Annual Survey was read by Mr. Charles A. Hull, N. Y., Chairman of the Executive Committee. It was voted: That the report be approved and printed. The report of the Finance Committee was presented by Mr. John R. Rogers, N. Y., who also addressed the Association upon the Need of the Hour. Your Finance Committee beg leave to report as follows: We find that following the practice of former years all financial transactions have been checked each month in detail by the certified public accountant under direction of the auditors. The system of accounting used in the treasurers office has been perfected by long years of experience, and it would be difficult to improve on the present methods which have safeguarded the funds of the Association all these years. The report for the year just closed shows: COrteie PeCRie eye as ee $417,738.69 Expendiiines a Se ea PO EG 404,777.26 Leaminge, palance Ol, a) ee ee $12,961.43 Which reduces the net debt of the Association to.... $54,951.18 It is gratifying to note that the income from donations shows an increase of $14,231.22, to which add conditional gifts released during current year, $7,- 500.01, making an aggregate of $21,731.23 increase in income from the living, over _ the previous year. We also note with pleasure that the receipts ivoe: the schools for tuition show an increase of more than $6,000 over last year. SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING 329 Legacies, always a varying source of income, show a falling off for the year of $21,909.81, and we are again reminded of the wisdom of the Executive Com- mittee in establishing the Reserve Legacy Fund. i. The financial record of the year is encouraging, but there are numerous in- sistent calls that can be met only by a largely increased income, and your Com- mittee feels called upon to urge upon all friends of the Association that in plan- ning their benevolences and making their wills they remember that a largely in- creased income can be disbursed to meet such pressing calls effectively and with economy. In a word, the Association has the organization and eo to do a largely increased work without material increase in expenses. Respectfully submitted, GrorceE W. Heparp, H. CrarKk Forp, B. H. FAncHer, Joun R. Rockers, Committee It was voted: That the report and address be approved and printed. Upon request of the President, the Hon. Justice David J. Brewer, Supreme Court, D. C., Vice-President of the Association, took the chair. The Years Record of the Bureau of Womans Work was presented by Miss D. E. Emerson, Secretary, N. Y. An address upon The Supreme Test was given by Dr. Florence M. Fitch, Oberlin College, for the Federation of Womens Unions. An address upon The Strongest for the Weakest was given by Mrs. Mary Ce Vermrell 1) C: The Presidents Address was given by the President of the Association, Rev. Amory H. Bradford, D.D., N. J., who spoke upon the theme, The Creed of a Philanthropist. MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, TWO OCLOCK P. M. The Secretarial Paper, The Inlook and the Outlook, was presented by Secretary Charles J. Ryder, D.D., N. Y. a ~ An address, The Importance of the American Missionary Work to the Nation, was given by Hon. Justice David J. Brewer, LL.D., D. C. An address upon the subject, The Christian Education of the Negro, was given by Bishop C. B. Galloway, D.D., Miss. : Business Session. The Business Session of the Association was held at 4 oclock. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: PRESIDENTRev. Amory H. Bradford, New Jersey. VicE-PRESIDENTSAssociate Justice David J. Brewer, District of Columbia; Pres. W. F. Slocum, Colorado; Pres. Henry C.-King, Ohio; The Rev. H. H. Proctor, Georgia; Judge Robert R. Bishop, Massachusetts. RECORDING SECRETARYRey. Asher Anderson, Mass. Honorary SECRETARY AND EpitorRev. A. F. Beard, New York. CoRRESPONDING SECRETARIESRey. James W. Cooper, New York; Rev. Charle. J. Ryder, New York. TREASURERH. W. Hubbard, New York. AvupitorsEdwin H. Baker, Connecticut; John E. Leech, New York. EXECUTIVE CoMMITTEEFor five years: Charles A. Hull, New York; Rev. George E. Hall, N, H.; John M. Holcombe, Conn. A. V. Woodworth, Tenn. 330 SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING The following persons were elected members of the Finance Committee to report at the annual meeting in 1908: B, H, Fancher, New York; H. Clark Ford, Ohio; A > > . of 4 lf d & 1, f po Wood, Mass.; J. R. Rogers, New York. rel Wert Sonn Fae Committee on Nominations for next Annual M eeting. The following persons were elected: Re : v. Ernest Bourner Allen, Ohio; Rey. G. Glenn Atkins, Mich.; Rev. L. B. Moo i ; ak 1B: te, 4; Rev. H.R, ; Bev. C. G. Murphy, Olle | ee : The following Committee on Resolutions was elected: Rev. Frank S. Fitch NY: 5 Rev. Jas. R. Smith, Ill, and Rev. J. Addison Seibert, Mo. By a rising vote: gratitude because of the re-election of the officers of the Association. It was voted: That the matter of increasing teachers salaries in order to maintain efficiency be referred to the Executive Committee, with power, in the full confidence that the best course will be pursued. MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 7.30 P.M Church. pe was made by Rev. H. H. Tweedy, Conn, n address upon the subject, The Christian L Va by Ex-Gov. W. J. Northen, Ga. ee An address upon the subject, Is Human B i n adc ; rotherhood Practicable?? was given by Pres. Willi i i a ae res. William Douglas Mackenzie, D.D., Hartford Theological Semin- An address upon the theme, Pilgrim Principles and Ag Race Problem, was given was given by the Rev. Charles E. Jefferson, D.D., N. Y. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 8.30 A. M. Prayer service was led by Rev. R. DeWitt Mallary, Mass. Prayer was made by Rev. John R. Thurston, Mass. The Quartet sang the hymn, Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned. An address upon Progress Among the Highlanders was given by Prin. a An address upon The Economic and Industrial Values of the American Poe was given by Pres. Frank G. Woodworth, D.D., Miss n address upon Evangelizing Through Education ; ; H. Paul Douglass, D.D., N. Y. ee An address upon Education Thr snd ae ough Evangel - : HH, Proctor; D0) Ga ee ey ee It was voted: That the minutes of the sessions of the Association be referred to the Executive Committee for approval and printing. After the Benediction by the President, the Association aged: ASHER ANDERSON, Recording Secretary. The delegates gave expression to their appreciation and The evening session was begun with music by the chorus choir of Pilgrim RECEIPTS FOR OCTOBER, 1907. THE DANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND For Colored People. fncome for October......-seee-eeee Poe eae SEA Wowk goes ce eee sea ee's Sees ete see 530650 Nore.Where no name follows that of the town, the contribution is from the church and society of that place. Where a name follows, it is that of the contributing church or individual. S. means Sunday-school; C.means Church; C.E.,the Young Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor; S. A. means Student Aid. = : CURRENT REGEIPIS, MAINE, $99.04. Alfred, 5. Brewer, First C., 13.123 First S., ro, Cumberland Centre, 19.70. Farmington, First, 15.72. Hampden, 2. Kennebunkport, for Tougaloo U.,5._ Portland, C., Bbl. Goods, Yor Athens, Ala. Searsport, First,8 South Gardiner, C. E., 2. - MAINE Womans Ap To A. M. A., Mrs.| Helen W. Davis, Treasurer, $18.50 Camden, 18.50. - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $102.72. Bethlehem, 6. Concord, Miss Phillips, for Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala.,1. Durham, W.M S.,9-94. East Jaffrey, 18.93. Gilmanton, South, 2, Greenland, 20. Hampton, Aux. of the N. H. Branch of the W.B.M.,26, Lebanon, Mrs. Whitney, for Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala., 1. Manchester, A Friendin First Ch.,x. Nel-. son,14.20. New Ipswich, Forty-sixth Annual Fair, 6.50. Rochester, First, 19.15. Tilton, 60. West Lebanon, Kings Daughters, 6; S.S.,1,| ~ for Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala. ; Miss Hanchett, Setof Encyclo ; Friends, Box Goods, Sor Athens, Ala. : : VERMONT, $236.38of which from Estate, $4.00. Ascutneyville, Mrs. Oliver Gage, for Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala.,s; Mrs. James Hubbard, for Trinity Sch., Athens, Alda., 2; Ladies Missy Soc., Box Goods, for Athens, Ala. Bellows Falls,Ladies Union,s. Brattleboro,CentreC., 4s. Burlington,' Citizen, 10; A Friend, for Straight U.,5.. Dorset,3t.10. East Berkshire, 6. Hartford, C., for Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala., 8.16. North Craftsbury, 10. Post Mills, 8. Randolph, Ladies Missy Circle, for Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala.,2; *Friends, for Athens, Ala.,4,50. Rutland,18. Underhill, Homeland Circle, for Freight on Goods to Grand View, Tenn.,socts. West Brattleboro, 18.11. West- ford, Ladies Soc., for_Furnishing Room, Grand View, Tenn., 6.50; H. M. Sewing Circle, for Freight to Grand View, Tenn., 1.50. Wey- bridge, C. E., for S. A., Grand View, Tenn., 1s. Wilder, C.E., for Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala., 6.01. Womans HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF VERMONT, Mrs. C. H. Thompson, Treasurer, $25.00. Peacham, W. H. M.S. and C. E. Soc., for Furnishing Room in New Dormitory at Grand View, Tenn., to be called *The Mary Weitson Room, 25. EsTATEJericho, Estate of Hosea Spauld- ing, by Helen M. Percival, 12 (Reserve Leg- acy, 8) 4. : : MASSACHUSETTS, $3,368.02of which? from Estates, $418.51. Attleboro Falls, Central, 40. Auburndale, S.,15.25. Ambherst, Ch. of Christ in Amherst Coll., 60.52. Andover, Rev. C. C. Starbuck, for Printing Department, Talladega Coll., x. -|Ballard Vale, Union Church, 31.24. Becket, First, 2.06. Blandford, First, 10.15. : Dorchester, Second, 62.67 (2.50 of which for Am. Highlanders); Mr.and Mrs.Z. A. Norris, for Bid Fund,Blanche Kellogg Inst.. Santurce, Porto Rico, 100. Brookline, Harvard C., 23.103 Bethany C. E. Soc., for. Christian Endeavor Hail, Blanche Kellogg Inst., Santurce, Porto 2605.5 Cambridge, Pilgrim C., 9.94. Centreville, South, 11.75. Clinton, First, 100. Cumming- ton, Village C., 5.66. Dedham, First, 53.403 Easthampton, C. E.in First Ch., for Santurce, Porto Rico, 6. East Northfield, Trinity Ch., 1.75. Enfield, W.M.S., to const, MIss ELLEN F. PALMER, L. M., 40. Farley, Union C., 5. Feeding Hills,1o. Gilbertville, 47.60. Granby, 11.42, Hadley, First S., for Am. Highlanders, s. Haverhill, A Friend, 5.; Haydenville, C. E., for Blag Fund, Christian Endeavor Hail, Blanche Kellogg fnst., Santurce, Porto Rico, 3. Hubbardston, Evan. Congl Ch., 9. Lowell, Pawtucket C., 17.18; Pawtucket S., 10. Mansfield, Class (No. 30) in Cong1S. &., for Demorest, Ga., 4._ Methuen, First Parish, 22.47. Middleboro, First, 21._ Mittineague, Southworth Paper Company, Box Paper, for Talladega Coll. Meas 2. New Bedford, Trinitarian C., 23.65. Newburyport, Old Town S. ., for 8. A. Talladega Coll., 12; Whitefield C., 76.88; Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Moul- ton, for S.A., Grand View, Tenn., 50. | New- ton, First, 35.47; Eliot, 115. Newtonville, A, E, Wyman, 1s.. Northampton, First Ch. of Christ, 272.213 Edwards C., 85.04.. North Leo- minster, C, E. of Ch. of Christ, for Christian Endeavor Hall, Blanche Kellogg Inst. Santurce, Porto Rico,2. Palmer, L. H. Gager, for S. A. Talladega Coll., 100, Petersham, C. E., for Bee RECEIPTS Blanche Kellogg Inst., Santurce, Porto Rico, 20. Plympton, C.,5.50. Reading, 37.50. South- boro, Pilgrim C.,5.76. Southbridge,g. South Deerfield, 35.10. South Hadley, 15. Spring- field, Hope. C:, 27.60% . B. of Hope Chins: Olivet Ch., 9.50; Mrs. M. D. Chapman, for Gloucester A. and I. Sch., Cappahosic, Va., 5. Sterling, 8. Sunderland, S., 25. Taunton, Winslow C., 22.41. Templeton, Trinitarian S.S.,5.. Three Rivers, Union Ch., 2.50. West Springfield, First, 13; Ladies Benevolent Soc. of Park St. Ch., for Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn., 63. Whitman, C., for Fajardo, Porto Rico,6.75. Winchendon Centre, First Ch. and S.5S., 23.60. Worthington, 10.34. Worcester, Lake View C., 53 Pilgrim, 71.98; Union Ch., 18; S.L.Shaw,10. Wrentham, Original Cong Ch., 21.56. A Friend, x. Womans HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF MASS. AND R.I., Miss Lizzie D. White, Treasurer, $928.00, Hamilton, Aux., for Linen for New Dormt- tory, Grand View, Tenn., 18 West Somer- Ville, Atix.. 53 C. Hs for. Ss Al 7 afiaders Coll, W.H M.A..,900 (500 of which for Salary, fajardo, Porto Rico, 300 for Salary, Tougaloo, Mss.,and 100 for Chinese Work). i ESTATES Plymouth, Estate of Amasa Holmes, 2.50 (Reserve Legacy, 1.66) 84 cts. Townsend, Estate of Walter J. Ball, by E. Alonzo Blood, Exec., 1,252.99 (Reserve Legacy, 835.32) 417.67. RHODE ISLAND, $10.00, Kingston, Emily P. Wells, for Demorest, @.,5. Newport, **Pax, 5. CONNECTICUT. $1,315.17. Berlin, Second S., for S. A. Tougaioo U., 60; F.S. Wilcox, for Tougalico U., 50. Branford, C. E. of First Ch., for Am. Highlanders, 5. Bristol, First, 29.31.\,Brookfield, First, 45.01. Clinton, Mrs. E. E. Post, for Grand View, Tenn.,5; Mrs. L. 8. Woodworth, for Furnish- ing Room, Grang View, Tenn., 35. Chaplin, | C.E., for Black Mountain Acad., Evarts, Ky., 5. Cheshire, C., for Furnishing Room at Grand View, Tenn., 25. Ellington, 50.11. Ellsworth, Ch. and S&S. 58., 7.80. Glastonbury, First Ch. of Christ, 17.52. Goshen, Jr.C. E., for Thomas- ville, Ga., 5. Granby, First, 5.80. Hartford, First, 643; Center S. S., 16.04.. Killingworth, 9-31. Manchester, 240.02. Mount Carmel, 12.443 C. E., for Blag Fund, Grand View, Tenn., 8. Mystic, Mystic Bridge C., 60.69. Middlefield, Miss Edith M. Birdseys S.S. Class, for Am. Highlanders, 6. Middletown, Home Dept. of First Ch., for S. A. Talladega Coll., 12.50. Morris, 6. New Britain, South, 50; M. Hattie and Sarah P. Rogers, 25, for Chinese and Japanese Missions on the Pacific Coast. New Haven, Church of the Redeemer, add'l,1o; (A Priend,4. (New Canaan, C. H., for S.A., Grand View, Tenn.,15. North Bran- ford, 12. North Madison, 3.76. Plainfield, Prietd,? jor fousawo O..0 Ye eend. jor Lougaloo U,, 1. ._Somers, , E., 16.. South Windham, Branch Ch., 107. South Windsor, Jr. Mission Circle. for Bld'g Fund, Blanche Kellogg Inst., Santurce, Port? Rico,7. Stam- ford, A Friend, for Blag Fund, Blanche Kellogg Inst., Santurce, Porto Rico,13. Union, 5. Watertown, Primary Dept. of S. S., for Grand View, Tenn., 25. Westbrook,C. E., for Bla g Fund, Christian Endeavor Hall, Blanche Kellogg Inst., Santurce, Porto Rico, 5. West Goshen, Mrs. F.H. Sage, for Freight to Grand View, Tenn., 1. West Haven, First, 11.45. OF CONNECTICUT, Mrs. J. B. Thomson, Treas- urer, $109.00, Bridgeport, Ladies Union of Park St. Ch., for Thomasville, Ga., 25. Hartford, Mrs. F. B. Cooley, for dndian Missions in Nebraska, 25: Mrs. F.B Cooley, for Grand View, Tenn., zac} Mrs. Adelaide S. Tomlinson, for Scholar- ship, Gregory Inst., Wilmington, NV. C.,8.. New Canaan, W.H.M.S., for Thomasville, Ga., 26. Winsted, Golden Chain Mission Circle of Second Ch., for Grand View. Tenn., 5. NEW YORK, $2,128.20. Albany, Mrs. J.C. Houghton,1. Brooklyn, Central, 571.50; South, 77.21; A Friend, 25; Miss M. D. Halliday, Bbl. Goods, for Mcin- tosh, Ga. Churchville, 22.24. East Bloom- field, Mrs. Eliza S. Goodwin, 5. Flushing, First, 47.55, to const. REV. C. REXFORD Ray- MOND L.M. Jamestown, First, 153.60. Lock- port, First, 16.20. Lysander, 1.75. Moira, C. E , for Blanche Kellogg Inst., Santurce, Porto Rico,10. New York, C. E. of Broadway Tab- ernacle, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn., 23; Manhat- tan C., 63.65; Mrs. E. A. Sanger, for Demorest, Gd@.7o. A Briend, 7. Rutland, C..B. for Blanche Kellogg Inst., Santurce, Porto Rico, i. Sag Harbor, Mrs. Charles N. Brown, 309, to const. her sister, ELLEN S. BROWN L. M. Sherburne, Friends, for Steam Heat, Tal- ladega Coll.,1,000. Triangle, 6.50. NEW JERSEY, $608.66, Asbury Park, Miss Anna Genung, for Blag Fund, Grand View, Tenn., 5. Bound Brook, Good Cheer Club,s5. East Orange, Trinity C.,. 100.05. Montclair, First! S., fon 77enity Sch., Athens, Ala.,25. Nutley, St.Paulss.S., Ao, , Plainfield, S. S., x4. : WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION, Mrs. Willard E. Buell, Treasurer, $440.61. Jersey City, W. H. M. S: of First Ch., 40, Sor Work inthe Hawaiian Islands. W.H.M. U. of the N. J. Assoc., 400.61 (5 of which for Work tn Porto Rico). PENNSYLVANIA, $252.48. Milroy, White Memorial S. S., 30. Phila- delphia, Central, 209.48; Kensington Ch., 3. Pittsburg, Trinity C., 10. OHIO, $361.21. Akron, Mrs. Hattie Wright, for Talladega Coll., 2. Berlin Heights, 6. Columbus, C. E. of Mayflower Ch., for Christian Endeavor Hall, Blanche Kellogg Inst., Santurce, Porto Rica. 53 Plymouth .., 12.72; Mrs. Mary A; Wright, for Grand View, Tenn.,10. Garretts- vilie, Mrs. Betsy N. Merwin, (deceased), 10. Huntsburs, S: S., 5. . lucas, x5: Oberlin, Hirst. 40.07: sRhev. ti. bb. Hall, 253 S$. 73.673 Miss Susan J. Davis, for Blag Fund. Grand Washington St. Ch., 7.75. Womans Home Missionary UNION OF OHIO, Mrs. G. B. Brown, Treasurer, $171.99. Akron, West, W.M.S., 8.40. Alexis, W. W., 5. Andover, W.M.S.,1.72,. Belpre, W. M.S.. 50... Chardon, W.-M.S., 3.89.1. Cincinnati, No. Fairmount, 350. Clarksfield, W. M. S., 1.20, Cleveland, Archwood, 4.30; Euclid W. A, 45 H. Madison Jr.C. B.icss) Rirst We Ay, 816. Park W. M.S., 1.05. Columbus, North W.M.S.,3.34. Conneaut, W. M.S.,21. Hunts- burg, K.-E. S., 6.27.. Ironton, W. M. S., 4.20. Windham, C., 20.20. Windsor Locks, 105.21. Lorain, W.M.S%., 3.403 C. E., for Grand View, WOMANS CONGL HOME MISSIONARY UNION | View, (enn. 25. Plain, 5 45. Poledo, . hoor RECEIPTS : 933 Tenn..5. Madison, W.M.S.,2.40. Mansfield, |S., 32, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn, Roberts, 10.63. First Jr. M. B., for Grand River, So. Dak., 1.50; Rosendale, S., 7.27. Wauwatosa, First, 100. Mayflower, W. M., 3.62. Marietta, First W.| West Salem, Mrs. John E, Williams,5. West M.S.,5.55. Marysville, W.M.S.,2.50. Mount|Superior, Pilgrim, 5.65. Vernon, W. M.S., 14.58. Newark, Plymouth, WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF 2.40. Norwalk, C. E., for Tougaloo U.. 2.50. WISCONSIN, Mrs. E. F. Hansen, Treasurer, Oberlin, Second C. E., 4.32. Ravenna, W. M. S., 7.60. Richfield, W. M.S., 1.80. Sandusky, $47.65. L. G., 2.60. Sheffield, W. M. S., 1. Strongs- ville, W. M. S., 1.40. Toledo, Central W.M. S., 10; Plymouth W.M. S., 1.75; Second J. M. C.,1.40. Wakeman, W.M.S.,1.40. Windham, W.M.S., 7.40. Youngstown, Elm St., W. M. S., 3.703 Plymouth W.M.S., 1.75. INDIANA, $2.00. Michigan City, Immanuel (German) Ch.,.2. MICHIGAN, $252.71. Allegan, First, 22. Benzonia, C., for Fisk U., 63. Detroit, Brewster Ch. Friends, | addl, 11; Fort St. Ch., 17.57; C. E. of North C., for Grand View, Tenn., 10. Douglas, Mrs. Wo Mills, a. Grand: Blanc, . first, a1. Grand Rapids, Park , Bbl. Goods, for Athens, Ala. Hillsdale, John W. Ford, 5o0cts. Kalamazoo, Mary J. Kent, 5. Laingsburg, C.,addl,6octs. North Adams, Mission Union of First C., Box and Bbl. Literature, for| jog Athens, Ala. Otsego, 8.08. South Haven, 17.46. Traverse City, First, 15.45. Union City, 12,80. West Adrian, 12.25. WoMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF MICH- IGAN, Mrs. A. H. Stoneman, Treas. $45.00. Benton Harbor, W.M.S., for S. A., Pleasant Fitll, Tenn., 45. dS ILLINOIS, $291.29of which from : Estates, $16.66. Alton, Friends in Congl Ch., 5._ Brim- field,1o. Buda, 32. Chicago, First C. E., 2.19; Fifty-second Ave. C.,addl,2; Jr. C. E. of St. pee Ch.,3; Union Park C. E., 4.50; ev. Edwin N. Andrews, 10; Friend in Sedgwick St. Ch.,25. Crystal Lake,1r, Earl- ville, J. A. D., 25. Mazon, 6. Melvin, 6.10. Mendon, 25. New Windsor, 8. Oak Park, First, 15.20. Odell, 30. Peoria, Union Miss,y Service, Three Churches, 8.25. Plymouth, 1.50. Stark, 10. Thawville, 7.31. Waukegan, 10.58. Wheaton, College Ch.,7. Winnebago, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Nevens, ro (5 of which for Indion Misstons_and 5 for Black Mountain Acad., Evarts, Ky.). EsTATESycamore, Estate of Mrs. Eliza- beth Wood, 50; (30 of which to const. her daughter Emiry S..Woop L. M.) (Reserve Legacy, 33.34) 16.66. IOWA, $439.87. Alden, 10.40. Ames, First, 19.04. Anamosa, Cass Ch.,7.10. Cedar Falls,71. Charles City, First, 18.07. Clear Lake, First, oe: Dubuque, Spes et fides in First Ch,, 5. ldora, First, 52.70; C. McKeen Duren, for S. A., Gran View, Tenn., 25. Gilbert Station, 6.26. Grin- nell, 78.20. Jackson, 5. Oakland, 5. Oska- loosa, 7. Pleasant Grove, 2.85. Red Oak, 35.55. Salem, 16.77. Sioux City, First, 55.45. Webster City, F. A. Boyson, for Fisk U., 13-71. WISCONSIN, $302.44. Ashland, 3.69. Bristol and Paris, C., 8.40. British Hollow, 6.91. New London, First, ro. New Richmond, 17.30. Plymouth, S., 5.. Po- Hayward, 15.50. Sun Prairie, 4.65. West Salem, 2.50. Whitewater, 25. MINNESOTA, $58.75. Fertile, 6. Marietta, 25. cts. Minneapolis Plymouth, 40. North Branch, 3,50. Sleepy Eye, 9. MISSOURI, $270.35. Cameron, First,15. St. Joseph, Tabernacle Ci5430, St. Wouis, Prigrim CO. 13,27; Pilgrim CC. E3.S06,; 20:05. WoOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF MISSOURI, Mrs. A. D. Rider, Treas., $176.83. Aurora, L. M.S.,3. Cameron, L. M. S., 3.50. Cole Camp, L. M. S., 1.50; Mission Band, for Birds Nest Home, Santee, Neb., 6. Kansas City, Beacon Hill W. U., 1; First, Womens ASsS0C:, 23.3935 . BP. S.C, E., 10; Ivanhoe Park Mission Band, for Birds Nest Home, Santee, eb., 2.65; Southwest Tabernacle L. A., 13 Westminster W. U., 28. Kidder, Jr. Band, 1.75. Maplewood, L.M.S.,1.50. Old Orchard, W.A., 1.50. Pierce City, S., for Birds Nest Home, Santee, Neb., 5.36. St. Joseph L.M.S., 12; C.E., for Porto Rico,10. St. Louis, First Sen. LM. S.,:8:35; Hope L. M:S.,6; Pilgrim Womans Assoc., Sen. Dept., 30.37; Jr. Dept., 8.20; Pilgrim Workers, for Birds Nest Home, Santee, Neb., 4.25. Sedalia, First L. M. S., 2. Springfield, First L. M. S., 2.70. Webster Groves, W.A., 2.87. KANSAS, $56.65, Kansas City, First, 1. Paola, Womans Missy Soc., 10. Seneca, 3. Stockton, W. M. 5.5.3: W OMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF KAN- SAS, Mrs. Emma W. Wallace, Treas., $39.65. W. 4H. M. U. of Kansas, 39.65 (17 of which he Nae eee for S. A. Saludg-Sem., Saluda, NEBRASKA, $134.50. Arlington, Ch. of Christ, 6. Doniphan, South Platte, C., 5.91%. Franklin, 28. Hallam, German C.,5. Lincoln, Butler Ave. C., 24.21. Petersburg, 4.50. Plainview, 13. Scribner, 8.55. Springfield, First, 25. Sutton, German Ca 14.33) : NORTH DAKOTA, $22.12. Buchanan, 6. WomMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF NORTH DAKOTA, Mrs. E. C. Stickney, Treas- urer, $16.12. : : Parco, W.M. U. of Hirst Ch. 16.12." SOUTH DAKOTA, $13.00. Academy, Ward Academy C.E.,5. Orient, Rose R. Gooder, 3; A. H. Robbins, 5. WYOMING, $44.97. Dayton, Girls Club, for S. A., Grand View, Tenn., 25, tosi, 11.60. Rhinelander, C., for Talladega| WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF WyY- Coll. Farm Dept. 1. River Falls, C., 21.34;|OMING, Miss Edith McCrum, Treas., $19.97. 334 RECEIPTS Cheyenne, W. M. S. of First Ch., 17.473 ees Missy Soc., 2.50. MONTANA, $6.00. Great Falls, First C., 6. COLORADO, 8215.42. Colorado Springs, Philo Carpenter Hil- dreth, 15, WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF COLO- RADO, Mrs. Joel Harper, Treasurer, $200.42. Boulder, for Standing Rock Indian Mission, 5. Colorado Springs, First, 10; Denver, - Boulevard, 43.87 (38.43 of which for Thunder- . hawk Indian Mission); Harman,1; So. Broad- wav, to; Ohio Ave., 18.75 (10 of which for Thunderhawk Indian Mission); Ohio Ave. W. M. S., for Grand River, So. Dakota, 32.80; Plymouth, for Thunderhawk Indian Mission, 5; Plymouth, for Standing Rock Indian Mis- ston, 12; Second, ts (5 of which for Standing Rock Indian Mission); Third, 5, for Thunder- hawk Indian Mission. Fruita, 5. Longmont, C. E., for Thunderhawk Indian Mrsston, 15. Montrose, 20 (10 of which for Thunderhawk Indian Mission). Rye, 2. . : CALIFORNIA, $1,135.00. Belmont, Miss Harriet Reed, 10. Monrovia, Mrs. F. E. Tracy, too. Santa Paula, Nathan W. Blanchard, 1,000. Ventura, Primary S. S. Class, for Grand View, Tenn., 25. OREGON, $55.46. Condon, 6. Hood View, 6.46. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF ORE- GON, Mrs. C. F. Clapp, Treasurer, $43.00. Beaver Creek, S. S., 1.25. Forest Grove, Mrs. Clapps S. S. Class, 3. Portland, First S.,10; Hirst C. H.,10. W.H. M: U. of Oregon, 18.75 (21.50 of the above amounts for Blanche Hees 4 inst., Santurce, Porto Rico, and 21.50 Jor Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn.) WASHINGTON, $162.52. Black Diamond, 1.50. Port Gamble, C. E. Soc.,1. Seattle, Plymouth C., for Chinese and Japanese Missions, 60. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF WASHINGTON, Mrs. Edward B. Burwell, State Treasurer, $100.00. ; W.H. M. U. of Washington, roo (30 of which from juvenile givers of Sunday Schools, for S. A.,at Moorhead, Miss.). NORTH CAROLINA, $28.25. Sch., Enfield, N. on 1.25. McLeansville, W. M. U. of First Ch.,1. Wardsworth, Womans Missy Union, 1. : WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA, Mrs. H. R. Faduma, Treas., 25.00. WM Uot N. C., as. SOUTH CAROLINA, $5.00. Greenville, 5. ALABAMA, $10.00. Athens, C., for Furnishing, Trinity Sch., 10. TENNESSEE, $86.40. Grand View, C, H. Califf, for Bldg Fund, Grand View, Tenn., 2.75; A. A. Hubbard, for Llag Fund, Grand View, Tenn., 50; L. M. Starring, for Blag Fund, Grand View, Tenn., 25.65; A Friend, for Grand View, 20 cts. Harriman, C. E.,3.45. Pleasant Hill, C., 4.35. GEORGIA, $11.50. : Macon, Mrs. Le Roy Monroe Felton, for Demorest, Ga., 11.50. : LOUISIANA, $8.42. Hammond, S., 8.42. FLORIDA, $10.25. Hampton, B. E. Van Buren, 5. Pomona, Pilgrim, 5.25. TEXAS, $7.00. Corpus Christi, C., for Tzllotson Coll., Aus- tim, 1eXxas,7, SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER, 1907. Donations <3. bes eee ee $11,762.56 SUATES vases doc dees ence seme s aces oo. 430-07 Total Receipts........... $12,201.73 Expenditures for October.......... 27,204.74 Debt Balance on Current Neat. .: $15,003.01 FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. Su bseriptions tor October, ...+......04455 $12.49 H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer, Congregational Rooms, _ Fourth Ave. and Twenty-second St., Kuhns, William Kuhn, for Joseph K. Brick New York, N. Y. y Index of the American Missionary for 1907. Action at 60th Annual Meeting on Of- erings, I. Advisory Committee, Action of, 34. Agard, Pres. I. M., Austin Tex., 173. Alaska, 56, 259, 201. Allen, Rev. E. B., Toledo, O., 217. Am.. Miss. Assoc. From Pilgrim Teacher, 259. | Among Our Constituents, 206. Anecdotes, 39, 47, 103, 153, 164, 205, 243. Annual Meeting Program, 195, 234, 273. mtiiens, Ala. 242) 5 2 Athens, Ga., 52. Atlanta, Ga. (Theo. Sem., Illus.),. 237, 230. Avery Institute, Charleston, 237. Bailey, Miss Edith F., Death of, 30. Baker, Rev. Albert S. (Illus.), 18. Barnes, Miss Esther A., 13, 214. ene gece, A. 1, 00, 132, 206, 255. 248. Black and White Problem, 77. Black, Ex-Gov., Extract from, 199. Blowing Rock, N. C., 242. Bowman, Dr. Chas. E., Extract, 276. Bradford, Pres. A. H., 245. Address, 312. Brewer, Justice David J., Letter from, 35. Address, 314. Bureau of Womans Work, 295. Burrage, Prin. Geo. C., Macon, Ga., 174. Butcher, Rev. Stephen G., 241. Cappahosic, Va., Hubbard Hall, 40, 180. Caste, Bishop Potter, 202. Cathcart, Miss 1. S, Kynes Mi, NG: ' 178 Chase Hall, Nashville (Illus.), 113. Chinese, The, 15, 254, 261, 201. Christianity and Heathenism, 18. oe Rev. George V., Charlotte, N. C., 160. Coan, Mrs. Wm. L., Death of, 98. Collins, Miss Mary C. (Illus.), 119. Colored Harvest, 243. BS Colored Man on Rhodes Foundation, 2g. ; Common Voice, 68. Conditional Gifts, 106. Cooper, Sec. J. W., ror. Crosby, Dea. Charles, Death of, 260. Cross, Rev. J. F., Alaska, 22. Crow Indians as Farmers (Illus.), 85. Curtis, Mrs. Chas. B., Death of, 38. Demorest, Ga., 239. Donaldson; Rev: J: 1., 216. Douglass, H. Paul, Address, 319, Easter, 98. Editorial, 2; 5, 56, 57; 67, 68, 164, 186; 235. Eells, Dr. Myron, Death of, 39. Emerson, Miss 2D. 5. Porto. - Rico: (ilius.), 37, ; eo Miss S. L., Moorhead, Miss., Too. Encouragement, Reason for, 251. Enfield, N. C., Industries (Illus.), 135. (illus) 267. Eskimo Women, 22. Customs, 56. Faduma, Rev. O., Paper by, 69. F ssenden, Fla., 183, 236. Financial, 65, 07, 120, 130, 161, 193,-104, 235, 274, 203. First Six Months, Sec. Ryder, 131. Fleming, Hon. W. H., Paper, 74. Foster, Dr. A. P., Death of, 199. Future Leader in the South, 166. Galloway, Bishop, Address of, 324. Galloway Hall, Dedication of, (Illus.), PET, General Survey, 281. Georgia Justice, 200. Georgia Pastor, 240. Georgia Pastors Experience, 311. Gratitude to A. M. A., Miss Bright, 42. Gwine Back Home, 167. Harris, Joel Chandler, 11. diastines, (res. RC. New Orleans (illus.), 12%. Hawaii (Illus.), 18, 55; (Illus.), 82, 184; (Illus.), 206, 258, 292. Hendrix, Bishop, Extract from, 276. Higher Education, Does It Pay? Pick- ens, 48. -Holmes, Prin. M. A., Death of, 81. Howard University, Great Day, 309. Howe, Julia Ward, Extract, 202. Huntington, Dr. W. R., Extract, 52. Hurd; Prin. Geo. B., Savannah, Ga. (Illus.), 181. Hurd, Mrs. Geo. B., Death of, 38. Hyde, Miss Mary D., Death of, 38. Inborden, T. S., Enfield, N. C. (Illus.), 135: Indians, 14, 53, 64.795, 110, 252, 280. Industrial Training in Our Schools, Sec. Beard, 132. Interesting Rural School, Savage, 50. Japanese, G. T. Ladd, 185. Statistics, 291. Japanese Undergraduates, 184. Jefferson, Dr. Chas. E., Address, 318. King, Pres, H, C., Letter from, 36. 336 INDEX Kings Mountain, N. C., 178. Lee, Henry W., Death of, 260. Letters from Vice-Presidents, 35. Life Members, Appeal to, 3. Answers, 34, 68. Lincoln Memorial Day, 4, 33. Louisiana, Illiteracy in, ro. Lyman, Dr. A. J., Address, 9. Mackenzie, Prof. W. D., Address, 315. Macon, Ga., Ballard School (Illus.), 174. Marion, Ala., Miss Phillips (Illus.), 178. Martin, Isadore, Enfield, N. C., 207, McIntosh, Ga., Industries (Illus.), 176. Merrill, Pres. J. G., Nashville (Iilus.), Li3. Mid-Pacific Institute, 206. Minutes of Annual Meeting, 326. Mobile, Ala. (Illus.), 238. Moore, Rev. George W., 162. Moorhead, Miss., 182, 238. Morgan, Prof. Helen C., 198. _ Murderous Mob, 2309. Nashville, Tenn., Industries (Illus.), 171. - Nesro OF 1 O-day 1 New Year, 2. Nichols, Miss Emily W., to. Nixburg, Ala. (Illus.}, 210. Northrop, Rev. Charles A., 240. Obituary, 38, 39, 81, 98, 198, 199, 260. Orange Park, Pla. 237. 7. Orientals in America, Pond, 15. Our Graduates, 280. Our Teachers, 275. Overcoming Difficulties, 80.. Peirce, Chas. P., Death of, 199. Personal Responsibility, 67. Pickens, Prof. William, Address, 48. Prayer at Close of Year, 233. Price, W. G., Cappahosic, Va., 180. Problems of Expansion, 6. _ Proctor, Dr, Ti. H.) Letter) 37, 244. Pond, Dr: WS C., 15,. 254, 261. Porto Rico, 256, 288. Porto Rico, Sauturce, 4, 68, 87, 118, (lihus.), 203, 247. Porto Rico, Sec. Ryder (Illus.), 116. Race Prejudice, Proctor, 244. Sec. Beard, 248. Race Problem in South, Fleming, 74. Rankin, Rev. J. E., Poetry, 103. Real Negro Problem, Pres. Bradford, 245. " Receipts, 26, 58, 00, 422, 154, 187, 218 262, 299, 331. Recent Discovery, 13. Richards, Theodore, Hawaii, 82. Riges, De Al Li g5e 933. Rogers, John R., Address, 322. Ryder, Seq C- Jai 119. aan roa. Paper, 278. ae Words from Southern Leaders, 276, Santee, Neb., Industries, Riggs (Illus. ) 33. Sauturce, P. R., 4, 68, 241. 4 Savage, John R., Rural School, 50, 210. Savannah, Ga., Beach Inst. (Illus.), 181. Scheibe, Rev. Otto J., 203, 256. Scudder, Dr. Doremus, Hawaii, 184, 206. Be Glimpses in Porto Rico (Illus.), > 7. Silsby, E. C., Talladega College in Af- rida, 47. Silsby, Mrs. John, Death of, 260. South, Educational Work, 283; Church Work, 287. Statistics, 283, 287, 288, 280, 201. Steps Forward (The South), Geo. V. Clark, 1609. Stevens, Prin. Charles M., McIntosh, Gai 176: Stevens, Elbert M. Charleston, 237. Stowe, Rev. J. J., Extract, 276. Straight University, New Orleans, 121; Industries (Illus.), 140, 241. Subscriptions to Magazine, 33. Slips, 309. Strieby Club, Washington, D. C., 24t. Talladega College, 13; in Africa, 47; In- dustries (Illus.), 145; Fortieth Anni- versary, 162, 214. Teacher in a Girls School, 16s. Terrell, Mrs. Mary C., Address, 222, Thwing, Pres. Charles L., 258. Tillotson College, Austin, Tex., 173, 216. Tougaloo, Miss., Notes from, 43; First Impressions, 45; Galloway Hall, 111: Industries (Illus.), 149; Commence- Ment; 217, Tourist Party, 104; On board Elkmont, to4.; (Cut), tos ; (ius), 110;'at Tou- galoo, 111; Nashville, 113. Treasurers Summary, 326. Twenty-five years among the Sioux, 110. $250,000, Sec. Teter 2. Typical Mountain Cabin, 165. Wakutemani, a Sioux Brave (Illus.), 252. Walton, Rev. Gilbert G., 275. Washington, Booker T., 250. Way of the A. M. A., tor. Which is Right? By Sec. Beard, go. White, Rev. Frank N., Address, 6. Whittier Anniversary, 307. Whittier and Brotherhood, 305. ~ Wilcox, Miss Mary E., Death of, 108. Wiley, J. L., Fessenden, Fla., 183, 236. Williamsburg, Ky., Transfer of School, 197. Woodworth, Rev. A. V., Address, 323. Woodworth, Dr. F. G., Toulagoo, 111. Womens State Organizations, 31, 231. 271. Womans Work, 153. x : . Ps os : ei American Missionary Association. EDUCATIONAL WORK IN THE SOUTH. Superintendent of Education.Rev. H. PauL Doue.ass, D.D., 287 Fourth Ave., N.Y. HIGHER INSTITUTIONS.Tenn.: Nashville, Fisk University. ALa.: Talladega, Talladega College. Muss.: Tougaloo, Tougaloo University. La.: New Orleans, Straight University. Trx.: Austin, Tillotson College. Ga.: Demorest, Piedmont College. Atlanta, Atlanta Theological Seminary. D.C.: Washington, Theological Department Howard University. Normal and Graded Schools.Ata.: Athens, Trinity School. Florence, Burrell Normal School. Fort Davis, Cotton Valley School. Kowaliga, Aca-- demic and Industrial School. Marion, Lincoln Normal School. Mobile, Emer- son Institute. Nixburg, Cotton Grove Industrial Academy. Joppa, Normal and Industrial Collegiate Institute. Nat, Green Academy. Fia.: Fessenden, Fessen- den Academy. Orange Park, Orange Park Normal School. Ga.: Albany, Albany Normal School. Athens, Knox Institute. Cuthbert, Howard Normal School. Forsyth, Normal and Industrial School. Macon, Ballard Normal... School. Marshallville, Lamson School. McIntosh, Dorchester Academy. Savannah, Beach Institute. Thomasville, Allen Normal and Industrial School. Ky, : Lexington, Chandler Normal School. Evarts, Black Mountain Academy. Miss.: Clinton, Mt. Hermon Seminary. Meridian, Lincoln School. Moor- head, Girls Industrial School. Mound Bayou, Normal Institute. N. C.: Beaufort, Washburn Seminary. Skyland Institute, Blowing Rock. Enfield, Joseph K. Brick Agricultural, Industrial and Normal School. Hillsboro. Kings Mountain, Lincoln Academy. Lawndale, Clarkson Industrial and Douglass Academy. Lynn, Troy, Peabody Academy. Wilmington, Gregory Normal Institute. Saluda, Saluda Seminary. .C.: Charleston, Avery Normal Insti- tute. Greenwood, Brewer Normal School. TEnN.: Memphis, Le Moyne Insti- tute. Grand View, Grand View Normal Institute. Pleasant Hill, Pleasant Hill Academy. V4A.: Cappahosic, Gloucester School. ae Common Schools.Ga.: Andersonville, Beechton, Hagan-Eureka, Hagan- Bethel, Marietta, Riggton, Rutland, Thrift, Trinity. N. C.: Burlington, Dock- erys Store, Dry Creek, Evans, Exway, Haw Branch, High Point, Lilesville, Malee, Mt. Gilead, Mt. Pleasant, Strieby, Wadsworth. CHURCH WORK. : General Field Missionary.REV. GEORGE W. MOooRE, Nashville, Tenn. Mountain Field Missionary.REV. CHARLES NORTHROP, Harriman, Tenn. Number of Churches.Alabama, 20; Arkansas, 1; District of Columbia, 33 Georgia, 31; Indian Territory, 1; Kentucky,.22; Louisiana, 15; Mississippi, 6; North Carolina, 58; Oklahoma, 2; South Carolina, 5 ; Tennessee, 34; Texas, Ir; Porto Rico, 6. INDIAN MISSIONS. Educational Work.Ners.: Santee Normal School. Churches and Stations.Santee Agency, 3; . Rosebud Reservation, 7s Cheyenne River Reservation, 15; Standing Rock, Grand River District, 8; Standing Rock, Fort Yates District, 6; Fort Berthold Agency,7; Crow Agency, 3; Skokomish, 13; Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska. : CHINESE AND JAPANESE MISSIONS. Calzfornia Chinese Misstons.Berkeley, Fresno, Los Angeles (3), Marys- ville, Oakland (2), Pasadena, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco (2), First Chinese Congregational Church, Santa Barbara, Sherman, Ventura. Hawaiian Evangelical Assoctation. Hawaii, Kealakekua, Hilo; Maui, Wailuku, Puanene; Oahu, Honolulu, Punaluu, Kukuihaele; Kauai, Makaweli. PORTO RICO, W. I. Educational Work.Santurce, Blanche Kellogg Institute. Church and Mission Work.Fajardo and Out-Stations, Humacao and Out-_ Stations, Naguabo and Out-Stations. Luquillo, Yabucoa, Juncos, Las Cabezas. 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The American Missionary Published by THE CONGREGATIONAL HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY THE CONGREGATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY THE CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY-SCHOOL EXTENSION SOCIETY THE CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER, 1923 : Page COVER DESIGN: Church and Parsonage, Lexing- ton, Oregon. Supplied by The Church Building Society. EDITORIAL: Pa TEACHERS LETTER whe WILLCOX ACAD- pea VERNAL, The Dawn A Pee ene DECORATION OFFER FROM TOUGALOO COLLEGE THE A. M.- A, TREASURY. Treasurer THE COMMISSION ON MISSIONS THE WOMENS SHARE IN THE EVERY-MEM- BER CANVASS. By Rev. William S. Beard... 450 : THE CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS - THE DWELLING PLACE OF THE SPIRIT. Lewis T. Reed, D.D. WHERE ROLLS i OREGON. Seccaneee THE COMMISSION ON EVANGELISM THE USE OF THE. BIBLE FOR DEVOTIONAL CULTURE. By Frederick L. Fagley.. THE PASTORS SECTION THREE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE SPIRIT THE HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY THE EDUCATION SOCIETY EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS ...: 456 Ea. HOW WOMEN ARE EDUCATING THEMSELVES GO TO BLAZES. By Alfred E. Randell, D.D... 457 FOR CITIZENSHIP IN THE MODERN A LITTLE MINISTERS EXPERIENCES. By Rey. _ CHURCH. By: Anna Estelle May W. J. Davies .. 459 PROTESTANT MEN AND THE KU KLUX KLAN. SOME NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL COUNCIL By Arthur E. Holt MEETING 462 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIP THE DURHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH AND . ie THE CALL OF OPPORTUNITY. By Ralph D. LONE SSS ee Paine A SUMMER IN THE THE VINITA RURAL WORK 1 Bees Osi ae) eg 5 epee ule. Charles H. Baker, Treasurer . THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS : OUR SEVENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING.. WHY SUPPORT THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION? A PRELUDE. 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Changes in mosisey must reach us by the 15th of the month in order to have change made for the next months issue. Address all business communications and make remittances payable to THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY 289 Fourth Avenue, New York Entered as second-class matter, June 6, 1921, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879 Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1917, authorized June 6, 1921. 1103, hee of October 1, The American Missionary 5. L. LOOMIS, D.D., Managing Editor S. E. QUIN, Business Manager Vol. 77, No. 11 : December, 1923 New Series, Vol. 15, No. 8 4 | The Dawn HE Congregationalist begins its report upon the great Spring- field National Council meeting by saying, The prediction that we are entering upon a new, heroic epoch in religious life and fellowship seems already coming to fulfilment. The dawn is here. Never have the Congregationalists faced their world task with more seriousness or more enthusiasm. The survey of that task in the wonderful Wednesday program, culminating in its visualization in the Pageant, where the whole world-wide work stood forth upon one stage, and then the com- pletion of that survey by the several meetings of the several societies, brought the whole delegate body of our Congregational churches face to face with our total Congregational responsibility. It was this that in- spired the following resolution which ought to be read in every pulpit. The National Council, receiving the reports of its Mission Boards, is impressed anew with their significant service, with the urgent need of the men, women and children under our care, and with our opportunity in and through these our agencies to build the Kingdom of God. We therefore recognize the imperative call for the full apportion- ment of $5,000,000.00 to accomplish our work. The budgets of the societies are real budgets. The total budget is a real need. It is not one penny less than our full share in the Christian work of the world. We look forward with confidence to raising the full apportionment in 1924 by the use of the Every-Member Canvass plans now in progress, and we pledge ourselves and urge upon our fellow Congregationalists the utmost loyalty and cooperation for the attainment of that objective. But we will not wait for 1924. We here express our gratitude for the inspiration we have received at this Council. We declare our determined purpose to Take Jesus in Earnest. Facing the worlds needs afresh, we now make our sacrificial gifts, and we call upon the members and constituents of the Congregational churches throughout the a country to join us in such gifts that we may achieve our full apportion- 2 ment aimster the current year. ~ = It remains for us ministers, churches, individuals to get behind our ~ = National Council and make good what it has been saying in our name. Let us go to work and raise that five million dollars. Let every man of us resolve that so far as he is concerned the Councils plan shall not fail. December ninth, with its Every-Member Canvass, is a day for turn- ing words into deeds. What do you say? Will you follow through? Will you help your church faithfully to support your Council? 449 2 | THE COMMISSION ON MISSIONS ITT aT : 9 ; The Womens Share in the Every- Member Canvass By Wiz1am S. Bearp, Secretary of Premotion 666 HO constitute the fourth group? you ask. That is another story. Watch this space next month for the answer. So run the closing words of an article in THE AMERICAN Missionary for November. Here is the answer. The fourth group of the church forces who have Every-Member Canvass responsibility comprises the women. All over this land Congregational laymen have been asked to do two things this fall: First, to get churches to make a thoroughgoing use of the Every- Member Canvass, and, secondly, to urge their fellow-laymen to take the lead in the set-up and conduct of the canvass. The pastors share is counsel and dynamic. There are nearly 6,000 Con- gregational ministers the country over, whose business it is to encourage folks to attempt what many have thought to be unattainable. The young peoples specific duty is the publicity end, with their posters, charts, exhibits and dramatizations. : The fourth group comprises the women. Do you women who are mem- bers of the Congregational churches, and those, who though not members are intimately connected with the church life, ask what you can do to help about the Every-Member Canvass? Then read on. 1. You can see that the most responsible positions of leadership are given to your very strongest women. I mean the women who have the keenest minds, the biggest hearts, a sense of humor, balance, good judgment; the most magnetic personalities, who respect the past but are willing to shatter any precedents for the sake of progressthe sort whom every community was constantly utilizing in war days. Only the very finest leadership is good enough. The first thing you women can do is to take an inventory of your resources and then push your best women to the front. 2. You can be literature specialists. Plan to be the skilled advisers of your pastor and the Every-Member Canvass Committee in this particular. Divide up your forces. Assign to one group investigation concerning the literature about the local church. Have these people constantly on the search not only for the newest but the most worth-while material. Place in the hands of another group the Joint Catalog of the literature of all the missions Boards. Urge this section to get and read every new piece which any Board issues. Let the best be culled out and let the committee be ready at all times with the facts for those who may have need thereof. _ Assign to another group the study of the Commissions promotional literature. A fourth group may well become the circulation managers in the local church for THe AMERICAN Missionary, THE Missionary HERALD, THE CONGREGATIONALIST. Plans on a national scale, calling for a skilled and well- considered handling of the problem of the distribution of literature at State Conferences and Local Associations, should shortly be launched. It is entirely 450 * THE COMMISSION ON MISSIONS 481 possible that this work may constitute another feature in the womens share. 3. You can pave the way for a successful canvass. In one of our - largest churches, a few days prior to a recent canvass the women of the - parish staged a preliminary canvass. They organized and zoned and districted and called, but they asked no money. They simply told the story of the issues involved. They presented the case for the local church and its world-wide work. They left no cards, they asked no subscriptions. They told a story wud they lett: ae But the people had ten days to think about that story before the financial canvassers came. When the results of the canvass were tabulated, it was discovered that the visits of these women had made a difference in the results of hundreds of dollars. Why not a corps of pre-canvass visitors this year in every church in the whole country! oe 4. You can be a gleaner. The one feature in a canvass, which after all tells the story, is the follow-up. If you have read the story of the Winnetka church written up in How To Raise Money For a Church, you will recall that when the people went out for practically twice the sum raised the previous year, less than one-half of the amount was secured the first day. But when the returns were all in, the goal was almost reached. This incident reveals the value of the follow-up. When the canvassers call it is always true that some people are out, others are absent from town, some havent decided what they want to do. I repeat, it is a thoroughgoing follow- up which brings the subscriptions up 100 per cent to the goal. Now in the churches where the canvassers are all men it is their part to complete the follow-up. Many will do so, but there is a considerable group where, with the best intentions on the part of the men, there will not be any follow-up unless you take over this work. ao 5. You can help finance the whole undertaking. The day has come when the several interests which should profit by the canvass can prosper only | together. The local church cannot win a permanent success apart from its devotion to its world-wide work. There can be no continuous world-wide ministry without an adequate base of support. ee . No one of the missionary agencies can thrive alone. They are too inter- dependent. We must talk about the work, one and all inclusive. We must talk about the local church and the world-wide work not as if they represented two separate issues but as if they were one, as they are. Furthermore, the day has come when the surest way to secure the fullest measure of support for any interest which may be especially dear is to give ones enthusiastic support to the entire budget. Our combined efforts for the $5,000,000 will bring us closer to securing the needed measure of support for each one of the several Societies than concentrating attention on the needs of one Society alone. You women believe this. You can be counted upon in this particular. The glory of the 1924 Every-Member Canvass Plan is that it plays no favorites yet overlooks no interest. Its joy is to secure for each its full share, and it has no joy apart from securing a full share for each. Here then is the womens share. 543,540 women are members of Congre- gational churches in the United States. That number remembers easily, does it not? Out of every eight members of Congregational churches, five are you women. No minority group, you. WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH YOUR OPPORTUNITY? 2) THE CONGREGATIONAL COMMISSION ON EVANGELISM Srl The Use of the Bible for Devotional Culture By FrepericK L. FAGLEy SIL = It IBLE reading has very great value as a means of grace in the develop- ment of the spiritual life. In the first place, Bible reading will teach one the language of devotion and give to the reader the means for expressing the aspiration and hope of his soul. This is a most needed requirement for the devotional life. The religious teachers recognize that one of the first steps towards any progress in personal devotion is to learn the language used in prayer and aspiration. The story is told of a correspondent of a large busi- ness concern who had been invited out to dinner by a friend. At the table the host asked him to say grace. It was a new experience, but he was not to be found wanting. Dear Lord, he began, we thank Thee for all Thy favors of recent date. Permit us to express our heartfelt gratitude. We trust that we may continue to merit Your confidence and that we shall receive many more blessings from You in the future. Amen. No doubt many readers of this have found themselves in a like situation; and we all know how much care is required to teach children the use of thee and thou, as well as scrip- tural phrases which have been used through the ages as the vehicle of the soul. _In the second place, Bible reading gives one a knowledge of the way in which many men and women, through a long period of years, found comfort in communion with God. Who can read the prayer of the life of David and not feel encouraged to find for ones own self the source of divine comfort? Who can read the prayer of Solomon at the dedication of the temple and not feel the subtle appeal of the House of God to the mind of man? Who can read the story of the Christian martyrs without desiring above all else to know that source of power which gave them their strength? Who can read the life of Christ and not have it borne in upon him continually how Christ found strength in prayer? These and many other examples continually impress upon the mind of the reader the ways in which other men in other ages found cour- age and strength and peace in God, for the Bible is a great book of testimony of the experiences of men in religion. In the third place, the reading of the Bible gives one detailed instruction as to how to proceed if one desires to know the secret of spiritual life, for as we read the pages of the New Testament especially we find paragraph after paragraph of instructionshow one is to seek God; how to follow Christ; how to live at peace with his brethren; how to build his own life so that character shall be developed and one find himself securely anchored to the enduring realities of life. | But above all theseand any one is sufficient in and by itself to cause one > to be faithful in Bible readingthere is a fourth consideration which out- weighs them all, and that is that the reading of the Bible is one channel by which the Holy Spirit teaches the love of man. This is not a theory or a doctrine, but is a fact attested by countless men and women who have found 452. NH we INT i COMMISSION ON EVANGELISM : ri that as they read the words of the Book there has come into their being a new power of the Spirit beyond the thought of the passage, beyond the circum- stances surrounding the incident which is recorded, beyond the truth that it recited. There is this mystical power of the Spirit which becomes effective in human life as one reads the words of the Holy Book with ones soul open toward God. How many have been strangely moved after reading the Bible, how many have found their courage returning, the power of endurance strengthened and faith renewed by reading the inspired words of the Holy Bible! And this fact, attested by the common experience of mankind, is that which makes Bible reading absolutely essential to spiritual help. Encourage Habits of Bible Reading There is no more insistent duty resting upon pastors than that they shall encourage their people in habits of Bible reading. Some find strength in one course of action and some in another. To a certain type of mind the greatest good is had by setting aside some period in the day when a short portion of the scripture shall be read, and day after day the soul is refreshed by this period of reading and contemplation. There are others who find that to get the greatest good from their Bible reading there must be a longer period of reading. I know one devoted Bible student who is greatly helped by sitting down with the Bible and reading perhaps for two hours at a time, and then he may not read the Book again for some days or weeks perhaps. But in time he returns to the Bible for a season of refreshment. Each one will know how best to find strength in the practice of Bible reading. But we do need this strength. There never was a time when the world needed more the calming, strengthening influence of the presence of the Spirit; there never was a time when the world needed more to know the secret of enduring grace. And here is one means which pastors have at hand and which can be used by them for strengthening the spiritual lives of their people and helping to open the way, that the Holy Spirit of God may abide in the hearts of men. % * % The Bible reports the high spots in the growing acquaintance with God experienced by one section of the human race. Its outstanding feature is its report of the religious experience of Jesus Christ and of men who followed his lead. The comparative value of its very different parts, produced in widely separated periods of time, and the extent to which it may incorporate erroneous and transient ideas are matters which can be settled by critical study. Its challenging feature is Jesus Christ and his wonderful way of living. This challenge is insistent and unavoidable, a challenge that is involved in the very nature of life. It stands out to be met in some way by every man, no matter what he may think about the credibility or incredibility of some parts of the Bible. Tn the Churchs Bible School the long history of Gods will unfolding in human experience is studied, and life grows stronger and deeper. The book born out of life touched by the Spirit of God pours its message into the lives of those who study it. It is the Book of Life.Bosworth. The Congregational Hand Book for 1924 contains Daily Bible Readings for the year. They are based on the International Sunday School Lesson Topics for 1924. Copies can be obtained at 4 cents each, postpaid, from the office of The Commission on Evangelism, 287 Fourth avenue, New York City. SAA Te (Ite INU ell sal AA Three Opportunities of the Spirit From a letter addressed to a beginner in the Christian ministry by an aged parson I COULD give you advice by the barrelful, my dear fellow, good advice too; and I am sorely tempted to do so; but, remembering that every man must | work out his own problems, and that there is no wisdom like that which ac- crues from experience, I forbear. I should like, however, to tell you about a few things that I have found out in the course of my ministry from which you may perhaps get a useful hint or two. You must already have discovered that it is a ministers hardest job to keep himself and his people keenly alive to spiritual realities, to stand strong against the downward drag of materialism, for which the old-fashioned name is worldliness. In this stupendous task I have found valuable allies in the three holidays that cluster about the close of the year. ~ [m sure it is worth while to make much of Thanksgiving Day. Take the Thanksgiving Proclamationin that great document the President of the United States takes your pulpit; through his lips the Nation speaks, calling her sons and daughters to reverent and grateful worship. To blunder and stumble through a paper of such dignity is atrocious, to omit it altogether, as some have done, is little less than a crime. It should be read distinctly and impressively. Unless you are a better reader than I, you will do well to go over it carefully beforehand. Late in my ministry I have discovered that The Proclamation becomes doubly impressive when the people rise to their feet and stand while they listen to this message from their Chief Magistrate, and at its conclusion sing the hymn, America. Ingratitude is the meanest of vices. That man may last, but never lives Who much receives and nothing gives, Whom none may bless, whom none may thank Creations blot, Creations blank. No one deliberately intends to be ungratefulwe are thoughtless, that is alland when you urge your folks to count their blessings one by one you will find that they respond to the suggestion. All this should come as a preparation before the feast day. As for public worship upon Thanksgiving Day itself, what with visits and domestic duties Ive found it a hard matter to get my people out to church. The most successful Thanksgiving services I have known are union meetings, where all the churches of a town or neigh- borhood come together, so emphasizing their common faith, and where an attractive order of worship with music and addresses is arranged. But Thanksgiving is, and has been for a long time, preeminently a home and a family day; and this is well. One cannot put too great emphasis in these homeless times upon family lifeupon the fact that every household is, or ought to be,-a household of God. Nothing could be more absurd than a Thanksgiving dinner where there is no giving of thanks. Yet I am afraid that some of your folks will start in to carve the turkey without a word to him from whom all blessings flow. You know how, in their dread of cant, many 454 THE PASTORS SECTION : THE PASTORS SECTION . a excellent people go far to the other extreme and are very shy about opening their lips in prayer, even before their own family. What would you think of printing on your church calendar a brief prayer to be used at the Thanks- giving dinner? Christmas is a great day for us all, but especially for children. I have made a lot of it in my time. I have not taken pains to interfere with the Santa Claus myth. It is not a lie, nor the cousin of a lie; it is a sort of fairy tale and is usually so understood by the children. It is better than ordinary fairy tales, for that beloved friend of little people has reality about him, being a sort of personification of the Christmas spirit of kindness and goodwill which is among the most genuine things in the world. But the point to be emphasized with the children is the fact that Christmas is the birthday of Jesus. You celebrate the natal day of one you love by bringing him gifts. In the case of the Great Brother, you cannot give to him directly, so you give to his friends for his sake. It is a beautiful custom, when on the Sunday before your boys and girls bring a heap of gifts to be sent to less fortunate children. Yet one must be careful not to give the im- pression that Our Lords only friends are poor people. The truth is that the distinction we make between rich:and poor cannot count for much in his eyes, and that before him we are much more equal in station and estate than we are apt to think. Every Christmas gift that is an honest expression of a genuine love, whether it goes with the missionary barrel or is crammed into one of the stockings that adorn the family mantel, every such gift is appro- priate to Jesus birthday because it is bestowed on someone whom he loves. All this is commonplace enough to you, my dear fellow, but you'll be surprised to find how many of your folks never think of domestic affection for what it is; about the best and noblest of the fruits of Christian Faith. You'll find, as you get into the hearts and lives of your people, that to many of them Christmastide, with its custom of giving and receiving, brings intolerable burdens. It is a season that they anticipate with dread. I have felt it my part to do everything in my power to relieve them of that load. Make it simple, make it simple! Ive said. Remember that the thing of real importance is not the gift but the spirit which the gift expresses. New Years Day, as a time of spiritual opportunity, is not inferior to the other two festivals. For old people its message may not be so impressive as that of Thanksgiving, for children, not so impressive as that of Christmas, but for men and women in the full tide of life, their burdens upon them and the unseen future with all its hopes and fears stretching out before them, it speaks with thrilling power. New Years Day is a great time for bringing men to a sense of their dependence upon Almighty God. _ At the turn of the year, I try with all my might to persuade my folks, amid the hurly-burly of life, to stop and thinkto look before and after and to look up. Which of us, if he would only take time, even a few moments, ~ for serious reflectionwhich of us would be willing to move forward into the unknown reaches of the coming year without the help and blessing of God? I have found the watch meeting of New Years Eve helpful; even more helpful in localities where it is observed as a legal holiday, a little informal prayer meeting on the first morning of the year. But the most helpful and blessed of all New Years celebrations is the Lords Supper on the first Sun- day in January, where we all meet the Master himself as guests at his table. He looks into our faces, he takes our hands, he whispers to our hearts, he sends us out upon our paths with the words, Be not afraid; but go forward, for I go with you. : 200 THE CONGREGATIONAL HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY : ee IIL LT il i liz = iil What home missionary church is in need of a pulpit Bible? Quite a supply of second-hand Bibles in good condition have been received at this office and several more have been promised. Write to the Publication Depart- | ment for further information: - % Rev. Fred P. Ensminger, Conference Superintendent in Tennessee, Ken- tucky and the Carolinas, reports a busy summer in his bailiwick. The regular preaching force was aided by twelve student workers of the Sunday School Extension Society and one student pastor appointed by the Home Missionary Society. In addition to doing the many tasks required of a general worker in meeting present needs and planning for the future in this great border sec- tion of the country, Mr. Ensminger has been interested in raising money for the churches in North Carolina and Kentucky. <2 \7 % % % January is one of the months of the year which the Sunday Schools of the country devote to a study of the work of the Home Missionary Society. The material has been prepared and sent to all the Schools enrolled as. World Service Schools. Samples have also been sent to all superintendents of Con- gregational Church Schools. There is a dialogue, entitled After Ellis Island, and a story, called How the Minister Was Paid. This material, with a pamphlet giving definite objects toward which the children may contribute, will be sent out in quantity on application. + & & Mrs. Pratt reports that there are a large number of children ~* Ellis Island and very little material on hand with which to keep them busy during kindergarten hours. She has asked specially for rubber balls; kindergarten paper, sizes six by six and four by four; paper suitable for making chains ; paste; drawing paper and pencils; paint boxes; pieces of wash materials, one to two yards in length; thimbles, all sizes, but especially for small children; articles from the ten cent store stamped for embroidery and embroidery cotton ; blocks of all sizes; and games for boys. The Christmas season usually brings a great deal in the way of toys and helpful material to Mrs. Pratt, but it should be borne in mind that at certain times of the year there is a great rush of foreign peoples to these shores and at such times the kindergarten is greatly crowded. Right now is the opportunity for the young people in our Sunday Schools to do a real missionary work. See that Mrs. Pratt has the equipment necessary to carry on her work. Address Mrs. Jennie F. Pratt, Missionary Room, Ellis Island, New York. A very fine program was rendered by the Tennessee Womans Union and Branch of the Womans Board of Missions of the Interior at Pilgrim Church, Chattanooga, November 13-14. Dr. Mary E. George of Chattanooga presided and Mrs. William Jeffries of East Lake had charge of the devotional period. Mrs. Charles Kuster of Chattanooga, Mr. Charles Baumgart, Memphis, and Miss Miriam L. Woodberry of New York, were among the speakers. 456 : G0-to Blazes By Atrrep E, RANvELL, D.D., Jamestown, N. Y. OUTHWESTERN New York is beautiful. Its inhabitants admit it; its visitors sometimes shout. it. True, its winters are rigorous, but its summers are almost ideal; and when Jack Frost takes up his paint brush in the fall, he lavishes his most gor- geous colors upon the wooded hills with such superb skill that the va- rieties of delicate shades and brilliant hues fairly mock the futility of human - speech. The cities and villages of this dis- trict are about a cen- tury old. Two of them celebrated their one hundredth anniversa- ries some months ago. Pioneers, long dead, are being publicly eu- logized. Their cour- ageous. enterprise, their industry and thrift, the pranks they played upon one an- other, their neighbor- hood ideals, as well as their community quarrels, are being re- called with such a wealth of detail, that even a comparative stranger experiences little difficulty in visualizing the past. Congregationalism can claim only a very modest share in shaping the life of these communities. Our churches are not numerous in this section of the Empire State. We have fewer today than we had twenty-five years ago. Some of those that are still functioning have had a very precari- ous existence. The larger towns and cities have made big draughts upon the ambitious and enterprising youth of the villages and rural communi- ties. Here and there are villages al- most deserted which, in former days, were prosperous and flourishing cen- ters. Wherever a village church has REV. A. K. BLAZE . weathered the changes of time, and continues to hold high the torch that lights the way in Christian living, it takes but little scratching beneath the surface to discover a record of in- spiring devotion and heroic struggle on the part of its members. The story of one such church, emerging from a period of discouragement into an. experience of renewed life and happy achievement, is a remarkable and convincing testimony to the value of wise and efficient home missionary help. Ellington is a small village with a big rep- utation. One glance at its commodious, well-built, well- equipped school build- ing gives a clue to the character of its peo- ple. Its few business houses face in upon the square village green. The surround- ing country is devoted chiefly to dairy farm- ing, with a little maple sugar industry and some fruit orchards thrown in for variety. The annual town pic- nic is a rip-roaring affair. Clean sports, races, good band music, speakers and singers, baseball games, and all the other usual attractions for such occasions, bring together a good- natured if somewhat boisterous crowd of from three to five thousand people. There are three Protestant churches in the village, the oldest of which is the Congregational. Out from that church have gone from time to time, men and women, who today are held high in public esteem, stand well -among their colleagues in professional | and business life, and who are giving generously of their time and money and ability to the First Congregational 457 458 THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY Church of Jamestown eighteen miles away. What was Jamestowns gain was Ellingtons loss. Yet through the years the Ellington church maintained its work and helped to leaven the life of the community with its Christian fellowship and service. A very few years ago, days of dis- couragement came to them. Prices slumped after the war. Such leader- ship as could be secured left much to be desired. The building of -good roads and the ad- vent of the auto- mobile had already subtracted from the Sunday popula- _ tion. of. the. coun tryside. Meetings dwindled. The pas- tor moved out. The church gave up its morning and eve- ning worship, but continued to main- tain its school and Ladies Aid Soci- ety, and made oc- casional remit- tances,* to... the benevolences of the denomination. For nearly two years things remained at a low ebb. Enter the new minister, Rev. Ar- tar: K..Blaze.. A : spiritual climate must be felt to be appreciated. Statistics may be help- ful but they necessarily omit some of the most vital items. Mr. Blaze not only made nearly two hundred calls during the first four months of his pastorate at Ellington, but established himself on a. footing of real friendship with the people in those homes, as well as with every Tom, Dick and Harry he might meet on the streets or in the postoffice. The Farmers Grange wanted his membership and got it. Social enter- prises backed by school or fraternity CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, ELLINGTON, Nex sought his cooperation and he gave it freely. The attendance at morning and evening services grew. A prayer meeting was organized and maintained through the months that have ensued. A Christian Endeavor Society meets on a week night with an average at- tendance of twenty-three. Eleven new members united with the church at the first communion service, eight on confession of faith. Plans are un- der way and money pledged toward the building and equip- ping of a fine social room beneath the church auditorium. A newly organized Sunshine Class has started a fund for the purchase of a church bell. Spe- cial days like Eas- ter and Mothers Day have been ob- served in such a church with happy and earnest wor- shipers. : Three. factar, have combined to bring about so de- sirable a change in the Ellington church. First of all, the State Confer- ence Superintend- ent, Dr Rola gave his prompt and _ wise assis- tance. Ellington is five hundred miles away from headquarters. Yet the Superintendent found it possible to visit the little village in person, driving through rain and mud to keep an appointment with a group of ear- nest people. Once the facts were in his possession he made an arrange- ment which strained the traditions of the autonomy of the local church al- most to the breaking point, but not quite. He promised to recommend a small grant to help them financially, and asked for the privilege of send- % way as to fill the THE HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY 459 ing them a leader, with the under- standing that unless there were in- superable difficulties in the way, they would trust to his judgment and give the man the call. Then he found the man. In the second place there was a group of earnest Christian men and women who were ready to make real sacrifices in order to change defeat into victory. When Mr. Blaze arrived they gave him earnest and continued -support. There may have been some doubt as to the wisdom of some of his plans and proposals; if so they kept their doubts out of sight. They followed where he led and discovered before long, that they were actually doing some things for their village that they had supposed never would be done. = In the third place, Mr. Blaze won his way into the affections of his peo- ple by his indomitable good cheer and sincere desire to be of help every- where. An Ellington man said to the writer a few weeks ago, Dr. Rollins is surely some good picker. He could not have suited us better in a hun- dred years. A month before his ap- pointed wedding day, Mr. Blaze fell and sustained a badly fractured limb. In the weeks of convalescence, neces- * %* sitating the postponing of cherished plans, the writer saw him repeatedly. Propped up in bed, punching out sen- tences by means of a typewriter, pre- paring sermons for his people, ar- ranging all the details of the work, securing the consent of some of his laymen to read what he so laboriously wroteit is no wonder to me that when his Sunday School class ob- tained permission from the physician to take him to church on Childrens Day in a wheel chair, and surprised him by coming for him on that morn- ing, his entrance to the building was the signal for the whole congregation to rise and in grateful hymn and prayer express their joy over his re- covery and return to the work of his heart. And that work is growing by _ leaps and bounds. | The parsonage has been completely renovated. Paint and paper, electric lights and new heating apparatus have. made the house so long empty look cozy and inviting. In it live two peo- ple who are supremely happy that it has been given to them to be com- rades in the gracious ministry of a home missionary pastorate. If you want to know more about it, follow the directions given in the title of this article. a % A Little Ministers Experiences By Rev. W. J. Davies, Eagle River, Wisconsin HE emissary of the Kingdom does not choose his field of ac- tivity. He is sent and must regard his parish as a place where the Lord promised to go with him and strengthen and inspire him. When the writer first set foot in Vilas County, he shared the feeling of the Israelitesthat he was in the wilderness without an idea of: what the promised land was or where it lay. There were cut-over lands, marshes, burned areas, stretches ex- tending miles without a habitation, old camp sites and water, water, water. The native seldom realizes the feelings of the foreign-born on enter- ing the country of. his adoption; neither can the people brought up in the surroundings just described under- stand the feeling of loneliness and dreariness that takes possession of the newcomer when he begins to tread the wilderness that is to become hi promised land. _ The first comforting assurance was in finding that people are people wher- ever they live. Lumber-jacks and miners are alike human; their wives, mothers and sweethearts are the same WHERE THE SUNDAY SCHOOL WAS ORGANIZED loving, self-sacrificing women that are to be found everywhere. Men with top shoes, stockings showing a few inches higher, woolen shirts, stag pants, and turkeys on their backs are not dissimilar to the black-visaged men who toil in the bowels of: the earth, the paint-brush man, or the medicine man. In all stations of life the minister is the consoler in times of tragedy and is often an amused witness of unconscious comedy. _ The diary of my first year on this field is filled with experiences that it is hard to believe are often duplicated. I was called upon to hold a funeral service at a certain point of the parish and what did Iefind? No undertaker, no hearse. The minister was also the undertaker, and an ordinary farm wagon, cleaned for the occasion, served as hearse. Think of that cor- tege as it wended its way from cut- over surroundings to the village church and thence to the cemetery. Two cars for the clergyman and pall bearers; the improvised hearse, and three cars for the relatives and friends. An old Polish couple, too old to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow, must look to friends to keep the wolf from the door. A bundle of clothing is prepared and the pastor proceeds to the little shack the old couple call their home. Unconsciously he resembled a peddler. The door was opened by the old lady sufficiently to allow her face to be seen and to express, by a shake of her head, that she wanted nothing. No money, she said. By dint of a little pressure the door was opened gradually and the pack placed on the floor. A _ skirt, apparently just the thing, was taken from it. Again a shake of the head said No money. So garment after garment, from hat to shoes, was brought from hve bundle and placed on achair. No money was the only answer. The peddler threw his pack in a corner, left the clothing on the chair and waved his hands to in- dicate that all belonged to the old lady. Then the significance of the visit dawned upon her. She threw herself into his arms and planted a kiss on his cheek. The wet spots un- der ie eyes had to be brushed away wh he finally left the place. Would 460 THE HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY 461 he go back to the city? Having seen a human need and having been able to supply it, would he run away from another such experience? Having been a medium of usefulness and comfort at a settlers funeral, would he quit? Not so long as the Lord sees fit to permit him to stay. What use is a Sunday School? One community, where practically the en- tire population made its living from the summer tourist trade, had no time for Sunday School. But it was dif- ferent at another point in the parish where Finnish and Bohemian settlers prevailed. A good English mother saw the need and we helped her to organize a school. Sometimes we took the folding organ to help with the singing. How those kiddies gazed at the suit-case-looking thing? when the strains of Jesus Loves Me, and Jesus Bids Us Shine poured out of it. Good Mrs. Peters superintended the school. The Bible was the text- book. The superintendent did not understand the new-fangled helps, neither did she follow the lessons. They devoted much time to finding passages of scripture like the Twenty- third Psalm and the Ten Command- ments, reading them and committing them to memory. Searching the Scriptures was a law in that school and one time the word vinegar was sought for and a two-hour session was necessary to find it. But all . through that summer and most of the following winter about thirty children plodded to Sunday School and the good superintendent, dressed practi- cally in the same garb as her foreign neighbors, trudged through snow and water to keep the light burning at the little schoolhouse. To care for the eleven Sunday Schools of the parish is too much for one man on one Sunday. In the sum- mer the State Conference gives as- sistance and there is volunteer help which is highly appreciated. At some points preaching is the rule without Sunday School. I make Boulder Junction, forty-eight miles away, on Wednesday nights, and the Anvil Lake service is held on Sunday night. Only the experienced know the diff- culties of the long journeys and bad roads. The busiest time of the year for the missionary and his good wife is the Christmas season. Programs are in preparation and Santa Claus must, di- rectly or indirectly, do something for every child within the borders of the parish. Through the Sunday Schools of down-state churches, hundreds of toys are provided by the children of the schools (not the Sunday Schools only), be they Protestant or Catholic. In the same way candy and nuts and booklets are received. Then the old fellow is impersonated in as many programs as he can reach by horse and sleigh. Among the poorer settlers of all na- tionalities much sickness prevails and often the patients must have opera- tions. To meet this difficulty the mis- sionary has a fund, raised mostly by himself, to pay transportation to hos- pitals. In every case for at.least four years when an appeal has been made to him for such sufferers rooms have been given free of charge and doc- tors have donated their services. Sometimes we are a labor bureau, an information bureau, an advisory board, and there is no end to the pos- sibilities of the situation. We do not claim to be efficient or sufficient for all we are called upon to do. Once when I explained my,job to a vener- able teacher of preachers, he said, You can only keep the light burn- ing. That is true. Somehow, we cannot explain it, but the waste places seem to us to have blossomed, the cut-over lands are the possible farms of the future, the rough, uncouth set- tler of foreign tongue has become a brother American, the pines seem to have put on symmetry, the waters are now rivers and lakes of beauty and the whole aspect of the country is changed to a Gods country. Some Notes from the National Council Meeting The Panorama NE of the most outstanding fea- tures of the program of the Na- tional Council was the so-called Con- crete Panorama, which was an ef- fort within the space of an hour to depict the whole work of our benevo- lent Societies. Dr. D. Brewer Eddy, of the Ameri- can Board, acted as prolocutor and in poetic and inspiring fashion gave an introduction to the whole Panorama and also explained the parts taken by the various Societies as their work was introduced. First in order came the Education Society and the Foundation for Edu- cation, represented by Secretary Shel- ton and President Nash. An old- time Puritan presented to the audi- ence, one by one, the various types with which these organizations labor. Then appeared in processional from the rear of the auditorium the repre- sentatives of the Church Extension Boards. At the beginning of the line marched the children, young people and adults representing the Sunday Schools of Congregationalism and the hundreds of thousands of children who at present are receiving no re- ligious. instruction. Following them were representatives of the workers of the Home Missionary Society, in- cluding home missionaries themselves, student summer workers and Negro pastors in the North. There were groups, too, who stood for the pio- neers themselves and. for the foreign- speaking peoples constantly coming to our shores. The Church Building So- ciety was represented by four young men who carried parts of a model _church building which they proceeded to assemble on the platform. The American Missionary Association was represented by groups of colored peo- ple who sang melodiously as always, and the Ministerial Boards by the Secretary, Rev. Charles S. Mills, D.D., who presented their claims most felicitously. The closing features of the Pano- rama were the appearance of children and young people clad in foreign cos- tumes, who represented those for whom the American Board and the Womans Board are laboring. They made a picturesque group as they were assembled in the center of the stage bearing the flags of many na- tions. The entire Panorama served not only to give visual representation of our missionary work at home and abroad, but was a telling testimonial to the fraternal spirit of cooperation which animates all our organizations. All the societies recognize that they are parts of a single army which is -marching forward to win a common victory. The Saw-tooth Octet What do those letters mean? asked a visitor at the Council meeting, as a tall man wearing a yellow badge on which appeared the letters S. D. D. Q. swung down the steps of the auditorium. Saw-tooth Octet, lady, said a lit- tle fellow who was following the tall chap and who had a similar badge at- tached to his arm. Saw-tooth Octet! echoed the puz- zled visitor. How can those letters possibly stand for Saw-tooth Octet ? They dont, said a_ bystander. They really mean South Dakota Double Quartet. But since it is made up of four very tall mensome over six feet in heightand four shorter ones of varying stature, they always refer to themselves as the Saw-tooth Octet. Just wait until you see them all together and you will realize how well the name fits. When do they sing? eagerly in- quired the visitor. I am so anxious to hear them. 462 Are they from the THE SAW-TOOTH OCTET West? i> Are: they all ministers? They are, said the person who was busy passing on information. They are to sing on the twenty-sec- ond at the meeting of the Church Ex- tension Boards. They are all from the section of the country we still call frontier so far as missionary work is COficerncd.: I should like to know their names and something about them. Has any- thing been published ? I can tell you their names and the names of the places where they work, but if you will come to the meeting on Monday you will learn far more than-I am able to tell you. Let us take the tall men first, said the visitor. Well, Mr. Jamison, who just went down the steps, is located at Newell, and has been a missionary in South Dakota for twenty-five years and more. Then there is Alan Fairbank. He has spent eight years in the state, five of them at Edgemont. Rev. George Williams is Assistant Superin- tendent of the State, with special charge of the work in the Black Hills region. His headquarters are at Rapid City. Mr. Whitcomb is pastor at Pierred And the little fellows? Well, Rev. Fred Smiths address is Isabel, but he really lives in a Ford car; John .R. Paterson is stationed at Canova; Carl Bast at Milbank and A. C. Warner at Springfield. A very - remarkable fact about this Octet is that they live from one hundred to. six hundred miles apart and as a rule they meet only at State Associations and similar gatherings. So, you see, they can practice together only two or three times a year. How truly wonderful, murmured the visitor, as she went down the steps thinking over a new aspect of the home missionary problem. On the afternoon of October 22 the interested visitor sat in a front row and afterward said: The saw- tooth application was evident and I would not have missed it for any- thing. This has given me an entirely new idea of home mission work. Those men practically have given their lives to work in hard frontier parishes and music is their avocation ; missions their vocation. 4A2 464 THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY Meeting of the Church Extension Boards The program arranged for the church Extension Boards was car- ried out on the afternoon and eve- ning of October 22nd. Necessary _ business matters were first transacted, after which Dr. Huget, the President, introduced the South Dakota Double Quartet, asking each member to say a few words about himself and his field. They sang a number of times and the enjoyment of everyone in the audience was evident. Superintendent Heald, for thirty- one years a commissioned worker of the Home Missionary Society, and who, at his own request, is retiring from its service, told as much of his work in the Border States as the ten minutes allotted to those on the after- noon program would permit. His bailiwick for some sixteen years has been the states of Arizona, New Mex- ico and West Texas and his service has been enlisted for both American and Spanish-speaking groups. Rev. William D. Barnes, pastor at Collbran, Colorado, followed with a speech on A Larger Parish in Colo- rado. He was listened to with great interest and several of his stories cre- ated considerable amusement, particu- larly the tale of the rodeo at which he was to ride a steer and was pre- vented from carrying out the plan by an accident. He insisted that by breaking his leg he had saved his neck. Colonel John T. Axton, Chief of Chaplains in the United States Army, and Captain Evan W. Scott, of the Navy, made a contribution that is un- usual on missionary programs. Colo- nel Axton told How the Churches Can Serve the Men of the Army and Captain Scott showed they can ren- der the same service to the Navy. Many persons in the audience re- marked that they had not hitherto known that the denomination made any contribution toward providing re- ligious care for enlisted men. Rev. William I. Caughran, of Port Arthur, Texas, told of The Mission of Congregationalism in the South. In this connection it may be said that during his seven years of service in this rapidly growing Southern city there has been a seventy per cent net increase in his church membership, a nine hundred per cent increase in benevolences and the church budget is three times as large as when he en- tered the field. The force of summer student workers was well represented. Miss Madeline B. Walker spoke for those who served with the Sunday School Extension Society during 1923 and Mr. Lee E. Deets, as the representa- tive for the Home Missionary Society workers, told of his work on the Red- vale-Nucla-Paradox field in Colorado. There was a splendid attendance at the evening session. The speakers were Rev. Kerrison Juniper, pastor of the tourist church at St. Petersburg, Florida; Lloyd C. Douglas, D2 os the First Church, Akron, Ohio; Dr. Lewis T. Reed of Flatbush Church, Brooklyn, and Dr. Huget, the presi- dent of the Church Extension Boards. In the Exhibit Room A number of charts showing vari- ous types of work done by the Society were shown under the topics Every Hour a. Preacher and. In. @tier Tongues. In the former booth a dis- | play of baskets made by the Koasati Indians attracted much attention. The combination of colors was effective and the workmanship excellent. A moss saddle blanket also made by these Indians was greatly admired. The: pamaphlet "Phe ~Fiid of the Trail, by Rev. Paul Leeds, who has been the friend and guide of these_ people for a period of thirty years, was eagerly sought after by folks who wanted to know more about the bas- ket-makers. Posters showing the Negro Work in the North, Collbran Larger Parish, the City and the Frontier were scanned by hundreds of visitors, all anxious for information concerning each department. The illustrations of THE HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY : 465 the Womans Department and the work at Ellis. Island were very popular and one person was kept busy explaining the work for which they stood. Late on the afternoon of October 22nd the chart showing how the appropriation made to Army.and Navy chaplains was used was sur- rounded by people who had heard the addresses of Colonel Axton and Cap- tain Scott and were anxious to copy all the information available. The kindergartens at Evarts, Ken- tucky, Hurley, New Mexico, and the Montana Vacation Bible Schools had supplied drawings and toys and hand- work of various kinds, which were used in chart form. These posters % were placed in. the Childrens Booth and the work done by the little folks was most favorably commented upon. The Congregational Service Car Probably no single feature of the exhibit attracted more attention than the missionary Ford. A map of the United States was placed between the front wheels and red cord extending from points on the map to the spokes of the wheels showed the fields which are so fortunate as to have automo- biles. Blue cords similarly attached showed the places where they are badly needed. - Autos do not cost as much as missionaries, and one fron- tier pastor with a car is equal to two sometimes threewithout one. % The Durham Community Church and the Call of Opportunity By Ratpyu D, PAINE URHAM is a little town and New Hampshire College is a large institution still growing vigor- Gusly. hese are the factors of 3 problem both interesting and impor- tant beyond the boundaries of Dur- ham. The town has one church and is proud of the fact. Instead of va- rious sects pulling every which way, this community is pulling heartily to- gether to show that religion does: not have to be a decaying cause in rural New England. Members of thirteen different denominations meet under the one roof of the white, steepled church and have no quarrels over creeds and doctrines. There are things more essential. Congregational in name and tradi- ~ tion, the Durham church society has weathered more than two hundred years. Even earlier than that, a log meeting-house stood on the bank of the Oyster river and the rugged pio- neers gathered there with muskets stacked against the forays of the In- dians who, more than once, turned the pleasant valley into a hell of murder and destruction. For almost three centuries, in fact, Durham has main- tained a house of worship in lineal descent to the thriving community church of the present. The village drowsed along, dream- ing more of its past than facing the future, until the college settled in its midst. Yoday the college has a larger population than the town. This puts - it squarely up to the community church. For the most part the college is maintained by state appropriations. These make no provision for a chapel or for any form of religious and wel- fare activity. This has to be so. Durham has been studying the problem for some time. Now she has rolled up her sleeves and proposes to expand her church organization to . meet this responsibility. A campaign is under way to raise $37,000 in or- der to enlarge the capacity of the church, to put in a new organ, and to provide a parish house that will take care of the numerous demands of the students and the town. The mere mention of this $37,000 is 466 THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY enough to make an old-timer faint in his tracks. Nobody in the Durham of other days could have imagined such a project. It is a stiff yndertak- ing for the present generation, but there are no signs of dismay. Throughout New Hampshire Dur- ham is recognized as a strategic point for religious effort. Fhe thousand fine young men and women who throng the campus come from every nook and corner of the state. They are making sacrifices to win educa- Hon. lhey are mec best stuff we have. They deserve the mest... Duraam wants to do its share in helping them to get it. For. these rea sons the state and national organiza- tions of the Con- gregational church have been looking over the ground. Bne arguments sound good to mem. They are ready to back up their approval with cash. They have pledged a total of $22,000 toward the fund required. Of this amount the Church Building Society now stands ready to give $7,000, and the New Hampshire Congregational _Confer- ence offers $5,000. In addition, it is expected that $10,000 will be raised as a special gift among the Congrega- tional churches of the state and the friends of the college who are directly interested in this movement. These pledges, $22,000 in all, are conditional: The Durham church it- self must find the balance of $15,000 to complete the grand total of $37,000. Now $15,000 looks as big as Mount Washington to this small community, which, as you might say, has the col- lege on its back. But it cheerfully announces that it proposes to go and get the $15,000. The spirit of the church is not accustomed to failure. Here is how President Ralph D. Hetzel, of New Hampshire College, sums 1p the situation: There is no more important task incident to the educational work vested in our college community than that of ministering to the religious and moral needs of our student body. The college is a public institution and, consequently, not free to make formal provision for this ministry. It is essential, there- fore, that our com- munity church shall assume this exceed- ingly important task. t Dhe physies plant of the church is not now ade- quately equipped to accomplish this task. The enroll- ment at the college has tripled in the last decade and will continue to in- crease for some Aime. Certainly COMMUNITY CHURCH, puRHAM, N. Hu. 3S Safe to say that within the next three years we will have about 1,300 students. A survey by the registrars office of the col- lege shows that 63. per cent of these students are church members and 76 per cent of the remainder have indicated their interest by stating a denominational preference. If these young people who represent the fu- ture leadership of our state and na- tion are to be impregnated with the true spirit of religion and impressed with the tremendous importance of the service of the organized church, the work must be done, in the larg- est possible measure, through the THE HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY , 467 offices of the local community church. I believe there is no greater op- portunity for constructive religious work in any community than obtains here. I believe the Christian people of our state and New England will make a serious error if they fail to provide in the most liberal way pos- _ sible for the church facilities of our community. In connection with this physical ex- pansion a most interesting program is planned to coordinate the religious development of the church and the college. Funds are in sight to. sup- port two workers on the campus, probably a man and a woman. In a way, although not officially, they will _be like assistant pastors and as part of their duties they will carry on services in the neighboring towns of Madbury and Lee and also in the Durham outposts of Packers Falls and Durham Point. This is one way to solve the rural church problem, a_ strong central church organization radiating its vigor to smaller and weaker communities nearby. The active interests of the students will be enlisted in serving Lee and Madbury, which, at present, are unable to maintain settled pastors of their own. This plan is largely the work of Rev. Moses R. Lovell, pastor of the Durham Community Church. He is a young man and this his first parish. He is ideally fitted for his task, in personality, talent and a fine sincerity. He is the sort of man needed in the _ Christian ministry, but, alas, there is no large supply of them. Durham has been fortunate in its ministers. Mr. Lovell succeeded Rev. Vaughan Dab- ney, also youthful and enthusiastic, whose four years in Durham were brilliantly successful. Mr. Dabney is enthusiastic over the expansion proj- ect and sends this cheerful message from his present parish in Boston: This ambitious project breathesthe spirit of true Christian statesmanship. Both pastor and people are convinced of the far-reaching influences of their work in the state, the nation and the world. The college students of to- day are the builders of a better order tomorrow. How imperative it is, therefore, that a modern, well- equipped church plant should sym- bolize to them the vital power of the Christian religion. As one who spent four happy years in the Durham pastorate, and who still loves the place and its peo- ple and feels the mighty pull of this strategic parish, I am glad to send along this word of hearty endorse- ment and good will. Forward, march! Another pastor who left a lasting imprint in Durham was Rev. Wm. S. Beard, who served from 1897 to 1908. He is now a prominent offi- cial of the Commission on Missions of the National Council of Congrega- tional Churches, with headquarters in New York. He has taken a lively in- terest in the campaign for a bigger community church and puts it straight from the shoulder in these words: The opportunity of a lifetime has now come to Durham and to all who love the Durham Church and are vi- tally interested in the community. Ours is the chance to present to the youth of our time a vigorous Chris- tianity, a church with a modern plant, adequate, complete, adapted for a ministry of worship through noble music, through religious education, through social efforts and interests, with office quarters for a staff of work- ers, both paid and volunteers, which shall enable this church to reach out to all the country round about. Students do come to church of their own free will. It is inspiring to see them fill two-thirds of the seats through the college year. If you hap- pen to meet a Durham citizen during the next month or so and he looks broke and hungry dont feel too anx- | ious. The church campaign commit- tee has just finished combing him for his dollars, whether he could spare them or not. was A Summer injthe Coeur DAlenes This narrative of swmmer student work was obtained in an interview with reports made by John R. Barton of Yale Divinity School. Mr. Barton devoted pe vacation season this year to missionary work in the Coeur DAlene region in Idaho and. was persuaded by the pastor and people of the field he served to remain two months longer and place the work for boys and girls on a permanent basis. He was enthusiastic about his experience and is planning to return to the same parish next SUMMEY. I EXPECT to go back to the Coeur DAlenes next summer. The ex- perience obtained during my five months there last season has been in- valuable and I would not have missed it for anything. Then, too, I received such a cordial welcome from pastor and people that I begin to feel as though I really belonged in that re- gion. The folks out there have a fine spirit of cordiality and friendliness, and are coming to realize the impor- tance of the church to the community especially the church which stands for community welfare. They are SCOUTS IN THE SUMMER CAMP 468 very admirable people to work with. My commission from the Home Missionary Society was for the three months which make up the summer vacation periodJune, July and Au- gust. I was delighted with the field assigned meWallace and Mullan, Idaho. I found on my arrival that, in the opinion of the pastor, Mr. Withing- ton, it would be wise for me to con- centrate largely on the work among the boys and girls. I first looked into the Boy Scout work, which I found to be in fine shape at Mullan. I spent a few days getting ac- quainted with the people and, as it was the time of the year when the Scouts go. camping at - Cosme DAlene Lake, sixty miles to the west, I took charge of a patrol. Mr. Parker, the Scout Assistant Execu- tive, offered to help in the Vacation Bible School if I would serve as athletic and playground man for a week. I was glad to do this and felt well repaid for the eR 6 . Hikes with the boys to Stevens Peak, Lone Lake and Gilded Lake were taken after our return from camp. A lot of hard climb- ing was necessary, but I found it well worth the trouble. The boys enjoyed these trips so much that they voted thereafter to spend every Wednesday in the mountains. . Another of my duties was in connection with the THE HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY 469 Daily Vacation Bible Schools in Wallace and Mullan. I found there was a prejudice against purely mechanical pastoral calling and _ these schools created opportunities for visiting we should not otherwise have had. -The Wallace school closed on August 24th, after what was considered a very successful term. I really believe that an indelible impression was left in the minds of the children. After the school closed I took two of the larger Mul- lan boys and with the Sun- day School superintendent went 10 Fish Creek, some ninety miles east. We stayed in the mountain for four days and had a wonderful time trout fishing. We also took a number of the boys and girls on excursions and the annual Sunday Schocl picnic was held in Snow Storm Gulch. It was on this occasion that we ran across a moonshiners still. The young folks were quite ex- cited over the find, which we hauled to town and, after photographing it, handed it over to the sheriff. Shortly after this Super- intendent Baird, Mr. With- ington and the people of the com- munity urged me to stay with them until the first .of the. year and. rturn to. Yale. the second semester. The arguments for my re- maining were that I had been largely instrumental in overcoming a preju- dice against the work for boys which, for one reason and another, had arisen in the district, and that I was in a fair position to reorganize the scout movement, officer the troups and get them started on a winter pro- gram before I departed. Accordingly, I began this rather intensive piece of work on September Ist. It was a somewhat difficult undertaking. taking over the work. A SCOUT FIND } A morale had to be created among the boys, so that the men who were asked to officer the troups would be able to feel some enthusiasm about Then the scoutmasters had to have some train- ing and, in addition to meeting with three troups, numbering about sixty, in Wallace, and another big troup at Mullan consisting of thirty-two boys, I conducted a scoutmasters school. I endeavored to outline a program and to acquaint them with the pur- poses of scouting. I laid particular emphasis on the fact that Christian citizenship was the real aim and end of the organization. : 470 THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY An interesting work was started at Mullan, which, if maintained, | be- lieve will have far-reaching conse- quences. Meetings of the Scouts were held on Friday nights, and at the same time meetings of the Camp Fire Girls took place. These regular ses- sions lasted for an hour and after- ward the boys and girls assembled to- gether for a half hour of Christian training. Afterward there were games and other social diversions for all the young people. We always tried to stress the fact that no boys or girls de- served their good times until they were. willing to live up to the re- sponsibility their membership in the organizations entailed. This record of summer student service would hardly be complete without reference to the meeting of the Washington Congregational Con- ference which I was able to attend in * company with Mr. Withington of Wallace, Mr. Yaltes of Kellogg, and Mr. Sturtevant, the Y secretary at the latter place. We enjoyed the in- spiration of the Conference and_ the personal contact with such men as Superintendent Baird, Dr. Hawkins, and other leaders. We returned to the Coeur DAlenes with renewed en- thusiasm for our duties. I am going back to my work at Yale Divinity School with the feel- ing that my summer has been well spent and that the people were as sorry to see me go as I was to leave them. Several highly prized tokens of appreciation were given me by friends in both Mullan and Wallace. After such demonstrations of kindly feeling it is needless for me to re- peat that I certainly expect to return to the Coeur DAlenes in the summer of 1924. * The Vinita Rural Work HE church at Vinita, Oklahoma, is of peculiar interest, and the fact that it is the oldest Congrega- tional organization in the state adds to that interest. If some one were to write the story of this church and its early days when Oklahoma was the Indian Territory, there would be brought to light a record of struggle, hazard and achievement, human, vital and compelling. A new pastor, Rev. James R. Hewitt, has recently come to this old church and he is deter- mined that the present and future his- tory shall compare favorably with that of the past, and is devoting all his energies to this end. Within the last few years a very outstanding feature of the Vinita parish has been the rural outstation work. The former pastor devoted considerable time to its cultivation and held evangelistic meetings at the country places with a large measure of success. Mr. Hewitt feels that while his first responsibility is to serve and build up the Vinita church, these ~ rural points must not be neglected and he is visiting and looking after them as he is able. Several villages, among them White Oak, Dixon and Way- side, have Sunday Schools, and preaching services are held whenever possible. Last summer it was decided to employ a student to assist at the outstations, and the results achieved demonstrated what might be done if a man were placed on the field who could give his entire time to the rural portion of the parish and cooperate with Mr. Hewitt in developing it prop- erly. Here is a real need and oppor- tunity. It is to be hoped that the man and the money will soon be forthcom- ing, and that a spiritual and_ social ministry will be provided which shall meet the needs of the entire region. Periods of discouragement have often come to the Vinita church, but there has been an invincibility of spirit that has carried the work through. This spirit may be depended upon to com- plete a work which has been so well begun. THE CG. H. M. S. TREASURY CHARLES H. BAKER, Treasurer COMPARATIVE STATEMENT October, 1923 This Year Last. Year Increase Decrease Contributions 7... ee 11,797.42 1 Beam ate See: ep re? ee ee Total see Bo ee a 15,688.08 16 56S.5460 4a Fe ee 875.46 Raid State, soe ctlese ect eae ce 3,258.47 Sho LL aes 464.70 Net Available for National Work......... 12,429.61 12,840.37 . See 410.76 Legacies and Matured Conditional Gifts... $9,939.92 $3,214.73 ae BOS 2D Oe Oe. cinco re Seven Months from April 1, 1923 This Year Last \ear Increase Decrease CN ee $78,308.48 78,227.42 81.06 From State Societies.............+000005 26,875.72 +73 032.69 3,043.03 ee fare ae eR none 105,184.20 101,160.11 4500409. | a cra Paid State SOCIEtICS... 3 ee. : 20,851.92 DORA OA ae alka VS eee sete a $1,412.10 Net Available for National Work........ 84,332.28 78,896.09 5,436.19 eee. oe Legacies and Matured Conditional Gifts... $51,628.34 ZOE SOLO 7k eae ces : $28,191.53 T will be remembered that the Executive Committee found it advisable last spring to take some $42,500 out of invested funds which were susceptible to such use in case of emergency and turn this amount into current income in~ order to overcome the deficit which our books showed at the close of our fiscal year, March 31, 1923. Attention was called at that time to the fact that this was an extreme measure, justifiable only on the ground that there was no other alternative if the Society were to be cleared of its debt. It was stated then that such a diminution in our permanent funds would work a loss in in- come from investments of more than $2,000 yearly for all time to come. It is, therefore, a matter of great rejoicing that the Executive Committee has been able because of additional receipts accruing from the investment of the Stone legacy to return this $42,500 to the permanent funds from which it was taken. The report, as it appears above, shows that for the seven months ending October 31 there has been a gain in the receipts of the National Society, but 2 that during the last month a loss was reported. Moreover, the gain is com- paratively small when considered in the light of the tremendous demands which the national field is making on our income: Will not every church treasurer who reads this endeavor at the earliest possible moment to remit whatever moneys he may have on hand to the credit of this Society and do everything : possible to stir up his church to the meeting of the full apportionment for 1923? The Congregational Home Missionary Society h i in i i : L j y has three main sources of income. Legacies furnish approximately thirty-two per cent. Income from investments amounts to thirteen per irs Contribu- tions from churches, societies and individuals afford substantially fifty-five per cent. For all but eighteen - states the treasurer of the Congregational Home Missionary Society receives and expends these con- tributions. In those eighteen states, affiliated organizations administer home missiona i operation with The Congregational Home Missionary Society. Each of these Jrcaucas totes aa percentage of its undesignated receipts to the national treasury. To each of these the national treasury forwards a percentage of undesignated contributions from each state respectively. The percentage to The Congregational Home Missionary Society in the various states is as follows: California (North), 2; California (South), 5; Connecticut, 50; Illinois, 25; Iowa, 30; Kai ; Maine, 5; Massachusetts, 35; Michigan, 15; Minnesota, 5; Missouri, Sy Nebraska, 10; Ney Hee 50; New York, 15; Ohio, 13; Rhode Island, 20; Vermont, 25; Washington, 3; Wisconsin, 10- : > 471 all nin THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION mil HA ie lz ITT II all Sil a The Christmas Season is upon us, reminding us anew of the glad tidings of great joy which came in the birth of him who brought the Grace of God to mankind. The blessed influences which date from that day will stream on forever to redeem humanity from the destructive forces of the sins which afflict the world. In this faith we celebrate the day with our rejoicings. It means to us that above the sins of the world, its degradations and its woes, there is yet a Kingdom of Heaven on earth, in the fullness of which we may believe and for which we can hopefully work and wait. Why should we not celebrate the birthday of the Lord of souls and the Lord of life? Those who make it merely a merry time, a conventional holiday, surely lose the glory of it in their obliviousness of what the name above every name means for mankind and what it is saying to the world. | ko * * When I become glum over the meager success of the section of the army with which I am marching, I take down a book of statistics and read what the Methodists are doing, and the Baptists, and the Lutherans and the Pres- byterians and the Episcopalians and the Dutch Reformed and the Disciples and the Adventists and the United Brethren, and a score of other regiments all fighting heroically under the banner of Christ. I think of what the Roman Catholics are doing and the Greek Catholics, and the Anglo Catholics, and how many saints of God are found in all of these communions, and then I allow my mind to wander outside all the communions of organized Christianity, and I think of the great company of men and women who are not identified with any religious organization, but are living clean and true lives, men and women whose hands are clean and whose hearts are pure, who have not lifted up their souls to vanity nor sworn deceitfully and who therefore have won the right to stand in the hill of the Lord. And when I meditate upon this vast company, and think of the contribution they are making every day to the life of mankind, I thank God and take courage. The world always seems to be going to the dogs, but it never goes. Why not? Because there are so many good people in it. . Dr. CHaRLes E. JEFFERSON. Thanks to Dr. W. E. Barton, ex-moderator of the National Council, for one of the most important documents in the history of our Congregational Churches. This deliverance on Christian Unity was greatly needed, and this frank and clear statement will put an end to considerable nonsense. The ecclesiastical folly of seeking a kind of Church Unity that never was possible and never will be should now subside. > & It may be doubted whether anywhere in the world a more complete illustration of cooperation can be found than in the present work of educa- tion for the colored children of the South. And it is cooperation without con- flict and, except in rare instances, without wasteful duplication. It is little short of wonderful how the various agencies dovetail and support each other. Dr. James H. Drirarp, 472 oe ei Our Seventy-seventh Annual Meeting Poe Seventy-seventh Annual Meeting of The American Missionary Association was held in the First Congregational Church of Springfield, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, October 23, 1923. After a devotional service the meeting of the Association was called to order by the President, Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, D.D. ae The Annual Report of the Treasurer was presented to the Association by Treasurer Gaylord. See The Report of the Executive Committee was presented by Mr. John R. Rogers, Chairman of the Committee. The Report of the Department of Missions was made by Rev. Fred L. Brownlee, Corresponding Secretary. : An address upon Our Last Stand in the Mountains was given by Rev. Ferd. Q. Blanchard, D.D. An address upon Negro Womanhood was given by Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown Moses. An address upon Latin-America and Christian Progress was given by Secretary Samuel G. Inman. oe An addtess was given upon Our Southern ChurchesProblems and Progress by Rev. Alfred Lawless, Jr., D.D. ae An address was given upon Negro Migration and Its Implications, North and South by George E. Haynes, Ph.D. 2 The music was furnished by the Jubilee Quartette Singers of Fisk University. oe The afternoon session, Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, D.D., presiding: The following officers were elected for the coming year: President, Rev. William-Horace Day, Connecticut; vice-presidents, Rev. Carl S. Patton, California; Rev. John Gordon, Illinois; Professor Isaac Fisher, Tennessee ; Mr. F. J. Lowrey, Hawaii; Mr. E. Snell Hall, New York. The direction of the American Missionary Association now stands as follows: PresidentRev. William Horace Day, D.D. Members of the Executive Committee. Term of Office Expires. 1925 1927 1929 Lucien C. Warner Ferd. Q. Blanchard Hugh E. Brown Executive JG. Glenn Atkins Daniel C. Turner Mrs Lucius R. Eastman Committee | J. R. Danforth Oscar E. Maurer James F. Halliday George E. Haynes John R. Rogers Edward P. Lyon LArthur B. Holmes Willis D. Wood Robert R. Wicks The following were elected as the administrative officers: Corresponding Secretaries, Rev. George L. Cady, D.D.; Rev. Fred L. Brownlee. Treasurer, Irving C. Gaylord. The meetings of the Association were inspiring. Although our sessions came on the last day of the National Council and were held in the midst of . a pouring rain, the First Church was solidly filled in both sessions with an attentive and interested audience. All of the addresses were to the point and the influences which must go forth from such a gathering ought to tell influ- entially upon the work of the Association for the coming year. 473 Why Support the American Missionary | _ Association? T no time within the last seventy- seven years has America faced such acute racial problems. Racial differences have become accentuated since the war because race conscious- ness and race aspirations have re- - ceived an unprecedented impulse. Fur- ther, the stirring of race feelings and race issues throughout the world, which is so widely recognized, will strongly affect race relations in our country. The so-called backward races now demand not merely an equal place, but the opportunity to fit themselves for responsibility and serv- ice. The historic task of the Amer- ican Missionary Association has been to provide that opportunity through Chiistian education. Having prayed and served through seventy-seven years to awaken in handicapped races the God-given spark of racial aspiration, should we not welcome with joy and increased en- ergy the success of our efforts, the growing manifestation that the people for whom we worked are becoming aware of their own intrinsic worth? The demand laid upon the Associa- tion has been unprecedented, not so much by the volume as by the quality of training which is required. As a race rises, standards automatically are raised. The equipment which an- swered for emergency uses after the Civil War has long been outgrown, but in only-a few cases modernized. Better equipment is the immediate im- perative necessity. More pupils can- % Not Willing to Commit Himself not be invited without more places tc put them. More teachers cannot be employed without more recitatior rooms. And yet the present work witt present equipment cannot be main- tained unless receipts from _ the churches largely increase. To accep present receipts from churches as the maximum to be expected would mear shutting the door in the faces of no less than 2,000 boys and girls, whc have no other available opportunity since each of our schools occupies < field with little or no competition. Th only accredited high school for Negrc young people in the State of Georgia with a population of a million, tw hundred thousand Negroes, is ow Knox Institute at Athens. Brewe: Normal School, at Greenwood, Sout! Carolina, is the only high school witl all the grades, for a hundred thousanc Negroes within a radius of fifty miles The American Missionary Associa tion admits that it is responsible for it own present embarrassment. It ha created a demand which it is no longe able to keep up with. Major Moton Booker Washingtons successor a Tuskegee, wrote in a secular maga zine that the schools planted by thi Association have sent out graduate into every state and section, so that to day I doubt very much whether ther is any school of consequence for Ne groes that has not, at some time 1 its history, had on its faculty one 0 more teachers trained, at least in par in some one of the A. M. A. schools. * The art of writing something that shall seem to be an answer withou actually being one is not unknown among the school-going youth of this lanc One boy who was a ready practitioner of the art was faced with the difficu. question, Which was the greater general, Caesar or Hannibal? ~The boy, after some thought, produced this: When we consider the time in which these great generals lived, the conditions under which they strugeglec the people over whom they ruled, and the difficulties under which they fough we are compelled to answer in the affirmative. A474 A Piclade By Marion V. CurHert, Burrell Normal School, Florence, Alabama. T was the afternoon of the day I left for Springfield. Being in that state of excitement and last-minute activity that leads inevitably to col- lapse, I decided to forestall it in part by a short rest, when there was a knock at my door and I was told that ladies from the Primitive Baptist Church wished to see me. That is the church where I teach Sunday School and incidentally am being initiated into the mysteries of a religion that stresses certain pedal ablutions as being of the highest importance. The ladies entered in that shy and deferential manner which the humble people invariably adopt here toward such exalted personages as teachers, an attitude that invariably causes my inward precipitation, for I have al- ways found pedestals uncomfortable. We began reminiscences of the sum- mer. All that I could tell of home and summer school was matched by the doings in Florence. Did I know that Lillian had married, that Grand- ma Bates had had a stroke, that the Evans had gone to Chicago, and that the foundation for the new church was being laid? Indeed, we got so far afield that Mrs. Jones brought us up with a jerk and announced rather abruptly the object of their coming. Did I have any articles from the Missionary boxes that might be suit- able for two or three young girls whom the Esther Club was sending to school? Now the Esther Club is the Womens Club of the Primitive Bap- tist Church. I remember my first in- vitation, written, to a meeting in which the simplified spelling of Esther, Esta, gave me the feeling of being invited to a gathering more or less exotic in name at least. At the meeting, as the good sisters warmed up in the fervor of their spiritual and charitable zeal, I mind that I almost got happy my- self, a condition that was pleasantly prolonged when we were served with delectables that must have taken three washings to pay for. ; With such memories in mind I was only too glad to see what I could find. Certain good people of Appleton, Wis- consin, have most graciously sent us several boxes this fall, and one of those was fortunately almost intact. So we selected such things as the girls could use, wash dresses, two good > suits and a red blouse that we all had to fondle for its bright appeal and because we knew it would so take a young girls fancy. We bundled all the things up with comments on the affluence of people who could afford to give away such perfectly good and lovely things. And to none of us was it odd that that Primitive Baptist fold should come to Congregational people for help in their Missionary work. Hadnt our A. M. A. been in the south- land these many years doling out right and left to all, asking no questions as to creed, but comprehending need? And something of this came back to me in Springfield in the church on A. M. A. daybut that is another matter. Will you all come and have dinnah with us some time? said one of the ladies. Ah aint fixed up like Ahd like to be, an Ah knows you been ust to bettah, but wed be so glad to have you an the othah teachahs out some day. Indeed I'll come, I said with a fervor that needed no forcing, for I had experienced the hospitality that can transform a cabin into a castle. Their visit had taken away my fa- tigue, and rested and buoyant I made ready for Springfield. A chord was struck that resounded as I listened to the revelation of Congregationalism by those men and women to whom an understanding heart has been their great asset with the lowly and those who need. . 475 Concerning Beginnings Yale E have been reading The Be- ginnings of Yale. The contrast between the first days and the present, and how this came to be, furnishes many a lesson for struggling colleges of today. The calls for a learned ministry to uphold and supply the Connecticut churches became urgent before the -year 1700. They, accordingly, pro- posed to educate young men from among themselves for the sacred min- istry and for various departments in civil life, and to diffuse literature and piety more generally among the peo- ple. They needed both. Rector Pier- son, four months after the organiza- tion of the Collegiate School in Say- brook, Connecticut, had his first and only student. He and the Rector con- stituted the institution during the first halt year: . The next year there were four boys and, by the middle of the third, some fifteen or twenty had come together and were reciting in Rector Piersons house. It took ten years to count forty-two graduates who had been instructed by Rector Pierson and a tutor. The course of study was four years. The curriculum was made up of three languages, Greek, Latin and Hebrew, with arithmetic for mathe- matics, a taste of logic, metaphysics and physics in the way of science. What sort of science it was may be imagined when we record that Rector Pierson taught that the sun moves around the earth. And yet his inter- est in science was greater than could be found in the colony at that time. Good work, however, was done in the languages. Candidates for admission had to be expert in Latin and Greek authors and in making good Latin. The Assemblys Catechism in Latin was to be recited weekly. The hour came when it was appar- ent that Saybrook Point was not a good location for a college, and we find it removed after great tribulation and opposition to New Haven. Fif- teen years had passed, and Yale was without a building, without a library, without, indeed, any educational appli- ances, with a dozen or more students boarding about the little village. But when the extraordinary gift of Elihu Yale of less than three thousand dol- larsthe largest donation to the col- lege for the next one hundred years was received, a building was made possible: A great college edifice, one hundred and sixty-five feet by twenty- two feet; three stories high, with fifty studies in convenient chambers; built of wood, and prophetically painted blue. Yale today is better housed and knows more than it did two hundred plus years ago, but it took faith and pluck to begin and sacrifice to hold on through two decades of discourage- ments. We do not have to say what Yale is now, but it was Yale College when it had no buildings, no library and no science. It had teachers and students and Latin and Greek gram- mars. It is well for our struggling colleges, now in their beginnings, to consider this great example of the faith and patience which has inher- ited the promises. Fisk University The war for and against secession had scarcely ended with our North- ern armies still in control when an- other college had its beginnings on its uphill road. It contemplated the possibilities of advanced education for a race just out of slavery. Like its great example, its beginnings were powerfully weak. It had a shelter, however, in deserted military barracks, and in that respect had a better start than Yale. When we come to the stu- dents, however, the Connecticut boys had the advantage of preparatory at- tainments, for this new institution which proclaimed itself a university at its beginning had a majority of its classes in the primary grades, and only the text books of the students in the 476 THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION 477 way of literary possessions. Those who christened it named it for what it was to be. George Washington had a mans name before he was able to take his daily food. Moses was Moses in the bulrushes as truly as when he refused to be called the son of Pha- raohs daughter. Now, a trifle more than fifty years of struggle for sur- vival and growth finds Fisk Univer- sity much nearer to its name than Yale was to its name after a full hundred, both in buildings and appliances and resources for higher education. Yale College was relatively primitive even seventy years ago as the writer of this can personally testify. It was plain living for high thinking then. There were no bathrooms in the dormitories of the old brick row, no running water, no steam heat, no modern con- veniences of any sort. If one wanted hot water, he heated it on his stove. We recited in the winter mornings by the light of oil lamps, and during the entire year one-third of our daily recitations were over before breakfast. And college prayers in the chapel pre- ceded these recitations. When General Fisk gave the new- born institution its ambitious name, he said, It will, in time, be a first-class college. It did not look that way, not even a little, but it has arrived with a present that can face the definitions of education and the demands for rec- ognition without asking for any con- cessions. It has already achieved. It is-achieving. It will win its name as General Fisk said, in time. It is now in sight. Talladega Two years after Fisk in the military barracks, another educational child was born. It had a better chance for life than Yale had in its beginnings, and it was not housed like Fisk in de- serted barracks. It was a more fa- vored child in a purchased brick build- ing, which had been erected before the war at the cost of more than thirty thousand dollars, and which had been used previously for the education of white youth. This, with thirty-four acres of good land for a campus, was a send-off full of promise. Talladega College began with three teachers, and more students than could be well cared for. They came to Talla- dega, ten, twenty and thirty miles on foot, with sacks of corn and bacon on their backs for their living. With the one building for study and recitations there were no dormitories. Pupils we cannot yet call them students were obliged to sleep on the floors of such cabins as could receive them and give them a chance to bake their corn bread by the fire. This they did. The college curriculum began with the alphabet, and proceeded to the Second and Third Readers. Ex-slave boys and girls at Talladega College! The teachers of great faith worked for salaries which barely sustained them. They were willing to identify themselves with a service which the intelligent white people of the South neither understood nor approved, with a religious zeal and consecration that are ever to be remembered. They were beginning at the beginning. It looks more like a college today with its score of college buildings clustered about the original campus, and with its forty-five professors and instructors and its genuine college class graduating year by year. Within this history, its graduates have gone to Yale and won high honors, and some ~ are wearing the highest degrees that students at Yale can win. Second and Third Readers have evoluted into the classics, into the sciences, into litera- ture and into real college work. If the college has not yet reached its goal, it is moving toward it. Beginnings are not endings. The Preacher in Ancient Israel said, Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof. We have invited these youthful col- leges into the procession with Yale, but haud passibus aequis. It will be some time before either of them may have a Harkness Tower. If they must say, not as though we have already attained, either were already perfect, they can also say, we follow after. What Isa College? N order to be recognized as a col- lege by the members of the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary schools nine requirements must be met, including curriculum, number in classes and faculty, num- ber of hours of instruction, size of library and annual income, according to a committee report adopted at the annual meeting in Cambridge on Oc- tober 20. The committee proposed a list of nine requirements as the minimum requirements of a college of liberal atts. In discussing the newly adopted standards the report was adopted be- cause there are so-called colleges con- stantly springing up which do no more than secondary school work. This is true to a much greater extent in the West than in New England, but the action was taken to safeguard the rep- utation of the institutions of higher education in New England. The report of the committee, as adopted by the association, follows: 1. A college should demand for ad- mission the satisfactory completion of a four-year course in a secondary school approved by a recognized ac- crediting agency or the equivalent of such a course. The major portion of the secondary school course accept- ed for admission should be definitely correlated with the curriculum to which the student is admitted. 2. A college should require the equivalent of 120 semester hours for graduation, with further scholastic qualitative requirements adapted by each institution to its conditions. 3. The college should be able to prepare its graduates to enter recog- nized graduate schools as candidates for advanced degrees. 4. The college should have a fac- ulty so large that the ratio of the number of students to the number of faculty members above the grade of assistant should not exceed twenty to one. 5. The training of the members of the faculty of professional rank should include at least two years of study in their respective fields of teaching in a recognized graduate school. - It is desirable that the train- ing of the head of a department should be equivalent to that required for the doctors degree or should represent a corresponding profes- sional or technical training or attain- ment. A college should be judged in large part by the ratio which schol- atly achievement and successful ex- perience as teachers bears to the total number of the teaching staff. 6. The college should arrange the teaching schedules so that the total number of hours of teaching of any due instructor shall vary according to the subject taught, not exceeding eighteen hours per week, including extension work and work in other institutions. The college should limit the number of students in a recitation or laboratory class to thirty to each instructor. 7. The college should have at least eight departments of liberal arts and sciences in each of which at least one teacher of professional rank devotes his whole time to instruction. 8. The material equipment and. up- keep of a college, including its build- ings, lands, laboratories and apparatus sufficient to insure efficient opera- tion. A college should have a well- distributed, professionally adiminis- tered library of at least 8,000 volumes, exclusive of public documents, bearing specifically upon the subjects taught and with a definite annual appropria- tion for the purchase of new books, 9. The college should have an:an- nual income of at least $100,000 in- cluding tuition fees, but exclusive. of other student charges. The income from endowment, or other sources exclusive of student fees, should be at least $40,000. - A 478 Problems as Responsibilities LL of .us can think of certain words and phrases which are not so much admired, nor so useful as they once were. By dint of repetition they have lost their fresh interest, ap- peal and suggestiveness. An especially superannuated speci- men is the world problem. How tired we are of it, and of the weari- some, all-but-hopeless drudgery which it suggests!. The labor problem, the illicit liquor problem, the immigration problem, the taxation problem, the public-health problem, the problem of the feeble-minded, the reparation problem, the Near East problem how familiar and how irritating they -are! They are all many-sided, complicated, baffling; they all have a human factor; and none of them are ever solved. May it not be a wise and refreshing change of attitude if we cease describing our public tasks and difficulties in mathe- - matical terms (since there is so little about them that is exact and imper- % sonal), and think of them in terms of adventure, opportunity and responsi- bility? | Notably would this seem to be ap- propriate in the case of the so-called interracial problem. It faces one all the way round the world. It is apt to turn up at any international confer- ence. It is the heaviest part of the white mans burdenthough he does not always realize it; and it surely cannot be solved by any kind of mathematics. Regard it, however, as an adventure in human brotherhood, an opportunity for the social and political genius of the race, a chance to prove that noblesse oblige, a respon- sibility of the strong to be considered _ for the weak, a challenge to our de- mocracy and to our Christianity, and ones feeling about it changes. There is a lure about the quest of interracial peace and goodwill which calls to the best that is in us. James FE. Gregg, in the Southern Workman. % . Getting Better Every Day 17E are a long, long way from solving the race problem in the South, but we have made a hopeful beginning. As interested, thoughtful white men and women, we are seeking, through our civic and religious organ- izations, to meet in a spirit of coopera- - tion the leading men and women of the Negro race in the communities in which we live. We are cooperating in a study of Negro community life, in housing and sanitation, better neigh- borhood conditions, educational op- portunities, and the needs of Negro women and children especially. We ate. becoming increasingly conscious of the fact that, as those in authority, our responsibility towards the Negro cannot be evaded, and many of our people are going forward with a de- termination that no unfair advantage shall be taken of the Negro, but that he shall receive the justice and fair treatment which are his due, and which we cannot withhold if we wish to re- tain our self-respect. Above all, through this Commission we are seeking to bring about a better understanding and a greater helpful- ness between the races, one to the other, and as individuals and a Com- mission to put into practice the words of him who said, Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even soto them. (From an address by Mrs. Thomas W. Bickett, widow of Governor Bickett of North Carolina.) ; 479 Negro Migration and Its Significance By Gerorce E. Haynes, Pu.D. Among the interesting and significant addresses given at our. Annual Meeting we are able to present in abstract some portions of the one which was delivered by Dr. George E. Haynes, who is Secretary of the Commission on Church and Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches. Perhaps, however, what we are able to tions of space permit only an abstract. We regret that our limita- publish will lead those who read it to call for the entire address which is here- after to be published in pamphlet. ET us look at some of the facts about the migration of the Negro population. This great movement is but a part of the tremendous migra- tion of people and races the world over during the past half century. Steam power transportation and changes in the rural districts with the human desire to seek something better have put populations on the march in many parts of the world. In the second place, the migration of the Negroes from the South is no new thing. This movement of the Negroes to the North and West has been in progress for nearly fifty years. . Again, we note that the movement of Negro population has been toward Southern as well as Northern cities. There were fiity-six cities in the United States in 1920 with ten thou- sand or more. Neero inhabitants. Thirty-six of these cities were in the South and eighteen in the North. We face the fact today that four out of every ten Negroes in the United States live in a town or city of twenty-five hundred inhabitants or more, with the closer contacts with white inhabitants which town residence brings. Another important point is that Ne- groes have gained an economic foot- hold in the cities upon which to build a solid and permanent home and com- munity life. Previous to the World War their occupations in the North were largely restricted to domestic -and personal service. The World War labor shortage, however, with the revival of industry, brought thou- sands of Negroes into cities like New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, De- troit, Pittsburgh, Chicago and smaller cities of the North, where they have made an impression on many Northern employers so favorable that there is no longer a question of doubt as to the Negroes being retained in North- ern industry in large numbers. When I was Director of Negro Eco- ' nomics in the United States Depart- ment ..0f. labor;. we secured arom thirty-eight employers in 1920 their opinions of Negro workmen. These. thirty-eight employers were employ- ing 108,215 white workers and 6,757 Negro workers in 1918-1919. When they were asked, Do the Negro work- men show ambition for advance- ment? thirteen gave an emphatic ies, . one.of them, adding: to..a mated degree: four said. Yes . but qualified it with such expressions as a few, not as much as might.be wished for; two said the same as whites; four replied with an unquali- fied no; twelve gave such answers as @0t-as a rule, in some cases, not generally ; and from three there was no reply. Eighteen employers said they admitted Negroes to skilled occu- pations without restrictions according to their ability. Nineteen others lim- ited their admission to such occupa- tions. When these employers were asked what difference, if any, there was in - the loss of materials due to defective workmanship of white and Negro workmen, twenty-five said there was no difference; four said the same or about the same; one said greater for: colored ; and from eight there was no report. When asked what difference if any between the time required to break in white and Negro workers to the jobs, six replied equal time for both; four. said the same } seyen 480 es a5 pee THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION 481. said no difference ; four said longer for colored or less for white; one said depends upon person ; from thir- teen there was no record. From all facts available, so far as we can see, the restrictions on immi- gration will continue to some extent for a long period, so that the Negro will be called upon more and more to play a part in Northern industry. Perhaps the most outstanding change that has come in the South is the sup- port and endorsement which Southern humanitarian and religious leaders and agencies have finally obtained in their efforts for justice and opportunity for Negroes instead of former indiffer- ence. Today nearly all the Southern churches and leading women have lined up to work for a better day of good will and understanding between the races. In fifteen Northern cities, already interracial movements are un- der way. Never before have so many thousands of white people in the North come in contact with so many thou- sands of Negroes. The multiplication of points of contact between these two diverse groups of American citizens _ may be full of good or ill for both, de- pending upon how wisely and well these first experiences in the same communities are led and guided. Already in many cities the Negro population has been largely isolated, and in some places attempts at segre- gation of Negroes have been made. There have been exclusions from labor unions and other attempts to exclude Negro workers from industrial jobs. Since the heavy migration from the South they find themselves in many cities generally crowded together by the pressure of the white community, and attempts made to restrict their liberties. In nearly every Northern community, particularly where Ne- groes have come and settled in com- pact neighborhoods largely to them- selves, wholesome recreation facilities are conspicuous by their absence. In spite of all drawbacks, however, -it is remarkable how many such dis- tricts as Harlem in New York, Grand Boulevard and Michigan Avenue in Chicago, have. secured block after block of substantial residences. May we not consider some of the responsibilities which come to us out of these tremendous changes in racial relations. In the first place, the North now is certain to have a large perma- nent Negro population andi this. will be concentrated in the larger cities. All the problems of health, education, government, vice and crime, inter- racial contacts and many others wil! press for attention and solution North as well as South. The matter can no longer be regarded as a Southerners problem or a Northerners question. It is a matter that calls for the best thought, the broadest feeling, the most effective action, of the white North and the white South, and the Negro North and South. The churches, through their mis- sionary boards, have labored zealously in the past to enlighten the intelligence of the Negro and to arouse him from the blighting lethargy of poverty. To- day comes the challenge to help build such conditions in industry and in com- munity life that these rising restless millions may find an American oppor- tunity for life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. There is no substitute in the mere training how to do things for the sharp mental discipline which develops the mind for whatever practical de- mands. It is only when the ability to think clearly, consecutively and thor- oughly is harnessed to the service of industries that these will ever rise to -anything more than toil and drudgery. The education .which secures, uplifts and permanently establishes the material standards of a race is that in which the disciplined mind dominates. Southern Editors on Race Relations Stand for Mutual Helpfulness, Education, Justice and Abatement of Mobs DITORS of leading daily papers A. in six of the Southern states . have united in a signed statement, asking for mutual helpfulness and cooperation between the white and colored races in the South, for ade- quate educational advantages for colored people, for equality before the law, and for the abatement of mob violence. The paper was drafted in a conference of Virginia editors and has since been signed personally by more than fifty other editors of leading dailies in: North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. Practically every man to whom it was presented readily at- tached his name. It is believed, therefore, that with few exceptions it fairly represents the attitude of the Southern press as a whole. The statement follows: In the attainment and mainte- nance of improved interracial rela- tions in our Southern states we be- lieve that a policy of cooperation be- tween the more thoughtful of both races is fundamental, this being the antithesis of antagonism and polemic discussion. Mutual helpfulness between whites and blacks should be encour- aged; the better element of both races striving by precept and exam- ple to impress the interdependence of peoples living side by side, yet apart. The Negroes of the South are largely dependent upon the white press for current news of the day. It would be well if even greater ef- fort was made to publish news of a character which is creditable to the Negro, showing his development as a people along desirable lines. - This would stimulate him to try to at- tain to a high standard of living. We do not believe that education suited to the needs of the individual of any race is harmful. It is a gen- erally accepted fact that in both races, if the entire mass were edu- cated, industrial problms would ad- just themselves automatically and the less fit of either race would find the work and place for which he was best equipped. It has been authori- tatively stated that the Negro de- mand would absorb all teachers, preachers, physicians and lawyers the schools may turn out. The influence of the thoughtful men of both races should be invoked in the effort to establish and assure equality before the law for Negro de- fendants in all criminal trials. Abatement of mob rule and its crimes is an aim to which all good citizens should pledge their support. Tn the harmonious cooperation of the thoughtful and exemplary men and women of both races lies the prospect of larger understanding and better interracial relations. The teacher had told her pupils to write a short essay about Lincoln, and one boy handed in the following: Abraham Lincoln was born on a bright summer day, the twelfth of February, 1809. He was born in a log cabin he had helped his father to build. A teacher in a New England grammar school found the subjoined facts in a composition on Longfellow, the poet, written by a fifteen-year-old girl. Henry W. Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, while his parents were traveling in Europe. He had many fast friends, among whom the fastest were Phoebe and Alice Carey. 482 Teachers Letter from Mobile, Ala. ) EAR Co-workers: How truly we ~ are co-workers. If it were not for you the work of the missionary would quite largely have to cease. On the other hand, the fact that there are missionaries who are longing to bring a greater vision to:mankind gives the: societies an incentive for efforts and a reason for existence. -. The schools in the southland are one of the many forms of mission work. Of these schools, Emerson Institute, located at Mobile, Alabama, is one of the most important secondary day schools under the control of The American Missionary Association. This. year. we have an enrollment of nearly four hundred.. Of this number 115 are in the four classes of the senior high school, 80 in the two junior high school classes, and 196 in the six elementary grades. School opened October 1, and there are many ad- ditions to the enrollment coming in right along. A We have a faculty of fifteen; five of this number are white, one from Mas- sachusetts who teaches music, one from New York who is head of the Normal Training work, the Principal and his wife, who is matron of the teachers, and myself. The colored teachers, all Southerners, are college trained and fitted for their work. The Domestic Science teacher is a gradu- ate of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and % is working toward her Masters degree at Columbia. Our Manual Training teacher is a graduate of Tuskegee and is an athletic enthusiast. We are one large family and have. many good times. together, 27" 2 Our, work is thoroughly graded and is the best offered by any colored school in this part of Alabama. We give public school music to-all the pu- pils: enrolled in the school. Private lessons in vocal or piano are available for a small extra:fee. The girls from : the fifthgrade up are given sewing. They have cooking through the junior and senior high school classes. The _ boys of the two high schools receive shop work. Each girl furnishes her own materials for sewing and the fin- ished article is hers. This is true, also, - of the boys in their work. Besides these industrial classes we give a good college preparatory and normal train- ing course. Our certificate is -recog- nized by the A. M. A.-colleges and-our graduates are given satisfactory rcog- nition at other schools. wa Most of the pupils of our school are comfortably situated, though we have some who want to attend: Emerson because of its high standards, but find it hard to pay tuition, obtain books, etc. For these worthy ones we wish we had scholarships ; $25.00 would pay the necessary extra expenses for'a high school student. ee ; Teachers Letter from Willcox Academy, ae Vernal, Utah : EAR Friends of the A. M. A.: We are sure that the more our missionary helpers in the East hear about this most interesting school the more will they recognize its impor- ACe oe Our school opened the first day of October, and the large registration has assured us that more students than usual (90 to date) were availing themselves of its advantages. These students are not all from Gentile homes. Nearly 60 per cent of them have been reared in Mormon homes, and their parents still adhere to that faith. - ad a I have been asked if any of our students had ever renounced the er- roneous faith taught by the Mormon Church, and I am glad to say that several of them have openly the Atlantic seaboard. No people is architecturally impoverished that stil] possesses the Georgian tradition. These pioneer people and preachers that pushed out from the Atlantic sea- board into the rich lands of western * Address given at the National Council, Springfield, Mass., October 22, 1923, for the Congrega- tional Church Building Society. 490 se THE CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY 491 New York and the Western Reserve and the marvelous prairies east and west of the Mississippi, carried with them the remembrance of meeting- houses in the homes of their fathers that were the expression of a faith that was simple, clear and serious. It is interesting, as you follow the feet of these emigrants during the first half of the last century, to note how that Georgian tradition, starting with them from the eastern states, caused the erection of meeting-houses of a simi- lar style during the first quarter of the last century and, finally, losing its strength, disappeared for a time. In such noble meeting-houses as those in Canandaigua, New York, and Mari- - etta, Ohio, you can still see that ideal in the minds of the earlier pioneers. When that period of remembrance had passed, church building in the United States passed through the val- ley of humiliation. During that period of architectural futility, which lasted from the end of the second quarter of the nineteenth century, almost down to the end of the century, religion en- dured all things at the hands of all men. Churches which possessed neither dignity nor worshipfulness were foisted on the public in the name of economy and cheerfulness and so- ciability. The worship of God was made secondary to the spirit of cheer- fulness and the spirit of thrift. Dur- ing that period were erected scores of churches over which one would never think of inscribing, Be still and know that Iam God. Instead he would ac- cept it only as an invitation to be cozy or jolly or thrifty. This was the val- ley of humiliation for church archi- tecture in America, from which, please God, we have now mainly emerged. During the last twenty-five years the Spirit has sought and found a new expression. Protestant Christianity has advanced somewhat in culture as a result of the great increase in wealth. Thousands of men and women have brought home from their tours in Eu- rope a remembrance of the great churches that awed and silenced their busy chatter and uplifted their hearts with a new reverence toward God. Hundreds of our young men from the architectural schools, studying in the Ecole des Beaux Arts, learned :to rev- erence the fidelity and seriousness of the great architects and builders of generations past. These young men, returning home, found here and there in American churches a desire on the part of those who had had larger op- portunities, to create dwelling places for the Spirit that would be to some degree commensurate with our larger knowledge of God and expressive of the reverence we owe toward him. I believe that one of the most strik- ing phenomena in American religious life is the widespread and serious im- provement in church architecture dur- ing the last twenty-five years. While earnest Christians debate anxiously the question whether we are more or less religious than one or two generations ago, there cannot be the least doubt that we are declaring our religion in visible forms that are infinitely more beautiful and worthy than has ever been the case before in American life. For the benefit of those that fear and those that doubt concerning the real- ity of the religious life in America, one is inclined to point to this mar- velous increase in the appreciation of architectural worth, and say: There it stands, the indubitable embodiment of a spirit that is pure and good. It is right that men should worship God in temples that encourage worship, and we may be thankful that America has responded to the instinct. | The result has been some magnifi- cent cathedrals, like St. Patricks, in New York, and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, in process of build- ing, and other cathedrals that are either. in process or in contemplation in other great centers in our country ; Romanesque and Byzantine churches, each with its historic power and ap- peal; the development of the Mission architecture in California that has given that romantic state its own char- acteristic style, faithful to tradition 492 THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY | and the soil and at the same time moving the heart toward God; and the revival of Georgian architecture, peculiarly our own, which began to show marked strength here more than fifteen years ago, but which has since that time created churches of notable _ worth in every section of our country. We may be thankful to believe that Congregationalism is sharing in this noteworthy advance in taste and in love of worship. The annual report of the Church Building Society gives from year to year examples of new church structures that are not only worthy of the study of every church building committee, but ought to be a source of deepest pride on the part of every loyal Congregationalist. Men- tion of individual churches may be in- vidious, where the record of the year contains so many splendid examples of true church buildings ; but the pres- entation of such a series of noteworthy churches erected in our Congrega- tional communion and the wide distri- bution of this report ought to deprive any church building committee of any justification or excuse for the erection of a church building that is tawdry, flimsy and theatrical. I am inclined to think that it ought to become a regulation that on every church building should be erected a tablet containing the following in- scription, This church was erected under the direction of the following committee; and there their names would stand blazoned forth as long as the church endures, a title to fame or ignominy, according to whether they built well or ill. I could imagine no more exquisite revenge to be taken upon some building committees than to have their names thus inscribed on the strange, individual monstrosities that have been erected to try the pa- tience of their brethren. The fact is fiat an Amermta today we are (in process of achieving standards of ar- chitectural excellence, and no commit- tee and no ingenious architect in the small town can ask excuse or pardon for failing to erect a building that has some real worth and dignity in it. I believe that I am well within the truth when I say that the per- sistent purpose of the Congregational Church Building Society, in the year 1923,.-4s -to.. erect. a. dwelling place for the Spirit expressive of the rev- erence that is due to God and ade- quate for the service of his cause. There is laid upon ministers and churches in these days a positive in- junction to erect. churches that shall first of all speak of God. When ones eyes rests upon a church, whether it be a simple frame meeting-house in -the tiniest village: or a cathedral in the greater city, the immediate effect must be to lift the heart to the thought of God; otherwise the whole building is vain, its erection is a profanation, and its adornment an indecency. Just as the church service has no business to remind you of the minister, but only of the redeeming presence of Christ and God, so the walls of a church building ought always to con- vince the beholder that here is a place where God abides. Such church build- ings are not the creations of wealth necessarily. In our beloved New Eng- land there are little white, frame meet- ing-houses whose sole external beauty and it is enoughis in their propor- tions and in the loving care that has been lavished upon their surround- ings. Whoever passes by knows that sometime a generation built here with sincerity, devotion and minds that were strong and pure. An ugly church, like an ill-kept church, is an indication of an indifferent, ignorant and slovenly people. Perhaps some are contemplating the possibility of building a church. Let me say that the rules of the business of church building are known. They can be learned by you if you will make inquiry. There are men who have been at this task for years. The first rule is that an ugly church is a poor investment from a purely business point of view. In the end, people of culture and reverence of spirit are going to attend a church where reverence and beauty reign, whether that church be Congrega- tional, Baptist or Episcopalian. Those who hope to build up sustaining con- gregations should erect churches true to the best architectural principles. The second rule is that the best site is the cheapest site in the end. Those who discount their religion by tuck- ing their churches on a side street in the city proclaim their own lack of faith and lack of confidence in their gospel. If church committees and preachers hope for a quiet and pro- gressive future, they should know that the very foundations of the building must be laid with sincerity, generosity and humble docility. God defend a church from the spirit of self-asser- tion on the part of its committee. Let me add that one cause of our thankfulness is that fitness in church architecture is not limited to one style, especially in our Congregational body. The freedom of which we boast, and which is a freedom under law in the realm of the spirit, ought to be a free- ' dom under law in the architectural realm. We have freedom under those accepted principles of true architec- tural beauty and strength. It is still true that the Georgian architecture is admirably adapted to our Congrega- tional form of worship. I suppose that no one would maintain that the Georgian is the last word in archi- tectural glory, but when one studies the magnificent design of the Union Central Church in Honolulu he is aware that there are possibilities in Georgian architecture of which the great builders in the first quarter of the nineteenth century did not dream. The spacious and imposing Second. Church in Holyoke, standing like a great cathedral in that. city, and the graceful and exalting Park Avenue Baptist Church in New York are in- dications of the use that non-liturgical churches can make of the Gothic. Any lover of church architecture opens every announcement from California with an expectation of some new de- sign of appealing beauty from that THE CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY 493 land of sunshine and of creative en- ergy in our Congregational forces. There may be many noble contests among us, contests in eloquence, mis- sionary zeal, and the spirit of sacri- face; -but 1s. there any contest. that would leave more permanent memo- rials of the spirit of a devoted people than a generous rivalry in the creation of churches of our faith that should be true dwelling places for the Spirit: When a. mans work is done and his ministry concluded, or when a genera----~ tion that has had an opportunity to build a church has passed on, what would cause a deeper feeling of grati- tude than the conviction that, in the providence of God, one had been able to create a dwelling place for the Spir- it into which the Most High might con- descend to enter and where the She- kinah glory might abide? Generations still unborn will turn to these shrines that have been created out of the love and devotion of men and women long gone, and though no one may know the builder, the heart of man- kind is lifted in thankfulness to the Giver of knowledge and wisdom, who inspired the minds, quickened the hearts and trained the hands of those who erected his blessed church. It is a task to be approached with humility and with courage, whether it be in the city or in the country, for every such meeting-house that we erect is the very revelation of the spirit in which we live. The spirit of prid: reveals itself in the ostentation of the edifice, the spirit of fear in its frailty, the spirit of conservatism in its inabil- ity to develop: any new form, the spirit of radicalism in its departure from the accepted canons. The spirit that is wise and true and Christ-li'e _ shows itself in the meeting-house that is strong and simple and brave. For out of Thoughts interior sphere, These wonders rose to upper air; And Nature gladly gave them place Adopted them into her race, And granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat. THE LADIES AID OF LEXINGTON, OREGON Where Rolls the Oregon By Rev. D. J. Gittanpers, Lexington, Oregon CAME to Lexington from Ontario, June Ist, 1922, with my little family. My children are Kenneth, nine; Bruce, eleven; Dorothy, thirteen, and Donald, sixteen. On our arrival in Lexington I oc- cupied the Ladies Aid room in the church and two small tents, leaving my things packed as they had been shipped from Ontario, Oregon. We soon called a church meeting to decide about a parsonage and all agreed that we ought to build. So we began at once. Inside of two weeks the contract was let. I took charge of the excavation work for a full basement and with help given by others I soon had it ready for the cement. I helped the contractor with the foundation also, and I gave the outside two coats of paint, also doing the painting and staining inside. The parsonage is twenty-six feet by thirty, with front porch eight by six- teen. We have a full basement, six feet, six inches in the clear. On the main floor we have three rooms and a bathroom. Upstairs we have three bedrooms with a closet for each. We. have light and water also in the par- sonage. The house would be a credit to any community and has given our work a new standing in the town, and without it the work could not live. A parsonage is an absolute necessity. The parsonage cost $2,700 with possibly three hundred dollars of do- nated labor. The money was raised by subscription and by the efforts of our Ladies Aid. Our women have 494 THE CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY ; 495 done splendidly and with- out them we could not exist. There may be as good workers elsewhere but none better. To com- plete the final payment we came to the Congrega- tional Church Building Society for a loan, which has been voted to our church and our ladies will: repay this loan. True, the offerings for benevo- lences and salary have fallen behind, but I feel sure they will catch up. Lexington is quite a pretty little town of about three hundred, on Willow Creek, in the center of the great wheatfields of Northern Central Oregon. But with the low price of wheat, farmers are going behind. You ask why? It is a dry farming belt and they have to culti- vate one year, so as to get a crop the next, so only about half the land is in crop each year. The extra cultiva- tion costs heavily, and debt is the re- CHILDREN OF THE MANSE REV. AND MRS. D. J. GILLANDERS, LEXINGTON, OREGON sult. In spite of this our people are getting behind the church nobly. The homes are scattered on account of the large holdings, so an auto should be used, but the pastor cannot afford to buy one. On my Collbran, Colo- rado, field I preached six times every week, and often eight. I preached at Collbran in the fore- noon and evening every Sunday, and at Molina, nine miles distant, every Sunday afternoon. Six other points I reached every two weeks, on week nights, of course. Every other week I reached four other points. All but seven months of this time I used horse and buggy. A Ford icar came >to be used the last seven months of my service there. I want to thank the New York office for their many kindnesses ; also the many eastern churches which have helped us so much. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEEDED FOR THESE At University Centers HE passion for education has seized American youth to an amazing degree. High schools, acad- emies, colleges, universities, technical schools, professional schools are crowded to the limit. We are glad of it. A sound and well educated citizenry will make Democracy safe. These young people are in the most plastic period of their lives. Their minds are open and eager. If they can be made to see religion as a reasonable service they can be won into Christian life and service. If they can be helped to find God at the heart of the universe and in their own hearts they will have a transforming conviction. There is no more stra- tegic situation for a church than at the gateway of a university. Many of our Congregational young people are in the great state institu- tions. Already much is being done to awaken and develop in them Chris- tian faith. We are helping them to grasp firmly the elemental truths of the spiritual life which are as real as the facts of physical science. The Church Building Society is being called upon more and more to assist churches which are. organized at these university centers, and it con- siders no part of its work more im- portant. What it has recently done at Champaign, Illinois; Lansing, Michigan, and Austin, Texas, will have to be duplicated in other im- portant educational centers. One needs only to look into the eager faces of a group of young people to be stirred with a feeling of the tremendous importance of, reli- gious education. The earliest instruc- tion and training should of course be given in the home. The foundations of character are usually laid in the first seven years of life. Too many homes, alas! are poorly fitted for this task. But all the years of school life, from six to twenty or beyond, should be filled with teaching and training, which will fill the young minds with knowledge and ideals of the highest sort, which will give spiritual vision, right ethical principles, and the spirit of the golden rule. 496 SUNIL Ge _ THE CONGREGATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY al Srl Piss ey Are Educating Be aeclves for Citizenship in the Modern Church By ANNA ESTELLE May N the modern church women have been educating themselves along many lines by many distinct organ- izations. The missionary societies, home and foreign, the adult Bible classes, Ladies Aid, the Guilds, the Young Womens Auxiliaries, the Mothers Clubs and all the rest, have contributed their share. After more than a half century of womens missionary societies in local churches and nearby groups. of churches, we meet in 1861, the first Womans Missionary Union in Amer- ica, organized in New York. Soon after that, beginning with the Congre- gational denomination, womens soci- eties were formed auxiliary to the Foreign Boards in all denominations. So the great educational advance in missions was started. This education has been so thorough and so far-reach- ing in its scope that if you wish to know something of educational insti- tutions or economic conditions in China and Japan, you do. not go to a leading educator or business man, but to your neighbor who is a mem- ber of the churchs missionary soci- etv. If you are planning a trip abroad and want to visit the most interest- ing of interesting places of the Far East or India or Africa, you may con- sult a Travelers Bureau, but I ad- vise you also to avail yourself of the fund of information which your wom- ens missionary society can supply. With study and the acquisition of knowledge there has come the oppor- tunity for training in associated effort within the missionary group which has achieved most notable results. The Ladies Aid Society has proved itself one of the greatest socializing agencies in the church. Here women learned to take the arts of the home and use them for the welfare of the community. The women within the group who prepared church dinners and cut and made garments for the poor, and did other things of like na- ture together, received a valuable so- cial experience. In the organized Bible class in the modern church, groups of women have been brought together for the inten- sive study of the Bible, missions, so- cial service and have contributed much to the solving of community problems and to the realization of community possibilities. Often the Bible class has furnished instruction in Christian cit- izenship, such as, perhaps, no other organization within the church has afforded. While one society has offered in- struction to a small group of women in the church exclusively in foreign missions, another society has offered study to another small group in home missions and so on throughout the list, there has been little coordination or correlation of effort. Religious educa- tion ought to stand for the organiza- tion of all material offered in such a way as to eliminate waste and friction, to give to each woman in the church knowledge along lines of her special interest, at the same time enlarging her sphere of interest so that she may 497 498 THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY have some understanding and sympa- thy with all the rest of the women of the church in all the different projects. in which they may be engaged. In order to accomplish this, opportunity must be provided for women from va- rious groups and for women who are not in any organized group to enter a larger fellowship and _ training. Broader contacts must be established not only by intergroup association but by interchurch and also intercommu- nity association. All the Women of the Church at All the Work of the Church : Unity of effort expressing itself in a score of practical ways to build up a spirit of friendship and human kind- ness and to establish higher ideals for individual and social righteousness, must first be felt in the parish itself. It is vastly easier for most of us to pray for the daughters of an oppressed race in some far-off country or in some distant state in our own country than it is to make the daughter of our own washerwoman feel w enjoy the fellowship of our own church. But isnt that just what we, as Christian women, must learn to do? Working outside our own church with women of all denominations, unity of effort becomes extremely effective. In the South a federation of wom- ens clubswhose membership is ordi- narily composed chiefly of church womenfaces the question of race- relationship and the education of the colored people in its own state and with the support of churchmen and nonchurchmen forms a committee on racial relationships, promotes legisla- tion, which will require the state as a matter of justice to its citizens to offer increased educational advantages to all of its Negro population. The work of the federation is effective be- cause it is not a society of one par- ticular church or denomination, but it is a neighborhood association inter- ested in the solution of a problem in which the entire neighborhood is con- cerned. Thousands of students from foreign elcome and countries are in our. universities. Think of the stream going back. What are they taking with them? A Chi- nese girl who had received her early education in one of our mission schools came to the United States to finish her studies. Upon returning to her own land she said that she would never _advise Chinese girls to come to Amer- ica because their life here was too lonesome and hard. They would find no personal friends. Are we mterna- tional friends? Do we invite as guests to our homes and to our churches the foreigners in our own neighborhood ? It is reported that 56,000 girls dis- appeared in the United States last year. Is not this a matter of most vital concern to us? What are we going to do about it in our own par- ishes, communities, states? The church has a more direct responsi- bility and interest in the problems of delinquency than we would sometimes like to admit. Out of the entire num- ber of recorded cases of 6,000 delin- quent women and girls studied in- tensively by workers of the Interde- partment Social Hygiene Board in 1918 and 1919, 63.8 per cent claimed to have belonged at some time to a Protestant Church. Church Women at Work in the Com- munity I know of a city which has a girls protective association conspicuous for the personal service rendered by the church women of the city. Worth Cottage, the temporary detention home for white girls, has received its sup- port from the women of the various church societies and the federated clubs of the city. The two thousand dollars which met the first payment on Worth Cottage was given by a church woman from her tithe. One church society meets once a month in the par- ish house to sew for the cottage. An- other denominational group sends its friendly visitor to the cottage for noon- day services with the girls once a week. A Bible class of young women which has been interested in the home from the time of its establishment sends a { car each Sunday morning to take to the church of their preference any girls who wish to go to services. Any coming to this class are cordially wel- comed and assisted in finding their normal place in the life of the church and the community. Another class looks after the recreational needs at the cottage. Many church women are interested in individual girls, helping them to find homes, employment and friends. An Experiment in Real Sisterhood In this latter Bible class there exists a wonderful comradeship. Side by side stand the college graduate and the girl with the sixth grade education who works in the laundry. A young married woman whose children are in the Church School stands beside the girl from Worth Cottage whose ille- gitimate child is cared for at the day nursery while she herself works for the support of them both, strengthened and encouraged by this Christian friendship. Stenographers and musi- cians, girls of leisure and girls from the poorest of homes find it worth while to work together for the bring- ing in of the kingdom of God. The class is a tiny bit of leaven in a church where class distinction is ever present. Can we comprehend the power of united effort with a social conscience such as this? I refuse to believe that Jesus ideal of the kingdom of God was a dream. It is a very potent real- ity. What share shall the women have in ushering it in? A Working Program for Community Organization The Womens Cooperative Alliance of Minneapolis has a program for com- munity organization in which sixty-two churches have been actively helpful. Briefly the program is as follows: There are five departments: the Ad- ministration Department, which pro- vides interdepartmental coordination and community cooperation; the Big Sister Department, which plans to meet the needs of the less privileged girls of the community, giving them supervision and housing, recreation and THE CONGREGATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY 499 employment, using the social agencies and churches for meeting the prob- lems which arise; the Research and In- vestigation Department, which makes. surveys and social investigation con- cerning conditions which tend to pro- mote delinquency; the Education and Publicity Department, which is con- ducted for the purpose of getting the most helpful information to parents concerning social hygiene, juvenile laws, community conditions, etc.; the Training Department, which provides instruction along the following lines: philosophy of social service, commu- nity organization, big sister work, so- cial hygiene education, research and survey. The organization as a whole is a community movement with an educational program. Women, in the Rural Community A little church in Michigan has at- tempted to work out through its womens association a program which adds the force of strong cooperation to the task of making the rural commu- nity a better place in which to live. Under their plan of organization there are four divisions, each meeting once a month for the special work of its de- partment, while the entire association comes together for a community pro- gram and forum with an outside speaker at least one evening during the month. The citizenship group meets in connection with the Womens League of Voters and takes a keen in- terest in helping to secure better legis- lation and better law enforcement in its own county and state. The mis- sionary division, or Opportunity Club, as it is called, meets regularly to study conditions and needs in both the home and foreign fields and does its share towards spreading the gospel of missionary education. The devo- tional group is chiefly interested in the religious education program of the Church School. It also takes its turn at conducting the peoples night prayer service. The fourth group is called the agricultural division. It boasts of a chicken club second to none in the county and a home-beautiful club 500 THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY which avails itself of extension service of the state university and the help of the landscape gardener. : The men and women of another rural community worked out a practi- cal program for community service and presented it in the form of New Years resolutions. The pastor in his book Fear God in Your Own Vil- lage says of these, We made a re- ligious ceremony of signing these reso- lutions during the church service. These resolutions were as follows: Resolved To cooperate with my neighbors this year to the following ends: To construct a large building for such community purposes as public recreation, library, concerts, lecture % courses, gymnasium, club rooms and fire department. To properly maintain our roads. To bring producers and consumers in this vicinity closer together in some sort of cooperative enterprise. To secure cheaper lights. To improve the appearance of the neighborhood by proper disposal of rubbish, by the construction of side- walks, by planting, and by beautifying properties in which I have interest. To aid the school board and the pub- lic school teachers in every progressive effort. To stick to these undertakings until they are accomplished, giving of my time and money as I am able, and doing all for the public good. * Protestant Men and the Ku Klux Klan _ By ArtHur E. Horr I T is the belief of the writer of this article that the ultimate effect of the Ku Klux Klan program will be the solidifying of the Catholics and the division of the Protestants. But no one can thoughtfully consider the fact that thousands of Protestant men have been organized in the hooded klan without recognizing that there is some- thing woefully lacking in Protestant- ism when this can be done. When one sees on the one hand the marvelous growth of the Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs and on the other a secret or- ganization recruited largely from the ranks of Protestantism all growing up alongside the church, he is compelled to admit that the Protestant churches and the Protestant ministers have failed in the organization of these men for constructive purposes. There is just one clear and certain message growing out of the Ku Klux agitation upon which all of us ought to agree. There should come into the field an organization of Protestant men whose activities and purposes should be constructive, tolerant and frue to the traditions of Protestantism. That this has not happened before is largely our own fault. We need a new and constructively militant type of Protes- tant churchmanship. It has been the neglect of this which has caused the present situation. Protestant men are organizing on the basis of a prejudice rather than on the basis of a great na- tional service. Such an organization of Protestant men should be first of all a group of men in a local church who are making themselves intelligent about the things in which the church has a right to ex- pect its men to be interested. If there are several such groups in a commu- nity they should organize in an inter- church association which will give the added impetus which numbers always bring in any kind of group organiza- tion. On beyond the local community there should be state and national or- ganizations both denominational and interdenominational, and thus a nation- wide order of Protestant men can be built up. ria. % is pei THE CONGREGATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY 501 What May Protestant Men Do? Such an organization_must not try to live on the basis of its antipathies. It should state at the very beginning that it is not organized to fight Jews and Catholics. There is a real danger that religious factionalism will be our last and toughest piece of unbrotherli- ness. If the policies of the Ku Klux Klan obtain we may expect to see the factionalism of Europe repeated in the United States. It ought to be possible for such an organization to be loyal to Protestantism and to rise above fac- tionalism. Speaking the truth in love should be its watchword. Such an organization of Protestant. men could develop first of all a new. and positive type of churchmanship. There should be a new loyalty to the church and all its activities. Altogether too long the male membership of the Protestant churches has been lacking in any fine loyalty which makes it pos- sible for the church to do good work. This needs to be corrected. Such an organization of Protestant men should take a constructive atti- tude toward the great problems of American citizenship. Many of the * questions which the Ku Klux Klan faces in a negative way should be faced with a constructive and positive program. The Five Great Interests of Men What does it mean to be a man so far as the interests of life are con- -*cerned? There are five great interests which are very much to the forefront in the life of men. Manhood means the founding of a home, parenthood and its responsibilities, providing for wife and children. Manhood means citizenship. At the age of twenty-one _we are allowed to vote. There comes to us the responsibility for taking part in the planning of our government. Manhood means earning a living. Vo- cational activity and vocational honor now come to be something more than a theoretical affair. Religion enters into a new phase in adult life. Some- one has coined the phrase, the religion of a mature mind, which indicates that the adult is faced with the necessity of having a rational religion. All these great interests confront the adult man- hood of America and organization of Protestant men should concern itself with all of them. * International Relationship One of the Resolutions of the National Council at Springfield. That it is the sense of the National Council of Congregational Churches that our Nation should rise above all political partisanship in its international relations; that the world situation demands that America proceed at once to enter into the World Court, which was urged upon the people as a present opportunity and duty by President Harding in his last journey. We believe that the United States should either enter into the existing League of Nations, or find some more effective way to take our part in bearing the burdens of the world, solving its desperate problems and promoting peace among men. MONTHLY COMPARATIVE STATEMENT October, 1923 This Year Last Year Increase Decrease (GOSS NER Cis Cas eee eee ee aE Erbe cn to $7,612.00 $7,042.00 $570:00; |. oan eae Wepacies. 26 i. ob is. Pe ee ea T21O C4 ale es, 1,210.84 eR eas Five Months from June 1, 1923 This Year Last Year Increase Decrease Gant wb tiGNS: ees sis siete veo ee $32,922.00 $29,401.00 $3 521.007 Wee alae Ueracies #22 6205 o. :. ee es 7,243.84 16, S900 |. $9,648.16 LUI A The CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL EXTENSION SOCIETY al 000 00008000000 HH Smoke From the Trash Pile By Dorotuy B. Rosprnson uy oe Robinson is a graduate of Mt. Holyoke 22 and is now studying at Hartford genet a She ts a member of Grace Church, Holyoke, Massachusetts, where er father, Rev. Edwin Bradford Robinson, is pastor. pes us journey southward to Co- lumbia, the capital city of South Carolina. It is not for us to linger in the city proper, for we are headed toward a little community on one edge of the town. Here we are! We se a row of dingy-looking one-story houses on one side of the street, a field worked by men from the penitentiary on the other, a dusty clay road in between. As we turn the corner to our left we see another row of squatty lit- tle houses, and what is the source of that cloud of smoke? And what is that tiny little building standing by itself? The smoke comes from burning trash in the city dump heap, and that little building is a Congrega- tional Mission Church. Why, that must be the very... place: >for which we are looking! Lets see if we can find avkey.. No,-wes: dont need one. for the church REV. EDWIN B. ROBINSON THE FATHERS CHURCH 902 has already been opened for tonights meeting. We must peek in. Up at the front. er tne church is a small hand- made pulpit, to the right of which stands a par- | ? lor organ. Then we go out again between rows of. tude. beaches. ~ Ah, here. .is the mam tor whom we have been lookingthe one who, with his family, has kept the church going through thick and thin. Tie tells us. he can neither read nor write, but he wants to work harder for the Lord. Here comes a little procession down the road (there is no sidewalk) to the trash pile church, bent on seeing their new missionary, for in our party there is a student sent out by the Congrega- tional Sunday School Extension Society. About forty-five fathers, mothers and chil- dren came, and we had an inspir- ing meeting to- gether. Now that our Daily Vacation Bible School for Pe ee ee ee ea THE SUNDAY SCHOOL EXTENSION SOCIETY 503 <2. the children is well launched with an average attendance of thirty or more, let us take close-ups of some of the homes. First let us go into a small red house. Look out for that hole in the step! Good morning, Mr. D. He always likes us to greet him before we go in. He is an elderly man who was hurt in a rail- road accident last No- vember and has been confined to his bed most of the time since. His eldest daughter, now the sole support of his wife, the twins (twelve years old) and himself, is threatened with tubercu- losis. Our words of cheer are appreciated here as well as in the neighboring family where the mother and three small children are dependent on the crippled fathers woefully inadequate earnings. Though sickness or some other form of trou- ble or unhappiness seems to have en- tered every home in our community, yet we find among the people a su- preme faith, and we see what a source of comfort religion can be. Now what is the place of the little trash pile church in the lives of these people? In the first place, it is the only source of religious guidance to many in the community. It stands as a beacon in the religious life of the people, and has as its watchword the winning of souls to Christ. This mission station touches those who would never enter the more fashionable up- town churches, and the Sunday School attracts children whose DOROTHY B. ROBINSON THE DAUGHTERS CHURCH parents would be ashamed to send them elsewhere on account of ragged clothes, torn shoes or because they had no shoes at all. There is the mens Prayer Meeting every Tuesday night, regular Prayer Meeting Wednesday night, every Friday night Prayer Meeting at the home of the man hurt in the railroad ac- cident; Sunday School every Sunday afternoon ; regular church service every Sunday night; and this summer, for the first time, regular Sun- day morning service as well. A spirit of great consecration, of mutual helpfulness in their prayer life, and a desire to serve are found here. In the second place, the church ministers to the social and recreation- al life of the community. A vacation Bible School kept at least thirty chil- dren off the roads two morning hours of three days a week, for ten weeks this past summer. Not only were these children protected from harm, but they were engaged in construction work, and learned how to live together, rather than quarrel, or, as they would say, fuss at each other. Then we organized a Mothers Club, which is to meet once a month for recreation and study. Our Fourth of July picnic that was a glo- rious day! Two truckloads of fa- thers, mothers and children went about seven miles out in the coun- try. Such lemon- ade made by two grimy - looking railroaders; such races, for every- one, from grand- mothers to kin- dergartners! My, it was great to 504 : THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY see faces brighten with real joy in living! Then, too, our first Childrens Day may properly come under the head of recreation, for it meant coming to- gether for rehearsals with games aft- erward; it meant gathering flowers and decorating the church together, and that night the children and their proud parents were nearly as excited as they were over our picnic. Another gala occasion was our Vacation Bible School Exhibition and church night, with free ice cream afterward. One lit- tle boy of eleven proudly boasted he had consumed ten ice cream cones, and he was able to come to Sunday School the next day. The recreation problem DAILY VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL in this community is a per- plexing one. The movies are the only cheap form of amusement, and the people in the little church who have really given their lives to Christ, at the same time gave up the movies. So, for the most of the people, their recreation and so- cial life centers in the home, either: just sittin, or talking with a neigh- bor. Next summers program in- cludes more organized play for the children and more provision for the social life of the grown-ups. Then, too, it is hoped to devote some time to training a choir. To be sure, it is not very inspiring to sing with a wheezy, poorly tuned, antiquated house organ, but training in singing together may help. A revival meeting means much in the lives of our people. Those who feel rather dis- couraged in their spiritual lives seek strength, those down and out yield to con- version and often those hesitating for one reason or another to enter the church come in at such a time. During the past sum- mer five new members were added to the trash pile church? roll, and many expressed a desire to fead more worthy Chris- tian lives. And our bell has been our chief topic of conversation for some time. Now it is hanging in the new tower built by the men in the churchan honest-to-goodness, twen- A BIBLE DRAMA ty-four inch church bell. And the city has promised to cover the top of the trash pile with dirt. However, the smoke from the trash pilethe burn- ing of the drosssuggests to the Christian the refining and purifying of his life. \ es HINA zl ail SUITE HII THE MINISTERIAL BOARDS The Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief and Thirteen Cooperating State Boards The Annuity Fund for Congregational Ministers The Pilgrim Memorial Fund WNIT TTT STIMU The Christmas Fund of the Board of Relief The State Boards Sharing in the Distribution N object of our benevolent gifts is more tenderly cherished in the heart oi the church than. the Christmas Fund of ihe Board: of he. het. In the back sround is tie sense of the aceu of the bela@yved men and women who have given their lives in the Service Of (ict. In the foreground is the impulse akin to that wh eh Prompts Bae Christmas gift to members of the family, including within the intimate circle of affection these toward whom we constantly feel such an overwhelm- ing debt of gratitude. . The gift has also the same double significance to those who receive it. On the one hand, it ministers to real wants, compasses great emergencies, buys the coal, secures the winter clothing, pays the doctor, settles up the grocers bill, gives an added touch of comfort when life is a constant struggle to make the ends meet. On the other hand, there is an overplus left when the bills are paid, the sense of a heart that loves, of a generous hand stretched out to bestow, of a strong arm that tenderly supports. Last year the fund permitted an average gift of $40 on Christmas Day. And then the subscriptions kept com- ing in long after the Christmas festi- val. These later offerings were suf- ficient to carry the tender spirit of Christmas giving through several months, for they were used to meet emergencies among the pensioners. Among the gifts were these: a gift of $100 to a beloved minister seventy- five years of age, housed with a broken leg; $100 to a widow in great suffering in the hospital after a se- vere operation; $50 to one, formerly a college president, after a serious ac- cident; $100 to clear up for a widow the last bills involved in the death of | her husband ; $115 to a minister in de- spair over meeting a surgeons charges; $100 for the care of a well- known minister who in his age had become mentally unbalanced; $50 to help a widow watching over a dying daughter; $100 for a beloved pen- sioner who lost everything in the Berkeley conflagration; $100 to meet a terrible emer- gency in the life of a young minister whose wife was rescued from the jaws of death by a severe operation. The list of pen- sioners is much longer than last year. May we not hope to distribute an average of $50 in. spite of This lengthened roll? or Send your gift to the Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief, 100 East Forty-second street, New York. 505 Brothers in Arms From an address at the National Council by Lewis T. Reed, D.D. N the New York club house of one of our college fraternities stands a bronze group erected as a memorial to the brothers of that fraternity, American and Canadian, who fell in the: World War. lt is: inscribed: Brothers of the Alpha Delta Phi. _ From the battle line is returning the Canadian soldier. Sore wounded in the attack, he staggers.with unsteady feet and dazed sight. To his rescue has sprung his Amer- ican brother. One arm is cast about him. Half carrying, half leading the wounded man, he flows around him with his own un- touched strength, steadies the straying steps and brings him back to a place of ' peace. The figures in their close embrace, the tim: armced brotherhood around the stricken form, symbolize both the. fellowship of two na- tions ina sacred cause and the fraternal loyalty that many of us learned to know and value in col- lege days. Brothers in arms! Some to win wounds and death! Some to cast about the wounded the arm of strength and rescue! Brothers all! Soldiers of Christ Is there not another battle equally severe where some, once strong, have found glory, but wounds as well? Forty or fifty years ago some of you who are here today went out from school and college, some into busi- ness, some into the ministry. Who dares say that they who gave them- selves to the ministry, enlisted under the Captain of our salvation, have not borne themselves well in the fight? These sought not glory but their LEWIS T. REED, D.D. countrys good. They went into ob- scure places, scorned ease and com- fort, counted not the cost, followed the white standard of the Christ wherever he led. The bright face of -Danger they knew, and love and serv- ice, and now they straggle back from that brave front. Little do they bring save wounds and weakness and cherished honor. Their steps are un- steady and their sight is dim. At so great a cost in human life is the faith main- tained. . And some of you, no more intelligent, no more sound, followed business. Rewards have been yours, well won. Strength is yours, and home; and power, the power that money gives to help and save. It is not too much to ask that around these brothers of your souls who have given their very lives for Christ and his holy truth you cast the arm of your strength, and lead them to the place of peace. Corporate Christian Love The Congregational Board of Min- isterial Relief preaches no sermons, builds no churches, founds no schools. Yet without what it stands for ser- mons are vain, churches are a mock- ery, education is futile, and expansion is a denial of Christ. The Board of Ministerial Relief is the corporate or- ganization of Christian love. It is the hand of Christ outstretched in com- passion. It is the arm of strength that bears up weakness. It is the loyal host of noble men and gentle women who are resolved that their brothers in arms shall not die on a lonely field, but shall come to a place of rest. 906 A Layman to Laymen From an address at the National Council by Lucius R. Eastman, newly elected president of the Ministerial Boards and president of Hills Brothers Company, New York. FTER paying an earnest tribute to the retiring presi- dent, Dr. Henry A Stimson, for his forty years of devoted serv- ice, and speaking of the fascination of the work in its wide reach and profound signifi- cance, the address proceeded as follows: Great causes and great movements require great leaders. Some of us be- lieve that Congregationalism is a great cause and a great movement. That in the next generation when the young educated people demand an outlet for their religious activities they can and should find it iia de lowship such as ours. But unless we put our business house in order we cannot expect to obtain really big men to come in and take charge. Everyone is familiar with the fact that most business today is operated through the machinery of corpora- tions. That the demand for capable young men is more than the supply. Witness the efforts of some of the big corporations to persuade the seniors in our colleges to come into their con- cerns. Study a little the methods of recruiting which they usepecuniary rewards, of courseand I will refer to that in a minute. But remember one thing right here that pecuniary reward is not the only thing. - The Keynote With the man of character, the po- tential leader, the keynote is service. The argument of an opportunity to render unselfish service and to carry responsibility is almost as powerful as any argument they use. I was talking the other day with the sales manager of a large corporation who in the course of a year interviews many col- lege graduate applicants for positions. He told me that he could not remem- ber an instance in the last year where the question was askedwhat salary will I receive? The question that the college man was really interested in washow soon will I have respon- sible work to do? The time has gone by when men will agree that the min- istry is the only profession or work that one is called by God to enter. God calls us to use our talents where they will count the most in the spirit of humble service. All life is sacred and no calling is more sacred than another. A Matter of Course When these modern corporations go out to recruit men for the bigger jobs; . they stress the opportunities for lead- ership and service, and then as a sec- ondary consideration are prepared to show what the financial prospects are. And note this interesting factthey will tell the young man of the group insurance the company carries, of ac- cident and disability provisions and old age and retirement pension pro- visions under which they will benefit. They treat these things as matters of course. They go without saying. Every big concern does something like that. As a bank official told me, when referring to a young college man to whom they had paid full salary for two years or more while he was away sickWe couldnt afford not tofor the sake of our reputation. We couldnt attract real worth-while:men of character if we didnt treat them fartly. What Is the Reputation of Your Church? Very well. Id like to ask you what sort of a reputation your partictlar church has. Do you think if you were to lose your leader, the president of your company, so to speak, that your reputation is such that you will find it easy to persuade a new man to come to you? After you have shown him 907 508 : THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY the opportunity, will the rest be a mere matter of formOf course we pay a proper salary. It goes without saying we protect you in case of disability or old age. Here is our recordwe have always done it. Can you say that? Do you right here now know that your home church is doing these things? Are you pro- viding for your leading officers old age? Be ambitious enough for your home church that it treats its em- ployees at least as well as some of the big corporations that you sometimes speak of as soulless. Make It Your Business If you dont know will you find out; and please dont ask your pastor. Dont embarrass him and make him feel that he is an object of charity. Every business man knows that wel- fare work carried on among the em- ployees fails of its real purpose when it attempts to assume a patronizing attitude. No real, red-blooded, edu- cated American minister will stand being patronized. Every business man of you knows you cant run your business that way today, so why should you think of using such outworn methods in your church. No, dont ask your pastor but go around to the room of the Annuity Fund and see if his name is on the list. Immediate Action And then let me make one or two final suggestionswhen you return home find out whether your church is doing its proper part in providing for the premiums, and, if it isnt, see to it that your trustees put the item into the budget for the next* annual meet- ing, and when the annual meeting comes see to it that the church adopts the item in the proper spirit). For i wonder how many young men have been kept from going into the min- istry because of the way they have seen their own church treat the min- ister. * Tf the annual meeting of the church does not occur until after the close of the year a special meeting should he immediately called, for unless a pastors membership be concluded before De- cember 31, 1923, he would lose the credit from the income of the Pilgrim Memorial Fund for a0? which, it is estimated, will be not less than 80. Ninety-eight per cent of Episcopal churches pay an assessment of the entire dues of their rectors in the Church Pension Fund. Ninety-four per cent of Congregational churches take no share in the pastors annuity. debts, and other old-age pitfalls. Mr. Roger W. Babson, Eminent Financial Statistician, at the National Council: We laymen should actively back the Annuity Fund for ministers. By this fund your church, for a small sum each year, can insure its minister against poverty, physical debility, mental worry, distracting The National Council and the Ministerial Boards The Pilgrim Memorial Fund Oe years ago 107,000 Congre- gationalists agreed to pay $6,500,- 000 over a term of five years to aid our ministers in providing old age annuities, disability and death benefits. Doubtless some questioned whether so _ big a promise would ever be fulfilled. The friends of this cause, however, have been as big in their performance as they were in their promise. Two- fifths of the pledges are already closed. The total net collections had reached, November 9, the impressive sum of $4,208,403.33. Payments for fhe first ten months of 1923 were $486,593.23, which was $23,768.07. more than for the same period in 1922. \ve- must do better, however. In spite of the fine record of progress, we are behind our schedule in pay- ments. Three-fifths of the pledges re- main open. The amount unpaid or in process of payment November 1 was $1,725,647. In 1922, payments during November and December aggregated $134,554. This year we must have at least $150,000 in these months if we are to reach our minimum objective of $5,000,000 in 1925. Of this years receipts, $31,965 was for subscriptions on which no previ- ous payment had been made. We must count on many others who have made no payment to bring their sub- scriptions up to date, if we are to have the amount required by December 31. The Annuity Fund The Consultation Room of the An- nuity Fund was one of the busy places of the Council. Personal interviews were held with 135 ministers. All such are urged to take action as promptly as possible. Delay until the last days of the month may prevent the consummation of membership, in- volving the loss of the credit from the Pilgrim Memorial Fund for 1924. This, it is expected, will be, on the average, not less than $80. No min- ister can afford to forego the privi- leges offered. Act now, brethren. : The Board of Relief The National Council took deeply to heart the presentation of the needs of the Board of Relief, showing the meager grants to the pensioners and the long distance between our stand- ard and that of other great denomina- tions. Even at the present scale, re- sources are utterly inadequate. The deficit, November 1, was approxi- mately $25,000. Pastors and finance committees are urged to see that every dollar of the apportionment is prompt- ly paid. CURRENT RECEIPTSBOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF The credit from the Pilgrim Memorial Fund paid, in 1923, 90 per cent of dues on salaries of $1,340 or less, 60 per cent on salaries of $2,000. _ A minister beginning membership at age thirty, paying dues on an average salary of $1,500 until he is sixty-five, would have an accumulation to his credit, of $6,894, of which he had contributed 3%4 per cent, the church 3% per cent, the Pilgrim Memorial Fund 39 per cent and interest 54 per cent. He would have a joint life annuity, provided his wife was about his age, of $600. The assets of the Annuity Fund in 1915 were $41,797.23. In 1922 they were $1,084,824.91. In 1915 there were 272 members; at the end of 1922, 1,784 members. Membership had increased 614 times while assets had in- creased 26 times. The Fund grows apace in its scope and strength. Comparative Statement: Ten Months Ending Oct. 31, 1922, and-Oct. 31, 1983. Churches Raden. See cs (Includes' Womens e908 att ! State tom Individ- : Sociedes Seep cacte, | eects | caret | oasis | TORE eee $24,878.68 $1,875.78 | $1,053.35 | $8,745.22 | $53,720 878. 875. 053. 745. 720.34 | $3,326.25 | $93,599.62 1923.2: 30,239.22 2,028.47 | 1,132.34 | 11,301.43 | 542552.07 erie 108'08.99 lieal $5,360.54 $152.69 $78.99 | $2,556.21 | $831.73 | $2,929.01 | $11,909.17 Note: Donations and Le $4,859.86. increase $10,348.31. Total income, not including Christmas Fund, 1922, *nerease $27,117.34. Christmas Fund, 1922, $1,040.31; 1923, $2,138.91; gacies designated for Endowment, 1922, $2,607.00; 1923, $7,466.86; increase Undesignated Legacies and Matured Conditional Gifts, 1922, $5,224.89; 1923, $15,573.20; 509 $101,431.51; increase $1,098.60. 1923, $128,548.85; SUITS NIL THE CONGREGATIONAL WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY FEDERATION su Srl For God and Home and Native Land By Mrs. C. R. Wixson S Congregational women, - with Pilgrim traditions, we are com- mitted to freedom of conscience in the worship of God. Our Federation represents the Christian womanhood of America in the churches of our order. How may we best conserve and strengthen those high sentiments which per- tain. to~ aed: and Home and Native Land? True worship is in- herent in faith and reverence. We need to examine ourselves to ask whether we have a deepening and abiding faith ina God whose arm 1s. not shortened, who still guides the destinies of men and of nations and whose truth is marching on. Is our faith something potential in our lives, the center and _ circumference of our choices and our activities, is it so luminous and win- some a thing as to attract others? Does reverence, deep drawn from our spirits like water from a clear pool, stimulate in us a desire to wor- ship, to express our loyalty in a cheer- ful observance of the Sabbath? Do we give the impression of unwillingly submitting to compulsion? Let us ever radiate a cheerful devotion to God, to his church and to its enter- prises. MRS. C. R. WILSON The word in the vocabulary of an American which in its sacred signifi- cance comes next to God is Home. We have cherished the thought that our Nations bulwarks were its homes. Are we in danger of losing this funda- mental institution? The; complexity of modern life tends more .and more. to take people out of their homes. In the cities where property is so valuable, apart- mnt life, with its restrictions and crowded quarters, is not conducive to the most homelike atmos- phere. Are we teaching the youth of today that even though marriage is a.ctvil contract: it should be considered a sacramental thing and that it should not be entered into lightly, nor unadvisedly, but soberly, discreetly and in the fear of God? Public opinion is greatly divided as to the wisdom or lack of wisdom in easy divorce, but a right attitude on the part of young people in making choices for life companionships, with no thought of breaking, on any pre- text, vows as sacred as those spoken -at the marriage altar might materially lessen the revolting procession of ill- fated persons who crowd our divorce courts. God, and Home and Native Land 510 ) WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY FEDERATION Sit ah, Pete Land! been given a great new stewardship, viz., citizenship. In the past, if we had grievances, it has been easy for us to lay them to the politicians. But we have new responsibilities; if laws_ do not satisfy, the weight of obliga- tion to effect right legislation rests upon us along withthe men of our nation. Law enforcement rests upon sacrifice, the sacrifice of self for the good of the whole human family. Respect for law and its observance is an obligation resting upon us women as teachers and custodians of the youth of our day. Are we seeking breadth of vision so that we shall have a national and international viewpoint? We cannot afford to be provincial. Do we study and know the needs of the girl in the cotton mills of Massachusetts or the cotton fields of Alabama, or of the man in the mines of Pennsylvania or the lumber camps of Oregon? Do we know the meaning of minimum wage, of justice in working hours, of col- lective bargaining, of equal pay for equal work and their application in the industrial world? Do we under- stand a socialism that is Christian, de- % We women have | -ence? slong for Peace, fined by the application of the golden rule? Do we have the hospitality of Jesus toward strangers in a strange land, seeking to understand them, to dis- cover their talents? Are we free from race-prejudice, so that we can help in the upward struggle of a numerous people toward education and economic independ- Do we stand for their rights in the way of trial by jury and pro- tection from mob-violence? How we for the coming of the Prince of Peace in the world! What, you ask, has all this to do with our Home Missionary Federation? We answer, everything, for we exist in order that, with a common bond, between all the States, of sympathy, of insight, of aspiration and endeavor, we may do all in our power to aug- ment the constructive efforts of our great Homeland Societies in bringing in the Kingdom of God, in building churches and parish houses, in pro- moting the preaching of the Word and Christian Education, in pointing the upward path to those of alien birth and of other races, in ministering to the saints. * Committee on Applied Christianity HE great issue of Prohibition is at the front nationally and inter- nationally. Some of the advocates and recognized authorities are not from the more commonly acknowl- edged lines of influence, but out of the ranks of hard-headed business men and large industries. Follow the progress of Prohibition Reformers: by reading the timely articles in reli- gious and secular press magazines. How convincing it is to have a run- ning tabulation of facts, fresh and strengthened opinions on the subject, shorter and more frequent articles of weight, than to recommend compiled volumes that cannot keep pace with the fast accumulating facts. The Congregationalist ; OutlookMarch 21, 1923, Sept. 5, 1923; Daily | Papers; Current History MagazineAugust 23, 1923, Our Nation Menaced by the Wets; star in the Fast (Maine. W.C. T. U.); Union SignalJune 28, 1923, describes the present petition of 6,000 Egyptian women for Prohibition. The Program Topic for January, 1924, is Saving America Through the Children of New Americans.Psalm 78:4. Send to Congregational Home Missionary Society, 287 Fourth avenue, New York, for literature. Posters! S announced in the last number of THE AMERICAN MIssIONarRY, the winning state in the Federation Summer Conference Poster Contest was Minnesota. This decision was reached so near the time of the maga- zine going to press that it was not pos- sible to publish then any description of the poster, or to give the name of its designer. The poster was the work of Miss Dorothy Mann of Min- neapolis, Minnesota, representing the Plymouth Young Womans Club of Plymouth Congregational Church. This group had met the first two of the specified requirements, namely, the sending of a gift to the treasury of the Womans State Home Mission- ary Union, and the packing of a box for a homeland field. Since only one of these points was necessary, the group more than qualified for the honor that it received. The poster it- self is a beautiful one. In coloring and artistic work it suggests the char- acteristics of Maxfield Parish, while its legend: Find God, Friends, Work, Play at Young Peoples Camp and Training School, Carleton Col- lege, Northfield, Minnesota, June 19- 26, 1923, embodies the real spirit and appeal of all our summer conference work. This poster was prominently % displayed as a part of the National Council exhibit at the Auditorium at Springfield, Massachusetts, with the promised blue ribbon and gold seal duly attached, as well as the name and address of the designer, and was much admired. The other posters were exhibited at. Faith Church at the time of the annual meeting of the Federation, where they called forth very favorable comment. They were then taken to the Auditorium where each was displayed for a short time, the space at our disposal not per- mitting us to keep up for the entire time of the exhibit any except the winning one. The Young Peoples Committee of the Federation desires _to thank all who took part in this con- 2 % test, and to congratulate all who sub- mitted posters. Had it been possible to award seven blue ribbons we should have been glad to do so, as each poster seemed worthy of recognition! The Committee plans to repeat this con- test another year and hopes that even more states will enter it. Definite plans will be announced soon and fliers will be ready for distribution. Let every state plan to push it vigor- ously, and, profiting by the experience of this year, secure an even larger re- sponse from its local groups in 1924. % Conferences N the afternoon of October 20, two conferences were held at Springfield, Massachusetts, under the direction of the Young Peoples Com- mittee. It was a pleasure to greet friends from long distances whom we - all too seldom see. The conference on Childrens Work centered around the Rally, which formed the first part of the program, and which illustrated what could be done with a group of children who had no previous prac- tice in presenting the program given. It was thought that this would be espe- cially helpful to county workers, who might want to do something of the same sort at county or association meetings. The Young Peoples Con- ference dealt with the three Pass- words. to success, Study, Work; Giving. Under Study was empha- sized the excellent material and helps available this year in The Child and Americas Future. Under Work, the need for handwork, from the point of view of the relief that such supplies bring to overworked mis- sionaries. Under Giving a plea was- made for definite and concrete budgets for our Young People. 512 Associate SecretarySamuel Lane THE CONGREGATIONAL HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY Office: 287 Fourth Avenue, New York . Rev. Ernest M. Secretary Womans Department naps Pe ied dies Miss Miriam L. Woodberry. ; Secretary of MissionsFrank L. TreasurerCharles H. Baker. Moore, D.D THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION Office: 287 Fourth Avenue, New York Honorary Secretary and EditorAu- District SecretariesRev. Alfred V. Bliss, Congregational House, Bos- ton, Mass.; Frank N. White, D.D., 19 So. La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill.; George W. Hinman, D.D., 423 Phelan Building, San Francisco, Cal. gustus F. Beard, D.D Corresponding SecretariesGeorge L. Cady, D.D.; Rev. Fred L. Brownlee: Loomis, D.D. TreasurerIrving C. Gaylord. Secretary of Womans WorkMrs. F. W. Wilcox. THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY Office: 287 Fourth Avenue, New York Rey E t M.. Assistant Field SecretaryMrs. Chas. ie i mas vs a H. Taintor, Clinton, Conn. Field SecretariesGeorge T. McCol- Church Building SecretaryJames Cae. D.D., 19 So. La Salle St., Chi- Robert Smith, D.D. Aes cago, Ill.; William W. Leete, D:D, Editorial SecretaryCharles H. Rich- Room 611, Congregational House, -ards, D.D. Boston, Mass.; Rev. Charles H. Harrison, 219 Guardian Trust TreasurerCharles H. -Baker. Bldg., Denver, Colo. THE CONGREGATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY Office: 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts General SecretaryRev. Frank M. Student and Young Peoples Secre- Sheldon. ae taryRev. Harry T. Stock. Phe che oelianant J. re ae Social Service and Adult Education sy 21 oh sD o 4 a \ Mico ca seapeiheng eebretanta SecretaryRev. Arthur, BE. Hien Herbert W. Gates, D.D. PoP. THE CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL EXTENSION SOCIETY Office: 289 Fourth Avenue, New York : General SecretaryRev. Ernest M. Extension SecretaryW. Knighto: Halliday. Bloom, D.D. . t TreasurerCharles H. Baker. THE ANNUITY FUND FOR CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS AND CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF Office: 100 East Forty-Second Street, New York General SecretaryCharles S. Mills, Western SecretaryF. L. Hayes, DD. D / 19 South La Salle St., Chicago, Ill. Financial SecretaryWilliam T. General Field RepresentativeRev. ~ Boult. Frank W. Hodgdon, 14 Beacon TreasurerB. H. Fancher. Street, Boston, Mass. THE CONGREGATIONAL WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY FEDERATION Office: 289 Fourth Avenue, New York PresidentMrs. Hubert C. Herring. pense sic Aen John J. earsall. TreasurerMrs. Philip S. Suffern, 1014 Prospect Avenue, Plainfield, N. J. |