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THE 


HOME   MISSIONARY 


FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING 


Go,         .         .         .         Preach  the  Gospel. — Mark  xvi.  15. 
How  shall  they  Preach,  except  they  be  sent? — Rota.  x.  15. 


VOL.   LXVII. 


NEW  YORK : 
CONGREGATIONAL  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE    HOUSE,  ASTOR   PLACE, 

.0  1895. 


Press  of  J.  J.  Little  &  Co. 
Astor  Place.  New  York 


INDEX    TO    THH     HOME     MISSIONARY 

Volume  LXVII 


Abbott,  Dr.  Lyman,  Letter  from 69 

About  a  Missionary  Box 622 

About  Thirty s68 

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

Address  by  Mrs.  Gilchrist 232 

Address  of  Welcome  (Annual  Meeting') 275 

After  the  Strike 325 

Age  and  Youth  Together 617 

Aged  Convert 519 

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

Amidst  Difficulties 384 

Among  the  Coal  Miners 384 

Among  the  Poles 382 

An  Active  Veteran 435 

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

And  yet  Another 84 

An  Experience  in  Pastoral  Work 472 

An  Island  Parish 571 

Annual  Conference  of  Secretaries 484 

Annual  Meeting  for  18^4 31 

Annual  Meeting  of  Woman's  Department. . . .  217 
Annual  Report  of  the  Work  by  States  :  Ala 
bama,  147  ;  Black  Hills  and  Wyoming, 
166  ;  Colorado,  168  ;  Missionary  Society 
of  Connecticut.  12Q  ;  Florida.  145  ; 
Georgia,  146  ;  Illinois  H.  M.  Society, 
135;  Indiana,  155;  Iowa  H.  M.  Society, 
141  ;  Kansas,  157  ;  Maine  H.  M.  Society, 
121  ;  Massachusetts  H.  M.  Society,  125  ; 
Michigan  Congregational  Association, 
137;  Minnesota.  162;  Missouri  and  Ar- 
kansas, 148  :  City  Missionary  Society  of 
St.  Louis,  150:  Montana,  i6g  :  Nebraska, 
15Q  ;  New  Hampshire  H.  M.  Society,  122  ; 
New  Mexico  and  Arizona,  153  ;  New  York 
city,  Brooklyn,  and  Vicinity,  132  :  New 
York  H.  M.  Society,  131  ;  No.  California 
and  Nevada.  172:  North  Dakota,  164; 
North  Wisconsin,  161  :  Ohio  H.  M.  Soci- 
ety, 133  ;  Oklahoma  and  Indian  Territory, 
151;  Oregon,  176;  Penn.,  N.  J.,  Md., 
D.  C.,  and  Va..  142  ;  Rhode  Island  H.  M. 
Society,  128  ;  South  Dakota,  165  ;  South- 
ern California.  175  ;  Tennessee  and  No. 
Carolina,  144  ;  Texas  and  Louisiana,  153  ; 
Utah  and  Idaho,  170  ;  Vermont  Dom. 
Missionary     Society,    123 ;     Washington, 

178:  Wisconsin  H.  M.  Society 130 

Another  Hopeful  Convert 518 

Army  Life 531 

A  Stand -By 382 

Awakened 340 

Awakening  Interest  616 

Banner  States  in  Contributions 230 

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

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

Bearing  the  Home  Missionaries'  Burdens  ....  415 

Beginning  in  a  New  Community 368 

Bible  Study 529 

Blessed  from  the  First 528 

Boyd  County.  Nebraska 22 

Boys'  and  Girls'  H.  M.  Army 374 

Bright  Idea 437 

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

377.  385.  567.  57S 


PAGE 

Buggy-top  Wanted 383 

Burned  Out 346 

Burns,  Rev.  W.  C,  Article  by 327 

Business  Man's  Suggestion 486 

Busy  and  Tired 436 

Call  to  United  Prayer 296 

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

Chadron  and  N.  W.  Nebraska 21 

Christian  Comity 527 

Church  Building  Needed 478 

Church  Loyalty 384 

Churches  aided  by  Missionary  Society  of  Con- 
necticut   457 

Circuit  Walker 332 

City   Mission 390 

Clothing  Wanted 488 

Coe,  Dr.  David  B 580,  (02,  606 

Coming  Anniversary  in  Omaha 9 

Coming  In 427 

Complimentary  and  Suggestive 337 

Conclusion  of  Annual  Report 190 

Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society  : 
Sixty-eighth  Annual  Meeting,  105;  Annual 
Sermon,  by  Dr.  S.  E.  Herrick,  105  ;  Roll  of 
Members,  105;  Committees  Appointed, 
105,  109:  Resolutions,  109,  112,  113;  Elec- 
tion of  Officers,  109  :  Executive  Commit- 
tee, no;  Devotional  Meetings,  no,  m  ; 
Address  of  Welcome  and  President's  Re- 
sponse, no:  Secretaries'  Papers,  no,  in; 
Addresses  from  State  Auxiliaries,  no; 
Meeting  of  Woman's  Department,  in; 
Congregational  Church  Building  Society, 
in;  Sunday  School  and  Pub.  Society, 
112;  American  Education  Society,  112  ; 
Greetings  of  American  Missionary  Asso- 
ciation, 112  :  Place  of  Next  Meeting,  112  ; 
Closing  Addresses,  113  ;  Sixty-eighth  An- 
nual Report.  114  ;  Decease  of  Superinten- 
dent Montgomery  and  Eight  Missionaries, 
114;  Summary  of  Results.  114  ;  The  Treas- 
ury. 116;  Comparative  Results,  117  ;  Wom- 
an's Department,  117  ;  The  Sunday- 
schools,  118;  Our  Publications,  119;  Family 

Supplies 120 

Congregational  Literattire  Needed 4&0 

Congregationalism  in  Nebraska 16 

Congregationalism  in  Rhode  Island 409 

Congregationalism  in  Upper  New  York 524 

Correction 349 

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

Dancing  craze 76,     78 

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

"        "  Eight  Missionaries 114 

"        "M.W.Montgomery 34 

"        "  Samuel  C.  Sprague 32 

•■  Dr.  W.  M.  Taylor     580,  608,  612 

Determined  Perseverance 531 

Doane  College  and  the  Missionary  Spirit 26 

Does  it  Pay  ? 327 

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

Drifting  Away 383 

"  Drifting  "  Evil 529 

Dry  Times 383 


IV 


Index 


Early  Connecticut  H.  M.  Societies 561 

Early  Lost,  Early  Saved 579 

Early  Massachusetts  Societies 506 

Early  Mission  to  Liberty,  Ga 468 

Early  Mission  to  Virginia 467 

Early  New  York  H.  M.  Societies 566 

Editorials  :  28,  29,  31,  85,  114-220,  192,  301,  322, 
337.  349.  350,  372.  374.  376.  379.  381,  385.  388, 
390.394.  395.  396.  397.  4'5.4?7.  439.  456.  466, 
491.  505.  532.  534.  561,  580,  581,606,  612,  615,  632 

1893- 1894 227 

Eight  New  Converts 617 

Eleven  Converts  Added 427 

Encouraged 578 

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

Experiences  in  South  Dakota 344 

Extracts  from  an  Address  in  Omaha 319 

Faith  with  Works 347 

Farewell 77 

Fearing  Infant  Brain  Trouble 479 

Fifteen  Ready  to  come  in 618 

Fifty-seven  Converts 616 

Filling  the  Dime  Banks 579 

Fire,  Smoke,  and  Bears 438 

Floating 335 

Foreign  Literature 334 

Four  Months  of  Strikes 326 

Four  Rainless  Months 478 

From  a  Grateful  Missionary  Wife 340 

From  a  Missionary  Wife  who  could  not  go  to 

Omaha 246 

From  Knoxville,  Tenn 393 

From  Tennessee 248 

From  the  Growing-Old  Circle 345 

From  the  Nebraska  Children's  Missionary. . .  231 

From  the  Wide  Field 381,  435,  478,  527 

Fruit  in  Old  Age 248 

Fruitful  Tour 427 

Further  Items  of  Early  H.  M.  History 561 

Gaylord,  Rev.  Reuben 278 

General  Howard's  Response 278 

German  Department 188 

German  Work 336 

German  Work  in  Nebraska 15 

Get  Ready  for  Omaha 29 

Getting  Started  in  S.  W.  Oregon. ...    434 

Given  from  the  Heart 63 

Giving  that  Costs 578 

Glorious  Revival 375 

Good  Horse,  Buggy,  and  Barn  Needed 569 

Good  Reading  Matter  Wanted 297 

Good  Work  Increasing 616 

Good  Year 618 

Grace  of  Patient  Continuance 430 

Gracious  Outpouring 519 

Grandma's  Hood 249 

Grateful  Message 245 

Grateful  Reminiscence 570 

Growing 383 

Happy  Man  and  Wife 519 

Happy  Thanksgiving 456 

Hard  Field 631 

Hard  Times 77,  78,  79,  384 

Hard  up  for  a  Wedding  Garment 479 

Harvest  Quarter 617 

Have  you  Received  them  ? 379 

High  Church 336 

His  Board  Assured 385 

Home  and  Foreign 576 

Home  and  Foreign— the  One  Work 429 

Home  Missionary  Camping  Trip 572 

Home  Missionary  Field  Day 323 

Home  Missionary  Wife's  Share 7 

Home  Missions  for  the  Sake  of  America 292 

Home  Missions  in  Arizona  and  New  Mexico..  391 

Home  Missions  in  Connecticut 385 

Hopkins,  Dr.  Henry,  his  Address 292 

Howard,  Major  General  O.  0 580 

How  a  Veteran  takes  the  Reduction 84 


How  Much  Missionary  Boxes  Mean 623 

How  One  Church  took  the  Reduction 74 

How  Some  Little  Girls  Raised  Money 489 

How  they  Pay  Him 298 

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

How  Work  Grows  in  Nebraska 23 

Illustrating  the  Gospel's  Power 419 

Illustrations  :  Adams,  Rev.  E.,  315;  Adams, 
Rev.  H.,  315;  Beneficent  Congregational 
Church,  Providence,  R.  I.,  413  ;  Bethany 
Swedish  Church,  New  Britain,  Ct.,  465  ; 
Bethlehem  Church  and  Bible  Readers 
School,  271  ;  Bumpus,  Rev.  I.  C.,  59 ; 
City  Hall,  Omaha,  2 ;  Coe,  Rev.  Dr. 
David  B.,  601  ;  Commercial  National 
Bank,  Omaha,  5  :  Congregational  Church, 
East  Hartland,  Ct.,  458;  Congregational 
Church,  Sherman  Mills,  Me.,  58  ;  Congre- 
gational Church,  Vanceboro.  Mc.,  60 ; 
Cowboys  at  Mess.  65  ;  Cowboy  on  his 
Pony,  67 ;  Dodge  Street  School,  Omaha, 
10  ;  Evangelical  Lutheran  Congregational 
Church,  Chicago,  111.,  559  ;  Facing  it  per 
se,  368 ;  First  Congregational  Church, 
Denmark.  la.,  316  ;  First  Congregational 
Church,  Omaha,  1857,  17  ;  First  Congre- 
gational Church,  Omaha,  1893,  18  :  Ger- 
man Congregational  Church,  Muscatine, 
la.,  557;  Group  of  Congregational  Slavic 
H.  M.  Workers,  268;  Headpiece.  361; 
Keeping  Order  during  Divine  Service, 
364 ;  King  Philip's  Chair,  412  ;  Mann- 
hardt.  Rev.  E.  G.  L.,  556  ;  Merrill  Hall 
and  Boswell  Observatory,  27 ;  Minute- 
Man  Carrying  Foundation  Stones,  366  ; 
Minute-Man  on  Sunday  Morning,  371  ; 
Mizpah  Chapel,  Cleveland,  O.,  272;  New- 
man Church,  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  411  ;  Oma- 
ha High  School,  20  ;  Omaha  in  1854,  3  ; 
Omaha  in  1866.  4:  Omaha  in  1893,  6; 
Pilgrim  Church.  Kno.wille,  Tenn.,  73  ; 
Potato  Field,  Eaton,  Col.,  81 ;  Puddefoot, 
Rev.  W.  G.,  362:  Robbins,  Rev.  A.  B., 
317  :  Salter,  Rev.  W.,  317  ;  Sands,  Rev. 
J.  D.,  318  ;  Slavic  Workers  in  Braddock, 
Pa.,  273  ;  Southern  Circuit  Rider,  428  ; 
Springtime  Church  and  Parsonage,  Ea- 
ton, Col.,  83  ;  Tailpiece,  372  -Taking  up 
the  Collection,  363  ;  Taylor.  Rev.  C,  318: 
Taylor,  Rev.  Dr.  Wm.  M.,  fog-  That 
Squeaky  Old  Door,  441  :  Third  Congre- 
gational Church,  Watcrbury,  Ct.,  464  ; 
Turner,  Rev.  A.,  314  :  Union  Stock  Yards, 
South  Omaha,  12  ;  Wilton  German-Eng- 
lish College  (I.),  554  :  Wilton  German-Eng- 
lish College  (II.) 555 

Information  Wanted 3^2 

Ingathering 339,  426,  518 

Institutional  Churches  for  the  Frontier f29 

Inter3Sting  Incidents 619 

Items  from  the  Field 381,  435,  478,  527 

Items  from  the  Field  ;  Alabama,  332,  382,  395, 
426,  427,  471,  568,  577  ;  Arizona,  333  ;  Cali- 
fornia,  77,   80,    326.  336,   383,  427,  436,  472, 

479.  518,  520,  568  ;  Colorado.  336,  530.  568  ; 
Florida,  383  ;  Georgia,  425,  480 ;  Idaho, 
530,  531  ;  Indiana,  326,  383,  518,  531  :  Kan- 
sas, 334,  340,  530,  568,  576,  577,  578,  579  ; 
Louisiana,  389,  427,  527,  52S  ;  Maryland, 
327,  471  ;  Massachusetts,  346  ;  Michigan, 
77,  519 ;  Minnesota,  334,  376,  382,  384.  425, 
426,  436,  437,  438,  478,  479,  480,  489  ;  Mis- 
souri, 376,  478,  518,  567  ;  Nebraska.  70, 
334,  346,  383,  385,  472,  577  ;  New  Jersey, 
531  ;  North  Carolina,  471,  578  ;  Ohio,  382, 
384,  520,  578 ;  Oklahoma,  333,  334,  382,  438, 

480,  518,  519,  528  ;  Orange  County,  Fla., 
576  ;  Oregon,  77,  79.  337,  434,  513,  527,  529  ; 
Pacific  Slope,  78  ;  Pennsylvania,  80,  384, 
420,  426,  478  ;  South  Dakota,  77,  248,  335, 


Index 


435.  436,  437.  438,  47I1  484,  5271  529.  53I' 
568  ;  Texas,  479,  576 ;  Virginia,  76,  78  ; 
Volusia  County,  Fla.,  576  ;  Washington, 
78,  80.  337,  376,  381,  438,  471,  528.  56q  ;  Wis- 
consin, 79,   428,  438,  568,  577 ;  Wyoming, 

326,  335 579 

Items  of  Early  Home  Miss.  History 505 

Itinerancy  of  a  Portable  Chapel 625 

Joy  and  Fear 471 

Joyful  News 567 

Joyful  Tidings 395 

Joyful  Veteran 33S 

Joy  in  Success 618 

Keeping  his  Spirits  up 438 

Lee,  H.  A.,  Article  by 373 

Letter  from  Dr.  Lyman  Abbott 69 

Letters  and  Articles  from  Contributors  :  J.  E. 
Adams,  57.  121  ;  J.  S.  Ainslie,  280  ;  W.  H. 
Alexander,  i,  275,  486  ;  Alpha,  338  ;  C.  An- 
derson. 380;  J.  Anderson,  D.D.,  319  ;  W. 
A.  Arnold,  337  ;  E.  H.  Ashmun,  153  ;  I.  W. 
Atherton,  384  ;  E.  D.  B.,  397  ;  W.  Q.  B.,  25  ; 
A.  J.  Bailey,  178  ;  Mrs.  A.  H.  Barrett,  329  ; 


S.  £.  Bassett,  147,  333 

W.  S.  Bell,  169  ;  C.  H.  Bente,  376';  B'oston 


F.  T.  Bayley,  74  ; 

5ente,  376  ;  Boston 

Woman,  478  ;'  F.  W.   Boyle,  381 ;   L.  P. 

Broad,  157;  H.  Bross,  9,  16,  23,  159,227, 

377v  385.   567,  578  ;  A.   A.  Brown,  166  ;  J. 


Broad,  157;  H.  Bross,  9,  16,  23,  159,227, 
377i  385,  567,  578;  A.  A.  Brown,  166;  J. 
B.  Brown,  231  :  J.   M.  Brown,  326  ;  R,  P. 


Brown,  334;  W.  C.  Burns,  327;  A.  T.  C, 
347  ;  D.  B.  Cargill,  389  ;  H  W.  Carter.  139 ; 
Mrs.  H.  S.  Caswell,  7,  64,  227,  421  ;  C.  F. 
Clapp,  176 ;  J.  Coit,  125  ;  R.  T.  Cross, 
520  ;  E.  Curtis,  131  ;  E.  D.  Curtis,  155  ; 
S.  D.,  33;  A.  A.  Davis,  376  ;  C.  M.  Daly, 
298  :  A.  N.  Dean,  339  ;  J.  J.  Dessup,  382  ; 
J.  H.  Dobbs,  490-  T.  O.  Douglass,  141, 
313  ;  Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass,  217  ;  Mrs.  J. 
T.  Duryea,  220 ;   Miss  F.   J.  Over,  222  ; 

F.  E.  Eckel,  336;  W.  EUwood,' 513  ;  W. 
H.  Evans,  379;  M.  E.  Eversz,  34,  188; 
J.  T.  Ford,  175 ;  J,  H.  Frazee,  71,  393  ;  J. 

G.  Eraser,  133  :  S.  F.  Gale,  145 ;  Mrs. 
Gilchrist,  232  ;  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell,  394  ; 
J.  F.  Graf,  429,  571  ;  T.  G.  Grassie,  161, 
388 ;  E.  Grieb,  337 ;  Rev.  A.  T.  Hall, 
282  ;  J.  K.  Harrison,  172,  347  ;  W.  S. 
Hawkes,   170,  235  ;    A.  T.   Hillman,   122 ; 

F.  E.  Hinckley,  520;  Mrs.  A.  S.  Hobart, 
233;  H.  Hopkins,  202;  Gen.  O.  O. 
Howard,  278;  W.  N.  Huffman,  569;  W. 
T.  Hutchins,  532  :  O.  H.  Johnson,  572  ; 
J.  A.  Jones,  340  ;  T.  W.  Jones.  142  ;  Mrs. 

D.  A  K.,  248,  345  ;  J.  S.  Kidder,  473  ;  Ver- 
nie  Lane,  489  ;  H.  A.  Lee,  373  ;  A.  L. 
Love,  150;  W.  McCready,  344;  S.  C. 
McDaniel.  146  ;  W.  T.  McElveen,  524  ;  A. 
McGregor,  128;  G.  A.  McKinley,  527; 
Miss  K.  McNaughton,  514  :  E.  G.  L. 
Mannhardt,  15  ;  C.  H.  Merrill,  123  ;  G.  L. 
Miller.  278;  Mrs.  E.  S.  Moore.  248;  W. 
H.  Moore,  129,  ^85,  457,  484  ;  J.  H.  Morley, 
162;  Miss  E.  W.  Olney,  425  ;  J.  Orchard, 
511;  E.  A.  Paddock,  298;  J.  H.  Parker, 
151;  W.  J,  Paske,  22;    D.  B.    Perry,   26; 

G.  J.  Powell,  21  ;  C.  W.  Preston.  274  ; 
Mrs.  C.  W.  Preston,  239,  247  :  W.  G. 
Puddefoot,  284,  361  :  O.  S.  Rice,  488  ;  J. 
F.  Robberts.  421  :  D.  L.  Sanborn,  298  ; 
C.  M.  Sanders.  82  :  B.  F.  Sargent,  340  ; 
H.  A.  Schauffler.  179,  265  ;  C.  I.  Scotield, 
153;  C.  H.  Seaver,  346;  C.  F.  Sheldon, 
427;  Mrs.  C.  W.  Shelton.  323;  H.  C. 
Simmons.  164  ;  F.  A.  Slytield.  391  :  Miss 
M.  E.  Smith,  249 :  W.  T.  Stokes,  132  ;  G 

E.  Taylor,  21  ;  W.  H.  Thrall,  165 ;  J 
Tompkins,  135  ;  Mrs.  H.  M.  Union,  7,64 
J.  E.  Utt,  n  :  W.  C.  Veazie,  374  ;  J.  H 
Warren"  88,   33S ;    W.   H.  Warren,    137 


PAGE 

Mrs.  L.  C.  Whittlesey,  474 ;  H.  D.  Wiard, 

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

Life  from  Death 489 

Light  helps  a  Prayer-Meeting 437 

Links  in  the  Chain 421 

Living  Alone 79 

McGregor,  Rev.  Ale.x.,  Article  by  409 

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

Many  Saved 568 

Men  Converted 616 

Message  from  the  East 222 

Methods  of  the  Adversary 437 

Miller's,  Dr.,  Reminiscence 278 

Minute-Man  on  the  Frontier 361 

Minute-Man's  Success 569 

Modern  Superstition 478 

Montgomery,  Superintendent  M.  W 34 

Month  of  Blessing 472 

More  Conversions 616 

More  Frozen  Oranges 576 

More  Hard  Times 577 

More  of  the  Drought 335 

More  of  the  Strike 326 

Mormon  Youth 235 

Moving  Away 334 

Nebraska  and  its  Resources 11 

New  Idolatry 381 

New  Recruit 333 

Not  All  Dark 397 

Notes  by  the  Way 7,  64 

Notes  from  Iowa 313 

Notes  of  Long  Service  in  Colorado  . .  .481,  520,  572 

Omaha i 

On  a  New  Field 379 

One   Generous  Gift    from    Every  Congrega- 
tional Church 299 

One  Hopeful  Convert 518 

One  of  Our  Lord's  Lambs 528 

One  Phase  of  H.  M.  Work  in  Maine 57 

One  Way  to  pay  Church  Debts 530 

One  Week's  Work 511 

On  the  Frontier 579 

Our  Boys  and  Girls 381 

Our  German  Work 553 

Our  Work  among  Foreigners,   130,  179,  187, 

188,  265,  336,  382,  553 

Our  Work  in  Idaho 373 

Our  Work  in  Knoxville,  Tenn 71 

Paid  for  Being  Laughed  at 378 

Parents 390 

Parting  Words  from  a  Loyal  Heart 533 

Pastoral  Helpers 577 

Pastor's  Experience 513 

Pastors,  Superintendents,  and  Teachers 388 

Pathetic  Message 346 

Patience  and  Faith  Rewarded 426 

Pentecostal 568 

Perry,  President  D.  B.,  Article  by 26 

Personal  Experiences 239 

Pinched,  but  Happy 337 

Pitying  Father's  Care 428 

Pleasant  to  Look  Back  upon  in  Winter 529 

Prayer  Answered 615 

Pray  for  it 39s 

Prefers  a  Country  Parish 531 

Progress  in  the  South 389 

Promising  F"uture 530 

Prompt  and  Generous  Response 490 

Prophet  of  the  Prairie 243 

Prospering  Spiritually 425 

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

Quickened 376 

Rally  Day 397 

Rally  E.xercise 376 

Rather  Blue 438 

Rejoicing  in  a  New  Church  Home 513 


VI 


Index 


PAGE 

Rejoicing  over  Ingatherings 471 

Report  of  Committee  on  68th  Annual  Report.  282 

Reports  of  Awakening 375,  471,  518 

Reports  of  Spiritual  Gains 518,  615 

Rescue  Fund 393 

Revival 426 

Revival  Meetings 339 

Revived 340,  376 

Revived  Religious  Interest..  ..76,  77,  80,  115, 
339'  375i  39I'  395>  420.  425.  47i>  5>8,  528,  567. 

568,  614-618 
Romance  of  Home  Missions 624 

Sacred  Golden  Offering 478 

Sacred  Offering 84 

Sacrifice 336 

Sad  Picture 333 

Sanders,  Rev.  C.  M..  Article  by 83 

Scandinavian  Department 187 

Seed  Long  Buried,  but  Alive 576 

Shelton,  Mrs.  C.  W.,  Article  by 323 

Short  Contributions 479 

Short  Crops 334 

Showers  of  Blessing 520 

Si.x  Adults 615 

Sixty-eighth  Anniversary 85 

Sixty  Gathered  In 568 

Slavic  Department 179,  265 

Snow-blocked  Trip  in  May 347 

Some  Phases  of  Work  in  California 342 

Some  Phases  of  Work  in  Kansas 374 

Songs  of  Joy 339 

Sorely  Pinched 577 

Southwestern  Nebraska 21 

Sprague.  Samuel  Clark 33 

Spiritual  Fruits 421 

Spiritual  Gains 568 

Spiritual  Pay  Better  than  Cash 530 

Spiritual  Progress 426 

Spiritual  Victories 615 

Springtime  Parish 82 

Stewart,  William  C 88 

Storrs,  Dr.  R.  S.,  Funeral  Addresses 602,  608 

Struggle  for  Life 621 

Summer  Resort  Religion 335 

Sunday  Evening  Hearers 577 

Sunday-school  under  Difficulties 531 

Sweet- Pea  Fund 532 

Tables  :  Distribution  of  Missionaries  by 
States,  194,  195  ;  Distribution  of  Mission- 
aries by  Sections,  196  ;  General  Compara- 
tive Results 197 

Taylor,  Dr.  Wm.  M 580,  608,  612 

Temperance  Revival 376 

Ten  Converts 617 

Tent  Wanted ...    333 

That  Squeaky  Old  Door 441 

That  Wonderful  Fur  Coat 484 

The  "  Dispersion  "  Truth 524 

The  Drought 382 

The  Gospel  and  Strikes  627 

The  Gospels  Vital  Power 626 

The  Florida  Freeze 576 

The  Hopeful  and  the  Hopeless 438 

The  June  Meeting 25 

Then  and  Now  (Slavic  Work) 265 


PAGE 

The  New  Field 481 

The  Ounce  of  Prevention 438 

"  These  Hands  Ministered  "' 480 

The  Strike 325,  382 

The  Strike  Again 326 

The  Strike  Ended 327 

The  Thing  to  Do 385 

The  Way  it  is  Done 377 

Thirteen  Added 618 

Thirty  Conversions 76 

Thirty-seven  begin  New  Lives 567 

Three  Happy  Years 436 

Three  Hundred  Converts 615 

Timely  Help 274 

Times  of  Refreshing 425,  567 

To  Kind  Inquirers 439 

To  Leaven  a  Household 568 

To  Save  the  Lost 520 

Treasury  Notes,  29,  85,  192,  301,  350,  396,  415, 
_        „.  ,,       „  *3?.  456,  491,  534,  581,  632 

True  History  of  Mrs.  Bright  Penny 329 

Twelve  Conversions 618 

Twenty  Converts 617 

Twenty-five  Conversions 471 

Twenty-nine  Conversions 618 

Twenty-six  Brought  in 616 

Two  Early  Home  Missionary  Enterprises 466 

Two  More 518 

Uncomfortable  Fellow-Traveller 528 

Unquiet  Sundays   436 

Utt,  J.  E.,  Article  by 11 

Valuable  Auxiliary 248 

Varied  Experiences 578 

Veteran's  Departure 88 

Visiting  the  Miners 620 

Warren,  Dr.  J.  H.,  Articles  by 88,  338 

Way  to  Get  it  346 

Western  Nebraska  Destitutions 578 

What  Home  Missionaries  are  Saying 76,  576 

What  Our  Endeavorers  did  for  Christmas 424 

W.  H.  M.  U 233 

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

Willing  to  Trjr .n 335 

Winning  by  Kindness 527 

Wisconsin  Forest  Fires 388 

With  the  Cowboys 64 

Word  for  the  Women 338 

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

Woman's  Work 381 

Work  for  Indians 334 

Working  in  Hope 616 

Working  Vacation 382 

Working  Veteran 527 

Work  in  Texas 380 

Work  of  a  Centipede 480 

Work  of  the  Local  Church 289 

Work  of  the  Spirit 425 

Work  that  Pays 629 

Work  Well  Rewarded 617 

Year  of  Blessing 617 

Young  Converts 615 

Young  People  Awakened 471 

Young  People  Brought  in ,. 471 

Youth  and  Age  Rejoicing  Together 472 


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Vol.  LXVII  MAY,   1894  No.   i 

OMAHA 

.  By  W.    H.   Alexander,   Esq. 

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


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


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

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


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


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May,   1894 


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


OMAHA    IN    1866 


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


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has  followed  me  thus  far  will  be  pleased  to  consider  a  brief  synopsis  of 
Omaha's  commercial,  municipal,  and  social  development,  and  this  can  be 
made  most  impressive  by  contrast  :  Eight  years  ago  the  clearings  of  the 
Omaha  National  banks  were  |;6 1,000, 000;  last  year  they  were  ^296,000,000. 
Eight  years  ago  100,000  head  of  cattle  and  hogs  were  packed  at  South 
Omaha;  last  year  the  four  great  establishments  slaughtered  2,000,000  and 
over.  Eight  years  ago  the  total  receipts  of  stock  at  the  South  Omaha 
yards  were  266,000  head;  last  year  the  number  was  2,500,000.  Ten  years 
ago  the  street-car  facilities  were  limited   and  hard  to  maintain ;  now  we 


COMMERCIAL   NATIONAL   BANK,    OMAHA 


have  ninety  miles  of  excellent  track,  splendidly  equipped  with  motors 
and  cables.  Only  eleven  years  ago  there  were  no  regular  savings-banks 
in  Omaha;  now  there  are  nine,  with  deposits  of  over  ^3,000,000.  Eleven 
years  ago  the  deposits  in  our  National  banks  were  ^3,500,000;  now  they 
approximate  $18,000,000.  Eleven  years  ago  there  were  no  permanent 
arrangements  for  sewerage;  now  there  are  122  miles  of  mains  and  laterals, 
costing  31,682,000.  Eleven  years  ago  there  was  not  a  block  of  paved 
street  in  the  city;  now  there  are  seventy-nine  and  a  half  miles,  costing 
^4,518,000.     Tw^elve  years  ago  the  first  water-works  for  general  supply 


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were  started,  with  limited  demand  for  service,  either  public  or  private; 
now  the  American  Water-works  Company  has  nearly  ^7,000,000  invested, 
the  finest  system  of  settling  reservoirs  in  the  world,  the  largest  two  pump- 
ing engines  ever  set  in  motion,  with  capacity  for  45,000,000  gallons  daily, 
]  75  miles  of  mains,  supplying  1,250  fire  hydrants  and  a  multitude  of  private 
consumers.  A  new  public  library  building,  costing  ^112,000,  is  now  being 
completed,  with  upward  of  40,000  volumes  in  hand.  A  new  custom- 
house and  post-office,  to  cost  ^1,200,000,  is  also  being  built,  and  the  third 
steel  bridge  over  the  Missouri  River  has  just  been  completed.  Six  years 
ago  the  customs  receipts  from  importations  were  only  ^29,000;  last  year 
they  amounted  to  $160,000,  and  Omaha  occupies  the  seventh  place  among 
the  interior  ports  of  the  United  States.  Only  thirty  years  ago  there  were 
no  railroads  into  Omaha;  now  there  are  eleven  great  systems  radiat- 
ing in  sixteen  directions,  and  making  Omaha  the  chief  railroad  center 
between  Chicago  and  San  Francisco.  There  are  sixty  public  school 
buildings,  mostly  of  brick,  with  298  teachers  and  an  annual  expenditure 
of  $300,000.  One  hundred  and  fifteen  churches  and  chapels  are  an 
indication  of  spiritual  development.  A  dozen  large  hotels,  and  several 
less  pretentious  but  neat  and  respectable  public  houses,  are  good  evidence 
of  proper  equipment  in  that  particular. 


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May,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  7 

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


NOTES     BY    THE    WAY 

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

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

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

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


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

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

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


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

THE    COMING    ANNIVERSARY    AT    OMAHA 

By   Rev.    Harmon   Bross,  Superintendent 

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

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

In  the  near  neighborhood  of  Omaha,  in  addition  to  the  12,000  Congre- 
gationalists  in  Nebraska,  the  churches  in  Iowa  have  27,000;  Kansas, 
12,000  ;  Missouri,  8,000  ;  Illinois,  40,000  ;  Minnesota,  15,000  ;  South 
Dakota,  6,000  ;  Colorado,  4,000  ;  making  about  125,000  of  our  Congre- 
gational population  within  a  radius  of  500  miles.  Nearly  all  of  these 
churches,  it  is  to  be  remembered,  have  been  gathered  since  Dr.  Jeremiah 
Porter  preached  his  first  discourse  in  the  carpenter's  shop  in  Chicago,  May 


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19,  1833,  from  the  words,  "  Herein  is  my  Father  glor'fied,  that  ye  bear 
much  fruit."  Surely  no  chapter  in  the  history  of  the  Church  of  Christ  is 
more  inspiring  than  this  which  has  been  written  in  the  Mississippi  Valley 
in  these  last  few  years. 

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


DODGE   STREET   SCHOOL,    OMAHA 


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


May,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  11 

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

"  God  bless  our  native  land, 
Finn  may  she  ever  stand 

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


NEBRASKA    AND    ITS    RESOURCES 

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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


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May,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  13 

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

THE    GERMAN     WORK    IN     NEBRASKA 

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

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

At  the  present  we  have  eleven  ministers  laboring  in  these  various 
fields ;  seven  working  in  more  than  one  place,  and  until  very  recently  one 
has  been  compelled  to  labor  in  as  many  as  eight  different  stations.  It  is 
clearly  noticeable  that  almost  all  these  churches  and  missions,  especially 
those  in  towns  and  cities,  have  a  strong  tendency  to  grow.  In  one 
locality  it  is  already  necessary  to  enlarge  the  meeting-house,  though  it 
was  erected  but  a  few  years  since.  As  to  the  benevolences,  I  would  like 
to  give  here  a  complete  account,  but  as  exact  figures  are  at  hand  only  of 
gifts  to  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society  and  to  Christian 
Education,  I  restrict  myself  to  them.  The  Home  Missionary  Society 
received  during  1893  8235.11,  or  forty-three  and  a  half  cents  per  member, 
and  the  offerings  to  Christian  education  during  the  same  time  amounted 
to  $157.88,  or  twenty-nine  cents  per  member. 

The  principal  hindrance  to  a  more  rapid  and  stronger  development  of 
this  work  has  been  the  lack  of  suitable  men,  and  perhaps  also  the  lack 
of  the  necessary  means,   but  chiefly   the  lack  of  workers.     The  fathers 


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

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

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

CONGREGATIONALISM    IN     NEBRASKA 

Bv    Rev.   Harmon  Bross,  Superintendent 

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

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

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


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4th  of  the  following  May  the  First  Church  of  Omaha  was  organized,  with 
nine  members,  and  the  following  Sabbath  the  church  at  Fontenelle  was 
gathered  with  twenty-four  members.  Mr.  (laylord,  in  those  early  days, 
preached  in  a  number  of  places  in  the  vicinity  of  Omaha,  and  in  the 
autumn  of  1S56  he  was  reinforced  by  Rev.  Isaac  E.  Heaton,  who  came 
from  Wisconsin,  and  came  to  stay.  Mr.  Heaton  soon  settled  at  Fremont, 
where  he  gathered  the  church  of  that  city,  and  from  which  place  he  passed 
to  the  rest  beyond,  last  September,  at  the  ripe  age  of  eighty-four  years, 
beloved  and  esteemed  by  all.  A  little  later,  Rev.  E.  B.  Hulbut  joined 
these  two,  and  in  August,  1857, 
the  Congregational  Association 
of  Nebraska  was  organized.  So 
much  attention  during  those 
days  was  attracted  to  Kansas  on 
account  of  the  anti-slavery  agi- 
tation, in  connection  with  the 
repeal  of  "the  Missouri  Com- 
promise," that  work  developed 
somewhat  slowly  in  Nebraska. 
While  one  missionary  here  was 
commissioned  at  $600,  four  were 
laboring  there  at  an  expense  of 
about  ^2, coo,  and  this  proportion 
was  continued  for  many  years. 
Here  we  had  two  laborers  in 
1858,  they  twelve;  in  1861  we 
had  four,  they  thirteen  ;  in  1863 
we  had  three,  they  twelve ;  and 
even  as  late  as  1871  we  had  only 
fourteen,  and  they  sixty.  In 
consequence  of  this  limited  num- 
ber of  workers  and  the  small  amount  of  home  missionary  money  avail- 
able, many  opportunites  were  lost  which  have  never  conie  to  us  again. 
At  the  end  of  ten  years  only  nine  churches  were  reported,  with  eight 
ministers  and  two  hundred  and  ten  members.  At  the  end  of  the  second 
decade,  however,  the  few  forces  gathered  on  the  field  began  to  assert 
their  influence,  and  in  1876  we  had  eighty-two  churches  with  a  member- 
ship of  2,398.  Since  then  the  growth  in  membership  and  the  general 
influence  of  our  churches  has  been  rapid  and  helpful,  until  the  member- 
ship now  reaches  about  12,000.  There  was  no  permanently  self-support- 
ing church  in  the  State  until  1870,  when  Rev.  A.  F.  Sherrill,  now  Dr. 
Sherrill,  of  Galesburg,  111.,  brought  the  First  Church  of  Omaha  to  that 
position  of  strength  and  influence. 


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May,  1894 


In  Omaha,  where  there  was  a  single  church  of  nine  members  in  1856, 
we  now  have  eight  churches  with  a  total  membership  of  853  ;  1,444  i" 
our  Sunday-schools,  and  church  property  valued  at  nearly  $200,000. 

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


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May,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  19 

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

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

The  work  of  education  for  these  thirty-eight  years  forms  a  most  in- 
teresting chapter.  Crete  Academy,  commenced  in  187 1,  was  developed 
into  Doane  College  in  1872,  and  has  had  twenty-two  years  of  efficient  and 
successful  work.  The  graduates  of  Doane  are  found  on  missionary  fields 
abroad  and  among  our  pastors  in  home  churches.  Several  are  successful 
teachers,  among  them  Professor  Arthur  B.  Show,  of  Leland  Stanford,  Jr., 
University  ;  Professor  Geo.  A.  Gregory  and  Miss  Carrie  Dean,  of  Gates 
College;  Miss  Margaret  Thompson,  preceptress  of  Doane;  Professor  John 
Bennett,  principal  of  Chadron  Academy.  Others  are  filling  successfully 
important  places  in  business  and  professional  life.  Gates  College,  founded 
in  1 88 1,  has  done  an  important  work  in  Northern  Nebraska,  and  is  occu- 
pying a  wide  field  of  influence.  Our  three  academies  hold  strategic  points 
and  are  doing  excellent  work — Weeping  Water  in  the  southeast,  Franklin 
in  the  southwest,  and  Chadron  in  the  northwest.  The  preparatory  de- 
partment of  Doane  College  is  now  also  organized  as  an  academy. 

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

Much  as  has  been  done,  we  have  but  entered  upon  the  work  which  we 
hope  to  accomplish  in  our  commonwealth.  In  several  counties  in  the 
eastern  part  of  the  State  we  have  not  a  single  church  as  yet,  and  there  are 
many  communities  which  would  welcome  most  heartily  the  advent  of  a 
church  of  the  Pilgrim  faith.  In  the  western  part  of  the  State  very  little 
has  been  accomplished,  for  the  lack  of  men    and   means.     Of  the   136 


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OMAHA    HIGH    SCHOOL 


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

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

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


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CHADRON     AND    NORTHWEST    NEBRASKA 

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

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

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

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

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

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

SOUTHWESTERN    NEBRASKA 

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


22  The   Home  Missionary  May,  1894 

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

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

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

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

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


BOYD    COUNTY,    NEBRASKA 

CoNGREGATiONALiSTS  who  gather  into  the  "Midway  City"  of  the  conti- 
nent to  celebrate  the  anniversary  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary 
Society,  will  probably  be  surprised  at  its  modern  character.     No  intima- 


May,  1894  The   Home  Missionary  23 

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

HOW    WORK    GROWS    IN     NEBRASKA 

By   Rev.    H.   Bross,   Superintendent 

The  church  at  Cambridge,  in  the  western  part  of  the  State,  was  organ- 
ized in  1880  with  seven  members.     Growth  was  slow  for  a  time,  for  there 


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

St.  Mary's  Avenue  Church,  Omaha,  was  organized  in  the  summer  of 
1S82.  The  work  of  building  went  forward  under  the  direction  of  a  board 
of  trustees,  with  the  advice  and  active  cooperation  of  Rev.  A.  F.  Sherrill, 
then  pastor  of  the  First  Church.  In  the  same  way  the  right  man  was  found 
for  pastor  in  the  person  of  Rev.  Willard  Scott,  now  Dr.  Scott,  of  the 
South  Church,  Chicago.  When  the  council  of  recognition  met,  in  Feb- 
ruary, the  church  had  its  own  house  of  worship  and  its  own  pastor-elect 
to  be  installed.  The  pastorate  of  Dr.  Scott  was  eminently  successful,  and 
when  he  left  the  church,  in  1891,  it  had  a  membership  of  357.  Only  three 
grants  were  voted  to  the  church,  amounting  in  all  to  ^1,500,  and  it  con- 
tributed in  a  single  year  to  the  treasury  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society 
$400.  There  has  been  steady  increase  of  the  work  under  the  pastorate 
of  Rev.  S.  Wright  Butler,  D.D.,  and  the  church  now  has  the  largest  mem- 
bership of  any  in  the  State,  the  number  reaching  471.  It  has  a  commodious 
house  of  worship,  admirable  in  all  its  appointments. 

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

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


May,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  25 

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

Lincoln,   Neb.,  March  22,  1894. 


THE    JUNE    MEETING 

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


26  The   Home   Missionary  May,  1894 

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

Lincoln,  Neb. 

DOANE    COLLEGE    AND    THE    MISSIONARY    SPIRIT 

By  President  David  Brainerd  Perry 

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

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

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

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

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

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


May,   1894 


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27 


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


MERRILL    HALL    AND    BOSWELL   OBSERVATORY 


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

Here  are  little  churches,  some  of  them  far  out  on  the  frontier,  very 
limited  in  means,  struggling  hard  for  an  existence  ;  but  they  are  sending 
many  boys  and  girls  to  academy  and  college,  to  be  well  trained  and  to  be 
their  worthy  representatives  in  the  great  world  of  thought  and  action. 
Perhaps  it  is  the  only  way  in  which  these  feeble  churches  can  live  and 


28  The   Home   Missionary  May,  1894 

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

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

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

GET    READY    FOR    OMAHA 

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

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

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


May,   1894 


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29 


THE    TREASURY 

The  receipts  in  March  were  $82,723.95  ;  of  which  $49,636.87  came  in 
contributions  from  cliurches  and  individuals,  and  $33,087.08  in  payment 
of  legacies.  In  this  sum  and  in  both  of  its  constituents  there  is  a  remark- 
able correspondence  with  those  of  March,  1893,  when  the  receipts  were 
$82,354.08— from  contributions,  $48,055.70  ;  from  legacies,  $34,298.38 — 
showing  again  of  $1,581. 17  m  contributions  ;  a  loss  of  $1,211.30  in  legacies, 
and  a  gain  of  $369.87  in  the  total  receipts  of  the  month  here  reported. 

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


CONTRIBUTIONS 


April  .... 

May 

June 

July 

August. . . 
September 
October . . 
November 
December. 
January. . 
February. 
March 


1892-93. 

^26,151  95 
22,104  53 
26,059  59 
15,636  18 
11,976  26 
12,940  96 
14,876  81 
14,826  44 
29,880  32 
44,922  79 
19,932  98 
48,055  70 


1893-94. 

$10,366  46 

9,461  46 

15.136  17 

15.293  72 

9.479  91 

13.794  35 

7.342  56 

13,387  77 

15,693  27 

38,416  74 

10,538  94 

49.636  87 


April  .... 

May 

June 

July 

August.  . . 
September 
October  . . 
November 
December 
January . . 
February. . 
March. . .. 


LEGACIES 

1892-93. 
530,218  23 
12,845  45 
30,077  63 
15,968  20 

7.315  19 
10,600  00 

6,926  75 
6,774  81 
16,444  40 
24,181  83 
43.566  23 
34,298  38 


1893-94. 

$6,681  14 

25,812  59 

10,254  35 

8,940  39 

14,885  55 

5,450  10 

4,025  00 

4,682  73 

11,943  II 

15,688  59 

17,248  48 

33,087  08 


^287,364  51  $208,548  22 


5239,217   10  $158,699  II 


Showing  a  falling  off  in  the  receipts  of  the  sixty-eighth  from  those  of 
the  sixty-seventh  year,  of  $159,33-1.28 — of  which  $78,816.29  was  in  con- 
tributions, and  $80,517.99  was  in  legacies.  Thus  has  our  treasury,  in 
common  with  those  of  sister  benevolent  societies,  shared  in  the  sharp 
pinch  of  these  disastrous  times.  The  cash  available  for  carrying  on  the 
year's  work  has  been  : 

From  contributions  and  legacies,  as  above $367,247  ^^ 

From  sale  of  securities 33,062   28 

Brought  over  from  previous  year 13.523  26 

$413,832  87 
The  year's  payments  in  cash  were. . .   $480,142   21 
Reserved  for  paying  drafts  accepted. ...  18,212  45 — $498,354  66 


Leaving  the  treasury  in  debt. 


.521   79 


30  The  Home  Missionary  May,  1894 

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


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

Dear  Brethren  : — We  are  pained  to  be  compelled  to  inform  5'^ou  that 
we  are  under  the  necessity  of  curtailing  our  estimated  expenditure  for 
the  new  year  beginning  April  i,  by  $75,000.  Our  receipts  for  the  year 
closing  March  31  (including  balance  from  preceding  year)  were  only 
$413,832.87,  while  our  expenditure  was  $498,354.66,  leaving  a  deficit  on 
our  books  of  $84,521.79.  This  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  we  have 
sold  $33,000  of  securities  in  our  hands  and  applied  the  proceeds  to  cur- 
rent expenses.     We  are  now  borrowing  at  the  bank  $125,000. 

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

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

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

Wm.  Ives  Washburn, 

Chairman. 

Asa  a.  Spear, 

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

Jos.  Bourne  Clark, 
William  Kincaid, 
Washington  Choate, 

Secretaries. 

William  B.  Rowland, 

Treasurer. 


May,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  31 


THE   SOCIETY'S    ANNUAL    MEETING    FOR    1894 

Will  be  held  in  Omaha,  Nebraska,  the  regular  sessions  beginning  on 
Wednesday,  p.m.,  June  6th,  in  the  First  Congregational  Church,  and 
closing  on  Friday  evening,  June  8th,  leaving  Saturday  for  sight-seeing 
and  rest.  On  Sunday,  June  lotii,  there  will  be  home  missionary  services 
in  all  the  Congregational  churches  of  the  city,  conducted  by  the  secre- 
taries of  the  Society  and  well-known  able  brethren  from  various  parts  of 
the  countr3^ 

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

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

HOTEL  ACCOMMODATIONS  AND  RATES 

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

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

The  Mercer,  corner  Twelfth  and  Howard  Streets,  with  accommo- 
dations for  200,  will  give  a  rate  of  ^2  with  two  in  a  room,  running  to  ^3 
per  day  for  rooms  WMth  bath-room  connected. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


32  The   Home  Missionary  May,  1894 

The  Drexel  Hotel,  Sixteenth  and  Webster  Streets,  with  capacity  for 
100,  will  also  make  a  rate  of  $1.50  per  day  with  two  in  a  room. 

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

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

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

TRANSPORTATION 

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

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

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

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

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


May,  1S94  The    Home   Missionary  ^t, 

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

These  excursion  trains  will  leave  Boston  on  Monday,  Jime  4tli,  at  3 
P.M.,  and  New  York  at  5  p.m. — the  New  York  train  joining  that  from 
iJoston  at  Rotterdam  Junction,  near  Schenectady — and  are  to  reach  Omaha 
on  Wednesday,  June  6th,  at  2.30  p.m.  Correspondence  concerning  these 
special  trains  may  be  addressed  to  Messrs.  Raymond  and  Whitcomb, 
Boston  or  New  York  ;  Rev.  Joshua  Coit,  Congregational  House,  Boston  ; 
or  Mr.  \Villiani  11.  [lowland,  Treasurer,  Bible  House,  New  York. 

h 
SAMUEL    CLARK     SPRAGUE 

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

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

CowLES,  Neb. 
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34  The   Home   Missionary  May,  1894 

THE    LATE    SUPERINTENDENT    MONTGOMERY 

By  Rev.  M.  E.  Eversz,  D.D.,  Superintendent  of  German  Work 

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

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

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

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

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


May,  1894  'Die    Home    Missionary  35 

five  of  them  take  the  train  at  Minneapolis  for  Utah.  His  soul  was  on  fire 
for  the  protection  of  his  people,  and  he  organized  meetings  against  the 
Mormons.  Wholly  fearless,  his  language  was  strong,  and  he  once  came 
near  being  mobbed.  ]5rother  Montgomery  could  not  do  things  by  halves. 
He  must  learn  the  secret  of  the  Mormon  power  if  he  would  oppose  them 
effectively.  vSo  he  secured  the  consent  of  the  New  York  office  to  go  to 
Utah  and  study  Mormonism  at  home.  'I'he  result  was  his  work  on  the 
''  Mormon  Problem  " — perhaps  the  ablest  work  that  has  appeared  on  this 
subject — and  the  almost  complete  breaking  u[)  of  Mormon  conquests  in 
Minnesota. 

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

The  superintendent  was  greater  than  his  department.  His  large  heart 
and  deep  sympathies  made  him  give  earnest  attention  to  all  who  came 
under  his  notice.  My  first  acquaintance  with  him  came  about  in  1880, 
through  a  letter  from  him  pleading  that  I  should  go  and  take  up  the  work 
in  New  Ulm,  Minn.,  where  Christ  had  been  burned  in  effigy.  The  next 
time  we  came  together  was  at  the  annual  meeting  of  our  Home  Mission- 
ary Society  in  Saratoga  in  1S88.  I  felt  much  burdened  for  our  seminary 
at  Crete,  Nebraska,  and  used  my  time  for  presenting  our  German  work  in 
making  a  plea  for  that.  Our  brother  was  to  follow  me  with  a  twenty- 
minutes  address  on  the  Scandinavian  work.  He  arose  and  said  in  sub- 
stance :  "  My  friends,  I  know  that  what  the  brother  has  said  is  true.  I 
happen  to  know  that  this  same  debt  was  a  great  burden  on  his  predecessor. 
He  ought  to  have  that  money.  It  can  be  raised  here  and  now,  and  I  shall 
not' make  my  address  until  it  is  done."  Then  he  took  his  seat.  His  action 
was  electric.  The  gifts  began  to  come  in,  and  did  not  stop  until  $200  more 
than  had  been  asked  for  were  subscribed.  A  narrow  or  selfish  man  would 
not  have  been  capable  of  such  action. 

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

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

He  was  a  wise  counselor,  a  true  friend,  a  loved  co-worker.  May  his 
mantle  fall  on  worthy  shoulders  !  And  may  his  God  comfort  those  espe- 
cially who  are  most  nearly  afflicted  by  his  sudden  call  to  come  up  higher ! 


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May,   1894 


APPOINTMENTS     IN     MARCH,     1894 


Not  in  commission  last  year 

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

Cameron,  Donald,  Firesteel,  Letcher,  Perry,  and 

Lisbon,  So.  Dak. 
Cornett,  W.  H.,  Spokane,  Wash. 
Fingrer,  Charles  F.,  Davenport,  Iowa. 
Funkhouser.  Hugh  C,  Brightwood,  Ind. 
Johnson,  Jonas,  Mankato,  Minn. 
Kirkland,  Miss  Jessie  M.,  Endicott,  Wash. 
McClements,  H.  John,  Iron  River  and  Brule,  Wis. 
Pearce,  Isaac  A.,  Sylvan  Lake  and  Longwood, 

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

Re-commissioned 

Anderson,  Charles,  Naponee,  Neb. 

Battey,  George  J.,  Strang,  Shickley,  and  Bruning, 

Neb. 
Beran,  John.  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Bingham,  Charles  M.,  Daytona,  Fla. 
Black,  Edward  H.,  Dayton  and  Ohlmans,  Wyo. 
Blaisdell,  William  S.,  Tavares  and  Tangerine,  Fla. 
Brownjohn,  George  W.,  Bryant,  So.  Dak. 
Cristy,  Albert  B.,  Albuquerque,  New  Mex. 
Deakin,  Samuel,  Cowles  and  Pleasant  Ridge,  Neb. 
Dick,  Jeremiah  M.,  Hillsboro,  Or. 
Doe,  Franklin  B.,  Clintonville,  Wis. 
Drew,  Frank  L.,  Deming,  New  Mex, 
Fisher,    William    B.,    Kansas    City,    Wyandotte 

Forest,  and  Vance,  Kan. 


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

Dak. 
Griffith,  William,  Caledonia,  No.  Dak. 
Hicks,  George  C,  Avoca  and  Berlin,  Neb. 
Johnston,  Frank  Lovejoy,  Omaha,  Neb. 
Lambert,  Charles  E.,  Yaquina  Bay,  Toledo,  and 

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

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

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

h'dge  Station,  Fla. 
Wurrschmidt,    Christian    Wilhelm,    Siou.x    City, 

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

Edmunds,  No.  Dak. 


RECEIPTS     IN     MARCH,   1894 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Au.xiliary  Societies,  see  pages  50  to  54 


MAINE— $416.45. 

Augusta,  M.  J.  C,  Easter  offering $i  oo 

Bangor,  J.  L.  Crosby 5  oo 

Prof.  J.  S.  Sewall lo  oo 

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

Mitchell 324  60 

A  Friend S  00 

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

Memoriam 5  00 

Harrison,   Y.  P.  S.   C.  E.,  fi.si  ;  No. 

Bridgton,  Y.   P.  S.  C.  E.,63Cts.,  by 

Rev.  A.  G.  Fitz 214 

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

Heaton 545 

Portland,  A  Friend 25  00 

Sherman  Mills,  by  Rev.  i.  C.  Bumpus  6  00 

Skowhegan,  by  W.  F.  Bacon  7  26 

Woodfords,  Rev.  J.  G.  Merrill,  D.D. .  20  00 


NEW      HAMPSHIRE-$3,72i.24;     of 
which  legacies,  $3,121.96. 

Received  by  Hon.  L.  D.  Stev- 
ens, Treas.  N.  H.  H.  M. 
Soc: 
Concord, First, to  const.  Mrs. 
A.  A.  Clark,  E.  G.  Cham- 
berlain, Arthur  G.  Stevens, 
and  C.  H.  Richardson  L. 
Ms $200  00 


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

Hooksett II  00 

Laconia,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
special 23  00 

Penacook,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
special 2  25 

Salem 10  00 

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

Chester $306 

Concord,  South  Ch.,  Easter 

offering 36  23 

A  Friend 100  00 

Derry,  First 16  69 

Epping I  II 

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

Marlboro 2  00 

Newport i  86 

Rochester i  47 

Received     by    Rev.     C.    W. 

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

special $5  00 

Hebron  and  Groton,  Y.  P.  S. 

C .  E I  00 

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

C.  E.,  special 500 


$253  69 


167  42 


May,   1894 


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2>7 


Amlicrst,  Miss  L.  F.  Boylston $150  00 

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

Hiygins 6  00 

Canterbury  Depot,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Glincs 

and  Lcroy  A.  Glines 5  40 

Clareraont,  Two   Friends 2  25 

Dover,  First,  by  E.  R.  Brown 167  25 

East  Concord,  On  account  fit  )Cslatc  of 
Abigail  VV.  Lang,  by  Hon.  L.  D. 

Stevens,  e.\ 542  92 

A  Friend 5  00 

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

trustee 1,096  90 

First  Cli.,  A  Friend 1000 

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

(lordon,  special 5  00 

Franklin,  Ch..  $9  ;    Y.  P.   S.  C.  E.  $8, 

by  D.  S.  Gilchrist,  through  Rev.  E. 

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

Groton,  Parker  Blood 25  00 

Hampstcad,  Legacy  of  Ann  M.  How- 
ard, by  Hon.  L.  D.  Stevens,  Treas. 

N.  H.  H.  M.  Soc 1,12500 

Hillsboro  Bridge,    C.  M.  B     5000 

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

B.  Gammcll 7  00 

Hinsdale,  by  R.  E.  Metcalf 441 

Milford,  Mrs.  L.  Harris 10  00 

Nashua,  A  Thank-offering 10  00 

Newmarket.  T.  H.  Wiswall 5  00 

"  Northwood   Center  '' 5  00 

Plymouth,  Mrs.   C.  Keniston 2000 

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

A  Friend 5  00 

West  Hampstead,  N.  Ordway 10  00 


VERMONT— $2,499.82  ;    of   which  leg- 
acy, $500.00. 

Vermont  Dom.  Miss.  Soc,  W.  C.  Ty- 
ler, Treas.: 
Henry    Fairbanks,   Two  shares   of 
stock,  $i,ooo. 
Received    by    W.    C.    Tyler, 
Treas.  Vt.  Dom.  Miss.  Soc. : 

Barnet $6  39 

Brattleboro 210  00 

Cornwall 42  22 

Lamoille    Co.,     A     Friend, 

special 50  00 

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

S.  S.  class 4  05 

St.  Johnsbury,  North  Ch...  50  00 

Townshend 25  50 

Woman's  H.   M.  Union.  Mrs. 

W.  P.   Fairbanks,  Treas. : 

Brattleboro,  West $5  00 

Mission  Circle 1000 

St.  Albans 53  00 

Mrs.     Stranahan's    S.     S. 

class 25  00 

Woodstock 50  00 

For  Salary  Fund  : 

Fairfa.K,  Mrs.  E.  L  Piermont  2  00 

Mrs.  A.  B.  Beeman i  00 

Rutland,  S.  S 25  00 

Underbill,  Homeland  Circle  15  00 

Waterburv 10  00 

Wells   RiVer,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  10  00 


462  66 


Received  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shel- 
ton  : 

Fair  Haven $46  27 

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


E. 


special. . 


48  27 


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

Brattleboro,  by  C.  I'.  Thompson 2  25 

Burlington,  Prof.  J.  B.  Stearns 5  00 

Cornwall,  E.  R.  Robbins 500  00 

Craftsbury,  Ac.idemy,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

by    Mrs.  H.  Woodbury,   special 2  85 

Jericho,  by  C.  Van  Vliet 7  60 

Milton,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  G.  N.  Wood  1  75 
North   Pomfrel,   by    Dea.  S.  H.  War- 
ren,  through   Rev.    E.    B.    Palmer, 

Treas.  Mass.  H.   M.  Society 5  00 

Pitlsford,  Legacy  of   Charlotte  Moul- 

ton,  by  11.  H.  Swift 500  00 

Rutland,  A  Friend i  00 

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

E.,  $8,  special  by  Dea.  J.  Ramsay. .  35  00 
St.  Johnsbury,  W.  H.  M.  Soc.  of  North 
Ch.,  by   Mrs.  A.    B.  Noyes,  s|)e- 

cial 20  00 

North  Ch.,  "  S." 20  00 

North  Ch.,  "  March  17  ■' 30000 

Mrs.  Horace    Fairbanks 15  00 

Franklin  Fairbanks 100  00 

South  Royalton,  Mrs.  Susan  H.  Jones, 

by  E.  Foster 100  00 

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

Kinney 3  10 

Vermont,  A  Friend 10  00 

West  Brattleboro,  by  C.  S.  Clark 42  00 

Westford,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Putnam 2000 

Weston,  Mrs.   C.  W.  Sprague 2  00 

West  Rutland,  Thank-offering,    from 

a  Friend 25  00 

White    River    Junction,    Mrs.    L.    E. 

Allen 1500 

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

by  C.  Williams 10' 00 

By   F.  C.  Southgate 3328 


MASSACHUSETTS- $26,796.82  ;    of 
which  legacies,  $10,580.00. 

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

B.  Palmer,  Treas 5,000  00 

For  work  among  foreigners  in  the 

West 4,50000 

By  request  of  donors,  of  which  $75.95 

special  ;  Salary  Fund,  $77.05 904  75 

Woman's  H.   M.  A.,  Miss  S. 

K.  Burgess,  Treas.: 
For  Salary  Fund,  of  which 

from     Banister     Legacy, 

$357-14 $1,093  08 

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

Mrs.  A.  J.  Trask 2000 

1,118  08 

Received  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shel- 

ton  : 
Bradford.  S.  S.  class  of  Miss 

J.     Kimball,     for    Salary 

Fund $5  00 

Chicopee,  S.  S.  class.  Third 

Ch I  32 

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

Maple  Street  Ch.,  special.       15  00 

Dedham,  Islington 2  00 

Enfield 7500 

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

of  First  Ch..  special 500 

Lowell.  Jacob  Rogers 50  00 

A  Friend 5  00 

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

special 5  00 

Millbury,  First 33  00 

Northampton,  First "2  00 

North    Leominster,  for  Sal- 
ary Fund 10  CO 

Pepperell,  Ladies' Miss.  Soc      1300 
Pittsfield,   Y.    P.    S.    C.  E., 

special    12  25 


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Springfield,  North  Ch.,  spe- 
cial     $15  32 

Wellesley 2085 

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

special 8  20 

$291  24 

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

Miss  Nellie  A.  Childs 1000 

Amherst,  First,  Easter  offering,  by  W. 

Hamlin ...  88  00 

South,  $23.60 ;  S.   S    Birthday   bo.\, 

S6.40,  by  H.  W.  Boyd 30  00 

Andover,  Ladies'  Union   H.    M.  Soc, 

by  Miss  E.  E.  Newman 25  00 

A  Friend 1600 

Auburndale,  Mrs.  A.  Y.  Burr 20  00 

A  Friend 5  00 

Mrs.  C.  W.  Higgins,  special 2  00 

Bernardston,  A.  Alford 3900 

Beverly,  A.  J.  Bradstreet 5  00 

Boston,  A  Friend 25000 

C.  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund 100  00 

W.  G.  Means 125  00 

Easter  gift,  by  J.  H.  Shapleigh 10  00 

R.  L.  Day 100  00 

Boston  Highlands,  A  Friend 5  00 

Curtisville,  A  Friend 500 

Dorchester,  Second,  by  Miss  E.  Tol- 

man  650  18 

East  Charlemont.  add'l,  $5 ;  Y.  P.  S. 

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

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

A.  Beckwith 5  00 

Enfield,   Estate   of  J.    B.   Woods,  by 

Rev.  R.  M.  Woods 80  00 

J.  E.  C,  extra S  00 

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

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

Mrs.  F.  B.  Look 8  50 

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

special 8  00 

Gloucester,  Knight 5000 

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

Dickinson,  $5 10  00 

Greenfield,  E.  M.  Russell 50  00 

Greenwich  Village,  Mrs.  M.  A,  Sibley, 

$1;    Mrs.  A.  E.  Cutler,  $1 200 

Groton,  A  Friend ,  100  00 

Haverhill,  A  Friend 50  00 

Caroline  L.  Smith 30  00 

Holyoke,  "  Earnest  Workers"  Mission 
Circle  of  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  G.  W. 

Wirick  500 

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

Indian  Orchard,  Rev.  W.  T.  Hutch- 
ins,  Sweet  Pea  Fund,  to  const. 
David  Emerson  Greenaway  and  W. 

B.  Morse  L.  Ms   100  00 

Jamaica  Plain,  C.  T.  Bauer 10  00 

Longmeadow,  Ch..  A  Friend .  10  00 

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

G.  R.  Booth,  special 10  00 

Massachusetts,  W.   L 30000 

A  Friend 10  00 

Mattapoisett,  by  M.  L.  Hathaway 12  63 

Add'l,  by  L.  Le  B.  De-xter 15  00 

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

Millbury,     Legacy    of    Mrs.    Harriet 

W.  Hayden,  by  L  N.  Goddard  .. .         500  00 

First,  by  O.  H.  Waters 16  35 

Monson,  G.  E.  Fuller,  M.D.,  to  const. 

himself  a  L.  M 50  00 

New   Bedford,    Trinitarian,  by  J.  C. 

Briggs 80  28 

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

New  Salem,  by  H.  S.  Herrick 7  00 

Newtonville,  Miss  F.  A.  Goodale i  00 

Northampton,  Dorcas  Soc.  of  First,  bv 

Mrs   J.  E.  Clark '.  5625 

Mrs.  S     W.    Reed   and   Mrs.   L.   S. 
Sanders®n 25  00 


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

by  E.  M.  Holt,  special $10  00 

North  Brookfield,  Primary  Dept.  of  S. 

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

in  full  to  const.  Mrs.  L.  Kingsbury 

a  L.  M  25  00 

North  Chelmsford,  Second,  by  A.  H. 

Sheldon 15  80 

North  Wilbraham,  Grace  Union  Ch., 

by  H.  W.  Cutler 2500 

Norwood,  by  A.  L.  Loder 5  00 

O.xford,  A  Friend 1000 

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

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

Phillipston,  Mary  P.  Estey 5  00 

Pittsfield,  M.  E.  Gordon i  00 

Roxbury,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Brackett,  $2  ■ 
three  gold-pieces  f  1,  treasures  of 
little  Arthur,  who  has  gone  home.  3  00 

M.  J.  W 1,00000 

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

Crawford 10  00 

Saugus,  "  A  King's  Daughter" 1000 

Sheffield,  by  A.  T.  Wakefield,  M.D. . .  16  41 

Mrs.  W.  Carr 2  00 

Southampton,  A  Friend 5  00 

South  Deerfield,  Ch.,  $29  86;  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E.,  $5.14.  by  C.  B.  Tilton 35  00 

South  Franklin,  S.  D.  Hunt i  00 

South  Hadley  Falls,  "  G." 50  oo 

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

L.  S.  Newton 2  40 

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

Amsden 152  00 

Springfield,   Rev.    Henry  Cooley,  by 

Mary  Cooley 100  00 

Carrie  E.  Bowdoin 25  00 

M.  E.  Homer 500 

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

Childs 3  61 

Ware,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Hyde 25  00 

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

Strickland,  special 8  00 

West  Newton,  "  Pax  " i  40 

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

Mrs.  W.  L.  Phelps,  special 6  00 

Williamsburg,  Easter  offering  for  the 

debt,  of  which    $50  to  const.  Philip 

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

Worcester,    Mrs.    P.    E.    Aldrich,   to 

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

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

Plymouth  Ch.,  by  F.  W.  Chase 4  00 

S.  A 20  00 

Two  Friends 200 

Yarmouth,    Estate   of    Mrs.   Ellen  B. 

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


RHODE  ISLAND    $1,319.80  ;  of  which 
legacy,  $200.00. 

Bristol,  First,  by  P.  Skinner,  Jr 46  19 

Central  Falls,  Friends 20  00 

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

adm 200  00 

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

special 7  56 

Newport,  United  Ch..  by  E.  P.  Allan.  21  53 

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

Padley,  special 12  00 

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

Clark 398  12 

Central,  by  M.  E.  Torrey 500  00 

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

Mrs.  O.  H.  Leonard   4  40 

H.W.Preston ..  1000 


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39 


CONNECTICUT— $7,647.89  ;  of  which 
legacies,  $2,790  00. 

Miss.  Soc.  of  Conn.,  W.  W.  Jacobs, 
Trcas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore, 
Sec,  of  which  $8  from  V.  P.  S. 
C.  E.,  Windham,  special 

Woman's  H.  M,  l^nion.    Mrs.     • 

W.  W.  Jacobs,  Trcas $28  02 

Hartford,  First,  by  Mrs.  S. 
M.  Hotchkiss 2048 

Hii;p:anum,  by   Mrs.    E.   G. 

Holbrook 2650 

Kent,  by  Mrs.  S.  M.  Rob- 
erts         77  °o 

New  Britain,  Miss  Mary  E. 

I>int;ham,  special 3  00 

New  Haven.  Mrs.  J.C.  Gray.        5  00 

Norfolk,  by  Mrs.  G.  T. 
Johnson 10  00 

North  Mansfield,  by  Mrs.  B. 

F.  Koons II  50 

Norw.-ilk,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C. 
E..  by  C.  E.  Curtis, 
special 1200 

Suttield.  Y.  L.  M.  C,  by 
Miss  E.  C.  Somers 1000 


Received  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shel- 

lon  : 
Clinton,   S.   S.,     for  Salary 

Fund $11  38 

Colchester 5  co 

Falls  Village,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

special 13  35 

Guilford,  A  Friend 2000 

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

W'ethersfield  Avenue i  57 

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

special 3  50 

Naugatuck.  Mission  Circle.        6  00 
New  London.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

First  Ch.,  special 3  00 

"New    London,    Rev.   J.    W. 

Bi.xler,    $5;    Mrs.    J.    W. 

Bi.xler,   $5 1000 

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

special 5  71 

Norwich,   S.  S.  of   the  Sec- 
ond       2500 

Putnam,  A   Friend 5000 

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

special 2  73 

South  Canaan.  Y.    P.  S.   C. 

E.,  special 2  40 

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

special 25  00 

Thomaston,  Primary  Class, 

S.  S.,  special 7  00 

Berlin.    Estate  of  Harriet  M.  Wilcox, 

by  W.  W.  Jacobs 

Estate  of  Miss  H.  N.  Wilco.x,  by  W. 

Bulkeley 

Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  and  Friends,  by 

C.  S.  Webster 

Bethel.  A  Friend 

Bethlehem,  by  W.  R.  Harrison 

A  Friend 

Black  Rock,  Miss  S.  J.  Bartram,  for 

the  debt 

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

Mrs.  E.  A.  Stevenson  L.  Ms 

Miss  E.  F.  Eames 

Bristol,  E.  Peck 

Brooklyn,  First  Trinitarian,  by  M.W. 
Crosby,     to    const.    C.    G.    Lawton 

a   L.    M 

Chester,  by  Rev.  A.   Hall 

Colebrook,  by   J.  M.Grant 

Columbia,  S.  S.,  by  W.  P.  Jahnson... 


191 

64 

1,850 

00 

90 

00 

40 

00 

5 

00 

21 

50 

5 

00 

100 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

63 

00 

SS 

00 

24 

65 

20 

75 

Danbury,  First  S.  S.,  by  A.  J.  Gordon        $25  00 
Y.  P.   S.  C.    E..    First,  by    W.    F. 

Burns,  special 3  00 

Danielsonville.  Mrs.  E.   Dexter 200 

Deep  River,  by  L.  Kellogg,  t(jr  debt.  26  00 

East  Berlin,  Mrs.  S.  H,  Savage,  by  J. 

Hovey 1000 

East    Morris,    Mrs.    J.    W.     Skilton, 
#3.40;  special,  M.  C.  Skilton,  locts.. 

Rally 3  50 

Enfield,  I'irst,  by  F.  A.  King 75  00 

Falls  Village,  Ch.,  S's  ;  South  Canaan, 

$13.40,   by  Rev.  C.  W.  Hanna 18  40 

Farmington,  First,  by  R.  H.  Gay 265  oc 

Lydia    M.    Hawley,   special 75  00 

Griswold,  First,  by  Rev.  F.  E.  Clark.  30  00 

Guilford,    First,   by   E.  W.    Leete.  to 
const.  Mrs.  Mary  J.  Carter  and  Mrs. 

Cynthia  C.  Norton    L.  Ms 105  00 

Hanover,   Y.  P.  S.  C.   E.,  by  J.  Gal- 
lup, special 5  00 

Hartford,  Park  Ch., by  W.  E.  Smith..  53  80 

Two  Friends,  a  birthday  and  Easter 
offering,  by  C.  E.  Thompson.    .. .         500  00 

H .  P.  Stearns 5  00 

Higganum,  S.  S.,  by  Mrs.  D.  Hunting- 
ton   4626 

Ivoryton,    Mrs.  J.  E.  Northrup   1000 

Kent.  First,  by   G.   R.    Bull 5450 

'■  Young  Ladies'  Mission  Circle,"  by 

Miss  M.  Chamberlin 4  00 

Mrs.  M.  L.  Stuart,  by  Rev.  B.  M. 
Wright,  for  work  among  foreign- 
ers    50  00 

Lebanon,  Goshen  Eccl.    Soc,   E.    N. 

Hinckley,  Collector,  by  E.  Geer 21  00 

Lisbon,  by  Rev.  Q.  M.  Bosworth '5  5° 

Meriden,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  Cen- 
ter Ch.,  by  Miss  M.  A.  Wood   25  00 

Middlebury,  by  G.  B.  Bristol 18  20 

Middletown,   South    Ch.,     by   G.   A. 

Craig 4900 

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

Bunce 1000 

Middlesex  Union,  by  Rev.  W.   G. 

Puddefoot s  75 

Milford,  First,  by  F.  A.  Tucker 15  00 

New  Britain,  Mrs.  J.  N.  Bartlett 4  00 

New  Haven,  Legacy  of  James  Ford- 
ham,  by  R.  T.  Merwin,  ex 250  00 

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

Mersick,  for  Salary  Fund 250  00 

College  Street,  of  which  $100  from 

A  Friend,  by  S.  Lloyd 187  31 

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

Mutch 2926 

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

T.  T.  Munger 5000 

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

by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shelton.  special...  18  61 

Self-Denial  Society  of  the  Grand 
Avenue     Ch.,     by     Mrs.    M.    E. 

Mitchell 23  46 

Mrs.  G.  W.  Curtis,  special 200 

Mamma  and  Dorothy 2  00 

L  M.  B 3  00 

A  Friend 1500 

A  Friend 2  00 

Newington.  by  E.  W.  Atwood 42  35 

Young  Men's  Mission  Circle,  by  A. 

B.  Fish 600 

New  London,  "L" 500 

New  London  Co..  Friends 100  00 

New  Milford.   First.   Easter  offering, 

by  C.  H.  Noble in  37 

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

Johnson,  special         7  00 

Sewing  Soc.  by  Rev.  F.  A.  John- 
son, for  debt 25  00 

Northfield.  by  H.  C.  Peck 41  35 

North  Stonington.  Legacy  of  George 

A.  Avery,  by  J.  D.  Avery 500  00 

By  T.  S.  Wheeler 106  00 


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Norwich,  Ladies'  H.  M.  Soc.  of  Sec- 
ond Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  H.  Bushnell..        $25  00 

Greeneville  Ch..  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 
VV.  P.  Porter 10  00 

A  Friend 3  00 

Old  Lyme,  Ch.,  $37  ;  S.  S.,  $15,  by  W. 

F.  Coult 52  00 

Plainville,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc,  $20  ; 
IVIrs.  H.  A.  Frisbie,  $5;  Mrs.  G. 
D.  Martin,  $1  ;  Two  Friends.  $1, 
for  the  debt,  by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Blakes- 
lee  27  00 

A  Friend,  special i  00 

PUinsville,  by  E.  P.  Hotchkiss 135  80 

H.  D.  Smith 5  00 

Salisbury,  A  Friend 2  50 

Saybrooic,  Legacy  of  Ann  E.  Bushnell, 

by  G.  A.  Bushnell,  e.x 100  00 

Sherman,  by  M.  G.  Gelston 20  00 

Southington,    First  S.  S.,  by  H.  Will- 
iams   .. 1938 

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

Stonington,  First,  by  B.  F.  Williams.  n  00 

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

J.  Hill 10  00 

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

B.  \Vallace i  00 

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

ton,  special 18  75 

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

Backus,  special 5  00 

Thompson ville,   Alice  T.  Allen 440 

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

S.  S.,  by   G.  W.    Lansing,    through 

Rev.    C.  H.  Daniels 25  00 

Unionville.  First   Ch.  of  Christ,  by  J. 

R.  Jenki  ns    30  00 

Wallingford,  by  W.  E.  Pattee 30  00 

Washington,    Swedish   Ch.,    by   P.  J. 

Anderson 7  10 

Waterbury,  Miss  L.  A.  Barrett 5  00 

A  Friend 10  00 

Westchester,  by  A.  R.   Bigelow 6  00 

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

Strong 20  00 

West  Hartford,  First,  by  E.  S.  Elmer  17  95 

Wilton.   Easter  offering,  by  Rev.  W. 

D.Hart 1608 

Windham,  Rev.   F.  H.  .Means   15  00 

Woodbridge,  byW.  M.  Beechtr 16  72 

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


NEW    YORK— $19,565.82  ;     of  which 
legacies,  $14,895.12. 

Received   by   William  Spald- 
ing. Treas.  : 

Camden,  Si.\  S.  S.  classes...  $21  02 

Ch 13  58 

Carthage,     $22.11  ;     S.     S., 

$1-72 23  83 

Ellington 7  j,o 

Rome 10  00 

Summer  Hill 10  00 

Utica.  Plymouth 25  00 

Wilmington 4  25 


Woman's  H.   M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J   J.  Pearsall,  Treas.  : 
Brooklyn,   Ch.    of    the    Pil- 
grims, for  Salary  Fund.  $300  00 
Ladies'     H.     M.    Soc.    of 
Tompkins  Avenue  Ch., 

"  G.   G." 3C0  CO 

Beecher  Memorial 15  00 

Elmira.  Park  Avenue 30  00 

New  York  City.  Broadway  , 

Tabernacle,  for  Women's 
Work 100  00 


Homer,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  . . . 

Oswego 

Wellsville,  Y.  P.  S.  C.E. 


5^770  00 


Albany,  Residue  from  Estate  of  Rev. 
David  Dyer,  by  Langdon  S.Ward, 

trustee . .      3,029  92 

Misses  MacNaughten,  by   Miss  K. 

MacNaughten 3  00 

Angola,  A.  H.  Ames,  special 5  00 

Antwerp,  First,  by  Albert  Hoyt 21  62 

Aquebogue,  by  G.  L.  Wells 9  90 

Auburn.  Rev.  S.  Manning  and  wife..  10  00 

Barryville,  by  Miss  L  Quick i  69 

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

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

Reid,  e.x 30000 

Puritan  Ch.,  by  E.  Nash 260  03 

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

Beard 75  00 

Memorial  Ch..  by  Rev.  D.  B.  Pratt.  57  72 

Ch.  of  the  Pilgrims,    R.    S.   Storrs, 
D.D..  $50;  B.  F.  Stephens,  $75...         125  00 

Nazarene,  by  Rev.  A.  J.  Henry 2  00 

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

A  Friend,  $200;  E.  C,  $2 20200 

Buffalo.  First,  by  R.  K.  Strickland...        100  00 

Cambridge,  by  H.  G.  Blinn 25  00 

Chenango    Forks,     by   Rev.    J.     W. 

Keeler 1050 

Clifton  Springs,  A  Friend 5  00 

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

debt I  00 

Crown  Point,  Second,   by  J.  A.  Pen- 
field 2500 

Gal  way,  Mrs.  H.  T.  H.  Smith 10  00 

Geneseo,  Rev  W.  C.  Sexton   3  00 

Groton,  T.  T.  Barrows 1000 

Hemlock  Lake,  A  Friend 2  00 

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

ex 6,933  33 

By  S.  C.  Webb 41  26 

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

Ithaca,  Mary  C.  Noyes 4  00 

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

A.  I.  Rohde 15  00 

Little  Valley,  Easter  offering,  by  Mrs. 

W.  C.  Parker 4  50 

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

New  Haven,  Legacy  of  Sidney  Shep- 

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

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

New  York  City,  From  Estate  of  Ann 

Voorhees,  by  Bangs  &  Co 1,631  87 

Broadway  Tabernacle,  in   part,  by 
I.  R.  Fisher,  of  which,  from  A.  H. 

C.  and  wife,   to   const.    L.    Ms  , 
$200 ;  G.  L.  Leonard,  $5  ;  Prof.  A. 

D.  F.  Hamlin,  $5 2,001  54 

Broadway  Tabernacle,  Afternoon  S. 

S.,  by  J.  Van  Vleck 12  48 

Prof.  M.  W.  Lyon,  $25;  J.  F.  Tal- 
mage,  $100;  Mr.  and   Mrs.  T.  H. 
Foote,  $10;  "  First  Fruits."  $100.        235  00 
Pilgrim   Ch.,  Young   Ladies'    Miss. 

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

North  Lawrence,    Mrs.    Nancy   Will- 
iams   5  00 

Northville,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  T. 

S.  Griffith 19  ^5 

North  Walton,  by  W.  M.  Hoyt 4  75 

Orient,  S.  S.,  $25;    Ch.,   $14.12,  by  C. 

B.  King 39  12 

Oswego,  by  W.  B.  Couch 46  36 

Owego.  by  E.  E.  Strait 15  00 

0.\ford,  by  J.  W   Thorp 35  00 

Pelhamville,  by  Rev.  H.    M.  Brown..  5  00 
Portchester,    First,  by   C.    S.    Whit- 
ney             10  50 


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41 


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


ing 


SOUTH   CAROLINA- $5.c 
Columbia,  E.  H.  Baldwin. 


$5  00 


13  05 

20  56 

150  00 

5  00 

8  00 


10 

00 

50 

00 

s 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

2,S 

00 

1 

00 

30 

00 

25 

00 

Richmond  Hill,  Union  Lh.,  by  John 
A.  Smith 

Saratoga  Springs,  by  Rev.  C.  F.  Swift 

Sherburne,  Carrie  E.  Pratt 

A  Friend   . .    

Syracuse,  Plymouth,  by  E.  Brainard. . 


NEW  JERSEY-$i76.oo. 

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

Bloomtield,  M.  E.  C 

A  Friend 

Camden,  Mrs.  F.  W.  Cowles 

East  Orange,  Trinity  Ch.,  add'l,  by 
Mrs.  R.  D.  Wcekes 

Mrs.  C.  D.  Dill 

Montclair,  Ch.,  W.  B.  H 

A  Friend •. 

Paterson,  Warren  Mitchell 

Upper  Montclair,  by  C.  W.  AndeiS-^n. 


PENNSYLVANIA-$22i.83. 

Albion,  by  Rev.  L.  P.  Hodgeman 8  00 

Allegheny,  S.  M.  Y 5  00 

Bangor,  Bethel,  by  Rev.  R.  L.  Roberts.  4  00 

Germantovvn.  Mrs.  H.  C.  Remick i  00 

Minersville,  First,  by  D.  T.  Williams.  17  51 

Parsons,  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Jenkins 2  25 

Philadelphia,  Central,  by  W.  H.  Lam- 
bert    100  00 

Mrs.  C.  S.  Newton 25  00 

Mrs.  D.  A.  Waters 2  00 

Plymouth,    Puritan   Ch.,  by   Rev.  T. 

McKay 450 

Riceville.  by  Rev.  A.  W.  Swengel   ..  15  37 
Scranton,  First  Welsh  Ch.,  by  D.  D. 

Evans 30  00 

Spring   Creek    and    Brooks    Hill,   by 

Rev.  G.  W.  Moore 4  70 

West  Bangor,  by  Rev.  J.  Cadwalader.  2  50 


MARYLAND-$6.oo. 

Baltimore,   Canton,  by    Rev.    T. 
BeadenkofE . 


GEORGIA- 


1.60. 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,   Miss 
Virgic  Holmes,  Treas. : 
Atlanta,  Central,  $7;  Thank- 
offering,  $14.57  i      Star 

Mission  Band,  $2 

Pleasant  Hill 

To   cover    "e.xpenses"    re- 
ported in  February 


Iti23  57 
4  00 


37  57 
Less  expenses....  20 

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

Braswell,  $1.65;  Plainville,  $2,  by  Rev. 
W.  B.  Armstrong 

Clark's  Mills,  by  Rev.  G.  Home 

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

Dawsonville.  by  Rev.  E.  Darnell 

Duluth,  by  Rev.  W.  F.  Brewer 

Ebenezer,  by  Rev.  M.  G.  Fleming 

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

Glenmore,  by  Rev.  T.  Pitman 

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

Marietta,  S.  S.,  by  C.  Lane 

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

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

Williford,  by  Rev.W.  H.  Quattlebaum 


ALABAMA- $48.96. 

Gate  City,  by  Rev.  W.  R.  East 

Henderson,    Wesley    Chapel,     $7.30; 

Bullock.  Oak  Grove,  «;2,  by  Rev'.  J. 

J.  Stallings 

Omega   and  Catalpa,  by  Rev.  N.  H. 

Gibson 

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

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

E.  C.  Silsby 

By  E.C.  Silsby 

Ten  Broeck,  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Brown.... 
Union  Grove,  by  Re\-.  R.  Hardin..  .. 
'V^erbena,  Shady  Grove  Ch.,  Kingston, 

LTnion   Point,   and  L^nion,  by  Rev. 

A.  C.  Wells 


3 

65 

15 

00 

5 

35 

I 

00 

2 

00 

2 

75 

10 

00 

8 

00 

5 

35 

I 

73 

3 

00 

2  25 
75 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA-$542.37. 

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

Asso.,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison, 

Treas.: 

Washington.  D.  C,  First  Ch., 

of  which   $50  for  Salary 

Fund,     to     const.     Mrs. 

Emma  Hughes  and  Mrs. 

Huntington  L.  Ms $165  00 

Fifth II  56 

176  56 

Washington,     First,    of     which     S50 
from  Gen.  E.  Whittlesey,  by  W. 

Lamborn 332  00 

Mt.  Pleasant  Ch.,  by  W.  D.  Quinter.  33  81 


NORTH  CAROLINA-$6.oo. 

Woman's  Miss.  Union,  Miss  M.  M.  Cur- 
tis, Treas. : 
High  Point,  A.  E.  F 


Columbus,  Mrs.  K.  K.  Pope. 


MISSISSlPPI-$i.oo. 

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


ARKANSAS-$5.oo. 

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


FLORIDA— $258  00. 

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

Daytona.  by  Rev.  C.  M.  Bingham 

Fernandina,   Friend 

Macclenny,  Rev.  A.  A.  Stevens 

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

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

Ormond,  Union  Ch.,  Rev.  J.  W.  Hard- 
ing  

Winter  Park,  Mrs.  H.  D.  Lyman.  $25  : 
F.  W.  Lyman,  $50;  Miss  N.  H. 
Lyman,   $25 


7 

25 

17 

50 

4Q 

25 

5 

00 

4 

00 

60 

00 

42 


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TEXAS— $4.25. 

Dallas,   $1,    special;    Friends,    $2.25, 

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

Eugene  Alexander. 


INDIAN   TERRITORY    $17  30. 

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


Vinita,  by   Rev.  F.  Hurd. 


OKLAHOMA- $76.43. 

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

Alpha,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Robberts 

Chandler,  by  Rev.  M.  D.  Tenney 

Hope,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Tav'lor 

Oklahoma  City,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

A.  V.  Francis 

Pleasant  Ridge,  Pleasant  Valley,  and 

Mt.  Hope,  by  Rev.  L.  S.  Childs. . . . 
Pond  Creek,  by  Rev.  W.  C.McCune. 


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


ARIZONA— $50.15. 

Nogales.  Trinity,  by   Rev.  J.  Heald. . 

Tempe,  by   Rev,  E.  H.  Ashmun 

Tucson,  by  Rev.  L .  Rees 


TENNESSEE-$io.oo. 

East  Lake,    Union   Ch.,   Ladies' Aid 
See,  by  J.  C,  Breeding 


KENTUCKy-$2.oo. 
Williamsburg,  Ch..  Mrs,  J.C.  Batham 


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

Received    by     Rev.     J.     G. 

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

and  family $10  00 

Austinburg,  L.  J.  Deming, 

in   full  to   const.  William 

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

March i  60 

Brooklyn,   by    Rev.    J.    W. 

Hargrave 12  go 

Center  Belpre,   by   Rev.  A. 

J.Williamson 200 

Chardon,    by    Rev.    T.    D. 

Phillips 18  15 

Chatham,  by    Rev.    M.    W. 

Packard 33  10 

Cincinnati,  Central,  of  which 
Sio.io  from  S.  S.,  by  A. 
H.Myers 14969 

Lawrence    St.,      by    Ben 
Evans 40  00 

Columbia,  by  J.  N.  Cole, 
Treas 20  18 


$•?  25 


10  85 
6  45 


2  00 
2  00 
I  50 


7  00 
3  21 


Cleveland.  First.  R.  O.  Bes- 
wick,  $5;  John  Harrmg- 

ton,  $10 $15  00 

Euclid    Ave.,    by    Justin 

Snow.  Treas 73  54 

Plymouth,       by       S.      P. 

Churchill 5200 

Pilgrim,   by   H.    C.  Holt, 

Treas 49  44 

Bethlehem,     by     Mrs. 

Thomas  Piwcnka 32  67 

Hough  Ave.,    by   Rev.  I. 

W'.  Metcalf 12  12 

In  Memoriam 51  44 

Columbus,  Mayflower,  by 
Mary  B.  Rose 325 

Dayton,  Ch,  $11.75;  Y.  PS. 
C.  E.,  $2;  S.  S.,  $1.25,  by 
Rev.  D.  M.  Brown 15  00 

Edinburg,  by  Rev.    S.,  W. 
"Meek 400 

Grafton,  by  Mrs.  Edd. 
Traw 3  42 

Hampden,  by  Rev.  T.  D. 
Phillips 3  78 

Hudson,  by  Miss  C.  E.  Met- 
calf, of  which  $10  Dea. 
Wm.  C.  Webster 1600 

Huntsburg,  Ch.,  $18.30:  S. 
S.,  $5  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
$3  28 26  58 

Kent,  by  C.  M.  Power, 
Treas 3244 

Lexington,  by   Rev.   J.    A. 

Kalev 8  20 

Litchfield,  by  Rev.  R. 
Chapin 8  75 

Lyme,  Ct.,  $4.80  ;  Mission 
Circle,  $3,  by  Melvin 
Wood 7  80 

Mansfield,  First,  by  Rev.  J. 
W.  Hubbell,  D.D.,  in  full 
to  const.  Charles  B.  Bush- 
nell,  Mrs.  S.  F.  Bell,  Mrs. 
Chas.  W.  White,  and  Miss 
Minnie  E.  McCray  L.  Ms.     221  00 

Medina,  S.  S.,  byR.  G.  Cal- 
vert         26  26 

North  Amherst,  by  Rev.  P. 
E.Harding 2060 

North  Monroeville,  by  Mrs. 
H.S.Cornell 900 

Norwalk,  Easter  offering, 
by  M.  A.  Buck 8  25 

Oberl'in,  Second,  special,  by 

Rev.  H.  M.  Tenney,  D.D.      66  51 

Radnor,  S.  S.,  by  John 
Powell 5  00 

Richfield,  by  Rev.  W.  S. 
Lincoln 10  00 

Ridgeville  Corners,  by  Mrs. 
H.  C.  Tubbs 6  00 

Rootstown,  W.  J.  Dickin- 
son, to  apply  on  L.  Mp.  of 
Alpheus  L.  Dickinson   . .         10  00 

Saybrook,  A  Friend,  by 
Rev.  C.  W.  Grupe 5  00 

Sylvania,  by  Rev.  Norman 
Plass 5  75 

Toledo,  Second,  by  G.  W. 
Fluckey 1834 

Twinsburg,  by  O.  O.  Kel- 
sey 12  64 

York,  by  Rev.  E.  F.  Baird.       2600 


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

Austinburg.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
for    Miss  Reitinger $1000 

Cleveland,  Pilgrim   7415 

Cyril 28  CO 

In  Memoriam 48  56 


-$1,207  9° 


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43 


Huntsburg',  S.  S $5  00 

I.cNiiif^'^ton,  Mission  Hand....  i  80 
Riiotsiown,  W.  J.  Dickinson.  10  00 
Williamsficld 5  00 

$.82  51 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

G.  }?.  Brown.  Treas.: 
Ashtabula,  Second,  for  Bible 

Readers'  School $4  85 

Atwater,    W.   H.  M.  S.,   for 

Miss  Rcitinger 340 

Clarid(5n,  W.  M.  S.,  for  Miss 

Rcitiii.iccr 500 

Clarksficld.  Y.    P.  S.   C.  E., 

for  Miss  Reitingfcr '5° 

Cleveland,   Lakeview 

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

Polish  work 2  00 

Columbus.  Plymouth,  W.  M. 

S,  for  Miss  Reitinger 4  00 

Edinburg-,  W.  M.  S. 500 

Litchfield.   L.   H.   M.  S.,  for 

Miss  Reitinger 5  00 

St.  Mary's.  W.  H.  M.  S.,  for 

Bohemian  Mission 2  32 

Wauseon,    Cong.    Woman's 

Assoc,  for   Bible  Readers' 

School 6  25 

Williarasfield,  W.  M.  S.,  for 

Miss  Reitinger 2  00 


S41  32     S223  83 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas.: 

Atwater $1;  00 

Burton.  Mrs.  Hitchcock 5  00 

Columbus,  Plymouth 5  00 

North,  Self-denial,  for  Sal- 
ary Fund  ...     . .    5  00 

Hudson 3  38 

Le.xington,   Mrs.  A.  J.  Ma.x- 

well 5  00 

Unionville 1000 

Salary  Fund  : 

Austinburg 10  00 

Ceredo,  West   Va.,  W.  M. 

Circle 5  00 

Cincinnati,    Central,  Eas- 
ter offering 2400 

Claridon     .    5  00 

Clarksfield 5  00 

Columbus,  Mayflower 9  50 

Cuyahoga  Falls,  L.  M.  S.      3  00 

Garretsville 5  00 

Mansfield,  Mayflower 400  ^ 

Marietta,  First',  Self-deni- 
al       3  00 

Medina,  L.  B.  S.,  Self-de- 
nial   15  70 

Mount  Vernon 7  00 

Newark.  Plymouth 2  00 

Oberlin,  Second  L.  A.  S..   25  00 

Sheffield.  L.  B.  S 10  00 

Tallmadge 10  00 

Twinsburg 10  00 

Wakeman 400 

195  58 

Received  by  Rev  N.  Plass 15  72 

Ashtabula  Harbor,  by  Rev.  F.  Lehti- 

nen i  50 

Bellevue.  by  H.  M.  Hoyt,  M.D. . .     .  15  00 

Berlin  Heights,  by  Miss  H   E.  Seeley  6  65 

Brownhelm,  by  J.  E.  Fairchild 12  45 

S.  S..  by  M.  E.  Perry 464 

Chatham  Center.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clapp  25  00 

Chillicothe.  Plj-mouth  Ch.,  $1.19;  S 
S..  $1.80  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  20  cts.  :  Jr. 
Y.  P.   S.   C.   E.,  36  cts.,  by  M.  T. 

Leasure 355 

Elyria,  Mrs.  Jf.  M.  Porter 25  00 


Jackson,  First,  by  Rev.  W  O.  Jones.  $2  00 
Kipton,  H.    A.  Denning,    in    part    to 

const.    Mrs.     Carrie   B.    Hopkins    a 

L.    M 25  00 

Mansfield,     A      Friend,    an    Easter 

Thank-offering 15  00 

Marietta.  Douglas  Putnam 100  00 

J.  W.  Stanley,  for  work  in  Ohio..  .  25  00 

Norwalk.  A  l''riend 3  00 

Oberlin,  First,  by  L.  W.  Upton 57  00 

Second,  by  N.  Huckins 43  ''4 

W.  M.   Mead 2000 

Painesvillo.  On  account  of  Legacy  of 

Miss    Ellen    E.    Smith,    by    S.    H. 

Woodbridgc.    trustee i  ,000  00 

Rootstown,   Lloyd    Hinman 10  00 

Toledo,  Birmingham,  by  Rev.    A.  E. 

Woodruff S  °° 

Wakeman,  S.  S.,  by  C.  H.  Ladd 12  50 


INDIANA-$472.9i. 

Received   by  Rev.  E.  D.  Cur- 
tis, D.  D.  : 

Bremen $2  27 

Dunkirk,  Plymouth 1000 

Elkart 18  06 

Glezen,  Hosmer 7  50 

Lake    Gage 2  02 

Lowell,  E.  N.  Morey 5  00 

Orland 31  65 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Coal  Mine 

Miss 5  00 

Terre  Haute,  First 50  00 

First,  S.    S.    Easter  offer- 
ing   14  70 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Coal 

Mine  Mission   1500 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
F.  E.    Dewhurst,  Treas. : 

Amboy $0  75 

Angola,  Young  Ladies'  Soc.        i  25 

Cannelburg 25 

Dunkirk i  00 

Hosmer 7  50 

Indianapolis,  Plymouth  Ch. 
S.  S  ,  $6.26 ;  Ladies' 
Union,  $59.25  ;  Young 
People's  Circle,  $10; 
King's     Daughters,  $15..       9051 

Kokomo 2500 

Liber 225 

Terre  Haute,  First 30  00 

Washington 25 

Brightwood,    by    Rev.    H.    C.    Funk- 

houser 

East  Chicago,  by  Rev.  F.  E.  Bigelow. 
Indianapolis,  People's  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

M.Lewis 

Marion,  Ch.,  $7.50  :  Ladies'  Aid  Soc., 

$8.50,  by  Mrs.  H.  A.  Southall 

Michigan  City,  of  which  Sio  from  Y. 

P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  E.  F.  Bailey 

Ontario,  by  Rev.  J.  R.  Preston 

Ridgeville,  by  Rev.  G.  Hindley 

ILLINOIS— §194.80. 

Chicago,  Mrs.  C.  B.  Babcock 

Mrs.  F.  A.  Blackburn,  by  Mrs.  E.  L. 

Reed 

Evanston,  A  Friend 

Illinois  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by  Rev.  J. 

Tompkins,  D.D.,  Sec,  of  which  $3 

special 

Mendon,  Miss  M.  C.  Bray's  S.  S.  class, 

special 

Morrison,  Robert  Wallace 


158  76 


54  69 
I  50 
15  76 


10  00 
7  00 


12  00 
100  00 


44 


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

Clifford 

Rockford,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Van  Wie 

Seward,  by  W.  M.  Neely 

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

Watson 


MISSOURI-$i, 220.46. 

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

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

Breckenridge $3  85 

Brooktield,  Park  Ch 13  00 

Carthage 2300 

Eldon 2  00 

Hannibal 425 

Kansas  City,  Clyde  Ch. .. .  500 

First 43  65 

Lamar 1035 

Mine  La  Motte,  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E 57  50 

New  Cambria 8  00 

Pierce  City 9  10 

St.  Joseph,  Tabernacle  Ch.  17  75 

St.  Louis,  First  Ch 115  15 

Y.  L.  M.S 3  6g 

Pilgrim  Ch 301  70 

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

Compton  Hill  Ch 58  55 

Y.  L.  M.  S.,  for  Salary 

Fund 20  00 

Central  Ch 54  86 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Sal- 
ary Fund 15  00 

Third  Ch 5000 

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

Plymouth  Ch 10  00 

Hyde  Park  Ch 30  00 

Aubert  Place  Ch 12  75 

People's  Tabernacle. ...  29  09 

Church  of  the  Redeemer  3  00 

Hope  Ch 10  00 

Old  Orchard  Ch 16  17 

Sedalia,  First  Ch 5  50 

Springfield,  First  Ch 45  90 

Central -j  00 

$1,002  81 

Less  expenses 4700 


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

Rev.  H.  D.Ward 

Aurora,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc,  $13.85  ;  Ch., 

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

by  D.  B.  Loy 

Chillicothe  and  Utica,  by  Rev.  B.  D. 

Mintz 

Iberia,  by  Rev.  J.  R.  Barnes 

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

L.  Layfield 

Kidder,  by  Rev.  A.  L.  Gridley 

Neosho,  by  Rev.  A.  K.  Wray 

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

L.  Tesson 

Republic,  by  Rev.  L  T.  Hull 

Riverdale,  by  Rev.  E.  H.  Price 

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

First  German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G. 
Horst 

Memorial,  by  Rev.  C.  H.  Bente 

A  Friend 

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

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


$5  00 

80 

22  00 

5  00 


955  81 


I 

60 

4 

20 

5 

00 

10 

00 

16 

54 

75 

5 

00 

4 

40 

85 

00 

37 

50 

10 

00 

2 

00 

23 

00 

•5 

75 

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

Willow  Springs,  by  Rev.  J.  Brereton. 

MICHIGAN-$5.oo. 
Saline,  Mrs.  C.  F.  Hill 


t>o  50 
5  00 


WISCONSIN~$539.56. 

Received     by     Rev.     T.     G. 
Grassie  : 

Ashland $104  18 

Butternut 1200 

Clear  Lake 15  00 

Fifield 12  00 

New  Richmond 30  00 

Rev.  J.  Parsons 10  00 


183  18 

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

Antigo,  by  Rev.  C.  C.  Campbell 107  00 

Bloomer,  by  Rev.  T.  M.  C.  Birming- 
ham    13  75 

Clear  Lake,    Swedish,    by    Rev.    M. 

Peterson 2  00 

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

$15,  by  Rev.  F.  B.  Doe 75°° 

Drummond,  Cable,  and  Pratt,  by  Rev. 

G.  Foster 5  00 

Hay  ward,  by  A.  A.  McCormick 5°  63 

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

McClements     7  00 

Maple  Valley,  Norwegian,  by  Rev.  S. 

M.  ;Andrewson 2  75 

Norrie,  by  Rev.  T.  G.  Grassie 10  75 

Platteville,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Beardsley i  00 

Rhinelander,   by   J.    H.   Chandler,  to 

const.  W.  E.  Brown  a  L.  M 5°  0° 

Sun  Prairie,  W.  H.  Chandler 10  00 

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

B.  Richards 11  5° 


IOWA-$7o.84. 

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

Ch.,  by   B.  Evans 2  70 

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

Treas.  Iowa  H.  M.  Soc   6  64 

Iowa,  A    Friend 2  00 

Quasqueton,  Mrs.  Eliza  M.  Knox 50  00 

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

Cramer 7  00 

S10U.X  City,  German   Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 

W.  Wuerrschmidt 2  50 


MINNESOTA— $803.70. 

Received     by     Rev.     J.     H. 

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

$2.70,  special $14  42 

Ash  Creek,  special 2  17 

Austin,  S.  S.,  special 4  66 

Custer I  05 

American i  65 

Welsh 5  00 

Detroit,  S.  S.,  special 2  55 

Ellsworth,  special 238 

Freeborn,  S.  S 50 

Graceville 5  00 

Groveland,  special 300 

Kanaranzi,  special     45 

Lakeland,  Y.   P.   S.   C.    E., 

special 1  75 

Lyle,    L.    W\   Sherman,    of 

which  $6   special 1600 

Minneapolis,  Lynndale 23  60 

Plymouth 251  76 


May,   i8g4 


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45 


Lowry    Hill $5  4S 

Pilfjrim 25  oo 

Vine  S.  S. ,  special 328 

Como  Avenue 29  60 

C.   E.,  special 792 

Oak  Park,  C.  E.,  special..  i  53 

A  Friend 10  00 

Rev.  D.  B.  Jackson 5  00 

Madison   5  30 

MantorviUc 1000 

New  Ulni,  Y.   P.  S.  C.  E., 

special 5  00 

New  Dulutli 2  66 

New  Richland 600 

Northfield,  Friends.   $2  ;  S. 

S.,  $21.41,  special. 2341 

Easter  offering 57  97 

Ortonville,  S.  S.,  special. .. .  5  45 
Paynesville,  C.    E.,    $6.25  ; 

S.  S.,  Si,   special 725 

Princeton,  C.    E.,  special. . .  240 

Rochester,  S.  S.,  special 2  96 

Sleepy    Eye,   S.  S 2  60 

St.    Paul,    Pacific     Branch, 

S.  S.,   special 271 

Plymouth,  special 826 

Bohemian  Ch 50  00 

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

E.,  I3. 15,  special 815 

Tracy,  A  Boy 200 

Upsala 250 

Wadena 400 

Wabasha,  C.  E.,  special 3  00 

Zumbrota,  $23.07  ;  S.   S.,  50 

cts...    23  57 


$658  91 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
M.  W.  Skinner,  Treas.: 

Alton 5  00 

Glyndon 295 

Hutchinson,  special 200 

Lake   Stay,  S.  S i  30 

Minneapolis,    Como    Av- 
enue S.  S 1  69 

New  Richland 1000 

Sprinij  Valley 2500 

St.  Paul,  Park  7  00 

Villard,  S.    S.,  special. . .  70 

Waseca,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E....  500 


$60  64 

Ada,  by  Rev.  G.  M.  Morrison 

Ash    Creek,  $3.44  ;  Ellsworth.  $4.56  ; 

Kanaranzi,  $2,  by  A.  McAllister 

Detroit,  First,  $io.8o  ;  S.  S.,  Si,  by  C. 
M.  Johnston 

Mrs.  J.  K.  West 

Dodge  Center,  by  Rev.  P.  A.  Johnson 

Edgerton,  by  Rev.  E.  Carter 

Freeborn,       Manchester,      Freedom, 

Hartland.  McPherson,and  St.  Clair, 

by  Rev.  W.  Fisk 

Lakeland,  by  Rev.  A.  A.  Davis 

Minneapolis.  Rev.  G.  M.  Porter 

North  Branch,  by  Rev.  P.  H.  Fisk..  . 

Ortonville,  by  G.  C.  Shumaker 

Pelican  Rapids,  by  Rev.  C.  J.  Swain. 

Princeton,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Hulbert 

Spencer   Brook,  by  Rev.  A.  P.  Eng- 

strom 

Villard   and   Hudson,  by  Rev.  A.  L. 

Brown 


KANSAS--$2,o65.i2. 

Received  bv  Rev.  L.  P.  Broad  : 
Alton,  $7'.25  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

$4-5° $"i  7S 

Capioma 187 

Carbondale 10  00 

Comet  .... , 2  oQ 


10 

00 

II 

80 

10 

00 

8 

12 

I 

75 

4 

80 

.S 

00 

5 

00 

I 

90 

5 

15 

3 

5a 

2 

00 

Kansas  City,  Bethel  Ch $1000 

Kinsley ....  5  00 

Ocheltree i  00 

Pittsburg 445 

Topeka,  First 3500 

Miss  Agnes  M.  Bigelow..  8  34 

Udall 765 

Wallace 15  00 

Wellington 26  29 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 4  36 

White  Cloud,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  2  00 

Received     by     Rev.     J.     G. 

Dougherty,  Treas.: 

Atchison .3800 

S.  S 10  00 

Axtell 200 

Bala 10  00 

Burlington 1400 

Carson 2  07 

Centralia,  C.  E 5  00 

Chapman 740 

Douglass 6  50 

Enterprise 2  20 

Fairview,  Plymouth 7  08 

Garfield 10  00 

Great  Bend .       6  02 

Kansas  City,  First 50  00 

Louisville 4  40 

Manhattan,  of  which  $50  to 

const.   Dea.  T.  C.  Wells  a 

L.  M.;  Ladies' Soc,  $15.29  6529 

Mound  City 5  00 

Y.  P.  S.C.  E 200 

Onaga 14  61 

Plevna,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 450 

Seneca 30  92 

Stockton 19  85 

Vienna 1075 


Woman's  H.  M.   Union,  Mrs. 

D.  De  Long,  Treas.: 
To  const.   Mrs.  E.  M.  Clip- 

pinger,  Mrs.  M.  F.  Greely, 

and  Mrs.  J.  C.  Von  Everen 

L.Ms. 

Anthony $725 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E I  75 

Argentine ig  00 

Atchison 10  00 

Blue  Rapids 8  15 

Burl  ington 11  00 

Centralia,  toward  L.  Mp.  of 

Mrs.  Eliza  M.  Clippinger.  20  00 

Chapman 10  00 

Clay  Center 12  00 

Council  Grove 19  60 

Douglass 2  25 

Emporia,  First 60  00 

Eureka 25  00 

Fowler i  00 

Fort  Scott s  00 

Goshen 10  00 

Hiawatha 25  00 

Kansas  City.  First 30  00 

Lawrence,  Plymouth 814 

Leavenworth 55  75 

Louisville 3  75 

McPherson 11  00 

Manhattan 8  08 

Miss.  Band 856 

Maple  Hill 3  00 

'■  Willing  Workers  " 14  97 

Neosho  Falls i  00 

Newton 1525 

Nickerson 6  50 

Olathe 6  25 

Onaga,  Y.  L.  Miss.  Soc 2  50 

Osawatomie.  J.E 300 

Ottawa.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 1750 

Osborne 500 

Paola 20  30 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.C.  E 100 


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Partridge,  for  "Strip" $2  40 

Parsons 8  45 

Plevna 4  05 

Ridgway 2  00 

Russell 5  00 

Sabetha 1 1  50 

Sedgwick 05 

Seneca,   toward    L.    Mp.   of 

Mary  J .  G.  Hay 1 5  60 

Severy 4  00 

Smith  Center 6  00 

Sterling,  "  Cheerful   Work- 
ers"   5  00 

Sunny  Side,  $1.60;  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  K.,  $3 4  60 

Topeka,  Central 29  83 

Valley  Palls 10  00 

Wabaunsee 8  00 

Wakefield,  E.  M.  W 500 

Western  Park 3  00 

Westmoreland 4  50 

Mrs.  M.  L.  Loomis i  00 

$597  53 

Less  expenses 2731 


Woman's  H.  M.   Union,  Mrs.  D.  De 
Long,  Treas.: 
Topeka,   Ladies'  Miss.   Soc.  of  the 

First,  by  Miss  M.  E.  Smedley 8825 

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

Anthony,  by  J.  W.  Clendenin 7  95 

Arkansas  City,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

D   D.  De  Long 1300 

Buffalo  Park,  Mrs.  J.  L.  Hall 50 

Clay  Center,  Clarence  Eastman  Me- 
morial Ch.,  by  Rev.  B.  A.  Sutton...  9  42 

Chase,  by  Rev.  C.  T.  Young 215 

Cora,  by  Rev.  W.  O.  Town 5  52 

Council  Grove,  by  Rev.  L.  Armsby..  21  00 

Downs,  by  Rev.  W.  E.  Brehm 1000 

Dunlap,  by  Rev.  L  McRae i  00 

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

McGinnis 12  00 

Ford,  by  Rev.  L.  Hull 3  15 

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

Gaylord,  by  W.  H.  Merrill 5  00 

Goodland,  by  Rev.  G.  H.  Perry 7  00 

Hiawatha,  by  S.  Bierer 36  85 

Independence,  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie.  56  84 

Kanwaka,  Union  Ch.,  by  A.  L.  Gou- 

dy 12  10 

Lawrence,  Plymoutli  Ch.,by  Rev.  W. 

C .  V'eazie 50  00 

Plymouth  Ch.,  $87.66;  S.  S.,$i4.44; 
Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $7,  by  C.  L.  Ed- 
wards, to  const.    G.    Gilbert  and 

Miss  C.  L.  Kimball  L.Ms 109  10 

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

Lincoln,  Twelve  Mile,  by  J.  Gledhill.  7  00 

Longton,  by  Rev.  W.  R.  Bair 5  00 

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

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

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

Netawaka,  $5.40;  Powhatlan,    $3.77, 

by  Rev.  L.  E.  Potter 917 

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

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

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

Osawatomie,   First,   by    Rev.    T.    S. 

Roberts 10  00 

Overbrook,  Ch.,  $11.60  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
$4  -,  Ridgeway,  $10.05,  by  Rev.  J.  H. 

B.  Smith 25  65 

Parsjns.  by  Rev.  F.  V.  Jones 14  20 

Powhattan,  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Geach 631 

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

Salina,  Ch.,  $30.28  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
$7.15;  New  Cambria.  $7.30;  Men- 
tor, $2.4^;  Brookville,  $7.14,  by 
Rev.  W.  B.  Mucklow , 54  3° 


Smith  Center.  First,  by  G.  C.  Round.  S3  00 

Sterling,  by  C.  A.  Stubbs 15  51 

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

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

Sycamore,  by  Rev.  E.  Pratt 63 

Tongano.xie.  by  Rev.  W.  Mooney 15  00 

Topeka,  First,  by  H.  C.  Bowman 153  84 

Wabaunsee,  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  by  J. 

F.  Willard 18  00 

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

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  L.  M.  Cottrell. . . .  5  00 

Wakefield,  by  W.  Eustace 14  32 

White  City,  S.  S.,  3.79  ;  Ch.,  $6.25.  by 

Rev.  R.  F.  Markham 10  04 


NEBRASKA-$i, 194.55. 

Received  by  J.  W.  Bell,  Treas.: 

Ashland $^060 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 500 

Arborville 6  So 

Aurora 58  82 

Campbell  Creek 15  00 

Clay  Center 12  65 

Crete,       German,       Young 

Men's     Bible    Class,     for 

debt  of  C.  H.  M.  S 2  50 

Exeter 12  80 

Fremont 49  50 

Franklin  Academy  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E   9  25 

Harvard 25  00 

Irvington 21  86 

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

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

Linwood 16  00 

Neligh 34  57 

Omaha,  St.  Mary's  Avenue, 

to   const.   Rev.  S.  Wright 

Butler  a  L.  M 50  00 

Ravenna 4  63 

Rising  City 1600 

Scribner 4  50 

Silver   Creek 21  00 

Wisner 295 

Wymore 21  45 

York,  $94.78  ;  S.  S.,  $2.56..  .  9734 

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

Fund $6  52 

West    Poin  t 2  50 

Collections  not  reported..  150  00 


5tii59  02 

Received  by  Rev.W.  J.  Paske: 

Albion  $2 1  00 

Creighton 1 2  20 

S.  S 4  80 

David    City 13  00 

Long  Pine 4  10 

West  Cedar   Valley 13  37 

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

and  family $50  00 

McCook 9  go 

Madrid 2  52 

Venango 4  92 

S.     S 42 

Wilco.x 4  65 

Miscellaneous 39  35 

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

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

Beatrice,  First,   by    L  Henderson. .. . 

Bertrand,    Ch.,    $3.75 ;  S.    S.    Rally, 

$i.6o,  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Snyder 


Ill  76 

22  12 
14  20 
29  05 

5  35 


May,   1S94 


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47 


Bladen,   by   Rev.  B.  O.  Snow $21  50 

Brunswick    and    V\illow    Valley,    by 

Rev.  W.    A.  Davics 850 

Butte  and  Spencer,   by   Rev.  VV.  Lo- 

ncy 3  00 

Chadron.  $26  ;  Flap  Butte,  $2,  by  Rev. 

J.G.Power 2800 

Clearwater  and  Gloversville,  by  Rev. 

O.  L.  McCleery 5  00 

Deshler.    German   Ch.,  by   Rev.   R. 

Hilkcrbaeumer 500 

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

Friend   and   Turkey   Creek,   German 

Ch.,  by  Rev.  P.  Lich 10  00 

Havelock,  by  Rev.  S.  Wood 5  65 

Hay  Springs,  by  Rev.  H.  E.  Loehlin..  2  35 

Rev.  H.  E.  Loehlin 1  00 

Hildrcth,  by  Mrs.  J.  M.  Henry 6  70 

Keuka.  $1  ;  Kimball,  $1  ;  Nonpareil, 

$1  :  Snake  Creek,   $1,  by  Rev.  H. 

Bross  4  00 

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

Newell 5  65 

German  Ch..  by  Rev.  J.  Licli 17  00 

Naponee,  by  Rev.  C.  Anderson. 12  50 

Nebraska  City,  by  Rev.  G.  C.  Hall...  2  00 

Nelson,    German    Ch.,    by    Rev.    R. 

Hilkcrbaeumer 2  05 

Newcastle  and  Daily  Branch,  by  Rev. 

J.  Roberts 602 

Omaha,    Hillside,    by     Rev.     G.     J. 

Powell 4  30 

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

Reno,  $3.64;  Hyannis,  $2.57,  by  Rev. 

J .  B.  Brown ; 621 

Riverton,  by  Rev.  F.  Lawson 12  00 

Shickley,  $175;  Strang,  S9  54  ;  Brun- 

ing,  $^4.50,  by  Rev.  G.  J.  Battey 15  79 

Stanton,  $20.76  :  Maple  Creek,  $5.55  ; 

Park   Creek,  88-28,  by  Rev.  W.  J. 

Paske ....  34  59 

Strang,    Shickley,    and  Bruning,    by 

Rev.  G.  J.  Battey  6  10 

Cpland  and   Macon,  by   Rev.  S.  A. 

Mounts 2  70 

Wescott  and  Sargent,  by  Rev.  J.  F. 

Smith 7  16 

West  Point.  Ch..  Sio;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

$2.75,  by  Rev.  S.  Pearson 12  75 


NORTH  DAKOTA-$i38.27. 

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

Cando,  Ladies' Soc $585 

Carrington.  Ladies'  Soc...         2  00 

V.  P.  S.  C.  E 240 

Cummings,    Christian    Sol- 
diers         2  50 

Fargo,   Plymouth  Ch.,   La- 
dies' Soc   3  00 

Mission  Band 200 

Gardner 4  79 

Hillsboro,  Ladies' Miss.  Soc.        200 

Melville 225 

Rose  Valley 347 

V^alley  City.  Ladies'  Soc.  .       15  55 
Wahpeton,  Ladies' Miss  Soc.      1600 
Rev.  Mr.  Edwards"  children, 
mite  boxes 2  38 


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

Hope 

Mayville 


64  19 


Dwight,  by  Rev  G.  S.  Bascom 

Cooperstown,  by  Rev.  O.  P.  Champ- 
lin 

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

Harwood,  by  Rev.  M.  J.  Totten 

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

New  Rockford,  by  Rev.  A.  A.  Doyle. 

Sykeston,  Ontario,  and  Cathay,  by 
Rev.  H.  E.  Compton. .    

SOUTH  DAKOTA-$29i.76. 

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

Alexandria $3  88 

Bercsford 1000 

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

$■•75 5  50 

Letcher,  Mrs.  D.  E.  Coman.  88 

Lesterville 2  00 

Watertown,  Mission  Band . .         i  00 
Yankton,  Thank-offering.. .       1540 

Aberdeen,     Plymouth,     by      M.     W. 

Morgan 

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

Roberts 

Canova,  $4.75  ;  Dover,  $4.50,  by  Rev. 

G.  E.  Green 

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

Camfield 

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

Emery,  by  Rev.   H.  Gregory 

Fort  Pierre,  by  Rev.  L   R.  Prior. .... 
Gettysburg,  Logan,  and  Lebanon,  by 

Rev.  S.  E.  Fish 

Hetland,  $7.06  ;   Henry,  $15.60  ;    Miss 

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

Henry 

Huron,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 

Meckling.  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 

Redfield,  J.  E.  Robinson 

Rosebud,  $5  ;  Helen  and  Ruth  Cross, 

$1.40,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 

Sioux  Falls,  by  Rev.  F.  Egerland 

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

Schmalle 

Valley      Springs,    by     Rev.      B.     F. 

Marsden 

Wessington  Springs.  Templeton,  and 

Anina,  by  Rev.  S.  F.  Huntley 

Yankton,  First,  by  J.  J.  Nissen 

First,  add'l,  by  J.  bremner 


COLORADO-$i26.75. 

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


S4  00 
10  00 


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

Rasmussen 

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

Mp.  of  Mrs.  G.  W.  Bartlett 

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

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

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

By  Rev.  W.  B.  Robb 

C.  A.  Root 

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

Sanderson 

Littleton,  by  Rev.  H.  Sanderson 

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

Sanderson 

Pueblo.  First,  by  H.  R.  Jones 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of   Pilgrim   Ch..  by 

M.  Richards 

Trinidad,  First,  by  W.  H.  Cooley 


$8  08 
6  00 

2  00 

5  00 

5  00 
25  00 


38  66 

3  40 

10  00 

3  25 
9  25 

11  50 
45  00 
14  00 

2  00 

S  69 


30 

71 

2 

00 

10 

00 

2 

60 

6 

40 

3 

CO 

13  60 

47  00 
15  00 


24  00 
I    14 

15  00 


35 

00 
81 

2 

00 

5 

00 

9 
6 

40 
00 

3 
5 

30 
10 

5 
15 

00 

00 

48 


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May,    1894 


WYOMING -$20.00. 

Buffalo,  Union  Ch.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
$10:  Ladies'  Aid  Soc,  Sio-  by  Rev. 
S.  Weyler $20  00 


MONT.ANA— $11.40. 

Great  Falls.  $1.40;   Columbus,  $2.15, 

by  Rev.  W.  S.  Bell 

By  Rev.  W.  S.  Bell 


UTAH— $12.74. 

Lynne  and  Slaterville.-by  Rev.  W.  H. 

Tibbals 

Salt  Lake  City,  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  J. 

D.  Nutting 

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


IDAHO    $44  81. 

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

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


CALIFORNIA-$7.743.i9. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Ford  : 

Avalon $15  00 

Buena  Park 9  56 

Chula  Vista 10  00 

De  Luz 80 

Highlands 19  5° 

Los  Angeles,  Third 33  71 

East 51  54 

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

E.,  $9 60  00 

Rev.  E.  M.  Crosswell 5  00 

Monrovia i  80 

Pasadena,   First 157  31 

S.  S.,$2o;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

$10 30  00 

Poway 8  00 

Redlands,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. . . .  6  90 
San    Jacinto,    Rev.    A.    W. 

Thompson 3  00 

,  Sierra  Madre 31  33 

West  Monster 2  50 

West  Saticoy,  A  Friend   .  ..  2  00 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Haven.  Treas. : 

Los  Angeles,  Park  Ch 15  00 

Received  by  J.  S.  Hutchinson, 

Treas.  Cal.  H.  M.  Soc: 

Adin $1100 

Alamanda 150  00 

Benicia 21  50 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Berkeley 215  co 

Campbell   100 

"Clements"      collections 

from  W.  C-  Stewart i  50 

Cloverdale,  S.  S 3  10 

Crockett 3°  50 

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

and  S.  S 8  30 

Douglass  City.  S.  S i  00 

Geyserville,  Miss  R.  Chapin.  2  00 

Grass  Valley 16  75 


3  55 
7  85 


I    25 

7  49 

4  00 


18  35 
10  71 


462  95 


Green  Valley,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  $5  00 

Libertv,  S.  S 2  75 

Lincoln,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 500 

Lockeford 615 

Los  Gatos,  Campbell 20  00 

Martinez 44  00 

Mountain  View,  S.  S 3  30 

Oakland,    First 681  12 

Y.  P.  S.  C.   E 10  00 

Oleander.  Ch.,  $17.42  ;  L.  H. 

M.  S.,  $23.54 40  96 

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

Topping 26  00 

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

samina  Green  a  L.  M . . .  12  00 

Pacific  Grove,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  10  00 

Petaluma 20  75 

S.  S . .  21  00 

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

$1-5°    4  50 

Redwood 43  68 

Redwood  City 5  40 

Rocklin 1600 

Sacramento,   First 345  3° 

S.  S 4  77 

San  Francisco,  First, $858. 39; 
S.  S.,$23;  Y.  P.S.  C.E., 

$10 891  39 

Third 160  50 

Bethany 45  70 

Olivet 26  00 

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

Sheppard  L.  Ms no  00 

Pierce  St 5  00 

San  Jose 35  5° 

San  Mateo 6  00 

Santa  Cruz 106  65 

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

Saratoga.' 53  30 

South  Valejo 7  00 

Soc]uel 1600 

Suisun 7  70 

Tulare 33  05 

Vacaville 10  00 

Edw^ard  Coleman 500  00 

Rev.  Philip  Coombs 5  00 

Rev.  F.  B.  Perkins 32  50 

Rev.  James  Rowell 20  00 

I3.873  47 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

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

B.  B.  Bassclt.   and   Mrs. 

William  Rader  L.  Ms. . .  $280  00 

Lewiston i  60 

Oakland 72  00 

First 154  75 

Sonoma 8  00 

Woodland,  First 50  37 

$566  72  $4,440  ig 

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

M.  Smith.  Treas $427  66 

Ontario,  S.  S.  Rally 8  00 

Pasadena,  Coral  Workers ...  2  50 

Perris,  Woman's  Miss.  Soc.  16  60 

East  Los  Angeles 15  50 

Santa  Barbara 50  00 

Riverside,  First 131  15 

North  Pasadena 12  95 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 2  72 

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

S.  C.  E 7  00 

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

692  13 


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49 


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

Auburn $15  00 

Berkeley,  North  Ch 20  00 

Black  Diamond 22  00 

Byron 27  80 

Corralitos 1040 

Cottonwood 2  50 

Etna 20  00 

Kenwood 15  00 

Little  Shasta 61  00 

Lorin 10  00 

Mission  San  Josd 6  75 

Murphy's 17  50 

Niles jfi  00 

Oakland,  Fourth 27  00 

Ocean  View 10  80 

Palermo 13  00 

Pescadcro 5  00 

Porterville 4  15 

Rohnerville,    $11.50;  Hydes- 

ville,   $8.50 2000 

San  Andreas 6  00 

San     Francisco.     Relhlehem 

Branch  Bethany  (  h 10  00 

Fourth 27  65 

Sausalito 35  00 

Sunol  Glen 8  00 

Weaverville 15  00 

S447  55 

Bloomingrton,  $15  ;   Rialto,   $20  ;  Eti 

wanda,  $io,  by  Rev.  E.  R.  Brainerd.  45  00 

Claremont.    Ch.,   $45  ;  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.,   $2;    Florence   M.Baldwin,  ^i, 

by  O.  H.  Duvall 48  00 

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

Dehesa,  by  Rev.   A.  Bi.xby 500 

Fresno,    by  Rev.  J.  Legler 445 

Hesperia  and   Halleck,  by  Rev.  L.  N. 

Barber 14  00 

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

Lorin,  Park  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  D.  Foster  20  84 

Los  Angeles,  Plymouth,  $15;  Mission 
Circle,  $g  ;  Woman's  Board  Ply- 
mouth Union  Branch,  $6,  by  Rev. 
C.  S.  Vaile 30  00 

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

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

Third,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Brown 44  80 

Mentone,  by  Rev.  G.  Robertson 17  00 

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

Overton 12  00 

Ontario,  of  which  Rally,  $8;  Ladies' 

Soc,  $39,  by  Rev.  A.  E.  Tracy 171  00 

Pasadena,  Miss  H.  M.  Bliss 10  00 

A  Friend 25  00 

Perris,   $57. 55;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $g,  by 

Rev.  W.  H.  Burr 66  55 

Pico  Heights,  $7.75;  Hyde  Park,  $20, 

by  Rev.  T.  M  Schaefle 27  75 

Pomona,  Pilgrim  Church,  §:i38.2o  ;  S. 

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

H.  Dole 376  45 

Redlands,  Lugonia  Terrace,  by  C.  H. 

Lathrop '8  50 

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

Johnson S  00 

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

Knodell 100  30 

Elihu  Smith 10  00 

San  Diego,  First,  by  H.  \V.  Brewer..         150  00 

Second,  by  Rev.  G.  S.  Hall 50  00 

San  Jacinto,  by  H.  K.  Smith 9  75 

San  Luis  Obispo,  by  Rev.  G.  Willett.  14  00 

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

Moody 8  80 

Santa    ^Ionica.     First,    by    Rev.    G. 

Cochran 43  00 


Sierra  Valley,  by  Rev.  H.  E.  Banham        $13  35 
South  Riverside.  Dy  Rev.  J    S.  Jewell  77  65 

Spring  Valley,   $8.40;  Jamul,  $ii.6o, 

by  Rev.  1.  W.  Atherton 20  00 

Stockton,  Rev  J.  C.  Holbrook.  D.D..  1000 

Vernondale,  by  Rev   Ci.  A.  Rawson..  21  20 

S.  S..  S4-4o;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $10.60; 
Rev.  G.  A.    Rawson,  $5,  by  Rev. 

G.  A.  Rawson 20  00 

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

[Err<ttii7n.-  Rocklin.  by  Rev.  R.  D.  Haven, 
$10:  erroneously  ;ick.  under  So.  Dak.  in  March 
number  Home  Missionary.] 

OREGON    $125.67. 

Astoria,  $70:  Portland,  Hassah  Street, 
$16.51  :    Corvallis,    $6.66,    by  Rev. 

C.  F.  Clapp 93  17 

Blalock,  Mrs.  M.  P.  Mills i  00 

Pendleton,  First,  $5  ;  Rev.  C.  T.Whit- 
tlesey, $26.50,  by  Rev.  C.  T.Whittle- 
sey   31  50 


WASHINGTON— $281.22. 

Recei\ed      by     Rev.     A.     J. 
Bailey  : 

Coupeville $7  35 

Sylvan,  of  Fo.\  Island i  60 

Seattle,  Plymouth  Ch 400 

Tacoma,  Swedish  Miss.  Ch.        5  00 

Vancouver 5  00 

22  95 

Woman's   H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  W.  George,  Treas.  : 

Snohomish.  S.  S $5  15 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..   2  02 

7  17 

Christopher  and  Star  Lake,  by  Rev. 

R.  Bushell 2  50 

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

Edmonds,     $10  ;     Richmond     Beach, 

55  cts.,  by  Rev.  F.  McConaughy. ...  10  55 

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

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

Fairhaven,  Plymouth,   by  Rev.  J.  C. 

Wright 12  00 

Genesee,   $8.70:    Medical    Lake.  $20; 

Colfa.x,  Meriam  Walters,  $4,  by  Rev. 

T.  W .  Walters 32  7° 

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

$2.50.  by  Rev.  G.  Kindred 7  50 

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

Savage 20  00 

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

ler 912 

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

nell 12  75 

Port   Gamble   and    Port   Ludlow,   by 

Rev.  W.  Butler 12  00 

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

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

ritt 5  56 

Spokane,    Pilgrim    Ch.    and   S.  S  .  by 

Rev.  J.  Edwards 14  25 

Sprague,  by  Rev.  M.  Baskerville 54  00 

Washougal,  by  Rev.  D.  L.  Fordney..  3  40 
West  Ferndale.  Mt.  V^iew,  and  Enter- 
prise, by  Rev.  O.  S.  Haines i  00 

SANDWICH  ISLANDS    $5.00. 

Hawaiian  Islands,  Friend  5  00 

Home  Missionary 128  53 


32.05B  43 


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Donations  of  Clothing,  etc. 


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

cash  and  freight $88  95 

Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  North  Ch.,  by- 
Harriett  S.  Palmer,  box  and  sewing- 
machine  133  45 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc. 
of  Tompkins'  Ave.  Ch.,  by  Sara  T. 
Edgerton,  bo.x  and  two  barrels 353  99 

Dallas,  Texas.   Ladies'    Soc.  box 14800 

Hartford.  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch., 
by  E.  C.  Curtis,  two  barrels,  half -bar- 
rel, and  box : 241  00 

Lakeville,  Ct.,  Sew.  Soc,  by  Mrs.  Geo. 
B.  Burrell,  two  barrels 174  00 

Middletown,  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First 
Ch..by  Mrs.  A.  R.  Crittenden,  barrel.        102  00 

New  Britain,  Ct..  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of 
South  Ch.,  by  Mary  E.  Bingham,  box.  86  90 

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

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

North  Hampton,  N.  H.,  Ladies'  Dorcas 
Circle,  by  Miss  R.  M.  Chapman, 
barrel 56  98 


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

Norwich  Town.  Ct.,  W.  H.  M.  S.  of 
Fir-t  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  Herbert  L.  Far- 
rington,  three  barrels     200  00 

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

Providence,  R.  i,,  Benev.  Soc.  of  Union 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  W.  Knight,  barrel   125  00 

Sharon,  Ct.,  by  Mrs.  C.  S.  Knight, 
barrel 61  00 

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  H.  M.  S.  of  Central  Ch., 
by  Mrs.  G.  R.  Chesbrough,  box 153  26 

Ventura,  Cal.,  H.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch.,  by 
Clara  Williams,  box 106  00 

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

two  barrels  and  package 230  00 

L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 
Geo.  P.  Whittlesey,  barrel  and 
package 115  00 

Windsor  Locks,  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by 
Mrs.  Chas.  H.  Coye,  barrel 52  00 

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


AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 

VERMONT    DOMESTIC    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Vermont  Domestic    Missionary  Society  from    February  20  to  Jl/arck  20, 
1804.     \Vm.  C.   Tyler,   Treasurer 


Bennington  Center,   Old    First  Cong. 

Ch $31  05 

Benson 5  20 

Bethel,  S.  S.  Convention i  76 

Brattleboro,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  Convention.  2  50 

Coventry 27  75 

Rev.  L.  Harlow 10  00 

Cornwall,  E.  R.  Robbins 50000 

ForC.  H.  M.  S 2522 

Hardwick,  Supply 715 

Hero.  South,  and  Grand  Isle 16  85 

Hubbardton,  S.  S 300 

Irasburgh,  Hon.  L.  H.  Thompson 10  00 

Lamoille  County,  "  A  Friend  "' 50  00 

"  A  Friend,"  for  C.  H.  M.  S 50  00 

"  A   Friend."     to   furnish   a  room  in 

Indian  Girls'  Home  at  Vinita 75  00 

Ludlow,  S.  S.  Convention 75 

Marshfield,  Mass..  A  Friend  . .   22 

Middlebury.  for  Miss  Hartig.. 4200 

Ne  wbury ,  West 2  00 

Norwich 15  00 


Orwell $28  31 

Pittsford,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Mr.  Lewis  5  00 

A.  Mann 2  00 

Royalton,  South,  S.  S.  Convention i  58 

Randolph,  West 2  55 

Sharon 2  50 

Stowe 15  00 

St.     Johnsbury,     North     Ch.,     "  Two 

Friends  " 100  00 

"  S.  F.  S.,  March  12  " 50  00 

South  Ch. 94  18 

Vergennes,  "  A  Friend  " s  00 

Wells  River 2285 

Weston,  S.  S.  Convention 2  25 

Miss  Agnes  M.    Bigelow,   of   the   Zulu 

Mission,  South  Africa s  00 

Vermo.\t  Missionakv 13  35 

Income  from  invested  funds 84  00 

Woman's  Home  Missionary  Union  : 

Orwell,  Woman  s  Missionary  Society  10  00 

$1,319  02 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Alassachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  March,  1894.     Rev.  Edwin  B. 

P.'VLMER,    Treaszirer 


Amherst,  "  X  " 

Andover,  Chapel,  by  Warren  F.  Draper, 

to  const.  Misses  F.  A.  Merrill,  K.  W. 

Towne.    Mary   E.    Carter,   and    Mrs. 

Clara  H.  Newton  L.  Ms.  of  C.  H.  M. 

S 

Anonymous 

Ashfield,  by  Mrs.  Daniel  Williams  ..   .. 


$25  00     Athol,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Jennie  E.  Law- 
ton $16  00 

By  Miss  A.  M.  Dow,  C.  E.  Day  Offer- 
ing for  Indian  Girls'  Home.  Vinita. .  7  00 
Attleboro,  Dean.  Maryett  I.,  Estate  of, 

424  00  by  Geo.  A.  Dean,  ex 500  00 

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

go  00  special  offering) 94  79 


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51 


Hank  Balances,  Feb.  interest $11  45 

licdford.  Church  of  Christ,  S11.76;  A 
Friend,  "  for  debt,"  $2  :  Miss  Susan 
Williins,  $2     all  by  Rev.  li;dwin  Smith.  15  76 

Berkley,  by  Rev.  (ieorge  Sterling 12  42 

Blackstone,  by  Rev.  L.  M.  Pierce,  add'l  2  21 

Boston,  A  Friend 400 

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

Charlestown,  Winthrop,   by  Geo.  S. 

Poole 113  16 

Dorchester,  Second.  Mrs.  J.  Fullarton, 

part  of  Easter  offering 10  00 

Village,  S.  S.,  by  F.  W.  Baker 25  00 

L.  B.  W 10  00 

M .  A 10  00 

Park  Street,  by  E.  H.  McGuire 5  00 

Ro.xbury,    Highland,  by  J.  W.  Hall..         130  00 
A  Friend,  for  Rev.  E.  A.  Paddock, 

Idaho 5  00 

Walnut  Ave.,  by  F.  O.  Whitney. ...  45  00 

West,  South  Evan.,  Mon.  Con.  Coll., 

by  Mrs.  C.  H.  Botsford 4  00 

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

Emma  F.  Morse 1000 

"  T.  G." 25  00 

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

W.  H.  White,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 10  00 

Braintrcc,  First,  by  A.  B.  Keith 9  go 

Brockton,  Campello,  Mrs.  Geo.  Church- 
ill's S.  S.  clas.s,  by  Alice  L.  Gihbs,  for 
Rev.    R.    W.     Fletcher,     Quillayate, 

Wash 9  60 

Brookline,   Harvard,  by  Jas.  H.  Shap- 

leigh 14.";  68 

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

for  debt  of  C.  H.  M.  S 5  00 

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

H.  M.  S 10  00 

Cambridgeport,    Chamberlain    Newell, 
for    Indian    Girls'   School,    and    to 

const,  two  L.  Ms 75  00 

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

$10  44  Mon.  Con.  Coll.) 4314 

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

Idaho 5  00 

Charlemont,  by  Rev.  Ira  A.  Smith 20  00 

Charlton,  by  F.  O.  Wakefield 11  31 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  M.  Daniel  Wood- 
bury    354 

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

French  work,  local,  $20.00. 
Cohasset,    Beechwood,    by   Rev.    John 

Sharp ' 13  50 

Conway,  by  Francis  Howland 33  26 

Danielsonville, Conn. .Winter,  Mrs.  S.  B  5  00 
Danvers,  Maple  St.,  by  Ebenezer  Pea- 
body  153  31 

Deerfield,  Orth.,  A  Friend 12  50 

Douglas,  First,  by  Rev.  A.  B.  Peffers..  10  00 

Dunstable,  A  Friend,  Easter  offering. . .  10  00 

Easthampton,  First,  by  W.  H.  Wright, 

(of  wh.  $17.50 special) 25  95 

First.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  W.  H.  Wright  12  11 

Parsons,  Herbert  S.,  memorial  gift 
from  estate  of,  by  L.  E.  Parsons,  to 
const.  Miss  Sarah  J.  Parsons  a  L.  M. 

of  C.  H.  M.  S so  00 

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

Elliott,  Man,'  R.,  "  for  debt ". 20  00 

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

Everett,  First,  by  R.  A.  Rideout..,..    ..         26  00 
First,  by   R.  A.  Rideout,  for  Rev.  N. 

Forrest,  El  Reno,  Ok 26  00 

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

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

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

Falmouth,  Herendeen,  S.  Emily 2  00 

Fall  River.  Central,  by  R.    B.   Borden 

(of  which  $54  92  is  Mon.  Con.  Coll.)        -^89  23 
Fowler,    by    F.     M.    Lawson,    "  for 
deficit " 42  00 


Fitchburg,  Rollstone,  by  D.  Salmond, 
to  const.  Lucy  A.  Havward,  P^mma 
J.   Bennett,  and   B.  T.  Putnam  L. 

Ms S92  00 

Whittier,  D.  B.,  M.D 10  00 

Grafton,  Saundersville,   by   A.  E.  Gur- 

ney 5  00 

Granby,   Church   of   Christ,  by  Robert 

C.  Bell,  L.  M.  to  be  named 37  00 

Granville,  East,  by  Rev.  Geo.  A.  Beck- 

with 2  30 

West,  by  Rev.  T.  S.  Robie,  for  Indian 

Girls'  School.  Vinita 5  00 

Gloucester,  A  Friend 2  00 

Lanesville,    Haraden,    Mrs.  Eliza,  by 

Rev.  W.  C.  Wood 20  00 

Great  Barrington,  "  E.  J.  L.,"  for  C.  H. 

M.  S 5  00 

Greenfield,   Second,  by   Lucy  A.  Spar- 
hawk  30  47 

Halifa.x,   Ch.,  $2.30;   Y.   P.   S.  C.  E., 
$1.65;  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,   soots.,  by 

Mrs.  L.  H.  Grover 445 

Hampden  Henev.  Association,  by  Geo. 
R.  Bond,  Treas.: 

Palmer,  Union  Evan $64  60 

Springfield,  Olivet 3600 

White  Street 500 

First 70  00 

Special 30  00 

West  Springfield,  First 28  25 

Mittineague 37  86 

271  71 

Hardwick,  First,  and  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  Har- 
lan Page 15  00 

Harwich,  by  W.  H.  Underwood 18  35 

Haverhill.   North,  Flint,    Mrs.    M.   C, 

"  for  debt  " 100  00 

Ames,  Mary  F.,  "  for  debt  " 100  00 

Outside  Circle  of  King's  Daughters..  15  00 

Riverside,    Elliott,    Emma    S.,    "for 

debt" 1000 

Hawley,  West,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev. 

R .  M .  Sargent 4  70 

Holland,  by  Rev.  Oscar  Bissell 20  65 

Hopkinton,  by  J.  D.  Stewart 86  63 

S.   S.,  Prim.    Dept.,    by    Mrs.    S.   I. 

Valentine 3  36 

Hyde  Park,  Blue  Hill  Evan.  Society,  by 

S.  T.  Elliott 7  64 

Lawrence,  Law.  St.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  ,  by 
A.  M.  Chadwick,  for   Indian  Girls' 

School  at  Vinita i  50 

Trinity,  by  W.  E.  Rowell 43  34 

White,  Samuel  (B.  $5,  S.  $20) 25  00 

Lowell,  Eliot,  by  James  Howard,  to 
const.  Susan  E.  Morrison  a  L.  M.  of 

C.  H.  M.  S 67  93 

First,  by  Joseph  W.  Griffin 10  00 

High  St.,  by  Saml.  A.  Chase,  Special 

Coll 21  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.   members,  by  F.  N. 

Chase 32  00 

Lynn,  North,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Hadley...  30  15 

Maiden,  a  Friend.  E.  N loo  00 

Manchester,  by  George  F.  Allen 47  00 

Medfield,  Second,  by  Rev.  N.  T    Dyer..  24  00 

Special  for  El  Reno,  Ok.,  by  Rev.  N. 

T.  Dyer 5  00 

Medford,     South,    Union,     by     N.    P. 

Richardson 25  00 

Medway,  Village,  by  Rev.  R.  K.  Har- 
low, Special  for  deficit 3250 

West,  Adams,  C.  A lo  00 

Melrose,    Orth.,    by    C.   C.    Goss,    for 

French  Prot.  College 22  87 

Methuen.  Fulton.    Mrs.  Eunice.  Estate 

of,  by  Joseph  W.  Fulton.  e.\ 1,000  00 

New  Bedford,  A  Friend,  towards  salary 

of  Rev.  D.  F.  Bright.  Neb 50  00 

Ladies'  H.    M.  Soc,   for  Rev.  E.  A. 
Paddock,  Idaho 1000 


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May,   1894 


Newburyport,   Belleville,  Hale,  Joshua, 

"for  debt."'.    ....    $10000 

New  Salem,  by  H.  S.   Herrick 7  00 

Newton,    Auburndale,    by  C.    C.    Burr, 

Men.  Con.  Coll .    ..  1060 

(Center)  First,  bv  J.  E.  Rockwood...         217  06 

Mrs.  M.  J.  E..  "for  C.  H.  M.  S 200 

Eliot,    by    F.    C.    Partridge    (of    wh. 

$7Q4.07  Easter  offering)     964  07 

A  Member  100  00 

Newtonville,     Central,     by     E.     W. 

Greene 42960 

Nichols,  J.  Howard  5000 

Norfolk  Co. ,  Cash 25  go 

North  Adams.  First,  by  W.  W.  Rich- 
mond, to  const.  Miss  Stella  Stroud 
and  E.  B.   Hamblen  L.  Ms.  of  C.  H. 

M.  S 100  00 

Northampton,    First,  by  J  .    H.  Searle, 

add'l      8  00 

Lover  of  Missions,  "  for  debt  " 400 

Maynard,  H.  G.,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 25  00 

Northboro,  Evan.,  by  Abby  W.  Small..  56  00 

Northbridge    Center,   First,  by  Rev.  J. 

H.  Childs 17  GO 

First,  Y.   P.   S.  C.   E.,  by  Rev.  J.  H. 
Childs,  for    Indian  Girls'  School  at 

Vinita 520 

Rockdale,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Childs 1300 

North    Brooktield,    First,    by    John    S. 

Cooke loi  88 

Union,  by   Hiram    Knight,  ''for  debt 

ofC.  H.  M.  S." 19  ID 

0.\ford,    First,    by    John    E.    Kimball, 

Easter  offering 50  00 

Piainfield.  by  Rev.  J.  A.  WoodhuU 13  00 

Prescott,  by  R.  H.  Allen 1 1  50 

Quincy,  Evan.,  by  J.  S.  Ba.xter 2100 

Atlantic,   Memorial    and  S.  S.  Easter 

offering,  by  F.  Jenkins 12  06 

Richmond,  by  C.  H.  Dorr  (Ch.,  $21  :  Y. 
P.  S.  C.  E.,  $25  ;    King's  Daughters, 

$10) . .  56  00 

Sharon,  by  D.  W.  Pettee,  to  const.  Miss 

Abbie  C    Billings  a  L.  M 31  00 

Shelburne  Falls,  Ch.  and  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

by  L.  M.  Packard 32  53 


Special,  for  Rev.  J.  Homer  Parker,  of 
Kingfisher,  Ok.,  and  L.  Mp.  of  Daisy 

Severance    

Somerville.   Broadway,  by  C.  F.  Simes. 

Winter  Hill,  by  S.  A.  Underhill 

Sterling,  by  Rev.  Geo.  H.  Pratt  

Stockbridge,  by  D.  R.  Williams 

Sturbridge,  by  Melvin  Haynes 

Sudbury,  North,    Dakin,  J.  C  

Sutton,  by  C.  E.  Hutchinson 

Taunton,  Trin.,  by  Miss  L.  B.  Bliss 

Tewksbury,  by  Enoch  Foster 

Tisbury,  West,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  D.  L. 

Hancock,    for  Indian    Girls'    School, 

Vinita 

Wall  Fund,  Income 

Waltham,  Trin.,  by  Daniel  French 

Warren,  S.  S.,  by  E.  J.  Spencer 

Warwick,  Evan.,  by  E.  C.  Chase 

Wayland,  Life  Member,  "  for  debt  ". . .. 
Wellesley,  S.   S.    and  others,  by  W.  R. 

Hanks 

Westboro,  Evan.,  by  E.  F.  Denham.... 
West  Brookfield,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Miss 

H.  R.  Crowell 

Weston,  by  A.  S.  Burrage 

West  Springfield,  A  Friend 

Weymouth,  East,  by  C.  B.  Cushing,  to 
const.  T.  H.  Emerson  a  L.  M.  of  C. 
H.  M.  S 

South,  Old  South,  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Al- 
vord 

South,  Union,  by  H.  B.  Reed 

Winchester,  First,  D.  N.  Skillings  An- 
nuity, by  W.  D.  Middleton 

Woburn,  North,  by  S.  A.  Thompson... 
Worcester,  Plymoiith,  by  F.  W.  Chase, 

to  const.  L.  Ms 

Woman's  Home  Miss.  Association,  by 
M.  L.  Woodbury,  Asst.  Treas.  : 

Ro.\bury,  Walnut  Ave.,Wum's.  Aux., 
for  Rev.  Samuel  Deakin 


tl20    00 

33  17 
24  68 
28  00 
51  45 
33  00 
40  00 
12  75 
10  CO 
23  23 


10 

00 

II 

10 

45 

10 

00 

42 
82 

17 

94 

5 
5 
5 

00 

63 
00 

39  CO 
27  09 


100   GO 

34  00 


87  14 


Home  Missionary, 


',711  03 
16  95 


:727  98 


Donations  of  Clothing,  etc.,   receitted  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the  Woman's  Home 
Missionary  Association  in  March.     Miss  Anna  A.   Pickens,  Secretary 


Amesbury,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  L.  C.  Boul- 
tenhouse,  two  barrels $135  og 

Belchertown,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  C.  F.  D. 
Hazen,  barrel 5°  84 

Brighton,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  L.  J.  Wor- 
melle,  barrel 107  22 

Dalton,  Sewing  Soc,  by  Miss  Clara  L. 
Crane,  barrel 102  08 

Dorchester,  Second  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Miss 

Fannie  L.  Vose,  barrel 67  00 

Greenfield,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Helena  Rich- 
ardson, barrel 86  60 

Leicester,  Ladies,  by  Miss  Eldora  E. 
Loring,  barrel 80  79 

Lowell,    High  St.  Ch.,   Ladies,  by  Miss 

M.  M.  Lancaster,  two  barrels 206  24 

Maiden,  Ladies'  Ben.  Soc.,  by  Mrs.  B.  T. 
Tilton,  barrel 108  00 


Natick,  Ladies,  by  Miss  M.  A.   Jones, 

two  barrels 

Providence.  R.  I.,  Central  Ch..  by  Mrs. 

T.  B.  Stockwell,  three  barrels 

Spencer,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.   C.  O.  Tyler, 

barrel 

Springfield,  First  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 

O.  E.  Pease,  barrel 

Wakefield,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  A.  E.  Sweet- 

ser,  barrel 

Winchendon,    Ladies,    by    Mrs.    C.   C. 

Parker,  barrel 

Winchester.  L.  W.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  J.  P. 

Boutwell,  barrel 

Woburn,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  S.  F:  Park- 
hurst,  barrel 

Ladies,  by  Mrs.  M.  T.  Allen,  barrel.. 


[07 

28 

.32 

II 

50 

17 

81 

80 

45 

00 

43 

39 

75 

77 

6S 
83 

00 
00 

MISSIONARY   SOCIETY    OF   CONNECTICUT 


Receipts  of  the  Missionary  .Society  of  Connecticut  in    March,    1894.     Ward   W.Jacobs, 

Treasurer 


Andover,  by  Rev.  G.  A.  Curtis. . . . 

Ansonia,  by  B.  A.  Cramer 

"  Friends  "       

Bolton,  by  William  H.  Loomis 

Coventry,  South,  by  J.  S.  Morgan. 


f  14  00  East  Haddam,  First,  by  E.  W.  Chaffee, 

15  00         forC.   H.  M.  S 

3  00      East  Haven,  by  Lottie  E.  Street 

6  36  East  Windsor,  Broad   Brook,  by  S.    B. 

3400         Adams 


$10  29 

22   55 


May,   1894 


The   Home   Missionary 


53 


Knficld,  First,  by  I'^rcderick  A.  Kinp... 
Farniinfrlmi,  by  Richard  H.  Gay 

'•  Hcqiu^t     of     William     Gay,"     by 

Richard  H.  Gay.  c\ 

Glastciiil)ury,  F'irst,  by  E.  H.  Andrews.. 

Hucl<inyham,  by  T.  D   Goslec 

South,  Ch.  and  S.  S.,  by  H  D.  Hale. 
Haddam,  First,  by  Rev.  K.  E.  Lewis... 

IliSfjanum.by  R.J.  (iladwin 

Hartford,  l-'irst,  by  C.  T.  Welles,  for  C. 
H.  M.  S 

Zion,    Swedish,    by    Rev.    L.   W.   A. 

Mjorkman 

Madison,  North  Madison,  by  Rev.  Will- 
iam !•:.  B.  Moore 

Middlesex     Conference,     by     Edward 

Payne 

New  Britain,  First,  by  A.  N.  Lewis 

ForC.  H.  M.  S  

New  Haven,  United,  by  C.  E.  P.  San- 
ford 

Emanuel.  Swedish,  by  L.  Flodquist.. 
Plaintield,   VV'aurepan,    by   Rev.    S.    H. 

Fellowes.  to  const.  Mrs.  Annie  Laurie 

Johnson,  of  Wauregan,  a  L.  M 


$25  00      Putnam.  Second,  by  F.  J.  Daniels $25  08 

81  00      Salisbury,  "  The  Home  Class,"  by  Rev. 

John  C  Goddard '     582 

200  00      Somers,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E i  50 

300  00         By  H.  L.  James 31  64 

7  oo      Stratford,  by  Rev.  Joel  S.  Ives 15  65 

12  51      Trumbull,  by  Rev.  William  F.  White..  7  04 

12  35         ForC.  H.  M.  S 704 

II  00      Vernon,  Talcottville,   "Special"  for  C. 

H.  M.  S.,  by  H.  G.  Talcott 100  00 

191  84      Voluntown  and  Sterling,  by  Rev.  John 

Elderkin.  for  C.  H.  M.  S 16  48 

10  00      Wallinji^ford,  by  W.  E.  Pattee 10  00 

Watcrbury,    Third,  by  John  Henderson, 

2200          Ir 1000 

Westbrook,  by  T.  D.  Post 21  05 

5  75      Winchester,  West   Winstcd,   "Special" 

34  00         for  C.  H.  M.  S.,  by  John  Hinsdale...  70  17 
100  00      Windsor.  Poquonock.  additional,  "  M.," 

by  Rev.  N.  T.  Merwin 2  00 

142  00      Windsor  Locks,  Y.  P.  S.  C.    E.,  by  A. 

5  00         G.  Townsend 10  00 

50  00  $'1659  82 


ILLINOIS     HOME     MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

HiXi'i/'ls  of  the   Illinois  Home  Missionary  Society   in    Febj-uaiy,    1894.      Aaron  B. 

Mead,   Treasure)- 


Albion,  Union 

Ashkum 

Atkinson,  Calvary 

Aurora,    First   (^Mrs.   J.    L.   Greenfield, 

$10) 

Brimfield 

BunkerHill 

Chesterfield 

Chicago.  First 

New  Enfjland.  O.  B.  Green 

Leavitt  Street.  Mrs.  Mary  H.  Sarg;ent. 

LTnion  Park.  Dr.  H.  M.  Lypian 

Ravenswood.  Dr.  W^m.  S.  Gates 

South  German 

Jefferson  Park.  German 

First  Evan.  Lutheran 

Chillicothe 

Dan  way 

Decatur 

Des  Plaines,  Mrs.  L  T.  Norton 

Dundee 

Elburn 

Granville 

Grayville,  Olive 

Kangley 

Kemper,  S.  S..  B.  and  G.  Army 

La  Grange 

Malta,  Mrs.  K.  A.  Brundage,  In  mem- 
ory D.  P.  Brundage 

Marseilles,  Scandinavians 

Naperville.  add"l 

New  Grand  Chain   

0..k  Park.  Rev.  S.  J.  Humphrey 

Rev.  J.  E.   Roy 

Ottawa.  Mrs.  Ruth  P.  Bascom 

Plainfield 


$5 

00 

3 

00 

8 

23 

60 

49 

.S 

00 

46 

11 

21 

75 

10 

00 

200 

00 

2 

00 

2-; 

00 

5 

00 

2 

50 

.3 

00 

'7 

00 

II 

00 

3 

30 

43 

62 

S 

00 

28 

26 

10 

00 

30 

00 

17 

28 

36 

24 

2 

00 

52 

04 

s 

00 

I 

40 

3 

00 

8 

00 

5 

00 

Port  Byron 

Princetcjn 

Riley,  Mrs.  M.  J.  Sears 

Rockford,  Second,  S.  S 

Stark 

St.  Charles.  Rev.  G.  H.  Smith 

Stillman  Valley,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Sycamore,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

\  ictoria,  E.  Coleman  and  wife 

Wyoming 

For  evangelistic  support 

Chicago,  P.  W.  S 

Rent  of  Bowdoin  farm 

Interest  Administrative  Fund 

Freeporl,  L.  A.  Warner 

A  Friend 

White  Willow,  Lewis  Sherrill 

Cash 

A  Friend 

Woman's  Home  Missionary  Union  : 

Aurora,  New  England $3  3° 

BunkerHill 2800 

Chebanse,  for  Mr.  Rybar 2  50 

Chicago,  New  England '7  5° 

Union  Park 100  00 


Rav-enswood 

California   Ave.,   Mrs.  Hoi- 

yoke 

Hinsdale,  for  Mi.ss  Salava. . . . 

Huntley,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Oak  Park 29  50 

Rockford,  Second 15  75 

Stillman  Valley 2000 


S  00 


30  00 
S  °o 


$11 

15 

47 

7' 

5 

00 

21 

50 

14 

00 

10 

00 

9 

II 

10 

00 

10 

00 

13 

30 

75 

70 

2S 

00 

6 

85 

150 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

16  50 


$1,402  59 


CONGREGATIONAL    CITY   MISSIONARY    SOCIETY    OF    ST. 
LOUIS,    MISSOURI 

Receipts  of  the  Congregational  City  Missionary  Society  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  in  January 
and  February,  ziq^.     Lewis  E.  Snow,   Treasurer 

Dr.  E.  S.  Jones  and  wife 80  50     Lewis  E .  Snow S300  00 

A.  L.  Love,  pulpit  supply 6  00      D.  Crawford 250  co 

A.  E.  Durant 500                                                                                   

Old  Orchnrd  Church 500 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Webb 500  00  $1,066  50 


54 


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May,   1894 


Geo.  B.  Cowper 

Mr.  and  M rs.  R.  Norrish 

J.  A.  Rodgers 

Mrs.  Rebecca  H.  W.  Morton. 

P.  H.  Johnson 

Lily  M.  Schmidt 

Pilgrim  Church  


Received  in    Marcli,    1894 


5  00 
3  00 
10  00 
2  00 
I  00 
115  60 


J.  M.  E.  Drake.  Boston 

Small  or  unknown  contributions. 
Mrs.  and  Mrs.  W.  O.  Proctor. .  . . 
Mrs.  Jane  Hall 


$10  00 

5  75 
2  00 


^160  35 


WOMAN'S     STATE     HOME     MISSIONARY 
ORGANIZATIONS 


OFFICERS 


I.  NEW    HAMPSHIRE 
FEMALE   CENT    INSTITUTION 
Organized  August,  1804 
and 
HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  June,  i8go 
President,   Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Walker.  Concord. 
Secretary y    Mrs.  John  T.  Perry,  Exeter. 
Treasurer,'^\'\i&  Annie  A.   McFarland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 

2.   MINNESOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  September,  1872 

President,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  230  E.  gth 

3016    Harriet 


St. 


St.  Paul 
Secretary,   Mrs.    C.    F.    Fullerton 

Ave.,  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner,  Northfield. 


3.  ALABAMA 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  March,  1877 
Reorganized  April,  1889 
President,   Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews,  Talladega. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  T.  N.  Chase,  Selma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  S.  De  Forest,  Talladega. 

4.  MASSACHUSETTS    AND    RHODE 
ISLAND* 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 
*       Organized  February,  1880 
President,   Mrs.    C.    L.   Goodell,   The   Rochdale, 

Boston  Highlands. 
Secretary,   Miss  Anna  A.  Pickens.  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess,  32  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 

5.  MAINE 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  AUXILIARY 
Organized  June,  1880 
President,   Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 
Secretary,   Mrs.    Gertrude   H.    Denio,    168    Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   Rose  M.  Crosby,   26  Grove   St., 
Bangor. 

*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above 
Island,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


6.  MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  May,  1881 

President,   Mrs.  George  M.  Lane,  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave.,  Detroit. 

Secretary,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Hattield.  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,  Mt%.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 

7.  KANSAS 
WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  October,  1881 
President,   Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  George  L.  Epps,  Topeka. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  DeLong,  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  May,  1882 

President,   Mrs.   J.  G.  W.   Cowles,  417  Sibley  St., 

Cleveland. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Flora  K.  Regal,  Oberlin. 
Treasurer, Ge^orge   B.    Brown,   2116   Warren  St., 
Toledo. 

9.  NEW   YORK 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 
President,   Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,   483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   Wm.  Spalding,  511   Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer, ^\ts.   J.    J.   Pearsall,   230   Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 

10.  WISCONSIN 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  i88j 
President.    Mrs.  E.  G.  LTpdike,  Madison. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman,  Whitewater. 

II.  NORTH    DAKOTA 
WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1883 
President,    Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland.  Caledonia. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Harwood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 

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12.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Org^anizcd  July,  1884 

rresidcnt,  Mrs.  John  Soniincrvillc,  246  Washinfj- 
t«n  St.,  Portland. 

Stxretarv.   Mrs.  Geo.  C-  Brownell.  Oregon  City. 

lieasurt-r.  Mrs  W.  D.  Palmer,  283  4th  St.,  Port- 
land. 

13.  WASHINGTON 

Inch  DING  Northern  Id.\ho 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June,  1889 

PrcsiJcnt,   Mrs.  A.   J.   Bailey,  323   Blanchard   St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  W.  George,  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.  SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  September,  1884 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  .Ashton. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall.  Huron. 
7>?rti«;rr,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 

15.  CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  January,  1885 

President,   Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   C.   T.    Millard,    36    Lewis    St., 

Hartford. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.    W.    W.   Jacobs,    19   Spring    St., 

Hartford. 

16.   MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  18S5 

President,   Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    E.    C.    Ellis,   2456  Tracy   Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   K.  L.  Mills,  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 

17.  ILLINOIS 
WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President y  Mrs.  Isaac  Claflin,  Lombard. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  C.   H.  Taintor,  151  Washington 

St.,  Chicago. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field,  Wilmette. 

18.  IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1886 

President.   Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass.  Grinnell. 
Secretary.    Mrs.   V.  H.  Mullett.  Clinton. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  M.  J.  Nichospn,    1513  Main  St., 
Dubuque.     '    ' 


19.  CALIFORNIA 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Organized  October,  1887 
President,   Mrs.  E.  S.  William.^,  Pacific  Grove. 
Secretary,   Mrs.    L.   M.   Howard,  911   Grove  St., 

Oakland. 
Treasurer,  y^X'A.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 
Oakland. 

20.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1887 
President,  Mrs.   J.     T.    Duryea,     2402    Cass    St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary,    Mrs.   S.  C.   Dean,   636    So.    31st    St., 

Omaha. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.   Powell.  30th  &   Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

21.  FLORIDA 
WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February,  1888 
President,   Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale,  Jacksonville. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows,  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown,  Interlachen. 

22.  INDIANA 
WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  May,  1888 
President,   Mrs.   E.  C.   Bell,  221  Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   F.   E.    Dewhurst,    28   Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

23.  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  i838 

President,    Mrs.   Emma   Cash,    1658   Temple   St., 

Los  Angeles. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  H.  K.  W.  Bent,  Box  442,  Pasa- 
dena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place, 
Riverside. 

24.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S    HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June,  1888 
President,    Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine.  Windsor. 
Treasurer, yirs.   Wm.    P.    Fairbanks,    St.   Johns- 
bury. 

25.  COLORADO 
WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October.  1888 
President,   Mrs.  J.  W.  Pickett.  White  Water. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Denver. 
Treaszirer,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Sawyer,  Boulder. 

26.  ■WYOMING 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 
Reorganized  December.  1892 
President,   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker.  Cheyenne. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple.  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smith,  Rock  Springs, 


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27.   GEORGIA 
WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1S88 
President,   Mrs.    H.    B.   Wey,  253    Forest  Ave., 

Atlanta. 
Secretary,  Mrs.   H.  A.   Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 
Treasurer.  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

28.  MISSISSIPPI 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris,  T421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary.    Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer, yixi.  L.  H.  Turner,  3112  12th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 

29.  LOUISIANA 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  April.  1SS9 
President,   Miss  Anna  F.  Condict,  490  Canal  St., 

New  Orleans. 
Secretary,    Miss  Emily  Nichols. 
7";frtJ?<r'cr,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 

30.    ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY    AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 
WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION   OF    THE 
CENTRAL  SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April,  188  1 
President,   Mrs.  E.  M.  Cravath,  Fisk  University, 

Nashville,  Tenn. 
Secretary,  Miss    C.    L.    Coleman,    Chattanooga, 

Tenn. 
Treasurer,  Miss  S.  S.  Evans,  Louisville,  Ky. 

31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  1889 
President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman.  Dudley. 
Secretary ,   Miss  A.  E.  Farrington,  High  Point. 
Treasurer,yW%'i  A.  E.  Farrington,  High  Point. 

32.  TEXAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  March,  1890 

President,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin,  Dallas. 

Secretary,    Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Box  563,  Dallas. 

Treasurer, '^\xs.   C.   I.    Scotield,    Lock    Bo.\   220, 

Dallas. 

33.   MONTANA 
WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1890 
President,   Mrs.  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,   410  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones,  Livingston. 

34.   PENNSYLVANIA 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  June,  i8go 
President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  Allegheny. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennie,  Ridgway. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones,  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 


35.  OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1890 

President,  Miss  M.  McConnell,  Guthrie. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  L.  E.  Kimball,  Guthrie. 
Treasurer,  yix?..  J.  H.  Parker,  Kingfisher. 

35.  NEW  JERSEY 

Including  District  of  Columbia,  Makvland, 
AND  Virginia 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 

THE   NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION, 

Organized  March,  1891 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H    Bradford,  Montclair. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weeden,  Upper  Mont- 
clair. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150  Belleville  Ave., 
Newark. 

37.  UTAH 

Including  Southern  Idaho 

WOMAN^S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1891 

Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,   Mrs.  Clarence   T.  Brown,   Salt  Lake 

City. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  135  Sixth  St.,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treas-urer,  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett,  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  Pocaiello. 

38.  INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  April,  1892 
President,   Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd,  Vinita. 
Secretary,    Miss  Louise  Graper,  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 


39.   NEVADA 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  1892 
President,   Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
Secretary,    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill.  Reno.     ' 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1892 

President,   Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuquerque. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  E.  W.  Lewis,  .301  So.  Edith  St., 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,    Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 

41.   BLACK    HILLS,    SO.   DAKOTA 

BLACK   HILLS    WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President,   Mrs    T-  B.  Gossage,  Rapid  City,  Black 

HilK,  South  Dakota. 
Secretary,   Mrs     H.    H.    Gilchrist,  Hot  Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  Miss    Grace    Lyman.     Hot    Springs, 
Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Field  Secretaries 

Rev.  W.  O.  PimDEi'ooT,  South  Frnmingliam,  Mass. 

Rov.  C.  W.  Shf.i.ton,  Birmingham,  Conn. 

Rev.  H.  D.  WiARD,  151  Washingioii  St.,  Chicago,  III. 

Superintendents 

Rev.  MoRiTZ  E.  EvERSZ,  D.D.,  German  Department,  151  Washington  St.,  Chicago,  Til. 

Rev.  .Scandinavian  Department, 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Schaufklkk,  D.D.,  Slavic  Department,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Edw.  D.  Curtis,  D.D Indianapolis,  Ind.        Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall Huron,  S.  Dak. 

Rev.  S,  F.  Gale Jacksonville,  Fla.        Rev.  H.  C.  Simmons Fargo,  N.  Dak. 

Rev.  J.  H.  MoRLEv Minneapolis,  Minn.  Denver,  Col. 

Rev.  Alfred  K.  Wkay Springfield,  Mo.         Rev.  W.  S.  Hawkes Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

lie  v.  L.  P.  IIrdaD lopeka,  Kan.         Rev.  J.  K.  Harrison San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Rev.  E.  H.  Ashmun Albuquerque,  N.  M.        Rev.  James  T.  Ford Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Rev.  A.  JuDsoN  Bailey Seattle,  Wash.        Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp Forest  Grove,  Ore. 

Rev.  T.  G.  Gkassie Ashland,  Wis.        „        t  -iir   t  -ix  t>       J  511  Woodland  Terrace, 

R.v    A     A     P.nvv«       j  Black  Hills  and  Wyoming.  Rev.  T.  W.  JoNES,  D.D... -^        Philadelphia.  Pa. 

Kev.A.  A.  bKOWN...-^  j^^j  Springs,  South  Dakota.         Rev.  W.  S.  Bell Helena,  Men. 

Rev.  Harmon  Rross Lincoln,  Neb.        Rev.  S.  C.  McDaniel Atlanta,  Ga. 

Rev,  S.  E.  Bassbtt  (Supt.  Alabama)..  Ft.  Valley,  Ga.        Rev.  J.  Homer  Parker..... Kingfisher,  Qki, 

Secretaries  and  Treasurers 

of  the  Auxiliaries 

Rev.  Jonathan  E.  Adams,  D.D.,  Secr-^tary.  ..Maine  Missionary  Society., Bangor,  Me. 

John  L.  Crosby,  Esq.,  Treasurer <•  '«  '•      ., Bangor,  Me. 

Rev.  A.  T.  Hillman,  Secretary .New  Hampshire  Home  Miss.  Society.... Concord,  N.  H. 

Hon.  Lvman  D.  Stevens,  Treasurer "  "  "  "  "       .  ...Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  Secretary Vermont  Domestic  "  "       ....St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Wm.  C.  TvLER,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       ...  .St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Rev.  Joshua  CoiT,  Secretary Massachusetts  Home  "  "      .. ..  )  9  Cong'l  House, 

Rev.  Edwin  B.  Palmer,  Treasurer.    "  "  •'  "       ....)  Boston,  Mass. 

Rev.  Alexander  McGregor,  Secretary Rhode  Island       "  "  "       . . . . Pawtucket,  R,  I. 

H.  C.  Waters,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       ....Pawtucket,  R.  I, 

Rev.  William  H.  IVIoore,  Secretary Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut Hartford,  Conn. 

Ward  W.Jacobs,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  Hartford,  Conn. 

Rev.  Ethan  Curtis,  Secretary New  York  Home  Miss.  Society Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

William  Spaldinc,  Treasurer •'  "  "  "       Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Frasek,  D.D. ,  Secretary. .. .    Ohio  ''  ''  " Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Alexander  H.  Clapp,  Treasurer "  "  '•  "      New  York  City. 

Rev.  James  Tompkins,  D.D. ,  Secretary Illinois  "  "  " 1  151  Washington  St., 

Aaron  B.  Mead,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "      J         Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Homer  W.  Carter,  Secretary Wisconsin      "  ''  "      Beloit,  Wis. 

C.  M.  Blackm AN,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       Whitewater,  Wis. 

Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass,  D.D. ,  Secretary Iowa  "  "  "       Grinnell,  Iowa. 

J.  H.  Merrill,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       Des  Moines.  Iowa, 

Rev.  Wm.  H.  Warren,  Secretary Michigan  Congregational   Association. .  ..Lansing,  Mich. 

Rev.  John  P.  Sanderson,  Treasurer "  "  "  Lansing,  Mich. 

Geo.  H.  Morgan,  Secretary Cong.  City  Miss.  Society St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Rev.  Arch'd  L.  Love,  Superintendent  "         "         "  "       St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Lewis  E.  Snow,  Treasurer '■         "         "  "      . St.  Louis,  Mo, 

Communications 

relating  to  general  business  of  the  Society  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries  for  Correspondeoce. 
Communications  relating  to  the  Editorial  Department  of  The  Home  Missionary  may  be  addressed  to 
Rev.  Alex.  H.  Clapp,  D.D.  Correspondence  of  the  Woman's  Department  may  be  addressed  to  Mrs,  H,  S, 
Caswell,  Bible  House,  New  York. 

Donations  and  Subscriptions 

in  Drafts,  Checks,  Registered  Letters,  or  Post-Office  Orders  may  be  addressed  to  Wm.  B.  HowlanD, 
Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  PAYMENT  OF  $50  CONSTITUTES  A  LIFE  MEMBER 
Form   of  a   Bequest 

I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trust,  to  pay  over  the  same, 

in  months  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is  payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer 

oi  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the  City  of  New  York,  \a  the  year  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  twenty-si.\,  to  be  applied  to  the  charitable  use  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


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Major-General  Oliver  O.  Howard 

President. 

Rev.  David  B.  Coe,  D.D.,   Honorary   Secretary 
Rev.  Alexander  H,  Clapp,  D.D.,  Honorary   Treasurer 

Secretaries  for   Correspondence 
Rev.  Joseph  B.  Clark,  D.D. 

Rev.  William  Kincaid,  D.D. 

Rev.  Washington  Choate,  D.D, 

Mr.  William  B.  Rowland,   Treasurer 

Executive  Com7nittee 

Wm,  Ives  Washburn,  Esq.,  Chairman 

Asa  a.  Spear,  Esq.,  Recording  Secretary 

Rev.  William  M.  Taylor,  D.D. 

Mr.  Charles  H.  Parsons 

Rev.  James  G.  Roberts,  D.D. 

Rev.  Samuel  H.  Virgin,  D.D. 

Mr.  Joseph  Wm.  Rice 

Mr.  Herbert  M.  Dixon 

Rev.  Robert  R.  Meredith,  D.U. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Richards,  D.D. 

Mr.  George  P.  Stockwell 

Rev.  Robert  J.  Kent 

Rev.  John  D.  Kingsbury,  D.D. 

Mr.  George  W.  Hebard 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Stimson,  D.D. 


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Contents   for  June,    1894 


One    Phase    of    Home    Missionary 

Work  in  Maine 57 


Given  from  the  Heart. 


63 


NOTES  BY  THE  WAY: 

With  the  Cowboys 64 

Letter  from    Rev.  Lyman    Abbott, 

D.D 69 

Our  Work    in    Knoxville,   Tenn...      71 


How  One  Church  Took  the  Reduc- 
tion       74 


The  Springtime   Parish 82 

How  a  Veteran  Takes  the  Reduc- 
tion   84 

A  Sacred  Offering.  .    . 84 

And  Yet  Another 84 

The  Treasury 85 

Sixty-eighth    Anniversary    of    the 


Congregational  Home  Mission- 
ary Society 85 

What  Some  Missionaries  Are  Say-  j 

ing 76   [   A  Veteran's  Departure 88 


The   Home   Missionary 


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The    Home    Missionary 

Vol.  LXVII  JUNE,  1894  No.  2 

ONE    PHASE     OF     HOME    MISSIONARY     \A^ORK 
IN     MAINE 

UVRev.   Jonathan  E.    Adams,   D.D.,   Secretary,    Bangor 

^AINE  has  an  area  about  equal  to  that  of  all  the  other  New 
England  States.  Aroostook  County  is  nearly  as  large  as  Mas- 
sachusetts. Originally  Maine  was  a  province  under  the  laws  of 
Massachusetts,  and  became  a  State  in  1820,  at  the  same  time  with  Mis- 
souri. Tiie  Home  Missionary  Society  of  the  Mother  State  early  became 
interested  in  the  religious  affairs  of  the  province,  and  grants  of  land 
for  church  purposes  were  made  by  the  legislature,  especially  favoring 
pastors  of  "  the  standing  order,"  as  Congregationalists  were  then  known, 
and  the  minister's  salary  was  paid  from  the  town  treasury. 

In  1807  the  Maine  Missionary  Society  was  organized,  and  entered  upon 
its  work  at  once.  At  the  first  only  a  few  hundred  dollars  could  be  gathered 
and  disbursed  annually.  At  the  present  time,  about  ^ipjOoo  are  paid 
each  year  to  the  actual  workers  in  the  field.  Notice  the  first  utterance  of 
the  constitution  :  "  The  object  of  this  Society  is  to  extend  the  knowledge 
of  God  our  Savior,  and  to  send  the  glorious  Gospel  to  those  who  are 
destitute  of  the  public  and  stated  means  of  religious  instruction."  For 
years  this  was  the  chief  work  of  the  Society.  Such  men  as  Jotham  Sewall 
and  John  Sawyer  went  from  one  end  of  the  province  to  the  other,  travel- 
ing on  horseback  or  on  foot,  as  might  be  possible,  preaching  on  Sunday 
and  during  the  week  as  opportunity  offered  and  wherever  there  was  a 
hamlet  and  hungry  souls  to  be  fed  with  "the  bread  of  life."  A  school- 
house,  a  kitchen,  a  barn,  was  a  good  enough  place  for  worship,  and  inspir- 
ing enough  for  eloquence  and  power.  During  these  formative  days 
good  seed  was  sown,  and  in  the  train  of  such  men  churches  sprung  up, 
meeting-houses  were  built,  communities  gathered  around  them,  and  pas- 
tors were  settled.  In  due  time  some  of  these  churches  became  self- 
supporting,  strong,  and  liberal  givers  to  the  Missionary  Society.     Others, 


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though  still  aided,  have  been,  are,  and  will  be  feeders  for  the  city 
churches,  and  senders  of  Christian  men  and  women  "  to  the  ends  of  the 
earth." 

After  eighty-seven  years  we  find  much  of  the  same  work  to  be  done  as 
that  which  sent  Fathers  Sawyer  and  Sewall  up  and  down  in  the  province. 
At  that  time,  most  of  the  settlements  were  within  a  strip  bordering  upon 
the  Atlantic  coast  from  York  to  Quoddy  Head,  extending  inland  to  the 
north  not  more  than  fifty  miles.  Gradually  they  have  been  pushed 
toward,  the  Canada  boundaries.  There  still  remains  a  large  tract  of 
primitive  forests  and  hunting-grounds  which  have  not  often  echoed  to 
the  sound  of  the  woodman's  ax  or  the  huntsman's  rifle.     Slowly  yet  surely 


*'l  M<i 


CONGREGATIONAL   ClfURCH,    SHERMAN    MILLS,    ME. 


the  settlers  are  moving  along,  and  the  missionary  must  follow.  So  we  are 
constantly  called  "  to  send  the  glorious  (rospel  to  those  who  are  destitute 
of  the  public  and  stated  means  of  religious  instruction  "  ;  that  is,  to  com- 
munities too  new,  too  indifferent,  too  poor,  to  pay  a  pastor,  or  even  to 
build  a  modest  chapel.  At  the  present  time,  this  is  one  of  the  interesting 
phases  of  our  home  work.  Most  of  the  new  organizations  come  from 
such  beginnings,  and  some  of  them  develop  into  important  churches,  at 
least  in  so  far  as  that  they  lead  in  their  communities  and  give  tone  to 
society  in  temporals  and  in  morals.  A  few  examples  of  such  work  and 
the  apparent  results  will  illustrate  this  fact. 

Sherman,  in  Aroostook  County,  was  organized  as  a  town  in  1862, 
While  it  was  yet  a  plantation,  under  the  name  of  Golden  Ridge,  I  think, 
in  1861,  Christians  came  together  on  the  "  union  "  basis  and  thrived  fairly 


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well  under  the  vigorous  supervision  of  that  veteran  pioneer  missionary, 
Rev.  W.  T.  Sleeper.  In  1866  it  was  thought  to  be  desirable,  for  the  sake 
of  fellowship,  to  take  some  one  of  the  denominational  names.  There  was 
a  meeting  of  conference,  and  the  miitter  was  carefully  considered.  Some 
came  decidedly  prejudiced,  rather  feeling  that  there  could  be  no  true 
church  unless  of  the  name  to  which  they  had  first  subscribed.  But  after 
all  the  likes  and  unlikes  had  been  specified,  even  these  said  promptly  and 
gladly  :  "  There  are  so  many  things  in  which  we  all  agree,  and  so  few  in 
which  we  seem  to  differ,  we  will  not  and  cannot  oppose."  So  with  entire 
unanimity  it  was  called  the  Washburn  Memorial  C'hurch,  and  came  into 
fellowship  with  th^  Aroostook  Conference.  They  have  since  built  a  par- 
sonage and  a  commodious  meeting-house,  and  have  been  blessed  with  the 
constant  presence  of  a  pastor.  To-day  it  is  the  chief  church  in  town, 
there  being  no  other  very  near  its  center. 
The  village  is  not  large,  but  there  is  promise 
of  growth  from  the  recent  coming  of  the 
Bangor  and  Aroostook  Railroad.  The  church 
now  numbers  11 1,  but  coming  largely  from 
farms,  the  members  are  not  wealthy.  So  it 
has  been  aided  by  the  Missionary  Society 
from  the  first.  It  has  always  been  led  by 
vigorous  pastors. 

Rev.  Isaac  C.  Bumpus,  who  has  served 
there  for  the  past  twelve  years,  is  a  model 
missionary  pastor,  beloved  by  his  people,  well 
known  in  all  the  region,  and  always  ready  for 
extra  service  in  the  neighboring  communities. 
He  is  an  evangelist-pastor  in  the  true  sense, 

was  taken  from  the  ranks,  and  fits  into  the  right  place.  You  might  call 
him  a  genius.  He  was  an  organ-builder,  a  practical  musician,  an  artist  of 
considerable  merit,  and  always  ready  for  the  exercise  of  any  handicraft. 
When  he  visited  among  his  people,  he  would  repair  an  organ  or  a  sewing- 
machine,  much  to  the  delight  of  the  good  housewife,  who  was  seldom 
visited  by  the  professional  repairer.  Look  into  the  audience  room  of  the 
church,  and  you  will  see  an  artistic  pulpit-set  in  full,  and  the  finish  of  the 
room,  all  in  natural  grain  of  the  wood  and  the  work  of  his  own  hands. 
Visit  the  parsonage,  and  there  you  will  find  conveniences  and  decorations 
of  his  own  handiwork.  He  is  one  who  never  asks  another  to  do  for  him 
what  he  can  do  for  himself.  Nor  does  he  neglect  his  studies,  his  pulpit, 
or  his  people /n  any  particular.  Many  more  such  consecrated  and  skilled 
workers  could  find  places  in  the  pioneer  service. 

Though  this  church  is  made  up  of  people  from  several  denominations, 
you  can  now  mark  little  diflerence  in  any  way,  unless  that  the  Congrega- 


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tional  church  has  absorbed  all  that  is  good  from  the  forms  and  customs 
of  other  names.  At  least  they  are  ready  and  willing  workers  in  every 
direction. 

For  another  example,  Vanceboro  is  a  railroad  station  on  the  border  of 

New  Brunswick,  and 


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important  as  an  "  in 
transit  customs  " 
point.  In  a  dozen 
years  it  has  grown 
in  population  from 
less  than  400  to  about 
1,000.  While  )'et 
there  was  no  church 
organization,  the 
people  felt  the  need 
of  religious  services, 
and  built  them  a 
meeting-house. 
There  were  a  few 
professing  Chris- 
tians of  various 
names,  but  generally 
"  union  "  sentiments 
prevailed.  The 
Methodist  leaders 
desired  that  it  should 
be  dedicated  under 
their  rules,  which 
meant  that  virtually 
it  should  be  their 
church  property. 
The  majority  being 
unwilling  to  give 
away  their  rights 
thus,  the  Methodist 
friends  organized 
separately.  The 
people  were  supplied 
variously  for  a  time, 
till  at  length  they  desired  a  church  organization  of  some  kind.  In  1891 
Mr.  P.  H.  Moore,  of  Bangor  Seminary,  supplied  them,  and  they  became 
so  much  interested  that  a  Congregational  church  was  formed  as  the  one 
above  all  others  which  could  well   harmonize  the  various  parties.     There 


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were  nearly  thirty  who  came  into  the  compact,  among  whom  might  be 
found  the  Presbyterian,  the  Congregationalist,  the  l>aptist,  the  Free 
llaptist,  the  EpiscopaHan,  and  two  converted  CathoHcs.  At  present  they 
are  quite  harmonious,  and  have  Sunday-school,  prayer-meeting,  young 
people's  society,  and  the  various  appointments  of  a  vigorous  church. 
Some  may  call  this  "  a  conglomerate  "  !  But  we  have  in  Maine  quite  a 
number  of  very  excellent  churches  which  started  with  just  such  elements. 
After  ten  yjars  of  working  together,  this  could  not  easily  be  detected. 
At  least  the  members^of  such  churches  cannot  see  the  necessity  for  mul- 
tiplying little  denominational  (not  to  say  sectarian)  organizations. 

Here  is  still  another  type,  and  taken  from  the  thriving  part  of  the 
State.  In  1883  South  Gardiner,  on  the  Kennebec  River,  was  a  growing 
lumber  manufacturing  village.  At  that  time  there  was  a  union  building 
owned  by  a  union  society,  and  the  supply  of  preaching  had  been  rather 
fitful.  The  Rev.  H.  E.  Harding,  then  in  business  at  Hallowell,  frequently 
preached  there,  and  interested  the  people.  Then  a  permanent  supply 
came  from  Bangor  Seminary,  and  it  was  decided  to  organize  a  Congrega- 
tional church  and  install  the  man  as  pastor.  At  the  start  the  outlook 
was  not  very  hopeful,  when  only  thirteen  persons,  and  these  from  several 
denominations,  made  up  the  original  band.  But  after  a  year  or  two  of 
foundation  laying,  a  precious  revival  came,  and  considerable  enlargement 
followed.  In  due  time  the  union  house  was  made  over  to  the  church,  and 
was  quite  transformed  in  the  rebuilding.  There  are  now  eighty-two 
members  upon  the  roll,  self-support  is  nearly  reached,  and  those  who 
were  once  of  various  names  are  now  all  "  one  in  Christ  Jesus." 

In  connection  with  this  pioneer  work,  the  general  missionary  is  a 
valued  helper  and  supervisor.  In  his  visitations  he  has  some  more  or  less 
trying,  and  sometimes  amusing  experiences.  There  are  no  hotels  at  such 
points,  and  he  has  to  find  entertainment  as  he  can.  The  people  mean 
well,  and  generally  manifest  the  better  side  before  the  "angel  in  disguise  " 
gets  away.  An  item  or  two  from  a  late  report  will  show  that  all  the  rough 
in  pioneer  experience  is  not  with  the  Western  missionary. 

Sometimes  a  general  missionary  is  rather  roughly  handled  even  by 
those  from  whom  he  has  reason  to  expect  better  things.  It  may  be  the 
leading  man  in  the  church  does  not  care  to  open  the  house  for  a  service 
in  the  winter  time.  He  is  satisfied  to  have  a  student  for  three  months  in 
the  summer,  with  a  suspension  of  all  meetings  for  eight  or  nine  months. 
The  church  and  people,  however,  are  glad  to  have  the  minister  come  at 
any  time. 

Once,  in  the  dead  of  M-inter,  the  missionary  visited  one  of  the  smaller 
churches  which  was  not  constantly  supplied,  and  drove  directly  to  the 
home  of  an  officer  of  the  church.  The  wife  met  him  at  the  door  and 
gave  a  cordial  welcome,  but  directed  him  to  the  barn  to  find  her  husband. 


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There,  at  some  distance  from  the  house,  he  found  the  man  milking  his 
cows.  His  first  greeting  was  in  this  fashion  :  "  Humph,  I  want  to  know 
if  you  have  got  'round  again  ?  "  "  Yes  ;  I  thought  it  was  time  to  come." 
As  the  man  kept  on  milking,  he  said  :  "  You  do  not  expect  to  spend  Sun- 
day here,  do  you?"  "I  thought  it  would  be  well  to  do  so."  "Well, 
you  will  have  to  preach  to  empty  pews."  "  I  never  have  preached  to 
empty  pews."  "Well,  wife  and  I  were  reckoning  up  last  night,  and  we 
found  that  thirty  men  and  boys  from  this  little  town  were  in  the  woods 
this  winter."  "  Yes  ;  but  there  are  some  at  home,  and  all  the  women  and 
children  are  at  home."  The  man  soon  finished  milking,  and  without 
inviting  the  minister  to  stop  he  carried  the  milk  to  the  house.  Our 
veteran  knew  what  to  do.  He  put  his  horse  into  the  stall  and  went  him- 
self to  the  house,  where  he  found  the  man  reading  a  newspaper.  The 
horse  needed  water,  and  the  visitor  was  sent  to  the  barn  for  a  pail,  while 
the  host  kept  on  reading.  In  like  manner  there  had  to  be  a  hunt  for 
some  grain.  In  the  words  of  the  report  :  "  During  the  evening  the  man 
hardly  spoke.  That  was  the  most  suitable  place  for  me,  and  there  was  no 
reason  why  he  should  be  so  cold,  except  that  he  did  not  want  the  trouble 
of  opening  the  house  for  a  meeting.  As  I  called  upon  the  people  the 
usual  greeting  was,  '  We  are  so  glad  you  have  come  ;  we  are  hungry  for 
I)reaching  !  '  Sunday  morning  we  had  a  congregation  of  about  fifty 
persons,  and  there  were  more  in  the  evening.  My  host,  who  was  so 
unwilling  to  have  a  service  that  day,  told  me  he  had  no  idea  there  were 
so  many  people  to  come  to  meeting,  and  at  the  last  he  seemed  to  be  really 
glad  that  I  had  come." 

Another  experience  is  told  thus  :  "  I  had  learned  of  a  field  in  my  district 
that  had  long  been  without  preaching,  nor  did  the  people  seem  to  care  for 
any  meetings.  It  was  a  town  of  more  than  300  inhabitants,  and  yet  for 
years  had  been  willing  to  be  without  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel.  The 
people  had  been  imposed  upon  by  ministers  who  seemed  to  desire  their 
money,  and  cared  but  little  about  doing  good.  Indeed,  one  of  them 
proved  to  be  a  very  bad  man.  It  was  a  moral  community,  but  there  was 
scarcely  a  praying  person  in  town.  I  felt  that  duty  called  me  to  go  there 
and  endeavor  to  awaken  in  them  some  religious  thought.  I  had  sent 
along  my  credentials,  and  arrived  there  one  afternoon  on  foot.  My  plan 
was  made  known  at  several  houses,  but  no  invitation  to  stop  was  received. 
It  was  suggested  that  I  should  go  to  another  part  of  the  town.  So  with 
my  baggage  I  tramped  some  two  miles  to  a  smaller  district.  After  stating 
my  errand,  I  was  told  that  it  would  be  better  to  go  back  to  the  larger  dis- 
trict before  having  any  meeting  with  them  ;  afterward  I  could  preach  to 
them  if  I  wished.  So  in  the  rain,  the  tramp  back  to  the  former  point  was 
made,  and  just  at  dark,  by  actually  begging,  I  was  able  to  get  a  lodging. 
The  next  morning  I  visited  the  homes,  told  the  people  of  the  meetings, 


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and  invited  them  to  come.  Probably  most  of  them  loolced  upon  me  with 
suspicion,  thinking  me  to  be  a  minister  who  was  hard  up  for  a  chance  to 
preach  and  get  a  Httle  money.  A  goodly  number,  however,  came  to  the 
services.  During  the  week  I  called  upon  all  the  families,  held  several 
evening  meetings,  and  found  tliat  some  interest  had  been  aroused.  The 
next  Sabbath  I  had  large  congregations,  excellent  singing,  a  generous 
collection  for  the  Missionmy  Society,  a  most  cordial  invitation  to  come 
again,  and  I  was  assured  that  some  steps  must  be  taken  to  oi)tain  a 
minister." 

The  seminary  student  is  used  to  good  advantage  in  the  newer  fields. 
Often  the  report  comes  back  of  a  deep  interest  awakened — a  Sunday-school 
established,  a  church  organized,  a  chapel  building  projected,  and  the 
foundation  for  future  progress  well  laid.  In  fact,  most  of  the  later 
churches  in  our  State  look  back  for  their  start  to  the  faithful  labors  of 
earnest  students. 

The  work  of  lady  visitors  is  a  strong  arm  in  tliis  same  direction.  They 
visit  in  the  families,  reach  the  women  and  children  as  at  first  the  minister 
cannot,  lead  in  song  in  the  home,  Sunday-school,  and  social  gatherings, 
hold  schoolhouse  meetings,  and  in  a  variety  of  ways  lead  the  commu- 
nity to  desire  more  permanent  worship. 

Mrs.  Sarah  R.  Foster  has  been  a  most  excellent  helper  in  this  direction. 
She  has  wonderful  tact  in  gathering  the  young  people  to  her  various  ser- 
vices and  holding  their  attention.  The  boys  will  leave  even  their  game  of 
ball  to  hear  her  stories  of  a  better  life.  And  on  Sunday  the  older  ones 
will  come  to  hear  the  young  people  sing  and  recite,  and  to  listen  to  her 
artless  prayers,  and  expositions  of  the  Word,  and  exhortations  to  accept  the 
Gospel  offers  of  salvation.  In  one  of  her  fields  she  has  secured  the  deed 
of  a  lot  for  a  church  building  to  the  Maine  Missionary  Society  in  trust. 
The  people  expect  to  erect  and  finish  the  house  outside,  and  interested 
summer  tourists  have  promised  to  finish  and  furnish  the  inside  in  every 
needed  particular. 

Trusting  that  these  facts  will  give  some  idea,  though  not  very  adequate 
as  a  whole,  of  the  home  missionary  work  in  this  "  away  Down  East  "  State 
of  Maine,  I  submit  them  to  the  readers  of  The  Home  Missionary. 


Given  from  the  Heart. — Herewith  you  will  find  sixty  cents,  all 
I  can  spare,  for  Home  Missions.  The  money  has  been  saved  for  you  at 
five  cents  a  month.  Living  where  there  is  no  Congregational  church,  I 
send  it  to  you  with  a  prayer  for  God's  blessing.  M.  A.  L. 

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NOTES    BY    THE  WAY 

By  Mrs.  H.  M.  Union 
WITH  THE  COWBOYS 

The  "  home  missionary  rally  "  was  held  in  a  typical  frontier  town — 
simply  a  few  wooden  houses  upon  a  vast  plain  quite  surrounded  by  high 
hills.  These  hills  are  covered  with  pine-trees  which  in  the  distance  look 
very  dark  ;  hence  the  name  "  Black  Hills."  On  the  main  street  of  this 
frontier  town  was  a  "  block  "  consisting  of  the  hotel,  three  gambling  dens, 
three  saloons,  two  stores,  and  the  post-office.  A  plank  walk  before  this 
block — the  only  sidewalk  in  town — was  as  thickly  strewn  with  playing- 
cards  as  a  New  England  village  street  with  leaves  in  autumn.  Why  this 
waste?  Because  gamblers  are  suspicious,  and  require  fresh  cards  for 
every  game. 

A  little  apart  from  the  cluster  of  houses  stands  the  Congregational 
church  where  the  three  days'  rally  was  to  be  held.  The  ministers  arrived 
from  various  points  in  the  Black  Hills,  some  with  their  own  teams,  some 
by  the  railroad  of  which  this  town  is  the  terminus,  some  by  passenger 
trains,  and  some  on  freight  trains.  Deadwood,  Lead  City,  Custer  City, 
Buffalo  Gap,  Spearfish,  Hot  Springs,  Rapid  City,  Belle  Fourche,  were  all 
represented  by  pastor  or  delegates.  Hermosa  and  Lame  Johnny  were 
not  represented.  We  were  told  that  somewhere  in  the  vicinity  of  Lame 
Johnny  a  certain  representative  of  the  Congregational  Sunday-school  and 
Publishing  Society,  having  gone  there  to  start  a  Sunday-school,  emerged 
from  the  cabin  where  he  had  been  entertained  for  the  night,  and  beheld 
himself  hung  in  effigy  on  a  neighboring  tree.  A  placard  hung  about  the 
neck,  on  which  was  written  in  large  letters :  "  Sunday-school  Man, 
Beware  ! "  This  same  man  is  now  successfully  preaching  the  Gospel  in 
that  place. 

To  return  to  the  meeting.  As  the  pastors  and  delegates  arrived  they 
were  assigned  to  the  little  frontier  homes  for  entertainment.  Through 
the  generosity  of  a  lady  member  of  the  church  I  was  entertained  at  the 
hotel,  which  seemed  to  be  there  for  the  exclusive  use  of  cattle-men  and 
cowboys.  The  proprietor  assigned  me  a  room  and  told  me  that  the 
"parlor"  of  the  hotel  was  at  my  disposal.  This  parlor,  when  the  house 
was  crowded,  accommodated  a  number  of  cots,  which  were  now  piled  up 
on  one  side  of  the  room.  There  was  a  large  table  in  the  center,  where  I 
soon  spread  out  writing  materials  and  went  to  work.  As  the  noon  hour 
approached,  my  attention  was  arrested  by  a  group  of  cowboys  in  the  hall. 
They  were  watching  me  and  talking  together  in  rather  an  excited  manner. 
Suddenly  one  of  them  walked  into  the  room  with  a  look  of  determination 


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upon  his  face  which  said  plainly  :  "  It  will  take  more  than  a  tvoman  to 
keep  me  out  of  this  room,  if  1  choose  to  come  into  it!"  There  was  a 
parlor  organ  in  the  corner.  He  seated  himself  at  this  instrument  and 
began  to  play  a  variety  of  dancing  tunes.  1  kept  on  writing,  apparently 
taking  no  notice  of  him  or  of  the  group  outside,  but  conscious  of  being 
keenly  observed.  After  a  while  the  young  man  stopped  playing,  turned 
around,  and  looked  me  square  in  the  face.  "  Please  play  another  !  "  I 
exclaimed.  "  You  certainly  have  a  fine  ear,  to  play  all  these  pieces  with- 
out notes."     This  remark  was  so  entirely  unexpected  that  a  smothered 


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laugh  could  be  heard  from  tlie  hall,  and  the  young  man's  face  flushed. 
He  had  evidently  been  trying  the  effect  of  dancing  music  upon  a  mission- 
ary. I  said  again  :  "  Please  don't  stop  ;  I  like  to  hear  you  play."  Another 
smothered  laugh  from  the  hall.  The  young  man  turned  again  to  the 
instrument,  and  beginning  with  the  familiar  tunes,  "  Nearer,  my  God,  to 
Thee,"  "What  a  Friend  we  have  in  Jesus,"  etc.,  he  played  some  of  our 
sweet  Gospel  Hymns.  The  group  in  the  hall  were  absolutely  quiet  as  he 
turned  to  me  again  with  a  softened  look  on  his  face.  I  said:  "Where  did 
you  learn  those  Christian  hymns  ?  "  "I  have  a  Christian  father  and 
mother,  back  East,"  he  answered.  "  I  was  brought  up  in  a  Christian  home. 
We  used  to  sing  those  tunes  in  Sunday-school."    "  I  am  glad  to  hear^that," 


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said  I;  "and  I  hope  you  go  to  church  here,  and  help  this  good  pastor." 
"  Go  to  church  !  "  he  exclaimed.  "  I  haven't  been  to  church  in  years — not 
since  I  came  into  the  cattle  business.  We  cowboys  don't  go  to  church  ; 
we  have  something  else  to  do.  We  only  stay  here  to  load  the  trains,  and 
then  we  are  off  on  the  ranches  again.  It's  a  dreadful  lonesome  kind 
of  life,  and  when  we  come  to  a  town  we  want  to  have  a  good  time." 
I  learned  that  the  "  good  time  "  meant  a  drunken  spree  in  the  saloons. 
"  But,"  he  continued,  "our  crowd  is  different  from  some.  Most  cowboys 
like  to  play  with  their  revolvers  when  on  the  spree.  We  don't  do  that. 
Before  we  begin  to  drink  we  hand  our  revolvers  over  to  the  saloon- 
keeper, who  locks  them  up  for  us  till  we  get  sober  again.  This  saves  a 
good  deal  of  damage  to  the  town." 

"  Do  your  father  and  mother  know,"  1  asked,  "  that  you  have  drifted  so 
far  away  from  the  Christian  influences  of  your  home  ?  "  "  No,"  he  said  ; 
"  they  don't  know  it,  and  I  hope  they'll  never  find  it  out."  I  said  :  "  Did 
you  know  that  we  are  having  meetings  here  this  week  ?  "  "  Yes,"  said 
he  ;  "  I  heard  that  there  were  a  lot  of  *  gospel  slingers  '  here,  and  that  they 
are  having  an  awfully  pious  time  over  there  at  the  church,  but  it  doesn't 
trouble  us  any." 

"We  are  going  to  have  a  praise  service  there  this  evening,"  said  I. 
"You  are  so  fond  of  music,  I  know  you  will  enjoy  the  singing.  Won't 
you  go  and  take  some  of  your  friends  with  you  ?  Besides,"  I  con- 
tinued, "I  am  to  speak  at  the  meeting  this  evening,  and  it  would  help  me 
ever  so  much  to  see  the  cowboys  there."  He  looked  thoughtful  a  moment, 
and  then  with  a  curious  expression  of  countenance,  which  indicated  to  me 
that  the  good  and  the  evil  spirit  were  in  conflict  within,  he  said  suddenly  : 
"Yes,  I'll  go,  and  I'll  take  a  lot  of  them  with  me." 

"  Why  are  these  men  out  in  the  hall  ?  "  I  asked.  "Why  don't  they 
come  in  here,  where  it  is  warm  and  pleasant  ?  "  "  Well,"  said  he,  "  to  tell 
you  the  truth,  the  old  man  said  we  couldn't  come  in  here  while  you  were 
here,  and  I  came  in  to  see  what  would  happen  to  me." 

"  Oh,"  said  I,  "  I  am  very  sorry  about  this.  I  didn't  know  that  any 
one  had  been  shut  out  on  my  account.  Please  invite  them  to  come  in 
here.  This  room  is  open  to  you  all."  In  about  sixty  seconds  the  room 
was  well  filled  with  cowboys,  who  were  answering  my  numerous  ques- 
tions about  their  work  and  their  life  as  politely  and  intelligently  and 
cordially  as  would  have  been  the  case  with  any  group  of  young  men  in 
the  East. 

The  bell  rang  for  dinner,  and  my  friends  unceremoniously  rushed  to 
the  dining-room.  I  waited  a  while,  hoping  that  the  proprietor  might  come 
for  me.  Knowing  that  I  was  the  only  woman  in  this  hotel,  I  shrank  a 
little  from  entering  a  dining-room  occupied  by  fifty  cowboys.  Suddenly 
my  musical  friend  appeared,  and  gallantly  escorted  me  to  the  dining-room, 


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where  I  found  one  table  without  an  occupant.  This  I  was  told  was  my 
table,  and  here  I  sat  and  ate  alone  for  three  days,  studying  the  cowboy  at 
his  meals.  Sometimes  before  entering  this  room  I  paused  a  moment  at 
the  door  to  listen.  I  heard  much  rough  talk  not  intended  for  ears  polite, 
and  many  oaths.  As  soon  as  I  opened  the  door  there  was  a  hush,  and  it 
was  curious  to  note  the  effort  made  by  these  young  men  to  be  decent  in 
behavior  and  conversation  in  iiresence  of  a  woman.  Many  an  oatii  was 
smothered  at  its  birth,  many  a  low  jest  cut  short  in  its  very  beginning. 
In  spite  of  all  this,  and  the  noisy  clanging  of  their  spurs  on  the  bare  floor 
as  they  came  and  went,  1  was  convinced  that  as  a  class  they  were  pecul- 
iarly susceptible  to  kind  words  and  good  influences.  Their  attitude 
toward  Christian  womanhood  is  one  of  reverence.  This  is  true  also  of 
men  in  the  mining  country.     Tiiis  susceptibility  to  the  influence  of  a  good 


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woman  offers  a  rare  opportunity  to  the  Home  Missionary  wife  on  the 
frontier. 

The  cowboy  musician  kept  his  word,  and  brought  with  him  to  the 
praise  service  a  group  of  young  men,  who  sat  upon  the  front  seats  to 
give  me  the  help  of  their  sympathetic  attention,  and  added  wonderfully 
to  the  volume  of  sound  that  evening.  And  when  the  gospel  songs  were 
followed  by  the  sweet,  simple,  yet  ever-new  old  gospel  story,  there  was 
not  in  all  the  little  church  a  more  attentive  or  appreciative  group  of 
hearers. 

The  next  day  my  friend  gave  me  more  music,  and  said  at  the  close  : 
"  We  cowboys  want  you  to  come  to  the  cattle-yard  this  afternoon  to  see 
us  load  a  train."  This  invitation  was  gladly  accepted,  and  a  party  of  us 
were  taken  to  the  busy  corral,  beside  which  stood  a  long  cattle-train.  The 
cowboys,  who  seemed  a  part  of  their  horses,  were  racing  recklessly  over 
the  plain,  rounding  up  a  large  herd  of  cattle  and  bringing  it  into  the 
corral.     To  the  uninitiated,  it  was  wonderful  to  see  the  skill  with  which 


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they  picked  out  six  of  these  animals  at  a  time  and  drove  them  from  one 
part  of  the  pen  to  another,  until  they  were  safely  lodged  in  the  narrow 
chute  leading  to  the  door  of  the  car.  The  horses  seemed  fully  as  intelli- 
gent in  each  maneuver  as  the  rider. 

1  am  told  that  these  cattle  stand  in  wholesome  fear  of  the  horse,  and 
they  can  be  easily  managed  by  the  cowboy  when  mounted  ;  but  let  him 
once  be  found  upon  the  ground,  and  the  creatures  trample  him  to  death. 
On  each  side  of  the  chute  is  a  high  fence  upon  which  cowboys  stand 
or  sit,  or  to  which  they  cling  while  prodding  these  cattle  with  long  sticks. 
In  the  end  of  each  stick  is  a  sharp  iron  spike,  with  which  they  punch  the 
beasts  and  force  them  into  the  cars.  Hence  the  cowboy  is  sometimes 
called  the  "cow-puncher." 

While  this  process  of  prodding  and  punching  was  going  on,  the  air 
was  vocal  with  cowboy  yells.  I  stood  near  the  door  of  the  car  into  which 
the  cattle  were  being  driven.  When  almost  within  the  car  they  became 
wild  with  terror,  and,  turning  back,  leaped  past  each  other  in  the  greatest 
confusion.  There  was  great  excitement  among  the  cowboys.  I  supposed 
that  this  was  a  part  of  the  regular  programme,  not  knowing  that  /  was  the 
innocent  cause  of  this  commotion.  Having  occasion  to  step  aside  to  speak 
to  one  of  the  party,  a  minister,  also  new  to  the  scene,  took  my  place,  and 
was  immediately  hailed  with  a  volley  of  oaths  from  a  dozen  cowboys. 
"  What  is  the  matter  ?  "  he  cried.  "  Don't  you  know,"  they  shouted,  "  that 
we  cannot  do  anything  with  these  cattle  while  you  stand  there  ?  "  "  Well, 
that's  queer,"  said  the  gentleman  ;  "  the  lady  has  been  standing  here  all 
the  time,  and  you  didn't  say  a  word  to  her."  "You  must  be  a  tender- 
foot," said  a  cowboy,  "  if  you  don't  know  that  a  lady  might  have  stood 
there  till  dark,  and  a  cowboy  wouldn't  say  a  word  to  her  !  " 

This  illustration  throws  a  side  light  upon  the  peculiar  characteristic  of 
the  cowboy  before  mentioned. 

If  people  of  wealth  could  be  induced  to  invest  some  of  their  money  in  the 
gospel  wagon,  manned  by  Christian  young  men  who  can  sing  and  tell  the 
simple  gospel  story,  and  if  the  gospel  wagon  could  travel  from  ranch  to 
ranch  in  regular  rounds,  I  believe  that  hundreds  of  these  cowboys  might 
be  reached  and  saved.  Wholesome  literature  distributed  at  the  same  time 
would  be  gladly  paid  for  and  eagerly  read.  For  although  they  work  very 
hard  at  certain  seasons,  there  are  many  hours  and  days  and  weeks  of 
enforced  idleness,  and  this  is  the  time  to  reach  them  with  helpful  reading 
matter.  Many  of  these  men  are  graduates  from  our  colleges,  and  if  we 
send  them  literature  it  must  be  of  the  best. 

Dear  friends,  this  is  a  glimpse  of  one  phase  only  of  the  field  of  the 
Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society.  We  need  your  prayers  and 
your  gifts,  that  we  may  reach  every  community  in  our  land  where  the 
gospel  message  and  the  gospel  song  have  not  yet  been  heard. 


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LETTER  FROM  REV.  LYMAN  ABBOTT,  D.D. 

To  The  Home  Missionary: 

I  DESIRE  to  propose  through  your  columns  to  the  Congregational 
churches  of  the  United  States  a  somewhat  unique  contribution  to  the 
home  missionary  cause. 

I  propose  that  the  Home  Missionary  Society  shall  select  between  six 
and  a  dozen  churches  east  of  the  Mississippi  River,  and  ask  this  con- 
tribution from  them.  Each  church  wliicU  complies  would  give  its  pastor 
and  one  layman  to  the  home  missionary  service,  for  two  or  three  Sundays, 
with  the  accompanying  three  or  four  weeks.  The  layman  should  be  a 
practical  business  man,  with  some  capacity  for  and  experience  in  religious 
address.  Possibly,  in  some  instances  at  least,  a  lay-woman  would  be 
better.  The  Home  Missionary  Society  would  thus  gather  a  band  of 
between  twelve  and  twenty-four  missionaries,  whose  service  would  be  at 
the'  disposal  of  the  Society  for  a  period  of  three  or  four  weeks.  The 
Society  having  the  whole  Western  field  before  it,  would  divide  that  field 
up  into  districts,  allotting  each  district  to  two  of  the  missionaries  whose 
services  had  been  volunteered.  The  District  Secretary  of  the  Home 
Missionary  Society  would  make  previous  arrangements,  much  as  a  lec- 
ture agent  does,  for  services  in  his  field.  These  services  would  include 
preaching  in  the  larger  towns  on  Sunday,  and  in  the  smaller  villages, 
and  even  the  schoolhouses,  through  the  week.  One  layman  and  one 
minister  would  go  together,  the  layman  aiding  and  cooperating  with  the 
minister  in  the  Gospel  message.  If  six  pairs  only  volunteered,  and  served 
for  three  weeks  only,  the  result  would  be  120  preaching  services,  con- 
ducted by  the  strongest  preachers  and  Christian  kvymen  whom  the  Home 
Missionary  Society  could  select  from  its  constituency,  and  whom  the  Con- 
gregational churches  could  pul  into  the  field.  The  church  which  loaned 
its  pastor  for  this  service  should  also  provide  for  his  traveling  expenses, 
so  that  the  whole  movement  need  cost  the  Home  Missionary  Society 
nothing,  except  the  traveling  expenses  of  its  District  Secretaries  and  the 
incidental  expenses  of  advertising,  and  these  might  be  met  by  special  con- 
tributions to  be  taken  up  at  every  religious  service  held. 

The  advantage  of  this  plan  would  be  three-fold. 

First.  The  fact  that  six  or  a  dozen  prominent  churches  surrendered 
their  pastors  to  the  Home  Missionary  Society  for  home  missionary  work 
for  a  period  of  three  weeks  would  give  to  that  home  missionary  service  a 
new  and  invaluable  recognition.  I  will  not  say  that  it  would  dignify  that 
service — nothing  can  make  it  more  dignified  than  it  is  now.  But  it 
would  be  a  public  recognition  of  the  value,  the  worth,  the  honor  of  that 
service.     The  fact  that  a  dozen  prominent  Christian  pastors  and  laymen 


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went  out  to  preach  the  Gospel  simultaneously  in  different  sections  of  the 
countr}',  would  of  itself  be  significant  and  inspiring.  The  largeness  of 
the  movement  would  naturally  advertise  it;  attention  would  be  attracted. 
In  every  church  to  which  these  ministers  and  laymen  went,  they  would 
almost  certainly  be  greeted  by  large  congregations.  The  religious  life  in 
every  such  place  would  receive  new  inspiration;  the  lonely  pastor  would 
be  encouraged  by  this  practical  demonstration  of  actual  Christian  fellow- 
ship; the  unity  of  the  Congregational  churches  would  be  attested,  and 
spiritual  results  might  well  be  hopefully  looked  for  in  every  State  which 
was  so  visited.  It  would  be  the  best  kind  of  an  episcopal  "  visitation  " — 
a  visitation  with  spiritual  impulse,  and  without  ecclesiastical  authority. 

Second.  These  men  going  from  the  Eastern  and  Middle  States  would 
see  what  the  Western  field  is  and  learn  what  the  Western  needs  are. 
'I'hey  would  appreciate,  as  never  before,  the  difficulties  of  the  Home 
Missionary  ;  would  perceive  his  self-denials,  would  understand  his 
obstacles,  would  recognize  the  value  and  worth  of  his  often  humble,  un- 
recognized service.  Moreover,  their  counsel,  if  they  were  experienced 
and  wise  men,  would  be  helpful  to  the  churches  which  they  visited.  But 
they  would  bring  back  more  inspiration  than  they  carried  with  them;  they 
would  return  to  their  own  pulpits  full  of  a  missionary  zeal  which  they  had 
never  known  before.  For  six  months  after  such  a  visitation  their  sermons 
would  have  in  them  such  suggestions,  hints,  inspirations,  sympathies, 
caught  from  this  itinerant  tour  of  the  West,  that  their  churches  would  be 
enkindled  with  a  new  and  more  vital  home  missionary  ardor.  The  con- 
tributions of  these  churches  for  that  year  would  not  be  to  a  "  cause,"  but 
to  living  men  and  women  struggling,  often  amid  adverse  circumstances, 
to  proclaim  the  Gospel  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  to  lay  the  founda- 
tions, in  new  communities,  of  a  Christian  commonwealth. 

Third.  It  would  unite  East  and  West.  The  commercial  and  mercan- 
tile ties  between  East  and  West  are  intimate  ;  of  ecclesiastical  ties  there 
are  almost  none.  Colorado  is  as  far  ecclesiastically  from  New  York  as 
India  ;  we  do  not  in  the  East  know  what  are  the  practical  problems  of 
our  Western  brethren  ;  they  in  the  West  do  not  know  our  intellectual 
problems.  Such  an  interchange  of  life,  such  a  mutual  fellowship,  such  a 
sympathetic  service,  would  have  a  distinct  social  and  political  as  well  as 
religious  value,  in  binding  these  separated  sections  together. 

Perhaps  to  these  advantages  might  be  added  incidentally  2i  fourth.  It 
might  be  possible  to  follow  such  an  itinerant  missionary  expedition  as 
this,  with  missionary  conventions  in  the  East,  at  central  points,  attended 
and  addressed  by  those  who  had  fulfilled  this  itinerant  ministry  ;  and  such 
conventions  might  be  made  the  means  of  contributions  to  supply  the  now 
empty  treasury  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society.  But  this  advantage 
should  be  kept  as  a  secondary  and   incidental  advantage.     The  primary 


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object  of  the  movement  should  be  to  seek  the  Kingdom  of  God  and  Iiis 
righteousness,  and  trust  the  money  to  be  added  unto  us. 

Is  this  feasible  ?  I  believe  if  it  is  a  good  plan  it  is  a  feasible  plan, 
partly  because  all  good  plans  are  feasible.  A  good  work  for  God  is 
always  a  feasible  work.  IJut  I  also  believe  it  is  feasible  for  other  reasons. 
If  organized  on  a  sufficiently  large  scale,  it  would  appeal  to  the  affections 
and  the  imaginations  of  the  churches.  Any  church  whose  pastor  was 
invited  would  feel  itself  honored  by  the  invitation.  Any  pastor  who  was 
invited  would  desire  to  go  if  he  could.  And  if  the  movement  was  so 
inaugurated  and  carried  on  as  to  give  reasonable  hope  of  adequate  results, 
the  churches  and  the  ministry  would  not  be  unwilling  to  endure  such  little 
self-sacrifice  as  is  involved  in  the  service  proposed,  for  the  sake  of  the 
ends  to  be  accomplished.  Let  me  add  that  next  fall  is  a  good  time  for 
such  a  movement.  The  religious  interest  throughout  the  country  is  very 
marked.  The  people  of  the  country  are  ready  to  respond  to  the  Gospel 
message  carried  to  them  in  such  a  manner  as  to  arouse  their  attention. 

The  details  of  this  plan  are  not  essential  ;  they  might  easily  be  modi- 
fied, and  materially  modified.  All  that  is  essential  is  that  the  movement 
should  be  carried  on  upon  a  scale  sufficiently  large  to  be  significant  ;  that 
the  interest  and  cooperation  of  some  of  the  best  churches  and  ministers 
in  the  land  should  be  secured  ;  that  the  men  who  went  out  should  take 
sufiicient  time  for  this  itinerant  evangelization  to  cover  comprehensively 
and  effectively  a  considerable  section  of  selected  territory  ;  and,  finally, 
that  their  object  should  be  primarily  the  conversion  of  sinners,  and  the 
encouraging,  quickening,  and  the  upbuilding  of  the  churches  ;  not  denomi- 
national aggrandizement,  or  even  enlarged  financial  contributions. 


OUR    WORK    IN     KNOXVILLE,    TENNESSEE 

Knoxville,  Tenn.,  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  of  our  Southern 
cities,  with  a  population  approaching  50,000.  It  furnishes  abundant 
proofs  of  new  elements  introduced  freely  after  the  close  of  the  civil  war. 
It  is  more  cosmopolitan  in  its  characteristics,  perhaps,  than  any  of  the 
distinctively  old  Southern  cities,  its  people  representing  almost  every 
State  in  the  Union,  besides  many  nationalities.  Historical  associations 
abound.  It  has  been  the  home  of  "Builders  of  the  State,"  the  scene  of 
active  Indian  warfare,  and  it  is  rich  with  mementos  of  the  Rebellion.  Its 
location  is  one  of  great  picturesqueness,  upon  hills  overlooking  the  Ten- 
nessee River,  and  with  magnificent  far-reaching  vistas,  embracing  the 
Great  Smoky  and  the  Cumberland  ranges  of  mountains. 

Of  this  attractive  city,  during  a  generation  past,  many  Congregational- 

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ists  have  become  citizens.  They  are  now  identified  with  its  best  business 
interests,  and  are  prominent  in  its  various  churches.  Many  thus  anchored 
may  be  recognized  as  illustrating  what  excellent  material  Congregational- 
ism affords  for  building  up  the  Church  of  Christ,  of  whatever  name.  It 
is  hardly  worth  while  now  to  regret  that  a  distinctively  Congregational 
English-speaking  church  was  not  established  at  an  early  period  ;  but 
doubtless  much  of  the  best  elements  in  some  other  churches  would  thus 
have  been  saved  to  our  own  order.  It  is  more  profitable  to  note  what 
may  now  be  seen  as  the  result  of  a  movement  inaugurated  about  six  years 
ago  under  the  care  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  and 
intended  to  meet  this  very  emergency. 

A  cut  of  Pilgrim  Congregational  Church  of  Knoxville  is  given  with  this 
article.  It  suggests  to  the  reader  a  structure  representative  and  in  a 
very  marked  degree  attractive  and  practical.  For  several  weary  years 
the  little  band  of  worshipers  used  halls  of  very  unpromising  character, 
under  greatly  discouraging  conditions.  Then  they  were  led  out  into  a 
broad  and  beautiful  place.  Though  greatly  affected  by  removals,  in- 
cident to  the  depressed  times,  Pilgrim  Church  has  now  a  membership 
of  about  eighty,  representing  many  different  States,  and  a  vigorous  Sun- 
day-school, as  well  as  active  and  useful  young  people's  societies.  The 
edifice,  built  of  brick  and  stone,  cost  about  315,000,  and  stands  to  rep- 
resent a  vigorous  and  successful  struggle  to  establish  Congregationalism. 

There  are  many  pleasant  and  worthy  things  which  may  be  at  least 
hinted  at.  From  the  first  of  its  regular  pastoral  work,  when  Rev.  John 
H.  Frazee,  D.D.,  was  sent  from  the  North  to  care  for  its  interests. 
Pilgrim  Church  has  received  and  deserved  recognition  for  active  and 
excellent  work  among  all  the  churches  of  the  city,  whether  known  as 
"North"  or  "South."  The  fraternity  of  ministerial  brethren  is  kindly 
and  helpful.     Old  distinctions  are  practically  gone. 

For  six  years  Dr.  Frazee  has  had  the  return  of  Forefathers'  Day  given 
very  practical  recognition.  Historical  sermons  on  the  Sundays  preceding, 
and  characteristic  celebrations  of  the  "  day,"  have  given  the  occasion  its 
first  dignified  observance  in  the  South.  This  marked  prominence  has  not 
only  done  its  work  of  teaching  history,  but  the  lessons  of  providential 
leadings  have  awakened  much  interest,  helpful  and  developing  along  all 
lines,  for  Congregationalism.  In  all  public  religious,  literary,  and  social 
gatherings,  courses  of  lectures,  etc.,  Dr.  Frazee  is  called  to  take  prominent 
part. 

It  is  interesting  to  know  that  Knoxville  is  situated  about  1,100 
feet  above  the  ocean,  in  a  vast  and  abundantly  responsive  region.  Agri- 
culturally, there  is  no  limit  to  what  its  fertile  valleys  may  return  to  the 
efforts  of  labor.  Its  mountains  and  valleys  are  ribbed  and  seamed  with 
iron,  coal,  and  such  marble  as  may  not  be  excelled  perhaps  in  the  world 


74  The   Home   Missionary  June,  1894 

for  abundance  and  variety.  The  supplies  seem  inexhaustible.  With  a 
climate  that  wins  the  approval  of  visitors,  and  more  and  more  satisfies 
the  new  settlers,  Knoxville  sits  as  a  queen  on  her  throne,  without  com- 
petition or  intrusion.  It  is  the  only  city  for  vast  distances  around.  Sur- 
rounding towns  and  villages  are  plentiful.  But  Chattanooga,  its  nearest 
city  neighbor,  is  over  100  miles  distant.  This  secures  for  it  an  extensive 
wholesale  trade,  and  herein  are  great  and  successful  business  establish- 
ments, comparing  favorably  with  any  inland  city  of  our  Union.  This 
is  the  land  of  the  ''loyal  mountaineers,"  whence  thousands  went  to  the 
Union  army,  and  within  a  few  city  squares  from  Pilgrim  Church  the  forces 
of  Longstreet  and  Burnside  grappled  in  deadly  conflict  at  the  battle  of 
Fort  Saunders. 

What  the  future  development  of  this  region  shall  be,  the  present  can 
hardly  forecast.  The  buried  treasures  of  the  earth,  and  the  magnificent 
temptations  of  the  vast  forests  yet  in  their  primitive  wealth,  must  beckon 
a  great  population  to  this  land. 

It  is  believed  this  response  will  come  soon  and  fast.  The  Pilgrims 
identified  with  our  work  at  Knoxville  look  anxiously  for  that.  They  are 
asking  from  their  Congregational  friends  who  come  to  the  South  a  remem- 
brance that  shall  encourage  and  build  up  our  churches  in  the  new  South- 
ern fields.  The  welcome  to  strangers  shall  be  cordial  and  helpful.  If 
our  own  people  are  loyal,  this  and  other  churches  of  our  Society  in  the 
South  will  give  more  and  richer  proofs  of  successful  and  active  work. 

HOW    ONE  CHURCH   TOOK   THE    REDUCTION 

By  its  Pastor,  Rev.  F.  T.  Bayley 

It  is  my  joyful  privilege  to  announce  that  Plymouth  Church,  Denver, 
Col.,  has  determined  upon  self-support  from  this  date. 

This  action  has  been  taken  in  view  of  the  severe  pressure  upon  the 
treasury  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  after  earnest 
prayer  that  we  might  do  the  will  of  God,  Our  burdens  are  very  heavy. 
The  stringency  of  the  times  has  compelled  us  to  carry  temporarily  a 
floating  debt  of  $6,000,  incurred  during  the  building  of  our  chapel  last 
year,  as  well  as  a  secured  debt  of  $7,000.  But  we  feel  that  we  cannot 
accept  further  aid  from  the  Society  in  view  of  the  desperate  needs  of 
churches  that  are  ready  to  perish.  We  ought  this  year  to  reduce  our  float- 
ing debt,  which  is  being  carried  by  a  few  individuals  who  have  secured 
the  creditors  by  their  personal  notes  ;  but  first  of  all  we  want  to  relieve 
the    Home  Missionary  Society.     And,   after  very  careful  consideration, 


June,  1894  The   Home  Missionary  75 

we  believe  that  we  can  meet  the  imperative  necessities  of  the  year, 
trusting  God  that  when  better  days  come  we  shall  be  able  to  clear  our 
decks  for  a  new  victory  and  a  further  advance. 

I  rejoice  to  say  that  this  Declaration  of  Independence  has  been  made 
with  absolute  unanimity  and  much  enthusiasm. 

I  am  also  instructed  by  the  church  to  express  to  the  Home  Missionary 
Society  our  most  grateful  appreciation  of  its  loyal  assistance  during  all 
the  years  of  the  history  of  this  church.  Never  will  we  forget  our  faithful 
and  beloved  mother,  or  cease  to  bless  and  help  her  in  her  great  work. 
We  are  able  to  bear  testimony  to  the  imperative  need  and  the  high  value 
of  that  work.  Without  her  aid  this  church  could  hardly  have  begun  to 
be.  Nor  has  there  been  a  year  in  its  history  when  it  could  have  gone 
on  alone. 

The  history  of  PlynK)Uth  Church  during  the  past  two  years  affords 
illustration  especially  t)f  the  value  of  the  Society  in  enabling  a  feeble 
church  to  seize  a  position  of  great  strategic  importance  with  power  to 
occui^y  it  adequately.  In  December,  1891,  this  church,  then  called  the 
Park  Avenue  Church,  occupied  a  miserable  wooden  structure  of  such  size 
and  character  as  to  foredoom  the  church  to  failure  while  it  should  remain 
there.  There  was  a  nominal  membership  of  seventy-nine  persons,  more 
than  half  of  whom  were  non-resident.  During  the  previous  year,  seven- 
teen members  had  been  lost  and  none  received.  But  the  little  band  of 
faithful  hearts  had  the  courage  of  a  reasonable  faith.  A  great  opportu- 
nity lay  before  them,  if  only  the  church  could  be  saved  and  equipped  for 
aggressive  work ;  for  its  location  was  upon  the  verge  of  the  best  residential 
portion  of  the  city,  with  a  stretch  of  very  desirable  population  running 
east  and  south  for  more  than  a  mile,  almost  entirely  without  church 
edifices  of  any  kind. 

But  how  should  so  feeble  an  army  enter  in  to  possess  so  goodly  a  land  ? 
The  aid  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society  was  absolutely  imperative. 
Without  it,  the  opportunity  must  be  lost  and  the  church  must  die. 

That  aid  was  given.  And  the  result,  though  Plymouth  has  but  laid 
her  new  foundations,  is  an  abundant  justification  of  the  generous  policy  of 
the  Society  in  granting  $500  a  year  to  the  little  church. 

During  1893  we  completed  a  new  and  beautiful  stone  chapel,  entering 
it  not  quite  a  year  ago.  In  place  of  a  property  worth  $5,000,  which  was 
our  "  plant  "  a  year  ago,  we  have  now  a  property  that  cost  us  $27,500, 
including  land  enough  to  allow  of  a  complete  church  edifice  when  we 
are  able  to  build  it.  Our  old  building  would  hold  150  people.  We  can 
seat  450  in  the  new  chapel,  and  it  is  already  very  nearly  filled  every  Sunday. 
We  have  just  put  in  additional  seats  which  utilize  our  utmost  capacity. 
Our  congregations  are  notable  for  intelligence  and  substantial  worth,  sug- 
gesting great  power  for  usefulness,  with  God's  blessing,  in  time  to  come. 


76  The  Home  Missionary  June,  1894 

Our  church  membership  is  now  220.  The  Sunday-school  has  an  aver- 
age attendance  of  about  270,  with  frequently  more  than  100  little  ones  in 
the  primary  department,  which  had,  little  more  than  two  years  ago,  but  a 
half  dozen,  and  has  since  then  graduated  into  the  intermediate  school 
about  thirty  pupils,  after  a  public  examination  that  would  stagger  most  of 
their  parents.  Our  prayer-meeting  attendance  is  from  sixty  to  eighty,  by 
count,  while  twenty-five  was  a  large  attendance  eighteen  months  ago. 
All  departments  of  our  work  show  a  similar  growth.  Among  all  our 
causes  for  thankful  joy,  none  is  greater  than  the  spirit  of  broad  and  gen- 
erous fellowship  that  pervades  the  congregation.  We  are  striving  to 
make  the  church  a  center  of  Christian  helpfulness.  It  is  constantly  em- 
phasized that  we  are  not  our  own  ;  that  Plymouth  must  not  live  unto  her- 
self ;  that  our  calling  is  "  not  to  be  ministered  unto,  but  to  minister  "  ; 
and  that  God's  goodness  to  us  is  a  most  solemn  urgency  to  unselfishness. 
We  believe  he  has  saved  us  that  he  may  use  us.  The  prevalence  of 
this  spirit  among  the  people  gives  ground  for  confident  expectation  that 
the  church  is  to  be  very  helpful  in  the  development  of  the  work  committed 
to  our  sisterhood  of  churches  in  the  city  and  the  State. 

Last  Sunday  afforded  a  noble  proof  of  our  orthodoxy,  when,  in  spite  of 
all  our  burdens,  and  with  the  prospect  of  attempting  self-support  at  once, 
Plymouth  gave  an  offering  of  fifty-seven  dollars  in  aid  of  a  sister  church 
just  leaving  a  tent  for  a  new  house  of  worship. 

WHAT   SOME    MISSIONARIES    ARE   SAYING 

Just  now  I  have  had  to  open  on  the  dancing  that  has  been  imported 
from  Washington  and  is  spreading  like  an  epidemic  among  our  Christian 
Endeavorers.  It  seems  to  astonish  people  that  a  minister  should  presume 
to  publicly  disapprove  this  thing,  and  there  is  some  resentment.  But  we 
ministers  here  understand  one  another  better  than  we  did,  and  all  are 
agreed  to  speak  out  upon  the  subject,  so  that  the  "kickers"  may  under- 
stand that  we  are  a  unit  as  to  it.  A  great  deal  of  radical  work  must  be 
done  before  this  unusually  intelligent  people  get  it  thoroughly  worked 
into  their  very  bones  that  they  can  no  more  do  anything  without  Christ 
than  can  the  most  illiterate.  But  if  they  do  reach  that  point,  and  then 
to  that  humility  add  faith,  they  will  be  a  power  in  this  community. — 
Virginia. 


For  two  weeks  I  held  a  special  meeting  at  Rickreall  which  resulted  in 
about  thirty  conversions.     We  then  called  in  our  most  excellent  Superin- 


June,  1894  The   Home  Missionary  'j'j 

tendent  Clapp,  who  conducted  a  meeting  of  one  week,  which  brought  in 
a  dozen  more  conversions.  At  the  close  of  the  meeting  conducted  by  the 
pastor,  a  church  was  organized  of  twenty-six  members.  At  the  close  of 
that  conducted  by  Mr.  Clapp  we  received  fourteen  more,  making  the 
nuMubership  of  the  new  church  forty.  With  a  few  exceptions,  the  new 
church  is  composed  of  adults,  and  mostly  heads  of  families.  This  is  an 
excellent  community  in  which  to  plant  Congregationalism.  The  people 
are  mostly  thrifty  and  well-to-do  farmers,  and  are  of  the  substantial  kind 
which  may  be  depended  upon  for  earnest  church  work. 

We  received,  as  a  result  of  the  meeting  at  Independence,  twenty-three 
additions,  which  greatly  strengthens  this  church.     The  friends  here  are 
■  much  depressed  financially,  as  they  are  not  of  the  wealthy  class. — Inde- 
pendence, Ore. 

With  this  farewell  report  I  bid  you  God-speed.  As  it  is  "  more  blessed 
to  give  than  to  receive,"  we  hope  that  this  church  may  hereafter  receive 
the  greater  blessing.  If  it  is  possible,  we  wish  that  our  names  might  be 
retained  on  your  list  for  family  supplies,  as  the  burden  will  now  come 
heavily  upon  us.  The  people  are  confident,  and  take  up  the  larger  task 
more  readily  than  they  did  the  smaller.  We  believe  that  more  churches 
in  this  section  of  prosperous  farmers  might  at  least  "  make  their  own 
wheels  go  round  "  if  the  pastors  would  heartily  encourage  them  to  the 
effort. — South  Dakota. 


We  have  had  hard  times  financially,  sickness  in  my  family  for  six 
months,  and  one  of  my  little  girls  is  now  down  with  scarlet  fever.  The 
weather  has  been  bad  ;  deep  snow,  most  of  the  time  deep  mud,  and  bad 
roads.  I  have  had  to  face  the  worst  storms  I  ever  knew.  A  large  por- 
tion of  the  town  is  now  (March  31)  under  water,  and  our  church  is  sur- 
rounded ;  yet  I  have  had  vigorous  health,  have  been  able  to  fill  every 
appointment,  and  have  seen  showers  of  blessing  from  the  presence  of  the 
Lord.  There  are  compensations  even  in  the  hardest  fields.  I  can  un- 
derstand how  Paul  could  glory  in  tribulations,  knowing  that  they  bring 
patience,  experience,  hope,  and  the  love  of  God  shed  abroad  in  the  heart. 
I  now  have  five  preaching  stations,  and  could  have  a  number  more  if  I 
were  able  to  occupy  them. — Nort/i  California. 


With  the  help  of  General  Missionary  Tomlins  we  held  meetings  for 
three  weeks  here  and  for  three  weeks  more  in  Waubay.  In  Waubay  a  nice 
little  church  of  twenty-one  members  was  organized,  which  seems  now  in  a 
very  flourishing  condition  ;  but  in  Webster,  although  over  twenty  of  the 


78  The   Home  Missionary  June,  1894 

young  people  of  the  town  arose  for  prayer  during  the  meetings,  after  three 
weeks  of  thorough  canvassing  I  failed  to  get  a  single  one  to  join  the  church. 
— Michigan. 


I  DO  wish  I  could  turn  over  to  your  treasury  the  balance  due  me,  and 
tell  you  to  help  with  it  some  needier  one.  But  I  don't  know  who  that 
would  be,  for  it  seems  that  if  the  connections  missed  for  one  day  we  must 
go  hungry.  They  came  near  missing  last  Monday,  when  our  treasurer 
handed  me  a  receipt  for  my  month's  rent  instead  of  the  money.  That 
left  me  with  a  few  cents  over  a  dollar  for  the  week's  food,  and  our  fuel 
was  out  also.  We  went  to  the  Master  and  told  him  we  should  be  hungry 
and  cold  unless  he  now  helped  us  as  he  had  promised.  We  were  placed 
where  all  depended  upon  him,  and  his  faithfulness  was  tested  in  a  most 
practical  and  tangible  manner.  We  had  no  idea  whence  the  help  could 
come,  but  imagined  several  ways  in  which  it  might.  The  next  morning 
five  dollars  were  handed  me;  but  the  help  came  from  none  of  the  sources 
we  had  thought  of.     His  ways  are  past  finding  out. —  Virginia. 


We  had  a  "  dancing  craze  "  here  at  the  beginning  of  this  quarter  that 
threatened  damage  to  the  church.  A  few  attended  public  balls,  and 
others  avowed  their  intention  to  do  so  whenever  they  chose,  saying  that 
the  Congregational  Church  was  not  opposed  to  dancing  ;  that  Rev.  Dr. 

encouraged  it,  had  dancing  parties  in  his  house,  etc.     This  led  to 

discussion  and  some  excitement.  It  was  found  that  more  than  three- 
fourths  of  the  members  were  opposed  to  dancing,  either  at  public  balls 
or  private  dancing  parties.  A  moderate  and  kindly  course  was  taken  ;  a 
wise,  Christ-like,  patient  method  was  adopted,  and  the  result  is  peace 
and  good  feeling.  The  dancers  have  given  up  this  doubtful  amusement  in 
deference  to  the  conscientious  conviction  of  the  majority.  —  The  Pacific 
Slope. 


The  clouds  have  hung  very  low  during  the  recent  months, and  the  days, 
many  of  them,  were  very  dark.  The  crop  failure  of  last  year  so  embar- 
rassed many  of  our  people  that  they  could  not  pay  their  pledges  for  their 
pastor's  support,  and  the  Home  Missionary  Society,  so  heavily  burdened, 
yet  ever  prompt  to  come  to  our  relief — we  trembled  for  it.  At  a  time 
when  days  were  the  darkest,  our   hearts  were  made  glad  by  a  generous 

box  from  ,  Mass.,  containing  articles  of  clothing,  etc.,  suited  to  our 

needs.  If  those  good  people  could  ever  know  the  burden  which  their 
thoughtfulness  and  generosity  lifted  from  our  hearts,  and  the  sunshine 
that  came  into  our  souls  by  these  substantial  reminders  of  their  interest  in 
the  Master's  kingdom  and  in  us  his  servants,  they  would   be  repaid.     We 


June,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  79 

were  almost  ready  to  give  up  ;  but  from  that  day  to  the  present  the  way 
has  grown  brighter  and  the  work  has  gone  forward, —  ]Vashingto7i. 


A  QUARTER  of  hard  work,  many  hindrances,  with  some  reasons  for 
encouragement.  Congregations  not  as  large  as  usual,  owing  to  very  bad 
weather.  We  had  but  two  or  three  fair  Sundays.  Rain,  rain,  rain.  The 
Sunday-school  has  increased  somewhat,  the  result  of  special  work.  A 
new  Sunday-school,  organized  in  the  country,  numbers  about  fifty,  and  a 
home  has  been  secured  for  the  little  church  outside,  organized  in  Decem- 
ber. Many  friends  in  the  town  express  themselves  as  drawn  to  the 
Congregational  church,  but  it  is  not  easy  to  prevail  upon  them  to  act  on 
their  convictions.  This,  however,  will  come  right  in  due  time.  But  for 
the  disheartening  influences  of  the  prevailing  money  stringency,  there 
would  be  little  real  reason  for  discouragement  for  our  town  church,  and 
we  are  trying  to  rise  above  these  things. — Oregon. 


This  place  has  no  married  pastor,  and,  as  far  as  I  am  concerned,  it 
will  not  have  this  year  at  least,  because  I  must  pay  off  debts  contracted 
while  going  to  school.  Being  twenty-three  when  I  began  my  course,  I 
attended  to  business,  made  a  seven  years'  course  in  six,  which  required 
extra  study,  so  that  I  did  not  earn  enough  to  pay  all  my  expenses.  Then, 
too,  I  want  a  theological  training  as  soon  as  I  can  get  it,  and  then  I  mean 
to  go  out  into  the  foreign  field.  Were  my  salary  large  enough,  this  place 
would  have  a  married  pastor  ere  long.  It  is  hard  to  live  alone  so  far 
from  friends  when  a  man  has  for  a  sweetheart  one  of  the  best  of  young 
women  ;  but  in  the  Lord's  work  there  is  room  for  self-denial  and  sacrifice. 
— Nebraska. 

Spring  is  here,  but  work  does  not  come  with  it,  and  many  families  are 
still  in  great  destitution.  I  have  just  come  from  seeing  a  family  who  sent 
after  me,  to  tell  me  of  the  condition  of  their  daughter's  household,  living 
near  them.  They  have  been  existing  on  bread  and  molasses  for  the  past 
ten  days,  and  were  getting  much  reduced,  while  the  parents  had  no 
surplus  from  which  to  help.  I  was  glad  to  be  able  to  relieve  them  a  little. 
These  times  bring  men  very  much  closer  to  one  another  than  usual.  Our 
general  work  is  prospering.  Audiences  are  increasing  weekly,  and  we 
comfortably  fill  our  main  room  every  Sunday  evening.  The  Sunday- 
school  is  also  visibly  gaining.  The  chief  drawback  is  the  lack  of  money 
with  which  to  carry  on  the  work.  We  have  been  canvassing  for  pledges 
for  next  year,  but  find  it  a  hard  task  in  the  present  uncertainty.  When 
children  have  to  go  on  meager  fare,  one  does  not  feel  like  pressing  per- 
sons too  hard  for  money  for  church  purposes.  At  the  last  communion 
we  had  the  pleasure  of  receiving  twelve  on  confession  of  faith,  all  adults 
• 


So  The   Home  Missionary  June,  1894 

but  one.     Among  them  were  three  who  had  been  CathoUcs,  and  there 
were  four  cases  where  husband  and  wife  joined  together. —  JVisconsin. 


The  quarter  has  been  one  of  quiet  work.  We  have  not  had,  as  some 
churches,  a  great  revival,  but  we  have  a  revival  spirit  among  our  members, 
and  they  are  growing  spiritually.  My  time  on  Sunday  is  all  used.  At 
10  A.M.,  I  superintend  the  Sunday-school  and  teach  a  class;  11  a.m., 
preaching  service  ;  at  4  p.m.  I  meet  the  Junior  Society  of  Christian 
Endeavor  for  an  hour ;  at  6.30  I  attend  the  Society  of  Christian 
Endeavor;  preaching  at  7.30.  My  health  is  good,  and  God  is  blessing 
the  work.  Our  week-day  meetings  are  a  help  to  pastor  and  people. 
We  have  had  the  pleasure  of  receiving  ten  new  members  this  past 
quarter  into  our  church — six  by  letter,  and  four  on  confession  of  faith,  all 
adults.  Others  are  to  join  at  our  next  communion.  Nine  months  ago  I 
could  not  find  five  who  would  lead  in  public  prayer  ;  we  have  over 
twenty-five  now.-—  Washington. 


Our  work  goes  on  in  cramped  quarters.  Measles,  whooping-cough, 
mumps,  and  chicken-pox  have  kept  many  children  away  from  Sunday- 
school.  We  haven't  yet  got  hold  of  many  of  the  parents,  especially  those 
of  German  descent.  But  all  meetings  are  regularly  kept  up,  the  Christian 
Endeavor  Society  among  the  rest.  The  Ladies'  Aid  Society  has  raised 
eighty-five  dollars.  The  building  committee  have  a  new  chapel  about 
finished,  some  money  already  paid  thereon,  and  more  pledged.  Many 
children  are  our  warm  friends  and  willing  workers.  Among  the  converts 
are  one  noticeable  couple.  He  was  an  orphan  in  a  New  York  institution  ; 
was  baptized  a  Roman  Catholic,  but  grew  up  an  abandoned  boy  and  man, 
and  has  had  delirium  tremens  seven  times.  She  was  a  "whiffet,"  indeed. 
Both  were  from  the  slums,  but  are  now  apparently  in  their  right  minds. — 
Pennsylvania. 


I  HAVE  begun  to  hold  occasional  services  at  the  county  hospital,  with 
indications  of  good.  About  a  month  ago  I  began  to  hold  revival  meet- 
ings here.  Had  little  help— had  to  act  as  janitor,  to  lead  the  singing,  do  all 
the  talking,  and  nearly  all  the  praying.  About  twenty-five  expressed  an 
intention  of  leading  a  Christian  life,  and  several  gave  indications  of  con- 
version.   I  commenced  revival  meetings  at  L ,  an  out-station.    For  two 

or  three  nights  we  had  awful  storms,  but  there  were  ten  present  on  each 
of  the  first  and  second  meetings.  Then  the  weather  improved,  although 
the  temperature  was  down  to  ten  degrees  below  zero  during  the  rest  of 
the  time.  But  the  Holy  Spirit  was  present  in  converting  power,  and  a 
number  consecrated  themselves  to  the  service  of  the  Master.    'The  meet- 


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ings  continued  nearly  two  weeks  with  increasing  interest.  At  the  close 
we  organized  a  Congregational  church  of  twelve  members.  At  the  next 
meeting  we  received  five  additional  members,  and  at  the  next  five  more, 
making  twenty-two  in  all.  Eleven  joined  upon  confession,  and  eleven 
came  from  other  churches.  We  adopted  the  full  doctrinal  statement,  and 
formed  our  constitution,  covenant,  etc.,  from  the  "  Congregationalist 
Handbook." — California. 


THE   SPRINGTIME    PARISH 

By   Rev.  C.  M.   Sanders 

Eaton,  Colorado,  is  located  on  the  Denver  division  of  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad,  midway  between  Denver  and  Cheyenne,  is  eight  miles 
north  of  Greeley,  and  takes  its  name  from  Ex-Governor  Eaton,  who  has  a 
large  interest  in  it.  It  is  one  of  the  thrifty  villages  of  the  State.  Its 
great  industry  is  potato  raising,  and  765  cars  of  potatoes  were  sent  out 
during  the  past  year,  which  is  about  the  average  yearly  shipment. 
Besides,  350  cars  of  flour  and  100  cars  of  wheat  were  also  shipped.  A 
look  at  the  cut  will  give  some  idea  of  the  size  of  the  potatoes  and  of  the 
yield. 

Our  church  there  was  organized  on  the  first  Sunday  in  November, 
1886,  and  was  recognized  by  council  February  8,  1887.  The  members 
of  the  church  and  congregation  were  largely  young  people  ;  hence  the 
name  "  Springtime." 

In  the  June,  1887,  number  of  The  Home  Missionary  may  be  found  a 
fuller  account  of  its  first  year.  Our  pastors  at  Greeley  frequently  aided. 
In  December,  1886,  Rev.  J.  W.  King  began  work,  remaining  a  little  more 
than  two  years.  March  16,  1889,  Rev.  James  Stanton  took  the  charge. 
The  past  five  years  have  shown  steady  and  substantial  growth.  At  the 
beginning  of  this  pastorate  the  membership  numbered  thirty-two  ;  it  is 
now  one  hundred  and  seven.  Then,  services  were  held  in  the  public 
schoolhouse  ;  now,  in  the  comely  commodious  brick  edifice, costing  f  5.000, 
shown  in  the  accompanying  cut.  The  building  is  nearly  paid  for.  A 
convenient  and  roomy  brick  parsonage,  costing  $3,000,  has  been  built 
near  the  church.  In  May,  1892,  the  church  assumed  self-support.  It  is 
well  organized,  and  a  felt  force  for  righteousness.  In  this  church  home 
all  denominations  worship  under  one  leader. 

This  enterprise  is  one  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary 
Society's  investments,  and  now  that  it  walks  alone  does  not  forget  the 
fostering  care  of  its  missionary  mother.     Do  not  such  investments  pay  ? 


84  The   Home  Missionary  June,  1894 

HOW  A  VETERAN  TAKES  THE  REDUCTION 

Your  letter  to  the  Congregational  churches  of  the  United  States  came 
this  morning.  My  people  did  not  meet  their  last  year's  pledge  until  less 
than  a  month  ago.  They  owed  borrowed  money  on  the  parsonage,  and  I 
told  them  if  they  would  meet  their  pledge  1  would  pay  twenty-five  dollars 
to  the  Church  Building  Society.  The  claim  has  been  met,  and  twenty-five 
dollars  have  been  receipted  for  to  the  pastor  on  their  parsonage  loan. 
When  we  came  into  our  annual  meeting,  I  told  them  the  church  must  do 
more  and  more  every  year  until  we  reached  self-support.  They  thought 
it  would  be  difficult  to  raise  more  than  last  year  ($200  from  the  church), 
and  they  must  ask  $200  from  the  Society.  I  told  them  I  had  pledged  that 
it  should  be  less  and  less  every  year  till  we  reached  self-support,  and  if 
they  did  not  add  twenty-five  dollars  to  their  pledge  for  1894  and  lessen 
the  amount  asked  by  the  church  of  the  Society,  I  would  cut  that  amount 
off  myself,  even  though  the  church  did  not  make  the  sum  good.  By  hard 
pleading,  they  voted  to  raise  $225  for  1894  for  the  pastor's  salary  and  to 
ask  $175  from  the  Society.  The  application  has  been  made  for  that  sum, 
and  the  papers  have  been  sent  forward  ;  but  your  letter  received  to-day 
was  so  earnest  that  I  will  take  off  another  twenty-five  dollars,  making  the 
sum  asked  for  from  the  Society  $150  for  the  current  year  ;  and  if  this  will 
embarrass  the  Society,  they  can  commission  me  for  $125.  My  salary  is 
the  smallest  of  any,  I  think,  in  our  State.  If  this  reduction  is  called  for, 
I  yr<?^/v  make  the  sacrifice.  I  thought  I  would  love  once  before  I  pass 
over  the  river  to  meet  with  the  grand  old  Society  in  her  yearly  gathering ; 
but  I  can  deny  myself  this  hoped-for  blessing.  Omaha  is  nearer  to  me 
than  any  place  of  meeting  since  I  have  been  in  commission  from  the 
Society.  I  received  my  first  commission  from  the  American  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society  forty-five  years  ago,  signed  by  Dr.  Badger.  What  I 
have  relinquished,  'tis  true,  is  small,  very  small  ;  yet  every  little  will  help. 


A  Sacrkd  Offering. — "  I  send  you  fifty  cents  from  the  garden  of 
my  precious  little  son.  The  corn  was  gathered  after  he  had  been  trans- 
planted to  our  Lord's  garden." — H. 


And  yet  Another.- — The  bereaved  mother  of  two  little  daughters, 
four  and  a  half  and  two  and  a  half  years  old,  has  sent  us,  "  for  the  best 
use  that  can  be  made  of  them  for  Home  Missions,"  their  penny  savings, 
amounting  to  ninety-nine  cents.     What  shall  we  do  with  them  ? 


June,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  85 


THE    TREASURY 

The  receipts  at  the  Bible  House  office  in  April,  1894,  were  $27,637.70 — 
from  contributions,  ^518,936.34  ;  from  legacies,  ^8,701.36.  This  is  a  gain 
of  $10,590.10  over  the  receipts  in  April,  1893,  but  is  scarcely  up  to  the 
average  of  receipts  in  the  first  month  of  the  five  fiscal  years  preceding 
the  last. 

The  financial  situation  has  not  changed  materially  from  that  of  several 
months  past,  as  made  known  in  these  pages. 

A  due  regard  to  the  Society's  financial  credit  and  a  just  care  for  the 
welfare  of  the  missionaries  and  their  work  compelled  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee most  regretfully  to  order  the  heavy  reduction — of  which  the 
churches  had  timely  warning — of  ^75,000  from  the  proposed  outlay  for 
the  year  now  begun. 

The  strict  carrying  out  of  that  enforced  measure  can  be  prevented  in 
only  one  possible  way,  viz.:  by  a  speedy  and  generous  increase  of  offer- 
ings from  the  churches  and  individual  friends  and  supporters  of  Home 
Missions,  such  as  shall  warrant  the  committee  in  adding  during  the  year 
to  the  apportionment  for  the  fields  under  the  Society's  care. 

Such  advances  in  contributions  have  been  made  in  previous  emergen- 
cies, and,  despite  the  stringency  in  the  business  world,  the  conductors  of 
this  work  strongly  indulge  the  hope  that  its  friends,  seeing  how  vital  it  is 
to  the  best  welfare  of  our  country,  will  come  to  the  rescue  with  a  gen- 
erosity and  self-denial  equal  to  the  occasion. 

Surely  no  patriot  can  fail  to  see  the  urgency  of  the  call  ;  no  Christian 
can  fail  to  see  the  justice  of  the  Master's  claim,  nor  to  respond  according 
to  the  full  measure  of  his  ability.  To  every  patriot  and  Christian,  there- 
fore, we  commend  the  cause  for  earnest  consideration  and  immediate 
action. 


SIXTY-EIGHTH    ANNIVERSARY    OF   THE    CONGREGA- 
TIONAL   HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

To  be  held  in  the  First  Congregational  Church,  Omaha,  Nebraska,  June 

6-8,    1894 

Wednesday,  June  6th,  3.3c  p.m. — The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society  for 
the  Election  of  Officers,  Hearing  of  Reports,  and  other  Business. 
7.30  P.M. — Annual  Sermon  by  Rev.  Samuel  E.  Herrick,  D.D.,  Boston, 
Mass. 


86  The  Home   Missionary  June,  1894 

Thursday,  June  7th,  9  a.m. — DevotioiKil  Meeting. 

9.45  A.M. — Address  of  Welcome,  and  Response  by  the  President  of  the 

Society,  General  O.  O.  Howard. 
10.30  A.M. — Paper  by  Secretary  Joseph   B.  Clark  :  "  Bright  Spots  in  a 

Dark  Year." 
10.55  -^  ^'- — O^^'i"  Auxiliaries.     Addresses  by  Rev.  Alexander  McGregor, 

of  Rhode  Island  ;  Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  of  Connecticut  ;  Rev. 

J.  G.  Fraser,  D.D.,  of  Ohio  ;  Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass,  D.D.,  of  Iowa. 

Greetings  from  Sister  Societies. 

2  P.M.— Home  Missions  and  Church  Building.     Addresses  by  Rev.  L. 

H.   Cobb,   D.D.,  of   New  York   City,  and   Rev  F.   T.  Bayley,  of 
Denver,  Col. 

3  P.M. — Paper  by  Secretary  Washington  Choate  :  "  Home  Missions  for 

the  Sake  of  America."    Addresses  by  Rev.  James  S.  Ainslie,  of  Fort 

Wayne,   Ind.;  Rev.  Henry   Hopkins,  D.D.,  of   Kansas  City,  Mo., 

and  others. 
7.30  P.M. — Paper  by  Secretary  William  Kincaid  :  "  Home  Missions  for 

the  Sake  of  the  World."    Addresses  by  Rev.  H.  A.  Schaufifler,  D.D., 

Rev.  W.  G.  Puddefoot,  Rev.  Joseph  Anderson,  D.D.,  and  others. 
Friday,  June  8th,  9  a.m. — Devotional  Meeting, 

9.45  A.M. — Twelfth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Woman's  Department,  Mrs. 

H.  S.  Caswell,  Secretary,  presiding.     Addresses  by  Miss  Frances 

J.  Dyer,  Massachusetts  ;  Mrs.  Joseph  T.  Duryea,  Nebraska  ;  Mrs. 

W.  S.  Hawkes,  Utah;  Mrs.  W.  H.  Gilchrist,  Black  Hills;  and  Mrs. 

C.  W.  Preston,  Nebraska. 
ir.30  A.M. — Home  Missions  and  Sunday-schools.     Addresses  by  Rev. 

George  M.  Boynton,  D.D.,  and  others. 
2  P.M. — Home  Missions  and  Christian  Education.     Addresses  by  Rev. 

John  A.  Hamilton,  D.D.,  and  others. 
2.40  P.M. — Addresses  by  Representatives  from  the  Field  :  Rev.  L.  P. 

Broad,  Kansas  ;  Rev.  E.  H.  Ashmun,  New  Mexico  ;  Rev.   T.  W. 

Jones,  D.D.,  Pennsylvania  ;  Rev.  Harmon  Bross,  Nebraska  ;  Rev. 

J.  Homer  Parker,  Oklahoma  ;  Rev.  A.  K.  Wray,  Missouri  ;  Rev. 

W.  H.  Thrall,  South  Dakota. 
7.30  P.M. — Public  Meeting.     Summing  up  and  Consecration.    Addresses 

by  Rev.   Charles  S.  Mills,  of  Cleveland  ;  Rev.   George  H.  Wells, 

D.D.,  of  Minneapolis  ;  Rev.  A.  L.  Frisbie,  D.D.,  of  Des  Moines  ; 

and  Rev.  Edward  P.  Goodwin,  D.D.,  of  Chicago. 

Following  the  Convention,  on  Sunday,  June  loth,  there  will  be  home 
missionary  services  in  all  the  Congregational  churches  of  the  city  in  the 
morning,  with  mass-meetings  in  the  afternoon  and  evening.  It  is  expected 
that  these  will  be  conducted  in  the  main  as  home  missionary  experience 
meetings  by  home  missionary  workers  from  all  parts  of  the  country. 


June,  1894  The   Home  Missionary  Sy 


HOTEL  ACCOMMODATIONS  AND  RATES 

The  Paxton  and  Murray  hotels  will  make  a  rate  of  from  ^2.50  to  $3.00 
per  day  ;  the  Millard  and  the  Delone  from  |2.oo  to  $4.00  ;  the  Mercer 
from  $2.00  to  $3.00  ;  the  Hotel  l>runs\vick  and  the  Merchants'  Hotel  from 
III" -75  to  $2.00  ;  the  Windsor,  the  Barker,  the  Midland,  the  Arcade,  and 
the  Drexel  from  ;|i.5o  to  ^2.00. 

There  are  private  boarding-houses  within  a  reasonable  distance,  whose 
rates  range  from  seventy-five  cents  to  $1.50  per  day,  and  the  committee 
have  also  listed  a  large  number  of  rooms  in  the  central  part  of  the  city, 
where,  at  low  rates,  guests  can  be  accommodated  with  lodgings,  and  can 
board  at  restaurants  near  at  hand.  The  Commercial  Club,  which  occu- 
pies the  fifth  floor  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  tenders  the  hospitality 
of  its  rooms  to  the  members  and  guests  of  the  Society,  and  a  large  and 
well-managed  restaurant  is  under  the  patronage  of  the  Club. 

The  Omaha  committee  of  arrangements  will  promptly  answer  all 
inquiries,  as  to  the  above  accommodations,  that  may  be  addressed  to  its 
chairman,  Ceorge  H.  Payne,  Esq.,  1702  Farnham  Street,  Omaha. 

TRANSPORTATION 

The  Boston  Passenger  Committee,  the  Trunk  Line  Association,  the 
Central  Traffic  Association,  and  the  Western  Passenger  Association — 
covering  most  of  the  roads  likely  to  be  used  by  attendants  on  the  meeting 
— have  all  agreed  that  those  paying  full  fare  from  stations  on  their  lines  to 
Omaha,  and  securing  certificates  at  the  time  of  buying  tickets  that  they 
have  so  paid,  shall  have  return  tickets  (?7'er  the  same  routes  at  one-third 
fare,  these  return  tickets  holding  good  for  starting  for  three  days  from  the 
close  of  the  meeting. 

Certified  clergymen  will  be  carried  each  way  for  $17.50  from  New 
York  City,  which  is  one-half  the  unlimited  fare  ;  and  others  paying  full 
(limited)  fare  ($32.75)  from  New  York  City  in  going,  will  be  returned  for 
one  third  of  that  sum  ($10,92)  by  the  same  route.  The  sleeping-car  fare 
is  $7.50  for  each  berth. 

An  open  rate  of  one  fare  for  the  round  trip  has  also  been  granted  from 
points  in  Nebraska  within  one  hundred  and  fifty  miles  of  Omaha — excur- 
sion tickets  to  be  sold  June  5-8,  limited  for  return  to  June  11. 

SPECIAL    RAYMOND    EXCURSION   TO  OMAHA   FROM   NEW    YORK    AND    BOSTON 

Arrangements  have  been  made  with  Messrs.  Raymond  &  Whitcomb, 
the  well-known  excursion  managers,  to  run  special  excursion  trains  from 


88  The   Home   Missionary  June,  1894 

Boston  and  New  York  to  Omaha  and  return  on  these  terms  :  They  will 
sell  round-trip  tickets,  including  railway  transportation,  Pullman  berth, 
meals  en  route  (to  Omaha  and  return),  and  first-class  hotel  accommoda- 
tions in  Omaha  for  five  days,  for  sixty-five  dollars  ($65)  for  clergymen, 
missionaries,  and  their  families  ;  and  for  all  others,  seventy  dollars  ($70), 
from  either  New  York  or  Boston.  For  those  who  desire,  Messrs  Ray- 
mond &  Whitcomb  will  make  the  return  limit  of  their  railroad  ticket  sixty 
rt'<?vy,  and  will  refund  the  cost  of  the  meals.  But  passengers  not  returning 
with  the  party  will  forfeit  the  Pullman  berth. 

These  excursion  trains  will  leave  Boston  on  Monday,  June  4th,  at  3  p.m., 
and  New  York  at  5  p.  m. — the  New  York  train  joining  that  from  Boston 
at  Rotterdam  Junction,  near  Schenectady — and  are  to  reach  Omaha  on 
Wednesday,  June  6th,  at  2.30  p.m.  Correspondence  concerning  these 
special  trains  may  be  addressed  to  Messrs.  Raymond  &  Whitcomb,  Bos- 
ton or  New  York  ;  Rev.  Joshua  Coit,  Congregational  House,  Boston  ;  or 
Mr.  William  B.  Rowland,  Treasurer,  Bible  House,  New  York  ;  and  tickets 
for  these  excursion  trains  may  be  obtained  from  either  of  these  parties. 

A    VETERAN'S    DEPARTURE 

By  Rev.  James   H.  Warren,  D.D.,  San  Francisco 

Rev.  William  C.  Stewart  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  June  17, 
1829,  and  died,  in  his  sixty-fifth  year,  in  New  York  City.  He  grew  up  in 
the  midst  of  infidelity,  and  was  taught  to  despise  the  Bible.  His  collegiate 
course  was  taken  in  St.  Mary's  (Roman  Catholic)  College,  Philadelphia. 
He  graduated  from  the  Harvard  Law  School  in  1855,  and  practiced  law 
seven  years. 

Converted,  under  God,  by  the  influence  of  his  wife,  he  entered  the 
ministry,  being  ordained  in  1861.  For  six  years  he  served  in  the  Meth- 
odist ministry,  after  which  he  joined  the  Congregationalists,  and  remained 
steadfast  to  the  end.  The  first  eleven  years  of  his  ministry  were  spent  in 
Missouri  and  Kansas.  His  outspoken  loyalty  to  the  flag  in  those  troub- 
lous times  often  put  his  life  in  jeopardy,  and  at  times  obliged  him  to  flee 
from  one  city  to  another. 

He  came  to  California  in  June,  1872,  and  for  twenty-two  years,  till 
his  death,  without  a  break  labored  in  connection  with  the  Congregational 
Home  Missionary  Society.  In  his  first  California  parish — the  Hydesville 
and  Rohnerville  churches — he  preached  a  series  of  sermons  on  "  The 
Evidences,"  which  so  attracted  the  attention  of  the  public  that  a  number 


June,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  89 

of  leading  minds  publicly  renounced  their  infidelity  and  joined  the 
church.  Here  lived  the  widow  of  John  Brown,  of  anti-slavery  fame,  and 
her  family.  They  became  strongly  attached  to  Mr.  Stewart,  and  under 
his  preaching  several  of  them  were  converted  from  infidelity. 

lUirying  here  his  wife  and  one  child,  he  went  with  five  motherless 
children  to  San  Bernardino.  Our  church  there  was  in  trouble— a  ques- 
tion of  life  or  death.  He  decided  to  stay  and  save  it.  In  the  extreme 
moment  ten  or  twelve  Christians  from  Oberlin  identified  themselves  with 
the  struggling  church,  and  its  future  was  assured.  Then  his  health  gave 
way,  and  for  weeks  his  life  trembled  in  the  balance. 

Forced  to  seek  a  change  of  climate,  he  went  north  to  Lodi  and  Lf)cke- 
ford,  where  he  did  eight  years  of  loyal  service  ;  organizing  the  new  church 
in  (lalt,  saving  the  Lodi  church,  and  securing  the  erection  of  a  beautiful 
house  of  worship,  which  has  permanently  held  the  church  to  Congre- 
gationalism. After  a  year  (1883)  in  Antioch,  at  the  superintendent's 
request  he  took  charge  of  missionary  work  in  Scott  Valley,  Siskiyou 
County.  He  found  there  almost  entire  isolation  from  ministerial  fellow- 
ship, the  need  of  constant  outlay  of  strength,  self-denial,  and  heroic  faith 
to  meet  the  demands  of  four  churches  and  the  spiritual  wants  of  destitute 
camps  and  settlements.  In  this  field  his  heart  seemed  to  be  always  aglow 
with  the  spirit  of  revival  and  Pentecost.  The  harder  the  work,  the  more 
it  seemed  to  his  liking. 

After  seven  years  in  Scott  Valley,  at  his  request  he  was  transferred, 
early  in  1891,  to  his  former  people  in  Lockeford,  and  there  ended  his 
ministerial  and  missionary  career. 

Having  labored  almo.st  continuously  for  twenty-two  years  in  California, 
it  was  arranged  that  he  should  take  a  vacation  of  four  or  six  weeks,  and 
for  this  purpose  he  left  Lockeford,  March  28,  for  New  York,  via  San 
Francisco,  Los  Angeles,  etc. 

His  last  sermon  was  on  Easter  Sunday,  the  Methodist  church  uniting 
with  his.  His  theme  was  '•  The  Resurrection."  On  Wednesday  after- 
noon following  he  held  his  last  prayer-meeting,  and  many  of  his  flock 
went  with  him  from  the  church  to  the  depot  to  bid  him  "  God  speed," 
little  dreaming  that  they  were  never  to  see  his  face  again.  His  last  letter 
to  me,  of  March  20,  is  characteristic.  He  writes  :  "  I  have,  as  you  know 
worked  long  and  faithfully  according  to  my  ability  in  the  home  missionary 
field,  and  have  had  few  vacations.  Yet  I  am  just  as  full  of  work  and  just 
as  enthusiastic  in  the  cause  of  Christ  as  ever.  I  would  not  recall  a  single 
thing  I  have  done  or  suffered  in  the  Master's  work,  albeit  I  would  improve 
on  the  past.  When  I  come  back  from  New  York  I  hope  to  take  up  again 
the  burden  of  the  work  of  the  Lord  for  California." 

But  the  Master  has  given  him  the  song  of  victory  instead  of  the 
burden,  and  rest  in  the  place  of  toil. 


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June,    1894 


APPOINTMENTS    IN     APRIL,    1894 


Not  in  coinmission  last  year 

Reale,  William  T.,  Brooklyn.  N.  Y. 

Bechtel,  Philip,  Tabor,  So.  Dak. 

Brenneckc.    Fritz,    Guide    Rock,    Superior,    and 

Beaver  Creek,  Neb. 
Brown,   Henry   M.,  Mt.   Hope,  New  York   City. 

N.  Y. 
Brown,  Jame.s  M.,  Cheyenne.  Wyo. 
Hampton,  William  S.,  Ogalalla,  Neb. 
Herbert,  Jacob,  Endicott,  Wash. 
Keller.  Lewis  H.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Kent.  Thomas,  Star  Prairie,  No.  Wis. 
Loehlin,  Henry  E.,  Hay  Springs,  Neb. 
McAllister,  Alexander,  Ellsworth,  Ash  Creek,  and 

Kanaranzi,  Minn. 
Neuenschwander,  Daniel,  Eiheits  and  Hoffnung- 

roll,  No.  Dak. 
Pearce,  Isaac  A.,  Palm  Beach,  Fla. 
Reeves,  Philetus  J..  Cando.  No.  Dak. 
Robertson,  A.  A..  Pelhamville.  N.  Y. 
Robinson.  Howard,  Clear  Lake,  Wis. 
Steves,  Nathan  P.,    Bort  Homme  and    Lakeport, 

So.  Dak. 
Stewart,  Julius  H.,  Kensington,  Kan. 
Stringer,  Firth,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Walker,  James   F.,  Willow   Lakes  and   Pitrodie, 

So.  Dak. 
Wilco.x,  Charles  E.,  Lamberton.  Minn. 
Woodruff,  Alfred  E.,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
Woolworth.  William   S.,   Morrisania,  New  York 

City,  N.  Y. 


Re-co}iimissione<{ 

Anderson,  George  P.,  Bonner,  Mon. 

Bates.  J.  M.,  Wakonda,  So.  Dak. 

Brcarley,  W.  H.,  Glen  Rock,  Wyo. 

Bridger,  Edward  A..  Rogers,  Ark. 

Evans,  Howell  M.,  Bevier,  Mo. 

Evert,  Henry  S..  Lenora  and  Wakeman,  Kan 

Evison.  Albert  E..  Inkster  and  Orr.  No.  Dak. 

Fisher,  Herman  P.,  Ortonville,  Minn. 

Gordon,  William  C.,  Michigan  City,  Ind. 

Hellier,  Frank  O.,  Maple  Creek,  Neb. 

Henderson,  John  H.,  Grand  Island,  Neb. 

Hubbard,  William  B..  Armour,  So.  Dak. 

Hulbert.  J.  Munsell,  Princeton,  Minn. 

Markham,  Reuben  F..  White  City,  Kan. 

Martin,  John  L.,  Custer,  Minn. 

Nutting,  John  D.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Oehler,  William,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Perry,  George  H.,  Goodland,  Kan. 

Rogers,  Enoch  E..  Groveland.  Minn. 

Rose,  George  W.,  Denver,  Colo. 

Ruddock,  Edward  N.,  Burtrum,  Minn. 

Shuman,  Henry  A.,  Monroe  and  Wattsville,  Neb. 

Smith,  J.  H.  B.,  Pittsburg,  Kan. 

Staub,  John  J.,  Sunny  Side,  Or. 

Stocking.  James  B.,  New  Castle,  Colo. 

Storrs,  S.  D.,  Topeka,  Kan. 

Todd.  Quintus   C.,    Mazeppa  and  Zumbro  Falls, 

Minn. 
Totten,  Matthew  J.,    Harwood   and   Argusville. 

No.  Dak. 
Wells,  J.  Lester,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Whitmore,  Orin  B.,  Sheridan  and  Willamina,  Or. 
Wiggins,  Aaron  W.,  New  Cambria,  Mo. 


RECEIPTS  IN    APRIL,  1894 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Auxiliary  Societies,  see  pages  97  to  loi. 


MAINE— $26.70. 

Auburn,  H.  W.  Perkins 

Bucksport.  Mrs.  E.  Buck 

Portland.  A.  L.  Greene 

Rockland.  Two  Friends 

South  Bridgton,  by  T.  B.  Knapp. 


NEW       HAMPSHIRE-$i,o47.6o; 
which  legacies,  $684.84. 


of 


F.  C.  L  and  H.  M.  U.  of  N. 
H.,  Miss  A.  A.  McFar- 
land,  Treas.  : 

Easter  offerings $132  26 

Add'l  Easter  offerings  : 
Bristol,  L.    M.   C.  toward 
L.  Mp.  of  C.  Boardman.       16  88 

Concord,  First 10  00 

Farmington 21  26 

Undesignated  funds 1326 


5  00 
12  50 
2  00 
2  20 


Received    by    Hon.    L.    D.    Stevens, 
Treas.  N.  H.  H.  M.  Soc.  : 
East  Concord.  Balance   from  Estate 

of  Abigail  W.  Lang 184  84 

Received  by  Rev.  W.  G.  Pud- 
defoot  : 

Keene,  A  Friend $5  00 

Newport,  A  F"riend   i  00 

•  6  00 


193  66 


Littleton,  by  D.  C.  Remick $19  60 

Lyme.  First,  by  L.  A.Grant 3300 

New  Hampshire,  A.  M 50  00 

Pelham,  Legacy  of  Phebe  A.   Marsh, 

Enoch   M.  Marsh,  ex.,  by  Rev.  J. 

Coit 500  00 

A  Friend 10  00 

Peterboro,  Union  Ch.,  by  C.  S.  Pierce, 

through     Rev.     E.     B.     Palmer, 

Treas.  Mass.  H.  M.  Soc 23  50 

Westmoreland  Depot,  A  Friend 25  00 

Friends 2  00 

VERMONT-,$6i.4o. 

Cambridge.  Mrs.  C.  Saflford 20  00 

Danville.  Mrs.  V.  B.  Kittredge 40 

East  Hardwick.  by  C.  S.  Montgomery  17  00 

North  Craf tsbury.  A  Friend 5  00 

Randolph,  A  P>iend 10  00 

St.  Johnsbury,  Mrs.  W.  P.  Fairbanks.  5  00 
Swanton,  Mrs.  Eliza  and    Harriet  M. 
Stone,  S3  :  Mrs.    Nancy   M.  Wead, 

$1,  by  H^  M.  Stone 4  00 

MASSACHUSETTS  -  $12,070.54,      of 
which  legacies,  $7,375.13. 

Mass.  H.  M.  Soc,  by  Rev.  E.  B.  Pal- 
mer, Treas 2,000  00 

By  request  of  donors $838  08 

Peabody,  Legacy    of     Mrs. 
Mary  L.   T.  King,  by  W. 

D.  King,  e.\ 231  33 

1,069  41 


June,    1894 


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91 


Woman's  H.M.  A.,  MissS.  K. 
Burgess,  Treas.: 

Athol,  Evangelical  Ch $35  00 

North  Amherst 4  00 

Providence,  R.  I.,  special...      75  00 

Webster 50  00 

$164  00 

Amherst,    Bequest   of   Stillanan    Kel- 
logg, by  F.  D.  Kellogg 22  00 

Beach  Bluff,  Mrs.  E.  B.  Hinckley ...  40 

Boston,  W.  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund  100  00 

A.  L.  Merriman 25  00 

Mrs.  J.  A.  Lane 10  00 

Boylston  Center,  by  D.  E.  Burtncr. . .  13  00 
Cummiiigton  Village,   by  W.   J.    Par- 
melee,  M.D 23  20 

Dorchester,  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Charlotte 

A.  Means,  by  James  Means i.o.x)  00 

Second,  by  Miss  E.  Tolman 10000 

East  Orange,  J.  L.  Halscy 100  co 

Essex,  by  M.  C.  Osgood 68  00 

Falmouth,  First,  by  O.  F.  Hitch 17  7° 

Gilbertville,    Mission   Circle,    by    F. 

Jones,  special 25  00 

Hatfield,  S.  S.,  by  C.  L.  Graves 15  00 

Haverhill,  Hattie  F.  Welch 12  00 

Holliston.  Estate  of  George  Batchel- 

der,  by  J.  M.  Batchelder,  ex 20  00 

Housatonic,  Rally,  by  A.  J.  Benedict  8  13 

Hubbardston,  by  H.  W.  Howe 38  00 

Indian  Orchard.  Sweet  Pea  Fund,  by 
Rev.  W.  T.  Hulchins,  to  const.  Rev. 

C.  E.  Carlson  a  L.  M 50  00 

Maiden.  A.  W.  Sanborn 20  00 

Massachusetts,  A  Friend 25  00 

Monson,  by  E.  F.  Morris .  .  27  64 

New  Salem,  Legacy  of  Eliza  C.  Ellis, 

by  D.    Ballard 1,12380 

Northampton,  Rev.  R.  S.  Underwood  10  00 
Norton,  Trin.  Ch.,  .$3.42;  Mrs.   E.  B. 

Wheaton,  $50,  by  S.  H.  Cobb 53  42 

Palmer.  Second,  S.  S..  by  F.  B.  Pope.  50  00 
A   Friend,    to  const.    F.  B.    Pope  a 

L.  M 50  00 

Pepperell,  Primary  Dept.  of  the  S.  S., 

by  Mrs.  C.  H.  Miller 890 

Roxbury,   Ladies'  Aux.  of  Imtnanuel 

Ch..  by  Mrs.  F.   M.  Hemenway....  5  00 

Royalston,  First  S.  S..  by  H,  S.  Wood  14  00 
Somerville,  Estate  of  Ephraim  Stone, 

by  L.  K.  Lovell.  adm 5,000  00 

Springfield,  South  Ch.,  by  J.  S.   Kirk- 
ham 12245 

H.M 500  00 

R.  A.  Clark ...  3  00 

A  Friend i  00 

Stockbridge.  Miss  A.  Byington 3  00 

Turners  Falls,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mrs. 

L.  Griswold 5  20 

Webster.  First,  by  E.  L.  Spalding 74  70 

Wellesley,  Friends 25  00 

West  Boylston,  Mrs.  S.  W.  Lincoln  ..  4  40 

West  Newton.  S.  O.  Merrick 5  00 

Whitman,  A  Friend 5  co 

"  A  trifle " 2  00 

Winchester.    Rev.    H.     M.    Scudder, 

D.D ; 5  00 

Worcester,  One  of  twenty  thousand..  5  00 

L.  C.  Muzzy 300 

Samuel  Pierce  20  00 

Worthington,  First, by  A.  Stevens  ...  18  10 

RHODE  ISLAND-$44i.7o. 

Received  by  L  L.  Goflf: 

Howard Sj  67 

Lorraine 700 

Pawtucket 83  00 

Rumford 80  00 

Seekonk 3  00 

Thornton 5  00 

Tiverton  Four  Corners  .....  8  66 


Berlin,   Second,    $61.67-  A   Friend   of 

Missions,  $15,  by  C.  S.  Webster 

Birmingham,  Mrs.  C.  T.  Bcardsley... 

Bristol,  by  L.  G.  Merrick 

Cheshire,  F.  N.  Hall 

Colebrook,  A  Friend 

Connecticut,  A  Friend   

A  Friend 

Durham,  by  H.  H.  Newton     

East  Windsor,  by  W.  F.  English 

Goshen,  Mrs.  M.  Lyman 

Groton.  by  W.  Allyn 

Hartford,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Fourth  Ch., 
by  R.  C.  Knox 

G.  G.  Williams 

A  Friend 

A  Friend 

Harwinton.  by  A.  W.  Buell 

Ledvard.  3.  S..  by  J.  M.  Gray 

Litchfield,     First,     by     Miss     C.     B. 

Kenney 

New  Haven,  Ch.  of  the  Redeemer,  by 
W.  E.   Rowland 

Grand  Avenue,  by  W.  Hemingway, 
to  const.  Dea.  H.  Tuttle.  Dea.  W. 
S.  Bishop,  and  W.  T.  Kelley  L. 
Ms 


155  89 


Central  Falls,  by  W.  Crawford $32  00 

Friends 5  00 

Ch.,  Friends,  add'l 20  00 

Chepachet,  by  G.  A.  Harris,  M.D 5  00 

Kingston,  by  B.  E.  Helme 40  00 

Providence,   Pilgrim  Ch..  $50.15:  W. 
F.  and  H.  M.  Soc,  $2,  by  R.   P. 

Jenks  52  15 

Plymouth  Ch.,  Easter  offering,  by 

F.  B.  Snow II  15 

Beneficent  Ch.,  A    Friend,    Thank- 
offering  20  00 

W.  F.  Pitkin 2  00 

Westerly,  X 10  00 

Woonsocket,  Globe  Ch.,  by  H.  Gaunt  50  07 


CONNECTICUT-$6,74o.4g. 

Miss.  Soc.  of  Conn.,  W.  W.  Jacobs, 
Treas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore, 
Sec,  of  which  $1  special 

Woman's  H.   M.  Union,  Mrs. 

W.  W.  Jacobs,  Treas. : 
Bridgeport,   North   Ch.,  by 

Miss  J.  E.  Sanderson,  for 

Salary  Fund $30  00 

Bristol,  Birthday  offering,  a 

few  ladies,  by  Mrs.  A.  E. 

North,  for  Salary  Fund...         7  50 
Canton  Center,  by  Mrs.  M. 

Case,  for  Salary  Fund ....        9  40 
Fairfield,  First,  by  Mrs.  F. 

H.     Brewer,    for     Salary 

Fund 23  35 

Hartford,  First  Ch  ,  Jr.  Aux., 

by  Miss  E.    M.    Harrison, 

for  Salary  Fund 40  00 

New   Britain,   A    Friend   in 

Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  the 

South,  special i  00 

Newington.    by   Mrs.  F.  C. 

Latimer,  for  Salary  Fund.        6  00 
New  Milford.  by  Miss  M.  B. 

Hine,  for  Salary  Fund ....       33  25 
South    Manchester,    Ladies' 
Benev.  Soc.  of  the  First, 
by  Mrs.  A.  B.  Spencer..       12  50 

A  Friend 5  00 

Stonington,   by  Miss  G.  D. 

Wheeler,  for  Salary  Fund.       10  00 
Wallingford,  Ladies'  Benev. 

Soc, by  Mrs. L.  B.  Bishop, 

for  Salary  Fund 100  00 


278  00 


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Younj,'    Ladies'    Mission     Circle  of 

United  Ch.,  by  G.  E.  Law $25  00 

J.  R.  Terry  and   sister 50  00 

M.  B.  S 1000 

Mrs.  C.  M.  Avery   4  00 

New  London,  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  by 

H.  C.  Learned 183  84 

Norwalk,  A  Friend 2  00 

Norwich,  Park  Ch.,  by  H.  L.  Butts..  4,290  21 

Broadway  Ch.,  by  S.  R.  Bishop 200  00 

Second 25  00 

Putnam.  Mrs.  A.  S.  Fitts 15  00 

Round  Hill,  Y.  P.   S.  C.   E.,  by   Mrs. 

S.  E.  Close,  special 3  00 

Stanwich,  Mrs.  C.  Brush 5  00 

Suffield,  First,  to  const.  Mrs.  Mary 
M.  McCord  a  L.  M.,  by  W.  E.  Rus- 
sell    50  00 

Terryville,  by  A.  B.  Beach,  to  const. 
Rev.  W.  A.  Gay,  D.D.,  and  Mrs.  W. 

H.  Scott  L.  Ms 100  00 

Thomaston,  First,  by  G.H.  Stoughton.  6  76 

Thompson,  by  G.  S.  Crosby 34  59 

Willimantic,  by  A.  C.  Everest 32  05 

Woodbridge,    Helping    Hand   Circle, 

by  W.  M.  Beecher 5  00 

Woodstock,  First,  by  H.  T.  Child 21  79 


NEW     YOP.K-S2,627.i4;     of  which 
legacy,  $641.39. 

Received    by  William    Spald- 
ing. Treas. : 

Arcade $18  00 

Brandon 3  25 

Corning 8  56 

De  Peyster 8  00 

East       Buffalo,       Halstead 

Avenue 12  00 

Elmira,  St.  Luke's 6  50 

Harperstield 7  00 

Newburg 45  41 

North  Java 5  36 

Osceola 10  00 

Oswego  Falls 13  82 

Strykersville 2  03 

Syracuse.  Geddes 40  00 

South  Avenue 2  50 

Woman's   H.  M.  Union,    Mrs. 

J.  J.  Pearsall,  Treas $io  00 

Brooklyn,   Central   Ch.,    L. 

B.  S.,  for  Salary  Fund. .  250  00 
Tompkins  Avenue,  King's 

Daughters,  special 75  00 

Tompkins   Avenue.  Jr.  Y. 

P.  S.  C.  E.,  special 300 

Buffalo.    Mrs.    W.    G.    Ban- 
croft   10  00 

Churchville,  $8  ■  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E,  $5 1300 

Gloversville 23  76 

Henrietta 15  00 

Ithaca,  to  const.  Miss  E.  C. 

Reed  a  L.  M  63  00 

New   York  City,  Broadway 
Tabernacle,  for   women's 

work 1 13  66 

Northville 5  00 

O wego 30  00 

Philadelphia 15  00 

Poughkeepsie 16  00 

Riverhead 2737 

Sherburne 10  00 

Warsaw,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E n  21 


182  43 


Brooklyn,  Central  Ch.,  A  Member... 
Rochester  Avenue,  by  N.   D.  Red- 
head   

Tompkins  Avenue  Ch.,  G.  W.  He- 


25  00 
6  82 


bard,  to  const.  G.  W.  Hebard  and 

Mary  F.  Hebard  L.  Ms 

South  Cong.  Mission,  by  Rev.  C.  H. 
Parsons,  to  const.  Edwin  G.  War- 
ner a  L.  M 

New  England  S.  S.  and  Y.  P.  S.  C. 
E.,  by  J.  M.  Hyde,  to  const.  Miss 

L.  E.  Parr  a  L.  M 

Mrs.  Hazen,   $1  ;    Mrs.    Buck,   $5  ; 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Howell,  $1 

Binghamton,  Mrs.    Edward   Taylor.. 
Blooming  Grove,  Easter  offering,  by 

W.  Hathaway 

Buffalo,  People's  Ch.,  by  E.  C.  Wilson 

M.  R.  E  

Canandaigua.  First,  of  which  $95-63 
special  for  the  debt,  by  H.  C.  Buell. 

Candor,  E.  A.  Booth 

Clifton  Springs,  E.  R.  M 

Farmingdale,  by  Rev.  A.   Mclntyre.. 

Franklin,  by  G.  Mann 

Hamilton,  by  O   S.  Campbell 

Honeoye,  Y.   P.  S.  C.   E.,  by  A.  H. 

Reed 

Jamestown,  First,  by  Miss  A.  L  Hazel- 
tine 

Jamesport,  by  Rev.  F.  Osten-Sacken. 

Kiantone,  by  Rev.  B.  F.  Case 

Lawrenceville,  Mrs.  L.  Hulburd 

Massena,  Second,  by  M.  J.   Stearns. 

M.D... 

Munnsville,  by  H.  Gaston 

New    York    City,    Broadway    Taber- 
nacle, add'l,  by  I.  R.  Fisher 

Broadway  Tabernacle,  add'l,  E.  L. 

Ely 

Broadway  Tabernacle  S.  S.,  by  W. 

H.  Foster 

A   Life   Member,   $2;     Miss   C.    E. 

Bartlett.  $5  ;  W.  W.  Ellsworth,  $5. 

Potsdam,  On   account  of   Legacy   of 

Miss  Harriet  Lamphire,  by  Henry 

Strunz,  adm 

Rensselaer  Falls,  Thank-offering 

Riverhead,  by  Rev.  W.  L  Chalmers.. 
Suffolk  Assoc,  annual  meeting,  by 

Rev.  W.  L  Chalmers 

Rome,  Rev.  W.  B.  Hammond  . . . : 

Salamanca.   Mission   Band   S.    S.,   by 

Mrs,  M.  L.  Dalton. 

Sinclairville,  B.  N.  Wy man 


[Erratum  :  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Memorial  Ch.,  by 
Rev.  D.  B.  Pratt,  $57.72,  should  be  credited  to 
Beecher  Memorial  Ch.,  erroneously  acknowledged 
in  May  Home  Missionary.) 


NEW  JERSEY-$369.o7. 

East   Orange,  First,  by  J.  N.   More- 
house   50  80 

C.  H.K 100  00 

Jersey  City,  First,  by  Rev.  G.  Krouse.  38  87 

Montclair,  Adelaide  G.  Miller 5  00 

A  Friend   7  00 

Newark,    Belleville    Avenue,    by    T. 

Price  136  65 

Woodbridge,    First,   by    D.   S.  Voor- 

hees 30  75 


PENNSYLVANIA- $115.54. 

Woman's   Missionary  Union, 

Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones,  Treas.: 

Guy's  Mills,  in  part  to  const. 

Mrs.   E.  T.  MacMahon  a 

L.  M $25  00 

Kane 6  00 

Ridgway   34  00 

65  00 


7 

00 

10 

00 

34 

85 

7 

19 

50 

00 

112 

67 

100 

00 

10 

00 

13 

00 

30 

79 

23 

00 

3 

25 

5 
3 
5 

00 
36 
68 

5 

00 

16 

00 

4 

II 

350 

00 

15 

00 

25 

00 

12 

00 

641 

39 

I 

00 

12 

19 

5 

00 

5 

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3 

50 

5 

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Lander,  $6.07  ;   S.  S.,  $2,  by  Rev.   H. 

F.  Case 

Mt.  Carmcl,  S.  S.  Kastcr-offcring,  by 

W.  iMshcr 

Pliiladclphia,  Park  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  F. 

Fales 

Ridgway,  Mrs.  W.  S.  Osterhout   

Sliainokin,   Welsh   Ch.  and  S.  S.,  by 

Rev.  D.  T.  Davier 

Wilkes  Barre,  Puritan  Ch.,  by  T.  M. 

L>avis 

DICLAW.XRE     $5.00. 
Wihnhigton,  B.  C 


DI.STRICT  OF  COLUMBIA     $27.00. 

Woman's  H.  M.LInionof  N.J.  Assoc.. 
Mrs.  J.  IL  Donison,  Trcas. : 
Washington,  First,  for  Salary  Fund 

Washington,  Mrs.  ^L  L.  Brown 


»8  07 
10  00 


2  75 
10  00 


9  72 
10  00 


INDIAN  TERRITORY-$8.oo. 

Doaksville,  by  Rev.  A.  Gross 

McAlestcr,  First, by  Rev.  W.  H.  Hicks 

OKLAHOMA— $21.00. 

Arapahoe,  by  Rev.  R.  P.  Brown 

Kingfisher,  Union  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  C. 
Calnon 


TEXAS-  $80.43. 

Woman's  H.   M.   Union,  Mrs. 

C.  I.  Scolield,  Treas.  : 
Dallas $58  63 

and  Paris  S.  S.  Rally 12  80 

Paris 5  00 

Austin,    Tillotson    Ch.    of   Christ,    by 
Miss  M.  J.Adams 


76  43 


GEORGIA-$25.64.  . 

Received  by  Rev.  W.  L.  Jones  : 
Of  which  from  Fredonia,  .$13.46.... 

Columbus  and  Bethel,  by  Rev.  G.  W. 

Cum  bus  

Hoscliton,  Macedonia  and  Sardis,  by 

Rev.  J .  C.  Forrester  

ALABAMA-$38.5S. 

Bluff  Springs,  Mt.  Carmel  Ch.,  Shady 
Grove  and  New  Site,  Antioch  Ch., 
by  Rev.  J.  M.  Gipson 

Central,  Balm  of  Gilead  and  Equality 
Chs  ,  Tallassee  and  Mt.  Olive,  by 
Rev.  T.  B.  Haynie 

Georgiana,  Union  Ch.,  Helton,  Hick- 
ory Grove  Ch.,  and  Rose  Hill,  New 
HopeCh.,  by  Rev.  I.  J.  White 

Henderson,  Antioch.  Leon,  Liberty 
Hill  Ch.,  Bullock,  Oak  Grove  Ch., 
and  Georgiana  Union  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
J.  L.  Stewart 

Jackson's  Gap,  Liberty  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
W.  Dunaway 

Millerville,  Bethel,  and  Oak  Hill,  by 
Rev.  T.  Wright 

Oxford,  Union  Grove,  by  Rev.  F.  W. 
Vaughan 

Phoeni.x  City,  Bethany,  by  Rev.  F.  J. 
Estes 

Spio.  Mt.  Pisgah  Ch.,  $1  ;  Clio,  Con- 
cord, by  Rev.  S.  Weatherby .  

LOUISIANA— $37.47. 

Iowa,  Gilbert  Poor,  $2.50  :  Rev.  J.  D. 

Wherland,    $2.50,    by    Rev.    J.    D. 

Wherland 

Jennings,  by  Rev.  G.  N.  Funk 

Lake  Charles.  Ch.  of  the  Redeemer, 

by  S.  H.  Barteau 

Welsh,  Esterly,  and  Iowa,  by  Rev.  C. 

S.  Shattuck 

FLORIDA-$53.55. 

Bonifay  and    Bagdad,   Zion    Hill,   by 

Rev.  P.  G.  Woodruff 

Eustis,  A  Friend 

Interlachen.  by  Rev.  W.  I).  Brown.   . 
Lake  Helen,  by  Rev.  M.  Noble  

• 


16  14 

2  50 
7  00 


3 

50 

3 

50 

13  95 

2 

10 

I 

50 

I 

00 

5 

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6 

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,5 

00 

25 

35 

I 

5° 

5 

62 

17  55 
2  00 
15  00 
ig  00 


OHIO— $846.10. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Eraser, 
D.D.  : 

Brookfield,     Welsh,   by    B. 

Edwards $200 

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

Rev.  H.  S.  Thompson ....         2  52 

Cuyahoga  Falls,  by  L.  R. 
Freeman 16  85 

Fitchville,  First,  by  F.  Jar- 
rett 5  50 

Hampden,  by  Rev.  T.  D. 
Phillips 50 

Jefferson,  by  J.  O.  Holman.        5  79 

Justus,  Welsh,  by  O.  M. 
Jones 3  65 

Lock,  by  W.  H.  Mitchell...         4  15 

Macedonia,   by  Rev.  C.   H. 

Lemmon 6  00 

Madison,  Central,  by  C.  G. 
Ensign 16  38 

North   Fairfield,   by    G.    D. 

Silliman 7  75 

Ravenna,  Mrs.  C.  A.  New- 
ton, $10  ;  Dea.  C.  A.  New- 
ton, $5 1500 

Twinsburg,  by  Rev.   C.  H. 

Lemmon 50 

Rev.  C.  H.  Lemmon 400 

Washington,    Rev.     U.    C. 

Bos  worth I  00 

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

Cleveland,  balance $8  60 

Thomas   Piwonka 3800 

•  Mizpah  Chapel  S.  S 20  00 

$66  60 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

G.  B.  Brown.  Treas.  : 
Andover,  Y.  P.  M.  S  ,  for 

Salary  Fund $7  00 

Ashtabula.  First,  Y.  P.  S, 

C.  E..  for  Salary  Fund..         5  00 
Elyria.  for  Bible  Readers' 

School 10  00 

Hudson,    for     Bohemian 

Mission 2  00 

Olmstead,   Second,  Y.   P. 

S.  C.  E.,  for  Bohemian 

Mission 2  50 


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Rootstown,  for  Bohemian 

Mission Ss  43 

Toledo,     First.      Waking 

Band,  for  .Salary  Fund.         5  00 

Unionville,  S.  S.,  for  Bo- 
hemian Mission 14  44 

$5'  37—  S"7  97 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas.: 

Marietta,  First $10  00 

Salary  Fund  : 

Austinburg    200 

Bellevue 9  70 

Berea,  S.  S 5  00 

Cleveland.  Euclid  Avenue.  5  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  First  5  00 

Plymouth 8  tw 

Tallmadge,  Self-denial 16  00 

West  Andover i  50 

62  20 

Received  by  Rev.  N   Plass 4  12 

Chagrin  Falls,  by  M.  F.  Brewster 20  06 

A  Congregational ist i  00 

Clarksfield,  by  Rev.  C.  A.  Ruddock..  6  75 
Cleveland,  Union  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F..  E. 

Scovill 6  90 

Coolville,  Centennial,  and  Ireland,  by 

Rev.  F.  S.  Perry 7  75 

Cortland,  Rev.  W.  J.  Frost 501 

Elyria.    First,   $479.03  ;   S.  S.,  $20,  by 

M.  H.  Levagood 499  o^ 

Fairport  and  Richmond,  by   Rev.  E. 

R.  Latham    4  00 

Greenwich.  First,  by  W.  A.  Hossler. .  3  73 

Oberlin,  Mrs.  S.  R.  Mann 10  00 

O.xford,   Congregationalist  of  W.   F. 

Seminary 6  00 

[Et-raia  :  Austmburg,  $10,  should  be  credited 
to  Miss  V.  A.  Haight  of  Austinburg,  erroneously 
acknowledged  under  W.  H.  M.  U.  in  May  Home 
Missionary. 

Lyme.  Ct.,  should  read  Lyme.  Ohio,  erroneously 
acknowledged  in  March  Home  Missionary  under 
receipts  of  Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser,  D.D.] 


INDL\NA-|;i3i.29. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
F.  E.  Dewhurst,  Treas.: 

Anderson,  Hope  Ch $10  00 

Angola 6  25 

Coal  Mine  Mission 4  25 

Elkhart 32  14 

Indianapolis.   Mayflower  ...  13  00 

Junior  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E i  55 

People's  Ch 2  00 

Kokomo 1325 

Michigan  City,  First 16  10 

Whiting,  Plymouth  Ch 1000 

108  54 

Fremont  and  Jamestown,  by  Rev.  D. 

L.  Sanborn 625 

Orland.  W.  H.  M.  U.,  $10;  Miss  Eva 

Rose's  S.  S.  Class,  $6.50,  by  Rev.  J. 

Hayes...    1650 


ILLINOIS-$509.25. 

Illinois  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by  Rev.  J. 
Tompkins,  D.D 358  75 

Woman's   H.    M.   Union,    Mrs.  L   A. 
Field,  Treas.: 
Rockford,   Second,   by  Rev.  M.  E. 
Eversz c  00 


Batavia,  by  S.  S.  Cofifin 

Cambridge,  Sarah  M.  Woolsey 

Chicago,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Camp 

Mrs.  C.  L.  Hamilton 

Griggsville.  Cash 

La  Salle.  Mrs.   F.   E.   Blanchard  and 

daughters 

Lawrence,  J.  H.  Eaton,  $15;   Mrs.   J. 

H.  Eaton,  $25  ;  Mrs.  W.  T.  Jenness, 

$10.  by  J.  H.  Eaton 

Seward,  by  W.  M.  Neely 


MISSOURI-$52.3o. 

Received  by  Rev.  A.  L.  Love  : 
St.  Louis,  Ch.  of  the   Cove- 
nant      $12  55 

Bethlehem     Ch.,     A.     J. 
Sychra .     500 


De  Soto,  by  Rev.  F.  E.  Kenyon 

Eldon,  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  J.  Vetter 

Kansas    City.   West    Tabernacle,   by 

Rev.  C.  L.  Kloss 

St.  Louis,  Swedish    Ch.,  by  Rev.    S. 

Arnquist .- 

Springfield,   German   Ch.,  $3  ;    Y.  P. 

S.  C.  E.,  %i,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Graf  .... 


WISCONSIN-$i34.64. 

Ashland.  Rev.  T.  G.  Grassie 

Drummond,    Cable,     and    Pratt,     of 

which   from    Rev.  G.  Foster,  $1.45, 

by   Rev.   G.Foster 

Maple  Valley,  Norwegian  Ch.,by  Rev. 

S.  M .  Andrewson 

Peshtigo,  First,  addl,  by  Mrs.  R.  C. 
Ramsay 

W.  A.  Ellis 

Racine.  Mrs.  M.  A.   Kilbourn,  by  H. 

J.  Kilbourn 


IOWA- $28. 10. 

Davenport,  First  German,  by  Rev.  C. 

F.  Finger 

Des  Moines,  German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

Henn 

Eldora,  "  Japan  " 


MINNESOTA-$45.8o. 

Fosston  and  Mcintosh,  by  Rev.  S. 
Stone 

Lamberton.  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  C.  E.  Wil- 
cox   

Mazeppa  and  Zumbo  Falls,  by  Rev. 
9.  C.  Todd 

Minneapolis,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Rich,  by 
Mrs   R.  J.  Binglehans  

Park  Rapids,  by  Rev.  R.  W.  Harlow. 

St.  Paul.  People's  Ch.,  German,  bv 
Rev.  W.  Oehler '. 

Sauk  Center,  First,  by  Mrs.  V.  A. 
Whipple 

Staples,  by  Rev.  W.  C   McAllister.. 

Stewartville,  by  Rev.  M.  H.  Galer.. . 

Worthington,  Union  Ch.,  by  G.  O. 
Moore 


KANSAS-$i8o.98. 


$5  00 
15  00 
10  00 
5  00 
20  00 


50  00 
37   50 


15  00 

2  25 

10  00 
2  50 
5  00 


82  56 


3 

33 

5 

00 

12 

75 

25 

00 

8  00 
10  00 


4 

00 

I 

9' 

13 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

3 

50 

5 

92 

I 

50 

3 

23 

6  74 


Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Dough- 
erty, Treas.  : 

Alma,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Dover 


$8  50 
4  28 


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Geneva Si  lo 

Neosho  Fa!  Is g  oo 

Newton 6  oo 


nioomiiiiiton.  Ash  Rock,  and  New 
Harmonv.  by  Kcv.  M.  Mcl'hec 

Kmiioria,  First,  by  J.  N.  Wilkinson... 

Kansas  City,  Chelsea  Place,  Wyandolt 
Forest,  and  Vance,  by  Rev.  W.  B. 
Fisher 

Kensington,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Stewart.. 

Logan,  Hcrndon.  and  Ludell,  Ger- 
man, by  Rev.  W.  Sucss 

Newton,  S.  S.  of  the  First,  by  Rev.  F. 
W.  Hemcnway . 

St.  Francis,  McDonald,  and  Middle 
Beaver,  $2.2=;  ;  Topeka,  First,  Y.  P. 
S.  C.  E.,  $10.  Iiv  Rev.  R.  H.  H.-irner 

Scatter  Creek,  by'  Rev.  G.  M.  PfeifTer 

Wichita,  Plymouth  Ch.,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S. 
C.  E.,  by  Alice  Daubert 


3  00 

loi  94 

1  00 

14  95 

Cresbard  and   Myron,  by  Rev.  P.  B. 

Fisk 

Elk  Point,  by  Rev.  A.M.  Pines 

$28  88  Fricdens,  German,  by  Rev.  H.  Vogler. 

(ilenvievv,  by  Rev.  M.  Doty 

Gothland,  bv  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 

Henry,  by  Rev.  R.  C.  Walt,  n 

Hot  Springs,  by  Rev.  K.  E.  Frame... 

Lake  Preston,  $i^;  Winfred,  $14.46; 

Miss  E.  K.   Henry,  $4.50,  by  Miss 

E.  K.  Henry 

Lead,  I'^irst.  by  Rev.  G.  Scott 

Mission  Hill,  by  Rev.  D.  B.  Nichols.. 
4  25  Mitchell,  by  Rev.  N.  S.  Bmdley     .    .. 

Oacoma,  by  Rev.  R.  B.  Hall 

8  81  Oahe,  Miss  M.  M.  Lickori^h 

Pierre.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  E.  Collins. . 

Powell,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Lewis 

'^  ^5         Sprinjjficld,    Wanari,    and     Running 

3  9°  Water,  by  Rev.  C.  Seccombe 

Spring   Lake.  $1.50;   Hetland,    ^4.25, 

200  by  Rev.  (i.  W.  Crater 

Winfred   and    Freedom,   by   Rev.    B. 
lorns 


NEBRASKA-$375.54. 

Received  by  J.  W.  Bell,  Treas.: 
Beatrice,    by    Mrs.    D.     B. 

Hotchkiss $10  00 

Columbus 600 

Eagle    2  65 

Geneva 37  04 

Kearney 14  31 

Lincoln,  Pilgrim  Chapel 5  00 

Linwood i  70 

Omaha,  First iq  00 

St.  Mary's  Avenue,  in  full 
to    const.     Mrs.     F.     L. 

Fitchett  a  L.  M 41  00 

Paisley 9  00 

Springfield 147° 

160  40 

Received  by  Rev.  C.  S.  Billings 36  75 

Culhertson,  Hayes  Co.,  and  Palisade, 

German,  by  Rev.  A.  Hodel 4  85 

Farnam,  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Sprague 10  00 

Germantown,   German,  by   Rev.    F. 

Woth  5  00 

Inland    and    Hastings,    by   Rev.    P. 

Ouarder 7  00 

Lofimis,  Rev.  R.  S.  Pierce 5  00 

Monroe  and  Wattsville,  by  Rev.  H.  A. 

Shuman 3  37 

Norfolk,  First,  by  Rev.  A.  Farnworth  30  00 

Reno,  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Brown S  00 

Santee   Agency,   Pilgrim   Ch.,  by    F. 

B.  Riggs 40  00 

Ulysses,  by  Rev.  O.  A.  Palmer 50  00      NEVADA— $26.50. 

Wahoo,  by  Rev.  H.  Bross 1817 

Woman's  Missionary  Union,  Miss  M 

Clow,  Treas 

Reno,  First,  by  Rev.  T.  Magill 


COLORADO-$r,3  25. 

Denver,  A  Friend 

Fruita,    $2.30;    Whitewater,    $.(,    by 

Rev.  H.  M.  Skecls 

Greeley,  by  J.  B.  Phillips 

Trinidad,  First,  by  W.  H.  Cooley 


WYOMING-  $48.85. 

Douglas,  by  Rev.  A.  D.  Shockley..    . 

Lusk  and  Mannville,  by  Rev.  G.  Van 
Blarcom 

Rock  Springs,  by  Rev.  H.  H.  Gil- 
christ  


MONTANA-$i.oo. 
Bonner,  by  Rev.  G.  P.  Anderson. 


UTAH-S31.45. 

Lynn,  $6.25;  Slaterville,  20  cts.,  by 

Rev.  W.  H.  Tibbals  

Ogden,  Rev.  F.  S.  Forbes 


NORTH   DAKOTA^$2i.45. 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
M.  M'.  Fisher,  Treas.  : 

Caledonia $5  45 

Dwight,  A  Thank-oflfering.         i  00 
Fargo,  First 15  00 


SOUTH   DAKOTA— $191.45. 

Woman's  Miss.  Union,  Black  Hills, 
Miss  G.  Lyman,  Treas 

Alcester.  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Washburn... 
Armour,  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Hubbard  .... 
Ashton   and    Athol.   by    Rev.   A.    H. 

Robbins ' 

Clark,  by  Rev.  T.  G.  Langdale 


6  00 

5  00 

6  00 
5  00 


CALIFORNIA— $492.96. 

Received  by  J.  D.  McKee: 

Oakland,  Pilgrim  Ch $29  90 

San  Francisco.  First 97  50 

Received     by     Rev.     J.     K. 
Harrison  : 

Douglass  City $260 

Grass  Valley 4  00 

Green  Valley ...  10  00 

Petaluma,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 7  00 

Rio  Vista 42  50 

Sebastopol 7  00 

Weaverville 15  00 


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5 

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3 

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3 

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I 

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4 

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3 

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7 

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6  30 

26  85 

5   10 


6  45 
25  00 


17  20 
9  30 


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Alturas,  by  Rev.  L.  Wallace 

Amador  City,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Call   

Auburn,  First  by  Rev.  H.  F.  Burgess. 

licrkeley.  First,  by  J.  D.  McKee 

Bloomiiigton,  Rialto,  and   Etiwanda, 

by  Rev.  E.  R.  Brainerd 

Los  Guillicos,  by  Rev.  D.  Wirt 

Needles,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Ford 

Pescadero.  Rev.  R.  Taylor 

San  Francisco,  Fourth,  by  Rev.  H.  H. 

Wikoff 

San  Diego,  Mrs.  E.  E.  Wiggin 

San  Francisco.  Park  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 
W.  Houlding 

L.  M.Tuttle 

San  Rafael,  by  Rev.  W.  P.  Hardy. . . . 

Santa  Barbara,  by  L.  S.  Ward 

Tipton,  by  Rev.  F.  Watry 

Tulare,  Mrs.  H.  J.  Harding 


[Erratum  :  Los  Angeles,  Park  Ch.,  $15,  should 
be  credited  to  the  Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of 
Southern  California,  Mrs.  M.  M.  Smith,  Treas., 
erroneously  acknowledged  under  receipts  of  Rev. 
J.  T.  Ford  in  May  Home  Missionary.] 


$10  00      WASHINGTON-$i36.is. 


Woman's  H.    M.   Union,   Mrs.  J.  W. 
George,  Treas. : 
By  Rev.  L.  E.  Jesseph S25  00 

Aberdeen,   Y.    P.     S.    C.    E.,    by    J. 

Weatherwa.x i  50 

Black  Diamond,  by  Rev.  H.  T.  Shep- 

ard 20  00 

Coulee  City,  by  Rev.  J.  Howell 22  00 

Cowlitz  Bend,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Arnold.  7  45 

Eagle  Harbor,  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Clark. . .  3  75 

Fidalgo   City,   $2.10:  Rosario,  $1.15, 

by  Rev.  H.  J.  Taylor 325 

Lake    Park,  Spanaway,   by   Rev.    W. 

H.  Atkinson 4  20 

Ritzville.  by  Rev.  J.  D.  Jones n  65 

Seattle,  Taylor  Ch.,  by   Rev.    G.   H. 

Lee 8  55 

Tekoa,  Y.   P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  O.  F. 

Thayer 10  50 

Washougal,  $3.50  ;  South  Bend,  $8.15, 

by  Rev.  A.  J.  Bailey n  65 

West  Kittitas,  Big  Creek,  Natchesand 

Wenas,  by  Rev.  R.  G.  Hawn 6  65 


10 

00 

5  00 
8785 

10 

00 

I 

00 

2 

S6 
80 

2 

35 

5 

00 

20 

00 

20 

00 

3 

70 

92 

00 

2 

20 

5 

00 

OREGON— $48.73. 

Received  by  Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp  : 

Eugene $16  65 

Forest  Grove,  $10  ;  Y.  P.  S. 
C.  E.,  I3.33 13  33 

Hubbard,  Elliott  Prairie,  and  Smyrna, 

by  Rev.  F.  W.  Parker 

Independence,  Ch   

Oswego,  by  Rev.  R.  M.  Jones 


2g  98 


13   75 

2  00 

3  00 


MICRONESIA-$2o.oo 

Ruk,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Alfred   Snelling, 
by  L.  S.  Ward 

Home  Missionary 


Donations  of  Clothitig,  etc. 


Auburndale,    Mass.,  Nathan    Mosman, 

package. 
Boston,  Mass..  Mrs.  W.  R.  Vining,  bo.\. 
Bristol,  Ct..  W.  H.  M.  Au.x.,  by  Mrs.  A 

E.  North,  barrel  and  box $105  94 

Mrs.  Willard  Barnes,  barrel. 
Brooklyn,  N.   Y.,   King's  Daughters  of 
Tompkins   Ave.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  G.  A. 

Burnett,  two  barrels 226  55 

Ladies'  Sew.  Soc.  of   Plymouth  Ch.. 
by  Mrs.  Addie  Von  Iderstine,  three 
barrels. 
Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  South  Ch.,  by 

Mrs.  C.  Zabriskie,  bo.\ 216  qi 

Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  Tompkins  Ave. 
Ch.,  by  Sara  T.  Edgerton,  box  and 

two  barrels 353  99 

W.  H.  and  F.  M.  Soc.  of  Park  Ch.,  by 

Mrs.  N.  S.  Schneider,  box 125  00 

J.  C.  Mather,  two  packages. 
Rev.  E.  W.  Allen,  package. 
Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  jf  Central  Ch.,  by 

Mrs.  J  ohn  Bliss,  four  barrels 239  69 

Cleveland,  Ohio,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of 
Plymouth  Ch.,  by  Hattie  L.  Gibbons, 

bo.x 59  00 

Francestown,     N.    H.,    Ladies'    Benev. 

Assoc,  by  Miss  Mary  Pettee,  barrel.  50  00 

Germantown,  Penn.,  Neesima  Guild  of 
First  Ch.,    by  Julia    B.    Greenwood, 

barrel 85  00 

Goffstown,  N.  H.,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Mclntire, 

barrel. 
Hartford,  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  Soc.  of  Pearl  St. 
Ch.,  by  G.  A.  Bissell,  box 203  25 


Keene,  N.  H.,  H.  M.  Assoc,  of  First  Ch., 
by  Emma  W.  Richards,  three  barrels.      $150  00 

Meriden,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of 
First  Ch..  through  W.  H.  M.  Union  of 
Ct.,  by  Mrs.  H.  A.  Curtis,  box 168  00 

New  Haven,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc.  of 
United  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  Evarts  Pond, 
five  boxes 731  29 

New  York  City,  L.  H.  M.S.  of  Broad- 
way Tab.  Ch..  by  Mrs.  W.  S.  Seamans, 
sixteen  trunks 3,134  14 

North  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Miss  Lillian 
Parker,  barrel. 

Oakland,  Cal.,  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  K. 
McLean,  two  boxes  170  00 

Philadelphia,  Penn.,  Samuel  W.  Pier- 
son,  box. 

Plainville,  Ct.,  L.  P.  Buell.  box. 

Stonington,  Ct,,  W.  C.  H.  M.  Union  of 
First  Ch  ,  by  Emma  A.  Smith,  pack- 
age   2500 

L.  H.  M.  Soc  of  Second  Ch.,by  Mrs. 
C.  J.   Hill,  barrel 70  27 

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  H.  M.  Dept.  of  Woman's 
Assoc,  of  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  E. 

Lyman,  barrel 160  50 

H.  M.  Soc.  of  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J. 
E.  Lyman,  three  packages  and  three 
barrels 469  6"; 

Trumbull,    Ct.,    by    Mrs.    Samuel    G. 

Beardsley,   cash     41  00 

Waterbury,  Ct.,  Woman's  Benev.  Soc. 
of  Second  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.  D.  Hotch- 
kiss,  box 99  26 

Waterville,  N.  Y.,  Rev.  T.  Wilson,  box. 


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AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 
VERMONT    DOMESTIC    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 


Ri'ccipts  of  tkr  I'l-riiioiit  Domestic    Missionary  Society  from  Alarcli   20  to  April  20,  1894. 
Wm.  C.   Tyler,   Treasurer 

South  Shaftsbury,  Y.  P.  S.  C    E.  Con- 
vention   Ss  00 

Townshend.  for  C.  H.  M.  S 25  00 

Waitsfield,  for  Miss  Hartijj  10  00 

Waterbury,  for  Women  Evang-elists.. .  56  00 

Wey bridge 1 5  08 

"  A  Friend  " i  00 

"  Japan  " 5  00 

Vkrmont  Missionaky 15  77 


I^arton,  forC.  H.  M.  S 

Ilradford,  First  Ch 

I iraltleboro.  Center  Cli..  for  C.  H.  M.  S. 
S.  S.,for  C.  H.M.S 

lirattleboro,  West 

t'ambridgc,  Madison  SaiTord 

Dorset,  J.  N.  Sykes 

Ciranby,  G.  A.  Appleton 

("irccnsboro,  Rev.  C.  L.  Guild 

Hard  wick 

Hitu'sburgh,  S.  S.  Convention 

Hiirlinate,  for  Women  Evangelists    .... 

Middletown  Springs.  First  Ch 

Morrisville,  Ch.  and  S.  S 

Nevvfane 

Newport.  First  Ch 

Miss  Hlanchard's  S.  S.  Class,  forC.  H. 
M.S 

Northfield 

Olcott,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Randolph,  West 

Rupert  and  Manchester  S.  S.  Conven- 
tions  

St.  Johnsbury,  Rev.  Henry  Fairbanks.. 

South  Hero  and  Grand  Isle 


$10  44 

.8  36 

185  00 

25  00 

12  28 

10  00 

200  00 

10  00 

S  00 

8  00 

q8 

8  00 

32  go 

23  00 


4  OS 

IS  18 

9  38 

17  70 


Woman's    Home    Missionary 
Union  : 
Greensboro,  W.  H.  M.S.... 
Orwell,  W.  H.  M.  S.. 
Watcrford,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Rcss 
Rutland  West.  W.  H.  M.  S 
Woodstock,,  W.H.  M.S... 
"Thank-offerings  ' 


$5  00 


ID 

00 

;     I 

CO 

S 

70 

2 

68 

262 

50 

$2,054  50 


For  Westmore  Ch.  Building  : 
Providence,  R.  I.,  S.  S.  of  Beneficent 
Ch 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 


Receipts  of  the   Massachusetts  Home   Missionary  Society  in  April,  1894. 

B.    Palmer.    Treasurer 


Rev.   Edwin 


Amherst,  North,  by  E.  H.  Dickinson $28  85 

Arlington,  Smith,  Mary  F 500 

Ashland,  by  Edwin  Perry 22  00 

B.  and  L 500 

*  Baltimore,  Md.,  Stickney,   J.    Henry, 
Estate  of,  by  H.  Stockbridge  and  John 

L.  Reed,  exs 15,00000 

Bank  Balances,  March  interest  on 11  82 

Barnstable.  Centerville,  by  Rev.  W.  R. 

Joyslin 15  00 

Beverly,    Washington     St.    S.     S.,    by 

Clinton  L.  Perry 15  00 

Boston,  A  Friend 300 

Berkeley   Temple,  by  S.  B.  Pratt 168  37 

Boylston,  by  Freelon  Morris,  to  const. 
Granville  A.  Fuller,  Robert  Gray, 
and   Frank  H.   Fitts   L.  Ms.  of  C. 

H.M.S   17639 

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

Marshall  Neil,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 25  00 

Dorchester  Village,  Ladies  H.  M.  S., 
by    Mrs.    Reuben    Swan,  to   const. 

Mrs.  Eliza  C.  Hersey  a  L.  M 31  00 

Eayrs.  Emily  P..  Estate  of,  by  Geo,  P. 

Thompson ,  e.\ i  ,coo  00 

*  Jamaica  Plain,  Swett.  Sam'l  W., 
Estate  of.  by  E.  M.  Brewer  and  F. 

V.  Balch,  e.xs. ,  Remnant 1,000  00 

Neponset,   Stone    Mission    Circle,  by 

Ida  M.  Hamilton 15  00 

Park  St..  by  E.  H.  McGuire 5  00 

By  E.  H.  McGuire.  special  for  C.  H. 

M.  S.  deficit 133  33 

Roxbury.Wal.  Ave.,by F.  O.Whitney         80  00 
Union,  by  W.  H.  White,  for  C.  H.  M.  S.         50  00 


Bradford,  First,  by  S.  W.  Carleton,  for 
debt  of  C.  H.  M.  S.,  and  to  const. 
Rev.  F.  L.  Davis,  William  K. 
Farrar,  Walter  C.  Jones.  George  V. 
Hill,    Miss    Mary    R.    Elliott,    and 

Miss  Emma  S.  Elliott  L.Ms 

Parish  Circle,  by  S.  W.  Carleton,  for 
debt  and  to  const.  Mrs.    Fidelia   J. 

Pearl  a  L.  M 

Ward  Hill,  by  Harlan  P.  Waldo 

Braintree,  First,  Ladies'  H.  M.  Soc.,by 
Miss  S.  H.  Thayer,  to  const.  Mrs.  F. 
A.  Hunt  and  Mrs.  Helen  M.  Ells- 
worth L.  Ms 

Brimfield.  First,  S.  S.,  by  H.  M.  Corbin. 

Benev.  Soc,  by  Geo.  A.  Furness 

Brookfield,  by  J.  M.  Grover 

Byfield,  South,  Knight,  Mrs.  Fannie  A. . 
Cambridgeport,  Pilgrim,  byN.  H.  Hol- 

brook 

Carter,  Sabra,  Fund,  Income  of 

Chelsea.  Central,  by  R.  R.  Wyllie 

Dartmouth.  South,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Bell 
Ladies'    Cent     Society,   by   Mary   E. 

McKenzie.   

Deerfield,  by  Rev.  E.  N.  Munroe,  Taft 

thank-offering 

Easton,   South,   S.   S.,   by  Rev.   A.   H. 
Fuller,  to  const.  Rev.  A.  H.  Fuller  a 

L.M 

Eayrs.  E.  P.,  Fund,  Income  of 

Enfield,  by  L,  D.  Potter 

Fall  River,  A  Friend 

Central,  by  R,  B.  Borden,  for  C.  H.  M. 
S.  deficit 


>202 

00 

25 
14 

00 
00 

6c 

00 

4 

9 

20 

59 
00 
^8 

10 

00 

8 

2S 

72 
10 

70 
00 
26 
50 

39  28 

24  00 

40  00 
10  00 

so  00 


*  Devoted  by  Exec,  Com.  to  special  work. 


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Fowler,   by  F.   W.  Lawsnn,  addl.  for 

deficit 

Framinsliam,  South,  Puddefoot.  W.  G., 

for  Oklahoma 

FrankHn,  by  J.  H.  Baker. 

Georgetown  Memorial,  by  Henry  Hill- 

iard 

Greenwich,   S.  S.,    by    Miss  Annie   E. 

Blodgett 

Gurney,  kuih  C,  Fund,  Income  of 

Haile,  S.  W.,  Fund,  Income  of 

Hampden  Benevolent  Associa- 
tion, by  Georfje  R.  Bond, 
Treas.  : 

Holyoke,  First $27  39 

Second,  to  const.  Mrs.  Henry 
P.  Sears,  Otis  G  Fiskc,  J. 
H.  Hewlett,  H.  W.  Wood, 
Lewis  F.  Hayward  L.  Ms. 

C.  H.  M.S 2S4  84 

Ludlow,    Ladies'  Home    Mis- 
sionary Society 20  00 

Southwick,   Taft   thank-offer- 


7  97 
5  36 


Springfield.  Olivet 

Westfield,  First,  and  Indian 
Circle,  for  Indian  Girls' 
School  at  Vinita,   I.  T 24300 

West  Springfield,  Park  St 59  7° 

Harvard,  Torrey,  Rev.  C.  C,  for  deficit 
Hawley.  by  T.  T.  Clarke 

y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  T.  T.  Clarke 

Holbrook,    Winthrop,  by   F.   W.  Blan- 

chard 

Hyde  Park,  by  A.  McMillen 

Kingston,  Mayflower,    Peckham,    Mrs. 

Mary  H 

Lawrence,  Lawrence  St.,  by  C.  K.  Pills- 
bury,  for  "  debt  " 

Maiden,  Linden,  by  William  A.   Parker 
Marion.  Pitcher,  John,  Annuitv,  by  A. 

J.   Hadley .' 

Medford.  West,  by  J.  L.  Gerrish 

Middleboro,     First,     by    Rev.     G.    W. 

Stearns 

Millbury,  Second,  (including  $80  Easter 

offering),  by  A.  Armsby 

Milton,  First  Evan.,  by  A.  H.  Tucker. . 

Monterey,  by  Jesse  A.  Townsend 

"N.,"forC.  H.  M.  S 

Newbury,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,by  Mary 

A.  Woodwell,  for  Indian  Girls'  School, 

Vinita 

Newburyport,  Prospect  St.,  by  C.  H. 

Bliss 

New  Hampshire.  A  Friend  of  Missions, 

Bonds  of  indeterminate  value. 
Newton,  Auburndale,  by  C.  C.  Burr 

Center,  Cousens,  Mrs.  Horace,  for  de- 
ficit  

Center.  First.   Member 

Eliot,  S.  S.,  Easter  offering,  by  George 

R.  McFarlin 

Northampton,  Wright,  Sarah  C,  Estate 

of,  by  E.  S.  Niles,  for  Mrs.  E.  S.  Niles, 

Mrs.  Ransom  L.  Crowell,  Miss  Sarah 

Bryant,  and  Mrs.  Albert  Webster 

North  Andover,  by  Jos.  S.  Sanborn 


20 

00 

19 

00 

25 

88 

ai; 

CO 

18 

00 

62 

50 

618 

26 

10 

00 

7 

26 

3 

OT 

14 
58 

96 
25 

30 

00 

88 

80 

4 

48 

52 
16 

22 
CKD 

20 

00 

170 
48 
18 

82 

68 
70 

2 

00 

4 

25 

39 

00 

5  00 
25  00 


58  42 


200  00 
25  00 


Northbridge,  Whitinsville.  E.  C.  a  Day 

Hand,  by  .Mrs.  C.  E.  Whitin $16  75 

Northfield,  Trin.,  by  Miss  Mary  T.  But- 
ton    90  00 

Norwood,    First,   S.    S  ,   by   Edson    f). 

Smith 10  00 

Pepperell,  by  Chas.  Crosby 35  50 

S.  S.,  by  Chas.  Crosby 10  00 

Pitt.sfield,   First,  by  Frank  W.  Button..  30  00 

South,  by  H.  M.  Pierson 5°  03 

Plympton,  by  Dea   Edmund  Perkins...  5  00 

Reading,  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearson 25  00 

Special,  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearson 20  00 

Reed,  D.,  Fund,  Income  of 64  00 

Salem,  Crombie  St.,  by  Frank  A.  Brown.  49  25 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Frank  A.  Brown..  6  oc 

Somervillc,   West,   Day    St.,   by  J.    F. 

Terry 10  00 

South  Hadley,  First,  by  L.  M.  Gaylord.  15  00 

Southampton,  Cheerful  Givers'  Mission 

Band,  by  H.  B.  Norton 824 

Scuthbridge,  Brookside  Mission  Circle, 

by  Annie  M.  Goddrich.  for  C.  H.  M.  S.  10  00 

South  Framingham,  Puddefoot,  W.  G., 

for  Oklahoma 34  00 

Spencer,  S.  A.  T.,  for  debt  10  00 

Stoneham,  by  Silas  Dean 50  00 

Sudbury,  South,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev. 

D.  A.  Morehouse.   621 

Sutton,  Wilkinsonville,  Hill,  Carrie  W., 

to  const.    Mrs.    Lucy   M.   Riggs  and 

Ernestine  Pierce  L.  Ms 60  00 

Templeton,  by  John  Whittemore 13  98 

Tisbury,  West,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 

D.  L.  Hancock,  for  C.  H.  M.  S.  deficit.  15  00 

Wakefield,   "  S."'   250 

Wall  Fund.  Income  of 40  00 

Waltham,  Garfield,  Phebe  S  2  40 

Ware,    East,   by   D.  W.  Ainsworth  (of 

which  $25  for  Shelton  supply) 462  50 

Westford,  Union,  by  L.  W.  Wheeler. . .  C  50 

Westport,  Pacific  Union  Sunday  school, 

by  J.  C.  Macomber 12  42 

Weymouth    Heights,    First,    by   Rufus 

Bates 63  57 

Whitcomb,  D.,  Fund,  Incosie  of 203  50 

Whitin,  J.  C,  Fund,  Income  of 362  50 

Whitman,  First,  by  Bela  Alden ...  44  00 

Williamstown,    White   Oaks,   by    Rev. 

Warren  Morse,  Taft  thank-offering..  5  60 

Worcester,  Immanuel,  by  Rev.   George 

S.  Dodge 23  00 

Piedmont,  by  C.  F.  Marble 25  00 

Summer  St.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E,  by  Miss  A. 
Lowell  ....     9  30 

Union,  by  C.  B.  Greene   127  38 

Woman's  Home  Missionary  As- 
sociation : 

Boston,  Ro.xbury,  Wal.  Ave. 
Au.\..  toward  salary  of  Rev. 
S.  Deakin |8i  50 

Special  grant  for  French  Frot. 

College 357  14 

4^8  64 


$21,949  72 
15  50 


$21,965  22 


Donations  of  Clothings    etc.,   received  mid  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the    Woman's  Home 
Missionary  Association  in  April,  1894.      Miss  Anna  A.    Tickens,    Secretary 


Arlington,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  M.  J.  Wig- 
gin,  two  barrels $100  00 

Aubundale,  Ladies,  byMrs.  H.A.Hazen, 
barrel 54  00 

Boston,  Old  South  Ch  ,  Ladies'  Sewing 
Soc,  by  Mrs.  L.  T.  Garritt,  three  bar- 
rels, two  bo.xes 288  59 


Cambridgeport,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  Ladies,  by 

Mrs.  J.  H.  Walker,  bo.x $75  00 

Dalton,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  W.  B.  Clark, 
barrel 10423 

Holyoke,  Second   Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 

P" .  A.  Reed,  bo,x 65  00 


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Jamaica  Plain,  Central  Ch.,  Ladies,  by 

Mrs.  L.  J.  Wood,  two  barrels $141  17 

Lowell.  Hifjh   St.  Ch.,  Ladies,  by   Mrs. 

C.   W.  Huntington,  barrel so  00 

Miiidlclield,  Ladies'  Society,  by  Rev.  L. 

C.  Kimball  icasli.  $10),  barrel 20  00 

Newton  Center,  Lailies,  by  Mrs.   A.  L. 

Harwuod,  three  barrels 2S8  15 


Nevvtonvillc,  Central  Ch.,  Ladies,  by 
Mrs.  W.  S.  Sloeum,  two  barrels gi^i  00 

Pittsfield,  First  Ch..  Free  Will  Soc,  by 
Mrs.  M.  H.  Davis,  barrel 98  27 

Worcester.  Union  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 
E.  M.  Sibley,  barrel 88  72 


MISSIONARY    SOCIETY  OF    CONNECTICUT 

Ki-cfipts   of  llu-  Missionary  Sorirty  of  Coiiitrrtinit  in  April,  1894.      Ward   \V.   Jacobs, 

7'reasicrer 


Harkhamsted,  Riverton,  Hon.  Lorin  A. 
Cooke,  Personal 

Uridfreiiort,  Second,  byO.H.  Brothwell 

Cmterbury.  First.  One-si.\th  of  income 
from  Estate  of  Emblem  L.  Williams, 
by  L.  H.  Morjjan,  Trustee 

Chaplin,  by  F.  C.  Lummis 

ForC.  K.  M.  S 

Y.  P.  S.C.  E.,forC.  H.  M.S 

Colchester,  First,  by  S.  E.  Swift.  M.D., 
Treas.  Bencv.  Fund 

Derby,  by  I,.  Hubbell 

East  Hartford,  South,  by  F.  H.  Ensign. 

Glastonbury,  First,  by  E.  H.  Andrews, 
to  const.  George  F.  Miles.  Carl  F. 
Dean,  Lulu  E.  Wriglit,  Emerson  E. 
Olcott,  Wilifred  C.  Albray,  Albert  W. 
Moseley,  Joseph  S.  Warner,  Pcrtha  M. 
Dickinson,  all  of  Glastonbury;  Charles 
J.  Hinkleman.  Benjamin  Stevens,  of 
Naubuc.  and  Mrs.  Anna  Strong  Addis, 
of  Addison,  L.  Ms 

Greenwich,  North  Greenwich,  by  B. 
Close 

Hartford,  First,  "  In  Memoriam".. 
Danish.  Emanuel,  by  Rev.  A.C.Chris- 
tcnsen 

Killingly,  South  Killingly,  by  Rev. Will- 
iam H.  Beard,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Lisbon,  by  Rev.  Q.  M.  Bosworth 

Mansfield.  First,  by  A.  W.  Buchanan, 
for  C.  H.  M.S 

Middletown,  First,  by  L.  F.  Denio 


10 

8S 

12 

64 

18 

m 

6 

22 

5 

37 

12 

00 

8  78 


5  fio 
300  00 

6  51 

6  00 
6  50 

4  36 
80  92 


Third.  Y.  P.  S.C.  E..  by  Annie  M.Wil- 

co.\.  Sec $300 

Morris,  by  S.  A.  Whittlesey 3035 

New  London,  First,  by  H.  C.  Learned..  41  18 
Norwich,  Park,  Rev.  John  Avery,  Per- 
sonal    1000 

O.xford.  by  R.  B.  Limburner 17  00 

Putnam,  Second,  by   F.  J.  Daniels,  for 

C.  H.  M    S 124  28 

Stafford,  West,  by  Rev.  Charles  L.  Aycr  5  00 

Union,  by  Roscius  Back '4  75 

West  Hartford,  by  E.  S.  Elmer i6  00 

Wethcrsfield,  by  S.  F.  Willard 69  15 

Winchester.  First.  "  A  Friend,"   for  C. 
H.     M.    S.,  for   some  missionary  in 

Nebraska i  00 

West  Winsted,  by  John  Hinsdale, 
$100  of  which  from  Mr.  Caleb.  J. 
Camp,  of  West  Winsted.  to  const. 
Miss  Ada  B.  Callender.  of  Middle- 
bury,  Vt.,and  Miss  Ellen  M.  Rob- 
bins,  of  East  Boston,  Mass.,  L.  Ms.  255  37 
W.  C.  H.  M.  U.  of  Conn.,  Mrs.  W.  W. 
Jacobs,  Treas. : 
Stratford,  Ladies'  Home  Missionary 
Union,  by  Mrs.  George  H.  Spall  ...  7  co 

$1,885  47 
Boxes 

New   Haven,  United,   Ladies'  Aid  Soci- 
ety, bo.x $119  25 

Fairfield,  Southport,  J.  H.  Perry,  package        35  00 


ILLINOIS     HOME     MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 


Receipts  of  the   Illinois  Home 


Missionary  Society   in    Marcli,    1894. 
Mead,   Treasurer 


Aaron  B. 


Abingdon  (Master  Bates,  Jii). 

Alton,  Cong.  Mission 

Amboy  (A  Friend.  Sst 

Anna 

Atkinson 

Batavia,  Y,  P.  S.  C.  E 

Beardstown,  S.  S 

Beverly 

Bloomington 

BunkerHill.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E... 

S.  N.  Sanford 

Bureau,  S.  S 

Cable 

Chebanse 

Chenoa 

Chesterfield 

Chicago.  First 

Mrs.  and  Miss  Hayward.. 

Mrs.  Eliza  Foss 

D.  H.  Roe 

J.  F.  Mendsen 

Miss  Phelps 

Alice  P.  Thissell 

Dr.  Goodwin  


$5225         Plymouth  (J.  R.  Chapman.  S 10) $9702 

3  00         New  England.  S.  S  20  00 

55  00             Miss  Anna  M.  Bradley 5  00 

6  04         Lincoln  Park 87  64 

IS  50         South  I W.  H.  M.  Union,  §48) 225  10 

18  25  South    German    (S.    S.     and     Young 

10  00             People.  83-65) ...  17  49 

350         JelTerson  Park,  First 3786 

5000         Ch.  of  the  Redeemer 2046 

S  00         Engle wood ,  North 2500 

2  50         Duncan  Avenue 50  00 

5  00         Douglas  Park 5  75 

4  60         Porter  Memorial,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

13  00         South  Chicago 10  00 

15  52         Park  Manor 117 

10  33         Zion 10  00 

113  13         Maplewood,  Y.    P.  S.  C.  E 850 

1500      Clifton 360 

2  00     Cobden 4233 

100  00     Crete 7  10 

25  00  Crj'stal  Lake  (W.  W.  Dike,  wife,  and 

5  00         son.  $5.60) 25  98 

5  00  Danville,  Mrs,  A.  M.  Swan  (for  Indian 

50  00         Girls'  School,  $3) 9  00 


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Dan  way $    50 

Delavan,  R.  Hog-hton 20  00 

DeKalb,  E.  H.Wilcox 200 

DesPlaines  (S.  S.,  $12) 52  77 

Elmwood 40  50 

Farlow  Grove 2  75 

Galcsburffh,  J.  W.  Dietcrich 50  00 

Galva 41  40 

Geneseo,  Mrs.  P.  Huntington 5  03 

Geneva 1625 

Godfrey 27  00 

Gray's  Lake.  S.S 500 

Greenville,  Hyacinth  Mission  Circle 5  48 

Harvey 45  03 

Healcy 853 

Hennepin 585 

Hietiland.  Y.  P.  S.  C.    E 500 

Jacksonville,  James  M.  Longley 3  00 

Lacon   2  20 

La  Granf^e 1000 

La  Moille 811 

Lee  Center 12  15 

Lockport,  S.S 600 

Lyndon 11  50 

Marseilles,    Dr.   R.    N.    and    Hattie  E. 

Raughman 50  00 

Scandinavians 7  40 

Marshall 16  61 

Melville 5  00 

Mendon 3400 

Metropolis  (Rev.  F.  R.  Hines,  $2.50) 62  50 

Morgan  Park 20  00 

Morton  {Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $1.65) 6  15 

Oak  Park 138  82 

Odell 20  00 

Ottawa,  Rev.  W.  F.  Day 28  41 

Payson,  Edward  Seymour 50  00 

PittsfieId(Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Doocy, 

$50) 15000 

Princeton i  00 

Providence,  G.  C.  Kellogg 10  00 

Rio  500 

Roberts 19  10 

Rock  Falls 13  00 

Roscoe     30  00 

Roseville 52  10 

Seward,  S.  S 2  25 

Sheffield 80  38 


Somonauk 

Stark  (S.  S.,  $2.50) 

Sycamore,  D.  A.  Syrae 

Thawville 

Tonica  (Ladies'  Aid  Society,  $8.15) 

Turner,  S.  S 

Ullin 

Villa  Ridge 

Wataga 

Waukegan,  First,  Y.    P.    S.  C.   E 

Waverley  (S.  S.,  $10.08  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
$7.82) 

Wheaton,  First  (S.  S.,  I5) 

Woodburn  (S.  S.,  $3. bo) 

Woodstock 

Wyoming 

Woman's      Home      Missionary 
Union  : 

Amboy,  A  Friend $300 

Chicago,  New  England 31  00 

Lincoln  Park 15  75 

Geneva 1400 

Griggsville,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Butler      50  00 

Harvey 10  04 

Hindsdale.  Y.  P.  Miss.  Soc...       55  00 

La  Moille 301 

Metropolis i  31 

Oak  Park 47  60 

Sterling 5  00 

Tolono,  Mrs,  L.  Haskell 15  00 

Tonica 815 

Waverly 16  00 

Wheaton,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 1582 

Interest  on  invested  funds 

E.  C.  Hagar,  Joliet 

George    Walker    and    G.    A.    Walker. 

Chicago 

Rev.  C.  F.  Van  Auken 

A  Friend,  Englewocd 

Mrs.  L.  H.  Plumb 

John  R.  Andrus,  Fruitland  Park,  Fla... 

A  Friend,  Chicago 

M.  J.  Fitch,  Chicago 

A  Friend,   Beloit,  Wis 

Mrs.  L.  A.  Bushnell,  Chicago 


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60 

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75 

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100 

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$3,757  47 


MICHIGAN    CONGREGATIONAL   ASSOCIATION 

Receipts  of  the  Michigan   Congregational  Association    in   March,  1894.      Rkv.  John  P. 

Sanderson,   7'reasnrcr 


Ada,  First $18  00 

Alamo 17  75 

Alba 30  00 

Algansee 500 

Allegan 10  00 

By  Dea.  N.  B.  West 100  00 

Refunded  by  C.  H.  M.  S 100  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  GO 

Allendale ■  2  50 

Allenville 1500 

Alpena 1:7  00 

Alpine  and  Walker 50 

Ann  Arbor 20000 

Armada 3015 

Athens 500 

Atwood I  00 

Bancroft 14  50 

Bangor 5  00 

Rangor,  West 2  00 

Bass  River 832 

Bay  City 11  20 

Belding 7  00 

Bellaire 12  00 

Benzonia 74  55 

Big  Prairie 2  50 


Big  Rapids $8  33 

Big  Rapids,  Twp 4  6g 

Bradley 15  19 

Bridgman 450 

Brouard 3  63 

Byron 7  50 

Calumet 62  77 

Cannon 1300 

Cannonsburg 2  00 

Carmel 8  00 

Cedar  Springs  15  00 

Charlevoi.x 12  50 

Charlotte 50  00 

Cheboygan 21  85 

Chesterfield .• .  6  40 

Chippewa  Lake 2  00 

Clare i  56 

Coloma 655 

Columbus 20  47 

Cooper,   Balance  to  const.  Rev.  W.   A. 

Bockoven  a  L.  M.  of  C.  H.  M.  S 39  00 

Constantine 81  06 

Copemish 25  00 

Coral 7  03 

Corinth 1200 


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Covert 

Crystal 

Custer  ($4.15;  Y.  P.  S 
Detroit.  Fort  Street... 

Mt.  Hope 

Woodward  Ave 

Dc.xter 

Dorr,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Douglas 

Dover 

Dowagiac,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Dundee 

East  Eulton 

East  Gilcad 

Eastmanville 

East  Nelson  

Eastport 

Eaton  Rapids.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Esse.xville 

Excelsior 

Flint 

Frankfort 

Freeland 

F^ruitport 

Galesburjj; 

Gaylord 

Gladstone 

Grand  Junction 

Grand  Ledge 

Grand  Rapids.  First 

Second.  Y.    P.  S.  C.  E... 

Holland 

Plymouth 

Grandville 

Grape 

Grass  Lake 

Greenville 

Hamburg 

Hancock 

Harrieta 

Hartland 

Helena 

Harrison 

Hersey , 

Homestead   

Hopkins,  First  

Hopkins   Station 

Hudsonville 


E., ; 


Imlay  City,  to  const.  Robert  R.  Rice  a  L. 

M.  of  C.  H.M.S 

Ironton 

Irving 

Jackson,  Plymouth  (Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $13; 

Ch.,$2) 

Kalamazoo 

Kalamo 

Kendall 

Kinderhook 

Laingsburg,  Y.  P.  S  C.  E 

Balance    of   $50    to  const.    Rev.     T. 

Aird  Moffatt  a  L.  M.  of  C.  H.  M.  S. . . 

Lake  Ann 

Lake  Odessa 

Lakeview  ($17. 50  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $2.50). 

Lamont 

Lansing.  Plymouth 

Leslie.  First 

Lickley's  Corners 

Linden 

Litchfield 

Lowell 

Ludington 

To  const.  Miss  Grace  S.  Dunvvell  a  L. 
M.  of  C.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

Geo.  N.  Stray 

Mancelona 

Manistee  (§120;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  .$5.22).... 

Maple  City 

Mattawan 

Mattison 

Maybee 

Memphis 

Mendon 


Sis  00 

2  57 
9  'S 

16  00 
40  so 
291  76 
S  02 
7  83 
10   16 

1  2S 

3  50 

20  S2 

9  SO 
18  52 
10  00 

7  00 

2  00 
12  28 

4  22 

5  15 
40  84 

5  00 

4  25 

8  42 
64  00 

5  00 

7  00 

3  00 

4  50 
400  00 

g  00 

8  00 

5  73 

4  00 

6  00 
10  00 
16  76 

10  00 
27  51 

5  00 
3  70 

9  00 
8  20 

11  02 
45  00 

2  40 
16  30 
15  00 

SO  00 
18  21 


15  00 
84  04 

7  00 
31  06 

3  54 
10  50 

29  2S 

9  00 

10  CO 

20  00 

21  00 
229  31 

18  34 

2  13 

3  80 

16  08 


SO  00 

32  5° 

I2S  22 

8  00 
5  46 

I  25 

12  50 

4  38 
7  55 


Metamora 

Middleville 

Morcnci 

Mulliken 

Muskegon,  Grand  Ave 

Jackson  Street 

Nashville 

Newaygo 

North  Adams 

Nunica  

Old  Mission 

Olivet 

Onekama 

Otsego 

Ovid     

Pentwatcr 

Perry 

Pinckney 

Pittsford 

Plainfield 

Port  Huron 

Portland 

Prattville  

Reed  City 

Richmond 

Rochester 

Rockford  ($5  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  $4) 

Romeo  ($188.40  ;  A  Friend,  $30) 

Roscommon 

Saginaw 

Salem,  First 

Second 

Sandstone 

Saranac 

Sawyer 

Shelby 

Sherman 

Solon 

Somerset 

South  Boston 

South  Haven 

Standish 

St.  Clair,  $75  I  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $25 

St.  Ignace 

Tawas  City 

Three  Oaks 

Tipton 

Union  City 

Utica 

V^anderbilt 

Vermontville 

Vicksburg 

Wacousta 

VVatervliet 

West  Branch 

Westwood 

Wheatland 

Wheeler 

White  Cloud 

Whittaker 

Williamston 

Wolverine 

Wyandotte 

Ypsilanti    ($2s.8c  ;  Jun.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

S3) 

W.   H.   M.  U.,  by  Mrs.    E.   F.  GrabiU, 

Treas 

H.  L.  Hollister.  Donation  on  rent 

Interest  of  Jubilee  Fund 

Anonymous,  to  const.  Dr.  Luther  S. 
Arnold,  of  Londonderry.  Vt.:  Rev. 
John  Henry  House.  Painesville,  O.; 
Rev.  John  H.  Butler,  Somerset ; 
Mrs.  Hattie  E.  Putnam.  Mrs.  Nellie 
Branch  Smith.  Prof  George  I. 
Tripp,  Miss  Annie  M.  Lane,  Miss 
Mary  E.  Havens,  and  Miss  Tillie 
Mutschel,  all  of  Hudson,  L.  Ms.  of 
C.  H.  M.  S 


©21  3-5 

40  00 

3  44 
I  07 
6  00 

1  00 

26  21 
10  00 

10  75 
781 

13  69 
44  09 
17  OS 

6  8s 
69  S4 

5  00 

6  00 

14  75 

11  14 
3  00 

27s  00 
25  40 

12  20 

14  00 
36  00 

5  00 
9  00 

218  40 

7  00 
53  00 

15  00 

13  25 
31  76 

19  00 
3  00 

3  00 
5«o 

6  80 

10  00 

2  00 
13  50 

5  00 
100  00 

17  2S 

IS  00 
67  00 

4  00 
60  00 

5  00 

11  70 

44  17 
9  05 

3  10 

41  23 
10  00 

9  00 

27  89 

4  97 

8  75 

12  38 

20  00 

18  SI 
25  00 

28  80 


1.753  33 
25  00 
150  00 


$7,420  41 


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WOMAN'S     STATE     HOME     MISSIONARY 
ORGANIZATIONS 


OFFICERS 


1.  NEW    HAMPSHIRE 

FEMALE  CENT   INSTITUTION 

Organized  August,  1804 

and 

HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Walker,  Concord. 
Secretary ,   Mrs.  John  T.  Perry,  Exeter. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Annie  A.   McFarland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 

2.  MINNESOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  September,  1872 

President,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  230  E.  gth 

St.,  St.  Paul. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    C.    F.    Fullerton,    3016    Harriet 

Ave.,  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer ^  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner,  Northfield. 

3.   ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  March,  1877 

Reorganized  April,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews,  Talladega. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  T.  N.  Chase,  Selma. 
Treasurer, 'Mrs.  H.  S.  De  Forest,  Talladega. 

4.  MASSACHUSETTS    AND    RHODE 
ISLAND  * 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 
Organized  February,  1880 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell,  The  Rochdale, 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Miss  Anna  A.  Pickens,  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess,  32  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 

5.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   AUXILIARY 

Organized  June,  1880 

President,   Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Denio,  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Rose  M.Crosby,  26  Grove  St., 
Bangor. 

■'  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  list  as  a  State  body  for  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
Island,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


6.  MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1881 

President,  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane,  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave..  Detroit. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield,  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 

7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1881 

Prjsidcnt,   Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Secretary ,   Mrs.  George  L.  Epps.  Topeka. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  D.  DeLong,  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  1882 

President,  Mrs.  J.  G.  W.   Cowles,  417  Sibley  St., 

Cleveland. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Flora  K.  Regal,  Oberlin. 
Treasurer,yixs.  (je.or^e.   B.   Brown,  21 16  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 

9.  NEW   YORK 
WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President,   Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,   Mrs.    Wm.   Spalding,  511   Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer, y[x%.   J.    J.   Pearsall,   230   Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 

10.  WISCONSIN 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President.  Mrs.  E.  G.  Updike,  Madison. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman,  Whitewater. 


II.  NORTH  DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1883 

President.    Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland,  Caledonia. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Karwood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 


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II.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

I'n'sidcnt,  Mrs.  John  Sommcrville,  246  Washing- 
ton St.,  Portland. 

Sixrctary.   Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Hrovvncll,  Oregon  City. 

J'reisiircr,  Mrs  W.  D.  Palmer,  283  4th  St.,  Port- 
land. 

13.  WASHINGTON 

Incu'ding  Nokthern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  A.   1.  Bailey,  323   Blancli;ird   St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  J.  W.  George,  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.   SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  September,  1884 

President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  Ashton. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall,  Huron. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilco.x,  Huron. 

15.  CONNECTICUT 
WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  January,  1885 

President,   Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   C.   T.    Millard,    36    Lewis    St., 

Hartford. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   W.   W.   Jacobs,   19  Spring    St., 

Hartford. 

16.   MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President.   Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins.  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    E.    C.    Ellis,   2456  Tracy   Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   K.  L.  Mills,  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 

17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,  Mrs.  Isaac  Claflin.  Lombard. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  C.   H.  Taintor,   151  Washington 

St.,  Chicago. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field.  Wilmette. 

18.  IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June.  1886 

President.   Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass.  Grinnell. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  V.  H.  Mullett.  Clinton. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  M.  J.  Nichoson,    1513  Main  St., 
Dubuque. 


19.  CALIFORNIA 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Organized  October,  1887 
President,   Mrs.  E.  S.  William.-;,  Pacific  Grove. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   L.   M.   Howard,  911   Grove  St., 

Oakland. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 
Oakland. 

20.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1887 

/'resident.  Mrs.   J      T.    Duryea,     2402    Cass    St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary,    Mrs.   S.  C.   Dean,   636   So.    31st    St., 

Omaha. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.    Powell,  30th  &  Ohio  Sts., 
Omaha. 

21.  FLORIDA 
WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February,  1S88 
President,   Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale,  Jacksonville. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows,  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown.  Interlachen. 

22.  INDIANA 
WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1S88 
President,   Mrs.  E.   C.   Bell,   221   Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   F.   E.   Dewhurst,    28   Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

23.   SOUTHERN   CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1888 

President,   Mrs.   Emma  Cash,   1658   Temple   St., 

Los  Angeles. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  H.  K.  W.  Bent,  Bo.x  442,  Pasa- 
dena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place, 
Riverside. 


24.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S    HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June,  1888 
President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine,  Windsor. 
Treasurer, Mrs.   Wm.    P.    F'airbanks,    St.   Johns- 
bury. 

25.  COLORADO 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 
/'resident,   Mrs.  J.  W.  Pickett,  White  Water. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Sawyer,  Boulder. 

26.  W^YOMING 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 
Reorganized  December.  1892 

President,   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker.  Cheyenne. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple.  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smith,  Rock  Springs. 


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27.   GEORGIA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1888 

President^    Mrs.    H.    B.    Wey,   253    Forest  Ave., 

Atlanta. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  H.  A.   Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 
Treasurer^  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

28.  MISSISSIPPI 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1S89 

President.,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris,  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary.   Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer .,yir%.  L.  H.  Turner,  3112  12th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 

29.  LOUISIANA 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  April,  1889 
President^   Miss  Anna  F.  Condict,  490  Canal  St., 

New  Orleans. 
Secretary,    Miss   Emily   Nichols,   490  Canal   St., 

New  Orleans. 
Treasurer,  ViX'A.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 

30.    ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY    AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 
WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION   OF    THE 
CENTRAL  SOUTH  ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April,  1889 
President,   Mrs.  E.  M.  Cravath,  Fisk  University, 

Nashville,  Tenn. 
Secretary,  Miss    C.    L.    Coleman,    Chattanooga. 

Tenn. 
Treasurer,  Miss  S.  S.  Evans,  Louisville,  Ky. 

31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  i88g 
President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman.  Dudley. 
Secretary ,   Miss  A.  E.  Farrington.  High  Point. 
Treasurer,M\%'i  A.  E.  Farrington,  High  Point. 

32.  TEXAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  March,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin,  Dallas. 

Secretary,    Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Bo.x  563,  Dallas. 

Treasurer, yVr?,.    C.    I.    Scofield,    Lock    Bo.x   220, 

Dallas. 

33.  MONTANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1890 

President,    Mrs.  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 

Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.   Bell,   410  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer,  W.T^.  Herbert  E.  Jones.  Livingston. 


34.   PENNSYLVANIA 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  June,  1890 
President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  Allegheny. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennie,  Ridgway. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones,  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 


35.  OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  Octo'oer,  1890 

President,  Miss  M.  McConnell.  Guthrie. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  L.  E.  Kimball,  Guthrie. 
Treasurer,  M.rs.  J.  H.  Parker,  Kingfisher. 

36.  NEW  JERSEY 

Including  District  of  Columbia,  Maryland, 
AND  Virginia 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 

THE   NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION, 

Organized  March,  1891 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H.  Bradford,  Montclair. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    W.   O.    Weeden,    Upper    Mont- 
/H^m  clair. 

'^^asurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150  Belleville  Ave., 
Newark. 

37-   UTAH 

Including  Southern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1891 

Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,   Mrs.  Clarence   T.  Brown,   Salt  Lake 

City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,   135  Sixth  St.,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett,  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idalio,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  Pocatello. 


38.  INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1892 
President,   Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd,  Vinita. 
Secretary,   Miss  Louise  Graper.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 


39.  NEVADA 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  1892 
President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
Secretary,    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuquerque. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  E.  W.  Lewis,   301  So.  Edith  St., 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,   Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 

41.   BLACK    HILLS,    SO.    DAKOTA 

BLACK   HILLS    WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President,    Mrs.  J.  B.  Gossage.  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Secretary,   Mrs.    H.    H.    Gilchrist,  Hot  Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  Miss    Grace    Lyman.     Hot    Springs, 
Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Field  Secretaries 

Rev.  W.  G.  PuDUEFOOT,  Soiitli  Framingliam,  Mass. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Shf.lton,  Birmingham,  Conn. 

Rev.  H.  D.  WiARD,  151  Washington  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Superintendents 

Rev.  MoRiTZ  E.  Evkrsz,  D.D.,  German  Department,  151  Washington  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Kev.  Scandinavian  Department, 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Sciiauffler,  D.D.,  Slavic  Department,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Edw.  D.  Curtis,  D.D Indianapolis,  Ind.        Rev.  W.  H.  Thkali Huron,  S.  Dak. 

•  Rev.  S.  K.  Galh Jacksonville,  Fla.        Rev.  H.  C.  Simmons Fargo,  N.  Dak. 

Rev.  J.  H.  iMoRLEY Minneapolis,  Minn.  Denver,  CoL 

Kev.  Alfred  K.  Wrav Springfield,  Mo.         Rev.  W.  S.  Hawkes Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Ivev.  L.  P.  Broad Topeka,  Kan.         Rev.  J.  K.  Harrison San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Kev.  E.  H.  ASHMUN Albuquerque,  N.  M.         Rev.  IamesT.  Ford Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Rev.  A.  JuDSON  Bailey Seattle,  Wash.         Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp Forest  Grove,  Ore. 

Rev.  T.  G.  Grassie Ashland,  Wis.         j,        .^   ...    .  t-.  ri        J  5"  Woodland  Terrace, 

!•»„    A     A    hu^wM        (Black  Hills  and  Wyoming.  Rev.  I .  W.  Jones,  D.D.  . . -j         Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Kev.  A.  A.  1SROWN...-J  j^^^  Springs,  South  Dakota.         Rev.  W.  S.  Hell Helena,  Mon. 

Kev.  Harmon  Bross Lincoln,  Neb.         Rev.  S.  C.  McDaniel Atlanta,  Ga. 

Rev.  S.  E.  Bassett  (Supt.  Alabama) . .  Ft.  Valley,  Ga.        Rev.  J.  Homer  Parker.  ...   Kingfisher,  Okl. 

Secretaries  and  Treasurers 

of  the  Auxiliaries 

Rev. Jonathan  E.  Adams,  D.D.,  Secretary.  ..Maine  Missionary  Society Bangor,  Me. 

John  L.  Crosby,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "       Bangor,  Me. 

Rev.  A.  T.  Hillman,  Secretary .New  Hampshire  Home  Miss.  Society Concord,  N.  H. 

Hon.  LvMAN  D.  Stevens,  Treasurer "  "  "  "  "       Concord,  N.  H. 

R<--v.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  Secretary Vermont  Domestic  "  "       St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

W.M.  C.  Tyler,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Rev.JosHU\  CoiT,  Secretary M.nssachusetts  Home  "  "       I  9  Cong'l  House, 

Rev.  Edwin  B.  Palmer,  Treasurer.    "  "  "  "       ....(  Boston,  Mass, 

Rev.  Alexamder  McGregor,  Secretary Rhode  Lsland        "  "  "       Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

H.  C.  Waters,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  '•  "  "       ...  .Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut Hartford,  Conn. 

Ward  W.  J.\coBS,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  Hartford,  Conn. 

Rev.  Ethan  Curtis,  Secretary New  York  Home  Miss  Society Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

William  Spaldinc;,  Treasurer •'  "  "  "       Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Eraser,  D.D. ,  Secretary Ohio  "  "  "       .   Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Alexander  H.  Clapp,  Treasurer "  "  '■  " New  York  City. 

Rev.  James  Tompkins,  D.D. ,  Secretary Illinois  "  "  "       1  151  Washington  St., 

.■\aron  B.  Mead,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "         ,"       )         Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Homer  W.  Carter,  Secretary Wisconsin       "  •'  "       Beloit,  Wis. 

C.  M.  Blackman,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  ''  "       Whitewater,  Wis. 

Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass,  D.D. ,  Secretary Iowa  "  "  "       Grinnell,  Iowa. 

J.  H.  Merrill,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       Des  Moines.  Iowa. 

Rev.  Wm.  H.  Warren,  Secretary Michigan  Congregational   Association. ..  .Lansing,  Mich. 

Rev.  John  P.  Sanderson,  Treasmer, "  "  "  Lansing,  Mich. 

Geo.  H.  Morgan,  Secretary Cong.  City  Miss.  Society St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Rev.  Arch'd  L.  Love,  Superintendent   "         "         "  "       St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Lewis  E.  Snow,  Treasurer "         "         "  "       St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Communications 

relating  to  general  business  of  the  Society  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries  for  Correspondence. 
Communications  relatine  to  the  Editorial  Department  of  I'he  Home  Missionary  may  be  addressed  to 
Rev.  Alex.  H.  Clapp.  D.D.  Correspondence  of  the  Woman's  Department  may  be  addressed  to  Mrs,  H,  S. 
Caswell,  Bible  House,  New  York. 

Donations  and  Subscriptions 

in  Drafts,  Checks,  Registered  Letters,  or  Post-Office  Orders  may  be  addressed  to  Wm.  B.  Howland, 
Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  PAYMENT  OF  $50  CONSTITUTES  A  LIFE  MEMBER 


Form   of  a   Bequest 


I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trust,  to  pay  over  the  same, 

in  months  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is  payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer 

of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to  the  charitable  use  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York 


Major-General   Oliver  O.  Howard 

President. 

Rev.  David  B.  Coe,   D.D.,   Honorary   Secretary 
Rev.  Alexander  H,   Clapp,   D.D.,  Honorary   Treasurer 

Secretaries  for  Correspondence 
Rev.  Joseph  B.  Clark,  D.D. 

Rev.   WlLLL\M    KiNCAID,    D.D. 

Rev.  Washington  Choate,  D.D. 
Mr.  William  B.  Rowland,   Treasurer   ■ 

Executive  Co77t7nittee 

Wm.  Ives  Washbukn,  Esq.,  Chairman 

Asa  A'.  Spear,  Esq.,  Recording  Secretary 

Rev,  William  M.  Taylor,  D.D. 

Mr.  Charles  H.  Parsons 

Rev.  James  G.  Roberts,  D.D. 

Rev.  Samuel  H.  Virgin,  D.D. 

Mr.  Joseph  Wm.  Rice 

Mr.  Herbert  M.  Dixon 

Rev.  Robert  R.  Meredith,  D.D. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Richards,  D.D 

Mr.  George  P.  Stockwell 

Rev.  Robert  J.  Kent 

Rev.  John  D.  Kingsbury,  D.D. 

Mr.  George  W.  Hebard 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Stimson,   D.D. 


Press  of  J.  J.  Little  &  Co.,  Astor  Place,  New  York 


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■^"•'^^^  Hist  Soc 

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Vol.   LXVIL     No.  3 


New   York 
Congregational    Home    Missionary    Society 

Bible  House,  Astor  Place 

Entered  at  the  Post-Ofifice  at  New  York,  N.  Y.,  as  Second-Class  [Mail]  Matter 


Contents   for  July,    1894 


PAGE 

SIXTY-EIGHTH    ANNUAL 
MEETING: 

Roll  of  Members  Present 105 

Election  of  Officers,  etc 109 

Resolutions 105,  109,  113 

SIXTY-EIGHTH  REPORT: 

Summary  of  Results 114 

The  Treasury.     Do.     Abstract  116 

Comparative  Results 117 

The  Woman's  Department....  117 

The  Sunday-schools 118 

Our  Publications 119 

Family  Supplies 120 

AUXILIARIES      AND     MIS- 
SIONARY   FIELDS: 
Maine   Missionary  Society....    121 
New    Hampshire     Home    Mis- 
sionary   Society 122 

Vermont  Domestic  Missionary 

Society 123 

Massachusetts  Home  Mission- 
ary Society 125 

Rhode    Island    Home    Mission- 
ary  Society 128 

Missionary  Society  of  Connect- 
icut     129 

New^  York    Home   Missionary 

Society 131 

New^  York  and  Brooklyn   Dis- 
trict    132 

Ohio  Home  Missionary  Society  133 
Illinois   Home   Missionary   So- 
ciety     135 

Michigan  Cong.  Association..    137 
Wisconsin    Home     Missionary 

Society 139 

Iowa  Home  Missionary  Society  141 
Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey,  etc.   142 


Auxiliaries     and     Missionary    Fields — 
Con  tinued. 

Tennessee  and  North  Carolina.  144 

Florida 145 

Georgia 146 

Alabama 147 

Missouri  and  Arkansas 148 

Cong.  City  Missionary  Society 

of  St.  Louis 150 

Oklahoma  and   Indian  Terrify  151 

Texas  and   Louisiana 153 

New  Mexico  and  Arizona 153 

Indiana 155 

Kansas 157 

Nebraska    159 

North  Wisconsin 161 

Minnesota 162 

North  Dakota 1 64 

South  Dakota 165 

Black  Hills  (South  Dakota)  and 

Wyoming 166 

Colorado 168 

Montana 169 

Utah  and  Idaho 170 

Northern  California  and 

Nevada 172 

Southern   California  175 

Oregon 176 

Washington 178 

Slavic  Department 179 

Scandinavian  Department 187 

German  Department 188 

Conclusion 190 

The  Treasury. ...      .  .    192 

Tables : — General  Comparative  Re- 
sults    193 

Distribution     of     Missionaries     by 

States     194,  195 

Distribution     of     Missionaries     by 

Sections 196 


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Is  published  monthly,   at  sixty  cents  a  year,   postage  paid.      It  is  sent  without  charge,   on 
request,  to  be  made  annually,  to  Life  Members ;   Missionaries  of  the  Society  and  its  Aux- 
iliaries ;    Ministers  securing  a  yearly  collection  for  it  in  their  congregations  ;  also  to  individu-    •. 
als,  associations,  or  congregations,  one  copy  for  every  ten  dollars  collected  and  paid  over  to  the    J' 
Society  or   an   Auxiliary.      Suitable   names   should    accompany  the  payment.     Pastors  are  * 
earnestly  requested  to  serve  Home  Missions  by  promoting  the  use  of    this    journal  at  the 
Monthly  Concert  and  among  their  people. 

Immediate  notice  of  discontinuance  or  change  of  post-office  address  should  be  given. 


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Vol.  LXVII  JULY,   1894  No.  3 

MINUTES  OF  THE  SIXTY-EIGHTH  ANNUAL  MEET- 
ING OF  THE  CONGREGATIONAL  HOME  MIS- 
SIONARY   SOCIETY 

The  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society  convened  for  its  Sixty- 
eighth  Annual  Meeting  in  the  First  Congregational  Church,  Omaha,  Neb., 
at  3:30  P.M.,  Wednesday,  June  6,  1894,  the  President,  Maj.-Gen.  Oliver  O. 
Howard,  in  the  chair. 

After  a  hymn.  Rev.  Joseph  T.  Duryea,  pastor  of  the  First  Church, 
read  the  Scriptures  and  offered  prayer. 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  of  Connecticut,  and  Rev.  William  E. 
Hubbard,  of  South  Dakota,  were  made  Assistant  Recording  Secretaries. 

The  following  committees  were  appointed  : 

On  A'ominations. — Rev.  Julian  M.  Sturtevant,  of  Illinois  ;  Rev.  Charles  B. 
Rice,  of  Massachusetts  ;  Rev.  George  Scott,  of  South  Dakota  ;  Albert  R.  Pierce,  of 
Connecticut  ;  J.  S.  Rand,  of  New  Hampshire. 

On  the  Report  of  the  Executive  Committee  to  be  presented  in  1895.— Rev.  Theodore 
T.  Munger,  of  Connecticut  ;  Rev.  Arcturus  Z.  Conrad,  of  Massachusetts  ;  Rev. 
David  Beeton,  of  Illinois;  William  T.  Blessing,  of  New  York  ;  Samuel  Holmes, 
of  New  Jersey. 

It  was  voted  iXy-^X.  in  the  minutes  and  the  roll  all  academical  and  hon- 
orary titles  be  omitted. 

The  report  of  the  Fxecutive  Committee,  with  accompanying  docu- 
ments, was  presented  and  referred  to  the  committee  of  1894. 

The  roll  was  reported  in  part  and  approved,  and  the  Assistant  Regis- 
trars were  authorized  to  complete  it.     When  completed  it  was  as  follows  : 

ROLL 

ANNUAL    MEMBERS 

Officers 
Maj.-Gen.  Oliver  O.  Howard, 
Mr.  W.   H.  .Alexander. 

Delegates  from  State  Societies 
Illinois  South  Dakota 

Rev.  E.  F.  Williams.  Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall, 

Mrs.  Joseph  Wartl. 


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Delegates  from  Churches 

Colorado 
Cripple  Creek  Rev.  H.  M.  Lyman. 

Connecticut 

Fairfield Mrs.  Jane  Kippen. 

Greenwich Rev.  Washington  Choate. 

Rev.  Russell  T.  Hall. 

New  Britain David  N.  Camp. 

"  Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp. 

Suffield A.  R.  Pierce. 

"       Mrs.  A.  R.  Pierce. 

Illinois 

Chicago Rev.  C.  H.  Taintor. 

"         Mrs.  J.  C.  Webster. 

loiva 

Des  Moines,  Plymouth J.  H.  Merrill. 

Elliot  S.  Miller. 

Farragut Rev.  James  H.  Skiles. 

Mrs.  J.  H.  Skiles. 

Glenwood '. Rev.  J.  K.  Nutting. 

Green  Mountain J-  K-  Hopkins. 

Humboldt Rev.  C.  P.  Boardman. 

Polk  City Rev.  L.  C.  Bellsmith. 

Sheldon     William  Herbert. 

Kansas 

Kansas  City    _. Mrs.  W.  B.  Garlick. 

"  Minerva  Tenney. 

McPherson H.  Chas.  Dunsmore. 

Minnesota 

Minneapolis,  F"irst Rev.  Geo.  R.  Merrill. 

Plymouth Miss  E.  S.  Hartwell. 

Worthington    J-  C.  Clark. 

"  Dr.  Geo.  Moore. 

Missonri 

De  Soto Frank  E.  Kenyon. 

St.  Louis,  First J.  Henry  George. 

"  "    Oscar  L.  VVhitelaw. 

"  Union Rev.  H.  L.  Forbes. 

Nebraska 
Alma    Rev.  A.  E.  Ricker. 

"      .Mrs.  Celia  A.  Ricker. 

Aurora   . .    J-  D.  Stewart. 

Bladen Rev.  Beecher  O.  Snow. 

"      Mrs.  Beecher  O.  Snow. 

Blair Mrs.  G.  W.  Wainwright. 

Bertrand Henry  C.  Snyder. 

Cortland    Rev.  F.  G.  McHenry. 

Crete Rev.  Wm.  P.  Bennett. 

"     Mrs.  M.  M.  Davison. 


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Creighton Rev.  G.  W.  James. 

Dodge Rev.  A.  Farnsworth. 

Exeter Addie  F.  Carse. 

Franklin Rev.  (1.  W.  Mitchell. 

Geneva Mrs.  I,.  J.  McKelvey. 

Hastings Rev.  L.  P.  Rose. 

"         Mrs.  Myra  M.  Hayden. 

Iloldredge E.  I).  Kinsel. 

Mrs.  J.  T.  Miller. 

Indianola Rev.  Geo.  E.  Taylor. 

Mrs.  CJ.  E.  Taylor. 

Lincoln,  \'ine  St Rev.  .\rthur  Frost  Newell. 

Mrs.  L.  M.  Bross. 

McCook Rev.  II.  I>.  Peterson. 

Norfolk    Rev.  J.  T.  Parker. 

"        Mrs.  J.  T.  Parker. 

"       Junction William  J.  Paske. 

Omaha Rev.  F.  H.  \V.  Benedict. 

Petersburg Rev.  William  McCready. 

D.  L.  Sherefelt. 

Strang Rev.  George  J.  Battey. 

"       Charles  R.  Clark. 

Ravenna Rev.  T.  W.  Cole. 

Sargent Rev.  J.  F.  Smith. 

Seward Sprague  H.  Wood. 

Ulysses Mrs.  S.  A.  Palmer. 

West  Point Rev.  Samuel  Pearson. 

Wilcox Rev.  William  P.  Pease. 

Wisner Rev.  P.  H.  Hines. 

IVew  Hampshire 
Portsmouth D.  Frederick  Borthwick. 


John  S.  Rand. 


AVw  Mexico 
Albuquerque Rev.  E.  H.  Ashman. 

AVtc    Yoj-k 

Brooklyn,  Lewis  Ave Rev.  W^m.  T.  Stoke.s. 

Smyrna Herbert  M.  Dixon. 

Syracuse Ethan  Curtis. 

Oklahoma 
El  Reno Rev.  Ned  Forre.st. 

Ort'goti 
Portland F.  K.  Arnold. 

Hhodc-  Island 
Pawtucket Rev.   Alex.  M.  McGregor. 

South  Dakota 
Beresford    Rev    11.  W.  Jamison. 

J.  E.  Sinclair. 

Custer   Rev.  J.  J.    Shingler. 

Mrs.  J.  J.  Shingler. 

Hot  Springs Rev.  E.  E.  Frame, 


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Hot  Springs Miss  Grace  Lyman. 

Howard Rev.  Z.  H.  Smith. 

Huron Rev.  B.  H.  Burtt. 

"       Rev.  W.  H.  Tiirall. 

Lake  Preston Rev.  Geo.  A.  Conrad. 

Lead Rev.  Geo.  Scott. 

Scotland Rev.  John  Schaerer. 

Vermilion Rev.  A.  IL  Chittenden. 

Yankton Miss  Henrietta  Faulk. 

"       Mrs.  A.  E.  Thomson. 

IVyoniing 

Buffalo .   Rev.  Samuel  Weyler. 

Rock  Springs Rev.  Howard  N.  Smith. 

LIFE    MEMBERS 


Connecticut 
Rev.  Jos.  Anderson, 
Rev.  Wm.  H.  Moore. 

Illinois 
A.  W.  Boyden, 
Rev.  Moritz  E.  Eversz, 
Rev.  Simeon  Gilbert, 
Rev.  Wm.  W.  Leete, 
Rev.  Jos.  E.  Roy, 
Rev.  J.  M.  Sturtevant, 
Rev.  James  Tompkins, 
Rev.  W.  A.  Waterman. 

loiva 

Rev.  Wm.  M.  Brooks, 
Rev.  Charles  R.  Bruce, 
Rev.  J.  M.  Cummings, 
Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass, 
Rev.  A.  L.  Frisbie, 
Edward  P.  Kimball. 

Kansas 

Rev.  Thos.  M.  Boss, 
Rev.  L.  r.  Broad, 
Asa  P.  Tenney. 


Massachusetts 
Rev.  Geo.  W.  Andrews, 
Rev.  Joshua  Coit, 
Rev.  Samuel  E.  Herrick, 
J.  U.  Kingsbury, 
Rev.  W.  G.  Puddefoot, 
Rev.  Chas.  B.  Rice, 
Rev.  Ernest  ^^'.  Shurtleff. 


New  York 
J.  T.  Brinckerlioff, 
Rev.  Jos.  B.  Clark, 
Mott  C.  Dixon, 
Geo.  W.  Hebard. 
Mrs.  Mary  F.  Hebard, 
Asa  A.  Spear, 
Chas.  H.  Parsons, 


N'ebraska 

Mrs. 

C.  H.  Parsons. 

John 
Rev. 
Orin 

W.  Bell, 
H.  ISross, 
Bruce, 

Rev, 

Ohio 
J.  G.  Eraser. 

R.  F 

.  Bruce, 

Oklahoma 

Rev. 

Wm.  H.  Buss, 

Rev. 

J.   Homer  Parker. 

Rev. 

S.  Wright  Butler, 

^ 

Rev. 

F.  C.  Cochran, 

Penusvliania 

Rev. 

D.  W.  Comstock, 

Rev. 

T.  W.  Jones. 

Rev. 
Rev. 
Rev. 

A.  .\.  Cressman, 
E.  L.  Ely, 
Jacob  Flook, 

J-W 

Rhode  Island 
illiain   Rice. 

Mrs. 

M.  W.  Gaylord, 

South  Dakota 

Rev. 

S.  L  Hanford, 

Rev. 

A.  Eugene  1  homson. 

Rev. 

0.  A.  Palmer, 

Rev. 
Rev. 

A.  L.  Riggs, 
J.  E.  Storm, 

Mrs. 

Tennessee 
A.  S.  Steele. 

Rev. 

M.  J.  P.  Thing, 

IVisconsin 

Rev. 

G.  W.  Wainwright. 

Rev. 

Homer  W.  Carter. 

HONORARY     MEMBERS 
Members  of  the  Local  Committee 


G.  FL  Payne,  J.  II.  Evans, 

Rev.  Jos.  T.  Duryea,  A.  S.  Stiger, 

Rev.  G.  J.   Powell,  M.  J.  Kennard, 

Dr.  A.  B.  Somers,  H.  P.  Halleck, 


H.  N.  Wood, 
W.  H.  Lav.'ton, 
William   Fleming, 
W.  H.  Ru.ssell, 


H.  E.  Powers, 
C.  T.  Morris, 
Samuel  S.  Avery, 
Rev.  John  .A.skin. 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  109 

It  was  7vV''(/that  llic  local  Committee  of  Arrangements  for  this  meeting, 
in  view  of  the  great  value  of  the  services  they  have  rendered,  be  made  a 
committee  of  this  body,  and  also  members  of  the  Society  for  this  meeting, 
namely  : 

George  H.  Payne,  Rev.  S.  Wright  Butler,  Rev.  Joseph  T. 
DuRVEA,  Rev.  Gregory  J.  Powell,  A.  B.  Somrrs,  J.  H.  Evans,  A.  S. 
Stigf.k,  William  H.  Alexander,  M.  J.  Kennard,  H.  P.  Hallkck, 
H.  N.  Wood,  W.  H.  Lawton,  William  Fleming,  W.  H.  Russell, 
H.  K.  Powers,  Rev.  Edward  L.  Kl\,  C.  T.  Morris,  Samuel  S. 
Avery,  Rev.  John  Askin,  Rev.  Harmon  Bross. 

Rev.  Russell  T.  Hall,  of  Connecticut,  in  behalf  of  the  committee  to 
whom  was  referred  the  report  of  the  Executive  Committee,  presented  a 
report  with  a  resolution.  The  report  was  accepted,  and  the  resolution 
was  adopted  as  follows  : 

Resolved,  That  we  rejoice  with  the  E.xcculive  Committee  in  the  great  and  encouraging 
siiiiitual  results  of  the  work  of  the  year  past,  and  heartily  approve  of  the  means  used  by 
them  to  meet  the  deplorable  diminution  of  contributions  and  legacies,  while  we  lament 
the  inevitable  restriction  of  the  work  of  the  Society,  and  the  contracting  of  a  serious  debt. 
We  urge  upon  our  brethren,  and  upon  the  churches,  the  necessity  of  special  and  deter- 
mined efforts  to  increase  their  home  missionary  contributions  to  such  a  figure  as  will 
wipe  out  the  debt  and  remove  the  present  painful  restriction  of  their  work. 

J.  W.  Rice,  of  Rhode  Island  ;  Rev.  William  A.  Waterman,  of  Illi- 
nois ;  and  Rev.  Joshua  Coit,  of  Massachusetts,  were  made  a  Commit- 
tee on  Place  and  Time  of  next  Annual  Meeting. 

On  report  of  Committee  on  Nominations,  officers  were  elected  by  ballot 
as  follows : 

PRESIDENT 
Oliver  O.   Howard,  of  New  York. 


VICE-PRESIDENTS 

Joseph  R.   Hawley,  of  Connecticut. 

Rev.  John  K.   McLean,  of  California. 

Jeremiah  H.   Merrill,  of  Iowa. 

Rev.   Edwin  B.    Webb,  of  Massachusetts. 

William  H.   Alexander,  of  Nebraska. 

Nelson  Dingley,  Jr.,  of  Maine. 

Rev.   Edward  P.   Goodwin,  of  Illinois. 

Austin  Abbott,  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Edward  D.   Eaton,  of  Wisconsin. 

H.  Clark  Ford,  of  Ohio, 


I  lo  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

RECORDING  SECRETARY 
Rev.   William  H.  Holman,  of  Connecticut. 

AUDITOR 
George  S.  Coe,  of  New  York. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE— TO  SERVE  FOR  1894-1897 

Charles  H.    Parsons,  of  New  York. 
George  P.   Stockwell,  of  New  York. 
Rev.  James  G.   Roberts,  of  New  York. 
Asa  a.   Spear,  of  New  York. 
Rev.   Robert  J.   Kent,  of  New  York. 

At  5,  a  recess  was  taken  till  7.30. 

Wednesday  Evening. — At  7:30,  public  worship  was  held  in  the  First 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Rev.  Edward  F.  Williams,  of  Illinois, 
conducted  the  opening  services.  Rev.  Samuel  E.  Herrick,  of  Massa- 
chusetts, preached  the  annual  sermon,  from  Luke  vii.  19-23.  Rev. 
William  H.  Thrall,  of  South  Dakota,  offered  prayer.  After  singing, 
and  the  benediction  by  Rev.  Daniel  L.  Furber,  of  Massachusetts,  at  9 
the  body  adjourned  till  9  a.m.,  Thursday. 

Thursday  Morning,  June  7TH. — At  9,  in  the  First  Congregational 
Church,  a  session  of  forty-five  minutes  was  given  to  devotion  and  home 
missionary  experiences,  under  the  lead  of  Rev.  Howard  H.  Gilchrist, 
of  South  Dakota. 

At  9:45,  the  President  in  the  chair,  after  a  hymn,  Rev.  Simeon 
Gilbert,  of  Illinois,  read  the  Scriptures,  and  Rev.  Frank  T.  Bayley, 
of  Colorado,  offered  prayer. 

The  minutes  of  Wednesday  were  read  and  approved. 

William  H.  Alexander,  of  Omaha,  gave  an  address  of  welcome, 
to  which  the  President  made  response. 

George  L.  Millard,  of  Omaha,  paid  a  tribute  to  the  memory  of 
Rev.  Reuben  Gaylord. 

Rev.  Joseph  B.  Clark,  of  New  York,  Secretary,  read  a  paper  on 
"Bright  Spots  in  a  Dark  Year."  After  prayer  by  Rev.  Daniel  L. 
Furber,  of  Massachusetts,  State  Auxiliaries  were  heard  in  addresses 
(interspersed  with  singing)  by  their  secretaries,  as  follows  : 

Rev.   Alexander  McGregor,  of  Rhode  Island. 
Rev.   William  H.   Moore,  of  Connecticut. 
Rev.   John  G.   Fraskr,  of  Ohio. 
Rev.  Truman  O.  Douglass,  of  Iowa. 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  lii 

After  siiioiiii;,  and  prayer  with   the   benediction  by  Rev.   Joseph   K. 
Ron,  of  Illinois,  at  12:30  a  recess  was  taken  till  2. 


Thursday  Afternoon.  — At  2,  after  singing,  and  prayer  by  Rev.  H. 
Charles  Dinsmore,  of  Kansas,  addresses  under  the  head  of  Home  Mis- 
sions and  Church  Ikiilding  were  made  by  Rev.  Charles  H.  Taintor,  of 
Illinois  ;  Rev.  Frank.  T.  Bavlev,  of  Colorado;  and  Rev.  Eli  I).  Corwin, 
of  Illinois. 

.Vfter  singing,  Rev.  Washington  Choate,  of  New  York,  Secretary, 
read  a  paper  on  "  Home  Missions  for  the  Sake  of  America,"  and  addresses 
were  made  by  Rev.  James  S.  Ainslie,  of  Indiana;  George  E.  Rice,  of 
Omaha;  and  Rev.  Henry  Hopkins,  of  Missouri.  After  prayer  by  Rev. 
John  M.  Ellis,  of  Nebraska,  at  5,  a  recess  was  taken  till  7:30. 

1'hursdav  Evening. — At  7:30,  in  the  First  Metliodist  Episcopal 
Church,  after  singing,  and  prayer  by  the  President,  Rev.  J.  \\^illiam 
Carson,  of  Iowa,  read  the  Scriptures  and  offered  prayer.  The  paper  of 
Rev.  William  Kincaid,  of  New  York,  Secretary,  on  "  Home  Missions 
for  the  Sake  of  the  World,"  was  read  by  Rev.  John  D.  Kingsbury,  of 
Massachusetts.  As  directed  by  a  rising  vote,  the  President  signed  and 
sent  to  Secretary  Kincaid  a  note  expressing  the  sympathy  and  condo- 
lence of  this  body  with  him  in  his  affliction. 

Addresses  were  made  by  Rev.  Henry  A.  Schauffler,  of  Ohio  ;  Rev. 
Joseph  Anderson,  of  Connecticut ;  and  Rev.  William  G.  Puddefoot,  of 
Massachusetts,  who  also  offered  prayer.  At  ro,  after  the  benediction  by 
Rev.  S.  Wright  Butler,  of  Omaha,  the  body  adjourned  tili  9  a.m. 
Friday. 

Friday  Morning,  June  8th. — At  9,  in  the  First  Congregational 
Church,  the  body  spent  half  an  hour  in  devotion,  led  by  Rev.  H.  De 
Forest  VViard,  of  Illinois, 

At  9:30,  the  time  was  given  to  the  twelfth  annual  meeting  of  the 
Woman's  Department — Mrs.  H.  S.  Caswell,  Secretary,  presiding. 

After  singing  by  the  young  girls  of  the  First  Church,  Rev.  James  B. 
Brown,  of  Nebraska,  supported  by  these  girls,  made  an  address.  Mrs. 
Caswell  introduced  to  the  audience  Mrs.  Reuben  Gaylord,  Rev. 
Charlfs  Seccombe  and  Mrs.  Seccombe,  and  Rev.  Amos  Dresser,  and 
made  an  opening  address.  Addresses  were  made  by  Miss  Frances  J. 
Dyer,  of  Massachusetts  ;  Mrs.  Joseph  T.  Duryea,  of  Omaha  ;  Mrs.  W. 
S.  Hawkes,  of  Utah ;  and  Mrs.  Howard  H.  Gilchrist,  of  South 
Dakota.  Mrs.  Henry  S.  De  Forest,  of  Alabama,  led  the  meeting  in  a 
responsive  service  :  "The  Christian  Givers'  Creed."     Contributions  to  the 


112  The   Home   Missionary  July,  i8  4. 

amount  of  $227.27  were  made  to  give  two  girls  from  the  Black  Hills  a 
year's  education  at  Chadron  Academy,  Nebraska,  and  it  was  announced 
that  the  support  of  Mrs.  Howard  H.  Gilchrist,  so  long  as  she  labors  in 
the  Black  Hills,  had  been  pledged  by  a  gentleman  and  his  wife  from 
Connecticut. 

Prayer  was  offered  by  Mrs.  Ellis  R.  Drake,  of  Kansas.  Mrs. 
Charles  W.  Preston,  of  Nebraska,  made  an  address. 

A  roll  call  was  made  by  States  and  sections  of  the  country. 

After  singing,  Rev.  W^illiam  G.  Puddefoot,  of  Massachusetts,  made 
a  brief  address. 

At  11:30,  under  the  head  of  Home  Missions  and  Sunday-Schools, 
addresses  were  made  by  Rev.  George  M.  Boynton,  of  Massachusetts  ; 
Rev.  William  L.  Sutherland,  of  Kansas  City;  and  Rev.  George  R. 
Merrill,  of  Minnesota. 

'J'he  minutes  of  Thursday  and  of  Friday  morning  were  read  and 
approved,  and  the  Assistant  Recording  Secretaries  were  authorized  to 
complece  the  minutes  at  the  close  of  the  evening  session. 

At  12:30  a  recess  was  taken  till  2. 

Friday  Afternoon. — At  2,  Vice-President  William  H.  Alexander 
in  the  chair.  After  singing,  and  prayer  by  Rev.  Charles  S.  Harrison, 
of  Nebraska,  under  the  head  of  Home  Missions  and  Education  addresses 
were  made  by  Rev.  Charles  B.  Rice,  of  Massachusetts,  and  George  M. 
Herrick,  of  Illinois. 

Rev.  Joseph  E.  Roy,  of  Illinois,  presented  the  greetings  of  the  Ameri- 
can Missionary  Association. 

Addresses  were  made  by  superintendents  as  follows  : 

Rev.  L.  Pavson  Broad,  of  Kansas. 

Rev.  Edward  H.  Ashmun,  of  New  Mexico. 

Rev.  Thomas  W.  Jones,  of  Pennsylvania. 

Rev.  Harmon  Bross,  of  Nebraska. 

Rev.  J.  Homer  Parker,  of  Oklahoma. 

Rev.  Alfred  K.  Wray,  of  Missouri. 

Rev.  William  H.  Thrall,  of  South  Dakota. 

On  report  of  committee  on  the  next  meeting,  it  was  twted  that  the  next 
annual  meeting  be  held  at  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y.,  and  that  the  time  be 
fixed  by  the  Executive  Committee. 

After  prayer  with  the  benediction  by  Rev.  Samuel  E.  Herrick,  of 
Massachusetts,  at  5  a  recess  was  taken  till  7:30. 

Friday  Evening. — At  7:30,  in  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
after  singing,  and  the  reading  of  the  Scriptures  by  Rev.  John  Doane,  of 
Nebraska,  Rev.  Charles  Seccombe,  of  South  Dakota,  offered  prayer. 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  113 

The  President  introduced  to  the  meeting-  I.kvi  Lovering,  a  Christian 
Omaha  Indian,  who  made  a  brief  address. 

It  was  resolved  that  a  vote  of  thanks  be  extended  to  Rev.  Samuel  E. 
Herrick,  of  Massachusetts,  for  his  helpful  contribution  to  this  Annual 
Meetinti;^,  and  that  he  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy  of  his  sermon  for 
publication  \\\  the  report  of  its  proceedings.  Rev.  Mr.  Herrick  made  a 
response. 

It  was  7vAv/ that  the  minutes,  the  sermon,  and  the  report  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee,  including  the  papers  of  the  secretaries,  be  printed  ;  and 
also  other  papers,  addresses,  and  reports,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Executive 
Committee. 

It  was  resolved — 

That  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  now  assembled  in  its  Sixty- 
eiglitli  .Annual  Meeting,  desires  to  give  expression  to  its  high  appreciation  of  the  gener- 
ous hospitality  and  treatment  it  has  received  at  the  hands  of  its  friends  in  Omaha  and 
vicinity.  Nothing  appears  to  have  been  left  undone  which  it  was  possible  for  loving 
liands  to  do,  to  make  this  gathering  one  of  the  most  memorable  the  Society  has  ever 
held.  Especial  thanks  are  due,  and  are  hereby  extended,  to  the  pastor  and  members  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church  and  Society  for  throwing  open  the  doors  of  their 
beautiful  church  building  and  allowing  the  free  use  of  all  its  commodious  and  well- 
appointed  rooms  ;  to  the  pastor  and  members  of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
for  allowing  the  free  use  of  their  large  and  beautiful  church  edifice  for  evening  services, 
by  which  they  have  emphasized  the  principle  of  denominational  comity,  which  this 
Society  heartily  favors  wherever  it  is  privileged  to  work  ;  to  the  St.  Mary's  Avenue 
Cor.gregational  Church  for  their  cordial  invitation  to  assemble  in  their  church  for  our 
closing  service,  even  though  we  were  unable  to  accept  the  same  ;  and  to  the  pastors, 
Committee  of  Arrangements,  choirs,  and  members  of  all  the  Congregational  and  other 
sister  churches  ;  also  to  the  citizens  of  Omaha,  Council  Bluffs,  and  the  State  of  Nebraska, 
and  of  the  adjoining  States,  one  and  all,  who  have  seemed  to  vie  with  each  other  in 
their  efforts  to  make  this  first  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society  held  west  of  the  State  of 
New  York  one  of  the  most  successful  that  the  Society  has  ever  held,  we  offei  our 
grateful  and  sincere  thanks,  and  pray  God  that  his  richest  blessing  may  descend  upon 
and  abide   with   them  evermore. 

Responses  were  made  by  Rev.  Joseph  T.  Durvea  and  Rev.  S. 
Wright  Butler. 

After  singing,  addresses  were  made  by  Rev.  Julian  M.  Sturtevant, 
of  Illinois  ;  Rev.  Alvah  L.  Frisbie,  of  Iowa  ;  and  Rev.  George  H. 
Wells,  of  Minnesota 

After  singing  "  My  Country,  'tis  of  Thee,"  and  the  benediction  by 
Rev.  J.  M.  Sturtevant,  at  10  the  meeting  was  dissolved. 

•     William  H.   Moore, 
William  B.  Hubbard, 

Assistant  Recording  Secretaries. 


114  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

SIXTY-EIGHTH    REPORT 

Once  more  the  Executive  Committee  is  permitted  to  begin  its  report 
of  a  year's  v/ork  vvitli  thanks  to  the  great  Giver  and  Preserver  of  life 
that  it  is  not  called  to  record  the  decease  of  one  of  its  own  number,  of  the 
general  or  the  executive  officers  of  the  Society. 

From  the  list  of  workers  in  the  field,  however,  have  dropped  by  reason 
of  death  the  names  of  the  most  valued  superintendent  of  the  Society's 
Scandinavian  work,  and  of  eight  worthy  brethren  who  were  bearing  the 
heat  and  burden  of  the  day  in  seven  States  under  the  Society's  care. 

The  life,  work,  and  lamented  death  of  Superintendent  M.  W.  Mont- 
gomery have  been  commemorated  in  recent  numbers  of  The  Home  Mis- 
sionary. The  importance  and  difficulty  of  the  unique  work  he  laid  down 
are  seen  in  the  fact  that  his  place  remains  as  yet  unfilled. 

The  eight  other  brethren  who  died  within  the  year  are  these  :  Rev. 
Clement  Combs,  Bevier,  Mo.,  who  was  ordained  in  1865,  and  died  on  the 
12th  of  June,  1893  ;  Rev.  Isaac  J.  Gardner,  Silver  Creek,  Neb.,  ordained 
in  1889,  died  September  13,  1893  ;  Rev.  George  J.  Harrison,  Litchfield, 
Conn  ,  ordained  in  1849,  died  in  December,  1893  ;  Rev.  William  W.  Lyle, 
East  Lake,  Tenn.,  ordained  in  1850,  died  January  i,  1894  ;  Rev.  Arthur 
Spooner,  Bloomer,  Wis.,  ordained  in  1887,  died  May  25,  1893  ;  Rev.  Piatt 
R.  Staples,  ordained  in  1873,  died  in  August,  1893  ;  Rev,  Lewis  Thomas, 
Waycross,  Ga.,  ordained  in  1886,  died  in  1893  ;  Rev.  Daniel  Woolner, 
Michigan  City,  No.  Dak.,  ordained  in  1890,  died  March  11,  1894. 

The  shortest  of  these  terms  of  service  (four  years)  was  filled  by  two  of 
the  brethren  ;  the  longest  (forty-four  years)  was  also  granted  to  two  of 
them  ;  the  average  term  was  almost  twenty  years.  And  now  their  work 
on  earth  witnesses  for  them  while  they  share  the  eternal  blessedness  of 
the  faithful  above. 

SUMMARY    OF    RESULTS 

The  number  of  missionary  laborers  in  the  service  of  the  Society  the 
last  year,  whose  names  are  found  in  the  General  Table  in  the  full  Report, 
together  with  those  engaged  in  superintending  the  work,  is  2,029.  (De- 
ducting 19  reported  in  more  than  one  State,  2,010.)  Of  these,  1,463  were 
in  commission  at  the  date  of  the  last  report,  and  547  have  since  been 
appointed. 

They  have  been  employed  in  47  States  and  Territories,  as  follows: 
In  Maine,  140  ;  New  Hampshire,  64;  Vermont,  61  ;  Massachusetts,  124; 
Rhode  Island,  14;  Connecticut,  55;  New  York,  104;  New  Jersey,  14; 
Pennsylvania,  45  ;  North  Carolina,  2  ;  Maryland,  3  ;  D.  C,  1  ;  Virginia,  i  ; 


July.  1894  The   Home  Missionary  ii5 

West  Virj^inia,  2  ;  Louisiana,  12  ;  (ieorgia,  27  ;  Alabama,  32  ;  Arkansas, 
10;  Florida,  32  ;  Texas,  13  ;  Indian  Territory,  14;  Oklahoma,  35  ;  Ten- 
nessee, 4  ;  Ohio,  47  ;  Indiana,  34  ;  Illinois,  79  ;  Missouri,  46;  Michigan, 
119  ;  Wisconsin,  82  ;  Iowa,  114  ;  Minnesota,  112  ;  Kansas,  61  ;  Nebraska, 
108  ;  North  Dakota,  40  ;  South  Dakota,  96  ;  Colorado,  37  ;  Wyoming, 
12  ;  Montana,  14;  New  Mexico,  6;  Utah,  9  ;  Nevada,  2  ;  Idaho,  7  ;  Ari- 
zona, 2  ;  California,  99  ;  Oregon,  28  ;  Washington,  66  ;  in  all,  2,029.  Of 
these,  19,  having  labored  in  more  than  one  State,  are  in  this  enumeration 
twice  counted.     The  total  number  of  individuals  emjiloyed  is  2,010. 

This  distribution,  retaining  the  twice  counted,  gives  to  the  New 
England  States,  458;  Middle  States,  167;  Southern  States,  112;  South- 
western States,  118;  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  193;  Western  States  and 
Territories,  981. 

Of  the  whole  number  in  commission,  1,004  have  been  pastors  or 
stated  supplies  of  single  congregations;  631  have  ministered  to  two  or 
three  congregations  each  ;  and  394  have  extended  their  labors  over  still 
wider  fields. 

The  aggregate  of  missionary  labor  performed  is  1,437  years. 

The  number  of  congregations  and  missionary  districts  w-hich  have  been 
fully  supplied,  or  where  the  Gospel  has  been  preached  at  stated  intervals, 

is  3>930- 

Six  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  as  pastors  or  stated  supplies 
of  congregations  of  colored  people,  and  218  have  preached  in  foreign 
languages  :  2  to  Welsh  congregations,  54  to  German  congregations,  97  to 
Scandinavian  congregations,  23  to  Bohemian  congregations,  8  to  Polish 
congregations,  16  to  French  congregations,  2  to  Mexican  congregations,  2 
to  Italian  congregations,  2  to  Spanish  congregations,  and  3  to  congrega- 
tions of  Finns,  4  to  congregations  of  Danes,  4  to  congregations  of  Arme- 
nians, and  I  to  a  congregation  of  Jews. 

The  number  of  Sunday-school  and  Bible-class  scholars  is  not  far  from 
164,050.  The  organization  of  274  new  schools  is  reported,  and  the  num- 
ber under  the  special  care  of  missionaries  is  2,407. 

Three  hundred  and  twenty-one  missionaries  m.ake  mention  of  revivals 
of  religion  during  the  year,  some  of  them  reporting  590,  400,  308,  175,  142, 
95,  90,  85,  80,  75,  and  65  hopeful  conversions.  In  290  instances  the 
number  of  reported  converts  exceeds  10,  and  the  number  reported  by  808 
missionaries  is  10,798. 

The  additions  to  the  churches,  as  nearly  as  can  be  ascertained,  have 
been  12,784,  viz.  :  8,508  on  confession  of  faith,  and  4,276  by  letters  from 
other  churches. 

One  hundred  and  nineteen  churches  have  been  organized  in  connection 
with  the  labors  of  the  missionaries  within  the  year,  and  36  have  assumed 
the  entire  support  of  their  own  Gospel  ordinances. 


ii6  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

Eighty-one  houses  of  worship  have  been  completed,  and  192  materially 
repaired  or  improved.  Three  chapels  are  reported  as  having  been  built 
within  the  year,  and  81  parsonages  have  been  provided.  One  hundred  and 
fifteen  men,  in  connection  with  the  missionary  churches,  are  reported  as  in 
different  stages  of  preparation  for  the  Gospel  ministry. 


THE    TREASURY 

Resources. — The  balance  in  the  treasury  March  31,  1893,  was 
^3,501.17,  and  $10,022.09  i'^  reserve  for  drafts  payable.  The  receipts 
for  the  succeeding  twelve  months  were  :  $400,309.61  from  legacies,  con- 
tributions, and  other  sources,  and  $221,298.95  reported  by  the  Auxilia- 
ries as  raised  and  expended  on  their  respective  fields,  making  the  total 
resources  for  the  year  $635,131.82. 

Liabilities. — There  was  due  to  missionary  laborers  at  the  close  of 
last  year,  $6,336.37.  There  has  since  become  due  $695,104.79,  which,  with 
$125,000  due  the  bank  ($3,465.83  discount),  makes  the  total  liabilities 
$822,975.33. 

Payments. — For  missionary  labor  and  expenses,  $701,441. 16,  including 
$221,298.95  expended  by  the  Auxiliaries  on  their  respective  fields,  leaving 
$2,496.71  still  due  the  missionaries  on  receipt  of  their  reports  for  labor 
performed.  In  addition  to  these  past  dues,  appropriations  already  made 
and  daily  becoming  due,  amounting  to  $1 16,156.35,  making  the  total 
pledges  $118,653.06,  toward  canceling  which  there  was  a  balance  in  the 
treasury,  March  31,  1894,  of  $37,012.40,  and  $18,212.43  held  in  reserve 
for  drafts  payable. 

ABSTRACT— THE    TREASURY 
*  Resources  : 

Balance,  March  31,  1893 $3,5°!    r? 

Cash  reserved  for  drafts  payable  March  31,  1893    10,022  09 

Receipts  :    Contributions,  etc .$241,610  50 

Legacies 158,699  1 1 

400,309  61 

Auxiliaries  (raised  and  expended  on  their  own  fields) ....  221,298  95 

$635,131   82 

*  Loans  from  bank,  within  the  year  ending  March  31,  1894,  for  payment  of  mission- 
ary labor  and  expenses,  not  included  in  this  statement.  [See  Loan  Account,  Financial 
Statement.] 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  117 

LlAHlMTIES  : 

For  missionary  labor,  March  31,  1893 $6,336  37 

For  missionary  labor  and  expenses,  including  Auxiliaries 

($221,298.95) 695,104  79 

Bank  loan,  March   31,  1894,  $125,000  (less  discount,  $3,- 

465-83) 121,534   17 


$822,975  S3 
Payments : 

For  missionary  labor  and  expenses $480,142  21 

Auxiliaries  on  their  own  fields 22  1,298  95 

$701,441  16 

Cash  balance,  March  31,  1894 $37,012  40 

Cash  in  reserve  for  drafts  payable  March  31,  1894 ^18,212  43 


COMPARATIVE    RESULTS 

The  number  of  commissions  exceeds  by  8  that  of  the  sixty-seventh 
year  ;  the  years  of  labor  were  46  more  ;  the  number  who  have  preached 
in  foreign  languages,  218,  has  been  increased  by  42  ;  89  more  preaching 
stations  have  been  statedly  supplied.  The  additions  to  the  aided 
churches  were,  by  letter  293  more,  and  on  confession  1,259  iTiore  than  last 
year.  The  number  of  schools  under  missionary  care  have  been  increased 
by  137,  with  5,250  more  scholars  reported. 


THE    WOMAN'S    DEPARTMENT 

This  department,  organized  in  1883,  and  now  for  some  years  under 
the  care  of  its  secretary,  Mrs.  H.  S.  Caswell,  has  made  a  steady  progress 
that  has  been  truly  said  to  be  "  little  less  than  a  miracle."  Having  for  the 
last  year  been  relieved  of  the  editorial  care  of  The  Home  Missionary,  the 
secretary  has  been  able  to  devote  much  more  of  her  time  to  the  special 
work  of  the  department,  in  behalf  of  which  she  has  visited  a  large  part  of 
the  field,  particularly  in  the  West  and  South,  coming  into  personal  contact 
with  the  officers  and  members  of  the  Woman's  State  Home  Missionary 
organizations,  rousing  their  courage,  quickening  their  zeal,  unifying  their 
councils,  and  enlarging  their  offerings  to  Home  Missions  and  the  other 


ii8  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

benevolences  of  our  Congregational  churches.  There  are  now  forty-one 
of  these  State  Unions,  representing  every  State  except  Delaware  and 
South  Carolina,  and  every  Territory  except  Alaska  and  Arizona.  Arizona 
is  already  planning  for  organization.  One  Union,  the  Black  Hills,  was 
organized  within  the  year  now  reported  (October,  1893),  since  which  time 
the  work  of  organization  has  halted  for  lack  of  unoccupied  territory  to 
enter  upon.  Of  the  5,132  Congregational  churches  in  States  with  Home 
Missionary  Unions,  2,353  are  in  auxiliary  relations  with  these  Unions — a 
gain  of  258  churches  within  the  year.  The  Unions  have  paid  into  the 
National  Society's  treasury  ^51,204.20 — a  small  gain,  even  in  this  disas- 
trous year,  over  the  sixty-seventh.  They  have  also  raised  for  other 
National  Societies,  $95,947.93 — indicating  what  may  be  expected  from 
the  361,000  women  of  our  churches  when  ''better  times "  shall  set  to 
flowing  again  the  ordinary  streams  of  benevolence. 

Fuller  particulars  of  the  work  of  the  Woman's  Department,  including 
that  of  all  its  forty-one  State  Unions,  may  be  learned  from  the  annual 
report  of  its  secretary,  to  be  had  without  charge  by  addressing  her  at  the 
Bible  House,  New  York. 

The  charge  of  the  *'box  business" — the  securing  and  distributing  to 
home  missionary  families  who  need  them,  supplies  of  clothing,  household 
goods,  books,  etc.,  with  occasional  gifts  of  cash  for  special  uses,  whereby 
the  Society  has  for  many  years  ministered  to  the  comforts  of  hundreds  of 
its  missionaries — has  for  the  last  year  been  laid  upon  the  Woman's  Depart- 
ment. Some  facts  pertaining  to  it  are  given  in  a  following  article. 
Others  will  be  found  in  Mrs.  Caswell's  annual  report. 


THE     SUNDAY-SCHOOLS 

Another  year  has  added  its  cumulative  testimony  to  the  wisdom  and 
value  of  this  department  of  the  Society's  work,  especially  in  the  newer 
settlements.  Where  the  families  are  too  few  and  poor  as  yet  to  warrant 
the  planting  of  a  church,  yet  are  near  enough  to  a  devoted  missionary's 
field  to  be  under  his  watchful  care  by  frequent  visitations,  the  Sunday- 
school  and  neighborhood  prayer-meeting  go  far  to  prepare  the  way  for  the 
church  and  its  sacred  ordinances.  One  after  another,  new  comers  from 
other  churches  are  attracted  by  the  little  gatherings  of  Christ's  people, 
and  converts  are  made  from  youthful  learners  of  the  Bible,  until  the 
missionaries  have  come  to  look  upon  this  as  the  normal  method  of  church 
planting  in  their  wide  parishes. 

The  new  Sunday-schools  organized  in  this  sixty-eighth  year  were  274. 
There  are   now  under  home  missionary  care   2,407,  and  the  number  of 


July,  1894  The   Home  Missionary  119 

scholars  regularly  taught  in  them  is  164,050— a  gain  of  4,360  over  those 
reported  one  year  ago.  In  this  labor  and  its  blessed  fruits  in  the  conver- 
sion of  many  children  and  youth,  the  missionaries  have  had  continued 
help  from  the  agents  and  publications  of  the  Congregational  Sunday- 
School  and  Publishing  Society.  The  permanence  of  schools  so  formed, 
supplied,  and  maintained  is  a  source  of  ever-growing  gratification  and 
encouragement. 

OUR     PUBLICATIONS 

The  Home  Missionary  with  the  April  number  closed  its  sixty-sixth 
volume.  Through  all  these  years  it  has  been  the  Society's  medium  of 
communication  with  its  constituents  in  the  ELast  and  the  West,  and  now, 
once  more,  in  the  South.  The  issues  in  the  Society's  sixty-eighth  year — 
the  sixty-sixth  of  the  magazine — were  360,600  copies,  a  monthly  average 
of  30,050.  Beginning  with  that  volume,  the  experiment  has  been  made  of 
seeking  to  improve  the  magazine,  by  increasing  the  number  of  its  pages 
(doubling  the  number  filled  a  few  years  ago),  using  much  finer  paper,  and 
illustrating  some  of  the  articles  with  cuts  far  superior  to  any  used  hereto- 
fore. So  hearty  has  been  the  approval  of  its  readers  that  the  Executive 
Committee  propose  to  continue  the  experiment,  believing  that  the  improve- 
ment in  the  appearance  and  character  of  the  magazine  will  increase  the 
number  and  interest  of  its  readers,  so  enlarging  and  multiplying  the  greatly 
needed  offerings  to  the  Society's  treasury,  and  the  still  more  essential 
prayers  for  the  largest  success  of  the  work.  Whatever  external  changes 
may  be  made,  the  magazine  will  still  be  held  to  its  one  purpose  :  to  faith- 
fully report  the  needs,  methods,  successes,  or  failures  in  all  parts  of  the 
great  field  of  Home  Missions — our  entire  country,  from  sea  to  sea,  from 
the  Great  Lakes  to  the  Gulf.  It  will  still  be  the  chief  medium  of  communi- 
cation between  the  workers  and  the  givers  on  whom,  under  God,  they 
depend  for  their  daily  support. 

The  July  number  of  each  year  contains  the  Annual  Report  of  the 
Society.  The  Woman's  number  (August)  fully  reports  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  department,  with  a  bird's-eye  view  of  its  year's  work. 

Dr.  Josiah  Strong's  well-known  book,  "Our  Country,"  written  for  the 
Society,  is  still  supplied  from  its  ofifice  in  the  Bible  House  at  thirty  cents 
per  copy  in  paper,  and  sixty  cents  in  cloth — the  revised  edition,  with 
statistics  from  the  census  reports  of  1890. 

The  remaining  copies  of  the  late  Superintendent  Montgomery's  work, 
"A  Wind  from  the  Holy  Spirit  in  Norway  and  Sweden,"  are  for  sale  in 
cloth,  illustrated,  at  forty-five  cents  ;  in  paper,  illustrated,  twenty  cents  ; 
paper,  plain,  ten  cents  a  copy. 

The   Society  also    issues  an   annual    report,   annual    sermonj   annual 


I20  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

papers  of  the  secretaries,  annual  summary  of  work  (in  leaflet  form),  home 
missionary  wall-map,  Sunday-school  star  chart,  mite-boxes  for  general 
use,  "tent  mite-boxes  "  for  the  Boys'  and  (iirls'  Home  Missionary  Army, 
Sunday-school  concert  exercises,  collection  envelopes,  and  over  120  leaf- 
lets, of  which  specimen  copies  will  be  supplied  freely  to  pastors,  superin- 
tendents, and  others,  to  aid  in  collecting  funds  for  the  treasury.  A  priced 
catalogue  of  the  publications  will  be  sent,  free,  on  request  by  postal  card 
or  otherwise. 

FAMILY    SUPPLIES 

The  year  of  "  hard  times  "  here  reported  has  been  sharply  felt  in 
most  of  the  homes  of  our  distant  missionaries.  Though  the  Society  has 
promptly  met  its  obligations,  the  people  in  many  cases  have  been  unable 
to  redeem  their  pledges,  and  the  inconvenient  deficiency  of  clothing, 
housekeeping  goods,  and  the  like,  in  many  missionary  homes,  would  have 
deepened  into  actual  suffering  had  not  the  hearts  of  our  helpful  l.adies' 
Societies  in  the  East  and  the  Interior  been  quick  to  feel  for  thor.e  brethren 
and  sisters  and  their  children,  and  their  hands  swift  to  aid  them.  Never 
was  the  material  help  furnished  more  needed,  never  was  the  true  Christian 
sympathy  expressed  by  the  senders  of  these  "box  supplies  "  more  warmly 
appreciated.  The  largely  increased  number  of  (often  sudden)  calls  for 
aid  has  led  to  the  sending  of  an  unusual  number  of  boxes,  though  of  less 
value,  in  many  cases,  than  in  former  years.  The  number  of  boxes,  bar- 
rels, and  other  packages  reported  is  just  800,  including  those  of  the 
Auxiliaries.  The  total  estimated  value  of  730  of  these  is  $36,083.87. 
Reckoning  those  of  which  the  value  is  not  reported  at  the  average  rate, 
and  adding  $1,257.30  known  to  have  been  sent  directly  in  cash  by  friends 
and  not  reported,  we  have  a  total  of  $37,341.11  in  help  of  this  kind, 
besides  much  that  has  been  supplied  the  particulars  of  which  cannot  be 
given,  since  they  are  known  only  to  the  givers  and  receivers. 

The  administration  of  this  business  of  family  supplies  is  now  in  the 
hands  of  the  Woman's  Department,  to  whose  secretary  applications  for 
families  to  be  cared  for  should  be  addressed.  Of  course  the  first  and  ever 
pressing  need  of  the  Society  is  of  cash  for  the  daily  drafts  upon  its 
treasury  ;  but  until  times  are  very  materially  bettered  there  will  also  be 
constant  call  for  the  help  our  Ladies'  Societies  are  wont  to  render.  Many 
a  sick  Home  Missionary  mother  will  be  more  grateful  for  sisterly  love 
shown  in  work  than  for  even  a  greater  value  in  money.  Shall  not  both 
these  lines  of  help  be  cheerfully  continued  so  long  as  there  is  need,  by 
the  mothers  in  Israel,  their  sisters,  daughters,  and  household  friends,  to 
whom  the  Society  and  its  faithful  workers  already  owe  such  a  vast  debt  of 
gratitude  ? 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  121 

AUXILIARIES    AND    MISSIONARY    FIELDS 

MAINE    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

PlUll'.   1.1  VI  1,.   I'.MNE,   I).]).,  I'Rr.SIDENT  ;  ReV.  JONATHAN  E.  AOAMS.  D.D.,  SECRETARY, 

Bancor  ;  John  L.  Crosby,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  Bangor.     Office  in  Bangor 

'Ihe  Kcc-eipts  of  tin's  Auxiliary,  within  the  year  ending  February  28,  were  : 

From  cliurclies  and  indivitluals $7,906  18 

From  legacies 5.910  59 

Income  from  invested  funds 2,8g6  25 

$16,713  02 
The    National  Society  received   from   churclics.  individuals,    and    legacies    in 

Maine,  for  the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 I'732  33 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions $18,445  35 

The  Auxiliary  paid  into  the   treasury  of  the  National  Society,  in  cash,  for  the 

national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 306  25 

The  Auxiliary  expended   in   its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses. 

within  the  year  ending  February  2S 23,711    59 

Secretary  Adams  gives  the  following  facts  :  This  Society  has  had 
in  commission  138  missionaries  during  a  part  or  the  whole  of  the  year. 
Of  these,  seventy-nine  are  ordained,  fifty-six  are  licentiates,  and  three  are 
women  sent  out  by  the  Woman's  Auxiliary. 

One  hundred  and  twenty-one  churches  and  seventeen  stations  have 
been  supplied,  receiving  in  the  aggregate  eighty-two  years  of  service. 

Four  of  the  men  received  ordination.  Several  young  men  are  reported 
as  in  preparation  for  the  ministry.  One  church,  after  having  dedicated  a 
fine  house  of  worship,  has  come  to  self-support. 

We  are  unable  to  report  any  general  revival  interest  during  the  year. 
A  few  of  the  churches  have  had  some  ingathering,  but  the  majority  have 
returned  neither  hopeful  conversions  nor  additions.  It  would  be  hard  to 
charge  this  to  unfaithfulness  on  the  part  of  pastors.  So  far  as  we  know, 
they  have  been  earnest  and  direct  in  their  preaching,  constant  in  visita- 
tions, anxious  for  the  blessing,  and  instant  in  prayer.  Still  there  continues 
to  be  a  dearth  of  spiritual  results  so  far  as  new  decisions  are  concerned, 
and  we  often  ask.  How  long  must  this  condition  continue  ?  With  all  this 
discouragement,  there  are  some  signs  of  coming  life.  The  Sunday-school 
and  the  Christian  Endeavor  work  progress  favorably,  and  many  are  hope- 
ful of  revival  interest  in  the  near  future. 

The  general  missionaries  have  done  good  service  in  the  direction  of 
supervision.  One  has  prepared  the  way  in  several  churches  for  the 
reception  of  pastors.  Another  has  led  a  church  in  a  new  and  thriving 
9   • 


122  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

community  to  hopefulness  and  a  willingness  to  sacrifice  and  work  for  a 
corresponding  growth  of  the  church,  for  the  building  of  a  suitable  house 
of  worship,  and  for  gathering  in  the  strangers  who  come  from  business. 

The  county  missionaries  and  the  lady  visitors  have  all  done  good  work 
while  in  the  field,  and  have  lent  a  helping  hand  wherever  they  have  been. 

Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins,  the  Field  Secretary,  has  visited  the  churches 
since  October,  1893,  and  he  is  succeeding  in  interesting  them  in  regard  to 
the  material  resources,  the  temporal  progress,  and  the  religious  needs  of  the 
State.  It  is  hoped  that  a  knowledge  of  these  things  will  move  those  who 
are  able  to  give  more  liberally  than  in  the  past.  How  far  the  present 
"  hard  times  "  may  go  to  hinder  this  result  we  are  unable  yet  to  deter- 
mine. As  now  appears,  this  auxiliary  will  be  able  to  sympathize  with  the 
National  Society  in  its  calls  for  larger  contributions,  and  its  fear  of  disas- 
ter to  the  work  if  the  needed  funds  are  withheld.  Our  hope  is  that  the 
real  disciples  of  the  Master  will  see  to  it  that  his  kingdom  shall  receive 
nothing  of  detriment. 


NEW    HAMPSHIRE    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Hon.  George  A    Ramsdell,   President  ;  Rev.   Alfred  T.    Hillman,   Secretary  ; 
Hon.  Lyman  D.  Stevens,  Treasurer.     Office  in  Concord 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary,  within  the  year  ending  February  28,  were  : 

From  churches  and  individuals $3,948  03 

From  legacies 8,240  62 

Income  from  invested  funds 4,561  16 

$16,749  81 
The   National    Society  received   from   churches,  individuals,  and   legacies   in 
New    Hampshire,    for  the    national    work,     within     the    year    ending 
March  31 14, 542   18 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions $31,291   99 

The  Auxiliary  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  National  Society,  in  cash,  for  the 

national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 802  46 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  February  28 9,258  4: 

Secretary  Hillman  reports  :  Sixty-two  missionaries  have  been  in  the 
employ  of  the  Society  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year,  serving  sixty-six 
churches  and  outlying  stations.  An  appeal  has  come  to  us  from  our 
Swedish  brethren  to  undertake  work  in  their  behalf,  and  the  request  was 
favorably  acted  upon  by  our  trustees.  The  right  man  is  being  sought, 
and  with  his  engagement  the  work  will  be  pushed.  At  present  the  work 
of  the  Society  is  confined  entirely  to  the  native   population,  and  grows  in 


July,  i8g4  The   Homc   Missionary  123 

value  to  the  State  and  nation  with  each  year.  Thirty-four  per  cent,  of 
the  living^  natives  of  New  Hampshire  reside  in  other  States.  The  char- 
acter of  til  is  migration  is  seen  from  the  fact  that  the  teachers,  lawyers, 
doctors,  and  ministers  in  the  United  States  who  are  natives  of  New 
Hampshire  are  one  in  twenty-seven  of  the  adult  population  living  in  the 
State.  Our  missions  are  fruitful  of  men  of  character,  and  also  of  large 
gifts  to  the  work  outside  of  the  State.  More  than  $8,000  have  accrued 
to  the  National  Society  from  this  source  in  legacies  within  the  year,  and 
this  sum  is  likely  to  be  doubled  before  the  end  of  our  Society  year,  in 
August.  The  contributions  from  the  churches,  both  to  our  own  and  the 
National  Society,  show  a  falling  off  as  compared  with  some  previous  years, 
but  the  legacy  account  is  likely  to  carry  the  totals  above  the  average. 

Several  interesting  revivals  have  been  in  progress  within  the  year  ; 
one  is  the  direct  result  of  our  "  District  Work,"  which  has  been  main- 
tained a  greater  part  of  the  time.  At  Bartlett,  where  we  have  no  church 
organization,  but  where  we  have  maintained  a  mission  for  three  years, 
fifty  hopeful  conversions  are  reported.  This,  we  trust,  means  a  church  in 
the  community.  A  healthy  growth  is  noted  throughout  the  entire  field, 
and  in  no  recent  year  have  reports  shown  so  many  churches  starting 
toward  self-support.  The  usual  calls  have  been  made  upon  the  "  White- 
house  Fund,"  to  aid  in  repairs  on  church  property,  and  a  grant  to  Ray- 
mond of  $1,000  enabled  the  church  to  dedicate  its  new  building  free  from 
debt. 

VERMONT   DOMESTIC   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Hon.   Henry  Fairbanks,  Ph.D.,  Presidknt  ;  Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  Secre- 
tary ;    Theron  M.  Howard,  Esq.,  Treasurer.     Office  in  St.  Johnsbury 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary,  within  the  year  ending  February  28,  were  : 

From  churches  and  individuals $6,567  00 

From  legacies 776  17 

Income  from  invested  funds 4,082  15 

$11,425   32 
The  National  Society  received    from   churches,  individuals,  and   legacies   in 

Vermont,  for  the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 8,002  81 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions $19,428   13 

The  Auxiliary  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  National  Society,  in  cash  and  two 
shares  of  stock  of  the  E.  and  T.  Fairbanks  Company,  for  the  national 
work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 578  81 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  February  28 ii,545  90 

Fifty-nine  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during  the  whole  or  a 
part  of  the  year,  performing  fifty  years  of  labor  in  connection  with  sixty- 


124  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

four  churches  and  fourteen  stations.  Secretary  Merrill  reports  :  The 
year  has  shown  a  marked  advance  in  almost  every  direction  save  in  the 
matter  of  finances.  Three  new  churches  have  been  organized  ;  three 
older  ones  have  been  brought  to  self-support ;  in  several  cases  a  smaller 
missionary  grant  has  been  asked  for  ;  the  work  of  the  "  District  Visitors  " 
has  met  with  increasing  favor,  marked  spiritual  results  have  attended  their 
labors,  and  a  call  has  been  made  for  an  increase  of  the  force. 

The  three  new  churches  are  in  fields  where  there  is  at  present  no  other 
religious  service.  In  one  case  a  "  Union  "  house  of  worship  has  stood  for 
fifty  years  without  a  church  organization.  At  the  outset,  four  denomina- 
tions— Baptist,  Free  Baptist,  Methodist,  and  Universalist — attempted  to 
occupy  jointly,  and  succeeded  only  in  killing  each  other  off.  For  several 
years  we  have  supplied  them  with  students  in  the  summer.  Last  season 
two  of  our  young  women  went  in  and  reaped  the  harvest.  We  have  now 
a  church  of  over  thirty  members,  one-half  of  them  males.  In  another  case 
the  township  had  never  had  a  church  organization,  and  the  lot  granted 
for  the  first  settled  minister,  now  heavily  timbered  and  valuable,  stands 
unclaimed.  A  student  started  the  work,  and  two  of  our  young  women 
have  followed  it  up,  greatly  enlarging  and  strengthening  the  church. 
Timber  has  been  drawn  from  the  minister's  lot  for  a  house  of  worship. 
In  the  third  case,  a  fine  brick  house  of  worship  was  standing  unoccupied, 
no  Protestant  service  being  held  within  the  limits  of  the  township.  Two 
more  new  churches  are  in  prospect  in  fields  where  self-support  ought  soon 
to  be  reached. 

The  reproach  that  has  been  cast  upon  New  England  Congregation- 
alism, that  it  is  cold  and  formal,  destitute  of  spiritual  life,  and  fitted  only 
to  reach  the  educated  and  the  intellectual,  can  no  longer  be  brought 
against  many  of  our  Vermont  churches.  The  District  Visitors  are  dem- 
onstrating that  warmth  and  zeal,  and  lives  wholly  consecrated  to  service, 
can  consist  with  quiet  demeanor  and  a  simple  gospel  message,  holding  up 
Christ  above  any  "  ism  "  and  keeping  silence  on  doctrines  that  divide. 
The  need  of  putting  in  little  churches  to  divide  parishes,  because  the  old 
church  '"does  not  reach  the  people,"  can  no  longer  be  urged.  We  are 
reaching  the  people  through  this  agency.  We  are  reaching  them  in  par- 
ishes where  those  churches  which  have  claimed  a  special  fitness  for  this 
have  failed.  If  this  work  goes  on,  some  other  excuse  for  keeping  Chris- 
tians apart  in  sectarian  folds  will  have  to  be  found,  or  they  will  come 
together  of  themselves,  animated  with  a  common  spirit  of  service. 

The  employment  of  Rev.  F.  F.  Lewis  as  a  general  missionary,  in 
connection  with  the  Congregational  Sunday-School  and  Publishing  Society, 
has  been  tried  during  the  year  closing  with  this  report.  In  his  work  for 
the  State  society  he  has  visited  mission  fields  and  rendered  assistance 
financially  and  otherwise,  aside  from  the  indirect  aid  that  has  come  to  our 


July,  189-1.  The  Home   Missionary  I25 

churches  through  his  Sunday-school  and  Endeavor  work.  In  the  organ- 
izing of  one  of  the  new  churches,  and  in  opening  the  field  for  another,  his 
work  was  of  special  value.  He  leaves  to  acce|)t  another  call  at  the  close 
of  his  year. 

The  missionary  "  rallies  "  held  in  the  State,  under  tlie  direction  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Shelton,  accompanied  by  Rev.  Mr.  Puddefoot,  Mrs.  Shelton,  and  Rev. 
Mr.  Hood  of  the  Building  Society,  awakened  great  interest  and  cannot 
fail  to  have  an  effect  upon  the  treasuries  of  the  societies  in  the  near  future. 
All  parts  of  the  State  were  reached,  and  a  rare  opportunity  was  given  to 
many  who  could  never  attend  the  great  anniversaries  to  hear  speakers 
whose  names  were  familiar. 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Frankli.n  Carter.  LLT).,  President;  Rev.  Joshua  Coit.  Secretary;  Rev.  E.  B. 
Palmer,  Treasurer.     Office  in  Boston 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary  for   Home   Missions,  within  the  year  ending 

February  2S,  were $122,110  30 

The  National   Society  received  from  churches,  individuals,  and  legacies,  in 

Massachusetts,  for  the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31.  .       86,492  71 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions $208,603  01 

The  Auxiliary  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  National  Society,  in  cash,  for  the 

national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 55, 512  12 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

witliin  the  year  ending  February  28 70,849  62 

Secretary  Coit  reports:  One  hundred  and  thirty-four  (134)  stations 
have  been  occupied  during  the  year  by  missionaries  of  this  Society,  Nine 
(9)  general  missionaries  and  one  hundred  and  twelve  (112)  other  mission- 
aries have  been  employed — in  all,  one  hundred  and  twenty-one  (121).  Of 
the  one  hundred  and  thirty-four  (134)  stations,  ten  (10)  were  double  and 
one  hundred  and  fourteen  single.  Of  the  one  hundred  and  thirty-four 
churches  and  missions  occupied,  seventy-one  (71)  may  be  called  "per- 
manent," and  thirty  (30)  "new,"  Twenty-six  {26)  are  foreign,  and  seven 
(7)  are  evangelistic  enterprises.  To  the  seventy-one  permanents  the  total 
grant  was  $16,120;  average  to  each,  $237.  To  the  thirty  new,  the  total 
grant  was  $10,225  '  average,  $340.  To  the  twenty-six  foreign,  the 
total  grant  was  $16,500  ;  average,  $634.  To  the  seven  evangelistic 
enterprises  the  total  grant  was  $8,510  ;  average,  $1,215. 

The  work  among  the  Armenians,  Italians,  Finns,  and  Jews  continues 
as   last   year.      Rev.   Milon  H.   Hitchcock  has  labored  as  general    mis- 


126  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

sionary  among  the  Armenians  ;  Rev.  Andrew  Groop  has  been  a  general 
missionary  among  the  Finns,  having  learned  their  language  for  this 
purpose.  Mr.  John  G.  May  has  charge  of  the  Italian  mission  in  Boston, 
and  E.  S.  Niles,  M.D.,  of  that  among  the  Jews.  The  foreign  work  of  the 
Society  might  easily  be  increased,  and  would  be  were  all  the  requests  for 
it  granted.  But  the  rapid  diminution  of  the  Swett  Fund  compels  us  to 
content  ourselves  with  carrying  on  what  has  already  been  begun.  As  time 
passes  the  churches  are  beginning  to  appreciate  more  clearly  the  import- 
ance of  this  work  ;  so  that  the  demand  for  its  continuance  will  doubtless 
be  imperative,  even  though  there  shall  appear  no  special  fund  or  gift  to 
take  the  place  of  the  Swett  Fund  in  carrying  it  forward.  It  is  the  hope 
of  the  Society  in  some  way,  not  yet  devised,  however,  to  provide  for  this 
work  without  diminishing  the  regular  contribution  to  the  work  in  the 
West. 

The  present  apparent  result  of  the  work  done  among  the  French- 
Canadians,  large  as  it  is,  by  no  means  gives  a  true  measure  of  what  has 
been  accomplished.  For  beyond  the  tens  and  twenties,  here  and  there, 
that  have  been  gathered  into  the  Protestant  churches,  French  and  Ameri- 
can, there  are  scores  and  hundreds  who  are  convinced  but  not  converted. 
They  are  unwilling  to  take  an  open  stand  in  opposition  to  the  church  of 
their  childhood,  which  has  yet  a  strong  hold  upon  them,  in  view  of  the 
sure  and  bitter  persecution  that  would  come  upon  them.  Coming  out 
from  the  Romish  Church  means  often  loss  of  work  and  of  all  social  inter- 
course with  old  friends  and  even  their  own  family.  The  influences  at 
work  upon  and  within  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  in  this  country  which 
tend  to  its  liberalization,  are  felt  to  a  less  degree  among  the  French  than 
among  those  who  are  familiar  with  the  English  language.  And  yet  they 
are  not  without  effect  among  the  French. 

A  very  important  ally  to  missionary  work  among  the  French-Canadians 
is  found  in  the  newspaper  Le  Ciioyen  Franco  et  Americain,  published  at 
the  college  in  Springfield.  Within  the  year  the  editorship  of  this  paper 
has  changed  hands.  Professor  Leon  Bouland,  the  present  editor,  is  a 
professor  at  the  college.  The  paper  reaches  many  Roman  Catholic 
families  who  cannot  as  yet  be  approached  by  our  missionaries,  and  does 
a  grand  work  among  them.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  it  is  not  more  freely 
used  by  churches  and  individuals  as  a  weekly  tract  for  distribution.  The 
college  itself,  so  well  adapted  to  promote  intelligence  and  righteouness,  is 
under  the  new  president.  Rev.  S.  H.  Lee,  doing  better  than  ever  before, 
both  as  regards  the  numbers  in  attendance  and  the  interest  and  loyalty  of 
the  students. 

The  work  among  other  nationalities,  Swede,  Norwegian,  Finn,  German, 
Italian,  Armenian,  and  Jews,  calls  for  no  special  comment  this  year,  unless 
it  may  be  worth  while  to  mention  that  among  the  Armenians  hindrance 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  127 

has  arisen  out  of  the  movements  of  the  Huntschagists,  or  Revolutionary 
party,  not  only  to  our  work  here  but  also  to  the  work  of  the  missionaries 
of  the  American  Board  in  Turkey. 

The  evangelistic  work  done  through  certain  churches  in  our  cities  by 
the  Swett  Fund  has  been,  as  heretofore,  successful.  Here  again  the  work 
is  limited  only  by  the  amount  of  money  that  can  be  devoted  to  it,  and  here 
also  the  fund  is  approaching  its  end,  though  the  end  is  not  so  near  at 
hand  as  with  the  Swett  Foreign  Fund.  The  success  reached  in  many 
instances  incites  other  churches  to  ask  that  we  work  also  through  them, 
the  work  done  is  so  plainly  helpful  to  church  and  community.  It  is  not 
likely,  however,  that  there  will  be  any  further  increase.  The  "problem 
of  the  city  "  needs  still  to  be  carefully  and  prayerfully  studied  ;  but  it  is 
very  plain  that  earnest,  faithful  preaching  and  living  the  (jospel  of  Christ 
is  the  one  thing — and,  in  a  broad  sense,  the  only  thing — that  can  be  relied 
upon  to  purify  and  elevate  any  community.  So  it  is  of  the  greatest 
importance  that  our  cities  be  now  permeated  with  the  Gospel.  No  other 
scheme  of  reform  can  approach  in  power  for  good,  in  any  and  all  direc- 
tions, to  any  and  all  interests  of  the  social  state,  the  Gospel — the  glad 
tidings  of  good. 

The  work  among  the  country  churches  continues  as  of  old,  and,  as 
of  old,  its  success  is  much  greater  than  is  generally  supposed.  It  is,  for 
instance,  no  small  indication  that  the  church  is  more  than  holding  its  own 
when  we  notice  that  in  some  fifteen  towns  where  the  population  has 
diminished  between  1880  and  1890  by  over  fifteen  per  cent.,  falling  from 
27,006  to  22,871,  the  resident  membership  has  been  virtually  stationary, 
falling  only  from  761  to  752.  Deaths,  removals,  and  the  changing  of  the 
character  of  the  population  by  the  incoming  of  the  foreign  element  have 
been  so  far  counterbalanced  by  the  activity  and  growth  of  the  church  as 
to  keep  the  number  of  resident  members  substantially  good. 

There  has  been  no  movement  among  our  churches  this  year  towards 
union  with  other  evangelical  churches.  And  though  in  some  instances 
this  very  desirable  thing  may  seem  to  outsiders  practicable,  yet  it  has  not 
seemed  wise  to  withdraw  help  in  the  vain  hope  of  compelling  it.  And 
until  the  demands  of  the  small  churches  in  the  country  are  much  greater 
than  at  present,  or  the  deficit  in  the  National  Treasury  shall  show  itself 
to  be  a  permanent  condition  instead  of  the  temporary  result  of  "  hard 
times,"  it  does  not  seem  right,  in  view  of  the  wealth  of  our  churches,  to 
withhold  grants  where  they  have  been  made  in  the  past. 

Our  work  in  the  West,  through  the  National  Society,  has  been  specially 
emphasized  by  "field  days,"  conducted  by  Rev.  Mr.  Shelton  and  held  in 
many  places.  These  have  been  uniformly  helpful.  The  stereopticon 
exhibition  in  the  evening  has  not  only  attracted  and  interested,  but  also 
instructed,  large  numbers.     The  people  have  thus  seen  as  well  as  heard 


128  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

home  missionary  business.  The  calls  for  the  stirring  and  effective 
addresses  of  Field  Secretary  Puddefoot  have  been  frequent  and  urgent. 
If  we  had  two  or  three  more  such  men  their  time  could  all  be  well  used 
in  showing  the  people  the  demands  of  God  through  his  providence  at  this 
critical  hour  of  our  history.  That  the  increased  and  increasing  wealth  of 
the  church  may  be  drawn  upon  more  fully  and  freely,  it  is  after  all  only 
necessary  that  the  people  should  see  and  feel  the  demands  of  the  hour. 


RHODE    ISLAND    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Rev.  Rowland  Hazard,  Presidknt  ;  Rev.  Alexander  McGregor,  Secretary, 
Pawtucket  ;  Benjamin  W.  Gallup,  Esq.,  Treasurer.  Office  in  Provi- 
dence 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary,  within  the  year  endin<j  February  28,  were  : 

From  churches  and  individuals $6,059  01 

Income  from  invested  funds 3  13 

The   National  Society  received  from  churches,   individuals,  and  legacies,  in 

Rhode  Island,  for  the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31.  .         4,848   11 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions $10,910  25 

The  Auxiliary  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  National  Society,  in  cash,  for  the 

national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 25  00 

i'he  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  February  28 6,238   50 

Secretary  McGregor  reports  :  For  a  longer  or  shorter  time  we  have 
had  twelve  missionaries  in  the  service  during  the  year.  With  one  excep- 
tion, all  6ur  aided  churches  are  now  supplied  with  pastors,  and  report  on 
the  whole  encouragingly.  Indeed  we  may  say  that  in  the  aided  and  self- 
supporting  churches  in  the  State  there  is  not  a  vacant  pulpit.  Apart 
from  the  encouragement  and  support  afforded  by  the  Society  to  the  mis- 
sionary churches,  some  of  them  on  the  near  verge  of  being  inheritances  of 
weakness,  valuable  work  has  been  done  among  our  foreign  population. 
The  Scandinavians  rank  foremost  in  progress  and  vigor.  To-day  we  have 
three  promising  churches  among  them,  where  a  few  years  ago  we  had 
none.  "  The  Lord  shall  count  when  he  writeth  up  the  people  "  that  the 
loving  supervision  of  the  late  Superintendent  Montgomery  had  much  to 
do  with  this  one  and  that  one  born  there.  The  Crompton,  Providence, 
and  Pawtucket  Swedish  churches  have  become  a  threefold  cord,  each  with 
its  pastor,  which  cannot  easily  be  broken. 

The  Highland  Chapel  and  the  Edgewood  Mission,  both  in  the  suburbs 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  129 

of  Providence,  have  received  a  large  share  of  the  State  Missionary's  care 
and  labor  durino^  the  year.  Now  the  former  has  a  beautiful  little  chapel, 
all  paid  for  and  comfortably  furnished,  and  the  latter  is  on  the  way  with 
fair  promise  of  being  equally  successful,  having  already  secured  a  build- 
ing lot  costing  1^2,000,  and  vigorously  pushing  a  building  subscription 
list. 

Among  the  Armenians  we  have  had  a  stated  missionary  for  years  past, 
and  this  year  a  graduate  of  Yale  has  been  doing  good  work  among  them. 
To  the  Norwegians  we  have  rendered  occasional  services  through  a  neigh- 
boring Norwegian  pastor,  just  across  the  line  in  Massachusetts.  Several 
of  the  larger  churches  in  Providence  have  relieved  the  Society  by  taking 
the  exclusive  care  of  the  spiritual  needs  of  the  Portuguese  and  Chinese 
among  us,  and  so  making  it  possible  for  us  to  do  something,  through  Sun- 
day-school work  and  preaching,  towards  meeting  the  wants  of  the  multi- 
tudes that  congregate  at  our  "  shore  resorts  "  during  the  summer  season. 


MISSIONARY    SOCIETY    OF    CONNECTICUT 

Rev.  Willi.-\m  H.   Moore,  Secretary  ;  Ward  W.  Jacobs,  Esq.,  Treasurer. 
OFt'icE  IN  Hartford 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary,  within  the  year  ending  February  28,  were  : 

From  churches  and  i.ulividuals $14,398  73 

From   legacies   3,804  40 

Income  from  invested  funds 90  84 

$18,293  97 

The  National  Society  received  from  churches,  individuals,  and  legacies,  in 

Connecticut,  for  the  national  \vorl<,  within  the   year  ending  March  31.       52,218  89 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions $70,512  86 

The  Auxiliary  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  National  Society,  in  cash,  for  the 

national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 4,597  74 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  February  28    14,192  70 

Secretary  Moore  reports  as  follows  :  Of  the  forty-four  churches  to 
which  grants  were  voted  in  1893,  eighteen  had  parsonages,  and  twenty- 
four  had  funds  to  an  aggregate,  including  parsonages,  of  ^49,0 16.  Of 
the  men  commissioned  to  serve  these  churches  seven  were  settled  pastors, 
nineteen  were  pastors  without  settlement,  seven  were  ordained  ministers, 
one  of  whom  was  settled  within  the  year,  and  nine  were  unordained 
preachers,  of  whom  within  the  year  one  was  ordained  and  one  was 
settled  as  pastor.     Two  served  two  churches  each. 


130  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

WORK    AMONG   THE    FOREIGN    POPULATION 

THE    DANES 

Efforts  in  behalf  of  the  Danes  were  made  in  seven  places  :  Ansonia, 
Hartford,  Higganum,  New  Britain,  New  Haven,  North  Manchester,  and 
South  Manchester.  In  connection  with  the  work  in  Hartford  a  church 
of  twenty-five  members  was  recognized  by  council,  November  27,  1893. 

THE    GERMANS 

Rev.  Harmon  Seil,  who  had  just  completed  his  course  of  study  at 
Oberlin,  and  had  been  ordained  for  our  service,  labored  seven  months, 
from  May  to  December,  inclusive.  His  work  was  in  seven  different 
communities. 

THE    SWEDES 

Efforts  for  the  Swedes  were  made  in  thirty-three  places,  ten  men 
being  engaged  in  this  service. 

The  home  missionary  churches  in  Connecticut  had,  January  i,  1894, 
a  membership  of  2,771,  including  402  absentees.  In  1893  the  additions 
were,  by  profession,  216,  and  by  letter,  102  ;  in  all,  318.  The  removals 
were  38  by  death,  and  102  by  letter,  and  50  by  revision  of  rolls  and  dis- 
cipline ;  in  all,  190.  The  additions  exceeded  the  removals  by  128,  and 
the  professions  exceeded  the  deaths  by  178. 

In  the  results  of  our  work  in  Connecticut,  the  year  has  been  one  of 
good  cheer.  One  church  rejoices  in  a  completed  parsonage,  and  three 
new  meeting-houses  have  been  dedicated. 

The  ratio  of  additions  on  profession  has  been  nearly  two  and  one-half 
times  greater  than  in  the  self-supporting  churches.  The  twenty-one  old 
churches,  with  1,186  members,  added  40  on  profession,  lost  26  by  death, 
and  baptized  43  children.  The  ten  new  American  churches,  with  795 
members,  added  47  on  profession,  lost  10  by  death,  and  baptized  32 
children.  The  thirteen  foreign  churches,  with  790  members,  added  129 
on  profession,  lost  2  by  death,  and  baptized  121  children. 

This  analysis  may  be  studied  with  profit.  It  shows  that  each  depart- 
ment of  the  work  merits  support  ;  that  what  we  are  doing  for  the 
strangers  within  our  gates  is  especially  blessed  of  God ;  and  that,  if  the 
churches  give  us  the  means,  we  shall  be  warranted  in  enlarging  our  oper- 
ations in  that  field. 

The  offerings  of  Connecticut  in  this  first  year  of  its  second  century  of 
home  missionary  work  were,  as  we  have  seen,  quite  beyond  those  of  any 
other  year  in  its  history,  and  are  a  good  augury  of  what  we  may  be 
expected  to  do  for  this  cause  in  the  years  to  come. 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  131 

NEW  YORK  HOME  MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Rev.  William  A.   Robinson,   D.D.,   President;    Kev.  Ethan    Curtis,  Syracuse, 
Secretary;  William  Staluing,  Esq.,  Syracuse,  Treasurer 

'I'he  cash  receipts  within  the  year  have  been  $54,530.33,  including 
^35,905.36  in  legacies.  Ninety-six  missionaries  have  been  in  commission 
during  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year,  in  connection  with  101  churches 
and  stations.  Three  churches  have  reached  self-support.  Seventy-eight 
Sunday-schools  report  a  membership  of  io,t66.  Secretary  Curtis  reports  : 
'I'he  year  has  been  characterized  by  cautious  work,  on  account  of  the 
'"  hard  times."  Almost  immediately  after  our  Annual  Meeting  the  signs 
of  financial  stress  began  to  appear,  and  trying  to  have  a  wise  foresight,  we 
began  at  once  to  plan  our  expenditure  on  the  most  economical  basis.  Yet 
there  has  been  an  effort  to  make  progress  in  all  possible  directions. 

We  report  the  following  encouraging  items  :  In  all  home  missionary 
work  so  much  depends  upon  the  man  that  we  feel  ourselves  fortunate  in 
securing  several  efficient  pastors  for  fields  that  were  vacant.  In  our  last 
report  we  chronicled  the  reception  of  a  new  church  from  the  Methodist 
Protestant  denomination,  viz.:  the  South  Avenue,  of  Syracuse.  The 
transition  was  somewhat  slow  and  discouraging,  but  in  June  a  permanent 
pastor  was  secured,  and  since  then  there  has  been  a  remarkable  change. 
The  Sunday-school  has  grown  from  25  to  150  in  attendance  ;  the 
congregations  have  more  than  doubled  ;  a  reading-room  and  gymnasium 
have  attracted  from  the  streets  some  fifty  boys  and  young  men  of  the 
roughest  class ;  and  perhaps  no  single  field,  considering  the  difficulty  of 
the  work,  has  made  more  rapid  progress.  Good  Will  Church,  in  the  same 
city,  has  taken  on  a  new  lease  of  life,  and  promises  great  things  for  the 
future  under  the  efficient  ministry  of  the  new  pastor.  The  same  can  be 
said  of  Carthage,  which  had  become  much  run  down,  but  with  a  new 
leader  has  repaired  its  house  of  worship,  enjoyed  a  season  of  refreshing, 
and  in  all  ways  has  taken  a  long  step  forward.  The  same  could  be  said 
of  other  fields  in  the  State. 

^^'e  have  been  much  cheered  by  the  financial  sympathy  shown  by  two 
of  our  churches,  one  of  which  paid  into  our  treasury  the  entire  amount  of 
the  grant  for  six  months,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  the  pastor  resigned 
his  commission,  saying  that  for  the  future  his  church  would  assume 
his  support.  In  the  other  case,  where  nearly  one-half  the  salary  had 
been  paid  by  the  Society,  the  first  thought  of  the  church  was  to  ask  for 
only  half  the  previous  grant ;  but  with  a  better  second  thought  they  voted 
to  forego  needed  repairs  on  their  church  building  and  assume  the  entire 
support  of  their  pastor. 

There  have  been   three  series  of  "Fellowship  Meetings"  carried  on 


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132  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

in  different  parts  of  the  State,  which  have  been  exceedingly  beneficial. 
Ln  two  cases  they  have  been  under  the  management  of  the  home  mis- 
sionary committee  of  the  Associations  in  whose  limits  they  were  held,  and 
in  another  were  carried  forward  by  Rev.  Lemuel  Jones,  our  general  mis- 
sionary. In  this  way  a  large  number  of  our  churches  have  been  visited 
— twenty  five  in  the  Black  River  and  St.  Lawrence  Association  alone, 
where  Mr.  Jones  conducted  the  meetings.  They  have  been  greatly  encour- 
aged, and  in  some  cases  several  conversions  have  taken  place  in  the 
meetings. 

Many  of  our  churches  have  been  visited  by  revivals  and  have  received 
large  additions  to  their  membership.  One  new  church  has  been  organ- 
ized at  Lakewood,  on  Chautauqua  Lake,  and  another  at  Fineview,  on 
the  St.  Lawrence  River.  New  enterprises  have  been  started  at  Ridge- 
land,  near  Rochester,  and  at  Fisher's  Landing,  near  Clayton.  The 
churches  of  Tannersville  and  South  Avenue,  Syracuse,  have  been  regu- 
larly recognized  by  council.  We  have  found  it  necessary  during  the  year 
to  resist  invitations  to  welcome  contending  factions  in  churches  of  other 
denominations  who  wished  to  come  out  and  organize  as  Congregational 
churches. 

As  in  years  previous,  so  this  year,  we  have  successfully  taken  up  work 
in  fields  where  there  had  been  no  pastor  for  several  years.  Such  fields 
are  Sinclairville,  Pitcher,  and  Union  Valley — the  last  named  having  been 
apparently  lost  to  us  and  supplied  by  another  denomination,  but  is  now 
recovered  and  reorganized— South  Granville,  Griffin's  Mills,  DeKalb 
and  South  Hermon,  and  East  Ashford. 

Besides  our  general  missionary,  Rev.  Lemuel  Jones,  we  have  employed 
during  the  year  Rev.  Alexander  Shorts  for  missionary  work  among  the 
Thousand  Islands,  and  Rev.  Frank  Nilson  has  done  earnest  work  as 
Swedish  general  missionary,  dividing  his  time  between  the  States  of  New 
York,  Pennsylvania,  and  Ohio. 


DISTRICT  OF    NEW   YORK   CITY,    BROOKLYN,   AND   VICINITY 

Rev.  William  T.  Stokes,  Superintendent 

The  year  has  been  one  of  steady  progress  and  good  results  in  the 
Metropolitan  District. 

Eighteen  churches  have  been  aided  by  the  Society.  In  each  of  these, 
with  scarcely  an  exception,  the  conditions  show  uniform  improvement, 
and,  in  some  instances,  to  a  marked  degree  over  those  of  a  year 
ago. 

Nine  thousand  dollars  (^9,000)  has  been  the  total  expenditure. 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  133 

The  Spanish  Mission,  which  finds  hospitable  shelter  in  the  Broadway 
Tabernacle  and  the  Pilgrim  churches,  has  been  constituted  a  separate 
department,  with  the  pastor,  the  Rev.  J.  Lopez-Guillen,  as  superintendent, 
and  one  lady  missionary. 

Tlic  Pennsylvania  Avenue  Church,  in  Brooklyn,  a  new  movement,  has 
been  received  under  the  care  of  the  Society. 

'l"he  Union  Church,  of  Prohibition  Park,  Staten  Island,  now  in  process 
of  organization,  expects  to  be  received  into  the  denominational  fold  at  an 
early  day.  This  is  the  first  Congregational  plant  on  the  lovely  island 
which  helps  to  form  New  York  Bay. 

The  Union  Church  in  Brooklyn  has  united  with  the  Beecher  Memorial 
Church  of  that  city,  and  the  two  pastors  have  become  associated  in 
the  care  of  the  one  church,  a  happy  union  of  membership  and  jxistoral 
force  rendered  desirable  by  changed  conditions. 

Never  in  recent  years  have  there  been  so  many  opportunities  and  calls 
for  us  as  Congregationalists  either  to  initiate  or  to  cooperate  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  new  churches  in  this  metropolitan  area.  Seven  points  can  be 
named  where  the  circumstances  and  the  prospects  would  justify  the 
appointment  of  as  many  missionaries,  if  funds  were  available.  In  four  of 
these  the  people  have  places  of  worship  and  are  holding  services  as  best 
they  can.  It  is  in  this  direction  that  the  financial  restrictions,  which  have 
perforce  been  thrown  about  the  work,  are  most  painfully  felt. 


OHIO    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Rev.  Henry  M.   Tenney,   President  ;  Rev.   John  G.  Fraser,  D.D.,  Cleveland, 
Secretary  ;  William  B.  Howland,  New  York,   Treasurer 

Secretary  Fraser  reports  :  Forty-four  missionaries  employed  during 
the  year  ;  eight,  as  last  year,  representing  the  enlarging  work  of  the  Bohe- 
mian Mission.  Of  the  entire  number,  twenty-nine  have  been  in  their 
present  fields  the  whole  of  the  year.  Forty-three  churclies  have  had 
preaching  services,  while  some  others  not  nominally  aided  have  been  able 
to  have  a  minister  because  of  aid  to  a  neighboring  church. 

Forty-three  churches  report  3,531  members,  of  which  two  have  200  or 
more,  and  sixteen  have  fifty  or  less.  Thirty-six  churches  report  361  con- 
versions, and  forty-two  report  390  additions  on  confession.  Thirty-seven 
churches  gave  $409.54  to  the  Society.  Cleveland,  Grace  ;  Sharon,  Penn- 
sylvania ;  and  Huntington,  \Vest  Virginia,  have  come  to  self-support 
during  the  year. 

The  year's  gifts  for  Home  Missions,  from  the  Ohio  field,  have  aggre- 
gated $11,346.16.     Deducting  from  this  sum  two  legacies  of  f  1,000  each, 


134  The   Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

and  two  of  $25  and  $10  respectively,  an  aggregate  of  $2,035,  ^He  gifts 
from  the  living  were  $9,311.16.  There  is  a  gleam  of  hope  upon  a  dark 
sky  in  the  fact  that,  notwithstanding  the  pinching  hard  times,  the  receipts 
from  usual  and  ordinary  sources  are  less  than  $20  smaller  than  in  the 
previous  year.  This  is,  however,  the  smallest  showing  in  many  years. 
Ohio  can  never  heartily  respect  herself  until  she  makes  and  maintains  a 
record  of  $10,000  a  year  from  ordinary  sources,  with  normal  increase  from 
year  to  year. 

Of  257  churches,  181  have  contributed  either  as  churches  or  otherwise, 
while  seventy-six  have  done  nothing — almost  the  exact  figures  of  the  last 
two  years.  Of  the  seventy-six  non-contributing  churches,  four  are  newly 
organized,  and  twenty-nine  are  Welsh.  In  the  Medina  conference  every 
church  contributed  ;  in  two  other  conferences  all  but  two  of  the  churches 
contributed. 

THE     FIELDS 

1.  City  and  Country. — There  has  been  just  about  an  equal  division  as 
to  number  of  fields  between  city  and  country,  though  from  the  nature  of 
the  case  the  city  fields  have  been  more  largely  helped.  One  country 
church  at  Fitchville,  a  few  years  ago  almost  ready  to  perish,  has  revived, 
secured  in  its  seventy-fifth  year  a  resident  pastor,  repaired  its  house,  and 
taken  a  new  lease  of  life.  Of  the  city  fields,  Plymouth,  Toledo,  late  La 
Grange  Street — removed  to  a  far  more  favorable  site — and  Birmingham 
have  found  it  imperative  to  have  each  a  man's  full  time  ;  Lagonda  Avenue, 
Springfield,  has  built  a  church  and  parsonage,  introduced  institutional 
work  already  profoundly  impressing  the  community,  and  is  now  courage- 
ously facing  a  sharp  financial  crisis  ;  Lima  has  paid  $4,500  on  its  house  ; 
Ironton  has  paid  all  debts  and  refitted  its  house  ;  and  Chillicothe  must 
build  before  it  can  fully  do  the  great  work  possible  to  it.  There  remains 
much  land  yet  to  be  possessed  in  the  cities  of  the  State. 

2.  Swedish. — The  Swedish  Church  in  Cleveland  has  completed  and 
dedicated  its  tasteful  and  convenient  house,  is  introducing  educational 
features  into  its  work  for  its  young  people,  and  is  making  heroic  efforts, 
with  members  out  of  work  for  months,  to  care  for  its  own. 

The  work  of  Rev.  Norman  Plass,  jointly  serving  this  Society  and  the 
Sunday-School  and  Publishing  Society,  has  been  notably  successful,  and 
helpful  to  the  churches.  During  the  year,  590  signed  inquiry  cards  and 
270  joined  the  churches.*  Seventeen  churches  have  been  helped  in  special 
meetings,  and  one  church  organized.  The  churches  in  every  case  have 
been  quickened  and  helped,  and  in  some  cases  the  results  have  been 
striking.  It  is  hoped  to  help  the  country  churches  especially  this  coming 
summer. 

No  record  of  the  year  would  be  complete  which   failed  to  note  the 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  "  135 

effect  upon  the  Society's  work  of  the  disastrous  days  in  which  we  Hve. 
Missionary  churches  have  been  unable  to  meet  their  pledges,  though  they 
have  tried  with  an  earnestness  which  puts  to  shame  the  churches  which 
are  stronger  financially  ;  churches  on  the  border  line  of  self-support,  but 
generally  able  to  care  for  themselves,  have  been  constrained  to  seek  aid  ; 
and  the  giving  churches  have  had  their  giving  power  crippled.  The 
Executive  Committee  resolutely  determined  to  attempt  no  new  work,  and 
kept  its  apportionment  for  the  new  year  carefully  down  to  last  year's 
figures.  It  has  been  obliged  to  neglect  four  very  important  city  fields, 
and  others  as  worthy  in  the  country,  and  to  see  the  work  suffer.  Now  the 
Parent  Society — whose  work  is  one  with  that  of  its  auxiliaries,  which 
under  the  new  "  Convention  "  plan  have  come  into  especially  near  and 
happy  relations  with  it — announces  a  reduction  in  its  estimates  of  work  for 
1894-95,  and  asks  its  auxiliaries  to  do  likewise. 

RETRENCH 

With  keen  regret  and  great  hesitation,  this  Board  hereby  directs  its 
Executive  Committee  to  plan  work  for  the  present  on  the  basis  of  $12,500 
instead  of  $14,500,  and  to  reduce  expenditures  to  that  limit,  diminishing 
both  expenses  of  administration  and  of  missionary  service  wherever  it  can 
be  done  with  least  peril  to  the  work. 


ILLINOIS    HOME    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Rev.  EowARn  P.  Goodwin,  D.D.,  President;  Rev.  James  Tompkins,  D.D.,  Sec- 
retary; Aaron  B.  Mead,  Esq.,  Treasurer.     Office  in  Chicago 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary  for  Home  Missions,  within  the  year  ending 

March  31,  were $21,065  61 

The  National  Society  received  from  churches,  individuals,  and  legacies,  for 

the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 2,564  12 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions  ....        $23,629  73 

The  Auxiliary  paid  into  the  treasury  of  tlie   National   Society,  in  cash,  for 

the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31    141    75 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  March  31 26,000  59 

Says  Secretary  Tompkins  :  Aside  from  the  superintendent,  seven  (7) 
missionary  evangelists,  sixty-three  (63)  missionary  pastors,  one  (i) 
Bohemian  Bible-reader,  three  (3)  gospel  singers,  and  twelve  (12)  mis- 
sionaries  without  commission  have  labored   under  the  direction  of  the 


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Society.  These  do  not  include  the  missionaries  appointed  by  the  National 
Society  for  inter-State  work,  whose  residence  is  in  Illinois. 

Though  the  churches  have  been  crippled  in  Iniances,  as  has  been  the 
Home  Missionary  Society,  yet  the  year  has  proved  one  of  spiritual  prog- 
ress. A  larger  number  of  our  missionary  pastors  than  ever  before  have 
been  permitted  to  report  deep  and  wide-reaching  revivals  of  religion,  a 
consequent  increase  in  membership,  and  a  higher  standard  of  Christian 
living.  The  winter,  having  been  one  of  remarkable  hardship  for  the 
laboring  and  the  moneyless  classes,  has  given  our  churches  and  pastors  an 
unusual  opportunity  of  coming  into  helpful  sympathy  with  them,  and  in 
most  cases  the  occasion  has  been  improved  with  alacrity.  Some  of  our 
missionaries,  especially  in  the  cities,  have  nearly  worn  themselves  out  in 
ministrations  to  the  needy  and  suffering.  These  self-sacrificing  services 
have  removed  the  prejudices  and  won  the  confidence  and  "esteem  of 
thousands  of  people,  and  so  prepared  the  way  for  much  larger  results  in 
the  work  of  leading  men  up  into  the  Christ  life. 

Some  progress  has  been  made  which  can  be  stated  in  figures.  Twelve 
churches  have  been  organized  ;  fifteen  churches  have  erected  houses  of 
worship  ;  twenty-nine  churches  have  enlarged  or  otherwise  repaired  their 
houses  ;  and  seven  have  secured  parsonages. 

The  evangelistic  services  in  all  parts  of  the  State  have  been  crowned 
with  large  results.  It  is  rare  for  such  cheering  reports  to  come  from 
these  laborers  month  after  month.  One  missionary  pastor  reports  the 
reception  of  over  seventy  members  into  his  church,  and  a  number  of 
others  report  large  accessions. 

In  the  effort  to  benefit  the  stranger  within  our  gates,  missionaries  in 
this  commonwealth  are  preaching  the  (lOspel  "  in  their  own  tongue 
wherein  they  were  born  "  to  Bohemians,  Swedes,  Danes,  Poles,  Germans, 
Welsh,  Italians,  Norwegians,  Belgians,  and  Armenians. 

In  much  work  in  this  State  the  Congregational  Sunday-School  and 
Publishing  Society  has  been  a  most  serviceable  ally,  especially  aiding  in 
the  gathering  and  organization  of  churches,  and  in  the  encouragement 
and  strengthening  of  the  Sunday-schools  connected  with  the  weaker 
churches.  In  Chicago  and  its  immediate  vicinity  the  ('hicago  City 
Missionary  Society  has  also  done  valuable  service,  in  some  cases  giving 
material  aid  to  missions  mainly  sustained  by  the  Home  Missionary 
Society. 

Notwithstanding  the  distractions  of  the  World's  Fair  and  the  financial 
difficulties  attending  the  unsettled  condition  of  national  affairs,  all  mis- 
sionary effort  has  yielded  satisfactory  returns.  Consecrated  men  and 
women  have  given  more  generously  than  usual,  and  the  people  seem  to 
see  more  clearly  that  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  is  the  only  hope  for  the 
permanent  peace  and  prosperity  of  our  nation. 


July,  1894  The   Home  Missionary  "  137 

MICHIGAN    CONGREGATIONAL    ASSOCIATION 

Rev.  VVm.  II.  Davis,   D.D.,  Detroit,    President  ;    Rev.  Wm.  H.  Warren,  Lan- 
sing, State  Superintendent  ;  Rev.  John  P.  Sanderson,  Lansing,  Treasurer 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary  for  Home  Missions,  within    tlie  year  ending 

March  31,  were .$20,464  47 

The  National  Society  received   from   churches,  individuals,  and    legacies,  in 

Michigan,  for  the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  Marcli  31 1,175   5° 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  casli,  for  Home   Missions $21,640  17 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  March  31 20,455  92 

One  hundred  and  seventeen  men  have  been  in  commission  during  the 
whole  or  part  of  the  year  in  connection  with  181  churches  and  preaching 
stations.  Fourteen  home  missionary  churches  have  been  organized, 
and  six  have  reached  self-support.  Ten  churches  have  secured  houses  of 
worship.  The  home  missionary  churches  have  received  812  members 
on  confession  of  faith.  Sixteen  Sunday-schools  have  been  organized  by 
Home  Missionaries,  and  they  now  have  under  their  care  163  Sunday- 
schools,  having  a  membership  of  11,367.  Says  Acting  Superintendent 
Sanderson  :  The  year  has  been  a  notable  one  in  the  history  of  Michigan 
missions.  The  previous  year,  the  first  year  of  self-support,  was  such  in 
name  only,  the  National  Society  having  met  its  obligations  to  missionaries 
whose  commissions  expired  during  the  course  of  the  year  to  the  aggregate 
amount  of  over  37iOoo.  The  prospective  resources  of  the  State  for  the 
year,  upon  a  fair  estimate  of  the  receipts  of  previous  years,  were  at  least 
$7,000  less  than  the  most  conservative  estimates  of  the  cost  of  the  work. 
The  financial  depression,  prevalent  throughout  the  country,  added  to  the 
gravity  of  the  problem.  The  financial  exigency  made  necessary  the  dis- 
continuance of  the  services  of  evangelists  and  general  missionaries.  This, 
with  the  resignation,  in  September,  of  Rev.  Leroy  Warren,  D.D.,  as  super- 
intendent, after  a  long,  faithful,  and  fruitful  service,  and  of  Rev.  C.  F. 
Van  Auken,  the  efficient  general  missionary  of  the  Upper  Peninsula,  left 
the  missionary  fields  largely  without  supervision.  Under  these  conditions 
there  appeared  a  certain  prospect  of  a  large  and  burdensome  debt  at  the 
close  of  the  year.  Happily  these  fears  have  not  been  realized.  In  the 
early  summer  an  anonymous  donor  afforded  the  treasurer  the  opportunity 
of  securing  needed  loans  by  a  gift  of  $5,000  of  first-class  securities.  The 
churches  responded  to  the  urgent  appeals  addressed  to  them  ;  the  year 
closes  with  but  a  small  debt,  and  there  seems  reasonable  ground  for  con- 
fidence that  Michigan  will  hereafter  be  able  to  adm-inister  her  missionary 
interests  without  help  from  the  National  Society.  She  acknowledges 
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with  gratitude  the  large  beneficence  of  the  Mother  Society  in  the  past, 
and  makes  special  acknowledgment  of  the  timely  gift  of  ^1,000  from 
the  same  source  for  work  in  the  Upper  Peninsula. 

The  division  of  the  State  into  two  missionary  districts,  which  imper- 
iled the  unity  of  the  work,  has  been  reconsidered.  The  missionary  work 
is  again  a  unit,  and  the  entire  State  welcomes  with  hearty  enthusiasm  the 
superintendent-elect,  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Warren,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  who  has 
already  entered  upon  his  labors. 

A  notable  feature  of  the  year's  work  has  been  the  organization  of  two 
large  churches  in  communities  where  heretofore  Congregational  influences 
have  not  been  exerted.  At  Fenwick,  an  entire  church  of  fifty-five  mem- 
bers has  withdrawn  from  the  United  Brethren  fellowship  and  reorgan- 
ized as  a  Congregational  church.  At  Clarksville,  a  community  hitherto 
wholly  under  Wesleyan  Methodist  influences,  a  church  of  123  adult  mem- 
bers was  organized,  and  steps  were  taken  for  the  immediate  erection  of  a 
church  edifice.  Accessions  to  the  ministry  from  other  denominations 
likewise  indicate  that  in  the  disintegration  of  some  religious  bodies  large 
numbers  will  find  a  congenial  home  in  our  churches.  A  larger  work  in 
this  direction  is  likely  to  be  reported  in  the  early  future. 

The  revivals  in  the  centers  of  population  have  not  only  strengthened 
the  work  in  these  cities,  but  their  influence  has  radiated  throughout  the 
State.  As  a  result  the  gains  in  membership  are  the  largest  ever  reported 
by  our  churches.  The  home  missionary  churches  have  shared  largely 
in  the  gain.  Plymouth  Church,  Grand  Rapids,  has  erected  and  dedicated 
a  house  of  worship,  and  has  become  self-sustaining.  A  church  has  been 
organized  in  East  Grand  Rapids  which,  though  now  few  in  numbers,  has 
promise  of  substantial  growth.  The  Detroit  churches,  through  their 
Congregational  Union,  whose  work  though  not  organically  connected 
with  ours  is  one  in  character  and  purpose,  have  organized  two  new 
churches.  Larger  attention  is  likely  to  be  given  to  these  centers  of 
population  in  the  future. 

While  a  large  missionary  work  still  remains  to  be  done  in  the  south- 
ern part  of  the  State,  especially  in  the  cities  and  rural  districts,  the 
Upper  Peninsula  and  northern  part  of  the  Lower  Peninsula  continue 
to  claim  a  large  share  of  the  beneficence  of  our  churches.  The  former 
has  established  no  new  churches  during  the  year,  and  calls  loudly 
for  aggressive  work  in  that  section.  The  fact  that  it  embraces  a  field 
of  magnificent  distances,  the  churches,  remote  from  each  other,  lack- 
ing the  help  of  close  fellowship,  and  the  larger  outlay  needed  in  the 
support  of  missionary  labor,  conspire  to  make  the  work  a  peculiarly  dififi- 
cult  one.  The  field  is  strictly  missionary  ground,  and  invites  the  largest 
outlay  of  money  consistent  with  the  proper  care  of  other  parts  of  the 
State. 


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WISCONSIN    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Rr.v.  C.  W.  Camp,  I'RESinENT  ;  Rev.  Homer  \V.  Carter,  Beloit,  Secretary  ;  C.  M. 
Bi.ACKMAN,  Esq.,  Whitewater,  Treasurer 

The    Receipts   of  this    Auxiliary  for  Home  Missions,  within  the  year  ending 

February  28,  were  : 

From  churches,  individuals,  legacies,  and  income $11,877  72 

From  invested  funds 8  92 

The   National  Society  received    from  churches,  individuals,  and   legacies  in 

Wisconsin,  for  the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31  ...  .  944  22 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  Stale,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions $12,830  41 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  February  28 12,309  40 

This  Society  has  had  in  commission  seventy-nine  missionaries  during 
tlie  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year,  who,  in  connection  with  twenty-nine  others, 
mostly  in  the  northern  part  of  the  State  and  under  commission  of  the 
Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  have  served  127  churches  and 
stations  and  performed  fifty-four  years  of  labor.  Three  churches  have 
been  organized,  and  five  houses  of  worship  have  been  erected.  Ninety- 
seven  Sunday-schools  report  a  membership  of  6,905. 

Secretary  Carter  reports,  as  to  individual  fields  : 

1.  Eau  Claire,  Second,  with  a  city  population  a  mile  square,  with  no 
other  Protestant  English-speaking  church,  and  with  its  institutional  w^ork 
and  its  general  growth,  is  a  marked  case  of  wise  home  missionary  expendi- 
ture. 

2.  Milwaukee,  North  Side,  is  another  case.  After  many  struggles  and 
obstacles,  it  is  finding  its  new  chapel,  recently  dedicated,  too  small,  and  is 
moving  for  the  erection  of  its  main  edifice. 

3.  Endeavor,  with  its  heroic  mastering  of  obstacles  in  church,  academy, 
farm,  brick-yard,  etc.,  is  constantly  winning  laurels. 

4.  Tomah's  missionary  makes  that  the  center  for  evangelizing  the 
region — preaching  morning  and  evening  and  teaching  a  Sunday-school 
class  at  home,  besides  sharing  in  one  or  both  of  the  Junior  and  Senior 
Endeavor  meetings.  In  addition,  one  Sabbath  afternoon  he  preaches  both 
at  the  Government  Indian  School,  one  and  a  half  miles  out,  and  at  a 
schoolhouse  four  miles  out  (thus  making  seven  services  in  one  Sabbath)  ; 
the  alternate  Sabbath  afternoon  preaching  at  a  schoolhouse  in  another 
direction,  and  holding  a  preaching  service  ten  miles  in  another  direction 
on  a  week  night — making  the  trip  by  bicycle  when  favorable. 

5.  Nekoosa  is  unique  in  having  a  fine  building  before  it  has  a  church 
organization — built,  furnished,  and  presented  at  an  expense  of  $5,000  by 


140  The   Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

a  non-professing,  non-resident  business  man  who  has  business  interests  in 
the  place,  and  who  selects  the  Congregationalists  as  the  recipients  of  the 
gift  because  we  can  best  unite  the  different  elements  in  the  new  town  for 
the  one  church  which  can  supply  all  the  needs  at  present. 

6.  Spring  Valley,  nearly  two  years  old,  with  nearly  1,000  population, 
has  the  largest  charcoal  blast  furnace  in  the  country,  and  iron  enough  near 
the  surface  to  supply  the  furnace  for  twenty-five  years  at  least.  The 
furnace  began  operations  in  February,  and  business  is  "  booming."  A 
conspicuous  exception  for  hard  times  in  iron. 

The  church  organized  there  one  year  ago  is  awaiting  the  settlement  of 
a  pastor  to  lead  in  pushing  forward  its  interests — among  them  the  erection 
of  a  building  on  the  fine  corner  lot  donated. 

THINGS    OF    GENERAL    INTEREST 

1.  A  two  weeks'  missionary  campaign  last  July,  with  a  series  of 
addresses  by  Field  Secretary  Puddefoot,  although  at  an  unfavorable 
season,  resulted  in  much  stimulus  to  the  work  ;  and  the  campaign  is  to  be 
repeated  for  three  weeks  in  May. 

2.  The  pledging  of  $2,100  at  the  annual  meeting  in  Eau  Claire,  to 
cancel  our  entire  indebtedness  at  that  time,  indicated  the  loyalty  of  all 
and  the  sacrifice  of  those  who  had  been  leaders  in  carrying  the  burdens 
of  the  Society. 

3.  The  Milwaukee  Congregational  Union  now  sends  all  of  its  home 
missionary  money  directly  to  the  State  treasury,  and  turns  over  to  the 
State  Society  (of  which  it  is  a  part)  the  business  of  appointing  and  com- 
missioning missionaries  for  the  city  as  well  as  for  other  parts  of  the  State. 
The  Union  maintains  its  organization  for  developing  new  work,  securing 
buildings,  etc.,  and  its  executive  committee  passes  upon  all  applications 
for  aid. 

4.  Superintendent  G.  C.  Haven,  of  the  Congregational  Sunday-School 
and  Publishing  Society,  has  rendered  most  valuable  service  in  developing 
and  caring  for  new  and  weak  points,  preparing  for  and  aiding  our  mis- 
sionaries. 

,  5.  Among  the  most  gratifying  features  of  our  work  has  been  our  tent 
and  evangelistic  department,  under  the  general  management  of  our  gen- 
eral missionary,  Rev.  R.  L.  Cheney.  Rev.  J.  O.  Buswell  has  been  our 
efficient  evangelist  since  June  i,  1893  .  with  him  has  been  associated  a 
quartette  of  male  singers  (including  Mr.  Cheney),  three  of  whom  are  solo 
singers.  All  are  excellent  personal  workers,  and  the  entire  force  has  con- 
stituted the  most  attractive  and  effective  evangelistic  agency  ever  in  our 
State.  Through  the  summer  season  they  use  a  tent,  and  during  the  winter 
hold  services  with  churches  of  all  grades,  from  the  weaker  home  missionary 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary    '  141 

to  the  stronger  self-supporting.  Through  this  agency  hundreds  have  been 
converted,  and  many  churches  have  been  greatly  quickened.  Calls  for 
this  sort  of  help  are  more  numerous  than  can  be  answered.  Although 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Society,  the  work  is  self-supporting  through  the 
extra  offerings  of  the  fields  blessed  by  their  labors,  through  special  gifts, 
and  through  interspersed  concerts  by  the  quartette.  The  success  of  the 
work,  financially  and  otherwise,  is  due  largely  to  the  wise  management  of 
Mr.  Cheney. 

IOWA   HOME   MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Rev.  Truman  O.  Douglass,  Grinnell,   Secretary  ;  J.    II.    Merrill,  Esq.,    Des 

Moines,  Treasurer 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary  for  Home  Missions,  within  the  year  ending 

February  28,  were : 

From  churches,  individuals,  legacies,  and  income $16,858  80 

The  National  Society  received   from   churches,  individuals,  and  legacies  in 

Iowa,  for  the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 375  06 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions $17-233  86 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  February  28 21,698   15 

One  hundred  and  seven  missionaries  have  been  in  the  employ  of  this 
Society  during  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year,  in  connection  with  166 
churches  and  stations,  and  performing  nearly  eighty-three  years  of  labor. 
Sixteen  churches  have  been  organized.  Eight  churches  have  assumed 
self-support.  Thirteen  houses  of  worship  have  been  built,  and  four  par- 
sonages provided. 

Secretary  Douglass  reports  :  In  many  respects  the  past  year  has  been 
one  of  our  best. 

1.  The  missionary  force  has  been  full  and  strong. 

By  the  grace  of  God  there  has  been  no  death  or  serious  sickness  in 
our  ranks. 

Preachers  have  been  plenty,  vacancies  few  and  of  short  duration,  and 
changes  by  far  less  frequent  than  in  former  years.  The  number  of  mis- 
sionaries at  this  hour  on  our  pay-roll  is  seventy-four,  but  107  different  men 
and  women  were  in  our  employ  during  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year. 
Eight  of  these  were  students,  three  were  women,  three  were  general  mis- 
sionaries, and  twelve  preached  in  the  languages  of  other  lands. 

The  years  of  labor — eighty-two  years  and  eight  months — performed  by 
these  missionaries  exceeded  those  of  the  former  year  by  nine  years  and 
two  months. 

2.  The  field  occupied  was  unusually  large. 


142  The  Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

One  hundred  and  sixteen  organized  churches,  besides  more  than  fifty 
out-stations,  were  regularly  supplied  by  our  missionaries.  Counting  in 
the  work  of  our  evangelists,  more  than  180  communities  regularly  or 
occasionally  received  the  Gospel  from  the  hands  of  our  missionaries. 

3.  The  visible  fruits  of  the  year's  work  were  unusually  abundant. 
Sixteen  churches  were  organized  ;  eight  came  to  self-support  ;  thirteen 
houses  of  worship  were  completed  and  dedicated  on  home  missionary 
ground  ;  a  score  or  more  of  churches  report  revivals  ;  additions  to  the 
missionary  churches  were  not  less  than  1,500. 

This  cluster  of  new  churches  is  of  most  excellent  quality.  Six  of  the 
churches  coming  to  self-support  are  under  ten  years  of  age  ;  one  of  them, 
Blairsburg,  is  a  child  of  only  three  summers. 

Our  new  church  buildings  cost  about  $27,000. 

4.  The  expenditures  of  the  year  were  unusually  large.  Indeed  they 
were  larger  than  ever  before.  In  the  Society's  first  year,  the  expenditures 
were  $10,472.  Two  years  ago  the  cost  of  the  year's  work  was  $20,415. 
The  expenditures  this  year  exceed  those  of  last  year  by  more  than  $3,000. 
The  expenditures  were  larger  than  ever  before  because  the  work  was 
larger. 

For  the  past  six  months  the  Executive  Committee  have  been  trying  to 
cut  down  the  expenditures,  but  with  very  indifferent  success.  The  appli- 
cations continue  to  come  in.  We  have  sent  out  the  order  that  no  Con- 
gregational child  shall  be  born  during  these  hard  times,  but  Congrega- 
tional children  are  born.  Seven  churches  have  been  organized  since 
January  i.  So  the  new  work  keeps  pressing  in  upon  us  all  the  while.  We 
see  no  possible  way  of  retrenchment  in  Iowa. 


PENNSYLVANIA,   NEW  JERSEY,   MARYLAND,    DISTRICT   OF 
COLUMBIA,   AND   VIRGINIA 

Rev.  Thomas  W.  Jones,  D.D.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Superintendent 

The  receipts  from  this  district  have  been  $8,008.32. 

Pennsylvania. — Forty-four  missionaries  have  been  employed  during 
the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year  in  connection  with  sixty-two  churches  and 
stations.  One  church  has  been  organized.  Thirty-nine  Sunday-schools 
report  a  membership  of  3,533. 

New  Jersey. — Fourteen  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  within 
the  year,  supplying  sixteen  churches  and  stations.  Seventeen  Sunday- 
schools  report  a  membership  of  1,699. 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary"  143 

Maryland. — Three  missionaries  have  served  in  connection  with  three 
churches  and  stations.    Three  Sunday-schools  report  a  membership  of  575. 

District  of  Colump.ia. — One  missionary  has  been  employed  during 
a  part  of  the  year,  serving  a  church  with  sixty-one  members  and  seventy- 
eight  Sunday-school  scholars. 

Virginia. — One  missionary  has  served  during  the  year  in  connection 
with  one  church  and  out-station  with  seventy-five  members,  and  two  Sun- 
day-schools with  seventy  scholars. 

Superintendent  Jones  says  :  Pennsylvania  reports  about  1,500  con- 
versions and  additions — the  largest  number  in  any  one  year  in  the  history 
of  Congregationalism  in  the  State — and  the  churches  which  report  not 
many  conversions  report  a  revival  of  spiritual  interest  among  the  mem- 
bers, and  larger  attendance  on  all  the  services  and  especially  the  prayer- 
meetings.  In  this  spiritual  quickening  of  the  churches  there  is  more 
than  ample  compensation  for  their  financial  losses  and  material  privations. 

Churches  that  hold  on  in  faith,  and  that  "  come  up  to  the  help  of  the 
Lord  "  by  larger  sacrifices  for  the  sake  of  Christ's  cause,  are  sure  to 
weather  the  storm.  They  cannot  fail.  Pennsylvania,  though  passing 
through  as  great  a  trial  as  any  State  in  the  Union,  has  gone  forward  erect- 
ing new  churches  and  parsonages  and  making  improvements,  repairing 
and  enlarging  edifices.  Churches  have  been  erected  in  Scranton,  Phila- 
delphia, West  Pittston,  Forest  City,  and  Johnstown,  with  an  average 
seating  capacity  of  500.  Other  churches  at  Braddock,  Delta,  and 
Plymouth  are  hastening  to  completion,  with  others  in  contemplation  as 
soon  as  circumstances  will  permit. 

The  line  of  separation  between  the  Welsh  and  English  churches  is 
growing  narrower  and  narrower,  so  that  now  there  are  not  in  the  State 
over  five  or  six  churches  whose  services  are  wholly  Welsh.  The  Welsh 
people  are  progressive,  and  are  studying  more  and  more  the  interest  of 
future  generations.  Even  old  people,  to  whom  the  Welsh  language  must 
be  always  dearer  than  any  other,  and  with  whom  it  is  almost  a  necessity 
to  their  religious  comfort,  are  yielding  their  natural  preference  for  the 
sake  of  the  children  and  grandchildren. 

The  churches  of  the  New  Jersey  Association  reported  400  additions  in 
the  past  year.  The  churches  of  Jersey  City — the  Tabernacle  and  the 
Waverley — received  strong  accessions  on  confession  of  faith.  Both  of 
these  churches  are  doing  a  great  work — notably  the  Tabernacle  through 
its  Palace  Mission  work. 

The  mission  churches  of  Baltimore,  Canton,  and  Frostburg  have 
made  decided  progress. 

The  churches  of  Virginia,  at  Falls  Church  and   Herndon,  are  making 


144  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

encouraging  progress  ;  Herndon  having  become  self-supporting,  and 
Falls  Church  feeling  its  way  to  take  the  same  step  at  as  early  a  date  as 
possible. 

I  had  several  invitations  to  organize  small  centers,  but  in  our  present 
financial  condition  I  think  it  is  the  safest  and  best  policy  to  support  what 
we  have  that  is  worth  supporting,  andgo  no  faster  in  the  matter  of  organ- 
ization than  a  visible  prospect  of  support  will  allow. 

TENNESSEE   AND   NORTH   CAROLINA 

The  contributions  from  this  missionary  field  have  been  $149.75. 

Knoxville  has  completed  its  beautiful  new  brick  edifice,  which  is  an 
ornament  to  the  city  and  is  practically  free  from  debt.  The  pastor,  Rev. 
J.  H.  Frazee,  D.D.,  is  welcomed  into  all  ecclesiastical  circles  with  the 
warmest  fellowship,  and  he  and  his  people  together  are  winning  a  good 
name  for  the  Congregational  faith  and  polity  in  the  Southland. 

At  Chattanooga,  Rev.  E.  A.  Berry  has  had  a  successful  year  in  laying 
foundations  for  a  new  church  enterprise.  Abandoning  the  locality  where 
other  churches  are  found,  he  and  his  people  have  taken  possession  of  a 
store  in  that  part  of  the  city  which  is  generally  neglected  by  other  churches. 
They  have  given  themselves  very  heartily,  and  already  with  considerable 
success,  to  modern  institutional  methods,  and  are  gathering  around  them 
a  worthy  though  hitherto  much  neglected  constituency.  The  church  at 
East  Lake,  a  suburb  of  Chattanooga,  has  been  deeply  afiflicted  by  the 
death  of  its  pastor,  Rev.  W.  W.  Lyle.  Happily,  Rev.  L.  B.  Walker  was 
secured  to  take  his  place,  and  the  church  has  been  well  served  throughout 
the  year.  Under  the  financial  stress  now  laid  upon  the  Society  it  has  been 
thought  impossible  to  make  a  separate  grant  to  this  church  for  the  coming 
year,  and  it  will  either  look  out  for  itself  for  the  present  or  be  yoked  with 
the  First  Church,  under  the  pastoral  care  of  Mr.  Berry. 

In  North  Carolina,  our  church  at  Tryon  has  been  for  part  of  the  year 
without  a  pastor,  but  the  Rev.  Alpheus  Winter  is  now  acting  in  this  capa- 
city, and  the  church  is  responding  most  healthily  to  his  vigorous  ministry. 
In  the  city  of  Charlotte,  Rev.  G.  Stanley  Pope  has  gathered  his  church 
during  the  entire  year  under  a  tent,  but  is  now  building  a  commodious 
church  edifice  in  a  rapidly  growing  ward  of  the  city  where  no  other  church 
disputes  the  ground.  It  is  believed  that  this  church,  which  is  one  of  the 
few  churches  planted  in  the  midst  of  a  genuine  Southern  community,  has 
before  it  an  assured  and  successful  future. 

Rev.  R.  R.  Brookshier,  our  faithful  general  missionary  for  Western 
North  Carolina,  has  labored  with  efficiency  throughout  the  year,  visiting 
points  which  need  to  be  developed  and  supplying  certain  fields  which  the 
Society  is  unable  as  yet  to  furnish  with  a  permanent  minister. 


July,  1894  The  Home   Missionary  145 

FLORIDA 

Kkv.  S.  F.  Galk,  Jacksonville,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  State  have  been  $676.85. 

Thirty-one  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during  the  whole 
or  a  part  of  the  year,  in  connection  with  forty-three  churches  and  nine 
stations.  'J'hree  churches  have  been  organized.  Thirty-nine  Sunday- 
schools  report  a  membership  of  1,580. 

Superintendent  Gale  writes  :  The  year  of  this  report,  ending  with 
February,  1894,  has  been  one  of  marked  tokens  of  God's  favor,  of 
encouragement,  and  of  more  than  ordinary  success. 

During  the  year  no  one  came  into  the  place  made  vacant  by  the  death, 
toward  the  close  of  the  previous  year,  of  Rev.  A.  H.  Missildine.  The 
general  missionary  service  which  it  fell  to  his  lot  to  perform  has  been 
much  needed,  but  no  provision  could  be  made  for  it.  In  West  Florida, 
however,  Rev.  1\  G.  Woodruff,  popular,  efficient,  and  indefatigable,  has, 
in  addition  to  abundant  pastoral  service,  rendered  great  help  to  the  mis- 
sionary cause  in  the  capacity  of  general  missionary  for  that  section  of  the 
State.  His  visits  to  the  churches  and  Sunday-schools  have  been  greatly 
blessed  with  spiritual  results.  The  churches  have  been  confirmed,  and 
especially  some  of  the  weaker  ones  have  been  heartened  and  strengthened. 
One  of  the  most  distinguishing  features  of  the  year  has  been  the  success 
attending  the  Ybor  City  mission  among  our  Spanish-speaking  population 
at  Tampa.  Rev.  E.  P.  Herrick,  besides  his  arduous  and  most  prosperous 
work  in  the  Tampa  pastorate,  has  continued  to  give  much  time  and 
strength  to  this  "  Immanuel  Mission."  Marked  "  providences  "  cluster 
about  this  work  and  have  marked  it  from  the  first.  The  needed  chapel 
has  been  forthcoming,  and  was  dedicated  last  December.  It  bears  the 
inscription,  "  Pierce  and  Phelps  Memorial  Chapel,"  indicating  how  God 
raised  up  friends  to  contribute  $1,200  to  the  erection  of  this  beautiful 
chapel.  The  "  helper  "  was  forthcoming  also  at  just  the  right  time — Mr. 
Genaro  Hernandez — who  has  been  and  still  is  a  student  of  theology  under 
Pastor  Herrick,  much  after  the  fashion  of  years  ago.  Mr.  Hernandez  was 
licensed  by  the  South  Florida  Conference  last  October.  He  preaches, 
lectures,  aids  in  the  Sunday-school,  and  does  pastoral  service  for  this 
mission.  He  has  a  wise  and  faithful  adviser  in  Pastor  Herrick.  It 
should  be  added  that  this  mission  is,  in  a  substantial  sense,  the  offspring 
of  our  Tampa  church,  a  number  of  whose  members  are  efficient  and 
patient  aids  in  the  work.  In  the  wider  sense  this  is  a  mission  of  the 
Florida  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Union.  The  Union  has  almost  entirely 
supported  the  work  so  far.  It  should  be  added  that  this  work  has  the 
Master's  approval  manifestly  by  this  token,  that  the  call  comes  from  West 


146  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

Tampa  to  the  Ybor  City  mission  :  "  Come  over  and  help  us."  There  is  a 
clear  prospect  of  a  large  increase  of  the  Spanish-speaking  population  in 
West  Tampa  and  Fort  Tampa  City  as  well  as  in  Ybor  City,  and  enlarge- 
ment of  the  work  will  be  the  immediate  order. 

The  year  has  been  a  good  one  in  the  matter  of  erecting  church  edifices. 
New  Smyrna  and  Mount  Dora  have  completed  their  houses  of  worship, 
the  latter  repairing,  seating  more  adequately,  and  dedicating.  The  young 
churches  of  East  Bay  and  Panasoffkee  have  built  comely  and  commodious 
houses  without  aid  from  the  Church  Building  Society,  an  example  bright 
and  encouraging  even  to  small  and  weak  churches.  Caryville,  with  a 
little  aid,  has  supplied  a  needy  field  with  a  beautiful  house  of  worship. 
Melbourne,  eminent  for  its  site  on  the  East  Coast,  has  reared  and  dedi- 
cated a  house  that  fittingly  bespeaks  our  denomination,  and  stands  boldly 
out  in  the  line  of  our  JLast  Coast  lighthouses  from  Ormond  to  Palm 
Beach.  Key  West  furnishes  the  crowning  work  of  the  year — perhaps  of 
all  these  years — in  its  beautiful  temple,  first  entered  for  public  worship  on 
the  loth  of  December,  1893.  It  denotes  the  great  faith  of  the  island 
flock,  as  well  as  witnesses  their  unflinching  self-sacrifice.  This  is  the 
largest  house  of  our  denomination  in  the  State,  but  on  many  occasions  is 
too  small  for  the  thronging  worshipers.  In  the  matter  of  expense  for 
building  it  is  our  cathedral  church.  It  is  significant  that  we  are  building 
so  strongly  toward  the  south,  and  that  our  southernmost  pastors  (Tampa 
and  Key  West),  on  the  direct  line  of  communication  with  Cuba,  both  speak 
Spanish.  It  should  be  mentioned  that  in  our  Conference  to  the  southward 
and  in  our  State  Association,  much  interest  has  been  called  out  on  behalf 
of  the  Seminole  Indians  of  the  Everglades.  Others — especially  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  of  Florida — have  entered  this  work,  which,  as 
I  understand,  we  were  the  first  denomination  to  sympathize  with  and 
encourage.  Plainly  we  have  facilities  fast  improving  for  approach  to  this 
Seminole  Mission  from  our  East  Coast  base  of  operations. 


GEORGIA 

Rev.  S.  C.  McDaniel,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  State  have  been  $289.81. 

Says  Superintendent  McDaniel  :  In  the  field  twenty-three  mission- 
aries have  labored  all  the  time  and  nine  a  part  of  the  time,  making  thirty- 
two  in  all.  This  does  not  include  the  general  missionary,  Dr.  Jones. 
They  have  worked  among  fifty-seven  churches  and  preaching  stations. 
Four  new  churches  have  been  organized — Lacross  in  Sumter  County, 
Waresboro  and  Wilkins  in  Ware  County,  and  Woodruff  in  Walton  County. 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  147 

All  these  churches  are  in  localities  where  success  may  reasonably  be  hoped 
for,  and  all  have  Sabbath-schools  in  connection  with  them.  I  have  had 
application  to  organize  quite  a  number  of  churches  during  the  year,  but 
the  surroundings  were  such,  except  in  the  four  instances  named,  that  I 
advised  against  an  organization.  We  have  had  a  gain  of  a  little  over  four 
hundred  members,  while  our  losses  have  been  small.  But  one  new  house 
has  been  built  and  two  repaired.  I  am  sorry  that  I  cannot  report  a  single 
church  as  coming  to  self-support  during  the  year.  I  think  this  would 
have  been  different  but  for  the  general  depression  and  the  special  embar- 
rassments under  which  we  have  labored. 

Our  (icneral  (Convention,  which  held  its  meetings  last  week,  was  a 
decided  improvement  on  former  meetings,  and  I  trust  it  will  continue  to 
improve. 

We  have  suffered  a  serious  loss  in  the  removal  of  Dr.  Sherrill  from  our 
State.  He  was  a  wonderful  help  to  us,  and  I  fear  that  we  will  not  get  a 
man  in  his  place  who  will  be  equally  helpful.  But  on  the  whole  I  believe 
Congregationalism  is  stronger  in  Georgia  to-day  than  it  has  ever  been. 


ALABAMA 
Rev.  S.  E.  Bassett,  Fort  Valley,  Ga.,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  State  have  been  ^179.14.  Thirty-one 
missionaries  have  been  employed  during  the  whole  or  a  pait  of  the  year 
in  connection  with  eighty-two  churches  and  stations.  Three  churches 
have  been  organized.     Five  houses  of  worship  have  been  erected. 

Superintendent  Bassett  writes  :  I  must  say  that  the  outlook  for  Con- 
gregationalism in  Alabama  is  very  encouraging.  I  consider  the  work 
done  in  the  last  twelve  months  not  only  good,  but  very  good.  It  will 
be  far-reaching  in  its  effects  and  tell  on  future  generations.  At  the  con- 
vention in  Shelby  a  seemingly  insurmountable  barrier  to  progress  was 
removed.  The  race  problem  was  there  virtually  settled,  to  the  satisfac- 
tion of  all  the  Congregational  churches  in  the  State,  and  upon  the  broad 
platform  of  Christian  principles  affirmed  at  the  last  National  Council ; 
namely,  the  Christian  equality  of  all  disciples  of  Christ  of  every  race  as 
essential  to  the  fellowship  of  Congregational  churches,  as  also  the  inalien- 
able right  of  every  Congregational  church  to  self-government  and  admin- 
istration. This  question  being  settled,  the  way  opens  for  us  to  accomplish 
glorious  work  in  the  State.  The  old  cities  and  towns  of  Alabama  are 
mostly  supplied  with  the  Gospel,  but  in  the  new  railroad  towns  and  in 
the  country  there  is  plenty  of  territory  unoccupied,  and  the  people  are 
suffering  for  and  asking  for  the  Gospel.     The  Congregational  churches 


148  The   Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

are  filling  a  place  in  Alabama  that  needs  Christian  effort  as  much,  and 
probably  more,  than  any  State  in  the  Union.  Our  missionaries  are  work- 
ing harder  and  for  less  remuneration  than  any  preachers  I  ever  heard  of, 
and  God  is  crowning  their  labors  with  success  in  the  conversion  of  hun- 
dreds of  souls  each  year. 

We  are  bending  our  efforts  to  educate  our  people  to  be  more  liberal 
in  their  contributions  to  our  benevolent  societies,  and  I  think  when  times 
get  better  and  there  is  more  money  in  circulation  they  will  greatly  improve 
in  this  respect.  They  all  assure  me  they  will  do  better  in  this  line. 
There  is  a  great  deal  of  illiteracy  in  the  rural  districts,  and  a  better  system 
of  education  is  needed  as  much  almost  as  preaching  the  Gospel.  If  we 
only  had  a  few  institutions  for  the  white  youths  of  the  State,  such  as  exist 
at  Tuskegee  for  the  colored  people,  I  think  great  good  would  result 
from  it. 

All  of  our  home  missionary  churches  are  much  better  posted  in 
regard  to  Congregational  polity  and  usage  than  they  were  when  I  made 
my  last  annual  report.  We  anticipate  a  forward  movement  all  over  the 
State  this  year.  A  new  District  Conference  has  been  organized  in  the 
southeastern  part  of  the  State  since  the  first  of  January  last,  including 
four  churches.  Others  will  be  added  to  it  before  this  year  closes.  I  am 
not  encouraging  new  organizations,  where  aid  will  be  expected  from  the 
Home  Missionary  Society,  unless  the  prospects  of  self-support  are 
encouraging. 

MISSOURI  AND  ARKANSAS 
Rev.  a.  K.  Wray,  Springfield,  Mo.,  Superintendent 

The  receipts  from  this  missionary  district  have  been  $3,343.93. 

Missouri. — Forty-nine  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during 
the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year,  in  connection  with  sixty  churches  and 
stations.  Three  churches  have  assumed  self-support.  Four  houses  of 
worship  have  been  repaired.  Five  young  men  have  been  reported  as  pre- 
paring for  the  ministry,  and  forty-nine  Sunday-schools  report  a  member- 
ship of  5,307. 

Arkansas. — Ten  have  been  in  commission  within  the  year,  four  of 
whom  are  teachers.  Five  churches  report  a  membership  of  176,  and  two 
Sunday-schools  report  128  scholars. 

There  have-  been  notable  changes  during  the  year  in  this  important 
field.  Indian  Territory  and  Oklahoma  have  been  set  off  as  an  independ- 
ent missionary  district,  having  its  own  superintendent,   and  the  veteran 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  149 

Rev.  F.  B.  Doe  has  been  succeeded  in  the  superintendency  of  Missouri 
and  Arkansas  by  the  Rev.  A.  K.  Wray. 

Mr.  Wray  says  :  The  superintendent  would  gratefully  acknowledge 
the  helpfulness  of  the  State  Executive  Committee,  to  whose  wisdom  and 
experience  whatever  of  success  has  crowned  the  work  is  due. 

We  have  held  meetings  each  quarter  of  the  year,  at  which  the  work 
throughout  the  field  was  carefully  reviewed  and  plans  for  the  future  were 
thoroughly  considered.  By  these  meetings  an  intelligent  interest  on  the 
entire  field  has  been  awakened,  and  to  the  outlying  field  has  been  given 
the  combined  wisdom  and  sympathy  of  the  strong  and  tried  leaders  of  our 
denomination. 

In  some  cases  fellowship  meetings  have  been  conducted  in  the  town 
where  the  meeting  of  the  committee  was  held,  and  the  churches  have 
thereby  been  quickened  and  at  the  same  time  instructed  by  the  addresses 
given  by  members  of  the  committee.  The  general  work  throughout  the 
State  can  fairly  be  said  to  be  encouraging,  notwithstanding  the  hard  times. 
The  ])roudest  achievement  of  the  year  is  the  securing  of  the  $100,000 
endowment  for  our  beloved  Drury  College.  At  what  cost  of  labor  and 
heroic,  self-sacrificing  denial  this  magnificent  work  was  done,  only  God 
knows.  Our  churches,  almost  without  exception,  responded  to  the  call 
and  esteemed  it  a  privilege  to  share  in  the  labor  and  in  the  giving.  Our 
contributions,  while  smaller  than  usual,  to  other  causes,  have  not  been 
neglected  wholly.  But  if  we  have  not  reached  our  pledge  to  the  Congre- 
gational Home  Missionary  Society  made  one  year  ago,  we  still  have  faith 
to  believe  that  our  work  for  Drury  is  the  sowing  of  seed  that  will  yet 
prove  the  gift  a  wise  one,  if  not  the  very  wisest  that  could  be  made. 

The  superintendent  then  enters  into  a  very  interesting  detailed 
account  of  the  several  home  missionary  fields,  which  we  have  not  room  to 
print.  Of  the  Arkansas  work  he  says  :  The  church  at  Rogers  became 
vacant  in  the  early  fall  by  the  resignation  of  the  faithful  pastor  who  had 
ministered  to  the  people  for  five  years.  A  successor  was  secured  and 
began  work  in  February,  since  which  time  the  church  has  moved  grandly 
forward.  Audiences  test  the  capacity  of  the  building,  and  all  the  depart- 
ments of  church  work  are  prosecuted  with  vigor  and  efficiency. 

Rogers  Academy  has  experienced  the  most  prosperous  year  of  its  his- 
tory. The  attendance  has  tested  the  capacity  of  its  buildings  to  accom- 
modate students,  and  the  general  work  of  the  year  is  most  satisfactory. 
A  more  united  and  industrious  corps  of  teachers  cannot  be  found.  Work 
has  been  incessant  and  taxing  from  the  beginning  of  the  year.  The 
academy  and  the  church  are  co-workers  and  materially  strengthen  each 
other.  The  influence  of  both  school  and  church  is  widening  and  deepen- 
ing in  this  part  of  the  State. 

Our  forces  have  been  united  at  Little  Rock,  Central  disbanding  and 


150  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

by  letter  uniting  with  Pilgrim,  the  mother  church.  All  the  differences 
have  been  practically  forgotten.  A  pastor  was  unanimously  called  to  the 
church  in  September,  and  the  wisdom  of  the  choice  is  proven  by  the  suc- 
cessful work  of  the  year.  Many  valuable  members  have  been  added,  and 
the  church  is  rapidly  rising  to  a  position  of  influence  in  the  city.  It  is 
believed  that  the  period  of  doubtful  experimenting  in  this  city  has  ceased, 
and  henceforth  we  are  to  occupy  no  subordinate  place  in  this  important 
center. 

Of  the  work  in  general  he  says  :  Many  changes  have  been  introduced; 
more  prominence  has  been  given  to  the  Executive  Committee,  and  the 
local  committees  have  been  asked  to  acquaint  themselves  more  thoroughly 
with  the  needs  of  the  dependent  churches  in  their  respective  districts. 
Believing  that  where  the  Society  pays  a  large  part  of  the  salary  of  the 
pastor  it  ought  in  some  way  to  have  a  voice  in  his  selection,  the  aided 
churches  have  been  requested  not  to  call  a  pastor  without  first  consulting 
with  the  superintendent  or  some  member  of  the  State  committee.  Two 
objects  are  sought  to  be  accomplished  by  this  : 

First  It  enables  us  to  select  men  who  are  adapted  to  the  peculiar 
character  of  the  field,  and  who  have  a  clean  record  and  standing  in  our 
churches  or  some  other  evangelical  denomination. 

Second.  It  is  a  means  of  protecting  the  churches  against  an  uninten- 
tional use  of  funds  from  which  no  permanent  results  ever  come.  In  no 
case  is  there  a  spirit  of  dictation,  or  a  wish  to  restrain  the  liberty  of  the 
local  church.  It  is  simply  a  request  for  mutual  counsel,  in  the  interest 
of  both  church  and  Society.  It  is  gratifying  to  us  that  our  request  has 
been  cheerfully  complied  with,  and  so  far  the  results  have  justified  our 
policy. 

THE    CONGREGATIONAL    CITY    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY    OF 

ST.    LOUIS 

Rev.  Archibald  L.  Love,  St.   Louis,  Superintendent 

Mr.  Love  writes  :  The  year  that  has  just  closed  has  been  one  of  tem- 
poral prosperity  and  of  spiritual  blessing.  We  think  it  can  honestly  be 
called  the  most  successful  of  the  nearly  seven  years  of  our  existence,  and 
this  is  saying  much  for  a  year  of  such  exceptional  financial  depression. 
We  record  the  organization  of  three  new  churches  within  the  year  ending 
with  March.  We  rejoice  over  these  three  churches  added  to  our  list,  but 
we  are  startled  by  the  discovery  that  our  Society  has  no  more  missions  on 
the  way  to  church  organization.  It  has  required  great  restraint  to  persist- 
ently decline  invitations  and  pleadings  to  begin  work  in  new  districts 
both  within  and  without  the  city  limits.     But  this  we  have  been  obliged  to 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  151 

do  because  of  the  fear  that  we,  iindcrtakinji^  the  work  and  unable  to  prop- 
erly man  the  field,  would  really  be  retarding;  the  Master's  kingdom  by 
keeping  out  another  denomination  which  might  do  more.  We  have  been 
simply  ama7XHl  at  the  emphasis  with  which  workers  of  other  denomina- 
tions affirm  that  we  can  best  carry  on  the  work  in  certain  fields;  that  our 
methods  of  work  and  liberal  views  are  best  suited  to  the  union  of  the 
various  denominations  ;  and  this  where  there  is  not  a  single  person  of  our 
profession  or  training.  We  pray  God  we  may  soon  be  able  to  enter  some 
of  these  many  opening  doors. 

We  are  rejoiced  to  see  how  our  constituency  is  growing.  From  eight 
churches  contributing  to  our  support  four  years  ago,  we  have  increased  to 
nine,  fifteen,  and  nineteen  in  successive  years,  and  the  receipts  for  the 
current  expense  account  have  been  increased  by  over  $1,500  beyond  any 
previous  year  of  our  existence.  The  total  receipts,  also,  apart  from  tem- 
porary loans,  have  been  ^12,851,  the  largest  for  any  year. 

The  Society  has  expended  during  its  fiscal  year  $5,038.17  in  salaries 
of  superintendent  and  missionaries  in  six  of  its  ten  fields.  The  fields 
have  raised  $2,370.55  more,  and  the  Home  Missionary  Society  has  added 
$3,538.24,  a  total  of  $10,946.96.  The  additional  general  expense  of 
conducting  the  work  has  been  $1,140.38  by  this  Society,  and  $3,305.33  by 
the  fields.  This  does  not  include  $3,420.18  raised  by  this  Society  for 
buildings,  lots,  repairs,  and  debts  on  property,  or  $2,016.25  raised  by  the 
fields  for  the  same  purpose,  of  which  $4,009.25  is  still  on  deposit.  The 
Society  now  holds  land  valued  at  $20,547  original  cost,  much  under 
present  value;  buildings  valued  at  $24,975,  and  contents  at  $4,725 — a 
total  of  $50,247,  incumbered  by  $15,848  ;  net  value,  $34,399. 

The  Directors  and  Advisory  Board  have  held  monthly  meetings 
during  the  year,  and  pass  in  careful  review  the  work  of  each  field  and 
reports  from  the  laborers.  The  Society  has  held  in  its  fields  3,209  ser- 
vices with  upwards  of  125,000  attendants  during  the  year. 

OKLAHOMA   AND    INDIAN    TERRITORY 
Rev.  J.   H.  Parker,  Kingfisher,  Okl.Jihoma,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  $355.23. 

Oklahoma. — Thirty-five  missionaries  have  been  employed  during  the 
whole  or  a  part  of  the  year  in  connection  with  seventy-five  churches  and 
stations. 

Indian  Territory. — There  have  been  fourteen  missionary  laborers, 
including  nine  teachers,  in  service  during  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year 
with  sixteen  churches  and  schools. 


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These  Territories  have  been  erected  into  a  distinct  home  missionary 
district  during  the  year,  and  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Parker,  who  as  general  mis- 
sionary has  had  charge  of  the  Oklahoma  work  from  the  beginning,  has 
been  appointed  superintendent. 

Mr.  Parker  reports  as  follows  :  I  desire  to  bear  tribute  to  the  devotion 
and  self-sacrifice  of  our  missionary  workers.  Some  of  them  have  not 
college  or  even  seminary  education,  but  they  have  been  at  the  feet  of  the 
Nazarene,  learning  of  him.  They  are  students  of  his  Word  and  are  led  by 
his  Spirit.  Further,  the  large  majority  of  our  pastors  were  not  born  into 
the  Congregational  fold  ;  but  a  more  enthusiastic  and  loyal  band  to  our 
church  polity  cannot  be  found  in  any  State  or  Territory,  I  have  investi- 
gated the  denominational  origin  of  the  most  of  our  pastors,  and  find  them 
as  follows  :  Congregationalists,  eight ;  Presbyterians,  four  ;  Cumberland 
Presbyterians,  five  ;  Methodists,  ten  ;  United  Brethren,  six  ;  Evangelical, 
two. 

The  progress  and  condition  of  the  churches  in  Oklahoma  are  full  of 
encouragement.  Of  course  there  are  lights  and  shadows  in  our  mis- 
sionary picture,  but  the  light  so  much  exceeds  the  shade  that  all  looks 
bright.  Some  of  our  churches  have  been  abundantly  blessed  with 
gracious  revivals,  and  others  have  made  steady  progress  without  other 
than  ordinary  methods.  Our  increase  in  membership  has  been  over  400, 
while  the  number  of  churches  has  gone  from  twenty-four,  reported  in 
January,  1893,  to  forty-eight  reported  at  this  date.  Two  of  these  are 
colored,  under  the  American  Missionary  Association. 

The  opening  of  the  Cherokee  Strip,  in  September  last,  increased  our 
opportunity  and  responsibility  in  no  slight  degree.  We  have  churches 
organized  in  all  the  county  towns  of  that  new  country. 

In  older  Oklahoma  the  later  organizations  are  Darlington  and  Reno 
City  in  Canadian  County  (the  former  is  the  Cheyenne  and  Arapahoe 
Agency);  Alpha  (changed  from  Omega),  Park,  and  Mount  Pisgah  in 
Kingfisher  County;  Soldier  Creek  and  Evansville  in  Logan  County; 
Forest  and  Lincoln  in  Lincoln  County. 

Sixteen  of  our  churches  have  parsonages,  and  twenty-two  have  church 
buildings. 

The  work  of  the  Society  in  the  Indian  Territory  was  put  under  my 
supervision  in  July  last.  Owing  to  the  inaccessibility  of  that  portion  of 
the  Indian  Territory  from  Oklahoma  I  have  visited  it  but  once.  We 
have  three  missionaries  besides  the  pastor  and  teachers  in  Worcester 
Academy  at  Vinita.  These  temporarily,  for  convenience'  sake,  come 
under  the  superintendency  of  Brother  Wray,  of  Missouri.  Elsewhere  the 
work  is  very  unsatisfactory,  owing  to  the  shifting  population  and  the  lack 
of  houses  of  worship.  There  promises  to  be  more  stability  to  the  popula- 
tion and  to  the  work  as  soon  as  the  Choctaw  Railroad  is  completed  from 


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July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  153 

Oklalioma  City  to  McAlester,  giving  a  new  market  to  the  vast  quantities 
of  coal  in  the  vicinity  of  McAlester. 

In  addition  to  Mr.  Parker's  allusion  above  to  Worcester  Academy,  it 
should  be  stated  that  Professor  John  McCarthy,  who  for  a  number  of 
years  had  been  the  successful  principal  of  the  school,  resigned  that 
position  to  accept  similar  work  in  Wisconsin.  Owing  to  his  indefati- 
gable efforts  a  new  girls'  cottage,  known  as  Aldrich  Cottage,  has  been 
completed  during  the  year  past,  and  promises  greatly  to  extend  the 
influence  and  usefulness  of  the  institution.  Since  Professor  McCarthy's 
retirement  the  school  has  been  conducted  with  marked  success  by  Rev. 
Professor  Fayette  Hurd  as  acting  principal. 

TEXAS    AND    LOUISIANA 

Rev.    Cyrus  I.    Scofield,  Dallas,  Texas,  General   Missionary 

The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  $169.56. 

Texas. — Twelve  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during  the 
whole  or  a  part  of  the  year,  in  connection  with  fifteen  churches  and 
stations.  Sixty-five  additions  to  church  membership  and  ninety-six  con- 
versions have  been  reported.  Six  Sunday-schools  report  a  membership 
of  622. 

Louisiana. — Twelve  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  within  the 
year,  serving  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  time  with  nineteen  churches  and 
stations.     Ten  Sunday-schools  report  a  membership  of  673. 

Superintendent  Scofield  says  :  The  material  interests  of  this  section 
have  felt  the  general  business  depression,  and  there  have  been  removals 
of  the  mechanical  workers  from  the  larger  towns.  But  notwithstanding 
this,  every  one  of  the  churches  has  experienced  a  season  of  revival, 
and  there  has  been  substantial  growth.  The  opportunities  to  extend 
our  work  are  many  and  clamorous,  and  we  feel,  in  common  with  the  other 
departments,  the  misfortune  which  it  is  to  our  work  that  the  condition 
of  the  treasury  does  not  warrant  an  immediate  and  rapid  development  of 
these  opportunities. 

NEW    MEXICO   AND   ARIZONA 

Rev.  E.  H.  .\shmun,  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  ^i 83.67.  Seven  mis- 
sionaries have  been  employed  during  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year. 
One  church  has  been  organized  and  two  houses  of  worship  repaired. 
Superintendent  Ashmun  reports  :  When   I   began   there  were  two  fields 

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154  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

vacant,  Deming  and  Tucson.  Now  there  is  one  without  a  pastor,  White 
Oaks  ;  while  Tucson  and  Deming  are  temporarily  supplied,  with  an 
uncertainty  as  to  the  permanency  of  the  stay  of  the  men  in  both  cases.  I 
found  a  great  discouragement  in  most  of  the  fields.  Without  exception 
I  think  there  is  much  more  of  hopefulness  on  the  part  of  the  churches 
and  their  pastors  regarding  the  future  of  their  work. 

I  have  spoken  of  the  general  improvement  in  the  hopefulness  of  the 
churches.  Perhaps  Albuquerque  should  be  noted  as  an  exception  to  that 
condition.  The  hard  times  which  have  depressed  the  whole  country  have 
been  made  specially  trying  to  the  people  here  on  account  of  the  failure  of 
two  banks,  which  took  down  with  them  so  many  of  our  church  people  and 
supporters  of  the  church  that  it  has  crippled  them  financially  very  much. 

As  to  the  collections  from  this  field,  I  cannot  say  just  what  they  have 
been  ;  but  am  sure  that  they  are  much  lower  than  in  some  former  years. 
There  are  reasons  for  this  :  First  of  all,  of  course,  the  financial  depression. 
Then  the  absence  from  the  field  of  a  superintendent  for  a  part  of  the  year 
meant  that  some  collections  were  left  out  that  would  otherwise  have  been 
taken.  But  perhaps  the  principal  reason  for  the  deficiency  lies  in  the 
difference  of  policy  pursued  by  the  present  superintendent  as  compared 
with  that  of  his  predecessor.  The  former  superintendent  made  a  practice 
of  visiting  a  great  many  fields  not  supplied  with  church  services,  and 
preaching  for  them  occasionally,  and  getting  a  collection  every  time.  I 
have  felt  from  the  beginning  of  my  work  that  there  were  two  principal 
things  for  me  to  do  :  First,  to  stand  by  the  churches  already  existing, 
visiting  them  as  often  as  I  could  be  of  help  to  them  ;  then  to  devote 
the  balance  of  the  time  to  preaching  v/here  there  was  some  prospect  of 
our  having  a  church  in  the  future  as  a  result  of  our  work.  This  leaves 
me  but  very  little  time  to  do  that  general  work.  This  means,  of  course, 
that  I  do  not  get  as  many  collections  as  I  would  on  the  other  plan.  But 
it  had  seemed  that  in  the  end  we  would  have  more  to  show  for  our  work, 
and  in  the  long  run  the  collections  will  increase  to  be  as  much  as  they 
have  been  at  any  time  ;  and  I  hope  to  go  beyond  that. 

I  have  traveled  over  10,000  miles,  preached  fifty-eight  sermons,  and 
called  on  nearly  all  the  families  connected  with  our  churches,  and  many 
others.     I  have  kept  no  account  of  the  calls  made. 

It  remains  for  me  to  speak  of  White  Oaks,  where  a  new  church  was 
organized,  including  the  members  of  the  existing  organization — thirteen 
in  number — and  twenty-eight  new  ones,  making  a  church  of  forty-one 
members  in  all.  Up  to  the  present  time  everything  seems  to  go  on  well 
there,  and  with  as  much  vigor  as  could  be  expected  considering  the  fact 
that  the  majority  of  the  new  members  were  new  to  church  work  and  will 
need  to  have  some  good  leadership  to  get  them  into  line  with  the  rest  in 
church  activities. 


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One  church  has  been  organized  during  the  year,  at  Ranches  de 
Atrisco — a  Mexican  church.  They  began  with  eighteen  members,  eight 
of  whom  came  on  confession.  At  the  council  called  to  organize  the 
church,  Rev.  L.  M.  Ford  was  ordained.     The  work  is  full  of  promise. 


INDIANA 
Rev.  E.  D.  Ci'rtis,  D.I).,  iNDiANAroLis,  Superintendent 

The  receipts  from  this  State  have  been  $3,156.18. 

Thirty-three  missionaries  have  been  employed  during  the  whole  or  a 
part  of  the  year  in  connection  with  forty-two  churches  and  stations,  and 
performing  twenty  years  of  labor.  Thirty-seven  Sunday-schools  report  a 
membership  of  3,709. 

Superintendent  Curtis  reports  :  The  Coal  Mine  Mission  during  the 
year  has  been  increased  by  the  organization  of  a  church  at  Caseyville, 
and  a  much  needed  religious  work  is  now  being  carried  on  there  by 
Rev.  James  Hayes,  the  devoted  missionary.  This  makes  his  field  too 
much  extended  for  him  to  personally  care  for,  and  he  has  succeeded  in 
enlisting  the  services  of  lay-laborers,  who  furnish  effective  help  without 
financial  outlay.  This  is  a  beautiful  work.  The  south  branch  of  Plymouth 
Church,  Fort  Wayne,  has  also  been  organized  into  a  church  with  twenty- 
four  members,  and,  with  their  large  Sunday-school  in  their  commodious 
purchased  building,  they  are  laboring  for  the  Master. 

The  Dunkirk  church,  the  beginnings  of  which,  three  years  ago,  were 
overlaid  by  opposing  circumstances,  has  been  reorganized  upon  a  per- 
manent basis  with  an  able  and  influential  membership,  and  has  taken  on 
renewed  life. 

The  building  enterprise  of  Plymouth  Church,  Fort  Wayne,  has  been 
brought  to  a  successful  completion  under  the  leadership  of  Rev.  J.  S. 
Ainslie.  The  church  now  possesses  in  a  central  location  a  fitting  edifice 
very  completely  equipped  for  service.  The  cost  was  $27,000.  The 
membership  is  very  active  in  reform  and  evangelistic  work,  and  the 
prosperity  of  the  church  under  the  divine  blessing  augurs  well  for  the 
development  of  a  pure  Christianity.  It  is  interesting  to  remember  that 
the  date  when  the  first  missionary  sent  to  Fort  Wayne  by  the  Society 
arrived  there  was  1826. 

The  operations  of  the  Society  in  caring  for  destitute  congregations 
and  developing  gospel  enterprises  yet  in  their  infancy  have  steadily  gone 
forward  in  Indiana  during  the  past  year.  'Ihe  missionaries  located  at  the 
various  points  have  done  faithful  and  self-sacrificing  service,  and  there 
have  been  many  instances  of  self  denial  and  enlarged  benevolence  to 
mark  the  development  of  organic  responsibility  on  the  part  of  the  local 


156  The   Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

churches  and  the  triumphs  of  redeeming  grace  in  individual  lives.  The 
meetings  of  the  Associations  have  been  well  attended,  and  vital  with  the 
adjustments  of  Christian  thought  and  consecrated  lives  to  the  social  con- 
ditions which  prevail. 

An  appreciable  distraction  from  the  vigor  and  continuity  of  organic 
church  development  came  in  the  early  season  with  the  opening  of  the 
World's  Fair  at  Chicago.  Our  fields  were  within  the  immediate  vicinity 
of  the  "  White  City,"  and  the  popular  interest  and  temporary  absorption 
in  the  affairs  of  the  great  exposition  were  not  conducive  to  the  develop- 
ment of  church  life.  Enterprises'  that  could  ill  afford  any  cessation  of 
financial  or  spiritual  effort,  for  the  time  being  entered  into  the  stage  of 
stagnation.  It  was  a  period  of  vacation.  Close  upon  the  heels  of  this 
hiatus  came  the  panic  with  its  general  depression  of  business  and  the 
closing  of  manufactories.  Possibly  no  industries  in  the  land  were  stricken 
with  a  more  complete  paralysis  than  the  glass  factories  of  the  gas  belt  and 
the  iron  works  recently  located  in  the  State.  A  number  of  our  young 
churches  had  been  organized  to  supply  these  new  centers  of  industry 
with  the  Gospel.  It  was  impossible  to  avert  the  result.  Building  enter- 
prises languished.  Great  difficulty  was  found  by  such  churches  in  meet- 
ing their  obligations  to  the  missionaries.  Payments  due  the  Congrega- 
tional Church  Building  Society  on  account  of  loans  were  deferred.  The 
churches  were  compelled  to  put  off  the  day  of  self-support.  In  some 
cases  it  became  necessary,  if  services  were  to  be  maintained,  to  ask  for 
larger  aid  from  the  Society. 

It  is  readily  apparent  that,  under  the  circumstances,  new  work  during 
the  fall  and  winter  could  not  be  thought  of.  Lessened  subscriptions  on 
the  field  and  lessened  contributions  to  the  Society  made  it  imperative 
that  all  available  resources  should  be  husbanded  to  protect  the  mission- 
aries already  at  work,  and  keep  the  struggling  churches  from  discourage- 
ment.    This  has  been  done. 

We  have  been  permitted  to  close  the  year  with  solid  ranks,  and  the 
later  months  have  witnessed  a  remarkable  outpouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
in  many  of  the  fields  which  have  been  sustained  at  such  great  sacrifice. 
Revivals  of  unusual  power  have  marked  the  winter  months  of  1893-4. 
The  accessions  to  the  churches  have  been  unusually  large.  Men  and 
women  have  seemed  ready  and  anxious  to  heed  the  divine  counsels  and 
accept  the  cross  of  Christ  as  their  portion.  Out  of  the  depression  and 
great  fear  of  the  financial  troubles  have  emerged  the  beginnings  of 
spiritual  life.  The  churches  have,  many  of  them,  been  lifted  to  a  higher 
plane  of  self-sacrifice,  and  have  developed  new  ideals  and  loftier  faiths. 
The  missionaries,  called  upon  to  endure  with  something  of  old-time  heroism 
the  deprivations  of  pioneer  preachers,  have  not  been  found  wanting. 

The  indications  of  a  better  financial  situation  are  at  hand.     The  State 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  157 

continues  to  receive  considerable  accessions  from  the  I"^ast  and  South  to 
its  population  by  the  incomint;  of  factories  into  the  gas  territory.  Were 
the  means  at  our  command  we  could  begin  work  in  a  number  of  most 
inviting  fields.  It  is  impossible  l)ut  that  the  cluirclies,  with  their  fresh- 
born  zeal  and  largely  increased  numbers,  shall  with  returning  prosperity 
rally  to  the  support  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  by  filling  its 
treasury  with  consecrated  gifts  enable  it  to  go  forward,  with  the  divine 
blessing,  into  regions  whose  conditions  constitute  such  a  loud  call  for 
help. 

KANSAS 

Rkv.   L.    p.   Broad,   Topkka,   Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  State  within  the  year  were  ^4,066.90. 
Superintendent  Broad  reports  :  Sixty  missionaries  have  been  employed 
during  the  whole  or  part  of  the  year  in  connection  with  118  churches  and 
stations  (seventy-six  churches  and  forty-two  stations).  Eighty-four 
Sunday-schools  connected  with  these  missionary  points  have  a  total 
membershij)  of  5,500.  Three  new  churches  have  been  organized  :  Bethel 
(Kansas  City),  Indianapolis  (near  Osawatomie),  and  Valencia  ;  and 
three  new  houses  of  worship  have  been  dedicated  :  Arkansas  City, 
Powhattan,  and  Haven — their  total  cost  being  $15,000.  To  this  num- 
ber might  be  added  the  new  church  building  at  Overbrook  (cost 
$2,000),  a  self-supporting  church,  but  the  immediate  outgrowth  of  Home 
Missions.  Nine  houses  of  worship  have  been  repaired  at  a  cost  of  $1,227; 
and  two  churches  (Plevna  and  Tonganoxie)  have  erected  parsonages  at 
a  cost  of  $1,300.  Seven  young  men  in  missionary  churches  are  studying 
for  the  ministry  ;  and  507  hopeful  conversions  have  been  the  result  of 
fifty-nine  revival  efforts.  The  total  number  of  additions  to  the  missionary 
churches  reported  is  592. 

The  churches  are  growing  in  spiritual  life  and  general  efficiency. 
Increased  stability  and  internal  strength  in  the  organizations  are  manifest. 
Churches  and  pastors  seem  more  inclined  to  stay  with  each  other  and  to 
build  up  by  patient,  practicable  methods.  The  fever  for  change,  incident 
to  periods  of  excessive  speculation  even  in  church  life,  is  disappearing 
both  from  communities  and  churches.  Even  on  the  frontier,  where  it  is 
hard  to  get  a  livelihood,  nearly  all  inhabitants  plan  to  stay  rather  than  to 
go  away  ;  and  our  churches  willingly  adapt  themselves  to  trying  circum- 
stances. For  instance,  it  is  refreshing  to  see  churches  once  strong,  and  even 
self-supporting,  willing  now  to  take  service  on  alternate  Sabbaths,  or  even 
once  a  month—  as  some  are  doing- — if  this  is  the  best  that  can  be  done, 
and  at  the  same  time  see  them  keep  up  their  Sabbath-schools,  prayer- 
meetings,  and  Christian  Endeavor  meetings. 
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There  has  been  a  general  religious  interest  in  the  churches  during  the 
past  winter — quiet,  unusually  genuine,  and  sometimes  accompanied  by 
extensive  revivals.  Nearly  all  of  the  missionary  churches  report  revival 
meetings.  Our  evangelist  has  been  pressed  with  calls  and  has  done  work 
of  permanent  value.  Other  denominations  appear  to  have  been  equally 
active  and  blessed  with  ourselves,  and  it  is  reasonable  to  believe  that  the 
whole  spiritual  life  of  the  State  had  been  lifted  to  a  higher  plane.  The 
leavening  influence  of  our  free  methods  and  principles  is  increasingly 
manifest  among  believers  of  all  names.  Our  churches  are  ever  ready  to 
cooperate  with  other  denominations,  and  the  bond  of  fraternity  between  the 
Christian  brotherhood  in  all  of  Christ's  churches  seems  to  be  strengthen- 
ing. The  trend  of  thought  seems  to  be  toward  our  principles — which 
gives  us  new  opportunities  to  help  the  spiritual  life  of  the  brotherhood  in 
other  Christian  folds,  and  in  some  cases  to  unite  believers  under  the  Con- 
gregational form,  and  so  prevent  a  multiplication  of  churches.  As  an 
instance  of  the  latter  tendency,  last  week,  on  our  extreme  frontier,  in  a 
rural  neighborhood,  where  Christians  of  several  denominations  have  worked 
together  for  some  years  in  a  "  Union  Church,"  by  a  large  vote  they  de- 
cided to  become  a  Congregational  church.  The  new  church  will  probably 
start  out  with  twenty-five  members,  and  be  supplied  by  one  of  our  mission- 
ary pastors,  requiring  no  additional  missionary  aid. 

We  have  had  less  ditificulty  in  supplying  our  churches  with  pastors  than 
for  several  years  past.  The  salaries  are  too  small ;  and  while  some  of 
our  best  men  live  on  inadequate  means,  yet  we  could  not  supply  sdme 
fields  with  the  men  needed  for  this  reason.  But  the  churches  frequently 
help  in  this  matter  by  being  willing  to  wait,  pastorless,  until  we  can  find 
the  man  needed. 

In  Eastern  Kansas  our  missionary  churches  show  a  progressive  spirit, 
and  desire  to  attain  self-support.  The  "  hard  times,"  and  the  fact  that  so 
many  churches  to  which  self-support  has  been  possible  had  reached  that 
goal  before  this  year,  make  our  self-supporting  list  a  short  one  this  year. 

In  Central  Kansas  the  reduction  of  population  and  removals  from 
churches  by  the  opening  of  the  Cherokee  Strip  has  been  peculiarly  dis- 
couraging to  a  few  church  congregations  ;  and  we  are  to  have  occasional 
problems  concerning  churches  where  the  field — once  large  and  ample — 
has  become  narrowed  because  of  the  large  number  of  churches  in  the 
town  and  the  lessened  population. 

On  the  frontier  our  churches  do  nobly.  They  accede  to  our  Board's 
arrangements  for  yoking,  are  doing  their  part  toward  paying  their  pastors 
as  well  as  any  churches  in  the  State,  and  are  self-denying  in  making  con- 
tributions to  Home  Missions.  We  have  very  few  missionary  churches 
indeed,  now,  that  perplex  us  concerning  the  propriety  of  granting  them 
aid  ;  and  next  year,  I  presume  not  one  of  these  will  be  left  on  our  list. 


July,  1894  The   Home  Missionary  159 

W'e  have  been  able  to  do  sometliing  in  the  line  of  extension  of  the 
work,  notwithstanding  the  widely  exhausting  financial  depression.  Bethel 
Church,  in  Kansas  City,  came  to  us  as  the  natural  development  of  genu- 
ine city  missionary  work  where  a  "  Union  "  church  was  the  only  one  that 
could  succeed.  It  is  located  in  the  midst  of  a  population  of  ten  thousand, 
where  vice,  ignorance,  and  poverty  abound,  and  which  is  chiefly  dependent 
upon  the  work  of  this  church  for  Christian  and  moral  influences  and  for 
charitable  work. 

Armourdale  mission,  which  was  begun  by  the  tent  work  of  our  general 
missionary  last  summer,  is  a  part  of  the  work  of  Bethel  Church. 

Our  country  church  at  Valencia  is  building  a  house  of  worship  and 
meeting  a  genuine  need. 

The  great  new  work  which  presses  upon  Christians  in  Kansas  is  that 
for  our  farming  population.  It  is  still  the  great  unworked  area  as  regards 
intelligent  and  adequate  religious  service.  Our  brethren  increasingly 
realize  this  and  are  making  unusual  effort  to  meet  this  great  need.  The 
"  Salina  "  experiment,  whereby  several  country  points  are  visited  regularly 
by  the  pastor  of  the  city  church  and  a  junior  pastor,  has  worked  well,  not- 
withstanding hindrances  arising  from  the  financial  stringency  of  the  year. 
The  home  church  received  thirty-two  new  members  in  nine  months,  eleven 
of  them  from  the  country  ;  besides  ten  members  received  into  a  country 
church  also  served  by  the  devoted  and  hard-working  co-pastors  of  Ply- 
mouth Church,  Salina. 

There  is  no  more  hopeful  sign,  however,  for  the  extension  of  our  work 
of  church  planting  and  Christianization  than  that  pastors  and  churches  are 
showing  new  interest  in  establishing  work  in  districts  contiguous  to  these 
town  churches,  to  be  linked  with  the  home  church  and  served  somewhat 
by  its  pastor — the  church  giving  up  its  pastor  at  some  Sabbath  service  to 
enable  him  to  preach  in  the  country — they  themselves  maintaining  service 
in  the  home  church  while  he  is  absent  for  this  purpose. 

This  will  bless  everybody  concerned  :  church,  country,  pastor,  and  the 
Home  Missionary  Society,  too. 

NEBRASKA 
Rev.  Harmon  Bross,  Lincoln,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  State  have  been  $3,749. 

Superintendent  Bross  presents  the  following  interesting  statements  : 
The  number  of  missionaries  employed  has  been  ninety-eight  ;  these  have 
supplied  120  churches  and  fifty-two  out-stations.  Of  the  eleven  churches 
organized  in  the  State  during  the  past  year,  all  but  two  have  been  con- 
nected with  our  home  missionary  work.     Two  or  three  of  our  churches 


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which  have  for  3'ears  had  an  uncertain  Hfe,  are  about  closing  their  work 
permanently  and  disposing  of  their  property  to  some  other  denomination. 

The  embarrassments  of  the  year  have  prevented  any  of  our  churches 
from  reaching  the  condition  of  permanent  self-support,  but  quite  a  number 
have  made  progress  in  that  direction.  Our  work  of  church  and  parson- 
age building  has  gone  forward  with  apparently  little  interruption  from  the 
hard  times. 

It  is  fitting  that  mention  should  be  made  of  the  departure  from  this 
life,  within  the  past  year,  of  our  venerable  "Father  Heaton,"  Rev.  Isaac 
E.  Heaton,  the  second  Congregational  minister  to  come  into  Nebraska. 
Only  a  few  months  after  Rev.  Reuben  Gaylord  commenced  his  work  at 
Omaha  he  had  the  privilege  of  welcoming  Father  Heaton,  who  came  to 
Nebraska  to  enter  upon  permanent  work,  and  soon  after  began  preaching 
at  Fremont,  where  he  gathered  the  Congregational  church  of  which  he 
was  pastor  fourteen  years. 

While  it  has  seemed  impossible  on  account  of  our  limited  means  to  do 
very  much  in  the  way  of  new  work,  some  very  interesting  fields  have  been 
entered  and  encouraging  progress  made.  Early  last  spring  it  was  reported 
that  Loup  County,  which  was  rapidly  settling,  was  entirely  without  church 
organization  or  religious  service.  It  was  found  afterward  that  a  small 
church  of  another  denomination  existed  in  another  part  of  the  county,  but 
across  the  ridge  of  sand  hills,  so  that  its  existence  was  scarcely  known. 
A  young  man  was  sent  into  the  county  early  in  May  to  commence  work, 
and  in  a  little  while  good  congregations  were  gathered  at  three  different 
points,  the  center  of  operation  being  Taylor,  the  county  seat.  In  July  a 
church  of  twenty-six  members  was  organized,  and  steps  were  taken  look- 
ing immediately  to  the  erection  of  a  house  of  worship.  The  house  has 
already  been  erected  and  dedicated,  a  permanent  pastor  has  been  settled, 
and  the  people  are  raising  one-half  of  his  salary.  In  a  neighboring  field, 
with  the  work  centering  at  Sargent,  much  the  same  progress  has  been 
made,  except  that,  on  account  of  financial  embarrassment,  the  erection  of 
a  house  of  worship  has  been  postponed  until  spring.  The  stringency  of 
the  times  has  affected  our  work  in  two  respects  :  it  has  made  the  demands 
upon  the  Society  larger  from  our  churches  in  the  western  part  of  the  State, 
and  has  materially  decreased  the  contributions  from  nearly  all  of  our 
churches.  Still  it  is  pleasant  to  note  evidences  of  rare  devotion  and  inter- 
est on  the  part  of  churches  and  individuals.  The  aggregate  of  benevo- 
lences for  the  year  1893  exceeds  the  record  of  1892  by  $193  ;  and  this  in 
the  face  of  the  fact  that  there  has  been  a  falling  off  in  home  expenditures 
of  nearly  $10,000. 

In  common  with  the  churches  of  our  State  and  of  the  country,  our 
home  missionary  churches  have  been  blessed  during  the  last  year  with  a 
remarkable  degree  of  revival  interest.     Our  State  evangelists,  Billings  and 


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Byers,  have  had  more  applications  for  their  services  than  they  could  pos- 
sibly fill  ;  evangelists  from  outside  the  State  have  helped,  and  pastors  have 
largely  assisted  each  other.  Among  the  churches  reporting  special  revival 
interest  may  be  mentioned  Alma,  Bladen,  Bloomfield,  Chadron,  Clear- 
water, Cortland,  Curtis,  Farnam,  Omaha  Hillside,  Pickrell,  Strang,  and 
Wymore. 

Our  general  missionaries.  Rev.  George  E.  Taylor  in  the  southwest  and 
Rev.  W.  J.  Paske  in  Northern  Nebraska,  have  added  very  much  to  the 
efficiency  and  [)ermanency  of  our  work  in  the  newer  parts  of  the  State. 


NORTH   WISCONSIN 
Rev.  Thomas  G.  Grassie,  Ashland,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  $811.74. 

Superintendent  Grassie  reports  :  During  the  year  we  have  employed 
twenty-nine  missionaries  who  have  labored  in  twenty-five  churches  and 
twenty-two  stations  where  as  yet  no  churches  have  been  organized  ;  thus 
bringing  the  Gospel  to  forty-seven  different  communities. 

One  missionary  has  passed  on — Rev.  Arthur  Spooner,  a  most  faithful 
man,  who  suddenly  died  two  days  after  preaching  his  last  sermon. 

Three  missionaries  have  been  ordained  by  council. 

Houses  of  worship  have  been  erected  at  West  Superior,  Cleveland, 
Clintonville,  and  North  Crandon  ;  parsonages  at  Amery,  Iron  River,  and 
Clear  Lake. 

Three  new  churches  have  been  organized,  at  Clintonville,  Butternut, 
and  Cleveland,  two  of  them  in  fields  never  visited  by  us  or  any  other 
denomination  till  this  year.  They  are  the  only  churches  in  their  commu- 
nities, and  quite  vigorous,  hopeful  enterprises. 

One  is  in  a  territory  forty  miles  square,  settled  throughout  its  extent 
with  a  considerable  population,  in  which  there  was  no  church  or  minister 
of  any  kind.  Through  the  voluntary  and  unpaid  efforts  of  a  layman,  an 
interest  was  started  in  a  corner  of  this  community,  which  was  promptly 
entered  by  the  Home  Missionary  Society.  There  resulted  a  widespread 
interest — the  rousing  of  the  whole  community,  conversions,  organization 
of  a  church,  erection  of  a  house  of  worship,  securing  of  a  pastor,  and  the 
transformation  of  the  whole  region  from  an  irreligious  to  an  earnestly 
religious  community  in  the  course  of  a  few  months.  Another  of  these 
new  churches,  the  Scandinavian  church  in  Clintonville,  illustrates  how 
accessible  the  Scandinavian  people  are  to  the  Gospel.  Some  time  ago  a 
young  Norwegian  student  came  to  that  region  and  began  to  preach  the 
Gospel  to  his  countrymen,  meeting  in  private  houses.  They  heard  with  in- 
terest, and  said  to  each  other :  "  We  never  heard  the  Bible  preached  that 


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way  before  ;  there  is  power  in  this  Gospel."  Determined  to  have  a  church 
free  from  formalism  and  imbued  with  evangelical  earnestness,  they  formed 
themselves  into  a  self-governing  evangelical  church  in  which  none  but 
converted  persons  should  be  members — that  is,  unwittingly  to  themselves, 
they  became  a  Congregational  church.  They  appointed  to  their  pastor- 
ate a  layman,  Mr.  Charles  J.  Jensen,  a  mason  of  good  education  and  un- 
usual religious  experience.  Our  Society  found  them,  and  brought  them 
aid.  They  secured,  through  the  generous  help  of  the  Church  Building 
Society,  a  good  house  of  worship,  were  recognized  by  council,  and  now, 
though  but  a  few  months  old,  are  reaching  out  to  adjacent  towns,  carrying 
the  Gospel  to  their  countrymen. 

OUR     FIELD     AND     OPPORTUNITY 

The  territory  of  this  district  embraces  the  northern  two-fifths  of  the 
State,  comprising  that  part  of  it  which  is  most  rapidly  filling  with  popula- 
tion ;  where  new  towns  are  springing  into  existence  and  in  a  few  years 
growing  into  places  of  importance  ;  where  forcible  wickedness  as  well  as 
forcible  activity  of  every  kind  are  contending  for  supremacy  in  shaping 
the  quality  of  society. 

Within  the  last  few  years  the  population  has  increased  150  per  cent., 
or  from  100,000  to  250,000.  Large  towns,  like  Washburn,  Rhinelander, 
Tomahawk,  Superior,  have  each  from  3,000  to  25,000  people  where  ten 
years  ago  not  even  a  log  house  stood  in  the  unbroken  forest.  The  dis- 
trict holds  as  much  mineral  and  forest  wealth,  save  coal,  as  the  whole 
State  of  Pennsylvania,  or  of  New  York  and  New  England  combined, 
which  with  its  great  commercial  advantages  insures  the  continuance  of 
this  rate  of  increase. 

Into  several  of  the  counties  of  this  territory  we  have  not  been  able  to 
enter  with  a  single  mission,  though  there  are  in  them  large  populations. 
On  the  contrary,  by  reason  of  the  distressing  reduction  of  our  missionary 
apportionment,  we  are  compelled  not  only  to  surrender  most  hopeful 
plans  for  advancement,  but  to  abandon  some  missions  which  we  have 
sustained  for  several  years. 

MINNESOTA 
Rev.  J.   H.   Morlev,   Minneapolis,  Superintendent 

The  receipts  from  this  State  have  been  $5,956.53. 

One  hundred  and  eleven  missionaries  have  been  employed  during  the 
whole  or  a  part  of  the  year  in  connection  with  137  churches  and  ninety- 
two   stations.      Seven    churches    have    been    organized  ;  nine    houses    of 


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worship  have  been  erected  ;  five  churches  assumed  self-support  ;  eiji^ht 
houses  of  worship  were  repaired.  One  hundred  and  forty-three  Sunday- 
schools  re|)ort  a  membership  of  9,624,  and  four  young  men  have  been 
reported  as  preparing  for  the  ministry. 

Su]')crintendent  Morley  reports  :  Our  work  has  shown  the  results  of 
financial  depression  in  the  large  number  of  pastorless  churches,  fewer  meet- 
ing-houses and  parsonages  secured,  diminished  contributions,  decreasing 
of  pastors'  salaries,  and  the  necessity  of  self-sacrifice,  borne  cheerfully,  for 
tlu-  most  part,  by  both  pastors  and  churches.  Our  vacant  churches  have 
been  cared  for  with  some  slight  temporary  service,  which,  however,  did  not 
make  good  the  absence  of  a  pastor's  loving  care.  We  have  kept  the  work 
from  suffering  loss.  No  churches  have  died  that  deserved  to  live.  But 
there  has  been  little  material  advance. 

The  sniallness  of  our  contributions,  less  than  for  several  years  preced- 
ing, is  accounted  for  not  only  by  the  financial  stringency,  but  by  the  efforts 
made  by  some  of  our  churches  to  pay  their  own  indebtedness,  and  also  to 
extend  help  to  sister  churches  through  other  than  the  regular  channels. 
\Vhile  some  money  has  doubtless  been  diverted  from  our  treasury,  it  has 
been  well  bestowed  and  will  come  back  to  us  after  many  days. 

While  the  material  advance  along  the  line  of  contributions,  church 
building,  organization  of  new  work,  has  been  slight,  the  spiritual  advance 
has  been  cheering.  As  has  many  times  been  true,  adversity  has  been  a 
means  of  spiritual  quickening.  A  large  number  of  churches  report 
revivals,  some  of  unusual  power.  The  presence  of  Evangelist  Mills  in 
'•the  Twin  Cities"  in  1893  had  large  influence  upon  the  State.  Our 
pastors,  evangelists,  either  independent  or  furnished  by  the  Society,  have, 
with  the  blessing  of  God's  Spirit,  been  the  means  of  spiritual  awakening 
throughout  the  State.  Our  little  church  at  New  Ulm  gives  an  illustration. 
For  ten  years  the  church  worked  faithfully  and  slowly  in  this  town, 
founded  by  German  Turners  with  the  expressed  intention  of  keeping  out 
the  Gospel  and  the  churches.  Slowly  the  leaven  worked;  the  Sabbath  was 
better  observed,  the  unbelief  of  men  was  modified  ;  Christian  men  were 
placed  upon  the  school  board,  Christian  teachers  were  engaged  (a  thing 
once  impossible),  and  a  Christian  public  sentiment  was  formed.  At  last 
the  time  was  ripe  for  an  evangelist.  One  came,  and  the  town  was  moved 
as  once  seemed  impossible.  The  membership  of  the  church  was  increased 
from  thirty-four  to  eighty-three,  but  this  was  only  a  slight  part  of  the 
work.  The  other  churches  have  been  quickened  ;  people  have  heard  the 
Gospel  for  the  first  time  ;  infidelity  has  been  shaken  in  its  stronghold, 
and  the  foundations  are  laid  for  a  large  advance. 

In  many  other  towns  revivals  and  conversions  have  done  more  than 
financial  prosperity  to  strengthen  our  churches,  even  along  financial  lines. 
One  new  church   was  formed   out  of   a    revival  ;    another  dying  church, 


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pastorless  and  discouraged,  will,  as  a  result  of  a  revival  with  thirty  con- 
versions, secure  a  pastor. 

In  Minnesota  no  year's  work  better  illustrates  the  need  and  the  success 
of  the  Society's  fostering  care  than  this  year  of  financial  depression.  Our 
people  have  been  taught  that  man  does  not  live  by  bread  alone,  but  by 
every  word  that  proceedeth  out  of  the  mouth  of  God. 


NORTH    DAKOTA 
Rev.  H.  C.  Simmons,  Fakgo,  Superintendent 

The  receipts  from  this  State  have  been  $1,372.81. 

Superintendent  Simmons  reports  :  Considering  all  circumstances,  the 
churches  of  North  Dakota  have  great  reason  to  be  thankful  for  the  sub- 
stantial progress  made  in  the  work.  Twenty-eight  ordained  missionaries 
and  ten  students  have  done  excellent  work  in  fifty-seven  churches  and 
twenty-three  out-stations. 

Six  churches  have  been  organized,  one  church  building  erected,  and 
one  purchased.  At  Hankinson  a  fine  parsonage  has  been  built,  one  of  the 
best  in  the  State. 

Revivals  have  been  reported  in  at  least  sixteen  of  the  churches,  and 
some  of  them  have  been  of  great  power.  Several  of  our  young  men  are 
studying  for  the  ministry. 

We  have  not  been  able,  for  lack  of  funds,  to  employ  an  evangelist  in 
the  State,  but  a  large  amount  of  work  has  been  done  by  the  pastors  with 
assistance  from  neighboring  ministers. 

There  are  excellent  openings  in  the  State  for  new  work,  but  under  the 
present  depressed  condition  of  the  finances  it  is  impossible  to  occupj' these. 

Attempts  have  been  made  to  secure  a  settlement  of  interdenomina- 
tional difficulties,  and  while  not  everything  to  be  desired  has  been  accom- 
plished in  this  line,  we  have  shown  our  disposition  to  fairly  meet  our 
brethren  in  these  matters. 

There  never  has  been  a  time  in  the  history  of  our  State  when  Con- 
gregational methods  of  work  were  more  sought  after  by  the  people  than 
now.  From  churches  of  other  denominations  there  are  frequent  inquiries 
after  our  methods  of  work;  and  the  practicability  of  a  Congregational 
church  coming  in  to  furnish  a  common  basis  for  a  practical  union  of  effort 
is  a  question  quite  frequently  raised  in  these  days. 

The  educational  work  of  our  churches,  through  Fargo  College,  is  being 
put  to  the  front  very  successfully  through  the  workings  of  that  college, 
which  has  doubled  its  number  of  students  during  the  past  year. 

Our  churches  are  now  more  nearly  supplied  with  pastors  than  for  some 
years,  and  although  the  price  of  our  principal  staple,  wheat,  is  so  low  as 


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to  leave  no  margin  of  profit  in  its  production,  there  is  a  decided  feeling 
that  our  churches  must  be  kept  open.  No  year  has  been  more  fruitful 
than  the  past  in  spiritual  things,  and  the  achievements  of  the  past  only 
urge  us  forward  to  do  l)etter  things  for  the  future. 


SOUTH   DAKOTA 
Rev.  W.  II.  Tiirali.,  Huron,  Suterintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  missionary  district  have  been  ^1,440.83. 

Says  Superintendent  Thrall  :  Eighty-four  different  workers  have  been 
under  your  employ  a  part  or  all  of  the  time  during  1893-4.  Ninety-seven 
different  churches,  besides  many  out-stations,  have  been  occupied.  Fifty- 
seven  years  of  labor  have  been  performed.  There  have  been  revivals  in 
twenty-seven  of  our  home  missionary  churches.  Three  general  mission- 
aries were  employed  by  this  vSociety  in  South  Dakota  three  years  ago, 
but  the  financial  stringency  has  cut  us  down  to  one.  Rev.  D.  R.  Tomlin, 
who  has  served  the  Society  since  1887  as  general  missionary,  continues  to 
do  so.  His  time  has  been  exclusively  called  for  in  revival  work  for 
months,  so  that  the  field  work  has  fallen  entirely  upon  the  superintendent 
during  that  time. 

Rev.  Philo  Hitchcock,  formerly  general  missionary,  is  doing  efficient 
pastoral  work  in  Highmore,  and  he  has  not  refused  to  add  evangelistic 
labors  to  his  duties  as  pastor.  Some  valuable  accessions  have  been  made 
to  our  home  missionary  forces  :  Rev.  Lauriston  Reynolds,  of  Redfield  ; 
Rev.  Z.  H.  Smith,  of  Howard  ;  Rev.  G.  E.  Green,  of  Canova  ;  Rev.  W.  B. 
Hubbard,  of  Armour,  and  others. 

Examples  of  self-denial  for  Christ's  sake  might  be  found  among  our 
home  missionary  forces  of  South  Dakota,  men  who  seek  opportunity  more 
than  salary  or  position,  even  as  the  Master  thought  it  not  to  be  a  thing  to 
be  grasped  after,  "to  be  equal  with  God."  Men  who  might  find  wealthy, 
stereotyped  pulpits  and  trained  choirs  in  the  East,  are  in  this  plastic  State 
of  South  Dakota  molding  her  destinies  for  centuries  to  come,  wearing 
themselves  out  in  God's  service,  finding  it  their  meat  to  do  his  will. 

Miss  E.  K.  Henry  has  been  under  your  employ  as  evangelist  for  a  por- 
tion of  the  year.  From  October  ist  to  April  ist  she  labored  in  twelve 
different  places,  and  saw  more  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  witness  to  a 
purpose  or  a  desire  to  become  Christians.  Large  sections  of  unsubdued 
prairies  are  yielding  to  the  plow,  and  yet  the  word  comes  from  the  churches 
of  God,  "No  more  new  work."  Instead  of  "Go  forward  I  "  restriction  is 
the  unwilling  watchword  of  those  who  hold  the  "  sinews  of  war  "  in  trust. 

The  year  1893-4  has  been  one  of  toil  and  anxiety.  Financial  problems 
have  been  trying.     However,  one  church  has  come  to  self-support.     Six 


1 66  The   Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

churches  have  been  dedicated  free  from  debt.  Seven  have  been  repaired 
or  improved.  Nine  churches  have  organized,  all  but  one  in  connection 
with  old  work,  so  that  the  expense  has  been  no  greater  to  the  Society,  and 
all  but  one  where  there  was  no  other  church  work.  More  than  a  score  of 
Christian  Endeavor  Societies  have  been  organized.  Five  parsonages  have 
been  built  and  one  purchased.  The  churches  have  never  been  better 
manned. 

It  is  sometimes  said  by  the  secretaries  of  the  foreign  work  that  the 
means  have  never  been  lacking  when  the  men  could  be  found.  We  have 
the  men,  but  where  is  the  money  to  fill  the  Lord's  treasury?  Some  of  our 
best  workers  find  it  almost  impossible  to  remain  at  their  posts  at  times. 
Soldiers  in  the  civil  war  were  not  without  support.  The  next  years  prom- 
ise to  be  years  of  trial,  but  they  are  to  be  pivotal  years  in  the  history  of 
this  young  State.  There  are  men — yes,  young  men — who  count  it  a  joy 
to  sacrifice  to  meet  this  opportune  hour  in  a  nation's  history.  But  where 
is  the  Lord's  money  ?  There  are  those  who  are  ready  to  give  up  their  all 
to  do  the  work.  They  deny  a  whole  lifetime  for  the  Master's  sake.  But 
what  of  self-denial  at  home  ?  Cannot  "  restriction  "  be  changed  by  men 
of  God  into  a  courageous,  "Go  forward  !  "  that  America,  New  America, 
may  be  taken  for  Christ  before  it  is  too  late  ?  The  newer  United  States 
look  to  the  East,  where  States  have  lived  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  millen- 
nium, for  help,  inspiration,  and  hope. 


BLACK    HILLS   (SOUTH    DAKOTA)   AND    WYOMING 

Rev.  a.  a.  Brown,  Hot  Springs,  South  Dakota,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  $167.58. 

Black  Hills. — Nine  missionaries  have  been  employed  within  the 
year  in  connection  with  thirteen  churches  and  stations. 

Wyoming. — Twelve  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during  the 
whole  or  a  part  of  the  year  in  connection  with  eighteen  churches  and 
stations. 

Superintendent  Brown  says  :  Personally  1  have  traveled  7,500  miles 
in  discharge  of  my  duties  as  superintendent,  besides  my  journey  to 
Saratoga  in  attendance  upon  the  Annual  Meeting,  making  11,000  miles  in 
all.  I  have  preached  117  times,  and  delivered  fifteen  addresses  on  Con- 
gregationalism and  kindred  topics.  I  have  made  from  two  to  six  visits  to 
every  field  in  my  district,  as  circumstances  seemed  to  require.  I  do  not 
claim  that  my  work  has  been  perfectly  done.     I  have  made  many  mis- 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  167 

takes  from  my  own  standi^oint  of  review  ;  and  I  presume  many  more 
from  the  standpoint  of  my  brethren  in  New  York  and  on  the  district. 
]kit  the  record  is  made,  and  I  cannot  afford  to  spend  time  in  repining. 
Time  is  too  precious  to  spend  in  the  vain  effort  to  gather  up  spilled  milk. 
The  only  manly  thing  to  do  is  to  gather  our  resources  and  gird  our  loins 
for  the  duties  of  another  year. 

In  summing  up  the  survey  of  the  field,  the  outlook  is  somewhat 
oppressive.  The  large  openings  for  aggressive  work  and  the  meager 
means  for  its  accomplishment  appall  me.  I  have  tried  to  hold  all  enlarge- 
ment in  check.  In  spite  of  this  the  field  is  constantly  growing.  Individ- 
ual askings  and  extensively  signed  'petitions  are  coming  to  me  from  all 
quarters.  Most  of  these  I  have  to  discourage.  Some  are  so  related  to 
our  work  already  in  hand  that  we  cannot  refuse  them  without  injury.  In 
such  cases  we  are  almost  compelled  to  give  heed  to  petitioners.  This  has 
been  the  case  with  the  Dayton  field.  There,  less  than  nine  months'  work 
has  gathered  over  forty  members  into  the  church,  most  of  whom  were  out 
of  the  fold  and  some  of  whom  were  Roman  Catholics,  brother  Black  has 
five  preaching  places  in  that  field.  Cold  Brook,  a  stucco-manufacturing 
suburb  of  Hot  Springs,  is  another  of  those  fields.  In  December  last  our 
attention  was  called  to  it.  Brother  Lyman,  our  Sunday-school  superintend- 
ent, visited  the  neighborhood  with  me.  After  carefully  looking  over  the 
ground  together,  we  decided  to  make  an  effort  to  establish  a  Sunday- 
school  and  preaching  there.  Accordingly  we  rented  a  building,  fitted  it 
up,  and  he  organized  a  school  about  the  middle  of  December.  There  is 
now  a  membership  of  seventy-five  in  Sunday-school,  a  church  organiza- 
tion, and  they  are  proceeding  to  build  a  chapel.  The  church  is  under  the 
pastoral  care  of  the  Hot  Springs  pastor,  Rev.  E.  E.  Frame. 

Another  of  these  fields  asking  to  be  taken  in  is  Edgemont.  The 
Christian  people  there  have  organized  themselves  into  a  church,  secured  a 
charter,  and  are  proceeding  to  build  a  small  but  neat  chapel.  They  will, 
I  presume,  ask  a  council  of  recognition  ere  long. 

Superintendent  Brown  gives  a  review  of  his  field,  describing  in  detail  the 
condition  of  each  church.     Space  permits  brief  extracts  only,  as  follows  : 

Big  Horn,  Wyo. ,  has  completed  a  nice  brick  building  and  has 
opened  it  for  worship.  Buffalo  Gap  was  visited  last  fall  by  a  consider- 
able revival.  The  general  missionary  assisted  the  pastor  for  three  weeks, 
with  good  results.  About  a  dozen  were  added  to  the  membership  and  a 
general  advanced  position  was  taken  by  the  whole  church.  The  pastor, 
Rev.  George  Wadsworth,  is  very  much  encouraged.  The  church  is  in  a 
better  condition  than  for  several  years  past. 

Custer,  So.  Dak.,  is  happy  with  its  new  pastor,  who  seems  to  be  the 
right  man  in  the  right  place.  Brother  Shingler  held  four  weeks  of  special 
meetings ;  Brother  Scott,  of  Lead  City,  aided  him  one  week.     The  result 


i68  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

was  seventeen  or  eighteen  received  to  membership,  with  a  general  advance 
all  along  the  line.  A  Young  People's  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor, 
a  Junior  Young  People's  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor,  and  a  literary 
society  are  among  the  working  adjuncts  he  has  organized.  This  church 
was  never  in  a  more  promising  condition  than  at  present.  I^usk  and 
Manville,  Wyo.,  have  a  most  painstaking  and  laborious  pastor.  It  is  a 
needy  and  hard  field.  It  has  reached  that  stage  in  the  experience  of 
nearly  all  frontier  sections  when  population  diminishes.  But  this  is  just 
the  time  when  those  frontier  people  need  help.  Everything  is  discour- 
aging. Neighbors  are  leaving,  crops  short,  poor  clothes,  poor  houses, 
and  no  credit.  If  ever  any  people  needed  the  consolation  of  the  Gospel 
it  is  these  people  when  the  professional  mover  strides  on  toward  new 
fields.  Upon  these  "stayers"  depends  the  future  of  all  these  new  coun- 
tries. Shall  they  have  our  aid  and  sympathy  "  until  the  darkness  be 
overpast  "  ?  May  Brother  Van  Blarcom  have  the  divine  guidance  and 
strength  for  his  arduous  task  in  leading  that  people  ! 

Rock  Springs,  Wyo.,  has  had  the  most  copious  outpouring  of  spiritual 
blessing  of  any  field  in  my  district.  There  was  the  manifested  presence 
of  the  Spirit  in  all  the  services  for  several  months.  Brother  Gilchrist,  our 
general  missionary,  went  to  the  assistance  of  the  pastor  in  February,  and 
held  a  series  of  special  meetings.  I  have  not  as  yet  received  a  full 
report ;  but  more  than  one  hundred  entered  upon  the  new  life.  Unless 
this  church  becomes  embarrassed  with  the  payments  on  their  new  building, 
in  consequence  of  the  slowness  of  getting  the  money  out  of  the  mortgage 
on  the  old  building,  it  will  go  steadily  to  self-support.  Brother  H.  N. 
Smith  is  a  devoted  and  plucky  man,  or  he  would  have  gone  under  in  the 
strain  of  carrying  that  church  through  its  sore  crisis. 


COLORADO 

Rev.   ,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  $1,186.54. 

Thirty-six  missionaries  have  been  in  service  during  the  whole  or  a  part 
of  the  year  in  connection  with  fifty-six  churches  and  stations.  Two 
churches  have  been  organized,  and  one  assumed  self-support.  Forty- 
seven  Sunday-schools  report  a  membership  of  4,260. 

Rev.  C.  M.  Sanders,  under  whose  efficient  superintendency,  extending 
over  seven  years,  the  foundations  of  our  work  in  Colorado  were  mainly 
laid,  retired  within  the  year  from  this  responsible  position.  In  the  absence 
of  a  successor,  the  Rev.  Horace  Sanderson,  our  successful  general  mission- 
ary for  the  State,  furnishes  the  following  notice  of  the  work  :  Colorado  is 
a  peculiar  State  to  do  Christian  work  in.     For  instance,  our  mines  are 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary'  169 

owned  principally  in  the  East  (New  York,  Boston,  and  England).  The 
money,  with  the  exception  of  what  goes  to  the  workmen,  goes  out  of  the 
State.  These  miners,  as  a  rule,  care  more  for  the  saloon  and  the  gaming 
table  than  they  do  for  the  church.  Yet  many  of  them  have  children,  and 
in  order  to  save  them  we  must  have  the  Sunday-school  and  the  church. 
My  experience  is  that  the  Congregational  Church  is  the  best  organization 
to  do  Christian  work  in  the  mining  camps.  The  population  of  a  inining 
camp  is  changing  all  the  time  ;  people  are  coming  and  going,  here  to-day 
and  gone  to-morrow.  Then  our  farming  districts  are  comparatively 
new,  and  in  all  these  new  communities  the  farms  are  apt  to  be  heavily 
mortgaged.  This  is  the  case  in  Colorado.  We  have  the  germs  of  a 
magnificent  emjMre.  There  are  many  camps  of  1,200  or  more  people 
where  there  is  not  a  Sunday-school  or  church.  This  ought  not  to  be. 
Children  are  growing  up  in  sin. 

My  own  work  has  been  pleasant,  but  far  from  satisfactory  to  myself. 
I  have  delivered  167  sermons  and  addresses,  made  152  visits  to  fields,  and 
traveled  38,479  miles  the  past  year. 

The  $2,600  reduction  that  we  are  obliged  to  face  will  seriously  hinder 
our  work,  but  we  will  face  it  and  try  harder  than  ever  to  raise  more  money 
on  the  field. 

MONTANA 
Rev.  W.  S.  Bell,  Helena,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  State  have  been  ^240.62.  Thirteen 
missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the 
year,  serving  sixteen  churches  and  stations,  reporting  a  membership  of 
345,  and  fourteen  Sunday-schools  with  924  scholars.  One  church  has 
been  organized. 

Says  Superintendent  Bell :  The  past  twelve  months  have  brought 
but  few  results  that  can  be  expressed  in  figures,  or,  indeed,  that  can  be 
told  in  words.  But  it  has  been  a  time  of  patient  toil  on  the  part  of 
faithful  workers,  who  have  sown  the  seed,  trusting  that  God  in  his  own 
good  time  would  bring  the  harvest.  The  beginning  of  the  year  found 
us  with  an  apportionment  scarcely  sufificient  to  sustain  work  already 
begun,  and  the  early  summer  launched  us  into  such  a  sea  of  financial 
depression  that  it  was  only  by  careful  management  that  some  of  our 
enterprises  could  be  kept  from  being  stranded.  We  have,  however, 
avoided  serious  disaster.  All  our  churches  are  intact,  though  in  one  case 
the  numbers  are  sadly  depleted. 

We  are  also  permitted,  in  spke  of  these  adverse  conditions,  to  report 
one  new  church — Bonner.     This  youngest   child   of    Congregationalism 


170  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

has  been  cared  for  by  pittances  doled  out  from  savings  through  tempor- 
ary vacancies  on  other  fields,  and  now  stands  at  the  door  knocking  for 
recognition  on  its  own  account.  Located  in  a  little  manufacturing  town 
where  it  alone  ministers  to  the  religious  needs  of  the  community,  it  has 
large  possibilities  of  usefulness. 

Five  missionaries,  Messrs.  Watson,  Pope,  Fowler,  Clark,  and  Mrs.  A. 
S.  Barnes,  have  been  under  commission  during  the  entire  year,  and  have 
labored  with  a  zeal  and  fidelity  which  will  not  find  its  full  reward  this  side 
of  the  judgment  day.  Rev.  C.  H.  Cook,  of  Billings,  has  been  succeeded 
by  Rev.  P.  B.  Jackson,  who  is  taking  hold  of  his  new  work  with  great 
activity  and  earnestness,  and  Rev.  G.  P.  Anderson  succeeds  Rev.  G.  M.  Rees 
at  Bonner.  Butte,  one  of  our  most  difficult  fields,  has  been  vacant  during 
a  large  part  of  the  year,  and  still  waits  the  coming  of  the  right  man.  An 
arrangement  has  recently  been  made  with  Rev.  J.  D.  Belknap,  of  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.,  to  labor  for  a  few  months  in  the  State,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  as  an  evangelist,  and  we  trust 
will  be  the  means  in  God's  hand  of  bringing  a  rich  blessing  to  the  churches 
he  visits.  Meetings  held  already  in  Missoula  have  resulted  in  the  addition 
of  fifteen  to  the  little  band,  and  a  number  of  others  who  entered  the  new 
life  have  connected  themselves  with  other  churches. 

Several  new  fields  opened  up  by  the  Congregational  Sunday-School 
and  Publishing  Society  are  waiting  occupancy,  and  with  a  little  effort 
churches  could  be  developed.  But  these,  I  suppose,  must  await  the  days 
of  a  fuller  treasury. 

UTAH   AND    IDAHO 
Rev.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  missionary  district  have  been  $309. 

Fifteen  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during  the  whole  or 
a  part  of  the  year,  serving  twenty-two  churches  and  stations.  Three 
churches  have  been  organized,  and  two  houses  of  worship  erected. 

The  superintendent  writes  :  Again  in  the  history  of  the  church  have  the 
precious  words  of  the  Psalmist  been  fulfilled  :  "  He  that  goeth  forth  and 
weepeth,  bearing  precious  seed,  shall  doubtless  come  again  with  rejoicing, 
bringing  his  sheaves  with  him."  And  this  time  it  has  been  in  Utah  and 
Idaho. 

At  the  close  of  my  sixth  year  of  service  in  this  position,  every  Con- 
gregational minister  who  was  in  this  field  when  I  entered  it  had  retired 
from  commissioned  service  ;  and  in  most  instances  those  now  pastors  are 
the  third  in  succession  since  I  came  to  Utah.  Those  that  were  here  when 
I  came  had  long  been  "bearing  precious  seed  "  and  often  weeping  ;  those 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  '  171 

who  followed  them  had  the  same  experience,  and  most  of  those  now  in 
our  service  have  known  what  ifis  to  have  "  hope  deferred."  But  at  last — 
thank  God,  and  praise  be  to  his  holy  Name  ! — that  good  seed  so  faithfully 
sowed,  so  thoroughly  watered  with  Christian  tears,  has  yielded  a  harvest. 
The  numbers  we  have  to  report  as  converted  are  not  large,  and  may  even 
sound  small  to  tliose  living  in  older  and  non-Mormon  communities.  To 
us  who  long  ago  cast  out  our  anchors  and  "wished  for  tlie  day,"  it  has  at 
last  begun  to  break  ;  and  as  at  such  an  hour  some  grope  about,  so  with 
us  some  are  feeling  their  way  out  of  the  enshrouding  gloom  which  has 
covered  Utah  into  the  light  of  the  Gospel  of  the  blessed  God.  We  can- 
not doubt  that  this  is  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Among  the  converts  we  recog- 
nize the  genuine  type,  whose  feet  are  "upon  a  rock,"  and  who  have  "a 
new  song  "  in  their  mouths.  As  may  be  supposed,  it  has  given  a  new 
character  to  many  of  the  churches  and  filled  the  hearts  of  the  waiting 
missionaries  with  new  courage.  And  every  one  of  them  knows  full  well, 
and  gladly  recognizes  the  fact,  that  the  present  reaping  would  not  be  if 
the  former  laborers  had  not  faithfully  done  the  sowing.  We  all  thank 
God  for  those  workers,  often  lonely  and  disheartened,  who  preceded  us. 

It  is  a  frequent  remark  of  the  politicians  of  Utah  that  "conditions 
have  changed."  They  have  pointed  to  the  increasing  number  of  the  non- 
Mormon  population  ;  the  increasing  number  of  practical  as  well  as  actual 
apostates  from  the  Mormon  Church  ;  a  milder  type  of  sermons  from  the 
Mormon  preachers ;  a  greatly  quickened  interest  in  national  politics 
among  the  Mormon  people  ;  a  growing  dissatisfaction  with  polygamy 
among  the  Mormon  young  men  ;  the  manifesto  of  the  Mormon  Church 
suspending  the  practice  of  polygamy  ;  the  disbanding  of  the  People's 
Party,  which  was  the  Mormon  Church  party  ;  the  distribution  of  the  Mor- 
mon people  among  the  national  political  parties  ;  and  the  frequent  declar- 
ation that  the  Mormon  Church  would  not  hereafter  attempt  to  dictate  to 
their  people  in  politics.  No  observing  person  will  deny  that  these  are 
significant  facts.  Many  of  the  politicians  were  anxious  to  have  Utah  at 
once  admitted  as  a  State  to  the  Federal  Union.  But  many  others,  among 
whom  were  most  of  the  Christian  leaders,  felt  that  the  past  Mormon 
history  was  such  as  to  justify  us  in  being  slow  to  accept  all  the  professions 
of  the  Mormon  leaders.  While  we  saw  the  vast  importance  of  the  changes 
which  had  taken  place,  and  others  which  were  taking  place,  we  doubted 
the  wisdom  of  Utah  becoming  a  State,  with  all  State  rights,  while  the 
Mormon  people  continued  to  constitute  six-tenths  of  the  voting  population. 

The  last  five  years  have  been  an  era  of  wonderful  unity  among  the 
Christians  of  Utah.  The  Ministers'  Association  of  Salt  Lake  is  a  stand- 
ing illustration  of  this  spirit ;  all  the  evangelical  ministers,  Episcopalians, 
Lutherans,  Disciples,  Baptists,  Methodists,  Presbyterians,  and  Congrega- 
tionalists,  meet  together  on  Monday  mornings  with  happiest  accord  and 


172  The   Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

profit,  unite  in  charity  work  and  in  public  meetings  to  further  it,  and  the 
five  denominations  last  named  have  held  evangelistic  meetings  together 
the  past  winter  with  increasing  joy.  And  what  is  true  of  Salt  Lake  is 
also  true  of  all  Utah  and  Idaho. 

The  same  spirit  of  unity  has  also  prevailed  among  the  Congregational 
workers  in  this  field,  and  to  such  a  degree  as  never  before. 

All  evangelical  missions  in  Utah  and  Idaho  have  been  blessed  with 
ingatherings  this  past  winter.  In  two  portions  of  Utah,  south  of  Salt 
Lake,  where  the  Presbyterians  and  Methodists  have  labored,  which  were 
solidly  Mormon  when  they  entered  them  from  ten  to  fifteen  years  ago, 
large  numbers  of  converts  have  been  made  recently,  and  in  one  place  a 
whole  community  rejected  the  authority  of  the  Mormon  priesthood  on  the 
ground  of  the  seventh  chapter  of  Hebrews,  and  have  joined  an  evan- 
gelical church  in  a  body,  giving  evidence  of  genuine  conversion.  It  is 
reported  on  many  sides  in  Utah  that  the  people  are  reading  and  studying 
the  Bible  as  never  before,  and  in  one  community  the  almost  exclusive 
topic  of  conversation  in  the  places  of  resort  and  on  the  streets  is  the 
doctrines  of  the  Bible ;  and  it  is  not  uncommon  for  a  minister  to  be  hailed 
while  passing  along  the  street  to  give  his  opinion,  or  an  explanation,  of 
some  passage  of  Scripture.  All  this  indicates  a  breaking  up  of  the  inertia 
which  hitherto  has  been  so  largely  our  discouragement  in  Utah.  For  a 
long  time  it  has  seemed  as  though  the  Mormons  were  content  to  receive 
any  wild  statement  from  their  leaders  if  only  it  were  boldly  asserted  and 
constantly  repeated.     Now  a  questionmg  spirit  seems  in  the  air. 

Where  so  much  Christian  work  was  begun  with  elementary  Christian 
education  it  is  not  strange  that  the  time  has  come  when  we  think  of  the 
higher  Christian  education.  We  have  had  academies,  some  of  which  have 
creditably  prepared  for  college  ;  the  time  is  near  at  hand  when  there  will 
be  a  Christian  college  or  colleges  in  Utah.  The  question  is  asked,  "  Shall 
each  denomination  have  one,  thus  presenting  the  spectacle  of  two  or  three 
weak,  languishing  things  in  a  field  only  large  enough  to  support  one  ;  or 
shall  the  Christian  forces  of  Utah  unite  for  just  one,  and  that  one  be  as 
high  grade  as  we  all  can  make  it,  in  both  scholarship  and  Christliness?" 


NORTHERN   CALIFORNIA  AND   NEVADA 

Rev.  J.  K.  Harrison,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  $8,566.36.  , 
Fifty-seven  missionaries  have  been  under  commission  during  the  whole 
or  a  part  of  the  year,  performing  forty  years  of  service,   in  connection 
with  seventy-five  churches,  forty-five  stations,  and    eighty-five    Sunday- 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  173 

schools.     Seven  churches  have  been  organized.     Five  houses  of  worship 
have  been  erected  and  thirteen  repaired. 
Superintendent  Harrison  reports  thus  : 

I.  Our  LhMiTATioNs. — We  began  and  have  gone  through  the  year 
with  an  appropriation  only  about  half  large  enough  to  push  our  work 
properly.  No  words  can  tell  the  heartache  of  the  superintendent,  who 
by  actual  contact  has  known  the  need,  and  whose  constant  disappoint- 
ment gets  its  emphasis  from  a  realization  of  what  might  be  done  were  the 
means  sufficient  to  occupy  all  the  fields  open  to  us.  It  is  no  exaggeration 
to  say  that  we  might  organize  a  new  and  vigorous  Congregational  church 
every  week  for  six  months  if  we  had  the  funds. 

The  year  has  been  one  of  considerably  more  than  usual  privation  with 
our  missionaries,  owing  to  the  fact  of  short  crops  and  hard  times.  One 
man,  having  a  family  of  seven  children,  besides  himself  and  wife,  just  now 
writes  me  that  he  has  had  but  sixty-eight  dollars  from  his  field  during 
the  year,  and  of  that  amount  only  eleven  dollars  in  money,  the  rest  in 
supplies.     Our  Missionary  Society  has  been  able  to  give  him  but  $300. 

Another  missionary,  the  only  preacher  in  a  region  100  miles  long  by 
thirty  miles  wide,  had  to  wait  two  or  three  days  before  he  could  find  any 
one  who  had  money  enough  to  cash  a  draft  of  $125  from  our  Society. 
Finally  a  saloon-keeper  was  found  to  be  the  only  man  in  the  community 
who  had  that  much  money.  It  shows  two  things  :  First,  how  poor  some 
of  our  fields  are  in  ready  money,  and,  second,  where  what  little  money 
there  is,  goes  to.     Surely  there  is  need  of  missionary  work  in  such  places. 

While  these  are  exceptional  cases,  the  fact  remains  that  none  of  our 
missionaries  are  becoming  rich.  The  average  salary  is  $840,  and  taking 
out  the  sixteen  who  receive  the  highest  stipends,  the  balance  receive  but 
an  average  of  $715.  These  are  the  salaries  J>romisec/,  although  in  many 
cases  this  year  the  people  have  not  been  able  to  raise  what  they  promised. 
The  best  of  work  cannot  be  done  on  such  poor  pay. 

II.  Operations. — If  we  pass  by  the  discouragements  that  come  from 
lack  of  sufficient  support  and  inability  to  take  up  new  work,  we  shall  find 
much  in  the  year's  record  to  rejoice  our  hearts. 

I.  There  has  been  no  better  year  for  spiritual  growth  within  the  past 
decade.  Every  month  in  the  year  has  seen  at  least  one  special  evangelist 
at  work  among  our  missionary  churches,  and  for  a  good  portion  of  the 
year  two  have  been  in  the  field.  Rev.  W.  N.  Meserve,  with  a  wagon  and 
tent,  has  done  great  service  to  our  missionary  churches  in  Calaveras 
County  and  in  the  towns  of  Lodi,  Gait,  and  Lockeford  ;  and  that  with  no 
cost  to  the  Missionary  Society.  Rev.  F.  L.  Smith  has  been  in  regular 
commission  for  six  months  and  has  had  revivals  in  Weaverville,  Tipton, 
Byron,  Grass  Valley,  San  Francisco,  Oakland,  Petaluma,  Oroville,  Palermo, 


174  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

and  Cottonwood.  The  work  of  the  Sunday-school  superintendent,  Rev. 
L.  L.  Wirt,  and  his  assistant,  W.  H.  Cook,  has  helped  in  the  spiritual 
growth  of  our  missionary  churches.  Our  Society  in  California  owes  much 
to  the  Congregational  Sunday-School  and  Publishing  Society  for  the 
invaluable  assistance  given  to  our  missionary  fields  by  these  devoted  and 
unselfish  workers.  There  have  been  very  few  of  our  churches  indeed 
where  special  services  have  not  been  held  and  souls  won  to  God.  We 
take  large  hope  from  this. 

2.  Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  we  have  had  but  $500  more  money 
than  last  year,  we  have  greatly  enlarged  our  work.  In  addition  to  the 
four  churches  that  came  to  self-support  during  the  year,  many  others 
have  approached  much  nearer  to  this  goal  than  ever  before.  We  have 
been  able  to  retake  five  fields  that  had  been  abandoned,  namely  :  Adin, 
Alturas,  ^V'eaverville,  Tipton,  and  Angel's  Camp,  representing  an  appro- 
priation of  $2,500,  besides  new  work  in  San  Rafael  and  San  Francisco, 
amounting  to  $900  more.  This  balance  of  ^3,400  has  been  taken  from 
home  missionary  churches  at  great  sacrifice  to  the  missionaries  in  many 
places. 

3.  We  have  been  able  with  God's  help  to  keep  our  churches  supplied 
throughout  the  year.  Without  an  exception  there  has  not  been  a  pulpit 
of  all  our  missionary  churches  unfilled  for  a  single  Sabbath,  either  by  a 
pastor  or  a  supply.  Just  now,  at  the  close  of  our  missionary  year,  there 
are  to  be  a  few  changes,  but  no  abandoning  of  fields. 

4.  We  have  more  than  raised  our  pledge  to  the  national  work,  though 
we  are  sorry  that  we  could  not  do  larger  things. 

III.  Expectations. — "  My  God  shall  supply  all  your  need."  We 
believe  the  promise.  Our  need  is  large.  We  have  therefore  "  great 
expectations."  We  need  to  do  much  more  of  mission  work  in  San  Fran- 
cisco itself.  As  yet  we  have  done  comparatively  nothing,  though  ours  is 
one  of  the  largest  cities  in  the  land.  There  is  not  a  problem  in  connec- 
tion with  missionary  work  in  New  York  City  and  Chicago  which  does  not 
also  perplex  us.  We,  too,  have  great  foreign  populations.  There  are 
40,000  Italians  for  whom  no  work  is  being  done  by  Protestants,  besides  a 
large  Spanish  population. 

Notwithstanding  we  have  received  word  from  New  York  that  no  more 
work  would  be  accepted,  there  is  imperative  need  that  outlying  fields 
aggregating  about  $4,000  expenditure  be  entered.  The  work  is  the 
Lord's,  and  we  expect  that  in  some  way  he  will  push  us  into  it  and  furnish 
us  money  for  it.  We  confidently  expect  the  year  in  which  we  are  just 
entering  will  be  better,  financially  and  spiritually,  for  growth  and  devel- 
opment, than  all  the  good  years  that  have  gone  before.  To  this  end  our 
churches  are  working  and  praying. 


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SOUTHERN    CALIFORNIA 

Rev,  James  T.  Ford,  Los  Angeles,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  $3,200.21. 
Superintendent  Ford  reports : 

1.  The  number  of  ministers  employed  during  the  past  year  has  been 
forty.  They  have  administered  to  forty-two  churches  and  twenty-two 
out-stations. 

2.  Three  churches  have  been  organized,  Etiwanda,  Alpine,  and  Paso 
Robles — the  first  within  the  circuit  of  Rev.  E.  R.  Brainerd,  and  ministered 
to  by  him  without  additional  expense  to  the  Society  ;  the  second  within 
the  circuit  of  Rev.  J.  A.  Rogers,  and  without  added  expense.  The  third 
will  probably  be  yoked  with  San  Miguel,  and  but  for  the  failure  of  crops 
with  no  additional  expense.  One  church,  Carlsbad,  has  become  extinct. 
All  its  members  moved  away  from  the  place. 

3.  Four  churches  have  reached  self-support — San  Jacinto,  Santa  Ana, 
Sierra  Madre,  and  Pasadena  North  ;  but  in  every  case  by  the  acceptance 
on  the  part  of  the  minister  of  a  salary  insufficient  for  a  suitable  support. 
A  change  of  pastors  may  lead  to  renewed  application  for  aid. 

4.  Twenty-two  Sunday-schools  have  been  organized  by  our  Sunday- 
school  missionary,  Rev.  H.  P.  Case.  The  aggregate  membership  of  all 
Sunday-schools  connected  with  home  missionary  churches,  and  those 
organized  as  mission  Sunday-schools  in  advance  of  church  work,  is  about 
3,600. 

5.  Two  houses  of  worship  have  been  built — Rialto  and  Bethlehem  ; 
tw^o  have  been  repaired  and  improved — Los  Angeles  Third  and  Perris. 
A  parsonage  has  been  built  at  Bloomington.  That  at  South  Riverside 
has  been  enlarged  and  improved. 

6.  Five  churches  report  special  evangelistic  efforts,  with  considerable 
results  in  conversion  and  increase  of  membership.  These  are  Bloom- 
ington, Bethlehem,  Nordhoff,  San  Miguel,  and  South  Riverside.  Other 
churches  have  increased  in  nearly  the  same  measure  by  the  ordinary 
means  of  grace. 

7.  The  number  added  to  our  home  missionary  churches  during  the 
calendar  year  1893  was,  on  confession,  107  ;  by  letter,  247. 

8.  Two  of  our  missionaries  have  died  during  the  year. 

9.  Now,  at  the  close  of  the  year,  every  home  missionary  church  in 
Southern  California  has  regular  pastoral  service.  There  have  been  many 
changes  during  the  year.  But  we  find  no  lack  of  ministers  ready  to  take 
up  the  work  which  others  lay  down.  Indeed,  we  have  no  less  than  ten 
unemployed    ministers    in    Southern    California   who   desire  pastoral   or 


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missionary  work,  and  several  others  who  are  ready  for  temporary  supply. 
Many  letters  come  to  me  from  all  parts  of  the  country  and  from  Canada, 
inquiring  for  work  in  Southern  California.  I  am  compelled  in  almost 
every  case  to  write  discouraging  replies. 

10.  Some  of  our  churches  are  greatly  depressed  by  financial  difficulties. 
Not  less  than  six  have  seriously  asked  the  question  :  Is  it  not  better  to 
disband  than  to  attempt  to  go  forward  under  the  heavy  burdens  that  we 
must  bear,  and  the  Home  Missionary  Society  must  bear  on  our  behalf  ? 
This  is  a  new  manifestation. 

11.  One-half  of  the  churches  and  out-stations  occupied  by  our  mis- 
sionaries are  fields  not  ministered  to  by  any  other  Protestant  denomina- 
tion. The  work  done  in  these  places  is  distinctive  mission  work — a  going 
forth  to  seek  and  save  those  otherwise  neglected  and  destitute.  No  other 
denomination  appears  to  be  doing  in  Southern  California  so  much  of  this 
kind  of  work  as  we  are. 

OREGON 

Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp,  Forest  Grove,  Superintendent 

The  receipts  for  the  year  from  Oregon  were  $855.68. 

Superintendent  Clapp  reports:  There  were  twenty-four  missionaries 
employed  last  year,  who  supplied  forty-five  churches,  and  preached  occa- 
sionally at  forty-seven  other  stations,  thus  supplying,  more  or  less  regu- 
larly, over  ninety  points. 

Seven  churches  were  organized  and  one  church  disbanded.  Sixty-nine 
Sunday-schools  were  under  the  missionaries'  supervision,  while  there  were 
over  seventy  others  which  should  have  had  such  supervision,  but  it 
could  not  be  furnished.  The  schools  under  supervision  contained  3,591 
scholars.  Five  houses  of  worship  were  built  and  two  repaired.  Two 
missionaries  were  installed  and  five  ordained.  Fourteen  fields  reported 
revivals. 

I  regret  that  the  facts  are  not  at  hand  to  enable  me  to  make  a  full 
report  as  to  additions  to  churches,  Sunday-schools  organized,  results  of 
revivals,  and  the  like.  Unfortunately,  some  of  the  missionaries  do  not  see 
the  necessity  of  sending  duplicate  reports  to  me  when  they  forward  them 
to  the  New  York  office. 

Seventeen  missionaries  reported  to  me  more  or  less  regularly.  These 
reports  cover  a  period  of  about  eleven  years'  work.  Some  of  the  men 
were  on  the  ground  less  than  a  year,  and  so  report  for  the  time  they  were 
there.  I  find  from  these  reports  that  there  are  twelve  conversions  given  for 
each  year  of  service,  and  eighteen  additions  to  the  churches.  If  I  had 
received  reports  from  two  extensive  revivals,  these  numbers  would  have 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  177 

been  largely  increased,  T  think.  'I'he  present  winter,  though  unusually 
rainy,  and  so  affecting  the  country  roads  unfavorably,  has  yet  been  a 
season  of  great  spiritual  awakening.  With  perhaps  a  single  exception,  no 
meetings  have  been  held  without  fruit,  and  this  was  very  helpful  to  the 
church.  Several  of  our  fields  are  at  this  time  enjoying  gracious  revivals, 
from  which  no  report  has  yet  reached  me.  When  the  records  are  opened, 
I  feel  as  if  the  winter  of  1893-4  would  be  one  long  to  be  remembered  as 
the  great  season  of  religious  awakening.  Many  fields  hitherto  unre- 
sponsive or  actively  opposed  to  Christ  have  been  ripe  for  harvesting,  and 
I  have  spent  as  much  time  as  possible  aiding  the  pastors.  The  schedule, 
which  just  goes  to  you,  will  show  a  large  number  of  churches  for  which 
no  pastoral  oversight  can  be  furnished  for  lack  of  funds.  There  is  no 
longer  any  dearth  of  men.  Reapers  seem  to  be  plentiful ;  there  are  an 
abundance  of  men  who  are  willing  to  "  go  down  into  these  mines  of  sin 
and  darkness,"  but  there  is  no  one  "at  the  top  to  hold  the  ropes." 

Although  seven  new  churches  were  organized  this  year,  and  eight  the 
year  previous,  yet  the  number  of  missionaries  remains  practically  the 
same.  These  churches  were  organized  by  the  missionaries  already  on  the 
field,  and  were  in  distressingly  destitute  localities,  where  it  was  absolutely 
necessary  to  crystallize  all  the  religious  sentiment  in  the  community  in 
order  to  withstand  the  infidelity  and  ungodliness  which  abounded. 
Usually  a  Sabbath-school  holds  them  together  for  a  while,  but  soon  the 
need  of  some  stronger  link  is  felt,  and  the  Endeavor  Society  and  the 
church  have  to  be  organized  to  unify  the  faith  there  and  to  give  it  an 
aggressive  form. 

Many  of  these  churches  were  organized  when  there  was  little  if  any 
hope  of  furnishing  immediate  pastoral  supply,  but  because  an  organization 
would  unite  and  rally  the  forces  of  God,  and  insure  some  little  oversight 
from  us,  and  at  the  same  time  include  a  longing  hope  that  the  time  was 
not  far  distant  when  the  Missionary  Society  would  furnish  the  needed 
money  to  give  them  the  Bread  of  Life. 

But  our  hopes  are  again  blasted  in  this  respect,  and  the  day  of 
redemption  is  again  postponed.  Man's  extremity  has  been  God's  oppor- 
tunity this  time,  as  usual,  in  that  he  has  sent  converting  power  to  his 
servants,  and  many  souls  are  rejoicing  in  Christ;  but.  this  only  adds  to  our 
embarrassment,  as  it  multiplies  the  demands  which  we  could  not  meet 
before. 

The  opportunity  for  usefulness  in  the  State  was  never  so  promising 
as  now,  and  we  face  the  future  with  strong  faith  and  courage — faith  that 
the  friends  of  the  Society  will  come  to  its  aid  now  at  this  opportune 
moment,  and  courage  to  go  on  in  the  work  with  confidence  in  the  con- 
quering power  of  the  Gospel. 


178  The  Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

WASHINGTON 
Rev.  a.  Judson  Bailey,  Seattle,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  State  have  been  $1,694.79. 

Sixty-five  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during  the  whole  or  a 
part  of  the  year,  performing  fifty-one  years  of  labor  in  connection  with 
106  churches  and  stations.  Eleven  churches  have  been  organized.  One 
hundred  and  eight  Sunday-schools  report  a  membership  of  5,533. 

Superintendent  Bailey  reports :  The  work  of  the  past  year  has  been 
in  many  ways  quite  encouraging.  When  I  look  over  the  field  I  do  not 
recall  a  single  place  that  was  really  alive  two  years  ago,  when  I  came 
here,  that  is  not  in  equally  good  condition  now  as  then.  Really,  we  have 
not  lost  a  church  or  preaching  station.  Some  points  which  were  changed 
by  the  coming  of  the  railroads  were  nominally  on  the  list  two  years  ago, 
but  were  practically  dropped  at  that  time.  Anacortes  was  supplied  occa- 
sionally for  a  short  time,  but  has  now  nothing  to  supply,  I  think.  Kinni- 
wock,  a  small  country  place,  has  gone  ;  our  people  moved  away  and  Meth- 
odists came  to  fill  their  places,  so  they  supply  there  now.  Paradise  Valley, 
a  small  country  neighborhood,  was  dropped  before  I  really  knew  anything 
about  it.  Not  much  there  except  for  Sunday-schools.  But  several 
places  which  were  in  a  dying  condition  have  revived.  North  Yakima 
tried  union  with  the  Presbyterians  and  has  now  come  back  to  us.  As  it 
yokes  well  with  Ahtanum,  it  practically  adds  no  expense  to  our  work,  but 
is  worth  something  as  a  church.  A  good  town  and  some  good  people. 
EUensburg  is  reviving.  This  has  cost  patient,  hard  work.  I  think  some 
have  thought  that  this  church  ought  to  be  allowed  to  die,  but  I  thought 
that  we  needed  the  church  in  this  town,  and  I  am  gratified  with  the  results 
so  far  and  with  the  prospects  for  the  future.  Aberdeen  property  was 
being  sold  by  the  sheriff.  This  is  now  saved  by  a  loan  from  the  Church 
Building  Society,  which  is  being  returned,  tardily  perhaps,  but  about  as 
promptly  as  business  institutions  are  meeting  their  obligations.  Under 
the  present  pastor,  Rev.  George  Lindsay,  I  am  told  that  the  church  is 
prospering. 

Eleven  churches  have  been  organized  during  the  past  year.  At  Everett 
the  present  pastor,  Rev.  T.  W.  Butler,  Ph.D.,  is  getting  hold  of  the  people 
and  is  making  splendid  progress.  "  House  full  "  ;  "  had  to  bring  in  extra 
seats"— such  are  the  reports  that  come  to  me.  North  Wenatchee  and 
Leavenworth  will  soon  be  organized.  They  are  starting  off  splendidly  ; 
they  need  care  and  a  pastor.  The  other  churches  are  from  out-stations, 
and  add  nothing  to  the  expense  of  the  work.  It  seems  to  me  that  eleven 
churches,  organized  with  206  members  at  the  time  of  organization,  show 
faithful  work  on  the  part  of  the  pastors.    These  are  not  "  boom  "  churches, 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  179 

not  one  of  them,  but  only  the  crystallizing  of  regular  and  efficient  work. 
They  all  ought  to  be  pernianent.  Snohomish,  under  the  care  of  Rev.  W. 
C.  Merritt,  has  made  rapid  and  solid  growth.  At  my  first  visit  to  that 
field  I  found  the  people  discouraged  and  ready  to  die.  1  preached  to 
thirty-five  people  in  the  morning  and  sixteen  in  the  evening.  The  report 
for  last  vSabbath,  which  was  not  an  unusual  day,  is  :  Morning,  175,  half  of 
them  children;  Sunday-school,  185;  Junior  Endeavor  Society,  40  ;  En- 
deavorers,  90.  Evening  audience,  250.  The  membership  is  constantly 
increasing.  Spokane  First,  which  had  a  precarious  existence  for  more 
than  one  year,  sometimes  ready  to  die  or  to  quietly  give  itself  away, 
has  now  a  brighter  outlook,  encouraged  to  live  by  the  hope  of  help  from 
the  Society,  which  can  do  good  whenever  it  is  needed,  and  care  for  the 
children  who  huxe  once  "set  up"  for  themselves  but  who  are  driven 
back  to  the  old  home  by  adverse  circumstances.  It  does  not  seem  wise 
to  call  a  retreat  now  in  Washington.  To  halt  on  the  way  is  a  sad  disap- 
pointment. Should  the  cutting  down  of  aid  to  the  churches  necessitate 
pastoral  changes,  it  is  very  doubtful  if  we  can  keep  the  standard  quite  so 
high  or  the  average  quite  as  good  as  now.  We  are  by  no  means  so  well 
established  that  we  can  afford  to  relax  our  vigilance  or  lessen  our  efforts 
to  save  and  strengthen  the  churches.  We  may  well  be  encouraged  by  the 
responsiveness  of  the  field  to  the  efforts  now  being  put  forth.  Faithful 
work  and  a  good  deal  of  it  can  be  wnsely  expended  in  Washington. 


SLAVIC    DEPARTMENT 

Rev.  H.  a.  Schauffler,  D.D.,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Superintendent 

Dr.  Schauffler  sends  the  following  summary  of  work  in  this  depart- 
ment : 

SUMMARY 

While  in  this  year  of  financial  storm  and  distress  there  have  been  trials 
and  discouragements  in  the  work,  like  those  in  Iowa  City  and  Wahoo,  and 
failures  elsewhere  to  secure  desired  results,  yet  the  year's  work  in  the 
Slavic  Department  shows  an  unusual  number  of  noteworthy  and  encour- 
aging facts  indicative  of  God's  favor  and  blessing. 

We  see  in  Cleveland  a  large  increase  in  attendance  ;  tw^elve  young 
people  preparing  for  missionary  work  ;  the  new  Mizpah  Chapel,  a  center 
of  Polish  and  new  Bohemian  work,  with  God's  Word  made  known  in  four 
languages  ;  in  Chicago,  much  larger  audiences,  two  new  preaching  sta- 
tions, and  the  influence  of  the  mission  greatly  extended  by  Christian 
relief  work  ;  three  churches  formed,  two  of  which  are  Bohemian,  in  St. 
Paul  and  St.  Louis — at  once  cheering  fruits  of  work  done  and  sure  promise 


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of  better  things  to  come — and  one  of  Poles  and  Germans,  in  Winburne, 
Pa.,  from  which  a  Polish  missionary  has  gone  to  Chicago  ;  in  Silver  Lake 
Church,  Minn.,  delightful  harmony  and  spiritual  growth  ;  in  Vining, 
Iowa,  a  church  built  by  the  people  themselves,  and  much  more  interest  in 
religious  services.  In  the  Polish  work,  Cleveland,  Detroit,  Toledo,  and 
Chicago,  there  has  been  decided  gain  in  overcoming  strong  prejudice,  and 
in  the  last  two  places  the  joy  of  seeing  the  work  recommenced  by  com- 
petent missionaries  backed  by  the  Congregational  churches.  In  the  Slo- 
vak work  there  has  been  surprisingly  rapid  growth  of  numbers  and  interest 
in  spite  of  bitter  opposition,  and  the  development  of  a  strong  spiritual 
and  active  character  among  the  converts,  of  whom  ten  (including  three 
wives)  have  given  themselves  to  missionary  work  and  have  proved  suc- 
cessful in  it.  The  Magyar  work  in  Connecticut,  in  face  of  strong  opposi- 
tion, has  made  genuine  progress  and  borne  fruit  in  ten  souls  converted. 

The  statistics  of  the  Slavic  Department  show  thirty-one  missionaries 
(besides  five  missionaries'  wives  w4io  aid  in  the  work)  laboring  in  nine 
States;  thirty-two  stations  and  out-stations  ;  ten  churches,  with  554  church 
members  ;  126  additions  during  the  year,  of  which  six  by  letter  ;  ninety-two 
conversions  ;  sixteen  Sunday-schools,  with  over  2,816  members  ;  forty  regu- 
lar preaching  services  (almost  all  weekly),  and  seventy-four  other  meetings  ; 
whole  average  weekly  attendance,  4,901  (including  a  few  monthly  meet- 
ings) ;  $686.06  contributed  to  missionary  societies  ;  20,878  visits  and  calls 
made,  and  278,059  pages  of  tracts  circulated. 

In  addition  to  the  above  summary.  Dr.  Schauffler  furnishes  a  detailed 
report  of  the  work  in  the  thirty-two  stations  and  out-stations  mentioned. 
Of  this  report,  although  in  every  part  intensely  interesting,  only  the  fol- 
lowing brief  extracts  can  here  be  given  : 


CLEVELAND,    OHIO 

There  have  been  hindrances,  chiefly  three,  caused  by  old  superstitions 
and  wrong  habits,  by  Roman  Catholics,  and  by  infidel  influences.  It  is  a 
great  joy  to  see  old  people  overcoming  deeply  rooted  habits,  developing 
spiritual  life,  and  taking  part  in  prayer-meetings  ;  to  witness  Roman 
Catholics  losing  their  fear  of  our  Bible  and  our  worship,  and  giving  joyful 
testimony  to  the  transforming  power  of  truth  ;  and  to  behold  infidels  send- 
ing their  children  where  they  will  be  taught  to  love  and  serve  Jesus  Christ. 
Infidelity  is  losing  its  power,  and  is  less  aggressive  than  a  few  years  since. 
The  financial  distress  has  brought  blessing.  It  has  taught  men  their 
dependence  upon  God,  compelled  many  to  give  up  drinking,  opened  many 
a  door  and  heart  to  the  comforting  message  of  the  Gospel,  and  developed 
a  generous  spirit  of  sharing  with  those  in  need. 

The  general  elevating  influence  of  Christian  work  and  the  Christian 


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church  on  the  community  around  us  is  apparent  to  outsiders  as  well  as 
to  those  engaged  in  the  work. 

MizPAH  Chapel  is  a  center  of  Bohemian  work  for  a  new  and  large 
Bohemian  settlement.  Every  Sunday,  services  (including  Sunday-school) 
are  conducted  in  four  languages — Polish,  Bohemian,  English,  and  (jcrman. 

In  the  BiHLE-READERs'  ScHOOL  AND  HoME,  with  its  ten — now  nine — 
pupils,  there  has  been  very  commendable  progress  made  in  attaining  the 
object  for  which  it  was  established.  Besides  what  they  learn  in  the  school- 
room to  fit  them  for  missionary  work,  the  young  women  are  taught  house- 
work, cooking,  and  how  to  make  their  own  clothes.  They  also  do  their 
own  washing  and  ironing.  Miss  Cross,  who  is  matron  and  also  teacher, 
says  :  "  I  am  sure  no  more  valuable  young  women  could  be  found  for 
missionary  work." 

The  whole  average  weekly  attendance  in  the  Cleveland  Bohemian 
Mission  during  the  year  was  2,027.1,  against  1,609.1  the  year  before. 
Conversions  numbered  twenty-three,  against  eighteen ;  young  people 
preparing  for  the  ministry  and  missionary  work,  twelve,  the  same  as  the 
year  before  ;  visits  made,  8,587,  against  6,327  the  year  before. 

In  the  Polish  work  in  Cleveland  the  year  has  been  fruitful  in  in- 
structive experiences. 

Mr.  Dessup  holds  German  service  at  Mizpah  Sunday  afternoon,  and  a 
week-day  evening  German  meeting,  hoping  to  draw  in  German-speaking 
Polish  people.  The  Polish  preaching  service  is  after  the  Sunday-school  at 
four  o'clock.  Latterly  the  attendance  at  the  Polish  and  German  services 
has  been  larger.  Mizpah  Chapel  has  become  an  important  center  for  very 
active  work  for  Poles  and  Bohemians,  services,  including  Sunday-school, 
being  held  there  every  Sunday  in  four  languages,  Polish,  Bohemian, 
English,  and  Germah.  Miss  Ella  Hobart  removed  the  Girls'  Club 
(average  attendance  thirty-two)  and  the  sewing-school  (average  attend- 
ance forty-two)  to  Mizpah  Chapel  with  fear  and  trembling,  as  the  Polish 
girls  said  they  could  not  enter  the  church.  But  their  attachment  to  the 
club  overcame  their  scruples  ;  the  number  has  steadily  increased  until 
thirty  are  in  attendance  at  the  club  and  sewing-school.  About  fifty 
families  have  been  added  to  our  visiting  list  this  year,  and  everywhere 
our  missionary  ladies  are  cordially  received,  though  Mr.  Dessup  reports 
that  in  consequence  of  the  priest's  warning  he  has  had  the  door  slammed 
in  his  face. 

CHICAGO,    ILL. 

The  points  of  special  significance  and  interest  are  the  opening  of  two 
new  preaching  stations  during  the  year  ;  the  large  increase  of  attendance 
at  all  the  services,  the  present  attendance  being  fully  double  that  of  a 
year  ago ;  the  much  larger  mothers'  meeting,  with  deepened  interest  ;  the 


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greatly  increased  anxiety  for  the  financial  support  of  Pravda,  the  illus- 
trated Bohemian  paper  which  carries  the  Gospel  to  Bohemians  all  over 
the  country,  but  which  has  lost  subscribers  by  reason  of  the  hard  times  ; 
the  great  extra  strain  caused  by  relief  work.  This  has  been  a  help  to  the 
work,  at  least  350  families  being  on  the  lists  whom  our  missionaries  did 
not  know  before.  Many  have  been  moved  by  the  kindness  shown  them 
to  discard  their  prejudices  against  the  church  ;  indeed,  have  been  led  to 
attend  our  services.  One  man,  previously  a  bitter  reviler  of  God,  has 
professed  conversion,  and  not  a  few  have  said  that  the  help  given  them 
has  saved  them  from  perishing. 

The  opening  for  work  in  the  future  was  never  more  promising  than 
now.  This  mission,  with  it  eight  preaching  services  weekly,  its  two 
prayer-meetings,  one  Christian  Endeavor,  one  Junior  Christian  Endeavor 
meeting,  Young  People's  Bible  Class,  Sunday-school  Teachers'  Meeting, 
Boys'  Union,  Young  Men's  Literary  Society,  Young  People's  Library 
Society,  Mothers'  Meeting,  and  Ladies'  Benevolent  Society,  is  a  mighty 
power  in  the  midst  of  the  teeming  Bohemian  population  of  Chicago. 

Last  year  I  could  report  no  Polish  work  done  in  Chicago.  In  his  own 
way  the  Lord  has  provided  a  laborer  for  that  immense  Polish  field,  con- 
taining, as  accurate  investigation  shows,  63,000  Poles.  In  last  year's 
report  mention  was  made  of  the  discovery  of  a  colony  of  pious  Germans 
and  Poles  in  Monson  and  Winburne,  Pa.  Mr.  John  Bluhm,  a  coal  miner, 
who  was  meeting-holder  for  the  little  company,  was  called  by  the  Illinois 
Home  Missionary  Society  to  remove  to  Chicago  and  engage  in  mis- 
sionary work  for  Poles  while  pursuing  study  in  the  German  department 
of  our  theological  seminary.  He  reached  there  in  the  beginning  of 
January,  and  has  begun  work  among  the  Poles  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
Bethlehem  Bohemian  Mission. 

MILWAUKEE,    WIS. 

Rev.  John  Beran  reports  three  preaching  services,  one  Sunday-school, 
and  two  weekly  meetings  with  an  average  attendance  of  162,  and  545 
visits  made.  The  church  has  forty-one  members,  four  having  joined  this 
year.     There  have  been  six  conversions. 

LA    CROSSE,    WIS. 

During  the  first  part  of  the  year  this  field  was  visited  once  a  month  by 
Mr.  Beran,  from  Milwaukee.  In  July  Mr.  Trchka,  a  student  at  Oberlin, 
worked  here  sixteen  days.  In  October  Mr.  Reitinger,  of  Silver  Lake, 
took  charge  of  this  work,  making  monthly  visits.  He  feels  deeply  the 
need  of  more  work  than  he  can  do  there.  Near  La  Crosse  is  a  settlement 
of  Bohemians  drifting  into  infidelity,  for  whom  we  have  as  yet  been  able 


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to  do  nothin<^.     May  the  Lord  raise  up  laborers,  and  enable  us  to  save 
these  immortal  and  perishing  souls  ! 

ST.  PAUL,  MINN. 

The  most  significant  event  of  the  year  is  the  formation  of  a  church  as 
a  branch  of  Tlymoiith  Church,  April  9,  1893,  with  twenty-four  members. 
Mr.  Vaclav  Prucha,  while  pursuing  his  studies,  has  taken  charge  of  this 
work.  The  two  Sabbath  services,  Sunday-school  and  one  evening  meet- 
ing, have  an  average  attendance  of  152.  The  contributions  to  missionary 
societies  are  $55  ;  visits  made,  chiefly  by  Miss  Bochek,  630. 

SILVER    LAKE,  MINN. 

The  average  attendance  at  six  weekly  services,  meetings,  and  instruc- 
tion class  was  199,  against  162  the  year  before.  Visits  made,  201.  A  par- 
sonage has  been  built  at  a  cost  of  $980,  of  which  the  Congregational 
Church  Building  Society  lent  $275.  The  year  has  been  fruitful  in  spiritual 
results.  Ten  young  people  joined  the  church  in  May,  two  from  Catholic 
families  in  w^hich  they  suffer  persecution.  A  noteworthy  fact  is  that  in 
the  Bohemian  Sunday-school  an  English  class  of  four  children  of  English- 
speaking  families  has  been  formed,  the  only  one  in  that  vicinity,  the  nearest 
English  Sunday-school  being  ten  miles  distant.  Bohemian  Christians  are 
beginning  to  do  Christian  work  for  their  English-speaking  neighbors.  Two 
young  women  from  the  church  are  pupils  in  the  Bible-readers'  School  in 
Cleveland. 

GLENCOE,  MINN. 

Here  Mr.  Reitinger  preaches  once  a  month.  While  the  unfriendly 
influence  reported  last  year  has  not  wholly  ceased,  yet  some  are  very 
anxious  to  have  Bohemian  services  continued  there,  and  the  average 
attendance  on  them  is  twenty-five.  The  congregation  shows  a  better  and 
more  earnest  spirit. 

OWATONNA,  MINN. 

In  Owatonna,  Mr.  V.  Totusek,  of  the  Oberlin  Slavic  Department, 
worked  again  last  summer,  spending  twelve  weeks  there,  and  preaching 
in  two  of  the  four  Bohemian  centers,  within  eight  miles  of  each  other. 
Owatonna  is  the  chief  center  for  all  the  Bohemians  of  the  surrounding 
settlements  to  do  their  trading. 

IOWA    CITY,  IOWA 

Iowa  City  is  one  of  the  hardest  Bohemian  fields  occupied.  Here  Rev. 
F.  T.  Bastel  has  been  the  only  Bohemian  missionary  since  Miss  Junek  was 
married,  last  summer,  and  went  to  Cleveland  as  wife  of  Rev.  John  Musil ; 


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and  he  can  be  there  only  a  part  of  the  time,  as  he  visits  out-stations,  Vining 
and  Luzerne,  every  month.  The  Sunday-school  in  the  neat  chapel  built 
some  years  ago  by  the  Iowa  City  friends  of  the  work,  aided  by  the  Congre- 
gational Church  Buildmg  Society,  is  the  special  care  of  the  Iowa  City 
Congregational  church — Mrs.  Professor  Andrews  being  superintendent — 
and  is  the  most  encouraging  part  of  our  work,  as  the  second  generation 
is  much  less  influenced  by  old  prejudices  and  habits  than  their  parents. 

VINING,   LUZERNE,  AND    MOORLAND,  IOWA 

In  these  out-stations  the  work  is  much  more  encouraging.  In  Vining 
great  progress  may  be  noted.  The  people  here  built  a  new  church  with 
their  own  means,  which  was  dedicated  on  the  17th  of  September,  in  the 
presence  of  350  people,  some  of  whom  came  thirty  miles.  It  was  a  mem- 
orable occasion,  whose  influence  will  be  long  felt  for  good. 

Mr.  Bastel  spent  a  week  last  summer  in  Moorland,  and  preached  to  a 
large  Bohemian  and  American  congregation.  Some  Bohemians  are  very 
desirous  to  have  Bohemian  services  held  there.  It  is  a  promising  field, 
but  our  laboring  force  is  too  small  to  do  it  justice. 

ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

Our  young  mission  to  the  oldest  Bohemian  colony  in  the  country  has 
borne  fruit  in  a  church  of  fifteen  members,  formed  and  organized  by  a 
council  of  St.  Louis  Congregational  churches  there  convened,  March  20, 
1894.  Though  this  report  closes  with  March  ist,  yet  it  is  fitting  to  include 
in  it  this  event,  the  joyful  bringing  in  of  the  sheaves  after  three  and  a  half 
years  of  hard  and  sometimes  discouraging  labor.  The  average  attendance 
has  been  better  than  the  year  before  ;  eleven  weekly  services,  meetings, 
and  classes  having  an  average  weekly  attendance  of  383.  against  339  the 
year  before  ;  the  Sunday-school  attendance  averaging  over  176,  against 
151  the  previous  year.    Visits  numbered  898,  against  1,108  the  year  before. 

CRETE,  NEB. 

Mr.  John  Rundus  lives  in  Crete  and  visits  Wilber,  Milligan,  and  Lin- 
coln. He  also  went  to  Humboldt,  where  there  is  a  Protestant  Bohemian 
colony,  to  which  he  preached,  and  in  which  he  secured  the  organization  of 
a  Sunday-school.  The  work  in  this  field  is  a  very  difficult  one,  but  there 
has  been  progress.  Some  advance  has  been  made  toward  a  better  life, 
some  fathers  having  given  up  card-playing  for  their  children's  sake.  In 
Wilber  the  first  prayer-meeting  was  held,  in  which  five  persons,  besides 
Mr.  Rundus,  took  part.  How  encouraging  this  was  to  our  brother  no  one 
can  tell  who  does  not  know  how  very  strange  it  seems  even  to  old-country 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary   '  i85 

Bolieniian  Protestants  to  hear  a  layman's  voice  in  a  religious  meeting. 
Mr.  Rundus  finds  that  the  total  number  of  families  in  the  large  Bohemian 
settlement  in  Saline  County,  reaching  east  and  west  into  Lancaster  and 
Fillmore  Counties,  is  over  1,000,  of  which  very  few  are  Protestant  families. 

WAHOO    AND    CLARKSON,   NEB. 

Rev.  Anton  Paulu  has  supplied  this  field.  In  Wahoo  is  a  Protestant 
Bohemian  church,  not  of  our  forming,  in  which  we  hoped  to  awaken  new 
life.  The  attendance  at  services  ranged  from  twenty-two  to  thirty,  and 
at  Sunday-school,  seventeen.  In  Clarkson,  Mr.  Paulu  has  preached  one 
Sunday  a  month,  with  an  attendance  of  from  ninety  to  140.  The  Sunday- 
school  numbers  from  twenty-five  to  thirty. 

DETROIT,   MICH. 

Mr.  Lewis  finds  the  difficulties  to  be  encountered  much  smaller  than 
during  the  first  three  years  of  his  work  among  the  Poles  in  Detroit,  and 
believes  that  that  is  now  the  best  field  for  Polish  work.  There  is  still  bitter 
and  violent  opposition  to  the  truth.  There  are  seven  Polish  church  mem- 
bers ;  an  average  attendance  at  two  Sunday  services  of  eighteen  ;  fifteen 
Polish  children  in  the  Fremont  Street  Mission  Sunday-school  ;  visits  made, 
1,061  ;  Scriptures  circulated,  thirty-five  copies  ;  pages  of  tracts  circulated, 
29,100. 

TOLEDO,   OHIO 

There  is  reason  for  rejoicing  that  the  Polish  work  has  again  been 
started  here.  From  July  3d  to  August  14th,  Mr.  Shendel,  an  Oberlin 
student,  visited  nearly  600  families,  and  was  welcomed  by  the  most  of 
them.  In  August  Mr.  Lewis,  of  Detroit,  commenced  visiting  Toledo  once 
a  month,  spending  several  week-days  there.  September  ist,  Miss  Emily 
Mistr,  a  Bohemian  graduate  of  the  Bible-readers'  School  of  last  June,  who 
learned  Polish  in  the  school,  commenced  work  in  Toledo.  That  month, 
at  the  request  of  the  Detroit  Congregational  Union,  she  began  visiting 
Detroit,  and  now  spends  half  of  each  month  in  work  there. 

GRAND    RAPIDS,  MICH. 

Here  is  an  inviting  field  for  missionary  work  among  Poles.  Rev.  D. 
F.  Bradley  having  expressed  the  desire  that  such  work  be  commenced 
there,  Mr.  Shendel  worked  there  thirteen  days  last  August,  and  Mr.  Lewis 
visited  the  field  in  October.  Mr.  Shendel  made  130  visits.  He  found 
some  desirous  to  possess  the  Bible  ;  one  man  said  he  wanted  it  very  much, 
and  had  owned  one,  but  the  priest  had  compelled  him  to  put  it  into  the 
stove,  while  he  watched  it  being  consumed,  as  a  condition  of  giving  the 


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man  absolution.  There  are  said  to  be  1,000  Polish  families  in  Grand 
Rapids,  with  one  church  and  one  priest.  They  are  much  scattered, 
which  makes  them  more  accessible,  because  less  afraid  of  one  another. 
Over  100  men  had  trouble  with  the  priest  for  attending  a  funeral  in  a 
non-Catholic  cemetery  and  were  excommunicated.  Some  have  returned 
to  the  church,  others  have  built  a  hall  for  themselves  where  they  meet  for 
purposes  of  pleasure.  There  are  a  good  many  skeptics  among  them.  As 
the  Grand  Rapids  Congregational  churches  could  not  pay  the  expenses  of 
monthly  visits  by  Mr.  Lewis,  he  has  not  been  there  since.  This  field 
ought  to  be  occupied. 

MONSON    AND    WINBURNE,  PA. 

The  finding  of  the  colony  of  Poles  and  Germans  who  commingle  and 
intermarry,  and  most  of  whom  speak  four  languages,  was  reported  a  year 
ago.  Since  then  Rev.  John  Jelinek,  of  Braddock,  or  I  have  visited  them 
about  once  a  month.  As  they  were  desirous  of  having  a  regular  church 
organization,  and  that  Congregational,  Mr.  Jelinek  and  I  visited  them  in 
September,  and  on  the  27th  of  that  month,  after  full  conference  with 
them  and  explanation  of  Congregational  views  and  principles,  we  aided 
them  to  form  a  church  of  twelve  members,  six  males  and  six  females,  after 
which  the  sacrament  of  the  Tord's  Supper  was  administered.  It  was  a 
very  interesting  event. 

BRADDOCK,   PA. 

God's  rich  blessing  has  rested  upon  the  Slovak  work  in  this  place 
during  the  past  year,  and  most  notable  progress  has  been  made.  The 
branch  church  membership  has  increased  from  twenty-four  to  fifty-seven. 
Of  the  thirty-three  who  joined  during  the  year  all  have  been  drunkards  and 
very  degraded  people.  Not  one  of  the  church  members  uses  any  intoxi- 
cant or  tobacco.  Mr.  Jelinek  writes  :  "  Believe  me,  brothers  and  sisters, 
you  will  not  find  souls  more  devoted  to  the  Lord  than  these  Slovaks  when 
they  are  converted.  A  complete  change  takes  place  in  them.  Whereas 
before  they  thought  only  of  drink  and  dancing,  or  of  making  money  with 
which  to  live  comfortably  in  Hungary,  when  converted  they  immediately 
begin  to  think  about  becoming  American  citizens."  The  out-station  of 
Duquesne  is  exceedingly  promising. 

JOHNSTOWN,    PA. 

Last  year  I  reported  the  work  commenced  here  by  Mr.  Gavlik  in 
January.  September  12th  he  removed  to  Oberlin.  He  had  an  average 
weekly  attendance  at  five  meetings  of  seventy-seven.  Some  souls  were 
converted,  and   the   prospect  was  promising  ;  he   made  547   visits.     His 


July.  1894  The   Home  Missionary  187 

place  was  taken  by  our  youn_2^  brother,  John  I,iska,  from  Rraddock,  who 
reported  from  September  15th  to  November  ist  an  average  weekly  attend- 
ance at  four  meetings  of  eighty-one.  November  ist  Miss  Fannie  Bochek 
arrived  from  St.  Paul,  where  for  years  she  had  been  doing  successful  work 
among  the  Slavic  population,  to  devote  herself  to  the  work  for  Slovaks 
here. 

SOUTH    NORWALK    AND    RRIDGEPORT,    CONN. 

'J'his  is  not  Slavic  work,  but  has  grown  out  of  it.  Last  year  I  reported 
the  very  interesting  beginning  of  missionary  work  for  the  Magyar  popula- 
tion by  the  Congregational  church  of  South  Norwalk,  which,  led  by  its 
pastor,  Rev.  G.  H.  Beard,  wholly  supports  its  own  mission,  giving  a  most 
praiseworthy  example  of  the  best  way  in  which  to  deal  with  the  problem 
of  the  evangelization  of  our  foreign  population,  namely,  by  the  direct  con- 
tact, sympathy,  and  work  of  individual  churches. 

I  have  before  me  the  annual  report  rendered  by  Mr.  M.  Clifford  Pardee 
to  the  Congregational  church  of  its  Magyar  missionary  work  in  South 
Norwalk,  for  the  year  1893.  The  results  of  this  mission  are  very  encour- 
aging. May  many  other  churches  be  moved  to  follow  the  example  of  their 
brethren  in  South  Norwalk  ! 


SCANDINAVIAN     DEPARTMENT 
Rev.  ,  Superintendent 

The  National  Society,  especially  its  Scandinavian  Department,  has 
been  deeply  afflicted  during  the  year  by  the  death  of  its  superintendent, 
Rev.  Marcus  W.  Montgomery.  His  death  occurred  in  February  last,  and 
the  Scandinavian  churches  have  been  left  as  children  without  a  father. 
His  connection  with  the  Home  Missionary  Society  began  immediately 
after  his  graduation  from  Andover,  and  his  first  field  of  labor  was  at  Fort 
Scott,  Kansas.  He  afterward  labored  with  success  as  the  financial  agent 
of  Washburn  College.  In  i88r  he  was  appointed  Superintendent  of  Home 
Missions  in  Minnesota,  and  in  that  position  was  brought  into  intimate 
connection  with  the  Swedes  and  Norwegians  of  that  State.  In  1884,  his 
health  being  somewhat  impaired,  he  visited  Sweden  by  request  of  the 
Society,  and  it  was  in  connection  with  that  visit  that  he  made  those  won- 
derful discoveries  concerning  the  existence  of  a  Congregational  body  in 
that  land  which  formed  the  substance  of  the  pamphlet  which  he  wrote  on 
his  return,  entitled  "  A  Wind  from  the  Holy  Spirit." 

By  this  peculiar  initiation  he  was  prepared  to  take  charge  of  the 
Scandinavian  Department,  which,  together  with  the  German  and  Slavic 
Department,  was  organized  about  this  time.     Since  then,  until  the  date  of 


1 88  The  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

his  death  in  February  last,  he  was  enthusiastic  and  indefatigable  in  his 
labors  for  the  Scandinavian  churches  in  this  country.  He  was  particularly 
earnest  and  effective  in  securing  and  aiding  in  the  publication  of  litera- 
ture for  the  benefit  of  this  people.  They  regarded  him  as  a  beloved 
pastor.  They  were  constantly  seeking  his  counsel  and  advice,  and  when 
he  died  they  felt,  and  have  ever  since  felt,  that  they  had  lost  their  best 
earthly  friend. 

How  to  fill  the  unique  place  created  by  Mr.  Montgomery  is  a  difficult 
problem.  Rev.  F.  E.  Emrich,  of  South  Framingham,  Mass.,  was  earnestly 
called  to  the  position,  but  felt  it  to  be  his  duty  to  decline.  The  executive 
committee  is  earnestly  looking  for  the  right  man,  and  until  he  is  found 
the  work  of  this  department  will  be  supervised  by  the  superintendents  of 
the  States  where  it  is  now  being  carried  on. 

In  general  the  work  of  the  year  has  been  marked  by  a  deep  religious 
interest,  and  considerable  additions  have  been  made  to  our  missionary 
churches. 

GERMAN    DEPARTMENT 
Rev.  Moritz  E.  Eversz,  Chicago,  III.,  Superintendent 

Superintendent  Eversz  writes  :  In  spite  of  the  many  diversions  of  the 
World's  Fair  year  and  the  financial  stringency  upon  us,  we  are  yet  able  to 
report  a  good  degree  of  progress.  During  the  year  eleven  churches  have 
been  organized.  They  came  into  being  not  so  much  by  reason  of  aggres- 
sive missionary  work  on  our  part,  as  by  their  own  earnest  appeals.  Two 
came  from  other  denominations. 

Of  the  other  nine,  one  is  the  result  of  long  and  patient  toil  by  Pastor 
Vogler  on  his  field  near  Eureka,  So.  Dak.;  and  the  other  eight  resulted  from 
the  settlement  of  members  of  some  of  our  churches  in  new  communities, 
telling  their  neighbors  of  the  Congregational  idea  to  such  effect  that  they 
united  in  urging  some  pastor  near  by  to  come  and  preach  to  them  and 
then  organize. 

Thus  two  of  our  pastors  in  South  Dakota  had  been  repeatedly  urged 
to  visit  the  people  in  the  newly  opened  Indian  Reservation  over  the  Mis- 
souri River.  At  length  Pastor  Schmalle,  then  of  Tyndale,  responded.  At 
their  earnest  solicitation  a  student  was  sent  to  them  last  summer.  Three 
churches,  with  a  total  membership  of  seventy-six,  were  organized  as  the 
result  of  his  vacation  work.  Could  we  have  followed  up  his  work  with  a 
suitable  minister  there  is  no  doubt  that  we  should  have  gained  large 
accessions. 

In  all,  forty-nine  missionaries  have  been  employed  in  the  German  work 
during  the  year,  in  whole  or  part.  Of  these,  five  were  theological  students, 
of  whom  two  graduate  in  a  few  days.     One  will  continue  his  work  here  in 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  '  189 

Jefferson  Park,  where  he  has  gathered  a  church  and  built  a  house  of  wor- 
ship during  his  three  years'  course  of  study  ;  and  the  other,  Mr.  Baumann, 
goes  to  Nebraska,  taking  a  field  at  Nelson,  etc.,  where  he  has  already 
labored  during  two  summer  vacations.  Eleven  ministers  are  pastors  of 
self-supporting  fields,  making  a  total  active  force  of  sixty  preachers  in  our 
German  work. 

A  careful  recount  of  all  our  German  churches  reveals  a  total  in  the 
country  of  105,  Seven  churches  have  secured  houses  of  worship,  nearly 
all  of  a  better  average  grade  than  we  have  generally  built,  and  three  have 
provided  homes  for  their  pastors.  Of  course  much  of  this  would  have 
been  impossible  without  the  generous  aid  of  the  Church  Building  Society. 

We  also  gratefully  record  the  blessings  of  revivals  on  six  different 
fields  and  considerable  additions  to  the  churches. 

Endicott,  Wash.,  reports  thirty  additions  ;  Ritzville,  Wash.,  twenty- 
four,  and  a  church  of  twenty-five  members.  Crete,  Neb.,  has  doubled  its 
membership,  and  Fresno,  Cal.,  has  been  greatly  strengthened. 

Considering  the  fact  that  our  members  are  almost  wholly  laborers  or 
farmers  "  not  yet  out  of  the  woods,"  it  is  gratifying  to  note  that  the 
total  of  contributions  to  the  Congregational  Horrie  Missionary  Society 
is  somewhat  larger  this  year  than  last.  Also  that  I  find  no  disposition 
yet  to  make  the  pastors  bear  the  burden  of  the  necessary  retrenchments. 
On  the  contrary,  one  of  our  churches  here  realized  that  its  pastor  was 
not  adequately  provided  for.  But  how  should  the  increase  be  made 
with  half  the  church  without  work  ?  Several  meetings  were  called.  An 
extra  outlay  for  the  year  had  already  been  incurred  of  $150  by  repairs 
and  special  assessments.  It  was  finally  agreed  that  the  church  could  do 
no  more,  and  it  was  voted  to  appeal  to  the  Missionary  Society  for  an 
extra  hundred  dollars. 

I  visited  them  and  laid  the  financial  condition  of  the  Society  before 
them.  As  a  result,  over  fifty  dollars  came  in  extra  subscriptions  toward 
their  pastor's  salary.  I  am  confident  that  that  could  not  be  done  without 
real  sacrifice. 

The  church  referred  to  in  our  last  report  as  having  its  origin  in  Pome- 
rania  has  been  called  upon  to  pass  through  a  somewhat  trying  period. 
The  elevated  railway  was  surveyed  through  its  beautiful  church.  The 
settlement  of  the  compensation  was  somewhat  weary  and  long  drawn 
out,  and  a  change  of  pastor  took  place  at  the  same  time.  But  under 
Mr.  Schmalle's  able  management  the  congregation  and  church  held 
together  to  a  man.  A  new  and  better  location  was  secured  and  a  very 
suitable  church  and  parsonage  recently  dedicated.  The  church  goes  on 
its  way  rejoicing  to  find  that  "  all  things  work  together  for  good  to  them 
that  love  God  "  ;  for  with  the  generous  help  of  the  Building  Society  it  is 
in  a  fair  way  of  being  free  from  debt. 


iQO  The   Home   Missionary  July,  1894 

It  is  difficult  for  the  average  American  to  understand  how  a  poor  chapel 
or  discarded  saloon  handicaps  our  work  among  Germans.  Accustomed 
as  the  German  is  to  fine,  stately  churches  in  the  home-land,  thronged 
especially  on  holy-days,  and  trained  to  regard  all  others  as  errorists  and 
a  departure  from  his  church  as  almost  a  crime,  it  is  no  wonder  that  he 
views  our  movement  at  first  with  distrust,  and  such  makeshifts  as  hardly 
comporting  with  the  dignity  of  Christianity. 

The  imported  state  churches  take  advantage  of  this  conservatism, 
and  accordingly  concentrate  almost  their  entire  missionary  effort  upon 
church  building  and  new  enterprises.  Not  infrequently  a  church  is 
built  by  others  before  the  people  have  settled  as  to  who  are  to  occupy  it. 
A  more  generous  sowing  on  our  part  in  this  respect  would  often  pre- 
destinate an  otherwise  languishing  work  to  success,  and  place  our  mis- 
sionaries on  a  more  nearly  equal  footing  with  others. 

The  good  opinion  previously  expressed  regarding  the  present  manage- 
ment of  Crete  Seminary  is  proving  itself  to  be  richly  deserved.  The 
seminary  enjoys  the  confidence  of  our  churches  more  than  ever  before. 
The  class  of  students  and  the  work  and  spirit  of  the  institution  we  regard 
as  not  inferior  to  any.  Considering  the  facilities,  that  is  saying  a  great 
deal.  The  appointment  of  Rev.  Carl  Hess  is  proving  itself  to  be  a  wise 
move.  The  finances  of  the  institution  are  improving  under  his  agency, 
and  the  outlook  was  on  the  whole  never  more  encouraging.  We  owe 
especial  thanks  to  the  ladies  of  the  Illinois  Home  Missionary  Union  for 
their  generous  help  to  Crete. 

Our  papers,  Der  Kirchenbote  and  Die  Segensguelie,  are  doing  quite  as 
well  as  could  be  expected.  They  feel  the  stress  of  the  times  and  of  the 
diminished  help  from  our  Sunday-School  and  Publishing  Society.  We 
are  constrained  to  devise  new  plans  to  increase  their  circulation  and 
influence.  The  committee  of  publication  have  also  issued  a  Sunday- 
school  Lesson  Quarterly  this  year,  which  is  already  paying  its  way. 

During  the  last  three  months  calls  have  come  from  four  different 
directions  to  extend  our  stakes.  In  one  case  fifty-three  persons  gave  us 
their  names  to  form  a  church,  and  assured  us  that  the  number  could  be 
increased  to  one  hundred  within  a  few  weeks.  But  what  should  we  say 
with  not  a  dollar  to  our  credit  for  "new  work  "  ? 


CONCLUSION 

It  appears  from  the  preceding  review  that  while,  on  account  of  the 
unprecedented  financial  distress  prevailing  throughout  the  country,  the 
sixty-eighth  year  of  the  Society  has  been  one  of  peculiar  trial,  it  has  not 
been  without  its  compensating  blessings.     Indeed,  the  acclamations  of 


July,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  '  191 

thanksgiving  and  praise  that  have  reached  these  rooms  from  our  workers 
have  far  exceeded  the  accents  of  suffering,  anxiety, and  complaint.  "The 
Lord  has  done  great  things  for  us  whereof  we  are  glad,"  is  the  prevailing 
cry  over  the  entire  country  field.  Churches  and  ministers  have  been 
chastened  in  spirit  and  driven  to  take  refuge  in  God  ;  the  spell  of  world- 
liness  has  been  dissolved,  the  fallow  ground  broken  up,  and  the  soil  pre- 
pared for  the  copious  showers  of  divine  refreshing  that  have  everywhere 
visited  the  earth.  I'iie  reported  8,508  additions  to  the  churches  on  con- 
fession of  faith — 1,259  more  than  last  year — represent  a  comparatively  small 
part  of  the  result,  for  the  main  harvest  has  doubtless  been  gathered  since 
this  statistical  report  was  closed.  It  has  been  a  year  of  genuine  spiritual 
progress,  both  within  the  church  itself  and  in  its  influence  upon  the  world. 
Fields  in  which  fainting  and  discouraged  workers  had  toiled  for  years 
without  visible  result  have  yielded  rich  and  unexpected  fruit  to  the  praise 
of  the  covenant-keeping  God  ;  and  the  faith  of  our  missionaries  in  the 
power  of  the  Gospel  to  subdue  human  hearts  and  achieve  success,  even 
under  the  most  unfavorable  conditions,  has  been  greatly  stimulated  and 
strengthened. 

The  one  depressing  feature  of  the  year  is  the  debt  of  $125,000  to  the 
bank,  with  which  it  closed.  This  debt  is  as  unexpected  as  it  was  unavoid- 
able. It  is  due  to  no  reckless  expansion  of  the  work,  but  to  an  unparal- 
leled shrinkage  in  the  receipts.  Both  contributions  and  legacies  are 
responsible  for  this  deficit ;  but,  whatever  the  cause,  a  sudden  tumble  in 
receipts  from  regular  sources  of  $150,000  in  a  single  year  is  a  catastrophe 
for  which  no  human  forethought  can  provide.  The  duty  before  us  is 
plain.  Encouraged,  on  the  one  hand,  by  the  manifest  tokens  of  divine 
approval  as  they  mark  the  work  of  the  year,  and  not  unduly  depressed, 
on  the  other,  by  the  financial  difficulties  that  beset  us,  we  must  go  for- 
ward, planning,  giving,  working,  and  praying,  in  the  full  expectation  and 
belief  that  "  the  Lord  will  let  his  work  appear  unto  his  servants  and 
his  glory  unto  their  children,  and  that  the  beauty  of  the  Lord  our  God 
will  be  upon  us,  and  that  the  work  of  our  hands  he  will  establish." 

In  behalf  of  the  Executive  Committee  : 

Jos.  Bourne  Clark,     ) 

William  Kincaid,          >  Secretaries. 

Washington  Choate,  ) 


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THE    TREASURY 

The  unavoidable  delay  in  the  issue  of  this  "  Annual  Report  number  " 
of  the  Magazine  enables  us  to  report  here  the  receipts  of  the  first  quarter 
of  the  current  fiscal  year.  These  compare  with  the  corresponding  three 
months  of  the  previous  (sixty-eighth)  year  as  follows  : 


CONTRIBUTIONS 


1893  1894 

April.... $10,366  46  $18,93634 

May 9,461   46  18,608  21 

June....     15,136   17  15,249  44 


,964  09     $52,793  99 


LEGACIES 

1893 

1894 

April . . 

..    $6,681   14 

$8,701  36 

May  . . 

. .     25,812  59 

6,113  58 

June. .  . 

•     10,254  35 

35.026  54 

$42,748  08    $49,841  48 


$52,793  99 
34,964  09 


$49,841   48 
42,748  08 


)i 7,829  90  gain  in  contributions. 


?,o93  40  gain  in  legacies. 


This  statement  shows  a  gain  of  $17,829.90  in  contributions,  and 
$7,093.40  in  legacies — in  all,  $24,923.30.  It  is  particularly  pleasant  to 
record  this  gain  in  contributions,  showing  that  despite  the  continued 
stringency  of  the  times  the  living  givers  are  responding  to  the  call  for 
increased  help. 

Still  there  remains  the  lamentable  fact  that  the  receipts  fall  far  below 
the  amount  needed  to  meet  the  daily  accruing  dues  to  missionaries. 
Many  of  these  brethren  are  in  fields  where  business  is  utterly  prostrate, 
so  that  the  merest  pittance — in  some  cases  absolutely  nothing — is  realized 
from  the  pledges  of  their  people,  leaving  these  worthy  toilers  and  their 
families  wholly  dependent  on  the  Society's  draft  for  meeting  their  neces- 
sary expenses.  And  in  many  of  these  fields  there  is  small  prospect  of 
early  improvement. 

This  state  of  things  presses  heavily  upon  the  daily  conferences  at  the 
Bible  House  over  the  question,  Is  there  no  remedy  ?  What  shall  be  done 
— what  can  be  done — to  better  the  condition? 

1.  Suppose  it  were  possible  to  reach  every  Congregational  church  in 
our  land,  and  lo  secure  from  every  member  thereof  an  offering,  according 
as  the  Lord  has  prospered  each  giver.  This  has  never  yet  been  done  by 
our  churches  for  any  cause,  and  the  attempt  is  usually  looked  upon   as 


I 


July.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  193 

visionary.  Is  it  so  ?  Is  there  no  cause — not  even  the  evangelization 
of  our  country— strong  enough  in  its  claim,  wide  enough  in  its  appeal,  to 
reach  the  ear,  the  heart,  and  the  purse  of  every  Congregationalist  in 
America  ? 

The  attempt  will  be  made.  The  feasibility  of  such  an  effort  is  to  be 
tested.  For  its  success  the  aid  of  every  pastor,  church  officer,  and  private 
friend  of  Home  Missions  will  be  sought  diligently.  No  one  need  be  told 
that  the  "one  generous  offering  "  to  be  sought  "from  every  church  and 
for  every  member  "  would  bring  into  the  treasury  an  amount  enabling 
the  Executive  Committee  to  restore  the  forced  reduction  of  $75,000  from 
its  proposed  apportionment  for  the  current  year,  and  to  carry  forward 
over  the  whole  field  the  work  not  only  at  its  former  rate,  but  with  a 
yearly  accelerating  advance  in  some  degree  commensurate  with  its 
importance. 

What  an  ininiense  relief  this  would  bring  to  the  hearts  and  homes 
of  overburdened  missionaries  !  With  what  fresh  courage  and  zeal  it 
would  ins])ire  superintendents  and  missionary  committees,  every  day  bur- 
dened with  planning  to  provide  gospel  ministrations  for  destitute  com- 
munities, and  to  save  alive  churches  ready  to  perish  ! 

2.  Our  friends  have  read  Dr.  Abbott's  proposition  in  The  Home 
Missionary  for  June,  page  69,  calling  for  from  six  to  a  dozen  well-known 
pastors  and  as  many  practical  business  laymen,  representing  influential 
churches  east  of  the  Mississippi,  to  give  themselves  to  the  Society's 
service  for  three  or  four  weeks — preaching  on  Sundays,  and  reaching  the 
people  in  conventions,  conferences,  and  more  private  ways  through  the 
week.  None  will  question  the  advantages  which  its  proposer  claims  for 
the  suggested  plan.  Can  any  doubt  that  it  would  bring  a  generous  sum 
into  the  treasury  ? 

"  Is  this  plan  feasible  ?  "  Is  the  end  sought  worth  the  self-denial  that 
it  calls  for  from  pastors  and  churches  ?  We  shall  be  glad  to  hear  at  once 
from  friends  of  the  work  in  answer  to  these  questions,  that  if  the  plan 
meets  with  general  approval  and  cooperation,  timely  arrangements  may 
be  made  for  carrying  it  into  effect  in  the  early  autumn. 

3.  At  its  June  meeting  the  Executive  Committee  unanimously  passed 
this  vote  :  "  That  the  Secretaries  send  out,  in  The  Home  Missionary 
or  otherwise,  as  seems  best  to  them,  a  statement  as  coming  from  the  Exec- 
utive Committee,  expressing  their  appreciation  of  the  kindly  spirit  with 
which  the  $75,000  reduction  has  been  received  by  the  churches,  and 
inviting  their  hearty  cooperation  in  an  effort  to  restore  this  amount  at  the 
earliest  possible  date." 

Is  it  feasible  for  the  churches  appealed  to,  to  do  anything  promptly  and 
effectively  in  response  to  this  invitation  ?  If  so,  what  ?  and  when  ?  Who 
will  lead  off  ?  and  with  how  much  ?     We  wail  to  hear. 


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Each  State  is  here  g^iven  credit  for  services  of  minister,  though  he  may  have  served  in  other  States, 
Remarks  on  the  Tables. — i.  At  the  organization  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  in 

1826.  the  missionaries  of  the  United  Domestic  Missionary  Society,  whose  responsibilities  it  assumed. 

were  transferred  to  it,  and  the  greater  portion  of  them  were  in  commission  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

2.  The  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society,  the  New  Hampshire  Home  Missionary  Society, 
and  the  Vermont  Domestic  Missionary  Society  became  integral  parts  of  the  National  Society  in  the 
second  year  of  its  operations  ;  the  Maine  Missionary  Society  in  the  third  year,  and  the  Connecticut 
Missionary  Society  in  the  si.xth  year. 

3.  In  1845,  the  missions  of  this  Society  in  Canada  were,  by  an  amicable  arrangement  with  the  Brit- 
ish Colonial  Missionary  Society,  transferred  to  the  care  of  that  institution. 


DISTRIBUTION   OF   MISSIONARIES   BY   STATES 


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4.  In  the  Table  will  be  seen  the  progress  which  has  been  made  year  by  year,  in  the  newer  States 
of  the  West,  as  they  have  severally  come  into  being,  and  presented  fields  of  peculiar  promise  for  mis- 
sionary culture.  When  this  Society  was  formed,  Indiana  and  Illinois  were  in  their  infancy,  Michigan 
was,  at  that  time  and  for  ten  years  subsequent,  a  Territory  ;  in  1825  it  had  but  one  Presbyterian  or 
Congregational  minister,  and  he  was  a  missionary.  /r/jvri«.f/«  remained,  eight  years  after  the  organiza- 
tion of  this  Society,  the  almost  undisputed  home  of  the  Indian.  Iowa  was  not  organized  as  a  Territory 
till  1S38.  Oregon  was  reached  by  our  first  missionary  there  in  the  summer  of  1848.  after  a  voyage  of 
many  months  by  way  of  the  Sandwich  Islands.  Our  first  missionaries  to  California  sailed  from  New 
York  in  December.  184S.   Our  first  missionary  to  Minnesota  commenced  his  labors  at  St.  Paul,  in  July.  1849. 

5.  It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  number  of  missionaries  in  these  newer  States  and  Territo- 
ries, as  well  a% those  that  have  been  longer  cultivated,  gives  but  an  imperfect  idea  of  the  ground  that 
has  been  occupied  by  missionary  enterprise.  Churches,  every  year,  become  independent,  and  others 
are  taken  up  in  their  stead. 


DISTRIBUTION    OF    MISSIONARIES   BY   SECTIONS 

The  following  Table  gives  the  number  of  missionaries,  each  year  of  the  Society's  operations,  the 
geographical  divisions  of  Eastern^  Middle,  Southern,  and  Western  States  ;  and  also  in  Canada. 


Society's  Year, 

beginning  1826. 

New  England 
States. 

Middle 
States. 

Souther 

Southw 

Stat 

•n  and   Western 
estern  States  and 
es.    Territories. 

Canada. 

Total. 

1 — 

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27 

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33 

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42,429  50 

392 

166 

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274 

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155 

108 

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47,247  60 

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294 

2,523 

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160 

102 

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52,808  39 

509 

158 

745 

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6,126 

783 

146 

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606 

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801 

417 

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676 

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899 

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2,736 

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1,050 

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99,529  72 

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85,056  20 

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840 

438 

3,376 

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201 

794 

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58,500 

175 

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92,463  64 

94.300  14 

791 

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987 

594 

5,514 

64.300 

159 

119 

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99,812  84 

98,215  II 

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1,047 

657 

8,223 

68,400 

149 

116 

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104,276  47 

907 

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7,693 

60,300 

157 

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118,360  12 

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1,285 

736 

4,929 

60,000 

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126 

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126,193  15 

971 

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1,453 

760 

5,311 

76,700 

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119,170  40 

972 

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1,006 

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1,447 

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1,019 

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5,550 

83,500 

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145,456  09 

1,032 

205 

1,575 

812 

6,682 

75.000 

179 

141 

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51 

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123,817  90 

1,065 

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1.820 

853 

6,578 

70,000 

180 

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26- 

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52 

160,062  25 

162,831  14 

1,065 

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1,948 

862 

6,820 

66,500 

189 

153 

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53 

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2,160 

878 

6,079 

72,500 

199 

160 

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53- 

54 

191,209  07 

184,025  76 

1,047 

167 

2,140 

870 

6,055 

65,400 

212 

176 

29— 

54- 

55 

180,136  69 

177.717  34 

1,032 

180 

2,124 

81s 

5,634 

64,800 

218 

171 

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180,611  02 

986 

187 

1,965 

775 

5,602 

60,000 

241 

189 

31- 

56- 

57 

178,060  68 

180,550  44 

974 

201 

1,985 

780 

5.550 

62,500 

231 

185 

32— 

57- 

58 

175,971  37 

190,735  70 

1,012 

242 

2,034 

79s 

6,784 

65,500 

240 

188 

33- 

58- 

59 

188,139  39 

187.034  41 

1,054 

250 

2,125 

810 

8,791 

67,300 

231 

178 

34— 

59- 

60 

185,216  17 

192,737  69 

1,107 

260 

2,175 

868 

6,287 

72,200 

222 

174 

35- 

60^ 

61 

183,761  80 

18:5.762  70 

1,062 

212 

2,025 

835 

5,600 

70,000 

220 

173 

36- 

61- 

62 

163,852  51 

158,336  33 

863 

153 

1,668 

612 

4,207 

60,300 

259 

183 

37— 

62- 

63 

164,884  29 

133,843  39 

734 

155 

i'455 

562 

3,108 

S4,ooo 

240 

184 

38- 

63- 

64 

195.537  89 

149-325  58 

756 

176 

1,518 

603 

3.902 

SS,200 

248 

198 

39— 

64- 

65 

186,897  50 

189,965  39 

802 

199 

1,575 

63s 

3,820 

58.600 

299 

237 

40— 

65- 

66 

221,191  85 

208.811  i8 

818 

186 

1,594 

643 

3,924 

61,200 

325 

255 

41— 

66- 

67 

212,567  63 

227,963  97 

846 

208 

1,645 

655 

5,959 

64,000 

348 

269 

42— 

67- 

68 

217.577  25 

254,668  65 

908 

250 

1,710 

702 

6,214 

66,300 

364 

282 

43— 

68- 

69 

244,390  96 

274,932  55 

972 

246 

1,956 

734 

6,470 

75-300 

374 

283 

44- 

69- 

70 

283,102  87 

270,927  58 

944 

246 

1,836 

693 

6,404 

75,750 

390 

287 

45— 

70- 

71 

247,567  26 

263,617  19 

940 

227 

1,957 

716 

5,833 

71.500 

368 

280 

46- 

71- 

72 

294,566  86 

281,182  50 

961 

236 

2,011 

762 

6,358 

76,500 

369 

293 

47—' 

72- 

73 

267,691  42 

278,830  24 

951 

2f7 

2,145 

714 

5,725 

74,000 

391 

293 

48- 

73- 

74 

290,120  34 

287,662  91 

969 

241 

2,19s 

726 

5-421 

74,700 

395 

297 

49-' 

74- 

75 

308,896  82 

296.789  65 

952 

214 

2,223 

701 

6,361 

80,750 

423 

3" 

50  — 

7^ 

76 

310,027  62 

309,871  84 

979 

240 

2,274 

734 

7,836 

85,370 

422 

317 

51  - 

76- 

77 

293,712  62 

310,604  II 

996 

234 

2,196 

727 

8,065 

86,300 

442 

312 

52-' 

77- 

78 

284,486  44 

284.540  71 

996 

209 

2,237 

739 

7,578 

91,762 

38s 

286 

53-' 

78- 

79 

273.691  53 

260,330  29 

946 

199 

2,126 

710 

5,232 

87,573 

367 

275 

54—' 

79-' 

80 

266,720  41 

259,709  86 

1,015 

256 

2,308 

761 

5,598 

96.724 

341 

256 

55— ■ 

80- 

81 

290,953  72 

284,414  22 

1,032 

255 

2,653 

783 

5,922 

99,898 

363 

276 

56-' 

81- 

82 

340,778  47 

339,795  04 

1,070 

262 

2,508 

799 

6,032 

104,308 

425 

318 

57—' 

82- 

83 

370,981  56 

354.105  80 

1,150 

301 

2,659 

817 

6,527 

106,638 

433 

308 

58-' 

83- 

84 

385,004  10 

419.449  45 

1.342 

401 

2,930 

962 

7,907 

116,314 

436 

312 

59-" 

84- 

85 

451.767  66 

460.72-2  83 

1,447 

380 

2,990 

1,017 

8,734 

118,000 

453 

318 

60—' 

85- 

86 

524,544  93 

498,790  16 

1.469 

372 

3-005 

1,058 

9,050 

120,000 

471 

324 

61-' 

86- 

87 

482,979  60 

507,988  79 

1,571 

392 

3,063 

1,117 

10,031 

129,350 

454 

312 

62—' 

87-' 

88 

548,729  87 

511,641  86 

1,620 

361 

3,084 

1,173 

10,012 

129,462 

436 

316 

63-- 

88-- 

89 

542,251  00 

597.049  II 

1,759 

478 

3' 155 

1,249 

10,326 

134,395 

478 

340 

64-' 

89-' 

90 

671,171  39 

003,978  31 

1,879 

452 

3,251 

1,294 

10,650 

141,975 

467 

322 

65-' 

9^- 

91 

635,180  45 

671,297  23 

1,966 

496 

3,270 

1,318 

11,320 

154,722 

509 

34' 

66-' 

91-' 

92 

662,789  28 

686,395  01 

1,986 

441 

3-389 

1.360 

9-744 

159,206 

505 

346 

67-' 

92- 

93 

738,081  29 

689,026  12 

2,002 

464 

3,841 

1,391 

11,232 

159,300 

494 

343 

68—' 

93- 

94 

621,608  56 

701,441  16 

2,010 

547 

3,930 

1,437 

12,784 

164,050 

488 

349 

1.  The  total  receipts  for  the  sixty  seven  years  is  $16,006,504.04. 

2.  The  total  of  years  of  labor  is  50,138. 

3.  The  whole  number  of  additions  to  the  churches  is  422,041. 

4.  The  average  expenditure  for  a  year  of  missionary  labor  includes  the  entire  cost  to  the  Society  of 
obtaining  the  missionarj'.  defraying  his  expense  to  his  field,  and  sustaining  him  on  it,  as  well  as  the 
average  proportion  of  all  the  expenses  in  conducting  the  institution. 

5.  The  amount  paid  bank  on  loan  account  not  included  in  expenditures. 


iqS 


The  Home  Missionary 


July,    1894 


APPOINTMENTS    IN     MAY,    1894 


Not  in  commission  last  year 

Baird,    Lucius    O.,   Pullman    and    Ewartsville, 

Wash. 
Ball.  Albert  H.,  Anderson,  Ind. 
Bogue,  Mathew  D.,  Lincoln  Co.,  Okla. 
Chandler,  Joseph  H..  Rhinelander,  No.  Wis. 
Cherington,  F.  B.,  D.D.,  Spokane,  Wash. 
Christian,  Wm.  C.  D.,  Clara,  Ga. 
Detmers,  Karl,  Boyd  Co.,  Neb.,  and  Gregory  Co., 

So.  Dak. 
Ellis,  Morgan  A.,  Denver,  Colo. 
Fellows,  W.  W.,  Hamilton,  Mo. 
Findlay,  John  J.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Fleming,  E.  T.,  Santa  Ana,  Cal. 
Gipson,  Jacob  M.,  New  Site  and  Bluff   Springs, 

Ala. 
King,  E.  Russell,  Paso  Robles  and  San  Miguel, 

Cal. 
Kirtland,  Charles  C,  Whitewater,  Colo. 
McGregor,  Alexander.  Dunkirk,  Ind. 
Mackintosh,  Rocliffe,  Washington  and  Cannels- 

burgh,  Ind. 
Marshall,  Martin  V.,  Echo  and  Wicksburg,  Ala. 
Petterson,  A.  G.,  Upsala,  Minn. 
Powell.  William,  Beaver  Creek,  Or. 
Tade,  Ewing  O.,  Avalon,  Cal. 
Williams,  J.  W.,  Waynoka,  Okla. 
Winter,  Alpheus,  Tryon,  N.  C. 


Re-commissioned 

Barber,  Leman  N.,  Hesperia  and  Halleck,  Cal. 

Bastel,  F.  T.,  Iowa  City,  Iowa. 

Beauchamp,  Jethro  M.,  Gaston  and  Hillside,  Or. 

Belsan,  Miss  Anna,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Bigelow,  Frank  E.,  East  Chicago,  Ind. 

Bishop,  A.  A.,  General  Missionary  in  Kan. 

Bourne,  S.,  New  York  City.  N.  Y. 

Bostwick,  Elmer  D.,  Sheridan,  Wyo. 

Bowden,  Henry  M.,  Braddock.  Penn. 

Brainerd,  Edward  R.,  Bloomington,  Rialto,  and 
Etiwanda.  Cal. 

Brown,  John  F.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Brown,  Robert  P.,  Arapahoe,  Okla. 

Buell,  Lewin  F..  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 

Burr,  Wm.  N.,  Perris,  Cal. 

Busby,  Joseph  L.,  South  Calera,  Ala. 

Calnon,  John  C,  Kingfisher,  Okla. 

Campbell.  Daniel  A.,  Demorest,  Ga. 

Carter,  Wm.  C  ,  Powersville,  Ga. 

Clark,  Chester  M.,  Denver,  Colo. 

Clark.  James  B.,  Eagle  Harbor,  Wash. 

Clark.  Orville  C.  Missoula.  Mont. 

Connet,  Alfred,  Alva  and  Woodworth,  Okla. 

Crawford.  Charles  D.,  Crested  Butte,  Colo. 

Davies,  William  C  Minersville.  Penn. 

Dessup,  John  J.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Dickerson,  Charles  H.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Dickinson.  Samuel  F.,  Grand  Junction,  Colo. 

Doty,  G.  W.,  Gothland,  So.  Dak. 

East.  Wm.  R.,  Gate  City,  Ala. 

Edwards.  John,  Pittsburg.  Penn. 

Emerson,  Stephen  G.,  Alessandro,  Cal. 

Evans.  John  G.,  Vandling  and  Forest  City,  Penn. 

Fales,  Elisha  F..  Philadelphia,  Penn. 

Farnsworth,  Arthur.  Dodge  and  Howells,  Neb. 

Ferris,  Arthur  F.,  Mt.  Carmel.  Penn. 

Field,  Fred  A.,  Buena  Park.  Cal 

Fish,  Samuel  E.,  Gettysburg,  Logan,  and  Leba- 
non, So.  Dak. 

Forrest,  Ned,  El  Reno,  Okla. 

Forrester,  James  C  Hoschton,  Ga. 

Foster,  Festus,  Enid,  Okla. 

Foster,  Richard  B.,  Stillwater,  Okla. 

Frances,  Arthur  V.,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 


Franklin,  August  W.,  Cleveland.  Ohio. 

Frazee,  John  H.,  D.D.,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Freitag.  Karl,  Michigan  City,  Ind. 

Gibson,  Nelson  H.,  Perote  and  Catalpa,  Ala. 

Graham,  Wm.  H.,  Hendricks.  Ga. 

Gross,  Miss  Anna,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Gunn,  E.  B.,  Tallapoosa  Co.,  Ala. 

Gunn,  Joseph  W.,  Steamboat  Springs,  Colo. 

Hall,  George  S.,  San  Diego,  Cal. 

Harden,  John.  Macksville  and  South  Vigo,  Ind. 

Harper,  Joel,  Downs  and  Mt.  Zion,  Okla. 

Harris,  Henry,  Lyons,  Colo. 

Harwood,  James  H.,  Compton,  Cal. 

Hawn,  Robert  G.,  Wenas  and  Naches,  Wash. 

Haynie,  Thomas  B.,  Clanton,  Ala. 

Hembree,  Charles  C,  Pawnee.  Okla. 

Henderson,  Thomas  H.,  Port  Townsend,  Wash. 

Hodel,  Abraham,  Culbertson,  Hayes  Co.,  and  Pal- 
isade, Neb. 

Home,  Gideon,  Clark's  Mill,  Bowers,  and  Mag- 
dalena,  Ga. 

Horst.  George,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Huelster,  Anton,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Hull,  Elsworth  L.,  Garfield  and  Kinsley,  Kan. 

Hurd,  Alva  A.,  Vancouver,  Wash. 

Hurlburt.  William,  Beaverton  and  Tualitin,  Or. 

Jackson,  Preston  B..  Billings,  Mont. 

Janes,  Henry,  Andrews,  Ind. 

Jelinek,  John,  Braddock.  Penn. 

Jenkins,  Josiah  H.,  Falls  Church,  Va. 

Jewell,  J.  Spencer,  South  Riverside,  Cal. 

Jones,  Abraham,  Carbondale,  Penn. 

Jones,  Fred.  V.,  Parsons,  Kan. 

Jones,  W.  L.,  General  Missionary  in  Ga. 

Johnson,  J.  Wesley,  Newkirk,  Okla. 

Johnson,  Lorentz  C.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Kelsey,  William,  Okarche,  Okla. 

Kerr,  Joseph,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

King,  Charles  W.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Laidler,  Stephen  W.,  Coytesville,  N.  J. 

Lee,  George  H.,  Seattle,  Wash. 

Loba,  Victor  E.,  Noble,  Mo. 

Lumpkin,  Wilson,  Carney,  Okla. 

Lyman,  Henry  M.,  Cripple  Creek,  Colo. 

McCune,  William  C,  Pond  Creek,  Okla. 

McKay,  Thomas,  Plymouth,  Penn. 

Mason,  Charles  E..  Buena  Vista,  Colo. 

Mata,  Andrew,  Johnstown,  Penn. 

May,  Edwin  M.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Merrill,  Miss  S.  R.,  Cleveland.  Ohio. 

Merrill,  William  H.,  Gaylord  and  Twelve  Mile, 
Kan. 

Milligan,  John  A.,  Nordhoff,  Cal. 

Mitchell.  Fred.  G.,  Kansas  City,  Kan. 

Moore,  George  W.,  Frostburg,  Penn. 

Morris,  George,  Los  Angeles  and  Eagle  Rock, 
Cal. 

Musil,  John,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Nelson.  A.  G.,  General  Missionary  in  Northern 
Minn,  and  Northern  Wis. 

Newton,  Howell  E..  Clara,  Ga. 

Nichols,  Danforth  B.,  Mission  Hill,  So.  Dak. 

Ormes,  Manly  D.,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo. 

Overton,  Joseph,  Needles.  Cal. 

Palmer,  Oscar  A.,  Ulysses,  Neb. 

Parker,  Lawrence  J.,  West  Guthrie,  Okla. 

Paulu.  Anton,  Wahoo.  Neb. 

Phillips,  John  W.,  Bakersfield,  Cal. 

Pipes.  Abner  M.,  Elk  Point,  So.  Dak. 

Pope.  Joseph,  Big  Timber.  Mont. 

Prucha,  John.  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Prucha,  V.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Rawson,  George  A.,  Vernondale,  Cal. 

Reitinger,  Miss  M.,  Cleveland.  Ohio. 

Robberts.  James  F.,  Alpha,  Park,  and  Mount  Pis- 
gah,  Okla. 

Robertson,  George,  Mentone,  Cal. 

Robinson,  John  R.,  Hoschton,  Ga. 


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199 


Rofjcrs,  Alfred  H.,  Green  Ridpc,  Mo. 

Rogers,  John  A.,  Alpine  and  Klinn  Valley,  Cal. 

Root,  Kdw.ird  T.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Rundus,  John,  Crete,  Net). 

Saunders,  I£ben  li.,  Abcrcrombie,  No.  Dak. 

Schaetle,  John  M.,  Pico  Heights  and  Hyde  Park, 

Cal. 
Schauffler,  Mrs.  H.  A.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Scoville,  Edj^ar  E.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Seccombe.  Charles,  Springfield,  Running  Water, 

and  Wanari,  So.  Dak. 
Shingler,  John  ].,  Custer  City,  So.  Dak. 
Skcels,  Henry  M.,  Fruita,  Colo. 
Smith,  Andrew  J.,  Tacoma,  Wash. 
Smith.  Edward  S.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Smith,  Howard  N..  Rock  Springs,  Wyo. 
Smith,  John  P..  Lafayette,  Colo. 
Smith,  Jonathan  G.,  Crookston.  Minn. 
Smith,  Richard,  Porter  and  Lake  Station,  Ind. 
Smith,  Samuel  A.,  Cambridgeboro,  Penn. 
Smith,  Geo.  E.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Smith,  Thomas,  Hosmer,  Ind. 
Snyder,  Charles  W.,  Jennings,  Okla. 
Staver,  Daniel,  Astoria,  Or. 
Stokes,  W.  T.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Strong,  Miss  C.  M.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
Taylor,  William  A.,  Waukomis  and  Hope,  Okla. 


Thrasher,  William  J.,  Hillsboro,  Ala. 

Thirloway,  Timothy,  (jreen  River.  Wyo. 

Townsend,  Lewis  A.,  Whiting,  Ind. 

Travis,  David  Q..  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Trueblood,Jasper,Central,Cedarwood,and  Beach- 
wood,  Ind. 

Trussell,  William  F".,  Benson,  Minn. 

Tuttle,  George  E.,  Flagler,  Seibert,  and  Clare- 
mont,  Colo. 

Tychsen,  Andrew  C,  Hobokcn,  N.  J. 

Vailc,  Charles  S.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Voorhees,  Henry  M.,  Escondido,  Cal. 

Wadsworth,  George,  Buffalo  Gap,  So.  Dak. 

Watson,  William  H.,  Red  Lodge,  Mont. 

Way,  Laurence  F.,  Harmony,  Okla. 

Weage,  Edward  D.,  National  City,  Cal. 

Weatherby,  Seaborn,  Asbury,  Clio,  and  Spio. 
Ala. 

Wells,  Clayton  B..  Elyria,  Colo. 

Weyler,  Samuel,  Buffalo,  Wyo. 

White,  Austin  B.,  Los  Auf^cies,  Cal. 

Wood,  Edwin  A.,  Centerville,  So.  Dak. 

Woodward,  Gideon  W.,  Darlington  and  Reno 
City,  Okla. 

Wrbritzky,  Edmund,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Wright,  Turner,  Millerville,  Ala. 

Wrigley,  Francis,  Springfield  and  Selmar,  Minn. 


RECEIPTS  IN    MAY,  1894 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Auxiliary  Societies,  see  pages  206  to  213. 


MAINE— $284.89. 

Auburn,  Sixth  Street,   by  Mrs.    L.   J. 

Thomas $7  64 

Bangor,  First,  by  W.  P.Hubbard...   .  43  56 

Bath,  Ladies,  freight i  00 

Brunswick,  G.  T.  Little 10  00 

Harrison,  $3.41 ;   No.  Bridgton,  $6.59, 

by  Rev.  A.  G.  Fitz 1000 

Kennebunkport.  A  Friend 5  00 

North    Berwick.    Mrs.   N.    Hobbs.  by 

Rev.  H.  A.  Bridgman 250 

Portland,  St.  Lawrence  Street  Ch.,  by 

J.  J.  Gerrish 465 

B.  Swasey,  M.D 500 

A  Friend 5  00 

Skowhegan,    Ladies'    Miss.    Soc,   by 

Mrs.  J.  A.  Colby 20  75 

Waldoboro,  J.  V.  Lovell,  In  Memoriam 

of  Mrs.  H.  H.  Lovell 10  00 

Miss  J.  M.  Bultinch,  by  J.  N.  Lovell.  2  00 

Wells,  B.  Ma.xwell 20  00 

Westbrook,  Warren  Ch.,  Cumberland 

Mills,  by  Rev.  D.  Martyn 137  79 


NEW   HAMPSHIRE-$s38.6s. 

Received    by  L.  D.  Stevens, 
Treas.  N.  H.  H.  M.  Soc.  : 

Berlin   $14  10 

Boscawen   2148 

Claremont 29  00 

Greenland 5  cxj 

Hollis 500 

Lisbon,  Mary  R.  Cummings, 

for  the  debt loooo 


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

Berlin  Mills,  Ladies $27  00 

Portion  of  Easter  offerings.         7  59 
Thank-offering  from  a  N.  H. 
woman 50  00 


174  58 


84  59 


East  Brentwood,  Rev.  H.  H.  Colburn.  $10  00 

Hanover,  Susan  A.  Brown 5  00 

Hinsdale,  S.  S.,  by  C.  A.  Wellman n  48 

Hollis,  S.  S.,  $10  ;   W.  P.  Farley,  $1, 

by  W.  P.  Farley n  00 

Littleton,  Mrs.  B.  W.  Kilburn 5  00 

Manchester,  Ladies  of  the  First,  by 

Mrs.  H .  Pettee 30  00 

Milford,  First,  by  A.  C.  Crosby 80  00 

Nashua,  Edward  Spalding 100  00 

Penacooke,  Mrs.  M.  A.  W.  Fiske 5  00 

Peterboro,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  Union 

Ch.,byl.  F.  Hatch 7  00 

Warner,    R.  W.   Sargent,   for  Salary 

Fund loco 

West  Hampstead,  Elizabeth  P.  Ord- 

way 5  00 


VERMONT— $551.95  ;  of  which  legacy, 

$17.75. 

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

Barton $10  44 

Georgia 875 

Waterbury 5  00 

Weston 5  00 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
W.  P.  Fairbanks,  Treas.  : 

Barre $15  00 

Craftsbury,     North,    Acad- 
emy, C.  E 316 

Fairfax.  Mrs.  A.  B.  Beeman  5  00 

Glover,  Mrs.  Martin 3  00 

Grand  Isle,  Mrs.  M.  Ladd. .  2  00 

Greensboro 5  00 

Hardwick,  East 12  co 

Pittsford 27  00 

Randolph.  West 9  00 

Springfield    :o  00 

Williston.  A  Friend i  00 

Windham 3  00 

Thank-offering 262  52 


200 


The   Home   Missionary 


July,   1894 


Salary  Fund : 

Bakersfield $5  00 

Bennington,  Second 25  00 

Brattleboro,  A  Friend   ...  5  00 

West  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 10  00 

Brooktield 10  00 

Fairlee.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 300 

Greensboro,  Ladies i  25 

Guildhall   4  00 

Jeffersonville,    Y.     P.    S. 

C.E 5  00 

Jericho  Center,  S.  S 241 

Montpelier,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  10  00 


Quechee 10  00 

Randolph,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.. 

Salisbury 

Troy,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Waterville 

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


5  00 
5  92 

7  10 
2  00 


$469  61 


17  75 
JO  00 
I  40 


Bennington,  Miss  A.  C .  Park 

Miss  S.  K  Park 

Bristol,  Mary  M.  Hickok 

Derby,  Legacy  of  Horace  Holt,  by  W. 

S.  Robbins 

Manchester,  Mrs.  J.  D.  Wickham 

North  Thetford,  Miss  E.  G.  Baxter.. . 

Wallingford,  Mrs.  Allen  Edgerton 

West  Hartford,  Rev.  A.  J.  Smith 


MASSACHUSETTS -$10,763.13; 
of  which  legacies, $2, 956.22. 

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

B.  Palmer.  Treas 5,000  00 

By  request  of  donors 881  30 

Canton,  Elijah  A.  Morse 20000 

Woman's    H.     M.    A.,    Miss    S.    K. 
Burgess,  Treas.  : 

For  Salary  Fund   21600 

New   Bedford,  Ladies'    Miss.    Soc, 
by  Mrs.  J.  C.  Hitch 15  00 

Amherst.   Amherst   College,  by  Prof. 

W.  C.  Esty 213  43 

Andover.  W.  L.  Ropes 5  00 

Attleboro,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  Sec- 
ond, by  A.  G.  Tillson 25  00 

Billerica,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mrs.  J.  F. 

H.Mathews 500 

Boston,  W.  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund.  100  00 

Prof.  S.  H.  Woodbridge 1500 

Cambridge,  S.  A.  M 100  00 

Dedham.    First   Ch.,   "  E.xtra  Cent  a 
Day   Band,"   $^0;    Y.   P.  S.  C.  E., 

"Two  Cents  a  Week  Band,"  $5 35  00 

Florence,  by  W.  L.  Wilco.x 59  47 

Granby,  S.  M.  Cook,  to  const.  Doug- 
las Griffin  a  L.  M 50  00 

Granville.  B.  C.  Dickinson,  by  L.  B. 

Dickinson 5  00 

Greenfield,  Estate  of  William  B.  Wash- 
burn, by  F.  G.  Fessenden.  ex 497  33 

Holliston,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  ,  by  Miss  M. 

A.  Johnson   10  00 

Lee.  Samuel  Hopley 5  00 

Littleton,  Orthodox,  by  J.  S.  Hartwell  13  00 

Lowell,  H.  S.  H ..  500 

Maiden,  First,  by  C.  F.  Belcher no  55 

Frances  A.  Odiorne S  00 

Massachusetts,  A  Friend i  00 

Merrimac,  Mrs.  S.  B.  Sawyer 40 

Middleborough,  by  Dr.  E.  S.  Hatha- 
way    77  43 

Monson,  Mrs.  L.  R.  Peek 10  00 

Northampton.  A.  L.  Williston 30000 

North    Brookfield,    First    Ch.,    Two 

Friends,  self-denial... 1000 

Peru,  S.  S 4  28 

Pittsf.eld,  Miss  M.  A.  Bissell 25  00 

Randolph,  E.  T 17  50 


Roxbury,  Mrs.  F.  O.  White $3  oo 

Salem,  Tabernacle,  by  J.  H.  Phippen, 

to  const.  Ezra  L.  Woodbury  a  L.  M.  50  00 

South    Deerfield.  by  C.   B.  Tilton.  in 

full,  to  const.  A.  A.  Cooley  a  L.  M..  20  00 

South  Egremont,  by  A.  M.  Smith  ....  10  00 

South   Framingham,  From  Estate  of 

Moses  S.  Little,  by  B.  T.  Thompson, 

trustee 2,20931 

South  Weymouth,  I.  A.  R 5  00 

Springfield,  Memorial  Ch.,  by  H.  W. 

Bowman 100  55 

A  Friend 5  00 

Taplevville,  Mrs.  S.  Richmond,  by  H. 

W.  Hubbard,  Treas.  A.  M.  A 100 

Taunton,  Two  Friends 40  00 

Webster,  First  S.  S.,  by  L.  J.  Spalding  25  00 

Wellesley,  S.  P.  Ferry,  J.  A.  Eastman, 

S.  P.  Eastman 15  00 

Wcstfield,  Estate  of  Mrs   M.  A.  Shurt- 

left,  Interest,  by  M.  B.  Whitney,  ex.        249  58 
Worcester,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ezra  Sawyer  10  00 

Worthington,  First,  by  A.Stevens 3  00 


RHODE  ISLAND-$2i9.2i. 

Auburn,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Foster 

Kingston,  by  B.  E  Helme 

Newport,  United  Ch.,  E.  P.  Allan 

Providence,  Pilgrim  Ch.,by  O.  Peter- 
son   

Plymouth  Ch.,  by  O.  Z.  Peterson... 
Beneficent  Ch.,  Mrs.  S.  M.  Thomp- 
son, in  Memoriam  of  Burnham  W. 

Thompson 

Rev.  N.  W.  Williams 

North  Ch.,  by  C.  H.  Eastwood 

A  Friend 


I  00 
33  00 

5b  98 


25  00 
15  00 

10  73 
5  00 


CONNECTICUT— $3,119.83  ;  of  which 
legacies,  $1,472.94. 

Miss.  Soc.   of   Conn.,   W.  W.  Jacobs, 
Treas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec.        138  58 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Conn., 

Mrs.  W.  W.  Jacobs,  Treas.    $21  35 
Essex,  by  Mrs.  E.  H.  Mor- 
gan         20  75 

Meriden.  Ladies'  Benev. 
Soc.  of  the  First,  by  Mrs. 

M.A.Curtis 2300 

New  Britain,  Ladies'  Benev. 
Soc.  of  South  Ch.,  by  Miss 
M.  E.  Bingham,  for  Sal- 
ary Fund 62  85 

New  Haven,  College  Street 
Ch.by  Mrs.  H.  G.  New- 
ton, for  Salary  Fund 10  00 

Norwich,  Mission  Students 
in  Broadway  Ch.,  by 
Mrs.  O.  F.  Gulliver,  for 

Salary  Fund i  00 

Greenville    Ch.,   by    Mrs. 

E.  P.  Gardner 28  00 

Plantsville,  Ladies'  Indus. 
Soc, by  Mrs.E.W.  Twich- 

ell 5  00 

Poquonock,  by  Miss  N.  P. 

Merwin 10  72 

Putnam,     by    Miss     H.    E. 

Clarke 23  06 

205  73 

Branford,  H.  G.  Harrison 10  00 

Bridgeport.  S.  S.  of  the  Second,  by  F. 

C .   Fox 50  00 

Emma  F.  Eames   5  00 

Brooklyn,    Estate   of   Mary   E.   Ens- 
worth,  by  P.   B.  Sibley,  ex 600  00 

Canton  Center,  by  W.  G.  Hallock. ...  10  10 

Centerbrook  and  Ivory  ton,  by  S.  F. 
Parmelee 29  50 


July,    1894 


The   Home   Missionary 


201 


Central  Villaprc.  by  Mrs.  A.  M.  Lille- 
bridge,  ilirimgh  Rev.  E.  H.  Palmer, 

Trcas.  Mass.   H.  M.  Soc $867 

Colebniok,  A  Friend 2  00 

Danielsonville,  Miss  L.  A.  Weld 5  00 

Durham,  by  H.  H.  Newton 18  09 

Easton,  by  G.  Freeborn 10  75 

East  River,  Mrs.  A.  I).  Lee 5  00 

East  Woodstoek,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  J.      . 

M.  Paine 4  75 

Enfield, Gleaners'  Mission  Circle,  by  J. 
S.  Henry,  in  full,  to  const.  Mrs.  John 

MiddlelonaL   M 2500 

Fairfield,  On  account  of  legacy  of 
Burr  Osborn,  by  J.  W.  More- 
house, ex 50  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  F.  S.  Child  10  00 

Greens  Farms,  by  S.  B.  Sherwood ....  35  00 
Greenwich,    Y.    P.    S.    C.    E.   of  the 

Second,  by  C.  P.  Childs,  special..  20  00 

A  Friend 50  00 

Guilford,  A  Friend  in  First  Ch.,  by  E. 

W.  Leete 4  00 

Hartford,  Mrs.   M.   E.  C.  Strong  and 

Miss  M.   F.Collins 1000 

An  Outlook  Subscriber 5  00 

A  Friend 501 

Litchfield,  First,  by  Miss  C.   B.  Kcn- 

ney 50  00 

Meriden,  First,  by  W.  H.  Squire 276  52 

Milford,  Plymouth  S.  S.,  by  S.  Hawk- 
ins    1047 

Naugatuck,  Miss  E.  Spencer 150  00 

New  Haven.  Yale  Divinity  School,  by 

W.  W.  Wallace 23  75 

M.  E.  Baldwin 10  00 

A.  S.  F 5  00 

Miss  M.  Y.  Yale 80 

New  London,  B.  P.  McEwen 30  00 

New  Milford,  A  Friend 500 

New  Preston,  A  Friend 100  00 

Nor  walk,  A  Friend 2  co 

A  Friend i  00 

Norwich,  Legacy  in  full  of  Mrs.  Mary 

B.  Coit,  by  G.  D.  Coit.  ex 500  co 

Orange,  by  S.  D.  Woodruff 22  00 

Salisbury,  by  T.  F.    De.xter 2378 

Southbury,  Mrs.  H.  Perry S  00 

Southington,  J.  F.  Pratt 52  28 

Stafford  Springs,  by  F.  H.  Spelman..  15  gi 

Stonington,  A  Friend 5  00 

Washington,  Mrs.  P.  H.  Hollister 5  00 

Waterbury,  Estate    of    Benjamin    A. 

Lindsey,  by  Samuel  Holmes  and 

Rev.  E.  E.   Lewis,  trustees 32294 

Mission  Circles  of  the  First,  by  E. 

T.  Bronson 20  00 

West  Avon,  Mrs.  O.Thompson 40 

West  Hartford,  "  Christian  Workers 
Assoc."  of  the  First  Ch.  of  Christ, 

by  A.  S.  Arnold 10  00 

Mrs.  E.  W.  Morris 10  00 

Westport,  Saugatuck  S.  S.,  by  H.  C. 

Wood  worth 5  26 

Winstead,  First,  by  J.  D.  Baldwin...  98  90 

Windsor,  A  Friend 10  00 

Woodstock,  First,  by  H.  T.  Child ....  31  64 


NEW  YORK-$2,o7i.39. 

Received  by  William    Spald- 
ing, Treas.  : 

Buffalo,  Pilgrim $32  22 

Prospect   Avenue  Taber- 
nacle   4  80 

Busti 2  10 

Corning 5  00 

Danforth,  Syracuse 36  11 

DeKalb 575 

Henrietta '5  00 

Paris 25  00 


$0 

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100 

cx> 

25 

00 

.   3« 

93 

10 

00 

.   60 

00 

.30 

00 

■   75 

00 

South  Hcrmon ...  $s  25 

Walton 91  01 

West  Newark 10  50 

Rev.  E.  Curtis 12  00 


Woman's   H.  M.  Union,   Mrs 
J.J.  Pearsall,  Trcas 

For  Salary  Fund 

Albany.  First  

Antwem,  for  Salary  Fund. , 

Day  Spring  Mission  Band 

for  Salary  Fund 

Brooklyn,  Clinton   Ave.  Y 

L.  G 

Lewis  Ave.  Ch 

Central  Ch.  Zenana  Band, 

Tompkins    Avenue   L.  B 

S.,  for  Salary  Fund .... 

Binghamton,  Helpers,  to 
const.  Mrs.  A.  F.  Mills  a 
L.  M 

Buffalo.  Mrs.  W.  G.  Ban- 
croft  

Cambridge 

Copenhagen 

Flu.shing,  Y.  W.  M.  S 

Groton 

Honeoye.  $15;  Y.  L.  M.  S., 
*io 

Ithaca,  in  full,  to  const. 
Miss  E.  Reed  and  Miss  M. 
C.  Atwood  L.  Ms 

Middletown,  Crane  Mission, 
to  const.  Mrs.  J.  J.  Silk  a 
L.  M 

Oswego  Falls 

Sandy  Creek 

Watertown,  Jr.  Mission 
Circle 


S244  74 


50  00 

50  00 
lo  25 
10  00 
j6  85 
2  00 


50  00 
10  00 
12  76 

5  00 


Binghamton,  H.  Mills  and  Mrs.  A.  F. 

Mills 

Brooklyn,  East  Cong.  Ch.,  by  C.  C. 
Keilholz 

South  Ch.,  by  E.  D.  Ford 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the   Lee  Avenue 
Ch.,  by  C.  H.  Gillespie 

Y.    P.   S.    C.    E.   of    the   Tompkins 

Avenue  Ch,  by  J.  J.  Tappan.    ... 

Buffalo,  First,  by  R.  H.  Strickland... 

Chatham,  A  Friend 

Clifton  Springs,  A  Friend 

Deansville,  by  M.  L  Kinne 

Elizabethtown,  by  Rev.  A.  W.  Wild  . 
Elmira,  Sarah  A.  Moore 

Mrs.  L  Jennings 

Fairport,  Ch.,  $27.16;  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.,  $9.35,  by  Mrs.  M.  Olney 

Groton,  S.  A.  Barrows 

Hamilton,  Mrs.  F.  Sanford,  by  O.  S. 

Campbell 

Hopkinton,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Laughlin,  $5; 

Miss  Kent,  $5 

Keene   Valley,   63   cts.  ;    Rev.   C.    M. 

Perry,  S9.37     

Mt.  Sinai,  by  S.  H.  Miller 
New  York  City,  Camp  Memorial  Ch., 
by  Rev.  F.  A.  Slyfield 

Tremont,  Trinity  Ch.,  by  R.  Turner 

Broadway  Tabernacle,   H.  N.  Mar- 
shall   

Y.   P.*  S.    C.    E.   of   the    Broadway 
Tabernacle,  by  E.  F.  Tripp 

Frances  P.  Plimpton.  $5  ;  A  Friend, 

Ss 

Pelhamville,  Ch.  of  the  Covenant,  by 

Rev.  A.  A .  Robertson 

Poughkeepsie.  A  Friend 

Prohibition  Park,  Z.  W.  Bliss 

Richmond  Hill,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the 

LTnion  Ch . ,  by  G.  Weston,  Tr 

Say ville,  by  W.  Green '. 


34 
400 

21 
00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

100 

00 

2 
6 

15 
28 

5 
10 

00 
00 
61 

25 
00 
00 

36 
25 

51 
00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

14 

72 

11 

6 

00 
30 

5 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

10 
10 

05 
00 

S 

00 

20 
"5 

00 
46 

202 


The   Home  Missionary 


July,    1894 


Sherburne,    by    G.    W.   Lathrop,    to 

const.    De    Forest  Marsters,  W.  A. 

Piatt,   Mrs.  S.  M.  Foote,  and  Mrs. 

A.  M.  McPherson  L.  Ms $242  45 

Sloan,  L.  G.  Rogers 15  00 

Smvrna,  H.  M.  Dixon 500 

Tannersville,  People's  Ch.,   by   Rev. 

H.  Smith 3  00 

Ticonderoga,   First,   by    Rev.    E.    D. 

Evans  2  50 

Woodville,  by  J.  H.  Wood  10  00 

[Errata:  Northville,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev. 
T.  S.  Griffith,  I19  25,  should  be  credited  to  the  W. 
H.  M.  U.  of  N.  Y.,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Pearsall,  Treas.— 
acknowledged  in  May  Home  Missionary. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  New  England  Ch.,  should  be 
credited  as  well  as  the  S.  S.  and  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
$55.91,  by  J.  M.  Hyde,  to  const.  Miss  L.  E.  Parr 
a  L.  M.  Erroneously  acknowledged  in  June 
Home  Missionary,] 


NEW  JERSEY-$8o2.23. 

Woman's    H.    M.    Union    of     N.    J. 
Assoc,  Mrs.  J.H.  Denison,  Treas.: 
Montclair,  for  Salary  Fund 275  00 

Bound  Brook,  by  Rev.  L.  B.  Goodrich  25  00 
East  Orange,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  A   P. 

Nelson 2  00 

Glen  Ridge,  by  M.  G.  Belloni 233  73 

Jersey  City,  A  Friend 5  00 

Montclair.  A  Friend   500 

Newark,  Mrs.  M.J.  Mcrwin 5  00 

A  Friend 5  00 

New  Brunswick,  MissM.  H.  Parker..  10  00 
Orange  Valley,  by  A.  B.  Johnson,  to 

const.  J.  S.  Pierson,  G.  L.  Manning, 

Mrs.  O.  S.  Thompson,  and  Miss  E. 

B.  Johnson  L.  Ms 200  00 

South  Orange.  E.  A.  Roberts  3  00 

A  Family  Offering,  by  M.  L.  Roberts  24  50 

Woodbridge,  Two  Friends,    by  Rev. 

C.  H.  McDonald g  00 


PENNSYLVANIA-$202.oo. 

Woman's  Miss.    Union,    Mrs. 
T.  W.  Jones,  Treas.: 

Allegheny $18  00 

Lansford 922 

27  22 

Chandler's  Valley,  Scand.,  by  Rev.  C. 

J.  Lundquist 3  50 

Horatio.  C.   First   Day  School,  by  J. 

Harrison i  00 

Jermyn,  Welsh,  by  J.  T.  Griffiths 5  00 

Johnstown,  Fannie  Bochek 5  00 

Neath,  by  W.  S.  Davis 3  78 

New  Castle,  Mrs.  M.  C.  McClelland..  5  00 

Parsons,  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Jenkins 4  50 

Pittsburg,  "  Cash  " 100  00 

Reading,  O.  S.  D.,  "Thank-offering"  25  00 

Slatington,    Bethel   Ch.  and  S.  S.,  by 

Rev.  W.  T.  Williams :2  00 

MARYLAND-$i5.oo. 

Baltimore,  J.  H.  Welsh 10  00 

J.  Haynes 500 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA-$75.oo. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  N.  J.  Assoc., 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  Treas.: 
Washington,  First,  for  Salary  Fund  25  00 

Washington,  Mrs.  W.  Pitkin 50  00 


GEORGIA    $6.00. 

Demorest,  by  Rev.  D.  A.  Campbell.. 
Thebes,  S   S.,  by  F.  R.  Sims 


LOUISIANA— 16.00. 

Calhoun,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Wall i  00 

Kinder,  Rev.  P.  Leeds 5  00 

FLORIDA-$64.49. 

Bellevue,  by  Rev.  T.  H.  Rouse 21  00 

Lake   Helen,  Y.    P.  S.  C.  E.,  by   Mrs. 

A.  M.  Cooley 5  00 

Marvinia,  J.  E.  Merrill 6  00 

Ormond,    Union   Ch.,  by   Rev.  J.  W. 

Harding 827 

E.  F.  Converse 5  go 

Pomona,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  Rev.   M.  C. 

Welch 1422 

Winter   Park,   Prof.   J.    H.    Ford,   by 

Rev.  S.  F.  Gale '.  5  00 


INDIAN  TERRITORY— $20.00. 

Woman's  Miss.  Union,  Mrs.  —  Ray- 
mond. Treas.  : 

Vinita,  Mrs.  F.  Hurd 

Vinita,  Rev.  F.  Hurd,  in  full,  to  const. 

C.  F.  Hurd  a  L.  M 


OKLAHOMA- $2.00. 
Enid,  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  F.  Foster. . 


NEW  MEXICO-$35.oo. 

Albuquerque,  by  Rev.  E.  H.  Ashmun 
Deming,  First,  by  Rev.  F.  L.  Drew.. 


30  00 
5  00 


TENNESSEE- $30.33. 

Kno.xville,   Pilgrim    Ch.,    by    D.    R. 

Samuel :  2000 

Nashville,   Fisk  University,  $5.33 ;  S. 

S.,$s,  by  E.  C.  Stickel 1033 


KENTUCKY -$5.00. 
Williamsburg,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Bateham... 


OHIO-$66s.52. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Fra 

ser,  D.D.  : 
Cleveland,   Euclid   Avenue, 

by  J.  Snow $3275 

Horace  Ford 25  00 

Wauseon,  by  J.  L.  Gray. ...        9  25 
Newport.  Ky.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

by  Dr.  W.  W.  Anderson. .        5  00 

Received   by  Rev.  J.  G.  Era- 
ser,  Treas.     Bohemian 
Board,  Cleveland  : 
Cleveland,  Mizpah  Chapel..      $3  77 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas.  : 
Akron,  West,  Self-denial  .         6  75 
Ashland,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.         i  53 

Cleveland.  Union 5  00 

Conneaut,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

for  Salary  Fund 6  00 

Jefferson,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

for  Salary  Fund 5  00 

Painesville,  B.  R.  Home  .        5  00 


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203 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas.  : 

Columbia,  "  Z  " $250  00 

Salary  Fund  : 

Cortland 2  55 

Marietta,  Harmar  Ch.  ...       10  00 

North  Olmsted   1000 

Painosvillc 10  00 

Wellington,  L.  B.  and  H. 

M .  S 5  00 

West  Williamstield 5  00 

$292  55 

Received  by  Rev.  N.  Plass 25  00 

Akron.  West  Ch.,  by  J.  E.  Patterson, 

special 20  25 

Cleveland,  Y.   P.   S.   C-  E.  of  Cyril 

Chapel,  by  Rev.  J.  Musil 3  00 

Mrs.  A.  J.  Smith 10  00 

Fairport  and  Richmond,  by  Rev.  E. 

R.  Latham 7  41 

Hillsborough,  G.  H.  Beccher 100  cx3 

janesvillc.  First,  $4  :  S.  S.,  $3  ;  Y.  P. 

S.  C.  E.,  $1.50:  .\lpha  Miss.  Band, 

$5,  by  Rev.  C.  H.  Hanks 1350 

Marietta.  First,  by  A.  D.  Follett 78  76 

Springfield,  Lagonda  Avenue,  by  Rev. 

R.  Albertson 300 

Tontogany,  Dea.  J.  Whitehead 5  00 

Weymouth  and   Brunswick,  by  Rev. 

E.M.May 200 


INDIANA- $98.50. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  M.  T. 
Dewhurst,  Treas.  : 
Hammond 3  50 

Brazil,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Andrews 5  00 

Indianapolis,  Y.  P.   S.  C.   E.   of  the 

Mayflower  Ch.,  by  H.  L,  Whitehead  5  00 

Terra  Haute,  Mrs.  M.  H.  Ross 85  00 


ILLlNOIS-Si-9oi-39;  of   which   lega- 
cies, §1,166.67. 

Buda,  on  account  of  legacy  of  James 

T.  Hyde,  by  M.  M.  Ford,  trustee.  1,000  00 
From    Estate  of    J.    F.    Hyde,    on 

account,  by  Rev.  H.  D.  Wiard  .. .  566  67 

Chicago,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Keep 200  00 

Lombard.  Mrs.  I.  Claflin 2  00 

Moline,  First,  by  Rev.  T.  B.  Wilson  .  32  72 
Taylorville,    Legacy  of    Mrs.   B.    A. 

Mitchell,  by  E.  R.  White,  adm 100  00 


MISSOURI-$io7.95. 

De  Soto,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Hearst 

Hannibal,  Pilgrim  Ch..  by  Rev.  A.  B. 

Allen 

Kansas  City.   Clyde  Ch..   $30;  S.  S., 

$20,  by  W.  W.  Findlay,  to  const.  E. 

A.  Fussell  a  L.  M   

Republic  and  Billings,  by  Rev.  I.  T. 

Hull 

St.  Joseph,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  Tab- 
ernacle Ch..  by  B.  Mosman 

H.  E.  Hutchings 

Springfield,  German  Ch.,  by   Rev.  J. 

F.Graf 

Tarkio,  Lilian  Rogers 

MICHIGAN-$8.oo. 

Detroit,  M.  J.  Messinger 

F.  Raymond 

Pierport,  A  Friend 


45 

ID 

00 

50 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

20 

00 

7 

50 

10 

00 

2  00 
1  00 
5  00 


WISCONSIN -$90.00. 

Eagle  River,  by  Rev.  T.  G.  Grassie. 

Fort  Atkinson,  E.  W.  Wilcox 

Janesvillc,  First,  by  Miss  S.  A.  Jef- 
fris 

IOWA-^$.9.5o. 

Doon,  $2;  Siou.K  City,  $2.50,  German 
Chs.,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Wuerrschmidt. 

Dubuque,  First,  by  J .  H.  Merrill, 
Treas.  lo wa  H .  M .  Soc 

Edgewood,  N.  G.  I'latt 


MINNESOTA-$77o.83. 

Received   by   Rev.  J.  11.  Mor- 

ley  : 
Custer,      Welsh,     Mrs.     E. 

J .  Thomas $2  00 

Fairmont 10  70 

Fergus  F^'alls 3  35 

Gravin i  06 

Mazeppa,  C.  E 2  00 

Rochester 44  98 

Mrs.  M.  J.  Taintor 5  00 

St.  Paul,  Olivet 12  88 

Winona,  First 246  76 

$328  73 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

M.  W.  Skinner,  Treas.  : 

Austin $17  30 

Belgrade 2  00 

Clearwater,  S.  S 84 

Cottage  Grove.  S.  S 3  00 

Claremont 5  00 

Detroit 5  00 

Duluth,  Pilgrim 1250 

Dawson 2  00 

Edgerton   5  00 

Freeborn 9  80 

Lake  Park,  Mission' Band.  i  25 

Mazeppa 11  80 

Minneapolis,  Plymouth ...  44  45 

New  Richland,  S.S 60 

Princeton 1000 

Sauk  Center 29  00 

Waseca 16  90 

S.  S.,  Special 3  54 

Winona,  First,  to  const. 
Mrs.  M.  B.  Buffum 
and  Mrs.  S.  G.  Swain 

L.  Ms 123  50 

Second,  special 12  00 

West  Duluth 3  15 

Worthington,  S.  S 2  20 

Y.L 255 

$323  38 

Received     by    Miss    E.    S. 
Hartwell : 

Belgrade $1  33 

Brownton ....  82 

Claremont 318 

Cannon  Falls 2  60 

De.xter 16 

Elgin 2  72 

Faribault     2  93 

Freeborn 2  59 

Freedom i  60 

Grand  Meadow i  13 

Glencoe 5  50 

Hamilton 116 

Hartland i  16 

Janesvillc 100 

Lake  City i  94 

Swedish 90 

Lyle 87 

Lamberton 2  54 


It>i5  00 
25  00 


4  5° 


5  00 
10  00 


204 


The   Home  Missionary 


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Mantorville  $1   ig 

Morristown   i  50 

Mapleton   i  31 

Mankato 2  12 

Swedish 41 

Marshall 9  80 

Mazeppa  i  06 

Minneapolis,  Vine 2  50 

Silver  Lake 5  00 

Pilgrim 50 

Fifth  Avenue 255 

Bethany,  C.  E.  S   i  16 

Rirst  Scandinavian 2  52 

Plymouth 11  00 

New  Richland 2  52 

Northfield 3  28 

Owatonna i  84 

Rose  Creek 89 

Rochester 3  56 

Saratoga 76 

Stewartville 60 

Spring  Valley 315 

St.  Clair 70 

Sleepy  Eye 2  16 

Springfield 312 

Stillwater i  82 

Stewart 87 

St.  Paul,  Plymouth 5  05 

Atlantic i  n 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 25 

Taopi 2  20 

Winona.  First 5  00 

Waterville i  22 

Waseca 2  18 

Walnut  Grove 175 

Wabasha 177 

Witoka 78 

Winona,  Second 46 

Second,  S.  S 18 

Zumbrota 3  35 

Zumbro  Falls 49 

$127  81 
Less  expenses 97  36 

$30  45- 

Aitkin,  by  Rev.  G.  R.  Searles 

Austin,  First,  by  T.  P.  McBride 

Fertile  and  Mentor,  by  Rev.   R.    H. 

Battey 

Lake  Benton,  by  Rev.  E.  P.  Hughes. . 

Lamberton,  by  Rev.  C.  E.  Wilco.x 

Mankato,  by  Rev.  J.  Johnson 

Minneapolis,  Open  Door  Ch.,  by  J. 
W.  Horn 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  G.  W.  Bass 

A  Friend,  by  M.  A.  Metcalf 

A  Friend 

St.  Paul,  People's    Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 

Oehler    

Sauk  Center,  First,  addl.,  by  Mrs.  V. 

A.  Whipple 

Spencer  IBrook,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  A. 

P.  Engstrom 

West  Duluth,  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  T. 

M.  Price 

Winthrop,  by  Rev.  W.  W.  Newell 


KANSAS— $1,039.59. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Dough- 
erty, Treas.  Kan.  H.  M. 
Soc.  : 

Burlington $5  00 

Comet,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 800 

Junction  City,  G.  J.  Graves        5  00 
Oneida,    Y.    P.    S.    C.    E., 

special 2  10 

Wakarusa 275 

C.  E.  Curtis 2  00 


5 

00 

14 

00 

6  86 

8 

00 

7 

66 

3 

00 

6 

50 

5 

00 

12 

00 

5 

00 

2 

50 

I 

00 

2 

25 

2 

50 

7 

00 

24  85 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

D.  D.  De  Long,  Treas.  : 
To  const.  Mrs.   J.  C.  Cald- 
'    well,   Mrs.    H.  G.  Curtis, 

Mrs.  C.  E   Read,  Mrs.  M. 

G.   Hay,  and    Mrs.   J.  A. 

Loomis  L.  Ms.  : 

Atchison $10  00 

Brookville 5  00 

Centralia   5  00 

Herndon i  00 

Highland 5  00 

Lawrence,  Plymouth  5  00 

Russell 10  00 

Sterling  ....    10  00 

Topeka,  Central 5  era 

Wellsville 2  00 

•     A  Friend 21 

$58  21 

Received  by  Rev.  S   D.  Storrs 3  00 

Atchison,   $40;    Wheaton,    $6.63,    by 

Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie 46  63 

.Atwood,  by  Rev.  J.  J.  A.  T.  I)i.\on. . .  2  50 
Dial,  Mt.  Ayer,  Ash  Rock,  and  New 

Harmony,  by  Rev.  N.  Emmerson  ..  16  50 

Dunlap,  by  Rev.  L  McRae i  30 

Kansas  City,  Pilgrim,  by  Rev.  H.  D. 

Herr 7  50 

Leavenworth,    First,  by   Mrs.  J.  W. 

Johnson 50  00 

G.A.Eddy    10  oo 

Partridge,  by  W.  A.  Crotts 10  00 

Topeka,  Washburn  College,  Miss  C. 

G.  Durgin.. .   s  00 

Village  Creek  and  Scatter  Creek,  by 

Rev.  G.  M.  Pfeiffer 3  10 

Wakefield,  A  Friend 800  00 

Wichita,  Olivet  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F.  Grey  i  00 


NEBRASKA— $149.67. 

Received  by  J.  W.  Bell,  Treas. : 

Arlington $3  82 

Dewitt 10  25 

Omaha,  Plymouth 6  52 

Verdon 9  45 

Received  by  Rev.  C   S.  Billings 

Carroll,  Welsh,  by  S.  Jones 

Cortland  and  Pickrell,  by  Rev.  F.  G. 

McHenry 

Crete,   German,   by   Rev.   W.   Fritz- 
meier 

President  D.  B.  Perry 

Omaha,   S.   S.   of    the    First,    by    G. 

Marples 

Pierce,  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Brande 

Wymore  and  New  Hope,  by  Rev.  S. 

F.  Wilson 


NORTH  DAKOTA— $26.88. 

Received  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Sim- 
mons : 

Gardner,  Second,  add'l $0  63 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Fisher,  Treas.  : 

Hope  4  00 

Buxton s  00 

Harwood 3  25 

Mrs.  D.  Woolner  50 

Forman  and   Rutland,  by  Rev.  J.  E. 

Jones 

Oberon,  by  Rev.  L.  A.  Smith 


10 

30 

5 

00 

21 

56 

30 

00 

2 

10 

4 

72 

42 

00 

'3  38 


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SOUTH  DAKOTA- $159.79. 

Woman's   H.   M.  Union,  Mrs. 

A.  M.  Wilcox,  Treas.  : 

Atliol $2  00 

Aurora 2  50 

Canova 18+ 

Colvin  and  La  Roche 7  00 

Elk  Point 2  79 

Frankfort,  Miss  Taylor 200 

Fort  Yates,  Indian  W.  M.  S.  i  10 

Oahc,  Indian  W.  MS i  50 

Santce,  Indian  W.  M.  S....  i  00 

Sprinir  Lake i  00 

Watertown,  Miss.  Band 100 

Ruk,  Micronesia,  Miss  Rose 

Kinney 200 

■        $25  73 

Beresford,   S.  S.,  $6  :  Pioneer.  S.  S., 

$10.55,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 16  55 

Chamberlain,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Dixon...  15  08 

Huron,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 20  00 

Ipswich.  Ch.,  |i !  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  I4  ; 

S.  S.,  $5  ;  Rosette  Park,  $1,  by  Rev. 

E.E.Webber 2300 

MccklinjT,  $,5  ;  Hudson,  $14,  by  Miss 

E.  K .  Henry 29  00 

Pioneer,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall i  00 

Rapid  City,  Jr.  Y,  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the 

First,  by  W.  Shaw 5  00 

Vermillion,  Scand.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  K.  J. 

Blom 2  60 

Webster,  $4.31;  Waubay,  S7.52;  Clark. 

$10,  by  Rev.  D.  R.  Tomlin 21  83 


COLORADO— $110  90. 

Colorado    Springs,    First,    by     J.    B. 

Severy 

Crested  Butte,  Ch.,  $6  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

$1.50,  by  Rev.  C.  D.  Crawford. . . . 
Denver,  Glenarm  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the 

First,  by  M.  A.  Morrison,  for  Salary 

Fund 

Lafayette,  by  Rev.  ].  F.  Smith 

Otis  and  Hyde,  by  Rev.  G.  Dungan. . 

Rico,  by  Rev.  H.  Sanderson 

Villa  Park,  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Rollins 


54 

90 

7 

50 

2S 

00 

7 

50 

4 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

UTAH— $100.00. 
Park  City,  Rev.  W.  S.  Hunt 

CALIFORNIA- $197.26. 

Compton,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Harwood.... 

Elsinore,  H.  M.  Day 

Escondido,  by  Rev.  H.  M.  Voorhees.. 

Lincoln,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Hale 

Los  Angeles,   Plymouth,  by  Rev.  C. 

S.  Valle 

Needles,  $2.55  ;  Villa  Park,  $17.20,  by 

Rev.  J.  T.'Ford 

Nordhoff,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Milligan 

Pasadena,  A  Friend  from  Arizona,  for 

Salary  Fund 

Santa  Barbara.  Laura  Hine 

Vernondale,  Rev.  G.  A.  Rawson  .... 


36  66 

5  CO 

30  00 

3  00 


19  75 
12  05 

75  00 

2  00 

3  80 


OREGON    $35.02. 

Oregon.  M.  E.  C 2  00 

Portland,  Mississippi  Avenue,  by  Rev. 

H.  W.  Young 4  00 

By  Rev.  E.  Grieb 2  55 

German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  Grieb..  ..  2  10 
Salem,    $5.20 ;     Forest     Grove,   $15  ; 

Willard,  $2,  by  Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp. . .  22  20 
Sheridan   and  Willamina,  by  Rev.  O. 

B.  Whitmore 2  17 

WASHINGTON- $46.20. 

Cheney  and  Spokane,  West  Side  Ch., 

by  Rev.  F.  V.  Hoyt 1590 

Chewelah,  by  Rev.  D.  F.  Taylor 5  00 

Endicott,  German,  by  Rev.  J.  Hergert.  6  00 

Kirkland  and  Houghton,  by  Rev.  H. 

Ailing 6  00 

Ranier,  Scappoose,    and    Circuit,  by 

Rev.  G.  Baker i  30 

Spokane,  Rev.  J.  B.  and  F.  W.   Ren- 

shaw 500 

Tacoma,    East   Ch.,    by    Rev.   A.    J. 

Smith 7  00 

{Erratum:  Toledo,  Wash.,  by  Rev.  W.  A. 
Arnold,  $5,  should  have  been  credited  to  Cowlitz 
Bend.  Erroneously  acknowledged  in  April 
Home  Missionary.] 


M0NTANA-$i2.oo. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,    Mrs.    H.   E. 
Jones,  Treas.  : 
Castle,  Mrs.  A.  S.  Barnes 

Melrose,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Bell 


JAPAN-$6.oo. 

Kyoto,  from  the  Band  of  Missionaries 
m  Kyoto,  by  Rev.  M.  L.  Gordon. . . 


10  00      Home  Missionary. 


6  00 
84  OS 


$24,441  15 


Donations  of  Clothing,  etc. 


Amherst,  Mass.,  Mrs.  P.  H.  White,  bo.\. 

Bath,  Me.,  Mary  M.  Fisk,  trunk. 

Brooklyn.  N.  Y.,  Ladies'  Guild  of  Clin- 
ton Ave.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  S.  W.  Rice,  two 
boxes $100  00 

Buffalo.  N.  Y.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the 
People's  Ch  ,  by  Albert  M.  Wilson, 
box 57  87 

Concord,  N.  H.,  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  John 
C.  Thorne.  two  boxes 195  00 

Cornwall  Hollow.  Ct.,  Miss  C.  M. 
Sedg\vick,  barrel. 

East  River,  Ct.,  Mrs.  A.  D.  Lee,  pack- 
age. 

East  Rockaway.  N.  Y.,  Bethany  Ch.,  by 
Mr.  Wm.  A.  Simons,  package. 


57  00 


Elyria.  Ohio,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mary  N. 
Garford.  box $123  00 

Enfield,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc,  by 
Mrs.  H.  C.  Woodward,  barrel 

Goffstown,  N.  H.,  Ladies  of  Cong.  Ch., 
by  Mrs.  E.  S.  Mclntire.  barrel  of  cloth- 
ing. [Erroneously  acknowledged  in 
June  number.] 

Hartford.  Ct.,  Sewing  Soc.  of  Windsor 
Ave.  Ch.,  by  L.  G.  Talcott,  box. 

Lyme.  N.  H.,  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc,  by 
Mrs.  C.  E.  Gordon,  box  

New  Haven.  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Ch.  of 
the  Redeemer,  by  Mrs.  W.  A.  Hotch- 
kiss.  barrel 

Newport,    R.   I.,  Benev.   Soc.    of    the 


50  00 


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United  Ch.,  by  Eliza  R.  Hammett, 
box 

New  York  Cit)-,  Hospital  Book  and 
Newspaper  Soc,  package. 

Norfolk,  Ct.,  G.  D.  Bassett.  box. 

Orange,  N.  J.,  Woman's  Soc.  of  Chris- 
tian Work  of  Orange  Valley  Ch.,  by 
Mrs.  Usher  W.  Cutts,  box 

Ravenna,  Ohio,  Ladies'  Foreign  Miss. 
Soc,  by  Mrs.  J.  C.  Noble,  box  


365  00 
63  10 


Saline,  Mich.,  Mrs.  C.  F.  Hill,  box. 
Salisbury,   Ct.,  Lakeville  Sewing  Soc, 

by  Mrs.  H.  Blake,  barrel. 
Stratford,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Sewing  Soc,  by 

Mrs.  R.  W.  Bunnell,  two  boxes $150  00 

Taftville,  Ct.,   Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Miss 

Ida  C.  Miller,  barrel 25  00 

Wethersfield,  Ct.,   Ladies'  Aid  Soc,  by 

Mrs.  Gardner  B.  Smith,  box  and  cash.         158  00 


AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 
MAINE    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Maine  Missionary  Society  from  March  i   to  May  12, 
John  L.  Crosby,    IVeasurer 


Albany,  J.  E.  Bird $1  00 

Augusta,  Joel  Spalding,  Esq 5  00 

Bangor,  First,    H.   H.    Fogg,  for  work 

in  Aroostook 20  00 

Central,  Prof.  Sewall's  class,  of  which 
$40  from  E.  R.  Burpee  for  work  in 

Aroostook 90  12 

Blanchard,  by  Martin  Oilman 7  35 

Brownfield,  by  Rev.  E.  P.  Eastman... .  2  27 
Corinth,   legacy  of  Sarah  E.  Perham, 

add'l   125  00 

Deer    Isle,  First,    by  Rev.    J.  S.  Rich- 
ards    5  80 

Deering.  Free,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins.  6  00 

East  Baldwin,  by  Mrs.  Frank  Brown. . .  10  00 

East  Sumner,  by  Rev.  D.  S.  Hibbard...  5  00 
Edgecorab,     Cong.,    by    Rev.    C.     G. 

Holyoke 800 

Eliot,  by  Rev.  T.  F.  Millett 2  00 

By  same,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 2  70 

Farmington     Falls,     by     Rev.     J.     E. 

Adams 6  26 

Foxcroft  and  Dover,  by  C.  H.  B.  Wood- 
bury, Tr 18  00 

Gilead,  by  Rev.  G.  C.  Wilson 5  50 

Gray,  by  Rev.  H.  O.  Thayer 17  55 

Harrison,  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Fitz 3  37 

Hiram,  by  Mrs.  J.  P.  Hubbard 2  00 

Holden,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 2  00 

Houlton.  by  Rev.  W.  I.  Cole 11  70 

Island  Falls,  by  Rev.  Chas.  Whittier. ..  10  00 
Lebanon  Center,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cous- 
ins   1504 

Lewiston,  Hon.  W.  P.  Frye 1000 

Limerick,  by  Rev.  J .  E.  Adams 423 

Limington,  by  Rev.  G.  C.  Wilson 661 

New  Sharon,  by  Mrs.  C.  A.  Wyman...  5  00 

New  Vineyard,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams..  4  00 


North  Bridgton,  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Fitz...  $14  50 

Otisfield 2  00 

Oxford 4  00 

Phillips,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 14  52 

Phippsburg,  by  Rev.  C.  L.  Nichols. ...  8  30 
Portland,   High  Street,  Mrs.  I.  P.  War- 
ren's  Sunday-school  class  for  Sun- 
day-school   work   by    Rev.    G.    B. 

Hescock,  Fort  Fairfield 11  06 

A  Friend 20  00 

Presque  Isle,    Y.   P.  S.   C.  E.,  by  Rev. 

Charles  Har  butt 5  00 

Princeton,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 6  00 

Rockport,  by  Mrs.  A.  E.  McCobb 8  00 

Sanford,  Rev.  J.  E.Adams 1000 

Searsport,  First,  by  E.  B.  Sheldon 9  00 

Sherman    Mills,    Washburn   Memorial, 

by  Rev.  I.  C.   Bumpus 8  00 

South  Paris,  by  F.  A.  Shurtleff 715 

Southwest  Harbor,    Y.  P.  S.  C  E.,  by 

Rev.  J.  E.  Bowman 5  00 

Springfield,  by  Rev.  S.  L.  Bowler 10  15 

Tremont,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Bowman 5  00 

Topsham,  by  Miss  Alice  M.  Haskell 6  00 

Warren,  by  W.  O.  Vinal 12  00 

Waterford,  North,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams  3  10 

West  Auburn,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams....  23  50 

Wilton,  by  Miss  A.  R.  Bass 14  50 

Windham,  by  J.  W.  Knight 8  19 

Woman's  Maine  Missionary  Auxiliary, 

by  Treas : 184  21 

Income  on  investments 222  37 

Receipts  from  March  i  to  May  12,  1894.  $1,023  05 
Previously  acknowledged 11,429  57 

Total,  June  15,  1893,  to  date $12,452  62 


VERMONT    DOMESTIC    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Vermont  Domestic    Missionary  Society  from  April   20  to  May  20,  li 
\Vm.   C.   Tyler,   Treasurer 


Albany $10  00 

Alburgh  Springs 10  60 

Rupert,  Congregational  S.  S i  00 

Bellows  Falls 8430 

Braintree,  East,  and  Brookfield,  West. .  30  00 

Brownington  and  Barton  Landing 24  00 

Burlington,  Bequest  of  Mrs.  Charlotte 

B.  Kellogg 100  00 

Cambridge,  Second  Ch 12  00 

Chester 8  00 

Colchester 19  00 


Craftsbury,  North S15  00 

Danville,  Mrs.  F.  L.  Knowlton 2  00 

Enosburgh,  First  Ch 7  20 

Ferrisburgh 21  00 

Georgia,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 8  75 

Guildhall   1250 

Hartford,  West,  for  Women  Evangelists  19  33 

Irasburgh,  for  Women  Evangelists :^5  00 

Jamaica 26  00 

Londonderry ...  3  00 

Lowell 9  30 


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Ludlow 

Lyndon  

Y.  P.  S.  C.  K 

Pawlet,  Miss  Mary  Blokel 

Proctor,  Swedish  Mission  Ch 

Randolph,  West 

Roxbury 

Rutland 

St.  Johnsbury,  Rev   C.  F.  Morse 

St.  Johnsbury  Center 

Simonsville 

Troy,  North,  Willie  Kelley 

Tyson 

Underhill 

Waterbury,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Weston,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Worcester 

Vermont  Missionary 

Interest  on  Invested  Funds 

Woman's      Home      Missionary 
Union  : 

Barre,    Ladies'   Missionary 
L^nion $10  73 

Guildhall,  W.  H.  M.  S 3  00 


$7  65 
25  46 
5  28 

S 

00 

3 

47 

13 

25 

17 

00 

5° 

00 

20 

00 

9 

26 

3 

01 

I 

20 

I 

30 

7 

SO 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

50 

12 
4 

35 
65 

Johnson,  W.  H.  M.  S $22  00 

Pittsford,  W.  H.  M.  S 25  00 

Randolph,  West,  W.  H.  M.  S.  0  00 

Richmond,  Homeland  Circle.  4  00 

S.  S 3  86 

Springfield,  W.  H.  M.  S 10  co 

St.  Albans,  W.  H.  M.  S. 5000 

St.  Johnsbury,  South  Ch.,  W. 

H.  M.  S 2500 

Stowe '325 

Vergennes 10  00 

Wilmington,  Ladies  of 3  10 


$iS8  94 
$1,314  15 


Received  for  East  Dorset  Parsonage  : 
North  Bennington 


Received  for  Boy's  Home,  Westminster  : 

Brandon,  S.  S 

St.  Johnsbury,  Miss  Mary  E.  Stone... 


$5  42 
2  00 

$7  42 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 


Receipts  of  tlie   Massachusetts  Home   Missionary  Society  in   iMay,    1894. 

B.   Palmer,    Treasurer 


Rev.  Edwin 


B.  and  I $5  00 

Bank  Balances,  Interest  on   21  04 

Boston,  A  Friend 15  00 

A  Friend 150  00 

Gushing,  C.  L.,  Miss 20  00 

Dorchester,  Second  S.  S.,  by  Miss  E. 

L.  Tolman 20  00 

Fuller,  Granville,  Estate  of.  by 
Samuel  Keene  for  executors,  and  to 
const.    Mrs.  A.    F.    Spaulding    and 

Mrs.  M.  F.  Keene  L.  Ms 2,000  00 

Mt.  Vernon,  A  Member,  for  C.  H.  M. 

S 10  00 

Roslindale.  by  W.  H.  Warner 25  00 

Roxbury.  Eliot.  A  Member,  by  Rev. 

A.  C.  Thompson,  D.D 25  00 

Hamilton,  Rev.  B.  F.,  D.D.,  by 

A.  McLean 25  00 

Highalnd,  A  Friend,  W.,  for  Salary 

Fund 100  00 

Shavvmut,  add'l,  by  W.  A.  Chapin. ...  2  50 

South,  Harlow,  Miss  C.  A 10  00 

South,  Harlow,  Miss  Florence 3  00 

Thayer,  M.  E.,  for  debt 50  00 

Brookiine,  Belcher.  Miss  A.  T 30  00 

Harvard,  by  James  H.  Shapleigh  ....  253  93 
Young  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc,  by  J.  H. 

Shapleigh 50  00 

Buckland.  A  Friend 10  co 

Canton.  Morse,  Hon.  E.  A 20000 

Concord.  Trinitarian,  by  Thomas  Todd  47  50 

Cummington  Village,  A  Friend 5  00 

Danvers,    First.   Junior   Christian    En- 
deavor Soc.  by  Mrs.  R.  B.  French. . .  10  00 
Dedham,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Seabury.  4  00 
Islington,  by  Rev.  W.  F.  Bickford...  16  30 

Dennis.  West,  Anonymous i  00 

Douglas,  First,  by  Rev.  A.  B.  Peffers..  15  00 

Dudley,  by  C.  .A.  Babcock 1556 

Edgartown,   by  Miss  Florence  E.  May- 
hew 9  79 

Everett,  A  Friend  in  "  K  " i  00 

Fitchburg.  Davis.  The  Misses 7  00 

Fo.xboro,  Orthodox,  by  Horace  Carpen- 
ter   31   16 

Framingham,  Plymouth,  by  J.  H.  Tem- 
ple  .'.,.  41  OS 

Saxonville,  Edwards,  by  G.  H.  Tower  5  00 


Greenwich,  Ladies'  Home   Miss.   Soc, 
by  Mrs.  S.  G.  Crowell  : 
Thank-offering  for  C.  H.  M.  S.  debt  ; 

L.  M.  to  be  named   $6050 

Hampden    Benev.    Association, 
by  Geo    R.  Bond,  Treas.  : 

A  Friend $1000 

Chicopee,  Second 3238 

Ludlow,  First 16  01 

South  Hadley  Falls 9  56 

Springfield,  First 7500 

Hope 28  00 

Olivet 31  00 

South 137  43 

339  38 

Hanson,  by  I.  C.  Howland 5  39 

Hatfield,  by  Alpheus  Cowles  (of  which 
$3  from  one  S.   S.  Class),  Special  for 

debt 53  00 

Haverhill,  North,  by  E.  P.  Wentworth.        200  00 

Holland,  Bissell.  Rev.  Oscar 5  00 

Hyde  Park,  W.  H.  M.  Union  (of  which 
$25  special),  by  Mrs.  M.  Clark.  Treas., 
to  const.  Mrs.  C.  L.  Perry  a  L.  M.  of 

C.H.M.S 75  00 

Ipswich,  First,  by  N.  R.  Farley 40  00 

Lend-a-hand  Soc.  by  Mrs.  E.  Con- 
stant   6  00 

Y^  P.  S.  C.  E.,by  Henry  C.  Warner.  i  70 

South,  by  Rev.  T.  F.  Waters 51  10 

Lakeville,  Precinct,  by  T.  P.  Paull  .     .  75  00 

Leicester,  Denny,  Chas.  A.  and  Caroline 

W..  S25  each 50  00 

Lenox,  North,  S.  S..  by  E.  C.  Carter 5  00 

Leominster,  by  A.  O.  Wilder 63  12 

Leverett,  First,  by  S.  K.  Field 22  45 

Lowell.  A.  B.  S 500 

Lynn,  Chestnut  St.,   Breed  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E..  by  R.  S.  Watson    10  00 

Maiden.  Linden,  S.  A.  D i  00 

Medford.  Cummings.  Charles,  to  const. 
W.    M.    Macomber  and  George  P. 

Chapin  L.   Ms 100  00 

South.  Union,  by  N.  P.  Richardson  . .  25  00 

Jr.  Christian  End.  Soc,  by  Mrs.  E. 

P.  Dean   7  33 

Milford,  by  George  G.  Cook,  special..  .  50  00 


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Millbury.  Putnam,  Mrs.  Louisa  S 

Second,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  A.  Armsby. 
Montague,  Turner's  Falls,  First,  by  D. 

M .  Bowman 

Montreal,     Canada,   Williams,    Charles 

T.  and  Ella  F.  M 

Nantucket,  First,  by  Mrs.  C.  H.  Rule.. 
Newbury,  First,  by  Edward  Perkins  . . 
Newburyport,  North,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,by 

Chas.  D.  Ackerman 

Newton,  Auburndale,  add'l,  by  C.  C. 
Burr 

Center,  Maria  B.   Furber    Miss.    Soc, 

by  Emilie  F.  Hunter 

Norfolk  Co.  Conf.,  by  M.  S.  Vining, 
Treas 

Union,  by  W.  E.  Mann 

North   Andover,  by  J.    S.    Sanborn,   to 

const.  Rev.  H.  E.   Barnes  a  L.  M.  of 

C.  H.  .M.  S 

Northbridge,  Whitinsville,  by  Edward 
Whitin 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Edward  Whitin.... 

Whitin,  Miss  Annie  L.,  for  debt  of  C. 
H.  M.  S 

Whitin,  Arthur  F.,  for  debt  of  C.  H. 
M.S 

Whitin,  Edward 

Whitin,  W.  H  .  Estate  of 

North  Easton,  Swede,  by  William  Berg. 

Norwood,  A  Friend,  R 

Oakham,  by  Wm.  S.  Crawford 

Reading,  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearson 

Revere,  Beachmont,    Union    Evan.,  Y. 

P.  S.  C.  E.,by  D.  D.  Kimball 

Rochester,  by  George  B.  Haskell 

Salem,  Tabernacle,  by  Jos.  H.  Phippen 

Shelburne  Falls,  L.  M 

Shrewsbury,  by  Henry  Harlow 

Springfield,    Emmanuel,    by  H.   V.   R. 

Schermerhorn 


$40  00 
12  39 

22  64 

50  00 

I  00 

zo  13 

20  00 

5  00 

15  00 


1,025 

62 

4 

55 

100 

00 

200 

00 

500 

00 

500 

00 

7 

00 

5 

00 

24 

00 

25 

00 

5 

00 

13 

00 

20 

50 

5 

00 

20 

00 

Sturbridge,  Rice,  Rev.  A.  M 

Townsend,  by  J.  W.  Eastman 

Upton.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Leora  M.  Taft. 

Walpole,  East,  by  Rev.  W.  F.  Bickford. 

Waltham,  Trinitarian,  by  T.  W.  Temple. 

Ware,  East,  Rugg.  Addison 

Wellesley  Hills,  Special,  by  L.  V.  N. 
Peck,  forC.  H.  M.  S 

West  Brooktield,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mrs. 
H.  R.  Crowell,  for  Rev.  W.  H.  Wat- 
son. Red  Lodge,  Mont 

West  Newbury,  First,  by  H.  M.  Good- 
rich    

Weymouth    and     Braintree,  Union,  by 

J.  L.  Delano 

South,  Union,  by  H.  B.  Reed 

Whitcomb,  David,  fund.  Income  of 

Winchester,  First,  by   Eben  Caldwell   . 

Windsor,  by  L  W.  Nichols,  Taft  Thank- 
offering  

Worcester,  Union,  Extra-Cent  a-Day 
Band,  by  Miss  H.  T.  Boardman,  for  C. 
H.  M.  S 

Yarmouth,  First,  by  E.  D.  Payne 

Woman's  Home  Miss.  Associa- 
tion, by  Miss  M.  L.  Wood- 
bury, Asst.  Treas.: 

Grant $10  00 

Greenwich  Au.xiliary 20  12 

Roxbury,  Wal.  Ave.  Aux., 
for     Rev.      Saml.     Deakin, 

Cowles,  Neb 37  00 

Somerville,  Broadway  Aux., 
for  Italian  Work,  Bos- 
ton         1000 


$5  00 
14  10 
10  00 

6  95 
18  97 
5  00 

100  00 


5  00 
20  00 

31  >5 
221  54 
250  00 
250  00 

8  44 

6  00 

50  00 


Home  Missionary. 


77  12 

$3 

318  62 
4  20 

,322  82 


Donations  of  Clothings   etc.,   received  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the    H'oman's  Home 
Missionary  Association  in  May,  1S94.     Miss  Anna  A.   Pickens.    Secretary 

Boston,  Park  St.  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  E. 

Smith,  barrel 

Bradford,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  J.  H.  Bird, 

barrel 

Brookline,  Harvard  Ch.,  Ladies,  by 
Mrs.  F.  H.  Williams,  box 

Box 

Box 

Box 

Box  and  barrel 

Cambridge,  Prospect  St.  Ch.,  Ladies, 
by  Mrs.  C.  C.  Nichols,  barrel  . 

Shepard  Mem.  Ch.,    Ladies,  by  Mrs. 

S.  L.  Hall,  two  barrels 

Canton,    King's    Daughters,    by    Miss 

Marion  Pitman,  freight  and  box 

Dedham.  L.  B.  S.,  by  Mrs.  A.  T.  Wight, 

cash,  $10  ;  barrel 

Fitchburg,  C.    C.    Church.    Ladies,   by 

Mrs.  CM.  Parker,  barrel 

Hinsdale,  L.   B.  S.,  by  Mrs.  C.  J.  Kit- 

tredge,  barrel 

Lowell,  Kirk  St.  Ch.,  L.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs. 

A.  W.  Patterson,  box 199  n 


90  00 
314  43 

212    40 

233  00 

84  57 
250  24 

150  00 


84  77 
60  25 
92  64 


Providence,  R.  I.,  Central  Ch.,  Aux.,  bv 

Mrs.  T.  B.  Stockwell,  box  '. 

Cash,  $20 ;  two  boxes 

Union   Ch.,    Ladies,    by   Miss    Anna 

Williams,  barrel     

Pilgrim  Ch.,    Social   Circle,   by   Mrs. 

James  M.  Dickson,  barrel 

Roxbury,  Walnut  Ave.  Ch.,  Ladies,  by 

Mrs.  C.  E.  Aldrich,  package 

Taunton.  Trinitarian  Cong'l  Ch.,  Ladies, 

by  Mrs.  M.  P.  Swinerton,  box  

Westfield,  Second  Cong.  Ch.,  Aux.,  by 

Mrs.  Henry  Hooker,  barrel 

Winchester,  Western  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  J. 

P.  Boutwell,  barrel 

Worcester,  Union  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 

E.  M.  Sibley,  barrel 

Central  Ch.,  L.   B.   S.,  by  Miss  Abbie 

L.  Swcetser,  cash,  $26  ;  barrel 

W.  H.  M.  A.  Rooms,  by  Mrs.  Wm.  T. 
Shapleigh  ($28  by  Eliot  Ch.,  Roxbury), 
barrel 


$194  75 
139  95 

q6  07 

32  26 

25  00 

65  08 

62  68 

6s  99 

57  00 

53  64 


MISSIONARY   SOCIETY  OF    CONNECTICUT 


Receipts  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connectictit  in  May,  1894.     Ward   W.   Jacobs, 

Tf'easurer 


Derby,  First,  by  L.  Hubbell 

East  Lyme,  by  Dea.  George  Griswold, 

forC.  H.  M.  S 

East   Windsor,   Broad    Brook,  by  S.  B. 

Adams,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Franklin,  by  Rev.  H.  E.  Hart 


$22  50     Griswold,  "  Friends,  Extra,"  for  C.  H. 

M.  S $17  00 

5  00      Hartford,   Pearl  Street,  by  William  A. 

Willard 53  09 

7  20         Windsor   Avenue,   by   Hart  Talcott. .  27  50 

3  00     Naugatuck,  by  Ellen  Spencer 100  00 


_      July,    1894 


The   Piomc   Missionary 


209 


New  Canaan,  by  H.  B.  Rogers,  for  C. 

H.  M.  S.... $33  00 

Norwalk,  F2ast   Norwalk,  Swedish,   by 

Rev.  Oscar  Lindof^Tcn   3  50 

Old  Saybrook,  by  Robert  Chapman  ...  27  70 

For  C.  H.  M.  .S 27  70 

Plainticld,   by  Walter  Kingslcy,  for  C. 

H.  M.  S 13  25 

Southington,  by  J.  F.  Pratt 496 

Vernon,     Rockviile    Union,  by   H.   L. 

James 8389 

Warren,  by  Robert  Swift,  for  C.H.M.S.  31  07 

Waterbury,  Second,  by  li.  G.  Rryan...  605  54 
Winchester,  West   Winstead,    by   John 

Hinsdale 11  50 


t'.  C.  H.  M.  U.  of  Connecticut, 

Mrs.  W.  W.  Jacobs,  Treas.: 

Hartford,     First,      by      Mrs. 

Cooley $1000 

East   Hartford,    First,  Auxil- 
iary           3  00 

Newington,  Auxiliary (o 

East  Haven,  Au.xiliarv i    lo 

Putnam,    Auxiliary,  by   Miss 

Hattie  E.Clarke 1930 

Milford.  Plymouth,  Auxiliary, 
by  Miss  Meda  J.  Sparks.  . .       1900 


$53  °o 
$1,130  40 


ILLINOIS     HOME     MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Rcxeipts  of  the   Illiiiois   Home  Missionary   Society   in    April  and   May,    1894. 
Aaron   B.  Mead,    Treasurer 


Albion.  Wanboro  Ch.,  Rev.  Wm.  Curtis.  $2  00 

Anna,  First 5  00 

Aurora,  New  England,  Dr.  Sturtevant.  10  00 

Avon 27  08 

Rig  Rock 5  04 

Bloomington 8  24 

Boaz 25  16 

Chesterfield.  Will  Duckies 3  00 

Chicago,  First,  J.    L.    Woodcock,  $25; 

Ladies'  Benev.  Soc,  $50 7500 

New  England,  '"F.,"  for  the  debt  . .    .  loo  00 

Bethany 2  00 

Lincoln  Park 5  50 

Union  Park  (Mrs.  E.  O.  Hills,  $1)...  252  09 

Millard  Avenue 22  31 

Ravenswood 80  88 

Englewood,  North 10  00 

Forestville,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Wilson 3  00 

Zion 1400 

Chillicothe i  00 

Crete 35 

Dongola,  J.  D.  Benton 125  00 

Dundee.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 20  00 

Earlville,  J.  A.  D 75  00 

Elburn    1000 

Elgin.  First 30000 

Elm  wood I  50 

Evanston 230  27 

Garden  Prairie 5  50 

CJrigg^sville.  S.  S 8  40 

Hamilton,  Charles  Grubb 5  00 

Hillsboro 19  50 

Hinsdale 6597 

Joy  Prairie,  Lyman  F.  Joy 25  00 

Kewanee 55  60 

La  Harpe 17  co 

Marine 31  20 

Marseilles  ij.  Q.  Adams,  $25) 67  06 

Scandinavians i  00 

Mattoon 28  21 

Milburn 9  00 

Morrison,  William  Wallace 5  00 

Mound  City 9  40 

Neponset,  Orren  Hasard 5  00 

Normal,  First 5  00 

Oak  Park,  Mr.  and  >Irs.  M.  Noyes 25  00 

Odell 29  CO 

Oglesby,  E.  T.  and  H.  A.  Bent 10  00 

Payson 15  00 

Peoria,  First 114  54 

Plymouth 11  \i^ 

Union 32  00 

North 6  40 

Averyville 15  88 

Princeton,  Mrs.  S.  C.  Clapp no  00 


Providence $32  co 

yuincy.  First  L^nion   321  48 

Ridgeland 36  96 

Rock  P'alls,  S.  S 3  00 

Rogers  Park,  Young  People's  Society..  5  00 

Roscoe 20  85 

Saunemin,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Knowlton i  oj 

Savanna,  Miss  Fanny  Olds 10  00 

Seneca,  Scandinavians 4  00 

Sterling,  S.  S 16  40 

Sycamore,  J.  H.  Rogers 100  00 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  A.  Syme 75  00 

Thomasboro,  "  R." 5  00 

Villa  Ridge 4  15 

Wauponsie,  Scandinavians i  49 

Western  Springs,  S.  S 5  oc 

Winnelka 20  80 

Woman's     Home    Missionary 
Union  : 
Chicago.  Leavitt  St.  (§2.50  for 

Mr.  Rybar) $1499 

Ravenswood 4  00 

Covenant 4  00 

Forestville 5  00 

Greenville     (Mission     Band, 

$5.10) 8  10 

Griggsville,  Y.  P.  M.  Soc.    ..        40  00 
Hinsdale,  Y.  P.  M.  Soc.   (for 

Miss  Salava> 25  00 

Joy  Prairie 16  80 

McLean 7  00 

Moline,  First 24  43 

Oak  Park 30  50 

Payson 10  00 

Quincy 2500 

Rockford,  First  (^4°  in  sup- 
port of  Rev.  W.  H.  Wat- 
son)         50  00 

Second  ($118.75  in   support 

of  Rev.  W.  H.  Watson).     120  75 
Mrs.  Julia   P.  Warren  (in 
support  of   Rev.   L.    E. 

Camfield ) 100  00 

Mrs.  C.  E.  Latimer i  00 

504  57 

Misses  Grace   and    Gertrude   Wyckoff, 

Pang  Chuang,  China 16  00 

Rev,  Arthur  Smith,  Pang  Chuang, China  50  co 

For  evangelistic  support 95  94 

Mrs.  S.  B.  Howard 2  00 

Miss  M.  Ella  Kelley i  00 

A  Friend  in  Southern  Illinois 60  83 

Interest  on  invested  funds 60  00 


83i559   70 


2IO 


The  Home  Missionary 


July,    1894 


MICHIGAN    CONGREGATIONAL   ASSOCIATION 

Receipts  of  the  Mic/iij^an   Congret^ational  Association    in  April  and  May,  1S94.      Rev. 
John  P.  Sanderson,   'J  reasurer 


Benzonia,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 

Bethel 

Butternut    

Calumet.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E   . 

Carson  City , 

Carsonville 

Central  Lake 

Columbus  

Coral   

Detroit,  First 

East  Paris 

Ellsworth 

Ewen 

Grand  Rapids,  South 

Leslie,  Second 


$6  85 

IS 

SO 

I 

6S 

60 

00 

7 

00 

3 

00 

2 

IS 

8 

82 

I 

IS 

116 

6q 

8 

00 

3 

10 

6 

CO 

Onekama 

Owosso 

30  00 

2  55 

3  20 
9  00 

31  00 
10  00 
18  00 

Pierport 

Pleasanton 

Red  Jacket,  S.  S 

St.  Clair 

Tipton,  Dea.  Edwin  Cook 

Wheatland 

Whittaker 

A  Friend 

Refunded  by  C.  H.  M.  S 

W.   H.   M.   U.,  by  Mrs.  E    F.  Grabill, 
Treas 

1,075  70 
235  00 

$1,676  86 


IOWA   HOME    MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts   of  the   Iowa    Home  Missionary    Society    in    April,    1894.       J.    H. 

7  reasurer 


Merrill, 


CHCRCHES 

Alton $500 

Ames,  add"l 935 

Anita 4  15 

Atlantic 127  40 

Aurelia  . .       2  44 

Avoca 29  36 

German 5  00 

Ba.xter 15  00 

Beacon 7  00 

Bear  Grove 20  00 

Belle  Plaine 10  90 

Bellevue 5  00 

Belmond 2  00 

Berwick 11  61 

Blairsburg 21  31 

Britt 1000 

Swedish i  00 

Buffalo  Center 1  00 

Cass,  add"! 1  00 

Castana 1 1  72 

Cedar  Falls 30  00 

Center 5  10 

Central  City 10  oc 

Chapin 10  00 

Charles  City,  Ch.  and  Soc 62  37 

Chester  Center 3  00 

Cincinnati 1700 

Clear  Lake 46  20 

College  Springs,  add  "1 1 1  00 

Correctionville   650 

Cresco 5  25 

Cromwell 25  87 

Danville 1275 

Davenport,  Edwards 8635 

German 5  10 

Decorah 29  50 

Des  Moines,  Easton  Place i  00 

German 8  00 

North  Park 125 

Pilgrim 13  95 

Plymouth 41  74 

Dinsdale 5  00 

Dubuque,  First 94  68 

Dunlap 477s 

Earlville 11  60 

Eddyville 6  00 

Eldon 2145 

Eldora 40  00 

Elkhorn 420 

Exira 1 1  00 


Fairfax 

Fairfield 

Farnhamville 

Farragut  

Fontanelle    

Forest  City 

Franklin 

Garden  Prairie 

Gatesville 

Gilman 

Glen  wood 

Gomer 

Gowrie 

Grand  River 

Green  Island 

Green  Mountain 

Grinnell,  Easter  Offering. 

Hampton 

Harlan 

Harmony 

Hebron 

Hickory  Grove 

Hinton 

Humboldt 

Iowa  City 

Iowa  Falls 

Keck 

Kellogg 

Keokuk , 

Keosauqua 

Lakeside 

Lake  View 

Lamoille 

Larchwood 

Ledyard 

LeMars 

Lewis 

Logan 

Luzerne 

Madison  Co..  First 

Magnolia 

Manson 

Marshalltown 

Mason  City 

Milford 

Mitchell 

Mitchellville 

Mondamin 

Monona 

Monticello 

Muscatine,  First 


$1  00 
33  60 
10  34 
49  71 

14  83 

15  00 

3  35 

25  00 
29  00 

26  45 

19  66 
17  00 
12  55 

2  20 
21  75 

27  17 
7  78 

28  33 
37  40 

6  14 
5  63 

4  16 
I  36 

53  SO 
79  55 

4  82 

5  30 
25  40 
53  00 

46  35 
5  00 

3  08 
25  00 
21  00 

1  00 
40  00 
24  90 

29  85 

4  00 

20  00 
17  00 
62  46 
48  50 

44  22 

5  50 

2  09 

45  66 
9  45 

3  50 

47  25 
51  92 


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The  Home  Missionary 


211 


Nashua 

Ncvinville 

Nevvberg 

Newell 

New  Hampton,  German. 

Niles 

Nora  Springs 

Ocheyedan  

Onawa 

Orchard 

Orient 

Oskaloosa 

Otho 

Ottumwa,  Second 

Swede 

Owen's  Grove 

Perryr 

Pilgrim 

Pleasant  Grove 

Polk  City 

Postville 

Preston 

Quas(iucton 

Red  Oak 

Reiiiheck 

Rocktord 

Rock  Rapids 

Rockwell 

Rowen,  First 

Runnells 

Sargent's  Bluff 

Shell  Rock   

Shenandoah 

Silver  Creek 

Sioux  City,  First 

German 

Mayflower 

Sioux  Rapids 

Spencer  

Stillwater 

Strawberry  Point,  add'l  . 

Stuart 

Tabor 

Traer 

Victor 

Walnut 

Wayne 

Webster 

Webster  City 

Wentworth. .' 

Wesley,  Swede 

Westport 

Whiting 

Winthrop 

Wittemberg 


w.  H.  M.  u. 

Alden,  L.  M.  S 

Algona,  L.  M.  S 

Almoral,  L.  M.  S 

Alpha,  L.  M.  S 

Ames,  L.  S.  and  H.  M.  S 

Anamosa,  W.  M.  S 

Anita.  W.  M.  S 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Easter  offering 

Avoca 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Davis 

Belle  Plaine,  L.  M.  S 

S.  S 

ji-  Y  p  S  C  E 

Big  Rock."  W.  H.  M.' U ." .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' 

Burlington,  W.  H.  M.  U. 

Cedar  Rapids,  L.  M.  S.,  Self -denial  meet- 
ing  

Central  City.  L.  M.  S 

Chapin.  L.  H.  M.  S 

Charles  City 

Cherokee,  L.  H.  M.  S 

Chester  Center,  W.  H.  M.  U 

Clinton,  L.  M.  S 

Corning,  W.  M.  S 

W.  M.  S.,  Easter  offering 


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Council  Bluffs,  L.  M.  S 

L.  M.  S.,  Easter  offering 

Cresco,  L.  A.  S 

Creston,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  L.  H.  M.  S 

Danville.  L.  S 

Miss  Ida  Mix 

Burt  Mi.x 

Mary  Seymour 

Mrs.  Rowley 

Davenport,  Ladies 

Y.P.  S.  C.  E 

Mrs.  M.  Willis 

Denmark,  L.  H.  M.  S 

Des  Moines,  Pilgrim  W.  M.  S 

Pilgrim  S.  S 

Plymouth  W.  M.  S 

Plymouth  W.  M.  S.,  Easter  offering. . . 

Plymouth   Rock.    

Plymouth,   Easter  offering 

Dubuque,  W.  M.  S 

Dunlap,  W.  M.  S 

Mission  Band 

Eldora,  L.  M.  S 

S.  S 

Mrs.  C.  McDuren 

Emmettsburg,  L.  M.  S 

Fairfield ,  Ladies 

Farragut,  W.  M.  S 

Fort  Dodge.  L.  M.  S 

Gilman.  L.  H.  M.  S 

Grinnell,  W.  H.  M.  U 

W.  H.  M.  U.,  Easter  offering 

Ladies'  Social 

L.  B.  S 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Grinnell 

Boys"  and  Girls'  H.  M.  Army 

Hampton,  L.  M .  S 

Iowa  City,  W.  H.  M.  U 

Iowa  Falls,  L.  H.  M.  S 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Jewell  Junction,  W.  M.  S 

Keck,  L.  A.  S 

Kellogg,  L.  M.  S 

Keosauqua,   W.    M.   S.,    for   Bohemian 

Mission 

Lansing  Ridge,  Ger.  W.  M.  S 

Lawler,  Mrs.  Crandall 

Le  Mars,  L.  M.  S 

Lewis,  L.  M .  S 

Lyons.  L.  M.  S 

Magnolia.  W.  M.  S 

Manchester 

Marion ,  L.  M .  S 

Marshalltown.  W.  M.  S 

Mason  City,  W.  M.  S 

McGregor,  W.  M.  S 

A  Friend '. 

Midland,  Ladies 

Miles,  W.  M.  S 

Monticello,  W.  H.  M.  U 

Mt.  Pleasant.  L.  B.  and  L.  M.  S 

Sunday-school 

Newell,  W.  M.  S 

New  Hampton 

Newton,  Wittemburg  Ch.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 

Mrs.  McElroy's  Sundav-school  class  . 

New  York,  W.  M.  S ' 

Nora  Springs,  Mission  Circle 

For  Evangelist  Packard 

Ogden,  W.  M.  S 

Old  Man's  Creek,  H.  and  F.  M.  S 

Onawa,  W.  M.  S 

S.  S.  birthday  box 

Osage,  W.  M.  S 

Ottumwa.  W.  M.  U 

Postville.  L.  M.  S 

Prairie  City,  Ladies 

Red  Oak,  M.  S 

Mrs.  B.  B.  Clark 

Rockford,  L.  M.  S 

Rock  Rapids,  Ladies 

Rockwell,  W.  M.  S 

Little  Helpers 


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July, 


Rodney,  L.  A.  S  $3  oo 

Salem,  W.M.S 2250 

Shenandoah,  W.  M.  S 31  83 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Sherrill 8  00 

Sibley.  W.  M.  U i  15 

Sioux  Rapids,  L.  M.  S 4  25 

Spencer,  W.  H.  M.  U 400 

Strawberry  Point,  W.  M.  S 400 

Stuart,  L.  H.  and  F.  M.  S 7  00 

Tabor,  W.  H.  M.  S 1835 

Toledo,  W.  M.  S 4  32 

Traer,  W.  M.  S 55  05 

S.  S 5  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Waterloo,  L.  M.  S 20  10 

Wayne.  L.  M.  S 6  00 

Webster  City,  W.M.S 24  00 

Wentworth,  Ladies 3  00 

Whiting-,  Ladies 5  00 

Winthrop,  W.  H.  M.  S 14  35 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E I  50 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E I  00 

From  Undesignated  Fu nd 237  79 


$2,162  77 


SINDAV-SCHOOLS 

Alden 

Alvord 

Avoca 

Bassett 

Belmond 

Big  Rock 

Brut 

Buffalo  Center 

Charles  City 

Cherokee 

Cincinnati 

Clear  Lake 

Clinton,  Birthday  offering 

Cromwell 

Davenport,  Edwards 

German 

Denmark 

Des  Moines,  Plymouth 

Mrs.  Rawsbn's  class 

De  Witt 

Dinsdale 

Dubuque,  First 

Dunlap 

E.\ira 

Fairfax 

Fairfield 

Easter  offering 

Fontanelle 

Forest  City 

Oilman 

Gowrie 

Green  Mountain 

Grinnell 

Hampton 

Harlan 

Hickory  Grove 

Humboldt 

Ionia 

Iowa  Falls 

Kingsley 

Le  Mars 

Lyons 

Manchester 

Marshalltown 

Masonville 

Milford 

Mitchell 

Mitchellville 

Montour 

Primary  class 

Nashua 

Newton  ...   

Osage 

Oskaloosa 

Rev.  Mr.  Holman's  class 


$5 

00 

59 

70 
56 
60 

3 

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25 

00 

13 

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8 
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4 
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60 

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5  00 
7  38 
10  12 
2  00 
5  55 
33 
2  32 

29  75 

13  25 
5  00 
5  00 

28  00 

5  00 

1  30 

2  35 
10  00 
10  00 

7  33 

14  50 
I  15 
4  00 

6  00 

1  30 

7  17 
75 

2  55 

15  74 
50  00 
15  00 
10  00 


Otlumwa,  First 

Perry 

Pleasant  Grove 

Polk  City 

Prairie  City 

Red  Oak  

Class  No.  1 3,  in  memory  of  Carl  Beman 

and  Will  Hersman 

Reinbeck 

Rockford : . . . 

Rockwell 

Rodney 

Salem 

Sheldon 

Shell  Rock 

Shenandoah 

Sherrill 

Siou.x  City,  First 

Sioux  Rapids 

Sloan 

Strawberry  Point 

Stuart 

Toledo 

Webster 


Ames,  Junior 

Avoca    

Bellevue 

Buffalo  Center 

Cedar  Rapids 

Charles  City 

Cherokee 

Chester  Center 

Cincinnati 

Clay 

Clinton 

Des  Moines,  Plymouth 

De  Witt 

Forest  City 

Garner,  for  N.  L.  Packard 

Glenwood 

Green  Mountain 

Grinnell 

Harlan 

Hawarden 

Kalo 

Lewis 

Junior 

Manchester 

Junior 

Marshalltown   

Mason  City,  for  N.  L.  Packard. 

Miles,  for  N.  L.  Packard 

Montour 

Newton 

Ogden 

Onawa 

Osage 

Perry 

Junior 

Red  Oak  

Rockwell 

Salem 

Sioux  City,  First 

Strawberry  Point 

Stuart •  • 

Junior 

Victor 

Washta 

Whiting 


PERSONAL 

Allison,  Mrs.  I.  M.  Fisher 

Ames,  Rev.  F.  J.  Douglass 

Boone,  Rev.  B.  C.  Tillitt 

Brighton,  Harry  Ingham 

Cedar  Rapids.  Bethany,  L.  W.  W. 
Charles  City,  H.  C.  Raymond 


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4  00 
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21 


Cherokee.  F.  E.  Wliitmore,  for  Evan- 
gelist Rev.  D.  E.  Skinner,  Sioux  As- 
sociation   

Mrs.  E.  C.  Chick 

R.  H.  Scribncr 

Rev.  D.  E.  Skinner 

Clay,  F.  T.  Townscnd 

Coming-,  "  Personal  donation  " 

Carl  Beman's  purse 

Council  HluiTs.  "  Business  man  ". 

Dts  Moines,  Pilgrim,  Rev.  CD   

V.  P.  Twombly 

Plvmouth.  E.  S.  Miller 

Rev.  A.  L.  Frisbie 

E.  P.  Douglass 

Dr.  C.  W.  Eaton 

Doon.  Rev.  H.  W.  Mercer 

Downey,  D.  O.  Goodrich 

Dubuque,  First.  "  Personal  " 

Grinnell,  Mrs.  ].  M.  Brewer 

Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass 

A.  Mcintosh 

Mrs.  L.  N.  Sherman 

Rev.  C.  A.  Towle 

Harlan,  F.  Gooding 

Hazel  Green,  B.  A.  Woodward 

Iowa  Falls.  Robert  Wright 

Kingslcy.  Rev.  M.  Albert 

Miles.  Rev.  Edward  Kimball 

Montour,  Rev  Henry  Avery 

Rev.  R.  M.  Tenney 

Mt.  Pleasant,  Rev.  O.  W.  Rogers 

Nevinville 

Newell.  D.  C.  Miller 

Ochcyedan,  Rev.  L.  R.  Fitch 

Osage,  Mrs   Elizabeth  Moreland 

J.  A.  Smith 

Ottumwa.  First,  Rev.  L.  F  B 

Pilgrim.  H.  W.  Perrigo 

Reuibeck,  "  A  Friend  " 

Rock  Rapids.  J.  K.  P.  Thompson 

Salem.  "Personal '" 


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Sheldon.  R.  W.  Aborn $2500 

Rev.  J.  M.  Cummings 5  00 

Shenandoah.  A.  S.  Lake 5  00 

Silver  Creek.  J.  M.  Reeds 10  00 

Toledo,  Rev.  J.  B.  Chase 5  00 

Traer,  Mrs.  N.  H.  Portcrfield 10  00 

Washta,  "  Individual  Cash" 100 

Rev.  A.  A.  Baker  2  00 


MISCELLANEOUS 

Berwick,  rent    

Cedar  Rapids,  rent 

Bulgaria,  George  D.  Marsh 


LEGACY 

Waterloo,  Harriet  T.  Judd. . . 


$602  66 


5^1  00 
8  57 
5  00 

$14  57 


$7,502  30 


MINISTERIAL  RKLIEK  FUND 

Belle  Plainc,  Ch 

Cass.  Ch 

Des  Moines.  Plymouth  Ch 

Emmettsburg.  Ch 

Iowa  City,  Ch 

Keokuk,  Ch 

Dubuque,  First  S.  S 

Emmettsburg,  S.  S 

Council  Bluffs  Association 

Denmark  Association 

Grinnell  Association 

Northwestern  (or  Webster  City)  Asso 

ciation 

Sioux  Association 


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14 

20 

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5 

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6 

35 

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3 

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23 

60 

8 

75 

9 

14 

5 

61 

3 

90 

$97  27 


Receipts  in  May,    1894 


CHURCHES 

Des  Moines,  North  Park 

Fort  Atkinson 

Glenwood 

Greenfield 

Grinnell 

Independence,  New  England  . 

Keokuk  

Lawler 

I-inn  Grove 

Manson 

Mason  City 

Mitchellville 

Ottumwa.  First 

Pilgrim 

Primghar 

Riceville 

Tabor 

Waucoma 


W.  H.  M.U. 


SIND.AV-SCHOOLS 

Chapin 

Chester  Center 

College  Springs 

Iowa  Falls 

Linn  Grove 

Mason  City 

Old  Man's  Creek 

Primghar 

Siou.\  City,  Trin.  German 


$1  00 

5  00 

I  00 

18 

3  50 

20  85 
5  00 
3  25 

1  96 
II  00 

7  00 

3  75 

2  50 
5  00 

4  00 
30  00 

5  00 

3  50 


$113 

49 

$73 

82 

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5 

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2 

00 

Dinsdale,  for  N.  L.  Packard. 

East  Sumner 

Humboldt,  Junior 

Old  Man's  Creek 

Runnells,  Junior 


PERSONAL 

Des  Moines,  Rev.  R.  C.  Moulton 

J.  H.  Merrill 

Grinnell.  Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass... 

Lansing,  Rev.  And.  Kern 

Oldfield.  Asa  Turner  and  wife  ... 
Red  Oak,  Mrs.  A.  Hebard 


Rent  of  Stacyville  Parsonage 


$2  86 

1  68 

2  00 

3  00 
2  55 


$12    09 


$164    12 


MINISTERIAL   RELIEF    FUND 


Anamosa,  S.  S 

Central  Association 

Davenport  Association . . . 

Dubuque  Ch..  First 

Dubuque  Association 

Farragut.  W.  H.M.U.... 

Grinnell,  Ch 

Mitchell  Association 

Osage.  Ch 

Wentworth,  W.  H.  M.  U. 


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9 

65 

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12 

44 

5 

72 

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828  72 


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WOMAN'S     STATE     HOME     MISSIONARY 
ORGANIZATIONS 


OFFICERS 


1.  NEW    HAMPSHIRE 

FEMALE  CENT  INSTITUTION 

Organized  August,  1804 

and 

HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June.  i8go 

President,   Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Walker,  Concord. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  John  T.  Perry,  Exeter. 
Treasurer,'^\\%'T,  Annie  A.   McFarland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 

2.   MINNESOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  September,  1872 

President.,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  230  E.  gth 

St.,  St.  Paul. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon.   17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E.,  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner,  Northfield. 

3.  ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  March,  1877 
Reorganized  April,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews.  Talladega. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  T.  N.  Chase,  Selma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  S.  De  Forest,  Talladega. 


4.  MASSACHUSETTS    AND    RHODE 
ISLAND  * 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 

Organized  February,  1880 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell,  The  Rochdale, 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Miss  Anna  A.  Pickens,  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess,  32  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 


5.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   AUXILIARY 

Organized  June,  1880 

President ,   Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Denio,  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Rcse  M.  Crosby,  26  Grove  St.. 
Bangor. 


6.  MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1881 

President,  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane,  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave.,  Detroit. 

Secretary,  Mrs,  J.  H.  Hatfield,  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 

7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1881 

President,   Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  George  L.  Epps,  Topeka. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  D.  DeLong,  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  May,  1882 

President,   Mrs.  J.  G.  W.   Cowles,  417  Sibley  St., 

Cleveland. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  Flora  K.  Regal,  Oberlin. 
TVfajar^r,  Mrs.  George   B.   Brown,  21 16  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 

9.  NE-W   YORK 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President,   Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,  Mrs.   Wm.  Spalding,  511  Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   J.   J.   Pearsall,   230  Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 


10.  WISCONSIN 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President.  Mrs.  E.  G.  Updike,  Madison. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman,  Whitewater. 


II.  NORTH  DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November.  18S3 

President.    Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland,  Caledonia. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Karwood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 


*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  list  as  a  State  body  for  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
Island,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


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12.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

President,  Mrs.  John  Sommerville,  246  Washing- 
ton St.,  Portland. 

Secretary,   Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Krownell,  Oregon  City. 

J'reasiirer.  Mrs  W.  D.  Palmer,  283  4th  St.,  Port- 
land. 

13.  WASHINGTON 

Including  Northekn  Idaho 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  A.  J.  Bailey,  323   Blanchard   St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  W.  George,  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.   SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  September,  1884 

President,   .Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  Ashton. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall.  Huron. 
Treasurer,  yiz%.  F.  M.  Wilco.x,  Huron. 

15.  CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  January,  1885 

President,   Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   C.   T.    Millard,    36    Lewis    St., 

Hartford. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   W.    W.   Jacobs,   19   Spring    St., 

Hartford. 

16.   MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President.    Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    E.    C.    Ellis,   2456  Tracy   Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
Treasurer.  yi.x%.  K.  L.  Mills.  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 

17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Isaac  Claflin,  Lombard. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   C.   H.  Taintor,   151  Washington 

St.,  Chicago. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field.  Wilmette. 

18.   IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June.  1886 

President.   Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass,  Grinnell. 
Secretary.    Mrs.   V.  H.  Mullett.  Clinton. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Belle  L.  Bentley,  300  Court  Ave., 
Des  Moines. 


19.  CALIFORNIA 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Organized  October,  1887 
President,   Mrs.  E.  S.  William.s,  Pacific  Grove. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   L.   M.   Howard,  gii   Grove  St,, 

Oakland. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 
Oakland. 

20.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1887 

President,  Mrs.  J.     T.    Duryea,     2402    Cass    St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary,    Mrs.   S.  C.   Dean,    636    So.    31st    St., 

Omaha. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.    Powell,  30th  &  Ohio  Sts., 
Omaha. 

21.  FLORIDA 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February.  1888 
President,   Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale,  Jacksonville. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows,  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown,  Interlachen. 

22.  INDIANA 
WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1888 
President,    Mrs.   E.   C.    Bell,   221   Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   F.   E.    Dewhurst,     28   Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

23.   SOUTHERN   CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1888 

President,   Mrs.   Emma   Cash,    1658   Temple   St. 

Los  Angeles. 
Secretary,    Mrs.   H.  K.  W.   Bent,  Box  442,   Pasa- 
dena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place, 
Riverside. 

24.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  June,  1888 
President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro. 
Secretary,    .Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine,  Windsor. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.    Wm.   P.    Fairbanks,    St.   Johns- 
burj'. 

25.  COLORADO 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1S88 
President,   Mrs.  J.  W.  Pickett,  White  Water, 
Secretary.    Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Sawyer,  Boulder. 

26.  WYOMING 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 
Reorganized  December,  1892 
President.   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker,  Cheyenne. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple.  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,'^\T%.  H.  N.  Smith,  Rock  Springs. 


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27.  GEORGIA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1888 

President,   Mrs.    H.    B.    Wey,   253    Forest  Ave., 

Atlanta. 
Secretary,  Mrs.   H.   A.    Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,   At- 
lanta. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

28.  MISSISSIPPI 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris.  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary,   Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer ,,'^\x%.  L.  H.  Turner,  3112  12th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 

29.  LOUISIANA 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  April,  1889 
President,   Miss  Anna  F.  Condict,  490  Canal  St., 

New  Orleans. 
Secretary,    Miss    Emily   Nichols,    490   Canal    St., 

New  Orleans. 
Treasurer,  y^r^.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 

30     ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY,   AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 
WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION   OF    THE 
CENTRAL  SOUTH    ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore,  Box  8,  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville,  Tenn. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith,  304  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Treasurer,yir%.  J.  E.  Moreland,  1214  Grundy  St., 
Nashville,  Tenn. 

31.  NORTH   CAROLINA 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  1889 
President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman,   Dudley. 
Secretary    \ 

and        vMiss  A.  E.  Farrington,   High  Point. 


Treasurer,  \ 

32.   TEXAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March,  i8go 

President,   Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin,  Dallas. 

Secretary,    Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Bo.x  563,  Dallas. 

Treasurer ,Vir%.   C.   I.    Scotield,    Lock    Bo.x   220, 

Dallas. 

33.   MONTANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  i8go 

President,   Mrs.  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,    4!o  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones,  Livingston. 

34.   PENNSYLVANIA 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  June.  1890 
President,    Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  Allegheny. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennie,  Ridgway. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones.  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 


35.   OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1890 

President,  Miss  M.  McConnell,  Guthrie. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  L.  E.  Kimball,  Guthrie. 
Treasurer,  yiT%.  J.  H.  Parker,  Kingfisher. 

36.  NEW  JERSEY 

Including  District   of   Columbia,  Maryland, 
AND  Virginia 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 

THE  NEW  JERSEY   ASSOCIATION, 

Organized  March,  i8gi 

President.    Mrs.  A.  H   Bradford,  Montclair. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weeden,  Upper  Mont- 
clair. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150  Belleville  Ave., 
Newark. 

37.   UTAH 

Including  Southern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1891 

Reorganized  December.  1892 

President,    Mrs.   Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt   Lake 

City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  135  Sixth  St.,  E.. 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett,  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  Pocatello. 


38.   INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1892. 
President.    Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd,  Vinita. 
Secretary.    Miss  Louise  Graper.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 

39.   NEVADA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  October,  1892 
President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
Secretary.    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1892 
President,    Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuquerque. 
Secretary,     Mrs   E.  W.   Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St., 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 

41.   BLACK  HILLS,   SO.   DAKOTA 

BLACK   HILLS   W"OMAN'S    MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President,    Mrs.  J.  B.  Gossage.  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills,  South  Dakota. 

'  Secretary,     Mrs.  H.   H.  Gilchrist.    Hot  Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 

Treasurer,  Miss    Grace     Lyman.     Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 


...Ashland,  Wis.        „        t  w   t   ..^^  r.  n       J  5"  Woodland  Terrace, 

Black  Hills  and  Wyoming.           Rev.  T.  W.  Jones,  D.D. ..  ■{        Philadelphia.  Pa. 
Hot  Springs,  South  Dakota.         Rev.  W.  S.  Kell Helena,  Mon. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Field  Secretaries 

Rev.  W.  G.  PuDDKi-ooT,  South  Framingh.Tni,  Mass. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Shki.ton,  I'irnungham,  Conn. 

Rev.  H.  D.  WiAKu,  151  Washington  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Superintendents 

Rev.  MoRiTZ  E.  EvKRSZ,  D.D.,  Cerinan  Dep.utintjiu,  151  Washington  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Scandinavian  Uepartment, 

Rev.  He.s'RV  a.  Schaufi-ler,  D.D.,  Slavic  Department,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Enw.  D.  Curtis,  D.D Indianapolis,  Ind.        Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall Huron,  S.  Dale. 

Rev.  S.  V.  Gale Jacksonville,  Fla.        Rev.  H.  C.  Simmons Fargo,  N.  Dak. 

Rev.  J.  H.  MoRLEV Minneapolis,  Minn.  Denver,  CoL 

Rev.  Alfred  K.  Wkay Springfield,  Mo.        Rev.  W.  S.  Hawkks Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Rev.  L.  P.  Hroad Topeka,  Kan.         Rev. J.  K.  Harrison San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Rev.  E.  H.  AsHMUN .-Albuquerque,  N.  M.         Rev.  Tames  T.  Ford Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Rev.  A.  JuDsoN  Bailey Seattle.  Wash.        Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp Forest  Grove,  Ore. 

Rev.  T.  G.  Grassik....^...    ....    ...Ashland,  Wis  

Rev.  A.  A.  I'rown 

Rev.  Harmon  P.ross Lincoln,  Neb.         Rev.  S.  C.  McDaniel Atlanta,  Ga. 

Rev.  S.  E.  Bassett  (Supt,  Alabama).  .Ft.  Valley,  Ga.         Rev.  J.  Homer  Parker Kingfisher,  Okl. 

Secretaries  and  Treasurers 
of  the  Auxiliaries 

Rev. Jonathan  E.  Adams.  D.D.,  Secretary.  ..Maine  Missionary  Society Bangor,  Me. 

John  L.  Crosby,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "        '         "       ., Bangor,  Me. 

Rev.  A.  T.  Hillman,  Secretary New  Hampshire  Home  Miss.  Society Concord,  N.  H. 

Hon.  Lyman  D.  Stevens,  Treasurer "  "  "  "  "       ..  ..Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  Secretary Vermont  Domestic  "  "       St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Wm.  C.  Tvler,  Treasurer ,  "  "  "  "       ...  .St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Rev.JosHU\  CoiT,  Secretary Massachusetts  Home  "  "       )  9  CongM  House, 

Rev.  Edwin  B.  Palmer,  Treasurer.    "  "  "  "       J  Boston,  Mass, 

Rev.  Alexander  McGregor.  Secretary Rhode  Island        "  "  "       Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

Jos.  Wm.  Rice,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       Providence,  R,  I. 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut Hartlord,  Conn. 

Ward  W.  Jacobs,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  Hartford,  Conn. 

Rev.  Ethan  Curtis,  Secretary New  York  Home  Miss.  Society Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

William  Spalding,  Treasurer "  "  "  "      Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Eraser,  D.D. ,  Secretary Ohio  "'  "  "        Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Wm.  B.  HowLAND,  Treasurer "  "  "  "      New  York  City. 

Rev.  James  Tompkins,  D.D. ,  Secretary Illinois  "  "  "       )  151  Washington  St., 

Aaron  B.  Me  Ml,  E'jq..  Treasurer "  "  "  "       )         Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Homer  W.  Cartfr.  Secretary Wisconsin       "  •'  "       Beloit,  Wis. 

C.  M.  P.lackman,  E-q.,   Tre.isurer.   "  "  "  "       Whitewater,  Wis. 

Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass,  D.D. ,  Secretary Iowa  "  "  "       Gnnnell,  Iowa. 

J.  H.  Merrill,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "'       Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Wm.  H.  Warren,  Secretary Michigan  Congregational   Association. ..  .Lansing,  Mich. 

Rev.  John  P.  Sanderson,  Treasuier, "  "  "  Lansing,  Mich. 

Geo.  H.  Morgan,  Secretary Cong.  City  Miss.  Society St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Rev.  Arch'd  L.  LovK,  Superintendent  "         "         "  "       St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Lewis  E.  Snow,  Treasurer "         "         "  "      St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Communications 

relating  to  general  business  of  the  Society  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries  for  Correspondence. 
Communications  relating  to  the  Editorial  Department  of  The  Home  Missionary  may  be  addressed  to 
Rev.  Alex.  H.  Clapp,  D.D.  Correspondence  of  the  Woman's  Department  may  be  addressed  to  Mrs.  H.  S. 
Caswell,  Bible  House,  New  York. 

Donations  and  Subscriptions 

in  Drafts,  Checks,  Registered  Letters,  or  Post-Office  Orders  may  be  addressed  to  Wm.  B.  Howland, 
Treasurer,  Bilile  House,  Astor  Plice,  New  York. 

A  PAYMENT  OF  $50  CONSTITUTES  A  LIFE  MEMBER 


Form   of  a   Bequest 


I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trust,  to  pay  over  the  same, 

in  months  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is  payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer 

of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to  the  charitable  use  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

*  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York 


Major-General  Oliver  O.  Howard 

President. 

Rev.  David  B.  Coe,  D.D.,  Honorary   Secretary 
Rev.  Alexander  H.  Clapp,  D.D.,  Honorary   Treasurer 

Secretaries  for   Correspondence 
Rev.  Joseph  B.  Clark,  D.D. 

Rev.   WlLLL-lM    KiNCAID,    D.D. 

Rev.  Washington  Choate,  D.D. 
Mr.  William  B.  Rowland,   Treasurer 

Executive  Coni^nittee 

Wm.  Ives  Washburn,  Esq.,  Chairman 

Asa  a.  Spear,  Esq.,  Recordmg  Secretary 

Rev.  William  M.  Taylor,  D.D. 

Mr.  Charles  H.  Parsons 

Rev.  James  G.  Roberts,  D.D. 

Rev.  Samuel  H.  Virgin,  D.D. 

Mr.  Joseph  Wm.  Rice 

Mr.  Herbert  M.  Dixon 

Rev.  Robert  R.  Meredith,  D.D. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Richards,  D.D. 

Mr.  George  P.  Stockwell 

Rev.  Robert  J.  Kent 

Rev.  John  D.  Kingsbury,  D.D. 

Mr.  George  W.  Hebard 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Stimson,  D.D. 


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Contents   ior   August,    1894 


TAGK 

Minutes — Annual  Meeting  of  Wo- 
man's Department 217 

Words  of  Welcome 220 

Message  from  the  East 222 

1893-1894 227 

From      the      Nebraska     Children's 

Missionary 231 

Mrs.   Gilchrist's   Address 232 

W.   H.   M.  U 233 

Mormon  Youth    235 


I'AGE 

Praying  for  W.  H.  M.  Associations  238 

Personal    Experiences 239 

Prophet  of  the  Pra:rie 243 

A    Grateful    Message 245 

From  a  Missionary  Wife 246 

An  Acknowledgment 247 

From   Tennessee 248 

Fruit  in  Old  Age 248 

A  Valuable  Auxiliary 248 

Grandma's   Hood 249 


The    Home   Missionary 


Is  published  monthly,  al  sixty  cents  a  year,  postage  paid.  It  is  sent  without  charge,  on 
request,  to  be  made  annually,  to  Life  Members;  Missionarits  of  the  Society  and  its  Aux- 
iliaries ;  Ministers  securing  a  yearly  collection  for  it  in  their  congregations  ;  also  to  individu- 
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earnestly  requested  to  serve  Home  Missions  by  promoting  the  use  of  this  journal  at  the 
Monthly  Concert  and  among  their  people. 

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The    Home    Missionary 

Vol.  LXVII  AUGUST,  1894  No.  4 

THE    MEETING    OF    THE    WOMAN'S    DEPARTMENT, 
AT    OMAHA,   NEBRASKA,  JUNE  8,   1894 

By  Mrs.  T.  O.  Douch.ass,  Scribe 

FULL  house  greeted  the  women  as  they  came,  in  the  regular 
order  of  the  programme,  to  the  hour  of  their  meeting.  The 
devotional  season  which  preceded  it  was  a  fitting  prelude  to  the 
deeply  interesting  occasion.  As  Mrs.  Caswell  took  her  place  to  preside 
over  the  meeting,  a  band  of  children,  marching  to  the  music  of  the 
organ,  came  to  the  front  and  sang,  then  took  their  places  to  listen  to  an 
address  given  by  the  Nebraska  children's  missionary,  Rev.  J.  B.  Brown, 
of  the  Sand  Hills.  He  told  them  of  the  community  in  which  he  lived, 
of  the  sod  houses  in  which  the  people  had  their  homes,  the  manner  of 
building  them,  the  long  distances  traveled  to  get  to  meetings,  and  the 
discomforts  of  the  way  ;  of  the  brave,  intelligent  people,  many  of  whom 
had  come  from  homes  of  luxury,  but  in  their  present  poverty  were 
patient  and  hopeful  of  better  days.  He  told  of  special  meetings  at  one 
of  his  |:>oints  of  labor,  conducted  by  Evangelist  Billings,  in  which  there 
were  twenty  or  more  young  people  and  children  brought  into  the  king- 
dom ;  of  the  desire  of  these  young  people  to  obtain  an  education,  but  of 
the  inability  of  their  parents  to  afford  it.  He  made  a  special  plea  for 
help  to  send  one  of  these  girls  to  Chadron  Academy.  After  another 
song  by  the  children,  Mrs.  Caswell  presented  Mrs.  Gaylord  as  the  first 
missionary  wife  who  had  crossed  the  Missouri  to  labor  in  Nebraska. 
Father  and  Mother  Seccomb,  pioneer  missionaries  still  in  the  service, 
were  also  presented,  and  later  Father  Dresser,  of  early  Abolition  fame, 
and  for  many  years  a  Home  Missionary,  was  introduced  and  spoke  a  few 
words. 

Mrs.  Caswell  gave  a  brief  review  of  our  woman's  homeland  work. 
The  forty-seven  States  and  Territories  now  organized  for  woman's  work 
were  united  in  one  common  aim — the  evangelization  of  our  beloved 
land.     The    past   year  showed    growth   in    methods,  in    organization,  in 


2i8  The  Home  Missionary  Anj^ust,  1894 

spiritual  power,  and  in  contributions.  These  in  the  past  year  were  over 
.*it;5 1,000  for  the  treasury  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society, 
and  nearly  ^96,000  for  all  branches  of  homeland  work.  This  organized 
effort  of  the  women  was  a  movement  inspired  of  God  and  had  received 
his  blessing.  She  spoke  of  the  week  of  self-denial  which  had  been 
observed  by  many  Unions,  and  of  the  blessings  that  followed.  The  hope 
was  expressed  that  instead  of  one  week  in  one  month  of  the  year 
observed  as  a  week  of  self-denial,  there  might  be  four  weeks  of  self- 
denial  in  every  month.  The  banner  States  for  contributions  per  mem- 
ber were  mentioned,  and  it  was  a  suggestive  fact  that  Utah  and  Indian 
Territories  ranked  above  most  of  the  older  and  wealthier  organizations. 

Miss  Dyer,  of  Boston,  gave  an  eloquent  address,  in  which  she  spoke  of 
the  close  bond  which  unites  the  East  and  the  West  ;  of  the  fact  that  the 
evils  which  confront  us  are  not  sectional  but  national.  As  women,  we 
appreciate  the  fact  that  no  evil  can  touch  the  extremities  of  our  organized 
life  without  affecting  the  heart  and  the  center  of  our  domestic  life  by  its 
contaminating  influence.  To  the  question.  How  can  we,  as  women,  help 
to  develop  a  purer  patriotism,  nobler  social  functions,  and  a  loftier  ideal 
of  individual  life  ?  she  gave  as  the  answer,  Multiply  the  number  and 
increase  the  influence  of  Christian  homes.  Principal  Fairbairn,  in  his 
latest  book,  says  :  "  ff  we  could  only  create  the  happier  and  more  whole- 
some home,  the  battle  were  as  good  as  won.  We  are  laying  undue  stress 
on  the  ballot.  Back  of  the  ballot  must  be  a  personality  of  the  right  sort. 
Make  the  homes  of  America  what  they  should  be,  and  all  that  we  wish  to 
see  in  a  better  civic  and  religious  life  will  inevitably  follow."  Dr.  Park- 
hurst,  of  New  York,  says  :  "  If  I  were  to  put  my  finger  upon  what  seems  to 
me  to  be  the  worst  spot  in  the  municipal  conditions  of  our  city  and  the 
national  condition  of  our  country  at  large,  I  would  say  that  it  was  in  the 
decadence  of  the  home  idea.  Things  cannot  exist  in  any  purer  shape  in 
society,  in  the  state,  or  in  the  church,  than  they  lie  incipiently  in  the  little 
commonwealth  of  the  family  circle  ;  and  the  atmosphere  of  that  common- 
wealth, first  of  all,  is  an  emanation  of  the  personality  of  the  mother." 
The  multiplied  agencies  for  elevating  society  by  scientific  methods,  such 
as  college  settlements,  deaconesses'  homes,  and  the  many  societies  for  the 
development  of  right  social  conditions,  have  all  in  them  the  root  idea  of 
the  home.  The  essential  principle  in  all  is  :  "  Salvation  through  fellow- 
ship, the  touch  of  life  with  life,  of  character  with  character." 

This  is  just  the  thought  that  underlies  all  home  and  foreign  mission- 
ary work.  Every  home  missionary  family  which  becomes  a  center  of 
light  and  influence  is  more  potential  for  good,  because  it  represents  a 
more  normal  condition  of  civilized  society  than  the  college  settlement. 
She  pleaded  for  the  same  enthusiasm  for  Home  Missions  as  is  given  these 
newer  methods. 


August,  1894  The    Ilonic   Missionary  219 

Mrs.  Duryea  spoke  words  of  greeting  and  of  welcome  to  Omaha, 
making  mention  of  the  inestimable  benefits  that  the  city  and  the  State 
had  received  from  the  Home  Missionary  Society  in  years  past. 

Mrs.  Hawkes,  of  Utah,  spoke  of  the  children  and  the  youth  of  that 
Territory.  The  Mormons  keep  their  young  people  together  through 
organization.  She  recited  hynms  which  their  children  sing  and  which 
teach  them  to  reverence  Mormonism  as  the  embodiment  of  all  that  is 
good,  and  to  regard  Salt  Lake  City  as  the  center  of  the  universe.  In  the 
"  Mutual  Improvement  Societies  "  for  the  young  people,  dancing  is  the 
popular  pastime.  These  dances  are  institutions  of  the  church.  They  are 
opened  and  closed  with  prayer,  but  are  often  accompanied  with  gross 
immorality.  She  characterized  the  influences  which  were  helping  to 
l)reak  the  power  of  Mormonism — legislation,  immigration,  education — 
as  efficient,  but  not  sufficient.     Only  the  Oospel  of  Christ  is  sufficient. 

The  next  speaker  was  Mrs.  Gilchrist,  wife  of  the  evangelist  in  the 
I)ldck  Hills.  Mrs.  Gilchrist  also  engages  in  evangelistic  labor  as  she  is 
able.  She  told  of  meetings  held  at  Buffalo  Gap,  of  the  dreadful  charac- 
ter of  the  place,  of  her  husband's  call  to  her  to  come  and  help,  of  the 
meeting  of  the  Association  which  soon  called  her  husband  and  the  pastor 
away,  leaving  her  to  bear  the  responsibility  and  to  do  the  work  alone, 
save  as  the  pastor's  wife  assisted  her  ;  of  the  deep  interest  which  pre- 
vailed, and  the  blessed  results  which  followed.  She  spoke  of  the  work 
near  Hot  Springs,  in  which  she  assisted  the  pastor,  and  of  the  gracious 
fruits  of  the  work. 

A  responsive  exercise,  prepared  by  Mrs.  Caswell,  entitled  "  The 
Christian  Givers'  Creed,"  was  led  by  Mrs.  DeForest,  of  Talladega, 
Ala.  The  entire  congregation  uniting  in  it,  made  it  an  impressive  ser- 
vice. On  a  proposition  to  take  a  collection  to  enable  a  young  girl 
from  the  Sand  Hills  to  attend  Chadron  Academy,  General  Howard 
headed  a  subscription  list  with  ten  dollars,  and  asked  others  to  join 
him.  The  amount  was  soon  made  up,  when  General  Howard  offered  a 
prayer  of  thanksgiving.  The  proposition  of  a  collection  to  sustain  Mrs. 
Gilchrist's  work  in  the  Black  Hills  was  met  by  one  man,  who  offered  to 
assume  that  expense.  The  collection  taken  is  to  apply  on  the  support 
of  the  girl  from  the  Sand  Hills  a  second  year  in  attending  Chadron 
Academy.  Mrs.  Drake,  of  Kansas,  asked  God's  blessing  upon  the  offer- 
ing, and  especially  upon  the  friends  who  count  it  such  a  privilege  to 
support  the  work  in  the  Black  Hills. 

Mrs.  Preston,  of  Curtis,  Neb.,  described  the  Christian  development 
of  a  frontier  community.  A  little  church,  thoroughly  equipped  for  work, 
under  the  blessing  of  God  was  soon  quadrupled  in  numbers.  The  min- 
ister heard  Macedonian  calls  to  go  to  other  needy  points — one  twelve 
miles    distant,    a  neighborhood    of   intelligent   families    undergoing    the 


220  The   Home   Missionary  August,  1894 

privations  of  frontier  life  ;  another  twenty  miles  away,  where  the  congre- 
gation is  largely  made  up  of  young  men  on  claims  ;  again  a  call  came 
from  twenty  miles  in  another  direction,  which  he  must  decline.  A  deep 
work  of  grace  at  a  point  four  miles  from  the  central  church  resulted  in 
the  organization  of  a  branch  church,  which  is  supplied  by  the  missionary 
and  his  wife.  In  a  spirit  of  true  self-denial,  the  people  gladly  share  with 
these  otherwise  destitute  communities  the  services  of  their  missionary. 
These  and  like  Christian  communities  are  to  be  a  mighty  force  in  deter- 
mining the  character  of  the  State.  But  the  present  destitution  among 
the  people  on  account  of  the  failure  of  last  year's  crops  is  very  great,  and 
the  outlook  in  the  midst  of  the  present  drought  is  very  dark.  In  many 
cases  the  people  are  moving  away  because  they  have  nothing  to  live  upon. 
Sometimes  they  even  lack  clothing  for  comfort  on  the  journey.  These 
hardships  are  most  trying;  and  in  the  midst  of  them  shall  we  withhold  the 
water  of  life,  and  thus  cause  spiritual  death  also  ? 

Following  this  interesting  recital,  the  roll-call  of  States  was  made,  the 
responses  showing  that  a  large  number  of  them  were  represented  in  the 
audience.  Thus  echoes  from  this  inspiring  meeting  will  be  heard  far  and 
wide  throughout  the  land. 

WORDS     OF     WELCOME 

By  Mrs.  Joseph  T.  Durvea 

It  is  my  privilege  to  represent  before  you  to-day  the  women  of  the 
West,  and  1  feel  sure  that  1  speak  for  them  all  when  I  express  our  hearty 
appreciation  of  this  message  brought  from  the  women  of  the  East — the 
wise  women  of  the  East. 

It  is  not  at  all  my  purpose  at  this  time  to  enter  into  the  consideration 
of  any  of  these  weighty  matters  which  have  been  brought  before  us,  but 
simply  to  tell  you  how  very  glad  we  are  to  have  you  all  among  us,  and  to 
give  you  a  hearty  welcome  to  all  the  best  we  have. 

We  are  glad  so  many  of  you  have  come,  and  we  wish  there  were  more, 
for  we  feel  that  there  is  cordiality  enough  in  our  hearts  to  give  to  all  who 
have  stayed  behind  as  warm  a  welcome  as  we  have  given  to  you.  We 
wish  we  might  make  you  know  how  warm  that  welcome  is.  I'he  effort 
has  been  made  in  practical  ways  to  make  its  heartiness  evident  to  you, 
but  there  is  something  in  our  hearts  which  we  should  find  it  very  hard  to 
express  in  this  way. 

Though  we  have  known  how  large  a  company  of  women  working 
in  the  name  of  the  interests  represented  here  were  scattered  over  this 


August,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  221 

wide  land,  the  long  distances  between  us  have  made  it  impossible  for 
us  to  feel  the  strength  of  the  bond  of  sympathy  which  has  united  us. 
The  coming  together  in  pleasant,  heli^ful  fellowship  of  so  many  women 
from  the  I*',ast  and  the  West  on  Home  Missionary  ground  makes  us  feel, 
as  we  have  never  done  before,  how  closely  we  are  united  by  our  common 
interests,  and  must  remain  with  us  a  joy  and  an  inspiration. 

We  wish  you  to  know  how  very  much  good  your  presence  is  doing  us, 
and  hope,  in  return  for  what  you  leave  with  us  of  hope  and  courage,  you 
will  carry  back  to  your  work  something  which  shall  be  an  inspiration 
to  the  accomplishment  of  better  things. 

In  saying  words  of  welcome  to  you  on  this  occasion,  it  seems  hardly 
appropriate  that  we  should  speak  as  those  who  offer  you  the  hospitality  of 
that  which  is  exclusively  their  own.  You  have  been  reminded  here,  and 
we  wish  you  ever  to  remember,  that  but  for  the  work  of  this  Society  in 
Omaha  there  could  have  been  no  such  church  as  this  upon  this  spot  to-day, 
and  there  would  have  been  no  such  warm  Congregational  welcome  from 
this  and  sister  churches  as  we  have  considered  it  a  privilege  to  extend  to 
you  at  this  time. 

You  have  done  very  much  for  this  city.  We  have  taken  gratefully 
what  you  have  given,  and  made  an  effort,  like  all  human  efforts,  with 
something  of  failure  in  it,  to  use  it  well.  May  we  hope  that  you  will  find 
some  cause  for  rejoicing  in  the  results  which  you  see  about  you  ?  It 
would  be  more  gratifying  to  us  if  you  might  be  able  to  linger  long  enough 
in  the  West  to  go  over  into  the  small  country  towns  and  see  how  thor- 
oughly the  little  churches  you  have  planted  there  are  appreciated  by 
those  you  have  come  to  help.  There  is  little  of  interest  for  those  who 
come  into  the  restrictions  and  confinements  of  the  Western  country  life 
to  earn  their  daily  bread,  especially  for  the  women  and  children.  If 
you  could  look  into  the  eyes  and  take  the  hands  of  thoce  whose  lives 
have  been  brightened  and  broadened  and  blessed  by  your  ministry, 
you  would  surely  go  home  with  deeper  enthusiasm  to  more  persistent 
effort. 

If  you  are  in  search  of  encouragement,  it  seems  that  there  are  many 
reasons  why  you  have  done  well  to  come  among  us  who  live  on  these  wide 
prairies. 

We  have  heard  repeatedly  from  this  platform  during  these  meetings 
words  of  apprehension  and  alarm  concerning  the  future  welfare  of  this 
nation,  and  the  word  has  been  repeated  by  our  messenger  from  the  East. 
The  conviction  seems  to  be  universal  among  thinking  men  and  women, 
that  tiines  of  conflict  and  distress  are  soon  to  come  upon  us.  When  these 
things  shall  be,  where  is  the  nation  to  look  to  for  protection  and  relief  ? 
On  whom  shall  she  depend  as  her  defenders?  If  history  repeats  itself, 
America  will  find,  as  all  nations  in  time  of  crisis  have  found,  that  her  chief 
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dependence  must  be  upon  the  stout,  sturdy  yeomanry,  the  strong  sons 
of  labor,  who  have  been  raised  up  on  the  soil. 

In  coming  to  Omaha,  away  over  in  the  center  of  this  wide  land,  you 
have  come  into  a  locality  which  is  and  is  to  be  the  food-producing  region 
for  the  broad  plains  which  stretch  out  hundreds  of  miles  in  all  directions, 
north,  south,  east,  and  west.  Here,  scattered  over  these  prairies,  are 
found  the  producers,  the  men  of  brawn  and  sinew,  who  shall  be  to  Amer- 
ica in  her  day  of  trouble  what  the  old  Roman  yeomanry  were  in  the  times 
of  stress  to  ihe  republic  of  Rome. 

It  seems  that  you  could  not  better  serve  your  Society  or  your  country 
than  by  coming  here  into  the  midst  of  such  men  as  these,  to  encourage 
yourselves  by  the  sight  of  what  has  already  been  done  for  them,  and  to 
arouse  yourselves  to  further  action  by  the  sight  of  what  so  much  needs 
to  be  done. 

In  looking  through  a  volume  of  poems  a  few  days  ago  I  came  upon 
some  lines  which  have  lingered  in  my  mind  because  they  were  appropriate 
to  this  occas'on,  and  seemed  to  hold  something  of  hope  and  promise. 
With  repeated  thanks  to  the  women  of  the  East  for  their  message  and 
a  renewed  welcome  to  you  all,  shall  I  leave  these  lines  with  you  as 
a  prophecy  of  better  things  to  be,  and  an  omen  of  good  from  these 
Western  plains  ?     The  lines  were  these  : 

".Say  not  the  conflict  naught  availeth. 

The  labor  and  the  wounds  are  vain  ; 
The  enemy  shrinks  not,  nor  faileth, 

And  as  things  have  been  they  remain. 
For  not  by  eastern  windows  only, 

When  dayh'ght  comes,  comes  in  the  Hght ; 
In  front  the  sun  climbs  slow,  how  slowly! 

But  westward  look,  the  land  is  bright." 


A    MESSAGE    FROM    THE    EAST 

By  Miss  Frances  J.  Dyer,  Boston 

T  FANCY  I  see  an  almost  imperceptible  shiver  at  the  announcement  of 
a  speaker  from  Boston.  We  who  live  there  have  such  a  reputation  for 
frigidity,  that  the  story  is  told  of  a  Chicago  man  who  suggested  to  his 
daughter,  one  exceptionally  hot  summer,  that  she  send  for  a  college  class- 
mate from  Boston  to  be  a  guest  with  them  for  the  season.  He  was  con- 
fident that  her  presence  in  the  house  would  keep  the  temperature 
sufificiently  cool. 


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It  is  not  strange,  perhaps,  that  mutual  friends  arc  constantly  reflecting 
us  to  each  other  in  a  false  light.  They  say,  for  instance,  that  when  Bos- 
ton women  go  shopping  they  carry  bags  containing  (ireek  lexicons  and 
Sanscrit  grammars  witli  which  to  beguile  the  hours  while  waiting  for- 
change  :  another  thrust  at  our  slow  movements.  We  are  accused  of 
naming  our  poodle  dogs  for  Socrates,  and  of  considering  no  dinner  com- 
plete without  its  Plato  soup.  Even  our  baked  beans  are  said  t(^  take  a 
course  in  Browning.  Our  infants  are  supposed  to  read  from  polyglot 
primers;  and  horse-car  conductors — motormen  are  still  an  innovation — 
kindly  correct  errors  on  the  part  of  visiting  strangers.  Equally  absurd 
are  the  pictures  of  Western  life  and  character  as  held  up  to  view  by  the 
Eastern  press,  and  one  value  of  our  great  missionary  gatherings  is  to  show 
that  underneath  this  superficial  knowledge  of  each  other,  and  below  all 
artificial  barriers  which  may  separate  us.  lie  momentous  interests  that  are 
common  to  both.  I  therefore  count  it  a  peculiar  privilege  to  bring  you  a 
message  from  the  East,  the  essence  of  which  is  found  in  one  line  of  an 
old  familiar  hymn  : 

"  Oiu'  fears,  our  hopes,  our  aims  are  one." 

I  need  not  recapitulate  the  evils  which  threaten  our  civic  and  social 
life,  the  perils  of  unlimited  immigration,  ignorant  suffrage,  polluted  poli- 
tics, open  disregard  of  Sunday,  unholy  greed  for  gain,  and  the  like,  for 
they  have  been  repeatedly  and  eloquently  brought  to  our  notice  here  in 
Omaha  and  in  previous  gatherings.  We  have  been  told  that  they  are  not 
sectional,  but  national  ;  and  we  women  appreciate  the  fact  that  no  evil 
can  touch  the  extremities  of  our  organized  life  without  sending  back  its 
contaminating  current  to  the  very  heart  and  center  of  our  domestic  life. 
The  career  of  a  corrupt  Congressman  in  Washington  has  power  to 
influence  boys  in  the  remotest  household  of  our  Republic.  If  the  social 
standards  set  by  young  ladies  at  the  East  are  coarse  and  frivolous,  the 
tone  of  society  at  the  West  is  lowered  thereby,  and  vice  versa.  Then 
there  are  more  subtle  and  secret  foes  which  invade  our  households, 
whether  our  lot  is  cast  in  the  older  civilization  of  the  East  or  among  the 
seething  forces  and  more  strenuous  life  of  the  newer  West.  Talk  with 
high-minded  Christian  physicians  in  any  of  our  large  cities,  and  they  v.'ill 
tell  you  how  moral  poison  is  spreading  in  communities  which  we  are 
accustomed  to  look  upon  as  ethically  sound.  Some  of  these  evils,  doubt- 
less, are  the  outcome  of  abnormal  industrial  conditions  that  compel  a 
great  army  of  girls  and  women  to  be  thrust  out  into  the  world  for  self- 
support  at  a  tender  age.  I  confess  that  in  my  own  contact  with  young 
people  to-day,  not  only  with  the  wage-earning  class  but  in  what  is  called 
polite  society,  nothing  has  more  disheartened  me  than  to  find  how  certain 
old-fashioned   ideas  of  delicacy  are-  fast  becoming  obsolete.     What  we 


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call  realism  in  art  and  literature  is  responsible  for  much  of  this  looseness 
of  thought  and  speech.  Books  which,  if  not  positively  immoral,  are  cer- 
tainly tainted  in  tone,  are  discussed  at  evening  receptions  as  calmly  as  a 
l)oem  of  Wordsworth. 

But  the  question  is,  How  can  we  remedy  all  this  ?  How  can  we,  as 
Christian  women,  and  feeling  our  responsibility  in  the  matter,  help 
develop  a  purer  patriotism,  nobler  social  functions,  and  a  loftier  ideal  of 
individual  life  ? 

One  method  seems  to  me  perfectly  simple,  direct,  and  effective.  Mul- 
tiply the  number  and  increase  the  influence  of  Christian  homes.  Principal 
Fairbairn  says  in  his  latest  book  :  "  If  we  could  only  create  the  happier 
and  more  wholesome  home,  the  battle  were  as  good  as  won.  We  are 
laying  undue  stress  of  late  upon  the  ballot,  as  though  voting  could  solve 
all  the  problems  of  the  universe.  Moral  issues  can  never  be  settled  at 
the  polls,  unless  we  have  persons  of  character  to  cast  votes  ;  and  character 
is  not  a  garment  to  be  donned  at  will,  but  a  plant  of  slow  growth,  the 
fruitage  of  home  training  and  influence.  Let  the  boys  and  girls  in  our 
households  grow  up  with  their  moral  sense  warped  or  undeveloped,  and 
of  what  earthly  use,  in  case  we  wanted  to  carry  any  righteous  reform  in 
city  or  State,  would  be  their  power  of  franchise  I  Back  of  the  ballot  must 
be  a  personality  of  the  right  sort.  Make  the  homes  of  America  what 
they  should  be,  and  all  that  we  long  for  in  the  way  of  a  better  civic  and 
religious  life  will  inevitably  follow." 

Dr.  Parkhurst,  of  New  York,  who  certainly  has  had  exceptional  facili- 
ties for  judgment  in  such  matters,  said  in  a  recent  sermon  :  "  If  I  were  to 
put  my  finger  on  what  seems  to  me  to  be  the  sorest  spot  in  the  municipal 
conditions  of  our  city,  and  the  national  condition  of  our  country  at  large, 
I  would  say  that  it  was  in  the  decadence  of  the  home  idea.  The  proofs 
of  that  are  many  and  painful,  and  some  of  them  unmentionable.  Things 
cannot  exist  in  any  finer  shape  in  society,  in  the  state,  or  in  the  church 
than  they  lie  incipiently  in  the  little  commonwealth  of  the  family  circle  ; 
and  the  atmosphere  of  that  commonwealth,  first  of  all,  is  an  emanation 
from  the  personality  of  the  mother." 

We  hear  a  great  deal  nowadays  about  scientific  tests.  From  the  inter- 
pretation of  the  Scriptures  to  the  making  of  a  pudding,  everything  must 
be  done  scientifically.  The  idea  has  crept  into  our  philanthropic  work, 
and  the  cry  is  that  all  the  old  methods  of  reforming  society  are  crude, 
unscientific,  and  therefore  inoperative.  Consequently  there  has  sprung 
up  within  a  few  years  a  whole  crop  of  new  agencies  for  converting  this 
wicked  old  world  into  a  Paradise  regained.  We  have  college  settlements 
and  deaconesses'  homes,  boys'  brigades  and  girls'  friendlies,  guilds  and 
leagues  thick  as  leaves  in  Vallombrosa,  societies  from  A  to  Z,  and  more 
clubs  than  a  whole  army  of   savage  Zulus  ever  wielded    in    an  African 


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forest.      I   am   not    dcridinii-  these  ort^anizations.      Rij^htly   used  they  arc 
desirable  allies  in  the  crusade  against  Satan  and  his  forces. 

But  the  point  I  wish  to  make  is  this  :  These  methods  are  supposed 
to  represent  the  most  modern,  the  most  approved,  the  most  scientific  way 
of  ret^enerating  society.  They  hold  in  solution  the  combined  wisdom  of 
phrenologists  and  sociologists  and  psychologists,  and  every  other  ologist 
of  this  learned  nineteenth  century.  Yet  what  is  the  basal  principle  in  each 
and  all  of  these  organizations?  Analyze  them  carefully,  and  you  will  find 
that  the  root  idea  is  that  of  the  home.  Take  the  college  settlements,  for 
example.  What  motive  originated  them  ?  Were  they  not  partly  a  protest 
against  the  old  way  of  helping  the  poor  at  arm's  length,  and  an  exemplifi- 
cation of  the  more  Christian  method  of  going  and  living  among  them  ? 
As  we  examine  all  the  other  forms  of  modern  pliilanthroi)y  we  shall  find 
the  essential  principle  to  be  "  salvation  through  fellowship,  the  touch  of 
life  with  life,  the  influence  of  character  upon  character  ;  "  or,  as  Carlyle 
expresses  it,  "Soul  is  kindled  only  in  soul." 

But  there  is  just  one  element  in  this  whole  problem,  dear  friends, 
which  puzzles  me  immensely.  I'm  not  scientific,  and  probably  I'm  stupid, 
and  I  hope  you  bright  women  here  at  the  West  will  help  me  out  of  the 
difficulty.  Wherein  do  all  these  much-vaunted  methods  differ  from  what 
our  home  and  foreign  missionaries  have  been  doing  for  years  ?  Think  of 
the  multitudes  of  noble,  self-sacrificing  men  and  women  who  have  left 
pleasant  surroundings  elsewhere  and  established  a  Christian  home  in  some 
section  of  our  land  where  vice  and  worldliness  were  getting  the  u])])er 
hand,  or  else  acro.ss  the  seas  in  the  darkness  of  heathendom,  there  to  let 
the  power  of  Christian  home  and  character  become  the  regenerating  force  ! 
1  greatly  honor  Miss  Adams  and  the  work  she  is  doing  at  the  Hull  House 
in  Chicago.  I  am  in  hearty  sympathy  with  the  heroic  labors  of  the  young 
men  at  the  Andover  House  in  Boston.  But  I  do  contend  that  equal  honor 
should  be  given  to  Stephen  Peet  and  Erastus  Kent,  to  Joseph  E.  Roy  and 
to  Father  Seccombe,  to  Drs.  Warren,  Atkinson,  Whitman,  and  Riggs  and 
their  noble  wives,  with  a  host  of  others  who  have  laid  the  foundations  of 
so  many  commonwealths  here  in  the  West,  established  colleges  and  built 
churches,  and  guided  public  sentiment  into  channels  of  righteousness. 
Nay,  more,  I  contend  that  every  home  missionary  family  which  thus 
becomes  a  center  of  light  and  influence  is  more  potential  for  good  than  a 
university  settlement,  and  simply  for  this  reason  :  the  family,  with  its  rela- 
tions of  husband  and  wife,  parents  and  children,  represents  a  more  normal 
condition  of  civilized  society  than  a  household  composed  exclusively  of 
either  young  men  or  young  women.  I  would  by  no  means  minimize  the 
value  of  the  settlements.  We  need  more  of  them.  But  1  do  plead  for  the 
same  splendid  enthusiasm,  especially  on  the  part  of  our  college-bred  young 
men  and  women,  in  behalf  of  the  home  missionary  and  his  wife,  who  are 


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certainly  doing  a  more  permanent  and  far-reaching  work  than  any  resident 
at  these  college  centers.  The  efforts  of  the  missionary  are  necessarily 
broader  in  scope,  because  he  aims  at  reformation  of  character  as  well  as 
betterment  of  surroundings.  He  knows  that  it  is  not  enough  for  a  man  to 
have  food  and  clothing,  a  chance  to  earn  an  honest  living,  and  means  to 
educate  his  children.  After  a  few  more  experiments  in  sociology  we  shall 
believe  anew  in  the  old-fashioned  law  of  the  Gospel,  "  Ye  must  be  born 
again."  In  "  Marcella,"  that  epoch-making  novel  of  Mrs.  Ward,  we  find 
the  heroine,  after  months  of  living  among  the  London  poor,  slipping  away 
more  and  more  from  the  idea  of  mere  external  regeneration  of  society. 
"  As  I  go  among  these  wage-earners,"  she  says,  "  the  emphasis,  do  what  I 
will,  comes  to  lie  less  and  less  on  possession  and  more  on  charactei*.  I  go 
to  two  tenements  in  the  same  building.  One  is  hell — the  other  heaven. 
Why?  Both  belong  to  well-paid  artisans  with  equal  opportunities."  She 
comes  finally  to  see  that  the  home  in  Mellor  is  the  stronger  center  from 
which  to  send  forth  .streams  of  influence  and  blessing.  This  accords  in 
general  with  the  policy  which  this  grand  old  Society  has  followed  for  nearly 
three-quarters  of  a  century,  and  which  people  are  slowly  recognizing  as  the 
only  sure  way  of  building  up  Christ's  kingdom  here  in  the  world. 

I  think  sometimes  that  if  the  work  of  this  Society  could  be  presented  to 
young  people  under  some  fanciful  new  name — if  a  missionary  enterprise  in 
this  progressive,  teeming  West,  could  be  called  an  Amherst  or  a  Wellesley 
settlement,  that  their  interest  would  easily  kindle.  Somebody  comes  from 
London  and  tells  how  the  slums  there  are  transformed  by  the  presence 
among  the  poor  wretches  of  a  few  consecrated  men  and  women,  and  our 
young  people  listen  with  attention  to  the  story  of  self-sacrifice.  Mean- 
time, a  far  more  extraordinary  change  may  be  passing  over  an  entire  State 
or  Territory  here  in  the  West,  through  the  churches  and  schools  estab- 
lished by  our  missionaries,  and  these  same  young  people  are  perfectly 
apathetic  concerning  it.     My  friends,  these  things  ought  not  so  to  be. 

A  word,  again,  in  closing,  about  the  power  of  the  Christian  home.  A 
story  is  told  of  a  friendly  Hindu  who  was  asked  by  one  of  our  missionaries 
which  of  all  the  foreign  methods  was  most  feared  by  the  natives.  He 
replied  :  "  We  do  not  fear  your  books,  for  we  need  not  read  them.  We 
do  net  greatly  fear  your  schools — we  need  not  send  our  children.  We  do 
not  fear  your  preaching— we  need  not  listen.  But  we  dread  your  women 
and  we  dread  your  doctors,  for  your  doctors  are  winning  our  hearts,  and 
your  women  are  winning  our  homes,  and  when  our  hearts  and  our  homes 
are  won,  what  is  there  left  of  us  ? "  A  similar  sentiment  is  embodied  in 
the  words  of  a  far-seeing  prophet  early  in  the  century,  who  said  :  "  No 
nation  can  advance  except  through  the  improvement  of  the  nation's  homes, 
and  they  can  only  be  improved  through  the  instrumentality  of  women."  In 
this  work  let  us  be  a  unit,  knowintr  no  North,  no  South,  no  East,  no  West. 


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1893-94 

By  Mrs.   II.  S.  Casweu. 

']"nE  un]iarallcled  orowth  of  this  oroanization  of  Woman's  State 
llnions  has  been  Utile  short  of  a  miraele.  As  one  of  our  number  has 
said  :  "It  would  be  less  phenomenal  had  we  an  enthusiastic  leader  who, 
with  flags  flying  and  bands  ])layino;,  had  attracted  a  large  following 
through  her  own  personality."  But,  friends,  this  movement  is  not  of 
human  devising.  It  is  our  glory  and  our  song  that  we  have  rallied  under 
divine  leadership.  Impelled  by  some  force  dimly  comprehended  at  first, 
we,  the  women  of  these  forty-eight  States  and  Territories,  have  as  surely 
obeyed  the  call  of  our  God  as  did  Abraham  of  old,  who,  impelled  by  the 
same  resistless  force,  "  moved  on,  not  knowing  whither  he  went." 

This  has  been  a  crucial  year  with  our  membership.  There  is  scarcely 
one  who  has  not  been  scorched,  to  say  the  least,  by  the  financial  fire 
which  has  swept  our  country,  and  it  has  been  difficult  to  avoid  anxious 
questioning  :  Will  these  Unions  come  from  the  furnace  purified,  or  will 
faith  utterly  fail  ?     I  bring  you  glad  tidings. 

The  messages  of  these  last  days,  from  North,  South,  East,  and  West, 
may  be  condensed  into  one  ringing  word — "  Growth  !  " — growth  in  num- 
bers, in  efficient  leadership,  in  practical  methods  of  work,  in  interest- 
ing the  indifferent,  in  winning  the  pastors,  in  wise  planning  for  the 
young,  in  securing  helpful  programmes,  and,  thereby,  good  meetings. 
So  much  for  the  mechanism.  Has  there  been  growth  of  soul  ?  Is  each 
Union  more  directly  a  power  for  God  ?  Is  the  vision  clearer  as  to  the 
one  object  for  which  we  are  organized — evangelization  ? 

Let  one  Union  answer  for  all  :  "  We  believe  that  the  Gospel  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  is  the  true  solution  of  our  material  problems." 

The  week  of  self-denial,  followed  by  a  thank-offering  service,  has  been 
almost  universally  observed,  with  encouraging  results.  This  plan,  which 
is  grow'ing  in  favor,  suggests  a  question  :  Is  there  danger  that  one  week 
of  self-denial  may  prove  a  quietus  to  the  uneasy  conscience  for  fifty-one 
weeks  of  self-indulgence  ? 

The  Woman's  Department  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary 
Society  has  this  year  been  placed  in  charge  of  the  "  clothing  boxes  "  sent 
out  by  the  Society  to  missionary  families  w^ho  apply  for  them.  It  is  cer- 
tainly a  joy  to  supply  a  company  of  ladies  with  exactly  the  family  they 
desire,  and  to  know  that  a  valuable  box  of  necessary  articles  of  clothing, 
etc.,  has  been  sent  to  a  worthy  pastor,  and  that  he  has  written  a  satisfac- 
tory letter  of  acknowledgment  to  the  ladies  for  the  same.  This  is  the 
ideal  routine  of  this  important  departm.ent  ;  for,  until  living  salaries  are 


228  The   Home   Missionary  August,  1894 

paid  to  our  men,  this  help  must  be  provided.  May  the  day  not  be  distant 
when  help  of  this  kind  gives  place  to  contributions  in  cash  ! 

But  the  "  ideal  routine  "  of  this  Box  Department  is  not  at  all  times  the 
real.  While  there  are  always  more  applications  from  ladies'  societies  than 
we  can  meet  for  families  with  "  small  children,  mostly  girls,  and  a  baby," 
there  are  always  on  our  list  certain  "  waiting  families  "  whose  blanks  have 
been  returned  to  us  as  "undesirable."  There  are  "  no  children,"  or  "no 
youtig  q\'\\\(\x&\-\,'''  ox  the  children  are  "  grown  and  away  at  school  "  (and 
never  in  greater  need  of  extra  help).  "Boys  "  are  objected  to,  because 
"  we  don't  know  how  to  make  boys'  clothes."  Sometimes  the  dear  pastor 
is  "  too  old,"  or  "  too  tall,"  or  "too  stout."  The  ladies  of  one  society 
declined  to  replenish  the  wardrobe  of  a  home  missionary  daughter  because 
her  measures  were  "not  of  the  regulation  size."  Among  the  "undesir- 
able "  is  the  young  pastor,  fresh  from  the  seminary,  who  has  obtained  an 
education  with  great  difficulty,  and  must  save  means- from  a  meager  salary 
to  pay  debts  contracted  for  this  education.  He  has  been  ordained  to 
preach,  and  has  a  pulpit  and  a  people.  His  influence  is  weakened  by 
shabby  clothing,  and  he  pleads  with  us  for  a  "  pulpit  suit."  This  "appli- 
cation "  wanders  about  from  one  society  to  another,  and,  like  Noah's  dove, 
finds  no  rest  "  until  it  returns  to  the  "  box  of  the  undesirable  "  from 
whence  it  was  sent  forth." 

Comparatively  few  of  the  ladies'  societies  are  furnished  with  treasuries 
from  which  clothing  may  be  purchased  outright,  but  it  is  due  to  them  to 
say  that  the  "  suit  "  for  the  missionary  is  rarely  missing  from  the  box. 
Somebody  makes  an  extra  sacrifice,  and  the  box  is  complete. 

Sometimes  a  clothing  blank  is  returned  because  the  society,  having 
opened  a  correspondence  with  the  missionary,  discovers  that  he  lacks  that 
rare  gift  of  writing  an  "  interesting  letter  "  ! 

Sometimes  the  applicant  is  one  of  our  foreign  brethren  preaching  the 
Gospel  to  foreigners  in  our  land,  and  preparing  them  to  take  the  "joyful 
tidings  "  to  nations  over  the  sea.  Very  likely  his  letter  is  a  mixture  of 
broken  English  and  Bohemian,  or  Swedish,  or  German,  or  Slovak  ;  and 
the  secretary  writes  :  "  We  cannot  keep  up  an  interest  unless  we  have 
interesting  letters,  the  more  thrilling  the  better." 

But  the  "  Box  Department  "  has  lights  as  well  as  shadows.  A  happy 
surprise  greets  us  from  the  morning  mail  :  "  Send  us  an  '  undesirable  ' 
family.  We  will  not  object  to  six  boys  !  "  One  society,  learning  that  the 
daughter  of  a  Home  Missionary  was  about  to  graduate  from  college  with- 
out suitable  clothing,  prepared  for  her  a  graduating  outfit,  not  forgetting 
the  smallest  detail  that  is  dear  to  the  heart  of  a  girl  at  such  a  time.  Many 
have  raised  the  money  to  supply  needed  "  pulpit  suits."  Your  secretary 
attended  a  frontier  service  in  Wyoming  not  long  ago,  with  a  faithful  pas- 
tor, when  he   apologized  for  wearing  so  nice  a  suit  of  clothes.     "  I  want 


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you  to  know,"  said  he,  "  that  1  never  could  have  had  such  a  suit,  or  even 
a  respectable  suit  of  clothes,  but  for  the  blessed  Eastern  ladies  who  sent 
me  this  in  a  missionary  box." 

During  this  trying  winter,  when  the  local  demands  upon  our  benevo- 
lent societies  have  been  unusually  pressing,  the  missionary  family  has  not 
been  forgotten.  Again  and  again  certain  societies  have  responded  to  our 
call  where  fire  and  flood  and  financial  failures  and  illness  have  made 
special  aid  necessary. 

During  the  year  the  ladies  of  269  benevolent  societies,  to  which  may 
be  added  benevolent  individuals,  have  sent  through  this  department  589 
boxes  and  packages  of  clothing.  In  addition  to  this,  the  women  of  Massa- 
chusetts have  supplied  all  clothing  applications  from  six  Northern  States, 
while  Michigan,  Ohio,  Wisconsin,  Illinois,  and  Iowa  have  sent  a  large 
number  of  boxes  which  have  not  been  reported  to  us.  Through  kind 
friends  we  have  been  able  to  meet  also  some  extra  needs  in  the  line  of 
books,  magazines,  sewing-machines,  carpels,  curtains,  and  other  household 
articles,  horses,  saddles,  harnesses,  etc.  Perhaps  our  greatest  delight  has 
been  in  certain  sums  of  money  which  have  been  sent  additional,  or  in 
place  of  clothing,  to  our  missionaries.  These  contributions,  as  reported, 
have  ranged  from  two  to  fifty  dollars,  amounting  in  all  to  $1,057.30. 

The  hearty  good-will  and  prompt  response  with  which  these  noble 
women  have  met  our  appeals  for  extra  help  this  hard  winter  have  been 
most  gratefully  appreciated  by  the  Society.  With  such  a  constituency  of 
"  willing-hearted  "  Christian  women,  we  may  take  up  this  burden  of  "spe- 
cial need  "  another  year  with  renewed  courage. 

Have  the  Unions,  this  year,  carried  the  need  of  the  Mother  Society  on 
their  hearts?  We  have  reason  to  know  that  they  have.  With  grateful 
appreciation  of  their  never-failing  loyalty  to  our  interests,  we  recognize 
their  efficient  assistance  in  many  lines  of  our  work. 

We  sometimes  look  with  envy  upon  the  Church  Building  Society, 
which  can  hold  out  to  its  constituency  such  inducements  as  windows  and 
doors,  pulpits  and  pews,  organs  and  hymn-books  ;  or  the  American  Mis- 
sionary Association,  with  its  interesting  ''  races  "  ;  or  the  Congregational 
Sunday-School  and  Publishing  Societ}^  with  its  twenty-five  dollar  Sunday- 
school  ;  or  the  Education  Society,  with  its  earnest  young  people  working 
bravely  for  an  education:  while  we  have  nothing  to  present  save  a  mission- 
ary salary  ! 

But  what  do  these  words  mean  }  A  brave,  true  man  of  God,  often 
taking  the  "glad  tidings"  to  regions  of  spiritual  darkness.  Is  there, 
after  all,  a  more  inspiring  "object"?  The  Unions  have  accepted  this 
object  with  noble  courage,  and  have  this  year  sustained  100  missionaries 
on  the  field. 

With  thankful  hearts  we  are  able  to  report  no   failure  here.      The 


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Unions  have  not  only  reached  but  gone  beyond  the  financial  receipts  of 
last  year,  and  have  placed  in  the  treasury  of  the  Congregational  Home 
Missionary  Society  $51,204.20  ;  and  in  the  treasuries  of  the  five  national 
societies,  $95,947.93.  This  means  twenty-six  cents  apiece  for  all  home- 
land work  from  the  360,915  women  of  the  Congregational  churches.  This 
organization  now  has  auxiliaries  in  about  one-half  the  churches,  having 
added  258  to  this  list  this  year. 

In  closing,  permit  a  few  practical  suggestions  : 

Let  us  this  year  gain  a  rich  blessing  through  "helping  together  with 
prayer." 

Let  us,  while  preparing  for  the  missionary  meeting,  avail  ourselves  of 
that  divine  wisdom,  "  to  none  that  ask  denied,"  which  will  make  the  occa- 
sion a  success  from  the  heavenly  standpoint. 

Let  us  temper  our  zeal  with  patience  in  dealing  with  the  "  uninterested 
pastor."  He  who  declines  to  be  driven  may  be  won  by  womanly 
tact. 

Let  us,  as  officers  of  auxiliaries,  turn  over  a  new  leaf  this  year,  and 
answer  by  return  mail,  if  possible,  every  message  from  a  State  officer. 
This  is  absolutely  necessary  to  insure  progress  of  the  work  as  a  wliole. 

Let  us  guard  ourselves  against  sending  to  busy  secretaries  at  head- 
quarters financial  statements,  orders  for  leaflets,  subscriptions  to  the  mag- 
azine, and  personal  messages,  written  upon  one  sheet  in  aggravating 
confusion. 

Let  us  remember  this  year  that  subscriptions  to  the  Missionary  Herald 
and  Life  and  Light  should  not  be  sent  to  the  editor  of  The  Home 
Missionary. 

Let  us  avoid  sending  to  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 
for  material  about  the  Chinese,  negro,  mountain  white,  and  Indian. 

Let  us  make  "  the  Congregational  Alphabet  "  and  the  work  of  each 
society  a  thorough  study,  that  we  may  be  saved  from  absurd  blunders. 

Let  us  make  an  earnest  effort  to  secure  an  auxiliary  to  the  Union  in 
every  church,  with  every  woman  a  member  of  it. 

Let  us,  in  the  coming  year,  aim  at  the  highest  attainment  in  Christian 
growth. 

Let  us  realize  that  our  Lord  is  alive  and  in  mighty  contact  with  his 
people  in  this  world. 

BANNER    STATES    IN    CONTRIBUTIONS 

East :  Massachusetts.  Interior  :  Illinois.  South  :  Florida.  Pacific 
Coast  :  Northern  California. 

In  average  contributions  per  church  member  of  fifty  cents  and  over  : 
Florida,  Missouri,  Utah,  Indian  Territory,  and  Minnesota. 


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FROM    THE    NEBRASKA    CHILDREN'S    MISSIONARY 

Rev.  James  15.  IjROwn,  a  missionary  supported  by  tlie  children  of 
Nebraska,  said  : 

"  My  dear  friends,  and  esjiecially  my  dear  young  friends,  it  is  a  very 
pleasant  thing  to  be  entrusted  with  the  carrying  of  the  Gospel  to  those 
who  have  it  not.  It  is  a  high  honor  that  Christ  has  put  upon  his  people. 
Christ  has  sent  us  into  all  the  world  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature, 
but  what  is  the  condition  of  the  church  to  send  ?  Now,  above  all  the 
honors  that  could  be  offered  me  by  this  city  of  Omaha  I  would  esteem  the 
honor  of  being  sent  by  these  grand  men  and  women  who  have  assembled 
here  from  different  parts  of  the  country  in  this  missionary  association  the 
greatest  honor  of  them  all,  and  I  esteem  it  a  double  honor  that  I  have 
been  sent  out  by  the  young  girls  and  boys  of  Nebraska  to  their  little  com- 
panions out  on  the  frontier,  where  they  have  not  the  privileges  you 
iiave  here.  Is  it  because  you  have  sent  a  missionary  to  your  young  com- 
panions out  in  the  Sand  Hills,  where  they  have  so  few  of  the  advantages 
you  have,  that  our  God  at  this  present  moment  has  given  me  such  a  rich 
harvest  of  souls  of  young  people  just  like  yourselves?  I  thought  of  that 
when  I  saw  the  young  girls  coming  in  here  singing  that  beautiful  mission- 
ary song.  Some  of  the  little  girls  sent  a  message  that  they  could  not 
come,  girls  who  had  pleaded  with  the  fathers  and  mothers  to  obtain  per- 
mission to  come  and  meet  with  God's  people. 

"  It  would  be  a  very  difficult  thing  for  me  to  make  the  people  who  live 
here  in  the  city  understand  our  situation.  Mrs.  Caswell  has  asked  me  to  tell 
you  something  of  our  mode  of  living  in  the  Sand  Hills.  It  is  very  difficult 
to  describe  that,  as  there  are  some  things  you  must  see  to  understand. 
We  live  in  sod  houses,  as  has  been  said.  Some  of  you  young  people  have 
seen  a  picture  of  one  of  our  sod  houses.  I  don't  know  how  it  got  out.  I 
sent  a  little  pencil  sketch  that  some  one  got  hold  of  and  it  was  printed,  so 
all  of  the  young  people  have  probably  seen  what  a  sod  house  looks  like,  in 
a  picture,  anyway.  That  house  is  not  new,  but  the  one  in  which  I  now 
live  is,  because  the  old  one  was  too  small,  so  I  just  had  to  go  to  work  and 
make  another.  We  are  all  architects  out  there  and  build  our  own  houses, 
and  our  knowing  people  call  me  a  very  good  mason.  I  built  the  new 
house  all  out  of  sod,  and  shingled  it  with  sod,  and  I  have  a  very  comfort- 
able house.  We  have  a  schoolhouse  to  worship  in.  We  have  no  such 
grand  buildings  as  this  out  there.  We  would  not  have  any  use  for  a 
church  like  this  on  our  new  field. 

"  We  have  young  people  up  there  who  don't  have  the  opportunities  for 
education  that  you  have.  We  will  send  our  boys  and  girls  from  the  Sand 
Hills  to  the  towns  and  cities  to  be  educated.     You  need  them.     We  have 


232  The   Home   Missionary  August,  1894 

one  or  two  girls  there  who  would  like  to  avail  themselves  of  your  city 
school  education.  Their  parents  are  poor,  and  cannot  send  them  here. 
We  would  like  very  much  to  send  them,  as  it  would  make  them  wonderful 
workers  for  God,  but  we  have  not  the  means  of  doing  it.  I  would  like  it 
very  much  if  I  had  it  in  my  power  to  send  one  or  two  of  these  Christian 
girls  to  a  Christian  academy  and  let  them  have  a  good  Christian  education. 
It  would  only  take  $100  to  send  one  of  these  girls  to  school  for  one  whole 
year,  and  I  know  that  it  would  be  a  grand  investment. 

"There  is  barely  one  more  minute  left  me,  and  in  that  little  time  I 
want  to  make  a  plea.  I  want  to  make  you  Eastern  people  understand  what 
kind  of  men  and  women  we  have  away  there  in  the  Sand  Hills.  The  men 
and  women  are  there  only  as  your  servants.  They  are  only  handling  your 
money.  When  you  send  1,000  head  of  cattle  out  to  the  Sand  Hills,  send  the 
Gospel  with  it,  and  you  will  have  more  fat  cattle  in  the  fall.  When  you 
send  your  goods  out  to  us,  send  the  Gospel  along  with  it,  and  the  devil, 
who  is  there  to  lick  off  the  cream  of  your  investments  as  fast  as  it  rises, 
will  not  take  all  of  the  profits,  but  some  will  return  to  you.  Fathers  of 
Nebraska,  your  sons  are  living  there,  some  of  them  on  the  neighboring 
ranches,  bared  to  all  the  wickedness  of  such  places.  It  takes  money,  very 
little  though,  to  send  men  and  women  out  there  to  tell  them  of  Him  who 
died  to  save  them.  We  want  you  to  help  us  by  giving  a  little.  Will  you 
do  it  ?  " 


MRS.    GILCHRIST'S    ADDRESS 

After  all  the  addresses  that  have  been  given  and  all  the  words 
which  have  been  spoken  by  the  ladies  who  have  gone  before  me,  I  feel  very 
timid  and  very  small,  but  I  want  to  say  that  I  have  learned  that  if  I  can"t  do 
anything  but  stand,  I  will  stand  for  Jesus.  I  could  not  have  taken  the  place 
of  Mrs.  Caswell,  and  I  don't  want  to.  I  could  not  take  the  place  of  these 
ladies  here.  That  is  not  my  work,  but  there  is  one  thing  that  1  can  do — that 
I  want  to  do — and  that  is,  to  go  with  my  husband  and  work  for  Jesus.  I  have 
done  this  to  some  extent,  and  I  know  that  the  Lord  has  been  with  us  and 
blessed  our  work.  One  day  a  letter  came  to  us  in  our  old  home  to  go  to 
the  Black  Hills — there  were  two  letters  came  to  us  to  go  to  the  Black 
Hills.  The  first  we  considered  prayerfully,  but  we  could  not  see  the  way 
clear  to  go.  The  second  letter  came,  and  we  considered  that  prayerfully, 
and  we  dared  not  refuse.  We  went  to  Buffalo  Gap,  a  few  miles  from  Hot 
Springs,  where  we  resided.  Our  pastor  from  Hot  Springs  is  here,  and  he 
could  tell  you  what  a  terrible  place  it  was.  Mr.  Gilchrist  began  a  revival 
there.     I  could  not  go  with  him  when  he  went  to  begin.     He  came  back 


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after  he  had  been  gone  about  two  weeks  and  said,  "  Belle,  you  are  needed 
over  there,"  so  I  just  arranged  my  work  and  went.  Just  a  few  days  later 
there  was  to  be  a  meeting  held  at  Belle  Fourche.  Mr.  Gilchrist  and  the 
pastor  of  Buffalo  Clap  had  to  go,  and  that  left  me  all  alone  with  the  work 
there.  Just  before  Mr.  Gilchrist  went  away  he  told  me  that  1  would  have  to 
be  responsible  for  the  meeting,  and  he  said,  "  There  are  a  lot  of  my  ser- 
mons in  the  satchel,  if  you  would  like  to  use  them."  1  said,  "No,  I  won't 
use  tiiem  ;  they  don't  fit  me.  I  want  my  own  armor.  Your  sermons 
won't  lit  me,  and  I  can't  use  them.  I  will  trust  in  Jesus.  That  is  better 
than  all  of  the  sermons.  1  can  depend  on  him."  I  had  all  of  the  respon- 
sibility on  my  hands.  We  got  along  very  nicely,  and  the  Lord  was  with 
us,  and  we  ran  the  meeting  two  weeks  longer.  The  pastors  returned  en- 
couraged and  took  hold,  and  a  grand  work  was  done.  A  few  days  later, 
when  Mr.  Gilchrist  came  home,  he  had  to  go  away  again.  He  was  with 
Rev.  Mr.  Lyman,  and  the  services  had  already  begun,  and  Mr.  (iilchrist 
was  asked  to  preach  a  sermon.  This  was  within  two  miles  of  our  house. 
It  was  very  cold,  one  of  the  coldest  days  that  we  had,  and  Mr.  Gilchrist 
came  to  me  and  said,  "Belle,  do  you  want  to  go  over  there  with  me?" 
I  knew  that  he  wanted  me  to  go,  and  so  I  said  "Yes."  We  had  to  go 
through  the  cold,  and  to  come  back  through  all  the  bitter  cold,  and  we 
had  to  walk  five  miles  both  ways,  but  we  did  not  care  for  that,  so  long  as 
we  were  working  for  Jesus.  We  had  one  of  the  sweetest  meetings  we 
ever  attended. 

I  never  could  talk  much  before  an  audience  like  this,  and  I  can't  now  ; 
but  there  is  one  thing  1  can  do,  and  one  thing  that  I  am  going  to  do  until 
I  lay  down  my  life,  and  that  is,  work  for  Jesus.  Oh,  how  I  love  to  work 
for  Him  who  has  laid  down  his  life  for  me,  and  how  I  want  to  tell  others 
about  him.     I  shall  keep  on  telling  about  his  love  until  I  die. 


W.  H.  M.  U. 

Bv  Mrs.  Amy  Sturtevant  Hobart,  Scrihe 

On  the  charming  afternoon  of  June  6th,  in  one  of  the  pleasant  parlors 
of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of  Omaha,  the  eighth  annual  meeting 
of  the  officers  of  the  Woman's  State  Home  Missionary  organizations  was 
held.  Miss  E.  R.  Camp,  of  Connecticut,  who  presided,  read  the  chapter 
from  Genesis  containing  those  inspiring  words  :  "  I  will  bless  thee,  and 
thou  shalt  be  a  blessing, ".and  Mrs.  Kennedy,  of  Missouri,  offered  prayer. 

The  response  to  the  roll-call  showed  that  there  were  twenty-eight 
officers  present,  representing  fourteen  States  and  Territories. 


234  The   Home   Missionary  Aug^ust,  1894 

The  following  resolution,  presented  by  Mrs.  Lane,  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  at  any  regular  meeting  of  the  officers  of  the  Woman's 
State  Home  Missionary  Unions  an  authorized  delegate,  who  is  not  an 
officer,  bringing  credentials  from  her  Union,  shall  be  admitted  to  the 
session. 

Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass,  of  Iowa,  in  her  paper  on  "  What  facts  in  connec- 
tion with  our  work  need  especial  emphasis  ?  "  mentioned  particularly  the 
need  of  spiritual  growth,  and  that  we  must  recognize  as  Christ  did  the  law 
of  love  and  sacrifice. 

In  answering  the  question,  "  Mow  can  we  increase  the  sense  of  per- 
sonal responsibility  in  our  workers?"  Mrs.  J.  T.  Uuryea,  of  Omaha,  said  : 
"  We  must  remember  that  Christ  has  left  us  to  be  witnesses  for  him,  and 
to  complete  his  work.  We  can  begin  by  teaching  the  young  what  per- 
sonal responsibility  means." 

Nearly  all  took  part  in  discussing  the  question,  "  How  can  we  interest 
the  uninterested  ? "  and  among  other  helpful  suggestions  were  these : 
Through  attracting  the  children,  we  may  influence  the  mothers.  Printed 
programmes  make  the  work  more  definite,  and  may  be  used  as  invitations. 
If  each  woman  is  full  of  hope  and  enthusiasm,  she  ought  to  interest 
others. 

Miss  Pickens'  paper  on  the  "Practical  Value  of  the  Christian  Endeavor 
Missionary  Extension  Course  "  was  suggestive  of  what  may  be  accom- 
plished by  the  thorough,  systematic  study  of  missionary  fields. 

Before  Mrs.  Regal,  of  Ohio,  began  her  talk  on  "  Our  Column  in  the 
Advance,''  she  moved  that  a  vote  of  thanks  be  tendered  to  Mrs.  Claflin, 
of  Illinois,  who  has  ably  and  faithfully  edited  this  column  for  four  years, 
and  the  motion  was  unanimously  carried.  Mrs.  Regal  pointed  out  the 
fact  that  the  Advance  column  seems  as  yet  to  be  our  only  way  of  reach- 
ing the  Unions,  aside  from  The  Home  Missionary,  and  that  for  many 
reasons  the  task  of  filling  it  has  been  a  difficult  one.  The  question, 
"  Shall  we  continue  our  column  in  the  Advance  ?  "  was  answered  by  a  vote 
in  the  affirmative.  At  a  later  session  Mrs.  Regal  was  appointed  to  take 
charge  of  the  column  for  the  next  year,  and  every  woman  ])resent  was 
earnestly  requested  to  respond  cheerfully  and  promptly  to  calls  for  items 
of  interest,  and  thus  aid  in  making  the  column  a  success. 

The  paper  written  by  Mrs.  William  Kincaid,  of  New  York,  and  read 
by  Miss  Camp,  suggested  that  a  committee  be  appointed  for  three  years, 
whose  duties  should  be  : 

(i)  To  arrange  time,  place,  and  leader  for  the  annual  meeting. 

(2)  To  act  in  an  advisory  capacity,  if  necessary,  during  the  year. 

(3)  To  reply  to  queries  referred  to  them  by  State  officers. 

It  was  voted  to  appoint  such  a  committee,  with  this  change,  that  the 
first  member  be  elected  to  serve  three  years,  the  second  two  years,  and 


August,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  235 

the  third  one  year,  and  thereafter  one  member  he  elected  annually  to 
serve  three  years.  Mrs.  !..  F.  JJerry,  of  lovva,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  of 
California,  and  Mrs.  J.  11.  Babbitt,  of  Vermont,  were  afterward  api)ointed 
to  constitute  this  committee. 

A  unanimous  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  Miss  Camp  for  taking 
charge  of  the  meeting  u[)on  such  short  notice,  and  conducting  it  with 
so  much  grace  and  efficiency. 

The  discussions  which  followed  each  of  the  papers  were  exceedingly 
helpful.  Again  and  again  came  the  same  thought,  clothed  in  different 
words,  "  the  power  and  need  of  personal  work."  We  must  be  filled  with 
the  spirit  of  Christ,  and  then  reach,  not  masses  of  people  hundreds  of 
miles  away,  but  our  neighbor.  The  success  (jf  our  woman's  work  depends 
upon  the  success  of  the  individual  society,  and  the  success  of  the  society 
upon  the  faithfulness  of  each  member  in  interesting  and  helping  some 
other  woman.  To  the  heart  of  each  woman  present  came  the  note  of 
hope  ;  for  surely  this  means  for  all  an  opportunity  to  aid  in  the  grand 
work  of  saving  our  land  for  Christ,  and  a  fresh  resolve,  voiced  in  the 
resolution  presented  later,  at  a  short  business  meeting,  by  Mrs.  Coit,  of 
Massachusetts,  and  unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  on  Good  Friday,  that  day  which  commemorates 
Christ's  gift  of  himself  to  the  world,  or  on  Easter  Sunday,  that  day 
of  joy  and  gladness,  we  will  give  special  thought  and  prayer  to  the  work 
of  Home  Missions — prayer  and  thought  and  purpose  which  shall  result  in 
continued  thank-offerings  and  prayer  throughout  the  year. 


MORMON    YOUTH 

By  Mrs.  \V.  S.  Hawkes,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 

Children's  Day  is  near  at  hand,  and  suggests  the  subject  upon  which 
I  am  to  speak  to  you — "The  Outlook  for  Mormon  Youth." 

Ten  years  ago,  when  I  went  from  Massachusetts  to  Arizona,  I  firmly 
believed  Boston  to  be  the  "  hub  "  of  the  universe.  After  five  years'  experi- 
ence as  a  "  New  West "  teacher,  and  five  as  the  wife  of  a  home  missionary 
superintendent,  I  know  whereof  I  speak  when  I  say  that  neither  to  Boston 
nor  Chicago,  nor  even  Omaha,  belongs  this  honor,  but  to  Salt  Lake  City. 
This  I  can  prove  to  you  from  their  children's  primary  hymn-book  : 

"  Immortal  garlands  crown  the  day 
On  which  brave  men  of  God, 
Who  pioneered  the  desert  way, 
In  Salt  Lake  Valley  trod. 


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From  here  the  '  little  stone  '  will  roll, 

The  '  kingdom  '  spread  abroad, 
Till  peace  shall  reign  from  pole  to  pole, 

And  all  acknowledge  God." 

These  children  of  the  'latter-day  saints'  are  as  proud  of  their  birth- 
place as  any  of  you  can  be,  as  you  may  judge  from  the  following 
selections  : 

"  We  will  praise  thee,  O  God,  we  will  praise  thee, 
Thy  name  we  will  gladly  adore, 
That  we  live  in  this  blest  dispensation 

Desired  by  the  prophets  of  yore. 
Yes,  the  prophets,  the  bards,  and  the  sages 

Looked  forward  to  these  latter  days  : 
And  we,  in  the  grandest  of  ages, 
Are  living  and  learning  thy  ways. 

"  The  Gospel  that  men  can  rely  on 

Is  restored  by  the  Lord  God  of  Hosts  ; 
And  that  we  have  been  '  born  in  Zion  ' 

We  forever  will  gratefully  boast. 
We  truly  and  fervently  thank  thee 

That  our  lot  is  appointed  to  be 
With  thy  chosen  and  covenant  people, 

In  these  valleys,  '  the  home  of  the  free.'  " 


We'll  bless  him  no  historic  page 
Enrolled  our  name  in  former  age.. 
But  that  we  live  in  days  so  bright. 
Emblazoned  by  the  Gospel  light. 

Revealed  by  Joseph  firm  and  true. 
By  Brigham  and  by  Ileber  too  ; 
And  Brother  Taylor's  honored  name 
Has  on  our  hearts  as  warm  a  claim." 


The  Mormons  are  a  much  organized  people.  They  have  the  "pri- 
mary "  for  the  little  ones,  and  the  "  mutual  improvement  society  "  for  the 
young  people. 

At  an  early  age  they  teach  pride  in  Mormonism,  as  the  following  lines 
will  indicate  : 

"  The  Mormon  fathers  love  to  see 
Their  Mormon  families  all  agree. 
The  prattling  infant  on  the  knee 
Cries,  '  Daddy,  I'm  a  Mormon.'  " 


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The  children  sins^  this  hymn  : 

"  I'll  be  a  little  Mormon, 

And  seek  to  know  the  ways 
Which  God  has  taught  his  people 
In  tliese  the  latter  days. 

With  Jesus  for  our  standard — 

A  sure  and  perfect  ji;uide — 
And  Joseph's  wise  exam]3le, 

What  can  I  need  beside?" 

Let  me  oive  you  a  picture  of  Hfe  among  the  latter-day  saints  when  I 
was  an  "Arizona  schoohna'am."  As  a  Christian  teacher  1  was  preached 
against  as  a  dangerous  guide  for  Mormon  youth.  One  of  their  I)ishops 
concerned  himself  for  my  salvation,  and  begged  for  an  opportunity  to 
expound  the  Mormon  faith  in  the  New  West  schoolhouse.  Unsuccessful 
in  this,  he  called  at  my  boarding-place,  where  he  stayed  to  dinner,  and 
spent  the  evening  revealing  things  new  and  strange  from  the  new  dis- 
pensation. From  him  I  learned  that  Mary  and  Martha  were  the  wives 
of  Jesus,  and  the  marriage  in  Cana  of  (ialilee  was  his  own  wedding.  But 
to  my  relief  his  career  was  short.  I  had  visited  his  home,  seen  his  two 
wives,  and  noted  the  sad  face  of  the  first.  He  was  next  heard'  from  as 
in  company  with  sheriffs  on  his  way  to  the  Detroit  penitentiary. 

I  attended  their  meetings,  where  I  heard  one  Sunday  three  young 
missionaries.  The  first  speaker  lamented  because  he  was  sent  in  place 
of  another  brother,  and  was  sure  he  could  not  "  speak  to  edification,"  and 
I  agreed  with  him  perfectly.  The  second  advised  all  the  women  of  the 
congregation  to  win  any  sister  of  a  different  faith  who  might  be  among 
them,  and  thus  save  a  soul  from  death.  That  meant  designs  on  the  New 
West  schoolma'am,  as  all  the  rest  were  Mormons. 

I  can  remember  only  the  opening  sentence  of  the  third  speaker,  which 
was  this  :  "The  sooner  I  rise  up,  the  quicker  I'll  get  done." 

At  another  meeting  the  bishop  dilated  at  length  upon  the  many  and 
various  happenings  of  crime,  casualty,  and  terror  in  the  world  outside  of 
Utah.  He  claimed  the  prediction,  upon  Mormon  authority,  of  a  universal 
war  which  should  terminate  at  last  in  the  millennium,  when  the  remnant 
should  return  to  Utah  and  there  should  be  peace.  To  those  of  us  who 
are  engaged  in  a  "  holy  war  "  with  the  evils  of  Mormonism,  it  would  seem 
that  a  fulfillment  were  nearer  than  we  had  dared  to  hope  ten  years  ago, 
but  not  in  the  Mormon  way.  The  Bible  is  taught  so  far  as  it  serves  their 
purpose  in  upholding  the  Mormon  faith,  and  the  teachings  of  Joseph 
Smith  are  added  to  those  of  Christ,  thus  poisoning  the  truth  of  the 
Gospel. 

Young  people  have  listened  to  these  teachings  and  many  more  like 

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them.  To-day  other  influences  are  thrown  around  them,  and  though  not 
welcomed,  are  sure  to  gain  ground. 

Among  the  difficulties  in  the  way  of  winning  the  young  people  to 
higher  and  purer  lives  is  the  dance.  It  is  sanctioned  by  the  church,  and 
I  have  seen  them  look  in  open-eyed  wonder  at  the  Christian  teacher  who 
refused  to  join  them.  "Why,"  they  say,  "our  dances  always  open  and 
close  with  prayer."  And  so  they  do,  but  between  the  opening  and  closing 
prayer  is  abundant  opportunity  for  immorality  and  intemperance. 

The  following  fact  lately  came  to  my  notice.  In  one  of  our  mission 
schools  a  promising  young  girl  was  offered  the  opportunity  for  higher 
education,  expenses  paid,  including  music,  by  a  lady  in  the  East,  if  she 
would  promise  to  give  up  her  dances.  She  accepted  the  offer,  studied 
three  months,  and  then  went  home  to  spend  a  vacation.  Instead  of 
returning,  her  teacher  received  a  letter  from  her,  saying  she  had  decided 
to  give  up  the  education  in  favor  of  her  former  amusement. 

To  show  the  position  taken  by  the  mothers,  I  will  quote  from  the 
IVovian's  Exponent,  a  paper  published  by  the  women  of  Zion,  bearing  date 
April,  1894 : 

"  It  was  unavoidable  that  our  children  should  go  to  school  to  those  not 
of  us,  but  mothers  should  instill  into  their  minds  the  principles  of  the  Gos- 
pel that  they  may  not  be  led  astray  by  the  influences  that  surround  them." 

Also  an  item  in  regard  to  instruction  in  theology  : 

"I  have  noticed  with  pleasure  the  many  young  people  who  attend 
Professor  Talmage's  theology  class.  I  hope  that  we  may  be  able  to  save 
them  with  a  glorious  salvation." 

It  has  always  seem.ed  to  me  that  my  Mount  Holyoke  class  motto,  "To 
brake  ye  evyl  and  upholde  ye  Christe,"  was  peculiarly  fitted  for  work  in 
Utah.  Among  the  influences  which  have  united  to  "brake  ye  evyl"  are 
legislation,  politics,  Gentile  population,  a  superior  system  of  public  schools, 
and  popular  sentiment.  Freedom  of  thought  among  the  young  people  is 
gaining  ground,  which  in  a  few  years  will  make  statehood  for  Utah  a 
safe  experiment. 

All  these  things  are  "efficient,"  as  Joseph  Cook  says,  but  not  "suffi- 
cient." Only  by  upholding  "ye  Christe  "  in  the  churches,  the  young 
people's  societies,  in  Christian  homes  and  lives,  lies  the  salvation  of  Utah. 


"  We  pray  for  the  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Auxiliaries  who  labor 
so  hard  to  send  us  barrels  of  clothing  that  we  may  appear  well  dressed 
before  our  people  and  the  community.  Even  out  here  in  Colorado,  where 
day  laborers  go  about  arrayed  as  suits  their  convenience  or  purses,  a 
'  preacher  '  does  well  to  respect  his  calling." 


August,  1894  The    Ilomc   Missionary  239 

PERSONAL    EXPERIENCES 

]')V  Mrs.  C.  \V.  I'kkston,  Curtis,  Neb. 

Thk  details  of  lioir.e  missionary  life  vary  in  different  places,  but  per- 
haps one  field  may  serve  as  a  sample,  in  many  res[-)ects,  for  the  work  in 
ji^eneral.  Picture  to  yourselves  a  central  church,  in  the  midst  of  intelli- 
jjent,  enterprisin.ij  people  from  Iowa,  Illinois,  New  York,  and  New 
lMi<::;Iand.  The  houses  are  small,  but  well  furnished  ;  people  well  in- 
formed, but  with  their  minds  turned  larj^ely  towards  material  things.  The 
church  is  small  and  unorganized.  The  brave  little  Sunday-school  that 
has  heroically  kept  its  place,  preaching  or  no  preaching,  is  the  most 
encouraging  sign  of  life.  Many  of  the  church  members  arc  unspiritual 
and  worldly,  but  thoroughly  Congregational  in  each  wanting  his  own 
way  !  Almost  despairing  we  ask,  "  Can  this  ever  be  a  united,  warm, 
loving,  spiritual  church  ?  " 

A  Christian  Endeavor  Society  is  organized,  and  its  grand  pledge  of 
loyalty  to  Christ  familiarized  the  Christians  with  the  thought  of  conse- 
cration to  God  and  his  service.  Through  the  organization  of  a  Woman's 
Home  Missionary  Society,  the  ladies  of  the  church  are  led  to  take  a  new 
interest  in  Christ's  kingdom,  and  in  lost  souls  to  be  rescued.  The  estab- 
lishment of  teachers'  meetings  helps  to  transform  the  Sunday-school  into 
an  agency  for  reaching  scholars,  and  teaching  them  to  find  in  God's  Word 
their  guide.  God  fulfills  his  gracious  promise,  "  My  word  shall  not  return 
unto  me  void,"  and  the  simple,  earnest  gospel  message  is  the  power  of 
God  unto  salvation.  The  prayer-meeting  deepens  in  interest.  The 
church  doubles,  then  quadruples.  Warm  hearts  listen  while  our  great 
benevolent  causes  are  presented.  Offerings  are  made,  small  indeed  at 
first,  but  the  beginning  of  larger  things.  A  Children's  Mission  Band  is 
formed,  and  enthusiastic  young  hearts  are  asking,  "  What  shall  we  do 
next  to  earn  money  to  send  the  news  of  Jesus  to  heathen  children  ?  " 
The  workers  thank  God  and  take  courage.  They  say  :  "  The  Lord  hath 
done  great  things  for  us,  whereof  we  are  glad." 

What  if  salaries  are  small  and  unpaid,  and  fruit  so  scarce  that  one 
little  boy  said  :  "  Mamma,  it  makes  me  almost  cry  to  think  of  the  peaches 
I  used  to  throw  at  the  cows  back  in  Illinois  last  summer  !  "  The  Great 
Master  is  granting  his  blessing,  and  the  fruit  is  that  of  souls  saved,  and 
more  earnest,  consecrated  Christian  lives.  "He  that  reapeth,  receiveth 
wages,  and  gathereth  fruit  unto  life  eternal." 

If  the  Christian  minister,  in  a  region  like  the  one  described,  is  true  to 
his   Lord,   and   worthy  of  the   great   honor  of  being  an   ambassador  of 
Christ,  like  Paul  at  'Proas,  he  sees  a  vision  and  hears  a  Macedonian  cry, 
• 


240  The   Home  Missionary  August.  1894 

"  Come  over  and  help  us!"  that  stirs  him  to  his  heart's  depths.  The 
towns  are  small  and  far  apart,  but  all  along  the  way  between  are  people 
living — some  in  comfortable  houses,  but  more  in  temporary  shells,  sod 
houses,  dugouts,  with  little  furniture,  the  dwellers  therein  often  scantily 
clothed,  with  minds  neglected  and  souls  starving.  They  are  not  ignorant, 
shiftless,  nor  dull.  They  are  heroically  holding  their  claims,  making  first 
improvements  and  settling  the  wilds.  The  future  of  these  vast  regions 
is  being  determined  by  these  people.  Listen,  as  the  Macedonian  cry 
comes  from  a  place  twelve  miles  distant  : 

"  We  are  trying  to  keep  up  a  Sunday-school  ;  we  have  no  meetings. 
Can't  you  come  over  and  help  us  ? " 

A  week's  meetings  are  held.  Christians  have  their  faith  and  love 
quickened.  The  pastor  asks  :  "  Why  not  have  some  meetings  of  your 
own  ?  "  "  There'd  be  no  one  to  take  part."  "  But  why  not  you  ?  "  "I 
used  to,  but  have  got  out  of  the  way  of  it."  "Will  you  not,  for  Christ's 
sake  and  the  good  of  this  community  ?  "  "  Yes."  "  Will  you  pray  here 
and  now  ?  "  "I  will."  A  prayer-meeting  starts  with  a  dozen  praying 
members.  All  that  was  needed  was  some  one  to  lead  these  believers  out 
into  active  Christian  work. 

Another  Macedonian  cry.  This  time  it  is  from  a  place  twenty  miles 
distant  :  "  We  have  never  had  a  meeting  in  all  this  region.  Can't 
you  come  and  hold  one  service  ?  "  A  month  passes.  The  call  is  re- 
peated, "  Can't  you  come?  "  Another  month  :.  "  We  want  you."  "  Possibly 
next  Sunday  evening,"  the  pastor  says.  "  If  I  can,  Avill  let  you  know." 
No  word  is  sent,  as  he  finds  he  cannot  go,  but  upon  the  bare  hope  the 
schoolhouse  is  crowded.  Finally,  some  week-day  evening  meetings  are 
held.  The  congregation  is  found  to  be  composed  largely  of  young 
bachelors  holding  down  claims.  They  will  soon  be  wealthy,  influential 
citizens.  Again  and  again  comes  the  Macedonian  cry.  Now  it  is  from  a 
place  twenty  miles  distant  in  the  opposite  direction.  Heart  and  hands  are 
so  full  already  that  a  deaf  ear  must  be  turned  for  the  present  to  this  call. 

The  Macedonian  cry  comes  in  different  ways.  Shortly  after  entering 
the  field  the  pastor  and  his  wife  spend  a  day  calling  in  a  place  four  miles 
distant  from  the  church.  Not  a  single  person  is  found  who  even  claims 
to  attend  church.  Sometimes  we  know  people  will  make  a  claim  to 
church  attendance  when  they  are  seldom  found  within  its  walls,  but  these 
people  make  no  such  claim.  Probably  many  of  them  have  not  clothing 
so  that  they  can  go.  A  preaching  service  is  appointed  for  the  next  Sun- 
day afternoon  at  the  schoolhouse.  How  the  faces  light  up  at  the  an- 
nouncement !  It  seems  as  though  you  could  almost  read  the  thoughts  : 
"  That  sounds  good  ;  "  "  That's  like  old  times  ; "  "  That  makes  me  think 
of  home."  Saturday  finds  a  large  number  of  people  from  this  country 
region  in  town.     They  make  a  run  upon   the   milliners'  shops,  upon  the 


All- list,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  241 

shoe  stores,  and  the  glad  exclamation  upon  their  lips  is,  "We  are  going 
to  have  preaching  next  Sunday."  (The  church  helps  business.  The 
church  is  not  a  beggar.)  Regular  preaching  services  and  prayer-meeting 
are  sustained  at  this  place  by  the  pastor  and  his  wife  every  Sunday  after- 
noon. When  the  winter  comes,  a  precious  revival  visits  this  country 
region.  Souls  are  saved.  Wandering  Christians  remember  their  covenant 
vows.     Touching  are  tlie  testimonies  given. 

One  lady  says,  "  When  I  came  West,  1  left  my  religion  back  East  in 
the  big  ciuirch,  but,  thank  (lod,  I've  found  it  again,  in  a  little  school- 
house."  .Another  :  "  We  won't  spend  our  Sundays  ne.\t  summer  in  fish- 
ing, as  we  did  last  summer."  "  ()  (lod,  help  us  never  to  get  back  to 
where  we  were  before,"  is  the  cry  of  one  heart.  "  So  good  to  get  back 
to  Clod,"  the  repeated  testimony  of  another.  A  branch  of  the  central 
church  is  organized  at  this  place,  with  regular  preaching  and  prayer-meet- 
ing services.  When  the  question  arises  whether  they  will  be  willing  to 
relinquish  their  regular  workers  every  alternate  Sabbath,  accepting  some 
substitute  in  the  place,  that  another  call  eight  miles  from  the  town  may 
be  answered,  the  people  say,  "  We  shall  miss  you  greatly,  but  if  you 
can  do  any  other  community  the  good  you  have  done  us,  we  bid  you 
God  speed,"  and  thus  the  way  is  opened  for  answering  another  Macedo- 
nian cry. 

These  communities  are  soon  to  be  a  mighty  power.  Our  country's 
destiny  will  be  settled  by  them.  They  are  determining  their  character 
now.  It  is  an  awful  crisis.  Oh,  for  time  and  strength  to  respond  to  all 
these  Macedonian  calls  ! 

The  past  year  has  been  one  of  drought.  After  the  good  crops  of  the 
two  previous  years,  the  farmers  a  year  ago  entered  with  high  hopes  upon 
their  work  in  the  spring.  The  seed  was  sown  hopefully,  the  crops  were 
well  cared  for  ;  all  pointed  toward  prosperity  and  plenty.  Time  passed. 
There  was  no  rain.  People  began  to  say,  "Well,  corn  will  be  scarce,  but 
we'll  have  a  good  crop  of  wheat  and  oats."  JVo  rain.  "We'll  have  a  half 
crop  of  corn,  wheat  and  oats  will  be  scarce,  but  hay  plenty."  Still  no  rain. 
The  corn  was  a  failure,  the  harvest  of  little  account,  hay  very  scarce.  By 
midsummer  the  fields  were  brown  and  parched.  As  autumn  came  on, 
the  joking  inquiry,  "  Did  the  frost  hurt  your  garden  ?  "  might  sometimes 
be  heard.  Perhaps  some  of  you  don't  appreciate  the  joke.  Why,  in  most 
of  the  gardens,  there  was  nothing  at  all  to  be  injured.  One  lady  boasted 
to  her  neighbors,  of  the  pint  of  cucumbers  she  had  raised  for  pickles. 
Prairie  schooners  might  be  seen  headed  eastward.  When  asked,  "  Where 
are  you  going?"  not  infrequently  the  reply  would  be,  "  We  don't  know  ; 
we've  nothing  to  live  on  here.  We  can't  get  work."  One  family  starting 
in  that  way,  had  not  clothing  sufficient  to  be  comfortable  for  a  journey. 
A  bundle  of  warm  things  was  gathered  for  them.  It  made  one  feel  a  little 
• 


242  The   Home   Missionary  August,  1894 

solemn,  when  one  who  knew  their  circumstances  said,  as  the  bundle  was 
being  prepared,  "  These  things  may  make  all  the  ditference  between  life 
and  death  to  these  people." 

We  feel  that  all  this  is  temporary.  Doubtless  again  the  desert  will 
blossom,  and  the  earth  groan  under  loaded  fields.  The  question  which 
confronts  us  as  Christians  is.  Shall  we  withhold  the  water  of  life,  and  turn 
this  land  into  a  spiritual  desert  ?  God's  Word  tells  us  of  a  worse  famine 
than  the  famine  for  bread,  of  a  worse  thirst  than  the  thirst  for  water.  It 
is  "  for  hearing  the  w^ords  of  the  Lord."  We  see  the  result  upon  the  nat- 
ural world  when  the  rain  from  heaven  is  withheld,  but  infinitely  worse 
results  will  follow  if  the  water  of  life  is  withheld  from  these  souls. 
Thank  God,  it  is  our  privilege  to  have  a  part  in  carrying  to  thirsty  ones 
this  precious  life-giving  draught. 

"  Our  land  for  Christ  ! "'  we  cry,   • 
We  lift  this  banner  high  ; 
In  Cod  our  strength. 
Oh,  that  his  story  told, 
By  champions  firm  and  bold, 
Wouhl  bring  within  tiie  fold 
All  lands  at  length  !  " 

The  work  continues,  and  precious  revivals  and  a  doubling  of  the  mem- 
bership attended  the  winter's  labors.  The  hardships  are  on  the  part  of 
the  people.  It  is  pitiful  to  see  frugal,  hard-working  people  suffering  for 
food  and  clothing.  One  of  the  hard  parts  of  the  missionary  wife's  work 
is  to  find  out  these  cases  of  need,  and  supply  them  with  that  tact  which 
does  not  offend  people  unused  to  charity,  nor  lower  their  self  res]:)ect. 
Yet  this  work  brings  with  it  joy  which  I  wish  I  could  share  wiih  the  kind 
friends  who  by  donations  have  made  it  possible  to  supply  many  a  case  of 
need,  and  to  keep  many  in  church  and  Sunday-school,  who  would  have 
dropped  out  for  very  decency's  sake,  if  unsupplied.  In  another  world,  if 
not  in  this,  you  will  understand  it  all,  and  receive  full  reward  from  Him 
who  has  said,  "  Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these 
my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto  me." 

The  coming  year  will  be  still  harder  than  the  last.  The  bright  sun 
shines  by  day.  The  stars  glitter  at  night.  The  parched  earth  appeals  in 
vain  for  refreshing  showers.  Scarcely  enough  rain  has  fallen  to  lay  the 
dust  since  the  slight  snows  of  winter.  Farmers  courageously  go  on  with 
their  work.  Their  wheat  and  oats  are  already  ruined.  Still  they  go  on 
with  a  persistency  which  borders  closely  upon  despair.  They  plant  their 
corn  in  the  dust,  and  hope  the  rain  may  come  to  sprout  it.  The  pitiful- 
ness  of  it  all  cannot  be  understood  by  those  at  a  distance.  Last  year's 
drought  meant  loss  ;   this  year  it   means  starvation.     I'he  hopelessness, 


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helplessness,  of  these  hard-workni.ij,  earnest  people  rests  on  the  mission- 
ary's heart,  as  the  heaviest  trial  he  has  to  bear.  Yet  we  know  that  out  of 
this  misery  and  cuttintx  off  of  earth's  supplies,  many  will  be  led  to  seek 
endurintj,  heavenly  riches,  and  these  light  afflictions,  which  are  but  for  a 
moment,  will  work  out  a  far  uKjre  exceed inj^  and  eternal  weight  of  glory. 


THE    PROPHET    OF    THE    PRAIRIE 

I  Through  the  generosity  of  friends,  an  unusual  number  of  Home  Missionaries  and 
their  wives  were  |)resent  at  the  Omaha  meeting.  Tiie  keen  enjoyment  witli  which 
tliese  Christian  pioneers  entered  into  the  spirit  of  tlie  occasion  was  an  inspiration 
to  l''.astern  friends.  'I'lie  following  is  the  personal  experience  of  two  of  these  earnest 
heralds.  | 

Three  years  ago  a  graduate  of  Chicago  Theological  Seminary,  class 
of  '91,  came  to  South  Dakota  as  his  chosen  field. 

Before  graduating  he  had  spent  a  summer  vacation  on  those  wide, 
billowy  prairies  of  Charles  Mi.x  County,  supplying  three  preaching  sta- 
tions. He  found  room  enough  there  for  the  exercise  of  his  exceptional 
executive  talents,  and  a  crying  need  for  all  the  spiritual  forces  at  his  com- 
mand ;  and,  thank  God,  a  Home  Missionary  has  God  and  the  whole  uni- 
verse "  at  his  command  "  on  his  field  !  Here,  in  this  "desert  place,"  this 
prophet  of  the  great  rolling  prairies  had  a  "vision  "  !  Here  was  a  county 
that  had  a  population  of  4,000,  without  a  single  school  of  the  grammar 
grade  ;  and  distances  to  places  with  a  good  graded  public  school  system 
were  great.  The  "  vision  "  was  of  a  Christian  academy  that  should  arise 
at  a  strategic  point,  around  which  a  town  should  grow,  to  be  visited  by 
the  railroads  in  due  time.  Stranded,  seemingly,  on  these  wide  prairies, 
far  from  educational  centers,  he  found  as  a  token  of  God's  leading  by  the 
vision  a  scholarly  professor  and  his  wife  from  one  of  our  older  State 
universities.  Both  had  been  educators  all  their  lives.  The  professor  had 
sought  these  altitudes  near  the  Bijou  Hills,  and  the  clear,  dry  air  of  South 
Dakota,  for  his  health.  His  noble  wife  was  just  the  one  to  fill  the  position 
of  principal  of  this  academy  which  our  prophet  saw  in  the  "  vision." 
Nor  was  he  "  disobedient  unto  that  heavenly  vision."  And  now,  faith  in 
God,  grit,  and  plenty  of  hard  work  with  his  hands,  like  the  great  Home 
Missionary,  Paul,  has  made  that  Christian  academy  an  accomplished  fact. 
The  prospective  first  four  students  increased  at  once  to  twenty  ;  and  now 
the  school  year  closes  with  a  roll  of  over  fifty.  "  The  Academy  Church  " 
has  been  organized  with  twenty  five  members,  the  result  of  a  revival 
during  the  winter. 


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All  has  been  wrought  out  against  almost  insuperable  difficulties,  such 
as  would  have  daunted  any  ordinary  man.  The  finances  of  the  enterprise 
have  been  managed  with  singular  economy  ;  and  Ward  Academy  stands 
to-day  a  miracle  of  faith,  wisdom,  and  good  management. 

All  this  time,  let  it  be  remarked.  Rev.  Lewis  Camfield  has  been  carry- 
ing right  alongside  the  building  of  this  institution  the  onerous  labors  of 
the  home  missionary  pastorate.  There  is  a  brave  wife  who  joins  him  in 
the  privilege  of  sacrifice  and  service  at  every  point,  and  perhaps  their 
greatest  sacrifice  has  been  the  giving  up  of  their  own  little  home — with 
the  sweet  baby  girl  in  it  to  make  it  dearer — to  live  at  the  academy  in 
order  to  give  the  boarding  pupils  loving  care  in  a  Christian  home. 

In  a  region  one  hundred  miles  west,  across  the  Missouri  River,  where 
the  "  ranches  "  are  mostly  five  miles  apart,  live  many  children  who  have  not 
even  the  advantages  of  a  district  school.  They  are  coming  to  Ward 
Academy— and,  necessarily,  come  quite  young.  They  need  training  in 
home  ways.  They  need  to  know,  many  of  them,  what  a  good  Christian 
home  is  like.  It  is  plain  to  be  seen  that  to  have  a  neatly  furnished  room 
and  to  keep  it  well,  is  a  most  important  part  of  their  education. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Camfield  need  help  in  the  simple  and  neat  furnishing  of 
these  rooms  in  the  building.  So  far,  chairs  made  of  boards,  with  soap- 
boxes for  wash-stands,  and  other  things  to  correspond,  have  had  to  do 
service  this  first  year.  It  might  be  urged  that  pupils  should  furnish  their 
own  rooms.  If  this  were  demanded,  furnishings  would  be  meager  and 
most  unsatisfactory  ;  for  in  a  new  country  the  people  are  usually  poor  in 
the  earlier  years.  So  that  the  youthful  pupils  could  hardly  be  trained  to 
"  take  care  "  for  furnishings  that  are  not  worth  the  care.  On  the  other 
hand,  they  would  respect  and  could  be  made  to  take  care  of  furniture  not 
their  own. 

About  250  yards  of  carpeting  are  needed  to  carpet  the  floors  of  nine 
rooms  ten  by  fifteen  feet,  and  nine  rooms  ten  by  eleven  feet,  and  two  halls 
eight  by  twenty-one  feet.  Mr.  Camfield  is  very  modest  in  his  request,  and 
only  asks  for  rag  carpetings,  which  ladies'  aid  and  missionary  societies 
could  prepare  with  little  outlay.  A  part  of  this  is  already  pledged.  It 
would  be  a  nice  thing  to  do  here,  as  at  other  schools,  for  individuals  or 
societies  to  pledge  each  to  furnish  and  name  a  single  room. 

Last  winter,  Mrs.  Herron,  the  principal,  drove  six  miles  through  the 
cold  every  morning  and  six  miles  every  evening  to  and  from  the  school, 
leaving  her  invalid  husband  and  family,  and  often  tried  by  the  insufficient 
help  received  from  such  servants  as  a  new  country  affords. 

To  found  this  Christian  school  has  taken  the  a/l  of  these  brave  work- 
ers. They  have  not  counted  their  lives  dear  unto  themselves  in  this 
work.  All  has  been  poured  out  lavishly  for  Him  who  gave  up  all,  even 
life  itself,  for  us  and  them. 


August,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  245 


A    GRATEFUL    MESSAGE 

[And  here  comes  from  yet  another  grateful  eoiiple  of  hard  workers  the  expression 
of  their  overflowing  thankfuhiess  to  God  and  liis  faithful  stewards  for  the  long-desired 
privilege  of  attending  the  Annual  Meeting. 

Will  not  the  hearts  of  the  givers,  on  reading  this  "  grateful  message,"  beat  as  gladly 
as  did  those  of  the  receivers  of  their  timely  benefaction  ?] 

Mv  heart  is  so  fu'l  that  I  feel  constrauied  to  write.  Oh,  the  marvel- 
ous lovingkindness  of  our  God !  This  is  another  evidence  that  he 
really  does  hear  and  answer  prayer.  We  have  been  asking  daily  that  the 
way  might  be  opened  for  us  to  attend  the  Omaha  meeting,  that  Annual 
Meeting  of  which  year  after  year  we  have  read,  but  dared  not  hope  ever 
to  attend.  Yet  the  fact  that  it  was  to  be  held  in  Nebraska  kindled  a  ray 
of  expectation  which  was  likely  to  be  realized  when  a  couple  asked  my 
husband  to  marry  them. 

"Of  course,"  I  said,  "the  fee  will  not  be  less  than  ten  dollars  from 
this  man,  and  we  can  go  to  Omaha  !  " 

Alas  !  we  are  one  hundred  dollars  behind  on  our  salary,  and  some 
unpaid  bills  were  staring  us  in  the  face,  and  as  soon  as  it  was  known  that 
we  had  received  a  wedding  fee  it  was  taken  from  us  to  meet  a  grocery 
bill.  Every  bright  hope  vanished  with  that  ten-dollar  bill,  and  we  prayed 
for  submission  to  the  divine  will. 

Then  came  that  letter  of  letters,  containing  the  gift  which  opened  the 
way  to  the  great  meeting.  When  1  realized  what  had  come  to  us,  my 
heart  gave  a  great  throb,  and  I  sang  for  joy.  When  I  told  the  glad  news 
to  my  husband,  he  covered  his  face  and  cried  like  a  child.  The  children 
have  no  words  to  express  their  surprise.  I  am  sure  this  experience  will 
strengthen  their  faith. 

If  those  who  give  are  more  blessed  than  those  who  receive,  what  must 
be  the  joy  of  those  who  make  it  possible  for  the  missionary  to  indulge  in 
such  a  luxury  as  this  grand  meeting  ? 

God  forgive  me  that  I  have  sometimes  said — I  fear,  impatiently — 
"Will  the  time  ever  come  when  the  children  of  a  frontier  missionary  may 
really  have  two  eggs  at  a  meal,  and  meat  when  they  are  hungry  for  it,  and 
need  it — and  fruit,  sometimes,  and  letter  paper  and  postage  stamps  for 
correspondence,  and  a  little  change  now  and  then  in  their  poor  little 
purses  ?  " 

To-day,  in  this  new  joy,  I  am  condemned  for  such  complaints,  and 
can  say  from  my  heart  :  "  For  the  love  of  Christ,  and  in  his  cause,  we 
can  endure  all  things."  "  For  our  light  affliction,  which  is  but  for  a 
moment,  worketh  for  us  a  far  more  exceeding  and  eternal  weight  of 
glory." 


246  The   Home   Missionary  August,  1894 

FROM    A    MISSIONARY    WIFE     W^HO    COULD    NOT 
COME  TO    OMAHA 

We  are  trying  to  do  something  here,  on  the  frontier,  for  "  God  and 
lionie  and  native  land."  I  am  homesick  this  afternoon  with  longing 
for  that  meeting,  and  the  most  natural  thing  for  a  woman  to  do  is  to  write 
to  a  sympathizing  friend.  Have  you  any  idea  how  lonely  we  missionaries 
get,  how  we  hunger  and  thirst  for  the  inspiration  that  comes  from  contact 
with  earnest  Christian  workers  ?  We  are  not  in  the  heart  of  Africa, 
although  it  seemed  to  me  we  were  when  we  came  800  miles  through  the 
sage  brush  and  sand  from  Denver,  a  year  ago  ;  and  when  I  think  of  the 
dear  New  England  home,  3,000  miles  away,  it  seems  to  me  at  times  we 
might  about  as  well  be  there  !  We  are  500  miles  from  anywhere,  and 
trciveling  is  so  expensive  that  it  is  seldom  we  catch  a  glimpse  of  any 
person  from  the  outside  world.  No  wonder  if  we  grow  rusty  and  morbid, 
and  no  wonder  if  our  "  tree  "  bears  rather  imperfect  fruit ;  and  yet  there 
never  was  a  place  where  goodly  trees  of  righteousness  were  more  needed 
or  where  Christian  missionaries  needed  to  shine  with  a  clearer  light  than 
right  here,  where  the  standard  of  Christian  life  is  so  very  low. 

For  example  :  The  ministers  and  their  wives  recently  received  cards 
of  invitation  to  a  grand  ball,  gotten  up  by  one  of  our  charity  societies, 
the  president  of  the  same  being  the  leading  man  in  a  sister  church. 
Upon  the  cards  were  printed  the  names  of  the  committee,  including  those 
of  many  prominent  church  members  from  all  the  churches.  It  is  needless 
to  add  that  none  of  the  ministers  attended,  although  their  churches  were 
largely  represented. 

Gambling  is  looked  upon  by  many  as  a  legitimate  business,  and  drink- 
ing is  indulged  in  by  the  greater  ])art  of  the  men  who  hold  office  and 
govern  our  pretty  city.  Indifference  is  everywhere,  and  so  many  infidels 
that  I  wonder  why  the  Lord  doesn't  rain  down  fire  and  brimstone.  The 
wonderful  lovingkindness  of  our  Father  is  endless,  is  it  not  ?  We  found 
five  members  here  last  June  ;  five  more  were  out  of  town,  but  returned  in 
the  fall.  The  first  month  we  averaged  twelve  adults  at  our  services,  with 
perhaps  twenty  at  Sunday-school.  We  have  been  like  Mr.  Finney's 
"turnip,"  and  "  have  grown  and  have  grown"  until  our  hall  is  pretty  well 
filled,  and  our  Sunday-school  numbers  over  sixty.  We  have  received 
twenty-four  into  membership,  among  them  some  pretty  hard  cases  ;  two 
men  in  particular,  who  seem  to  be  doing  well.  We  have  a  Ladies'  Aid 
Society  with  about  twenty  members.  They  are  all  nice,  intelligent 
women,  full  of  work,  but  with  not  one  least  particle  of  missionary  zeal, 
though  they  are  eager  to  help  in  church  work  so  far  as  raising  money 
is  concerned,  and  seemed  to  enjoy  our  "  tea."      We  shall  have  another,  or, 


August,  1894  The   Home   Missionary"  247 

rather,  we  are  ffoinij  to  have  "strawberries"  instead  of  "tea,"  and  they 
are  .u'ointr  to  get  a  httle  more  information  in  res^ard  to  work  outside  their 
own  little  sphere,  and  I  trust  the  seed  will  s]M"ini^  up  after  a  time.  It 
re(iuires  taet  and  wisdom  to  lead  them  out  of  themselves  ;  they  see  so 
mueh  to  be  done  ri.yht  here  that  it  is  not  much  wonder. 

1  am  so  thankful  for  the  leaflets  you  sent  me,  and  they  have  already 
bei^un  their  work.  My  husband  read  "  Aunty  Parsons'  Story  "  to  our 
people  the  ni<iht  we  met  to  decide  what  could  be  raised  on  the  field,  and 
I  have  no  doubt  it  helped  tliem  to  decide  they  could  raise  34°°  toward 
the  salary,  besides  the  rent  of  the  hall,  which  is  really  a  great  deal  for 
them  to  undertake,  as  we  are  all  feeling  the  hard  times  very  much.  'I'his, 
with  tile  $100  less  which  my  husband  proposes  to  receive,  will  relieve  the 
Society  quite  a  little,  and  1  trust  we  shall  get  along  nicely. 

How  I  long  for  strength  to  do  the  many  things  in  the  parish  that 
seem  waiting  for  some  one,  and  yet  all  the  year  past  I  have  been  so  weak 
and  miserable,  having  come  from  the  high  altitude  and  work  of  eleven 
years  in  Colorado  completely  prostrated  nervously,  with  no  ambition  or 
ability  to  take  hold  and  lift  at  this  load,  and  so  the  missionary  has  had  to 
do  his  part  and  that  of  his  wife  too.  I  am  feeling  better  the  past  few 
weeks,  and  I  trust  I  shall  be  able  to  do  more  than  the  little  I  have  so  far 
accomplished. 


AN    ACKNOWLEDGMENT 

The  personal  experiences,  at  the  Woman's  Meeting,  of  the  missionary 
wnfe  in  a  drought-stricken  community  so  touched  the  hearts  of  a  few 
guests  at  the  Millard,  that  a  check  for  sixty  dollars,  contributed  by  these 
friends,  was  forwarded  to  Mrs.  Preston  immediately  after  the  close  of  the 
Annual  Meeting.  To  this  token  of  sympathy  and  appreciation  came 
this  grateful  response  : 

"  I  wish  I  could  personally  thank  all  the  kind  friends  who  helped  send 
me  this  munificent  gift.  When  it  came  I  could  hardly  believe  the  evi- 
dence of  my  own  eyes.  While  my  heart  rejoiced  with  those  who  received 
at  that  meeting  financial  aid  in  their  work,  the  thought  never  entered  my 
mind  that  any  one  would  remember  vie  I  This  is  indeed  a  very  unex- 
pected experience.  I  am  sure  the  kind  Father  must  have  put  this  thought 
into  the  hearts  of  these  generous  friends.  Through  this  gift  I  can  now 
carry  out  some  plans  in  the  work  here  which  I  could  not  carry  out  before. 
Please  present  to  the  donors  my  heartfelt  thanks  for  this  assistance. 

"  Gratefully, 

"Ci-RTis.  NEB."  "Mrs.  C  W.Preston. 


248  The   Home   Missionary  August,  1894 


FROM    TENNESSEE 

The  prayers  of  the  Woman's  Union  of  Tennessee  are  with  you  at  the 
Annual  Meeting  at  Omaha.  May  the  blessing  of  Numbers  vi.  24-26  be 
upon  you. 

Our  work  is  one,  our  hopes  and  our  hindrances  are  one,  and  we  serve 
the  "One  altogether  lovely,"  "the  Wonderful,  the  Counselor,"  "the 
Everlasting  Father,"  "  the  Prince  of  Peace,"  who  will  not  let  us  fail. 
The  slave  song  says  : 

"  Oh,  he  sees  all  you  do, 
He  hears  all  you  say, 
My  Lord  is  writing  all  the  time." 

We  would  gladly  send  a  delegate  to  Omaha,  to  represent  our  Union, 
but  our  treasury  will  not  permit. 

Our  own  Annual  Meeting,  held  last  month,  was  a  most  encouraging 
one.  While  we  could  not  boast  of  much  money  raised  or  wonders  accoin- 
plished,  we  witnessed  a  helpful,  growing  interest  in  the  homeland  work. 
Accept  our  greetings  and  our  prayers,  and  believe  us  your  co-kiborers  In 
His  Name. — Ella  Shepherd  Moore,  President  Tennessee  Union. 


Fruit  in  Old  Age. — I  represent  a  circle  of  King's  Daughters  called 
"  The  Growing-Old    Circle,"   connected  with    the  First    Congregational 

Church  in -.     We  now  number  seventeen,  although  fully  one-half  are 

unable  to  work  on  account  of  age  and  its  attending  infirmities.  We  are 
all  over  sixty-two,  and  some  are  nearly  eighty.  We  have  decided  to  work 
for  the  Congregational  Home-  Missionary  Society  this  summer ;  therefore 
we  write  for  a  family  to  work  for.  I  realize  that  we  are  taking  "  a  big 
thing  "  on  our  hands,  but  am  full  in  the  faith  that  He  who  inspired  our 
hearts  to  so  decide  will  help  us  through. — Mrs.  D.  A.  K. 


A  Valuable  Auxiliary. — The  Woman's  Missionary  Union,  under 
the  guidance  of  the  pastor's  wife,  is  now  becoming  a  valuable  auxiliary 
to  the  church.  It  is  winning  the  confidence  and  interest  of  the  ladies  by 
its  elevating  and  spiritual  character,  and  uniting  them  on  a  higher  plane 
than  their  former  Aid  Society.  An  interest  in  missions  is  being  aroused 
among  the  members.  Christians  are  generally  becoming  more  loyal  to 
the  Master,  and  some  who  have  been  afar  off  show  signs  of  coming  nigh 
We  look  for  a  far  greater  display  of  the  Spirit's  power. — South  Dakota. 


Auoiist,  1S94  The   Home   Missionary  249 

GRANDMAS    HOOD 

By  iMiss  M.  E.  Smith,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Shf.  lived  across  the  street  from  her  daus2:liter's  borne.  The  dear 
g-randnia  was  very  precious  to  them  all  ;  she  was  such  a  sweet,  frail 
little  woman,  it  seemed  always  that  a  breath  of  wind  might  waft  her  away. 

Mary  ran  over  often  to  her  grandmother's  house.  One  day  she  said  : 
"  Why,  grandma,  what  do  you  want  of  that  funny  little  bonnet  ?  "  "  It  is 
a  hood,  child.  This  piece  of  gray  silk  has  lain  a  great  while  in  the  red 
chest ;  it  was  a  piece  of  my  wedding  dress,  so  you  see  it  has  its  little 
history."  "Grandma,  you  have  bonnets  enough;  I  should  think  you 
would  make  things  to  put  in  the  barrel.  Everybody  is  making  things 
for  it,"  said  Mary,  who  was  the  little  chatterbox  of  the  family.  "  What 
could  I  put  in  the  barrel?"  asked  grandma.  "I  don't  know,  unless 
you  put  that  bonnet  in."  "Never  mind,  child  ;  I'm  pretty  old  to  make 
things  for  a  missionary  barrel."  Mary  stayed  a  while,  had  some  of  Aunt 
Lizzie's  cookies,  and  ran  back  home. 

"  What  is  grandma  doing  this  afternoon  ? "  asked  Mary's  mother. 
"Oh,  she's  making  a  bonnet,"  said  Mary.  "Guess  it's  a  missionary 
bonnet.  I  didn't  quite  know  what  she  said,  but  I  think  so."  "When 
your  grandma  sets  any  stitches  they  are  neat  and  dainty,  and  her  work 
always  has  a  little  mission  of  teaching  us  to  do  thoroughly  all  that  we 
try  to  do,"  said  the  mother.  Not  many  days  after.  Grandma  Roberts 
walked  across  the  street,  wearing  the  little  hood,  expecting  her  daughter 
would  laugh  and  call  it  a  Quaker  bonnet.  But  as  she  came  in  Mrs. 
Dean  said  :  "What  a  pretty  missionary  bonnet  that  is  !  "  Then  she  told 
her  mother  how  Mary  had  named  it.  "That's  a  queer  name  for  a  hood," 
said  she.  "  \Vhat  kind  of  missionary  work  do  you  expect  my  hood  to 
do  ?"  "  Oh  !  the  sweetest  kind,  if  it  keeps  you  warm  to  come  across  here 
in  the  winter,  though  it  must  be  most  too  warm  now,"  was  the  reply. 
"Yes,  I'm  like  a  child  coming  to  show  my  work." 

Winter  days  came.  Grandma  was  not  strong  ;  when  she  took  a  cold 
she  could  not  throw  it  off,  and  she  did  "  waft  away  "  from  those  that 
loved  her  so  well.  Earlier  than  this  a  good  woman,  writing  to  her  niece, 
said  to  her:  "  If  any  of  the  people  in  your  town  have  it  in  their  hearts  to 
send  supplies  anywhere,  as  they  have  in  the  past,  won't  you  tell  them  of 
Mr.  Gregory's  family  ?  He  lives  many  miles  from  my  home,  but  I  hear 
of  the  work  he  is  doing  as  a  Home  Missionary,  and  I  have  heard  of  the 
needs  in  his  family  and  among  his  people."  Sarah  was  happy  enough  to 
have  this  letter  from  her  aunt,  and  to  feel  that  something  was  wanted  of 
her.  She  began  to  plan  what  she  could  spare,  and  went  about  among  the 
neighbors  until  there  was  gathered  enough  to  fill  a  barrel  and  bundle. 


250  The   Home  Missionary  August,  1894 

It  was  a  very  cold  winter's  day  when  Janet  moved  about  getting 
breakfast,  while  James  went  out  to  care  for  the  horse,  almost  fearing 
to  find  him  frozen  in  his  poor  shelter  Poor  as  they  were,  they  could 
not  do  their  work  without  a  horse.  James  and  Janet — Rev.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Gregory — had  gone  into  the  far  Northwest  to  do  missionary  work, 
and  they  felt  sure  for  many  reasons  that  the  Lord  had  placed  them  just 
where  they  were.  As  James  came  in  his  wife  was  saying  :  "  What  shall 
we  do  ? "  "  Oh,  Janet,  you  mustn't  lose  courage,  for  I  was  just  thinking 
this  morning  that  things  did  look  badly  for  the  winter,  but  if  I  lacked 
courage  and  faith  I  could  trust  to  yours.  Really,  Janet,  I  do  not  see  how 
we  shall  have  clothing  and  necessary  comforts  for  the  winter.  Many  of  the 
people  here  need  help  as  badly  as  we  do,  and  none  of  our  friends  know —  " 
Janet  finished  his  sentence  by  saying  :  "  None  ;  only  God  knows." 

In  the  Eastern  town  they  collected  some  money,  not  only  for  the 
freight,  but  enough  to  pay  for  some  of  the  "making  over,"  if  any  tailor's 
work  should  be  necessary,  or  for  whatever  the  missionary  most  needed. 
Great  interest  somehow  centered  in  that  barrel,  and  they  had  never  packed 
one  so  valuable  before.  Just  before  it  was  full  Mrs.  Dean  brought  the 
little  "  missionary  hood  "  her  mother  had  made,  saying  she  had  intended 
to  keep  it  in  memory  of  the  last  whole  piece  of  work  her  mother  did  with 
her  needle,  but  she  had  decided  to  send  it  in  the  barrel  in  memory  of  her 
mother. 

Toward  night  of  that  same  cold  January  day  in  which  things  had 
looked  so  dark  to  James  and  Janet,  one  of  the  deacons  drove  up  m  an 
oddly  fashioned  box  on  "  bobs."  He  drove  mules,  not  horses,  came  as 
near  the  house  as  the  snow  permitted,  and  called  out,  "  Halloo  I"  All 
rushed  to  the  door  except  Sammy,  who  had  that  day  fallen  sick  with  a 
cold  and  partly  with  discouragement. 

Deacon  Barber  called  out  :  "  Barrel  and  bundle,  sent  prepaid,  directed 
to  Rev.  Mr.  Gregory  ;  your'n,  sure,  so  I  brought  it  along  on  my  sleigh. 
Didn't  know  you's  'specting  anything  from  any whar  !  " 

Charlie  called  out:  '' We  are  not  expecting  anything,  are  we,  ma  ? " 
"■  Guess,  then,"  said  Deacon  Barber, ''  it's  right  down  from  the  Lord,  and  it 
hain't  come  amiss  either,  has  it  ?  I  was  a-saying  to  myself  as  I  was  driving 
along,  that  must  be  one  of  the  Lord's  '  comfortable  blessings  '  that  Sister 
Chloe  talks  about.  You  know  there  on  her  bed  she  always  finds  *  comfort- 
able blessings,'  while  the  rest  of  us  this  winter  hain't  seen  many  of  'em." 

If  there  had  been  interest  and  excitement  at  the  Eastern  end  of  the 
line  where  the  barrel  and  bundle  were  packed,  it  seemed  only  to  be  inten- 
sified as  they  reached  their  Western  destination  ;  and  the  children  said  : 
"  Why,  that  was  what  the  story  meant,  that  story  we  read  where  there  was 
an  '  opening  day.'     This  is  our  '  opening  day.'  " 

Janet  after  a  few  days  wrote  this  letter  to  the  people  who  sent  the 


August,  i8y4  The   Home   Missionary  251 

barrel  :  "  We  took  one  of  the  warm  blankets  and  put  it  right  over  Sammy, 
for  it  is  so  eold  that  the  walls  are  frosty  where  we  sleep.  And  he  was 
sick  and  needed  the  blanket  ;  then  there  were  so  many  others,  we  could 
all  keep. warm.  Now  1  must  tell  you  about  many  of  the  things.  But 
first  about  the  little  Quaker  bonnet.  I  have  begun  to  wear  it  already, 
as  we  have  to  ride  so  far.  Our  meeting-house,  or  the  upper  room 
where  we  meet,  for  we  have  no  building,  is  four  miles  away  from  our 
house,  and  the  people  are  scattered  over  the  country  many  miles  apart. 
Somehow,  my  children  right  away  named  the  hood  '  a  missionary  hood,' 
so  I  thought  I  must  tell  you  about  wearing  it  as  we  went  to  distribute 
some  of  the  supplies  among  our  very  needy  ones — '  ministering  to  the 
saints,'  you  know.  I  went  to  carry  Sister  Chloe  some  comforts.  She  is 
bed-ridden  these  many  years  ;  she  works  up  patches  of  silks  and  cotton, 
and  gets  some  little  things  to  sell,  and  adds  her  mite  to  the  support  of  the 
little  church.  As  I  went  to  her  she  said  :  '  Your  bonnet  makes  me  think 
of  my  dear  grandmother,  so  long  ago.  Oh,  yes,  that  will  be  a  real  "  mis- 
sionary hood,"  I  know.' 

"  We  took  the  red  beaver  cloak  with  black  braiding  to  Deacon  Barber's 
wife.  She  is  a  little  woman  and  it  just  fitted  her,  and  now  she  too  has  a 
'comfortable  blessing.'  I  did  like  the  cloak,  but  the  black  one  fits  me, 
and  perhaps  red  is  not  as  becoming  to  the  minister's  wife. 

"  How  could  so  much  ever  go  in  a  barrel  and  bundle  ?  We  are  not 
only  well  clothed,  but  we  have  had  enough  to  help  about  every  needy 
family  so  they  will  not  suffer  with  the  cold,  and  their  children  can  keep  on 
in  school,  and  the  people  will  not  have  to  stay  from  church  for  lack  of 
clothing.  The  books  and  games  are  such  delights  in  our  home,  and  the 
luxury  of  toilet  soap  !  How  can  I  tell  you  what  it  means  ?  I  wish  you 
could  have  heard  our  people  in  the  next  meeting  offer  prayers  in  German, 
Scandinavian,  and  English — prayers  of  thanksgiving  for  the  barrel  and 
bundle  ;  then  you  would  know  that  God  through  you  had  sent  '  comfort- 
able blessings  '  to  this  whole  community." 

Somehow  the  story  of  grandma's  hood  and  Mary's  first  calling  it  a 
"  missionary  hood  "  reached  some  of  the  city  churches,  and  letters  began 
to  come  to  the  pastor  of  the  mission,  with  money  toward  a  building. 
When  the  next  New  Year  came  the  people  had  a  good  meeting-house  free 
from  debt,  a  present  to  them.  Many  of  the  letters  said  :  "  They  had  been 
interested  in  grandma's  missionary  hood,  and  the  church  must  be  in 
memory  of  the  grandmothers  that  used  to  make  the  hoods,  with  thanks  to 
little  Mary  for  naminc  it." 

When  Mary  heard  it  all  she  said  :  "  Grandma  didn't  know  when  she 
made  that  bonnet  that  she  was  buijding  a  meeting-house,  did  she  ?  I 
wonder  if  she  knows  it  now  ?  " 


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APPOINTMENTS     IN    JUNE,    1894 


Not  in  covtiiiission  last  year 

Brier.  John  W.,  Antioch,  Cal. 

Combe,  Philip,  San  Francisco.  Cal. 

Cotton.  Harry  A.,  Graceville,  Minn. 

Dexter,  Granville  M.,  Guinda.  Cal. 

Ferguson,  William  D..  Spring  Creek,  Pa. 

Gipson,  Jacob  M..  Phoeni.x  City,  Ala. 

Gober,  H.  M  ,  Juno.  Ga. 

Hardin,  Robert.  Courtland,  Ala. 

Haynes,  Ausustus  J..  Cumberland.  No.  Wis. 

Helms,  George  L.,  Ree  Heights,  Greenleaf,  and 

Spring  Hill,  So.  Dak. 
Jensen,  Julius  A.,  Fort  Payne.  Ala. 
Knowdell,  James  R.,  San  Bernardino,  Cal. 
Lunsford,  Charles  P.,  Hacklesburg,  Ala. 
Mudie,  Howard,  Mantorville,  Minn. 
Nash.  James  H.,  Lovejoy,  Ga. 
Naylor,  Bcnj.  D.,  Crockett,  Cal. 
Okerstein,   John    F.,    Pillsbury,    and    Svvanville, 

Minn. 
Parsons.  A.  S..  General  Missionary  in  Butte  Co., 

Cal. 
Pederson,  Hans,  Washburn  and  Bayfield,  Wis. 
Prescott,  Matthew.  Lamar.  Ala. 
Stiles,  Darwin  F.,  Siloam  Springs,  Ark. 
Tanner,  Allan  A..  Pueblo.  Colo. 
Thompson,  Thomas,  Winfred  and  Freedom,  So. 

Dak. 
Warren,  Leroy,  Brookfield,  Mo. 


Re-connnissioned 

Adams.  Thomas  J.,  Amandaville,  Ga. 
Armstrong,  William  B.,  Braswell  and  Plainville, 

Ga. 
Banham,  Henry  E..  Etta.  Cal. 
Barteau,  Sidney  H..  Lake  Charles,  La. 
Binder.  George  J..  Oleander.  Cal. 
Boroughf,  Wesley  A..  Erwin.  So.  Dak. 
Boyle.  Frank  W.,  El  Paso,  Te.xas. 
Bradford.  Benjamin  F..  Cedar  Grove.  N.  J. 
Brandt,  Feli.\  G.,  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J. 
Brewer,  William  F.,  Duluth  and  Flowery  Branch, 

Ga. 
Brink,  Lee  A..  Bowdle  and  Spring  Lake.  So.  Dak. 
Brown,  Aurelian  L..  Villard  and  Hudson,  Minn. 
Burgess,  Hubert  F.,  Auburn.  Cal. 
CargiU,  Derastus,  General  Missionary  in  La. 
Carroll.  W.  Irving.  South  Dallas,  Texas. 
Clarke,  Almon  T..  Shelby.  Ala. 
Conrad,  George  A  .  Lake  Preston,  So.  Dak. 
Cooley,  H.  Geo  ,  Appleton,  Minn. 
Cumbus.  George  W  .  Columbus,  Ga. 
Dahlgreen,  John  A.,  Warren.  Pa. 
Danielson.  Anders,  Pittsburg.  Pa. 
Davis,  Albert  A.,  Lakeland,  Minn. 
Dent,  Thomas  J.,  Aberdeen,  So.  Dak. 
Dobbs,  J.  Hervey.  Palestine.  Te.xas. 
Drew,  James  B..  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Dunaway.  Willis  J.,  Jackson  Gap,  Ala. 
Edwards.  Jonathan,    Spokane,   Pleasant   Prairie, 

and  Trent,  Wash. 
Embree,  Jehu  H.,  Linwood,  Kan. 
Evans,  William  H.,  Big  Lake,  Minn. 
Fleming,   Moses   G.,    Bowman  and  Danielsville, 

Ga. 
Finnstrom,  Benjamin,  Rush  City,  Minn. 
Fisk,  Pliny  B.,  Cresbard  and  Myron,  So.  Dak. 
Gates,  Arthur   G.,  Perkins  and  Corduroy,  Okla. 

Ter. 
Gilliam,  John,  North  Rome  and  West  Rome,  Ga 
Gordon,   William,    Hydesville,    Rohnerville,  and 

Alton,  Cal. 


Gregory,  Herbert,  Emery,  So.  Dak. 

Hale.  Edson  D.,  Lincoln,  Cal. 

Hanna.   Thomas.     Black   Diamond,    Port   Costa, 

and  Stewartville.  Cal. 
Hardy,  William  P.,  San  Rafael,  Cal. 
Haven,  Egbert  D.,  Rccklin,  Cal. 
Haynie,  Thomas  B.,  Verbena,  Ala. 
Henry,  Miss  E.  K.,  Evangelist  in  So.  Dak. 
Herlove,  Rasmus,  General  Missionary  in  Chicago 

and  vicinity. 
Holbrook,  Ira  A.,  Tecumseh,  Okla.  Ter. 
Houlding,  Horace  W.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Howell,  James,  Coulee  City  and  Almira,  Wash. 
Irons,  John,  Starkville,  Colo. 
Ives,  Joseph  B.,  Palermo,  Cal. 
James,  Horace  P.,  Colfax,  Wash. 
Jamison.  H.  W.,  Beresford  and  Pioneer,  So.  Dak. 
Jenkins,  John  J.,  Parsons,  Pa. 
Jesseph,  L.  E.,  Colville,  Wash. 
Johnson.  Alfred  K.,  Rosedale  and  Rose,  Cal. 
Jones,  John  A.,  Cottonwood.  Cal. 
Jones,  Richard   M.,  Oswego.  Ore. 
Kantner.  William  C. ,  Corvallis,  Ore. 
Kevan,  James  H.,  Columbia,  So.  Dak. 
Kloss.  Charles  L. ,  Kansas  City.  Mo. 
Langdale.  Thomas  G..  Clark.  So.  Dak. 
Legler.  Jacob.  Fresno.  Cal. 
Lewis.  John  T.,  Powell.  So.  Dak. 
Lindley.  Thomas  M.,  Milner,  Ala. 
Locke,  J.  F..  Round  Prairie.  Minn. 
Loomis.  Eli  R..  South    Bend,  Wash. 
Luark,  Marcellus  J.,  Mokelumne  Hill,  Cal. 
Lundquist,  Carl  J.,  Chandler's  Valley.  Pa. 
Lyle,   Arthur  J.,   Stone   Mountain  and    Antioch, 

Ga. 
Magill,  Thomas,  Reno,  Nev. 
Matthews,  James  T.,  Blossburg.  Pa. 
Martin,  C.  Victor,  San  Juan.  Cal. 
Moore,  Will  N..  New  Duluth.  Minn. 
Morton, George  F.,Brainerd,  Parker,  and  Randall, 

Minn. 
Nilson,  Frank,  General  Missionary  in  Northeast 

Pennsylvania  and  Western  New  York. 
Nelson,  Gustav  W.,  Kalama,  Wash. 
Olds,  Alphonzo  R.,  Weston  and  Freewater,  Ore. 
Owens,  Mijamin  J..  White  Bay  Springs,  Ala. 
Paddock,  Edward  A.,  Weiser,  Idaho. 
Parsons.  Henry  W.,  New  Brighton.  Minn. 
Paul.  Benjamin  F.,  Detroit.  Minn. 
Peabody.  Harry  E..  Trinidad,  Colo. 
Pitman.  Travis,  Glenmore.  Ga. 
Quaife,  Robert,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
Quattlebaum,  Witks  H.,  Williford,  Ga. 
Risser.  Henry  A..  Winona.  Minn. 
Robbins,  Anson   H..  Ashton,  .'\thol,   Clyde,  and 

La  Prairie,  So.  Dak. 
Robbins,  J.  Clarke,  Berkeley,  Cal. 
Robertson.  W'illiam   J.,   Tidwell,    Tidmore,  and 

Hanceville.  Ala. 
Rogers,  Samuel  J..  Robbinsdale,  Minn. 
Rollins,  John  C,  Villa  Park  and  Denver,  Colo. 
Rose,  Samuel,  Provo,  LTtah. 
Rowe.  George  W..  Haleysville.  Ala. 
Sanborn.  D.  Lee,  Bruce  and  Appollonia.  No.  Wis. 
Sargent.  Benjamin  F..  Santa  Rosa,  Cal. 
Shattuck.  C.  S.,  Welsh.  Esterly.  and  Iowa,  La. 
Sheldon,  Charles  F.,  Sherman,  Te.xas. 
Smith,  Felix  G.,  Cartecay.  Ga. 
Smith.   Green   N..    Baxley,    Meridian,   and   New 

Bethel.  Ga. 
Stallings.  Jeremiah  J  .  General  Missionary  in  Ala. 
SpiUers,  Ashbel  P..  Rochelle,  Asbury  Chapel,  and 

La  Crosse.  Ga. 
Spriggs,  John.  Wier  and  Pleasant,  Ga. 
Stevens,  William  D.,  Hancock  and   Lake  Emily, 

Minn. 
Strong,  Jacob  H.,  Sunol  Glen.  No.  Cal. 


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Swain,  Carl  J.,  Pelican  Rapids,  Minn. 

Svvartout,   Edgar   P.,    Kiresteel,    Letcher,   Perry, 

and  Lisbon.  So.  Dak. 
Taylor,  Rayncsford,  Pcscadero,  Cnl. 
Penney,  Marcus  D..  Chandler,  Okla.  Tcr. 
riiayer.  O.  F.,  Tekoa.  Wash. 

Tilibals,  William  H.,  Lynne  and  Slaterville.  Utah. 
roiuliii.  David  R..  (icneral  Missionary  in  So.  Dak. 
rrussoll,  William  V.,  Benson.  Minn. 
Van  Blarcom,  Grant,   Lusk,   DougI;.s.  and    Man- 

ville,  Wyo. 


Veazic,  Walter  C,  Evanpclist  in  Kan. 

Wallace,  Louis,  Etna,  Cal. 

Walton,  Richard  C  ,  Henry,  So.  Dak. 

Webber,  Edwin  E.,   Ipswich  and   Rosette  Park. 

So.  Dak. 
Wells,  Archibald  C,  Central  and  Tallassee,  Ala. 
Widing,  Carl  A.,  Mt.  Jcwett.  Pa. 
Wikoff,  Harry  H  ,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Willctt,  (jeorgc,  San  Luis  Obispo.  Cal. 
WoodhuU,  George  H.,  Windsor,  Mo. 
Wright,  Turner,  Mountain  Meadow,  Ala. 


RECEIPTS  IN    JUNE,  1894 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Auxiliary  Societies,  see  pages  258  to  261. 


MAINE— $211.90. 

Auburn,  Ladies'   Miss.  Soc.  of  Si.\th 

Street  Ch.,  by  G.  P.  Maloon $5  oo 

Blanchard.  by  M.  Gilman 6  25 

Calais.  First,  by  A.  L.  Clapp 30  00 

Damariscotta,  A  Friend 2  00 

Eastport,  Central  Church,  by  Rev.  C. 

S.  Holton 3  65 

Kennebunk,  Y.   P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Union 
Ch.,  by  Miss  H.  M.  Ferry,  through 

Rev.  E.  B.  Palmer 5  00 

Portland.  Highland  St.  Ch..  A  Friend  100  00 

Stale  St.  Ch..  by  E.  Corey  &  Co 50  00 

Saco.  First,  by  G.  B.  Allen 5  00 

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

Bragdon 5  00 


NEW   HAMPSHIRE-$284.o5. 


W.  H.  M.U.  : 

Barton.  A  Friend $5  00 

Burlington.   First.   Young 
Ladies"  H.   M.  Soc,  for 

Salary  Fund 10  00 

Cornwall,     Ladies'     Cent 

Soc 8  00 

Newbury,  West 4  00 

Sheldon 5  00 


Woman's  H.   M.  L^nion,  Mrs. 

W.  P.  Fairbanks,  Treas.  : 

Highgate  Center,  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

Salary  Fund 


Brattleboro,  On  account  of  Legacy  of 
Clark  Jacobs,  by  C.  F.  Thompson.. 

Derby  Line,  South  Stanstead  Ch., 
Ladies'  Aid  Soc,  by  Mrs.  H.  S. 
Stone 


659  85 


F.  C.    I.   and   H.    M.   Union, 
Miss    A.    A.    McFarland, 

Treas $5  00 

Concord,  First 30  6g 

Gilsum 2  60 

38  29 

Bedford,  S.  C.  Damon 5  50 

Concord.  A  Friend 5  00 

East   Jaffrey.   Mrs.  M.  A.    Raymond, 

through  Rev.  E.  B.  Palmer  3  00 

Goffstown.by  D.  Grant,  through  Rev. 

E.  B.  Palmer 13  65 

Groton  and  Hebron.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E...  i  00 

Henniker.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 12  00 

HoUis,  A  Friend 2  00 

Kpene.    In    Memoriam   of   Edwin   H. 

Clark,  by  F.  M .  Clark loooo 

Penacook,  by  Charles  M.  Rolfe 22  73 

Piermont,  by  Mrs.  W.  A.  C.  Converse  23  00 
Stratham,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Mrs.  C. 

H.  Thompson 2  75 

Suncook,  P.A.Mills 5  00 

Walpole,  by  C.  E.  Sparhawk 50  13 


VERMONT— $1,029.27;  of  which  lega- 
cy, $659.85. 

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

Brooktield.  First §728 

Second 16  64 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 2  25 


26  17 


MASSACHUSETTS  —  $21,236.83  ; 
of  which  legacies,  $13,620.05. 

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

Palmer,  Treas 2,50000 

For  work  among  foreigners  in  the 

West 4,500  00 

By  request  of  donors 130  81 

Woman's  H.  M.  A.,  Miss  S.  K.   Bur- 
gess. Treas  : 
Auburndale,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Rally. .  3  00 

Amherst.  Amherst  College,  add'l,  by 
Prof.  W.  C.  Esty 65  00 

Attleboro.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  Second,  by 
A.  G.  Tillson 5  00 

Boston,  W.  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund.         100  00 
S.  F.  W 25  00 

Chesterfield,  by  Elihu  Loom  is 6  00 

Georgetown,  On  account  of  Legacy  of 
Lucy  H.  Dole,  by  M.  G.  Tenney, 
Adm 2'375  00 

Greenfield,  Legacy  of  W.  B.  Wash- 
burn, by  F.  G.  Fessenden,  E.k 795  05 

Marshtield.  Bible  Class  of  Second  Ch.. 
by  Israel  H .  Hatch 10  60 

Massachusetts,  Thank  offering 100  00 

Monson.  by  E.  F.  Morris,  Treas 23  29 

Newburyport,  North  Ch.  S.  S..  by  G. 
W.  Kimball 18  48 

Newton  Center,  Extra-Cent-a-Day 
Band,  by  S.  F.  Wilkins 25  00 

Northampton.  Dorcas  Soc.  of  First,  by 

Mrs.  J.  E.  Clark,  for  Salary  Fund.  56  25 

M.  L.  Cable 5  00 

Marv  E.  Boyd 5  00 

Sheffield,  by  A.  T.  Wakefield,  M.D...  12  35 


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South   Weymouth,    Legacy  of    J.    S. 

Foge,  by  Thorrias  Weston,  Esq Sq-Soo  00 

West  Everett,  "  Widow's  Mite  '" i  oo 

Whitinsville.  Mrs.  M.  F.  W.  Abbott   .  17  00 

Worcester,    Legacy    of    Elbridge    G. 

Partridge,  by  Willis  E.  Sibley..  ..        950  00 
A  Member  of  Plymouth  Ch.,  by  F. 
W.Chase.... 600 

RHODE   LSLAND -8383.98. 

Bristol.  First,  by  P.  Skinner,  Jr 61  04 

Little  Compton,  S.  S.,  by  J.  Lade.    .    .  14  00 
Newport,  United  Ch.,  by  Eraslus  P. 

Allan 1894 

Mrs.  T.  Thayer 30  00 

Pawtucket.   Y.   P.   S.  C.    E.   of   Park 

Place  Ch.,  by  F.  O.  Bishop 5  00 

Providence,    Union    Ch.,    by    W.    A. 

McAuslan 250  00 

Harry  M.  Hutchins 5  00 


CONNECTICUT  -$13,604.84  ;  of  which 
legacies,  $11,  487.50. 

Miss.   Soc.   of  Conn.,   W.    W.   Jacobs, 
Treas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec 

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

Jacobs,  Treas  : 
Griswold,    Pachaug   Acorns 

Mission  Circle,  special   ...      $8  00 
Ridgefield.    Ladies'    Union, 

by  Mrs.  C.  H.  Kendall   . .         10  00 
Stonington,  Agreement  Hill 

H.  M.  Soc.  by  Miss  Emma 

A.  Smith,  for  Salary  Fund. 


8  00 

Ashford,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Trowbridge 

Birmingham,  Mrs.  Thomas  Slater 

Bridgeport,  Mrs.  A.  J.  Baldwin 

Bristol.  Miss  E.  G.  Peck 

Center'orook,  S    F.  Parmelee 

Collinsville.  S.  E.  Brown 

Cornwall,  Second,  by  H.  M.  Pratt,  to 
const.  Samuel  R.  Scoville  a  L.  M. 

Estate  of  Silas  C.   Beers,  John   E. 
Calhoun    and    Geo.    C.    Harrison 

E.xs.,  in  part ic 

Danbury.  Legacy  of  Emily  P.  Ryder, 

by  L.  P.  Treadwell,   Ex     .    

Derby,  Second,  by  James  Ewen 

Durham,  add'l,  by  H.  H.  Newton 

East  Haven,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  special... 
East  Woodstock,  Mrs.  Harriet  Lyon. 
Farmington,  S.  S.  of  First,  by  H.  W. 

Barbour 

Groton,  by  Wilson  Allyn 

Hartford.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  First,  by  R. 

O.  Wells    

Lebanon,  First,  by  Miss  Julia  R.  Max- 
well  

Meriden,  A  Thank-offering 

Middletown,    Ladies'   H.    M.   Soc.   of 

First,  by  Miss  C.  M.  Bacon. .    

Milford,  Plymouth,  by  A.  A.  Baldwin. 
New  Hartford,   North  Ch.,  by  F.   B. 

Jones 

New  Haven,  United  Ch.,  by  C.  E.  P. 
Sanford 

A  Friend 

New     London,    Second,    by     E.    H. 

Wheeler 

New  Milford,  James  Hine       ... 
Northfield,  Mrs.  Deacon  John  Catlin, 

by  H.  C.  Peck 

Pequabuck,  G.  A.  Scott,  special 

Plainville,  Friends 

Mrs.  C.  E.  Blakeslee,$5  i  A  Friend, 

$1 

Plymouth,  S.  S.,by  G.  A.  Cleveland. 


26  00 

S  00 

I  00 

25  00 

10  00 

62 
10  00 

79  .so 


500 

22 

7 
8 

00 
00 
62 
00 

25 

00 

56 
25 

75 
00 

14 

75 

71 
10 

69 
00 

30 
43 

00 
57 

36 

04 

385 
15 

00 
00 

701 

5 

12 
00 

•5 

18 
i6 

00 
75 
00 

6 

00 

20 

00 

Portland,  by  H.  Kilby S29  14 

Preston,    Legacy    of    Mrs.    Anne    M. 

King,  by  Gardiner  Greene,  Jr.,  Ex.         887  50 

Southington 1200 

South   Norwalk,  add'l,  to  const.  Mrs. 

Mary    Paul.    Mrs.   T.    F.   Everden, 

and    Mr.  Chas.  R.  Helmer,   Jr.,   L. 

Ms.,  by  Edward  Beard 15000 

Thomaston,  First,  by  G.   H.   Stough- 

ton 12  78 

Watertown.  S.  S 20  00 

Westminster,    Rev.   and    Mrs.   S.    B. 

Carter 4  00 

West    Suffield,  Estate  of   Horatio  K. 

Nelson,  by  Clinton   H.  and   Martha 

J.  Nelson,  exs 100  00 

Windham  County.  A  Friend 50  00 

W'inthrop,  A  Friend 8  00 


NEW    YORK-$io.328.34  ;    of 
which  legacies,  $9,259.14. 

Received  by  William   Spald- 
ing, Treas.  : 
Gaines,  $10,06;  S.  S.  $2.89..    $12  95 

Rome 9  00 

Syracuse.  Danforth i  00 

Good  Will  S.S 1500 

Walton 1 5  50 

Wilmington 4  00 

Rev.  E.  Curtis 10  00 

67  45 

Albany,  A  Friend 25  00 

Black  River  and  St.  Lawrence  Assoc, 
by  J .  J .  Doty 9  60 

Brooklyn,    Central    Ch.,   in   part,   by 

James  H.  Pratt 454  37 

South  Ch.,  by  E.  D.  Ford 60  00 

Legacy  of  Racillia  B.  Anderson,  by 

Geo.  Wilcox,  e.x 5.000  00 

James  Hyde  Young,  special 5  00 

A  Friend 54  50 

A  Friend   4  4° 

Cambria  Center,  by  Rev.  D.  T.  Will- 
iams   1000 

Canandaigua,  Miss  L  P.  Granger,  for 
Boh.  work 40  00 

Cortland,  Legacy  of  James  B.  Packer, 

by  F.  P.  Hakes 1,000  00 

Dea.  A.  M.  Waterbury 5  00 

Elbridge,  by  C.  H.  Van  Vechten 5  00 

Essex,  from  Estate  of  Mrs.  S.  A. 
Slower,  by  A.  J.  B.  Ross 30  80 

Hamilton,  Mr.  Frank  Church,  by  O. 
S.  Campbell i  00 

Homer,  Estate  of  Sarah  E.  K.  Hobart, 
by  H.  W.  Hubbard,  trustee 700  00 

Hopkington,  on  account  of  Legacy  of 
Jason  Brush,  by  C.  H.  Brush,  ex...         100  00 

Ithaca,  First,  by  S.  D.  Sawyer 100  00 

Jamestown.  L.  H.  Hazeltine i  00 

Lockport,  East  Avenue,  by  Rev.  H. 
S.  Brown 1845 

Massena,  Second,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Worden, 
by  M .  J .  Stearns 5  00 

Morrisville.  on  account  of  legacy  of 
Ebenezer  G.  Tidd,  by  H.  B.  Cor- 
man 2,428  34 

New  Lebanon,  by  Rev.  T.  W.  Harris.  17  80 

New  York  City,  A.  B.  Jennings 5  00 

A  Friend 10  00 

A  Friend 10  00 

Parkville,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Kirk  wood..  10  63 

Poughkeepsie,   First,  by  O.  S.  Atkins.  50  00 

Sherburne,  Dr.  O.  A.  Gorton 100  00 


NEW  JERSEY-$824.25. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  N.  J.  Assoc. 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  Treas.: 
Chatham,  Stanley  Ch 


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255 


East  ()ranj,'f,  O.  H.  Kelsey,  for  Sal 

ary  Fund S'oo  o" 

Montclair,  First,  by  F.  T.  Bailey 368  00 

Patcrson,    Auburn   Street   Ch..   by  J. 

Chase,  throuj^li  Rev.  E.  H.  Palmer.  26  25 

Summit.  N.  Iv  M 10  00 

Westlicld,  by  ].  R.  Connolly 308  00 


r)K-LAHOMA-$io.3s. 

Downs,  Ladies'  H.  M.  Soc.,byRev.  J. 

Harper     

Perkins,  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Gates 

West  (iuthrie,  by   Rev.   C.  C.   Hem- 

bree 


$5  75 
3  °o 


PRNNSYLVAMA-S;i75.76. 

Woman's  II.  M.  Union  of  N.  J.  Assoc., 
Mrs.  J.  II.  Denison.  Treas  : 
Philadelphia,  Central  Ch.  for  Salary 

Fund 

Hartford,  by  E.  T.  Tiffany 

Philadelphia,    Mrs.    A.    H.    Heritage, 

special  

Potterville,  by  Dca.  E.  B.  Powell... 

MARVI.AND-S21.00. 

Baltimore,    Second,    by   Rev.    E.   T. 

Root 

Frostburg,  by  Rev.  (i.  W.  Moore   . . . 


DISTRICT   OF  COLUMBIA -$45.00. 

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

Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison.  Treas.: 
Washington.  First,  fir  Salary  Fund.. 
Washington.  L.  H.  Kendall,  First  Ch., 

by  Rev.  E.  B.  Palmer 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  First,  by  Rev.  S.  M. 
Newman 

NORTH    CAROLINA     $7.09. 

Tryon,  United  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  Win- 
ter  

SOUTH   CAR(^LINA -St-5o. 
L^nion.  A  Friend 

LOUISIANA-S4.79. 

Baldwin,  Mrs.  F.  D.  Blood,  through 
Rev    E.  B.  Palmer 

New  Orleans,  University  Ch..  by  E. 
C.  Little 


ARKANSAS-$2o.Qo. 
Little  Rock,  by  Rev.  R.  C.  Denison. 


FLORIDA     $100.64. 

Florida.  H.  M.  Soc,  W.  G.  Peck. 
Treas.: 

Winter  Park 

Interlachen.  Mrs.  F.  R.  Haskins 

Jacksonville,  L^nion    Ch.,   by   C.    H. 

Smith    

Macclenny,  A.  A.  Stevens 

Melbourne  and  Rocklidge  Station,  bj' 

Rev.  J.  C.  Williams 

Tavarcs,  by  C.  H.  Newell 

Yallaha,  Sarah  A.  Benedict 


TEXAS-$3  00. 
Sherman,  by  Rev.  C.  F.  Sheldon 


OHIO     $271.17. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser, 
D.D.: 

Castalia,  by  J.  C.  Prentice..    $22  05 

809'  Mrs.  A.  T.  Crovvell 300 

'5  '°  Cuvahoga    Falls,   S.  S.,   by 

j;  S.  Heath 8  18 

75  CO  Hudson,  by  Miss  E.  E.  Met- 

4  75  calf g  00 

New  Albany,  by  G.  E.  Sim- 
monds 5  00 


Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser,  D.D., 
Ttcas.    Bohemian    Board.    Cleve- 
land, in  June  : 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  G.  B. 
Brown,  Treas.: 
Alexis,  Willing    Workers 
for  Bible  Readers'  f^chcol      $2  50 

Geneva,  I.  H.  M.  S 2  00 

Unionville.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 
for  Miss  Reitinger 10  00 


5  00 
15  00 


42 

M 

2 

50 

2S 

00 

5 

00 

.6 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas.: 
Salary  Fund : 
North    Monroeville,    Mis- 
sion Circle 

North  Ridgeville,  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E 

Ridgeville  Corners,  W.  H. 
and  F.  M.  S 


10  38 


Leh- 


Ashtabula   Harbor,  by  Rev.  F. 
tinen 

Brecksville,  First,  by  H.  M.  Rinear  .. 

Gomer.  Welsh  Ch.,  by  John  W.  Mor- 
ris, to  const.  David  R.  Evans  a  L. 
M 

Oberlin,  Second,  by  N.  Huckins 

Toledo,  First,  by  M .  Brigham 


79      INDIANA— $2. 20. 

Brightwood,   by    Rev.    H.    C.    Funk- 
houser 


ILLINOIS-$48.oo. 

Chicago.  Mary  R.  Blackburn 

Jacksonville,  A  Friend 

Polo.   Ind.    Presb.   Ch..    by   Mrs.    A. 
Wilber 


MISSOURI-S122.36. 

Kansas  City.  First,  by  W.  P.  Holmes. 

Lebanon,  First,  by  Mrs.  L.  G.  Wal- 
lace     

Mine  La  Motte,  by  Rev.  D  C.  McNair 

Todd,  Boys'  and  Girls'  Home  Miss. 
Rand.  40  cents  coll.  on  Children's 
Day:  $1.10  by  Miss  Jennie  Brown.. 

Windsor,  by  Rev.  G.  H.  Woodhull... 


18  38 


I  50 
8  45 


50  00 
50  84 
80  27 


10  00 
5  00 


25  00 
15  00 


I   50 
I   71 


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MICHIGAN-$2.oo. 
De  Witt,  Mrs.  E.  J.  Cook 


WISCONSIN-$27.so. 

Amery,  Rev.  P.  A.  Simpkin,  $5  ;  Mrs. 

P.  A.  Simpkin,  $5 

Bloomer,  Cleveland  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T. 

M.  C.  Birmingham 

Hayward,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  T. 

G.  Grassie 

IOWA    $51.33- 

Boone,  A.  M.  Palmer 

Iowa  City,  Bohemians,  by  Rev.  F.  T. 

Bastel 

Lansing,  Rev.  A.  Kern 

Long  Creek,  Welsh,  by  D.  D.  Davies. 

McGregor,  J.  H.  Ellsworth 

Minden,  by  Rev.  M.  E.  Eversz 


10  00 

5  00 
2  00 
8  00 

20  00 

6  33 


Granite   Falls,   First,  by   Rev.  C.  H. 

Routliffe 

Groveland,  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Rogers.    .. 

Lakeland,  by  Rev.  A.  A.  Davis 

Rush  City,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  B.  Finn- 

strom 


KANSAS-$3o.Si. 

Received      by     Rev.     J.     G. 

Dougherty,  Treas. : 

Athol $3  40 

Muscctah  Ch.,  $11.30  ;  C.  E., 

$1-54 12  84 

Ocheltree i  00 

Valencia i  45 

Abilene,  Mrs.  H.  M.  Hurd 

Muscotah,  $2.60  ;  Kansas  City,  Hattie 

Bruce,  $r,  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie, . . 
Pittsburg,    Miss  Nettie  Brayman,  by 

Rev.  J.  H.  B.  Smith ,,., 

Sycamore,  by  Rev.  E.  Pratt  


512  00 
II  00 

I  25 


18  69 

5  00 

3  60 

3  00 
52 


MINNESOTA    $454.64. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Morley  : 

Belgrade Ss  00 

Claremont 3  50 

Elk  River 10  00 

Lake  City 18  43 

Minneapolis,  Plymouth  ....  40  00 
Plymouth,     Rev.     H.     L. 

Chase    .   15  00 

Vine 5  00 

Ortonville,  Y.  P.  S.C.  E....  550 
St.  Paul,  Plymouth,  $25.90; 

S.  S..  $4.33 30  23 

St.  Anthony  Park 6  08 

Sherburne 10  00 

148  74 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs, 
M.  W.  Skinner,  Treas.: 

Ada 6  00 

Ash  Creek i  10 

Cannon  Falls 36  02 

Douglas  S.  S 5  00 

Ellsworth I  22 

E.xcelsior 2  80 

Faribault 22  00 

Freedom 5  00 

Hawley,  S.  S 5  40 

Hutchinson,  $1  ;    Mission 

Band,  $10 11  00 

Kanaranzi 68 

Madison  i  40 

Minneapolis,  First 24  00 

Lowry  Hill 22  20 

Lyndale,  S.  S 4  43 

Pilgrim,  special 6  00 

Montevideo 5  00 

Rochester 37  78 

St.    Paul,     Plymouth,     C. 

E .  S I  00 

South  Park i  00 

Winona,  First 46  65 

Waterville  2  50 

Zumbrota,    $7.99  ;    S.    S., 
$7,01  ;  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

$5 20  00 

268  18- 

Big  Lake,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Evans 

Campbell    and    Tintah,   by    Rev.    A. 

Metcalf 

Crookston,  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Smith 

Edgerton,  by  Rev.  E.  Carter 


NEBRASKA-$53o.ii. 

Received     by     J.     W.     Bell, 
Treas.  : 

Crete $12  00 

German  S.  S.,  Bible  class,  i  50 
Fremont,  "  A  friend  of  mis- 
sions ■" 100  00 

Harvard,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 200 

Omaha,  St.  Mary's  Avenue.  10  00 

Weeping  Water 19  16 

York 5  50 


I  JO  16 

Bertrand,  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Snyder 2  25 

Butte  and  Spencer,  by  Rev.  W.  Loney  i  50 

Cowles  and  Pleasant  Ridge,  by  Rev. 

S.  Deakin 4  50 

Dodge    and     Howells,    by     Rev.    A. 

Farnsworth 3  50 

Harbine,  $8;  Plymouth,  First,  $12,  by 

Rev.  J.  B.  Doolittle 20  00 

Holdrege,  by  Rev.  V.  F.  Clark 6  50 

Nebraska  City,  Mrs.  M.  J.  Sibley 5  00 

Newcastle  and  Daily  Branch,  by  Rev. 

J.Roberts 1300 

Omaha,  Collections  at   Annual    Mis- 
sionary Meeting,  June  10,  1894.  •  •  •  51  69 

Collections     at     Annual     Woman's 
Meeting,  June  8,  1894,  special 272  01 


NORTH    DAKOTA-S19.73, 

Woman's  H.  M.  L^nion,  Mrs. 
M.  M.  Fisher.  Treas.  : 
Carring^ton,  Mite-box  Fund       $3  43 
Cummings,  "  Christian  Sol- 
diers " 3  00 

Rose  Valley 5  00 

Valley  City,  Mission  Band.         i  55 
Wyndmere 5  00 


Caledonia,  by  Rev.  W,  Griffith, 
Dwight,  by  Rev.  G.  S.  Bascom. 


_jj6  g2     SOUTH  DAKOTA-$74.6o. 

2  50        Colvin  and  La  Roche,  by  Rev.  L.  E. 

Cam  field 

2  37         Fort  Pierre,  by  Rev.  I.  R.  Prior 

4  10         Frankfort  and  Tinton,  by  Rev.  C.  H, 
2  00  Dreisbach . . , 


1  35 
40 


6  25 
2  00 


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Gothland,  $13.  25  ;  Mr.  Branson.  $5  ; 
Ashton,  $13.50,  by  Miss  E.  K.  Hen- 
ry  

Pitrodie,  by  Miss  E.  K.  Henry 

Tyndall.  (Jernian,  by  Rev.  A.  F. 
Schmallc 

Wakonda,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Bates 


H)AHO     $14.15. 

h'  75         Woman's  H.    M.   Union,  Mrs.   D.  W. 
9  (""  Bartlett,  Trcas. : 

Pocatello 

10  00 

5  °°         (icncsco,  by  Rev.  T.  W.  Walters 

Pocatello,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Luck 


3  75 
8  40 


COLORADO     $11.76. 

Received  hy  Rev.  H.  Sanderson  : 
Colorado    Western     Assoc, 

by  Mrs.  S.  R.  Pickett $2  36 

Denver,  Olivet 5  20 

Julesburjj 2  20 

Denver.  Manchester  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 
B,  Robh 


9  76 


CALIFORNL-V-   $49.50. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia, Mrs.  M.  M.  Smith,  Treas.: 

Los  Anfieles.  First 1 1  50 

Highlands,    Ch.    of   Christ,   S.    S.,  by 

S.  H.  Barrett 6  00 

Little  Shasta,  by  Rev.  E.  Hoskins  .  i  00 

Los   Anfjcles,    Olivet,   by  Rev.  A.  B. 

White 1500 

San  Juan,  by  Rev.  C.  V.  Martin 16  00 


WYOMING     $4.50. 

Sheridan,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Bostwick. 


(JREGON     $13.25. 

Heaver  Creek,  by  Rev.  W.  Powell. 
Condon,  by  Rev.  E.  Curran 


MONTANA- $27.60. 

Woman's  H.   M.   Union,  Mrs.  H.  E. 
Jones,  Treas. : 
Billings,  King's  Daughters 


Big  Timber,  by  Rev.  J.  Pope 

Bonner,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Bell 

Red  Lodge,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Watson. 


UTAH-$7.oo. 

W^oman's  H.  M.  L^nion,  Mrs.  D.  W. 
Bartlett,  Treas.: 

Ogden 

Salt  Lake  City.  S.  S.  of  Phillips  Ch., 

by  Rev.  D.  W.  Bartlett 


5  00 


45 
10  15 


WASHINGTON- $93.50. 

Woman's   H.  M.    Union,  Mrs. 

J.  W.  George,  Treas $41  50 

Quillayute 3  00 

Aberdeen,  Rev.  G.  Lindsay 

Farmington.  by  Rev.  H.  M.  Mobbs.. 

Medical  Lake,  S3  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $5. 
by  Rev.  T.  W.  Walters   

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

Roy,  by  Rev.  J.  Wolfe 

Spokane.  Second,  by  Rev.  W.  Davies 

West  Ferndale,  Mt.  View,  and  Enter- 
prise, by  Rev.  O.  S.   Harris 

Home  Missionary 


10 

00 

5 

50 

8 

00 

10 

CO 

8 

00 

•              5 

00 

2 

50 

51 

20 

$50,199  50 


Donations   of  Clothing,    etc. 


Bennington,  Vt.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Second 

Ch.,  by  Julia  A.  White,  bo.x $193  31 

Bron.wille,  N.  Y..  Woman's  Miss.  Soc  , 

by  Mrs.  F.  Bacon,  barrel 50  00 

Cambria.  N.  V..  First  Ch.,  by  Miss  Mary 

E.  Whitwell.  barrel 11  46 

Cummington,  Mass.,  Mrs.    Huntington 

Porter,  bo.x  of  books,  etc. 
Colchester,  Ct  ,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc,  by 

Mrs.  F.  S.  Curtis,  barrel. 
Hancock.  N.  H..  Ladies'  Sew.  Soc.,  by 

Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Farmer,  barrel 29  75 

Hartford.  Ct.,  Asylum  Hill  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 

S.  M.  Capron,  bo.x 121  35 

Mission  Band  of  Asylum  Hill  Ch..  by 

Mary  A.  Hurlbut,  box 75  00 

Hollis.    N.    H..    Ladies'    Reading   and 

Char.    Soc,    by    Ellen    H.    Lovejoy, 

barrel 70  50 

Homer.    N.  Y.,  L.    H.    M.  and  Church 

Aid  Soc  .  by  Mary  S.  Pome.roy,  barrel  50  00 

Meriden.  Ct.,  N.  H    Catlin,  package. 
Middletown.  Ct.,  L.  H.   M.  S.  of  First 

Ch.by  Mrs   M.  L.  Crittenden,  barrel,  97  54 

New  Haven,  Ct.,  Mrs.  Horace  P.  Hoad- 

ley,  bo.x 59  60 

• 


New  London,  Ct.,  First  Ch.  of  Christ, 

by  Alice  Chew,  two  bo.xes $200  00 

New    York   City.    Hospital.    Book,   and 

Newspaper  Soc  .  package. 
Norwich  Town,  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs. 

H.  L.  Ferington,  bo.x 25  00 

Oswego.  N.  Y.,  C.  E.  Society,  by  Mrs. 

W.  B.  Couch,  box 145  28 

San  Diego.  Cal.,  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  Ellen 

E.  Wiggin,  box 24  50 

Sandusky.  O..  W.  M.  U.  ol  First  Ch..by 

Mrs.  Chas.  A.  Judson.  two  boxes.    . .  60  00 

San  Francisco,  Cal..  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc. 

of  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  H.  Warren, 

box 70  00 

South  Coventry,  Ct.,  First  Ch  ,  by  Mrs. 

J.  Isham,  barrel 50  00 

Springfield.  Mass  .  W.  S.  Avery,  box. 
St.    Johnsbury,   Vt..    Ladies    of    North 

Ch..   by    Miss    Mary    E.    Stone,   two 

boxes 225  00 

Wethersfield.  Ct.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc,  by 

Mrs.   Gardner    B.    Smith,  barrel   and 

cash 108  00 

Windsor   Locks.  Ct.,  L.    H.    M.   S.,  by 

Mrs.  Chas.  H.  Coye,  barrel 35  00 


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AUXILIARY    STATE     RECEIPTS 

VERMONT    DOMESTIC    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the   J'eriitont  Domestic    Missionarv  Society  from  May   20  to  June  20,  1894. 
Wm.   C.    Tylkk,    Treasurer 

May  20  to  June  g 


Barre $23  23 

Barre    East 13  08 

Bridj^eport 20  00 

Bridgewater i  72 

Brookfield.  First  Church,  torC.  H.  M.S.  7  28 

Second  Church,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 16  64 

Y.  P.  S   C.  E..  lor  C.  H.M.  S 2  25 

Burke,  East,  Church  and  W.  H.  M.  U..  10  00 

Calais,  East 4  18 

Castleton 13  06 

Charleston,  West 39  05 

Cambridgeport.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  ,  for  lady 

evangelists 2  40 

Chester.  Y.  P.  S.  C,    E.,  for  lady  evan- 
gelists    820 

Dummerston 14  00 

Eden 500 

Mrs.  Calvin  Warren i  00 

Esse.x 5  00 

Essex  Junction,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 15   16 

Fairfield.  East 5  00 

Fair  Haven 13  08 

Welsh  Church 10  00 

Fairlee,  West    6  80 

Glover  and  West  Glover 15  00 

Hartford.  West 19  33 

Hartland '5  57 

Sunday-school 643 

Hubbardton 7  00 

Hyde  Park,  North 4  08 

Island  Pond 16  00 

Jericho,  First  Church 854 

Kirby.... 3  45 

Lyndon ville   25  00 

Marshfield 5  00 

Milton 10  14 

Montgomery  Center 5  00 

Morgan 500 

Newbury.  First  Church 30  00 

Northfield   . .    19  71 

Norwich,  Rev.  N.  R.  Nichols 10  00 

Orange 15  35 

Plainfield 7  70 

Post  Mills  725 

Poultney,  East 6  17 

Quechee 18  00 

Rochester 8  15 


Royalton $10  00 

Royalton.  South 36  37 

Rutland  Center,  Swedish  Church 245 

St.  Albans 11500 

St.  Johnsbury.  North  Church,  Supply  .  15  00 

South  Church 67  55 

East 3  43 

Sheldon 12  00 

Shoreham 14  50 

Strafford 76  00 

Sunderland i  00 

Salisbiiry 256 

Tunbridge 5  00 

Vershire 7  70 

Warren . .  5  00 

Wardsboro.  South g  00 

Waterville 7  00 

Westminster  ....    16  50 

Weston 16  00 

Wolcott 225 

Woodbury,  South 6  00 

'■  Vermont  Missionary  " 8  15 

Income  from  Invested  Funds 143  01 

$1,085  47 

wom..vn"s  home  missionary  union.  ■ 

Barton,  W.  H.  M.  S $5  00 

Bennington.  North,  W.  H.  M.  S 10  00 

Burlington, CollegeChurch,  W.H.  M.S.  10  00 

First  Church,  Cent-a-Day  Band 10  00 

Mclndoe's  Falls,  W.  H.  M.  S 125 

Newbury.  W.  H  .  M.  S 32  50 

Peacham,  W.  H.  M.  S 5  00 

Saxton's  River.  Ladies'  Benevolent  Soc.  5  00 

Shoreham,  W.  H.  M.  S 5  50 

South  Hero.  W.  H.  M.  S  t2  45 

St.   Johnsbury,    South   Church,  W.    H. 

M.  S 20  50 

Westminster,  W.  H.  M.  S $875 

Windham.  W.  H.  M.S 200 

Wincoski,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 442 

Randolph.     Homeland     Circle, 

Oct.   1893 1000 

142  37 

$1,227  84 


From  June  9  to  June  20 


Brattleboro $100  00 

Hartford,  "  I.  H.  H." 1  00 

Holland 750 

Irasburgh 5  00 

Westminster 100 

Annual  Collection,  St.  Johnsbury 98  75 

S213  25 
woman's  home  missionary  union. 

Barton,  "  A  Friend  " $5  00 

Berlin.  W.   H.    M.    S.,    Thank- 
offering 2  06 

Cornwall,  Ladies'  Cent  Society.  8  57 


Newbury,  West,  W.  H.  M.  S  ..  $4  40 

Sheldon,  W.  H.  M.  S 5  co 

FOR    C.  H.  M.  S. 

Barton.  "  A  Friend  " Ss  00 

Burlington.  First  Church.  Y.  L. 

H.  M.  S.  for  Miss  Reitinger.  10  00 

Cornwall.  Ladies'  Cent  Society.  8  00 

Newbury.  West.  VV.  H.  M.  S. . .  4  00 

Sheldon,  W.  H.  M.  S 500 


32  00 


$270  28 


Auj^ust,    i<S94 


The   Home   Missionar}' 


259 


NEW    HAMPSHIRE    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

A\r<'i/>/s  of  the  Nc'lV  Haiiipsliirt-  Home   Missiotiary    Society  from   April   i    to  July   \, 
1894.      Lyman  1),  Stkvkns,    Treasurer 


Alstead,  Thank  offering  of  Y.   P.  S.  C. 

E $3  50 

Ambers*,  Ch.  and  Soc   12  50 

Andovcr  Center,  Y   P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Ch. 

and  Soc 10  00 

Atkinson,  Ch.  and  Soc,  in  part  to  const. 

Mrs.  Sarah   Knight  a  L.  M.  of  Cong. 

Home  Miss.  Soc  30  81 

I?ath.  Ch.  and  Soc 10  40 

Bedford.  Legacy  of  Charles  (iage 224  00 

Bennington,  Ch.  and  Soc         .  4  94 

Berlin,  Ch.  and  Soc,  lor  Cong.  Home 

M iss.  Soc I .(  10 

Boscawen.    Ch.    and    Soc,    for   Cong. 

Home  Miss.  Soc 21  48 

Candia,  Ch.  and  Soc,  for  Cong.  Home 

Miss.  Soc 1200 

Center  Ossipee,  Ch.  and  Soc 10  00 

Claremont.  Ch.  and  Soc  29  00 

Uanbury.  Ladies"  Prayer-meeting 5  00 

Derry,  First  Ch.  and  Soc,  $73-55  ;  S.  S., 

$5  78  55 

East  Alstead 550 

East   Concord,   Legacy   of   Abigail   W. 

Lang,  for  Cong.  Home  Miss.  Soc 184  84 

East  Sullivan,  Ch.  and  Soc 5  cx3 

(iilsum,  Ch.  and  Soc 11  00 

Goffstown,  Ch.  and  Soc 50 

Greenland,  Ch.  and  Soc,  $20.25  ;  and  for 

Cong.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  $5 25  25 

Henniker.   Ch.  and  Soc,  $38  ;  and  for 

Cong.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  S69.75 107  75 

Hollis,  Ch.  and  Soc.  $13  ;  and  for  Cong. 

Home  Miss.  Soc,  $5   1800 

Hopkinton.  Ch.  and  Soc 25  76 

Hudson.  Ch.  and  Soc 16  41 

Keene.  Second 58  00 

Laconia,  Ch.  and  Soc no  00 

Lancaster.  Ch.  and  Soc 26  00 


Lisbon,  Mary   R.  Cummings,  for  Cong. 

Home  Miss.  Soc 

Manchester,  First  Ch.  and  Soc,  $114.84  ; 

Mrs.  Nancy  Barr.  $10 

Nashua,  Legacy  of  Clarissa  P.  Abbott. 

Friends  in  Pilgrim  Ch..  f4  ;  M.  E.  E. 

of  Pilgrim  Ch..  $1 

Newington,  Rev.  H.  P.  Page  and  wife. 

Newport,  Ch.  and  Soc 

North    Conway,    Income    of    Abby    K. 

Wcntworth   Fund 

North  Hampton,  J.  L.  Philbiook 

Pelham,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Cong.  Home 

Miss.  Soc 

Plymouth,  Ch.  and  Soc 

Portsmouth,  North  Ch.  and  Soc 

Raymond,  Mrs.  James  F.  Dudley 

Rindgc.  Ch.  and  Soc 

Rockingham  Co.  Conference 

Salem,  Birthday  money  of  Mrs.  M.  B. 

Presby's  S.  S.  class,  $5  ;  Y.  P.  S.   C. 

E.,  $i.os 

Seabrook    and    Hampton    Falls,    First 

Evan.  Ch.  and  Soc,  $7  ;  Joseph  Kim- 
ball, .«io 

South  Barnstcad.  Ch.  and  Soc 

Sullivan,  Ch.  and  Soc 

Washington,  Ch.  and  Soc 

Webster,  Alfred  Little  Gleaners  Mission 

Band 

West  Concord,  Miss  Lucy  Holden 

West  Lebanon,  Ch.  and  Soc 

Winchester.    L.    H.   M.  Soc,  in  part  to 

const.    Mrs.    Rosa   Bullis  a  L.  M.  of 

Cong.  Home  Miss.  Soc 

Wolfboro,  Y.   P.  S.   C.    E.  of   Ch.   and 

Soc 

N.    H.    Female    Cent    Institution     and 

Home  Miss.  Union 


$100  00 

124  84 
257  50 

5  00 
10  00 
28  88 


25  00 
24  00 
162  55 
200  00 
4  £0 
22  00 


6  05 


17  00 

5  30 

6  00 
10  00 

8  CO 

5  10 


41  50 

9  78 
242  07 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 


Receipts  of  the   Massachusetts  Home   Missionary  Society  in  June,   1894. 

B.   Palmer,    Treasurer 


Rev.  Edwin 


Amesbury.  Main  St.,  by  C.  F.  Hovey. . 
Amherst.    North,   A  Friend,   by  E    H. 

Dickinson 

Andover.  Free  Christian,  by  Mrs.  M.  C. 

Cole 

Whatsoever  Society,  by  Mrs.  Mid- 

dleton 

Whittemore,  Mrs.  A.  M 

Ballardvale.  Union,  by  William  Shaw, 

for  debt 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  for  debt 

Ashfield.  by  Mrs.  Daniel  Williams 

Ayer.  First,  by  Mrs.  Geo.  F.  Kingsbury. 

Bank  Balances.  May  interest  on 

Boston.  A  Friend,  special 

A  Life  Member 

A.  M.  B 

Dorchester,  "  B.,"  for  the  West 

E.  C.  C,  forC.  H.  M.  S 

H.  T.  A 

Park  St.,  by  E.  H.  McGuire  

Roxbury.  West.  South  Evan.,  by  Mrs. 

M.B.  Botsford 

Walker.  Mrs.  John 

Thayer,  M.  E.  and  F.  G.,  for  debt. . 


$18 

28 

5 

00 

71 

20 

10 

00 

3 

00 

I"! 

06 

5 

00 

5 

so 

20 

3b 

47 

II 

25 

00 

I 

00 

I 

00 

I 

00 

5 

00 

20 

00 

5 

00 

78 

68 

S 

00 

6 

00 

Braintree,  First,  by  A.  B.  Keith 87  30 

Hrimf^eld,  S.  S.,  by  H.  M.  Corbin 5  63 

Cambridgeport,  Wood  Mem'l  Junior  En- 
deavor Soc,  by  Rev.  I.  W.  Sneath     .  10  00 
Chelmsford,  Central,  by  Charles  J.  Sod- 

erberg 1500 

Cummington  Village,  A  Friend 10  00 

Dana,  by  N.  L.  Johnson 4  50 

Danvers,  First,  by  George  Tapley 49  00 

Dudley.   Y.   P.  S.  C.  E.,   by   Bertha  E. 

Whiting 7  48 

Fitchburg,  Calvinistic  S.  S,  by  Alice  L. 

Gilson 335 

Rollstone,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Grace  U. 

Davis 20  00 

Framingham,   Plymouth,   by   John    H. 

Temple 54  44 

South,  Grace.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Miss 

Mary  L.  Chamberlin 10  00 

Granville,  East,  by  Rev.  Geo.  A.  Beck- 

with 12  05 

Greenfield,  First,  by  Rev.  C.  H.  Watson  10  00 

Greenwich  Village.  Haskell.  Mrs.  P.  T.  4  00 

Groton,    Union,   by    Frank    D.    Lewis, 

$116.75,  less  25  cents  expressage 116  50 

Hale,  E.  J.  M.  Fund,  Income  of 50  00 


26o 


The   Home   Missionary 


August,   1894 


Hampden  Benevolent  Association,  by 
Geo.    R.    Bond,  Tr.,   South  Hadley 

Falls $10  00 

Harwich,    Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  ,   by   Annie   P. 

Smith 500 

Hatlield    S.  S.  Class  of  A.  H.  Graves,  by 

Mrs.  Julia  E.  Hubbard,  for  debt  C.  H. 

MS 5  00 

Hawley,  West,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Chas. 

Stiles I  40 

Holden,  Y.  P.  S.   C.    E.,  by   Harris  W. 

Moore 5  00 

Hudson,  by  A.  T.  Knight 11  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  A.  T.  Knight 5  00 

Hyde  Park,  by  A.  McMillan   48  63 

First.  S.  S..  by  A.  C.  Farlin 20  06 

Clarendon,  by  Rev.  A.  H.  Johnson   .  .  8  35 

Clarendon    Hills,   L.   H     M.   Sec.  by 
Mrs.  S    H.  Risk,  for  Salary  Fund..  6  00 

Lakeville   Precinct,  by  T.  P.  Paul! 700 

S.  S.,  by  T.  P.  Paull 9  50 

Lexington,  Baker,  Walter  W 50  00 

Manchester-by-the-Sea,      Essex,    South 

Branch,    VV.    B.    M.,   by    Mrs.    H.    L. 

Phillips   1600 

Marlboro,  Fentrjss,  Christina i  00 

S.  S..  Inf.  Dept.  for  Vinita  Academy.  20  00 

Newbaryport,  Belleville,  to  const.  C.  L. 

Foster,  Geo.   N.   Ordway,   Jr..   Annie 

Mutch,  and  Geo.W.  Richardson  L.  Ms. 

of  C.  H.  M.  S.,  and  Rev.  D.  T.  Fiske, 

D.D.,  and  Rev.   A.  W.  Hitchcock  of 

M.  H.  M.  S 271  83 

Newton,  Eliot,  by  F.  C.  Partridge 125  00 

First  (Center*,  by  J.  E.  Rockwood 183  37 

Northampton,  Edwards.  S.  S..  Prim. 
Class,  by  Miss  C.  P.  Bordman.  for 
some  special  work  to  interest  chil- 
dren    12  75 

First,  by  Mrs.  J.  H.  Searle 223  69 

Northbridge,  Whitinsville,  Abbott, 
Helen  L.,  Estate  of,  by  Mrs.  F.  W. 
Abbott 120  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Edward  Whitin. . .  15  09 

Plainfield,  by  Rev.  John  A.  Woodhull  7  96 

Plymouth,  Chiltonville,  by  Miss  C.  E. 

Langford 26  00 


Quincy,  WoUaston,  by  E.  L.  Robbins..      $246  34 

Reed,  Dwight  fund.  Income  of 15  00 

Rochester,  East,  by  George  P.  Morse  . .  5  56 

Rockport.  Pigeon  Cove,  by  Rev.  R.  M. 

Peacock 7  50 

Salem  Tabernacle  S.  S.,  by  A.  L.  Aver- 
ill,  for  Fr.  Prot.  Coll.,  and  to  const. 

Jonah  Jones  a  L.  M 50  00 

Somerville,    Prospect    Hill,    by   M.   P. 

Elliot 31  85 

Springfield,  Capit.\ls 100 

Swede  Congl.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  Carl  E. 

Carlson 519 

Sudbury,   South,    Memorial,   by   Frank 

Howe 41  00 

Taunton,  Winslow,  by  Geo.  W.  Andros  90  00 

Waltham,  Trin..  by  T.  W.  Temple.    ...  22  63 

Wayland,  by  Edward  Carter 8  00 

S.  S.,   Children's   Day    Offering,    by 

Edward  Carter 4  15 

West  Brookfield,  by  A.  G.  Blodgett,  L. 

M .   to  be  named 35  00 

Westford,  Union,  by  Daniel  Atwood...  10  00 

Westport,  Pacific  Union,  S.  S.,  by  J.  C. 

Macomber 14  28 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  T.  F.  Norris. .  5  00 

Weymouth,   Fogg,  John  S  ,   Estate  of, 

by  J.  A.  Fogg  and  A.  B.  Vining.  Exs.    10.000  00 
And      Braintree,     Union,    by    J.     L. 

Delano,  addl 5  00 

Whitcomb,  David,  fund.  Income  of  ... .         150  co 
Williamstown,  Torrey,  Mrs.  Anna  H...  i  00 

Woburn,  B.  and  L 5  oj 

Worcester.  Pilgrim,   Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,by 
Alice  L.  Trask,  for  F.  H.  Ball,  Tou- 

galoo.  Miss 15  00 

Plymouth,  by  F.  W.  Chase 94  75 

Woman's  Home  Missionary  Association, 
by  M.  F.  Woodbury,  Asst.  Treas.: 
Roxbury,    Wal.    Ave.    Aux.    towards 
Salary  of  Rev.  Sam'l  Deakin 31  co 

$12,854  52 
Home  MissiON.\RV 330 


$12,857  82 


Donations  of  Clothing,  etc.,   received  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the  Womati's  Home 
Missionary  Association  in  June,  1894.      MiSS  ANNA  A.   PiCKENS,  Secretary 


Allston.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  E  A.  Raymond, 
cash  $10,  and  barrel $114  00 

Florence,  Young  Ladies'  Mission  Circle, 
by  Miss  Martha  Whitmarsh,  2  bar- 
rels..          no  00 

Hyde  Park.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Mary  C. 
Clark,  barrel 104  00 

Longmeadow.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Harriet 
C.  Bliss,  cash  $5,  and  barrel no  72 


Providence,  R.  I  ,  Central  Ch.,  Ladies, 

by  Mrs   H.  E.  Stockwell,  2  barrels.      $172  79 
Plymouth  Ch.,  Ladies' Home  Mission- 
ary Circle,  by  Mrs.  R.  W.  Jennings, 

barrel 35  00 

Sharon.    Ladies'    Sewing    Society,    by 

Mrs.  Emma  L.  Pettee.  barrel 86  84 

Wellesley,  Ladies,  by  Mary  F.  Brown,  2 
barrels 228  15 


MISSIONARY   SOCIETY    OF    CONNECTICUT 


Receipts  of  the  Missionary   Society  of  Connecticut  in  Jtinc,    1894. 

Treasu7-er 


Ward  W.  Jacobs, 


Branford,  by  L.  J.Nichols 

For  C.   H.    M.  S 

Chatham,    East    Hampton,  First,  by  S. 

Mills  Bevin 

Cheshire,  by  F.  N.  Hall 

East  Lyme.  Niantic,  by  Deacon  George 

Griswold 

East   Windsor,  First,  by  Rev.  William 

F.  English 

Essex,  by  S.  J.  Tilley 


5ii 

50 

II 

50 

16 

00 

17 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

54 

86 

Greenwich,   North    Greenwich,  by    B. 

Close S21  00 

Hartford.  First,  by  C.  T.  Welles    149  60 

Pearl  Street,   by   William  A.  Willard 

for  C.  H.  M.  S 60  53 

Wethersfield  Ave.,  bv  Henry  S.  Forbes  32  00 

Lebanon.  Exeter,  bv  C.  C.  Loomis 31  33 

From  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 2  00 

Middlefield.  by  Rev.  John  Allender.   ...  47  00 

New  Hartford,  Nepaug,  by  J.  B.  Spencer  10  30 


Aui^ust,   1894 


The    Home   Missionary 


261 


Norwich,  Rroachvay,  by  S.  B.  Bishop.. .  $200  00 

Plvmouth,  by  Arthur  Ik-ardslcy 34  70 

Sa'icin.  by  Rev.  E.  W.  Mcrritt 36  00 

Saybrook,    Deep    River,    Swedish,    by 

Frank  A    Lund j  64 

Stamford,  Long  Rid^je,  by  Rev.  Calvin 

B.  McLean 12  50 

Stonington,  Second,  by  Rev.  Charles  J. 

Hill,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 69  00 


Mystic,   by   Miss   Anna   C.    Denison, 

Sec.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Watcrtown,  by  Georf^e  N.  (jriswold  . . . 
Windsor,  I'irst,  by  S.  H.  Barber 


Norwich,  Broadway,  Ladies,  a  bo.x. 


27  63 
62  75 

$927  84 


$63 


MICHIGAN    CONGREGATIONAL    ASSOCIATION 

J\Lceipts  of  the  Michigan    Congregational  Association    in  June,    1894.      Rk\'.   John    V. 

S.WDERSON,    I'reastirer 


Ann  Arbor $52  50 

Calumet,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E 25  00 

Cannon 9  00 

Clinton 12  00 

Custer.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 200 

East  Gilead 2  00 

Grand  Rapids,  Stnith   Memorial 

S.  S 4  55 

Grand ville,  S.  S 6  25 

Hudson 5  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 7  00 

Maple  Rapids 5  00 

Prattville 2  36 

W.  Solon 500 


W.  H.  M.  U.  Receipts  in  April, 
May.  and  June,  Mrs.  E.  F. 
Grabill,  Treasurer  : 

Allegan,  W.  M.  S $11  50 

Alpena.  \V.  H.  M.  U 2500 

Ann  Arbor,  \V.  H.  M.  S 5700 

Banks,  Ladies  of  the  Ch 500 

Hridgeport.  W.  M.  S 2  40 

Calumet,  W.  M.  S 25  00 

Charlotte.  L.  B.  S 25  00 

Cheboygfan.  \V.  H.  M.  S 7  00 

Columbus.  W.  H.  M.  U 5  50 

Detroit.  First.  W.  A 100  00 

Detroit.  Wood  Ave..  W.  U 50  00 

Dowagiac.  Jun.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  5  00 

East  Newton.  W.  M.  S 2  60 

Flint,  W.  H    M.  S 6  00 

Fredonia.  W.  M.  S i  i;o 

Grand  Rapids, West.W.  H.  M.  S.  50  00 


S137  66 


Cjrect.villc,   W.   H.  M.   S.,   gis  ; 

Juv.  Miss.   Bd.,  $1.15 $1615 

Hopkins' Station.  W.  H.  M.  S..  800 

Imlay  City,  W.  H.  .M.  S 20  25 

Kalamazoo,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 9  00 

Lawrence,  Au.x 5  00 

Lickley's  Corners,  W.  H    M.  S.  2  00 

Mattawan.  W.  H.  M.  U 10  00 

Memphis,  C.  E.  S i  25 

Mich.   Center,  S.   S..  $1  ;  Help- 
ing Hand.  ?4.5o 5  50 

Olivet.  L.  B.  S 28  57 

Portland.  W.  M.  S 470 

Salem.  First,  W.  H.  M.  S 250 

Sault  Ste.  Marie,  H.  &  F.  M.  S.  6  78 

South  Emmet,  Au.x 50 

Stanton,  W.H.  M.S 1415 

T.   N.   Stevens,  to   const,   his 
daughter,  Bertha,   a  L.   M. 

of  C  H.  M.  S 50  00 

Traverse  City,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. . . .  15  78 

Union  City,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Vicksburg.  Au.x 10  co 

Victor,  W.  H.  M.  S 500 

West  Adrian,  L.  M.  S 17  5° 

Wheatland,  W.  H.  M.  U 1475 

Wolverine,  W.  H.  M.  S 3  82 

Of  which  previously  acknowl- 
edged   


S634  70 


235  00 


$399  70 

The  W.  H.  M.  U.  receipts  include  the  sum  of 
$319.14  not  received  by  the  treasurer  of  the 
M.  C.  A.  on  date  of  reporting,  July  2,  1894. 


\VOMAN'S     STATE     HOME     MISSIONARY 
ORGANIZATIONS 


OFFICERS 


I.   NEW    HAMPSHIRE 


FEMALE  CENT   INSTITUTION 
Organized  August,  1804 
and 
HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  June.  i8go 
President.   Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Walker.  Concord. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  John  T.  Perry.  Exeter. 
Treasurer. 'iiW^'i  Annie  A.   McFarland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 


2.   MINNESOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  September,  1872 

President.   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  230  E.  9th 

St..  St.  Paul. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon.   17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E..  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner.  Northfield. 


202 


The   Home  Missionary 


August,   1894 


3.   ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  March,  1877 
Reorganized  April,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews,  Talladega. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  T.  N.  Chase,  Selma. 
Treasurer, '^\\'^.  H.  S.  De  Forest.  Talladega. 

4.   MASSACHUSETTS    AND    RHODE 
ISLAND  * 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   ASSOCIA- 
TION 
Organized  February,  1880 

President,  Mrs.  C  L.  Goodell.  The  Rochdale, 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Miss  Anna  A  Pickens.  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess,  32  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 


5.   MAINE 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   AUXILIARY 
Organized  June,  1880 

President,   Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Denio,  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Rose  M.  Crosby,  26  Grove  St.. 
Bangor. 

6.   MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  May,  1881 

President,  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane.  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave  .  Detroit. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield.  301  Elm  St..  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 


7.   KANSAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  October.  1881 

President,   Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  George  L.  Epps.  Topeka. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  D.  DeLong.  Arkansas  City. 


9.  NEW    YORK 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President,   Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,   Mrs.    Wm.  Spalding,  511   Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   J.    J.   Pearsall,    230   Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 

10.  ■WISCONSIN 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President.  Mrs.  E.  G.  Updike,  Madison. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman,  Whitewater. 

II.  NORTH  DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1883 

President.    Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland.  Caledonia. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Harwood. 
Treasurer,y\.x^.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 

12.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

President,  Mrs.  John  Sommerville,  246  Washing- 
ton St.,  Portland. 

Secretary.    Mrs.  Geo   C.  Brownell.  Oregon  City. 

Treasicrer,  Mrs  W.  D.  Palmer,  2S3  4lh  St.,  Port- 
land. 

13.  WASHINGTON 

Including  Northern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June,  1889 

Presiden',   Mrs.  A.  J.  Bailey,  323   Blanchard   St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs   J.  W.  George,  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 


WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May.  1882 

President,    Mrs    J.  G.  W.   Cowles.  417  Sibley  St., 

Cleveland. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  Flora  K.  Resral.  Oberlin. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  George   B.    Brown,  21 16  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 


14.   SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S    HOMF,    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  September,  1884 

President,    .Mrs.  A    H.  Robbins.  Ashton. 
Secretary,    Mrs   W.  H    Thrall.  Huron. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  M    Wilco.x,  Huron. 


*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  list  as  a  State  body  for  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
Island,  it  has  certain  au.xiliaries  elsewhere. 


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15.  CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S    HOMK    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Orj,'ani/A'd  January,  1885 

rrcsidcnt.   Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    C.    T.     Millard,    36    Lewis    St., 

Hartford. 
fiiitsurcr.  Mrs.    W.    W.    Jacobs,    19   Sprinjj;    St., 

Hartford. 

16.   MISSOURI 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  18S5 

P>fs/t/c-/i/,    Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secreiiiry,    Mrs.    E.    C.    Ellis,   2456  Tracy   Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
frcdsurer.  Mrs.   K.  L.  Mills,  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 


22.   INDIANA 

WOMANS    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Ort;anized  May,  1888 

President^    Mrs.   E.   C.    Bell,   221   Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   K.    E.    Dewhurst,     28   Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

23.   SOUTHERN   CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'.S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  18S8 

President,  Mrs.  Emma  Cash,  1658  Temiple  St., 
Los  Angeles. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  K.  W.  Bent,  Box  442,  Pasa- 
dena. 

Trea.<!urer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place, 
Riverside. 


17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Isaac  Claflin.  Lombard. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   C.   H.  Taintor,   151  Washington 

St.,  Chicago. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field,  Wilmette. 


24.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  June,  1888 

President.    Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine.  Windsor. 
Treasiirer,MTS.   Wm.    P.    Fairbanks,    St.   Johns- 
bury. 


18.   IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  June.  1S86 

President,   Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass.  Grinnell. 
Secretary.    Mrs.   V.  H.  Mullett,  Clinton, 
Treasurer,  Miss  Belle  L.  Bentley,  300  Court  Ave., 
Des  Moines. 

19.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Organized  October,  1887 

President,   Mrs,  E,  S.  Williams,  Pacific  Grove. 
Secretary,    .Mrs.   L,   M.   Howard,  911   Grove  St., 

Oakland. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 

Oakland. 

20.  NEBRASKA 

WOMANS    HO.ME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1SS7 

President.  Mrs.   J      T.    Duryea,    2402    Cass    St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary.    Mrs.   S.  C.   Dean,    636    So.    31st    St., 

Omaha. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.   Powell,  30th  &   Ohio  Sts,, 

Omaha. 


21,   FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  .S.  F.  Gale,  Jacksonville. 
Secretary.,   Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows.  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown.  Interlachen. 


25.  COLORADO 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  J.  W  Pickett.  White  Water, 
Secretary.    Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Denver. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  S.  A.  Sawyer.  Boulder. 

26.  'WYOMING 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 
Reorganized  December,  1892 

President.   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker.  Cheyenne. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple.  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smith,  Rock  Springs. 

27.  GEORGIA 
WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November.  1888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

28.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs  C.  L.  Harris.  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary.    Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  H.  Turner,  3112  12th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 


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29.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1S89 

President,   Miss  Anna  F.  Condict,  490  Canal  St., 

New  Orleans. 
Secretary,    Miss    Emily   Nichols,    490  Canal    St., 

New  Orleans. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Shaltuck,  Welsh. 

30.    ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY,   AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION   OF    THE 
CENTRAL  SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April.  1889 

President,  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore,  Bo.x  8,  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville,  Tenn. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith.  304  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  F.  Moreland.  1 214  Grundy  St., 
Nashville,  Tenn. 


31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMANS   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman,  Dudley. 
Secreta  ry    ) 

and  '     vMiss  A.  E.  Farrington,   High  Point. 
Treasurer,  ) 

32.   TEXAS 

WOMANS    HO.ME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized   March,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin,  Dallas. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Box  563,  Dallas. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   C.   1.    Scofield,    Lock    Bo.x   220. 
Dallas. 

33.   MONTANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.   Bell,    410  Dearborn   Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer,Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones.  Livingston. 

34.   PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  Allegheny. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennie.  Ridgway. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones.  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 

35.   OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1890 

President,    Mrs.  J.  H.  Parker.  Kingfisher. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt,  Guthrie. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Hammer,  Oklahoma  City. 


36.   NEW  JERSEY 
Inclldi.ng  District   of  Columbi.\,  Marvi.a.nd, 

AND    ViRGINI.'V 

WOMAN'S  HO.ME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 

THE  NEW  JERSEY   ASSOCIATION, 

Organized  March.  1891 

President,    Mrs.  A.  H.  Bradford,  Montclair. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weeden,  Upper  Mont- 
clair. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150  Belleville  Ave., 
Newark. 


37.   UTAH 

I.MCLUDiNG  South RR.N  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1891 

Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,    Mrs.    Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt   Lake 

City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  135  Si.xth  St.,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett.  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs   Oscar  Sonnenkalb.  Pociilello. 


38.   INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  April,  1892. 

President.  Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd.  Vinita. 
Secretary.  Miss  Louise  Graper.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond.  Vinita. 

39.   NEVADA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  Octo'cer,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
Secretary.    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.   NEW^   MEXICO 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuquerque. 
Secretary,     Mrs.  E.  W.   Lewis,  30T  So.  Edith  St., 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 

41.   BLACK  HILLS,   SO.   DAKOTA 

BLACK    HILLS   WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President,    Mrs.  J.  B.  Gossagc.  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hill's,  South  Dakota. 
Secretary,      Mrs.   H.   H.   Gilchrist.    Hot  Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  Miss    Grace     Lyman.     Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Field  Secretaries 

Rev.  W.  G.  PuDDEFOOT,  South  Framingham,  Mass. 

Rev,  C.  W.  SiiKLTON,  Birmingham,  Conn. 

Rev.  H.  D.  WiAKi),  151  Washington  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Superintendents 

Rev.  MoRiTZ  E.  Evkrsz,  D.IX,  German  Department,  151  Washington  St  ,  Chicago,  111. 

kev.  Scandinavian  Department, 

Rev.  Henkv  a.  SchaufI'LER,  D.D.,  Slavic  Department,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Enw.  D.  Curtis,  D.D Indianapolis,  Ind.        Rev.  W.  H.  Thkall Huron,  S.  Dale 

Rev.  S.  V.  Gale Jacksonville,  Fla.         Rev.  H.  C.  Simmons Fargo,  N.  Dak. 

Rev.  J.  H.  MoRi.EV Minneapolis,  Minn.  Denver,  CoL 

Rev.  Alkueij  K.  Wkav .• Springfield,  Mo.         Rev.  W.  S.  Hawkes Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Rev.  L.  P.  r.RoAD Topeka,  Kan.         Rev. J.  K.  Harrison San  Irancisco,  Cal. 

Rev.  E.  H.  AsuMUN .Albuquerque,  N.  M.         Rev.  Iames  T.  Foru Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Rev.  A.  JuDsoN  Bailey Seattle,  Wash.         Rev.  C.  F.  ClaI'I' Forest  Grove,  Ore. 

Rev.  T.  G.  Gkassie Ashland,  Wis.         „        t-  iir    t  r>  n        J  5"  Woodland  Terrace, 

Rev   A    A    Brown        )  Black  Hills  and  Wyoming.  Rev.  T.  W.  Jonls,  D.D.  . .  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Kev.  A.  A.  I.ROWN...-J  j^^j  gp_.;^^g^   g^^^^^  j^,^l^^^j,^_         Rev.W.S.BEi.i Helena,  Mon. 

Rev.  Harmon  Bross Lincoln,  Neb.         Rev.  S.  C.  McDaniel Atlanta,  Ga. 

Rev.  S.  E.  Bassett  (Supt.  Alabama) . .  Ft.  Valley,  Ga.         Rev.  J.  Homer  Parker Kingfisher,  Okl. 

Secretaries  and  Treasurers 

of  the  Auxiliaries 

Rev. Jonathan  E.  Adams,  D.D.,  Secretary.  ..Maine  .Missionary  Society Bangor,  Me. 

John  L.  Crosby,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "      Bangor,  Me. 

Rev.  A.  T.  HiLLMAN,  Secretary ......New  Hampshire  Home  Miss.  Society Concord,  N.  H. 

Hon.  LvMAN  D.  Stevens,  Treasurer "  "  "  "  "       ...  .Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  Secretary Vermont  Domestic  "  "       St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Wm.  C.  Tyler,  Treasurer •'  "  "  "       ..  ..St.  Johnsbury,  Vt, 

Rev.JosHUv  CoiT,  Secretary Massachusetts  Home  "  "       )  9  Cong'l  House, 

Rev.  Edwin  1;.  Palmer,  Treasurer.    "  "  '  "       ....)  Boston,  Mass. 

Rev.  Alexander  McGregor,  Secretary Rhode  Island        '•  "  "       Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

Jos.  Wm.  Rice,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "•  "       ....  Providence,  R.  I. 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut Hartlord,  Conn. 

Ward  W.  Jacobs,  Esq..  Treasurer "  "  "  Hartford,  Conn. 

Rev.  Ethan  Ci^'RTis,  Secretary New  York  Home  Miss.  Society Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

William  Spalding,  Treasurer "  "  "  "      Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser,  D.D. ,  Secretary Ohio  "  "  "        Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Wm.  B.  Howland,  Treasurer "  "  "  "      New  York  City. 

Rev.  James  Tompkins,  L">.D.,  Secretary Illinois  "  "  "       )  151  Washington  St., 

.\aron  B.  Me  ui,  Esq.,  Treisurer "  "  "  "       )         Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Homer  W.  Carter,  Secretary Wisconsin       '•  '  "       .Beloit,  Wis. 

C.  M.  Bl^ckm  AN,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       Whitewater,  Wis. 

Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass,  D.D. ,  Secretary Iowa  "  ''  "       Grinnell,  Iowa. 

J.  H.  Merrill,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       Des  Moines.  Iowa. 

Rev.  Wm.  H.  Warrem,  Secretary Michigan  Congregational  Association.  ...Lansing,  Mich. 

Rev.  John  P.  Sanderson,  Treasuier, "  "  "  Lansing,  Mich. 

Geo.  H.  Morgan,  Secretary Cong.  City  Miss.  Society St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Rev.  Arch'd  L.  Love,  Superintendent   "         "         "  "       St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Lewis  E.  Snow,  Treasurer "         "         "  "      St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Communications 

relating  to  .general  business  of  the  Society  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries  for  Correspondence. 
Communications  relating  to  the  Editorial  Department  of  Th^  Home  Missionary  may  be  addressed  to 
Rev.  Alex.  H.  Clapp,  D.D.  Correspondence  of  the  Woman's  Department  may  be  addressed  to  Mrs.  H.  S. 
Caswell,  Bible  House.  New  York. 

Donations  and  Subscriptions 

in  Drafts,  Checks,  Registered  Letters,  or  Post-Office  Orders  may  be  addressed  to  Wm.  B.  HowlanD; 
Treasurer,  Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  PAYMENT  OF  $50  CONSTITUTES  A  LIFE  MEMBER 


Form    of   a   Bequest 


I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trust,  to  pay  over  the  same, 

in  months  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is  payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer 

of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to  the  charitable  use  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York 


Major-General   Oliver  O.  Howard 

Presidoit. 

Rev.  David  B.  Coe,  D.D..   Honorary   Secretary 
Rev.  Alexander  H    Clapp,  D.D.,  Honorary    Treasurer 

Secretaries  for  Correspondence 
Rev.  Joseph  B.  Clark,  D.D. 

Rev.  William  Kincaid,  D.D. 

Rev.  Washington  Choa ie,  D  D. 

Mr.  William  B.  Rowland,   Treasurer 

Executive  Committee 

Wm,  Ives  Washburn,  Esq.,  Chairmati 

Asa  a.  Spear,  Esq.,  Recording  Secretary 

Rev.  William  M.  Taylor,  D.D. 

Mr.  Charles  H.  Parsons 

Rev.  James  G.  Roberts,  D.D. 

Rev.  Samuel  H.  Virgin,  D.D. 

Mr.  Joseph  Wm.  Rice 

Mr.  Herbert  M.  Dixon 

Rev.  Robert  R.  Meredith,  D.D 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Richards,  D.D 

Mr.  George  P.  Stockwell 

Rev.  Robert  J.  Kent 

Rev.  John  D.  Kingsbury,  D.D. 

Mr.  George  W.  Hebard 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Stimson,  D.D, 


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Contents   for   September,   1894 


PAOK 

Then  and  Now  : 

Ten  Years   of  Slavic  Work...    265 

Timely   Help .  .   274 

Address  of  Welcome 275 

Dr.  Miller's  Reminiscence 278 

Gen.  Howard's    Response 278 

Expect  Answers 281 

Report    of   Committee    on    Annual 

Report 282 

Rev.  W.   G.    Puddefoot's  Address.   284 


!".\GE 

Work  of  the   Local  Church 289 

Work 29 1 

Dr.  Hopkins's  Address 292 

Call  to   United  Prayer 296 

Good   Reading  Matter  Wanted.    .  297 

How  They  Pay  Him 298 

One  Generous  Gift  for  Home  Mis- 
sions  299 

Treasury  Note 301 


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Is  published  monthly,  at  sixty  cents  a  year,  jiostage  paid.  It  is  sent  witliout  charge,  on 
request,  to  be  made  annually,  to  Life  Members;  Missionaries  of  the  Society  and  its  Aux- 
iliaries; Ministers  securing  a  yearl_\  collection  for  it  in  their  congregations  ;  also  to  individu- 
als, associations,  or  congregations,  one  copy  fur  c7'cry  Icn  dollars  collected  and  j-iaid  over  to.  the 
Society  or  an  Auxiliary.  Suitable  names  should  accompany  the  payment.  Pastors  are 
earnestly  requested  to  serve  Home  Missions  by  promoting  the  use  of  lliis  journal  at  the 
Monthly  Concert  and  among  their  people. 

Immediate  notice  of  discontinuance  or- change  of  post-office  address  sliould  be  given. 


The    Home    Missionary 

Vol.  LXVII  SEPTEMBER,   1894  No.  5 


THEN    AND    NOW 

OR  TEN  YEARS'  PROGRESS  IN  THE  WORK  OF  THE  CONGRE- 
GATIONAL HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  FOR  THE  SLAVIC 
POPULATION    IN    THE   UNITED   STATES 

By  SuPT.  H.  A.  SCHAUFFLER,  D.D.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

HEN  the  editor  of  The  Home  Missionary  asked  me  for  an  illus- 
trated article  on  Slavic  work,  I  was  puzzled  to  know  how  to 
respond.  But  Providence  has  solved  the  problem.  The  first 
conference  of  the  Slavic  missionaries  in  this  country,  held  in  Cleveland, 
July  9th  to  nth  last,  furnished  such  a  delightful  and  inspiring  object 
lesson  and  demonstration  of  the  genuine  progress  made  in  this  work 
during  the  last  ten  years,  reckoning  from  the  time  of  the  first  report  of  a 
half-year's  work  made  to  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society  by 
the  writer  in  the  spring  of  1884,  that  it  became  plain  that  a  picture  of 
that  body  of  workers,  and  some  statements  concerning  them  and  the  work 
they  are  engaged  in,  as  compared  with  the  day  of  small  things  ten  years 
ago,  could  not  fail  to  interest  and  encourage  all  friends  of  Home  Mis- 
sions and  all  lovers  of  God  and  their  country. 

Ten  years  ago  last  spring  I  was  entirely  alone  in  the  Bohemian  home 
missionary  work  of  the  Congregational  body,  the  first  denomination 
w'hich,  through  its  Home  Missionary  Society,  took  up  work  for  the  Slavic 
population  in  this  country.  Cleveland  was  then  our  only  station,  and  the 
Bohemians  the  only  Slavic  people  for  whom  we  worked.  Sunday  morn- 
ing I  preached  in  a  small  and  very  poorly  furnished  "  wigwam  "  in  the 
largest  Bohemian  district,  and  ill  the  afternoon  in  a  little  Congregational 
chapel  in  a  large  Roman  Catholic  district  on  the  west  side.  We  also 
held  a  small  Sunday-school  in  the  crowded  wigwam.  I  had  discovered 
one  converted  Bohemian  in  an  English  Sunday-school,  and  two  or  three 
others  had  been  won  for  Christ.  The  first  mentioned  suffered  bitter 
persecution    from    her   parents.      Coarse    materialism    and   blasphemous 


266  The   Home   Missionary  September,  1894 

infidelity  had  made  havoc  with  the  unintelligent  faith  and  blind  supersti- 
tion of  large  numbers  of  a  people  mostly  enslaved  by  Rome,  and  yet 
instinctively  yearning  for  a  freedom  once  the  glory  of  Bohemia.  Without 
the  Gospel,  however,  American  liberty  was  fast  being  turned  into  license. 
The  golden  opportunity  for  reaching  these  people  with  the  truth  on  their 
arrival  in  this  country  had  been  neglected.  It  was  hard  to  regain  lost 
ground.  Besides,  Americans  knew  little  about  Bohemians,  and  that  little 
was  not  to  their  credit.  Missionary  workers  conversant  with  the  Slavic 
languages  were  not  to  be  found.  And  yet  the  Slavic  population  was 
rapidly  increasing  and  becoming  a  source  of  no  small  danger  to  our 
country.  The  outlook  from  the  human  standpoint  was  gloomy  indeed. 
But  the  work  was  the  Lord's.  He  put  it  into  the  heart  of  the  late  Rev. 
Charles  Terry  Collins  to  seek  a  missionary  for  the  25,000  Bohemians  of 
Cleveland,  when  he  knew  not  where  to  look  for  one,  and  Mr.  Collins  led 
the  Congregational  churches  of  Cleveland  and  the  officers  of  the  Congre- 
gational Home  Missionary  Society  to  believe  with  Judson  that  the  pros- 
pects of  success  were  "  as  bright  as  the  promises  of  God."  How  fully 
events  have  justified  this  faith,  was  proved  most  conclusively  by  the 
recent  conference. 

Let  us  turn  to  the  object-lesson  group,  and  see  the  contrast  presented 
to  the  condition  of  things  ten  years  ago. 

The  thirty-three  persons,  besides  Prof.  Graham  Taylor,  represent  the 
Slavic  home  missionary  work  of  our  Congregational  churches,  with  forty- 
two  missionaries,  including  twelve  wives,  most  of  whom  engage  actively 
in  the  work  ;  eight  male  students  ;  three  students'  wives  ;  eight  Bible- 
reader  pupils — a  total  force  of  sixty-one,  working  in  nine  States  (not 
counting  South  Norwalk,  Conn.,  where  a  Magyar  work  of  real  promise 
has  a  Braddock  Slovak  brother  as  its  missionary),  Oh[o,  Pennsylvania, 
Michigan,  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  Iowa,  Missouri,  and  Nebraska  ; 
in  thirty-two  stations  and  out-stations  ;  for  ten  churches,  with  a  member- 
ship of  554  and  additions  during  last  year  of  126  ;  with  sixteen  Sunday- 
schools,  having  a  membership  of  over  2,900  ;  with  forty  preaching  services 
and  seventy-four  other  meetings,  almost  all  weekly,  and  an  average 
attendance  of  over  4,900  ;  with  20,878  visits  made  during  the  last  mis- 
sionary year,  and  677  copies  of  the  Scriptures  and  over  278,000  pages  of 
tracts  circulated  in  the  same  time  ;  with  a  successful  Slavic  Department 
in  Oberlin,  and  a  flourishing  Bible-Readers  School  in  Cleveland. 

This  is  the  contrast  to  the  solitary  missionary  of  ten  years  ago. 

Let  us  look  at  the  picture  more  in  detail.  Suppose  the  reader  shall 
first  attempt  to  pick  out  the  twenty-three  Bohemians,  three  Poles,  one 
Slovak,  and  seven  Anglo-Americans  in  the  picture. 

We  naturally  commence  with  Cleveland,  where  our  Slavic  work  began. 
Here   the    Bohemian    workers   are    Rev.   John    Prucha    (21),    Bohemian 


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preacher  in  liethlehem  and  East  Cleveland  and  I^lizpah  Chapel — where  ser- 
vices are  held  every  Sunday  in  four  languages — himself  a  Catholic  when 
he  commenced  attending  our  services,  converted  in  Bethlehem  and  edu- 
cated in  the  Oberlin  Slavic  Department  (Rev.  E.  M.  May,  the  English 
preacher  at  Bethlehem,  is  not  in  the  group)  ;  Rev.  John  Musil  and  wife 
(4  and  8),  of  Cyril  I  hapel,  west  side — he  a  Protestant  converted  in  Bohemia 
and  educated  in  Switzerland  and  Oberlin,  and  she  a  graduate  of  the  Bible- 
Readers  School;  Superintendent  and  Mrs.  Schauffler  (27  and  16),  she  prin- 
cipal of  the  Bible- Readers  School  ;  Miss  Sarah  R.  Merrell  (15),  working 
in  the  East  Cleveland  field  with  our  East  Madison  Congregational  Church 
as  a  center  since  1887  ;  Miss  Marie  Reitinger  (3),  missionary  and  teacher 
in  the  Bible- Readers  School,  herself  a  fruit  of  the  American  Board's 
work  in  Bohemia  and  Moravia  ;  and  Miss  Magdalena  Kuchera  (28),  our 
first  and  only  Bible-Reader  nurse,  doing  most  important  work  for  the  sick 
and  the  poor,  but  whom  the  poverty  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society 
prevents  our  employing  at  present. 

Chicago  is  represented  by  Rev.  Dr.  Adams  (24),  ten  years  missionary 
of  the  American  Board  in  Prag,  Bohemia,  and  since  the  fall  of  1884  in 
charge  of  the  large  Bohemian  mission  work  of  our  Chicago  churches  ; 
Mr.  Joseph  Jelinek  (32)  aiding  Dr.  Adams  in  the  W'Ork,  whose  total  aver- 
age weekly  attendance  is  1,348.  From  the  St.  Louis  station  Rev.  Edmund 
Wrbitzky  (12)  is  present.  He  was  converted  in  our  mission  in  Briinn, 
Moravia,  educated  in  Switzerland  and  Oberlin,  served  several  years  as 
pastor  of  Cyril  Chapel,  Cleveland,  and  in  1891  removed  to  St.  Louis, 
where  he  married  Miss  Marie  Pipal,  a  graduate  of  the  Bible-Readers 
School,  who  had,  single-handed,  commenced  a  promising  work  there 
among  Bohemians,  and  where  Miss  Anna  Belshan,  our  first  Bible-reader 
pupil,  is  laboring  with  them  for  the  oldest  Bohemian  colony  in  the  United 
States.  A  small  church  was  formed  there  last  March.  Mr.  Vaclav 
Prucha  (19)  represents  the  St.  Paul  (Minn.)  Bohemian  work,  where  a 
church  was  formed  in  1893  ;  and  Rev.  Philip  Reitinger  (17)  is  pastor  of  the 
flourishing  Silver  Lake  church,  sixt}'  miles  w^est  of  St.  Paul,  which  built  a 
church  without  aid  in  1891,  and  has  furnished  five  young  people  for  mis- 
sionary work.  Mr.  John  Rundus  (29).  one  of  the  earliest  students  in  the 
Oberlin  Slavic  Department,  whom  the  writer  invited  thither  from  his  farm 
in  Kansas,  is  working  for  the  Bohemian  farming  population  of  Saline 
County,  Neb.  The  Bohemian  stations  not  represented  in  the  group  are 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  where  Mr.  V.  Totushek  and  his  wife  are  laboring  in  a 
difficult  but  very  important  field,  and  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  with  its  out-stations 
of  Vining  and  Luzerne,  where  Rev.  F.  T.  Bastel  and  wife  are  stationed. 
In  Vining  the  people  built  a  church  last  year  without  asking  for  aid. 

The  Polish  force  consists  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  J.  Dessup — not  in  the 
picture — he  born  in  Poland  of  a  French  father  and  German  mother  ; 
• 


Key  to  Group  of" 
CoNORKCA  rioNAr,  Slavic    Home  Missionary  Workers. 

No.     I.     Miss  Anna  Trchka,  Bohemian  Pupil  Bible  Readers  School,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
"      2.     Mr.  W.  L.  Shendkl,  Missionary  to  Poles,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
"       3.      Miss   Makik  Reitinckr,  Bohemian   Missionary  and  Teacher  in    IJiljle  Readers 

School,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
"       4.      Rev.  John   Musil,  Pastor  of  Cyril  Chapel  (Bohemian),  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

3.     Prof.  Graham  Taylor,  D.D.,  of   Chicago   Theological    Seminary,  which  is 

beginning  to  educate  Poles  for  Polish  missionary  work. 
().      Mr.  L.  IIonouSH,  Student  in  Adelbert  College,  preparing  for    P.ohe-mian  mis- 
sionary work,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
"       7.     Rev.  John  Lewis,  Missionary  to  Poles,  Detroit,  Mich. 
"      8.     Mrs.  John  Musil,  Bohemian  Graduate  of  Bible  Readers  School. 
"       9.      Mr.  Makiin  Prucha,  about  to  enter  Mt.  Ilermon  School,  aiding  in  Bohemian 

work  during  vacation,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
"     10.      Miss   Antonie   Osinek,   Bohemian    Pupil    Bihle   Readers  School,   from   Silver 

Lake,    Minn. 
"     II.     Miss  Theresa  Prucha,  Graduate  of  Bible  Readers  School,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
"     12.     Rev.  E.  Wriutzky,  Pastor  Bohemian  Mission  Church,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
"     13.      Miss  Anna  A.  Gross,  Matron  and  Teacher  Bible  Readers  School. 
"     14.      .Miss  Barkaka  Slawinski,  Polish  Pupil  Bible  Readers  School. 
"     15.     Miss  Sarah  R.  Merrell^  Missionary  to  Bohemians,  East  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
"     16.      Mrs.  Clara  Hobart  Schauffler,  Principal  of  Bible  Readers  School. 
"     17.     Rev.  Philip  Reitinger,  Pastor  Bohemian  Church,  Silver  Lake,  Minn. 
"     18.     Miss   Emily   Mistr,  Graduate    Bible    Readers    School,    Missionary   to   Poles, 

Toledo,  Ohio. 
"     19.     Mr.  V.\CLAV  Prucha,  Bohemian  Student  and  Missionary  in  St.  Paul,  Alinn. 
"     20.     Prof.  L.  F.  MlSKOVSKY,  Principal   Slavic   Department  of    Oberlin  Theological 

Seminary. 
"    21.     Rev.  John  Prucha,  Bohemian  Pastor  Bethlehem  Church,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
"    22.     Miss  Frances  Trutna,  Bohemian  Pupil  Bible    Readers   School,  from   Silver 

Lake,   Minn. 
"    23.      Miss  ALA.RIE  OsiNEK,  Bohemian  Pupil  Bible  Readers  School,  from  Silver  Lake, 

Minn. 
"     24.      Rev.  E.  A.  Adams,  D.D.,  in  charge  of  Bohemian  Mission,  Chicago,  and  editor 

of  Pravda. 
"    25.     Miss  Ella  Hobart,  Missionary  to  Poles  in  Cleveland  and  Teacher  in  Bible 

Readers  School. 
"     26.      Mr.  Andro  Kovach,  Slovak  Student,  Oberlin,  from  Braddock,  Penn. 
"    27.     Supt.  H.  A.  Schauffler,  Slavic  Department  of  C.  H.  j\L  S.  work. 
"    28.     Miss  Magdalena  Kuchera,  Bohemian  Bible  Reader  Nurse,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
"    29.     Mr.  John  Rundus,  Missionary  to  Bohemians  in  Saline  Co.,  Neb. 
"    30.     Miss  Anna  Hodoush,  Graduate  Bible  Readers  School,  Missionary  to  Slovaks 

in  Braddock,  Penn. 
"    31.     Rev.  John  Jelinek,  Pastor  Branch  Slovak  Church,  Braddock,  Penn. 
"    32.     ^^r.  Josef  Jelinek,  Missionary  to  Bohemians,  Chicago,  111. 
"    33.     Miss  Fannie  Bochek,  Missionary  to  Slovaks,  Johnstown,  Penn. 
"    34.     Mr.  Karel  Trchka,  Student  Oberlin  Slavic  Department,  from  Cleveland,  Ohio. 


270  The   Home   Missionary  September,  1894 

Miss  Ella  Hobart  (25),  who  has  learned  Polish  and  divides  her  time 
between  missionary  work  for  Poles  and  teaching  in  the  Bible-Readers 
School  ;  Rev.  John  Lewis  (7),  converted  in  Cleveland,  educated  in  Ober- 
lin,  and  working  for  Poles  in  the  great  and  very  difficult  field  in  Detroit, 
Mich.;  Miss  Emily  Mistr  (18),  a  Bohemian  graduate  of  the  Bible-Readers 
School,  laboring  for  Polish  women  and  children  in  Toledo  and  Detroit ; 
and  Mr.  W.  E.  Shendel  (2),  a  Pole  converted  in  Cleveland,  educated  in 
Oberlin,  and  just  appointed  to  work  for  Poles  in  Toledo,  Ohio. 

In  the  Slovak  work  are  Rev.  John  Jelinek  (31),  converted  in  connection 
with  our  Bohemian  mission  in  Chicago,  and  Miss  Anna  Hodoush  (30), 
converted  in  Cleveland,  a  graduate  of  the  Bible-Readers  School,  who  have 
been  working  in  Braddock,  Pa.,  and  the  region  round  about  since  August 
and  October,  1890,  and  have  had  the  joy  of  gathering  a  church  of  over 
sixty  members,  all  of  whom  were  addicted  to  drinking,  dancing,  and 
money-making  before  our  missionaries  went  there.  In  Johnstown,  Pa., 
Miss  Fannie  Bochek  (33),  who  labored  for  years  in  the  Bohemian  field  of 
St.  Paul,  is  working  in  connection  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mata,  fruits  of  our 
Braddock  mission,  for  the  Slovak  people  of  Johnstown,  where  the  Brad- 
dock  Eutheran  Slovak  minister  has  roused  bitter  opposition  to  our  work. 

The  Oberlin  Slavic  Department  is  represented  by  Prof.  E.  F.  Mish- 
kovsky  (20),  who  while  a  student  in  New  York  City  was  the  first  Bohe- 
mian to  come  to  my  help,  during  his  summer  vacation  in  1884  ;  subse- 
quently studied  theology  in  Oberlin,  and  is  now  principal  of  the  Slavic 
Department  ;  Mr.  V.  Prucha  (19),  temporarily  studying  in  the  University 
of  Minnesota,  and  preaching  in  St.  Paul  ;  Mr.  Karel  Trchka  (34),  Bohe- 
mian pupil  from  our  mission  in  Bohemia,  who  has  worked  in  several  places 
in  this  country  ;  and  Mr.  Andro  Kovach  (26),  a  Slovak  pupil  from  Brad- 
dock. 

The  Bible-Readers  School  is  represented  by  the  principal,  Mrs. 
Schauffler  ;  Miss  Anna  A.  Gross  (13),  matron  and  teacher  ;  Miss  Barbara 
Slawinski  (14),  a  Polish  pupil,  of  Cleveland;  Misses  Antonie  and  Marie 
Osinek  (10  and  23),  and  Frances  Trutna  (22),  the  three  last  Bohemian 
pupils  from  Silver  Eake,  Minn.;  and  Miss  Anna  Trchka  (i),  from  our 
mission  in  Bohemia.  Miss  Therese  Prucha  (11),  a  graduate  of  the  Bible- 
Readers  School,  is  caring  for  the  family  of  her  orphaned  brothers  and 
sisters,  but  hopes  soon  to  be  able  to  devote  herself  to  missionary  work. 
Messrs.  Martin  Prucha  (9)  and  Eouis  Hodoush  (6)  are  students  who  will, 
we  hope,  in  time  become  missionaries  to  their  own  people.  They  are 
already  aiding  in  the  work.  East,  but  not  least,  in  the  group  is  Prof. 
Graham  Taylor  (5),  of  our  Chicago  Theological  Seminary,  which  is  edu- 
cating German  and  Scandinavian  missionaries,  and  has  recently  received 
its  first  Polish  student  from  Winburne,  Pa.,  where  we  formed  a  small 
church  of  Poles  and  Germans  last  September. 


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271 


The  conference  was  full  of  deep  interest  cind  practical  importance  to 
all  who  took  part  in  it.  On  Monday  evening  it  was  opened  with  public 
services,  when  Rev.  E.  Wrbitzky,  of  St.  Louis,  preached  on  "  Glorying 
in  the  things  of  God."  Tuesday  forenoon,  as  brief  reports  were  given  of 
tlie  work  from  the  various  fields  scattered  over  the  country  from  Penn- 
sylvania to  Minnesota  and  Nebraska,  from  the  Bohemian,  Polish,  and  Slo- 
vak fields,  by  pastors,  evangelists,  Bible-readers,  teachers,  and  students, 
concerning   labors  for   Roman  Catholics,  infidels,  and  dead    Protestants, 


BETHLEHEM    CHURCH    AND    BIBLE-READERS    SCHOOL,    CLEVELAND,    OHIO 


for  overworked  women,  neglected  children,  and  the  helpless  sick,  a  new 
impression  was  created  of  the  greatness  of  the  field,  its  variety  and  true 
unity,  its  urgent  importance,  and  of  the  rich  divine  blessing  which  had 
rested  on  it  thus  far.  All  felt  drawn  nearer  to  one  another,  as  they  learned 
of  each  others'  difficulties  and  trials,  as  well  as  successes  and  joys,  and 
saw  more  clearly  the  unfolding  of  the  divine  plan,  which  had  prepared 
them  for  this  work,  led  them  into  it,  and  given  them  success,  so  that 
from  a  small  seed  has  already  sprung  up  a  goodly  fruit-bearing  tree.  The 
other  sessions,  on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  were  occupied  with  exceed- 
ingly practical  and  interesting  papers  and  lively  discussions   on   themes 


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vitally  connected  with  the  Slavic  missionary  work.  The  spirit  that  per- 
vaded the  meetings  was  one  of  delightful  harmony  and  brotherly  love. 
There  was  not  lacking  a  spice  of  genuine  humor  that  prevented  all  sense 
of  weariness.  No  boasting  or  glorying  in  man  was  indulged  in,  but  in 
full  accord  with  the  keynote  struck  in  the  opening  sermon  all  glory  was 
ascribed  to  Him  whose  love  and  wisdom  had  given  to  these  present,  and 
their  absent  fellow-workers,  a  share  in  bringing  about  the  happy  results 
attained  in  the  Slavic  work,  as   shown  in   this  conference — results  full  of 


MIZPAH    CHAPEL,    CLEVELAND.    OHIO 


glad  promise  for  the  future.  The  conference  highly  appreciated  the  visit 
of  Prof.  Graham  Taylor,  whose  wise  and  helpful  words  were  understood 
by  nearly  all  present.  Wednesday,  toward  evening,  the  conference  and  a 
few  other  friends  took  tea  at  the  writer's  house,  which  gave  opportunity 
for  some  brief  but  very  enjoyable  after-supper  remarks  by  a  number  of 
the  guests,  and  led  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  Bohemian  Mission 
Board  of  Cleveland  to  remark  that  this  occasion  had -so  deeply  impressed 
him  with  the  wide  extension  and  influence  of  the  work  begun  in  Cleve- 
land that  he  felt  well  paid  for  all  the  time  and  effort  he  had  put  into  the 
care  of  it. 


Sei)t(nil)er,  1894  Tlic    tloiiic    Missionary 


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wn:  wukkern  j.\   1-;kami'jck.   rx. 


At  the  closing  session  resolutions  were  passed  thanking  the  Congrega- 
tional Home  Missionary  Society  and  Superintendent  Schauffler  for  their 
efforts  on  behalf  of  the  Slavic   population,  and  the  American  Tract  Soci- 


274  The   Home   Missionary  September,  1894 

ety  for  publishing,  and  Mr.  John  Rundus  for  compiUng,  the  new  and 
very  welcome  American-Bohemian  hymn-book.  Hearty  recognition  of 
and  thanks  for  Dr.  E.  A.  Adams'  labors  in  furnishing  so  excellent  a 
Christian  Bohemian  paper  as  the  Pravda  were  also  expressed.  It  was 
felt  that  the  Fravda  is  indispensable  to  the  Bohemian  work.  A  very 
tender  and  impressive  communion  service  closed  the  conference,  which 
left  the  hearts  of  all  who  had  participated  in  it  full  of  joy,  gratitude,  and 
courage.  All  felt  that  rich  blessing  had  come  to  them,  and  that  a  great 
impulse  had  been  imparted  to  the  Slavic  work  of  our  churches.  To  the 
Lord  be  all  the  praise  ! 

A  few  words  may  be  added  concerning  the  other  pictures. 

Bethlehem  Church,  Cleveland,  was  built  in  1884.  The  Bible-Readers 
School,  in  its  rear,  was  erected  in  1890.  Here  is  the  center  of  the  Cleve- 
land Bohemian  work,  which  has  three  other  stations,  with  thirty-three 
services  and  meetings  (three  of  them  monthly),  with  an  average  weekly 
attendance  of  2,027.  Bethlehem  Church,  including  Cyril  Chapel  branch, 
had  192  members  last  April. 

Mizpah  Chapel,  a  mile  south  of  Bethlehem,  is  situated  between  a  large 
Bohemian  and  a  large  Polish  district.  It  is  our  polyglot  chapel,  as  three 
services  and  one  Sunday-school  are  held  there  every  Sunday  in  four 
languages. 

The  Braddock  picture  shows  the  outside  of  a  small  store  where  our 
Slovak  services  were  held  till  it  was  overfilled,  when  a  hall  in  the  second 
story  of  a  terribly  noisy  house  next  to  the  railroad  was  hired  and  fitted 
up.  Mr.  Jelinek  stands  in  the  open  door  ;  in  front  of  him  Miss  Hodoush, 
and  at  her  right  Mrs.  Jelinek.  Just  inside  of  the  door  is  a  "gospel 
screen."  Women  crowded  round  the  door  during  service  time,  but  feared 
to  peep  in  lest  they  should  be  seen.  Mr.  Jelinek  put  up  the  screen,  after 
which  the  Slovak  women  would  fill  the  doorway,  where,  unobserved  by 
those  within,  they  listened  eagerly  to  what  was  said  and  sung. 

A  finely  illustrated  article  concerning  the  Chicago  Bohemian  work  can 
be  had  by  applying  to  Rev.  J.  Tompkins,  D.D.,  151  Washington  Street, 
Chicago,  111.  Fuller  accounts  of  the  Slavic  Conference  will  be  found  in 
the  Congregationaiist  and  Advance  of  July  26,  1894. 

Timely  Help. — It  has  been  a  privilege  to  have  placed  in  our  hands 
clothing  and  other  supplies  from  a  number  of  places  for  the  sufferers  from 
our  crop  failure.  Several  have  thus  been  enabled  to  be  at  meetings  who 
could  not  otherwise  have  dressed  so  that  they  would  like  to  have  been  seen. 
In  two  instances  two  young  men  could  not  have  been  with  us  to  unite 
with  the  church  but  for  such  help. — Rev.  C.  W.  Preston,  Curtis,  Neb. 


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ADDRESS    OF    \A^ELCOME    AT    THE    SIXTY-EIGHTH 
ANNUAL    MEETING,    JUNE    7,    1894 

Bv  William  H.  Alexander,  Esq. 

After  a  few  pleasant  words  of  introduction,  Mr.  Alexander  spoke  as 
follows : 

"  It  is  eminently  appropriate  that  the  first  meeting  in  the  West  of  this 
grand  organization  should  be  held  in  the  geographical  center  of  the  field 
in  which  its  greatest  work  has  been  accomplished,  and  it  is  a  peculiarly 
happy  providence  that  brings  this  splendid  company  of  delegates  together 
on  the  spot  where  its  standard  was  first  set  up  in  this  trans- Missouri 
region. 

"  It  was  a  humble  beginning,  but  of  untold  importance  to  us  of  this 
ne.xt  generation.  The  beginnings  of  all  institutions  which  have  grown 
into  prominence  and  value  are  of  much  more  than  ordinary  moment  to 
those  who  inherit  the  fruition  ;  and  the  story  of  labor,  of  sacrifice  and  faith 
which  marked  the  beginning  of  this  church  here  would  doubtless  be 
listened  to  gladly,  but  I  cannot  now  review  the  history  of  your  missionary 
work  in  Nebraska,  nor  would  it  be  proper  to  speak  at  length  of  the  men 
who  came  to  this  so-called  '  desert '  to  make  that  history  possible. 

"  In  the  brightest  window  of  this  beautiful  building  we  have  fixed  a 
memorial  of  Reuben  Gaylord.  In  the  middle  of  winter,  when  scarcely  a 
score  of  buildings  were  standing  upon  these  hills,  he  crossed  the  river, 
not  only  as  your  pioneer,  but  bearing  the  Lord's  commission,  to  preach 
the  Gospel  of  truth. 

"  Patiently,  faithfully,  prayerfully  he  labored  to  build  up  the  Master's 
Kingdom.  His  earnest  wife,  who  gave  the  force  of  a  steadfast  faith  and 
the  charm  of  her  gentle  ways  to  help  him  on  to  triumph,  has  just  returned 
from  over  the  mountains,  and  joins  us  here  this  morning. 

"  I  am  sure  you  will  pardon  the  digression  if  I  turn  for  a  moment  to 
this  venerable  woman  and  give  her  a  warm-hearted  greeting.  Mrs,  Gay- 
lord  :  you  stood  at  your  husband's  side,  to  share  in  his  joys  and  his  trials, 
in  the  days  of  his  labor  amongst  us.  It  has  pleased  the  Master  to  leave 
you  here  long  after  he  called  your  companion,  and  all  through  the 
years  you  have  shown  us  the  beauty  of  Christian  example.  We  are 
grateful,  indeed,  this  morning  that  Providence  has  spared  you  life  and 
given  you  strength  to  come  back  home  from  the  far  west  sun-lands  to 
honor  and  exalt  this  occasion.     God  bless  you  ! 

"  Toward  the  rear  of  the  church  I  discover  another  of  Omaha's  pioneer 
builders,  a  man  who  has  earned,  and  who  holds  in  full  measure,  the 
respect  and  esteem  of  our  people.       Dr.  George  L.  Miller  was  one  of  the 


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few  who  welcomed  your  missionary  Gaylord,  and  one  of  his  stanchest 
supporters  through  all  the  years  of  his  ministry.  I  have  heard  him  speak 
of  those  fruitful  years  with  the  eloquent  voice  of  experience,  and  I  wish 
he  could  stand  in  my  place  for  a  moment  and  tell  the  story  to  you.  From 
the  simple  but  firm  foundation  which  they  and  their  earnest  co-workers 
set  up,  there  has  risen  a  church  and  a  city  whose  lights  are  not  under  a 
bushel,  and  they  cannot  be  hid. 

"  Remembering  those  crude  beginnings,  and  having  in  mind  the 
wonderful  religious,  intellectual,  and  ethical  growth  since  then,  we  are 
conscious  of  something  akin  to  pride  as  we  open  the  doors  of  this  spacious 
temple  and  bid  you  welcome  to  our  city. 

"  There  are  persons  still  living — some  in  the  East,  I  am  told — who 
believe  that  a  Western  man,  in  speaking  of  Western  achievements,  will 
decorate  facts  rather  freely  with  the  plumage  of  fancy,  and  then  set  the 
fairy  creations  afloat  for  men  to  admire.  Now,  it  may  be  true  that  a  few 
ambitious  narrators  whom  fortune  has  favored  with  rhetorical  genius  may 
have  drawn  on  a  nimble  imagination  for  data  ;  and  possibly,  too,  some 
Omaha  men,  were  they  standing  in  the  presence  of  an  audience  in  Boston, 
or  some  other  city  no  nearer,  would  round  out  the  truth  just  a  trifle  con- 
cerning their  favorite  city.  But  to  me  it  seems  better,  this  morning,  to 
tell  only  moderate  tales.  You  are  ho-e,  as  intelligent  observers,  to  make 
up  a  judgment  yourselves  of  a  city  and  a  people  whose  history  has  all 
been  written  in  forty-and-two  brief  years. 

"  If  you  stand  apart  and  listen  to  the  hum  of  commerce  ;  if  you  lift 
your  eyes  and  gaze  on  these  peopled  hills  ;  if  you  count  the  spires  of  our 
Christian  temples  and  the  stately  hemes  of  our  splendid  schools  ;  if  you 
watch  the  smoke  as  it  curls  away  from  a  hundred  panting  stacks  ;  if  you 
figure  the  cost  of  our  public  works,  in  brain  and  brawn  and  money,  and 
then  remember  that  this  great  urban  panorama  was  chiefly  planned  and 
fashioned  in  less  than  forty  years,  you  will  catch  a  little  of  the  Western 
spirit,  and  leave  our  city  with  clearer  views  of  Western  push  and  courage. 

"  There  has  been  some  drifting,  but  a  great  deal  of  purpose,  in  Oma- 
ha's progress.  The  wondrous  achievements  which  have  made  that  prog- 
ress memorable  have  largely  come  through  the  enlightening  force  of  the 
church  and  the  school,  those  two  great  jewels  in  the  forehead  of  civiliza- 
tion, whose  radiant  beams  stretch  on  ahead,  to  discover  and  reveal  the 
way.  Your  missionaries  began  in  tliis  region  the  building  of  a  church, 
and  your  great  institution  encouraged  and  fostered  the  efforts  to  round 
out  its  mission  and  add  to  its  wealth  and  its  power.  We  have  added  the 
schools,  and  the  minds  and  the  hearts  of  this  people  are  intelligent, 
ennobled,  and  earnest. 

"  Nineteen  centuries  have  rolled  away  since  the  faithful  twelve  re- 
ceived the  Spirit,  and  under  its  quickening  influence  began  to  preach  the 


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C.dspel  as  the  crc^ss  Iiad  revealed  it.  Sixty  generations  have  come  and 
gone  since  then,  and  to-day  not  only  the  twelve  and  the  hundred  and 
twenty,  but  millions  of  other  disciples  are  telling  the  beautiful  story, 
and  nearly  two-fifths  of  the  earth's  population  have  welcomed  the  Chris- 
tian faith.  Surely  the  words  of  the  old-time  prophet  are  fast  coming 
true  :  '  The  earth  siiall  be  filled  with  the  knowledge  of  the  glory  of  the 
Lord,  as  the  waters  cover  the  sea.' 

*'  In  this  excellent  work  you  have  borne  a  conspicuous  part.  This  city, 
this  State,  and  this  nation  are  united  in  giving  you  praise.  Your  presence 
in  Omaha  now  should  serve  as  a  great  inspiration  to  heartier  and  loftier 
effort.  It  should  strengthen  the  timid,  encourage  the  faltering,  and 
(juicken  the  slow-going  servants  to  a  truer  perception  of  what  God 
expects  them  to  do. 

*'  And  so  we  are  glad  of  your  coming.  We  are  glad  to  look  into  your 
faces,  to  clasp  the  warm  hands  that  have  helped  us. 

"  For  you,  General  Howard,  the  head  of  this  grand  institution,  we  have 
more  than  an  ordinary  welcome.  We  remember  the  years  of  your  service 
amongst  us,  and  bring  up  your  record  to  bless  you.  We  honored  you 
then  as  a  soldier  entitled  to  honor,  as  a  Christian  in  whom  we  could 
trust.  We  honor  you  now,  but  we  know  that  the  warm  touch  of  friend- 
ship is  mere  to  your  liking  than  praise. 

"  To  your  earnest  co-workers,  this  great  congregation  of  men  and 
of  women,  who  speak  for  our  whole  Christian  country,  we  tender  the 
heartiest  of  welcomes. 

"  You  have  come  from  localities  famous  in  story,  to  a  city  whose  story 
is  only  begun.  We  shall  not  be  permitted  to  show  you  a  Plymouth  where 
the  Puritans  labored  and  triumphed,  but  v.-e  will  show  you  the  place 
where  your  own  Pilgrims  landed  when  these  hills  were  as  barren  as 
Plymouth. 

"  We  cannot  invite  you  to  a  Lexington  or  a  Concord  where  the  struggle 
that  gave  us  a  nation  began,  but  we  can  show  you  the  places  where  this 
generation  first  started  and  nurtured,  and  afterwards  brought  to  fruition,  a 
wide-reaching  civilization. 

"We  cannot  escort  you  to  Carpenter's  Hall  where  our  sturdy  first 
congressmen  met,  nor  show  you  the  bell  that  first  gave  the  tidings  when  the 
great  Declaration  was  signed,  but  we  point  to  the  summit  of  our  loveliest 
hill,  and  show  you  our  national  trade-marks,  the  church  and  the  school. 

"  So,  this  morning,  our  great  city  greets  you.  The  voices  of  industry 
greet  you.  The  songs  of  the  birds  and  the  sweet  scent  of  blossoms  are 
borne  on  the  warm  air  to  greet  you.  Through  the  wide-open  doors  of 
our  sixty-five  schools  come  the  paeans  of  children  to  greet  )'ou.  And 
here,  on  behalf  of  this  church  which  has  grown  to  full  stature  from  the 
seeds  of  your  planting  ;  on  behalf  of  our  young  sister  churches,  whose 


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vigor  has  brought  them  abreast  of  the  parent  in  every  good  work  ;  on 
behalf  of  our  neighbors  from  over  the  river,  whose  pastor  stood  forth  in 
the  kindliest  spirit,  asking  you  to  honor  our  city,  and  whose  hands  are 
held  out  in  the  fullness  of  fellowship,  seeking  our  cooperation  ;  on  behalf 
of  the  flourishing  churches  of  this  commonwealth,  and  the  brave  little 
missions  whose  work  you  are  aiding  ;  on  behalf  of  the  people  who  honor 
your  great  institution  and  rejoice  in  all  moral  advancement,  I  give  you  a 
warm  Western  welcome." 


DR.    MILLER'S    REMINISCENCE 

Dr.  George  L.  Miller  said  :  "  I  have  had  the  opportunity  of  again 
shaking  the  hand  of  the  wife  of  the  pioneer  Congregational  missionary 
in  this  trans-Missouri  country.  That  noble  woman  has  been  my  neigh- 
bor for  many  years.  Her  husband,  a  man  of  benignant  face,  clear  eyes, 
medium  stature,  and  earnest,  conscientious  character,  crossed  the  Missouri 
River  in  perfect  devotion  to  this  great  work.  This  man,  whom  I  am  here 
to  aid  you  in  honoring,  personally  the  very  embodiment  of  purity,  devoted 
to  one  idea,  came  here  without  a  congregation,  built  a  church  and  put 
one  in  it,  and  by  the  force  of  his  spiritual  and  religious  character  brought 
Sunday  across  the  Missouri  River.  This  man,  who  came  to  us  in  the 
midst  of  the  conflict  between  barbarism  and  civilization,  when  our  govern- 
ment first  began  this  conflict  with  the  barbarian,  and  told  us  the  old  story 
of  the  Christian  religion — I  have  stood  by  his  side,  and  have  known  of 
his  spending  a  life  in  devotion  to  the  success  of  this  missionary  work. 
Reuben  Gaylord  has  a  place  in  this  heart  of  mine  and  in  my  memory 
which  no  other  man  in  any  calling  ever  occupied. 

Our  friend  has  told  you  of  a  prayer  which  he  heard  of  that  good  man 
making.  The  Deity  and  I,  only,  heard  that  prayer.  No  human  being  was 
before  him  ;  he  was  in  an  empty  church,  and  I  heard  that  prayer  through 
the  window.  The  story  of  his  devotion  is  a  noble  story.  I  learned  to 
love  him,  as  you  love  him.  I  can  never  forget  him  and  his  devotion  tc 
the  life  and  work  of  the  home  missionary. 

GENERAL    HOWARD'S    RESPONSE 

"  I  WISH  that  I  could  in  some  way  scoop  up  the  thought  and  the  faith 
and  the  love  which  are  in  the  hearts  of  the  delegates  to  this  convention, 
and  make  a  united,  condensed  reply  to  this  beautiful  welcome,  answering 
this  brotherly  greeting  with  brotherly  greeting. 


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"  It  is  only  nine  years  since  1  was  here,  but  the  changes  are  so  won- 
derful that  I  am  startled.  The  city  is  twice  as  big  as  it  was  then  ;  these 
magnificent  buildings  are  beautiful  ;  and  they  were  wise  to  put  up  on  the 
tip-top  of  the  hill  the  best  thing  they  had,  the  High  School.  But  they  have 
added  so  much  to  the  city  in  every  direction  !  I  rejoice  at  the  expansion 
and  the  beauty  of  your  city.  I  lived  here  four  happy  years,  about  the 
happiest  of  my  life,  and  I  have  been  thinking  what  a  nice  place  this  would 
be  to  live  in,  where  we  have  everything  for  our  comfort  and  convenience. 
Why,  here  in  the  first  place  is  the  Congregational  church  !  Then,  yes- 
terday we  were  invited  to  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  rooms, 
and  they  have  an  elegant  building  to  welcome  all.  Then  they  have  here 
some  of  those  things  that  1  always  thought  we  went  to  war  to  sustain — 
we  have  the  Christian  family  here.  I  have  been  inside  of  a  great  many 
houses  in  Omaha,  and  there  is  no  better  exhibition  of  the  American  family 
and  American  family  life,  that  godly  life  which  you  find  here  and 
nowhere  else  on  the  globe. 

"  1  once  went  over  to  Africa  and  got  into  another  sort  of  civilization. 
It  was  in  the  valley  of  the  Nile,  where  I  went  up  to  a  little  place  and 
found  one  of  our  missionaries.  As  soon  as  I  stepped  inside  the  house, 
there,  right  in  front  of  the  doorway,  was  '  Welcome,'  and  then  these  beau- 
tiful texts  of  Scripture  :  '  The  Lord  is  my  shepherd,  I  shall  not  want,' 
and  so  on.  The  arrangements  everywhere  were  just  like  home.  I  have 
not  seen  such  another  house  anywhere.  Occasionally  in  England  you 
will  find  something  similar  to  it  ;  almost  never  in  France  ;  Germany  is 
peculiar  ;  but  the  American  family  and  the  American  home,  where  the 
father  is  true  to  the  mother,  and  the  mother  is  true  to  the  father,  and 
where  the  father  and  mother  are  true  to  the  children,  and  the  children  are 
true  to  their  parents — that  is  what  I  mean  by  the  Christian  family  and  the 
godly  home. 

"  Then  the  school — it  is  no  more  what  it  was.  They  were  wise  in 
building  here.  We  have  a  beautiful  system  of  schools  and  churches. 
Dear  brethren,  the  churches  I — let  us  use  the  word  in  the  plural  once  in  a 
while.  We  have  heard  that  our  forefathers  came  over  to  Massachusetts 
to  establish  churches,  and  worship  God  according  to  the  dictates  of  their 
own  consciences.  I  told  a  friend  of  that  last  night,  and  he  said,  '  Well, 
they  have  departed  from  that  since  that  time.'  '  No,'  I  said  ;  '  they  didn't 
depart  ;  it  was  somebody  else  that  departed.  It  is  always  somebody 
else  that  departs.'  We  can  say  '  churches  '  ;  and  if  you  want  to  say 
'the  church  of  Christ,'  that  will  cover  all  who  love  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
and  try  to  do  his  will. 

"  I  have  lived  here  amongst  these  dear  people,  and  have  worked  with 
them.     We  started  the  First  Congregational  Church  when  I  came  here, 


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and  then  in  a  little  while  we  had  a  church  up  on  St.  Mary's  Avenue.  It 
was  faltering  a  little  then.  Then  brother  Sherrill  over  here — he  had  his 
eyes  on  a  lot  ;  he  was  always  fond  of  lots,  and  he  got  a  lot  where  we  had 
a  mission  and  ran  a  Sunday-school,  and  now  I  come  here  and  find  Ply- 
mouth Church  resting  on  that  lot.  Then  there  was  another  lot  over  in 
Saratoga,  and  a  church  is  resting  up  there.  Then  there  is  still  another 
back  in  a  new  city,  that  I  didn't  know  anything  about.  Then  there  is 
another  Omaha  down  here,  called  Eastern  Omaha,  that  really  it  seems  the 
river  took  away  from  Iowa — and  1  hope  they  have  better  prohibition  there 
than  they  have  in  Council  Bluffs. 

"  It  was  my  fortune  last  winter  to  go  down  to  Key  West.  I  found 
brother  Fraser  there,  and  the  first  thing  he  said  was,  '  Come  right  over  to 
my  church.'  There  wasn't  any  Congregational  church  there  then  when 
he  came,  and  he  said  :  '  Why  not  come  in  here  and  form  a  Congrega- 
tional church  ?'  It  is  the  easiest  thing  in  the  world  to  get  five  of  the 
brethren  together  and  call  a  minister,  and  then  you  have  a  Congregational 
church.  So  he  got  the  church  together,  and  they  put  up  a  building  that 
will  hold  600  people,  and  I  never  in  my  life  saw  such  an  energetic  work- 
ing church,  praying,  singing,  so  that  I  really  believe  that  Key  West  may 
be  converted  to  the  Lord. 

"  Well,  Omaha,  as  I  said,  gives  you  an  example,  and  Key  West  gives 
you  an  example.  In  New  York,  my  son  and  myself,  finding  that  if  we 
attended  Broadway  Tabernacle  we  could  not  get  back  in  the  afternoon, 
sought  a  place  where  we  might  labor  in  the  lower  part  of  the  city,  where 
work  is  so  much  needed,  and  we  found  a  little  church  that  had  been  in 
existence  for  some  years,  called  the  Camp  Church,  named  after  Rev.  Mr. 
Camp,  who  established  it.  It  was  a  poor  little  place  ;  you  could  almost 
touch  the  top  of  it,  and  I  said  to  the  brethren  :  '  Why  can't  we  get  a 
better  place  ? '  We  found  an  abandoned  building  where  formerly  had 
been  a  Baptist  church  down  in  that  section  of  the  city.  We  raised  the 
money  and  paid  for  it  by  the  help  of  the  Church  Building  Society,  and  we 
have  been  at  work  ever  since  there,  on  Chrystie  Street.  That  is  only  a 
drop  in  the  bucket.  It  is  right  in  the  midst  of  the  throbbing  population. 
We  have  everything  there  you  can  imagine  ;  we  have  the  Gospel,  and  we 
have  temperance  work,  and  we  have  kindergarten  every  day  where  women 
can  take  their  children  and  leave  them  while  they  go  to  work,  and  we 
have  Bible  classes  and  Sunday-schools,  and  a  constantly  increasing  mem- 
bership. It  is  a  little  thing,  it  seems  to  me  to  be  a  very  small  work — very 
small,  compared  with  this  out  here  in   Nebraska. 

"  Last  Sunday  I  was  in  Galesburg,  and  I  was  invited  by  Mr.  Wanamaker 
to  go  over  to  the  other  side  of  the  city.  A  large  population  is  there, 
really  without  a  church.      He  has  got  a  little  building,  and   has  begun  his 


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work,  just  as  the  work  always  begins,  with  a  Sunday-scliool.  Wlicn  I 
first  got  in  it  seemed  to  me  to  be  very  small,  but  pretty  soon  he  began 
opening  up  doors  on  the  right  and  doors  on  the  left,  and  there  must  have 
been  room  for  250  or  300  people,  and  he  told  me  he  had  lifty  Christian 
people  ready  to  enroll  in  a  new  church.  Some  of  the  brethren  are  much 
tiiscouraged  because  they  can  give  so  little,  because  they  have  so  little. 
What  you  want  is  a  man  like  him  to  stay  there  and  keep  right  on — a  man 
who  is  full  of  devotion  and  self-sacrifice,  and  who  looks  to  (lod,  and  to 
("lod  alone,  for  help. 

"  Last  night  1  had  a  dream,  a  singular  dream.  I  dreamed  1  was  in 
battle,  and  I  dread  that  kind  of  dream  very  much  indeed,  for  I  am  always 
in  a  fix.  I  couldn't  get  my  armor  on.  The  firing  was  rapid,  and  I 
thought  I  wanted  a  musket  or  a  rifle,  and  then  I  thought  about  the  mod- 
ern rifles  and  wanted  a  good  deal  better  one  than  I  saw  there.  I  wanted 
one  that  was  breech-loading,  so  that  I  could  fire  rapidly,  and  then  I  was 
afraid  that  I  would  hit  somebody.  I  could  see  no  way  to  get  away  from 
the  shells  and  from  the  firing,  and  I  was  in  great  distress  about  it.  Finally  I 
concluded  that  I  would  buckle  on  my  sword  as  an  emblem  of  authority,  and 
then  I  awoke.  When  I  awoke  it  was  daylight — I  was  at  Judge  Woolworth's 
house — and  when  I  got  up  I  saw  a  little  tablet  in  my  room  with  these 
words  upon  it  :  '  Let  nothing  trouble  you.'  Just  think  how  frightened  I 
was!  'All  things  pass  away;  God  alone  is  immutable.  Patience  over- 
comes all  ditificulties.  Those  who  possess  God  want  nothing.  God  alone 
suffices.'  Oh,  dear  brethren,  how  true  that  is  !  Don't  you  know  the 
passage  of  Scripture,  '  If  two  of  you  shall  agree  as  touching  anything 
they  shall  ask,  it  shall  be  clone  for  them  of  my  Father  which  is  in  heaven  '  ? 
There  used  to  be  a  man  in  this  church,  and  I  expected  to  see  him  here, 
who  used  to  agree  with  me,  and  he  was  about  the  only  one  that  ever  did, 
fully  and  thoroughly.  We  would  go  up  to  his  house  and  take  a  Bible  and 
pray  together,  and  then  we  would  go  out  and  speak  to  individuals  together, 
or  sometimes  we  would  go  out  separately  and  come  back  and  report  to 
each  other.  So  I  used  to  think  that  if  we  two  agreed  and  the  Spirit 
agreed  with  us,  then  there  were  three  of  us  that  agreed,  and  the  thing  w^e 
wanted  could  be  accomplished. 

"  Now,  dear  brethren,  if  we  want  money  let  us  just  agree  and  ask  for 
it.  It  is  in  the  country.  Did  you  think  it  was  all  gone,  just  because  it 
has  been  gathered  up  and  so  its  circulation  prevented  ?  Let  us  ask  the 
Lord  for  it." 


Expect  Answers. — Those  who  really  believe  in  prayer  really  pray. 
Those  who  really  pray  look  for  answers.  Those  who  look  for  answers 
sooner  or  later  get  them. 


282  The   Home   Missionary  September,  1894 


REPORT    OF   COMMITTEE 

Rev.  Russell  T.  Hall,  of  Greenwich,  Conn.,  Chairman— on  the 
Sixty-eighth  Annual  Report  of  the  Executive  Committee 

"  The  work  of  the  sixty-eighth  year  of  the  Society  is  presented  in  this 
voluminous  report  with  all  the  fullness  of  details  which  has  been  custom- 
ary and  is  doubtless  wise.  The  record  of  that  work  carried  on  this  year 
in  forty-seven  States  and  Territories,  and  among  foreigners  of  many  races 
as  well  as  among  native  Americans,  is  so  vast  and  multifarious  as  to  make 
a  respectable  volume  in  itself.  We  have  examined  it  with  care,  and  on 
the  whole  we  consider  that  the  Society  has  abundant  cause  for  thankful- 
ness over  the  scope  and  results  of  the  year's  work,  accomplished  in  spite 
of  the  most  serious  financial  disturbances  known  in  this  country  for  a 
generation.  It  is  true  that  fewer  new  churches  have  been  organized  than 
in  the  previous  year,  but  practically  the  same  number  of  missionaries — 
2,010  in  all — have  been  kept  at  work.  The  additions  to  the  churches  by 
confession  have  been  1,259  more  than  in  1892,  and  the  report  for  1894, 
which  will  include  the  fruit  of  many  revivals  during  the  past  winter,  will 
doubtless  disclose  still  more  remarkable  gains.  Hard  times  seem  once 
more  to  have  been  times  of  refreshing  from  on  high,  both  in  our  self-sup- 
porting and  our  aided  churches.  As  in  former  years,  it  appears  that  the 
home  missionary  churches  are  much  more  fruitful  in  conversions  than 
were  the  stronger  churches,  and  thereby  have  proved  the  wisdom  of 
maintaining  them. 

"  In  three  new  directions  the  Society  has  been  pushing  its  work  of  late 
years.  We  are  glad  to  find  that  an  unusual  degree  of  success  has  attended 
the  labors  of  the  workers  in  each  of  these  new  fields,  as  compared  with 
the  older  work.  Missions  among  the  foreigners  have  been  extended, 
especially  in  Massachusetts  and  the  Northwest  ;  and,  tested  by  the  num- 
ber of  conversions,  this  work  has  been  more  successful  than  any  other  of 
the  successful  enterprises  of  the  Society  and  its  auxiliaries.  It  is  encour- 
aging to  find  that  Scandmavians,  Germans,  French,  Bohemians,  and  others 
are  good  material  for  Congregational  churches.  The  new  work  in  the 
Southeast  seems  also  to  be  prospering  as  far  as  numbers  go,  and  also  to 
all  appearance  in  the  establishment  of  proper  relations  with  the  negroes 
and  their  churches  connected  with  our  Congregational  body.  There 
seems  no  reason  to  doubt  the  final  success  of  these  efforts  to  build  up  true 
churches  of  our  order  in  that  region,  accepting  gospel  ideas  of  religious 
equality  among  all  races  of  men.  We  are  also  glad  to  note  the  rapid  organ- 
ization of  the  women  of  our  churches  into  '  unions  '  auxiliary  to  the  Home 
Missionary  Society,  and  hope  for  still  further  progress  in  this  direction. 


September,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  283 

"  It  is  upon  the  financial  side  of  the  sitiration,  and  that  alone,  that  we 
discover  any  disheartening  facts  in  this  report  of  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee. These  matters  are  presented  so  completely  and  so  intelligently  that 
it  is  easy  to  grasp  the  salient  points.  The  wholly  unprecedented  and 
unexpected  loss  of  ^150,000  in  receipts  is,  of  course,  the  prime  fact.  But 
upon  further  examination  it  appears  that  more  than  half  of  this  shrinkage 
is  in  legacies,  which  probably  will  partly  at  least  be  made  up  hereafter, 
when  estates  shall  have  been  settled  that  are  now  in  executors'  hands.  A 
shrinkage  of  $70,000  in  contributions  from  the  living  is  unpleasant,  of 
course,  but  not  at  all  surprising  or  ominous,  in  view  of  the  pecuniary  dis- 
asters of  the  year  past.  Expenditures  have  been  increased  very  little 
during  the  year,  and  for  the  immediate  present  and  the  near  future  appro- 
priations have  been  reduced.  We  regret  the  necessity  of  this  latter  meas- 
ure, but  we  can  see  that  no  other  course  is  possible. 

"We  also  regret  the  large  debt  of  $125,000,  but  we  cannot  see  that 
the  Executive  Committee  has  acted  unwisely  either  in  the  expenditures 
that  necessitated  the  debt  or  in  borrowing  the  money.  The  work  of  a 
vast  organization  like  the  Home  Missionary  Society  cannot  be  arrested 
or  even  curtailed  suddenly  without  serious  damage,  and  any  honorable 
expedients  that  will  tide  over  an  emergency  and  thereby  prevent  damage 
are  justifiable  and  commendable.  We  sympathize  with  the  Secretaries 
and  Executive  Committee  in  the  distress  and  suffering  imposed  upon  them 
when  an  overdrawn  treasury  compels  them  to  cut  down  appropriations 
and  restrict  the  natural  and  wholesome  expansion  of  their  work  in  many 
directions.  We  also  sympathize  with  the  brethren  in  the  field  in  their 
personal  privations,  and  their  disappointment  over  the  withholding  of  the 
means  necessary  for  the  development  of  the  work  intrusted  to  them.  It 
seems  proper  also  to  acknowledge  here — though  the  fact  belongs  to  the 
record  of  the  coming  year  rather  than  this  one — the  generosity  and  devo- 
tion of  the  entire  administrative  force  in  reducing  their  own  salaries  ten 
per  cent.  Such  a  spirit  as  has  been  shown  in  the  home  ofifice  and  in  the 
field  ought  to  touch  the  hearts  of  our  people  in  all  the  churches,  and 
should  help  greatly  toward  the  speedy  wiping  out  of  the  debt. 

"  As  an  expression  of  the  feelings  of  the  Society  at  this  time,  and  in 
view  of  the  state  of  things  disclosed  by  the  si.xty-eighth  report  of  the 
Executive  Committee,  we  offer  the  following  resolution  : 
.  "  Resolved,  That  we  rejoice  with  the  Executive  Committee  in  the  great 
and  encouraging  spiritual  results  of  the  work  of  the  year  just  closed,  and 
heartily  approve  of  the  means  used  by  them  to  meet  the  deplorable  dimi- 
nution of  contributions  and  legacies,  while  we  lament  the  inevitable  re- 
striction of  the  work  of  the  Society  and  the  contraction  of  a  serious  debt. 
We  urge  upon  our  brethren  and  upon  the  churches  the  necessity  of  special 
and  determined  efforts  to  increase  their  home  missionary  contributions  to 


284  The   Home   Missionary  September,  1894 

such  a  figure  as  will  wipe  out  the  debt  and  remove  the  present  painful 
restriction  of  their  work. 

"  I  think  I  need  add  but  a  word  in  support  of  these  resolutions.  The 
work  we  have  undertaken  must  go  on,  and  the  loss  of  contributions  and 
legacies  and  the  present  financial  distress  should  offer  to  properly  consti- 
tuted, conscientious  Christian  men  a  reason  for  giving  largely  to  help  the 
Society  out  of  its  present  difficulties.  There  are  two  things  that  might  be 
enlarged  upon  here.  The  first  is  the  exceedingly  favorable  spiritual 
showing  that  has  been  made.  If  it  could  be  shown  that  the  missionaries 
were  idling,  inefficient,  and  unproductive  ;  if  it  could  be  shown  that  there 
was  no  result  worth  while,  we  should  feel  differently  ;  but  when  accessions 
to  the  churches  have  been  swollen  as  they  have  been,  and  where  revival 
after  revival  is  reported,  and  where  the  churches  seem  to  be  gathering 
strength  in  every  direction,  it  is  time  that  the  debt  should  be  paid  and  the 
work  of  the  Society  should  be  not  restricted,  but  enlarged.  The  other 
point  is  this  :  It  is  sometimes  said  that  there  is  never  more  than  one  duty 
offered  to  any  man  at  any  one  time.  That  may  be  true  in  a  certain  sense, 
but  every  pastor  of  a  contributing  church  knows  that  the  number  of  appli- 
cations for  aid  are  infinitely  more  numerous  and  pressing  than  by  any 
possibility  can  be  attended  to,  and  the  selection  of  objects  to  be  aided  is  a 
necessity,  and  I  therefore  believe — and  I  think  I  speak  in  behalf  of  the 
committee  in  this  respect — that  the  churches  and  the  pastors  and  our 
brethren  everywhere  should  see  that  if  they  are  to  do  any  work — that  if 
there  is  any  work  of  our  church  that  more  than  another  demands  con- 
tinuous and  enthusiastic  support — it  is  this.  The  Congregational  Home 
Missionary  Society  demands,  and  should  receive  at  this  time  above  all 
others,  a  reception  in  our  affections  and  a  support  with  our  substance 
which  shall  make  glad  the  hearts  of  the  secretaries  and  missionaries  who 
have  been  bearing  this  heavy  burden  and  making  these  sacrifices  that  the 
work  might  go  on." 


ADDRESS   OF    REV.    WILLIAM    G.  PUDDEFOOT,  FIELD 

SECRETARY 

"  I  AM  glad  to  see  a  good  many  strange  faces  here  in  the  West.  I  am 
glad  to  see  some  of  our  Eastern  friends  here  ;  we  hope  some  day  that  we 
may  coax  you  out  West.  I  am  glad  you  have  got  to  the  center.  Some 
one  said  to  me  to-day  :  '  Puddefoot,  I  doubt  the  wisdom  of  bringing  our 
Eastern  people  out  to  a  city  like  this.'  I  asked  why.  '  Why,  look  at  these 
buildings,  look  at  these  streets,  look  at  these  stores.'  *  Well,'  I  said, 
'what  about   it?'     'Well,'   he  said,   'won't  they   go  back   thinking   the 


September,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  285 

people  can  take  care  of  themselves  ?  '  I  said  :  '  My  friend,  that  is  one 
way  of  looking  at  it ;  but  these  Flastern  friends  have  passed  a  panorama 
of  thousands  of  miles,  along  every  mile  of  the  road  a  monument  to  their 
prayers  and  their  gifts  to  Home  Missions.  I  want  to  raise  something  on 
hope  rather  than  on  fear.  Talking  about  help,  I  have  looked  around  this 
city,  and  I  believe  we  are  now  here  just  in  the  right  place,  where  there  is 
no  north,  no  south,  no  east,  and  no  west — in  the  very  heart  of  the  nation  ; 
and  we  find  here  perhaps  the  finest  city  of  its  size  on  the  continent.  When 
you  take  all  these  beautiful  broad  streets  and  the  well-equipped  railways 
and  the  wonderful  improvements,  and  when  I  think  of  it  all,  I  do  not 
believe  we  can  match  Omaha  anywhere  on  this  continent.  You  think,  in 
comparison  to  what  she  is,  that  she  does  not  help  enough  ?  Well,  just 
wait  a  minute.  She  sends  us  back  every  year  nearly  ^80,000,000 
interest  money  to  the  East ;  she  is  in  partnership  with  you.  I  think, 
when  you  look  at  these  numerous  improvements  and  these  great  buildings, 
they  bring  an  inspiration  to  you.  Did  you  see  that  great  building  yonder, 
with  its  tower  lifted  up  into  the  heavens,  and  its  beautiful  polished  marble 
steps,  and  its  elegant  elevators  ?  Did  it  come  over  you  that  a  boy 
who  was  turned  out  here  on  the  prairie  was  the  architect  of  that  building, 
and  they  didn't  have  to  go  down  to  Boston  for  it  ?  These  things  are  in- 
spirational things  ;  they  lift  a  man  up  ;  it  is  worth  going  a  long  way  to 
see  these  things,  and  some  day  we  will  get  you  out  West. 

"  Some  one  has  said  there  are  three  kinds  of  lies — black  lies,  white 
lies,  and  statistics.  I  am  going  to  give  you  some  of  the  latter.  It  is 
well,  when  we  are  talking  well  of  ourselves  and  getting  puffed  up,  some- 
times to  examine  ourselves  and  see  where  we  stand.  We  have  spent 
nearly  $470,000,000  in  building  churches  in  this  land,  and  $500,000,000  in 
building  jails.  It  costs  $50,000,000  a  year  to  run  the  churches,  and 
$400,000,000  to  run  the  jails.  The  interest  money  on  our  jails  amounts  to 
two  and  one-half  times  as  much  per  year  as  the  whole  church  raises  for 
home  and  foreign  missions.  We  pay  out  eight  times  as  much  for  running 
our  fellow-men  down  and  jailing  them  as  we  do  in  trying  to  make  them 
better  so  that  they  will  not  need  the  jail.  It  takes  the  world  a  long  time 
to  find  out  that  men  are  not  made  better  by  force.  We  read  that  the 
whole  world  was  once  destroyed  on  account  of  men's  wickedness,  except- 
ing eight  persons,  who  were  picked  out  of  the  flock,  and  it  turned  out  a 
complete  failure.  The  best  man  of  the  company  got  drunk  as  soon  as  his 
grapes  were  ripe,  and  men  went  right  on  sinning  again.  Elijah  tried 
force,  cutting  off  the  heads  of  400  men  to  reduce  the  denominations,  and 
learned  afterward  that  God  was  not  in  the  earthquake  or  whirlwind,  but 
in  the  still  small  voice,  a  fact  that  many  of  us  have  yet  to  learn.  And  even 
Peter,  standing  by  the  side  of  the  Prince  of  Peace,  must  cut  off  a  man's 
ear;    but  his   Master  rebuked   him  and  said:   'Peter,  put  up  again  thy 


286  The   Home   Missionary  September,  1894 

sword  ;  for  all  they  that  take  the  sword  shall  perish  with  the  sword.'  'Be 
not  overcome  of  evil,  but  overcome  evil  with  good.' 

"  No  more  terrible  illustration  of  the  truth  of  Christ's  words  can  be 
found  than  that,  with  all  our  jail  buildings,  crime  of  the  deepest  dye  has 
increased  in  the  last  decade  beyond  all  precedent.  While  the  population 
has  increased  forty  per  cent.,  crime  has  increased  400  percent.  In  1882 
there  were  1,400  murders  and  suicides  ;  in  1892  a  murder  or  a  suicide  for 
every  hour  in  the  year,  leaving  out  the  Sabbath  days;  and  last  year  11,055 
murders  and  suicides.  We  must  admit  in  the  light  of  these  facts  that  our 
remedy  is  not  the  right  one.  Look,  too,  at  the  terrible  strikes  and  other 
methods  of  men  to  right  things.  All  these  can  be  settled,  but  not  by  force, 
not  by  Pinkerton  detectives,  not  at  Washington.  Israel  went  down  to 
Egypt  for  horses  and  was  thrashed.  We  do  the  same,  and  instead  of  over- 
coming the  evils  they  are  only  multiplied. 

"  Read  your  Carlyle's  '  Past  and  Present.'  It  might  well  have  been 
written  yesterday.  Joey  Manton  bills,  Morrison  bills,  and  corn  laws  only 
stay  for  a  little  the  oncoming  tide  of  troubles.  The  principles  of  the 
Gospel  of  Christ,  and  all  the  true  prophets  before  and  since,  emphasize 
the  fact  that  the  only  true  way  is  to  cease  to  do  evil,  learn  to  do  right,  to 
visit  the  poor  and  the  afflicted — in  short,  to  do  unto  others  as  we  would  have 
them  do  unto  us  ;  and  then,  and  not  until  then,  will  our  walls  be  righteous- 
ness and  our  gates  praise. 

"  The  depopulation  of  rural  districts  and  the  congestion  of  great  cities 
are  causes.  Back  in  the  East  are  1,000  empty  churches  ;  yonder  in  the 
West  1,000  towns  and  villages  that  have  never  had  a  church.  These  are  the 
true  causes  for  the  terrible  crimes  and  unrest  of  the  present  time.  The 
small  country  town,  East  and  West,  without  the  Gospel  regularly  preached, 
is  the  hotbed  of  crime  and  the  genesis  of  the  city  slums.  It  is  impossible 
for  the  principles  of  Christ  to  be  practiced  unless  they  are  first  preached. 
There  is  not  a  more  incongruous  spectacle  in  all  history  than  ours  to-day. 
Egypt  with  her  granaries  filled  and  her  people  slaves  is  matched  by 
Chicago  with  30,000,000  bushels  of  wheat  and  thousands  begging  on  her 
streets.  Never  did  a  country  have  so  grand  an  opportunity,  never  so 
great  a  responsibility  ;  never  was  one  so  well  fitted  to  meet  the  needs  of 
humanity.  All  that  is  needed  is  that  her  energies  be  directed  aright — 
Christ  in  the  mart,  Christ  in  the  forum,  '  Holiness  to  the  Lord  '  on  the 
bells  of  the  horses  and  the  pots  in  the  Lord's  house. 

"One  of  the  mightiest  factors  in  human  life  to-day  is  the  language  we 
use.  Three  centuries  ago  about  6,000,000  were  using  it ;  to-day  125,000,000, 
being  more  than  almost  all  others  combined.  The  most  powerful  because 
the  most  useful  ;  no  one  thing  in  a  nation's  life  so  shapes  its  destiny.  The 
Duke  of  Argyle  was  once  asked  which  was  the  best  language.  He  said: 
'  If  I  want  to  be  polite  I  use  the  French  ;  if  I  want  to  be  understood  I  take 


September,  1894  The   Homc   Missionary  287 

the  English  ;  if  I  want  to  praise  my  Maker  I  take  the  Gaelic,  my  mother- 
tongue.'  Foreigners  coming  here  think  in  their  own  language,  speak  in 
ours  ;  gradually  they  think  in  English,  and  still  dream  in  their  mother- 
tongue  ;  but  at  last  dream,  think,  and  speak  in  tiie  language  of  the  land, 
and  become  homogeneous  with  the  nation. 

"  One  of  God's  greatest  gifts  to  this  new  world  is  the  foreigner.  The 
thought  came  to  me  while  on  my  way  to  Savannah  :  Why  did  not  the 
discoverers  of  the  western  hemisphere  find  a  higher  civilization  than  the 
one  they  left  ?  It  is  a  fair  question.  A  tnan  who  discovered  it  to-day 
would  find  a  higher  type  than  any  before.  Why  should  God  have  kept 
so  large  a  portion  of  the  world  hidden  for  ages  on  ages  and  raised 
nothing  but  Indians  ?  Had  he  not  some  grand  design  that  in  the  fullness 
of  time  he  would  lead  Columbus,  like  Abraham  of  old,  to  found  a  new 
nation  ?  And,  friends,  it  is  the  world's  last  chance.  Take  your  map  and 
find  those  States  which  the  stream  of  immigration  has  passed  by,  and  in 
every  case  you  find  them  behind  the  times.  The  church  has  not  yet  got 
her  proper  view  of  this  question  of  the  immigrant  who  is,  and  who  was 
the  foreigner.  First,  he  was  the  other  man  ;  then  he  became  of  the  other 
family.  As  some  families  became  strong  they  became  clans,  and  then 
he  was  of  the  other  clan.  The  barons  came,  and  then  nations,  and  the 
foreigner  became  the  one  of  the  other  nation.  But  the  Master  says  to 
his  church  to-day:  'Behold  a  stranger  at  the  door.'  (You  say  a 
foreigner.)  He  says,  'My  brother,  my  neighbor.'  Strange  how  prejudice 
warps  our  vision.  Jefferson  said  :  '  Would  to  God  the  Atlantic  were  a 
sea  of  flame  '  ;  and  Washington  said  :  '  I  would  we  were  well  rid  of  them.' 
Strange  words  for  a  man  who  would  not  have  been  an  American  had  his 
father  not  been  an  immigrant.  Hamilton,  the  man  of  whom  it  was 
said,  '  the  greatest  man  this  country  had  produced,'  was  an  immigrant. 
Albert  Gallatin,  the  financier;  Agassiz,  the  scientist,  and  thousands  of 
illustrious  naines  would  make  a  strong  list.  One-twelfth  of  the  land 
foreigners,  but  one-fourth  of  the  Union  armies  w-ere  foreigners,  too — 
one-twelfth  furnished  one-fourth.  Men  fought  for  the  Union  who  knew 
no  language  but  Old  Glory. 

"  Hermann  takes  from  an  empty  can  a  Union  Jack,  and  the  band  plays 
'  God  Save  the  Queen  '  ;  a  French  flag,  and  the  Marseillaise  hymn  ;  a 
German,  and  the  '  Watch  on  the  Rhine  '  ;  a  Russian,  and  the  Russian 
hymn  ;  but  quick  as  a  flash  the  flags  disappear,  and  in  their  place  the 
Stars  and  Stripes,  and  all  the  music  in  the  '  Star-spangled  Banner.' 

"  When  Linnreus  was  under-gardener  the  head  gardener  had  a  flower  he 
could  not  raise.  He  gave  it  to  Linnieus,  who  took  it  to  the  back  of  a 
pine,  placed  broken  ice  around  it,  and  gave  it  a  northern  exposure.  In  a 
few  days  the  king  with  delight  asked  for  the  name  of  the  gem  before  him. 
It  was  'the  forsaken  flower.'     So  there  are  millions  of  our  fellow-men  in 


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Europe  to-day  with  harsh  environment,  sickly,  poor,  and  ready  to  die  ;  but 
transplanted ^a  new  home,  clothes,  food,  and,  above  all,  the  freedom  that 
shall  blossom  and  help  to  make  our  land  the  very  paradise  of  the  poor  of 
all  lands — they  have  made  the  brown  prairie  to  blossom  as  the  rose,  the 
wilderness  to  become  like  the  garden  of  the  Lord.  They  drove  the 
Louisiana  lottery  out  of  North  Dakota  ;  they  voted  for  temperance  in 
South  Dakota.  Their  hearts  beat  warm  for  their  native  land,  but  they 
are  true  to  their  adopted  country,  and  their  children  will  rise  up  and  bless 
you.  The  mixture  of  the  nations  is  the  very  thing  that  makes  us  first, 
has  produced  a  new  type,  and  if  we  but  do  our  duty  to  them  the  time  is 
fast  coming  when  we  shall  be  the  arbitrator  of  the  nations.  No  way  to 
lift  Europe  so  fast  as  to  evangelize  her  sons  who  come  to  us.  Sixteen  per 
cent,  go  home  to  live  who  can  never  forget  what  they  saw  here ;  and  did 
we  but  teach  them  aright  they  would  be  an  army  50,000  strong  of  foreign 
missionaries,  preachers  of  the  Gospel  to  the  people  in  the  tongue  in  which 
they  were  born,  and  thus  creating  a  perpetual  Pentecost. 

"  One  other  great  fact  needs  pointing  out.  The  discovery  of  this  land 
was  by  the  Latin  races,  and  yet  they  failed  to  hold  it,  lacking  the  genius 
for  colonization  for  which  the  Anglo-Saxon  is  preeminent.  During  the 
last  fifty  years  over  13,000,000  immigrants  have  come  to  this  land.  Great 
Britain  sent  nearly  6,000,000  ;  Germany,  4,500,000  ;  Norway  and  Sweden, 
939,603  ;  Denmark,  144,858  ;  Netherlands,  99,522  ;  Belgium,  42,102.  Here 
we  have  over  11,500,000  of  the  13,000,000  Anglo-Saxon,  and  almost  half 
of  them  speaking  English  ;  while  Italy,  Russia,  Poland,  France,  Austria, 
Switzerland,  Hungary,  Spain,  Portugal,  and  all  other  nations  sent  but 
1,708,897  out  of  the  13,296,157.  And  here  we  must  note  that  nearly  all 
of  the  Latin  races  came  within  the  last  few  years,  so  that  we  were  a  nation 
50,000,000  strong  before  many  of  them  came  ;  and  eighty  per  cent,  of  all 
our  people  talk  English. 

"  No  nation  ever  drove  its  people  out  but  lost,  as  witness  Spain,  and 
France  with  her  Huguenots.  England  took  them,  and  they  helped  to 
make  her  great.  Nay,  even  when  a  nation  has  actually  been  conquered 
by  war,  she  in  turn  conquers  her  victors  and  is  made  better.  Germany 
conquer  d  Rome,  but  Roman  laws  and  Roman  government  conquered 
the  invaders  and  made  Germany  the  mother  of  modern  civilization. 
Norsemen,  Danes,  and  Saxons  ploughed  Britain  till  her  fields  were 
drenched  in  blood.  The  Norman  brought  his  beef,  his  mutton,  and  the 
rest,  but  the  English  kept  their  oxen,  sheep,  and  swine,  and  eventually  the 
Norman,  Dane,  and  others  became  the  mother  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  race,  of 
which  to-day  we  are  the  very  loin.  England  has  four  times  as  much 
inventive  genius  as  the  rest  of  Europe,  but  America  has  ten  times  as 
much  as  England  ;  and  why  ?  Because  added  to  the  English  colony  is  all 
Europe,   and    in    our    own    people   we    have    the    practical    English,   the 


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thoughtful  (Icriiian,  tlie  metaphysical  Scot,  the  quick-witted  Irish,  the 
sprightly  (laul,  the  musical  and  artistic  qualities  of  the  Italian,  the  hardy 
Swiss,  the  frugal  and  clear-headed  Swede  and  Norwegian  ;  and  all  united 
make  the  type  which  the  world  will  yet  come  to,  the  manhood  which  will 
recognize  the  inherent  nobility  of  the  race,  its  brotherhood,  and  the  great 
Cjod  its  Father." 


THE  WORK  OF  THE  LOCAL  CHURCH 

Ax  Addki.ss  at  the  Omaha  Anni'ai,  Mkf.tixg,  by  Rev.  James  S.  Ainslie, 

OF  Elkhart,  Indiana 

The  noble  paper  [Secretary  Choate's]  to  which  we  have  listened  has 
surely  freshened  in  all  our  minds  our  conception  of  the  splendor  and 
comprehensiveness  of  this  home  missionary  work.  This  Society,  with 
its  2,000  commissioned  agents  and  its  annual  expenditure  of  nearly 
11700,000,  is  engaged  not  only  in  the  work  of  soul  saving.  It  is  not  so 
busy  saving  "souls  "  that  it  has  no  time  to  save  men  and  women.  It 
is,  rather,  an  enterprise  of  man-redeeming  and  society-transforming.  It 
affects  the  whole  personality  of  man,  and  extends  its  influence  to  all  his 
interests  and  occupations  ;  and  while  its  aim  is  to  reach  and  to  save  all  of 
the  man,  it  also  endeavors  to  reach  all  of  the  men.  The  motto  of  the  New 
York  Sunday-School  Association  is  :  "  The  Bible  in  the  hand  of  the  living 
teacher  to  every  child  in  the  State."  The  motto  of  this  Society,  if  I  may 
frame  it,  is  :  "  The  Gospel  by  the  voice  of  the  living  teacher  to  every 
individual  of  this  nation."  And  in  carrying  the  Gospel  the  preacher 
carries  the  church  with  him.  The  Master  said  :  "  Seek  ye  first  the  king- 
dom of  God  and  his  righteousness,  and  all  these  things  shall  be  added 
unto  you." 

Long  years  ago  this  Society  discovered  that  if  it  could  find  the 
missionary  and  get  the  means  to  send  him  out  he  would  carry  with  him, 
as  Secretary  Choate  has  just  said,  "that  organizing  force  wdiich  Chris- 
tianity imparts  to  the  social  and  civil  life  of  every  community,  the  living 
church,  embodiment  and  instrument  of  the  living  Christ." 

I  want  to  focus  your  attention  upon  the  local  church  as  the  chief 
instrument  of  this  Society  in  doing  its  national  work.  I  mean  by  the 
local  church  the  group  of  men,  women,  and  children  who  are  gathered 
together  in  one  place  in  the  name  of  Christ.  You  remember  the  servant 
girl  said  to  Peter,  "Thou  also  art  one  of  them."  You  are  one  of  that 
little  group  round  the  person  of  Christ.  They  form  a  compact  social 
nucleus.     They  meet  in  the  spirit  of  love  and  loj^alty  to  Christ,  singing 


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his  praises,  and  trying  to  become  like  him  in  the  spirit  of  love  and  loyalty 
to  one  another,  helping  one  another,  and  encouraging  each  other  ;  in  the 
spirit  of  love  and  loyalty  for  the  highest  interests  of  the  community  in 
which  they  live,  in  order  that  there  may  be  a  light  there  that  shall  not  be 
extinguished  by  business,  nor  by  politics,  nor  by  pleasure,  nor  by  anything 
else,  and  shall  be  a  perpetual  testimony  of  the  living  Christ  who  can 
succor  and  save. 

Now,  Mr.  President,  this  little  home  missionary  church  is,  in  itself,  a 
wonderful  institution.  The  "institutional  church  "  has  been  referred  to. 
I  believe  in  it.  Our  new  edifice,  just  completed  in  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  was 
built  with  a  view  to  the  adoption  of  certain  features  of  the  institutional 
church.  But,  on  the  whole,  let  us  remember  that  the  great,  commanding 
work  of  this  Society  is  being  done  through  the  average  home  missionary 
church.  The  minister  preaches  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  and  thereby  the 
humblest  tiller  of  the  soil  is  exalted  and  becomes  a  child  of  the  Father 
and  a  servant  of  Almighty  God.  In  the  frontier  settlement,  when  the 
service  is  held  on  the  Lord's  Day,  the  miners  throw  down  their  spades 
and  the  lumbermen  rest  from  their  logging  to  hear  the  story  of  the 
Savior. 

It  is  a  wonderful  thing  to  carry  the  institution  of  the  Christian 
Sabbath  to  a  careless,  godless  community.  The  minister  preaches  of 
personal  purity,  and  thus  establishes  a  social  purity  organization — a  wing 
of  the  White  Cross  Army.  The  subject  of  temperance  comes  up  for  dis- 
cussion, and  by  reasoning  and  moral  suasion  the  missionary  endeavors  to 
keep  the  men  from  the  drink.  He  also  speaks  to  the  corporate  conscience 
of  the  community,  and  by  local  option  and  prohibition  tries  to  keep  the 
drink  from  the  man.  So  the  church  is  the  best  possible  temperance 
society.  In  times  of  industrial  disturbance  and  lawlessness  the  preacher 
is  again  at  the  front  with  a  message  counseling  peace  and  respect  for  law  ; 
so  the  church  becomes  a  law  and  order  league.  Through  its  numerous 
social  gatherings  it  becomes  a  mutual  improvement  society.  By  its 
Sunday-school  it  promotes  Bible  study.  It  has  a  message  for  the  citizen  at 
the  ballot-box  when  it  declares  that  "  righteousness  exalts  a  nation,  while 
sin  is  a  reproach  to  any  people  "  ;  and  so  the  church  becomes  an  organiza- 
tion for  the  advancement  of  good  government.  In  its  observance  of  the 
great  festival  days  of  the  Christian  year  it  becomes  a  society  for  the 
promotion  of  good  cheer.  In  its  efforts  to  evangelize  the  nation  and  the 
world  it  becomes  a  patriotic  missionary  society,  making  every  church  a 
mission  station  and  every  member  a  missionary. 

I  believe  our  Lord  meant  that  his  church  should  contain  in  itself  the 
cure  of  every  social  ill.  There  is  a  latent  power  for  evangelization  in  our 
churches  that  needs  to  be  called  forth.  Great  as  is  the  work  that  has  been 
done,  it  is  not  what  it  should  be.     While  rejoicing  in  the  splendid  achieve- 


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nicnts  of  the  past,  we  must  not  forget  the  sad  fact  that  there  are  multi- 
tudes who  drift  within  the  influence  of  the  church  and  of  the  Gospel  who 
are  not  held  and  molded  into  good  citizenship.  A  few  years  ago  1  heard 
from  the  lips  of  a  representative  pastor  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  the  statement 
that  every  poor  girl  coming  to  the  house  of  shelter  (a  house  for  the 
profligate  and  abandoned  in  that  city)  had  sometime  been  a  member  of  a 
Sunday-school.  And  the  records  of  the  penitentiary  bore  testimony  to 
the  fact  that  ninety  per  cent,  of  our  native-born  American  criminals  had 
been  identified  with  Christian  congregations.  This  does  not  prove  that 
Christianity  is  a  failure,  but  it  does  indicate  that  the  membership  of  our 
churches  are  not  awake  to  their  duties.  The  minister  cannot  be  leaven 
for  the  whole  community.  If  our  country  is  to  be  evangelized,  every 
Sunday-school  teacher,  every  Christian  Endeavorer,  and  every  member 
must  become  a  consecrated  worker,  a  faithful  soldier  of  Jesus  Christ. 

But  the  rank  and  file  of  our  churches  are  not  here,  and  the  present 
methods  of  communicating  missionary  ideas  are  not  adequate  to  reach  the 
majority  of  our  members  and  train  them  into  a  large  sense  of  personal 
responsibility.  We  have  Women's  Home  Missionary  Societies  and 
Women's  Foreign  Missionary  Societies  and  various  juvenile  societies. 
We  reach  the  young  people  somewhat  through  the  Christian  Endeavor, 
and  the  children  somewhat  through  the  Sunday-school ;  but,  alas  !  for  any 
systematic  plan  for  teaching  and  training  the  men.  It  seems  to  be  taken 
for  granted  that  men  cannot  be  interested  in  missions,  except  as  they  will 
make  an  occasional  offering  in  response  to  an  occasional  call  from  the 
pulpit. 

Yet  it  is  the  men,  chiefly,  who  have  the  money  ;  and  it  is  the  men 
largely  that  we  must  look  to  for  the  resources  to  carry  on  this  great  work. 
Let,  therefore,  the  men  in  the  local  church  be  organized  into  activity.  In 
a  majority  of  our  churches,  where  the  membership  does  not  exceed  300, 
let  there  be  one  grand  missionary  society  including  men,  women,  and 
children,  letting  it  meet  once  a  month,  taking  the  hour  of  the  mid-week 
prayer-meeting.  Let  the  brightest  and  best  possible  programme  be 
arranged,  with  many  taking  part.  Let  every  member  be  thus  schooled 
and  solicited  and  trained  until  his  thought  and  prayer  and  purse  are  linked 
to  the  mighty  enterprise  of  saving  America  to  save  the  world.  And  in  less 
than  three  years  the  Congregational  churches  of  our  land  will  march  to 
the  tune  of  $1,000,000  for  the  cause  of  Home  Missions. 

Work. — The  spiritual  life,  like  the  physical  and  the  intellectual,  for 
its  healthful  sustenance  and  growth  is  largely  dependent  on  work.  There 
is  plenty  of  it,  of  the  best  kind,  waiting  to  be  done.  No  work  pays 
better. 


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DR.    HOPKINS'S    ADDRESS 

After  the  reading,  on  Thursday  afternoon,  June  7th,  of  Secretary 
Choate's  paper  on  "  Home  Missions  for  the  Sake  of  America,"  Rev.  Dr. 
Henry  Hopkins,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  spoke  substantially  as  follows  : 

"Our  confidence  in  the  statement  that  Jesus  Christ  is  to  be  King  of 
nations,  as  he  is  King  of  saints,  is  the  reason  for  our  being  in  Omaha. 
We  are  here  as  a  company  of  professed — I  had  almost  said  professional — 
optimists  ;  that  is  a  part  of  our  calling  as  Christian  men  and  women.  We 
cannot  help  it.  Our  Almighty  God  is  almighty  goodness,  and  we  are 
still  holding  fast  to  the  first  recorded  promise  and  expecting  that  the  seed 
of  the  woman  will  bruise  the  serpent's  head.  We  are  indeed  able  to  sus- 
tain all  the  weary  weight  of  this  unintelligible  world  in  the  personal  and 
in  the  corporate  life  only  because  we  believe  thai  truth  is  stronger  than 
error,  virtue  than  vice,  Christ  than  Belial,  love  than  hate,  and  that  God 
and  Christ  and  truth  and  virtue  and  love  must  by  and  by  triumph. 

"The  Home  Missionary  Society  finds  the  reason  for  its  existence  in  its 
firm  faith  that  it  is  sent  to  help  to  bring  in  the  kingdom  of  God  between 
the  two  oceans.  This  characteristic  of  home  missionary  people  makes 
Home  Missions  necessary  for  the  sake  of  America.  Through  light  and 
darkness,  marching  and  fighting,  long  waiting,  deadening  indifference,  and 
ignoble  peace,  there  must,  for  the  safety  of  the  Republic,  be  those  who 
never  fear,  nor  flee,  nor  sleep,  nor  doubt  the  coming  of  the  morning. 
The  paper  of  Secretary  Choate  is  an  inspiring  statement  of  our  past,  and 
rings  with  a  note  of  high  expectancy ;  but  it  has  also  startled  us,  if  we 
have  ears  to  hear,  with  its  notes  of  warning,  and  in  that  he  is  also  true  to 
the  genius,  if  I  may  so  speak,  of  the  Christian  faith.  For  the  true  Chris- 
tian, though  an  optimist,  is  not  a  sentimentalist,  not  a  lotus  eater.  He 
always  dares,  with  holy  courage,  to  look  facts  in  the  face,  and,  if  need 
be,  to  drag  them,  hateful  and  hideous,  into  the  light.  He  pays  the  hom- 
age of  his  understanding  only  to  facts;  his  confidence  is  born  not  of 
indolence  and  ignorance,  but  of  faith  in  God  and  in  himself  helped  of 
God.  We  cannot  forget  that  no  true  soul  ever  lived  in  this  world  without 
having  at  times  the  great  indignations  of  his  nature  stirred,  and  the  more 
Christlike  a  man  he  is,  the  more  certain  it  is  that  he  can  neither  be  indiffer- 
ent nor  silent  in  the  presence  of  the  shames  and  wrongs  of  his  fellow-men. 
Our  Lord  himself  was  angry,  angry  with  the  duplicity  and  hypocrisy 
of  his  time.  The  hottest  invective  and  the  most  scathing  denunciation 
on  record,  he  spoke.  We  do  well  not  to  forget  the  scourge  of  small 
cords  with  which  he  drove  out  those  who  profaned  his  Father's  house. 
The  Apostle  Paul  has  left  for  us  in  the  first  chapter  of  Romans  a  picture 
of  the  unspeakable   degradation   of  humanity  without  God  in   his  day, 


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which,  h'ke  the  'Last  Juds^ment  '  of  a  niiirhtier  Angelo,  hanjrs  in  the 
world's  sky.  Every  prophet  of  God  and  every  child  of  God,  small  or 
great,  having  anything  of  the  prophet  spirit,  has  seen  and  hated,  exposed 
and  denounced  evil,  whether  Savonarola  or  Luther  or  Huss  or  Knox 
or  Lincoln  or  Lowell  or  Harriet  Beecher  Stowe.  This  Christian  attitude 
toward  sin  and  all  evil  is  the  second  reason  why  we  need  Home  Missions 
for  the  sake  of  America.  Consciousness  of  wrong,  indignation  against  it, 
and  opposition  to  it  cannot  be  spared  from  the  national  life.  Secretary 
Choate  presented  in  powerful  lines  some  of  the  dangers  which  threaten 
the  republic — the  debased  foreigners'  menace,  the  municipal  menace, 
the  startling  and  increasing  danger  of  spiritual  destitution  in  the  coun- 
try districts  ;  but  of  other  facts  indicating  imminent  and  deadly  peril  he 
could  not  speak,  nor  have  I  time  so  much  as  to  enumerate  them.  It 
is  impossible  also  to  even  mention  certain  causes  and  tendencies  in 
our  political,  industrial,  social,  and  religious  life  which  menace  not  only 
the  peace  but  the  stability  of  our  institutions.  But  for  one,  after  deliber- 
ate survey,  I  am  ready  to  say  that,  looking  at  the  visible  and  most  appar- 
ent trend  of  events,  and  after  studying  causes  and  tendencies  in  the 
light  of  much  of  our  modern  thinking,  the  outlook  of  our  country  seems 
to  be  an  exceedingly  dark  one.  Nay,  I  am  ready  to  freely  acknowledge 
that  except  for  the  presence  of  the  indwelling  and  outworking  spirit  of 
Jesus  Christ,  an  unseen  spirit  which  political  economy  takes  no  account 
of  and  the  man  of  the  world  despises,  the  spirit  which  is  revealed  only  in 
Christ's  cross,  the  spirit  of  love  in  self-sacrifice — except  for  this,  despite 
our  sciences  and  literatures,  our  schools  and  commerce  and  laws,  the 
case  would  be  hopeless.  And  it  is  at  least  an  open  question  whether, 
unless  there  be  a  vast  increase  of  the  manifestation  of  this  spirit,  it  is  not 
hopeless  already.  My  personal  belief  is  that  in  order  to  save  the  Repub- 
lic there  has  got  to  be  a  great  awakening,  a  new  energizing  and  a  new 
directing  of  the  followers  of  Jesus  Christ.  But  I  believe  we  have  prom- 
ise that  it  is  on  the  way  ;  that  it  is  here  waiting  to  be  apprehended. 
Meantime  we  may  stay  ourselves  on  the  old  fundamental  truths  in  which 
all  the  saints  have  trusted.  We  may  stay  ourselves  on  God.  God  is, 
and  man  is.  God  has  a  part  in  the  history  of  the  world,  the  material- 
ists to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  and  personality  is  a  mighty  trans- 
forming force  in  history,  if  a  fatalistic  philosophy  has  demonstrated  the 
folly  of  trying  to  make  the  world  over.  God  is,  and  man  may  be  co- 
ordinated with  God  ;  then  man  is  strong  as  God  is  strong.  The  sun 
yonder  is  not  only  a  center  of  light  and  heat,  but  also  of  immeasurable 
electric  force. 

"The  earth  has  always  known  it,  has  felt  at  the  root  of  her  shaken 
mountains  his  power,  and  in  seismic  tremors  answered  to  his  touch  ;  the 
aurora  borealis  has  always  thrown  out  its  fluttering  banners  of  recogni- 


294  The   Home   Missionary  September,  1894 

tion,  and  the  little  plants  in  the  depths  of  the  forest  have  folded  and 
unfolded  their  leaves  in  obedience  to  the  pulsations  of  these  lines  of  force. 
Man  has  known  nothing  of  all  this  until  of  late,  but  now  doubtless  it  is 
this  power  from  the  sun,  the  great  central  dynamo,  which  is  utilized  in 
all  the  commonest  industries  of  life.  So  there  is  a  science  of  spiritual 
dynamics  as  yet  but  faintly  understood.  There  are  mysterious  move- 
ments of  the  foundations,  signs  in  the  sky,  and  tremblings  of  sensitive 
souls  that  are,  and  always  have  been,  the  manifestation  of  the  life  of  Him 
whp  is  the  center  of  all  being.  At  any  rate  it  is  rational  and  it  is  scien- 
tific to  take  account  of  unseen  forces,  and  to  build  hopes  and  make  plans 
and  hold  annual  meetings  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Soci- 
ety on  the  strength  of  them.  Men  of  God  have  always  taken  account 
of  the  unseen  and  eternal.-  Moses  did — '  The  eternal  God  is  thy  refuge, 
and  underneath  are  the  everlasting  arms.'  Jesus  did — '  All  authority  in 
heaven  and  earth  has  been  given  unto  me  ;  go  ye,  therefore.'  Paul  did — 
'I  can  do  all  things  through  Christ,  who  strengthens  me.' 

"  Our  optimism  is  not  born  of  ignorance.  The  Christian  patriot  does 
not  shut  his  eyes — he  is  the  last  man  to  do  it — to  the  visible  trend  of 
events  toward  the  pit,  nor  does  he  deny  the  half  truths  of  modern  un- 
christian thought.  He  welcomes  truth  from  any  source.  The  Christian 
church  of  to-day  cheerfully  acknowledges  her  dependence  upon  condi- 
tions. She  confesses  that  in  the  past,  through  ignorance,  she  has  often 
lost  her  opportunity,  but  she  proposes  in  the  future  to  be  wiser,  more 
scientific,  if  you  please.  She  has  already  learned  to  make  words,  like 
'heredity'  and  'environment,'  which  have  become  the  cant  of  shallow 
minds,  the  watchwords  of  her  triumphing  progress. 

"  It  is  scientific  to  take  account  of  the  factor  of  personality.  It  is  un- 
scientific not  to  do  it.  You  must  do  it  to  read  history  aright,  especially 
American  history.  It  is  rational  to  believe  in  the  supernal  power  for 
good  of  a  rightly  directed  human  will,  of  a  God-inhabited  man,  of  a  man 
'  free  from  doubt  and  fear,  and  flung  into  the  hands  of  Almighty  God  to 
be  used  at  his  will.'  It  is  rational  to  believe  that  a  man  in  the  future  may 
be  mightier  than  any  man  in  the  past.  Mr.  Moody  once  said  that  the 
world  has  yet  to  see  what  God  can  do  with  a  wholly  consecrated  man. 
Some  true  glimpse  of  this  he  himself  has  given  us ;  but  of  a  church, 
wholly,  constantly,  enthusiastically  surrendered  to  the  service  of  God  in 
the  service  of  humanity,  we  have  not  yet  received  much  intimation,  much 
less  has  there  been  an  example  of  a  group  of  churches  so  given.  When 
this  shall  at  last  be,  then  shall  there  be  furnished  for  the  mighty  Spirit  of 
God  media  through  which  he  will  work  boundless  blessings.  Then  shall 
a  nation  be  born  in  a  day. 

"The  Secretary  has  laid  special  emphasis  upon  the  new  name  of  the 
Society,  and  upon  the  special  aptitudes  of  '  the  Congregational  way  '  for 


September,   1894  The   HoiiK'   Missionary  295 

successful  home  missionary  endeavor.  Upon  this  a  word,  and  1  have 
done. 

"  'Inhere  are  two  characteristics  of  our  Congregational  Christianity, 
very  broad  and  noble  and  important,  which  in  the  unfolding  of  our  his- 
tory have  made  our  past  distinguished,  have  made  some  of  our  men  and 
some  of  our  eras  illustrious.  What  are  these  two  characteristics  of  Con- 
gregational history  thus  far?  They  are  both  contained  in  our  Lord's  last 
command,  '  Co  ye,  therefore,  and  make  disciples  of  all  nations,  baptizing 
them  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Cihost, 
teaching  them  to  observe  all  things  whatsoever  I  command  you.'  Univer- 
sal evangelization  followed  by  universal  Christian  education.  Evangeliz- 
ing all,  teaching  all.  Am  I  wrong  in  claiming  for  our  churches  fealty  to 
these  grand  ideas,  these  two  fundamental  principles,  these  two  divine  com- 
mands ?  The  fealty  has  not  been  as  loyal,  as  generous,  as  constant  as  it 
ought  to  have  been,  but  the  history  of  our  beloved  American  Board,  of  this 
noble  Society,  and  of  the  various  other  forms  of  our  home  mission  work, 
testify  for  us  that  we  have,  with  something  of  enthusiasm  and  sacrifice, 
accepted  our  obligations  for  world-wide  evangelism  ;  while  the  record  of 
the  Christian  schools  and  colleges  and  seminaries,  that  have  always  stood, 
and  to-day  stand,  by  the  side  of  our  churches,  show  that  we  have  not 
been  unmindful  of  teaching  as  well  as  preaching  in  Christ's  name.  There 
is  no  need  to  dwell  in  this  presence  on  the  history  of  our  missionary 
work,  home  and  foreign,  nor  upon  the  history  of  Christian  education  as 
connected  with  Congregationalism,  but  it  is  a  recognized  fact  that  our 
name  is  honorably  linked  with  these  two  grandest  movements  of  our  time. 
The  struggles  of  our  fathers  for  soul  liberty,  and  the  part  they  had  in  the 
establishment  on  this  continent  of  free  institutions,  shed  immortal  luster 
upon  them  ;  but  not  less  bright  is  the  record  of  those  who  came  after 
them,  as  the  pioneers  in  this  land  of  Christian  missions  and  Christian 
education. 

"  We  must  keep  alive  here  in  the  center  of  the  continent  the  great 
traditions  that  started  yonder  by  the  sea,  and  help  preserve  strongly 
marked,  in  our  time  and  place,  these  heaven-born  characteristics  of  Con- 
gregational life.  To  evangelize  and  to  teach  is  not  our  whole  task.  To 
Christianize  is  more  than  this.  It  is  '  teaching  them  to  observe  all  things 
whatsoever  I  have  commanded  you.'  A  Christianized  society  is  the  aim 
of  all  our  efforts — an  embodied  Christianity.  This  would  be  the  king- 
dom of  God  set  up  in  the  world.  To  this  task  the  generation  in  which 
we  live,  the  providence  of  God  and  the  leadership  of  Jesus  Christ, 
through  his  mighty  Spirit,  are  calling  us.  Let  us  not  be  deaf  to  this  call. 
The  church  is  a  means  of  saving  men  and  of  saving  society.  These  days 
are  critical  ;  along  the  nation's  horizon  lie  clouds  dark  with  portent,  and 
lightened  and  streaked  by  the  play  of  forces  that  may  be  either  let  loose 


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for  destruction  or  harnessed  for  beneficence.  There  is  need  of  appHed 
Christianity.  There  is  need  of  conscience,  of  truth,  of  justice,  of  purity, 
in  business,  social,  and  political  life,  but,  above  all,  of  love  in  sacrifice, 
which  is  Christianity.  These  we  must  have  or  perish.  Our  churches 
exist  not  for  the  rearing  and  training  of  those  who  shall  make  real  and 
actual  this  Christian  ideal ;  they  exist  for  the  lifting  up  of  Christ  on  the 
cross,  not  only  in  tireless  proclamation,  but  also  in  the  daily  living  of  its 
members,  always  and  everywhere,  that  he  may  draw  all  men  to  himself. 
There  are  signs  that  our  churches  are  awake  to  this  call  and  are  trying  to 
meet  this  demand.  They  are  learning  to  believe  more  in  the  church  and 
also  in  the  kingdom.  If  we  have  an  '  understanding  of  the  times,'  we 
may  be  called  of  God  to  lead  in  a  new  movement,  as  we  were  called  to 
lead  in  behalf  of  liberty,  of  missions,  and  of  Christian  education.!' 


A    CALL    TO     UNITED    PRAYER 

[The  following  letter  has  been  received  from  the  secretary  of  the  Woman's  Execu- 
tive Committee  of  the  Presbyterian  Cliurch.  We  present  this  "  call  to  prayer  "  to  the 
woman's  homeland  organizations  of  our  own  churches,  in  the  hope  that  the  date  herein 
mentioned,  September  25,  may  be  generally  observed  by  all  auxiliary  societies. — 
H.  S.  C] 

"  In  view  of  the  financial  depression  which  impedes  missionary  work  ; 
of  the  wide  departure  from  a  sanctified  observance  of  the  Sabbath  ;  of 
the  unrest  and  disturbed  condition  of  the  various  classes  of  society  which 
threaten  our  welfare  as  a  nation,  the  Woman's  Executive  Committee  of 
Home  Missions,  profoundly  convinced  that  prayer  is  the  most  potent 
force  to  meet  this  emergency,  and  with  humble  reliance  upon  divine 
favor,  calls  for  a  special  day  of  humiliation  and  prayer  throughout  the 
auxiliaries. 

"  That  a  united  chorus  of  prayer  may  ascend  to  the  throne  of  grace, 
the  fourth  Tuesday  in  September  (25th)  is  designated  as  the  time  for 
general  observance. 

"  Every  auxiliary  is  earnestly  urged  to  observe  this  day  by  a  special 
meeting,  either  in  the  accustomed  place  of  gathering,  or  by  uniting,  in  the 
larger  cities  and  towns,  in  a  union  meeting,  as  may  be  found  convenient 
and  expedient.  Those  members  who  may  be  prevented  from  attending  the 
special  meeting  are  earnestly  and  affectionately  urged  to  observe  the  day 
in  their  own  homes,  by  special  and  importunate  prayer  in  their  closets. 

"  That  our  petitions  may  be  directed  in  a  common  channel,  the  follow- 
ing topics  are  suggested  : 


September,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  297 

" PR AVER 

"For  an  outpouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  that  the  church  may  rise  to  a 
hi.ylier  ])hine  of  life  and  self-denial  •  that  a  spirit  incitin.y-  to  increased 
<iiving  may  prevail,  and  that  the  debt  which  now  hampers  the  work  of 
Home  Missions  may  be  s|)eedily  removed. 

"That  the  laws  of  ("lod  may  be  better  known  and  obeyed  throughout 
our  country. 

"  That  the  Sabbath  may  be  honored,  Sunday  travel  and  traflfic  cease, 
and  Sunday  newspapers  be  discontinued. 

"  For  tlie  President  and  his  advisers,  and  all  who  are  in  authority  in 
our  land  ;  for  our  State  and  National  legislators  ;  for  our  ]:)oliticai  leaders, 
that  they  may  be  unselfish,  seeking  the  general  welfare  of  the  country 
in  all  their  plans;  and  that  bribery  and  corruption  may  cease. 

"That  the  Chris.tian  women  of  the  country  may  be  taught  of  (iod 
their  duty  in  this  emergency. 

"  This  is  the  call  which  we  make  through  our  September  Home  Mission 
Moiithlx  to  all   our  societies,  and  we  should   be   very  glad    if  our  sister 
organizations,  like  our  own,  would  observe  the  day  with  us.     If  it  seems 
wise  and  expedient  to  you,  will  you  suggest  it  to  your  societies  ? 
''  Very  cordially  yours, 

"  Emeline  G.  Pierson, 
"  Cor.  Sec.  Wommis  Ex.  Com.  Presh.  Ch." 


GOOD    READING-MATTER    WANTED 

[These  calls  for  good  books,  magazines,  and  papers  are  perpetually  coming  from  all 
the  remoter  parts  of  the  field.  We  give  space  here  to  three  out  of  many,  believing  that 
the  friends  of  the  work  will  not  grow  weary  of  the  frequent  repetition,  but  will  gladly 
respond  to  requests  so  reasonable  and  easily  answered.  Did  those  friends  but  know  the 
urgency  of  the  need,  and  the  help  which  the  desired  reading  matter  would  afford  the  mis- 
sionary, the  supply  would  be  speedy  and  liberal.] 

In  South  Dakota. — You  know  that  through  our  exchange  library 
plan  I  am  enabled  to  furnish  all  our  new  schools  with  a  Sunday-school 
library,  and  to  exchange  with  all  our  schools  as  they  may  need,  if  I  can 
keep  a  sufficient  supply  on  hand.  Books  that  have  been  used,  and  are 
worn  and  torn,  I  "doctor"  with  needle  and  thread  or  paste,  or  with  a 
new  cover,  as  each  case  may  require,  and  then  they  are  ready  to  go  out 
again  on  their  errand  of  helpfulness.  I  have  found  it  so  difficult  to  keep 
the  shelves  of  this  "  book  dispensary  "  filled,  so   that  I  could  supply  the 


298  The   Home   Missionary  September,  1894 

demand,  that  I  have  been  prompted  to  ask  if  you  will  not  say  to  any 
churches  or  schools  or  Endeavor  societies,  through  the  columns  of  The 
Home  Missionary,  that  if  they  can  gather  books  suitable  for  a  Sunday- 
school  library,  or  magazines  or  Sunday-school  papers,  and  send  to  me 
prepaid,  for  the  work  in  South  Dakota,  they  will  be  greatly  appreciated, 
and  will  do  good. — Rev.  C.  M.  Daly,  Huron,  So.  Dak. 


In  Idaho. — Our  sore  need  here  is  books — Sunday-school  books  for 
the  children.  The  Sunday-School  and  Publishing  Society  gave  us  a  small 
library,  but  the  children  have  read  it  through  and  through  and  are  hungry 
for  more.  Xo  doubt  there  are  hundreds  of  volumes  in  Sunday-schools  at 
the  East,  laid  aside  because  they  have  been  read.  How  I  wish  we  might 
have  them! — Rev.  E.  A.  Paddock,  JVeiser,  Idaho. 


In  Wisconsin. — One  great  need  in  these  communities  is  religious 
literature.  The  only  papers  we  have  of  the  kind  are  the  Well  Spring 
and  Little  Pilgrim.  The  missionary  would  gladly  distribute  any  papers 
that  might  be  sent  to  him  from  the  friends  of  Home  Missions.  A  Sundav- 
school  library  would  be  a  great  blessing  to  our  schools.  Are  there  not  those 
who  would  gladly  donate  books  that  have  been  read,  for  the  benefit  of 
the  little  ones  here  in  Wisconsin  woods,  v/ho  now  satisfy  their  desire  for 
reading  with  the  most  blood-curdling  stories  of  border  life — Indians, 
detectives,  etc.?  Such  reading  cannot  but  poison  the  minds  of  the  readers, 
and  the  only  antidote  is  books  of  a  pure  and  elevating  tone.  Will  not 
some  one  help  the  work  of  saving  these  precious  souls  by  giving  to 
them  what  may  now  be  cumbering  the  bookshelves  of  homes  and  Sunday- 
schools  ? — Rev.  D.  L.  Sanborn,  Bruce.,  Wis. 


How  They  Pay  Him. — One  of  the  questions  answered  by  each  mis- 
sionary in  making  his  quarterly  report  to  the  Society  is  this  :  '•  What 
amount  has  been  received  from  your  field  during  this  quarter  ?  " 

In  his  report  lately  received  a  good  brother  in  Washington  says,  oppo- 
site this  inquiry  :   "  Four  dozen  eggs." 

Even  the  sharpest  critic  of  the  cost  of  ministerial  support  will  hardly 
call  this  an  eggsorbitant  tax  on  a  parish  for  three  months  of  pastoral 
service. 


September,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  299 

ONE  GENEROUS  GIFT  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  THIS 
YEAR  FROM  EVERY  CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH 
IN    THE    UNITED  STATES 

[The  following  circular  has  hccii  issued  over  the  names  of  the  Society's  Executive 
Committee  and  officers,  with  the  desi;4n  of  reaching  thereby  every  Congregational  church 
and  pastor  in  the  laiul.  In  the  hope  of  securing  the  interested  attention  of  friends  in 
pastorless  churches,  and  others  whom  for  various  reasons  the  mailed  circular  may  not 
reach,  it  is  reproduced  in  these  pa<;cs.  Every  lover  of  Home  Missions  can  do  something 
to  forward  the  end  here  sought.  Just  what  that  something;  may  be,  will  readily  suggest 
itself  to  the  earnest  reader.] 

Dear  Brother  : — The  F>xecutive  Committee  of  the  Ntitional  Society, 
moved  by  wliat  they  believe  to  be  sound  business  reasons,  have  felt  com- 
pelled to  reduce  the  missionary  expenditures  of  the  current  year  by  the 
amount  of  }s!75,ooo. 

They  pled.ye,  however,  that  all  receipts  of  the  year  above  the  amount 
apportioned  shall  be  used,  not  for  the  extin.tjuishment  of  the  debt,  but  for 
the  restoration  of  the  cut  of  $75,000. 

Here  is  the  opportunity  of  the  churches  throughout  the  whole  land  to 
save  the  work  of  the  Society  from  the  dire  calamity  which  must  follow 
should  the  proposed  reduction  be  enforced. 

ONE     flENEROUS     CONTRIBUTION      FROM      EVERY     CHURCH     OF     OUR     MORE 
THAN    5,000    CHURCHES    WILL    AVERT    THE    THREATENED    DISASTER 

Will  you  pledge  us  your  best  personal  endeavor  to  put  your  own 
church  into  an  unbroken  line  of  giving  churches  this  year? 

Will  you  indicate  on  the  enclosed  card,  and  return  to  the  secretary, 
the  Sunday  which  in  your  Judgtncnt  is  the  best  Su/iday  in  the  whole  year  for 
an  earnest  presentation  of  the  subject  and  for  the  taking  of  such  a  collec- 
tion among  your  people  ? 

SUBJECTS    FOR    SERMONS 

T.  The  Glorious  Record  of  the  Past  Year. — Literature  :  Sec- 
retary Clark's  paper,  "  Bright  Spots  in  a  Dark  Year  "  ;  Summary  of  Re- 
sults ;  Annual  Report  ;   Omaha  Bee  supplement. 

2.  Home  Missions  for  the  Sake  of  America. — Literature  :  Sec 
retary  Choate's  paper  on  this  theme  ;  Dr.  Webb's  leaflet,  "  National 
Prosperity";  Dr.  Strong's  "Our  Country";  Mrs.  Arnold's  leaflet,  "A 
Nation's  Opportunity  "  ;  Omaha  Bee  supplement. 

3.  Home  Missions  for  the  Sake  of  the  World. — Literature  : 
Secretary  Kincaid's  paper  on  this  subject  ;  Dr.  Schauffler's  and  Mr.  Pud- 
defoot's  Omaha  addresses  ;   Omaha  Bee  supplement. 


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4.  The  Method  of  the  Kingdom. — Literature  :  Dr.  Herrick  s 
sermon,  preached  at  Omaha  ;  Dr.  Coe's  "  Origin  and  Work  "  ;  Omaha 
Bee  supplement. 

5.  Home  Missions  and  Congregationalism.  —  Literature:  Dr. 
Stimson's  sermon  at  Saratoga  meeting,  1893  ;  Leaflet,  "  Undue  Multipli- 
cation of  Churches  on  Home  Missionary  Ground";  Leaflets  Nos.  115 
and  1 16. 

6.  Woman's  Work.  —  Literature :  Mrs.  Caswell's  report  ;  "  The 
Christian  Givers'  Creed  "  ;  Story  of  the  Woman's  Meeting  ;  August  num- 
ber of  The  Home  Missionary. 

7.  The  State  Work. — For  literature  apply  to  the  State  secretary. 

The  above  are  suggested  only  as  sample  themes.  Others  better  than 
these  will  occur  to  thoughtful  pastors. 

The  success  of  the  effort  will  depend  upon  several  conditions,  namely  : 
Beginning  early  ;  deciding  upon  the  proper  Sunday  ;  properly  advertis- 
ing its  approach  ;  careful  preparation  of  the  facts  and  motives  to  be  pre- 
sented ;  their  earnest  presentation  by  the  pastor. 

The  object  is  to  secure  one  good  collection  from  the  church  and  con- 
gregation, as  such,  aside  from  any  effort  of  the  Sunday-school  or  the 
Woman's  Society  or  the  Young  People's  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor. 

Of  our  5,000  Congregational  churches  in  the  United  States,  about 
1,200  churches  gave  nothing  last  year,  as  such,  to  the  Home  Missionary 
Society.  The  other  4,000  churches  may  not  need  this  reminder,  but  it  will 
help  the  effort  we  have  in  view  if  they  will  kindly  cooperate  in  this  plan. 

We  would  suggest  that  life-memberships  be  made  by  vote  of  the 
church  with  the  funds  collected.  Fifty  dollars  make  one  such  member- 
ship, entitling  the  holder  to  a  handsome  engraved  certificate,  a  subscrip- 
tion for  life  to  The  Home  Missionary,  and  a  vote  at  the  Annual  Meeting 
of  the  Society. 

The  literature  named  above,  with  the  exception  of  ''Our  Country," 
will  be  supplied  to  the  secretary  of  each  State,  from  whom  it  may  be 
ordered,  without  expense,  by  pastors.  Other  aids  to  this  effort,  such  as 
collection  envelopes,  pledge  cards,  mite  boxes,  and  pastoral  letters,  to  be 
sent  out  to  every  member  of  the  congregation  previous  to  the  taking  of 
the  collection,  will  be  furnished  by  the  National  Society. 

We  need  a  Rescue  Fund  of  at  least  ^75,000  above  the  apportionment 
of  the  year,  to  save  our  work  from  serious  injury.  A  pull  all  together 
will  realize  that  amount. 

Do  not  forget  to  return  the  card,  with  the  date  fixed  and  pledged. 
Do  not  forget  to  order  the  literature.     Do  not  forget  to  use  it. 

Yours  in  the  bonds  of  the  Gospel, 
[Signed  by]         The  Executive  Committee  and  Officers. 


September,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  301 

TREASURY    NOTE 

Four  months  of  tlie  sixty-ninth  financial  year  have  passed.  How  the 
recei|its  at  the  National  Society's  treasury  during  these  months  compare 
with  those  of  the  I'irst  third  of  the  previous  year,  may  be  seen  from  this 
statement  : 

C O  N  T  R 1 1!  U  T I O \ S  L r-:G  A C I  F.S 

1893  1894  1893                  1894 

.\]iril.  ...$10,366  46  $18,936  34  April..    .  $6,68i    14  $8,701   36 

May 9,461   46  18,608  21  May 25,812  59  6,113  5^ 

June....     15,13617  15,24944  June 10,25435  35,02654 

July..   ..     15,293   72  18,908  65  July 8,940  39  10,695    22 

$50-257   81      $71,702   64  $51-688  47     $60,536   70 

$71,702   64  $60,536   70 

50,257   81  51.688  47 


$21,444  83  gain  in  contributions.  $8,848   23  gain  in  legacies. 

A  total  gain  of  $30,293.06  over  the  corresponding  months  of  1893. 

Our  friends  will  rejoice  with  us  in  several  facts  brought  out  1)\-  this 
statement  : 

'     (i)   More  than  two-thirds  of  this  gain  is  in  contributions  of  the  living, 
and  not  from  the  ever  uncertain  returns  from  payment  of  legacies. 

(2)  This  gain  has  been  made  during  the  continuance  of  "the  hard 
times,"  and  while  there  w-as  small  prospect  of  their  speedy  improvement 
— made,  too,  in  some  of  the  year's  least  fruitful  months — showing  the 
strong  hold  of  the  cause  of  Home  Missions  upon  the  hearts  of  our  Con- 
gregational people. 

(3)  That  such  a  gain  should  l^e  made  under  such  circumstances  proves 
the  practicability  of  carrying  out  the  earnest  wish  and  purpose  of  the 
Society's  executive  committee  and  officers,  to  restore  at  an  early  day  the 
compulsory  reduction  of  ,$75,000  in  this  year's  outlay. 

(4)  If  only  the  rate  of  increase  here  seen  be  continued  through  the 
more  fruitful  months  to  come,  this  hope  wall  be  realized,  and  the  work 
will  go  foFward  as  rapidly  and  healthfully  as  before  the  "  cut-down,"  if 
indeed  its  pace  may  not  be  materially  quickened. 

What  can  be  done,  should  bo  done.  It  is  the  Lord's  work,  and  they 
who  plan  and  work  with  him  never  need  to  fear  failure. 

On  another  page  will  be  seen  an  appeal  from  the  secretary  of  the 
Woman's  Department  to  its  auxiliary  "Unions,"  for  a  day  of  united 
prayer.     There  is  no  doubt  of  the  large  response  to  this  appeal. 

Pastors,  Sunday-school  superintendents  and  teachers.  Christian  Kn- 
deavorers,  faithful  helpers  all — will  you  not  work  for  a  sure  success  ? 


^02 


The   Home   Missionary 


September,    1894 


APPOINTMENTS    IN    JULY,    1894 


A^ot  in  commission  las f  year 

Anderson.  Charles.  Big  Horn.  Wyo. 

Becker,  James  A.,  Hermosa  and  Rockerville.  So. 
Dak. 

Bentley.  Frank  Drew,  Weymouth  and  Bruns- 
wick. Ohio. 

Blakeslee.  Allen  D.,  Montrose,  Colo. 

Brisendine.  Wm.  H..  Tucker  and  Union  Hill.  Ala. 

Choate,  Charles  Wesley,  Dayton.  Ohio. 

Cibula.  John.  W^estern  Pennsylvania. 

Collom.  Joseph  Ed..  Littleton,  Colo. 

Culpepper.  Lewis  P..  Fredonia,  Ala. 

Dean,  Amos  N..  Douglas.  Neb 

Derr.  Albert  C  .  St.  Mary's.  Ohio. 

Downs.  Allison  O  ,  Manitou  and  Green  Moun- 
tain Falls,  Colo. 

Evans,  George  S.,  Lake  Benton  and  Tyler,  Minn. 

Griffith,  Fred.  W..  North  Crandon  and  Dunbar, 
Wis. 

Huggins.  Hezekiah,  Hilton,  Ala. 

Jensen.  Charles  J.,  General  Missionary  in  North- 
eastern Wis. 

Josephson,  H.  F.,  Clintonville.  Wis. 

Kovac,  Andrew,  Cleveland.  Ohio. 

Le  Bar.  William  H..  Hildreth,  Moline.  and  Up- 
land. Neb. 

Lyons.  Eli  C.  Sherburn  and  Lake  Belt,  Minn. 

Murphy.  Charles  G.,  Wallace,  Neb. 

Pederson.  L.  J.,  Fargo,  No.  Dak. 

Sabol.  John.  Braddock.  Pa. 

Shendel.  William  L.,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

Smith,  Charles  W..  Cope.  Colo. 

Watry,  Francis.  Byron  and  Bethany.  Cal. 

Webster,  Calvin,  Dexter,  Minn. 

Wells.  C.  W.,  Red  Cliff,  Oilman,  and  Minturn, 
Colo. 

Re-commissioned 

Ainslie.  James  S,,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

Arnold.  William  A.,  Toledo  and    Cowlitz    Bend, 

Wash. 
Atkinson,  Wm.  Henry,  Lake  Park  and  Hillhurst, 

Wis 
Beadenkoff,  Thomas  M..  Canton,  Md. 
Bente,  Christopher  H  ,  St.  Louis.  Mo. 
Birlew.  Gordon  E.,  San  Rafael,  New  Me.x. 
Bosworth,  William  \..  Perry.  Okla. 
Bradley.  Nelson  S..  Mitchell,  So.  Dak. 
Braithwaite,  Thomas  S..  East  Rockaway.  N.  Y. 
Cadwalader,  John,  Delta.  Pa. 
Chavez.  Ezekiel  C,  San  Rafael.  New  Mex. 
Childs,  Lucas  S.,  Pleasant  Ridge   and  Mt.  Hope, 

Okla. 
Cole,  Thomas  W.,  Ravenna.  Neb. 
Culver,  Wm.  C  Kingston   and   Lightwood.  Ala. 
Curran,  Edward.  Condon.  Or. 
Dungan,  George.  Otis  and  Hyde,  Colo. 
Eckel,  Frank  Edward.  Bachelor,  Colo. 
Eckles.  John  G.,  San  Francisco.  Cal. 
Ellwood,  William.  Stafford,  Kan. 
Emerson,    Fred.    C,   Lake   Park  and   Audubon, 

Minn. 
Emmerson.  Nicholas.  Dial  and  Mt.  Ayr.  Kan. 
Evans.  William  L..  Plymouth.  Pa. 
Ferrier,  William  Warren.  Pacific  Grove,  Cal. 
Fiske,  John  B.,  Bonne  Terra,  Mo. 
Forbes,  Harrison  L  ,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Frame,  Ezra  E..  Hot  Springs,  So.  Dak. 
Francis,  David  R.,  Cleburne,  Tex. 
Foster,  Jesse  D.,  Lorin,  Cal. 
Galer,  Michael  H.,  Stewartville,  Minn. 
Gilt,  Henry  F..  Eugene.  Or. 
Gimblett,  William  H.,  Carrington,  No.  Dak. 
Gould,  J.  S.,  Wichita.  Kan. 

Gridley,  Albert  L.,  Chillicothe  and  Kidder,  Mo. 
Grieb,  Edmund,  Portland,  Ore. 


Griffith.  William.  Caledonia,  No.  Dak. 

Hansen.  Carl  J.,  General  Missionary  among  the 

Scands.,  So.  Dak. 
Hardy,  James  W.,  Norfolk.  Neb. 
Harrison.  Hiram  R.,  Hillsboro.  No.  Dak. 
Haskell.  Robert  B..  Guttenberg,  N.  J, 
Henry.  Alex.  J..  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Hicks.  William  H.,  McAlester.  Ind.  Ter. 
Hilkerbaeumer.  R..  Sutton  and  Stockham,  Neb 
Hill.  George.  Cleveland.  Ohio. 
Hills.  William  S.,  Denison.  Tex. 
Hodoush.  Miss  Anna,  Braddock,  Penn. 
Huffman,  William  Nathan.  Tipton.  Cal. 
Hull.  Lyman,  Garden  City,  Kan. 
Kimball.  Jeremiah.  Aurora,  So  Dak. 
Lewis.  James  M.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Lewis,  Thomas  G..  Ritzville  and  Griffith    Wash. 
Lewis,  Thomas  H..  Dawson  and  Bird.  Minn. 
Libby,  Edgar  H..  St.  Louis.  Mo 
McArthur,    William.    Sherburn   and    Lake    Belt. 

Minn. 
McCleery.   O.   L..   Clearwater   and   Gloversville, 

Neb. 
McCready.  William.  Petersburg.  Neb. 
McLaughlin,     James.     Forman.     Rutland,     and 

Cayuga,  No.  Dak. 
McPhee,    Moses.    Bloomingion,   Ash    Rock,   and 

New  Harmony,  Kan. 
Merrill.  Henry  A..  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Morse,  Edgar  L.,  St.  Louis.  Mo. 
Mounts,  S.  A..  Campbell.  Neb. 
Mucklow.  William  B.,  Brookville,  New  Cambria, 

Mentor,  and  Humharger,  Kan. 
Nash,  F.W.,  Mountain  Home.  Idaho. 
Nelson.  Neis  I..  Woodlake,  Grantsburg.  and  Doc- 
tor's Lake.  Wis. 
O'Brien.  James  P..  St,  Louis,  Mo. 
Orchard,  John.  Dickinson,  No.  Dak. 
Page,  Charles  E.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Paradis.  E.,  Special  services  in  Louisiana 
Parker.  Frederick  W.,  Challis,  Idaho. 
Parsons.  Julius.  Prentice.  Wis. 
Paske,  William  J.,  General  Missionary  in  Neb. 
Pease,  William  P.,  Wilcox  and  Freewater,  Neb. 
Petterson.  John.  Clear  Lake.  Wis. 
Piatt,  Luther  H  ,  Alton.  Kan. 
Poling,  Daniel  v.,  Independence  and  Rickreall,  Ore. 
Pollard,  Samuel  W..  West  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Reitinger,  Philip.  Silver  Lake.  Minn. 
Rich.    Ulysses  G.,    Michigan  City   and  Niagara, 

No.  Dak. 
Robinson,  William  Henry,  Clayton,  Cal. 
Rogers,  Enoch  E.,  Groveland,  Minn. 
Sanderson.  Horace,  General  Missionary  in  Colo. 
Simpkin,  Peter  A.,  Amery.  Wis. 
Stevens.  M.  A.,  West  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Swengel,  A.  Willmer,  Riceville  and  Centreville, 

Penn. 
Thomas.  Isaac.  Old  Forge.  Penn. 
Totusek,  Vincent.  Milwaukee.  Wis. 
Trchka.  Charles,  St.  Louis.  Mo. 
Trower,    William    G.,    Brownton    and    Stewart, 

Minn. 
Tubb,  William  H.,  San  Francisco.  Cal. 
Vaughan,  Frederick  W  ,  Oxford  District.  Ala. 
Vaughan,  George  W.,  Chullafinnee  and  Edwards- 

ville,  Ala. 
Ward.  Frank  G.,  Wichita.  Kan. 
White,  Isaac  J.,  Georgiana,  Halton,  and  Bullock, 

Ala. 
White.  Levi.  Marion,  Ind. 
Whitelaw,  James  D.,  Jame.stown  and    Eldridge, 

No.  Dak. 
Williams,  William  T.,  Slatington.  Penn. 
Wolfe.  Joseph,  Roy,  Wash. 
Wright.  Reuben  B.,  Boise  City.  Idaho. 
Young,  Arthur  G.,  Melville,  Pingree,   and  Rio, 

No.  Dak. 


September,  1894  The   Homc   Missionary 


303 


RECEIPTS     IN    JULY,    1894 


For  account  ot  receipts  l)y  Slate  Auxiliary  S(jcieties,  see  pages  307  to  309 


MAINE— $2,078.19  ;    of  which    legacy, 
$2,000.00. 

BridKlon,  First,  by  J.  H.  Caswell....  $11  64 

Castinc.  Mary  F.  Cushman 8  00 

Hampden,  S.  S.,  Mrs.  E.  E.  Temple. 

Trcas.,  by  E.  F.  Duren 15  05 

Kennebunkport.  South   Ch.,   by  Rev. 

C.  H.  Pope 8  50 

Orono,  Estate  of   Edward   Mansfield, 

on  account,  by  J.  L.  Crosby,  att'y-  2,000  00 

Phillips,  A  Friend 10  00 

West  Lebanon,  E.  J.  Shaplcigh 25  00 


NEW    HAMPSHIRE  -  $1,707.46;    of 
which  legacy,  $257.50. 

Received     by    Hon.      L.     D. 

Stevens,  Trcas.   N.  H.  H. 

M.  Soc. : 

Candia $12  00 

Henniker 69  75 

Nashua,  Legacy  of  Clarissa 

P.   Abbott 257  50 

Pelham 40  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 25  00 

Winchester '. 41  50 

Wolfborough 9  78 

455  53 

F.  C.  I.andH.M.U.  ofN.  H., 

Miss    A.   A.    McFarland, 

Treas.  : $iCo  89 

Boscawen,  Au.\ 10  06 

Bristol,     Ladies'      Mission 

Circle,  in  full,  to  const.  C. 

Boardman  a  L.  M 2512 

Concord,   South     Ch.    Cent 

Soc.  and  H.  M.  Union 3286 

228  93 

Hampton.  Mrs.  T.  Ward 5  00 

Kensington.  Friends 3  00 

Portsmouth,  Mizpah  Circle,  by  A.  R. 

Young 5  00 

Stratham,  A  Friend 10  00 

Troy.  David   P.  Lowe,   by   Mrs.    D. 

P.  Lowe 1,000  00 


VERMONT— $680.88;    of   which   lega- 
cy, $500.00. 

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

Peacham   $35  64 

West   Brattleboro 6  00 

■         41  64 

Brattleboro,  From  Estate  of  Mrs. 
Fanny  S.  Jacobs,  by  C.  F.  Thomp- 
son. e.\ 500  00 

Burlington,  College  Street,    by  J.   L. 

Southwick 5032 

Danville,  S.  Knowlton 25  00 

Derby  Line,  Ladies'  Aid  Society  of 
the   South  Stanstead  Ch.,  add'l,  by 

Mrs.  H.  S.  Stone 2  50 

East  Berkshire,  Enos  Birk.  special 2  22 

Manchester,  by  S  G.  Cone 33  66 

Rochester,  by  Mrs.  B.  D.  Hubbard 21  84 

Williston.  by  C.  D.  Warren 3  70 


MASSACHUSETTS 
of  which  legacies,  $4,89 


$11,796.58; 


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

Palmer,  Treas. : $4,000  00 

By  request  of  donors -r-. . . .     1,010  97 

Woman's H.  M.  A.,  MissS.  K. 
Burgess,  Treas.  : 

Salary  Fund $200  00 

Dedham,  Mrs.  M.  S.  Dar- 
ling, debt 300 

203  00 

Amherst,  First,  by  W.  Hamlin.. . : . . .  100  00 

Bernardston,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  K.  M. 

Crowell 2  50 

Boston,  W.  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund.        loo  00 

C.  L.  Shattuck 5  00 

S.  F.  Wilkins 34  00 

Bridgewater,  Central  Square,  by  A.  G. 

Boyden 37  82 

Curtisville,  A  Friend 10  00 

Dorchester,     Second,     by     Miss    E. 

Tolman 112  48 

Douglas,  A  Friend         4  00 

Fitchburg.  Rev.  and  Mrs.  John  Wood.  20  00 

Foxboro.  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Phelps 50  00 

Gilbertville,    Mission    Circle,   by     F. 

Jones,  special 23  00 

Greenfield,  Mrs.  E.  B.  Loomis i  80 

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

Bard  well 24  59 

Harvvichport.    Pilgrim     Ch..     by     N. 

Doane   4  00 

Haverhill.  C.  Coffin 440 

Haydenville,  by  C.  D.  Wait 7  07 

Longmeadow,    Bal.     of     Legacy     of 

Mercy  S.  Cooley,  by  D.  E.  Burbank, 

e.x 140  00 

Monson,  Legacy  of  Sophia  B.  Holmes, 

by  F.    E.   Morris,   E.   D.  Cushman. 

and  E.  R.  Holmes,  e.\s. 4,750  00 

New   Bedford,   North    Ch..  by  J.    W. 

Hervey 54  9' 

Northampton.  A.  L.  Willision 300  00 

North  Brooktield,  The  Happy  Workers 

of  the  First,  by  Miss  X.  H.  Morrill.  35  00 

Norton,   Trin.    Cong.    Ch.,   of   which 

from  Mrs.  E.  B.   Wheaton.  $50,  by 

S.  H.  Cobb 55  56 

Norwood,  by  Rev.  A    L.  Loder 37s  00 

Rockland.  Y.    P.    S.    C    E.,  by   J.   M. 

Hitchcock,  special     500 

Rutland.    First,    by   S.   Crawford,    to 

const.  N.  I.  Sargent  a  L.  M 52  00 

Sheffield,  by  A.  T".  Waket^xld.  M.D.. .  11  26 

Springfield' ■' A  Memorial  Gift" 5  00 

S.  M.  Coe 1000 

Sunderland.  First  $130;  S.  S..  $25,  by 

W.  L.  Hubbard,  to  const.    Mrs.  C. 

H.   Pomeroy.  Mrs.  A.   C.    Warner, 

and  Mrs.  E.  M.  Smith  L.  Ms 155  00 

Taunton.  Friends 3  oa 

Ware.  .\  Friend 15  00 

West  Brooktield.  Mrs.  H.  Brown 17  60 

Williamsburg,  by  H.  W.  Hill 1500 

Williamstown,  S.  S.  of    the   First,  by 

C.G.Smith 1562 

Worcester,  Salem  Street  Ch.,  by  L.  C. 

Muzzy 27  00 


304 


The   Home   Missionary 


September,    1894 


RHODE  ISLAND     S3'4i  09  ;  of  which 
legacies,  $3,037.56. 

Bristol,  First  S.  S.,  by  P.  Skinner.  Jr.. 

for  Salary  Fund $40  00 

Newport.  United  Ch.,  Mrs.  T.  Thayer. 

by  E.  P.  Allan 20  00 

Pawtucket.  Estate  of  Hugh  McCrum, 
William  E.  Tolman,  adm.,  on  ac- 
count       2,970  8g 

Peace  Dale,  by  J.  A    Brown 18  53 

Providence,  Legacy  of  Susan  P.  Glad- 
ding, by  J.  G.  Parkhurst.  e.x 66  67 

Heneficent  Y.  P.  S  C.  E..  by  E.  VV. 
Olncy,  toward  L.  Mp.  of  Frank 
R.Stafford   2500 


CONNECTICUT— $2,q58  60;  of  which 
legacy,  $10.  i6. 

Miss.  Soc.   of  Conn  ,  W.  W.  Jacobs, 

Treas..  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec.  :  64  91 

Woman's  H.  M.  L^nion.   Mrs. 
W.  W.  Jacobs.  Treas.  : 

Kensington,  by  Mrs.  J.    C. 
Graham,  for  Salary  Fund.    $33  50 

Pom  fret    Center,   Aux.,   by 
Miss  M     E.   Denison.   for 

Salary  Fund 48  50 

82  00 

Black  Rock,  by  D.  H.  Sturges 75  00 

Bristol,  by  L.  G.  Merick 75  00 

Brookfield  Center,  by  A.  Somers 24  17 

Clinton.  V.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Miss  E.  H. 

Redtield.  for  Salary  Fund 20  00 

Colchester,  .Mrs.  O.  O.  Destin 2  00 

Columbia,  by  S.  F   West 16  00 

Connecticut,  A  F"riend 50  00 

A  Friend 25  00 

Danbury,  Julia  Hatch.  First  Ch   12  co 

Darien.  by  M.  S.  Mather 40  00 

East  Avon,  by  Rev.  N.  J.  Seeley 18  00 

Farmington,  A  Friend no  00 

Gilead,  by  A.  W.  Hutchinson 33  00 

Hartford,  "  S.  M.  D." 5000 

Lebanon,  First,  addl,  by  J.  R.  Ma.\- 

well 2  00 

Madison,  by  J.  S.  Scranton. ..'.......  32  00 

Meriden,   Center   Ch.,   of   which   $20 

from  J.  W.  Yale,  toward  L.  Mp.  of 

Miss   M.    E.   Yale,   by   Miss   M.  A. 

Wood 50  00 

Morris.  S   S  .  by  S.  A.  Babbitt 10  66 

New  Haven.  First,  by  F.  S.  Bradley.  2:54  75 

Humphrey  Street  Ch.,  $96.50  ;  S.  S.. 

S16  41.  by  N.  P.  Smith 112  91 

Davenport,  by  G.  F.  Burgess 82  63 

Yale  College,  by  W.  W.  Farnam. . .  55  00 

College  Street  Ch..  Miss  S.  L.  Stone.  5  00 

S.  H.  Street,  for  the  debt 5  00 

New  London.  First,  by  H.  C.  Learned.  102  74 

Second,  Miss  M.  J.  Turner 5  oo  ' 

New  London  Co..  Friends 100  00 

North     Branford.     From     Estate    of 

Luther  Chidsey.  by  Charles  Page  . .  10  16 

Northfield.  S.  S.  Woolsey,  special  ....  10  00 

Northford.  by  E.  Smith 30  00 

Norwich.  Broadway,  by  S.  B.  Bishop  800  00 
Old  Lyme.  S47.57  :  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $6, 

by  A.  Shirley 53  57 

Plainville,  by  M.  S.  Corning 49  77 

Salisbury,  Ladies'  Board   of   H.    M.. 

by  Mrs.  A.  B.  Robbins 35  00 

Scotland.  Ch.,  of  which  $5  from  John 

Chesbro.  by  Rev.  H.  B.  Mead 40  00 

Shar.on.  First,  by  R.  E.  Goodwin  ....  22  31 

Somers.  Miss  H.  R.  Pease 10  00 

South  Manchester,  by  C.  E.  House  ..  125  21 

Y.P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Mrs.  J.  H.  Min- 

ikin 12  00 

Thomaston,  First,  by  G.  H.  Stoughton  11  60 

Wallingford,  by  W.  E.  Pallee   8  25 


Washington,  First,  by  C.  L.  Hicko.x, 
to  const.  Rev.  R.  E.  Carter.  .Mrs.  H. 
W.  Seeley.  Charles  L.  Hicko.K,  and 
Edward  Sterling  Carter  L.  Ms 

West  Hartford,  First  Ch.  of  Christ, 
by  E   S.  Elmer 

Westmin.iter,  by  A.  C.  Greene 

Winchester,  by  E.  B.  Bronson 

Woodstock,  S.  S.  of  the  First,  by  E.  S. 
Boyden  


NEW  YORK     $1,583.45. 

Received  by  William  Spalding. 
Treas. : 

Center  Lisle $'55 

East  Ashford 4  30 

Harpersfield 600 

Lisle 6  70 

Norfolk 5  00 

North  Java  3  76 

North  Pitcher 600 

Pitcher 11  00 

Pulaski,  S.  S 7  00 

Rochester,  South  Ch 34  00 

Syracuse.  Good  Will 10  00 

Union  Valley 8  00 

Watertown 60  00 

E.Curtis 1000 

173  ?i 

Angola.  A.  H.  Ames 5  00 

Binghamton,  First,  by  A.  G.  Sheak  ..  24  15 
Brooklyn,  Penn.  Avenue,  by  Rev.  W. 

T.  Beale 5  oo 

Canandaigua,  First,  by  H.  C.  Buell. 

M.D 93  71 

Churchville,  by  A.  D.  Stone 19  85 

East     Rockaway,     Bethany    Ch.,    of 

which   $3.93  from  the  Jr.  Y.   P.  S. 

C.  E.,  by  Rev.  T.  S.  Braithwaite  ...  22  00 

Homer,  by  L.  F.  Rice 14  00 

Maine.  First,  by  S.  C.  Carman 14  90 

New  York  City,  Mt.  Hope,  Christ  Ch., 

by  Rev.  H.  M.  Brown 11  18 

S.  S.  of  Forest  Avenue,  by  Rev.  W. 

S.  Wool  worth 15  00 

A  Friend,  through   the   Third  Na- 
tional Bank 1,000  oc. 

J.  G.  Miner 20  00 

O.  W.  Coe 50  00 

New  York  State.  A  Friend 15  00 

Niagara  Falls,  First,  by  J.  Brown n  12 

Norwood,  by  W.  D.  Fuller 28  66 

Salamanca.  First,  by  W.  H.  Hazard..  13  33 

Waterville,  Welsh,  by  R.  C.  Williams  3  90 

West  Brook,  by  T.  S.  Hoyt 4  od 

Woodhaven,  by  Rev.  F.  I.  Wheat  ...  39  34 

NEW   JERSEY-$758o. 

Chester,   J.H.Cramer 4000 

Jersey  City  Heights,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Ames  s  00 

Newark,  First,  by  W.  H.  Marcell 25  80 

\'ineland.  Kate  Gillette 5  00 

PENNSYLVANIA— $84.13. 

East  Smithfield,  by  O.  B.  Kellogg...  n  27 

Guy's  Mills.  Mrs.  F.  M.  Guy.  toward 

L.  Mp.  of  Mrs.  S.  J.  Guy  Radle.  of 

which  $10  special 25  00 

Johnstown,    First,    by    Rev.    T.    A. 

Humphreys 11   16 

Le  Raysville.  by  Mrs.  H.  C.  Lyon...  4  2-0 

Meadville,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  Park 

Avenue,  by  Mrs.  W.  T.  Sutherland, 

for  Salary  Fund 10  oo 

Philadelphia,    Ro.xborough,    Miss    P. 

Fobes 20  00 

Plymouth,   Puritan   Ch.,  by   Rev.  T. 

McKav 2  50 


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MARVI.AXI)  -S500.00. 
MarvUiinl   A  Friend  .  . . 


$500  00 


DISTRU  r    Ol"   (_()I.r.MlU.\     $25.00. 

V.\, mall's  li.  M.  Uni.ii  of  \.  .1.  .Assoc, 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Dcnison.  Trcas  : 

Washingrton,  First,  for  Salary  Fund  25  00 


VIRC.INI.A     $2.72. 

lUrndon.    Y.  P.  S,  C.  R..   by   II.    F. 

I.ouc 


C.EORGI.A  -^i9.4t.. 

Clark's  Mills.  Bowers  and  Magdalena, 
by  Rev.  G.  Home 

Ci  i'.imbus.  First,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Cum- 
bus 

Htndricks.  bv  Rev.  \V.  H.  Graham... 

Juno,  by  Rev.  H.  .M.  Gobcr 

Mcintosh.  Cypress  Slash  S.  S  ,  by  A. 
C.  Phahian 


ALABAMA-S12.50. 

Cciural.  Mt.  Olive,  and  Tallassec,  by 
Rev.  A.C.  Wells 

Cianton  and  Verbena,  by  Rev.  T.  H. 
Havnie 

Gatc'City.  by  Rev.  W.  R.  East 

Oxford.  Union  Grove,  by  Rev.  F.  W. 
Vaughan 

Shelby,  Rev.  A.  T.  Clarke.  50  cents; 
Mrs.  A.  T.  Clarke.  50  cents:  Maude 
Clarke.  50  cents:  J.  P.  Clarke,  50 
cents:  H.  F.  Clarke,  50  cents:  Lena 
M.  Clarke.  50  cents 


LOIMSIANA-S4.90. 

White    Bay   Springs,   by    Rev.    M.  J. 
Owen 


FLORIDA     $8.17. 

Ormond.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Rev   S.  F. 
Ga'.e 


TEXAS-$26.oo. 

Woman's    H.    M.    Union,    Mrs.  C.  I. 
Scofield.  Treas.: 
Paris.  Ladies"  Soc.,  by  Rev.  L.  Rees. 

Palestine,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Dobb.s 

OKLAHOMA-$5.5o. 

A'.pha.  Park,  and  Mt.  Pisgah.  by  Rev. 

T.  F.  Robberts .' 

Ci  andler.  bv  Rev.  M.  D.  Tenney.  .. 
Waynoka.  by  Rev.  J.  W.  McWilliams. 
Wtst  Guthrie,  by  Rev.  L.  J.  Parker.. 


OHIO~$30i.86. 

Received  by  Rev.  T-  G  Eraser. 

D.D.: 
Castalia.    add'l.     by     J.    C. 

Prentice $5  oo 

Cilumbus.  North.  S.  S..  by 

D.  Weiser 5  56 


1  50 
12  70 

51 


8  17 


10  00 
16  00 


I  00 
I  00 

1  00 

2  50 


Parknian,    by    Rev     S.    R. 

Dole $5  00 

Sullivan,    by    Rev.    H.     F. 

Thompson 6  70 

Twinsburg,by  O.  O.  Kelsey       10  00 

S32  26 

Received  by  Rev  J   G.  Frascr. 

D.D..     Treas.     Bohemian 

Board.  Cleveland; 
Saybrook,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  for 

Miss  Reitinger $2  00 

Sullivan,   .S.    S.,   Children's 

IJay    3  ^o 

5  30 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 

G.  B.  Brown,  Treas  : 
Cleveland,    First,    W.    H. 

M.  S :o  00 

Conneaut,    Oklahoma    C. 

E.  L^nion.  for  Miss  Rei- 

tinger 65 

Marietta.  Harmar  W.    M. 

S 400 

$14  65—        IQ  g5 

Woman's  H.  M.   Union.  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas  ; 
For  Salary  Fund:  • 

(ieneva,  I.  H.  M.  S |6  50 

Hudson 3  75 

Norwalk.  U.  M.  S 5  00 

Painesville g  00 

24  25 

Coolville,  Centennial,  and  Ireland.  by- 
Rev.  F.  S    Perry 5  62 

Bellevue.  S.  W.  Boise 20  00 

East  Liverpool,    Rev.  H.  D.  Kitchel. 

D.  D 50  00 

Jackson,  First,  by  Rev.  W.  O,  Jones.  "2  00 

Mt.  Vernon,  Friends,  by  O.  F   Murphy  64  00 

Nelson,  Mrs.  M.  O.  Beardsley i  10 

Oberlin,    First,    $66. 6S  ;    Mrs.    Veits, 

$10.  by  L.  W.  LTpton 76  68 

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

by  M.   Lawrence 5  00 

Toledo,  First,  add'l.  by  M.  Brighara..  i  co 

{ErratiDH  :  Woman's  H.M.Union.  Mrs.  Cy. 
B.  Brown,  Treas.  :  Columbia.  •■  Z."  should  read 
Columbus,  •' Z,"  erroneously  acknowledged  in 
July  Home  Missionary.] 


INDIANA— $22.40. 

Woman's  H.    M.  Union,  Mrs. 
F.  E.  Dewhurst.  Treas.  : 

Angola §1  75 

Indianapolis,        Fellowship 

Ch 4  00 

Plymouth 11  00 

Mauchport 30 

Terre  Haute,   First 1000 

$27  05 

Less  expenses 1000 

17  05 

Central,  Cedarwood.  and  Beechwood, 

by  Rev.  J.  Trueblood i  00 

Liber,  J.  J.  Bockoven.  Pa;  Amboy. 
$2.35,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Curtis 4  35 

ILLINOIS    $210.00. 

Illinois  Home  Missionary  Society,  by 
Rev.  J.  Tompkins,  D.D.,  special  for 
Salary  Fund   100  00 

Oak  Park.  Mrs.  M.  A.  Keep no  00 


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MISSOURI-$35.5o. 

Kansas  City,  Clyde,  by  Rev.  A.  K. 
W'ray 

New  Cambria,  by  Rev.  A.  VV.  Wig- 
Kins 

St.  Louis,  Pilgrim  Ch 


IOWA    $17.79. 

Chester  Center.  Ch.  and  Y,  P.  S.  C. 

E.,  by  H.  A.  Woodford 

Tipton,  Rev.  D.  B.  Eells 


$5  00 


5  50 
25  00 


Logan,  Herndon,  and  Ludell.  Ger 
man,  by  Rev.  W.  Suess $4  oo 

Manhattan,  $20  ;  Smith  Center,  $3-25, 
by  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie 23  25 

Osawatomie,  First,  by  Rev.T.  S.  Rob- 
erts    8  00 

Sabetha,  by  Rev.  A.  C.  Hogbin.  to 
const.  Dr.  Harry  Reding  a  L.  M...  50  00 

St.  Francis,  $6:  McDonald,  $3.-'!; 
Middle  Beaver,  67  cents,  by  Rev.  R. 
H.  Harper 9  88 

Wabaunsee,  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  of 
which  from  Mrs.  Amy  Brady,  $6  ; 
Mrs.  H.  M.  Brady,  $1.80,  by  J.  F. 
Willard 23  00 


WISCONSIN-$i7.oo. 

Bloomer,  Woman  s  Miss.  Soc,  $4.50  ; 
Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $12.50,  by  Rev.  T.  G. 
Grassie 


MINNESOTA-$92.oo. 

Benson,  by  W.  F.  Trussell 

Faribault,  by  A.  Young 

Minneapolis,  W.  H.  Norris 

'New  Brighton,  by  Rev.  H.  VV.  Parsons 
Park  Rapids,  by  Rev.  R.  W.  Harlow. 
St.  Charles.  First,  by  Mrs.  L  N.  Howe 
Worthington.  Union,  by  Dr.  G.  O. 
Moore 


KANSAS     I342. 22. 

Received  by  Rev. J.  G.Dough- 
erty. Treas. : 

Capioma $1  60 

Douglass 2  78 

Eureka 25  54 

Fowler 2  00 

Ocheltree 3  50 

Wabaunsee 10  00 


3  '^o 
59  18 
12  50 

3  '5 
2  00 

4  84 

7  33 


NEBRASKA-$436.9i. 

Received     by    J.     W.      Bell, 

Treas. : 

Waverly f 9  00 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

G.  J.  Powell,  Treas 290  00 


Received  by  Rev.  G.  E.  Tay- 
lor : 

Loomis 

McCook 

Moline 

Palisade 

Wallace 

Individuals 


»2    50 
5    03 

I  25 

4  15 
3  99 
I  49 


Carroll,  Welsh,  by  Rev.  S.  Jones 

Crete,  by  Rev.  E.  Mannhardt 

Culbertson,   Hayes  Co.,  and  Palisade, 

German,  by  Rev.  A.  Hodel   

Friend  and   Turkey  Creek,  German, 

by  Rev.  P.  Lich 

Germantown,   German,   by   Rev.    F. 

Woth       

Indianola,  Rev.  G.  E.  Taylor 

Lincoln,  German,  by  Rev.  J.  Lich... 

Milford,  by  Rev.  R.  M.  Travers 

Ogalaila,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Hampton... 
Reno,   $2.74;    Verdon,   S.    S.,  $6.  by 

Rev.  J.  B.  Brown 


5  00 
5  00 


3  00 

35  48 

15  00 

25  00 

73 

8  14 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 
D.  D.  DeLong,  Treas.: 

Blue  Rapids 

Dover 

Ft.  Scott 

Garnett 

Goodland 

Great  Bend,  Y.  P.  S.  C  E.. 

Highland 

Independence 

Kirwin 

Lena 

Maple  Hill 

Olathe   

Ottawa,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Benson 

St.  Mary's 

Topeka,  First 

Wabaunsee 

Wellsville 


Less  expenses. 


$25  50 
5  00 
5  00 
8  50 
5  00 
5  00 
5  00 
5  00 

12  60 
■  55 
5  00 

12  50 

10  00 
3  00 

50  00 

5  00 

6  00 

fi69  65 
3  39 


Ellis,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  First,  by 
J.J.   Forbes 

Kansas  City,  Wyandotte  Forest,  and 
Vance,  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Fisher 

Linwood,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Embree 


2  41 
2  50 


NORTH  DAKOTA-$i5.oo. 

Inkster  and  Orr,  by  Rev.  A.  E.  Evi- 
son 


SOUTH  DAKOTA— $94.48. 

Armour,  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Hubbard .... 
Badger,  Spring   Lake,  and    Hetland. 

by  Rev.  G.  W.  Crater 

Bowdle  and  Spring  Lake,  by  Rev.  L. 

A.  Brink 

Bryant,   Lfnion  Ch.,  by   Rev.  G.  W. 

Brownjohn 

Cresbard  and  Myron,  by  Rev.  P.  B. 

Fisk .'.... 

Highmore,  by  Rev.  P.  Hitchcock 

Hot  Springs,  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Frame. . . 
Mission  Hill,  by  Rev.  D.  B.Nichols.. 
Powell,  by  Rev.  J.  T.   Lewis 

Welsh,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Lewis 

Ree   Heights,  Greenleaf,  and  Spring 

Hill,  by  Rev.  G.  L,  Helms 

South  Dakota  Cong.  Assoc,  by  Rev. 

M.  E.  Eversz 

Springfield,     Running     Water,     and 

Wanari,  by  Rev.  C.  Seccombe 

Waubay,  Ch.,  $2.03  ;   Webster,  $3  6s; 

Cresbard,  $6.75,  by  Rev.  T.  R.  Tom- 

lin 


16  oS 

8  82 

9  95 

2  50 

10  00 

2  so 

2  5° 

5  00 

2  00 

2  40 

12  30 

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COLORADO -$51.04. 

UenvLT.  Third,  by  W.  E.  Knapp 

Elyria.  Pilgrim,  by  Rev.  C.  B.  Wells. 
Steamboat   Springs,   by    Rev.   J.    \V. 

(iuiin   

Villa    Park.   $7  30  ;    Bachelor,   $2,  by 

Rev.  II.  SaiKicrscin 

WYOMING     $3.30. 

Woman's    Missionary     Union.     Mrs. 
H.  N.  Smith,  Treas.: 
Rock  Springs.  Au.x 

MONTANA-$2.65. 

Melrose,  $2.10  ;  York,  55  cents,  by  Rev. 
W.  S.  Bell 


IDAHO     $5.00. 
Mountain  Home,  by  Rev.  F.  W.  Nash. 


CALIFORNIA-  $78.65. 

Alturas.  Rev.  L.  Wallace 

Bakerstield,    First,    by    Rev.    J.     W. 

Phillips 

Etna,    Callahan's,    Oro     Fino.     and 

Mound,  by  Rev.  A.  S.  McLellan   ... 

Hesperia.  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Ford 

Los  Angeles,  West  End  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

$1.25;  Eagle    Rock,    S.   S.,    $4,   by 

Rev.  G.  Morris 


Nordhoff,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Milligan $3  oc 

Palermo,  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Ives 23  25 

iiQ  ^4          Pescadero,  by  Rev.  R.  Taylor...    ... .  3  oc 

5  00         Perrls,  Y.  P.  S  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  W.  N. 

Burr 700 

2  20         Santa  Barbara,  by  C.  P.  Low 12  10 

9  3°     OREGON    $33.38. 

Beaverton  and   Tualitin,  by  Rev.   W. 

Hurlburt 6  00 

Corvallis.  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Kantner. . . .  8  15 

Hillsboro.  First,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Dick.  11  73 

Oswego,  by  Rev.  R.  M.  Jones 2  50 

3  30         Weston   and    Free  water,    by  Rev.  A. 

R.  Olds 5  00 

WASHINGTON-S168.05. 

2  65         Endicott,by  Miss  J.  M.  Kirkland 25  00 

Pataha,  by  Rev.  E.  Cobleigh 6  yo 

Seattle,     Plymouth,    by    Rev.   A.  J. 

Bailey 100  00 

Taylor  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G.  H.  Lee 4  00 

5  00         Sultan  City.    Woman's    H.    M.  U.,  by 

Rev.  G.  Kindred 25  00 

Tacoma,     Atkinson     Memorial     Ch., 

Rally,  by  Rev.  A.  J.  Bailey 2  15 

First,  by  Rev.  A.  J.  Bailey 5  oo 

5  00 

'2  50     CHINA-$c.oo. 

5  40         Shao-wu,  Foochow.  Mrs.  J.  E.Walker.  5  00 

2  15 

Home  Missionary 34  35 

5  25  §26,682  01 


Diviatious   of   Clothing,    etc. 


Allegheny,  Pa.,  Home  Miss.  Soc.  of 
First  Ch.  and  West  Spring  Creek,  by 
Miss  A.  Gallager,  two  bo.xes     

Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Ladies'  Home  and 
For.  Miss.  Soc.  of  Walnut  Hills  Ch., 
by  Mrs.  I.  F.  M.  Dille.   bo.\  and  cash. 

Danbury.  Conn.,  Mrs.  E.  R.Whittlesey, 
package  clothing. 

Haverhill,  N.  H.,  Ladies'  Soc.  by  Alice 
M.  R.  Skinuer,  bo.x 


Henrietta,  N.  Y.  Ladies'  Home  and 
Foreign  Miss.  Soc.  of  First  Ch..  by 
D.  W.  Bull,  box $14  00 

Methuen,  Mass.,  bo.x  of  magazines. 

New  Haven,  Conn.,  Mrs.  M.  G.  Liver- 
more,  box. 

San  Diego,  Cal.,  First  Ch..  by  Mrs. 
Geo.  W.  Marston.  box   ' 66  50 

Saratoga.  N.  Y..  Mrs.  E.  B.  Ripley,  bo.x 
clothing  and  books  (cash,  $10) 110  00 


AUXILIARY    STATE     RECEIPTS 

VERMONT    DOMESTIC    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the   Vermont  Domestic    Missionary  Society  from  June    20  to  July  20,  1894. 
\Vm.  C.   Tyler,   Treasurer 


Brattleboro $2500 

Brattleboro,  West 19  60 

ForC.  H.  M.  S 6  00 

Burlington,  College  Street  Ch 5°  33 

Clarendon.  East 8  00 

Danby.  Ch.  and  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 8  25 

Fairlee 7  15 

Franklin  and  Grand  Isle  Conference...  2  co 

Glover i  34 

Hartford,  West 8  00 

• 


Lower  Waierford 

Ludlow,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..    . 

Lyndon , 

Middlebury.  A  Friend  .. . . 

Pavvlet.  West 

Peacham.  for  C.  H.  M.S.. 
Interest  on  invested  funds 


$3 

S-l 

3 

85 

5 

00 

3 

00 

2 

00 

35 

64 

66 

00 

$256  6g 


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MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the   Massachusetts  Home   Missio>ia>y  Society  in  July,    1894.      Rev.   Edwin 

B.    Pai,mkr.    Treasurer 


Acton.  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  F.  P.  Wood   

Amherst.  North,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by 
Frank  VV.  Harrington 

Andover,  West,  by  F.  S.  Boutwell 

Athnl,  Evan.,  by  C.  A.  Chapman 

hank  Balances,  Interest  on    ...    

Belmont.  Waverley.  by  William  jewetl 

Boston.  B.  and  L 

Bennett.  .Mrs.  Oliver 

Bovlston,     by     G.     E.     S.      Kinney, 

a'ddl 

East,  Maverick,  by  L.  S.  James 

Ro.xbury.   Highland  S.  S..  Inf.  Dept.. 
by  Clara  M.  Zeigler,   L.  M.  to  be 

named 

Walnut  Ave.,  by  F.  O.  Whitney  ..  . 
Union,  by  William  H.  White 

Bo.vford.  First,  by  D.  W.  Conant 

West,  by  Rev.  C.  L.  Hubbard 

Braintree.  South,  by  H.  B.  Whit- 
man  

Bridgewater.  Scotland,  by  Mrs.  S.  O. 
Keith 

Brooktield.  by  J.  M.  Grover 

Brookline.  Harvard,  by  James  H.  Shap- 

leigh,  in  part 

Harvard,  by  James  H.  Shapleigh,  spe- 
cial for  Italian  work 

Buckland.  by  E.  F.  Smith     

Cambridge,  Shepard  Memorial,  by 
George  S.  Saunders,  L.  Ms.  to  be 
named 

Cambridgeport.  Pilgrim,  by  N.  H. 
Holbrook 

Chelsea.  Central.  Society  of  Women 
Workers,  National  Dept.,  by  Mrs.  I.  C. 
Flagg.  for  debt 

Chigwell,  England.  Ropes,  Miss  S.  L., 
by  Hon.  J.  S.  Ropes 

Danvers.  Maple  St.,  by  C.  G.  Mears,  to 
const.  Mrs  J.  W.  Porter.  Fred.  B. 
Ferguson.  Addie  \.  Southwick.  ilellie 
M.  Campbell,  and  Ada  T.  Lyford  L. 
Ms   of  C.  H.  M.S 

Dedham,  First,  by  G.  W.  Humphrey, 
Treas . . 

Dudley,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Bertha  E. 
Whiting 

Enfield,  by  L.  D.  Potter 

Esse.x  Co..  A  Friend,  regular  work,  $50  ; 
Vinita  Academy.  $100 

Fitchburg,  Calvinistic.  Friends    

RoUstone,  by  David  Salmond.  to  const. 
Silas  W.  Plimpton  a  L.  M 

Framingham.  South.  Dutton.  Mrs. 
Sarah  A.,  by  Rev.  E.  Hodgman 

Gloucester,  Trinity,  by  Joseph  O.  Proc- 
ter     

Hampden  Benevolent  Association, 
by  George  R.  Bond,  Treas.: 

.Agawam,  Feeding  Hills $6  00 

Blandford 59  75 

Chicopee,  First 40  75 

East  Longmeadow   ...     21  79 

Holyoke,  First 4558 

Palmer.  First 14  17 

Spriiigfield,  North,  w.  p.  g.  to 
const.  Rev.  H.  P.  Beach. 
E  E.  Hamilton.  Harriet  S 
Hatch,  Marian  Dickinson, 
and  Edwin  O.  Hapgood 
L.  Ms 100  00 


$20  00 


6 

29 

50 

00 

105 

35 

37 

53 

15 

93 

5 

00 

50 

00 

I 
106 

19 
54 

•50 

00 

TOO 

00 

197 

36 

25 

57 

10 

00 

'5 

00 

23 
9 

55 
96 

130 

90 

92 
44 

75 
38 

732 

00 

35 

55 

Olivet $:u  00 

S.  S 16  00 

West  Springfield,  Park  Street.       5  00 


S343  04 


275 

74 

'5' 

41 

4 

14 

40 

00 

1.50 

00 

25 

00 

40 

00 

5 

00 

60 

00 

Haverhill,  Center,   by  Daniel  Hackett, 

for  C.  H.  M.  S 138  41 

Crowell,     Y.     P.     S.    C.    E.,    by    D. 

Hackett,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 15  00 

Hinsdale,  by  C.  J.  Kittredge 7  54 

Holbrook,  Winthrop,  by  F.  W.  Blanch - 

ard 16  72 

Ipswich.     South,     by    Rev.    T.    Frank 

Waters 40  00 

Jessup.  Charles  A.,  fund.  Income  of  . . .         150  00 
Kingston,  Mayflower,  by  Mrs.  Mary  H. 

Peckham 20  00 

Leicester,  First,  by  J.  C.  Watson 74  90 

Lunenburg,  Evan.,  by  E.  S.  Francis...  24  00 

Lynnfield.     Second,    by    Rev.     H.     L. 

Brickett 1000 

Marlboro.  Union,  by  Rufus  Howe 181  00 

Medford,  West,  by  J.  H.  Gerrish 7  00 

Medway  Village,  in  part,  by  Rev.  R.  K. 

Harlow 50  00 

Middleboro,  First,  add'l,  by  Treas 2  00 

Newbury  port.  North,  by  J.  B.  Creasey.  34  00 
Newton,  West,  Second,  by  J.  J    Eddy..          40  00 
Northampton.     Edwards.     Benev.     So- 
ciety, by  S.  D.  Drury 255  oo 

Smith.  Mrs.  Lavinia  M 500 

Northbridge.  Whitinsville.  E.  C.  a  Day 

Band,  by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Whitin 16  35 

North    Brookfield.    First,    by    John   S. 

Cooke,  w.  p.  g.  to  const.  Mrs.  Henry 

Moore,   Mrs.   Rosa  Walker,  and  Miss 

Clara  Crawford  L.  Ms 43  05 

O.xford,  by  Rev.   A.  E.    Bradstreet,  to 

const.  Mrs.  Jane  P.  Leary  a  L.  M 40  00 

Pelham.       Packardville,       LInion,     by 

George  M.  Robbms 514 

Pittsfield,  First,  by  Frank  W.  Dutton..  50  00 

Randolph,  First,  by  Joseph  Graham. .. .         167  5:) 

S.  S..  by  Elmer  Paine 10  00 

Reading,  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearson   25  00 

Revere,  First,  by   Geo.  A.  Dalrymple, 

to  const.  Rev.  W.  S.  Eaton  a  L.  M...  36  15 

Reed.  Dwight,  fund.  Income  of go  00 

Rockport,  First,  by  Zeno  A.  Appleton  .  16  ig 

Appleton.  Zeno  A 500 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Alida  Nickerson  ...  13  77 

Salem,  South.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Rev.  J. 

F.  Brodie .  15  73 

Sherborn,  Pilgrim,  by  Lowel!  Coolidge  30  00 

Southboro,  Southfield,  bv  H.  W.  Palmer  5  00 

South  Hadley.  First,  by  L.  M.  Gaylord  25  00 

Taunton,  Union,  by  H.  S.  Lane 38  53 

Two  Sisters,  gen'l  work,  $50;  Overton, 

Colo.,  $50 100  00 

LTpton,  First,  by  Horace  A.  Walker,  for 

C.  H.  M.  S 27  02 

Uxbridge.  Evan.,  by  vV.  W.  Thayer,  to 

const.  Mrs.   E.  C.  Slater.  Mrs.  M.  S. 

Thayer,    and    Sam'l   J.    Murdock    L. 

Ms 13637 

Watertown.  Phillips,  by  Moses  Fuller, 

forC.  H.  M.  S 118  26 

Wellesley  Hills,  by  L.  V   N.  Peck 46  04 

West  Boylston.  Fir.st.  by  E.  B.  Rice...  10  00 

Weymouth,  South.  Old  South,  by  Rev. 

H.  C.  Alvord 1800 

Whitin,  J.  C,  fund,  Income  of 12000 


September,  1894  'i'he   Home   Missionary 


309 


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

Bertha  A.  Torrcy $1  00 

Winchester,  special.  "T." 500 

Woburn.  First.  Ladies'  Charitable  and 
Reading  Society,  by  Mrs.  M.  T. 
Jameson,  to  const.  Mrs.  B.  F.  Wyer  a 
L.  M 30  00 

Worcester.  Central,  by  Ephraim  W'hit- 

man.  for  C.  H.  MS 136  00 

Lake   View.    b\-    Rev.    J.    E.    Dodge, 
towards  L.  Mp 12  ou 


Picdinoni,  by  Chas.  F.  Marble S25  00 

Plymouth,  by  F   W    Chase   iq3  oo 

Union,    by   C.   B.    Greene   (of   which 

$244.71  for  debt)   373  67 

E.  C.  a  Day  Band,  by  C.  B.  Greene, 

Ch.  Treas 7  00 

$6,022  43 

Home  Missionary 5  40 


$6,027  S3 


Donations  of  Clothing,    etc.,   received  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the    Woman's  Ilonw 
Missionary  Association  in  July,  1S94.     Miss  Anna  A.   Pickens.    Secretary 


0.\ford.  W.  M.  S..  by  Mrs.  E.  Wethercll 
1  cash.  $5),  barrel    

South  Byfield.  Helen  Noyes  Mission 
Band,  by  Miss  Sarah  Chase,  box 


Walpole.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.   M    H.  Piper, 
45  00         two  barrels $165  00 


$231  00 


MISSIONARY   SOCIETY  OF    CONNECTICUT 

A'trei/>ts  of  the  A/issionary  Society  of  Con/ztrticitt  in  July,    1S94.      Ward   W.   Jacoks. 

Treasurer 


Ashford,  Westford.  by  Rev.  E.  N.   liill- 

ings 

Branford.  Stony  Creek,   by   Rev.    Geo. 

A.  Pelton 

Bridgeport.  First,  by  R.  E.  Wheeler... 

Columbia,  by  Samuel  F.  West. 

Ellington,  by  H.  L.  James 

Glastonbury.        South        Glastonbury. 

Ch.  and  S.  S..  by  H.  D.  Hale 

Haddam,  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Lewis 

Hartland.    West    Hartland.    by    H.     L. 

Wilcox 

Killingly.    Danielsonv  ille,    by    Charles 


Phillips.... 
ForC.  H.  .M.S. 


Middletown.  Third,  by  J.  J.  Wilcox.... 

Swedish,  by  Rev.  H.  Palmer 

New  Britain.  First,  by  A.  N.   Lewis,  to 

const.    Rev.    G.   Henry   Sandwell.   of 

New  Britain,  a  L.  M 

New  Haven.  First,  by  F.   S.  Bradley. . . 

Dwight  Place,  by  Fred.  C.  Lum 

New  London.  First,  by  H.  C.  Learned. 

New  Milford.  by  C.  H.   Noble 

North  Haven,  by  Whitney  Elliott 


10  00 

142  65 

15  00 

202  19 

7  73 


43  50 

55  81 


50  00 
234  75 
216  02 

51  86 
106  08 
100  00 


Orange,  West  Haven,  by  S.  J.  Bryant.. 
Plymouth.  Terryville,  by  A.  B.  Beach.. 

Prospect,  by  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Phipps 

Redding.  Georgetown,  by  E.  Gilbert.. 
Southington,    Plantsville,     by     E.     P 

Hotchlciss 

South    Windsor,   Wapping,  by    F.   W. 

Gilbert 

Suffield,  West  Sufifield,  by  Benj.  Shel- 
don  

Somers.  Somersville,  by  H.  L.  James. . . 
Stamford,      Long      Ridge,      Greenleaf 

Young 

Vernon,  by  H.  L.  James,  for  C.   H.   M. 

S 

Wallingford.  by  W.  E.  Pattee 

West  Hartford,  by  E.  S.  Elmer 

Anson  Chappell 

Windsor  Locks,  by  C.  A.  Porter,  for  C. 
H.  M.  S 

Rev.  W  J.  Jennings,  of  Huntington. 
N.  Y 


$45  25 


40 
16 

79 
00 

25 

00 

33 

52 

21 

97 

14 
10 

46 
87 

2 

50 

Q 

10 

12 

75 
78 

10 

00 

44 

23 

10 

00 

$1,562  77 


WOMAN'S     STATE     HOME     MISSIONARY 
ORGANIZATIONS 


OFFICERS 


I.  NEW    HAMPSHIRE 


FEMALE  CENT   INSTITUTION 
Organized  .August,  1804 
and 
HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  June.  i8qo 
President.   Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Walker.  Concord. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  John  T.  Perry.  Exeter. 
Treasurer.  Miss  Annie  A.   McFarland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 


2.  MINNESOTA 


WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  September.  1872 

President,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols.  230  E.  gth 

St..  St.  Paul. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  A.  P.   Lyon.   17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E..  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner.  Northfield. 


lO 


The   Home   Missionary  September,  i^ 


3.   ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  March.  1877 
Reorganized  April,  1889 

President.   Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews,  Talladega. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  T.  N.  Chase,  Selma. 
Treasurer.,  Mrs.  H.  S.  De  Forest,  Talladega. 

4.  MASSACHUSETTS    AND    RHODE 
ISLAND  * 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 
Organized  February.  1880 

President.  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell,  The  Rochdale. 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary.  Miss  Anna  A.  Pickens.  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer.  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess.  32  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 


5.   MAINE 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   AUXILIARY 
Organized  June,  t88o 

President,   Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Denio.  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor, 

Treasurer.  Mrs.  Rose  M.Crosby.  26  Grove  St.. 
Bangor. 

6.   MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  1881 

President.  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane.  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave..  Detroit. 

.Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield.  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer.  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 


7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  October.  1881 

President,   Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs.  Topeka. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  George  L.  Epps,  Topeka. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  D.  DeLong.  Arkansas  City. 


9.  NEW   YORK 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President.   Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,   483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,  Mrs.   Wm.  Spalding,  511   Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   J.   J.   Pearsall,   230   Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 

ID.  'WISCONSIN 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President.  Mrs.  E.  G.  Updike,  Madison. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  'Wright,  Madison. 
'Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman,  Whitewater. 

II.  NORTH  DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  November,  1883 

President.    Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland.  Caledonia. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Harwood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 

12.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  July.  1884 

President,  Mrs.  John  Sommerville,  246  Washing- 
ton St.,  Portland. 

Secretary,   Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell.  Oregon  City. 

Treasurer,  Mrs  W.  D.  Palmer,  2S3  4th  St.,  Port- 
land. 

13.  -WASHINGTON 

Incli'ding  Northern  Id.j^ho 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  A.  J.  Bailey,  323   Blanchard   St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  J.  W.  George.  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 


WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  May.  1882 

President,    Mrs    J.  G.  W.   Cowles.  417  Sibley  St., 

Cleveland. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  Flora  K.  Regal.  Oberlin. 
Trfrtijo-^r.  Mrs.  George   B.    Brown,  2116  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 


14.   SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  September.  1884 

President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  Ashton. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall,  Huron. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 


*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  list  as  a  State  body  for  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
Island,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


September,  1894  The   Home   Missionary 


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15.  CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  January,  1885 

President,   Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   C.   T.    Millard,    36    Lewis    St. 

Hartford. 
Tre.ixnrer.  Mrs.   W.   W.   Jacobs,   19  Spring   St. 

Hartford. 

16.   MISSOURI 

WO.M.XN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

r><-s  lite  lit.    Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary.    Mrs.    E.    C.    Ellis,   2456   Tracy   Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
Treasurer. 'S\.T&.   K.   L.  Mills,   1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 


22.   INDIANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  May,  1888 

President,    Mrs.   E.   C.   Bell,   221   Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   K.    E.    Dewhurst,     28   Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

23.   SOUTHERN   CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  Emma  Cash,  1658  Temple  St., 
Los  Angeles. 

Secretary.  Mrs.  H.  K.  W.  Bent,  Bo.\  442,  Pasa- 
dena. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place, 
Riverside. 


17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Isaac  Claflin,  Lombard. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   C.   H.  Taintor,   151  Wa.shington 

St..  Chicago. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  L.  .\    Field.  Wilmette. 


24.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  June,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine.  Windsor. 
Treasurer, Mrs.   Wm.    P.    Fairbanks,    St.   Johns- 
bury. 


18.   IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  June,  1886 

President.   Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass,  Grinnell. 
.Secretary.    Mrs.   V.  H.  Mullett,  Clinton. 
Treasurer.  Miss  Belle  L.  Bentley.  300  Court  Ave., 
L)es  Moines. 

ig.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Organized  October,  1887 

President.   Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  Pacific  Grove. 
Secret.iry.    Mrs.    L.   M.   Howard,  911   Grove  St., 

Oakland. 
Trciisurer.yXT?..  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 

Oakland. 

20.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    I'NION 

Organized  November,  1887 

President.  Mrs.   J      T.    Duryea,    2402    Cass    St.. 

Omaha. 
Secretary.    Mrs.   S.  C.   Dean.    636    So.    31st    St., 

Omaha. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.    Powell.  30th  &   Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 


21.   FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February.  1888 

President,   Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale.  Jacksonville. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows.  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown.  Interlachen. 


25    COLORADO 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October.  1888 

President,   Mrs.  J.  W.  Pickett,  White  Water. 
.Secretary.   Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Denver. 
Treasurer. 'Hr'i.  S.  A.  Sawyer,  Boulder. 

26.  WYOMING 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 
Reorganized  December,  1892 

President.   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker.  Cheyenne. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple.  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smith.  Rock  Springs. 

27.  GEORGIA 
WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1888 

President.  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St..  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer.  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

28.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April.  1889 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris.  1421  31st  Ave..  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary.   Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 
Treasurer,Mrs.  L.  H.  Turner,  3112  12th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 


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The   Home   Missionary  September,  1894 


29.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  April,  1889 

fresidcni.   Miss  Anna  F.  Condict,  490  Canal  St.. 

New  Orleans. 
Secretary,   Miss    Emily   Nichols,    490  Canal    St., 

New  Orleans. 
Tieasitrer^VlTS..  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 


30     ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY,   AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 

WOMANS    MISSIONARY   UNION   OF    THE 

CENTRAL  SOUTH    ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April,  1889 

Preihient,  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore,  Bo.x  8.  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville,  Tenn. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith,  304  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

treasurer,  Mrs  J.  R.  Moreland,  1214  Grundy  St., 
Nashville.  Tenn 


31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMANS    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman.  Dudley. 
Secretary    I 

and  '      !-Miss  A.  E.  Farrington.   High  Point. 
Treasurer,  \ 

32.   TEXAS 

WOMANS    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized   March,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin.  Dallas. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Bo.x  563,  Dallas. 
'/reasurer, Mrs.   C.    I.    Scolield,    Lock    Bo.x   220, 
Dallas. 

33.   MONTANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1890 

President,    Mrs.  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,   4!o  Dearborn   Ave., 

Helena. 
Trcasiirer.yixs.  Herbert  E.  Jones.  Livingston. 

34.   PENNSYLVANIA 
WOMANS  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  i8go 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  Allegheny. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennie,  Ridgway. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones.  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race. Philadelphia. 

35.   OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1890 

President,    Mrs   J.  H.  Parker.  Kingfisher. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt.  Guthrie. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  A.  B    Hammer,  Oklahom.a  City. 


36.   NEW  JERSEY 

InCI-UUING   DiSTKlCT    OF    CoLLMBI.^.    M.^RVL.'\ND, 

,ANU  Virginia 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 

THE  NEW  JERSEY    ASSOCIATION, 

Organized  March.  1S91 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H.  Bradford,  Montclair. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   W.   O.    Weeden.    Upper    Mo.nt- 

clair. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison.  150  Belleville  Ave., 

Newark. 


37.   UTAH 

Including  Southern  Id.\ho 

W'OMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May.  1S91 

Reorganized  December.  1892 

President,    Mrs.   Clarence  T.    Brown.  Salt    Lnka 

City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.  Havvke.';,  135  Si.xth  St  ,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett.  Salt  Lake  C  ity. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs  Oscar  Sonnenkalb.  Pocalello. 


38.   INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  April,  1892. 

President,  Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd,  Vinita. 
Secretary,  Miss  Louise  Graper.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond.  Vinita. 

39.  NEVADA 

WOMANS   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
Secretary.    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.  NEW   MEXICO 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1892 

President,    Mrs.   C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuquerque 
Secretary.     Mrs   E.  W.   Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St., 

Albuquerque. 
Ti-easurer,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones.  Albuquerque. 

41.   BLACK  HILLS,   SO.   DAKOTA 

BLACK    HILLS    WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President,    Mrs.  J.  B.  Gossage.  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills,  South  Dakota. 
.Secretary,      Mrs.   H.    H.   Gilchrist.    Hot  Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  Miss    Grace     Lyman.     Hot    Springs 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Field   Secretaries 

Rev.  W.  G.  Pt!DDHKf)()T,  Soiiili  FrnminglKim.  Mass. 

Rev.  C.  W.  SnRLTON,  liirnungham,  Conn. 

Rev.  H.  D.  WiAKD,  151  Washington  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Superintendents 

Rev.  MoRiTZ  E.  EvHR.sz,  D.D.,  German  Department,  151  Washington  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Scandinavian  Department, 

Rev.  Henry  A.  SciiAliFtXRR,  D.D.,  Slavic  Department,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Enw.  D.  Cukti.s,  D.D Indianapolis,  Ind.         Rev.  W.  H.  Thrali Huron,  S.  Dak, 

Rev.  S.  F.  Gale Jacksonville,  Fla.         Rev.  H.  C.  Simmons Fargo,  N.  Dak, 

Rev.  J.  H.  Mf)RLEV Minneapoli>,  Minn.  Denver,  CoL 

Rev.  Alfred  K.  Wkav Springfield,  Mo.         Rev.  W.  S.  Hawkes Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Rev.  L.  P.  Hroad Topeka,  Kan.         Rev.  J.  K.  Harkison San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Rev.  E.  H.  .'VsHMUN Mbuqucrque,  N.  M.         Rev.  Tames  T.  Ford Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Rev.  A.  JuDSON  Bailey Seattle,  Wash.         Rev.  C  F.  Clapp Forest  Grove,  Ore. 

Rev.  T.  G.  Grassie Ashland,  Wis.         „        t-  «r   t      ..,-   n  n        J5'i  Woodland  Terrace, 

Rf.v    A     A     l<^nw«       j  Biack  Hills  and  Wyoming.  Rev.  T.  W.  JoNES,  D.D. . . -j         Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Kev.A.  A.  '•ROWN...-j^^j  gp^j^^g^   g^^^^  j^^^^^^_         Rev.  W.S.  Bell Helena,  Mon. 

Rev.  Harmon  Pross Lincoln,  Neb.         Rev.  S.  C.  McDaniel Atlama,  Ga. 

Rev.  S.  E.  Bassett  (Supt.  Alabama) . .  Ft.  Valley,  Ga.         Rev.  J.  Homer  Parker Kingfisher,  Okl. 

Secretaries  and  Treasurers 

of  the  Auxiliaries 

Rev.  Jonathan  E.  Adams,  D.D. ,  Secretary.  .  .Maine  .Missionary  Society. Bangor,  Me. 

John  L.  Crosby,  Esq.,  Treasurer .' "  "  "      .     Bangor,  Me. 

Rev.  A.  T.  Hillman,  Secretary .'.' New  Hampshire  Home  Miss.  Society Concord,  N.  H. 

Hon.  LvMAN  D.  Stevens,  Treasurer "  "  "  "  "       ...  .Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  Secretary Vermont  Domestic  "  "       St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Wm.  C.  Tyler,  Treasurer ' ••  "  "  "       St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Rev.  JosHU\  CoiT,  Secretary Massachusetts  Home  "  "       )  9  Cong'l  House, 

Rev.  Edwin  K.  Palmer,  Treasurer.    "  "  "  "       )  Boston,  Mass. 

Rev.  Alexander  McGregor,  Secretary Rhode  Island        "  "  "       Pawtucket,  R.  L 

Jos.  Wm.  Rice,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       Providence,  R.  L 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut Harttord,  Conn. 

Ward  W.  Jacobs,  Esq..  Treasurer "  "  •'  Hartford,  Conn. 

Rev.  Ethan  Curtis,  Secretary New  York  Home  Miss.  Society Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

William  Spalding,  Treasurer "  "  "  "      Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser,  D.D. ,  Secretary Ohio  "  "  "        Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Wm.  B.  Howland,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       New  York  City. 

Rev.  James  Tompkins,  D.D. ,  Secretary Illinois  "  "  "       )  151  Washington  St., 

Aaron  B.  Me  VI),  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       )         Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Homer  W.  Cartfk.  Secretary Wisconsin       "  •'  "       Beloit,  Wis. 

C.  M.  Blackm  AN,  Esq.,  Treasurer. "  "  '■  "       Whitewater,  Wis. 

Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass,  D.D. ,  Secretary Iowa  "  ''  "       Grmnell,  Iowa. 

J.  H.  Merrill,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  •'       Des  Moines.  Iowa. 

Rev.  Wm.  H.  Warrev,  Secretary Michigan  Congregational  Association. ..  .Lansing,  Mich. 

Rev.  John  P.  Sanderson,  Treasiuer, "  "  "  Lansing,  Mich. 

Geo.  H.  Morgan,  Secretary Cong.  City  Miss.  Society St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Rev.  Arch'd  L.  Love,  Superintendent  "         "         "  "       St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Lewis  E.  Snow,  Treasurer "         "         "  "      St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Communications 

relating  to  general  business  of  the  Society  may  be  addressed  10  either  of  the  Secretaries  for  Corresoondence 
Communications  relating  to  the  Editorial  Department  of  The  Ho.me  Missionary  may  be  addressed  to 
Rev.  Alex.  H.  Clapp,  D.D.  Correspondence  of  the  Woman's  Department  may  be  addressed  to  Mrs.  H.  S. 
Caswell,  Bible  House,  New  York. 

Donations  and  Subscriptions 

in  Drafts,  Checks,  Regi-tered  Letters,  or  Post-Oflfice  Orders  may  be  addressed  to  Wm.  B.  Howland, 
Treasurer,  Bible  House,  .Astor  PI  ice.  New  York. 

A  PAYMENT  OF  $50  CONSTITUTES  A  LIFE  MEMBER 
Form    ot   a   Bequest 

I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trust,  to  pay  over  the  same, 

in  months  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is  payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer 

of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to  the  charitable  use  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  tmder  its  direction. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

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Major-General   Oliver  O.  Howard 

Prcsidoit. 

Rev.   David   B.   Coe,   D.D.,    Honorary   Secretary 
Rev.  Alexander   H    Clapp,   D.D.,  Honorary    Treasurer 

Secretaries  for  Correspofidence 

Rev.  Joseph  B.  Clark,  D.D. 

Rev.  William  Kincaid,  D.D. 

Rev.  Washington  Choate.  D.D. 

Mr.  William  B.   Rowland,    Treasurer 

Executive  Committee 

Wm.  Ives  Washburn,  Esq.,  Chairman 

Asa  a.  Spear,  Esq.,  Recording  Secretary 

Rev.  William  M.  Taylor,  D.D. 

Mr.  Charles  H.  Parsons 

Rev.  James  G.   Roberts,  D.D. 

Rev.  Samuel  H.  Virgin,  D.D. 

Mr.  Joseph  Wm.  Rice 

Mr.  Herbert  M.  Dixon 

Rev.  Robert  R.  Meredith,  D.D. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Richards,  D.D 

Mr.  George  P.  Stockwell 

Rev.   Robert  J.  Kent 

Rev.  John  D.  Kingsbury,  D.D 

Mr.  George  W.  Hebard 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Stimson,  D.D. 


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Contents  for  October,   1894 


I'AGE 

Notes  from  Iowa 313 

Extracts     from      Dr.     Anderson's 

Address  in  Omaha  319 

Information  Wanted 322 

Home  Missionary  Field  Day 323 

After  the  Strike 325 

Does  It  Pay? 327 

True  History  of  Mrs,  Bright  Penny  329 

Items  from  the  Field 332 

Complimentary  and  Suggestive.    .   337 

A  Word  for  the  Women 338 

A  Joyful  Veteran 338 


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Revived  Religious  Interest 339 

From  a  Grateful  Missionary  Wife.  340 
Some  Phases  of  Work  in  California  342 
Experiences  in  South  Dakota. . . .  344 

From  the  Growing-Old  Circle 345 

Burned  Out 346 

A  Pathetic  Message 346 

A  Way  to  Get  It 346 

Faith  with  Works 347 

A  Snow-Blocked  Trip  in  May. . . .  347 

Correction 349 

Treasury  Note 350 


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Is  published  monthly,  at  sixty  cents  a  year,  postage  paid.  It  is  sent  without  charge,  on 
request,  to  be  made  annually,  to  Life  Members;  Missionaries  of  the  Society  and  its  Aux- 
iliaries ;  Ministers  securing  a  yearly  collection  for  it  in  their  congregations  ;  also  to  individu- 
als, associations,  or  congregations,  one  copy  for  every  ten  dollars  collected  and  paid  over  to  the 
Society  or  an  Auxiliary.  Suitable  names  should  accompany  the  payment.  Pastors  are 
earnestly  requested  to  serve  Home  Missions  by  promoting  the  use  of  this  journal  at  the 
Monthly  Concert  and  among  their  people. 

Immediate  notice  of  discontinuance  or  change  of  post-office  address  should  be  given. 


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Vol.  LXVII  OCTOBER,  1894  No.  6 

NOTES    FROM    IOWA 

By  Secretary  Truman  O.   Douglass,   D.D.,  Grinnetj. 


OR  the  last  dozen  years  very  little  has  appeared  in  The  Home 
Missionary  respecting  our  work  in  Iowa.  For  many  earlier 
years  no  other  portion  of  the  country  was  more  prominent  in 
these  pages.  The  reason  for  the  change  is  apparent.  In  1882  the 
American  (now  the  Congregational)  Home  Missionary  Society  essentially 
completed  its  work  in  Iowa.  At  that  time  the  State  assumed  self-support  ; 
and  since  that  time  the  Iowa  Auxiliary  has  had  an  organ  of  its  own — Con- 
gregational Iowa — through  which  to  report  its  work.  We  are  now  very 
glad,  in  response  to  your  kind  invitation,  to  report  ourselves  to  the  great 
Congregational  household  of  the  land  through  the  pages  of  this  venerable 
magazine. 

Of  Iowa  as  a  State  I  need  not  speak  at  length.  Friends  outside  call  us 
"the  Massachusetts  o~f  the  West,"  "the  Mesopotamia  of  America,"  "the 
Garden  of  Eden."  With  a  very  modest  little  bow  we  accept  these  com- 
pliments. It  is  pretty  well  known  that  Iowa  is  so?newhat\2irger  than  Rhode 
Island,  and,  indeed,  is  almost  as  large  as  the  whole  of  New  England  ; 
that  it  is  a  rural  State,  its  largest  city  having  a  population  of  less  than 
70,000  ;  and  that,  while  there  are  here  extensive  mines  of  coal  and  lead, 
and  manufacturing  enterprises  are  multiplying,  Iowa  is  preeminently  an 
agricultural  State,  and,  as  such,  is  unsurpassed.  Almost  every  day  the 
Des  Moines  Register  sings  the  praises  of  "  peerless  Iowa,  peerless  Iowa  !  " 
"  Peerless  Iowa  "  is  a  little  off  this  year,  but  still  v/e  will  have  "  enough 
and  to  spare,"  but  not  much  to  add  to  our  wealth. 

Nebraska  disputes  our  claim  to  preeminence  in  the  matter  of  liter- 
acy, but  until  she  can  prove  her  right  to  the  first  place  by  some  higher 
authority  than  an  Omaha  paper,  we  will  continue  to  assert  that  in  literacy 
and  swine  Iowa  stands  at  the  head.     As  to  the  swine  there  is  no  dispute. 

While  Robert  West  was  editor  of  the  Advatice^  every  few  weeks  he 
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had  something  to  say  about  "  brave,  clean  Iowa."  Alas  !  Iowa  is  not  as 
brave  or  clean  as  she  once  was  !  We  have  surrendered  to  the  saloon. 
We  have  nullified  our  prohibitory  law  in  a  way  that,  as  I  look  at  it,  is 
at  once  stupid,  cowardly,  dishonest,  and  lawless,  legalizing  that  which 
the  law  forbids,  for  a  consideration  in  the  form  of  a  mulct  tax.  As  a 
result,  saloons  are  springing  up  in  all  parts  of  the  State,  and  all  the  evils 
of  intemperance  are  on  the  increase.  For  this  inexcusable  blunder  on 
the  part  of  our  legislators,  good  men  mourn  and  are  "  filled  with  shame 
and  confusion  of  face."    However,  the  end  is  not  yet. 

But  I  am  not  to  write  of  the  affairs  of  the  State  ;  only  of  Congrega- 
tional Iowa.  I  wish,  in  the  first 
place,  to  remind  our  friends  that 
Congregational  Iowa  is  still  in 
the  days  of  its  youth.  Our  old- 
est church  was  organized  in  1838. 
Two  of  the  original  members  of 
this  Denmark  church  are  still 
living  ;  one  of  them,  Mrs.  Lucy 
K.  Brown,  formerly  Miss  Taylor, 
of  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  is  so 
young  that  every  pleasant  Sun- 
day morning  she  comes  to  the 
services  and  stays  to  the  Sunday- 
school.  But  this  woman  is  thirty 
years  older  than  our  oldest 
church  !  Please  remember  our 
youth,  and  don't  expect  too 
much  of  us. 

We  are  still  young  and  small, 
but  can  report  some  progress 
made.  The  Denmark  church  is 
now  in  fellowship  with  more 
than  300  Congregational  churches  in  the  State.  Our  resident  member- 
ship is  about  27,000.  More  than  33,000  children  and  youth  are  in  our 
Sunday-schools.  We  have  two  colleges,  Iowa  and  Tabor,  and  they  are 
good  ones.  Our  academies,  Denmark  and  Hull,  are  so  good  they  ought 
to  be  made  better  by  larger  endowments.  We  have  about  $2,000,000 
invested  in  church  and  college  property. 

These  figures  indicate  our  physical  proportions.  Our  spiritual  meas- 
urement we  cannot  give.  The  prophet  Zechariah  once  saw  in  vision 
a  smart  young  man  going  out  with  his  little  measuring  line  to  measure 
Jerusalem.  The  prophet  learned  by  the  vision  that  Jerusalem  could  not 
be  measured  in  that  way,  because  Jerusalem  was  not  physical  alone,  but 


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a  spiritual  force  as  well.  How 
large  Congregational  Iowa  may 
be  as  a  moral  and  spiritual  force, 
only  God  and  the  angels  can 
tell. 

These  churches,  colleges, 
academies,  buildings,  endow- 
ments, spiritual  forces,  whence 
came  they  ?  All  these  are  of 
(lod,  but  through  human  agen- 
cies in  part,  very  prominent 
among  the  human  agencies  be- 
ing the  American  Home  Mission- 
ary Society  and'  its  Iowa  Auxil- 
iary. 

In  January,  1836,  Rev. 
Cyrus  L.  Watson,  a  Presbyterian 
minister,  under  commission  of 
the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society,  began  labor  at  the  "  Du- 
buque mines,"  M.  T.  (Michigan 
Territory).     How  was  he  supported  ? 


REV.    KPHRAIM    AOAMS 


REV.    HARVEY    ADAMS 

A  few  "  bits  "  and  "  picayunes  " 
came  from  the  people,  but  his 
salary  for  the  most  part  came 
from  "  friends  in  the  East " 
through  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society.  Other 
missionaries  followed,  supported 
in  the  same  way,  and  thus,  at 
length,  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Dubuque  was  estab- 
lished, the  American  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society  expending  on  the 
field  $3,300.  The  contributions 
of  that  church  to  the  Society  up 
to  date  amount  to  $5,779.66. 

In  August,  1838,  Rev.  Asa 
Turner  began  his  thirty  years' 
pastorate  at  Denmark.  His 
salary  was  $300 — one  hundred 
of  this  only  from  the  people, 
one-fourth  of  the  one  hundred 
in     produce  ;     $200    from     the 


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American  Home  Missionary  Society,  Mr.  Turner  acting  as  agent  of  the 
Society  in  the  new  Territory. 

In  1843  came  "the  Iowa  Band,"  and  they  came  saying  :  "  Please  God, 
we  will  spend  our  lives  in  Iowa."  'JMiey  found  stalwart  pioneer  mission- 
aries of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  already  on  the  ground 
— such  men  as  Asa  Turner,  Julius  A.  Reed,  Reuben  Gaylord,  John  C. 
Holbrook,  and  Oliver  Emerson.  They  found  also  thirteen  home  mis- 
sionary churches  already  organized  ;  but  they  also  found  some  40,000 
people,  in  scattered  settlements  up  and  down  the  river,  almost  totally 
destitute  of  the  bread  of  life.  November  5,  1843,  seven  of  the  band  were 
ordained  at  Denmark,  in  the  building  represented  by  the  accompanying 
cut,  the  first  Congregational  meeting-house  in  Iowa. 


FIRST   CONGREGATIONAL    CHURCH    OF    DENMARK,    IOWA 


For  the  most  part  the  brethren  of  the  band  had  no  opportunity  to 
"build  upon  another  man's  foundation."  They  went  out  to  make 
churches  for  themselves.  How  were  they  supported  in  this  church  plant- 
ing work  ?  For  years  almost  entirely  by  friends  in  the  East,  through  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society.  They  came  to  stay.  Five  of  the 
band  are  living  still,  four  of  them  in  Iowa.  Father  Harvey  Adams  is 
living  with  a  daughter  in  New  Hampton.  Brother  Ephraim  Adams  resides 
at  Waterloo,  the  wife  of  his  youth  still  spared  to  him.  Dr.  William  Salter 
is  now  in  the  forty-eighth  year  of  his  pastorate  at  Burlington.  (He  has  an 
associate.)  Dr.  Alden  B.  Robbins  came  to  Muscatine  in  1843.  He  is 
still  in  Muscatine.     For  the  past  few  years  he  has  been  relieved  of  the 


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burdens  of  the  pastorate,  but  he 
is  still  "  pastor  emeritus."  The 
iu'lpfiil  wives  of  three  of  these 
brethren  — Mrs.  Salter,  Mrs.  Har- 
vey Adams,  and  Mrs.  Robbins — 
have  been  called  home  to  their 
reward  since  June,  k-593. 

In  1S56  Rev.  C'hauncy  Tay- 
lor, of  Vermont,  came  to  Iowa 
with  a  commission  from  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Sc)- 
cicty  to  labor  somewhere  in 
Northwestern  Iowa.  One  Fri- 
day afternoon  he  stopped  at 
Algona,  just  as  the  surveyors 
were  plotting  the  town.  After 
two  years  of  labor  he  organized 
a  church  of  five  members,  two  of 
these  of  his  own  family.  Two 
years  later  the  church  had  dwin- 
dled down  to  three  members, 
only  one  outside  of  the  minister's 


REV.    ALDEN    B.    ROBBINS 


REV.    WILLIAM    SALTER 

home.  The  grasshoppers  had  come, 
and  the  people  had  gone  away- 
It  was  nine  years  before  the 
church  had  developed  "  deacon 
timber "  sufficient  to  have  a 
single  deacon.  It  was  twelve 
years  before  the  church  had  a 
house  of  worship.  Now  you 
may  worship  with  our  people  at 
Algona  in  a  building  costing 
about  $12,000,  and  for  a  good 
many  years  this  has  been  a 
strong,  self-supporting  church. 
But  how  was  "  Father  Taylor  " 
supported  through  the  time  when 
the  church  was  so  small  and 
weak  ?  For  many  years  a  large 
portion  of  the  salary  came  from 
friends  in  the  East  through  the 
American  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety. The  Society  put  into  the 
foundations  of  this  church  $6,000. 


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REV.    CHAUNCY   TAYLOR 

Congregational  churches.     His  salary 
is  now  eighty  years  of  age,  but 
is  still  at  work. 

Here  he  is — ■"  Father  Sands  " 
— a  typical  Home  Missionary. 
He  and  his  noble  wife  celebrated 
their  golden  wedding  years  ago. 

Here  is  the  answer  to  the 
question,  Whence  came  these  in- 
stitutions and  spiritual  forces, 
called  Congregational  Iowa?  In 
large  measure  they  are  the  re- 
sults of  the  toil  and  sacrifices  of 
these  consecrated  men,  and  a 
host  of  others  of  like  faith  and 
consecration,  who  have  wrought 
for  God  and  his  kingdom  on 
earth  in  the  pioneer  fields  of 
Iowa,  commissioned  and  assisted 
by  the  American  Home  Mission- 
ary Society  and  its  Iowa  Auxil- 
iary. •   The  history  of  Congrega- 


About  fifty  years  ago  a  young 
man  in  Canada  came  to  the  re- 
solve :  "  Other  young  men  give 
themselves  to  the  work  of  foreign 
missions  ;  I  will  give  myself  to 
the  work  of  Home  Missions." 
In  1856  he  came  to  Iowa.  For 
many  years  he  bore  the  title, 
'•  Bishop  of  Wright  and  Hancock 
Counties."  He  covered  the  nu- 
merous points  of  his  great  parish 
by  midweek  meetings.  Some- 
times for  months  together  he 
would  hold  services  in  eight  or 
ten  different  communities  every 
week.  One  of  his  appointments 
was  in  a  French  settlement, 
where  he  preached  to  the  people 
in  their  own  tongue.  Within  the 
bounds  of  his  original  parish 
there  are  now  seven  flourishing 
has  seldom  exceeded  $400.     He 


REV.    JOHN    D.    SANDS 


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tionalism  in  Iowa  is  substantially  the  history  of  home  missionary  opera- 
tions in  the  State.  Congregational  Iowa  is  growing,  and  is  destined 
to  grow.  Every  few  days  a  church  is  organized,  and  every  few  Sab- 
baths a  house  of  worship  is  dedicated.  Eighteen  churches  have  come 
into  our  household  and  si.xteen  houses  of  worship  were  dedicated  within 
our  borders  during  the  past  year.  In  1893  our  net  gain  in  membership 
was  1,866.  Our  increase  in  membership  for  the  past  ten  years  is  11,192. 
We  have  had  more  than  one-third  of  our  growth  during  the  past  decade. 
Our  benevolent  offerings  in  1883  were  $33,956  ;  in  1893,  $89,836.  There 
is  a  growing  demand  for  our  churches.  At  Masonville,  recently,  remnants 
of  churches  united  in  a  Congregational  church.  The  Union  Church  at 
Hiteman  is  still  a  Union  Church,  but  it  has  taken  the  Congregational  name. 
A  Union  enterprise  at  Runnells  was  a  failure,  but  as  a  Congregational 
church  it  is  a  decided  success.  The  fact  is  more  and  more  recognized 
that  "Congregationalism  is  the  solvent  of  sects"  and  "the  common 
denominator  of  the  denominations." 

A  rapidly  increasing  family  makes  lively  work  for  tlie  parents.  The 
Iowa  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society  has  its  hands  full,  and 
more  than  full.  In  our  last  home  missionary  year  we  had  107  missionaries 
in  our  employ,  and  gave  assistance  to  116  churches  with  tlieir  numerous 
out-stations,  and  expended  in  the  work  $21,543.  To  do  properly  the 
work  pressing  in  upon  us  here,  we  ought  to  expend  ^50,000  a  year. 

But  we  recognize  the  claims  of  other  portions  of  the  land  and  the 
world.  We  would  not  live  for  ourselves  alone.  Our  sympathies,  prayers, 
and  contributions  go  to  the  ends  of  the  earth.  We  gave  last  year  to 
foreign  missions  $11,285.  Our  sons  and  daughters  are  giving  themselves 
to  the  work  of  the  kingdom  at  home  and  abroad.  The  most  conspic- 
uous legend  on  our  banner  is  :  "  Iowa,  our  Country,  and  the  World  for 
Christ ! " 


EXTRACTS     FROM     AN     ADDRESS     IN     OMAHA 

By  Rev.  Joseph  Anderson,  D.D.,  of  Waterburv,  Conn. 

We  are  here  as  a  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  we  should  hold  that 
aim  before  us — the  old  purpose — and  yet  something  more  than  that.  I 
remember  pretty  distinctly  when  about  the  only  argument  that  was  used 
in  reference  to  Home  Missions  and  foreign  missions  and  all  others  was 
the  importance  of  saving  the  individual  soul  from  the  perils  awaiting 
it  in  the  future.  Attention  seemed  to  concentrate  almost  exclusively 
upon  that  idea.     It  still  remains  true,  as  Ur.  Kincaid  said  in  his  paper. 


320  The   Home   Missionary  October,  1894 

that  this  is  to  be  in  an  important  sense  the  chief  object  of  all  our  efforts, 
and  yet  the  paper  of  this  afternoon  goes  to  show  how  we  have  broadened 
our  range  and  added  one  conception  upon  another,  and  another  upon  that, 
until  we  find  ourselves  to-night  thinking  not  alone  of  the  individual  soul, 
but  of  Home  Missions  for  the  sake  of  America,  and  of  Home  Missions  in 
America  for  the  sake  of  the  wide  world.  1  like  that  broadening  out.  Not 
that  the  human  soul  is  of  less  account  than  ever  ;  not  that  it  is  not  of 
infinite  account  ;  but  we  are  learning,  as  we  have  been  told  more  than 
once  in  this  meeting — we  are  learning  to  look  upon  man  not  simply  as  an 
individual,  but  in  his  relations  to  other  men  in  society  and  in  connection 
with  the  nation.  Not  only  as  Christians  do  we  come  here,  but  as  patriots, 
patriots  looking  to  the  home  missionary  work  and  home  missionary  results 
in  the  light  of  their  effect  upon  the  future  of  this  great  nation.  And  is  it 
not  a  noble  thought,  is  it  not  a  thing  for  which  we  should  congratulate 
ourselves,  that  these  good  men  who  shape  our  programmes  for  us,  in  view 
of  the  fact  that  we  are  standing  here  at  the  center  of  this  American 
nation,  suggest  for  our  consideration  not  America  only,  but  the  wide 
world  as  the  field  in  which  the  home  missionary  effort  shall  bring  forth 
its  fruit  ? 

I  was  a  little  curious  to  notice  how  the  connection  was  established 
between  America  and  the  world  in  the  matter  of  Home  Missions,  and  I 
must  say  that  it  seemed  to  me  that  Dr.  Kincaid  was  not  altogether  suc- 
cessful. Perhaps  what  he  threw  out  was  simply  by  way  of  suggestion. 
He  spoke  of  Italians  and  others.  He  might  have  mentioned  the  Chinese 
also  coming  to  this  country  for  temporary  purposes,  to  earn  a  little  money 
and  then  going  home  to  spend  it,  perhaps  going  home  Christianized. 
There  is  a  broader  view  than  that.  I  have  been  interested  lately  in  think- 
ing of  the  relations  of  the  nations  to  one  another  in  the  future — I  do  not 
know  whether  the  near  future  or  the  remote  future,  but  I  think  the  con- 
dition which  I  have  in  mind  is  sure  to  come.  There  are  suggestions  of 
it.  There  is  a  suggestion  of  it  in  what  has  been  done  by  David  Dudley 
Field,  referred  to  so  beautifully  in  the  paper,  and  by  men  of  like  stamp, 
in  establishing  an  international  code  of  laws.  There  was  a  suggestion  of 
it  in  such  gatherings  as  those  at  Chicago — the  fair  itself  and  the  parlia- 
ment of  religions  and  other  parliaments — suggestions,  I  mean,  of  the  time 
when  nations  shall  stand  to  one  another  in  relations  of  positive  confedera- 
tion. We  have  read  long  ago  of  the  parliament  of  men,  the  confederation 
of  peoples,  and  if  we  believe  fully  in  the  Old  Testament  prophets  and  in 
the  New  Testament  Gospel  we  must  believe  that  the  time  is  coming  when 
the  nations  will  stand  to  one  another  in  some  such  relation  perhaps  as  the 
States  of  our  Union  stand  to  one  another.  Then  there  will  at  any  rate 
be  a  confederacy  possible — we  think  it  is  probable — a  confederacy  in 
which  the  nations  shall  know  one  another  and  help  one  another  to  work 


October,  1894  Thc   Home  Missionary-  321 

together  for  these  grand  ultimate  results  which  are  to  be  gathered  up 
into  the  final  kingdom  of  God. 

Every  nation  on  the  face  of  the  globe  to-day  is  passing  through  a 
tutelage  with  reference  to  that  grand  result.  Every  nation  is  being 
trained  and  disciplined  for  such  results.  For  the  nations  will  not  continue 
to  live  for  themselves  only  ;  they  will  learn  sooner  or  later  to  love  their 
fellows  also.  Do  we  forget  that  our  nation  is  but  a  child  among  the 
nations  in  some  respects  ?  The  example  of  the  child,  the  influence  of  the 
child,  is  not  great,  and  sometimes  I  think  that  the  influence  of  our  nation 
amongst  other  nations  is  not  nearly  as  great  as  the  American  people 
suppose  it  to  be.  One  or  two  visits  to  Europe,  perhaps,  will  lead  us  to  a 
different  estimate  from  that  which  we  generally  take.  But  the  child  who 
is  educated  in  the  right  way  is  being  educated  for  future  things  ;  character 
is  being  developed  ;  that  character  will  take  effect,  and  will  tell  sooner  or 
later  on  the  child.  When  he  gets  to  be  a  man,  he  will  make  his  influence 
felt  among  men. 

Let  us  think  of  the  possibilities  that  lie  before  us  in  the  way  of 
developing  our  nation  with  reference  to  that  character  of  the  future  to 
which  I  am  pointing  you.  I  think  it  was  Shakspere  who  said:  "Some 
are  born  great,  some  achieve  greatness,  and  some  have  greatness  thrust 
upon  'em."  We  are  accustomed  at  our  home  missionary  meetings 
and  at  various  other  places  to  speak  of  the  greatness  of  America.  We 
are  perhaps  a  little  too  boastful  in  regard  to  ourselves.  Now,  you  take 
that  America  represented  by  the  Congregationalists  of  to-day  and  that 
America  of  one  hundred  years  ago,  and  ask  what  it  has  done — looking 
back  at  things  for  a  moment,  if  you  can,  ask  what  it  has  done  in  the  way 
of  greatness.  I  grant  that  it  was  born  great.  How  much  greatness  has 
it  achieved,  considered  in  one  way  or  another  ?  And  yet  we  ought  to 
take  into  consideration  the  greatness  which  has  been  thrust  upon  us — this 
territorial  greatness  of  which  we  hear  so  much  at  our  home  missionary 
meetings.  This  is  not  greatness  which  we  have  achieved  ;  this  is  great- 
ness that  has  been  thrust  upon  us,  and  it  might  be  a  great  deal  larger 
without  making  us  very  great.  And  then  consider  the  incoming  multi- 
tudes from  beyond  the  sea.  Think  of  all  those  who  have  come  already. 
And  consider  to  what  an  extent  our  greatness  has  been  thrust  upon  us 
by  the  incoming  of  these  millions  who  beautify  our  fields  and  crowd  our 
cities  to-day. 

I  have  been  going  along  your  streets  reading  the  names  upon  your 
signs,  and  I  have  been  surprised  to  find  how  English  they  are,  how  few 
Germans  and  French  and  Bohemians  there  are,  judging  by  the  names  of 
your  storekeepers.  But  it  is  not  so  in  every  part  of  the  country;  it  is  not 
so  in  Waterbury,  where  I  live  ;  it  is  not  so  in  New  York  ;  it  is  not  so 
along  the  seaboard.    And  you  know  very  well  that,  taking  the  country  as  a 


322  The  Home  Missionary  October,  1894 

whole,  the  greater  part  of  its  population  came  from  beyond  the  sea,  and 
a  large  part  of  its  work  is  done  by  them  ;  and  this  forces  a  certain  kind 
of  greatness  upon  us.  I  am  afraid  the  native  American  would  make  a 
poor  hand  at  the  digging  of  canals  and  the  building  of  railroads  and 
working  in  mills,  when  it  comes  to  brawn  and  sinew.  I  do  not  forget  the 
American  farmer,  but  I  am  speaking  for  the  foreign  laborer,  and  I  must 
recognize  the  fact  that  our  greatness  is  to  a  considerable  extent  thrust 
upon  us.  But  I  have  not  time  to  dwell  upon  this.  I  only  want  to  sug- 
gest that  there  is  a  greatness  of  character  to  be  achieved,  a  greatness 
which  consists  in  grandeur  of  character.  I  suppose  this  claim  is  cor- 
rect, that  in  the  matter  of  material  well-being  we  have  reached  a  higher 
level  than  other  nations  ;  it  may  be  correct  that  in  the  matter  of  intelli- 
gence we  have  reached  a  higher  level — at  any  rate,  the  percentage  of 
illiteracy  is  smallest  here  where  we  stand  to-night ;  and  it  may  be  that  in 
the  matter  of  happiness  we  have  reached  a  higher  level  than  most  others. 
And  at  the  same  time  there  is  another  view.  There  are  suggestions  that 
arise  as  to  whether  we  are  achieving  or  have  achieved  as  a  nation  great- 
ness of  character,  in  order  that  we  may  take  our  proper  place  in  the  grand 
confederation  of  the  future.  We  must  be  great  not  only  territorially,  not 
only  great  intellectually,  not  only  great  in  the  way  of  superficial  happiness, 
but  great  in  those  elements  of  character  which  come  from  possessing  the 
truth  and  the  Gospel  of  Christ  in  the  heart  and  living  it  forth  in  the  life. 
Let  that  be  our  aim — to  attain  to  that  greatness.  And  how  shall  we  do 
it  ?  By  establishing  Congregational  churches  ?  Yes.  Do  not  let  us 
stop  doing  that.  But  let  us  also  take  warning  from  the  noble  discourse 
of  last  night,  that  there  is  something  besides  institutions  required  in  the 
achievement  of  this  great  work.  The  church  is  an  institution,  and  the 
institutional  church  toward  which  we  are  drifting  is  an  institution,  and  we 
are  in  danger.  There  are  those  who  devote  themselves  to  the  institution, 
and  the  rest  stand  idly  looking  on.  We  must  do  something  beside  that 
if  we  would  make  our  country  a  missionary  country  for  the  nations  of 
the  world.  We  must  ask,  without  much  reference  to  the  institutions. 
What  can  I  do  to  make  America  more  noble,  more  Christ-like  ?  What  can 
I  do  to  bring  on  the  brotherhood  of  man  ?  What  can  I  do  to  fill  these  gulfs 
that  are  deepening  between  classes  and  classes  ?  What  can  I  do  to  bring 
on  the  day  of  peace  and  the  day  of  Christ  in  this  land  ? 


Information  Wanted. — If  one  of  those  wise  men  of  our  time  who 
know  how  to  account  for  all  things  without  God,  can  show  just  how  this 
Republic  has  been  preserved  and  made  the  progress  it  has  in  spite  of 
bloody  wars  and  ceaseless  opposition  from  imported  ignorance,  depravity, 
anarchy,  and  atheism,  he  will  confer  a  favor  by  sending  his  solution  of 
the  problem  to  this  office. — Ed. 


October,  1S94  The   Homc   Missionary  323 

THE    HOME    MISSIONARY    FIELD    DAY 

Bv  Mrs.  Charlks  W.  Shf.i.t<w,  Birmin'cuiam,  Conn. 

For  two  years  the  words  "  Field  Day"  and  "  llome  Missionary  Rally  ' 
have  been  much  in  our  ears  and  before  our  eyes,  until  most  of  the  mis- 
sionary public  have  ceased  to  ask  their  meaning;  but  there  are  still  those 
who  have  little  idea  of  the  effort  now  being  made  to  report  to  our 
hundreds  of  churches  the  work  which  is  being  done  at  the  front,  and  as 
the  autumn  a]i|iroaches  and  the  languor  of  the  hot  season  gives  way,  it  is 
to  the  many  tiiat  we  would  again  call  attention  to  the  l'"ield  Day. — What 
is  it  ? 

It  is  a  day  set  apart  for  the  consideration  of  all  matters  pertaining  to 
the  iield  of  the  missionary,  to  the  work  done  by  the  missionary,  to  his 
need  and  his  effort  ;  it  is  a  day  spent  somewhere  in  the  field  of  givers,  a 
sort  of  an  account-giving  to  those  who  work  at  this  end. 

It  is  impossible  for  the  officers  of  the  Congregational  Home  Mission- 
ary Society  to  visit  all  our  churches  in  person  to  tell  the  results  of  the 
money  sent  to  the  front.  While  they  make  the  very  most  of  time  and 
opportunity,  the  year  has  in  it  too  few  Sundays  to  admit  of  a  general 
presentation,  and  the  great  complaint  on  the  part  of  many  churches  has 
been  :  '*  What  do  you  expect  of  us  ?  We  never  learn  much  of  the  work 
you  do  ;  we  know  little  of  its  results." 

And  so  the  Field  Day  was  instituted  to  fill  the  demand  for  this 
occasional  report  of  field  work,  and  much  time  and  thought  were  spent 
in  finding  out  the  best  methods.  The  outcome  is  the  present  "  rally." 
Some  centrally  located  church  sends  out  its  invitations  to  the  churches  of 
all  the  surrounding  towns  to  come  and  spend  a  day  with  it  in  the  con- 
sideration of  home  missionary  problems.  Inducements  are  most  hospi- 
tably offered  in  shape  of  a  noon  repast,  and  the  announcement  of  an 
eve-ning  with  a  stereopticon  promises  a  feature  quite  new  to  missionary 
gatherings.  These  invitations  are  always  kindly  accepted,  and  the 
different,  churches  are  represented  by  the  pastor  and  a  delegation  of 
people  from  his  congregation. 

The  entertaining  church  has  always  shown  its  hospitality  most 
pleasantly  by  many  evidences  of  thought  for  the  comfort  of  its  guests. 
Flowers  offer  their  fragrant  welcome,  loaded  lunch  tables  speak  volumes, 
and  the  whole  atmosphere  is  conducive  to  real  enjoyment.  Whether  the 
day  be  bright  or  cloudy,  there  is  the  atmosphere  of  light  within  the 
church  which  always  accompanies  interest  in  one's  fellow-men,  and 
nothing  drags  at  these  meetings,  the  only  trouble  being  the  lack  of  time 
to  tell  the  half. 


324  The   Home  Missionary  October,  1894 

Many  phases  of  the  work  are  talked  over — all,  as  far  as  possible. 
The  State  Secretary  tells  his  plans,  his  needs,  and  his  achievements,  giving 
a  short  account  of  his  stewardship.  The  representative  of  the  whole  or 
national  work  comes  laden  with  the  more  important  missionary  questions 
of  the  day  ;  another  speaker  deals  with  the  great  subject  of  the  flood  of 
immigration,  and,  often  as  can  be,  the  superintendent  of  some  Western 
field  comes  with  the  thrilling  facts  of  his  work,  to  which  no  one  who  is  not 
an  eye-witness  can  do  justice.  Then  comes  the  study  of  woman's  work 
in  the  State  and  in  the  field  at  large,  with  the  woman's  standpoint  well 
brought  out,  and  often  time  is  given  to  those  sister  societies  of  ours,  the 
Church  Building  and  the  Sunday-School  societies,  without  which  our 
work  would  be  only  half  done  ;  and  the  evening  is  devoted  to  a  rc'siim^ 
of  tlie  whole  subject,  with  the  additional  aid  of  the  stereopticon  slides 
which  emphasize  and  tell  through  the  eye  what  the  ear  has  failed  to  catch. 

It  is  an  established  fact  that  one  illustration  of  an  immigrant  in  his 
own  country,  of  a  slum  alley-way  in  New  York,  or  of  a  sod  church  on  the 
prairie,  will  leave  a  much  clearer  impression  on  the  minds  of  an  audience 
than  pages  of  most  vivid  word  picturing.  This  is  the  reason  for  the 
growing  use  of  the  stereopticon.  It  does  not  find  a  place  on  the  Field 
Day  programme  because  of  its  powers  of  entertainment,  nor  because  of 
its  popularity,  but  solely  because  it  is  one  great  means  of  imparting 
information  in  a  nutshell. 

When  one  of  these  Field  Days  is  over  and  people  scatter  in  all  direc- 
tions to  their  homes,  they  go  with  an  impression  that  the  one  thoroughly 
important  thing  in  this  world  is  the  work  of  Home  Missions,  and  many 
are  they  who  say,  "  Why,  we  never  knew  these  facts  before  !  No  one  has 
come  our  way  to  tell  us  them.  Is  it  possible  these  things  are  true  ?  " 
And  the  result  is  that  from  many  new  sources  streams  of  revenue  come 
flowing  into  the  home  missionary  treasury,  showing  emphatically  the 
worth  of  the  Field  Day. 

These  are  not  days  of  "  collections,"  when  the  chief  feature  is  the  con- 
tinual passing  of  the  plate.  Nothing  is  said  of  money,  and  the  interest 
is  not  deadened  by  the  clinking  of  coins  before  one's  face;  but  the  leaven 
is  left  to  work  ;  the  information  is  free,  and  the  results  are  good.. 

As  has  already  been  said,  these  days  are  planned  with  much  hard 
thought  and  effort,  and  in  all  their  details  nothing  is  done  lightly.  The 
quiet  running  of  the  machinery  of  it  all  through  the  day  and  evening 
means,  not  that  these  speakers  lead  easy,  irresponsible  lives,  but  that 
there  have  been  hard  days  and  weeks  of  work  beforehand,  to  bring  about 
the  smoothness  with  which  the  programme  runs  along. 

When  one  remembers  that  a  Field  Day  is  simply  one  of  many  held 
throughout  the  State,  and  that  each  means  the  writing  of  many  letters, 
the  fixing  of  dates,  the  adapting  of  dates  to  churches,  the  rearranging  of 


October,  1S94  The   Homc   Missionary  325 

dates  and  programme  to  suit  the  convenience  of  local  churches,  which 
sometimes  necessitates  the  rearranging  of  the  whole  plan  for  the  State, 
with  the  countless  details  to  be  gotten  into  harmony  ;  the  hard  travel,  the 
hours  of  mental  strain  daring  the  long  sessions,  the  endless  work  in  placing 
lantern  and  sheet,  arranging  slides  and  light  for  the  stereopticon,  the 
packing  and  moving  of  the  apparatus  when  the  day  is  over,  the  rushing 
on  to  another  Field  Day  on  the  following  morning,  when  all  is  gone 
through  again,  one  realizes  that  these  secretaries  are  busy,  tired  men. 
liut  this  is  not  the  burden  that  weighs  them  down — this  routine  of  travel 
and  speaking,  and  speaking  and  travel  ;  this  is  not  what  saps  the  vital 
force  and  undermines  the  health.  It  is  the  awful  consciousness  of  a  work 
undone,  of  the  fact  that  after  every  effort  is  made,  after  every  dollar  in 
the  treasury  is  sent  out  into  the  work,  there  are  still  those  many  towns 
west  of  tlie  Mississippi  River  in  which  no  public  prayer  is  heard  ;  there 
are  still  those  thousands  of  people  in  our  city  slums  who  never  have 
known  a  God  ;  there  is  still  this  whole  unredeemed  country  looking  to  the 
Christians  in  it  for  help — and  they  so  negligent.  We  Christians  see  so 
little  fruit,  compared  with  what  might  be,  because  of  the  great  lack  of 
unity  in  our  work,  not  because  of  lack  of  strength.  The  strength  of  the 
Christian  church  is  beyond  computation;  but  we  give  spasmodically — here 
much,  there  nothing — and  our  strength  amounts  to  so  little  because  it  is  so 
divided.  If  the  shoulder  of  the  church  were  once  placed  against  the  wall 
of  wickedness  in  America,  that  wall  would  topple  over  like  a  wall  of  clay. 
If  each  church  member  were  to  give  but  his  one  cent  a  day,  there  would 
be  no  such  burden  as  now  weighs  on  the  hearts  of  the  workers. 

To  this  end,  that  our  church  members  may  feel  and   appreciate   the 
need  of  this  unity  of  force,  has  the  Field  Day  been  established. 


AFTER    THE    STRIKE 

The  Strike. — During  the  last  two  weeks  the  railroad  shops  have 
been  closed,  throwing  out  of  work  425  men.  This  uncalled-for  strike  has 
caused  more  misery  and  suffering  than  its  originator  can  allay  in  his  life- 
time. Many  of  the  men  with  larger  and  clearer  logic  were  not  in  sym- 
pathy with  the  movement,  and  would  have  worked  through  the  trouble, 
but  they  were  locked  out  of  the  shops  by  the  company  and  have  not  been 
reinstated,  and  have  no  way  of  foretelling  the  outcome.  We  were  hoping 
that  we  could  start  our  new  house  of  worship,  but  the  times  are  so  uncer- 
tain that  we  shall  have  to  wait.  Before  another  month  passes  away  many 
will  be  in  destitute  circumstances.     Coupled  with   this,  the    merchants 


326  The   Home   Missionary  October,  1894 

have  given  out  word  that  they  cannot  sell  except  for  cash.  When  will 
man  learn  the  principles  of  love  and  brotherhood  as  taught  from  God  ? — 
Rev.  J.  M.  Brown,  Cheyetine,  IVyo. 


Four  Months  of  Strikes. — After  nearly  four  months  of  strikes 
and  lawlessness  the  miners  have  gone  to  work  this  week.  We  have  had 
a  tremendous  time  here.  Last  week  an  army  of  strikers  came  here  from 
a  neighboring  town  with  a  brass  band,  asking  our  miners  to  go  with  them 
and  help  stop  the  trains  ;  but  that  night  our  reading-room  was  full  of  the 
boys,  and  they  refused  to  go.  Some  one  that  same  night,  at  the  place 
these  men  came  from,  wrecked  the  midnight  passenger  train,  killing  the 
engineer  and  fireman.  Fortunately  no  passengers  were  hurt,  though  the 
engine  was  a  complete  wreck  and  two  baggage-cars  were  torn  to  splin- 
ters. You  know  there  is  no  Protestant  church  there,  and  it  takes  the 
belt  for  lawlessness  and  wickedness  in  all  these  towns.  If  we  could  have 
put  a  little  church  there,  that  wreck  most  likely  would  not  have  occurred. 
How  I  would  like  to  get  amongst  those  fellows  and  show  them  better 
things  !  But  with  four  towns  already,  and  having  to  be  at  them  regu- 
larly to  keep  things  straight,  I  have  quite  all  I  can  do.  How  much 
the  passengers  on  the  railway  trains  are  indebted  to  our  grand  old 
Society  ! — Indiana. 


More  of  the  Strike. — But  for  this  disastrous  strike,  the  outlook 
was  cheering  for  our  next  communion.  1  had  anticipated  taking  into 
the  church  a  few  on  confession  and  three  or  four  by  letter.  But  all  is 
changed.  As  a  consequence  of  this  strike,  Green  River  is  being  depopu- 
lated. No  man  engaged  in  the  strike  is  to  be  employed  again  ;  hence  the 
people  are  leaving  daily  by  the  dozen,  so  that  our  membership  is  reduced 
to  five.  Yesterday  there  was  only  my  own  family  of  three  in  number  to 
carry  on  the  school,  our  working  force  having  all  left  the  town.  It  seems 
as  though  by  next  Sunday  we  would  have  very  few  of  the  scholars  left. 
There  have  not  been  many  men  employed  in  the  works  yet,  and  these 
seem  mostly  to  be  single  men — among  them  a  few  Mormons.  We  had 
some  of  these  out  to  service  last  night ;  likewise  a  few  soldiers  from  the 
company  sent  here  to  guard  railroad  property,  etc. — Rev.  T.  Thirloway, 
Green  River,   Wyo. 


The  Strike  Again. — My  commission  was  gratefully  received  last 
evening  after  a  long  delay  on  account  of  the  railway  strike.  Matters 
have  been  serious  here  on  that  account.  We  have  been  nearly  three 
weeks  without  seeing  a  single  train  moving  on  the  Oregon  and  California 


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road,  except   Mrs.   Stanford's  private  car  going  back  to  San  Francisco. 
She  was  treated  like  a  queen  by  the  strikers. — California. 


The  Strike  Funded. — The  past  (juarter  has  been  a  time  of  trial  to 
our  people  on  account  of  the  strike.  They  had  no  work  and  very  little 
to  live  on,  and  were  much  discouraged.  Spiritual  work  seemed  to  be  at 
a  standstill  in  all  the  churches  here.  I  had  to  stop  our  cottage  prayer- 
meetings  on  account  of  the  excited  feeling  among  the  people.  I  never 
realized  so  fully  the  need  of  divine  guidance  as  during  the  dark  days  of 
the  strike.  How  to  lead  by  the  right  way,  feed,  strengthen,  and  encourage 
those  whom  God  had  given  me  with  the  command  to  '•  watch  for  their 
souls  as  one  that  must  give  account,"  was  a  work  that  required  more 
than  human  wisdom  and  ability.  Realizing  the  fact  that  an  unguarded 
word  might  offend  some  brother,  I  prayed  for  mouth  and  wisdom,  and  that 
God  would  make  me  his  humble  messenger  and  enable  me  to  feed  his 
sheep  and  iambs.  The  Lord  has  granted  me  far  more  than  I  asked.  'I'he 
strike  is  over  ;  the  people  have  gone  to  work  at  the  old  wages.  Soon 
they  will  have  plenty  to  feed  their  bodies  and  clothe  their  little  ones  (and 
they  are  many).  I  hope  in  time  a  better  feeling  among  the  people  will 
prevail  and  the  church  will  be  built  up. — Marylatid. 

DOES    IT    PAY? 

By  Rev.  William  C.   Burns,  Stanton,  Mich. 

With  but  four  exceptions,  the  churches  of  our  Lansing  Association 
are  home  missionary  churches.  Located  in  what  till  a  few  years  ago  was 
the  richest  and  most  famous  pine  belt  of  the  State,  they  have  suffered  a 
loss  which  no  words  can  express,  in  the  removal  of  the  pine  and  lumber 
interests.  Only  the  most  heroic  self-sacrifices  both  of  pastors  and  people 
have  kept  these  churches  from  being  completely  annihilated. 

The  men  who  despoiled  this  country  of  its  treasure,  and  became 
immensely  rich  in  so  doing,  have  migrated  to  the  cities.  They  have  taken 
millions  of  dollars,  but  few  have  ever  contributed  one  in  return  toward  the 
removal  of  the  traces  of  desolation  left  behind,  or  toward  the  improvement 
of  the  communities  wherein  they  became  wealthy. 

With  the  departure  of  the  lumber  interests,  thousands  of  families  left. 
In  face  of  these  facts,  it  might  seem  wise  to  let  the  little  churches  organ- 
ized in  this  "sawdust  country  "  drop  into  oblivion  just  as  the 

"  Dewdrop  slips 
Into  the  shining  sea," 


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But  not  so.  Each  of  these  Httle  home  missionary  churches  is  still  situ- 
ated in  the  center  of  settlement  of  from  two  hundred  to  twelve  hundred 
inhabitants.  The  monotony  of  living  in  a  country  where  pine  stumps 
number  two  hundred  to  the  acre,  and  where  for  miles  and  miles  nothing 
but  tall,  gaunt,  and  blackened  pine  spars  greet  the  eyes,  is  simply 
appalling. 

The  little  home  missionary  church  is  an  oasis  in  this  desert-like 
existence.  It  is  a  center  of  social  life.  It  is  a  source  of  mental  and 
spiritual  growth.  Take  it  away,  and  you  take  away  nearly  everything 
which  makes  life  endurable  in  such  a  country. 

This  pine-stump  land,  which  only  a  few  years  ago  was  thought  to  be 
valueless,  is  proving  to  be  the  best  potato  land  in  the  world.  I'he  process 
of  changing  it  into  productive  potato  farms  is  laborious,  therefore  slow. 
Then,  too,  the  settlers  have  but  little  capital.  If  they  have  enough  to  put 
up  a  rough,  one-story  frame  shanty  and  get  a  team  of  horses  or  oxen,  they 
consider  themselves  fortunate.  But  most  of  them  are  young,  hopeful, 
and  bright. 

Our  little  churches,  planted  in  palmier  days,  in  days  when  the  saw-mill 
and  not  the  potato  farm  was  characteristic  of  the  country,  are  on  the 
ground  and  at  work.  These  churches  must  receive  aid  from  the  Home 
Missionary  Society  for  years  to  come,  and  the  question  naturally  arises  : 
Will  it  pay  to  continue  to  foster  and  nourish  them?  Pay?  Yes,  a 
hundred-fold  !  Without  them,  most  of  the  communities  in  which  they  are 
would  be  in  a  state  of  semi-heathenism.  Infested  by  religious  tramps, 
men  whose  preaching  is  only  some  travesty  of  the  Gospel,  the  need  of 
some  provision  whereby  the  people  may  have  the  real  Gospel  presented 
to  them,  simply  yet  intelligently,  is  certainly  imperative. 

Aside  from  this,  these  small,  rural,  sawdust-country  churches  are  to 
our  city  churches  what  mountain  rills  are  to  rivers.  One  of  these  churches, 
whose  location  is  not  such  as  to  lead  one  to  exclaim:  "Ever)'  prospect 
pleases,  and  only  man  is  vile,"  dismissed  fifteen  of  its  members  last  year 
to  various  city  churches.  It  encouraged  three  of  its  most  promising  young 
people  to  enter  one  of  our  Michigan  colleges.  It  contributed  $25  to  the 
Home  Missionary  Society. 

Another,  without  a  remonstrance,  raised  its  full  assessment  and 
forwarded  it  to  the  State  Treasurer  long  before  any  of  the  self-sustaining 
churches  had  done  so.  For  nearly  a  year  it  has  had  no  regular  preaching 
services,  but  through  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society  it  has  maintained 
meetings  which,  in  point  of  attendance  and  interest,  render  all  thought  of 
"giving  up  the  ghost  "  entirely  out  of  the  question. 

Last  summer  a  handful  of  loyal  Christians,  living  in  a  hamlet  of  a 
hundred  and  fifty  people,  built  a  church  edifice  which  cost  $2,100.  Not  a 
member  of  that  church  lives  in  a  decent  frame  house.     Forty  to  one 


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hundred  acres  of  pine  stumps  and  swamp  is  the  sum  total  of  any  member's 
wealth.  Each  member  prayed,  then  gave,  and  worked,  'i'he  j)rocess  was 
repeated  and  repeated  till  a  handsome  little  church  building,  free  of  debt, 
was  dedicated  to  Almighty  God. 

Another  of  these  pine-stump  country  churches  granted  twenty-three  let- 
ters last  year  to  members  who  have  gone  into  the  cities.  In  the  same  time 
it  gave  five  dollars  and  sevoitccn  cents  per  member  10  the  various  benevo- 
lent societies  of  our  denomination.  This  church  is  self-sustaining,  but  the 
amount  contributed  to  the  benevolent  causes  equaled  five-eighths  of 
the  amount  paid  its  pastor.  Many  of  its  members  live  in  one-story 
shanties,  and  its  minister,  a  college  and  seminary  man,  lives  in  an  old 
story-and-a-half  house  whose  only  foundation  consists  of  pine  blocks  and 
stumps.  Does  it  pay  to  nourish  and  encourage  such  churches?  There  is 
but  one  answer. 


THE    TRUE    HISTORY    OF    MRS.    BRIGHT    PENNY 

By  Mrs.  Almeda  H.  Barrett,  Hood  River,  Oregon 

She  and  I  were  twins,  so  I  know  all  about  her  as  well  as  though  I'd 
made  her.  Christened  Nimble  Penny  was  she,  and  I  was  Wise  Penny, 
changed  since  into  Penny  Wise.  "  Penny  wise,  pound  foolish,"  some 
folks  call  me,  though  I  see  no  sense  in  that.  Nothing  worth  telling 
happened  to  us,  Nimble  and  me,  until  we  found  ourselves  together  in 
John  Brown's  pocket.  We  had  belonged  to  the  minister,  but  one  day  we 
heard  him  say,  "Wife,  I've  brought  home  another  man  and  brother  to 
feed  and  clothe."  "Why,"  says  she,  ''you  gave  away  your  last  old  coat 
last  week,  and  the  trousers  went  before."  "Then  I  must  put  on  my 
pulpit  suit,"  said  he,  gravely,  "for  this  fellow  must  have  warmer  clothes 
or  die." 

And  so,  as  I  said,  we  being  in  the  minister's  pocket,  belonged  after  that 
to  John,  and  at  the  meeting  that  night,  being  still  in  the  pocket,  we  all 
experienced  religion.  At  least  John  did,  and  Nimble  did,  and  I — well, 
I — suppose — I — did;  but  I  wasn't  so  possessed  by  it  but  that  I  could  see 
into  a  grindstone  as  far  as  ever,  or  but  that  I  knew  when  John  and  Nimble 
made  fools  of  themselves,  for  when  the  contribution  box  went  round  and 
I  scrambled  for  a  corner.  Nimble  fairly  jumped  into  the  hand  he  reached 
down  for  one  of  us,  and  I  heard  her  whisper  something  about  his  prayer 
going  with  his  first  gift.  Stuff !  The  Lord  didn't  begin  to  need  Nimble 
as  much  as  John  did.  After  leaving  the  church  John  met  one  of  his  old 
cronies,  and  began  at  once  to  tell  how  he  had  received  food  and  clothes 
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330  The  Home   Missionary  October,  1894 

at  the  minister's  hands,  and  a  new  heart  at  God's  hands,  and  how  now  he 
was  going  to  live  right.  "  That's  all  very  well  on  a  full  stomach,"  says  the 
crony,  "but  just  wait  till  you're  's  empty  as  me  ag'in."  Then  John's 
hand  stole  downward,  and  clutching  me  from  the  very  lowest  corner  of 
his  pocket,  where  I  was  hiding,  he  said  :  "  Here,  Bill,  get  a  loaf  and  fill 
up."  "How  many  've  you  got?"  asked  Bill.  "Oh, /'/«  in  luck,"  says 
John.  "  I'm  to  sweep  the  church  in  the  morning."  "  What !  "  says  Bill,  "so 
this  is  your  last  penny."  And  ail  the  way  to  the  baker's  he  muttered 
about  the  change  in  John  ;  and  what  he  said  wasn't  complimentary, 
either. 

Well,  when  I  was  in  the  baker's  till  and  Nimble  in  the  contribution 
box,  I  had  leisure  for  reflection.  And  if  one  thing  was  clearer  to  my  mind 
than  another  at  that  time,  it  was  that  the  kind  of  religion  John  and 
Nimble  had  got  was  too  <;//^^r-worldly  to  live  by  here.  There  he  was,  just 
up  from  a  sick-bed,  a  job  on  hand,  and  no  breakfast  to  work  on  !  And  if 
he  expected  the  Lord  would  supply  it,  as  I  heard  him  thinking,  he  was 
"  presuming  on  short  acquaintance,'.'  according  to  my  notion — my  notion 
and  Deacon  Little's.  Deacon  Little  was  the  minister's  uncle,  and  dropped 
in  on  his  nephew  at  least  once  a  week  to  point  a  moral  or  adorn  a  Bible 
exposition. 

After  every  missionary  sermon  especially  he  seemed  moved  to  call. 
The  text,  "  Take  no  thought  for  the  morrow,"  meant  that  you  must  be  so 
supremely  saving  that  to-day's  store  would  lap  right  over  and  cover 
to-morrow.  "  Behold  the  fowls  of  the  air  :  for  they  sow  not,  neither  do 
they  reap,  nor  gather  into  barns ;  yet  your  heavenly  Father  feedeth  them." 
That  text  the  deacon  said  his  nephew  had  used  to  make  careless  people 
shiftless ;  but  it  was  meant  to  show  that  even  the  fowls  of  the  air  were 
fed  up  so  's  man  could  make  money  out  of  'em.  He  didn't  believe  in 
taking  chances.  He  thought  a  bird  in  the  hand  was  worth  two  in  Bible 
promises.  He  didn't  do  a  trust  business,  not  even  with  the  Lord.  As  to 
laying  aside  a  tenth  of  his  income,  he  said  he'd  as  "  lief  turn  Jew  out-and- 
out,  and  forswear  pork  forever."  "  Besides,"  says  Deacon  Little,  "/don't 
believe  in  sending  gold  spoons  to  the  heathen.  The  Bible  don't  sanc- 
tion it." 

These  talks  would  exasperate  the  minister's  wife  beyond  all  expression, 
and  I,  being  in  her  husband's  pocket,  thus  hearing  his  thoughts,  knew 
he  was  of  the  same  mind.  But  he  only  said  :  "The  Little  family  has  a 
good  many  representatives  in  our  church,  my  dear.  The  only  difference 
between  them  and  the  deacon  is  that  while  they  only  live  it  out,  he  talks 
it  out,  too.  Don't  worry.  If  such  a  spirit  in  a  deacon  threatens  the  life 
of  the  church,  the  Lord  will  either  change  his  heart  or  send  him  some- 
where else."  As  I  lay  there  in  the  dark,  thinking  how  the  deacon's  thrifty 
doctrines  had  fallen  on  stony  soil  in  their  hearts  and  Nimble's,  I  heard 


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John's  voice,  and  in  less  time  than  it  takes  me  to  tell  it,  I  was  paid  as 
chanii;e  into  his  hand.  "  Here,  15111,  's  your  lucky  penny.  I've  got  the 
other,"  says  John.  "  I  tell  ye,  Bill,  1  was  glum  when  1  started  out  this 
morning,  weak  and  hungry  ;  but,  going  to  work,  I  found  the  minister  in 
ills  best  trousers  sweeping  the  sidewalk.  I  took  the  broom  and  finished 
the  sweeping,  and  was  given  a  good  hot  breakfast.  That  chirked  me  up 
so's  I  did  good  work  at  the  church,  and  got  a  job  as  church  janitor. 
How's  that  ?  I5ut  the  best  of  all  was  having  my  lucky  penny  paid  back." 
"  That  must  be  Nimble,"  says  1  to  myself  ;  but  1  didn't  get  to  go  to  her,  as 
they  say  where  I  live,  for  I  stayed  with  Bill  till  one  Sunday  evening  when 
he  went  to  church  with  John.  'J'oward  the  close  of  the  service  I  heard 
Bill  thinking:  "Now,  I  hain't  had  no  luck  like  John,"  says  he.  "  S'pose 
I  try  his  way.  It  won't  do  me  no  good,  'tain't  likely  ;  but — w-e-1-1,  h-e-r-e 
g-o-e-s,  for  luck.''  And  I  was  tossed  into  the  box  just  passing.  And  when 
it  was  set  down  on  the  table  under  the  pulpit,  I  could  see  the  minister  as 
plain  as  plain  coidd  be,  and  as  plain  as  plain  could  be  I  saw  he  had  on  a 
spick  and  span  new  suit  of  clothes.  I  afterward  learned,  with  a  shock, 
that  Deacon  Little  had  died  suddenly,  and  without  a  will,  so  that  a  large 
part  of  his  riches  went  to  his  nephew,  the  minister.  This  explained 
what  I  had  heard  John  say  about  the  good  one  first-class  funeral  had 
done.  "It's  a  pity,"  he  said,  "they  were  not  more  in  fashion  in  that 
church." 

It  was  long  years  before  I  saw  Nimble  again,  but  I  heard  that  she  had 
become  Mrs.  Bright  Penny  ;  that  she  had  a  rapidly  increasing  family,  but 
was  continually  on  the  go  ;  that  whether  sent  on  home  missions  or  foreign, 
she  always  contrived  to  enlist  numerous  others  in  the  same  cause,  and 
work  herself  around  to  John's  hand  again  ;  that  her  husband,  an  immense, 
light-complexioned  piece,  not  only  approved,  but  had  the  same  habit 
himself  ;  and  that  all  her  progeny,  both  white  and  yellow,  took  to  doing 
good  as  naturally  as  a  duck  to  water.  Last  week  I  heard  that  a  golden 
wedding  was  to  be  celebrated  at  the  minister's,  and  really  made  a  great 
-effort  to  be  there.  Until  I  saw  Nimble  (Mrs.  Bright  Penny,  I  should  say), 
I  was  not  at  all  conscious  of  having  grown  so  dark  and  battered  and 
common  looking.  But  she  looked  as  young  as  when  I  saw  her  last,  and 
w'as  dressed  m  gold  from  head  to  foot,  and  labeled,  "  The  Lucky  Penny." 
She  was  the  center  of  attraction  in  the  midst  of  a  wonderful  display  of 
presents.  And  John  was  there,  who  told  how  she  had  been  given  by  the 
minister  when  he  (John)  was  poor  and  sick  and  discouraged,  and  how  she 
had  been  the  foundation  of  every  good  that  had  come  to  him.  "  She 
would  never  stay  in  my  pocket,"  said  he,  "  when  there  was  any  good 
she  could  do  ;  and  though  she  started  out  alone,  she  always  returned  with 
a  crowd.  She  has  taken  comfort  to  the  sick  and  dying,  courage  to  the 
poor   and    discouraged,   the  water  of    life  to  the  thirsty  frontiers,   and 


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the  light  of  life  to  the  heathen.  And  she  never  came  back  to  me,"  he 
added,  reverentially,  "  until  she  had  done  all  I  had  asked  that  she  might 
do."  Then  the  minister  stepped  forward.  "I  have  heard  John  called 
lucky,"  he  said,  "and  we  laugh  about  Mrs.  Bright  Penny  being  his  lucky 
piece  ;  but  the  secret  of  it  all  is  in  his  last  sentence.  He  never  sent  even 
a  penny  out  without  a  prayer,  and  his  prayer  gave  wings  to  what  was  sent. 
When  you  read  of  peculations  by  church  ofificials,  you  may  be  sure  that 
no  money  started  out  as  John  started  his  sticks  to  the  dishonest  fingers. 
I  know  it  is  fashionable  nowadays  to  call  such  beliefs  'superstitions'; 
but  why  more  than  the  acknowledgment  of  any  secret  forces  of  nature  ? 
I  do  not  know  why  a  yellow  and  a  red  and  a  white  rose  grow  from  exactly 
the  same  soil  under  exactly  the  same  conditions.  A  microscopist  will 
show  you  the  different  colored  grains  of  chlorophyll  in  the  cells  of  the 
tissue  of  the  petals  ;  but  if  you  ask  him  what  makes  the  difference,  he  will 
tell  you  he  doesn't  know.  Neither  do  I  know  how  money  is  carried  safely 
in  the  great  hand  of  Providence,  nor  how  God  increases  it  in  answer  to 
prayer.  I  only  know  that  praying  of  itself  is  not  sufficient,  giving  alone 
is  not  enough,  but  that  together  they  are  one  of  the  iinknoitiable  forces  of 
nature.  One  word  more.  Each  of  you  may  have  a  lucky  penny,  if  you 
choose,  that  will  turn  into  a  Mrs.  Bright  Penny  and  increase  indefinitely, 
both  for  your  own  comfort  and  for  the  regeneration  of  the  world.  How- 
ever, I'll  stop,  or  you'll  call  this  a  sermon."  "No,"  says  John,  "we'll  call 
it  the  history  of  Mrs.  Bright  Penny."  But  they  hadn't  told  the  half.  I 
therefore  resolved  to  give  it  in  full,  and  here  it  is.  But  in  closing  let  me 
say  that  after  the  minister's  remarks  /  knew  what  had  made  the  difference 
between  Nimble  and  me.  I'd  been  given  away  and  given  away  ;  into  the 
contribution  box  for  luck  and  for  looks  ;  and  because  I  was  small  I'd  been 
chucked  to  the  blind,  thrown  to  beggars,  tossed  up  to  decide  trades, 
and  thrown  out  with  a  handful  to  make  a  disgraceful  scramble.  But 
never,  never  since  I  belonged  to  Bill  had  there  been  a  single  prayer  said 
over  me. 


ITEMS    FROM    THE    FIELD 

A  Circuit  Walker. — One  of  my  visits  this  month  was  to  the  Warrior 
District,  above  Birmingham,  where  I  held  meetings  at  two  of  the  churches. 
The  country  is  very  rough  and  mountainous  in  that  district,  and  the  peo- 
ple are  generally  poor  and  work  hard.  There  are  five  churches  in  this 
district,  four  of  which  are  grouped  together  and  are  served  by  Brother 
W.  J.  Robertson.  This  brother  walks  his  circuit.  Having  but  one  horse, 
he  leaves  that  for  his  children  to  work  with.    This  is  very  hard  on  him,  as 


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the  country  is  mountainous.  I  suppose  he  walks  about  200  miles  each 
month.  I  also  visited  tlie  Bear  Creek  District,  and  held  meetings  with  two 
of  the  churches.  I  found  that  the  church  in  Liberty  Grove  had  been 
worshiping  under  a  shed — similar  to  that  of  an  old-fashioned  stand  at  a 
camp-ground — which  had  become  untenantable.  About  a  year  ago,  at 
my  suggestion,  they  determined  to  build  them  a  house  of  worship,  and, 
at  a  sacrifice  for  p-eople  of  their  limited  means,  have  succeeded  in  secur- 
ing a  building  lot,  and  have  a  church  framed,  weather-boarded,  covered, 
floored,  with  temporary  seats  and  pulpit,  but  without  sash  blinds,  doors, 
and  ceiling.  Unfinished  as  it  is,  they  are  worshiping  in  it,  hoping  for  help 
soon  from  the  Building  Society.  I  held  meetings  with  them  from  Wednes- 
day to  Monday.  Four  were  added  to  the  church,  and  several  children 
were  baptized. — Rev.  S.  E.  Bassett,  Alabama. 


A  New  Recruit. — An  important  event  of  the  quarter  is  the  arrival  of 
a  baby  boy  at  the  parsonage.  I  believe  the  Home  Missionary  Society 
does  not  put  any  premium  on  babies,  but  expects  them  as  a  matter  of 
course.  This  baby  has  been  a  home  missionary  baby  from  the  start.  He 
has  already  made  two  trips  into  the  country  and  helped  to  start  a  Sunday- 
school.  As  to  the  e.\act  nature  of  his  assistance,  I  will  only  say  that  with- 
out his  presence  his  mother  would  have  been  unable  to  be  there  and  render 
important  aid  in  singing  and  other  matters. 

That  Sunday-school  is  ten  miles  from  town,  where  is  a  center  for 
a  few  scattered  ranches.  The  people  have  seemed  too  few  and  scattered 
to  do  any  religious  work  effectively  hitherto,  but  we  have  succeeded  in 
gathering  ten  children  and  about  as  many  adults  together  for  a  Sunday- 
school.  Once  a  month  1  hold  a  preaching  service  in  connection  with  the 
school. — Arizona. 


Tent  Wanted. — Our  great  want  is  buildings  to  worship  in,  where  we 
could  meet,  protected  from  the  scorching  heat  of  summer  and  the  cold 
blast  of  winter.  If  I  had  a  tent  large  enough  to  accommodate  100  to  200 
people,  it  would  be  a  far-reaching  help  to  me  in  my  work  ;  in  fact,  it  is 
almost  necessary  to  its  success.  Can  you  not  induce  some  one  to  help  in 
this  matter  ?  A  tent  is  of  more  value  to  me  here  at  present  than  a  church 
building.  If  I  had  a  tent,  I  could  move  from  point  to  point  doing  great 
good. — Oklahoma. 


A  Sad  Picture. — Language  cannot  portray  the  deplorable  condition 
of  many  families  I  come  in  contact  with  in  my  rounds  of  visitation.  There 
are  many  living  in  holes  in  the  ground,  without  the  limited  necessaries 
needed  for  housekeeping. 

My  wife  and  I  have  visited  people  who  are  so  destitute  that  they  have 


334  The   Home   Missionary  October,  1894 

not  sufificient  clothing  for  a  change  ;  who  do  their  cooking,  such  as  it  is,  by 
a  camp-fire  ;  who  have  no  table,  no  bedstead,  no  chairs,  no  stove,  nothing 
but  a  few  boxes  for  furniture.  And  such  people  have  lived  month  after 
month  in  that  manner.  It  would  melt  to  tears  the  hardest  heart  to  see,  as 
we  see,  the  misery,  sorrow,  and  utter  joylessness  of  the  lives  of  many  people 
of  education  who  have  been  reduced  to  poverty  by  unavoidable  circum- 
stances. We  have  impoverished  ourselves  by  giving  to  those  in  need,  help- 
ing to  alleviate  their  sufferings,  until  we  cannot  give  any  more. — Rev.  R. 
P.  Brown,  Arapahoe,  Okl. 


Work  for  Indians. — We  take  advantage  of  every  opportunity  to 
speak  to  the  Indians.  We  have  held  about  forty-five  meetings  with  them 
this  quarter,  sometimes  meeting  in  their  tepees,  and  often  in  open  air,  and 
have  had  audiences  of  from  one  to  fifty  Indians.  Moore  Van  Horn, 
an  educated  Indian,  joined  our  church  at  Darlington  early  in  the  quarter, 
and  has  been  of  great  service  to  us  as  an  interpreter.  He  is  a  faithful 
Christian  young  man,  and  confesses  Christ  in  the  face  of  much  opposi- 
tion. Van  Horn  is  acting  as  Government  i:)olice  in  the  Kingfisher  Dis- 
trict, about  eighteen  miles  distant  from  here,  but  he  comes  in  every  two 
weeks,  stays  from  three  to  five  days,  and  is  always  very  willing  to  inter- 
pret for  us  when  it  is  possible  for  him  to  do  so.  He  has  refused  to  accept 
money  for  interpreting  ;  says  that  he  wishes  to  do  it  for  Christ's  sake.  We 
only  wish  that  we  might  find  more  Indians,  and  whites  even,  who  are  will- 
ing to  do  things  "  for  Christ's  sake." — Oklahoma. 


Short  Crops. —  The  dry  weather  and  hot  winds  have  cut  off  the 
crops  so  that  people  are  leaving  as  fast  as  they  can  get  away.  It  is 
exceedingly  discouraging.  Some  have  gone  who  would  before  this  have 
joined  us.  Yet  my  audiences  are  very  good  for  the  place,  with  two  other 
churches.  The  interest  is  good  and  increasing,  so  I  live  and  labor  in 
hope. — Kansas. 


Moving  Away. — The  outlook  is  no  better.  Families  keep  moving 
away  because  there  is  nothing  here  to  support  them.  My  income  from 
the  field  has  fallen  off  just  one-half,  and  it  looks  as  though  it  will  be 
impossible  for  the  village  to  have  a  resident  pastor  much  longer.  This 
will  be  a  misfortune,  as  ours  is  the  only  Protestant  church  in  the  place. 
We  hope  things  will  take  a  favorable  turn  in  the  fall,  but  of  this  we  are 
not  at  all  sure. — Minnesota. 


Foreign  Literature. — We  have  added  to  other  agencies,  a  cabinet 
containing  literature  in  the  Cerman,  English,  and  Scandinavian  languages, 
which  we  invite  the  people  to  use  freely.     Can  you  please  put  us  in  the 


October,  1894  Thc   Homc   Missionary  335 

way  of  obtaining  literature  in  the  Swedish,  Norwegian,  Danish,  or  (ler- 
man  languages,  free  of  expense  ?  It  would  help  us  greatly.- — Rev.  S. 
Wood,  Havelock,  Neb. 


Willing  to  Try. — I  came  here  direct  from  Chicago  Seminary,  and 
we  are  just  learning  each  other.  Believing  that  "  it  is  not  good  for  man 
to  be  alone,"  I  have  taken  unto  me  a  wife,  and  we  are  now  settled  in  a 
neat  little  cottage,  rented  from  an  absent  member,  which  wc  call  our  home. 
It  adds  a  good  deal  to  a  man's  usefulness  in  this  community  to  have  a 
home  where  he  can  preach  by  example,  which  is  quite  as  necessary  as  a 
good  sermon  from  the  pulpit  ;  more  so  in  this  town,  I  think.  It  will  do  lots 
of  good  here  for  a  man  to  simply  preach  and  be  honest  for  a  year  or  so,  even 
though  he  does  little  else.  But  we  are  prepared  to  do  more  than  that. 
We  hope  in  a  social  way  to  get  hold  of  many  of  the  young  men  here  who 
have  no  homes,  and  no  social  amusements  except  the  dances  and  billiard 
halls  or  Dakota  saloons.  We  have  a  good  many  of  them  in  our  evening 
services,  and  we  hope  to  interest  more  yet.  Many  very  fine  young  people 
in  the  town  never  go  to  church.  Hard  and  patient  work  is  needed.  I  do 
not  know  that  I  can  do  it,  but  I  am  going  to  try. — Soiith  Dakota. 


Floating. — The  people  in  this  field  are  poor  and  kind,  but  have  been 
little  accustomed  to  attend  church.  We  are,  however,  getting  a  better 
attendance.  The  population  is  floating,  continually  on  the  move,  follow- 
ing the  construction  of  the  railway.  A  majority  are  out  here  to  make 
money,  and  it  is  not  easy  to  get  people  to  observe  Sunday  at  all.  The 
prevailing  sins  are  gambling  and  drunkenness.  The  country,  too,  is  filled 
with  all  denominations  that  only  hurt  the  cause  of  Christ. —  Wyoming. 


More  of  the  Drought. — Never  did  this  locality  see  such  a  drought 
or  complete  failure  of  crops  ;  never  were  business  men  and  farmers  so 
discouraged.  Occasionally  a  covered  wagon  may  be  seen  leaving  the 
country,  carrying  away  some  poor  farmer  and  his  earthly  possessions,  seek- 
ing a  more  friendly  soil  and  climate.  But  many  stout  hearts  will  remain 
and  face  certain  hardships  in  the  coming  winter.  Although  at  times  there 
has  not  been  a  cent  in  our  purse,  we  have  received  something  on  our  salary 
in  the  way  of  trade  and  food,  and  have  not  suffered.  The  amount  received 
has  not  all  been  cash,  want  of  which  has  sometimes  been  inconvenient  ; 
for  instance,  the  last  quarterly  report  had  to  wait  four  days  for  two  cents 
to  buy  a  stamp. — South  Dakota. 


Summer  Resort  Religion. — We  have  severely  felt  the  pressure  of 
hard  times  here.  No  aid  has  been  received  previous  to  this  call  in  some 
eight  years.     We  have  enlarged  our  church  at  a  cost  of  ^6,000,  and  the 


336  The  Home   Missionary  October,  1894 

outlay  exhausted  all  our  available  resources.  Money  that  was  pledged 
for  my  salary  was  paid  on  the  church  debt,  at  my  request.  That  debt  is 
now  wholly  paid. 

We  are  now  in  the  midst  of  our  "  resort  season,"  but  we  do  not  realize 
one-tenth  the  amount  of  assistance  from  the  visitors  that  was  usual  in 
former  years. 

Our  church,  seating  350,  is  well  filled,  and  it  is  a  joy  to  preach  to  a 
full  house  of  strangers,  though  they  do  not  respond  to  the  "morning  offer- 
ing "as  of  old.  We  have  "held  the  fort"  here  for  five  years,  and  hope 
for  better  things,  but  are  feeling  that  "  summer  resort  religion  "  is  not 
always  of  the  most  satisfactory  kind. — Manitou,  Colo. 


A  High  Church. — Our  church,  the  "  Bachelor  Congregational,"  is 
the  highest  Congregational  church  in  America.  It  is  11,560  feet  above 
the  sea  level. 

We  are  occupying  the  church,  although  it  is  not  finished  inside  or  out. 
But  we  hope  to  finish  it  and  dedicate  before  winter.  Thank  God  we  are 
free  from  the  burden  of  debt  that  hangs  over  some  of  our  churches.  We 
have  a  bright  prospect  before  us  now  of  having  a  parsonage  given  to  us. 
The  Lord  is  blessing  the  work,  for  which  we  are  thankful. — Rev.  F.  E. 
Eckel,  Teller,  Colo. 


A  Sacrifice  — Our  church  edifice  is  nearing  completion.  It  will  seat 
350  in  the  main  room  and  eighty  in  the  prayer-meeting  room.  We  have 
raised  $2,100  here,  $200  from  the  Church  Building  Society,  ^121  from 
friends  in  Hartford,  and  shall  have  to  raise  $275  more  here  so  as  to  dedi- 
cate without  debt.  Of  course  you  know  it  has  required  true  Christian 
sacrifice  to  accomplish  this.  One  incident  of  many  will  help  you  to  under- 
stand. One  dear  old  lady  of  sixty-five  years  has  a  small  "  hen  ranch." 
Fourteen  months  ago  she  planned  to  deny  herself  of  some  actual  necessity 
in  order  to  save  twenty-five  dollars  for  a  set  of  teeth.  I  testify  that  she 
needs  them,  and  "  needs  them  badly,"  but  when  we  began  on  the  church 
she  came  to  me  with  a  smile,  saying  :  "  I  have  conquered  a  little  pride. 
Here  are  twenty-five  dollars.  It  was  saved  to  buy  my  teeth,  but  I  will 
'munch  "  my  food  another  year  for  the  dear  Lord's  house."  Those  eggs 
were  saved  a  dozen  at  a  time,  and  sold  from  ten  to  seventeen  cents  a 
dozen.     We  expected  only  two  dollars  from  her. — Santa  Ana,  Cal. 


German  Work. — Although  my  people  could  not  raise  more  money 
toward  my  support  than  last  year,  but  even  less,  I  hear  that  my  salary 
must  be  reduced  by  fifty  dollars,  while  I  am  almost  wholly  dependent  upon 
our  Society's  draft.  Our  church  is  noted  as  the  poorest  in  the  city,  but, 
thanks  be  to  God,  our  house  of  worship  is  not  closed  yet,  and  a  goodly 


October,  1894  The   Homc   Missionary  2)2)7 

number,  though  poor,  congregate  there.  The  attempts  of  some  to  scatter 
our  people  and  thus  ruin  our  church  have  had  the  effect  to  make  the 
faithful  ones  known  and  cause  them  to  pray  more  earnestly.  Therefore 
are  our  services  and  prayer-meetings  well  attended,  and  also  the  Sunday- 
school.  I  have  started  a  day-school  with  our  children  during  their  vaca- 
tion, in  which  they  are  taught  to  read  and  write  in  German,  besides  instruc- 
tion in  IJiblical  truths. — Rev.  K.  Griep,,  Portland,  Ore. 


PiNCHF.D,  BUT  Happy. — I  reported  the  absolute  need  of  a  horse  for 
my  work,  and  the  providential  (so  it  seems)  finding  of  just  the  right 
animal  at  a  ridiculously  low  figure,  or  I  could  not  have  spared  the  price 
out  of  my  little  salary.  But  by  close  economy  on  many  lines,  we  managed 
it,  and  hope  to  pay  twenty  dollars  for  a  cow  also  before  long,  to  have 
milk  and  butter  of  our  own.  Our  whole  butcher's  meat  expense  for  one 
quarter  was  forty  cents,  and  another  quarter  we  spent  ten  cents  only  for 
fresh  meat.  This  would  have  seemed  like  starvation  when  we  first  left 
New  York  City  and  came  West.  But  we  feel  as  though  we  "  lacked  no 
good  thing,"  and  heartily  give  God  daily  praise  for  our  blessings.  I  am 
happy  in  the  work.  Even  if  I  were  able,  and  doing  it  without  any  salary 
whatever,  I  should  be  in  a  delightful  service. — W.  A.  Arnold,  Toledo, 
Wash. 


COMPLIMENTARY    AND   SUGGESTIVE 

[Compliments,  when  sincere  and  deftly  tendered,  like  the  following,  are  always 
acceptable  at  this  office — they  so  help  to  keep  up  the  spirits  and  gently  spur  to  stronger 
effort.  It  is  not  easy  to  guess  how  largely  the  obvious  excellences  of  the  magazine  are 
due  to  kind  words  like  those  of  "  .^Ipha  "  and  his  friends.  So  please  keep  a-saying  these 
good  things ! 

Suggestions,  too,  are  always  welcome — especially  when  we  can  adopt  them.  We 
will  gladly  pay  for  "interesting  stories"  and  other  taking  matter  for  these  pages,  if  any- 
body will  give  us  special  offerings  for  that  purpose.  Till  then  we  see  no  way  but,  as 
now  and  heretofore,  to  rely  on  the  kindness  of  our  gifted  brothers  and  sisters  who  volun- 
teer the  products  of  their  brains  and  hearts,  as  their  way  of  helping  Home  Missions.  So 
please  keep  a-writing  and  sending  us  your  best  things. — Ed.] 

"Dear  Mr.  Editor  : 

"  It  must  be  your  extreme  modesty  that  prevents  you  from  mentioning 
to  your  readers  once  in  a  while  the  fact  that  all  over  this  goodly  country 
there  are  a  great  many  people  who  speak  in  loud  praise  of  the  improved 
appearance  of  The  Home  Missionary  for  the  last  year.  It  may  be  true, 
however,  that  you  do  not  often  hear  the  words  of  praise  spoken  about 


338  The  Home   Missionary  October,  1894 

your  work,  just  as  it  is  not  infrequently  the  case  that  many  another  person 
goes  through  life  without  ever  knowing  that  his  or  her  efforts  are  appre- 
ciated, §.imply  because  their  friends  fail  to  speak  out  the  kind  things  they 
feel.  For  one  I  am  glad  to  say  plainly  that  the  Society  has  reason  to  be 
proud  of  The  Home  Missionary,  and  1  sincerely  hope  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee will  not  hesitate  to  supply  the  'sinews  of  war'  so  that  you  may  not 
only  keep  up  the  standard  you  have  raised,  but  do  still  more  and  better 
things,  so  making  this  publication  rank  with  other  great  monthly  maga- 
zines, and  causing  our  young  people  to  look  eagerly  for  it. 

*'  If  suggestions  are  in  order,  let  me  make  one  or  two  :  First,  improve 
the  outward  appearance  still  further  by  making  the  covers  more  attractive. 
Second,  offer  a  premium  to  the  writers  on  the  field  who  will  write  inter- 
esting stories,  founded  on  such  facts  as  we  all  know  are  obtainable  in 
their  work.  I  have  an  idea  that  Lew  Wallace's  'Ben-Hur'  could  be  put 
in  the  shade  by  some  of  our  home  missionary  workers.  This  is  too  long 
a  letter  already,  and  as  it  is  my  first  one  to  you  perhaps  it  might  be 
signed,  Alpha." 


A   WORD    FOR   THE    W^OMEN 

I  MUST  tell  you  how  I  have  enjoyed  the  August  number  of  The  Home 
Missionary.  So  did  my  wife.  I  had  to  read  it  all  at  one  sitting  to  begin 
with,  and  then  pickings  and  pickings.  If  we  could  have  just  one  such 
meeting  as  the  Omaha  meeting  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  the  good  it  would 
do  is  beyond  counting. 

Well,  take  woman  out  of  the  work  of  missions,  and  what  would  be 
left  of  missions  ?  To  the  W.  H.  M.  U.,  I  would  say  :  "  Under  the  divine 
leadership,  your  glory  and  your  song,"  you  will  have  growth  more  and 
more  as  the  years  come  and  go — growth  in  numbers,  methods  of  work, 
wise  planning,  and  "growth  of  soul";  and  you  will  be  more  and  more 
a  "  power  for  God."  My  prayer  is  that  the  Master  will  make  the  Woman's 
State  Unions  such  a  power  throughout  the  land. — Rev.  J.  H.  Warren, 
San  Francisco,  Cat.     Extract  from  a  personal  letter. 


A   JOYFUL    VETERAN 

Failing  health,  which  I  may  perhaps  attribute  in  part  to  years  of 
service  for  the  Master  on  the  frontier,  drove  me  to  this  retreat.  I  have 
a  son',  now  a  senior  in  Doane  College,  preparing  to  take  my  place  in  the 


October,  1S94  Tho   llomc   Missionary  339 

"vacant  ranks."  A  year  of  quiet  rest  has  done  wonders  for  me.  I  find 
myself  able  (not,  however,  without  a  great  effort)  to  visit  Douglas  once 
in  two  weeks  and  preach  for  them.  The  church  is  very  weak,  but 
heartily  united,  and    it  gives  promise  of  future  growth    and  usefulness. 

A  very  distressing  failure  of  crops  renders  the  people  unable  to  pay 
more  than  ;$i5o  toward  my  support.  An  equal  sum  from  your  Society, 
with  the  efforts  of  my  incomparable  wife  (the  best  that  God  could  pick 
out  for  me  in  Vermont),  enables  us  to  live  comfortably,  keep  Frank  in 
college,  and  care  for  an  invalid  daughter,  who  has  also  given  her  health 
to  the  work. 

Do  not  pity  us.  No  !  No  !  Rejoice  with  us  that  we  are  counted 
worthy  to  go  the  front  and  bear  the  flag  so  long.  Our  work  has  been 
a  constant  joy.  To  review  it  is  a  delight  unspeakable.  And  the  end  is 
near. —  Your  old  Nebraska  Missionary,  Rev.  A.  N.  Z)ean,  Crete,  Neb. 

REVIVED    RELIGIOUS    INTEREST 

Songs  of  Joy. — Our  church  is  singing  Psalm  cxxvi.:  "  When  the  Lord 
turned  again  the  captivity  of  Zion,"  etc.  "The  Lord  hath  done  great 
things  for  us  :  whereof  we  are  glad."  We  have  just  closed  a  series  of 
meetings  which  lasted  two  weeks.  At  the  closing  service  twenty-three 
confessed  Christ  for  the  first  time,  and  fifteen  others  expressed  a  wish 
to  become  Christians.  July  15th  1  had  the  joy— the  deepest,  I  think,  that 
comes  to  a  pastor — of  welcoming  mto  our  church  twenty-five  members, 
eighteen  of  them  on  confession  of  faith.  I  hope  at  our  next  communion 
to  receive  others  who  were  not  ready  now. 

We  have  learned  one  thing,  which,  indeed,  we  always  knew — that  the 
Spirit  in  his  working  does  not  observe  times  and  seasons.  '■'■Now  " 
means  July  as  well  as  January. — South  Dakota. 


Ingathering. — Sixteen  have  been  received  into  the  church  this  quar- 
ter, fourteen  by  confession  and  two  by  letter.  I  held  meetings  at  the 
schoolhouse,  and  we  organized  a  church  of  twenty-eight  members. 
Later    I    baptized    and    took  in  four  more,    and   I  have  hopes  of  more 

to  follow.     I  held    two  weeks'    meetings  at    our   church    at   G ,  and 

five  came  in  on  confession,  and  as  many  more  are  coming.    Things  look 
hopeful  for  the  future. — Minnesota. 


Reviv.-^l  Meetings. — Sickness  disabled  the  pastor  from  attending 
more  than  the  first  of  the  special  meetings  conducted  by  Miss  Henry 
on  the  Pitrodie  field,  which  lasted  six  days  and  resulted  in  eight  persons 


340  The   Home  Missionary  October,  1894 

expressing  a  desire  to  live  a  Christian  life.  Some  of  these  we  hope  to  see 
come  into  the  church  at  the  next  communion.  I  have  not  been  able  to 
look  after  these  "  babes  in  Christ  "  as  a  pastor  should,  because  of  sickness 
and  no  means  of  conveyance.  The  church  is  thirteen  miles  from  Willow 
Lake,  where  I  reside,  and  the  people  come  from  eight  miles  or  more  on 
either  side,  thus  making  the  field  over  sixteen  miles  in  width. — South 
Dakota. 


Revived.  —  Rev.  F.  L.  Smith,  the  evangelist,  labored  with  us  for 
two  weeks  at  Cottonwood,  and  we  have  had  a  refreshing  from  the  pres- 
ence of  the  Lord.  For  two  weeks  the  church  was  about  full  every  night, 
the  revivalist  holding  forth  the  word  of  life  with  clearness  and  power. 
I  verily  thought  that  there  was  going  to  be  a  general  sweep  into  the  king- 
dom. That  would  have  been  the  result  at  the  East  from  such  powerful 
meetings.  But  many  here  are  afraid  or  unwilling  to  join  the  church. 
Nevertheless  we  received  a  few  excellent  members. — Rev.  J.  A.  Jones, 
Cottonwood.^  Cal. 


Awakened. — At  the  commencement  of  this  quarter  Rev.  Charles  N. 
Crittenton  made  a  brief  visit  to  our  churches.  The  meetings  were  entered 
into  with  earnestness,  and  accomplished  much  good.  About  150  cards 
were  signed,  of  which  the  smaller  churches  received  about  fifteen  each  and 
the  larger  twenty-five  each.  Since  the  meetings  our  prayer  services  have 
increased  in  power  and  interest.  I  can  truly  say  that  the  spiritual  condi- 
tion of  the  church  is  better  than  at  any  time  before  since  my  coming 
here. — Rev.  B.  F.  Sargent,  Santa  Rosa,  Cal. 

FROM    A    GRATEFUL    MISSIONARY    WIFE 

"  My  dear  Sister  in  Christ  :  Your  kind  and  comforting  letter,  full 
of  loving  sympathy,  came  to  us  yesterday.  How  it  cheered  us  both!  I 
read  between  the  lines  the  abounding  love  of  a  mother's  heart.  Your 
words  reach  us  with  the  same  gentle,  refreshing  touch  that  the  rain  gives 
to  the  prairie  flowers  after  a  long  season  of  drought.  It  was  so  good  of 
you  to  write  me  such  a  nice  letter,  that  I  just  want  freely  to  pour  out  my 
gratitude  for  so  much  kindness.  God  has  surely  blessed  us  and  will 
supply  all  our  needs.  I  thought  I  was  asking  too  largely,  but  if  the  dear 
ladies  wish  to  send  more  you  may  tell  them  that  a  wrapper  of  some  warm 
goods  would  be  a  great  blessing  to  me.  And  my  husband  says  that 
when  spring  opens  he  will  need  a  '  mackintosh,'  and  he  thinks  I  shall 
need  a 'gossamer.'     It  is  so  encouraging  to  know  that   we   really  shall 


October,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  341 

receive  a  box.  How  nice  it  will  be  to  have  warm  underwear  and  some 
new  clothes  !  It  has  been  three  years  since  we  came  here  for  missionary- 
work,  and  we  have  had  some  very  trying  experiences,  but  the  Lord  has 
cheered  us  through  every  trial.  We  have  never  asked  for  a  box  before, 
thinking  that  perhaps  some  minister  with  little  children  needed  it  more 
than  we  did  ;  but  last  fall  we  felt  that  we  should  be  obliged  to  receive 
some  aid  in  this  way  or  suffer  when  the  winter  came.  But  as  winter 
approached  and  the  storms  came  and  we  heard  nothing  about  a  box  we 
grew  faint-hearted,  and  finally  I  took  up  my  thimble  and  needle  and  said, 
'  Well,  if  it  is  the  Lord's  will,  I  will  patch  through  another  winter.' 

"  A  funny  incident  happened  that  will  show  you  the  comical  side  of 
our  life.  I  did  my  week's  washing,  folded  the  clothes  ready  for  ironing, 
and  in  the  afternoon  went  with  my  husband  out  about  seven  miles  to 
call  on  a  sick  family.  When  we  returned,  in  the  evening,  I  exclaimed, 
'  Oh,  what  is  that  in  the  clothes-basket  ? '  My  question  was  answered 
by  a  big  rat  jumping  out  and  scampering  across  the  floor  ;  and  what  do 
you  think  he  had  done  but  eat  right  through  both  my  white  tablecloths! 
When  I  saw  the  ruin  I  just  cried.  But  the  next  day  I  took  my  faithful 
thimble  and  went  to  work.  I  cut  up  one  tablecloth  to  mend  the  other, 
and  put  on  just  twenty-seven  patches  and  then  ironed  it.  I  put  it  in  the 
drawer  with  the  feeling  of  one  who  has  won  a  battle  ! 

"  Besides  doing  my  housework  I  help  my  husband  in  many  ways.  I 
superintend  the  Sunday-school,  which  has  been  increasing  gradually 
all  winter.  Many  of  our  Sunday-school  scholars  come  from  three  to  five 
miles  to  attend.  We  also  have  a  Junior  Endeavor  Society  of  thirty-six 
members.  Once  each  week  I  spend  half  a  day  teaching  them  to  sew,  knit, 
and  darn,  and  many  other  useful  things.  In  their  devotional  meeting, 
which  comes  once  a  \teek,  they  are  learning  blessed  truths  about  salva- 
tion. Many  have  found  Christ  and  are  faithful,  consecrated  workers.  So 
our  life  has  many  blessings,  and  every  self-sacrifice  is  rewarded  by  our 
blessed  Master,  who  sees  the  work  of  his  humblest  servants. 

"  You  asked  me  to  tell  you  if  there  were  any  special  things  that  we 
needed.  If  you  had  not  thus  opened  the  way  I  could  not  have  brought 
myself  to  speak  of  additional  wants,  but  your  letter  is  so  motherly  that 
I  will  tell  you  some  little  things  that  we  do  sorely  need.  First,  I  would 
like  a  roll  of  old  white  cloth.  I  am  called  upon  for  poultices  and  plas- 
ters and  have  used  up  all  I  had.  Only  yesterday  I  was  obliged  to  tear 
up  a  sheet  that  could  have  been  used  longer  by  a  little  mending.  You 
will  understand  how  much  of  this  work  I  do  when  I  tell  you  that  in  the 
last  two  days  I  have  made  and  sent  out  nine  mustard  plasters  and  two 
poultices.  The  sudden  blizzards  and  sharp  winds  cause  so  much 
croup  and  lung  fever  that  we  have  very  little  rest  during  this  season 
of  the   year.     I  should  also  like  some  safety-pins,  a  paper  of  needles, 


342  The  Home  Missionary  October,  1894 

some  black  twist,  and  some  old  pearl  buttons — they  do  not  need  to  be 
new  ones.  Just  let  the  children  fill  a  little  box  with  them.  I  would  like 
a  potato-masher  !  We  did  not  brmg  one  when  we  came,  and  cannot  get 
one  here.  1  cari  and  do  use  a  fork.  If  any  of  the  children  will  send  a 
box  of  colored  chalk  for  blackboard  drawing  I  could  use  it  to  a  very  good 
advantage  in  Sunday-school  work." — Kansas. 


SOME    PHASES    OF    WORK    IN    CALIFORNIA 

By   Rev.   H.  D.  Wiard,  Field  Secretary 

[Mr.  Wiard,  now  Field  Secretary,  with  his  office  in  Chicago,  was  recently  superin- 
tendent of  Northern  California.  In  an  address  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in  Omaha  he 
related  some  of  his  experiences  in  the  Pacific  Slope  work,  among  which  were  the 
following. — Ed.] 

In  the  northern  part  of  California  there  are  seventeen  counties  with 
176,000  people  in  them,  and  there  are  only  five  little  Protestant  churches 
in  that  whole  1 76,000  people.  We  haven't  a  church  in  the  whole  list  of  these 
counties.  I  went  into  one  of  them  with  28,000  people  in  it,  and  there  was 
just  one  preacher  in  that  county,  and  I  went  to  the  superintendent  of  a 
gold  mine  there,  from  which  they  take  ^90,000  in  gold  every  month,  to 

head  a  subscription  for  us,  and  he  told  me  they  might  go  to ;  he 

didn't  use  the  Revised  Version  either.  I  said  :  "  If  they  do  you  will  see 
them  when  you  get  there."  He  seemed  to  be  mad  about  it  and  said  : 
"  Do  you  want  to  insult  me  ?"  and  I  said  :  •'  No  ;  not  unless  you  want  to 
insult  me."  And  then  he  said  :  "  How  much  do  you  want  ?  "  and  I  have 
been  kicking  myself  ever  since  to  think  I  didn't  ask  for  more.  I  told 
him  I  wanted  $100,  and  he  gave  it  to  me  so  quickly  that  it  scared  me. 

I  went  into  a  saloon  once  at  three  o'clock  in  the  morning  in  Angels' 
Camp — they  must  have  been  bad  angels,  for  all  the  saloons  and  gambling 
places  were  open.  The  first  place  I  went  into,  there  were  a  dozen 
young  men  and  three  or  four  girls.  Some  of  the  men  were  lying  down, 
drunk,  and  one  of  the  girls  stepped  over  and  spoke  to  me,  and  when  I  told 
her  I  was  a  minister  I  never  saw  such  a  look  on  anyone's  face  as  hers  had 
when  she  stepped  back,  clasped  her  hands,  and  made  an  appeal  for  those 
boys.  "Oh,  sir,"  she  said,  "  do  something  for  these  boys.  The  girls  are 
past  help,  but  do  something  for  these  poor  boys."  That  little  girl  is  now 
in  a  beautiful  home  in  San  Francisco,  and  sits  in  a  pew  in  church  there 
between  two  white-haired  old  people,  and  she  can  look  up  into  the  face 
of  the  old  man  and  say  "  father,"  and  into  the  face  of  the  old  lady  and 


October,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  343 

say  "mother,"  and  she  can  take  the  place  of  the  old  mother  who  went 
to  heaven  back  in  Massachusetts. 

I  spoke  to  the  boys  the  next  night  in  a  httle  meeting,  and  after  I  was 
through  talking,  one  of  the  boys — a  Green  Mountain  boy  he  was — came 
up  to  me  and  put  his  hand  on  my  shoulder  and  asked  :  "  Why  don't  you 
send  us  more  preachers  ?"  "  Why  do  you  stay  here  ?  "  I  asked.  And  he 
drew  himself  ui)  and  said:  "  Do  you  suppose  'I  am  going  back  and  tell 
them  that  I  am  a  failure  ?  I  will  die  first  !  "  And  then  he  spoke  to  me 
about  his  home,  and  he  asked  :  '*  Do  you  ever  go  to  Vermont  ?  "  "  Yes,"  I 
told  him,  **  I  do  go  there  sometimes."  He  said  :  "  If  you  find  my  mother, 
don't  tell  her  how  I  am  living  here,  but  tell  them  to  send  us  more  preachers." 

I  was  in  the  home  of  a  foreigner  a  few  years  ago  in  my  work.  I  had 
occasion  to  go  up  and  see  him.  He  lived  in  a  great,  long,  adobe  house, 
with  himself  and  his  family  living  in  one  part,  and  the  pigs  and  the  cows 
and  the  horses  in  another.  There  was  a  place  roofed  over  from  the 
house  down  to  the  place  where  he  kept  his  stock,  so  that  the  blizzards 
couldn't  catch  him  in  the  winter  when  he  had  to  go  down  there  to  care 
for  his  stock,  and  pigs  and  the  cows  would  come  back  to  return  the 
call.  He  wasn't  there  when  I  arrived,  but  by  and  by  he  came  in  and  we 
sat  down  to  dinner,  and  he  said  :  "  My  dear  brother,  will  you  ask  a  bless- 
ing?" And  then  when  we  were  through  he  returned  thanks.  Now  let 
me  tell  you  how  we  took  supper.  It  was  just  put  on  in  chunks,  and  the 
old  man  took  up  a  great  loaf  of  bread  and  the  knife,  and  held  the  loaf 
under  his  arm  and  cut  off  a  chunk,  and  then  stuck  the  knife  in  the  loaf 
and  handed  it  across  the  table  to  me.  There  was  a  ham  on  the  table — 
it  was  boiled  whole,  and  I  was  glad  of  it — and  he  took  that  up  and  held 
it  under  his  arm  and  cut  off  a  slice,  and  then  handed  it  to  me  to  cut  off  a 
slice.  Then  when  bed-time  came  I  went  to  bed  with  two  great  big  feather 
beds — I  thought  they  weighed  about  150  pounds.  There  was  somebody 
ahead  of  me — about  io,oco,ooo  of  him.  I  didn't  sleep  much,  and  I  was 
glad  when  the  old  man  came  and  stuck  his  head  into  the  room  and  said  : 
"  Breakfast  is  ready."  After  breakfast  we  talked  a  little  and  I  prayed  a 
little,  and  he  brought  out  a  German  Bible  and  said  :  "  Will  you  read?" 
I  couldn't  read  it,  and  he  said  :  "  My  daughter  will  read."  And  his  daugh- 
ter read  from  the  fourteenth  chapter  of  John — I  could  catch  enough  to 
tell  that — and  then  he  asked  me  if  I  would  pray,  and  when  I  had  prayed  I 
began  to  gather  myself  up,  and  then  he  began  to  pray,  and  then  his  wife, 
and  then  his  daughter,  and  then  the  oldest  boy,  and  then  the  hired  man  ; 
and  then  when  we  were  through  he  took  me  by  the  hand  and  looked  me 
in  the  face,  and  said  :  "  Mein  bruder,  I  am  glad  you  have  come,"  and  he 
kissed  me  on  the  cheek.  I  have  had  people  kiss  me  when  I  enjoyed  it 
better,  but  I  kissed  him  back.  I  couldn't  have  done  it  but  for  the  grace 
of  God  which  makes  us  brothers. 


344  The   Home   Missionary  October,  1894 

EXPERIENCES    IN    SOUTH    DAKOTA 

By  Rev.  William  McCready 

One  of  the  bright  things  in  this  life  is  the  thought  of  success  in  work- 
ing for  the  kingdom  of  the  Master.  I  remember  once  I  went  into  a  Httle 
log-house  about  eighty  miles  west  of  Pierre  on  an  Indian  reservation.  I 
found  there  a  man  named  Hemphill,  and  he  told  me  a  little  something  of 
his  story.  He  said  he  was  reared  in  Texas,  and  until  he  was  forty-five 
years  old  he  had  no  thought  of  being  a  Christian.  He  said  he  had  heard 
of  the  Bible  only  from  persons  who  made  fun  of  it,  and  if  it  hadn't  been 
for  that  he  wouldn't  have  heard  even  then  of  that  good  book.  He  came 
up  from  Texas  with  a  lot  of  cowboys  and  settled  out  there  on  the  reser- 
vation, and  established  what  they  call  a  road  ranch,  a  wayside  hotel  where 
persons  could  stop  and  get  a  meal.  He  found  it  very  lonesome  on  his 
ranch,  living  alone  in  that  way,  and  so  he  began  to  look  around  to  find 
himself  a  companion.  Where  should  he  go  ?  There  were  Indians  all 
about,  but  no  white  settlers  nearer  than  Fort  Pierre.  So  he  went  down 
there  and  went  into  a  house  of  ill-repute  and  selected  a  companion.  They 
went  over  to  a  magistrate  and  got  married,  and  then  he  took  his  wife  back 
to  his  ranch,  eighty  miles  west  of  Pierre,  and  I  found  them  there  on  my 
trip  across  the  Black  Hills.  During  that  time  he  had  found  that  there 
was  something  in  the  Bible  besides  what  had  been  made  fun  of,  and  when 
I  went  there  and  asked  the  privilege  of  staying  all  night,  I  found  that  he 
was  glad  to  meet  a  minister  ;  and  he  began  to  ask  me  about  the  Bible  and 
about  the  person  whom  they  called  Jesus  Christ,  and  what  I  thought  about 
God,  and  did  God  really  make  the  world  ?  And  was  it  a  fact  that  God 
made  man,  and  if  the  first  man  was  made  by  the  Almighty  and  placed  in 
this  world  ?  That  was  the  character  of  the  questions  he  asked  me.  I 
tried  to  point  him  to  the  fact  that  the  Bible  presented  all  these  things  to 
us,  and  that  if  he  would  read  it  carefully  he  would  find  that  these  things 
would  be  gradually  opened  up  before  him.  I  went  across  that  country 
four  or  five  times  in  the  course  of  the  next  five  years,  and  the  last  time  I 
saw  him  I  presented  "  Ben-Hur  "  to  him,  and  he  told  me  that  his  wife  and 
he  kneeled  down  every  morning  and  evening  and  prayed,  and  that  they 
were  looking  to  God  and  asking  him,  for  the  sake  of  his  Son,  Jesus  Christ, 
to  forgive  their  sins  and  help  them  to  live  as  Christians.  That  is  just  one 
of  the  evidences  of  the  influence  of  the  Bible  and  the  Gospel,  as  simply 
told,  upon  the  life  of  the  people. 

When  I  went  into  the  Black  Hills  I  went  out  with  the  thought  of 
preaching  the  Gospel  where  there  had  been  no  one  preaching.  I  remem- 
ber one  little  neighborhood  I  went  to  on  the  Elkhorn  Railroad.  I  went 
there  on  Friday  or  Saturday  and  gave  out  an  announcement  to  preach  in 


October,  1894  The   Home   Missionary    "  345 

the  post-office  buildin.2:.  I  visited  amoni;-  the  people  up  and  down  throu.u;h 
tlie  neighborhood,  and  went  to  the  different  houses,  liavint!^  prayers  witii 
the  fannlies  and  distrihutin*;'  tracts  and  invitint^  them  to  come  to  jM'each- 
inij;  services  on  Sunday  niornins^.  When  1  came  back  to  the  town  on 
Sunday  morninij  I  saw  on  one  of  the  telegraph  poles  a  figupc  hanging. 
1  looketl  ui)  at  it,  but  didn't  pay  much  attention  to  it,  and  when  I  got  to 
tlie  post-{jffice  l)uilding  the  ]")ostniaster  asked  if  I  hadn't  seen  tliat  effigy 
hanging  out  there.  1  said  1  had,  and  asked  what  it  was  for,  and  he 
said  that  it  was  meant  for  me.  Then  I  went  out  and  looked  at  it  again 
and  examined  it  closely,  and  1  found  written  upon  it  these  words  :  "  Black 
Hills  Missionary,  Beware."  It  was  about  150  feet  from  the  post-office. 
When  eleven  o'clock  came  about  forty  people  gathered  into  the  building, 
and  1  preached  a  sermon  as  good  as  I  could,  and  after  I  got  through 
preaching  I  talked  to  them  about  the  organization  of  a  Sunday-school. 
'I'hey  said,  Yes,  they  should  like  to  have  a  Sunday-school,  and  so  we 
organized  one,  elected  a  superintendent  and  other  officers,  and  they  went 
forward  in  the  regular  work  of  the  Sunday-school.  Still  the  effigy  was 
hanging  there,  but  I  didn't  think  much  about  it.  1  learned  afterward 
that  a  couple  of  men  did  it  for  the  sake  of  having  some  fun  with  the  mis- 
sionary. I  didn't  think  about  being  scared.  Out  West  it  is  anything 
to  have  a  little  fun,  and  if  they  can  get  their  fun  out  of  the  preacher, 
why,  it  pleases  them  better  than  anything  else. 

FROM     THE    GROWING-OLD     CIRCLE 

[Qiir  readers  have  not  forgotten  the  brief  note  from  the  secretary  of  the  "  Growing- 
Old  Circle"  in  The  Home  Missionary  for  August,  page  248,  and  they  will  be  glad  to 
learn  the  result  of  the  summer's  labors  of  that  band  of  enterprising  old  ladies,  as  told  in 
the  few  lines  that  follow.] 

"  I  HAVE  reported  the  shipment  of  our  box  to  the  secretary,  as  we 
wish  it  to  be  credited  t')  the  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Union.  The 
Lord  has  helped  us  in  our  work,  and  we  have  been  enabled  to  do  much 
more  than  we  expected.  In  fact,  we  could  not  well  hold  back  when  the 
missionary  needed  so  much.  We  have  succeeded  very  well  for  'old 
ladies.'  and  while  the  younger  ones  have  been  enjoying  their  summer 
vacation  we  have  worked  en,  but  now^  we  will  rest. 

"Our  number  has  increased  to  twenty-three  since  we  began  to  work 
for  the  reverend  gentleman, 

"  Yours  in  His  name, 

"  Mrs    D.  a.  K.,  Senrhirj." 
23 


346  The   Home   Missionary  October.  1894 

BURNED    OUT 

My  ffood  library  was  lost  in  the  terrible  fire  of  Aiitjust  3d.  In  less  than 
an  hour  and  a  half  the  main  business  portion  of  our  village  was  in  ashes — 
not  Imniim^,  but  burned.  Brick  bio  ks  went  as  quickly  as  wooden  buildings. 
About  fifty  buildings  were  consumed  and  twenty-three  families  made 
homeless.  Hardly  one  saved  anything  of  any  amount.  No  human  lives 
were  lost,  but  there  were  some  narrow  escapes.  Unfortunately,  I  was 
away  from  home.  Wife  and  daughter  saved  my  horse,  buggy,  and  har- 
ness ;  all  else  could  be  packed  in  a  hand  grip.  Nearly  all  of  my  manu- 
scripts, notes,  lectures,  sermons,  etc.,  went  with  the  library  ;  also  several 
hundred  stereopticon  slides.  Not  a  slide  nor  book  is  left.  As  soon  as  I 
can  attend  to  it,  I  wish  to  make  other  slides  from  some  of  the  illustrations. 

A  majority  of  the  burned  out  are  of  "  our  people."  The  parsonage  was 
well  under  way,  and  we  are  pushing  it  as  rapidly  as  possible,  hoping  by 
September  ist  to  have  a  home  once  more,  even  if  there  is  little  in  it. 

With  commendable  energy  temporary  structures  have  been  erected  for 
business,  and  permanent  buildings  have  in  several  instances  been  begun. 
Not  one  of  the  sufferers  is  "  well  off,"  but  they  press  on.  Insurance  is 
about  one-quarter  of  the  loss.  I  did  not  have  any.  The  loss  will  foot  up 
about  ^150,000. — Rev.  Charles  H.  Seaver,  Lakevieiu,  Mich 


A  Pathetic  Message. — This  county  is  completely  burned  up  with 
drought.  Famine  stares  us  in  the  face.  Unless  help  is  sent  from  out- 
side, the  people,  with  their  stock,  must  die  the  coming  winter.  I  never 
saw  anything  like  it  in  my  life. — Nebraska. 

A    WAY    TO    GET    IT 

I  THINK  we  have  nearly  500,000  members  in  our  Congregational 
churches.  [Reported  in  1894  :  561,631,  less  75,377  absentees — 486,254. 
]'.^D.]  Why  not  have  each  member  personally  requested  to  give  five  cents, 
with  as  much  more  as  he  can  ?  No  one  could  refuse  the  five  cents,  and 
many  must  out  of  their  abundance  give  more.  I  would  have  a  week 
appointed  for  the  offering,  somewhat  in  advance,  that  it  might,  through 
pastors  or  printed  matter,  be  brought  to  the  minds  of  all.  1  would  have 
each  pastor  prepared  to  lay  the  matter  before  his  people  with  all  earnest- 
ness. Surely  that  $75,000  must  be  forthcoming,  and  more,  if  we  can  only 
feel  the  responsibility  which  rests  with  us  as  the  avowed  followers  of  the 


October,  I.S94  Tlic   Homc   Missionary  347 

Lord.  His  work  must  be  done.  His  kingdom  of  love  must  come.  How 
soon  ?  Just  as  soon  as  each  professinii^  Christian  accepts  his  work  which 
he  promised  the  Lord  lo  do.  Tlic  woi  k  is  worthy  a  great  effort.  Let  it 
be  made  at  once.  I-et  there  be  no  hesitancy,  no  faint  hearts.  'There  is 
money  cnougli  ;  the  lack  in  the  Lord's  treasury  means  bhnd  eyes,  deaf 
cars,  and  seUish  liearts.  Christ's  kingdom  is  ours.  The  reign  of  love 
will  be  witli  us  when  we  will.      Why  not  now? — Massachusetts. 


FAITH    WITH    WORKS 

I  Thus  writes  a  hard-working  missionary  from  a  Southcni  field,  where  times  are 
hard  and  money  is  terribly  scarce.] 

The  Home  Missionary  is  just  at  hand.  Turning  anxiously  to  the 
note  on  the  treasury,  I  find  an  appeal  to  the  churches  to  restore  the 
$75,000  reduction. 

I  believe  it  is  feasible  for  the  Congregational  churches  not  only  to  do 
this,  but  to  put  an  additional  1^75,000  beyond  their  usual  offerings  into  the 
Lord's  treasury  for  the  Home  work,  and  to  do  this  without  embarrass- 
ment. My  knowledge  of  this  work  assures  me  that  it  ought  to  be  done — • 
the  work  imperatively  demands  it,  and  God  would  greatly  bless  the  effort. 
My  salary  has  been  cut  down  one-half  during  these  "  hard  times,"  but  we 
have  had  a  family  conference  over  the  situation,  and  have  voted  unani- 
mously to  send  fifty  cents  each  to  your  treasury  as  a  thank-offering  to 
God  that  we  still  have  work  to  do  for  him,  and  that  we  have  not  as  yet 
lacked  for  food. 

We  give  our  mites  toward  an  advance  of  ^5^150, 000  in  home  missionary 
offerings  :    Rev.  A.  W  C.,  Mrs.  A.  T.  C,  Maude  C,  John  Paul  C,  Harvey 
Fisk  C,  Lena  Marietta  C,  fifty  cents  each  ;   three  dollars  inclosed. 
With  faith  in  our  future,  sincerely  yours, 

A   T   C 

Al.vb.ama.  •      • 


A    SNOW-BLOCKED    TRIP    IN    MAY 

Bv   Rev.   J.    K.    Harrison,  Superintendent    of    Northern   California 

Have  just  now  returned  from  a  long  and  hard  missionary  jaunt,  which 
would  have  been  longer  and  harder  still  had  I  not  been  shut  off  from  one 
of  my  appointments,  involving  a  ride  of  125  miles  across  the  mountains, 
by  a  heavy  snow-storm.  Probably  that  does  not  sound  as  hard  to  you  as 
to  us  Californians,  who  grow  so  accustomed  to  sunshine  that  a  snow-storm 
becomes  a  synonym  for  great  privation  and  discomfort. 


348  The   Home   Missionary  October,  1894 

1  do  not  often  speak  of  my  journeys,  do  I  ?  I  hate  to  seem  to  "  blow 
my  horn."  The  past  two  weeks,  however,  are  a  fair  sample  of  what  my 
work  has  been  for  the  whole  time  since  I  came  into  the  superintendency. 
'J"wo  weeks  ago  Monday  I  started  for  W'yandotte,  in  Butte  County,  to 
attend  a  council  called  to  recognize  a  new  church  and  to  ordain  a  new 
man.  The  church  is  the  result  of  the  faithful  labors  for  two  years  past 
of  Rev.  A.  S.  Parsons.  He  did  a  little  work  for  the  Home  Missionary 
Society  in  Dakota  in  years  past,  but  drifted  into  Butte  County,  California, 
and  engaged  in  mining.  While  there  he  attended  a  meeting  where  an 
evangelist  was  expected  to  preach,  who  did  not  appear.  Mr.  Parsons 
offered  to  preach,  and  a  revival  was  the  result.  For  two  years  he  has 
faithfully  ministered  to  them,  and  organized  a  church,  somewhat  on  the 
Union  idea,  owing  to  peculiar  environments,  yet  with  a  strongly  Congre- 
gational polity.  The  council  (of  which  Dr.  J.  K.  McLean  and  Prof.  F.  H, 
Foster,  of  the  Pacific  Seminary,  were  members)  most  heartily  and  unani- 
mously voted  to  receive  them  into  fellowship,  and  to  ordain  Mr.  Parsons 
as  an  evangelistic  pastor. 

After  an  all-day  meeting  at  Wyandotte,  I  drove  hurriedly  over  to 
(iridley  and  took  an  early  forer.oon  train  for  Lincoln,  to  attend  the  Sacra- 
mento Association,  where  1  presented  the  "  burning  question  "  of  Home 
Missions.  Back  again  on  an  evening  train  to  Oroviile,  in  time  to  go  into 
the  prayer-meeting  and  speak  again  on  that  theme.  The  next  morn- 
ing off  for  Olive,  where  we  have  a  small  church  in  a  good  community, 
served  by  a  brother  who  works  on  a  farm,  and  preaches  on  Sundays  for 
the  love  of  it.  We  used  to  have  a  missionary  here,  but  our  money  gave 
out.  On  the  same  evening  1  went  to  Thermalito,  where  we  have  still 
another  aided  church,  and  where  I  preached  to  a  houseful  of  people. 

The  following  morning  Mr.  Parsons  and  I  started  for  Paradise  (an 
earthly  one).  On  the  way  we  passed  a  sign-board  with  two  arms  ;  on 
one  were  the  words,  "  Seven  miles  to  Paradise  ";  on  the  other,  "  Nine  miles 
to  Hell-town."  These  are  actually  the  names  of  two  towns  near  each 
other. 

We  passed  through  and  visited  in  Cherokee.  Here  is  a  large  mining 
community  where  no  regular  services  have  been  held  for  twenty  years. 
Also  at  Pentz — a  rich  farming  district,  twelve  miles  farther  on — we  visited 
and  left  appointments.  We  arrived  at  Paradise  in  time  to  preach  to  a 
houseful  of  people.  Several  were  moved  to  express  a  desire  for  a  new 
life.  I  started  also  the  ball  rolling  for  self-support,  and  by  diligent 
visiting  the  next  day  got  them  to  roll  off  the  $300  received  last  year  from 
us  and  to  promise  to  support  their  pastor  alone.  The  money  thus  saved, 
with  a  little  more,  we  plan  to  recommend  to  the  eiiiployment  of  Mr.  Parsons 
as  a  missionary  in  Butte  ("ounty.  He  has  special  fitness  for  the  work,  and 
the  fields  are  pitifully  destitute  all  around  him. 


October,   1894  The    Fioiiie   Missionary     ■  349 

We  left  Paradise  in  time  to  get  back  to  Mr.  Parsons'  home  at  nine  p.m. 
Left  the  next  morning  to  preach  in  Wyandotte  in  the  forenoon  ;  then 
a  hasty  dinner  ami  a  Iniig  drive  over  to  Olive.  A  sermon  there  to 
another  audience,  and  then  ancjtl.er  drive  over  hills  and  through  canons 
to  Palermo,  to  preach  in  the  evening,  ordain  deacons  and  deaconesses, 
receive  new  members,  and  administer  the  Lord's  Sapper.  U|)  the  next 
morning  at  three  a.m.,  to  ccmie  back  to  the  city.  Found  a  mass  of  cor- 
respondence to  get  off  ;  made  preparations  for  our  executive  committee 
meeting  on  Tuesday,  where  we  wrestletl  all  the  day  trying  to  make  our 
jJ;i3,77o  go  around.  Honestly,  that  was  the  hardest  day  of  all,  and  the 
worst  of  it  was  we  coukl  not  accomplish  it,  and  are  to  have  another  meet- 
ing over  it.  The  next  morning  off  again  for  a  three  days'  campaign  in 
Sonoma  County,  writing  on  the  cars  ;  Avalking,  the  last  day  of  tlie  three, 
twenty-eight  nnles  over  a  steej)  mountain  road  in  order  to  get  the  train 
back  to  the  city.  Telegraphed  ahead  for  my  wife  to  meet  me  at  the  ferry 
with  another  valise,  so  that  I  could  start  at  once  for  Hornbrook,  Siskiyou 
County.  There  I  helped  to  organize  a  church.  It  is  a  town  of  500  peo- 
ple ;  has  been  a  town  for  forty  years,  yet  had  never  had  a  church  organi- 
zation before,  and  I  administered  the  first  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper 
they  had  ever  had  in  the  community  last  Sabbath.  A  mile  away  is  the 
town  of  Henley  ;  three  miles  away,  Pokegama  ;  and  four  miles,  the  town  of 
Ager — not  one  of  them  with  a  church  or  preaching  of  any  kind.  Our 
good  Missionary  Hoskins,  of  Little  Shasta,  drives  twenty  miles  every 
Sabbath  to  preach  at  Hornbrook,  and  as  soon  as  possible  will  begin 
services  at  the  other  points.  From  Hornbrook  I  was  to  go  to  Adin 
to  inaugurate  the  Mount  Shasta  Association.  But,  as  I  said,  the  heavy 
snowstorm  made  the  roads  impassable.  We  drove  twenty  miles  in  the 
storm,  and  had  to  give  it  up. 


Correction. — When  men  talk  as  fast  and  as  entertainingly  as  our  Mr. 
Puddefoot  talks,  no  reasonable  stenographer  can  be  expected  to  keep  up 
with  him.  But  when  he  says  that  Nebraska  pays  about  $8,000,000  in 
yearly  interest  to  the  East,  he  thinks  the  reporters  should  not  make  him 
say  that  Omaha  pays  ^80,000,000  a  year.  (See  The  Home  Missionary 
for  September,  page  285).     That  is  talking  faster  than  even  he  talks. 

And  he  thinks  his  friends,  the  reporters,  would  have  come  nearer  to 
the  mark  if  they  had  called  the  cost  of  church  buildings  and  equipments 
owned  by  all  denominations  in  the  United  States  ^^679,694,434  instead  of 
"3470,000,000."  Stenographers  are  making  rapid  strides  nowadays,  and 
will  doubtless  be  able  by  and  by  to  keep  up  with  our  swift-talking  Field 
Secretary. — Ed. 


350  The   Home  Missionary  October,  1894 


TREASURY  NOTE 

The  receipts  in  the  five  months,  April-August,  1894,  inclusive,  and  a 
comparison  of  them  with  the  corresponding  months  of  1893,  will  appear 
in  the  figures  following  : 

CONTRIBUTIONS  LEGACIES 

1893  1894  1893  1894 

April...  410,366  46  $18,936  34  April..    .  $6,681    14  $8,701  36 

May 9,461  46  18,608  21  May 25,812  59  6,113  5^ 

June....     15,136  17  15,249  44  June....  10,254  35  35.026  54 

July i5'293  72  18,90865  July 8,94039  10,69522 

August..      9,479  91  7,886   18  August.,  14,885  55  35,280  76 

$59,737  72     $79,588  82  $66,574  02     $95,817  46 

$79,588  82  $95,817  46 

59,737   72  66,574  02 


$19,851    10  gain  in  contributions.  $29,243  44  gain  in  legacies. 

The  privilege  of  reporting  a  gain  of  $49,094.54  in  the  receipts  of  five 
months,  and  nearly  $20,000  of  the  amount  from  contributions  of  living 
givers,  is  one  that  the  officers  of  the  Society  have  not  for  a  long  time 
past  been  permitted  to  enjoy.  It  has  filled  their  hearts  with  gratitude 
and  a  gladness  unknown  since  the  wave  of  business  reverses  swept  over 
the  country,  wrecking  so  many  of  its  substantial  interests  and  staying  or 
hindering  the  progress  of  its  most  important  religious  institutions. 

Does  not  this  continued  and  enlarged  increase  of  the  Society's 
resources,  in  such  a  time  as  this  on  which  we  have  fallen,  warrant,  and 
more  than  warrant,  all  that  was  said  in  the  way  of  encouragement  of 
givers  to  Home  Missions  on  page  301  of  The  Home  Missionary  for 
September  ? 

To  those  remarks  we  renewedly  ask  the  attention  of  our  readers. 
Clearly  it  is  no  visionary  thing  to  work  for  and  expect  the  early  restora- 
tion of  the  "cut  "  of  $75,000  so  reluctantly  made  in  the  year's  estimated 
expenses,  and  at  no  distant  day  to  cancel  all  demands  against  the  treasury, 
and  set  the  Society  upon  a  rapid,  sure,  and  steady  upward  progress,  whose 
results  shall  eclipse  all  that  has  been  seen  in  the  bright  track  of  its  glori- 
ous history.  Let  that  "  One  Generous  Offering  "  from  all  our  Congre- 
gational churches  be  made  with  conscientious  fidelity,  each  giving  accord- 
ing as  the  Lord  hath  prospered,  and  the  work,  under  God's  blessing,  will 
be  done.  Who  can  doubt  that  such  an  offering  will  be  most  acceptable 
to  Him  who  gave  Himself  for  us  ? 


October,    1894 


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351 


RECEIPTS    IN    AUGUST,    1894 


For  accnuiit  of  receipts  by  State  Auxiliary  Societies,  see  payes  354  to  357 


81 

00 

7 

90 

100 

00 

30 

75 

10 

00 

MAINE— $173.40  ;     of     which     legacy, 
$100.00. 

Auburn.  Mrs.  E.  T.  Little,  by  George 

T.  Little 

Blue  Hill,  by  Rev.  C.  M.  G.  Harwood 
Cumberland  Center,   Legacy  of  Mrs. 

Mary    E.    M.    Rideout,    by    S.    M. 

Rideout  .    

New  Castle,  Second,  by  Joel  P.  Huston 

Portland,  St.  Lawrence  Street  Ch.,  by 

J.J.  Gerrish 

'■  Mrs.  Jeannie  Anderson,  collector  " 


NEW    HAMPSHIRE  — $10,506.96;    of 
which  legacies,  $10,398.56. 

Received  by  Hon.  L.  D.  Stevens,  Tr. 
.\.  H    H.  M.  Soc: 
Northampton,  to  const.   Mr.  Alfred 
Bachelder  a  L.  M 50  00 

Acworth,  Band  of   Home  Missionary 

Workers,    by  Mrs.  T.    W.   Darling, 

through  Rev.  E.  B.  Palmer i  40 

Amherst.   Legacy  of   Rev.   Josiah  G. 

Davis,  by  Edward  Spalding,  e.\,..  .  400  00 
East  Brentwood,  Rev.  H.  H.  Colburn  10  00 

Hebron.and  Groton,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 

Rev.  C.  W.  Shelton i  00 

Henniker,  A  Friend 10  00 

Keene,  Primary  Dept.  of  the  Second 

S.  S.,  by  C.  E.  Whitcomb 5  00 

Mason,  C.  B.  Goodwin i  00 

Newport,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Gleason 25  00 

Orford.  by  Rev.  J.  R.  Flint       5  00 

Wilmot.  Legacy  of  Stephen  Fetch,  by 

Hon.  L.  D.  Stevens,  Treas.  N.   H. 

H.  M.  Soc 9,998  56 

VERMONT— $90.00. 

Hartford, '■  N  "    1500 

Manchester.  S.  G.  Cone 50  00 

Norwich.  Rev.  R.  N.  Nichols,  by  Rev. 

C.  W.  Shehon 3  00 

Vermont.  "A    Friend  of  Home  Mis- 
sions "  22  00 


MASSACHUSETT  S— $8,598.88 ;  of 
which  legacies,  $5,605.25. 

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

Palmer.  Treas 2,500  00 

By  request  of  donors ig6  00 

Agawam.  A  Friend  3  00 

Belchertown.  by  A.  D.  Randall 46  23 

Belleville,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  C. 
W.  Shelton 5  00 

Boston,  W.  A.  Wilder,  for  Salary 
Fund 100  00 

East  Longmeadow,  J.  A  Davis,  spe- 
cial, by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shelton 5  00 

Granville.  Legacy  of  Clement  Hol- 
comb.  by  M.J.  Rose,  ex 25  00 

Indian  Orchard,  by  Rev.  W.  T.  Hutch- 
ins.  Sweet  Pea  Fund 3  00 

Ipswich,  on  account  of  Legacy  of  Miss 
Abbie  A.  Coburn,  by  D.  E.  Safford, 
ex 3,750  00 


Leominster,  Woodbury   Fund,  by  A. 
O.  Wilder $120  00 

Natick,  Legacy  of  Rev.  J.  F.  Norton, 
by  D.  W.  Farquhar,  adm 300  00 

North  Adams,  Braylonville,  "  Earnest 
Workers,"  by  E.  M.  Harrison 5  00 

Northampton.  Legacy  of  {».  W.  Hub- 
bard, by  J.  Whittlesey,  trustee 1,000  00 

Palmer,  A  Friend 5  00 

South  Egremont,  by  Rev.  S.  T.  Liv- 
ingston     30  00 

A  Friend,  special,  by  Mrs.   H.   S. 
Caswell 62  50 

South  Framingham,  Grace  Ch.,  by  J. 
P.  Freese 32  90 

Weymouth.  Legacy  of  .Mary  P.  Faulk- 
ner, by  A.  C.  Russell,  e.x 410  25 


RHODE   ISLAND- $40.00. 

Providence,    Pilgrim    Ch.,    by   R.    P. 
Jenks  


CONNECTICUT-$3,329.i9 ; 
legacies,  $1,944.66. 


of  which 


Miss.    Soc.    Conn  .    W.    W.     Jacobs, 
Treas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore.  Sec.        155  02 

Woman's  H.   M.   Union,  Mrs.  W.  W. 
Jacobs,  Treas. : 
Hartford,    Miss   Annie    W.    Moore. 

special 10  00 

Berlin,  Second,  by  C.  S.  Webster 25  76 

Bridgeport,  Second,  by  O.  H.  Broth- 
well  96  75 

A  Friend 20  00 

Chester,  by  Rev.  Ale.x.  Hall 20  75 

Collinsville,  by  J.  S.  Heath 42  00 

Columbia,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  ,  by  Miss  E. 

J.  Fuller 12  00 

Connecticut,  A  Friend 100  00 

A  Friend 10  00 

Cromwell.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  special,  by 

Rev.  C.  W.  Shelton 500 

Danielsonville.  H.  N.  demons 5  00 

East  Woodstock,  by  J.  M.  Paine 42  50 

Ellington,  Mrs.  C.  Bradley 2  00 

Guilford,   First,   by   E.  W.   Leete.  to 
const.   Mrs.    Hobert   E.    Dudley   a 

L.  M 50  00 

Hartford,   "  Seminary."  by   Geo.   H. 

Post 35  58 

Student's  Mission  Band.  Hartford 
Theol.  Sem.,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shel- 
ton    5   03 

Kent.  First,  by  G.  R.  Bull 14  04 

Marlboro,  by  William  W.  Bolles 3  24 

Naugatuck,  Miss  P.  D.  Smith,  by  Rev. 

C.  W.  Shelton 6  00 

Norwich,  '"  Thank  Offering  " 2  00 

Nutmeg.  S250:  for  Salary  Fund,  $300, 

special  550  od 

Pomfret.    Legacy    of    Mrs.    Zara    G. 

Comstock,  by  W.  E.  Tolman,  e.\. . .  100  00 
Salisbury,  by  Rev.  T.  F.  De.xter  ....  23  29 

Somers.    Legacy   of    Miss    Catharine 

Pomeroy,  by  Miss  Lucinda  Pome- 

roy.  trustee 1.140  91 

South  Britain,  S.S.,  by  G.  W.  Mitchell.         21  30 


352 


The   Home   Missionary 


October,   1894 


South  Canaan,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev. 

C.  W.  Hanna,  special S?  05 

Southport,  Mrs.  H.  D.  Gookin 100  00 

Suffield.  A  Friend 2  00 

Thomaston,  First,  by  Geo.  H.  Stough- 

ton II  34 

Torrington,  Balance   from  Estate  of 

George     P.    Roberts,   by    H.    Gay, 

adm 203  75 

Westchester,   by  A.  R.  Bigelow 500 

West    Woodstock,    Rally,  by  Rev.  C. 

W.  Shelton 191 

Windsor,  Legacy  of  W.  F.  A.  Sill,  by 

M.  E.  Sill,  e.\ 50000 

\Erratum  :  $20  from  Westfield.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
by  Rev.  C.  B.  Strong,  should  be  West  Suffield. 
Erroneously  acknowledged  in  May  Home  Mis- 
sionary. 


NEW  YORK- $17,786.27  ;  of  which  leg- 
acies  $17,232.29. 

Received  byW^illiam  Spalding, 
Treas. : 

Busti $1  10 

Otisco,  Ladies'  Home  Miss. 

Soc 21  70 

Rome,  Welsh 5  00 

South  Granville 6  72 

Summer  Hill 500 

Syracuse,  Plymouth 8  00 

47  52 

Woman's  H.  M.LTnion,  Mrs.  J. 

J.  Pearsall.  Treas. : 
W.  H.  M.  U.,   Collection  at 

Annual  Meeting $2175 

Canandaigua 143  00 

Special 75  00 

Hamilton 1500 

Moravia,  Mrs.W.  C.  Tuthill.  100  00 

Rochester,  South  Ch 15  00 

Wellsville 5  00 

374  75 

Albany,  Mrs   Sophia    D.Hale 2000 

Angola,  First,  by  R.  U.  Blackney 13  65 

Brooklyn.  John  Boyle . .  25  00 

Buffalo,   People's  Ch.,byE.  C.  Wil- 
son, toward  a  L.  Mp 8  39 

East   Bloomfield,  by  F.  Munson 21  17 

Fort   Covington,    Legacy    of    Adelia 

Bliss,  by  M.  C.  Ransom 30000 

New  York  City. Estate  of  Ann  Voorhis, 
on  account,  by  Stetson,  Tracy,  Jen- 

nmgs  and  Russell . .     16,932  29 

North    Lawrence,   Miss  Almira  Will- 
iams   2  00 

Orient,  by  M.  B.  Brown 12  06 

Sayville,  by  Willett  Green  n  25 

Spencerport,    S.   S.,    by  Anna   Mcln- 

tyre 4  79 

Warsaw,  by  F.  W.  Relyea 13  40 

NEW  JERSEY— $130.50. 

Helmetta,  E.  C.  Williams 2  00 

Perth   Amboy,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  F. 

G.  Brandt 2  50 

Upper    Montclair.    Christian    L^nion 

Ch.,  by  C.  W.  Anderson 118  50 

Vineland,  "  Infant  Class."  by  Miss  A. 

C.  Gardner,  special 2  50 

T.  A.  Gardner,  special 5  00 

PENNSYLVANIA- $40  20. 

Chandler's  Valley,   Swedish   Ch.,  by 
Rev.  C.  J.  Lundquist 2  00 


Charmian,  by  Adam  Reoch $35  20 

Delta,  Bethesda,  by  Rev.  J.  Cadwal- 

ader 200 

Warren,  Swedish  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  A. 

Dahlgren i  00 


MARYLAND-$8.5o. 

Canton,  by  Rev.  T.  M.  Beadenkoflf. ..  2  50 

Frostburg,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Moore. ...  6  00 


NORTH  CAROLlNA-$io.oo. 

Hendersonville,   Miss  S.  R.  Ives,  $5  ; 
Mrs.  E.  I.  Brown,  $5,  by  S.  R.  Ives. 


FLORIDA-S5  00. 

Winter  Park,   Rev.  E.  P.  Hooker,  by 
Rev.  S.  F.  Gale 5  00 

TEXAS— $5. CO. 
Columbia,  Mrs.  E.  H.  Evans 500 

OKLAHOMA-$7.oo. 

Woman's    Miss.    Union,    Mrs.   A.    B. 
Hammer,  Treas 600 

Enid,  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  F.  Foster...  i  00 


OHIO-$266.83. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Eraser, 
D.  D.  : 

Andover,    by    Mrs.    L.    R. 

Griffis $1500 

Cleveland,    Pilgrim,   by   H. 

C.  Holt 65  00 

Hartford,  by  Sarah  P.  Bush- 

nell.    4  00 

Leno.x,  by  Rev.  F.  W.  Link.  4  00 
Troedrhewdalar,  by   E.   A. 

Rowlands    8  70 

96  70 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Eraser, 

Treas.    Bohemian    Board, 

Cleveland  : 
Cleveland,    Pilgrim,   by   H. 

C.Holt $9000 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas.  : 

Mt.  Vernon,  for  Bible- 
Readers'  Home  9  00 

Plain,  for  Bible- Readers' 
Home 5  00 

Springfield,  First,  for  Bi- 
ble Readers'  Home 5  00 

Tallmadge,  for  Bible- 
Readers'   Home 500 

West  Williamstield,  Jr.  Y. 
P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Miss 
Reitinger 300 

117  00 

Woman's  H.  M.   Union,   Mrs.  G.  B. 
Brown,  Treas.  : 
Toledo,     Washington     Street,     for 

Salary   Fund 10  00 

Marietta,  Second,  Little  Muskingum 
and  Stanleyville,  by  Rev.  C.  B. 
Shear 9  00 

Oberlin,Mrs.  E.  B.  Clarke 10  00 


October,'  1894 


The   Home   Missionary 


353 


I 


Ravenna,  of  which  Si. 60  from  S.  S. 

class,  by  F.  VV.  Woodbridfjc 

St.  Mary"s,  Kirst,  by  Rev.  A.  C.  Dcrr 
Zanesville,    First,     by     Rev.    C.     H. 

Hawks 


Mi    63 
5  00 


INDIANA     $15.00. 

Indianapolis,  Fellowship  Ch  ,  by  Rev. 
K.  S.  Smith 15  00 

ILLINOIS-  $100.00. 
ChicajTo.  Mrs.  ^L  A.  Keep 100  00 

MISSOURI--$2o.44. 

Eldon,  S.  S..  by  Rev  John  Vetter 2  44 

Hamilton,  by  Rev.  W    W.  Fellows...  10  00 
Kidder  and   (hiUicothe.  Union    Ch., 

by  Rev.  A.  L.  Clridley 800 


KANSAS     $s8.82. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Dough- 
erty, Treas.: 

Dover Ss  50 

Fowler 7  00 

Haven i  75 

Hutchinson 200 

Jetmore 2  00 

Osborne,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. .  5  00 

Fowhattan 4  50 

A  Friend 10  00 

Received  by  Rev.  S.  D.  Storrs,  collec- 
tion   

Alton,  by  Rev.  L.  H.  Piatt 

Kansas  City,  Pilfjrim  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 
1).  Herr 

McPherson,  $^.40 ;  Linwood,  $1.50, 
by  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie 

Maize,  by  W.  S.  Williams 

Scatter  Creek,  $3-65  ;  Village  Creek, 
$2.05,  by  Rev.  G.  M.  Pfeiffer 


$37  75 

2  00 
5  00 


MICHIGAN-$7.oo. 
Detroit,  (ierman,  by  Rev.  A.  Huelster  7  00 

WISCONSIN-$9.50. 

Cumberland,  Ladies'  Soc,  by  Rev.  A. 

J.  Haynes 600 

Mauston,    Mrs.    C.    W.    Barney,    $1  ; 

Mrs.  .M.  A.  Loomis,  $1 2  00 

Wood  Lake,  Grantsburg,  and  Doctor's 

Lake.  Swedish  Chs.,  by  Rev.  N.  I. 

Nelson i  50 

IOWA  -,S8.oo. 

Davenport,  First  German,  by  Rev.  C. 

F.  Fmger 6  00 

Gomer,  S.  S.,  by  S.  M.  Jones 2  00 

MINNESOTA-$38i.52. 

Received  byRev.  J.H.Morley  : 

Lake  City $17  25 

Medford 10  00 

Spring  Valley 10  00 

$37  25 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
M.  W.  Skinner,  Treas.: 

Anoka $1  20 

Elk  River 720 

Fairmont,  85c.;  Y.  P.  S.  C, 

E.,  ^2.05 290 

Mazeppa 2  13 

Minneapolis.  Plymouth...  64  33 

Young  Ladies 18  35 

S.  S 62  02 

Park  Avenue 60  00 

Silver  Lake 4  09 

Union 17  00 

Miss  Lora  Hollister  ...  1000 

New  Duluth i  50 

Rochester 4  00 

St.  Anthony  Park   25  00 

St.  Paul.  Plymouth 40  43 

St.  Cloud.  Sr.io;  Jr.  y.  P. 

S.  C.  E..  $6.90 12  00 

Winona.  Second 700 

t339  15—     376  40 

Minneapolis,  "  Redeemer" 2  00 

Spencer  Brook.  Swedish  Ch..  by  Rev. 

A.  P.  Engstrom 2  00 

Upsala,  by"  Rev.  A.  G.  Petterson 112 


NEBRASXA^$95.26. 

Received  by  J.  W.  Bell,  Treas. : 

Greenwood $12  90 

Red  Cloud 32  04 

$44  94 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  J.  Powell,  Treas.: 
Greenwood,  S.  S 2  15 


Arborville.  by  F.  N.  Recknor 

Franklin,  S.  S.,  by  F.  D.  James 

Hildreth,  by  Rev.  W.  H,  Le  Bar 

By  Mrs.  J.  M.  Henry 

Leigh  and   Macedonia,  by  Rev.  A.  G. 

Washington 

Stockham.  German,  by   Rev.  R.  Hil- 

kerbaeumer 

Strang,    Shickley,   and    Bruning,    by 

Rev.  G.  J.  Battey 


NORTH    DAKOTA-$i2.75. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Fisher.  Treas.: 
Bu.xton,  "Pearl  Gleaners".      $2  25 
Cummings,  "  Christian  Sol- 
diers"          4  50 

Hankinson,  Mission  Band..         2  00 
Wahpeton.  Conference  La- 
dies'Miss.  Meeting 300 

Wogansport,  A  Friend 

SOUTH  DAKOTA— $29,25. 

Dover,  by  Miss  E.  K.  Henry 

Lake  Preston,  by  Rev.  G.  A.  Conrad. 
Valley  Springs.  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc,  by 

Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall   

Willow  Lakes  and   Pitrodie,  by  Rev. 

J.  F.  Walker 


COLORADO-$i  14.07. 

Woman's  II.    M.   Union,  Mrs.   S.  A. 
Sawyer,  Treas.  : 
Buena  Vista,  Aux.,  to  const.  Mrs.  L. 
C.  Graves  a  L.  M 

Denver.  Glenarm  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by 
Martha  A.  Morrison,  for  Salary 
Fund 


47  09 

3  10 
2  94 

4  30 
4  30 

21  65 

8  6i 


II  75 
I  00 


10  25 
5  00 


4  00 
10  00 


354 


The   Home   Missionary 


October,    1894 


Greeley,  $2.50  ;  Cortez,  $5,  by  Rev.  H. 

Sanderson 

Lafayette,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Smith 

"Manitou   and  Green  Mountain   Falls, 

by  Rev.  A.  O.  Downs 

Otis.  Mrs.  L.  Dungan's  S.  S  class.... 
Otis  and  Hyde,  by  Rev.  G.  Dunpan.. 
Whitewater,  by  Rev.  C.  C.  Kirtland. 


»7  50 
i  00 

10  00 
I   27 

12  30 
5  00 


OREGON-S16.50. 

Portland,  Miss.  Ave.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 

W.  Young }6  00 

Sheridan  and  Willamina,  by  Rev.  O. 

B.   Whitmore 200 

Willard.  $2  ;  Forest  Grove,  $6.50,  by 

Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp 8  50 


WYOMING~S6.<x>. 

Cheyenne,  South   Ch.,  by   Rev.  J.  M. 
Brown 


MONTANA-$2.7S. 

Horse     Plains,    $1.90 ;     Thompson's 
Falls,  8sc  ,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Bell 


CALIFORNIA-$45.25. 

Antioch.  by  Rev.  J.  VV.  Brier 

Fresno.  German  Ch..  by  Rev.  J.  Leg- 

ler 

Lincoln,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Hale. 

Los   Angeles,  Plymouth,   by  Rev.  C. 

S.  Vaile 

Oakdale.  Mrs   C.  S.  Downey,  by  Rev. 

E.  W.  Stoddard     

Pasadena.  A  Friend 

Sunol  Glen,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Strong 

Vernondale,  Rev.  G.  A.  Rawson 


6  00 
5  00 

10  00 

5  00 
8  20 
3  00 

2  50 


WASHINGTON- $Q5. 16. 

Woman's   H.  M.    Union,    Mrs.   J.  W. 
George,  Treas.  : 
Seattle 

Cheney  and  Spokane,  West  Side  Ch., 

by  Rev.  F.  V.  Hoyt 

Chewelah.  by  Rev.  D.  F.  Taylor 

Colfax.  Plymouth  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  P. 

James 

Steilacoom,  (>berlin  Ch.,  by   Rev.   J. 

M.  Lydgate 

Tacoma,  First,  $52.51  ;  Port  .A.ngeles, 

First.  S3. 55  ;  and  Pine  Hill,  50  c.,  by 

Rev.  A.  J.    Railey 

Toledo  and  Cowlitz  Bend,  by  Rev.  W. 

A.  Arnold 

Wenas   and    Nachez.  by    Rev.  R.    G. 

Hawn 


5  00 
5  00 


56  56 


\Erratii7ti :  The  item  of  $5.35.  in  May  Home 
Missionary,  as  a  contribution  from  Liberty  Chapel, 
Georgia,  was  erroneously  acknowledged.] 


Home  Missionary. 


99  45 
$42,114  45 


Donations   of  C/otkiiii^,    etc. 


Boston,   Mass..    Dr.   D.    L.  Furber,  by 

Rev.  E.  B.  Palmer,  bo.\. 
Buffalo,  N.  v..  First  Ch.,  by  Miss  Lucy 

F.  Sander,  two  bo.xes $122  43 

Norwood.    N.    Y.,    Growing-Old    Circle 

of  King's  Daughters,  by  Mrs.  D.  A. 

Kinsman,  bo.x  and  package 143  25 

Plainville,    Ct.,    Ladies'    Benevo.    Soc, 

by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Blakeslee,  barrel   and 

freight 67  65 


San  Francisco,   Cal.,   Ladies'   Aid   Soc. 

of  Third  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  F.  P.  Pullan, 

bo.K $102  50 

Talcottville,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc.  by 

Mrs.  Samuel  A.  Talcott.  barrel 79  00 

Warsaw,  N.  Y..   Ladies'  Soc,  by  Mrs. 

M.  D.  Jenks,  bo.x 90  oo 

West  Hartford,  Vt..  C.  E.  Soc,  by  Mrs. 

E.  M.  Copeland,  box 26  50 


AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 

VERMONT    DOMESTIC    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the   Verinont  Domestic  iMission.irv  Society  from  July  20  to  August  20,  1894. 
Wm.   C.   Tyler,   7'reasitrer 


Brandon 

Bridgewater 

Middlebury   

Newbury.  West 

Olcott,  Junior  Y.  P.  S.  C  E 

Poultney.  East.  Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Mears. 

Proctor,  H .  L.  Newell 

Sharon 


!i,'; 

30 

5 

CO 

95 

qo 

7 

50 

I 

00 

2 

00 

■^ 

00 

3° 

3" 

Springfield.  'A  Friend"... 

Thetford,  First  Ch 

Wolcott 

Vermont  Missionary 

Income  on  Invested  Funds. 


5>i  00 
14  22 
2  30 
20  01 

no  00 


$309  61 


October,    1894 


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355 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 


Receipts  of  the  Massacliusttts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  Atif;ust,    1S94. 

B.    Palmer,    Treasurer 


Rkv.  Edwin 


I 


Abington,  First,  by  E.  M.Nash $1525 

hank  Balances,  July  interest  on 39  13 

Barre.  Evan.  S.  S.,  by  F.  A.  Gaylord...  10  73 

Boston.  B.  and  L 5  00 

Charlcstown,   Winthrop,    by  Geo.    S. 

Poole 79  17 

"  M.  T.  A." 1000 

Park  St.,  by  E.  H.  McGuire 65  00 

Ro.xbury,    Alice    Stockwell,  by   Rev. 

W.  G.  Puddefoot i  00 

Brockton,   Campello,    South,   S.    S.,  by 

Ina  L.  Rich 5  99 

Danvers.  First.  E.  C.  a  Day   Band,  by 

May  P.  Grovcr 3  00 

Douglas,   First.  Jr.  Y.   P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 

Myra  A.  Proctor i  00 

Easthampton,  Payson,  by  H.  L.  Clark, 

for  C.  H.   M.  S 1 50  00 

Falmouth.  Woods  Holl 8  80 

Grafton.  Saundersville.by  A.E.Gurney, 

forC.  H.  M.  S   3  00 

Hampden  Benevolent  Association, 
by  George  R.  Bond,  Treas. : 

Chicopee.  First $10  77 

Second 37  57 

Holyoke,  Second 290  20 

Ludlow.  First 18  52 

Soutluvick 4  36 

Springfield,  First  5000 

Indian  Orchard 34  89 

South 4000 

West  Springfield.  Ashley  School 

and  Charitable  fund 195  63 

681  94 

Hatfield,  by  Alpheus  Cowles 61  30 

Hinsdale,  by  C.  I.  Kittredge 5 

S.  S..  "The  Willing  Ten,"  by  Mrs.  C. 
J.  Kittredge,  for  debt 17  00 


Hopkinton,  A  Member  of  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
J.  D.  Stewart 

Hyde  Park,  Blue  Hill  Evan.  Soc,  by  S. 
T.  Elliott 

Longmeadow,  A  Friend 

Millbury,  First,  by  O.  H.  Waters 

Millis,  by  A.  H.'Wheelock.  for  C.  H. 
.M.  S 

Newton,  North,  S.  S..  by  W.  E.  Lowry. 

Norwood,  First,  by  Edson  1).  Smith. 

Northfield,  A  Friend,  by  Rev.  VV.  G. 
Puddefoot 

Otis,  by  Rev.  C.  E.  B.  Ward   

Peabody.  West,  by  F.  K.  Mclntire 

Reed,  iJwight,  fund.  Proceeds  of  scrip 
sold  for  exchange 

Richmond,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mrs.  J.  H. 
Fairfield 

Rochester,  North,  by  Mrs.  M.  A.  Ben- 
nett  

Rockland,  by  Will  E    Clark 

Rowley,  by  Woodbury  Smith 

Shrewsbury,  by  Henry  Harlow   

Wakefield,  by  W.  P.  Preston 

Waltham,  A  Friend,  '■  G." 

Trinitarian  Ch.,  by  T.  W.  Temple.... 

Ware,  First,  by  W.  L.  Brakenridge.  .•  . 

Wellesley,  by  R.  E.  Anderron 

Winchendon,  by  Rev.  G.W.  Jones,  Taft 
thank-offering 

Worcester  So.  Conf.,  East  Douglas  Ses- 
sion, by  A.  Armsby, Treas 

Wrentham,  First,  by  S.  M.  Gerould 


7  68 

I  15 

40  10 


203  80 

5  00 
9  71 
4  00 


I 

72 

2S 

GO 

28 

80 

15 

25 

75 
84 

10 

00 

23  97 

23  85 

2 

00 

80      Home  Missionary. 


30  05 
19  27 

$1,711  26 
I  20 

$1,712  46 


RHODE    ISLAND    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Rhode  Island  Home  Missionary  Society  to  August,    1894. 
J.    WiLLiA.M   Rice,    Treasurer 


Bliss'  Four  Corners,  Mission  Ch $9  05 

Newport,  United  Cong.  Ch 18  94 

Pawtucket.  Cong.  Ch 360  00 

Loraine  Ch 3  50 

Peace  Dale,  Rowland  Hazard 250  00 

Providence,  Beneficent  Ch.,  $100  ;  $100.  200  00 


Highland  Chapel.  S15  ;  $50 $65  00 

Miss  E.  L.  Howard 50  00 

Tiverton,  Amicable  Ch 25  00 

Westerly,  Pawcatuck  Ch 30  00 


5 1 ,01 1  49 


MISSIONARY   SOCIETY  OF    CONNECTICUT 

Receipts  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  in  August,  1S94.     Ward  \V.   Jacocs, 

T7-easurer 


Bloomfield.  by  F.  C.  Bidwell 

Bolton,  by  William  H.  Loomis 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Annie  M.  Alvord.. 
Chatham.  Cobalt,  by  Rev.  J.W.  Moulton 


$8  25  Fairfield.  First,  by  Samuel  Morehouse, 

7  90         for  C.  H.  M.  S  .' $82  00 

3  00  Guilford,   Third,    by    Rev.   George   W. 

IS  00         Banks '5  S3 


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Montville,    Mohegan,    by    Mrs.    E.    T. 

Baker $j  oo 

New    Britain,    Bethany,    Swedish,    by 

Rev.  E.  G.  Hjerpe 20  oo 

New  Canaan,  hy  H.  B.  Rogers 50  08 

Special,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 10  00 

New   Haven,    Danish,   by    Rev.    N.    C. 

Christensen 5  00 

Norfolk,  by  J.  N.  Covvles 129  46 

North  Haven,  by  Whitney  Elliott,  with 

prev.  cont.  to  const.  Rev.  William  G. 

Lathrop,  Hannah  C.  Thorpe,  Edith  B. 

Smith,  all  of  North  Haven,  L.  Ms 50  00 


Old  Saybrook,  by  Robert  Chapman $18  79 

?'or  C.  H.  M.S 18  79 

Portland,  Swedish,  by  H.  Hanson i  00 

Simsbury.  by  A.  S.  Chapman 31  00 

Suffield.    West    Suffield,    by    Benjamin 

Sheldon  - 8  34 

Thomaston,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  H.  Soder- 

holm 5  35 

Torrington,      Third,     by     Frank      M. 

Wheeler 4^  76 

Windham,  by  William  Swift 2853 


$555  78 


ILLINOIS     HOME     MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts   of  the   Illinois   ffome  Missionary  Society    in  June   and  July,    1894. 
A.-VRON  B.  Mead,   Treastirer 


Albion,  First $7  26 

Alto  Pass 5  00 

Atlas I  00 

Aurora,  First 15  00 

Brimfield,  Supply  Fee 10  00 

Byron   1925 

Caledonia 32  50 

Chicago,  First $97  73 

A.  B.  Mead,  $100;  Mrs.  Dean, 

$5;  Miss  Little,  Ss no  00 

207  73 

Plymouth,  Mrs.  Slafter 5  00 

Bethany 135 

Lincoln  Park 55  80 

Union  Park,  S.  S 35  00 

Millard  .^^ venue,  G.  S.  Needham 10  00 

University,  Rev.  Henry  Willard 25  00 

Ch.  of  the  Redeemer 1  25 

Warren  Avenue,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 10  00 

Bethlehem,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 500 

Mont  Clare ". 6  32 

Zion 8  00 

Cobden 2  87 

Crete 15  54 

Dan  way 2  00 

DeKalb 10  00 

Earlville,  J.  A.  D 25  00 

Elburn   5  00 

Elmwood 10  32 

Evanston 71  00 

Farmington 50  34 

Galesburg,  First 22  37 

Geneva,  C.  H .  Beers 50  00 

Granville,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 20  00 

Greenville 14  44 

Hamilton 5  00 

Huntley,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 2  60 


Lombard.  Supply  Fee  $10  00 

Marseilles,  J.  Q.  Adams 25  00 

Scandinavians 6  48 

Melvin 6  20 

Mendon i9  31 

Naperville,  R.  H.  Dickinson 5  00 

Nova 1050 

Ottawa 36  98 

Pecatonica 567 

Peoria,  South 6  75 

Princeton,  S.  S 1000 

Rockefeller 2  80 

Rockf ord.  First 78  00 

Seneca,  Scandinavians i  35 

Seward,  R.  E.  Short 100  00 

Springfield,  Second 20  00 

Stillman  Valley,  supply  fee %\z  50 

Lovejoy  Johnson 25  00 

37  5° 

Sublette 353 

Summer  Hill 10  00 

Sycamore,  Eltham  Rogers 50  00 

Thawville 4  00 

Wauponsie i  50 

Wyanet 6  40 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union: 

Chicago.  New  England ^54  16 

Oak  Park 23  65 

Rockford.  Second 50 

Mrs.  Julia  P.  Warren,    Sal- 
ary Fund 100  00 

Sterling    ....       28  00 

• 206  31 

R.  S.  Critchell,  Chicago  20  co 

A  Friend  in  Southern  Illinois 22  50 

$1,472  72 


MICHIGAN   CONGREGATIONAL   ASSOCIATION 


Receipts  of  the  Michigan   Congregational  Association  in  July  and  August,  1894. 
John  P.  Sanderson,   Treasurer 


Rev. 


Bancroft    $7  07 

Bridgman 3  00 

Cedar  Springs 5  00 

Chase 2  00 

Chassell 12  16 

Coral ....    I  72 

Demerly,  S.  S i  75 


East  Grand  Rapids. 

East  Paris 

(iladstone 

Hancock 

Imlay  Citv 

Jackson,  First 

Plymouth 


$3  25 
3  00 
I   75 

53  65 
8  00 
8  38 
7  00 


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Jacobsville S'4  o? 

Kendall 5  32 

Lansing,  Plymouth 76  00 

Leland 4  00 

Nortliport 8  00 

Sawyer 2  00 

Standish  500 

Tawas  City 6  25 

Whittaker 10  00 

$248  37 
W.  H.  M.  U  ,   by   Mrs.   E.  F.   Grabill, 

Treas 213  14 


Receipts  of  the  W.    H.   M.   U.  in  July, 
ported  by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Treas. 


Allendale 

Chelsea,  W.  M.  S. 


Detroit.  \V.  U.  <>i  VV'oodward  Ave.  Ch.  §50  00 

Grass  Lake,  vV.  H.  M.  S 15  00 

Harrison,  W.  H.  M.  S  4  25 

Kalamazoo.  W.  H .  M .  U 29  41 

Lansing,  Plymouth,  W.  H.  M.  S 13  32 

Ludington,  VV.  H.  M.  S 10  00 

Mulliken,  VV.  H.  M.  S 2  00 

Muskegon,  First,  W'.  H.  M.  S e  00 

North  Adams,  \V.  H.  M.  S 6  oo 

Olivet,  L.  B.  S 6  05 

Otsego,   Au.x 240 

Pontiac.  \V.  H.  M.  U 4  85 

Reed  City,  W.  H.  M.  U   8  82 

Mrs.  Anspokcr"s  class i  68 

Tipton,  W.  M.  S 10  00 

Three  Oaks,  W.  H.  M.  U 3  70 

Traverse  City,  \V.  H.  M.  S 25  00 

Tyrone,  S.  S  .  Children's  Day  Offering.  i  57 

Webster,  W.  H.  M.  S 6  00 

S.  S.  Miss.  Soc 2  30 

Union  City,  W.  H.  M.  S.  and  Ch 12  25 


$234  64 


Rixei';'i'ii  ill  A  U'^ list 


Bellaire 

Charlevoix 

Clinton 

Columbus 

Covert 

Eastport 

Ewen  ...    

Greenville 

Litchfield 

Merrill 

Mulliken 

Nunica 

Sandstone   

Traverse  City 

Union  City 

W.  H.  M..U.,   by  Mrs.  E.   F   Grabill. 
Treas 


$5  00 

24  50 
10  00 

4  75 
37  05 

3  06 

2  50 
49  81 
13  50 

6  25 

1  00 

2  00 
50 

21  45 
24  00 

146  32 

S351  69 


Received  by   W.  H.  M.    W   in    August,   as   re- 
ported by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill.  Treas.  : 


SENIOR    Ft  ND 


Almont.  W.  H.  M.  S 

.\thens.  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc. 
Breckenridge,  W.  H.  M.  S. 

Bridgman 

Bronson 


$3  76 

5  00 

6  50 
2  23 
5  50 


Detroit.    Woman's    Asso.   First 

Ch S50  00 

Flint,  from  Estate  of  Mrs.  A.  E. 
Farrar,  to  const.  Miss  Lucy 
D.  Farrar  a  L.   M.  of   C.   H. 

M .  S 50  00 

Hartford,  W.  H.  M.  S 5  25 

Greenville,  W.  H.'M.  S 250 

Hersey.  Mrs.  L.  F.  Waldo,  con- 
tents of  her  H.  M.  mite  bo.v  at 

her  death 70 

Memphis,  W.  H.  M.  S 500 

Muskegon,  Grand  Ave.,  VV.  H. 

M.  S 2  00 

North  Adams.  VV.  H.  M.  S 30 

Onondaga,  VV'.  H.  >L  S 5  50 


VOr.VG    PEOPLE  S    FfNO 

Almont,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  $2  73 

Baldwin,  for  special  gift  to  Rev. 

C.  H.  Seaver,  Lakeview 65 

Bronson.  Mission  Band  .  .  3  00 
Breckenridge.  Boys'  and  Girls' 

H.  M.  Army 33 

Greenville,    towards    pulpit    at 

Thompson ville 5  00 

Morenci,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 300 


$144  26 


14  71 


$158  97 


WOMAN'S     STATE     HOME     MISSIONARY 
ORGANIZATIONS 


I.  NEW    HAMPSHIRE 
FEMALE  CENT   INSTITUTION 
Organized  August.  1S04 
and 
HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  June,  iSio 
President.   Mrs.  Joseph  B.  VValker.  Concord. 
Secretary ^   Mrs.  John  T.  Perry,  Exeter. 
Treasurer.  Miss  Annie  A.   McFarland,  196  Main 
St..  Concord. 


OFFICERS 

2.   MINNESOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  September,  1872 


President,   Miss  Catherine  VV.  Nichols.  230  E.  gth 

St.,  St.  Paul. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon.   17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E.,  Minneapolis 
Treasurer ,  Mrs.  M.  VV.  Skinner.  Northfield. 


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3.   ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  March,  1877 
Reorganized  April,  1889 

President.   Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews,  Talladega. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  T.  N.  Chase,  Selma. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  H.  S.  De  Forest,  Talladega. 

4.   MASSACHUSETTS    AND    RHODE 
ISLAND  * 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   ASSOCIA- 
TION 
Organized  February,  1880 

President^  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell,  The  Rochdale, 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Miss  Anna  A.  Pickens.  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer.  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess,  32  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 

5.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   AUXILIARY 
Organized  June,  1880 

President,   Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary.  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Denio,  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Rose  M.  Ciosby,  26  Grove  St., 
Bangor. 

6.   MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  May,  1881 

President,  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane.  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave  .  Detroit. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  H  Hatfield.  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 


7.   KANSAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  October,  1881 

President,   Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  George  L.  Epps.  Topeka. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  D.  D.  DeLong.  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  May.  1882 

President^   Mrs    J.  G.  W.   Cowles.  417  Sibley  St., 

Cleveland. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  Flora  K.  Regal,  Oberlin. 
Treasurer.  Vix'A.  Ct^ox^t   B.    Brown,  21 16  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 


9.  NEW   YORK 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President,   Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    Wm.   Spalding,  511   Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer, ^Ts.   J.    J.    Pearsall,    230   Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 

10.  "WISCONSIN 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President.  Mrs.  E.  G.  Updike.  Madison. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman,  Whitewater. 

II.  NORTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1883 

President.    Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland.  Caledonia. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Harwood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M    Fisher,  Fargo. 

12.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  July,  18S4 

President,  Mrs.  John  Sonimerville.  246  Washing- 
ton St.,  Portland. 

Secretary,   Mrs.  Geo   C.  Brownell.  Oregon  City. 

Treasurer,  Mrs  W.  D.  Palmer,  283  4th  St.,  Port- 
land. 

13.  WASHINGTON 

Including  Northern  Id.aho 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June.  1889 

President,   Mrs.  A.  J.  Bailey,  323   Blanchard   St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs  J.  W.  George,  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.   SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  September,  1884 

President,   .Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  Ashton. 
Secretary,    Mrs   W.  H.  Thrall.  Huron. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilco.x,  Huron. 


'  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  li.st  as  a  State  body  for  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
Island,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


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15.  CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  January,  1885 

/'rcsicifnf.    Miss  Ellen  R   Camp.  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Sicrctary,    Mrs.    C.    T.     Millard,     36    Lewis    St., 

Hartford. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.    W.    V\^   Jacobs,    19   Spring    St., 

Hartford. 

16.   MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

rnsiciot/.    Mr.s   Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
SrciTiuiy,    Mrs.    E.    C.    Ellis,   2456  Tracy   Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
'J'reas!irer,^Ts.  K.  L.  Mills,  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 


22.   INDIANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  May,  1888 

President,    Mrs.   E.   C.   Bell,   221   Christian  Ave., 

Indianajwlis. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   E.    IC.    Dewhurst,    28   Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

23.  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May.  1888 

President.  Mrs.  Emma  Cash,  1658  Temple  St., 
Los  Angeles. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  K.  W.  Bent,  Bo.x  442,  Pasa- 
dena. 

Treasurer.  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place, 
Riverside. 


17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President.   Mr.«.  Isaac  Claflin,  Lombard. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  C.   H.  Taintor,   151  Wa.shington 

St..  Chicago. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A    Field,  Wilmette. 


24.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  June,  188S 

President.    Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West   Bratlleboro. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine,  Windsor 
Treasurer, Mt&.    Wm.    P.    Fairbanks,    St.    Johns- 
bury. 


18.   IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  June,  1886 

President.   Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass.  Grinnell. 
Secretary.    Mrs.   V.  H.  Mullett.  Clinton. 
Treasurer.  Miss  Belle  L.  Bentley.  300  Court  Ave,, 
Des  Moines. 

19.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Organized  October,  1S87 

President.   Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  Pacific  Grove. 
Secretary.    Mrs.   L.   M.   Howard.  911   Grove  St  , 

Oakland. 
'Treasurer. '^\t^.   I.  M.  Haven.  1329  Harrison  St., 

Oakland. 

20.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S    HO.ME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  18S7 

President.  Mrs    J      T.    Duryea,     2402    Cass    St.. 

Omaha 
Secretary.    Mrs.   S.  C.    Dcnn,    636    So.    31st    St.. 

Omaha. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.    Powell.  30th  &   Ohio  Sts.. 

Omaha. 

21.   FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February.  1S88 

President,    Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale.  Jacksonville. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows.  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown.  Interlachen. 


25.  COLORADO 
WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October.  1888 

President,   Mrs.  J.  W.  Pickett.  White  Water. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Denver. 
Treasurer.  Mrs   S.  A.  Sawyer.  Boulder. 

26.  'WYOMING 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 
Reorganized  December,  1892 

{''resident.   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker.  Cheyenne. 
Sfcretary.    Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple.  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer.  Mr^.  H.  N.  Smith.  Rock  Springs. 

27.  GEORGIA 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer.  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

28.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April.  1889 

President.  Mrs  C.  L.  Harris.  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary.    Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer,  VIt%.  L.  H.  Turner.  3112  12th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 


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29.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  April,  1889 

President,   Miss  Anna  F.  Condict.  490  Canal  St., 

New  Orleans. 
Secretary,   Miss    Emily   Nichols,    4qo  Canal   St., 

New  Orleans. 
Treasurer, 'Viv',.  C.  S.  Shaltuck,  Welsh. 


30.    ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY,   AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION   OF    THE 

CENTRAL  SOUTH    ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore.  Bo.x  8.  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville,  Tenn. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith.  304  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Treasurer,  yiT^.  J.  F.  Moreland,  1214  Grundy  St., 
Nashville,  Tenn. 


31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman,  Dudley. 
Secret  a  rv    ) 

and  '     vMiss  A.  E.  Farrington,    High  Point. 
Treasurer,  ) 

32.   TEXAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March.  1890 

President,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin.  Dallas. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Bo.x  563.  Dallas. 
Treasurer, Mr?,.   C.    1.    Scofield,    Lock    Bo.x   220. 
Dallas. 

33.   MONTANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  O  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,   4'.o  Dearborn   Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones.  Livingston. 

34.   PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  Allegheny. 
^Secretary,    Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennie.  Ridgway. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones,  51 1  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 

35.  OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Parker.  Kingfisher. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt.  Guthrie. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Hammer,  Oklahoma  City. 


36.   NE'W  JERSEY 

Including  District   of  Columbia,  M.^rvland, 
AND  Virginia 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 

THE  NEW  JERSEY    ASSOCIATION, 

Organized  March,  1891 

President,    Mrs.  A.  H    Bradford,  Montclair. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weeden,  Uf^per  Mont- 
clair. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150  Belleville  Ave., 
Newark. 


37.  UTAH 

Including  Southern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1891 

Reorganized  December.  1892 

President,    Mrs.    Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt   Lake 

City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  135  Sixth  St.,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett.  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Ida/to,  Mrs.  Oscar  Soiinenkalb,  Pocatello. 


38.  INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  April,  1892. 

President.  Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd.  Vinita. 
Secretary.  Miss  Louise  Graper.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 

39.  NEVADA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1852 

President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
.Secretary.    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.   NEW   MEXICO 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  November,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuquerque. 
Secretary,     Mrs   E.  W.   Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St., 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 


41.   BLACK  HILLS,   SO.   DAKOTA 

BLACK   HILLS   WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President,    Mrs.  T-  B.  Gossage.  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Secretary,    Mrs.   H.   H.  Gilchrist.   Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  Miss    Grace    Lyman.     Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills.  South  Dakota. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Field  Secretaries 

Rev.  W.  C.  I'lDnEi-dor,  South  Frarningham,  Mass. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Shklton,  Hirmin.i;hani,  Conn. 

Rev.  H.  I).  WiARD,  151  Wasliin>;ton  St.,  Chicago,  III. 

Superintendents 

Rev.  MORITZ  E.  Eversz,  D.D.,  German  Department,  151  Washington  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Scandinavian  Department, 

Kev.  Henry  A.  ScHAtrpFLKK,  D.I).,  Slavic  Department,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Kev.  Edw.  D.  Cl'KTis,  D.D Indianapolis,   [nd.         Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall Huron,  S.  Dak. 

Rev.  S.  K.  Gale Jacksonville,  Kla.         Rev.  H.  C.  Simmons Fargo,  N.  Dak. 

Rev.  J.  H.  MoRLRV Minneapolis,  Minn.  Denver,  Col. 

Rev.  Alpreb  K.  Wrav Springfield,  Mo.         Rev.  W.  S.  Hawkes Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

kev.  L.  P.  Broad Topeka,  Kan.         Rev.  J.  K.  Harrison San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Kev.  E.  H.  AsH.Mi'N Albuquerque,  N.  !\I.         Rev.  James  T.  Ford Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Kev.  A.  Jl'DSON  Hailev Seattle,  Wash.         Rev.  C.  F.  Claim- Forest  Grove,  Ore. 

Kev.  T.  G.  Grassie : Ashland,  Wis.         ,,        -j.  -iir    t„.._„   r,  n         t  511  Woodland  Terrace, 

,,         .     A    „  I  Black  Hills  and  WyoiTiing.  Ke\.  1.  w.  Jones,  1J.L>. ... -^       Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Kev.  A.  A.  HRO\NN...-|  ^^^^  Springs,  South  Dakota.         Rev.  W.  S.  Belt Helena,  Men. 

Rev.  Harmon  Bross Lincoln,  Neb.        Rev.  S.  C.  McDaniki Atlanta,  Ga. 

Rev.  S.  E.  Bassett  (Supt.  Alabama) Ft. Valley,  Ga.        Rev.  J.  Homer  Pakkek Kingfisher,  Okl. 

Secretaries  and   Treasurers 

of  the  Auxiliaries 

Kev.  Jonathan  E.  Adams,  D.D.,  Secretary..  .Maine  Missionary  Society Bangor,  Me. 

John  L.  Crosrv,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "       Bangor,  Me. 

Rev.  A.  T.  Hillman,  Secretary New  Hampshire  Home  Miss.  Society Concord.  N.  H. 

Hon.  Lvman  D.  Stevens,  Treasurer "  "  "         "  "       ..  ..Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  Secretary Vermont  Domestic  "  "       St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Wm.  C.  Tyler,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Rev.  Joshua  CoiT,  Secretary Massachusetts  Home         "  "       . . . .  I  9  Cong'l  House, 

Rev.  Edwin  B.  Palmer,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       f  Boston,  Mass. 

Rev.  Alexander  McGregor,  Secretary Rhode  Island  "  "       .. .  .Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

Jos.  Wm.  Rice,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "       ...  .Providence,  R.  I. 

Rev.  William  H.  Mooke,  Secretary Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut Hartford,  Conn. 

Ward  W.  Jacobs,  F^sq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  Hartford,  Conn. 

Rev.  Ethan  Cirtis,  Secretary New  York  Home  Miss.  Society Syracuse,  N.  V. 

William  Spalding,  Treasurer "  "         "  "       Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Eraser,  D.D.,  Secretary Ohio  "  "  "        Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Wm.  B.  HowLAND,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       New  York  City. 

Rev.  James  Tompkins,  D.D..  Secretary Illinois  "  "  "        I  151  Washington  St., 

Aaron  B.  Mead,  Esq.,   Treasurer "  "■  "  "       I         Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Homer  W.  Carter,  Secretary Wisconsin       "  "  "        Beloit,  Wis. 

CM.  Blackman,  Esq..  Treasurer "  "  "  "        Whitewater,  Wis. 

Rev.  T.  O.  DoiGL.\ss,  D.D. ,  Secretary Iowa  "  "  "       CJrinnell,  Iowa. 

I.  H.  Merrill,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "        Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Rev.  William  H.  Warren,  Secretary Michigan  Congregational  Association. .  .Lansing,  Mich. 

Rev.  John  P.  Sanderson,  Treasurer "  "  "  ..  .Lansing,  Mich. 

Geo.  H.  Morgan,  Secretary Cong.  City  Miss.  Society St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Rev.  Arch'd  L.  I-ove,  Superintendent "         "        "  "       St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Lewis  E.  Snow,  Treasurer "        "       "  "      St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Communications 

relating  to  general  business  of  the  Society  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries  for  Correspondence. 
Communications  relating  to  the  Editorial  Department  of  the  Home  Missionary  may  be  addressed  to  Rev. 
Alex.  H.  Clapp,  D.D.,  Correspondence  of  the  Woman's  Department  may  be  addressed  to  Mrs.  H.  S. 
Caswell,  Bible  House,  New  York. 

Donations    and   Subscriptions 

in  Drafts.  Checks,  Registered  Letters,  or  Post-Office  Orders  may  be  addressed  to  Wm.  B.  Howland,  Treasurer, 
Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  PAYMENT  OF  $50  CONSTITUTES  A  LIFE  MEMBER 


Form  of  a  Bequest 


I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trust,  to  pay  over  the  same, 

in  months  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is  payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer 

of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  twenty-si.\,  to  be  applied  to  the  charitable  use  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


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Major-General   Oliver  O.  Howard 

President. 

Rev.  David  B.  Coe,   D.D.,   Honorary   Secretary 
Rev.  Alexander  H.   Clapp,   D.D.,   Honorary    Treasurer 

Secretaries  for   Correspondence 
Rev.  Joseph  B.  Clark,  D.D. 

Rev.  William  Kincaid,  D.D. 

Rev.  Washington  Choate,  D.D. 

Mr.  William  B.  Rowland,   Treasurer 

Executive  Comtnittee 

Wm.  Ives  Washburn,  Esq.,  Chairman 

Asa  a.  Spear,  Esq.,  Recording  Secretary 

Rev.  William  M.  Taylor,  D.D. 

Mr.  Charles  H.  Parsons 

Rev.  James  G.  Roberts,  D.D. 

Rev.  Samuel  H.  Virgin,  D.D. 

Mr.  Joseph  Wm.  Rice 

Mr.  Herbert  M.  Dixon 

Rev.  Robert  R.  Meredith,  D.D, 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Richards,  D.D. 

Mr.  George  P,  Stockwell 

Rev,  Robert  J.  Kent 

Rev.  John  D.  Kingsbury,  D.D, 

Mr.  George  W.  Hebard 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Stimson,  D.D. 


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New  York 
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Bible  House,  Astor  Place 

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Contents  for  November,  1894 


I'AGE 

The  Minute-Man  on  the  Frontier. .  361 

Our  Work  in  Idaho 373 

Our  Boys'  and  Girls'  H.  M.  Army. .  374 
Some  Phases  of  Work  in  Kansas..  374 

Reports  of  Awakening 375 

The  Rally  Exercise 376 

The  Way  It  Is  Done 377 

Paid  for  Being  Laughed  At 378 

Have  You  Received  Them  ? 379 

On  a  New  Field 379 

Work  in  Texas 380 

Our  Boys  and  Girls 381 

From  the  Wide  Field 381 

The  Thing  To  Do 885 

Home  Missions  in  Connecticut 385 


PAGE 

Pastors,  Superintendents   and 

Teachers 388 

The  Wisconsin  Forest  Fires 388 

Progress  in  the  South 389 

Parents 390 

A  City  Mission 390 

Home    Missions    in    Arizona    and 

New  Mexico 391 

From  Knoxville,  Tenn 393 

A  Rescue  Fund 393 

Pray  for  It 39S 

Joyful  Tidings 395 

Treasury  Note 396 

Not  All  Dark 397 

Rally  Day 397 


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Vol.  LXVII  NOVEMBER,   1894  No.  7 

THE    MINUTE-MAN    ON    THE    FRONTIER 

Bv  Rkv.  \V.  Ct.  Puddefooi',  Field  Skcreiarv 

HT^  minute-men  at  the  front  are  the  nation's  cheapest 
poHcemen  ;  and  strange  as  it  may  seem,  these  men 
stand  in  vital  relations  to  all  the  great  cities  of  the 
country  from  which  they  are  so  far  removed.  It  is 
a  well-known  fact  that  every  city  owes  its  life  and 
increase  to  the  fresh  infusion  of  country  blood,  and 
it  depends  largely  on  the  purity  of  that  blood  as 
to  what  the  moral  condition  of  the  city  shall  be. 
Therefore  it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  1;hat  Zion's  watchmen  shall  lift 
up  their  voices  day  and  night,  until  not  only  the  wilderness  shall  be  glad 
because  of  them,  but  that  the  city's  walls  may  be  named  Salvation  and  her 
gates  Praise. 

Let  us  make  the  rounds  among  our  minute-men  to  see  how  they  live 
and  what  they  do.  Our  road  leads  along  the  Grand  Rapids  and  Indiana 
Railway.  All  day  long  we  have  been  flitting  past  new  towns,  and  toward 
night  we  plunge  into  the  dense  forests  with  only  here  and  there  an  open- 
ing. The  fresh  perfume  of  the  balsam  invades  the  cars,  the  clear  trout- 
streams  pass  and  repass  under  the  track,  a  herd  of  deer  scurry  yonder,  and 
once  we  see  a  huge  black  bear  swaying  between  two  giant  hemlocks. 

At  eleven  p.m.  we  leave  the  train.  There  is  a  drizzling  rain  through 
which  we  see  a  half-dozen  twinkling  lights.  As  the  train  turns  a  curve  we 
"Ose^sight  of  its  red  lights  and  feel  we  have  lost  our  best  friend.  A  little 
boy,  the  sole  human  being  in  sight,  is  carrying  a  diminutive  mail  bag. 
The  sidewalk  is  only  about  thirty-six  feet  long.  Then  among  the  stumps 
we  wind  our  slippery  way,  and  at  last  reach  the  only  frame  house  for 
miles.  To  the  north  and  east  we  see  a  wilderness  with  here  and  there  a 
hardy  settler's  hut  ;  sometimes  a  wagon  with  a  cover  and  the  stump  of  a 
stove-pipe  sticking  through  the  top. 

After  climbing  the  stairs,  which  are  destitute  of  a  balustrade,  we  enter 


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our  room.  It  is  carpeted  with  a  horse  blanket.  Starting  out  with  a 
lumber  wagon  next  morning,  with  axes  and  whipsaw  we  hew  our  way 
through  the  forest  to  another  line  of  railway— and  returning,  are  asked 
by  the  people  in  the  settlement,  "  Will  it  ever  be  settled  ?  "  "  Could 
a  man  raise  apples?"  "  Snow  too  deep?"  "Mice  girdle  all  the  trees, 
eh  ? "  etc. 

Five  years  later,  on  a  sleeping-car,  we  open  our  eyes  in  the  morning, 
and  what  a  change  !  The  little  solitary  stations  that  we  passed  before  are 
surrounded  with  houses.     White  puffs  of  steam  come  snapping  out  from 

factories.  A  weekly  paper,  a  New- 
York  and  Boston  store,  and  the 
five  and  ten-cent  counter  store 
are  among  the  developments. 
Our  train  sweeps  onward,  miles 
beyond  our  first  stop,  and  in- 
stead of  the  lonely  lodging- 
house,  palatial  hotels  invite  us, 
bands  of  music  are  playing,  the 
bay  is  a  scene  of  magic,  here  a 
little  naphtha  launch  and  there 
a  steam  yacht,  and  then  a  mighty 
steamer  that  makes  the  dock 
cringe  its  whole  length  as  she 
slowly  ties  up  to  it. 

Night  comes  on,  but  the 
woods  are  as  light  as  day  with 
electric  lights.  Rustic  houses  of 
artistic  design  are  on  every  hand. 
Here,  where  it  was  thought 
apples  could  not  be  raised  be- 
cause of  mice  and  deep  snow,  is  a  great  Western  Chautauqua. 

Eighty  thousand  people  are  pushing  forward  into  the  northern  coun- 
ties of  this  great  State.  Roads,  bridges,  schoolhouses — all  are  building. 
Most  of  the  settlers  are  poor,  sometimes  having  to  leave  part  of  then- 
furniture  to  pay  freight.  They  are  from  all  quarters  of  our  own  and  other 
lands.  Here  spring  up  great  mill  towns,  mining  towns,  and  county 
seats,  and  here  too  our  minute-man  comes.  What  can  he  do  ?  Nearly 
all  the  people  are  here  to  make  money.  He  has  neither  church,  parsonage, 
nor  a  membership  to  start  with.  Here  he  finds  towns  with  twenty  saloons 
in  a  block,  opera  house  and  electric  plants,  dog  fights,  men  fights,  no  Sab- 
bath, but  an  extra  day  for  amusements  and  debauchery.  The  minute-man 
is  ready  for  any  emergency  ;  he  takes  chances  that  would  appall  a  town 
minister.     He  finds  a  town  without  a  single  house  that  is  a  home  ;  he  has 


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missed  his  train  at  a  funeral.  It  is  too  cold  to  sleep  in  the  woods,  and  so 
he  walks  the  streets. 

A  saloon-keeper  sees  him.  "  Hello,  Elder  !  Did  ye  miss  yer  train  ? 
Kind  o'  tough,  eh  ?  "  with  a  laugh.  "  Well,  ye  ken  sleep  in  the  saloon  if 
ve  ken  stand  it."  And  so  down  on  the  floor  he  goes,  comf(jrting  himself 
with  the  text.  '•  Though  1  make  my  bed  in  hell,  behold.  Thou  art  there." 

Another  minute-man  in  another  part  of  the  country  finds  a  town  given 


up  to  wickedness  He  gets  his 
frugal  lunch  in  a  saloon,  the  only 
place  for  him. 

"  Are  you  a  preacher  ?  " 
"  Yes." 
''  Thought  so.     You  want  to  preach  ?  " 
"  I  don't  know  where  I  can  get  a  hall. " 

"  Oh,  stranger,  I'll  give  ye  my  dance  hall  ;  jest  the  thing,  and  I  tell  ye 
we  need  preaching  here  bad." 
"  Good  ;  I  will  preach." 

The  saloon  man  stretches  a  large  piece  of  cotton  across  his  bar,  and 
writes  : 

"  Divine  service  in  this  place  from  ten  .\.m.  to  twelve  to-morrow.  No 
drinks  served  during  service." 

It  is  a  strange  crowd  :  there  are  university  men,  and  men  who  never 
saw  a  school.  With  some  little  trembling  the  minute-man  begins,  and  as 
he  speaks  he  feels  more  freedom  and  courage.  At  the  conclusion  the 
host  seizes  his  big  hat,  and  with  a  revolver  commences  to  take  up  a  col- 


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lection,  remarking  that  they  had  had  some  pretty  straight  slugging.  On 
the  back  seats  are  a  number  of  what  are  called  five-cent-ante  men,  and  as 
they  drop  in  small  coin,  he  says : 

"  Come,  boys,  ye  have  got  to  straddle  that." 

He  brings  the  hat  to  the  parson  and  empties  a  large  collection  on  the 
table. 

"  But  what  can  I  do  with  these  colored  things?  " 

"  Why,  pard,  them's  chips,  every  one  redeemable  at  the  bar  in  gold." 

Sometimes  the  minute-man  has  a  harder  time.  A  scholarly  man  who 
now  holds  a  high  position  in  New  England  was  a  short  time  since  in  a 
mountain  town  where  he  preached  in  the  morning  to  a  few  people  in  an 
empty  saloon,  and  announced  that  there  would  be  service  in  the  same 
place  in  the  evening.  But  he  had  reckoned  without  his  host.  By  evening 
it  was  a  saloon  again  in  full  blast.     Nothing  daunted,  he  began  outside. 

The  men  lighted  a  tar  barrel  and  began  to  raffle  off  a  mule.  Just  then 
a  noted  bravo  of  the  camps  came  down,  and  quick  as  a  flash  his  shooting- 
irons  were  out,  and  with  a  voice  like  a  lion  he  said  : 

"  Boys,  I  drop  the  first  one  that  interferes  with  this  service." 

Thus  under  guard  from  unexpected  quarters,  the  preacher  spoke  to  a 
number  of  men  who  had  been  former  church  members  in  the  far  East. 


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Often  these  minute-men  must  build  their  own  houses  and  live  in  such 
a  rough  society  that  wife  rmd  children  must  stay  behind  for  some  years. 
One  minute-man  built  a  httle  hut  whose  roof  was  shingled  with  oyster 
cans.  His  room  was  so  small  that  he  could  pour  out  his  coffee  at  the 
table,  and  without  getting  up  turn  his  llapjacks  on  the  stove.  A  traveling 
missionary  visiting  him,  asked  him  where  he  slept.  He  opened  a  little 
traji-door  in  tiie  ceiling,  and  as  the  good  woman  peered  in  she  said  : 

"  Why,  you  can't  stand  up  in  that  place  !  " 

"  Bless  your  soul,  madam,"  he  exclaimed,  "  a  Home  Missionary  doesn't 
sleep  standing  up." 

Strapping  a  bundle  of  books  on  his  shoulders,  this  minute-man  starts 
out  on  a  mule  trail.  If  he  meets  the  train  he  must  step  off  and  climb 
back.  He  reaches  the  distant  camp,  and  fmds  the  boys  by  the  dozen 
gambling  in  an  immense  saloon.  He  steps  up  to  the  bar  and  requests 
the  liberty  of  singing  a  few  hymns.     The  man  answers  surlily  : 

''  Ye  ken  if  ye  like,  but  the  boys  won't  stand  it." 

The  next  minute  a  rich  baritone  begins,  "What  a  friend  we  have  in 
Jesus,"  and  twenty  heads  are  lifted.     He  then  says  : 

"  Boys,  take  a  hand  ;  here  are  some  books."  And  in  less  than  ten 
minutes  he  has  a  male  choir  of  many  voices.  One  says  :  "  Pard,  sing 
number  so  and  so";  and  another,  ''Sing  number  so  and  so."  By  this 
time  the  saloon-keeper  is  growling,  but  it  is  of  no  use  ;  the  minister  has 
the  boys,  and  starts  his  work. 

In  some  camps  a  very  different  reception  awaits  him,  as,  for  instance, 
the  following  :  At  his  appearance  a  wild-looking  Buffalo-Bill  type  of 
man  greeted  him  with  an  oath  and  a  pistol  leveled  at  him. 

"  Don't  yer  know  thar's  no  luck  in  camp  with  a  preacher  ?  We  are 
going  to  kill  ye." 

'•Don't  you  know,"  said  the  minute-man,  "a  minister  can  draw  a 
bead  as  quick  as  any  irian  ?  "  The  boys  gave  a  loud  laugh,  for  they 
love  grit,  and  the  rough  slunk  away.     But  a  harder  trial  followed. 

"  Glad  to  see  ye,  pard  ;  but  ye'll  have  to  set  'em  up  'fore  ye  commence 
— rule  of  the  camp,  ye  know."  But  before  our  man  could  frame  an 
answer,  the  hardest  drinker  in  the  crowd  said  : 

"  Boys,  he  is  the  fust  minister  as  has  had  the  sand  to  come  up  here, 
and  I'll  stand  treat  for  him." 

It  is  a  great  pleasure  to  add  that  the  man  who  did  this  is  to-day  a 
Christian. 

One  man  is  found  on  our  grand  round,  living  w'ith  a  wife  and  a  large 
family  in  a  church.  The  church  building  had  been  too  cold  to  worship  in, 
and  so  they  gave  it  to  him  for  a  parsonage.  The  man  had  his  study  in 
the  belfry,  and  had  to  tack  a  carpet  up  to  keep  his  papers  from  blowing 
into  the  lake.     This  man's  life  was  in  constant  jeopardy,  and  he  always 


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carried  two  large  revolvers.  He  had  been  the  cause  of  breaking  up  the 
stockade  dens  of  the  town,  and  rufifians  were  hired  to  kill  him.  He  seemed 
to  wear  a  charmed  life— but  then,  he  was  over  six  feet  high  and  weighed 
more  than  two  hundred  pounds.  Some  of  the  facts  that  this  man  could 
narrate  are  unreportable. 

The  lives  lost  on  our  frontiers  to-day  through  sin  m  all  its  forms  are 
legion,  and  no  man  realizes  as  well  as  the  Home  Missionary  what  it  costs 
to  build  a  new  country  :  on  the  other  hand,  no  man  has  such  an  oppor- 
tunity to  see  the  growth  of  the  kingdom. 

There  died  in  Beloit,  in  July,  the  Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter,  a  man  who  had 


MINUTE-MAN    CARTING   FOUNDATION    STONES    FOR    CHURCH    BUILDING 


been  a  Home  Missionary.  His  jield  was  at  Fort  Brady  before  Chicago  had 
its  name.  His  church  was  largely  composed  of  soldiers,  and  when  the 
men  were  ordered  to  Fort  Dearborn,  he  went  with  them  and  organized 
what  is  now  known  as  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicago.  This 
minute-man  lived  to  see  Chicago  one  million  two  hundred  thousand  strong. 
We  should  have  lost  the  whole  Pacific  Slope  but  for  our  minute-man, 
the  glorious  and  heroic  Whitman,  who  not  only  carried  his  wagon  over 
the  Rockies,  but  came  back  through  stern  winter  and  past  hostile  sav- 
ages, and  by  hard  reasoning  with  Webster  and  others  secured  that  vast 
possession  for  us.     As  a  nation  we  owe  a  debt  we  can  never  repay  to  the 


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soldiers  of  the  cross  at  the  front,  who  have  endured  (and  endure  to-day) 
hardsliips  of  every  kind.  They  are  cut  off  from  the  society  which  they 
love  ;  often  they  hve  in  dugouts,  sometimes  in  rooms  over  a  saloon  ;  going 
weeks  without  fresh  meat,  sometimes  suffering  from  hunger,  and  for  a 
long  time  without  a  cent  in  the  house.  Yet  who  ever  heard  them  com- 
plain ?  Their  great  grief  is  that  fields  lie  near  to  them  white  for  the  harvest, 
while,  with  hands  already  full,  they  can  only  pray  the  Lord  of  the  harvest 
to  send  forth  more  laborers. 

Often  there  is  but  one  man  preaching  in  a  county  which  is  larger  than 
Massachusetts.  He  is  cut  off  from  libraries,  ministers'  meetings,  and  to  a 
large  extent  from  the  sympathies  of  more  fortunate  brethren,  and  is  often 
unable  to  send  his  children  to  college.  These  men  still  stand  their  ground 
until  they  die,  ofttimes  unknown,  but  leaving  foundations  for  others  to 
build  on. 

One  place  visited  by  a  general  missionary  was  so  full  of  reckless  men 
that  the  station  agent  always  carried  a  revolver  from  his  house  to  the 
railway  station.  A  vile  variety  show,  carried  on  by  abandoned  women, 
was  kept  open  day  and  night.  Sunday  was  the  noisiest  day  of  all.  Yet 
in  this  place  a  church  was  formed,  and  many  men  and  women,  having 
found  a  leader,  were  ready  to  take  a  stand  for  the  right. 

I  am  not  writing  of  the  past,  for  all  the  conditions  that  I  have  spoken 
of  exist  in  hundreds,  yes,  thousands,  of  places  all  over  the  land.  One 
does  not  need  to  go  to  the  far  West  to  find  them  ;  they  exist  in  every 
State  of  the  Union,  only  varying  in  their  types  of  sin. 

Visiting  a  Home  Missionary  within  two  hours'  ride  of  the  capital  in  a 
State  not  four  hundred  miles  from  the  Atlantic,  I  found  the  man  in  one 
of  the  most  desolate  towns  I  ever  saw.  The  most  prosperous  families 
were  earning  on  an  average  five  dollars  a  week,  store  pay.  All  were  in 
debt.  When  the  missionary  announced  his  intention  of  going,  he  was 
warned  that  it  was  not  safe,  but  that  did  not  alter  his  plans. 

The  first  service  was  held  in  a  schoolhouse  whose  door  panels  were 
out  and  not  a  pane  of  glass  unbroken.  A  roaring  torrent  had  to  be 
passed  on  an  unsteady  plank  bridge,  over  which  the  women  and  children 
crawled  on  hands  and  knees.  It  was  dark  when  they  came.  The 
preacher  could  see  the  gleam  of  the  men's  eyes  from  their  grimy  faces  as 
the  lanterns  flickered  in  the  draughts.  He  began  to  preach.  Soon  white 
streaks  were  on  the  men's  cheeks,  as  tears  from  eyes  unused  to  weeping 
rolled  down  those  black  faces.  At  the  close  a  church  was  organized,  a 
reading-room  was  added,  and  many  a  boy  was  saved  from  the  saloon  by 
it.  Yet,  strange  to  say,  although  the  owners  (church  members,' too)  had 
cleared  a  million  out  of  those  mines,  the  money  to  build  the  needed  church 
and  parsonage  had  to  be  sent  from  the  extreme  East. 

Hundreds   of   miles   eastward    I    have   found  men  living,   sixty  and 


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seventy  in  number,  in  a  lono;  luit,  their  food  cooked  in  a  great  pot,  out  of 
whicii  tliey  dipped  their  meals  with  a  tin  dipper.  No  less  than  seventy- 
five  thousand  Slovaks  live  in  this  one  State,  and  their  only  spiritual 
counsel  conies  from  a  few  Bible-readers.  Ought  we  not  then,  as  Chris- 
tians, to  help  those  already  there,  and  give  of  our  plenty  to  send  the  men 
needed  to  carry  the  light  to  the  thousands  of  places  that  as  yet  sit  in  the 
darkness  and  the  shadow? 

HOW    THE    HOME    MISSIONARY    BEGINS    WORK    IN    THE    NEW    COMMUNITY 

First,  pastoral  visiting  is  absolutely  necessary  to  success.  The  feelings 
of  newcomers  are  tender  after  breaking  the  home  ties  and  getting  to  the 
new  home,  and  a  visit  from  the  pastor  is  sure  to  bring  satisfactory  results. 
Sickness  and  death  offer  him  opportunities  for  doing  much  good,  especially 
among  the  poor,  and  they  are  always  the  most  numerous. 

Some  very  pathetic  cases  come  under  every  missionary's  observation. 
Once  a  man  called  at  the  parsonage  and  asked  for  the  elder,  saying  that 
a  man  had  been  killed  some  miles  away  in  the  woods,  and  the  family 
wanted  the  missionary  to  preach  the  funeral  sermon.  The  next  morning 
a  ragged  boy  came  to  pilot  the  minister.  The  way  led  through  virgin 
forests  and  black  ash  swamps.     A  light  snow  covered  the  ground  and 


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made  traveling'  (lifficult,  as  much  of  the  way  was  blocked  by  fallen  trees. 
After  two  Iioiirs'  walkint^:  the  house  was  reached,  and  here  was  the  widow 
with  her  lar<;e  family,  most  of  them  in  borrowed  clothes  ;  the  supervisor, 
a  few  rough  men,  and  a  county  coffin.  The  minister  hardly  knew  what  to 
say,  but  remembering  that  that  morning  a  large  box  had  been  sent  con- 
taining a  number  of  useful  articles,  he  made  Ood's  providence  his  theme. 
A  few  days  after,  the  bo.\  was  taken  to  the  widow's  home.  When  they 
reached  the  shanty  they  found  two  little  bunks  inside.  Her  only  stove 
was  an  oven  taken  from  an  old-fashioned  cook-stove.  The  oven  stood 
on  a  dry-goods  box. 

The  missionary  said  :  "  Why,  my  poor  woman,  you  will  freeze  with  this 
wretched  fire." 

"  No,"  she  said  ;  "  it  ain't  much  for  cookir.g  and  washing,  but  it's  a  good 
little  heater." 

A  few  white  beans  and  small  potatoes  were  all  her  store,  with  winter 
coming  on  apace.  When  she  saw  the  good  things  for  eating  and  wearing 
that  had  been  brought  to  her,  she  sobbed  out  her  thanks. 

In  the  busy  life  of  a  missionary  the  event  was  soon  forgotten,  until 
one  day  a  woman  said  :  "  Elder,  do  you  recollect  that  'ar  Mrs.  Sisco  ?" 

"Yes." 

"  She  is  down  with  a  fever,  and  so  are  the  children." 

At  this  news  the  minister  started  with  the  doctor  to  see  her.  As  they 
neared  the  place  he  noticed  some  red  streaks  gleaming  in  the  woods,  and 
asked  what  they  were. 

"Oh,"  said  the  doctor,  "that  is  from  the  widow's  house.  She  had  to 
move  into  a  stable  of  the  deserted  lumber  camp." 

The  chinks  had  fallen  out  from  the  logs,  and  hence  the  gleam  of  fire. 
The  house  was  a  study  in  shadows  :  the  floor  stick)^  with  mud  brought  in 
with  the  snow,  the  debris  of  a  dozen  meals  on  the  table  ;  a  lamp  without 
chimney  or  bottom,  stuck  into  an  old  tomato  can,  gave  its  flickering  light, 
and  revealed  the  poor  woman,  with  nothing  to  shield  her  from  the  storm 
but  a  few  paper  flour-sacks  tacked  back  of  the  bed.  Two  or  three  chairs, 
the  children  in  the  other  bed,  the  baby  in  a  little  soap-box  on  rockers, 
were  all  the  wretched  hovel  contained.  Medicine  was  left  her,  and  the 
minister's  watch  for  her  to  time  it.  He  exchanged  his  watch  for  a  clock 
the  next  day.  By  great  persuasion  the  proper  authorities  were  made  to 
put  her  in  the  poorhouse,  and  she  was  lost  to  sight  ;  but  there  was  a  bright 
ending  in  her  case. 

About  a  year  after,  a  rosy-faced  woman  called  at  the  parsonage.  The 
pastor  said  :  "  Come  in  and  have  some  dinner." 

"  I  got  some  one  waiting,"  she  said. 

"  Why,  who  is  that  ?" 

"  My  new  man." 


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*'  What,  you  married  again  ?  " 

"  Yes  ;  and  we  are  just  going  up  after  the  rest  of  the  traps  up  at  the 
shanty,  and  I  called  to  see  whether  you  would  give  me  the  little  clock  for 
a  keepsake  ? " 

"  Oh,  yes." 

Away  she  went,  as  happy  as  a  lark.  Less  than  two  years  from  the  time 
she  was  left  a  widow,  a  rich  old  uncle  found  in  her  his  long-lost  niece,  and 
the  woman  became  heiress  to  thousands  of  dollars. 

Sometimes  dreadful  scenes  are  witnessed  at  funerals  where  strong 
drink  has  suddenly  finished  the  career  of  father  or  mother.  At  the 
funeral  of  a  little  child  smothered  by  a  drunken  father,  the  mother  was 
too  sick  to  be  up  at  the  funeral,  the  father  too  drunk  to  realize  what  was 
taking  place,  and  twice  the  service  was  stopped  by  drunken  men.  At 
another  funeral  a  dog-fight  began  under  the  coffin.  The  missionary 
kicked  the  dogs  out  and  resumed  as  well  as  he  could. 

At  another  wretched  home  the  woman  was  found  dying,  the  husband 
drunk,  no  food,  mercury  ten  degrees  below  zero,  and  the  little  children 
nearly  perishing  with  cold.  The  drunken  man  pulled  the  bed  from  under 
his  dying  wife  while  he  went  to  sleep.  His  awakening  was  terrible,  and 
the  house  crowded  at  the  funeral  with  morbid  hearers. 

In  one  town  visited,  a  county  town  at  that,  the  roughs  had  buried  a 
man  alive,  leaving  his  head  above  ground,  and  then  preached  a  mock 
funeral  sermon,  remarking  as  they  left  him  :  "  How  natural  he  looks." 

As  the  nearest  minister  is  miles  away,  the  missionary  has  to  travel 
many  miles  in  all  weathers  to  the  dying  and  dead.  Visiting  the  sick  and 
sitting  up  with  those  with  dangerous  diseases  soon  cause  the  worst  of  men 
not  only  to  respect  but  to  love  the  missionary,  and  no  man  has  the  mold- 
ing of  a  community  so  much  in  his  hands  as  the  courageous  and  faithful 
servant  of  Christ.  The  first  missionary  on  the  field  leaves  his  stamp 
indelibly  fixed  on  the  new  village.  Towns  left  without  the  Gospel  for 
years  are  the  hardest  of  all  places  in  which  to  get  a  footing.  Some  towns 
have  been  without  service  of  any  kind  for  years,  and  some  of  the  young 
men  and  women  have  never  seen  a  minister.  There  are  townships  to-day 
even  in  New  York  State  without  a  church,  and,  strange  as  it  may  seem, 
there  are  more  churchless  communities  in  Illinois  than  in  any  other  State 
in  the  Union.  Until  two  years  ago  Black  Rock,  with  a  population  of 
5,000,  had  no  church  or  Sunday-school.  Meanwhile  such  is  the  condition 
of  the  Home  Missionary  Society's  treasury  that  they  often  cannot  take  the 
students  who  offer  themselves,  and  the  churchless  places  increase. 

All  kinds  of  people  crowd  to  the  front — those  who  are  stranded, 
those  who  are  trying  to  hide  from  justice,  men  speculating.  Gambling 
dens  are  open  day  and  night,  Sundays  of  course  included,  the  men  run- 
ning them  being  relieved  as  regularly  as  guards  in  the  army. 


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In  purely  a,q;ricultural  districts  a  different  type  is  met  with.  Many  are 
so  poor  that  the  men  have  to  go  to  the  lumber  woods  part  of  the  year. 
The  women  thus  left  often  become  despondent,  and  a  very  larg-e  percent, 
in  the  insane  asylum  comes  from  this  class. 

One  family  lived  so  far  from  town  that  when  tlie  husband  died  thev 
were  obliged  to  make  his  coffni,  ;iiul  utilized  two  Hour  I)arrels  for  the  pur- 
pose. 

So  amid  all  sorts  and  c.)nditions  of  men  and  under  a  variety  of  circum- 
stances the  minute-man  lives, 
works,  and  dies,  too  often  for- 
gotten and  unsung,  but  remem- 
bered in  the  Rook  ;  and  when 
(iod  shall  make  up  his  jewels, 
some  of  the  brightest  gems  will 
be  found  among  the  pioneers 
who  carried  the  ark  into  the 
wilderness  in  advance  of  the 
roads,  breaking  through  the  for- 
est guided  by  the  surveyor's 
blaze  on  the  trees.  There  are 
hundreds  of  people  who  pierce 
into  the  heart  of  the  country  by 
going  up  the  rivers  before  a 
path  has  been  made.  In  one 
home  found  there,  the  minute- 
man  had  the  bed  m  a  big  room 
down-s-tairs,  while  the  man  with 
his  wife  and  nine  children  went 
up  steps  like  a  stable  ladder,  and 

slept  on  "shakedowns"  on  a  floor  supported  witii  four  rafters  which 
threatened  to  come  down.  But  the  minute-man,  too  tired  to  care,  slept 
the  sleep  of  the  just.  Often  not  so  fortunate  as  then,  he  finds  a  large 
family  and  but  one  room.  Once  he  missed  his  way  and  had  to  crawl 
into  two  empty  barrels  with  the  ends  knocked  out.  Drawing  them  as 
close  together  as  he  could  to  prevent  draughts,  he  had  a  short  sleep,  and 
awoke  at  four  a.  m.  to  find  that  a  house  and  bed  were  but  twenty  rods 
farther. 

In  a  new  village,  for  the  first  visit  all  kinds  of  plans  are  made  to  draw 
the  people  out.  Here  is  one  :  The  minute-man  calls  at  the  school  and 
asks  leave  to  draw  on  the  blackboard.  Teacher  and  scholars  are  delighted. 
After  entertaining  them  for  a  while,  he  says  :  "  Children,  tell  your  parents 
that  the  man  who  chalk-talked  to  you  will  preach  here  at  eight  o'clock." 
And  the  youngsters,  expecting  another  such  good  time  as  they  have  just 


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enjoyed,  come  out  in  force,  bringing  both  })arents  with  them.  The  village 
is  but  two  years  old.  At  first  the  people  had  the  drinking  water  brought 
five  miles  in  barrels  on  the  railroad,  and  for  washing  melted  the  snow. 
Then  they  took  maple  sap,  and  at  last  birch  ;  but,  "  Law,"  said  a  woman, 
"  it  was  dreadful  ironin'  !  " 

Here  was  a  genuine  pioneer,  his  house  of  logs,  hinges  wood,  latch 
ditto,  locks  none  :  a  black  bear,  three  squirrels,  a  turtle  dove,  two  dogs, 
and  a  'coon  made  up  his  earthly  possessions.       He  was  tired  of  the  place. 

"  Laws,  I'^lder,  when  I  fust  come  ye  could  kill  a  deer  close  by  and 
ketch  a  string  of  trout  off  the  door-steps,  but  everything  's  sp'iled.  Men 
beginning  to  wear  b'iled  shirts,  and  I  can't  stand  it.  I  shall  clear  as  soon 
as  I  can  git  out.     Don't  want  to  buy  that  b'ar,  do  ye  ?  " 

In  this  little  town  a  grand  minute-man  laid  down  his  life.  He  was  so 
anxious  to  get  the  church  paid  for  that  he  would  not  buy  an  overcoat. 
Through  the  hard  winter  he  often  fought  a  temperature  forty  degrees 
below  zero,  but  at  last  a  severe  cold  ended  in  his  death.  His  good  wife 
sold  her  wedding  gown  to  buy  an  overcoat,  but  all  too  late,  and  a  bride  of 
a  twelvemonth  went  out  a  widow  with  an  orphan  in  her  arms. 

Yet  the  children  of  (iod  are  said  to  add  to  their  already  large  store 
four  hundred  million  dollars  yearly,  and  some  think  of  building  a  ten  mill- 
ion dollar  temple  to  honor  God — while  temples  of  the  Holy  Ghost  are  too 
often  left  to  fall,  through  utter  neglect,  because  we  withhold  the  little  that 
would  save  them.  We  shall  never  conquer  the  heathen  world  for  Christ 
until  w'e  have  learned  the  v/ay  to  save  America.  Save  America,  and  we 
can  save  the  world. 


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[The  foregoing  graphic  article,  written  by  our  Field  Secretary  Puddefoot,  for  The 
Chatitauqtian,  was  printed  in  last  August's  issue  of  that  excellent  magazine.  With 
thanks  for  the  courteous  consent  of  its  editor,  we  transfer  it  to  these  pages,  adding  illus- 
trations mostly  drawn  expressly  for  the  article  by  "our  own  artist  on  the  spot." — 
Ed.  H.  M.] 


November,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  "  ^y;:, 

OUR    V^ORK    IN    IDAHO 

From  an  ICxpkriknckd  Business  Man's  Point  of  View 

"  As  a  citizen  of  the  town  of  Weiser,  I  desire  to  address  you  regarding 
the  work  of  Hoir.e  Missions  in  this  town  and  vicinity.  We  have  heard 
rumors  of  the  possibiHty  of  a  withdrawal  of  Mr.  Paddock  from  this  field. 

"  I  do  not  know  whether  or  not  the  Executive  Committee  are  informed 
as  to  the  situation  and  opportunities  here,  but  we  believe  that  Weiser  and 
vicinity  is  a  very  important  field,  for  the  reason  that  the  natural  devel- 
opment of  tlie  country  will  result  in  a  large  population  living  there 
within  the  next  few  years.  The  valleys  of  the  Snake  River  and  its  tribu- 
taries in  tills  part  of  Idaho  are  exceptionally  fertile,  affording  a  wider 
range  of  agricultural  and  horticultural  productions  than  any  other  part  of 
the  State,  and  most  parts  of  the  Northwest,  on  account  of  the  lower  alti- 
tude and  longer  warm  seasons.  A  railroad  will  soon  be  built  from  Weiser 
to  Lcwision,  in  the  northern  part  of  the  State,  where  it  will  connect  with 
the  systems  of  railroads  there,  giving  the  first  rail  communication  between 
tlie  north  and  south  parts  of  Idaho,  and  making  Weiser  the  most  accessi- 
ble town  in  the  State.  There  are  twenty-seven  post-offices  in  Washington 
County,  in  which  Weiser  is  situated,  some  of  which  will  soon  have  quite  a 
large  population,  and,  with  one  exception,  there  is  no  church  in  any  of  them 
besides  Weiser.  They  are  surrounded  with  the  finest  agricultural  valleys, 
and  are  already  somewhat  settled  with  a  fair  number  of  large  families. 
In  the  mountains  surrounding  these  valleys  are  some  of  the  richest  gold, 
silver,  and  copper  deposits  in  the  United  States.  The  opening  of  the 
railroad  above  mentioned  will  bring  a  great  population.  It  is  absolutely 
necessary  that  the  foundations  be  laid  for  crystallizing  the  sentiment  of 
this  population  for  religion  and  morality.  Already  hundreds  of  young 
people  are  growing  up  without  religious  influences.  To  get  them  away 
from  home  at  an  educational  institution  where  they  may  be  brought  into 
contact  with  religious  ideas,  is  the  only  way  to  reach  them  at  this  time, 
and  if  they  are  not  reached  soon  it  will  be  too  late.  It  needs  experience 
and  adaptation  to  these  conditions  to  deal  with  this  question  and  save  from 
irreligion  this  great  community  that  is  already  gathered,  and  which  will  be 
so  much  larger.  It  needs  as  a  leader  in  this  work  some  one  who  is  many- 
sided,  who  can  handle  the  material,  as  well  as  the  moral  and  religious, 
questions  which  arise.  It  needs  some  one  who  can  build  college  and 
church  edifices,  as  well  as  character.  You  sent  such  a  man  in  the  person 
of  Mr.  Paddock.  If  you  take  him  away  you  cannot  possibly  fill  his  place 
with  another.  You  can  put  some  one  here  who  will  'rattle  around  ';  but 
who  would  be  as  able  to  gather  up  the  forces  for  withstanding  the  pressure 


374  The  Home  Missionary  November,  1894 

of  evil  ?  I  have  had  a  large  observation  of  the  growth  of  new  communi- 
ties, and  realize  the  nature  of  the  elements  which  compose  them,  and  the 
qualifications  necessary  for  those  who  deal  with  them.  I  am  sure  that 
Mr.  Paddock  has  initiated  a  work  in  Weiser  and  vicinity  which  will  have 
great  results  if  not  interfered  with. 

"  Arrangements  have  been  made  which  will  give  something  of  a  land 
endowment  for  a  college.  It  includes  a  fine  site  for  the  institution,  which 
it  is  proposed  to  open  for  scholars  on  the  first  week  in  October.  I  assume 
that  5'ou  know  of  the  college  plan  as  an  auxiliary  to  the  church  work,  and 
that  you  approve  of  it.  There  are  indications  that  the  young  people  will 
try  to  take  advantage  of  the  opportunity  to  get  an  education.  Mr.  Pad- 
dock has  the  qualifications  for  leadership  in  that  department,  as  well  as 
the  church  work  proper.  He  has  the  confidence  and  sympathy  of  the 
community  to  a  greater  extent  than  any  other  active  man  I  ever  knew 
among  such  a  people.  I  write  this  without  knowing  his  feeling  regarding 
a  change,  and  certainly,  if  he  desires  a  change  that  ought  to  settle  it  ; 
but  my  impression  has  been  that  he  has  felt  the  importance  of  .staying  by 
this  work  until  such  progress  shall  have  been  made  that  no  question  would 
arise  regarding  its  success. 

"With  best  wishes  for  the  prosperity  of  your  Society,  I  remain, 
"  Yours  truly, 

"  H.  A.  Lee." 


To  THE  Boys'  and  Girls'  Homf.  Missionary  Army. — Your  Rally 
Day  always  occurs  on  the  Sunday  before  Thanksgiving,  so  that  it  will 
come  this  year  on  Sunday,  November  25th.  Schools,  regiments,  and 
companies  that  have  not  gotten  well  along  with  their  preparation  will  be 
wise  to  bestir  themselves  at  once.  The  time  is  getting  short,  but  there 
remains  enough  of  it,  if  ivell  improved,  to  make  Rally  Day  a  large  success. 
Much,  besides  your  own  pleasure  and  profit  at  the  time,  depends  on 
your  making  the  day  all  that  it  was  meant  to  be  and  may  be.  Will 
you  do  it  ? 


SOME    PHASES    OF    WORK    IN    KANSAS 

By  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie,  Missionary  Evangelist 

On  August  15  the  home  missionary  tent  was  pitched  in  Morris  County, 
four  miles  east  of  White  City,  in  a  purely  rural  district,  and  on  the  lot 
near  the  district  schoolhouse  in  which  our  White  City  church  is  holding 
a  mission  Sunday-school.     The  hope  was  to  reach  the  families  there,  of 


November,  1894  The  Home  Missionary"  375 

every  church  and  no  church,  and  get  them  closer  together.  The  time, 
as  men  look  upon  it,  was  most  inauspicious.  'l"he  hot  winds  had  burned 
the  corn  so  that  there  was  no  hope  of  grain,  and  every  hand  that  could 
work  was  in  the  field  cutting  the  stalks  for  fodder.  Yet  we  had  the 
attendance  of  most  of  the  residents  of  the  vicinity,  and  enough  from  a 
distance  to  tax  the  sealing  capacity  of  our  tent,  'i'he  congregation, 
though  partly  of  people  who  had  often  in  the  past  disturbed  meetings  in 
the  schoolhouse,  was  most  attentive.  Sixty-eight  signed  cards  as  enter- 
ing a  new  life.  On  these  sixty-eight  cards  I  found  five  post-office 
addresses,  the  attendance  coming  from  a  district  of  as  much  as  eighteen 
miles  in  diameter,  and  made  up  of  people  of  all  kinds  of  religious  ante- 
cedents, Catholics  and  Lutherans  being  numerous. 

This  is  true  of  about  one  million  of  our  Kansas  people,  only  here  the 
distances  are  at  the  minimum.  How  can  they  be  reached  by  a  Oospel 
and  a  pastorate  that  lifts  above  the  purely  subjective  in  religion  ? 

Now  about  the  result.  One  thousand  persons  in  this  district  have 
come  face  to  face  and  listened  to  a  Gqspel  which  puts  faith  before  feel- 
ing and  righteousness  before  emotion.  They  have  listened  gladly,  and, 
in  some  measure,  have  learned  of  the  one  church — "the  believers,  and 
Christ  in  the  midst."  Sixty  of  them  confess  to  having  turned  from  dark- 
ness to  light.  The  forming  of  organic  union  and  the  result  of  it  is  a  thing 
of  the  future.  The  Sunday-school  is  there.  Some  day,  soon,  they  will 
unite  in  the  sacrament  held  in  the  schoolhouse  by  our  White  City  church. 
Our  pastor  will  be  asked  to  baptize  some  of  their  children,  Catholic  and 
Lutheran.  Some  of  them  will  go  to  their  own  town  and  begin  there  a 
church  life. 

Financially  the  people  here  are  in  great  straits.  I  interviewed  perhaps 
a  hundred  men,  each  of  whom  said  :  '•'  My  loss  this  year  is  from  $400  to 
$2,000."  This  loss  means,  in  every  one  of  these  100  hom^s,  old  clothes, 
no  school  or  college,  less  food,  sellmg  of  something  upon  which  the 
ordinary  farmer  depends  for  his  income  ;  or,  in  one  way  or  another,  such 
economies  as  are  a  constant  burden.  These  people  were  never  wealthy. 
I  heard  no  complaint  ;  sometimes  a  real  word  of  courage  :  "  We  will  get 
through  somehow."  Some  of  us  are  believing  that  these  seasons  of 
sufferings  are  of  God — our  opportunity  to  bring  these  hearts  face  to  face 
with  him. 


REPORTS    OF    AWAKENING 

A  Glorious  Reviv.a.l. — Since  my  last  report  the  church  has  passed 
through  a  glorious  revival,  with  over  fifty  conversions.  In  several  cases 
husbands  and  wives  together  decided  for  Christ  and  came  into  the  church. 


T,j6  The   Home  Missionary  November,  1894 

As  these  are  mostly  from  families  already  identified  with  the  church,  it 
has  not  raised  our  contributions,  but  it  has  strengthened  us  spiritually. 
The  church  is  united  and  hard  at  work.  About  fifty  were  out  at  prayer- 
meeting  last  evening,  and  over  forty  of  them  are  active  Christians.  Our 
Christian  Endeavorers  have  grown  from  about  twelve  to  over  forty  mem- 
bers in  two  years,  and  many  promising  young  men  and  women  are  flock- 
ing to  our  church.  Last  Sunday  we  began  our  third  year  together,  and, 
aside  from  money  matters,  no  man  need  ask  a  more  favorable  beginning 
for  his  third  year. — Rev.  C.  H.  Bente,  Missouri. 


Quickened. — Our  special  evangelistic  services  reported  last  quarter 
resulted  in  a  quickening  of  the  whole  church,  and  an  addition  of  thirty- 
three  to  our  membership.  This  brings  our  total  up  to  one  hundred. 
Four  years  ago  we  had  eighteen. —  Washington. 


Revived. — We  have  just  closed  revival  meetings  conducted  by  Rev. 
C.  B.  Fellows,  of  Minneapolis.  Some  ten  were  seeking  salvation,  all  but 
two  of  whom  are  Scandinavians.  They  will  join  Swedish  churches,  as  1 
find  upon  investigation. — A.  A.  Davis,  Lakeland,  Minn. 


Temperance  Revival. — One  of  the  most  interesting  meetings  of 
my  four  years'  work  was  a  Temperance  Rally  on  a  week-day  night.  It 
was  a  strong  testimony  to  the  power  of  the  Gospel.  We  had  a  house 
packed  full,  and  I  felt  proud  of  my  company  as  I  stood  and  sang  two  or 
three  male  glees  with  a  double  quartet  of  men  who  had  been  reached  by 
the  power  of  God.  On  my  right  were  two  reformed  drunkards — one  a 
young  man,  the  other  an  English  butcher  who  had  gone  to  every  excess 
for  forty  years.  On  my  left  was  another  drinker,  a  painter  about 
twenty-seven  years  old,  who  had  loved  liquor  from  a  child,  and  who  was 
something  of  a  tramp  and  "  hobo."  Next  to  him  stood  a  carpenter  and 
builder  who  of  late  has  taken  an  active  part  in  our  Sunday-school  work. 
Then  came  an  ex-drinker  and  gambler,  and  next  a  leading  business  man 
of  the  town  who  has  tried  to  live  a  Christian  life  in  the  dark  for  over  a 
year,  but  has  come  out  and  ceased  to  hide  under  a  bushel. —  Washington. 


The  Rally  Exercise. — This  year's  Rally  Exercise  (No.  4)  is  very 
much  more  interesting  than  was  either  of  its  predecessors — good  as  they 
were.  It  is  in  two  parts:  (i)  Responsive  exercises  and  hymns;  (2) 
recitations  and  dialogues.     The  exercises  are  so  various  as  to  be  adapted 


November,  1894  The   Homc  Missionary  377 

to  scholars  of  all  aijes— ihe  little  tots  of  the  infant  class,  younger  boys 
and  girls,  young  nitrn  and  maidens  in  the  maturer  sections,  the  Bible 
classes,  etc.  Neither  scholars,  teachers,  nor  parents  can  fail  to  find  in  the 
service  that  which  will  both  entertain  and  profit.  But  the  exercises 
require  to  be  entered  into  with  spirit  and  animation. 


>  THE   WAY    IT    IS    DONE 

By  Superintendent  H.  Bross.  of  Xeiiraska 

Tins  month  has  been  filled  with  the  most  vigorous  and  exacting  field 
work  that  I  have  ever  done.  The  long,  hard  trips  that  have  been  made, 
the  earnest  efforts  which  have  been  required  to  secure  consolidation  of 
fields,  have  taxed  one  to  the  very  utmost.  There  seems,  from  the  con- 
dition of  things  in  the  country,  to  be  little  hope  of  any  addition  to  our 
apportionment,  so  I  have  been  at  work  with  the  utmost  resolutif)n  and 
endeavor  to  adjust  our  work  so  that  we  shall  not  be  swamped  at  the  latter 
jiart  of  our  home  missionary  year.  There  are  three  elements  of  hope  : 
the  noble  spirit  of  pastors  in  reducing  salaries,  until  it  is  a  question  how 
they  will  be  able  to  get  through  the  year  ;  this  spirit  being  met  by  a 
similar  spirit  of  sacrifice  on  the  part  of  the  people  ;  and  the  consolidation 
of  fields  so  as  to  make  one  minister  go  as  far  as  possible.  As  a  sample  of 
the  work  involved  in  securing  these  results,  I  give  you  the  programme  of 
a  week  :  Last  Friday  night  I  took  the  train  to  Aurora,  on  my  way  to  Bur- 
well  and  Taylor.  The  next  day  I  rode  nearly  all  day  on  a  mixed  train  in 
heat  and  dust,  and  was  met  by  Mr.  Bright  at  Burwell,  when  we  drove 
eighteen  miles  by  team.  The  next  morning  I  preached  on  "  the  claims 
of  the  church  on  the  community,"  and  had  a  conference  with  the  church 
in  which  matters  were  arranged  for  the  coming  year.  After  dinner,  Mr. 
Bright  drove  me  back  the  eighteen  miles  to  Burwell,  where  I  preached  in 
the  evening,  and  had  a  conference  with  the  church  and  congregation  at 
its  close.  The  deepest  solicitude  was  manifested  for  the  work,  as  had 
been  the  case  at  Taylor,  and  satisfactory  arrangements  were  made  for  its 
progress.  All  day  long  on  Monday  I  rode  on  a  mixed  train  and  a  freight 
train,  reaching  home  at  midnight.  Tuesday  was  devoted  to  clearing  u]) 
office  work,  and  Wednesday  I  rode  on  a  mixed  train  for  most  of  the 
day,  to  reach  Wilcox.  The  train  was  late  ;  it  was  after  nine  o'clock 
when  I  reached  the  church,  and  many  of  the  people  had  gone.  A  vigor- 
ous ringing  of  the  bell  brought  them  together  again,  and  I  met  the  repre- 
sentatives of  three  of  the  churches  in  the  vicinity  in  a  very  satisfactory 
meeting.      The   next   forenoon   I   boarded    the   mixed  train   for  Bladen, 


378  The   Home  Missionary  November,  1894 

where  I  had  a  conference  with  the  officials  of  the  Bladen  and  Campbell 
churches.  Pastor  Snow  drove  me  thence  ten  miles  to  Blue  Hill,  and  I 
then  took  a  mixed  train  and  freight  train  home,  arriving  about  two 
o'clock  in  the  morning.  It  will  take  me  until  about  midnight  to-night  to 
reach  my  appointment  by  train  and  team,  and  to-morrow  I  shall  ride 
eigliteen  miles  by  team,  preach  twice,  have  two  church  meetings,  and  drive 
eighteen  miles  Monday  morning  by  half-past  seven  to  take  the  train.  It 
IS  a  great  comfort,  however,  to  know  that  these  meetings  are  accomplish- 
ing great  good.  The  work,  of  course,  under  these  consolidations,  cannot 
be  as  efficient  as  we  could  wish  it,  but  I  believe  we  shall  be  able  to  bring 
it  within  the  apportionment  and  to  secure  fair  service  for  all  the  fields. 


PAID    FOR    BEING    LAUGHED    AT 

Two  years  ago  last  July,  shortly  after  my  coming  to  this  work,  a  young 
lady  of  twenty-one  years,  a  member  of  my  church,  wrote,  asking  me  to 
come  out  and  preach  in  their  schoolhouse,  saying  she  would  give  me  five 
dollars  for  it.  So  I  told  her  to  make  the  appointment.  The  Sabbath  ar- 
rived, and  1  went  the  longest  ten  miles,  through  sand  and  over  prairies,  that  I 
had  ever  traveled,  but  finally  reached  the  schoolhouse.  I  found  it  packed 
to  overflowing.  That  young  lady  had  walked  all  over  the  neighborhood, 
inviting  the  people  to  come  out  and  hear  the  first  English  sermon  preached 
in  that  township.  She  was  the  only  professing  Christian  in  all  the  vicinity, 
excepting  a  few  Swedish  Lutherans.  Never  in  my  life  did  I  preach  to 
such  an  attentive  audience  ;  they  seemed  to  be  hungry  for  the  Word. 
After  dismissing  the  audience,  I  said  to  the  lady  that  if  the  people  wished 
I  would  come  again  and  preach  to  them.  About  three  weeks  later  I 
received  another  letter  from  her,  saying  that  people  wished  me  to  come 
again,  but  she  did  not  want  nie  to  come  for  nothing,  though  the  people 
were  so  poor.     She  then  asked  if  I  was  going  to  keep  a  cow  when  I  moved 

to ;  "for,"  said  she,  "  I  have  read  of  ministers  living  in  larger  towns 

than who  keep  a  cow  "  ;  and  if  I  were  to  keep  one  she  would  give  me 

a  cow  if  I  would  come  out  and  preach  two  or  three  times  for  them.  "  I 
suppose  you  will  laugh  at  me,  but  I  must  do  something,  if  I  am  laughed 
at."  I  told  her  to  give  out  an  appointment  for  me,  and  I  would  be  there. 
"  But  how  about  the  cow  ?  "  she  asked.  I  said  :  "  Oh,  I  don't  believe  you 
can  afford  to  do  that."  "But  I  want  to."  "Then  you  may,"  said  I.  I 
have  the  cow,  a  good  one,  and  she  has  been  a  living  fountain  of  sweet, 
fresh  milk  flowing  to  us  ever  since.  Thank  God  for  the  "want-to's  !" 
Two  years  have  gone  by  since  then,  and  God  has  permitted  me  to  stand 


Noveml)ei,  1894  The   Hoiiie  Missionary  379 

before  that  people  every  two  weeks  on  Sabbath  afternoon  and  preach  to 
them  the  doctrine  of  the  Cross.  From  this  small  beginning  tliere  has 
grown  a  good  Sunday-school,  the  average  attendance  on  which  last  year 
was  thirty-three  and  a  half,  many  coming  six  miles  every  Sabbath.  On 
Sunday,  August  5th,  I  held  a  grove  meeting  near  the  schoolhouse,  preached 
to  over  700  i^eople,  and  after  preaching  organized  a  union  church  of  ten 
young  people,  four  of  whom  are  common-school  teachers,  and  then  bap- 
tized three  in  the  lake  near  by. 

IMiese,  dear  brethren,  are  some  of  the  victories  that  we  have  been  en- 
abled to  accomplish  through  the  grace  of  God  and  the  Home  Missionary 
Society's  help,  and  we  hope  the  results  will  still  increase.  When  we  think 
of  the  value  of  one  soul,  what  must  be  the  joy  and  reward  of  the  young 
lady  who  was  lately  standing  alone  in  her  home  and  community  for 
religion,  but  now  sees  three  of  her  sisters  and  her  mother  brought  to 
Christ  ?  Does  it  not  pay  for  being  laughed  at  ? — Rev.  W.  H.  Evans,  Big 
Lake,  Minn. 


Have  You  Received  Them  ?— Samples  of  the  Rally  Exercise  (No.  4) 
and  the  Tent  Mite  Boxes  have  been  sent  to  the  superintendents  of  all  our 
Sunday-schools,  and  thousands  of  copies  ordered  have  been  mailed  to 
them.  But  thousands  more  of  these  exercises  and  of  the  Tent  Mite 
Boxes  are  ready  to  be  sent  from  the  Bible  House  immediately  on  receipt 
of  your  request.  Will  you  not  learn  whether  your  superintendent  has 
received  a  supply,  and  if  not,  ask  him  to  send  for  them  at  once  ?  By 
order  of  Major-Gen.  O.  O.  Howard,  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Boys  and 
Gills  H.  M.  Annv. 


ON     A    NEV^    FIELD 

The  writer  came  to  this  field  last  May,  by  invitation  of  your  superin- 
tendent and  vote  of  the  church,  to  assume  the  double  duty  of  church  pas- 
tor and  principal  of  the  Wyoming  Collegiate  Institute,  the  school  of  our 
church  founded  here. 

The  church  had  not,  except  for  a  few  months,  a  regular  pastor  since 
December,  1891,  and  there  had  been  no  service  for  a  long  time,  no  Sunday- 
school  and  no  prayer-meeting. 

We  have  succeeded  in  organizing  a  Sunday-school,  but  no  effort  has 
yet  been  made  to  start  a  prayer-meeting,  so  many  of  the  members  are 
living  in  the  country,  and  the  hurry  of  the  short  season  is  so  great. 


380  The   Home   Missionary  November,  1894 

This  is  the  most  difificult  field  I  have  labored  in  since  beginning  my 
ministry  in  1863  ;  yet  the  outlook  is  hopeful.  This  place  will  no  doubt 
become  the  center  of  our  church  work  in  Northern  Wyoming.  So  far  I 
have  been  without  a  team,  and  all  my  visiting,  extending  as  far  as  seven 
miles  into  the  country,  has  been  done  on  foot,  walking  with  a  cane.  My 
team  is  now  en  route  from  Nebraska,  distant  700  miles,  being  driven  by  my 
son,  aged  eighteen.  My  family  are  here,  and  we  live  in  a  log-house  a  mile 
and  a  half  from  the  town,  there  being  no  house  to  be  had  there.  We  walk 
to  and  from  church. 

The  removal  of  my  family  from  Franklin,  Neb  ,  cost  me  over  $150, 
and  as  I  have  received  only  sixteen  dollars  from  the  field,  we  are  in  sore 
straits.  The  stamp  which  carries  this  letter  is  the  last  one  I  have,  and  I 
have  not  a  single  cent  for  any  use.  But  the  Lord  will  provide,  and  we  do 
not  worry. — Rev.  C.  Anderson,  Big  Horn,  Wyo. 


WORK     IN    TEXAS 

Our  little  church  is  doing  vital  work.  All  lines  of  church  work  are 
in  good  shape — Sunday-school  improving,  library  secured,  officers  and 
teachers  doing  well.  The  Christian  Endeavor  meetings,  also,  are  well 
attended  and  helpful. 

We  are  keeping  up  our  jail  work,  and  have  had  several  conversions 
there.  Our  street  work  also  still  keeps  us  busy  in  a  section  of  the  town 
which  our  local  paper  calls  "  the  nethermost  parts  of  hell."  It  says  of  our 
work  :  "  It  is  pretty  much  equivalent  to  raising  the  banner  of  the  Cross 
and  calling  a  prayer-meeting  in  front  of  the  Satanic  throne  itself."  We 
have  a  "  baby  "  organ,  and,  with  torches  to  light  up  the  street,  we  sing 
and  preach  to  the  motley  crowd  that  surrounds  us — Chinese,  Mexican, 
negroes,  French,  German,  male  and  female.  We  receive  respectful  atten- 
tion, and  have  been  able  to  visit  several  of  these  poor  creatures,  to  whom 
wife  and  I  gave  the  Gospel. 

The  organist  in  our  church,  jail,  and  street  work  is  a  young  lady  who 
came  here  as  a  hairdresser,  and,  being  without  friends,  failed  of  social 
recognition,  and  came  to  despair  of  her  future.  One  of  our  sisters  met 
her,  invited  her  to  church,  and  one  Sunday  afternoon  to  the  jail  service. 
There  she  played  the  organ.  Coming  out,  she  remarked  to  me  that  she 
felt  herself  to  be  as  much  in  need  of  a  Savior  as  were  those  convicts.  1 
told  her  the  Gospel  story.  She  accepted  Jesus,  joined  the  church,  now 
lives  in  a  Christian  family,  and  is  contented,  happy,  and  useful. 

Another,  a  young  man,  came  here  seeking  work,  and  was  stranded. 


November,  1894  The    Ilomc    Missionary  381 

One  of  our  members  helped  him  aiui  uavc  him  the  Gospel.  He  is  now 
a  member,  has  found  em])loyment,  and  helps  in  street  i)reachinf^.  Our 
members  have  but  liuU'  means  now,  but  in  various  ways  show  their 
interest;  one  loans  us  an  organ,  one  built  a  bookcase,  another  a  fine  oak 
pulpit  —and  thus  we  move  on. — Rkv.  F.  W.  Boyle,  El  Paso,  Texas. 


Our  I5ovs  and  Oirls. — Just  look  over  the  programme  (Rally  Exer- 
cise No.  4,  in  two  parts),  made  for  your  Rally  Day,  November  25th.  All 
of  you  love  to  sing,  and  here  are  good  words  set  to  tunes  that  you  all 
know.  All  of  you  love  to  unite  in  responsive  reading,  and^  here  are 
several  e.xercises  to  be  read  responsively.  Some  of  you  are  fond  of 
reciting,  and  all  of  you  like  to  hear  good  recitations.  Here  are  plenty  of 
pieces  in  prose  and  verse  to  be  recited,  a  variety  suited  to  the  age  and 
capacity  of  every  scholar  in  the  school.  Everybody  enjoys  spirited 
dialogues.  Several  of  these  are  provided  for— as  useful  in  matter  as  they 
are  pleasant  to  share  in.     Do  you  not  like  the  programme  ? 

FROM    THE    WIDE    FIELD 

A  New  Idolatry. — With  the  opening  of  tine  weather  (it  rains  here 
nine  months  of  the  year),  the  people  get  wild  on  baseball  worship.  It 
is  the  Sunday  rest.  Even  our  church  members,  with  too  few  exceptions, 
run  really  wild  after  it.  I  am  something  of  a  player  myself,  and  under- 
stand it  better  than  most  of  diem,  yet  what  there  is  about  it  that  leads 
the  people  here  to  put  in  such  devotion,  I  cannot  see,  and  they  cannot  tell 
me.  The  first  fine  Sunday  our  Sunday-school  went  down,  slap,  one-half. 
We  cannot  help  feeling  pity  for  the  poverty  of  soul  that  wastes  God's 
precious  time  in  the  service  of  Satan,  dissipation,  and  excitement. — 
Washington.  

Woman's  Work. — We  have  lately  organized  a  Woman's  Society  to 
aid  the  pastor  in  the  temporal  and  spiritual  work  of  the  church.  They 
have  five  committees  at  work,  viz.  :  missionary,  visiting,  social,  temper- 
ance, and  flower  committees.  They  held  their  first  missionary  meeting 
three  weeks  ago.  Every  one  enjoyed  the  exercises,  and  \vent  away  feel- 
ing a  deeper  interest  in  missions.  Our  Junior  society  showed  its  interest 
in  our  Home  Missionary  Society  by  contributing  to  our  church  offering 
money  that  was  earned  by  the  juniors  doing  work  for  their  parents.  Long 
Beach,  with   its  summer  parliament,  has  brought   many  people  into  this 


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locality  this  season,  and   should  this  scheme  be  successful  it  will,  I  think, 
materially  help  our  work. — Rev.  T.  S.  Braithwaitk,  E.  Rockaway,  L.  I. 


A  Stand-By. — 1  can  say  what  not  many  ministers  can  truthfully  say, 
that  I  have  served  this  church  for  six  years  in  succession,  losing  but  one 
appointment.  That  one  occurred  through  my  going  to  an  annual  con- 
ference ;  and  we  were  never  providentially  hindered  from  holding  our 
regular  meetings.  During  that  time  forty  or  fifty  were  added  to  the 
church,  till  it  numbered  something  over  one  hundred  and  twenty,  besides 
dismissing  many  by  letter.  We  have  had  no  revival  this  year,  owing 
chiefly  to  political  excitement.  Now  that  the  election  is  over,  we  are 
hoping  and  praying  for  better  things. — Alabama. 


The  Drought. — I  am  sorry  to  report  no  collection  for  this  quarter, 
but  our  crops  are  a  complete  failure  and  we  have  no  money.  One  of  my 
members  planted  forty  acres  of  corn  and  did  not  get  a  bushel.  Another 
from  forty  acres  of  wheat  threshed  forty  bushels.  The  same  is  substan- 
tiallv  the  case  with  others.     But  "  God  will  provide." — Minnesota. 


Among  the  Poles. — I  have  commenced  again  meetings  on  the  south 
side  of  Cleveland.  I  received  permission  to  hold  them  every  Wednesday 
evening  in  the  Pilgrim  Congregational  Church  on  Jennings  Avenue. 
Twenty  Poles  attended  the  first  meeting,  which  was  crowned  with  great 
blessing.  Two  months  ago  I  was  in  Berea,  where  some  work  had  been 
done  in  former  years,  and  where  I  gained  the  conviction  that  there  are 
two  parties  amongst  the  Poles  there  ;  therefore  I  determined,  as  far  as 
possible,  to  make  known  to  them  Jesus  as  the  only  Savior.  May  the 
Lord  to  whom  all  power  is  given  in  heaven  and  on  earth  give  us  his 
rich  blessing  in  the  work  ! — Rev.  J.  J.  Dessup,  Cleveland,  O. 


A  Working  Vacation. — The  quarter  has  been  marked  by  many 
drawbacks  from  the  unusual  heat  and  drought.  The  hard  times,  which 
have  been  upon  us  now  for  two  years,  have  been  thus  made  harder.  The 
church  has  voted  me  a  vacation,  but  I  find  "  vacation  "  means  just  a  change 
of  place — so  many  opportunities  have  missionaries  in  this  new  country  to 
put  in  their  spare  time  in  other  places  when  not  at  home.  I  am  doing  the 
best  I  can,  though  I  know  I  could  do  better  if  there  were  not  such  an 
inundation  of  worldliness  everywhere  ;  but  I  have  a  good  hope  that  it 
will  not  always  be  so. — Oklahoma. 


The  Strike. — The  troubles  of  the  great  strike  did  much  to  excite  the 
thoughts  of  the  people  here  ;  for  which  reason  I   preached  to  a  good 


November,  1894  THc    Homc   Missionary  383 

audience  on  this  matter,  after  advertising  in  the  German  paper.  I  said 
that  1  beh'eved  our  present  difficultness  could  soon  disappear,  and  our 
beloved  country  could  be  made  the  happiest  on  earth,  by  a  regular  con- 
tribution and  a  firm  standing  to  our  Home  Missionary  Society's  work, 
that  it  may  be  able  to  send  men  to  preach  the  gospel  of  love  to  all  peo- 
ple in  this  land.  This  would  be  the  best  remedy  against  all  sickness  of 
men's  souls  and  thoughts.      Indiana. 


Dry  Ti.mes. — A  cjuarter  of  hard  work  and  not  a  few  worries  on  account 
of  drought  and  hard  times.  Corn  is  an  entire  failure,  and  wheat  and  oats 
don't  average  over  five  bushels  to  the  acre.  I  am  trying  to  look  on  the 
bright  side  of  things  and  to  insj)ire  my  people  with  hope  for  better  things 
to  come,  by  preaching  on  te.xts  like  these  :  John  xiii.  7  ;  Isaiah  xxvi.  3,  4  ; 
Psalms  xlvi.  i  ;  Romans  viii.  31.  A  good  many  of  our  people  have  left 
for  Missouri,  Illinois,  and  other  States. — Nebraska. 


Bu(;gy-top  Wanted. — The  "  hard-times  arrangement  "  is  for  me  to 
minister  to  three  churches,  giving  each  one  sermon  on  Sunday,  and  making 
a  round  trij)  of  twenty  miles.  I  am  very  uneasy,  for  I  can't  do  good  work 
thus.  But  I  must  do  my  best  and  let  the  Lord  see  to  the  rest.  For  all 
this  I  am  to  have,  if  I  can  get  it,  $372,  and  find  my  own  house  !  The 
wear  and  tear  of  team,  buggy,  etc.,  is  expensive.  I  greatly  need  a  new 
top  on  my  old  buggy.  Probably  twenty  dollars  would  put  it  in  good 
shape  for  winter  comfort,  but  I  can't  possibly  make  the  ends  meet  and  do 
it.  Horse-feed  is  going  to  be  high  ;  coal  is  going  to  cost  a  dollar  more 
per  ton  than  last  year.  But  if  I  can  feel  that  I  am  doing  satisfactory 
work  for  the  Master  I  can  put  up  with  a  good  deal.  God  sees  and  knows 
all,  and  it  is  a  comfort  to  rest  in  him  and  his  promises. — Nebraska. 


Drifting  Away. — Within  the  past  few  months  ten  of  our  members 
have  been  taken  from,  us — two  by  death,  the  others  by  removals.  These 
were  among  our  best  members.  An  exceptionally  fine  family  of  five  have 
just  returned  to  the  East.  All  were  members  of  our  Christian  Endeavor 
Society,  and  father,  mother,  and  daughter  were  members  of  the  church. 
How  much  these  losses  mean  to  us — how  deeply  and  sadly  they  affect  us 
all  ! — Southern  California. 


Growing. — The  year  opened  with  not  a  little  trial  of  endurance,  but 
altogether  it  has  been  the  most  successful  one  since  the  formation  of  the 
church.  The  fruit  is  larger  than  it  appears  in  the  returns,  since  the  wall 
of  separation,  which  has  kept  some  of  the  people  away  from  us  in  sym- 
pathy, seems  to  be  entirely  giving  way.  A  work  of  grace  has  continued 
throughout  the  year,  and  our  meetings  are  much  increased.     The  church 


384  The   Home   Missionary  November,  1894 

has  been  doubled  in  effective  strength,  and  there  are  more  yet  to  come. 
Our  community  is  comparatively  small,  but  our  membership  is  faithful 
and  earnest. —  Tavares,  Fla. 


Hard  Times. — The  financial  depression  here  is  great,  owing  to  (i) 
the  general  derangement  of  business  ;  (2)  the  newness  of  the  country — 
all  just  starting,  with  limited  means  and  m'any  in  debt ;  (3)  small  prod- 
•ucts  at  present,  inadequate  home  market,  other  markets  distant,  keeping 
prices  very  low  ;  (4)  a  severe  drought,  water  scarce  and  failing.  But  a 
scheme  is  on  foot,  with  fair  prospect  of  success,  for  irrigating  at  least 
75,000  or  80,000  acres,  east  and  northeast  of  San  Diego,  and  for  giving 
an  ample  supply  of  water  to  that  city. — Rev.  I.  VV.  Atherton,  Helix,  Cal. 


Among  the  Coal  Miners. — I  have  seen  many  changes  here  in  the 
last  four  years.  I  believe  that  I  have  received  over  forty  into  the  church 
by  conversion,  about  fifteen  or  twenty  of  them  young  people.  But,  1  am 
sorry  to  say,  some  again  leave  the  church,  partly  because  they  have 
nothing  to  give  to  support  the  cause.  And  so  many  different  nations 
come  here  from  Europe,  that  many  families  of  Welsh  and  English  have 
gone  away.  There  are  four  or  five  small  places  about  a  mile  or  half  a 
mile  from  the  church,  which  I  visit  regularly  every  week,  holding  prayer- 
meetings  in  different  houses.  My  labor  has  not  been  in  vain  ;  sinners 
have  been  converted  and  souls  saved.  But  there  are  many  saloons 
round  about  here,  and,  with  all  their  poverty,  men  will  get  drunk.  I  have 
been  a  total  abstainer  since  I  was  a  boy,  and  am  very  much  against  the 
habit  of  drinking,  which  is  the  besetting  sin  of  our  people.  But  we 
must  fight  against  all  sin,  and  may  God  help  us  I — Pennsylvania. 


Amidst  Difficulties. — The  quarter's  usual  routine  of  work  has  been 
done  under  unusual  difficulties.  The  depression  of  business,  followed  by 
the  great  strike,  simply  paralyzed  everything.  At  one  station  every  man 
has  been  out  of  work  for  two  months,  and  the  people  are  too  poor  to  con- 
tribute. I  have  received  from  them  but  six  dollars  the  past  quarter. 
Some  of  the  people  are  moving  away.  All  the  eight  stations  under  my 
care  are  prosperous  as  to  attendance,  but  anxious  faces  tell  of  fears  for 
the  approaching  winter.  We  pray  God  that  these  days  of  trial  may  lead 
them  to  the  source  of  comfort. — Minnesota. 


Church  Loyalty. — The  great  event  of  the  quarter  has  been  the 
dedication  of  our  new  church  building,  and  the  clearing  up  of  the 
indebtedness  upon  it.  This  was  done  by  our  people  pledging  themselves 
very  heavily.  Men  who  are  out  of  work  and  out  of  money,  and  who  have 
families    to    support,   pledged  themselves  twenty-five    and    fifty    dollars. 


November,  1894  The    Moiiie   Missionary  385 

They  can  pay  this  when  they  can  pay  their  s^rocery  bills.  The  times 
which  are  become  so  bitter  hard  witii  us  see  only  five  of  the  male  mem- 
bers of  our  church  haviny;  employment.  One  of  our  lady  members  has 
started  for  Africa  as  a  missionary  under  the  American  IJoard. — Rev.  R. 
Albertson,  Springfield,  O.  

His  Hoard  Assured. —  1  he  way  in  which  the  spirit  of  devotion  on 
the  i)art  of  our  missionaries  is  met,  is  illustrated  in  the  offer  of  one  of 
our  brethren  at  Taylor,  Neb.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  church,  and  has 
been  most  earnestly  trying  in  some  way  to  provide  for  their  pastor,  Rev. 
D.  F.  Bright,  to  remain  with  them.  Mrs.  Bright  has  died  within  the 
year,  and  this  thoughtful  trustee  wrote  me,  emphasizuig  the  good  work 
done  by  his  pastor,  and  the  utmost  importance  of  his  remaining  on  the 
field.  Among  other  things  he  said  :  "The  Lord  has  given  me  a  good 
crop  of  wheat  ;  my  wife  is  a  good  bread  maker  ;  and  rather  than  have 
Mr.  Bright  leave,  I  will  guarantee  his  board  for  the  entire  year.  Wife 
will  make  the  bread,  and  I  can  rustle  for  the  water — so  he  shall  be  sure 
of  bread  and  water." — Superintendent  Bross,  of  Nebraska. 


The  Thing  to  Do. — Now.  since  you  like  the  Rally  Day  order  of 
exercises,  boys  and  girls,  what  is  the  next  thmg  to  do  ?  What,  but  to  join 
heartily  in  preparing  to  take  each  his  or  her  part  in  one  or  more  of  them, 
according"  to  your  gift  or  preference,  either  to  sing,  read,  recite,  take  part 
in  dialogue,  map  or  blackboard  exercise — at  all  events  to  do  something. 

Even  the  most  timid  among  you  need  not  shrink  from  taking  part  in 
some  one  of  these  exercises  before  a  home  audience,  made  up  of  your 
parents,  pastor,  superintendent,  teachers,  neighbors — all  friends  and  well- 
wishers.  Will  YOU  take  part  and  help  to  make  the  occasion  a  happy  and 
profitable  one  ? 


HOME    MISSIONS    IN    CONNECTICUT 

By  Rev.  William  H    Moore,  Secretary  Missionary  Society  of 
Connecticut 

Connecticut  began  to  be  the  frontier  of  Congregationalism  about  260 
years  ago,  when  settlers  from  the  Plymouth  and  Massachusetts  Bay  colonies 
planted  Windsor  and  Hartford.  Great  hardships  were  endured.  The 
winter  of  1635  was  more  severe  than  that  encountered  by  the  Oklahoma 

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386  The   Home   Missionary  November,  1894 

pioneers.  In  1637  they  had  a  mortal  struggle  with  the  Pequots,  and  more 
than  100  years  passed  away  before  they  were  delivered  from  fear  of  the 
Indians.  In  January,  1639,  they  adopted  a  constitution  which  declares 
their  object  in  these  notable  words :  "  To  maintain  and  preserve  the  lib- 
erty and  purity  of  the  Gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  which  we  now  pro- 
fess, as  also  the  discipline  of  the  churches,  which,  according  to  the  truth 
of  the  said  Gospel,  is  now  practiced  amongst  us." 

In  carrying  out  this  purpose  the  government  became  a  Congregational 
Home  Missionary  Society  for  Connecticut  under  the  following  plan, 
namely,  that  each  town  should  have  an  orthodox  minister  settled  for  life, 
and  a  church  organized  under  power  of  the  general  court,  and  that,  when- 
ever necessary,  said  court  should  aid  a  town  in  settling  a  minister,  building 
a  parsonage  and  a  meeting-house,  and  supplying  the  minister  until  the 
town  could  take  care  of  itself. 

Under  this  plan  the  settling  of  Connecticut  went  on  until  its  whole 
area  had  been  enclosed  in  Congregational  parish  lines — the  last  original 
town  to  be  settled  was  Colebrook,  where  a  church  was  founded  in  1795. 
At  that  time  every  town  in  the  State  had  a  Congregational  church,  one  or 
more,  and  the  general  court  might  have  regarded  its  planting  work  as 
ended.  The  work  was  done  so  well  that  only  two  of  those  incorporated 
societies  have  ever  fallen  away  from  Congregationalism.  .  .  .  Though 
many  new  towns  have  been  formed  from  the  original  towns,  we  have 
to-day  only  two  towns  without  a  Congregational  church,  and  they  are 
towns  formed  during  the  present  century.  With  16S  towns  we  have  312 
churches  and  over  60,000  church  members. 

But  the  plan  did  not  fully  and  permanently  realize  its  object.  Disturbing 
forces  came  into  operation.  The  disorders- following  the  great  awaken- 
ings of  1740,  the  burdens  and  distractions  of  the  war  with  France  and  the 
mother  country,  the  general  declension  in  the  last  half  of  the  century,  the 
spread  of  infidelity  after  the  Revolution,  the  rise  and  growth  of  other  de- 
nominations and  their  cooperation  with  each  other  and  with  one  of  the 
political  parties  for  the  overthrow  of  the  ancient  order  of  things,  the  migra- 
tion beyond  our  borders  and  from  the  rugged  hill  towns  to  the  more  favored 
portions  of  the  State,  accelerated  by  the  growth  of  manufactories  and  of 
the  cities,  resulted  in  reducing  many  old  churches  to  feebleness,  and  also 
in  starting  new  churches  without  adequate  means  of  self-support. 

In  the  meantime  changes  in  public  sentiment  found  representation  in 
the  general  assembly,  so  that  that  body,  losing  its  old-time  homogeneity 
and  finding  itself  in  conditions  not  provided  for,  and  perhaps  never 
contemplated  by  the  founders  of  the  government,  could  no  longer  be 
relied  on  to  carry  out  a  policy  which,  however  favorable  to  Congrega- 
tionalists,  was  unfair  to  all  other  religious  bodies,  a  state  of  things 
demanding  relief  likely  to  be  got  only  by  such  a  change  of  the  constitu- 


November,  1894  The   I  loiiie   Missionary  387 

tion  as  would  debar  the  general  assembly  from  aiding  any  denomination, 
and  thus  throw  all  church  bodies  upon  their  own  resources  under  God. 

In  apprehension  of  such  a  change,  and  in  view  of  destitutions  already 
alarming  in  extent,  a  Home  Missionary  Society  for  *.'onnecticut  was 
formed  in  18 16,  only  two  years  before  the  adoption  of  the  present 
constitution  of  the  State. 

This  society  found  about  twenty-five  churches  waiting  for  its  help. 
It  has  aided  in  all  134  churches,  sixty-four  old  churches  and  seventy  new 
churches,  or  more  than  one-third  of  all  the  churches  in  the  State.  About 
two-thirds  of  all  that  have  been  aided  are  now  self-supporting,  and  some 
of  them  are  churches  of  great  usefulness.  About  fifty  churches  now 
look  to  us  for  help,  of  which  one-half  are  old  churches,  one-third  for- 
eign churches,  and  the  rest  are  new  American  churches.  Each  class  of  these 
churches  needs  and  merits  our  assistance.  We  cannot  abandon  the  old 
churches  without  ingratitude  and  folly,  for  our  roots  are  in  them  and  our 
springs  come  from  them.  We  cannot  ignore  the  new  American  churches, 
for  they  are  in  centers  of  growing  population  and  wealth,  and  the  work 
among  the  foreigners  in  the  State  especially  claims  our  attention,  because 
the  manifest  blessing  of  God  is  on  it  ;  because  the  foreigners  are  already 
so  large  a  majority  that  only  fourteen  of  the  forty-four  States  have  so 
high  a  ratio  of  foreigners  to  the  whole  population  as  Connecticut,  and 
because  this  ratio  is  bound  to  be  carried  higher  by  the  larger  birth  in 
their  families  than  in  ours,  and  by  a  steady  influx  from  the  Old  World 
attracted  to  us  by  our  nearness  to  the  ports  of  entry  and  the  variety  and 
extent  of  our  manufactories  ;  and,  furthermore,  because  two-thirds  of  this 
foreign  element  are  non-Protestant ;  and  because,  while  our  Congrega- 
tional constituency  was  never  more  numerous  nor  more  prosperous  than 
now,  our  Congregational  communicants  are  onl}'-  eight  per  cent,  of  the 
population,  and  the  Catholic  communicants  are  twenty  per  cent,  of  the 
population. 

In  view  of  the  whole  situation,  we  must  spend  more  of  our  home 
missionary  money  in  Connecticut  than  heretofore,  in  order  that  we  may 
hold  our  own,  and  assimilate  such  as  we  can  of  the  strangers  within  our 
gates,  and  thus  enlarge  the  area  from  which  we  gather  resources  from  the 
kingdom  of  God  at  home  and  abroad. 

Both  of  our  Connecticut  societies,  that  of  1798  for  frontier  work  and 
that  of  1 816  for  State  work,  which  since  1880  have  been  merged  into  one, 
have  been  in  hearty  cooperation  with  the  National  Society  since  1830. 

Some  idea  of  what  Connecticut  has  done  in  this  movement  may  be  got 
if  we  consider  that  in  addition  to  all  we  have  contributed  in  the  Christian 
migrations  from  us  for  over  a  century,  and  all  of  the  educated  men  we 
have  furnished  to  be  itinerants,  pastors,  superintendents,  teachers,  presi- 
dents and  professors  in  colleges,  and  the  money  we  have  put  into  educa- 


388  The   Home   Missionary  November,  1894 

tional  institutions,  and  all  we  have  given  for  church  building,  our  Home 
Missionary  offerings  for  this  outside  work  from  1793  to  date  have  ex- 
ceeded ;ij;2,975,ooo.  In  fact,  less  than  fifteen  per  cent,  of  what  has  been 
raised  for  Home  Missions  has  been  spent  in  and  for  Connecticut,  and 
over  eighty-five  per  cent,  has  been  distributed  to  the  country  at  large. 
And  it  is  some  satisfaction  to  be  able  to  say  that  what  Connecticut  gave 
to  this  work  in  1893  was  many  thousands  more  than  in  former  years. 

We  bless  God  that  we  have  been  able  to  do  so  much.  We  purpose 
to  keep  doing,  for,  in  the  words  of  our  venerated  Connecticut  forefathers, 
"We  don't  expect  or  desire  to  be  freed  from  the  duty  of  promoting  the 
kingdom  of  God  and  the  interests  of  religion  in  the  world." 

As  the  churches  in  these  great  Western  States  multiply  and  grow 
strong,  the  time  will  come  when  they  will  far  exceed  us  in  numbers  and 
in  resources  for  every  good  work.  They  will  increase  and  we  must 
decrease,  but  thereby  our  prayers  will  be  answered,  our  purpose  will  be 
accomplished,  God  will  be  glorified,  and  Connecticut  will  be  made  glad. 


Pastors,  Superintendents,  and  Teachers. — You  cannot  fail  to 
see  how  largely  it  depends  on  you  whether  the  Rally  Day  shall  be  a 
success,  or  a  mere  tame,  dead-and-alive  affair,  or  a  flat  failure.  Gold 
water — cold  enough  to  chill  all  life  out  of  the  occasion — can  be  thrown 
upon  it  simply  by  indifference  or  a  merely  formal  indorsement,  a  bare 
permission  of  the  exercises,  as  of  something  of  no  importance  save  as 
they  may  please  the  children,  and  that  may  be  taking  the  place  of  a  more 
dignified  service  for  grown  people.  Do  not  the  grown  people  get  their 
full  share  of  the  church's  meetings,  and  can  you~not  afford  to  let  the 
children  have  a  good  time  on  their  Rally  Day  once  a  year  ?  It  will  pay 
to  help  them  with  all  your  heart.     Please  do  it. 


THE    WISCONSIN    FOREST    FIRES 

By  Superintendent  T.  G.  Grassie 

It  is  a  matter  for  great  thankfulness  that  not  one  of  our  missions  has 
actually  suffered  seriously,  though  most  of  them  have  been  seriously 
threatened.  Washburn  suffered  the  destruction  of  extensive  lumber  yards 
and  docks,  but  saved  its  valuable  mills  and  the  entire  town.  The  inhab- 
itants were  in  almost  instant  dread,  and  had  buried  their  compact  valu- 


November,  1894  THc   Home   Missionary  3(Sq 

ables  ill  the  ground,  ready  to  flee  for  their  lives  and  leave  their  homes  and 
goods  to  the  fire.  Fifield  has  not  been  burned  again.  Mason,  where  we 
had  a  mission  last  year,  was  destroyed.  At  Clear  Lake  our  missionary 
turned  out  with  his  congregation  one  Sunday  to  defend  the  town.  He 
has  gained  a  fine  record  in  the  place  for  his  stout  leadership  in  protecting 
tlie  homes  of  the  people.     The  town  is  safe. 

On  one  trip  I  reached  Norrie  on  Saturday  afternoon,  to  fir.d  it  invaded 
on  three  sides  with  lire,  which  the  people  kept  off  with  difficulty.  How- 
ever, they  came  to  church  in  the  evening  and  ne.\t  morning.  The  way 
thence  to  Birnamwood  was  five  miles  through  burning  woods.  I  attempted 
it,  and  got  safely  through,  though  the  smoke  was  dense,  and  in  one  place 
the  flames  were  close  on  both  sides  of  the  narrow  road.  We  got  through 
by  running  the  horse.  Heard  on  the  way  that  Birnamwood  was  in  flames, 
but  on  reaching  it  found  it  safe,  though  threatened  on  all  sides,  and 
the  inhabitants  out  with  the  fire  department  wetting  the  streets  and  houses, 
also  fighting  back  the  flames  in  the  woods  that  crowd  close  on  the  village. 
It  was  saved,  and  at  evening  a  good  congregation  came  to  church. 

At  Rhinelander  I  found  that  that  large  town  had  had  a  similar  experi- 
ence at  the  same  time.  They  were  in  dread  all  through  Sunday,  and  on 
Monday  the  mayor,  one  of  pur  church  members,  ordered  all  the  mills 
closed  and  the  men  to  stand  ready  all  day  to  hold  the  fire  at  bay. 

Passing  on  the  railroads,  in  every  direction  the  country  is  a  scene  of 
smoldering  and  devastated  forests  over  two-thirds,  at  least,  of  the  area 
you  pass  through.  The  smoke  is  yet  dense  here  in  Ashland.  I  turn  to 
look  from  my  office  window,  and  at  four  blocks'  distance  I  cannot  see  the 
houses.     We  had  on  our  worst  day  to  light  lamps  three  hours  before  sunset. 

But  through  all  there  is  wonderful  cheer,  and  sense  of  God's  gracious 
protection  and  wise,  strong  providence. 

Ashland,  Wis.,  September  2.0th. 


PROGRESS    IN    THE    SOUTH 

Bv  Rev.  D.  B.  Carc.ill,  .Alpha,  La. 

I  AM  just  home  from  our  Rapids  District  Association  and  from  preach- 
ing the  sermon  at  the  dedication  of  their  new  church  house  at  Hemphill. 
It  is  the  first  Congregational  church  that  has  been  built  in  that  section  of 
Louisiana.  Therefore  it  means  a  great  deal  to  us  as  a  church.  It  is  a 
good  country  church,  the  best  in  all  that  neighborhood  by  far,  and  is 
worth  about  ^1,000.  It  is  clear  from  debt,  and  was  built  by  our  own 
people  without  aid  from  our  Church  Building  Society.      We  continued  the 


390  The   Home   Missionary  November,' 1894 

meeting  there  for  six  days  ;  had  a  real  good  meeting,  receiving  six  addi- 
tions to  our  church.  We  also  received  a  minister  into  our  brotherhood 
from  the  Methodists,  a  good  man  who  will  do  a  good  work  in  the  ministry. 
This  also  means  a  great  deal  to  us  as  a  church,  as  good,  able  ministers  are 
our  great  need. 

While  the  financial  depression  of  our  country  has  been  and  is  now  felt 
by  us  as  a  church,  and  our  work  here  in  Louisiana  is  hindered  for  want  of 
means,  there  is  no  question  that  our  prospects  for  real  success  as  a  church 
in  this  State  are  brighter  now  than  they  ever  have  been.  One  reason  is 
that  we  are  not  here  to  pull  down,  but  to  help  build  up  and  advance  the 
cause  of  Christ.  The  people  at  large  are  beginning  to  see  and  to  know 
that  this  is  the  aim  of  the  Congregational  church  ;  hence  the  door  is 
opening  all  the  while.  The  more  the  people  know  of  our  church,  the  better 
they  like  it. 


Parents. — You  surely  do  not  want  to  see  your  sons  grow  up  to  be 
either  misers  or  spendthrifts.  You  desire  and  pray  that  they  may  become 
conscientious  stewards  of  the  Lord's  money,  honestly  earning  what  they 
can,  and  wisely  using  it  for  the  advancement  of  Christ's  cause.  This  you 
have  learned  is  the  only  use  of  property  that  pays.  x\nd  you  would  have 
your  daughters  not  frivolous  devotees  of  fashion  or  worldly  pleasure,  but 
earnest  helpers  in  all  good  works,  in  the  grand  structure  of  Christian  society 
being  "as  corner-.stones  polished  after  the  similitude  of  a  palace."  The 
way  to  realize  these  wishes  and  to  secure  answers  to  these  prayers  of  yours 
is  to  interest  your  sons  and  daughters  in  better  things — the  best  things. 
Is  there  a  better  thing  to  live  for  than  the  spiritual  salvation  of  your 
country  ?  And  can  you  begin  too  soon  to  interest  them  in  it  ?  Can  you 
not  wisely  use  Rally  Day  as  a  helper  in  fixing  their  young  hearts  upon  this 
noble  purpose  ? 


A  CITY    MISSION 

We  have  had  an  attendance  in  the  aggregate  of  5,855,  being  450  per 
week  for  the  quarter.  We  now  hold  six  meetings  weekly.  We  have  lost 
by  death  one  of  our  best  members,  a  member  of  the  choir,  a  trustee,  and  a 
liberal  supporter  of  our  church  funds.     He  will  be  greatly  missed. 

For  several  weeks  past  the  missionary  has  preached  illustrated  ser- 
mons, which  have  helped  to  keep  up  our  Sunday  night  attendance. 
Through  two  summer  months  we  closed  our  Young  People's  Association, 


November,  1S94  The   Homc   Missionary-  391 

kindergarten,  Juvenile  Temperance  League,  and  choir  practice.  A  boys' 
brigade  has  been  estabhshed,  this  quarter,  which  greatly  interests  and  is 
likely  to  be  heli-)ful  to  our  school.      So  far  it  is  well  attended. 

Here  terminates  a  year's  toil  for  Christ  and  humanity  in  the  Camp 
Memorial  Church,  a  most  difficult  field  ;  yet  hard  work,  with  God's 
blessing,  has  won  many  victories.  The  missionary  has  made  1,380  pas- 
toral visits  in  the  homes  of  the  people,  besides  hundreds  of  calls  with 
haiul-hills,  inviting  people  to  our  services.  A  very  large  number  of  meet- 
ings have  been  held,  the  church  for  months  being  open  almost  every 
nigiit  in  the  week.  On  all  our  meetings  of  every  sort  we  have  had  an 
attendance  for  the  year  of  30,750,  an  average,  summer  and  winter,  of  591 
per  week.  At  our  Sunday-school  we  have  had  an  average  attendance  of 
131  ;  at  our  Sunday  night  services,  seventy;  and  at  our  mid-week  prayer- 
meeting,  fifty-one.  Many  have  professed  conversion,  and  some  have 
really  experienced  a  change  of  heart,  and  are  to-day  respectable,  consist- 
ent, helpful  members  of  our  church. —  Rev.  F.  A.  Slyfield,  New  York  City. 


HOME    MISSIONS    IN    ARIZONA    AND    NEW    MEXICO 

By  Rev.    Alfred   K.   Wray,   Superintendent 

The  English-speaking  congregations  of  Arizona  and  New  Mexico 
average  over  200  miles  aj^art,  arranged  in  a  sort  of  a  circle.  They  are 
so  arranged  by  reason  of  the  position  of  the  railroads,  and  it  is  necessary 
to  travel  over  1,500  miles  in  order  to  make  the  circuit. 

Prescott  has  for  its  nearest  Congregational  neighbor  a  church  120 
miles  away,  no  miles  of  which  it  is  necessary  to  travel  by  stage,  and 
its  nearest  neighbor  on  the  east  is  461  miles  away.  White  Oaks  is  175 
miles  away  from  its  nearest  Congregational  neighbor,  and  ninety  miles 
of  this  must  be  traveled  by  stage.  Albuquerque  has  White  Oaks  for 
its  nearest  neighbor  in  one  direction,  175  miles,  and  Prescott,  in  the 
other  direction,  461  miles.  You  will  see  about  how  large  a  field  we 
have. 

With  regard  to  the  people  of  our  Territories,  they  are  of  three  races  : 
Indians,  Mexicans,  and  Americans.  I  cannot  understand  why  it  is  that 
we  have  so  little  religious  work  among  the  Indians.  We  have  some 
20,000  of  them,  with  8,000  Pueblo  Indians,  but  no  Congregational  work 
has  been  done  among  them  at  all,  I  am  very  sorry  to  say.  Among  the 
Mexicans,  rather  a  wonderful  class  of  people,  we  have  two  churches. 

Then  we  have  the  Americans  as  the  third  race.     We  may  refer  to  at 


392  The   Home   Missionary  November,  1894 

least  two  classes  of  Americans  who  live  in  that  region  :  first,  those  who 
are  there  for  their  health,  and  second,  those  who  are  not  there  for  their 
health  !  The  first  class  are  quite  numerous  ;  if  they  predominate  over 
the  other  class,  they  don't  dominate. 

That  country  has  been  hard  in  its  earlier  years,  and  it  is  hard  now. 
While  we  have  not  the  roughness  in  many  of  these  places  now  that  we 
once  had,  yet  we  have  the  moral  indifference  that  has  remained  after 
that  former  period  has  passed.  In  Nogales  I  was  told  by  a  man  who 
had  been  there  from  the  beginning,  that  he  had  seen  six  men  buried 
who  had  died  with  their  boots  on,  before  he  saw  one  buried  who  had 
died  with  his  boots  off. 

I  almost  envy  you  who  have  people  coming  into  your  region  so  fast 
that  you  don't  know  what  to  do  with  them.  You  can't  help  having  your 
churches  grow.  But  with  us  this  is  not  so.  We  have  many  discouraging 
conditions.  At  the  present  time  our  region  is  practically  at  a  standstill. 
The  principal  industries  are  mining  and  stock  raising,  but  both  are  in  a 
very  low  condition  at  present.  I  believe  that  the  future  of  the  country 
depends  upon  irrigation.  There  is  an  increased  amount  of  territory 
irrigated,  and  it  will  increase  more  and  more  in  the  future,  but  it  is 
very  slow.  It  requires  a  large  capital.  So  the  progress  of  Congrega- 
tional church  work  in  that  Territory  has  been  very  slow.  I  don't  exactly 
understand  the  reason  for  it,  but  it  does  seem  to  me  that  the  record  we 
have  made  in  the  last  ten  years  should  not  be  repeated  very  often.  One 
English-speaking  Congregational  church  has  been  organized  in  seven 
years,  and  during  that  time  we  have  lost  two.  But  we  have  made  some 
progress  in  the  past  few  months.  In  Albuquerque  three  mission  Sunday- 
schools  have  been  organized  in  the  last  four  or  five  months — one  Mexican 
at  the  south  end  of  the  town,  and  one  Mexican  at  the  north  end  of  the 
town,  where  we  have  put  up  a  building.  We  don't  expect  that  either  of 
the  three  will  grow  into  a  church  very  soon.  And  we  have  a  third  mis- 
sion which  is  doing  work  among  several  races  of  people,  where  we  have 
Indians,  Mexicans,  Italians,  negroes,  and  Americans,  all  together  in  one 
Sunday-school. 

New  Mexico  and  Arizona  are  now  knocking  at  the  doors  of  Congress 
for  Statehood,  and  whatever  you  want,  whatever  your  wishes  may  be, 
they  will  sooner  or  later  become  States.  But  in  New  Mexico  there  are 
100.000  Mexicans  to  50,000  Americans,  and  while  in  Arizona  the  majority 
is  the  other  way,  yet  there  are  20,000  Mexicans  to  40,000  Americans. 
They  are  going  to  become  States  whether  you  will  or  no.  But  these 
are  a  priest-ridden  people,  and  the  priests  are  the  worst  of  all  the 
people  in  that  whole  Territory.  Do  you  want  them  without  their 
becoming  a  (Christian  and  a  Protestant  State.'  It  will  come  ;  how  shall 
it  come  ? 


Movcmber,  1894  The   Homc   Missionary  393 

FROM    KNOXVILLE,   TENNESSEE 

By  Rkv.  John  H.  Frazee.  D.D. 

'I"hk  pastor's  work  for  this  quarter  clues  not  suggest  exciting  incidents 
nor  provoke  extraordinary  statements.  Outside  of  strictly  pastoral  duties, 
he  was  called  to  present  diplomas  to  our  high-school  graduates  ;  on  July 
4th  to  make  the  address  of  introduction  at  the  visit  of  the  well-known 
Confederate  General  and  U.  S.  Senator,  Gordon,  of  Georgia  ;  to  conduct 
services  at  the  burial  of  a  noted  lawyer,  whose  funeral  over  fifty  members 
of  the  bar  attended  ;  to  repeated  services  at  prominent  Methodist  (South) 
churches,  incident  to  the  death  of  the  wife  of  an  esteemed  brother  pastor, 
as  well  as  by  exchange.  These,  with  his  secretaryship  of  the  Pastors' 
Union,  show  the  pleasant  recognition  given  in  this  Southern  city  to  a 
Congregational  church  and  pastor,  and  indicate  the  kindly  relations 
sustained,  from  whence  good  results  must  continue  to  grow. 

It  may  be  fairly  claimed  that  our  part  of  the  South  is  to-day  one  of  the 
best  representatives  of  loyalty  in  the  Union.  Its  outlook  is  believed  to  be 
more  encouraging  along  many  lines  than  it  has  been.  Assurance  seems 
intelligently  given  that  business  interests  at  large  are  giving  promise  of 
speedy  development.  If  this  comes,  it  will  restore  to  us  some  of  the 
excellent  things  our  depressed  times  have  cost  us  so  sorely.  The  reor- 
ganization of  our  entire  railroad  system,  which  will  not  be  so  costly  to  us 
as  a  church  as  we  at  one  time  feared,  promises  to  be  of  vast  advantage  to 
our  land.  Moneyed  men — so  say  financial  authorities — are  looking  at 
our  great  latent  interests  with  renewed  earnestness.  We  are  waiting, 
standing  at  arms,  listening  for  the  Master's  command,  "whether  to  march 
or  to  stay  by  the  stuff."     Pilgrim  Church  will  be  true  to  duty. 


A    RESCUE    FUND 

Dear  Friends  of  the  Woman's  Unions  : 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary 
Society  have  sent  a  message  to  every  Congregational  church  in  the 
country,  in  which  they  affirm  that,  moved  by  what  they  believe  to  be 
sound  business  principles,  they  have  felt  compelled  to  reduce  the  mis- 
sionary expenditures  of  the  current  year  by  the  amount  of  $75,000. 

The  churches  throughout  the  country  are  urged  to  save  the  work  of 


394  The  Home  Missionary  November,  1894 

the  Society  from  the  dire  calamity  which  must  result  from  this  cut,  by  a 
contribution  of  $75,000  above  the  apportionment  of  the  year. 

A  Question. — Members  of  the  Woman's  Homeland  Organizations : 
What  advance  can  you  make  on  your  contribution  of  last  year  to  help 
secure  this  "  Rescue  Fund  "  ? 

During  the  crucial  year,  1893-94,  you  gave  to  this  Society  over  $51,000. 
When  our  books  are  closed  on  March  31,  1895,  may  we  credit  you  with 
$61,000?  Why  not?  Seven  years  ago  you  placed  in  our  treasury  about 
$5,000.  The  next  year  you  more  than  doubled  the  amount.  Last  year 
you  multiplied  your  first  contribution  by  ten  !  In  one  year,  by  special 
effort,  your  advance  in  contributions  over  the  previous  year  amounted  to 
over  IT, 000,  while  during  all  the  years  your  average  advance  has  been  over 
$7,600.     Is  It  too  much  to  ask  for  $2,400  over  your  average  advance  ? 

As  officers  and  members  of  our  auxiliaries,  will  you  give  to  this  appeal 
your  prayerful  consideration  ?  Will  you  devise  some  method  by  which 
the  extra  $10,000  may  find  its  way  into  the  "  Rescue  Fund  "  ? 

"  Money  in  the  hands  of  a  true  Christian  giver  is  the  modern  miracle 
worker."  "Forgive  us.  Lord,  if  at  any  time  we  have  given  pence  when 
we  should  have  given  silver  ;  if  we  have  given  silver  when  we  ought  to 
have  given  gold  ;  and  if  we  have  given  gold  when  we  might  have  given 
bank-notes." 

Hopefully  yours, 

Harriet  S.  Caswell,  Sec.  of  Woman's  Dept. 


[The  above  letter,  sent  out  by  the  Secretary  of  our  Woman's  Department  to  the 
officers  of  the  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Unions,  is  being  most  faithfully  distributed 
by  them,  and  the  hearty  cordiality  of  the  responses  received  at  this  office  has  greatly 
strengthened  the  anxious  hearts  at  the  Woman's  Department  headquarters.  The  Presi- 
dent of  the  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Association,  which  includes  Massachusetts  and 
Rhode  Island,  has  had  an  "addendum"  hectographed  upon  the  blank  page  of  the  letter 
which  cannot  fail  to  produce  large  results.  That  all  may  receive  inspiration  from  this 
message,  we  gladly  publish  it.j 

Woman's  Home  Missionary  Association, 
Room  32,  Congregational  House,  Boston,  Mass.,  September  12,  1894. 

Dear  Friends  of  our  Auxiliaries  : 

I  cannot  allow  this  appeal  to  pass  through  the  office  of  our  Woman's 
Home  Missionary  Association  to  you  without  the  hearty  indorsement  of 
our  Executive  Board. 

We  invite  you  to  join  us  in  the  "  advance  "  herein  recommended,  and 
to  do  all  you  can  to  inspire  and  enlist  the  members  of  your  respective 


November,  1894  The   Home   Missionary^  395 

auxiliaries  in  a  concerted  effort  to  relieve  the  burden  which  is  now  resting 
on  the  C'ongregational  Home  Missionary  Society  and  seriously  crippling 
its  work.  Is  not  this  a  crisis  in  the  history  of  our  country,  when  we  should 
all  put  on  our  strength,  and  redouble  our  energies,  and  gwe  liberally  to  save 
it  for  Christ  ?  Exceptional  exigencies  demand  exceptional  zeal  and  self- 
denial. 

This  year  may  be,  for  some  of  us,  our  last  year  of  service,  of  C'hristian 
giving.  Shall  it  not  be,  by  the  grace  of  God,  our  best,  our  most  fruitful 
one  ?  So  that  if  we  should  be  called  to  behold  him  in  glorj^  "  we  may 
have  confidence,  and  not  be  ashamed  before  him  at  his  coming." 
"  Therefore,  as  ye  abound  in  everything,  in  faith,  and  utterance,  and 
knowledge,  and  in  all  diligence  and  love — see  that  ye  abound  in  this  grace 
also" — liberality. 

In  his  name  and  for  his  sake, 

Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodrll,  Pres.  of  W.  H.  M.  A. 


Pray  for  It. — There  are  quiet  souls,  neither  pastors,  church  nor 
Sunday-school  officers,  nor  parents — some  of  them  "shut-ins  "  on  sick- 
beds— who  can  directly  do  but  little  to  interest  the  children  and  youth  in 
Rally  Day.  but  who  bear  the  cause  on  their  hearts  and  long  to  see  it  pros- 
per. One  thing,  dear  friends,  one  thing,  if  not  more,  you  can  do  ;  you 
can  pray  for  it.  You  can  ask  the  blessing  of  your  Heavenly  Father  on  all 
who  shall  have  the  day's  exercises  in  charge  ;  on  the  children  and  youth 
who  shall  take  an  active  part ;  on  the  missionaries  in  all  their  far-away 
fields  and  on  the  land  they  are  seeking,  with  God's  help,  to  save — a  land 
so  well  worth  saving,  and  for  whose  welfare  every  American  Christian  is 
in  his  or  her  just  measure  responsible.  Money  and  prayer  are  both 
essential  to  a  good  work's  success,  and  he  who  has  money  and  withholds 
it  cannot  make  good  the  deficiency  with  prayer.  But  let  the  poor  re- 
member :  "  If  there  be  first  a  willing  mind,  it  is  accepted  according  to 
that  a  man  hath,  and  not  accordina:  to  that  he  hath  not." 


Joyful  Tidings. — Special  meetings  are  going  on  here  this  week 
under  the  leadership  of  our  conquering  King.  Superintendent  Shaw  has 
reached  us  in  his  rounds  and  is  helping  us.  He  spoke  to  us  last  night, 
and  mighty  power  came  down  on  the  people.  Some  stiff-necked  enemies 
of  Jesus  were  conquered — praises  to  his  name  !  The  religious  interest 
of  the  last  two  months  has  been  greatly  strengthened.  I  know  this  news 
will  rejoice  your  hearts.  I  wish  all  our  people  in  the  North  could  know 
what  God  is  doing  this  year  for  Alabama. — Shelby,  Ala.,  Oclohcr  \th. 


396  The  Home  Missionary  November,  1894 


TREASURY  NOTE 

One-half  of  the  sixty-ninth  fiscal  year  has  passed.  The  receipts  in 
those  six  months — April  to  September — are  given  in  the  table  below,  and 
with  them,  for  ease  of  comparison,  the  receipts  in  the  corresponding 
months  of  1893  : 

CONTRIBUTIONS  LEGACIES 

1893  1894  1893  1894 

April.... $10,566  46  $18,936  34  April....  $6,681    14  $8,701  36 

May 9,461  46  18,608  21            May 25,812  59  6,113  5^ 

June i5»i36  17  ^5^-49  44           June 10,254  35  35.026  54 

July i5'293  72  18,908  65           July 8,940  ^g  10,695  22 

August...     9,479  91  7,886   18  .\ugust..  14,885   55  35,280  76 

Sept 13,794  35  12,707   28           Sept 5,450  10  15,045  01 

$73,532  07     $92,296   lo  $72,024  12  $110,862  47 

$92,296   10  $110,862  47 

73,532  07  72,024  12 


$18,764  03  gain  in  contributions.  $38,838  35  gain  in  legacies. 

Friends  of  Home  Missions  :  Please  look  over  these  figures  with 
care,  and  join  your  thanks  with  ours.  They  show  a  gain  of  $57,602.38 
over  the  first  six  months  of  last  year.  This  not  in  the  good,  easy  times 
that  we  all  remember  so  well,  but  in  the  closest  pecuniary  stringency 
known  here  for  many  years  ;  a  depression  that  has  disastrously  crippled 
the  country's  business,  has  broken  up  thousands  of  stanch  old  firms,  and 
brought  distress  into  hundreds  of  thousands  of  homes  of  honest,  hard- 
working toilers  with  brain  and  brawn.  Give  thanks  with  us,  friends,  for 
this  indication  of  returning  prosperity  !  The  clouds  are  breaking  away. 
Through  their  rifts  gleams  the  brightness  of  our  Father's  old-time  cove- 
nanted favor.  He  does  not  forget  his  pledged  word.  He  is  faithful  thai 
promised. 

This  gain  has  been  made  not  only  in  a  year  of  disaster,  but  in  those 
months  of  the  year  which  usually  bring  the  smallest  returns  into  this 
treasury.  Give  thanks  to  God  !  What  can  be  our  Father's  object  in  this 
timely  special  favor,  if  it  be  not  to  lift  up  our  spirits  ;  to  revive  our  faith 
and  hope  ;  to  set  anew  our  hearts  upon  him  who,  in  our  hours  of  adver- 
sity, had  almost  seemed  for  the  moment  to  have  forgotten  his  people  ;  to 
assure  us  that  he  loves  the  work  this  Society  has  in  hand,  loves  it  in 
dark  hours  as  well  as  in  bright,  and  will  surely  give  it  final  success  ? 

At  its  October  meeting  the  Executive  Committee  directed  that  there 
be  given,  through  the  magazine,  a  hearty  expression  of  thanks  to  the 
churches  and  friends  who,  under  God,  by  their  loving  gifts  have  made 


November,   1894  The,'    1  lonic   Missi()nar\'^  397 

this  report  of  gain  possil)Ic.  They  were  anxious  that  these  willing  givers 
should  know  how  warmly  their  timely  help  is  appreciated.  They  also 
suggested  that,  in  view  of  this  encouraging  statement,  the  Society's 
friends  be  urged  t<.)  unite  in  renewed  efforts,  during  this  last  and  most 
fruitful  half  of  the  current  year,  to  enable  the  committee  to  begin  at  once 
the  process  of  restoration,  and,  if  possible,  to  make  the  seventieth  year 
memorable  for  an  advance  all  along  the  line  of  the  Society's  operations. 
.\re  there  not  in  our  churches  thousands  of  devout  hearts  that  will  be 
moved  by  grateful  joy  to  make  generous  thank-offerings  in  behalf  of  the 
cause  they  love,  and  which  is  so  manifestly  beloved  of  God  ? 

NOT     ALL     DARK 

The  sun  is  invisible  to-day.  The  inky  clouds  just  above  us  cast 
a  gloom  upon  the  earth.  Yet  as  we  look  towards  the  west  we  see  the 
pine-covered  and  snow-dotted  mountains  all  glorious  with  sunlight.  Not 
infrequently  we  who  dwell  near  the  Big  Horn  Hills  are  treated  to  this 
strange  sight,  and  it  grandly  illustrates  the  experiences  of  every  mis- 
sionary on  the  frontier.  Dark  they  often  are,  but  never  altogether  dark. 
If  the  worker  casts  his  eye  in  the  right  direction  he  is  sure  to  be  cheered 
by  the  sight  of  sunshine.  Are  the  majority  of  the  people  on  his  field  so 
grossly  wicked  that  his  efforts  to  do  them  good  fail  ?  It  is  equally  certain 
that  some  are  not.  Are  many  so  blinded  by  the  glare  of  silver  and  gold 
that  it  seems  almost  impossible  to  show  them  *'  the  Way  "  ?  There  are 
always  a  few  quick  to  see  and  ready  to  accept  the  truth.  Are  too  many 
of  those  within  the  church  he  serves  "  children  tossed  to  and  fro,  and 
carried  about  with  every  wind  of  doctrine"?  Here  and  there  is  sure  to 
be  one  "  rooted  and  grounded  in  love."  Does  he  sometimes  receive 
neither  sympathy  nor  tokens  of  appreciation  from  his  field  ?  Then  these 
come  not  infrequently  from  friends  in  the  East,  and  daily  from  the 
Heavenly  Father.  Does  he  feel  alone  like  a  voice  "in  the  wilderness  "? 
Still  he  knows  he  has  "  a  cloud  of  witnesses." 

The  missionary  must  expect  often  to  see  the  clouds ;  but  at  the  same 
time  it  is  his  privilege  to  look  away  from  these  and  feast  his  eyes  upon 
the  sun-gilded  mountains. — E.  D.  B.,   Wyomi?ig. 


Rally  Day. — We  may  have  spoken  of  it  before  in  this  number,  but 
we  would  remind  our  readers  that  it  comes  on  Sunday,  November  25th, 
and  that  we  need  all  the  help  they  can  give. 


598 


The   Home   Missionary 


November,   1894 


APPOINTMENTS     IN     SEPTEMBER,    1894 


A"ot  in  co?n  mission  last  year 

Armstrong.  Lyman  P..  Corralitos,  Cal. 

Arnett,  Samuel  I  .  Aurora,  Mo. 

Childs,  Edward  P  ,  Ashland.  Ore. 

De  Kay,  Georfje  H..  Santa  Monica.  Cal 

De  Long,  Thomas  W.,  Ainsworth,  Neb. 

Fisher,  Elmer  K..  Plevna,  Kan. 

Goerlitz,   G.    Woldemar,    Inland    and    Hastings, 

Neb. 
Helms,  George  L.,  Ree  Heights,  Greenleaf,  and 

Spring  Hill,  So.  Dak. 
Morton,  J.  B.,  Orlando,  Fla. 
Rea,  John.  Sansalito.  Cal. 
Rowley.  Ralph  A.,  Leavenworth  and  Wenatchee, 

Wash. 

Ri'-colu  missioned 

Atherton,   Isaac  W.,   Spring  Valley  and  Jamul, 

Cal. 
Barnett,  John  H.,  Corry  and  Concord,  Penn. 
Billings,  C.  S.,  Evangelist  in  Neb. 
Boyle,  Frank  W.,  El  Paso,  Te.v. 
Brown,  Willard  D.,  Interlachen,  Fla. 
Burroughs.  Charles  H.,  Belle  Fourchc,  So.  Dak, 
Bushell,  Richard.  Marysville,  Wash. 
Champlin,  Oliver  P.,  Oberon,  No.  Dak. 
Clark.  Victor  F.,  Holdredge,  Neb. 
Compton,  Herbert  E.,  Sykeston  and  Cathay,  No, 

Dak. 
Crater.  George   W.,   Carthage  and  Esmond,  So. 

Dak. 
Davis,  William.  Julesburg,  Colo. 
Evison.  Albert  E.,  Inkster  and  Orr,  No.  Dak. 
Fritzemeier,  William,  Crete,  Neb. 
Frost,  Willard  J  ,  Cortland  and  Mecca.  Ohio. 
Eraser,  Charles  W..  Key  West,  Fla. 
Fuller,  Almon  T.,  New  Smyrna.  Fla. 
Gallagher,  George  W.,  Tacoma,  Wash. 
Gilchrist.   Howard   H..   General  Miss'y  in  Black 

Hills  and  Wyo. 
Griffith,  William,  Caledonia,  No.  Dak. 
Haggquist,  F.  G.,  General  Missionary  among  the 

Scandinavians  in  No.  Wis. 
Halliday.  Joseph  C.,  Orange  City,  Fla. 
Hardaway,   George    W.,    Longvvood    and    Palm 

Springs,  Fla. 


Harding.  John  W..  Ormoiid.  Fla. 

Henn,  Jacob,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Hodgeman.  Lewis  P..  Albion,  Penn. 

Huntley,  Abi  S..  Pearl,  So.  Dak. 

Huntley.  Sand  ford  F.,  Wessington   Springs  and 

Anina,  So.  Dak. 
Jones,  John  D.,  Medical  Lake,  Wash. 
Jones.  John  E.,  Cooperstown,  No.  Dak. 
Lewis,   John   M.,    Deer   Park  and    Loon    Lake, 

Wash. 
Luck,  Charles  W..  Ogden,  Utah. 
Luter.  Elves  D.,  Oscall  and  Bethel,  Fla. 
Marble,  William  H.,  Wallace  and  Macon,  Kan. 
Massie,  William   M.,  Kenwood   and  Glen  Ellen, 

Cal. 
Melton,  Jesse  J.,  Warnell  and  Panasoffkee.  Fla. 
Miller,  Willie  G.,  Compton,  Shoal  River,  and  New 

Light,  Fla. 
Newell,  Arthur  F.,  Lincoln.  Neb. 
Noble,  Mason.  Lake  Helen,  Fla. 
Paine,  Samuel  D..  Sanford.  Fla. 
Pearce,  Isaac  A.,  Palm  Beach,  Fla. 
Pearson.  John  L.,  Oceanside  and  Encinitas,  Cal. 
Pierce.  Robert  S.,  Urbana,  Neb. 
Powell.  Gregory  J.,  Omaha,  Neb. 
Preston,  Charles  W.,  Curtis.  Neb. 
Reese,  Pleasant  H.,  Woodrufif.  Ga. 
Reoch,  Adam,  Monterey,  Penn. 
Re.xford,  George  W.,  Plankinton,  So.  Dak. 
Rovve.  James.  Alexandria  and  Bard.  So.  Dak. 
Shepard.  Herman  T.,  Black  Diamond  and  Frank- 
lin, Wash. 
Smith,  William,  Huntington  and  Ontario,  Ore. 
Smith,  Zvvingle  H.,  Howard  and  Vilas,  So.  Dak. 
Sutherland.  J.  M.,  Hammond.  Ind. 
Tangemann.  G.  D.,De  Witt  and  Beatrice,  Neb. 
Thomson,  Ale.xander.  Tomahawk,  Wis. 
Thurston,  Thomas  W.,  Dawson  and  Tappen,  No. 

Dak. 
Tingle,  George  W. ,  Oneida  and  Axtell,  Kan. 
Town,  Willard  O..  Cora,  Kan. 
Wherland,  James  D..  Oberlin  and  Vinton,  La. 
Willett,  George,  San  Luis  Obispo,  Cal. 
Williams.  William  H.,   Springfield  and  Nichols, 

Mo. 
Wilson,  Henry,  Canton,  So  Dak. 
Wise,  William  C,  Chelan,  Wash. 


RECEIPTS    IN    SEPTEMBER,    1894 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Auxiliary  .Societies,  see  pages  403  to  405 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE— $16.00. 

Brookline,  by  Miss  E.  M.  Peterson. . .  $3 

Concord,  A  Friend 5 

Henniker,  Friends,  through   Mrs.  L. 

W.  Peabody 5 

Lyme  Center,  Mrs.  A.  Bailey i 

Stewartstown,  I.H.N 2 


VERMONT— 11,035.50  ;  of  which  leg- 
acy, $1,017.50. 

Received  by  W.  C.  Tyler,  Treas.  Vt. 
Dom.  Miss.  Soc. : 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs.  W.  P. 
Fairbanks.    Treas. :    Essex  Junc- 
tion, Mrs.  Seaton 5  00 

Bennington  Center,  "  M."  3  00 

Brattleboro.     Balance    of    Legacy    of 

Clark  Jacobs,  by  C.  F.  Thompson. .  1,017  5° 

Royalton,  First,  by  J.  Wilde 10  00 


MASSACHUSETTS  — $7,666.71  ;       of 
which  legacies,  $2,037.51. 

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

Palmer.  Treas $500  00 

By  request  of  donors $7857 

For  work  among  foreigners 

in  the  West 4.500  00 

4,578  57 

Acton.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  E.  Davis. . .  8  00 
Amesbury,  Union  Ch., by  E.  A.  Good- 
win             14  77 

Auburndale,  Mrs.  E.  Price,  in  full,  to 

const.  Edith  E.  Mowry  a  L.  M 25  00 

Boston,  Legacy  of  Elizabeth  C.  Jew- 
ett.  by  C.  U.  Cotting  and  John  C. 

Ropes,  exs 1,000  00 

W.  \.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund 50  00 

L.  T.  B 200  00 

Chester.  A  Friend 1000 

Greenfield.    Legacy    of    Roswell    W. 
Cook,  in  full,"by  H.  F.  Nash,  ex....        324  66 


Xovember,  1894  The   Home   Missionary 


399 


Holbrook,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Smith $0  40 

Mil'.bury.  C.  E.  Hunt 16  66 

Monson.  by  E.  F.  Morris.         32  33 

Salem,  Estate  of  Eliza  E.  Taylor,  in 

full,  by  Thomas  Weston 71285 

Sheffield,  by  A.  T.  VVakelicld.  M,D...  9  15 

South  Kramingham,  Rev.  VV.  G.  Pud- 

defoot 45  00 

Springfield,  Faith  Ch.,  by  C.  H.  Cram  9  69 

Wcllesley,  Dana  Hall  School,  by  Miss 

J.  N.  Eastman      75  00 

Worcester,    Old    South    Ch.,   by    E. 

Jerome 47  38 

Woman's  Guild,  Salem  Street  Ch., 
by  L.  C.  Muzzy 5  00 

A  Member  of  Plymouth  Ch.,  by  F. 
W.  Chase 225 


RHODE  ISLAND— $517.34  ;  of  which 
legacy,  §500.00. 


Central  Falls,  Estate  of  Samuel  Ma- 
cartney, by  W.  H.  Gooding,  adm.. 

Newport,  W.  C.  Simmons 

Providence,  North  Ch.,  by  C.  H.  East- 
wood   


CONNECTICUT— $9,415.49  ;  of  which 
legacies,  §7,050.00. 

Miss.    Soc.    Conn..    W.    W.    Jacobs, 
Treas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 

\V'.  W.  Jacobs,  Treas.  : 
Berlin,      Ladies       Benev. 

Soc.     by     Mrs.    B.    K. 

Field,  for  Salary  Fund..        $1144 
Bethel,  Au.^.,  by  Miss  H. 

H.  Seelye 1778 

Kensington,  by  Miss  C.  J. 

Graham,  for  the  debt. . .  11  24 

Poquonock.  Aux.,  by  Miss 

N.  P.  Merwin 30  00 

South   Canaan,    Aux.,   by 

Mrs.  E.  E.  Manley,  for 

Salary  Fund 5  00 

Willimantic,     First  Au.\., 

by  Mrs.  A.  L.  Dinsmore.  8  00 


Connecticut,  A  Friend 

Greenwich,    Stillson  Benev.    Soc.  of 

the  Second,  by  Miss  Katherine  M. 

Mead,  to  const.  Mrs.  D.  Gerry,  Mrs. 

H.  Mead.  Mrs.  C.  Reynolds.  Mrs.  G. 

M.    Mead,    Mrs.    F.   Hecker.    Mrs. 

Hitchcock,   Miss    E.    Kimball,  and 

Miss  A.  M.Williams  L.  Ms 

Hartford,  "  C.  E.  H." 

.Madison.  From  the  Estate  of  William 

H.  Dowd.  by  J.  N.  Chittenden,  ex. 

Milford,  First,  by  F.  A.  Tucker 

Naugatuck,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc,  by  Mrs. 

C.  L.  Soule,  special 

New  Hartford,  add'l,  by  Rev.  J.  P. 

Hawley   

New  Haven,  Two  Friends 

Mary  J.  Prudden  and  sister 

Norfolk,  bv  I.  N.  Covvles 

Norwalk,  First,  by  E.  L.  Boyer 

Norwich,  Park  Ch.,  add'l.  by  H.  L. 

Butts,  to  const.  Mary  R.  Osgood  a 

L.  M 

Plainville,  Mrs  M.  E,  Morse,  by  L.  P. 

Buell 

Plymouth.  G.  R.  Barker 

Pomfret,  A  Friend 

Rockville,  Gideon  Angell 

Stratford,  by  Mrs.   S.   A.  Talbot,  to 

const.  Mrs.  Josie  Bennetto  a  L.  M. . 
Thomaston,  First,  by  G.  H.  Stoughton 


500  00 
7  00 


176  66 


83  46 
90  00 


4,800  00 
20  00 


5  00 
20  00 

ID  00 
28  67 
65    67 


15 

00 

2.5 

00 

I 

00 

,, 

07 

10 

76 

West  Hartford,  On  account  of  Legacy 
of    Nancy   S.    Gaylord,   by    F.    H. 

Parker,  ex $2,250  00 

Winchester,  by  E,  Bn  nson 175 

Woodstock,  by  H.  T.  Child 20  45 


NEW  YORK— 84,403.97;  of  which  lega- 
cies, $4,140.01. 

Received  by  William  Spalding, 
Treas.: 

Ellington §9  55 

Griffin's  Mills 900 

Middletown,  First  S.  S..    ..       49  09 

Phoeni.\ 45  00 

Washington  Mills,  Jr.  Y.  P. 

S.  C.  li 10  00 

122  64 

Batavia,  From  Estate  of  Phineas  L. 

Tracy,  by  J.   F.  Lay,  trustee 14000 

Hancock.  Mission    Band,  by  Miss  A. 

R.  Tarbox 600 

Mohonk  Lake.  Mrs.  C.  B.  Tompkins. .  50  00 

Morrisville,  Mrs    L.  A.  Dana 5  co 

Mt.  Sinai,  by  S.  J.  Hopkins 15  00 

New  York  City,  On  account  of  be- 
quest of  J.  F.  Delaplaine.  by  J. 
Cruikshankand  T.  W.  Chambers, 

exs 4,000  00 

"  Aiter  Many  Days" 50  00 

Oswego,  by  W.  B.  Couch lo  00 

Parkville,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Kirkwood..  5  33 


NEW  JERSEY-SI90-23. 

Plainfield,  by  G.  W.  Rockfcllow. . ..  190  23 

PENNSYLVANIA~$79.34. 

Bangor.  Bethel,  by  Rev.  R.L.  Roberts.  3  00 

Carbondale.  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  A.  Jones. .  2  65 

Pittsburg,  A  Friend 50  00 

Plymouth.  Pilgrim,   by   Rev.   W.   L. 

Evans 1000 

Scranton,  Plymouth,  by  S.  B.  Powell.  13  69 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA-$25.oo. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  the  N.  J. 
Asso.,  Mrs.  J.H.  Dennison,  Treas. : 
Washington,  First,  for  Salary  Fund.  25  00 


VIRGINIA— $13.46. 

Herndon,  by  G.  H.  Pratt. 


13  46 


WEST  VIRGINIA— S4.09. 
Ceredo,  by  Rev.  G.  Gadsby. 


FLORIDA— §22.62. 

Oscall  and   Bethel,   by   Rev.  E.    D. 

Luter. 

Port  Orange.  §9.22  :  Oak  Hill.  $3.40, 

by  Rev.  E.  T.  R.  Fripp 

Warnell  and   Panasoflkee,  by  Rev.  J. 

J.  Mslton 


TEXAS— $27.80. 

Woman's   H.    M.   Union,    Mrs.   C.  I. 
Scofield.  Treas. : 
Sherman,  for  Salary  Fund 


Cleburne,  by  C.  W.  Mertz. 


2  50 

12  62 


4  50 

23  30 


400 


The   Home   Missionary 


November,   1894 


NEW  MEXICO— $8.00. 
White  Oaks,  by  Rev.  E.  H.  Ashmun. 


OHIO— $645.57  ;  of  which  le^cy,  $ioo. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Eraser, 
D.D.  : 

Alexandria,  by  Rev.  A.  G. 

Manville $ii  <x) 

Ashland,  by  J.  O.  Jennings.       15  00 

Ashtabula.    First,    by   Rev. 
H.  D.  Wiard 10  50 

Chester,  by  James  M.  John- 
ston         4  25 

Cleveland,     Franklin     Ave- 
nue, by  Rev.  H.  O.  Allen.       10  00 

Huntington,  West   Va.,   by 
Joseph  Clare 21  19 

Little  Muskingum,  by  Rev. 
C.  E.  Dickinson,  D.D....         5  00 

Pierpont.  Ch.   and  S.  S.,  by 
E.  B.  Pitcher 1066 

Thomastown,   Miss   Rachel 

Davies 2  00 

89  60 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Eraser, 
D.D..     Treas.     Bohemian 
Board,  Cleveland  : 
Parkman,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 

Rev.  S.  R.  Dole $200 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brovv^n,  Treas.  : 
For     general     Bohemian 
work  : 
Akron.  First,   Y.   P.   S. 

C.   E 5  00 

Austinburg 6  00 

Cincinnati. Walnut  Hills        5  co 
Cleveland,  First.  Y.  P. 

S.  C.  E 3  64 

Conneaut 500 

Elyria 1500 

Geneva.  I.  H.  M.  S 22  70 

Mansfield 14  00 

Marietta,  Harmar 1000 

North  Fairfield 5  00 

Toledo,  Washington 

Street 10  00 

Twinsburg 10  00 

Bible  Readers  School  : 
Akron,   First,   Y.    P.   S. 

C.  E 5  00 

Burton 515 

Cincinnati, Walnut  Hills        5  00 

Elyria 10  00 

Kirtland 2  50 

Lindenville ....         4  00 

Lodi 4  00 

Mansfield 14  00 

Marietta,  First 600 

Harmar 10  00 

Toledo.  Washington 

Street 10  00 

Twinsburg 1000 

198  99 

Woman's    H.   M.  Union,   Mrs.  G.   B. 
Brown.  Treas.  : 
Elyria.  for  Salary  Fund   5  00 

Ashtabula  Harbor,  Finns,  by  Rev.  F. 

Lehtinen i  50 

Aurora,  by  E.  R.  Fuller 6  62 

Cleveland,  Cyril  Chapel,   by  Rev.  J. 

Musil 1600 

Hudson,  Legacy  of  Mrs.   Abigail    D. 

Case,  by  J.  H.  Seymour,  e.x loo  00 

Lyme,  by  Melvin  Wood 2771 

Oberlin,  First,  by  L-  W.  Upton 60  50 

Second,  by  N.  Huckins 62  63 

A  Friend 2  00 


Penfield,  Ladies'   Miss.  Soc,  by  Mrs. 

F.  D.  Gott $15  00 

Salem.  David  A.  Allen 25  00 

Saybrook,  by  C.  W.  Se.xton 26  02 

Weymouth   and  Brunswick,  by  Rev. 

F.  D.  Bentley 900 


INDIANA-$25.28. 

Woman's  H.    M.  Union,  Mrs.   F.   E. 
Dewhurst,  Treas.  : 
Fremont,  of  which  $1.91   is   thank- 
offering  from  Children's  Day 


Angola,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  $1.30;  Bremen, 
$15.23,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Curtis 


MISSOURI-$i3.85. 

Meadville,  M.  B.  Goodale,  Sweet  Pea 
Fund  

St.  Joseph,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  W.  Pier- 
son  . 

St.  Louis,  Hope  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  P. 
O'Brien 

Willow  Springs,  First,  by  Rev.  J. 
Brereton 


MINNESOTA— $1.70895. 

Anoka,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  G.  C. 

Bland 

Applcton,  by  Rev.  H.  G.  Cooley 

Dodge  Center,  by  Rev.  P.  A.  Johnson 

Edgerton,  by  Rev.  E.  Carter 

Lakeland,  by  Rev.  A.  A.  Davis 

St.  Paul,  Bethany  Ch.,  by  G.  H.  Hos- 

mer 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Morley: 

Minneapolis,  Plymouth $3500 

Silver  Lake 15  5° 

Pilgrim,  Y.  P.  S.C.  E 5  54 

Winona,  First  70  00 

$126  04 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

M.  W.  Skinner,  Treas.: 
Alexandria,   $10;  Mrs.    S. 

D.  Moles,  $10 $20  00 

Appleton I  26 

Austin 17  69 

Burtrum 2  00 

Cannon  Falls 5  00 

Crookston 6  00 

Custer,    S9.88  ;      Mission 

Band,  $3.24 13  12 

Duluth,  Pilgrim  42  50 

Edgerton,  $2  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.,  $1.50 3  50 

Excelsior 2  50 

Glencoe 10  00 

Grand  Meadow 7  73 

Hutchinson,  Y.    P.    S.    C. 

E..  for  debt 5  00 

Madison 2  80 

Medford,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  . .  2  00 

Mantor ville 7  00 

Marshall.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.. 

for  debt 4  69 

Minneapolis,  First 12  50 

Plymouth 39  26 

Park  Avenue is  00 

Union 23  00 

Morris,  $5  :  Young  People, 

$r,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,$5  ..  13  00 

Morristown 2  50 

New  Richland 12  50 

Northficld,  special 50  00 


8  75 


16  53 


65 
I  60 
6  60 
5  00 


75 
4  25 
18  75 
I  25 

75 

12  50 


November,    1894 


The    Home   Missionary 


401 


Orton ville $2  50 

Paynesville 4  00 

Rochester,  Jr.Y.  P.  S.C.  E.  5  00 

Saratoga 3  00 

St.  Cliarles 6  00 

St.  Paul,  Park 5  00 

Plymouth,    $33.75  ;     Jr. 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,$3 3675 

.Spring'  Valley 10  00 

Stillwater,  Mission  Band.  3  50 
Waseca,  $26  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

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

E.,  $7 38  00 

Watcrville 2  35 

West  Union 10  00 

Winona,  First 25 

Second 10  00 

$456  90—  $582  94 

Received   by  Rev.  J.  H.  Mor- 
ley  : 

Anoka,  special $10  00 

Alexandria,  special 500 

Austin,  special 500 

(ieneral  Asso.,  special ....  22  79 

Faribault,  special 10  00 

Madison 500 

Mantorville 5  00 

Minneapolis,  Plymouth 50  00 

Open  Door,  special 7  25 

Lowry  Hill,  special 10  00 

Park  Avenue,  special 10  00 

First,  special 5  00 

Morristown 7  06 

Northficld,  special 500 

Owatonna,  special 5  00 

Plainview.  special 5  00 

Rose  Creek,  special 5  00 

Rockford,  111.,   Men's   Sun- 
day Evening  Club,  special  2500 
St.  Anthony  Park,  special  . .  5  00 
St.  Paul,  Bethany,  special..  5  00 

Park,  special 10  00 

Winona,  First,  special lo  oo 

Wabasha,  special 5  00 

Waterville,  special 10  00 

$242  10 

Woman's  H.  M.  Soc,  Mrs. 
M.  W.  Skinner,  Treas. : 

Anoka $6  50 

Benson 3  00 

Cottage  Grove 10  00 

Elk  River...   6  12 

E.xcelsior 2  80 

Faribault 6000 

Fairmont 6  91 

Grey  Eagle 75 

Glyndon 5  05 

Hartland 500 

Hutchinson 3  50 

Little  Falls   1000 

Mazeppa 9  58 

Minneapolis.  Plymouth,  to 
const.  Mrs. W.G.Smith 

a  L.  M . .  65  26 

Plymouth,Young  Ladies  12  60 

First 35  90 

Lovrry    Hill,   to    const. 
Mrs.    E.    M.    Betts    a 

L.  M 50  15 

Pilgrim 4400 

Open  Door,  Ladies  and 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E...  23  95 

Y.  P.  S.  C  E 4  60 

Lyndale 16  75 

Bethany 300 

Oak  Park S  00 

Silver  Lake 7  60 

Vine . .  s  00 

Monticello g  00 

Marshall 28  00 


Morristown $2  00 

New  Paynesville 7  50 

Northfield 75  17 

S.  S.,  special 1983 

Owatonna. 350 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Pelican  Rapids 17  88 

Plainview 18  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 12  10 

St.  Anthony  Park j8  00 

St.  Cloud   6  00 

St.  Paul,  Pacific 6  00 

South  Park 3  09 

Park 15  00 

Sauk  Rapids 4  10 

Stillwater 1366 

Worthington 1525 

West  Dora 3  80 

Mission  Band 1  16 

Winona,  First,  to  const. 
Mrs.  A.  E.  Keyes  and 
Miss   Ellen   Elmer  L. 

Ms 117  10 

First,  Young  Ladies 10  00 

Zumbrota,   .$21.54  :   S.    S., 

$4.96;    Jr.    Y.    P.   S.  C. 

E.,  $5 31  50 

Contribution 231 

$847  97 

Less  expenses 2  31 


$845  66— $1,087  76 

WISCONSIN— $295.46  ;  of  which  lega- 
cy, $200.00. 

Woman's   H.  M.   Union,  Mrs.   C.  M. 
Blackman,  Treas. : 
Antigo 2000 

Iron  River  and    Brule,  by  Rev.  H.  J. 
McClements   3  19 

Milwaukee,  On  account  of  Legacy  of 
E.  D.  Holton,  by  O.  W.  Robert- 
son, e.\ 200  00 

Gertrude  E.Loomis,  to  const.  Lysan- 
der  N.  Loomis  a  L.  M 5000 

New    Richmond,    Ch.  $17.50;    S.   S., 

$2.77,  by  Rev.  T.  Kent 20  27 

Ripon,  W.  O.  Hargrave 2  00 


IOWA-$6.2s. 

Siou.x  City,  German,  by  Rev.  C.  W. 

Wuerrschmidt 

German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T.  O.  Doug- 
lass     


5  00 

I    25 


KANSAS-$82.76. 

Received      by      Rev.     J.     G. 
Dougherty,  Treas.  ; 

Dover $4  46 

Fowler,  Harvest  Festival..  2  00 

Jetmore 4  20 

Kinsley.  Mrs.  Adams i  00 

North  Topeka.  G.  W.  W^hite  i  00 

Osborne,  First,  by  J.  R.  Loomis 

Sabetha,   by   Rev.  A.  C.    Hogbin.  to 

const.  G.  C.  Cashman  a  L.  M 

Sycamore,  by  Rev,  E.  Pratt 


NEBRASKA $162.93. 

Received  by  J.  W.  Bell.  Treas. : 

Indianola $15  00 

Lincoln,  First 6785 

Springview 4  00 


65  00 

72 


86  8s 


402 


The   Home   Missionary  November, 


1894 


Ainsworth,  by  Rev.  T.  W.  DeLong..  $22  12 

Bertrand,  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Snyder 4  75 

Butte  and  Spencer,  by  Rev.  W.  Loney  2  00 
Dodge  and  Howell,  by  Rev.  A.  Farn 

worth 1200 

Doniphan,  West  Hamilton,  and  North 

Hastings,  by  Rev.  E.  Cressman ...  3  00 

Milford,  by  Rev.  R.  M.  Travers "i  00 

Nebraska  City,  Rev.  G.  C.  Hall 5  00 

Pleasant  Ridge,  by  Rev.  S.  Deakin. . .  3  06 

Princeton.  German,  by  Rev.  J.  Morach  4  00 

Wallace,  by  E.  G.  Norton 1 1  42 

Wescott,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Smith 7  73 


NORTH  DAKOTA-$55.93. 

Received  by  Rev.  H  C.  Sim- 
mons : 

De.xter $5  00 

Fargo,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  First  5  00 

Ft.  Berthold 10  00 

Spiritwood i  00 

$21  00 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 

J.  M.  Fisher.  Treas.  : 

Cummings $3  00 

S.  S     .'^  20 

Grand  Forks 5  00 

Harwood 7  50 

Berlin.  Mite  Boxes 2  56 

Lisbon.  Pioneer  Ch 2  00 

Wahpeton 1000 

$33  26- 
Caledonia,  by  Rev.  W.  Griffith 

SOUTH  DAKOTA-$42.73. 

Faulkton,  by  Rev.  J.  Stevens 

Howard   and   Vilas,   by   Rev.   Z.    H. 

Smith 

Tyndall,    German,    by     Rev.    A.    F. 

Schmalle 

Valley  Springs,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall. 


COLORADO    $130.85. 

Woman's  H.   M.  Union,  Mrs. 

S.  A.  Sawyer,  Treas $75  00 

Toward   L.  Mp.  of   Mrs.  G. 
W.  Bartlett 1500 

Flagler,   Seibert,  and   Claremont,  by 

Rev.  G.  E.  Tuttle 

Longmont,  First,  by  E.  White 


WYOMING— $2.00. 
Sheridan,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Bostwick 


54  26 
I  67 


5  00 
2  73 


6  00 
34  85 


MONTANA— $12.80. 

Woman's  H.  M.   Union,  Mrs. 
H.  E.  Jones.  Treas.: 
Livingston,     Mrs.     H.     E. 

Jones 

Missoula,  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc. 


$S  00 
5  00 


Melrose,  $2.20  ;  Thompson  Falls,  eoc. 
by  Rev.  W.  S.  Bell 


10  00 
2  80 


UTAH-$25.oo. 
Salt  Lake  City,  Rev.  D.  W.  Bartlett..  25  00 

CALIFORNIA- $164.80. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of 
Southern  Cal.,  Mrs.  M.  M. 
Smith,  Treas. : 

Riverside,  First $5  00 

San  Diego.  First,  for  debt..       10  00 

Santa  Barbara 36  00 

Ventura 1600 

67  00 

Highland.  Ch.  of  Christ  S.  S.,  by  S. 
H.  Barrett  8  05 

Lorin,  Park  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  D.  Fos- 
ter   57  so 

Pacific  Grove,  Mayflower,  by  Miss 
M.  L.  Holman 18  00 

Santa  Ana.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $2.50: 
Westminster.  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
$3.35,  by  Rev.  J  T.  Ford 5  85 

Spring  Valley,    Y.   P.   S.    C.    E.,   by 

Rev.  I.  W.  Atherton 8  40 

OREGON— $71.80. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

W.  D.  Palmer,  Treas $54  35 

Forest  Grove 9  45 

63  80 

Astoria,  First,  by  G.  AUes 5  00 

Portland,  Henry  Yost,  by  Rev.  E. 
Grieb 3  00 

WASHINGTON-$34.oo. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  J.  W. 
George,  Treas 10  00 

Aberdeen,  First,  by  Rev.  G.  Lindsay..  10  00 

Bay  Center,  A  Friend . .         2  oc 

Sultan,  by  Rev.  G.  Kindred 12  00 

HAWAIIAN  ISLANDS-$2oo.oo. 

Kohala,  Hawaii,  A  Friend 200  00 

Home  Missionary 47  25 


$27,153  76 


Donations  of  Clothing,  etc. 


Austinburg,  O.,  L.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  E. 

Cowles,  barrel $80  00 

Lyme,  N.  H.,  Mrs.  C.  C.  Fairfield,  bo.x 

and  cash 85  89 

Orford,  N.  H.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc  ,  by  Mrs. 

Isaac  Willard,  barrel  and  cash 82  35 


Philadelphia,     Pa.,     Rev.     Geo.     May 

Powell,  trunk. 
Port  Chester,   N.  Y.,  by   Mrs.  Andrew 

Clark,  barrel. 
Suffield,  Ct.,  First  Ch.by  Mrs.  W.  L. 

Loomis,  barrel  and  half-barrel $180  76 


November,  1894  The   Homc   Missionary 


403 


AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 


NEW    HAMPSHIRE    HOME    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Rtxcipts   of  tilt    .\'i-7u  Hampshire  Home  Missionary  Society  from  July  I    to    Oetoher   i, 
1S94.      r.YMAN  U.  Stkvf.ns,   Treasurer 


Milford,  A  Member  .)f  Cl.urch $1  00 

Jaffrey 21  50 

Pembroke,  First 2567 

Mason 7  50 

GoflEstown,  50  cts.;   Miss  Mary  A.  Had- 

ley,  S5 5  50 

West  Concord 25  5° 

Wilmot,  S5  ;  Lajjacy  of  Stephen  Fitch, 

for  C.  H.  M.  S.,  $11.848.56 11.853  56 

Andover 5  50 

Salmon  Falls^Ch.  and  S.  S 1800 

Manchester.  Specific  Legfacy  of  Abigail 
S.    Knovvles.    Si, 000  ;  from  Estate  of 

Abigail  S.  Knovvles,  $1,500 2,500  00 

Concord,   First 91  41 

Dublin.  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Lucy  Richard- 
son    150  00 

Dunbarton 12  22 

Lisbon,  First 2158 

Pelham.  $25.25:  for  C.  H.  M.  S.,$40..  65  25 

Wilton,  Second 19  50 

Hebron,  Union 16  25 


Enfield $1535 

Acwortl)    7.00 

Wakefield 14  4° 

Dalton 12  CO 

Kensington 6  10 

South  Seabrook 4  00 

H  illsljoro  Center 1200 

Amherst,    Legacy  of    Rev.    Dr.   J.    G. 

Davis 250  00 

Milton 900 

Hill  25  55 

Tarn  worth 5  75 

Union 7  24 

Francistown.     Legacy     of     Emily     C. 

Starrett 173+ 

Greenville 800 

Greenfield 10  00 

Atkinson 749 

North  Hampton,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 32  60 

Gilmanton  Iron  Works 4  50 

New  Hampshire  Female  Cent  Institu- 
tion and  H.  M.  Union 836  22 


VERMONT    DOMESTIC    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  I'erntoiit  Domestic  Missionary  Society  from  August  2.0  to  September  20,  1894. 

\Vm.   C.    Tyler.    Treasurer 


Arlington,  East 

Barton,  Supply 

Cabot 

Craftsbury,  North 

Ludlow 

Lyndon  ville 

Peacham 

Salisbury 

Sudbury 

South  Hero,  "  A  Widow's  Mite  ' 

Underbill,  Mrs.  J.  Woodruff 

Vergennes 

Waterbury 

Y.  P.S.  C.  E 

Weathersfield 


$5 

5° 

10 

CO 

30 

00 

10 

00 

10 

71 

3 

18 

19 

70 

3 

00 

22 

8s 

2S 

I 

00 

IS 

GO 

14 

03 

10 

00 

6 

34 

Westfield 

Winooski 

Woodstock 

Interest  on  invested  funds. 


Woman's      Home      Missionary 

Union  : 
Esse.x  Junction,   Mrs.  W.  H. 

Seaton.  for  C.  H.  M.  S Ss  00 

Manchester,  W.  H.  M.  S 15  00 

Middlebury,      Ladies'     Dom. 

Miss.  Soc 40  00 


$20  64 
5  80 

43  30 
70  00 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Hone  Missionary  Society  in  September,  1894.     Rev.  Edwin 

B.   Palmer.    Treasurer 


Amherst.  South,  by  Rev.  H.  W.  Boyd..  $12  00 

Ashby,  Orth.,  by  C.  F.  Hayward 14  22 

Auburn,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..by  H.  H.  Whit- 
ney    3  00 

Bank  balance.  August  int 29  71 

Barnstable.  West,  by  Henry  S.  Smith..  10  00 
Becket.  North,  Ladies'  .\id  Soc,  by  Jar- 
vis  Norcott      15  00 

Boston,  .\  Friend... 100  00 


Park  St..  by  E.  H.  McGuire $5  00 

Ro.xbury.   Highland,  by  Rev.  W.  R. 

Campbell 10  00 

Braintree,  First,  by  A.  B.  Keith 5  qi 

Cambridge,  North  Ave.,  by  Edwin  F. 

Fobes 108  06 

Charlemont,  East,  by  Charles  H.  Lea- 

vitt  1400 

Chester,  Center,  by  Rev.  E.  C.  Haynes  19  15 


404 


The   Home   Missionary  November,  1894 


Cohasset,   Beech  wood,  by  Edward    F. 

Ripley $104  23 

Conway,  by  Francis  Rowland 19  46 

Dana,  by  N.  L.  Johnson 8  00 

Dedham,  First,  by  Geo.  W.  Humphrey, 

for   H.    M.    sufferers   by  fire  in    Wis. 

and  Minn 113  37 

East  Bridgewater,   Union,  E.-C.-a-Day 

Band,  by  A.  C.  Packard 3  57 

Easthampton,  First,  by  W.  H.  Wright, 

Treas 6961 

Payson,  by  H.  L.  Clark,  for  C.H.M.S.  56  07 

A  Friend     5  00 

Parsons,   Mrs.  Levi,  by  Rev.  W.  G. 

Puddefoot 125 

Everett,  A  Friend i  00 

Frankhn,  by  J.  H.  Baker 10  00 

Groveland,  by  Miss  M.  A.  Rurbank...  16  00 

Hampden    Benev.    Association, 
by  Geo.  R.  Bond,  Treas.  : 

Agavvam,  Feeding  Hills $5  00 

Chicopee,  First.  S.  S 4  09 

Longmeadow,     Gentlemen's 

Benev.  Asso 46  23 

Ladies'  Benev.  Asso 97  25 

South  Hadley  Falls 702 

Springfield,  Emmanuel   2  35 

West  Springfield.  Park  St. ...       20  00 

—   —  i8i  94 

Haverhill,  A  Friend 15  00 

Hinsdale,  by  C.  J.  Kittredge 6  09 

HoUiston,  First,  by  Geo.  A.  Bartlett. .  46  53 

Hyde  Park,  First,  by  S.  B.  Balkam  48  36 

Lincoln,  A  Friend i  00 

Lynn.  Central,  by  L  K.  Harris,  for  local 

Armenian  work 1500 

Mansfield,  by  Mrs.  Rogers 12  53 

Marshfield  Hills,  by  John  Hatch 1300 

Methuen,  First,  by  Jacob  Emerson 19  23 

Middleton.  bv  C.  P.  Stiles 6  82 

Natick.  South.  John  Eliot,  by  M.  V.  B. 

Bartlett 14  92 


New  Marlboro,  First,  by  Gilbert  Hollis- 

ter $2  40 

Mill   River,   by   E.  W.  Rhoades  ....  11  44 

Newton,  Eliot,  by  F.  C.  Partridge 180  00 

North  Brocikfield,  White,  Maria  P..  Es- 
tate of.  by  Alfred  W.  Burrill.  adm.. . .  100  00 
Orange,  Swedish  Ch.,  by  J.  A.  Edman.  10  00 
Peabody,  South,  by  Rev.  Geo.  A.  Hall. 

for  local  Armenian  work 10  00 

Peru,  by  Rev.  E.  L.  Clark 10  25 

Prescott,  Webber,  Geo.  M 2  00 

Princeton,  by  Rev.  Chas.  A.  White 123  03 

(j)uincy,  Evan,  by  James  S.  Baxter....  11  50 

Reading,  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearson 25  00 

Reed,  Dwight,  Fund,  Income  of 20  00 

Rochester,  North,   by  Mrs.   N.  A.  Ben- 
nett, special  coll 5  00 

Salem,  South,  by  Frank  W.  Reynolds. .  150  22 
S.   S.,   by   Rev.    Jas.    F.  Brodie,    for 

local  Armenian  work 10  00 

Sandisfield,  by  Mrs.  S-  J.  Hawley 4  14 

Sharon,  by  D.  W.  Pettee 50  00 

Shirley, Village,  by  Rev.  Joseph  Torrey, 

for  C.  H.  M.  S 12  50 

Stoughton,   Clapp,   Samuel,  interest  on 

note,  cash 165  J 5 

Townsend,  by  J.  W.  Eastman 25  01 

Walpole,  Orth.,  by  S.  E.  Bentley 28  00 

W.  C.  R 20000 

Westminster,  by  D.  W.  Hill  (of  wh  $10 

for  Indians) 34  00 

Winchester,  First,  D.  N.  Skillings,  an- 
nuity, by  W.  D.  Middleton 100  00 

Woburn,    Scand.    Evan.   Free   Ch.,    by 

Chas.  R.  Rosenquist 8  33 

Worcester,  Plymouth,  by  F.  W.  Chase.  60  49 

$2,492  49 

Home  Missionary 4  50 


$2,496  99 


Donations  of  Clothing,  etc.,  received  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the  ]Vomans  Home 
Alissionary  Association  in  September,  1894.     M1S.S  Anna  A.   Pickens,  Secretary 


Dalton,  M.  E.  C.  &  C.  L.  C,  barrel. . . . 

Leominster,  Young  Ladies'  Mission 
Circle,  by  Miss  Florence  I.  Howe, 
bo.x 


North   Amherst,   Ladies'    Home   Miss. 
Soc,  by  Mrs.  Geo.  P.  Spear,  2  barrels 


$158  66 
$338  59 


RHODE    ISLAND    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Rhode  Island  Home  Missionary  Society  to  October,    lE 
J.   William  Rice,    Treasurer 


Central  Falls,  Ch $85  48 

Crompton,  Swedish  Free  Ch 4  50 

Providence,  Pilgrim  Ch 75  00 


Providence,  Swedish  Free  Ch. 
Union  Ch 


$3  80 
400  00 


$568  78 


MISSIONARY   SOCIETY  OF    CONNECTICUT 

Receipts  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  in  September,  1894.     Ward  W.  JACOBS, 

Trcasitrer 


Barkhamsted.  Riverton,  by  J.  T.  Hines.  .$1000  Brookfield,  Legacy    from    estate    Isaac 

Bridgeport,  West  End,  by  Rev.  Henry  Lockwood,  by  Harmon  S.  Lockwood, 

Ketcham 1400         ex $50000 

Bristol,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  Otto  Swersor  2  25      Burlington,  by  Samuel  Russell  13  64 


I 


Nuvcinber,   1894 


The   Home   Missionary 


Canton,  Collinsvillc,  by  J.  S.  Heath .... 
Pilfjrim,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  J.  1*^.  Wi- 
den   

Eastford,  by  Henry  Trowbridfje 

East  Granby,  by  James  R.  Viets,  lor  C. 
H.M.  S 

Greenwich,    Second,    by     Charles     N. 

Mead 

Stanwich,  by  Ezeltiel  Reynolds 

Guilfurd,  No.  Guilford,  by  M.  L.  Chit- 
tenden   

Hartford,  First,  by  C.  T.  Welles 

Killingly,  South,  by  Rev.  William  H. 
Beard 

Lebanon,  by  Miss  Julia  R.  Ma.\wcll 

Mansfield,  First,  by  A.  W.  Buchanan  .. 

New  Haven.  Emanuel,  Swedish,  by 
John  Larson 

North  Branford,  by  Charles  Page 


$50 
25 


IS 
160 


North  Canaan,  Pilgrim,  by  J.  B.  Reed  . . 

Salem,  Rev.  Jairus  Ordway 

Sharon,  Ellsworth,  by  Rev.  E.  Evans, 

forC.  H.  M.S 

Sprague,  Hanover,  by  Rev.  L.  H.  Hig- 

Rins 

Stamford,  No.  Stamford,  by  William  B. 

Weed  

Windsor,  First,  by  S.  H.  Barber,  for  C. 
H.  M.  S 

S.  S,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Windsor  Locks,  by  C.  A.  Porter,  for  C. 

H.  M.S 

Woodstock,  No.  Woodstock,  by  Esther 
E.  Bishop 

West  Woodstock,  by  Rev.  John  P. 
Trowbridge 


405 


$15 

5 

86 
00 

10 

00 

30 

00 

'4 

00 

81 
17 

25 

5' 

65 

15 

23 

98 

8 

00 

$1,285  28 


MICHIGAN    CONGREGATIONAL    ASSOCIATION 

Kect'ipts  oj  the  Michigan   Coitgregalional  Associa/ion  in   Scptcinbcr,  1894.       Ricv.  John 

P.  Sanderson,    Treasurer 


Alba,  Jr.  y.  P.  S.  C.  E Ss  00 

Calumet,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 25  00 

Cannon 800 

Edmore i  50 

Pleasanton 191 

South  Boston 6  50 

Solon 500 

Vestaburg i  00 

Wacousta,  Y.  P.  S.  C   E 331 

W.  H.  M.  U.,   by   Mrs.  E.   F.  Grabill. 

Treasurer iqo  00 


W.  H.  M.  U.  Receipts  in  September,  Mrs.  E.  F. 
Grabill,  Treasurer  : 

Charlotte,  L.  B.  S $25  00 

Cheboygan,  W.  H.  M.  U 5  00 

Chelsea,  W.  H.  M.  S 10  00 

Clinton,  W.  H.  M.  S 1700 

Detroit,  Brewster  W.  M.  S 5  00 

Grand  Blanc,  W.  H.  M.  S 1425 

Grand  Rapids.  Plvmouth  W.  H.  M.  S.  6  50 

Grass  Lake,  W.  H.  M.  S 12  25 


Greenville,  W.  H.  M.  S $13  98 

Hancock,  L.  M.  S  25  00 

Hopkins.  First,  W.  H.  M.  S 10  00 

Harrison,  W.  H.  M.  S 425 

Hudson,  W.  H.  M.  S 8  60 

Lake  Lmden,  L.  H.  M.  U 25  00 

Lawrence,  Au.\ 5  00 

Litchfield,  L.  M.  S 1600 

Muskegon.  First,  W.  H.  M.  S 20  00 

Prattville,  W.  H.  M   S 10  00 

Salem,  Second,  W.  H.  M.  S 9  00 

South  Haven,  Au.n 10  00 

Victor,  W.  H.  M.  S 5  00 

Watervliet,  Aux 4  50 

Wheatland,  W.  H.  M.  U 13  10 

Whittaker,  W.  H.  M.  S 5  00 

Ypsilanti,  W.  M.  S 700 


YOUNG    people's    FUND. 

Edmore.  Pine  Tree  Mission  Band 

Greenville,  Mission  Band 

Muskegon,  First,  Y  P.  S.  C.  E. . . 


68 

I  25 

15  00 


$303  36 


^A^OMAN'S     STATE     HOME     MISSIONARY 
ORGANIZATIONS 


OFFICERS 


1.  NEW    HAMPSHIRE 
FEMALE  CENT   INSTITUTION 
Organized  August,  1804 
and 
HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  June.  i8qo 
President.    Mrs.  Cyrus  Sargeant.  Plymouth. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  John  T.  Perry.  Exeter. 
7>-^rtj«r^r,  Miss  Annie  A.   McFarland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 


2.   MINNESOTA 
WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  September,  1872 


Pr 


■lent.    Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols.  230  E.  9th 

St..  St.  Paul 
Secretary.    Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon.  17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E.,  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer   Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner.  Northfield. 


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The   Home  Missionary  November,  1894 


3.   ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  March,  1877 
Reorganized  April,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews.  Talladega. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  T.  N.  Chase,  Selma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  S.  De  Forest,  Talladega. 

4.   MASSACHUSETTS    AND    RHODE 
ISLAND  * 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 

Organized  February,  1880 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell,  The  Rochdale, 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Miss  Anna  A.  Pickens.  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess,  32  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 

5.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  AUXILIARY 
Organized  June,  1880 

President,  Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   Gertrude   H.    Denio,    168   Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 
Treasurer, Mrs.  Rose  M.Crosby,  26  Grove   St.. 
Bangor. 

6.   MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  May,  1881 

President,  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane,  179  W.  Ale.xan- 
drine  Ave.,  Detroit. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield.  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 


7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October.  1881 

President,   Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  George  L.  Epps,  Topeka. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  D.  DeLong,  Arkansas  City. 


9.  NEW   YORK 
WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President,   Mrs.  Wm.   Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,  Mrs.   Wm.  Spalding,  511   Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer, "^rs.   J.   J.   Pearsall,   230   Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 

10.  WISCONSIN 
WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President.  Mrs.  E.  G.  Updike,  Madison. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman.  Whitewater. 

II.  NORTH  DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1883 

President,   Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland.  Caledonia. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Harwood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 

12.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

President,  Mrs.  John  Sommerville,  246  Washing- 
ton St.,  Portland. 

Secretary,   Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell,  Oregon  City. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Palmer,  546  3d  St.,  Port- 
land. 

13.  ■WASHINGTON 

Including  Northern  Id.\ho 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  A.  J.  Bailey.  323   Blanchard   St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  W.  George,  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 


WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May.  1882 

President.,  Mrs.   J.  G.  W.   Cowles.  417  Sibley  St., 

Cleveland. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Flora  K.  Regal,  Oberlin. 
Treasurer, 'iArs.  George   B.    Brown,  2116  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 


14,   SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  September,  1884 

President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  Ashton. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall.  Huron. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilco.x,  Huron. 


*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  li.st  as  a  State  body  for  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
Island,  it  has  certain  au.xiliaries  elsewhere. 


November.  1894  The  Home  Missionary 


407 


15.  CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  January,  1885 

President,   Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    C.    T.     Millard.    36    Lewis    St., 

Hartford. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.    W.    W.   Jacobs,   19   Spring    St.. 

Hartford. 

16.   MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    E.    C.    Ellis,   2456  Tracy   Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
Treasurer,'^r9..   K.   L.  Mills,   1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 


22.  INDIANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,   Mrs.   E.   C.   Bell,   221  Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman.  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   F.   E.    Dewhurst.    28   Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

23.  SOUTHERN   CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  Emma  Cash,  1^58  Temple  St., 
Los  Angeles. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  K.  W.  Bent,  Bo.x  442,  Pasa- 
dena. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place, 
Riverside. 


17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Isaac  Claflin,  Lombard. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  C.   H.  Taintor,  151  Washington 

St..  Chicago. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field,  Wilmette. 


24.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine.  Windsor. 
Treas!irer,Mrs.   Wm.   P.    Fairbanks,    St.   Johns- 
bury. 


18.  IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June.  18S6 

President.   Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass.  Grinnell. 
Secretary.    Mrs.    H.  H.  Robbins.  Grinnell. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Belle  L.  Bentley,  300  Court  Ave., 
Des  Moines. 

19.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Organized  October,  1887 

President.  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  572  12th  St..  Oak- 
land. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Howard,  gii  Grove  St.. 
Oakland. 

Treasurer,  y[rs.  J.  M.  Haven.  1329  Harrison  St.. 
Oakland. 

20.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November.  1887 

President,  Mrs.  J.     T.    Duryea,    2402    Cass    St.. 

Omaha. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  S.  C.  Dean.   636   So.    31st   St., 

Omaha. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.    Powell.  30th  &   Ohio  Sts.. 

Omaha. 

21.   FLORIDA 
WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February.  1888 

President,   Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale.  Jacksonville. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows.  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown.  Interlachen. 


25.  COLORADO 
WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October.  1888 

President,   Mrs.  J.  W.  Pickett.  White  Water. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Denver. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  S.  A.  Sawyer,  Boulder. 

26.  -WYOMING 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 
Reorganized  December.  1892 

President.   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker.  Cheyenne. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  VV.  L.  Whipple.  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smith.  Rock  Springs. 

27.  GEORGIA 
WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave.. 
.\tlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer.  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

28.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April.  1889 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris.  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary.    Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer, 'Mrs.  L.  H.  Turner,  3112  12th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 


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The   Home   Missionary     '      November,  1894 


29.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1S89 

President^   Miss  Anna  F.  Condict,  490  Canal  St.. 

New  Orleans. 
Secretary,   Miss    Emily   Nichols,    490  Canal    St., 

New  Orleans. 
Treasurer,'^x%.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 


30.    ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY,   AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION   OF    THE 

CENTRAL  SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President.  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore,  Box  8,  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville,  Tenn. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith,  304  Gilmer  St.. 
Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Treasurer,Vi.fa.  J.  E.  Moreland,  1 214  Grundy  St., 
Na.shville,  Tenn. 


31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  i88g 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman,  Dudley. 
Secretary    1 

and        VMiss  A.  E.  Farrington,   High  Point. 
Treasurer.  S 


32.   TEXAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March.  iSgo 

President,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin,  Dallas. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Bo.x  563.  Dallas. 
Treasurer, ^r?,.   C.    I.    .Scofield,    Lock    Ro.\   220, 
Dallas. 

33.   MONTANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,   4'.o  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones,  Livingston. 

34.   PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 

President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  Allegheny. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennie,  Ridgway. 
Treasttrer,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones,  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 

35.  OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Parker.  Kingfisher. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt.  Guthrie. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  A.  B.  Hammer,  Oklahoma  City. 


36.   NEW  JERSEY 

Including  District   of  Columbia,  Maryland, 
AND  Virginia 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 

THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION, 

Organized  March,  1891 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H    Bradford,  Montclair. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weeden.  Upper  Mont- 
clair. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150  Belleville  Ave., 
Newark. 


37.  UTAH 

Including  Southern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May.  1891 

Reorganized  December.  1892 

President,    Mrs.   Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt   Lake 

City. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  T35  Sixth  St.,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett.  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb.  Pocatello. 


38.   INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  April,  1892. 

President.  Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd.  Vinita. 
Secretary.  Mi.ss  Louise  Graper.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 

39.  NEVADA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
Secretary.    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer.  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.   NEW   MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuquerque. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  E.  W.  Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St., 

Albuquerque. 
Treas2<rer,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 

41.   BLACK  HILLS,   SO.    DAKOTA 

BLACK  HILLS   WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President,    Mrs.  ].  B.  Gossage.  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Secretary,    Mrs.   H.   H.   Gilchrist.    Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  Miss    Grace     Lyman.     Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 


Field  Secretaries 

Rev.  W,  O.  PciDDEFOOT,  South  Kraniinghani,  Mass. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Shelton,  BirmiriKham,  Conn. 

Rev.  H.  D.  WiARD,  15J  Wasliington  St.,  Chicago,  111. 


Superintendents 


Rev.  MoRtT7  F,.  F.VERSZ,  D.D.,  German  Department,  151  Washington  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Scandinavian  Department, 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Schauffler,  D.]\,  Slavic  Department,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Kev,  Kdw.  D.  Curtis,  D.D Indianapolis,  Ind.         Rev.  W.  H.  Tiikai.i Huron,  S.  Dak. 

Kev.  S.  F.  Gai.e Jacksonville,  Kla.         Rev.  H.  C.  Simmons Fargo,  N.  Dak. 

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Rev.  K.  H.  AsHMi'N .Mbuquerque,  N.  M.         Rev.  James  T.  Ford Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Rev.  A.  Jl'DSon  Bailev Seattle,  Wash.         Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp Forest  Grove,  Ore. 

Rev.  T.  G.  Grassie Ashland,  Wis.         tj-„    t   w    t^^o-c    n  r>  (  511  Woodland  Terrace, 

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Kev.  A.  A.  BROWN...  1  j^^^  Springs,  South  Dakota.        Rev.  W.  S.  Bell Helena,  Mon. 

Rev.  Harmon  Bross Lincoln,  Neb.         Rev.  S.  C.  McDaniei Atlanta,  Ga. 

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John  L.  Crosi!V,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "       Bangor,  Me. 

Rev.  A.  T.  HiLLMAN,  Secretary New  Hampshire  Home  Miss.  Society Concord,  N.  H. 

Hon.  LvMAN  D.  Stevens,  Treasurer "  "  "  "  "      Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  Secretary Vermont  Domestic  "  "      St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

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Jos.  Wm.  Rice,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "       Providence,  R.  1. 

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Ward  W.  Jacobs,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  Hartford,  Conn. 

Rev.  Ethan  Curtis,  Secretary New  York  Home  Miss.  Society Syracuse,  N.  V. 

William  Spalding,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Eraser,  D.D. ,  Secretary Ohio  "  "  "       Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Wm.  B.  Howland,  Treasurer "  "  "  "        New  York  City. 

Rev.  James  Tompkins,  D.D..  Secretary. ....  .Illinois  "  "  "       /  151  Washington  St., 

Aaron  B.  Mead,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "        (         Chicago,  111. 

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C.  M.  Blackman,  Esq..  Treasurer "  "  "  "       Whitewater,  Wis. 

Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass?  D.D. ,  Secretary Iowa  "  "  "       Grinnell,  Iowa. 

J.  H.  Merrill,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Rev.  William  H.  Warren,  Secretary Michigan  Congregational  Association. .  .Lansing,  Mich. 

Rev.  John  P.  Sanderson,  Treasurer "  "  "  ..  .Lansing,  Mich. 

Geo.  H.  Morgan,  Secretary Cong.  City  Miss.  Society St.  Louis,  Mo; 

Rev.  Arch'd  L.  Love,  Superintendent "         "        "  "       St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Lewis  E,  Snow,  Treasurer "        "       "  "      St.  Louis,  Mo, 


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Contents  for  December,  1894 


PAGE 

Congregationalism  in  Rhode  Island  409 

Bearing    the   Home    Missionaries' 

Burdens 415 

Illustrating  the  Gospel's  Power...  419 

Spiritual  Fruits 421 

Links  in  the  Chain 421 

What    Our    Endeavorers   Did    for 

Christmas 424 

Times  of  Refreshing • 425 

The  Pitying  Father's  Care 428 


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Home     and     Foreign  —  The     One 

Work . 429 

The  Grace  of  Patient  Continuance  430 

Getting   Started  in   Southwestern 

Oregon 434 

Items  from  the  Field 435 

To  Kind  Inquirers 439 

Treasury  Note 439 

That  Squeaky  Old  Door 441 

A   Happy  Thanksgiving 456 


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request,  to  be  made  annually,  to  Life  Members;  Missionaries  of  the  Society  and  its  Aux- 
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Monthly  Concert  and  among  their  people. 

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Vol.  LXVII  DECEMBER,   1894  .  No.  8 

CONGREGATIONALISM    IN    RHODE    ISLAND 

])Y  Rkv.  Alexander  McGkecior,  Secretary  of  the  Rhode  Island  Home 

Mlssionary  Society 

[At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  held  in  Omaha, 
Neb.,  last  June,  Rev.  Alexander  McGregor,  State  Secretary  of  tlie  Rhode  Island 
Auxiliary,  made  an  address  by  appointment,  which,  in  part,  he  has  incorporated  in 
the  following  survey. — Ed.] 

YEAR  ago  to-day,  and  just  about  this  time,  I  took  part  in  services 
commemorative  of  the  founding,  250  years  ago,  of  the  Newman 
Church  and  the  ancient  town  of  Rehoboth,  on  the  Rhode  Island 
border.  When  Samuel  Newman,  the  pastor,  and  the  author  of  the  now 
famous  Concordance  bearing  his  name,  felt  constrained,  in  1643,  to  bow 
himself  out  of  Boston,  he,  or  one  of  his  way  of  thinking,  is  reputed  to  have 
said  :  *'  We  came  from  England  because  we  did  not  like  the  lord  bishops, 
but  we  cannot  join  with  you  because  we  would  not  be  under  '  the  lord 
brethren.'  "  Accordingly,  when  Newman  and  his  party  reached  the  spot 
in  the  wilderness  where  they  decided  to  set  up  their  banners  in  the  name 
of  their  God,  he  exclaimed:  "Rehoboth,  the  Lord  hath  made  room  for  us." 
These  men  found  there  what  they  longed  for — room. 

It  has  seemed  to  me  as  we  traveled  hither  during  the  last  few  days-, 
in  crossing  the  wide  prairies  and  long  distances  that  lie  between  Rhode 
Island  and  Nebraska,  as  if  the  Lord,  who  chooses  the  lot  of  their  inheritance 
for  his  children,  saw  that  the  American  people  would  need  room,  and  so 
made  bountiful  provision  for  them  in  this  respect,  even  from  sea  to  sea, 
with  such  marvelous  capabilities  and  resources.  As  anew  this  discovery 
came  to  me,  I  felt  that  the  nation  might  well  adopt  the  words  of  Newman 
— yea,  rather,  of  Isaac,  the  son  of  promise — and  say:  "  Rehoboth,  for  now 
the  Lord  hath  made  room  for  us,  and  we  shall  be  fruitful  in  the  land." 

The  accompanying  cut  represents  the  present  Newman  Church,  which, 
after  many  changes,  was  built  in  18 10.    Its  records  carry  us  back  to  1643. 


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It  is  interesting  to  read  what  Samuel  Andrews  Peters,  a  (luaint  Connecti- 
cut historian,  says  of  Newman  :  ''  This  pious  Clergyman  with  his  pious 
Companions  went  and  formed  the  settlement  of  Rehoboth  ;  the  scite  being 
pleasant,  the  air  salubrious,  and  the  prospect  horrible.  .  .  .  There 
they  worshiped  the  Creator  with  great  devotion  and  Cruden  (Newman) 
taught  their  children  the  arts  and  sciences  gratis."  "  That  town,"  he 
writes  after  the  Revolutionary  war,  "is  yet  famous  for  the  education  of  its 
Children." 

From  the  historical  address  delivered  by  the  present  pastor.  Rev.  L.  Z. 
Ferris,  a  year  ago,  I  give  the  following  extract  :  "  Samuel  Newman  died 
in  1663,  having  accomplished  a  mission  as  a  minister  and  leader  seldom 
given  to.  a  man  by  Providence.  As  author,  preacher,  the  pioneer  of  a  settle- 
ment on  the  then  very  frontier  of  civilization,  he  will  ever  hold  a  high  place 
in  the  annals  of  New  England.  Mather  says  of  him  :  '  He  loved  his  church 
as  if  it  had  been  his  family  ;  and  left  his  people  overcome  with  grief  at  his 
sudden  but  rapturous  departure.'  " 

His  son,  Noah  Newman,  succeeded  him  in  the  pastorate,  and  his  lot 
fell  upon  a  troublous  time.  King  Philip  and  his  savage  Indians  were  work- 
ing havoc  upon  the  settlers  and  their  homes.  Of  the  "  Battle  of  the  Plains," 
Newman,  who  led  the  pursuit  of  the  Indians  in  person,  says  :  "  It  is  a  day 
of  the  wicked's  tryumph,  but  the  sure  Word  of  God  tells  us  his  tryumphing 
is  brief.     Our  extremity  is  Ciod's  opportunity." 

King  Philip  in  the  meanwhile,  sitting  in  the  now  historic  chair,  reveled 
in  giving  savage  orders  to  set  fire  to  all  the  houses  of  the  neighborhood. 
The  chair,  of  which  a  cut  is  here  given,  is  King  Philip's  chair,  and  is  now 
in  the  possession  of  Rev.  L.  S.  Woodworth,  our  State  missionary,  who  also 
owns  one  of  the  very  few  copies  extant  of  the  Newman  Concordance, 
which  he  happened  to  find  a  few  years  ago  in  an  Ohio  home,  on  duty 
helping  the  rising  generation  in  its  efforts  to  keep  abreast,  of  the  music 
of  the  century. 

To  dwell  upon  the  lights  and  shades  in  the  experience  of  this  mother 
of  churches  would  take  us  too  far  a-field — the  friction  with  those  who 
held  the  tenets  of  Roger  Williams,  as  well  as  the  misfortunes,  of  "  The 
Fighting  Town  Meeting,"  would  of  themselves  prove  a  long  chapter.  It 
is  enough  to  say  that  this  ancient  church  holds  on  its  way,  renewuig  its 
youth,  as  it  rejoices  in  its  daughters  and  granddaughters  who  rise  up  on 
every  hand  to  call  her  blessed. 

Just  100  years  later  was  the  Beneficent  Church  in  Providence  organized. 
From  its  first  pastor,  Rev.  Joseph  Snow,  down  to  its  present  incumbent, 
it  has  had  a  succession  of  able  ministers.  The  story  of  its  rise  and  prog- 
ress during  its  150  years  of  existence  is  well  told  by  its  present  pastor, 
Rev.  James  G.  Vose,  D.D.,  in  a  volume  which  he  has  recently  published, 
and  in  which  he  has  incorporated  a  valuable  chapter  on  "  The  Beginnings 


THE   NEWMAN   CHURCH,    REHOBOTH,    MASS. 


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of  Congregationalism  in  Rhode  Island."  The  most  cursory  reading  thereof 
makes  sufficiently  plain  how  Rhode  Island  was  regarded  by  the  Con- 
gregationalists  of  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut  of  that  day  as  missionary 
ground,  and  of  the  laudable  efforts  put  forth  by  them  both  to  have  Christ 


rilU.ll'  b    CHAIR 


preached  there  and  our  flexible  and  unencumbered  church  polity  intro- 
duced. 

The  Beneficent  Church  edifice  remains  as  a  city  landmark  for  the 
traveler,  and  as  a  spiritual  "city  set  on  an  hill,"  which  "cannot  be  hid." 
The  accompanying  cut  is  already  familiar  to  many  the  nation  over. 

That  the  noble  efforts  of  Roger  Williams  in  the  interests  of  perfect 
religious  freedom  did  much  to  promote  the  best  features  in  our  distinctive 
principles,  must  go  for  the  saying,  for  to  this  very  hour  his  stamp  is  man- 


BENEFICENT    CONGREGATIONAL   CHURCH.    PROVIDENCE,    K.    I. 


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ifest  in  the  character  and  energy  of  Rliode  Islanders.  In  evidence  we 
need  only  refer  to  the  fact  that,  in  wealth  and  population  to  the  square 
mile,  Rhode  Island  excels  all  the  other  States.  It  is  "Little  Rhody,"  to 
be  sure,  but  yet  not  so  little  when  regarded  from  the  standpoint  of  its 
resources. 

If  regarded  in  its  cotton  and  spinning  and  weaving  capacity,  it  will 
rank  the  second  in  the  Union.  I'here  are  about  fifteen  million  cotton 
spindles  in  the  United  States,  and  Rhode  Island  has  one-seventh  of  them. 
There  are  about  three  million  bales  of  cotton  consumed  in  the  country, 
and  Rhode  Island  uses  about  one-tenth  of  that  number.  Here  indeed  is 
a  good  illustration  of  the  '■'■  7niiltum  i/i  parvo." 

Antedating  the  planting  of  Congregational  churches  of  the  Plymouth 
succession  in  Providence,  we  find  several  other  Congregational  churches 
in  existence,  and  having  obtained  help  of  God,  they  continue  as  such  unto 
this  day.  Among  them  we  may  name  the  church  at  Barrington,  founded 
in  166:;  ;  the  church  at  Bristol,  founded  in  16S7  ;  and  the  church  in  Little 
Compton,  organized  in  1704.  The  mellowing  influences  of  the  accumu- 
lating years  cause  tender  memories  to  cluster  around  them  ;  such,  for  ex- 
ample, as  the  mention  of  Little  Compton  suggests,  as  it  recalls  the  fact 
that  here  Ray  Palmer  first  saw  the  light  and  received  the  inspiration  which 
gave  the  world  "  My  faith  looks  up  to  Thee,"  so  that  as  long  as  this 
hymn  is  sung  by  saint  or  sinner  Little  Compton  will  be  as  the  "  Window 
in  Thrums."  But  here,  too,  is  the  cemetery,  "hard  by  the  synagogue," 
in  which  are  deposited  the  remains  of  Betty  Alden — the  first-born  daughter 
of  the  Pilgrims— the  daughter  of  John  and  Priscilla  Alden  and  wife  of 
William  Pabodie. 

To-day  we  have  thirty-six  churches  in  the  State,  with  5,600  families 
and  a  membership  of  8,000.  The  contributions  last  year  to  all  religious 
purposes  amounted  to  ^229,000. 

As  an  Auxiliary,  we  have  on  an  average  employed  twelve  missionaries 
annually  for  the  last  decade.  For  the  last  seven  years  a  State  missionary 
has  rendered  good  service  to  us  in  organizing  new  churches  and  strength- 
ening old  and  feeble  ones.  The  Lord  has  honored  our  labors  among  our 
foreign  population,  especially  among  the  Scandinavians.  We  have  three 
thriving  Swedish  churches  with  excellent  pastors,  whilst  Armenian,  Portu- 
guese, and  Chinese  missions  are  encouragingly  prosecuted. 

God,  indeed,  has  given  us  a  banner  to  be  displayed  here,  because  of 
the  truth — a  banner  handed  down  to  us,  as  we  have  endeavored  to  show, 
by  faithful  men  and  true.  May  we  aim  to  pass  it  along,  unstained,  to  the 
generations  that  follow,  so  that  it  may  be  held  aloft — 

"  Until  the  fiery  fight  is  heard  no  more, 
And  the  storm  has  ceased  to  blow." 


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BEARING    THE     HOME     MISSIONARIES'    BURDENS 

"liEAR  ye  one  another's  hmxlens."  All  men  admire  the  beauty  of  this 
apostolic  injunction.  Hut  is  lliat  enough  ?  Admiration  is  cold.  Who 
can  say  but  that  the  priest  and  Levite  were  so  rapt  in  admiration  of  this 
very  precept  that  ihey  could  not  see  their  wounded  neighbor,  as  they 
passed  by  on  the  other  side  ? 

"  l^ear  ye  one  another's  burdens."  All  men  see  the  benevolence  of 
the  precept.  In  their  troubles  they  plead,  with  ready  pathos,  for  its  fulfill- 
ment. Many  have  sought  its  benefits  in  their  own  sorrows,  who  have  been 
content  with  saying  to  others,  in  far  sadder  destitution  :  "  I!e  ye  warmed 
and  filled." 

"  Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens."  With  what  tender  power  does  tliis 
word  thrill  the  soul  of  the  Christian  believer !  He  recognizes  it  as, 
indeed,  the  law  of  Christ — of  Him  who  has  borne  our  griefs  and  carried 
our  sorrows  ;  upon  whom  was  laid  the  chastisement  of  our  ]ieace,  the 
iniquity  of  us  all — that  heaviest  burden  which  has  ever  yet  been  borne. 

But  even  this  is  not  enough — that  the  heart  be  stirred  to  feeling.  The 
hand  must  be  moved  to  action.  Never  was  a  more  practical  precept. 
We  weep  with  them  that  weep.  It  is  well ;  it  is  much,  where  we  can  do 
nothing  more — as  with  mourners  by  the  grave  of  a  friend,  whom  only 
One  can  restore  to  life.  But  another's  burden  that  can  be  divided,  we 
share  only  as  our  shoulders  bear  all  of  it  that  they  may.  Many  of  the  bur- 
dens of  our  Western  missionaries  we  cannot  share  ;  they  must  bear  them 
alone.  Only  those  upon  the  ground  can  feel  their  urgent  sense  of  per- 
sonal responsibility  in  the  pending  conflict  between  Christianity  and  infi- 
delity ;  only  they  can  see  the  full  bearing  of  that  conflict  on  the  forming 
character,  and  so  on  the  whole  future,  of  that  growing  realm. 

Their  monthly  appeals,  through  this  publication,  to  our  philanthropy, 
our  patriotism,  our  love  for  souls,  come  from  men  daily  seeing  for  them- 
selves practical  illustrations  of  what  we  hold  as  an  undoubted  theory — the 
vital  necessity  of  the  pure  Gospel  to  free,  permanent  civil  institutions. 
We,  amid  die  settled  institutions  of  the  older  States,  familiar  only  with  our 
homogeneous  population,  cannot  feel  the  responsibility  of  this  nation  as 
God's  almoner  to  all  peoples  and  ages  as  they  feel  it,  dwelling  among  the 
representatives  of  all  earth's  kindred  and  tribes. 

And  then,  how  much  can  we  share — what  can  -we  really  kno7V — of  the 
burdens  of  a  Christian  missionary  family,  inseparable  from  border  life  in 
new  and  sparsely  settled  regions,  in  the  forming  stages  of  society  t  Many 
read  the  accounts  too  much  as  we  read  romances — scarcely  feeling  that 
they  can  be  real,  or  can  call  for  actual  help.  Real !  So  far  from  being 
exaggerated,  our  monthly  records  conceal  far  more  than  they  express  of 


41 6  The   Home   Missionary  December,  1894 

the  darker  features  of  border  missionary  life.  Those  brethren  modestly 
shrink  from  telling  all  the  truth,  lest  it  should  seem  like  a  weak  appeal  for 
sympathy,  from  men  unwilling  to  bear  trials  greater  than  they  had  antici- 
pated. They  tone  down  the  statements,  which  even  then  many  Christians 
of  sensibility  weep  over  as  moving  fictions,  and  cold  sn?.n  of  the  world 
sneer  at  as  indicative  of  fanatical  Quixotism. 

One  of  ordinary  Christian  feeling  may  safely  be  challenged  to  open 
at  random  any  number  of  The  Home  Missionary,  believing  its  state- 
ments, and  read  unmoved  its  faithful  portrayal  of  the  daily  life  and  labors 
of  these  men  ;  their  attempts  to  hold  religious  services  and  celebrate  the 
Christian  ordinances  among  virtual  heathen  ;  their  conflicts  with  native 
and  imported  infidelity  in  every  guise  ;  opposition  from  sectarianism  in 
its  protean  forms — always  fiercest  where  truth  has  fewest  friends  and  the 
need  of  union  is  most  vital  ;  from  false  professors  of  religion,  who  use  it 
as  a  cloak  to  base  designs  ;  from  backsliders  from  our  Eastern  churches, 
who,  finding  they  had  themselves  no  piety,  believe  the  same  is  true,  or 
desire  that  it  may  prove  so,  of  all  others  ;  from  teachers  of  false  doctrine, 
whose  name  is  Legion,  who — as  loose  in  essentials  of  faith  and  practice  as 
they  are  tenacious  of  formalities — with  spurious  "  revivals  "  and  wildest 
extravagances  burn  over  our  fields  as  with  prairie  fire  ;  from  scoffers, 
railing  against  the  Sabbath,  the  church,  the  ordinances,  orderly  preaching, 
the  family,  the  pastoral  relation,  and  whatever  else  the  Christian  holds 
dear. 

Think,  ye  worn  and  wearied  pastors,  often  discouraged  at  the  arduous- 
ness  of  your  labors — and  you  certainly  have  no  sinecure,  even  with  a 
generous,  loving,  and  appreciative  people  ;  and  ye  favored  Christians  who 
enjoy  the  undivided  services  of  such  men — think  of  the  labors  of  these  our 
home  missionary  brethren,  in  communities  where,  for  five  in  the  school- 
house  or  the  dance-hall  made  for  the  day  a  sanctuary,  a  hundred  are  at 
their  noisy  sports  within  hearing  ;  where  profaneness  pollutes  the  air,  and 
drunkenness,  gambling,  and  every  form  of  license  hold  their  mad  revel. 
Remember  that  often,  even  here,  he  cannot  set  himself  down  to  systematic 
plans  for  the  permanent  regeneration  of  the  place.  So  mutable  is  society 
— so  liable  to  be  suddenly  broken  up  by  the  failure  of  a  crop,  by  sickness, 
business  reverses,  or  the  report  of  better  prospects  further  on — that  the 
missionary's  chief  hope  is  to  snatch  a  soul  or  two  from  the  swarming  mass 
before  it  moves  beyond  his  reach.  Nor  can  he  give  himself  exclusively 
to  one  such  community.  Several  of  these,  long  miles  apart,  to  be 
reached  by  foot-journeys  over  wretched  roads  heavy  with  mud  or  snow, 
must  have  such  care  as  he  can  give,  or  be  wholly  without  religious  instruc- 
tion. And  in  each  of  them  he  must  be  not  only  pastor — preaching,  deal- 
ing with  inquirers,  cavilers,  opposers  ;  visiting  the  afflicted,  sick,  and  dying 
• — but  Sabbath-school  superintendent,  teacher,  and  librarian^  as  well  ;  tract 


bccember,  it^94  The    Homc   Missionary  417 

and  book  distributor,  leader  of  prayer-meetings,  the  school  committee,  the 
entire  society  for  temperance  and  other  reforms. 

Tiie  pastoral  care  of  a  single  parish,  bretliren,  you  find  wearing  enough, 
even  in  the  smallest  of  our  sober,  well-ordered  communities.  How  would 
you  bear  it  if  to  not  here  and  there  one,  but  to  many  of  those  whom  you 
seek  to  point  to  Christ,  tb.at  blessed  name  were  as  unfamiliar  as  to  the 
heathen  ?  If,  when  called  to  bury  a  child,  it  were  no  very  unusual  thing  to 
find  one  or  botli  parents  too  stu[)id  with  drink  to  know  what  you  were  doing  ? 
It  tries  your  sensibilities  to  give  the  parting  grasp  and  say  the  parting 
words  of  cheer  to  the  dying  among  their  household  friends.  What  must 
it  be  to  execute  such  ministries  in  behalf  of  tiioi-e  far  away  from  their 
homes  and  kindred  ? — sometimes  homes  that  they  have  darkened,  kindred 
whom  they  have  alienated  by  their  vices;  in  other  instances,  homes  and 
kindred  the  joy  of  whose  life  our  missionary  must  cpiench  with  the  mes- 
sage that  their  loved  and  absent  one  is  no  more.  And,  as  if  these  multi- 
farious labors  were  not  sufficiently  trying,  in  their  prosecution  the  mis- 
sionary's wife  and  children  must  be  left  to  care  for  themselves  as  best 
they  can. 

But  the  weekly  round  is  at  last  completed.  Unappreciated  and  un- 
thanked  very  likely — nay,  chilled  by  the  coldness  of  men  who  here,  it  may 
be,  called  themselves  Christians — the  missionary  turns  his  face  homeward. 
To  one  of  our  comfortable  home  nests,  think  you  ?  a  quiet  parsonage  amid 
flowery  gardens  and  shaded  by  green  trees  ?  Sometimes,  possibly  ;  more 
likely  to  a  one-story  log  cabin,  built  by  his  own  hands,  with  but  a  single 
unfloored  room,  fortunate  if  it  has  proper  door  and  window  and  is  safe  from 
being  flooded  by  heavy  rains.  And  here,  with  scanty  furniture  and  ma- 
terials, with  few  books  to  solace  the  long  hours  of  solitude,  unaided,  alone 
— save,  perhaps,  a  young  infant — toils  the  missionary  wife,  a  lady  of  edu- 
cation and  refined  culture,  who,  here  at  the  East,  graced  by  her  gentle 
manners  and  sanctified  by  her  fervent  piety  a  home  where  she  was  tenderly 
shielded,  and  where  she  would  be  to-day  but  for  her  love  to  Christ  and  to 
the  souls  for  w'hom  he  died. 

"  Ah,  yes,"  says  some  strong  but  not  over-sensitive  one  ;  ''  rather  hard 
experience,  but  profitable  ;  the  good  soldier  of  Jesus  Christ  must  endure 
hardness."  True  ;  and  endurance  of  this  kind,  up  to  a  certain  point, 
does  indeed  harden  for  more  efficient  service  ;  but  beyond  that  point  it 
must  break  down  the  health  and  energy,  dry  up  the  spirits,  and  tend  to 
death.     It  is  a  prodigal,  sinful  waste  of  life — of  precious  Christian  life. 

But,  admitting  that  all  these  wearing  cares  and  labors,  these  self- 
denials,  perplexities,  and  struggles  do  constitute  only  a  profitable  degree 
of  hardness,  is  it  needful  and  best  to  add  to  them  ? 

Upon  these,  with  the  heavy  burden  of  poverty,  shall  we  allow  to  be 
piled  the    intolerable    one    of    debt 'i     Shall    the    weary  missionary  come 


41 8  The   Home   Missionary  December,  1894 

back  from  his  tour,  not  only  to  an  uncomfortable  home  and  a  needy 
family,  but  to  peremptory  worldly  creditors,  only  too  ready  to  charge  to  a 
culpable  want  of  truth  and  honesty  his  inability  to  pay  ?  In  these  "■  hard 
times  "  of  depressed  business,  of  forest  and  prairie  fires,  many  aided 
churches  find  themselves  unable  to  redeem  their  pledges,  and  the 
missionary  has  nothing  to  depend  upon  for  his  family's  support  but  the 
Home  Missionary  Society's  appropriation.  Is  it  not  a  sweet  privilege  of 
the  Christian  fellowship  to  free  these  worthy  brethren  from  so  much  as 
can  be  shared  of  their  pecuniary  burdens,  and  lovingly  to  provide  for  their 
temporal  comfort,  as  well  as  to  provide  them  with  the  weapons  of  their 
spiritual  warfare  ? 

Surely  we  do  justly  (?zc'e  them  that.  Not  that  it  is  enough  to  own  and 
cancel  it  as  a  (/efit,  least  of  all  to  treat  it  as  a  charity.  The  world  pays  its 
servitors  their  dues  ;  nations  do  that  by  the  most  mercenary  of  their  sol- 
diers ;  the  most  indifferent  employer  does  that  by  the  least  cared  for  of 
his  workers.  Yea,  a  corporation — which  has  been  said  to  have  no  soul — 
will  faithfully  do  that  by  its  employees.  But  in  this  watchful  care  of  their 
messengers,  the  churches  should  show  their  loving  brotherly  recognition 
of  a  bond  tenderer  than  that  of  the  family,  where  nature  asserts  her  own. 
Here^^;7/rt'  should  assert  her  own.  It  is  Christ's  law  of  love  that  should 
thrill  every  pulse  of  the  Christian's  heart  and  hand,  ready  to  such  a  work. 

''Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens."  "Let  no  man  seek  his  own,  but 
every  man  another's  welfare."  "As  ye  would  that  men  should  do  to  you, 
do  ye  even  so  to  them."  If  these  precepts  relate  to  our  bearing  toward 
all  men,  and  especially  toward  them  of  the  household  of  faith,  with  what 
peculiar  force  do  they  apply  to  such  relations  as  these  we  bear  to  our 
home  missionary  brethren  ? 

Our  elder  readers  have  not  forgotten  how  profoundly  the  nation  was 
stirred  when  it  was  only  feared  that  the  government  might  be  falling  short  of 
its  duty  to  supply  and  protect,  in  his  besieged  fortress,  the  gallant  Anderson, 
charged  with  the  defense  of  our  national  honor.  He  deserved  all  the  love 
and  gratitude  lavished  upon  him  by  every  loyal  heart.  But  did  even  he 
defend  interests  so  precious  as  are  those  in  the  keeping  of  our  Home 
Missionaries?  Upheld  by  the  admiration  of  a  world,  did  he  do  it  with  a 
nobler  bravery,  or  at  greater  cost  of  personal  self-denial,  than  these  men 
show  in  their  unnoticed,  unapplauded  occupation  of  their  scattered  camps 
in  the  enemy's  country  ?  And  shall  these  soldiers  of  Christ  be  left  un- 
cared  for  at  their  posts?     Let  not  our  patriotism  so  shame  our  piety. 

Can  the  churches  leave  these  brethren  to  wage  this  contest  alone  or 
but  feebly  defended  against  so  unequal  a  foe,  while  so  many  who  call 
Jesus,  Lord,  Lord,  dwell  in  their  ceiled  houses  and  watch  with  insane 
greed  their  chests  of  cankering  gold  ?  Shall  widows'  mites  be  the  only  or 
chief  reliance  of  our  treasury  ?     Of  the  rich,  shall  but  here  and  there  one 


])ccciiil)er,  1894  The    Home    Missionary  419 

come  with  his  thousands  ?  '•  Where  are  the  nine  ?"  Where  are  the  nnilti- 
tudes  ill  comfortable  circumstances  up  and  down  the  land,  who  count 
themselves  as  the  redeemed — redeemed  not  with  corruptible  things,  as 
silver  and  gold,  but  with  the  i)reci()L:s  blood  of  Christ,  as  of  a  lamb  without 
blemish  and  without  spot  ?  Where  are  these,  with  their  offerings  which 
might  put  to  shame  even  the  lavish  gifts  of  Pajial  luirope,  that  make 
their  ciiurches  to  gleam  with  gold  and  gems  like  the  mines  of  fabled 
genii  ? 

I'hese  brethren  may  be  forgotten — heaven  forbid  it,  yet  a  mother  may 
forget  her  child  that  she  should  not  have  compassion  upon  it — these 
brethren  i/iay  be  forgotten  and  neglected  by  the  more  favored  who  should 
share  their  burdens.  But  they  will  7iot  be  forgotten  of  Him  whose  cross 
they  bear,  not  of  compulsion,  like  Simon  the  Cyrenian,  but  willingly.  Ne 
will  remember  them.     'Ihey  that  suffer  with  Him  shall  also  reign  with  Him. 

In  our  dreams  we  have  seemed  to  see  that  august  Being,  as  at  the  last 
He  shall  come,  gathering  His  chosen  around  Him.  The  tender  human  com- 
passion that  glowed  in  His  face  and  moistened  His  eye,  when  on  earth — its 
great  missionary — He  healed  the  sick,  the  lame,  the  blind,  the  demoniac, 
suffused  His  countenance  with  a  yet  softer  and  heavenlier  radiance  as  it 
rested  on  an  adoring  group  of  those  who  had  most  diligently  labored  to 
imitate  His  missionary  beneficence. 

In  that  group  were  recogn'zed  the  features  of  men  known  as  Christian 
laborers  in  earth's  hardest  fields.  Oh,  the  loving  sweetness  of  that  voice  ! 
"  Welcome,  ye  my  brethren,  my  companions  in  charity,  in  faith,  in  labor 
and  patience  and  tribulation  !  Bring  forth  their  white  robes  and  the 
diadems  for  their  coronation  !  I,  the  Lamb,  will  lead  them  unto  living 
fountains  of  waters  :  God  himself  shall  wipe  all  tears  from  their  eyes. 
Come,  ye  blessed  !  And  blessed  be  all  they  who  have  ministered  unto 
you.  Inasmuch  as  they  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these  my 
brethren,  they  have  done  it  unto  me." 

May  we  and  ours,  dear  friends  of  Home  Missions,  all  hear  that  bliss- 
ful word  ! 


ILLUSTRATING  THE   GOSPEL'S    POWER 

We  are  still  anchored  here  in  the  interests  of  the  Kingdom  of  Christ. 
The  depression  still  has  us  in  its  clutches,  and  the  people  in  this  vicinity 
find  it  hard  to  get  bread.  In  the  history  of  the  anthracite  coal  tiade 
there  is  nothing  to  equal,  or  come  anywhere  near  to,  the  last  two  and  a 
half  years  of  demoralization.  Our  work  is  among  very  poor  people,  so 
our  contributions  are  small.  But  why  speak  of  the  dull  times  so  often  ? 
The  depleted  condition  of  the  treasury  must  remind  you  every  day  of  the 


420  The   Home   Missionary  December,  1894 

facts  that  are  surroundini^  the  workers  in  all  the  various  fields,  and  whilst 
we  are  in  no  condition  to  help  it  much,  we  have  done  what  we  could.  It 
may  stimulate  others  if  I  tell  you  how  our  family  made  two  dollars  and 
fifty  cents  for  missions.  We  have  a  peacli-tree  that  yielded  four  baskets 
of  fruit,  and  as  we  could  not  get  the, sugar  to  preserve  them,  we  thought 
it  best  to  sell  them  at  fifty  cents  a  basket  and  apply  the  money  to  mission- 
ary use.  This  we  did,  and  made  two  dollars.  A  hen  gave  us  a  quantity 
of  eggs,  and  thus,  by  the  sale  of  her  eggs  by  our  nine-year-old  son,  we 
got  the  other  fifty  cents  ;  and  here  you  have  the  two  dollars  and  fifty 
cents.  No  more  joyful  work  than  this  has  ever  been  done  by  the  boy. 
You  see,  brethren,  how  this  trains  the  young  idea.     . 

I  was  preaching  a  little  while  ago,  and  took  the  curbstone  for  a  pulpit. 
A  company  of  hardy  workmen  were  standing,  listening  attentively  to  what 
was  said,  when  a  ruffian  approached,  looked  me  in  the  face,  and  then 
pushed  me  down  from  my  puljMt  into  the  mud.  I  arose  again  and  con- 
tinued until  this  would-be  champion  of  vice  stood  and  listened  very 
eagerly.  At  the  close  of  the  address  I  invited  him  to  our  services  on  the 
following  Sabbath.  He  had  never  before  attended  a  religious  service,  and 
he  was  visibly  affected  by  the  singing  by  my  two  boys  of  "  Where  is  my 
boy  to-night  ?  "  He  came  again  and  again,  until  at  last,  with  great  be- 
wailing and  anxiety  of  soul,  he  confessed  Christ  and  was  savingly  con- 
verted. After  his  conversion  he  was  deeply  in  earnest,  and  talked  much 
of  Christ.  By  accident  in  the  mines  this  brother — for  brother  he  was — 
was  killed.  His  Christian  life  was  short,  but  full  of  love,  and  he  was  a 
noble  witness  for  Jesus. 

A  barber,  who  was  a  confirmed  drunkard,  has  become  interested  in 
our  services,  and  is  now  playing  his  violin  for  Christ,  charming  all  who 
listen  to  his  skillful  playing.  He  is  a  true  Christian,  and  preaches  Christ 
daily.  He  is  no  longer  seen  in  the  pool-room  or  the  saloon,  but  is  an 
enthusiast  for  the  Redeemer.  If  no  other  work  had  been  done,  surely 
these  two  brothers  are  worth  all  the  effort  that  we  have  been  able  to  put 
forth.  Out  of  these  wayward  men  what  great  good  may  come  in  future, 
no  one  can  estimate.  When  I  remember  that  Paul  was  a  persecutor  of 
Christ's  disciples,  and  see  how  these  men  were  changed,  it  makes  me  feel 
like  going  after  the  lost  with  renewed  zest.  May  God  Almighty  help  us 
to  be  not  weary  in  well  doing,  for  we  shall  reap  if  we  faint  not.  If  you 
forget  us  in  the  busy  hours  of  life,  forget  us  not  at  your  altar  sacrifices, 
is  all  we  ask. — Pennsylvania. 


He  w^hich  converteth  the  sinner  from  the  error  of  his  way  shall  save 
his  soul  from  death,  and  shall  hide  a  multitude  of  sins. — James  v.,  20. 


Dcceinl)er,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  421 


SPIRITUAL    FRUITS 

This  (luartcr  has  been  full  of  indications  of  God's  gracious  presence 
on  the  field.  July  ist,  1  organized  a  church  at  Oneida  with  six  members  ; 
also  perfected  the  organization  of  a  Sunday-school  of  much  promise. 
On  the  20th  of  July  I  went  north  for  rest,  and  returned  the  last  day  of 
August,  to  find  a  gracious  revival  in  progress  at  Alpha.  It  began  in  the 
prayer-meeting,  and  was  conducted  without  a  minister.  Some  twenty 
professed  conversion  ;  fourteen  united  with  the  church — thirteen  of  them 
from  the  Sunday-school,  nine  of  them  boys  from  fourteen  to  sixteen,- all 
from  one  Sunday-school  class,  and  four  young  ladies  from  another  class. 
Doubtless  others  will  come  into  church  fellowship  by  and  by.  This 
revival  reached  men  who  had  not  been  in  regular  attendance  on  this  con- 
gregation. One  man  went  to  town  and  heard  of  the  mighty  work  of  Ood 
and  was  convicted  ;  went  home,  called  his  family  together,  confessed  his 
sins,  set  up  the  family  altar  at  three  o'clock  p.m.  During  that  first  prayer 
he  and  his  wife  and  a  son  sixteen  years  old  were  converted.  The  son 
has  united  with  the  chui'ch,  and  the  parents  will  in  the  near  future.  I 
went  on  the  streets  and  found  one  of  the  converts — a  man  fifty  years  old, 
who  once  lived  here  and  was  called  "a  hard  man."  He  had  a  number  of 
his  old  chums  together,  and  was  telling  them  "  the  old,  old  story  of  Jesus 
and  his  love."  They  wanted  me  to  hold  some  special  meetings,  but  I 
told  them  the  Lord  was  doing  a  mighty  mouth-shutting  work,  and 
I  would  keep  hands  off.  —  Rev.  J.  F.  Robijerts,  Kingfisher^  Okla. 


LINKS    IN    THE    CHAIN 

By   Mrs.    Harriet   S.   Caswell,    Secretary   Woman's   Department 

"  If  you  watch  for  special  providences,  you  will  have  special  providences  to  watch  for." 

We  were  traveling  over  the  drought-stricken  prairies — the  superin- 
tendent, his  wife,  and  myself — visiting  the  discouraged  people  in  their  sod 
houses,  claim  shanties,  and  dugouts,  on  our  way  to  the  missio.iary  pastor 
who,  with  his  people,  had  sent  an  urgent  invitation  to  us  to  hold  a  meeting 
with  them  at  that  time.  Arriving  at  the  little  missionary  home,  we  w-ere 
cordially  welcomed  by  the  family,  while  the  horses  were  hospitably  enter- 
tained in  the  "  shack  "  of  a  neighbor. 

As  we  sat  in  the  little  parlor  the  preacher's  wife  called  my  attention 
to  the  carpet  which  partially  covered  the  floor,  telling  me  with  grateful 


422  The   Home   Missionary  December,  1894 

appreciiition  that  it  came  from  a  ladies'  society  in  Massachusetts.  This 
reminded  the  preacher  to  exhibit  with  great  pride  a  number  of  very  help- 
ful books  on  his  library  shelves,  which  had  come  in  the  same  box.  I'hen 
the  children  were  moved  to  bring  forward  their  treasures,  which  consisted 
of  a  pretty  doll  and  its  wardrobe  for  the  little  girl,  to  say  nothing  of 
sundry  articles  for  her  tiny  housekeeping ;  a  jackknife  for  the  boy,  with 
picture  books,  etc.  I  was  rejoiced  to  observe  that  this  family  had  been 
remembered  not  only  as  to  the  necessities  of  life,  but  also  as  to  those 
things  which  make  home  attractive.  This  thoughtfulness  on  the  part  of 
the  Eastern  ladies  called  to  mind  a  certain  dilapidated  wooden  rocker  in 
a  frontier  home,  decorated  with  a  bit  of  dainty  lacework.  The  missionary 
wife,  as  she  laid  her  hand  caressingly  upon  it,  said  :  "This  pretty  thing 
doesn't  keep  us  warm  nor  furnish  bread  for  the  family,  but  every  time  I 
look  at  it  my  heart  is  touched  by  the  thought  that  the  young  girl  who 
made  it  must  have  realized  that  the  wife  of  a  frontier  missionary  could 
appreciate  a  thing  of  beauty  like  this." 

But  my  mind  was  recalled  from  these  wandering  thoughts  by  a  look  of 
anxiety  on  the  face  of  the  missionary  wife,  which  I  had  noticed  at  inter- 
vals before.  When  she  left  the  room  to  attend  to  some  household  duties 
I  soon  followed  her,  and  found  her  in  the  kitchen,  looking  out  upon  the 
barren  prairie  in  a  state  of  painful  absorption.  She  started  at  the  sound  of 
my  voice  as  I  said  :  "  My  sister,  something  weighs  upon  your  mind.  If 
you  are  in  trouble  and  I  can  help  you  in  any  way,  please  let  me  d(j  so." 
Tears  filled  her  eyes  as  she  said  :  "  It  would  be  an  immense  relief  to  tell 
you,  but  I  do  not  see  how  you  can  help  me.  You  know  that  we  live  on  a 
drought-stricken  prairie,  and  such  is  our  own  poverty  and  that  of  our 
people,  owing  to  the  blasted  crops,  that  of  late  we  have  found  it  extremely 
difificult  to  provide  food  for  our  family.  When  we  sent  for  you,  we 
thought  we  saw  our  way  clear  to  entertain  you  to-day  in  a  suitable 
manner,  but  we  have  failed  to  receive  the  provisions  we  expected."  She 
covered  her  face  with  her  hands  and  burst  into  tears.  When  she  could 
speak  she  said  :  "  To  tell  you  the  truth,  we  have  nothing  in  the  house  to 
eat  but  a  little  bread."  "  My  dear  sister,"  I  said,  "  do  not  give  yourself 
another  uneasy  thought  so  far  as  we  are  concerned.  I  think  I  see  a  way 
out  of  the  difificulty."  After  a  little  cheerful  talk  I  left  her,  and  looked 
up  the  superintendent,  who  was  standing  outside  talking  with  some  men, 
I  called  him  apart  and  stated  the  case,  with  perfect  confidence  that  he 
could  extricate  the  family  from  this  extremity.  With  an  encouraging 
word  he  disappeared. 

After  a  half-hour's  absence  Mr.  Superintendent  reappeared  at  the 
door  with  a  prairie  lumber  wagon  filled  with  straw,  drawn  by  our  horses. 
Two  dogs  and  a  gun  completed  the  equipment.  "  Come  on,  every  one  of 
you  !  "  he  shouted.    "  I  want  to  show  our  guest  from  the  East  how  we 


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hunt  prairie-chickens  in  this  country."  With  all  possible  dispatch  the 
missionary  family,  including  their  guests,  clambered  into  the  wagon,  and 
as  we  started  all  anxious  care  was  left  behind.  After  a  delightful  ride 
over  the  prairie,  the  hunting  dogs  ahead  began  to  show  in  their  own  way 
that  it  was  time  for  Mr.  Superintendent  to  descend  with  his  gun.  He 
obeyed  the  signals,  and  in  a  few  moments  had  shot  six  fat  prairie-chickens 
which  had  been  ''  started  up  "  by  the  dogs.  On  we  went  another  two 
miles  in  the  sunshine  and  fresh  air,  repeating  the  same  experience  till 
another  half  dozen  were  secured,  after  which  we  drove  gayly  home. 

Having  arrived  there,  the  guests  "  ])reempted  "  the  kitchen,  picked 
the  chickens,  cooked  them,  set  the  table,  and  invited  the  family  to  dinner. 
'I'he  hunger,  which  by  this  time  had  become  ravenous,  was  all  the  sauce 
needed  for  this  repast.  The  benevolent,  scholarly  face  of  the  preacher 
beaming  upon  us  as  he  carved  the  chickens  ;  the  sweet  serenity  of  the 
missionary  wife,  whose  troubles  had  been  dispelled  ;  the  buoyant  glee  of 
the  children — all  these  conspired  to  make  this  a  memorable  occasion. 

In  the  evening  the  people  came  from  miles  around  and  filled  the  home 
missionary  church,  where  we  had  a  rousing  meeting,  in  which  both  people 
and  guests  took  part.  The  next  morning  we  went  on  our  way  to  other 
prairie  settlements,  to  carry  the  Gospel  as  well  as  we  could  to  the  drought- 
stricken  people,  and  to  the  devoted  pastors  who  would  not  desert  them 
in  their  hour  of  need. 

As  we  traveled  on,  we  came  to  a  little  home  on  the  banks  of  the 
Missouri,  occupied  by  a  venerable  missionary  and  his  wife,  who  have  been 
in  the  work  forty  years.  Less  than  a  year  ago  the  following  conversation 
might  have  been  heard  in  this  home  : 

]Vife  :  "  My  dear,  your  pulpit  suit  shines  so  that  I  can  almost  see  my 
face  in  it." 

Preacher  :  "  No  wonder  !  It  came  in  a  missionary  box  from  New 
England  more  than  ten  years  ago,  and  has  seen  constant  service  ever 
since." 

Jl'i/e  :  "  Well,  it's  time  you  had  a  new  suit,  and  you  ///us^  have  one." 

Preacher  :  "  You  know  very  well,  my  dear,  that  I  cannot  afford  it." 

JFi/e  :  "  I  am  very  glad  to  tell  you  that  you  can,  for  I  have  just  read 
of  a  firm  in  Chicago  who  are  selling  pulpit  suits  for  twenty-five  dollars." 

Preacher  :  "  That  doesn't  help  me.  I  can  as  easily  raise  fifty  dollars 
as  twenty-five  dollars,  so  don't  trouble  your  dear  heart  any  more  about 
this." 

The  wife  said  no  more  to  her  husband,  but  in  the  privacy  of  her  own 
room  she  laid  the  matter  before  her  Lord. 

About  this  time  a  parishioner  of  the  good  minister,  who  was  also  dis- 
turbed by  the  shabby  appearance  of  her  pastor,  wrote  to  know  whether  I 
could  in  some  way  secure  a  respectable  suit  of  clothes  for  this   devoted 


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man.  After  seeking  Divine  guidance,  1  was  led  to  state  the  circumstances 
to  a  generous-hearted  lady  in  Massachusetts,  not  knowing  that  she  had 
been  sent  by  her  physician  to  a  distant  city  for  treatment.  As  the  diffi- 
culty was  with  the  eyes,  her  mail  was  not  to  be  forwarded  to  her.  That 
this  particular  letter  was  made  the  exception  to  the  rule,  proves  the 
watchful  care  of  a  loving  Father. 

Having  received  much  benefit  from  her  sojourn  in  the  distant  city,  our 
generous-hearted  friend  said  to  herself  one  morning:  "I  would  like  to 
make  a  thank-offering  to  God  for  restored  eyesight.  I  wish  I  knew 
of  some  special  case  of  need." 

As  she  tock  her  seat  at  the  breakfast  table  a  few  moments  later  she 
discovered  at  her  plate  the  letter  containing  the  story  of  the  shabby  suit. 
"  Thank  God  !  "  said  she  to  herself  ;  "  my  wish  was  a  prayer,  and  here  is 
the  answer."  Immediately  after  breakfast  this  dear  woman  enclosed  a 
check  covering  the  cost  of  a  good  suit  of  clothes  for  the  frontier  preacher. 

And  so  the  prayer  in  the  humble  home  on  the  banks  of  the  Missouri, 
and  that  other  prayer  in  the  grand  hotel  in  the  great  city,  complete  the 
links  in  this  chain  of  Divine  providences. —  T/ie  Work  at  Home. 


WHAT  OUR  ENDEAVORERS  DID  FOR  CHRISTMAS 

I  WILL  copy  from  a  few  (jf  the  letters  received  from  the  missionaries  to 
whom  we  sent  Christmas-boxes  last  December,  and  if  our  experience  might 
be  printed  in  The  Home  Missionary,  perhaps  it  would  encourage  some 
other  young  people  to  contribute  similar  boxes  of  clothing,  books,  etc. 

From  Alabama  :  The  missionary  in  his  letter  said  :  "  The  box  came 
to  hand  on  New  Year's  day,  and  as  I  opened  it  I  thought  how  good  the 
Lord  was  to  His  servant,  for  I  assure  you  all  the  contents  of  the  box  just 
suited  my  family.  May  the  blessing  of  the  Lord  rest  upon  you  and  all  the 
members  of  your  society,  and  may  you  live  long  in  the  noble  work  you  are 
doing  for  the  humble  missionaries  I  "  From  his  little  daughter's  letter: 
"Little  Roy  said,  'God  lives  over  there  where  the  box  came  from,  and  I 
want  to  go  and  see  him.'  Mamma  and  I  appreciated  the  wraps  and  the 
nice  blankets  which  you  sejit." 

From  South  Dakota  :  "  You  ought  to  have  seen  the  happy  faces  of  the 
children  as  we  unpacked  useful  and  warm  things  from  the  box.  You  can- 
not realize  how  it  lightens  the  burdens  of  my  wife  and  how  many  stitches 
it  saves.  By  thus  relieving  her  she  is  able  to  devote  more  time  ;;o  mission- 
ary work." 

From  Florida  :  "To  say  you  gladdened  the  hearts  of  the  girls,  would 
not  be  expressing  the  half ;    to  be  sure  they  seem  to  be  the  happiest  chil- 


December,  1894  The   Home  Missionary  425 

dren  that  can  be  found.  Not  a  day  has  passed  but  they  leave  their  dolls 
and  presents  and  sit  down  and  ask  questions  of  their  mother,  surmising  in 
their  childish  ways  who  and  what  kind  of  people  they  were  who  gave 
them  their  presents. 

"  The  clothing  was  certainly  a  great  thing  for  us.  The  shoes  for  Mrs. 
W.  and  the  girls  were  received  with  pleasure.  They  were  much  needed, 
as  was  my  suit,  which  was  a  welcome  present  and  fits  as  though  specially 
made  for  nie." 

You  may  refer  to  me  any  Young  People's  Society  of  Christian 
Endeavor  who  would  like  to  kno\^  about  our  work  of  sending  home 
missionary  boxes  at  Christmas.  We  have  sent  this  year  and  last  to 
four  families.  More  would  enter  into  the  work  if  once  interested. — Miss 
Elizabeth  VV.  Olney,  Providence,  R.  I. 


TIMES    OF    REFRESHING 

Work  of  the  Spirit. — At  just  the  right  time  the  Lord  sent  us  an 
evangelist,  who,  for  ten  days,  faithfully  presented  the  Gospel  in  the  town 
hall,  which,  in  spite  of  the  stormy  weather,  was  well  filled.  Many  gave 
their  hearts  to  the  Lord,  some  of  whom  had  been  interested  before,  but 
had  lacked  the  courage  to  unite  with  the  church.  Many  were  reclaimed, 
and  a  deep  conviction  was  left  with  others,  so  that  we  continued  the 
meetings  for  three  weeks  more,  with  marked  results.  Twenty-five 
have  been  added  to  our  church,  and  about  twenty-five  of  the  children  are 
formed  into  a  class  which  the  pastor  meets  every  week,  many  of  whom  we 
trust  will  eventually  come  in.  One  conversion  was  remarkable.  Closing 
a  powerful  Sunday-evening  meeting,  we  held  an  after-meeting  in  which 
the  Spirit  manifested  Himself  in  great  power.  We  were  about  to  close, 
when  one  of  our  most  prominent  citizens,  a  physician,  who  had  led  a 
somewhat  irregular  life,  arose,  and  said  that  he  had  come  in  with  his  heart 
steeled  against  the  Gospel  ;  but,  while  we  were  praying,  the  conviction 
was  so  strong  upon  him  that  he  thought  he  must  cry  out,  "  Stop  !  "  He 
asked  us  to  pray  for  him.  We  did  so  ;  and  he  gave  himself  up  fully  to 
his  Lord,  and  has  been  praising  God  ever  since. — Minnesota. 


Prospering  Spiritually. — This  has  been  a  prosperous  quarter  for 
us  spiritually.  We  had  a  protracted  meeting  in  September,  and  the  work 
was  with  great  power.  It  was  said  to  be  the  best  meeting  of  the  kind 
that  the  church  had  ever  had.  I  report  seven  hopeful  conversions,  and 
two  additions  to  the  church  already,  on  confession.  We  feel  confident 
that  we  are  still  on  rising  ground. — Clara,  Ga. 


426  The   Home   Missionary  December,  1894 

Revival. — Rev.  Arthur  T.  Reed,  of  Oberlin,  was  with  us  one  week, 
commencing  September  3,  and  his  labors  were  blessed.  Twenty  made 
a  start  for  the  new  life,  and  it  is  hoped  that  nearly  all  of  these  may  be 
persuaded  and  helped  to  persevere  in  the  Christian  way. — Albion,  Pa. 


Ingathering. —  I  report  ten  hopeful  conversions  this  quarter,  and 
seven  additions  to  the  church,  making  twenty-four  since  my  coming, 
three  quarters  ago. — Detroit  City,  Minn. 


Spiritual  Progress. —  In  spiritual  lines  there  has  been  progress.  In 
my  last  1  reported  six  conversions.  Two  of  these  have  since  united  with 
a  church  in  another  town,  so  it  counts  as  a  gain  for  the  church,  if  not  for 
our  local  church.  Three  girls  from  our  Sunday-school  have  united  with 
us.  Two  of  these  had  some  time  been  confirmed  in  the  Lutheran  Church 
(Norwegian).  They  have  learned  what  conversion  means,  and  have 
found  a  depth  and  sweetness  of  Christian  experience  which  had  not  come 
to  them  in  their  formal  confirmation.  Since  their  "  new  birth  "  they  have 
proved  earnest  Christian  workers.  Another  of  the  same  class  will  come 
in  with  us  at  the  next  communion.  The  third  girl  has  consecrated  a 
beautiful  voice  to  our  Master's  service. — Benson,  Minn. 


Patience  and  Faith  Rewarded. — We  have  at  length  been  rewarded 
for  our  patience  of  waiting  and  of  hope.  We  have  experienced  a  time  of 
spiritual  quickening,  the  results  of  which  it  is  impossible  to  compute.  I 
report  twenty  hopeful  conversions  and  eight  additions  to  the  church  on 
confession.  The  indications  were  that  the  Lord  was  inclining  the  hearts 
of  His  people  to  Him  in  a  higher  consecration.  We  were  encouraged  also 
by  good  news  from  our  churches  in  all  parts  of  Alabama.  Three  union 
prayer-meetings  were  held  each  week,  the  Methodists,  the  Baptists  and 
ourselves  uniting.  The  interest  increased,  until  the  attendance  on  a  week- 
night  prayer  service  was  larger  than  our  usual  attendance  on  Sunday. 
The  Lord's  people  became  zealous,  and  sinners  began  to  turn  to  the  Lord. 
Some  of  the  cases  of  conversion  have  been  as  interesting  as  I  have  ever 
seen.  Two  years  ago,  six  or  seven  of  us  met  at  our  church  for  a  sunrise 
prayer-meeting.  Among  those  for  whom  prayer  was  especially  offered  at 
that  time  were  two  :  one  of  them  a  young  man  of  collegiate  training, 
about  thirty  years  of  age  ;  another,  a  father  having  seven  beautiful  chil- 
dren in  our  Sunday-school  and  Children's  Society.  The  gentleman  last 
named  was  consecrated  to  God  in  childhood  by  a  pious  mother,  but  his 
mind  had  been  poisoned  by  Ingersollism,  and  the  young  man  also  was 
sceptical.  It  has  been  our'  happy  privilege  to  see  them  both  soundly 
converted.  The  young  man  has  been  taking  lessons  in  shorthand  of  me 
during  the  past  summer.  I  eagerly  embraced  the  opportunity  to  teach 
him,  thinking  that  his  coming  to  my  study  might  be  a  means  of  breaking 


December,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  427 

down  the  barriers  between  us  and  bringing  him  under  religious  influences  ; 
and  such  was  the  fact.  One  sister  asked  the  congregation  to  join  her  in 
praying  for  six  persons  who  were  especially  on  her  heart.  Five  of  the 
six  stood  together  at  Ciod's  altar  to  confess  their  Savior  at  our  recent 
communion  season.  All  departments  of  our  work  have  been  greatly 
strengthened. — S/u'/l>v,  Ala. 

Elevf.n  Converts  Added. — The  quarter  has  been  marked  by  a 
series  of  evangelistic  meetings  under  the  leadership  of  Mrs.  Peake,  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  C  hurch.  Considerable  intere;:!  was  manifested,  and 
at  the  following  communion  thirteen  were  added  to  our  church,  all  but 
two  on  confession  of  faith.  There  are  others  who,  we  hope,  will  follow 
in  November.  This  year,  1894,  has  been  one  of  the  best  for  our  work 
here.  It  is  true,  we  lose  members.  In  this  respect  we  seem  to  be  a 
"  recruiting  station  ;  "  but  even  so,  the  kingdom  is  enlarged. — San  Fran- 
cisco [South  Church). 


Coming  In. — We  have  had  some  good  revival  meetings  here,  resulting 
in  eighteen  hopeful  conversions,  and  five  additions  to  the  church  on  con- 
fession. Others  will  join  our  church,  and  several  have  gone  to  no  church 
as  yet.  I  have  done  the  best  I  could,  having  to  travel  on  foot.  In  this 
way  I  have  traveled  579  miles  this  quarter.  The  outlook  for  our  church 
in  this  country  is  good,  if  we  had  more  preachers  here.  I  have  more  calls 
than  I  can  fill,  and  it  grieves  me  to  see  our  people  so  hard  pushed.  But 
we  are  looking  forward  in  hope  of  better  times,  temporally  and  spiritually. 
—  Tidmore,  Ala. 


A  Fruitful  Tour. — Tlie  end  of  the  previous  quarter  found  me  in 
the  middle  of  the  Louisiana  campaign,  and  my  report  for  that  quarter  was 
made  "on  the  wing."  July  first  I  began  a  series  of  meetings  with  the 
church  at  Hemphill,  in  Rapides  Parish,  staying  there  six  days  ;  then  took 
a  horseback  tour  of  sixty  miles  up  the  country,  holding  meetings  at  four 
places  ;  from  Hemphill  to  the  Calhoun  district  in  North  Louisiana,  attend- 
ing the  District  Association  at  Willhite's  Chapel,  and  holding  several 
meetings  there  ;  then  to  Union  Chapel,  where  we  have  a  church,  and 
where  we  had  a  fruitful  meeting  for  three  days ;  then  to  Longstraw 
church,  where  I  held  meetings  from  Sunday  night  to  Thursday,  with 
blessed  results.  This  closed  the  month.  In  that  time  forty  or  fifty  per- 
sons professed  conversion,  many  of  whom  will,  I  hope,  prove  to  be  genu- 
inely renewed.  I  wish  I  could  convey  to  you  my  convictions  of  the  great 
need  of  real,  earnest  preaching  and  teaching  work  in  that  region.  The 
ignorance  of  the  masses  is  so  pitiable  ;  yet  the  readiness  with  which  many 
of  them  receive  the  truth  of  God,  and  rejoice  in  it,  is  most  encouraging. 
■ — Rev.  C.  F.  Sheldon, 


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December,  1894 


THE    SOUTHERN    CIRCUIT    RIDER 


THE    PITYING    FATHER'S    CARE 


"Like  as  a'father  pitieth  his  children,  so  the  Lord  pitieth  them  that 
fear  him."  This  fatherly  pity  we  experienced  from  our  Lord  through 
the  summer,  and  we  most  surely  needed  it,  for  we  have  been  through 
storms  of  trials  both  within  and  without.  But  in  all  the  Lord  has  been 
with  us  to  give  consolation  and  victory. 

Not  long  ago  two  brethren  were  here  assisting  me  in  special  meetings 
for  one  week.  We  were  greatly  disturbed  by  noisy  men  every  evening. 
One  day  word  came  to  us  that  these  noisy  men  had  gathered  up  a  lot  of 
stale  eggs  and  rotten  apples,  with  which  they  were  going  to  plaster  us  in 
the  evening.  We  spent  the  day  in  earnest  prayer,  put  on  cur  old  clothes 
(the  singers  did  likewise),  and  then  went  boldly  upon  the  platform. 
Meanwhile  one  of  our  members  had  said  that  we  were  going  to  have  a 
justice  of  the  peace  there  and  a  constable  to  arrest  the  first  man  that 
created  disturbance.  We  did  not  have  either  justice  of  the  peace  or  con- 
stable, and  yet  I  am  sure  we  never  had  a  quieter  meeting.  We  saw  no 
stale  eggs  or  rotten  apples. 

We  have  also  had  storms  within,  which  have  been  the  most  hurting, 
because  of  the  work  among  us  of  such  as  oppose  our  constitution  and 
rules.  But  this  has  also  been  overcome,  and  now  we  have  peace.  We 
will  take  in  four  new  members  at  the  next  communion. 

The  field  is  growing.     One  new  preaching  station  has  opened  during 


December,  1894  Thc   Home   Missionary  429 

this  quarter.  I  have  now  four,  two  of  which  I  visit  once  every  other 
Sunday,  and  one  every  Sunday.  1  preach  three  times  on  Sunday,  con- 
duct two  prayer-meetings,  one  young  people's  meeting,  and  one  children's 
meeting  during  thc  week.  ()ur  two  Sunday-schools  are  continuing  as 
before,  with  an  average  attendance  of  about  eighty. —  Wiscofisin. 


HOME  AND  FOREIGN— THE  ONE  WORK 

By   Rkv.  J.  F.  Graf,  Springfield,  Mo. 

With  this  report  ends  my  ninth  year  as  a  missionary  of  your  Society 
with  my  countrymen  here.  I  was  enabled  by  the  help  of  my  Savior  to 
labor  during  the  last  quarter  for  the  up-building  of  the  Redeemer's  King- 
dom, preaching  regularly  every  Sabbath,  teaching  and  superintending  the 
Sabbath-school,  visiting  among  the  people  in  and  outside  of  the  church, 
and  writing  articles  for  the  Kirchcnlwtc,  our  German  religious  paper. 

One  occasion  in  this  quarter  had  special  interest  for  me  and  my  family 
and  church.  It  was  the  farewell  meeting  held  in  honor  of  my  daughter  at 
the  First  Congregational  Churcli,  with  which  other  Congregational  churches 
took  an  active  part.  It  was  a  pleasant  occasion  and  did  show  the  interest 
these  churches  have  in  home  and  foreign  missions.  Though  a  daughter  of 
a  German  Home  Missionary,  she  felt  a  call  to  serve  the  Lord  in  the  foreign 
field.  Many  friends  came  to  me  and  said  :  "  How  can  you  give  her  up  ? 
She  is  so  useful  in  your  work,  and  understands  so  well  to  care  for  children." 
My  answer  was  :  "  That  is  just  the  reason  w'hy  I  give  her  up.  There  are 
enough  who  want  to  stay  at  home  and  have  to  stay  at  home,  but  those  who 
can  go  and  wish  to  go  ought  to  go  and  should  never  be  hindered  by  their 
parents  or  friends.  Home  and  foreign  are  equally  '  missions,'  and  ought 
not  to  be  separated."  On  September  26th  she  left  New  York  for  Mardin, 
Turkey. 

Though  often  discouraged,  looking  at  the  small  audience,  I  feel 
hopeful  on  looking  at  our  flourishing  Endeavor  Society,  from  which  three 
young  people  have  within  half  a  year  entered  the  special  service  of  the 
Lord — one  studying  in  Chicago,  one  training  as  nurse  in  St.  Louis,  and 
the  third  my  daughter  mentioned  above.  My  audience  would  be  larger 
but  for  those  who  are  ready  to  receive  into  the  church  every  German  who 
will  join,  whether  he  comes  to  church  or  not,  telling  them  they  can  have  things 
here  just  as  they  have  them  in  Germany — preaching  on  Sabbath  forenoon, 
and  fun  the  rest  of  the  day.  I  cannot  comfort  people  with  a  formal  religion. 
Every  new  member  I  get  for  our  church,  or  even  for  the  audience,  has,  so  to 
speak,  to  be  broken  away  from  the  world  as  a  piece  of  rock  is  broken  from 


430  The   Home   Missionary  December,  1894 

the  quarry.  It  is  only  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  that  can  do  this  work,  but  it 
is  done.  This  home  missionary  work  is  similar  to  the  foreign.  When  the 
missionary  in  Africa,  China,  or  Japan  sees  a  new  face  in  his  audience  and 
among  the  inquirers,  he  gladly  works  and  prays  and  visits  until  a  soul  is 
gained.  Of  course  there  is  an  easier  way  to  proceed  among  nominal 
Christians,  in  order  to  enlarge  the  membership  ;  but  that  way  is  like  build- 
ing wood,  hay,  and  stubble  on  a  good  foundation.  But  where  are  the  souls 
when  "that  day"  shall  come  ?  I  have  never  believed  that  the  old  Home 
Missionary  Society  asks  for  mere  numbers,  pleasant  as  they  are  to  look  at  in 
a  year-book.  It  may  look  as  if  I  did  not  care  for  large  audiences;  but  oh  ! 
how  I  feel  it  when  one  or  the  other  is  not  present,  and  I  ask  the  Lord  to 
bring  them  again  and  to  give  me  the  words  to  feed  them  with  the  pure 
Gospel. 

As  our  Rally  Day  comes  in  November,  I  can  send  you  only  a  small 
amount  this  time.  Last  Sabbath  I  found  a  paper  with  three  dollars  in  it  on 
the  pulpit,  given  for  foreign  missions  by  somebody  who  did  not  wish  to 
give  his  or  her  name.  The  one  whom  I  suspect  to  be  the  giver  earns  her 
money  by  washing  for  others,  and  gives  not  from  her  abundance,  even  if 
she  has  not  given  "  all  her  living."  So  your  German  Home  Missionary 
has  sunshine  as  well  as  shadow  in  his  labors.  Blessed  be  the  Lord  !  He  is 
good,  and  His  mercy  endureth  forever  1  "  He  leadeth  me,"  is  a  blessed 
thou^rht. 


THE    GRACE    OF    PATIENT    CONTINUANCE 

This  is  the  grace  that  many  a  missionary  pastor  is  cultivating,  in  these 
months  of  anxious  uncertainty  as  to  the  financial  ability  of  his  little  band 
of  Christian  people  to  hold  together  the  church  organization  till  the  better 
times  shall  come.  Let  the  story  of  one  church  and  one  pastor,  during  the 
fifteen  months  from  May  i,  1893,  to  August  i,  1894,  tell  what  oppor- 
tunities and  what  needs  for  this  truly  Christian  grace  are  presented.  This 
story  shall  be  told  by  the  pastor  in  his  reports  to  this  Society.  The  field 
is  a  city  in  the  Far  West,  on  the  Pacific  coast,  with  a  population  of  some 
8,000. 

In  May,  1893,  the  Congregational  church  of  that  city  consisted  of 
twenty-seven  members.  At  this  time  the  pastor,  who  tells  his  story  below, 
took  up  the  work.  Three  months  passed,  and  August  ist  brings  the  new 
pastor's  first  quarterly  report  to  our  rooms.     What  says  it  as  to  his  work  ? 

"  Our  congregations  are  increasing  a  little.  The  A.  church  is  having 
services  but  once  a  day,  and  we  have  some  of  its  people  in  the  evening,  so 
that  the  gain  may  not  be  permanent.  The  hard  times  have  obliged  one 
of  my  deacons  to  leave  the  city  in  search  of  work.     This  leaves  me  with 


December,  1894  The   Homo   Missionary  431 

only  one  deacon,  wlio  is  three-score-and-ten  and  so  nearly  deaf  as  to  be 
unable  to  liear  a  word  of  the  services  We  have  lost  another  valuable 
member  in  the  person  of  Mrs.  C,  wife  of  the  secretary  of  our  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association,  who  is  obliged  to  leave  for  lack  of  fmancial 
support.  Mr.  C.  is  still  here,  but  must  soon  leave,  lioth  he  and  his  wife 
have  been  very  helpful  in  church  work,  and  we  shall  feel  their  loss  keenly. 
When  he  goes  1  have  not  another  man  to  help  the  one  deacon  take  up  the 
collections.  A  church  without  a  man  to  take  up  the  collections  !  Never 
in  the  history  of  the  city  were  times  so  hard  as  now.  Were  it  not  for  the 
hell'*  from  your  Society,  it  would  be  impossible  to  keep  the  church  open  a 
month.  Of  the  four  men  now  members  of  the  church,  one  has  no  income 
at  all  ;  one,  a  carpenter  by  trade,  has  earned  but  ;|i6o  in  the  last  seven 
months,  and  has  a  large  family  to  support  ;  a  third  has  received  less  than 
thirty  dollars  a  month  snice  the  beginning  of  the  year  and  has  left  the  city, 
^500  poorer  than  when  he  came  here.  The  fourth  is  a  young  lawyer 
trying  to  work  up  practice.  The  women  are  either  widows  trying  to  make 
the  year's  ends  meet  when  they  can,  which  is  not  often,  or  wives  of  men 
who  take  no  interest  in  the  church.  How  would  you  expect  this  people 
to  do  more  than  they  are  doing  ? 

"  This  city  is  a  paradise  for  gamblers.  Our  daily  paper  is  authority 
for  the  statement  that  there  are  150  such  places  in  this  city.  A  strong 
effort  was  made  to  legalize  gambling  by  a  system  of  high  license. 
This,  however,  failed,  and  as  a  result  of  the  agitation  which  followed, 
the  authorities  are  trying  to  prohibit  some  of  the  games — or  it  would 
be  nearer  the  truth  if  we  said  they  are  collecting  fines.  The  offend- 
ers plead  guilty  when  arrested,  but  pay  their  fines  and  go  right  on 
with  the  business,  and  the  city  has  an  income  of  $100  a  day  from  this 
source."  Here  is  a  glimpse  into  the  conditions  surrounding  that  little 
group  of  Christian  believers  who  have  rallied  about  their  pastor,  and  with 
him  have  entered  into  the  fight  with  the  evils  of  their  city. 

Three  months  more  go  by.  The  November  i,  1893,  report  briefly 
reviews  the  intervening  time,  and  has  a  tone  of  hopefulness  that  almost 
surprises  us  :  "  We  have  had  some  substantial  growth  during  the  quarter. 
Eight  have  been  received  into  the  church,  five  by  letter  and  three  on  con- 
fession. The  average  attendance  at  the  preaching  services  is  not  quite  up 
to  the  average  of  last  quarter,  due  in  part  to  the  fact  that  the  A.'s  have  a 
new  pastor,  and  a  strong  one  ;  the  B.'s  have  a  new  supply  nearly  every 
Sunday,  and,  like  the  Athenians,  our  people  are  curious  'to  hear  some  new 
thing.'  The  Sunday-school  continues  to  grow,  and  reached  its  largest 
attendance  last  Sunday,  there  being  sixty-two  present.  We  could  easily 
double  the  attendance  if  we  had  a  sufilicient  teaching  force,  but  it  is  with 
difficulty  we  sustain  the  present  classes.  The  Christian  Endeavor  Society, 
small   in    number   and    feeble   in   life,   but  nevertheless  the  hope  of  the 


432  The   Home   Missionary  December,  1894 

church,  continues  to  increase  in  attendance  and,  let  us  hope,  in  real  useful- 
ness. The  Church  Building  Society  has  converted  a  loan  of  |;6oo,  made 
in  1888,  into  a  grant,  thus  relieving  the  church  of  a  burdensome  debt." 

February,  1894,  brings  the  report  of  the  third  quarter  of  the  year,  and 
although  some  of  this  report  has  already  been  given  in  the  pages  of  The 
Home  Missionary,  we  give  it  again,  that  a  connected  story  of  that  one 
field  may  be  laid  before  our  readers : 

"  I  have  been  assisting  in  special  meetings,  both  night  and  day,  for 
the  past  five  weeks.  Previous  to  these  I  had  assisted  our  superintendent 
in  a  series  lasting  nearly  three  weeks  ;  so  that  for  two  months  of  the 
quarter  I  have  been  engaged  afternoons  and  evenings  in  evangelistic 
services.  Our  meetings  were  fairly  well  attended,  but  largely  by  members 
of  the  churches  and  church-going  people.  Although  we  advertised  the 
meetings  thoroughly,  we  failed  to  reach  the  business  men,  the  laboring 
classes,  and  the  saloon  element.  Night  after  night  we  have  about  the 
same  audience  of  church-going  people,  with  only  a  sprinkling  of  the 
unsaved.  About  twenty-five  persons  rose  for  prayers.  Every  possible 
effort  has  been  made  to  reach  the  business  men  and  the  people  who  fre- 
quent the  saloons.  Cards  of  invitation  were  sent  to  them.  Then  the 
workers  gave  them  a  personal  invitation.  Then  meetings  for  men  alone 
were  held  and  personal  invitations  given  ;  but  with  result,  so  far,  that  the 
business  men  ignored  the  meetings  from  the  first.  Some  strange  opinions 
have  come  to  us.  One  is  that  the  business  men  of  this  city  consider  that 
when  a  man  becomes  a  Christian  he  belittles  himself  ;  he  is  less  of  a  man 
than  they  thought  him  to  be  ;  and,  however  honest  and  upright  he  may 
have  been  before,  now  that  he  has  become  a  Christian  he  will  have  to  be 
watched.  A  banker  who  attends  my  church,  and  the  only  business  man  of 
any  prominence  converted  during  the  year,  told  me  that  he  is  losing  custom 
and  men  are  quitting  him  in  business  for  no  other  reason  than  that  he  has 
become  a  Christian.  Whether  these  men  believe  what  they  say,  or  whether 
this  is  only  a  bluff  game  to  injure  the  cause  of  Christ,  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  it  is  a  most  successful  device  of  the  devil  to  keep  men  from  embracing 
Christianity.  Another  thing  which  has  come  to  the  surface  is  that  the 
prominent  business  men  consider  the  saloons  the  life  of  the  place,  and  to 
close  them  would  be  a  great  detriment.  I  give  you  these  facts  to  show 
you  what  we  have  to  contend  with  here.  I  am  not  discouraged.  I  believe 
the  Gospel  will  triumph  here  some  day.  Just  now  we  are  holding  a  meet- 
ing for  men  only  at  the  rooms  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
every  afternoon.  I  hope  to  be  able  to  make  these  a  means  of  great 
good." 

With  April  30,  1894,  the  year  for  which  this  pastor  was  commih;sioned 
closed,  and  the  fourth  and  last  report  for  that  twelve  months  was  received. 
It  is  brief,  without  large  results  to  show  for  the  faithful  and  persistent  toil 


December,  1894  The    Homc   Missionary  433 

of  a  year,  but  with  a  strong  faith  in  the  vahic  of  sucli  an  organization  of 
Christian  force  as  that  Httle  church,  insignificant  in  numbers,  among  the 
city's  thousands.      This  fourth  cjuarterly  rei:)ort  is  as  follows  : 

"  My  last  report  was  written  while  in  the  midst  of  special  union  meet- 
ings. The  effort  closed  without  our  gathering  the  fruit  we  had  hoped.  In 
fact,  we  did  not  receive  a  single  member  as  the  fruit  of  the  meetings  ;  and 
yet  I  am  not  sorry  the  effort  was  made,  though  it  resulted  in  proving  the 
field  more  difficult  than  some  of  us  had  thought  it  to  be,  and  left  behind  a 
tinge  of  disappointment.  lUit  it  has  left  tlie  people  of  this  city  without 
excuse,  and  has  laid  the  responsibility  upon  them  of  having  so  far  rejected 
the  Gospel  of  the  Lord  Jesus.  The  A.  church  is  still  without  a  pastor, 
and  will  remain  so,  though  they  are  making  an  effort  to  revive  their 
services.  'I'he  B.'s  are  also  without  a  pastor,  but  have  a  supply  most  of 
the  time.  It  is  our  privilege  to  supply  these  congregations  with  religious 
services,  at  least  a  part  of  the  time.  And  let  us  be  thankful  for  this,  that 
we  can  lift  up  and  maintain  the  standard  while  others  are  unable  to 
do  so." 

May  r,  1894,  brings  to  this  office  the  new  application  of  that  church, 
that  their  pastor  may  be  recommissioned  for  another  twelve  months.  This 
application,  which  voices  the  feelings  and  the  judgment  of  the  people, 
breathes  a  courage  and  cheer  strikingly  in  contrast  with  the  silence  of  the 
previous  application  as  to  the  outlook.  Supplementing  the  mere  statistical 
part,  it  says,  touching  the  condition,  prospects,  and  wants  of  the  field, 
this  : 

'■'■First :  Conditions. — The  church  is  thoroughly  united.  There  are 
no  dissensions  of  any  kind.  We  all  have  perfect  confidence  in  the  leader- 
ship of  our  pastor,  and  are  wholly  satisfied  with  his  ministrations.  Finan- 
cially there  has  been  a  step  from  embarrassment  and  discouragement  to 
freedom.  We  are  out  of  debt.  Our  property  is  without  incumbrance. 
As  to  growth,  the  number  of  additions  has  been  fifteen,  with  six  dismis- 
sions ;  a  net  gain  of  nine.  The  Sunday-school  and  congregations,  though 
not  large,  have  been  steady.  The  influence  of  the  church  in  the  com- 
munity has  never  been  more  decided  or  helpful. 

'■'•Second :  Prospects. — This  church  will  probably  for  some  time  supply 
the  religious  services  to  other  congregations  as  well  as  our  own.  The 
A.  church  is  without  a  pastor,  and  probably  will  remain  so.  In  a  difficult 
but  important  town,  ours  has  been  a  leading  church  ;  and  in  the  growth 
of  the  city  it  will,  by  steady  and  persevering  w'ork,  be  ready  to  have  its 
share  in  improvement.  It  is  the  part  of  wisdom  to  be  ready  for  the 
increase  that  comes  with  the  growth  of  the  future. 

"  Third :  Wants. — The  most,  of  our  wants  are  spiritual — the  fellowship 
and  sympathy  of  the  churches,  as  well  as  the  blessing  of  God.  We  want 
the  grace  and  cheerfulness  to  do  the  work  committed  to  us,  to  keep  the 


434  The   Home  Missionary  December,  1894 

faith  and  be  one  of  the  beacons,  not  of  the  United  States  Light-house 
service,  but  of  the  Lord,  in  a  place  greatly  needing  gospel  life." 

To  grant  such  an  application,  with  a  voluntary  reduction  of  twenty- 
five  per  cent.,  was  a  great  satisfaction  and  pleasure  to  the  Executive 
Committee  ;  and  a  commission  for  the  new  year  was  sent  forward  to  the 
faithful  man  doing  the  Master's  work  in  these  most  trying  conditions. 
The  story  of  this  field,  for  the  period  of  fifteen  months,  closes  with  the 
latest  report  at  hand,  bearing  date  August  i,  1894.  This  report  is  as 
follows  : 

"  August  is  not  a  good  month  in  which  to  make  a  report.  With 
steamer  loads  of  people  coming  here  on  excursions  every  Sunday,  with 
the  city  full  of  pleasure -seekers,  with  picnic  excursions  going  hither  and 
thither,  with  our  own  people  scattered—  all  this  has  its  influence  on  the 
churches  here,  and  makes  all  our  meetings  smaller,  and  our  work  harder 
and  less  hopeful.  The  quarter  has  been  one  of  hard  work,  even  to  hold 
our  own.  Our  B.  friends  have  had  services  most  of  the  time,  and  this 
has  taken  away  some  of  our  audiences.  The  A.  church  has  secured  a 
pastor,  and  he  is  on  the  field  and  at  work.  With  five  churches  open  and 
manned,  the  attendance  at  each  is  smaller  than  when  one  or  more  are 
closed,  for  we  have  a  smaller  population  of  church-going  people  now 
than  any  other  city  on  the  coast.  Our  average,  however,  is  up  to  the 
previous  quarter,  except  in  the  Sunday-school,  which  always  suffers  some 
depletion  during  the  summer  months." 


GETTING   STARTED    IN    SOUTHWESTERN    OREGON 

This  first  report  shows  very  small.  The  church  is  weak  in  numbers 
and  in  financial  strength,  but  as  it  occupies  a  good  portion  of  the  town  by 
itself,  its  work  and  influence  are  needed.  If  it  rises  to  its  opportunities 
it  will  prove  itself  a  power  for  godliness.  Not  only  is  the  church  weak, 
but  it  was  discouraged.  When  I  came  the  members  complained  that  they 
could  do  nothing,  and  it  was  not  of  much  use  to  try.  But  they  seem  to 
be  willing  to  try  now,  so  we  think  we  are  on  the  road  to  better  things. 
They  had  had  no  evening  services  for  a  long  time,  and  said  we  could  not 
support  one.  The  electric  lights  had  been  turned  off.  We  began  with 
fifteen  the  first  Sunday  evening,  and  have  had  over  sixty  since,  and  this 
during  our  worst  season  of  the  year.  They  could  not  sing,  and  had  had 
no  choir  for  months.  We  formed  a  quartet  of  wife  and  myself  as  soprano 
and  tenor,  with  another  man  and  his  wife  as  bass  and  alto.  With  this 
help  we  find  several  now  singing  who  could  not  sing  before.  We  are 
crippled  from  lack  of  books,  for  we  need  enough  to  give  every  one  or 


Dcccinbtr,  1894  THc   Homc   Missionary  435 

two  a  book  for  singing  and  responsive  reading.  It  takes  four  or  five  for 
the  choir,  and  there  are  oniy  twelve  books  to  be  found.  We  hoi>e  to  get 
all  to  singing  in  the  course  of  time.  They  declared  they  could  not  sing 
in  the  Sunday-school,  and  they  did  not  sing  for  a  month  or  more  ;  but  we 
have  selected  a  few  of  the  most  "  singable  "  pieces,  and,  by  repetition 
and  urging,  they  are  taking  liold  much  better.  We  need  a  new  good  book 
for  children's  singing  in  the  school  ;  one  with  words  adapted  to  thoughts 
of  the  character  of  the  lessons,  and  music  that  younger  scholars  can  learn 
and  sing.  The  school,  however,  despite  this  lack,  is  alive,  and  we  are  try- 
ing to  make  it  grow,  and  we  expect  to  see  it  grow,  if  hard  work  and  care 
can  help  it  on.  We  are  urging  the  children  to  come  as  we  visit  their 
homes  and  meet  them  on  the  street. 

The  indifference  to  church  and  Sabbath  attendance  here  is  new  to  me 
and  hard  to  overcome.  If  all  who  promise  me  they  will  come  to  church 
and  Sunday-school  were  to  attend,  our  seats  would  soon  be  full.  They 
say  this  west  coast  is  all  alike  as  to  Sunday  riding,  hunting,  fishing,  and 
loafing.  All  the  more  need  of  care  on  the  part  of  Christians,  and  preach- 
ing and  work  to  change  it,  say  I.  But  it  is  hard  to  keep  one's  patience 
and  see  a  stream  of  pleasure  teams  begin  at  7.30,  a.m.,  and  flow  on  all 
day  long.  The  saloon  element  here  is  strong  too,  and  it  is  hard  to  get 
used  to  seeing  them.  We  have  only  seven,  but  they  draw  in  our  young 
men,  and  we  find  it  hard  to  get  young  men  to  attend  church  at  all.  Our 
prayer- meetings  are  good,  but  the  pastor  feels  lonely  for  lack  of  male 
help. 

We  are  praying  now  for  a  revival  service.  We  want  to  hold  special 
meetings  as  soon  as  we  are  ready  for  them.  W^e  need  a  good  revival 
more  than  anything  else.  The  Presbyterian  pastor  agrees  to  hold  with 
me,  and  we  propose  to  try  to  get  the  others  to  unite,  and  are  preaching, 
talking,  and  praying  to  this  end. — Oregon. 

ITEMS    FROM    THE    FIELD 

An  Active  Veteran. — After  about  forty-five  years  of  active  service. 
Rev.  D.  B.  Nichols,  of  Mission  Hill,  South  Dakota,  reports  :  *'  Our  work 
the  past  quarter  has  kept  up  its  numbers  as  compared  with  the  past  two 
years.  There  has  been  service  morning  and  evening  without  a  single 
interruption  ;  preaching  in  the  morning,  followed  by  the  Sabbath-school 
and  Christian  Endeavor  meeting  at  night.  In  each  session  the  pastor 
has  taken  an  active  part.  He  also  has  the  adult  Bible  class,  and  often 
the  Young  Ladies'  class  joins  this.  In  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society 
generally  the  labor  falls  into  his  hands.     Of  the  morning  service  a  most 


43^  The   Home   Missionary  December,  1894 

encouraging  part  is  the  children's  sermon  of  five  minutes,  immediately 
before  the  second  hymn.  These  talks  are  prepared  with  care  and  study, 
and  promise  paying  results,  not  only  from  the  children  but  their  parents. 
The  children  sit  immediately  in  front  of  the  ])ul)Mt,  and  the  pastor,  in  this 
short  discourse,  stands  on  the  floor,  on  a  level  with  them,  before  the  com- 
munion table.  We  are  soon  to  have  more  helpers,  who  will  bring  strength 
to  our  Christian  work,  but  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  it  must  fall 
into  younger  and  more  efficient  hands.  I  am  devoutly  thankful  that  I 
have  been  permitted  to  live  to  see  so  many  changes  for  the  better." 


Unquiet  Sundays. — Excursion  parties,  both  by  rail  and  carriage, 
have  taken  us  almost  by  storm  on  Sunday  mornings.  Sermons  are  preached 
amid  the  puffing  of  locomotives,  the  cheers  of  excursionists,  the  whistling 
of  steamboats,  and  the  clangor  of  brass  bands.  Seven  saloons  are  open 
on  Sunday,  about  as  on  other  days.  This  defiance  of  law  is  met  by  so 
sickly  and  sentimental  a  public  feeling,  that  often  it  fills  a  good  citizen 
with  complete  disgust.  Under  such  circumstances  the  young  men  are 
not  easily  influenced  to  walk  in  the  safe  path.  We  have  a  very  hetero- 
geneous population.  The  elements  do  not  easily  unite  to  make  substantial 
citizens.  Yet  there  has  been  some  progress  made  since  I  began.  Then 
it  was  a  common  sight  to  see  "  young  ladies  "  playing  ball  in  the  streets 
on  Sunday  afternoon,  while  the  married  people  were  ''entertaining"  their 
friends  at  a  '*  Sunday  afternoon  tea."  Such  things  are  not  common  now. 
Our  young  people  have  responded  to  the  preaching  till  a  degree  of  self- 
respect  is  seen. — Alinnesota. 


Busy  and  Tired. — Our  work  is  fairly  promising.  We  have  invitations 
to  hold  services  in  at  least  three  places  which  it  would  not  be  wise  to 
attempt  to  fill  unless  we  can  take  into  them  more  energy  and  freshness 
than  we  have  now.  Our  church  at  Callahan's  is  almost  completed,  and  our 
chapel  at  McConaughay  will  be  finished  in  a  few  days.  The  pastoral 
work  has  been  heavy  and  trying.  Standing  often  before  the  same  people 
in  the  presence  of  their  departed  draws  heavily  upon  my  sympathy.  We 
lately  parted  with  our  own  little  one.  I  selected  the  service,  and  a  lay 
brother  read  it.  I  am  very  tired,  having  taken  this  year  nothing  like  a 
vacation.  I  have  not  only  laid  out  the  work  on  the  chapel  for  inexperienced 
young  men,  but  have  worked  with  them  this  Aveek  and  another,  five  days 
each,  driving  five  miles  morning  and  evening,  taking  care  of  my  horse  at 
nine  o'clock  at  night,  to  end  up  my  day's  work  ;  also,  as  architect,  super- 
intended the  erection  of  the  church  at  Callahan's.  I  send  photographs 
to  show  what  chapels  we  can  build  here  for  ^1,000  and  $500. — California. 


Three  Happy  Years. — It  is  just  three  years  since  I  first  set  foot  on 


December,  1894  The   Home   Missionary  437 

the  "  Land  of  the  Dakotas."  As  I  look  back  over  them,  remembering 
(as  it  is  luiman  nature  to  remember)  for  the  most  part  the  pleasures  1 
have  experienced  m  the  service  of  the  Master,  and  seeing  the  marvelous 
way  in  which  He  has  been  leading  me,  I  am  moved  to  say  with  the  Psalm- 
ist :  *'  J)less  the  Lord,  C)  my  soul,  and  all  tiiat  is  within  me  bless  his  holy 
name."  Yet  in  no  other  years  of  my  life  have  the  yearnings  of  my  soul 
for  the  salvation  of  men  been  so  oppressive  as  they  have  been  here. 
Lravcr,  sermon  work,  personal  labors,  all  in  the  name  of  Christ,  have  been 
the  means  of  lifting  much  of  the  burden,  and  given  me  bright  glimpses  at 
the  beginnings  and  growth  of  a  few  Christian  lives. — South  Dakota. 


A  Bright  Idea. — For  new  and  useful  inventions  we  have  been  wont 
to  look  to  New  England  ;  but  these  words,  from  the  report  of  one  of  our 
German  missionaries  on  the  Pacific  coast,  indicate  a  talent  in  that  line 
that  should  lead  our  Yankee  friends  to  look  to  their  laurels.  Our  loyal 
Teutonic  worker  says  :  '■'■At  every  celebration  of  marriage  among  our  people 
a  collection  is  taken  for  Home  Missions,  and  a  number  of  times  I  have  had 
the  pleasure  to  forward  it."  We  heartily  congratulate  our  brother  on  his 
entirely  original  plan,  and  cherish  the  hope  that  weddings  may  be  fre- 
quent in  his  parish. 


Methods  of  the  Adversary. — I  am  better  acquainted  than  I  was 
with  the  methods  of  Satan,  and  am  convinced  that  he  need  not  be  afraid 
that  the  people  of  God  will  materially  interfere  with  his  plans  until  he 
sees  them  on  their  knees  asking  God  for  wisdom.  Then  his  kingdom 
will  certainly  be  in  danger.  If  I  get  my  people  to  praying  this  winter 
with  an  unceasing  desire  for  the  salvation  of  the  lost,  you  may  expect  to 
see  better  statistical  reports  from  us  than  you  have  been  accustomed  to 
see.  Along  that  line  I  purpose  to  advance  this  winter,  and,  God  helping 
me,  there  shall  be  a  change  for  righteousness  in  this  town. — South  Dakota. 


Light  greatly  Helps  a  Prayer-Meeting. — Some  changes  relating 
to  the  conduct  of  the  prayer-meeting  which  I  introduced  about  a  month 
ago  give  promise  of  being  useful.  We  ceased  to  use  the  prayer-meeting 
room,  where  there  was  one  lamp,  and  moved  into  the  church  proper,  where 
there  were  four  big  lamps  and  the  organ.  I  discarded  the  prayer-meeting 
topics,  W'hich  we  had  been  rigidly  following,  and  substituted  Bible  read- 
ings. Lender  these  conditions  the  attendance  at  the  mid-week  meeting 
has  largely  increased,  and  the  interest  is  growing.  Our  average  attend- 
ance at  prayer-meeting  was  six,  I  announced  the  change  in  method,  and 
eight  attended  ;  the  next  night,  twelve  ;  the  next  night,  fifteen  ;  the  last 
night,  twenty-two  adults.     I  believe  the  change  was  a  wise  one,  and  we 


438  The   Home   Missionary  December,  1894 

will  continue  the  present  method  until  a  better  is  suggested  or  evolved. 
— Mirmesota. 


Rather  Blue. — Our  work  here  locks  rather  blue  at  the  present  time. 
Several  families  left  us  some  of  our  most  regular  attendants  being  among 
the  number,  and  all  helped  support  the  work.  The  only  shingle  mill  in 
town  burned  a  few  days  ago,  throwing  out  of  work  several  others  of  the 
church  helpers.  These  are  trying  times  with  us  all.  There  is  scarcely 
any  money  to  be  had,  and  I  have  taken  wood  and  work  on  subscriptions. 
I  am  happy,  however,  to  report  the  conversion  of  two  young  men,  both 
members  of  a  society  which  I  have  organized  especially  for  boys  and 
young  men. —  Washington. 


Fire,  Smoke,  and  Bears.  —  Never  will  this  quarter  be  forgotten. 
Fire,  smoke,  and  bears  have  been  around  us  for  three  months.  It  is  a 
wonder  of  God's  grace  that  we  are  still  alive.  I  have  been  with  some 
of  my  church  members  when  every  spear  of  their  hay  went  to  ashes  ;  I 
have  seen  the  people  leave  the  meeting  and  rush  away  in  the  middle  of 
the  sermon  to  save  their  homes  ;  I  have  seen  people  lying  in  the  woods 
burned  to  death.  The  great  fire  has  driven  the  bears  down  into  the 
settlements,  and  they  are  picking  our  calves  and  pigs  from  us.  But  the 
good  Lord  has  kept  us  safe. —  Wisconsin. 


The  Hopeful  and  the  Hopeless. — The  longer  I  work  here,  the 
more  hopeful  the  lives  of  the  children  and  young  people  seem  to  me  ; 
the  more  hopeless  the  lives  of  the  middle-aged  and  older  persons  who 
have  not  confessed  and  certainly  do  not  intend  to  confess  Christ.  I  am 
beginning  to  realize  that  the  unforgivable  sin  is  the  constant,  lifelong 
resistance  to  the  sweet,  loving  influences  of  the  Holy  Spirit  pointing  one 
always  to  holiness.  —  South  Dakota. 


The  Ounce  of  Prevention. — Your  missionary  has  been  kept  busy 
in  heading  off  trouble,  and  takes  to  himself  part  of  the  credit  for  keeping 
our  railroad  men  from  joining  the  strike.  For  many  days  not  a  car  of 
any  kind  passed  through  the  place.  All  mails  came  by  stage.  The 
laboring  men  here  wxre,  many  of  them,  about  to  strike.  Your  missionary 
regarded  himself  as  in  a  measure  responsible  for  their  conduct.  He 
called  a  labor  meeting  at  the  Congregational  church,  and  presided  over 
it.  The  speakers  introduced,  all  but  one,  spoke  in  favor  of  obeying  the 
law.  The  one  exception  was  more  than  answered  by  the  others.  Not  an 
employee  struck. — Minnesota. 


Keeping  his  Spirits  up. — There  is  no  cause  for  gloomy  thoughts. 


December,  1894  The   Home   Missionary,  439 

Money  is  almost  an  unknown  lliint^  amont;-  our  people,  who  are  as  needy 
as  any  people  can  well  be.  They  have  bread  and  seed  wheat,  and  some 
wheat  to  sell  ;  but  their  destitution  is  so  great  that  it  takes  a  large  amount 
of  wheat  at  from  thirty  to  thirty-four  cents  a  bushel  to  i)lace  them  in  a 
condition  to  endure.  'I'iiey  are  paying  me  notliing,  or  next  to  it,  and  yet 
I  believe  they  fret  more  about  it  than  I  do.  My  grant  from  the  Home 
Missionary  Society  is  all  I  can  surely  look  to,  but  it  has  enabled  me  to 
keep  out  of  debt  so  far  ;  and  if  God  sends  me  a  box  of  clothing  for  wife 
and  myself,  we  will  make  the  $300  keep  us  three  (you  know,  I  must  count 
"  Frank,"  my  pony,  in  our  family).  I  rejoice  that  I  am  kept  so  well,  and 
have  such  a  privilege  to  preach  the  glorious  Gospel.  Have  no  fears 
about  our  suffering.  God  will  take  care  of  us.  I  am  very  hopeful  for 
the  future. — OldaJwma. 


To  Kind  Inquirers. — The  letter  "  From  a  Grateful  Missionary  Wife," 
in  The  Home  Missionary  for  October,  was  addressed  to  ladies  in  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. ,  who  had  kindly  offered  to  prepare  a  "box"  for  this  Kansas 
family.  It  is  due  to  these  ladies  to  say  that  they  gladly  and  generously 
responded  to  all  the  suggestions  of  the  missionary  wife.  It  is  hard  to  find 
words  that  fitly  express  our  thankfulness  to  the  ladies'  societies  and  indi- 
vidual helpers  who  so  promptly  respond  to  the  direct  and  indirect  calls 
for  aid  found  in  these  pages. 


TREASURY     NOTE 

To  our  regular  monthly  statement  we  add  the  receipts  m  October, 
and  compare  the  receipts  of  the  first  seven  months  of  the  current  fiscal 
year  with  those  for  the  corresponding  part  of  1893. 

CONTRIBUTIONS  LEGACIES 

1893                         1S94                                                             1893  1S94 

April....  $10,366  46     $18,936  34           April....   $6,681    14  $8,701  36 

May 9,461   46        18,608  21            May 25,812  59  6,113  5^ 

June 15,136   17        15-49  44           June 10,254  35  35,^26  54 

July i5'293  72        18,908  65           July 8,940  39  10,695   ^^ 

August...     9,479  91          7,886  18           August..    14,885   55  35,280  76 

Sept 13,794  35        12,707   28           Sept 5,450  10  15,045  01 

Oct 7,34256         9^52304           Oct 4,02500  5.36902 

$80,874  63  $101,819   14  $76,049   12  $116,231  49 

$101,819   14  $116,231  49 


80,874  63  76,049 


12 


^20,944  51  gain  in  contributions.  $40,182  37  gain  in  legacies. 


440  The   Home   Missionary  December,  1894 

Here  is  a  total  gain  of  $61,126.§§  over  the  first  seven  months  of  the 
previous  fiscal  year,  and  of  that  gain  nearly  $21,000  is  in  contributions  ! 
Again  we  call  upon  you  to  unite  with  us  in  heartfelt  thanksgiving — all  ye 
good  friends  whose  increased  offerings  have,  with  God's  blessing,  made 
this  statement  possible. 

And  now,  with  hearts  full  of  joy  and  gratitude  for  our  Father's  favors 
in  the  months  here  reported,  we  turn  with  faith  and  courage  to  the  five 
months  to  come,  reckoning  safely  on  your  continued  and  even  more 
liberal  help.  These  later  months  are  always  the  most  fruitful  of  the 
twelve  to  our  treasury.  This  year  they  should  be  especially  so.  More  of 
the  time  and  strength  of  our  friends  can  now  be  turned  from  '•  politics," 
for  weeks  past  justly  claiming  from  all  good  citizens  the  best  they  had 
to  give.  The  new  day  has  dawned.  The  dark  clouds  are  flying  before 
the  freshening  breeze.  Our  country's  growing  business  prosperity  is  no 
longer  doubtful.  It  is  the  fitting  time  for  hearty  thank-offerings  from  all 
who  truly  love  our  land  and  serve  the  mighty  God  who  has  wonderfully 
preserved  it  hitherto,  and  for  the  time  intrusts  it,  subordinately,  to  our 
keeping,  that  it  may  be  the  broad  deep  channel  of  His  salvation  for  the 
world. 

Never  before  were  so  many  open  doors  waiting  for  consecrated 
laborers ;  never  was  there  such  crying  need  of  them,  the  land  over  ; 
never  was  there  richer  promise  of  spiritual  harvests  as  the  reward  of  the 
faithful.  Nothing  is  lacking  but  the  means  of  making  sure  their  tem- 
poral support. 

The  duty  and  privilege  of  assuring  that,  we  lovingly  and  confidently 
lay  upon  these  our  ever  faithful  helpers  : — 

The  Congregational  churches  of  our  land,  from  each  of  which  we  ask 
"  one  generous  offering  " — from  the  rich  "  as  God  has  prospered  them  ;  " 
from  the  poorest,  something,  however  small,  to  prove  their  loving  interest. 

The  Women's  State  and  Local  Unions,  depended  on  for  more  than 
|!5o,ooo  in  cash,  yearly,  and  steadily  increasing  the  sum  of  their  ready 
helpfulness. 

The  Sunday-schools,  "  the  Boys'  and  Girls'  Home  Missionary  Army," 
the  Young  People's  Societies  of  Christian  Endeavor,  Mission  Bands,  and 
other  circles  of  young  people — that  the  habit  of  giving  for  their  country's 
spiritual  welfare  may  be  early  formed,  to  last  through  life. 

Those  charged  with  the  guardianship  of  property  left  by  departed 
friends  for  this  sacred  use — from  which,  perhaps,  by  watchful,  loving  care 
a  portion  may  be  earlier  realized  to  meet  the  urgent  need. 

And  from  each  and  all  we  beg  a  constant  interest  in  their  prayers, 
that  our  Father's  richest  covenant  blessings  may  rest  upon  the  cause  and 
all  engaged  in  it,  whether  as  workers  in  the  field  or  their  supporters  by 
offerings  and  prayers  at  home.     And  may  God  bless  us,  every  one  ! 


WX\^  >^  cinii^  witt^^  bound. 


^H^il^r^t'novN  IS  no  mure 


442 


The   Home   Missionary 


December,   1894 


APPOINTMENTS    IN    OCTOBER,    1894 


N^ot  in  cummissio)i  last  year 

Adams,  Miss  Margaret  M.,  Teacher,  Rogers,  Ark. 
Dada.    Edward  T.,   Hetningford   and   Nonpareil, 

Neb. 
Ely.  Edward  L..  Omaha,  Neb. 
Kishburn.  .M.  H.,  Rockville  Center,  N.  Y. 
Hinckley.  Frank,  Oakland.  Cal 
Ingham,  John  E.,  Clear  Lake,  Wis. 
Knutson,  Henry  S.,  St.  Hibire  and  Black  River, 

Minn. 
Parker,  Lyman  B.,  Choctaw  City,  Okla. 
Parsons.  Charles,  Webster  and  VVaubay,  So.  Dak. 
Squire,  Abraham  L.,  Burwcll,  Neb. 
Tenber,  A.  C,  Glen  UUin,  No.  Dak. 
Terborgh,  Isaac.  Ada.  Minn. 
Trandt,  Adam,  Denver.  Col. 
Upton,  R.  P.,  Fertile  and  Mentor,  Minn. 


Re-commiisioned 

Ailing,  Horatio.  Kirkland,  Wash. 

Andrewson.  Severt  M.,  Maple  Valley,  Wis. 

Bair,  William  R.,  Dunlap,  Kan. 

Belt.  Salathiel  D.,  Ellensburgh,  Wash. 

Bleakley,  Mat   A.,  Cross.  Okla. 

Bochek,  Miss  Fannie,  Johnstown.  Pa. 

Burhans,  Paul  C.    Hennessey.  Okla. 

Camtield,  Lewis  E  ,  Academy,  Colvin,  and  Kirk- 
wood,  So.  Dak. 

Dalton,  John  J  .  Thayer,  Mo. 

Donovan,  David,  Madison,  Minn. 

Doty.  Micajah,  Glenview.  So.  Dak. 

Dreisbach,  Charles  H.,  Frankfort  and  Turton,  So. 
Dak. 

Engstrom,  Alfred  P.,  Spencer  Brook,  Minn. 

Enlow,  Charles  E.,  Cleburne,  Te.xas. 

Foster,  Richard  B.,  Perkins  and  Olivet,  Okla. 

Fowler,  Olin  L.,  McMillin,  Alderton,  and  Rhode 
Lake,  Wash. 


Gadsby,  George,  Ceredo,  W.  Va. 

Galloway,  Emil  R.,   Weaverville  and   Lewiston, 

Cal. 
Hobart,  Miss  Ella,  Cleveland,  O. 
Hughes,  Evan    P.,   Hubbard,  Elliott  Prairie,  and 

Smyrna,  Ore. 
Ibanez,  Mr.  D.,  El  Paso.  Tex. 
Isaacs,  William  J.,   Williston,  No.  Dak. 
Jefferies.  John.  Crawford,  Neb. 
Jones,  Samuel,  Carroll,  Neb. 
Kidder,  Josiah,  Hetland,  Bangor,  and  Spring  Lake, 

So.  Dak. 
Mills.  Harry  E  ,  Strong,  Kan. 
Nichols.  John  T.,  Seattle,  Wash. 
Northrup,    George    E.,    Merritt    and    McKinley, 

Minn. 
Pierson,  William,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 
Pratt,  D.  Butler,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Price,  Thomas  M.,  Duluth,  Minn. 
Prior,  Isaac  R..  Bryant,  So.  Dak. 
Reese,  Thomas  P.,  Cambria,  So.  Dak. 
Richardson,  Henry  M.,  Spearfish,  So.  Dak. 
Rood,  John    Sauk  Rapids  and  St.  Cloud.  Minn. 
Routliffe.  Charles  H  ,  Granite  Falls,  Minn. 
Ruddock,  Charles  A.,  Clarksfield  and  Brighton.  O. 
Ruddock,  Edward  N.,  Burtrum  and  Grey  Eagle, 

Minn. 
Scribner,  Miss  Bessie  B.,  Teacher,  Rogers,  Ark. 
Scroggs,  J.  W.,  Rogers,  Ark. 
Sprague,  Elma  E.,  Farnam,  Neb. 
Taylor,    Horace  J.,    Fidalgo    City  and   Rosario. 

Wash. 
Thing,  Milo  J.  P..  Arcadia,  Neb. 
Tomlin,    David    R.,    General   Missionary  in    So. 

Dak. 
Uzzell,  Thomas,  Denver,  Colo. 
Wade,  Justin  G.,  Sedalia,  Mo. 
Warren,  Willis  A.,  Waterville  and  Morristown, 

Minn. 
Wells,  J.  Lester,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Winter,  Alpheus  Tryun,  N.  C. 


RECEIPTS    IN    OCTOBER,    1894 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Au.xiliary  Societies,  see  pages  448  to  456 


MAINE-I95.15. 

Bangor,  John  L.  Crosby $io  oo 

A  Friend 5  oo 

Belfast,  First,  by  B.  F.  Field 15  00 

New  Gloucester,  by  H.  G.  Mank 39  00 

Portland,  A  Thank-offering 10  00 

Wells    Beach,   First,  by  Rev.    N.    M. 

Bailey 16  15 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE-$i27.22. 

Received   by    Hon.    L.    D.    Stevens, 
Treas    N.  H.  H.  M.  Soc. : 

North  Hampton   32  60 

Claremont.  by  H .  W.  Frost 4g  00 

Hanover,  A   Few  Ladies,  by  Mrs   C. 

O.  Blaisdell 22  00 

Littleton,  by  D.  C.  Ren  wick 16  62 

New   Ipswich.    Proceeds  of  Fair,  by 

Mrs.  Charles  Wheeler 7  00 


VERMONT-$205.95. 

Vermont  Domestic  Missionary 
Soc,  by  W.  C.  Tyler, 
Treas. : 

Alburgh  Springs $460 

Bennington,  North 25  00 

Pawlet.  West 355 

W^oman's  H.  M    Union  : 

Barton,  for  Salary  P'und  .       15  00 
Burlington,  First,  for  Sal- 
ary Fund 4=;  00 

Chester,  for  Salary  Fund .  10  00 
Esse.x  function,  A  Friend  s  00 
Middlebury,     L.    D.     M. 

Soc 25  00 

Richmond. Homeland  Cir- 
cle, for  Salary  Fund   .  .        5  00 
Westminster,     West,     for 

Salary  Fund 521 

$143  36 

Bennington,  S   S.  of  the  Old  First,  by 

Miss  K.  J.  Hubbell 2  70 

Barre,  by  F.  McWhorter 34  43 


Uccemhcr,   1894 


The   Home  Missionary 


44. 


Griciisl)oro,  by  J.  A.  Crane $5  oo 

llincsbiirgh,   S.    S.   Rally,   by  N.    D. 

I'.irtch     6  75 

St.  Albans.  [,M.  G i  oo 

Sheldon.  S.  S.  Rally,  by  A.  E.  lildred  i  25 

Williamstown,  by  G.  Beckett 11  46 

MASSACHUSETTS  -  $3,682  41  ;      of 
which  legacies,  $700. 

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

I'almcr,  Treas 1,050  00 

By  rcqujst  of  dnnors 100  00 

Woman's  H.  M.  Assoc,  Mass., 
Miss  S.K.  hurgess,  Treas. : 

For  .Salary   Fund $835  20 

Hri^luon.  .'\u.\ 67  35 

('lulsca.  Third   1500 

Dan  vers.  Maple  St 25  00 

I'eabody,  Aux..  South  Ch...       20  00 
Sheffield,  Y.   F.  S.  C.  E.,  by 

Miss  L.  Wakefield 10  00 

972  55 

Boston,  F.  L.  Fuller 5000 

W   A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund 50  00 

Braintree.  Legacy  of  E.  F.  E.  Thayer, 

by  C.  H.  Hobart 200  00 

Brookline,  Mrs.  Mary  L.  Stone,  by  J. 

S.  Stone,  for  work  in  the  West 50  00 

Curtisville,  Dea.  A.  A.  Barnes 8  00 

Dorchester,  Second,  by   Miss  E.  Tol- 

man 156  39 

Falmouth.  First,  of  which  $50  to  const. 
Ellen  M.  Hamlin  a  L.  M.,  by  O.  F. 

Hitch 70  00 

Greenfield,  Mrs.  M.  K.  Tyler 15  00 

Lee,  Estate  of  Elizur  Smith,  by  W.  J. 

Bartlett 500  00 

Massachusetts,  A  Friend 100  00 

Northampton,  Dorcas  Soc.  of  the 
First,  by  Mrs.  J.  E.  Clarke,  for  Sal- 
ary Fund 56  25 

Northfield,  Trinitarian  Ch.,  A  Friend         25  00 
Norton,  Trin.  Ch.  of  which  $50  from 

Mrs.  E.  B.  Wheaton,  by  S.  H.  Cobb  55  88 

Pittsfield.   Y.    P.    S.    C.   E..   of   First 

Ch.  of  Christ,  by  C.  F.  Brown 45  34 

South  Framingham,  A  Friend,  $5 : 
Rev.    W.    (i.    Puddefoot.     J50,    of 

which  Sio  special 55  00 

Spencer,  Mrs.  C.J.  Sage,  special 20  00 

A  Friend 20  00 

Walpole,  S.  S..  by  Frank  Swan ... 27  oo 

Webster,  First,  by  E.  L.  Spalding 50  00 

Westborough,  J.  M.  Bullard i  00 

West  Xewton,  "  Pax  " 5  00 

RHODE  ISLAND— $29.97. 

Newport,  United  Ch..  byE.  P.  Allan.  21  42 

Providence.  Beneficent  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.. 

by  Miss   E.  W.  Olney.   toward   L. 

Mp.  of  Frank  R.  Stafford 855 

CONNECTICUT-S5,i2o.77;   rf  which 
legacies,  $3,450.00. 

Miss     Soc.    Conn.,    W.    W.     Jacobs. 

Treas.,    by    Rev.   W.    H.  Moore, 

Sec 100  70 

Woman's   H.   M.  Union,  Mrs. 

W.  W.  Jacobs.  Treas.  • 
Greenwich,  Mrs    H.  Webb.      $5  00 
New    Britain.     .South     Ch., 

Prof.     D.     N.     Camp,    to 

const.     Emma     Gertrude 

Rogers  a  L.  M 50  00 

Saybrook,     Ladies'     H.    M. 

Soc,   by  Miss    Agnes  A. 

Acton 

Miss  Elizabeth  Kilburn  . 


Branford,  A.  J.  Palmer $1000 

Bristol,  by  L.  G.  M crick 100  00 

Cornwall.  Estate  of  Silas  C.  Beers,  G. 
C.  Harrison, and  J.  E.  Calhoun,  exs.     2,500  00 

Coventry,    Legacy    of    Mrs.     M.     L. 

Brewster,  by  E.  Kingsbury,  ex....         200  00 

East  Haven,  by  Miss  E.  L.  Street 29  27 

Gfjshen,  by  A.  N.  Decker 114  04 

Mrs.  M.   Lyman   lo  00 

Greenwich,  add'l,  Stillson  Bencv.  Soc. 
of   the    Second,    by    Miss   K.    M. 

Mead 10  00 

Mrs.  G.  S.  Ray 5  00 

Groton,  Wilson  Allyn 26  90 

Hartford,  On  account  of  Legacy  of 
Ann  R.  Barrows,  by  A.  W.  Bar- 
rows and  James  H.  Tallman 750  00 

Park  Ch.,  by  W.  E.  Smith 3221 

Y.  P.  S.  C   E.  of  the  First,  by  R.  O. 

Wells 'o  35 

Roland  Mather 500  00 

Huntington,  bv  E.  S.  Hawley 28  00 

Middlctown,    South    Ch.,    by   G,   A. 

Craig 5  00 

A  Friend i  00 

New  Britain,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the 
South  and  Center  Chs.,  David  C. 
Rogers,  Treas 655 

New  Haven,  United  Ch.,  by  C.  E.  P. 

Sanford 227  00 

Prof.  Samuel  Harris 100  00 

L.A.B 5  00 

A  Friend 2  00 

New  London,  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  by 

H.  C.  Learned.... 70  19 

New  Preston  Village,  by  D.  Burn- 
ham 3275 

Southport,  by  R.  W.  P.  Bulkley,  to 
const.  Miss  L.  A.  Lacey  a  L.  M..  ..  79  09 

Southington,  by  J.  F.Pratt 4396 

Terryville,  S.  S.,  by  G.  A.  Scott,  spe- 
cial    18  75 

Thomaston,  First,  by  G.  H.  Stough- 
ton 10  30 

Woodbury,  North  Ch.,  by  F.  W.  Jud- 
son 27  71 

NEW  YORK- $1,627.42;  of  which  lega- 
cies, $619.02. 

Received   by   William   Spald- 
ing. Treas.: 

Barryville S3  5° 

Binghamton.    Plymouth,   to 
const.   Rev.  W.   H.   Kep- 

hart  a  L.  M 64  la 

Burrville 13  20 

Collinsville 4  00 

Columbus 20  25 

East  Ashford i  oo 

Elmira.  St   Luke's 550 

Glen  Spcy 1025 

Harperstielci 6  00 

Howells 16  15 

Oxford.  E.  L.  Corbin 5000 

Port   Leydcn,    ^23  05;   S.  S. 

$3 26  05 

Rochester,     Rev.      H.      C. 

Riggs.  D.D 2500 

Roscoe 5  00 

Rodman,  to  const.  Rev.  J. 

-Monroe  Lyon  a  L.  M 55  55 

Sherburne     126  19 

Sinclairville i  00 

Syracuse.  South  Avenue...  2  00 

Goodwill 10  00 

Utica.  Bethesda.  Welsh 10  00 

Washington  Mills 24  o<-) 

West  Newark 510 

Rev.  E.  Curtis 10  00 


5    OD 

5  00 


65  00 


Brooklyn,  Pennsylvania  Ave. 
Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  T.  Beale, 


493  86 


444 


The   Home   Missionary  December,  1894 


South  Ch.,  by  E.  D.  Ford..  $125  00 

Mrs.  M.  D.  Ellison 25  00 

Clifton   Spring's,   Mrs.   Z.    Eddy   and 

Mrs.  E.  R.  Marvin 5  00 

Flushinsr,  by  VV.  H.  Lendrum 55  75 

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

by  Mrs.  W.  F.  Phelps 5  00 

New  York  City,  Estate  of  Ann  Voor- 
his,  by   Stetson,  Tracy,  Jennings, 

and  Russell 551   12 

Forest  Avenue   Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  S. 

Wool  worth 59  50 

"  A  Small  Surplus  " 100  00 

A  Friend s  00 

C.  M.  Mather 10  00 

North  Walton,  S.  S.,  by  A.  L.  While.  15  85 

Orient,  by  M.  B.  Brown. ...    ?2  60 

Potsdam.  Mrs.  M.  C.  Daggett 50 

Poughkeepsie,  First,  by  O.  S.  Atkins.  31  91 

Pulaski,  by  G.  L.  Sherwood 8  43 

Rensselaer  Falls,  J.J,  Doty  i  00 

Richford.    Harvest  coll.,    by    W.    J. 

Hutchinson 41  00 

Willsborough.   Estate  of  Mrs.   S.  A. 

Slower,  by  A.  J.  B.  Ross 67  90 


NEW  JERSEY-S161.40. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  N.  J.  Asso., 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison.Treas.  : 
German  town,  Pa.,  Mesima  Guild..  10  00 

East  Orange,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  A.  P. 

Nelson    i  40 

O.  H.  Kelsey,  for  Salary  Fund 100  00 

Newark,  A  Friend,  Thank-oflering. . .  50  00 


PENNSYLVANIA-$i44.9s. 

Woman's  Miss.   Union,    Pa., 
Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones,  Treas. : 

Braddock $4  00 

Cambridgeboro 1000 

Kane 5  00 

Blossburg,  Welsh,  by  D.  R.  Evans. . . 

Canton,  Henry  Sheldon . , 

Delta,  Bethesda,  by  Rev.  J.  Cadwala- 

der 

Kane,  First,  by  W.  H.  Davis 

Lander,  Alfred  Covvles  and  son 

Plymouth,  Rev.  T.  McKay  and  family 

Roxborough.  A  Friend 

Scranton,    Puritan,   by    Rev.    D.    A. 

Evans  ... 

Titusville,  Swedish   Ch.,  by   Rev.  A. 

J.  Isakson 

Vandling,  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Evans 


MARYLAND-$i2.5o. 

Canton,  by  Rev.  T.  M.  Readenkoff 
Frostburg,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Moore... 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA -1^5.00. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  N.  J.  Asso., 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  Treas. : 
Washington,  First 


VIRGINIA-$i5.5o. 
Falls  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Jenkins 

NORTH  CAROLINA-$3.3s. 

Hamilton  Cross  Roads,  by  Rev.  R.  R, 
Brookshier 


9  15 
25  00 


GEORGIA— $35.25. 

Asbury  Chapel,  $2  25;  La  Crosse,  $1, 

by  Rev.  A.  B.  Spillers 

Ba.xley,  Friendship  Ch.,  Meridian  and 

New  Bethel,  by  Rev.  G.  N.  Smith.. 

Clara,    Center,    by    Rev.    W.   C.    D. 

Christian 

Pleasant  Hill,  by  Rev.  H.  E.  New- 
ton    

Clark's  Mill,  Bowers  and  Magdalena, 

by  Rev.  G.  Horn 

Columbus,  First,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Cum- 

bus   

Duluth,  by  Rev.  W.  F.  Brewer 

Hoschton,  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Forrester 

North  Rome  and  West  Rome,  by  Rev. 

J.  W.  Gilliam 

Williford,   by    Rev.    W.    H.    Quattle- 

baum 


ALAnAMA-$i3.oo. 

Central,  Equality,  and  Balm  of  Gilead 
Chs.,  Mt.  Olive  and  Tallassee  Chs., 
by  Rev.  A.  C.  Wells 

Clanton.  First.  Union  Point,  Mt. 
Springs,  Verbena.  Shady  Grove  Ch., 
by  Rev.  T.  B.  Haynie 

Ft.  Payne,  Emanuel  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 
A.Jensen 

Hilton,  Antioch,  by  Rev.  H.  Huggins 

Union  Grove,  by  Rev.  F.  W.  Vaughan 


LOUISIANA-$5.oo. 

Lake  Charles,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev. 
S.  H.  Barteau 


FLORIDA— $39.25. 


Avon  Park,  by  Rev.  F.  D.  Rood 

Interlachen,  by  Rev.  ^V.  D.  Brown 


TEXAS-$32  75. 

Austin,    Tillotson    Ch.,    by    W.    M. 

Brown 

Denison,  First,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Hills.. 
Palestine,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Dobbs 


80      OKLAHCMA~$9.2o. 

Alpha,  Park,  and  Mt.  Pisgah,  by  Rev. 

°°  J.  F.  Robberts 

°°         Chandler,  by  Rev.  M.  D.  Tenny 

Hennessey,  by  Rev.  P.  C.  Burhans... 

Waynoka,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  McWilliams. 


S3 

25 

I 

75 

10 

00 

5 

00 

7 

25 

I 

00 

2 

50 

2 

50 

I 

00 

I 

00 

4  5° 

I  00 

4  00 

50 

3  00 


30  GO 

9  25 


5  75 

7  00 

20  00 


3  10 
I  25 
3  85 
I  00 


INDIAN  TERRITORY-$3.oo. 

McAlester,   First,    by    Rev.     W.    H. 
Hicks 300 

ARIZONA-$i59  3o. 

Arizona,  A  Friend 100  00 

Prescott.  First 54  30 

By  Rev.  E.  H.  Ashmun 5  00 


15  50      OHIO— $594.49. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Eraser, 
D.D.  : 
Ashtabula.  Second,  by  Rev. 

W.  H.  Blcase '. . .   ..      $4  60 

3  35  Burton 23  62 


Deceml)er,  1894  The    Hoiiic   Missionary 


445 


Center    Helprc,    by     F.    W. 

Campbell $14  20 

Cleveland,    rilf^rim,   by    H. 

C  Holt 60  00 

Irvinfj    St.,    by     Mrs.     J. 
Reese 10  00 

Fredericksburg,  bv  Rev.  D. 
R.  James,  $14  ;  V.  P.  S.  C. 
E.,  by  Miss  limma  Fire- 
stone for  H.  M.  work  on 
frontier,  $5 ig  00 

Hudson,  by  Miss  E.  E.  Met- 
calf 8  00 

Ironlon.  by  Rev.  W.  B. 
Marsli 10  30 

Lafayette,  by  G.  W.  Bu- 
chanan         7  i8 

Mantua,  Miss  Caroline  M. 
Davis 5  00 

North  Madison 6  25 

Ridseville  Corners,  by  Mrs. 
H.  C.  Tubbs 2  56 

Rujjgles,  ^29. 31  !  Coral 
Workers,  $5  :  Y.  P.  S. 
C.  E.,  $1,  bv  Rev.  Albert 
Bowers;  w;  H.  M.  U.,  $6, 
by  Mrs.  G.  B.  Brown,  in 
full  to  const.  Miss  Clara 
A.  Fast  a  L.  M 41  31 

South  Newbury    12  05 

Sprinfitield,  First,  by  Henry 
G.  Forbes 1 1  (io 

Thompson,  by  F.  E.  Benja- 
min           5  00 

Unionville,  by  I.  W.  Cone..       11  77 

West    Andover,    by    Henry 

Holcomb 15  00 

West  Mil!  Grove,  by  Rev. 
G.  B.  Brown ...       1425 

West  Williamsfield,  by  Rev. 
W.  W.  Leslie 12  00 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Eraser, 

D.U.,     Treas.     Bohemian 

Board,  Cleveland  : 
Amherst,  S.S.  Birthday  Box.      $7  60 
Cleveland,   Pilgrim,   by    H. 

C.  Holt go  00 

Leno.x,  Y.   P.  S.  C.    £.,  for 

Miss  Reitinger 6  00 

Richtield.  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

by  Dr  Schauffler 5  00 

Ruggles,  by  Rev.  A.  Bowers.        9  00 


Woman's   H.    M.  Union,  Mrs. 
(;.  B.  Bn.vvn,  Treas. : 

Madison |i  00 

North  Bl  )omfield 2  00 


$117  60 
Woman's   H.  M.  Union,  by 

Mrs.  G.  B.  Brown,  Treas.  : 
Ashtabula,  Second.  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E.,  for  Miss  Reitinger.      $5  00 

Bellevue 7  00 

Cleveland,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E 9  25 

Plymouth 5  00 

Plymouth,    Y.    L.    M.    S., 
for  Bible  Readers  Sch . .         4  10 

Plymouth,  for  Miss   Reit- 
inger   90 

Hudson,  for  Bible  Readers 

School 2  50 

Ironton i  20 

Cheerful  Workers 8  80 

Medma,  for  Miss  Reitinger,        5  00 

For  Bi"ble  Readers  Sch ...         3  00 
North     Bloomfield,     King's 

Daughters 2  00 

Oberlin.  Second,  L.  S..  Bible 

Readers  School 20  00 

Steubenville,  Bible  Readers 

Sch 2  00 

Wauseon.  S.S 10  00 

West  Andover,  Bible   Read- 
ers School I  50 


293  69 


$87  25—    204  8s 


Coclville,  Miss  M.  J.  Bartktt,  to  const. 
Mrs.  Jennie  Morrison  a  L.  M 

Centennial  and  Ireland,  by  Rev.  F. 

S.  Perry 

Freed')m,  S.S.   $5;  Ch.    Sg.   by  J-  B. 

Kellogg 

Kirtland,  by  S.  Hunkin 

Locke.  Lillie  B.  Stoughton 

Plain,  Ch.  $5.75  ;  S.  S.  $2.53,  by  W.  H. 

Minton 

St.  Mary's.  First,  by  Rev.  A.C.  Derr 
Sweden,    Swedish,    by    Rev.    C.    F. 

Olsson 


INDIANA-$2.oo. 

Central,  Cedarwood  and  Beachwood, 
by  Rev.  J.  Trueblood 


ILLINOIS -$183.88. 

Illinois  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by  Rev.  J. 
Tompkins,  D.D.,  Special  for  Salary 
Fund 

Received     by     Rev.    M.     E. 
Eversz,  D.D.: 

Fall  Creek $26  83 

Payson 18  05 

Geneseo,   Mrs.   A.  E.  Keyes,  for  ex- 

pressage  of  packages,  etc 

Oak  Lawn.  Thomas  Armstrong 


MlSSOURI-S;359.76. 

Woman's  H.  M.  L^nion,  Mrs. 
K.  L.Mills,  Treas.: 
Cameron,    Children's    Mis- 
sion Band $S  00 

Carthage 1882 

Hannibal ,  Pilgrim 2  40 

Kansas   City,  Olivet,  Jr.  Y. 

P.  S.  C.  E    2  50 

Olivet,  for  Salary  Fund. .  15  00 

Clyde 1500 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Clyde 

Ch.,  for  Salary  Fund  .. .  500 

Southwest,  Tabernacle...  3  25 

Lamar 5  00 

Lebanon 10  00 

Neosho 425 

New    Cambria,    for    Salary 

Fund 25  00 

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

Fund 2  50 

Pierce  City 11  40 

St.  Joseph 15  75 

St.    Louis.    Compton     Hill, 

for  Salary  Fund 4  00 

Compton   Hill,  Y.  P.  5.  C. 

E. ,  for  Salary  Fund ....  10  50 

Pilgrim 68  go 

First  20  00 

Central  Ch 2400 

Ch.  of  the  Redeemer 400 

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

of  the  Redeemer 5  00 

Union  Ch.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. .  3  00 

Springfield.  First 1050 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  First  6  00 

Central 2  05 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  Cen- 
tral    9  50 


50  00 


14  00 

3  S5 
5  00 

8  28 
3  90 


10  00 
3  00 


446 


The   Home   Missionary 


Deceml)ei',   1894 


Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.    of   the 

Central $2  50 

Windsor i  00 


Less  expenses 


Kansas  City,  First,  $10 ;  Helping 
Hand,  S.  S  ,  S9  23,  by  W  P.  Holmes 

Kidder,  by  Rev.  A   L  (iridley 

St.  Louis,  Third,  by  B.  J.  Klene 

Sprinf;field,  (icrman  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 
F.  Graf 


WISCONSIN-$i4.33. 

Oshkosh,   Ladies'   Miss.  Soc.  of  Ply- 
mouth Ch.,  by  Mrs.  D.  Roberts 


$2g6  23 


19  23 
15  00 

26  45 

2  85 


14  33 


IOWA  -$647  54  ;  of  which  legacy,  $600. 

Dubuque.    First,    special,  by    W.    C. 

Chamberlain 10  00 

Edgewood,    From    Estate    of    N.    G. 

Piatt,   by   L.    D.    Piatt   and    E.    G. 

Piatt 600  00 

Iowa,    A   Friend,  for  work  in   South 

Dakota 20  00 

Prairie  City,  by  J.   H.  Merrill,  Treas. 

I.  C.  H.  M.  S 14  00 

Storm    Lake,    S.   S.  Rally,   by    E.    C. 

Cowles 3  54 


MINNESOTA -$36.90. 

Glyndon,   Ch.   and   S.   S.,  by  C.    G. 

Tracy 4  34 

Lake  Park  and  Sanborn,  by  Rev.  F. 

C.  Emerson 12  00 

Mazeppa  and  Zumbro  Falls,  by  Rev. 

p.  C.  Todd I  80 

Minneapolis,  W.  H.  Norris 12  50 

Morris.  S.  S.  Rally,  by  J.  J.  Pimm..  .  2  18 

Park  Rapids,  by  Rev.  R.  W.  Harlow.  3  00 

Stewart,  by  Rev.  W.  G.  Trower i  08 


KANSAS- $419.18. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.   Dougherty, 
Treas. : 

Capioma $9  30 

Comet,  Harvest  Festival 3  72 

Dover,  S.  S.,  Harvest   Festi- 
val    4  50 

Downs,  Harvest  Festival 6  26 

Fredonia,  S.  S.,  Harvest  Fes- 
tival     I  79 

Greenwood,  Union  S.  S 4  20 

Haven i  75 

Kau waka 5  00 

Louisville 2  06 

Maple  Hill,  Harvest  Festival.  10  20 

Mount  Union 511 

Osage  City 300 

Powhatan,  Harvest  Festival..  14  40 

Udall,  Harvest  Festival 14  84 

White   Cloud,  Harvest   Festi- 
val    7  00 

Mrs.  Mary  Laughlin i  10 

Woman's    H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

D.  D.  DeLong,  Treas.: 

Burlington $15  00 

Carson i  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 2  44 

Central ia,    Toward  L.   Mp. 

of  Mrs.  B.  U.  King 7  50 

Cora 2  50 


Eureka $5  00 

Ft.  Scott 5  00 

Herndon 400 

Hiawatha 17  50 

Kirwa 500 

Lawrence,  Plymouth 4  56 

Linwood 5  00 

Louisville   ..    50 

Manhattan 5300 

Maple  Hill 4  60 

Newton   10  00 

Olaihe,  J.  E i  65 

Onaga,  Young  Ladies'  Miss. 

Soc I  50 

Osa  watom  ie 175 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 200 

Ottawa 5  00 

Paolo 300 

Partridge 3  00 

Parsons i  65 

Portis 2  70 

Smith  Center 400 

Stockton 2  50 

Udall 2  50 

Vernon.  Two  Friends 2  00 

Wakefield 2  50 

S.  S 3  00 

Wakarusa 8  40 

Wallace i  00 


Less  expenses. . . 


$190  75 


|i86  94 


35 

00 

I 

00 
00 

17 

50 

7 

50 

5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

22 

72 

2 

50 

3 
14 

71 
63 

9 

25 

4 

20 

Blue  Rapids,  First,  by  L.  B.  Tibbetts. 

Clay  Center,  Thomas  Morse 

Cora,  by  Rev.  W.  O.  Town 

Dial  and  Mt.  Ayer,  by  Rev.  N.  Em- 

merson 

Ellis,  by  G.  Johnston 

Emporia,  A  Friend 

Gaylord  and   Twelve    Mile,   by  Rev. 

W.  H.  Merrill   

Neosho  Falls.  Rev.  S.  B.  Dyckman... 

Plevna,  by  Rev.  E.  K.  Fisher 

Scatter  Creek.  $1;  Fredonia,  $1.50,  by 

Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie 

Stafford,  by  Rev.  W.  Ellwood 

Valley  Falls,  by  N.  Hay  ward 

Village   Creek,   $2.55  i  Scatter  Creek, 

$6.70,  by  Rev.  G.  M   Pfeiffer 

Wichita,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  of  Plymouth 

Ch.,  by  K.  Hinman 


NEBRASKA— $304.70. 

Received  by  J.  W.  Bell,  Treas.: 

Blair $2100 

Cambridge 35  44 

Friend,  German 13  05 

Hayes  Center 102 

Turkey  Creek,  German  .. ,  .  n  95 

Verdon 10  00 

York 5  00 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

G.  J.  Powell,  Treas 6  23 

103  69 

Berlin,  by  Rev.  M.   E.  Eversz 398 

Bloomfield  and  Addisfn,  by  Rev.  E. 

Martin 860 

Clearwater  and  Gloversville.  by  Rev. 

O,  L.  McCleery,.,. 6  30 

Culbertson.  Hayes  Co.,  and  Palisade, 

German  Chs.,  by  Rev.  A.  Hodel 2  00 

Friend  and  Turkey  Creek,  German,  by 

Rev.  P.  Lich 12  00 

Germantown,  German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F. 

Woth 3  00 

Grand    Island,    First,   by  Rev.   J.  H. 

Henderson 1000 

Guide    Rock,    Superior     and    Reaver 

Creek,    German  Chs.,   by    Rev.    F. 

Brennecke 6  30 


December,  1894  The   Hoiiic   Missionary 


447 


Hcmin},'f<)rd  and  Nonpareil,  by  Rev. 

E.  T.  I);ula 

Lincoln,  (Icrman,  by  Rev.  J.  Lich.  .. 
New   Castle    and    Daily    Branch,    by 

Rev.  J.  Roberts 

Norfolk,  Second,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Hardy 
Trenton,  $5;  Franklin.  Ladies'  Miss. 

Soc,  ^2,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Beitel 

NORTH  DAKOTA    Si22. 75. 

Received  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Simmons  : 

Farijo  College $50  00 

Fcssenden 3  5° 

8S3  50 
Woman's  H.   M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Fisher,  Treas.  : 

Amei-.ia $5  00 

Bu.xton 10  00 

Cor.il  Workers S  00 

Dvvight 100 

Grafton 2  50 

Michigan  City   560 

$29  10- 
Hoffnungsvillc,Gemunde,$i2.45;  Fes- 
senden     Mission.    ,'t;i2.4o;     Einheits 
Gemunde.  $10.30,  by  Rev.  D.  Neuen- 

sch  wander 

Oberon,  by  Rev.  O.  P.  Champlin 


SOUTH   DAKOTA-S156.71. 

Armour,  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Hubbard 

Bowdle  and  Springe  Lake,  by  Rev.  L. 

A.  Brink , 

Canton,  by  H .  ^Vilson 

Centerville.  by  Rev.  E.  A.  Wood 

Clark,  by  Rev.  T.  G.  Langdale 

Cresbard   and  Myron,  by  Rev.  P.  B. 

Fisk 

Glen  view,  by  Rev.  M.  Doty   

Gothland,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Doty 

Hetland,  Badfrer  and  Spring  Lake,  by 

Rev.  J .  Kidder 

Highmore,  by  Rev.  P.  Hitchcock 

Hot   Springs,    First,   by   Rev.    E.   E. 

Frame 

Hudson.  $10;    M.  E.  Tomlin.  $5,  by 

Rev.  D.  R.  Tomlin 

Letcher,  by  Miss  E.  K.  Henry 

Meckling.  by  R.  B.  Arthur 

Mission  Hill,  by  Rev.  D.  B.  Nichols.. 

Powell,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Lewis   .     

Rapid  City,  First,  by  J.  W.  Barron     . 
Ree  Heights.  S3. 20:  Greenleaf.  71  cts.. 

by  Rev.  G.  L.  Helms 

Richland.  J.  A.  Warner 

Speartish.  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Mrs. 

H .  >L  R  ichardson 

Springtield.     Running      Water     and 

Wanari,  by  Rev.  C.  Seccombe 

Vermilion.  Scandinavians,  by  Rev.  C. 

J.  Hansen 

Wakonda,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Bates 

Winfred   and   Freedom,  by   Rev.    T. 

Thompson 


COLORADO-S88.17. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  to  const.  Mrs. 

M.  L.  Mason  a  L.  M 

Cope,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Smith 

Green  Mt.  Falls.  ?3:  New  Castle.  83-42; 

Rico.  S12.  by  Rev.  H.  Sanderson 

Manchester,  by  Rev.  H.  Sanderson. . . 
Manitou  and  Green  Mountain   Falls. 

by  Rev.  A   O.  Downs 

Steamboat   Springs,   by    Rev.   J.    W. 

Gunn 

• 


9  33 
4  50 


WYOMING-$58.7o. 

Woman's  Missionary  Union,  Mrs.  H. 
N.  Smith,  Treas. : 
Cheyenne,  Aux $58  70 


7  00      MONTANA-$3.75. 

Columbus,  $1.05  ;  Horse  Plains,  $2.10  : 
Bonner,  60 cts.,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Bell 


OREGON-$6o.32. 

Astoria,  First,  by  Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp  . 
Beaverton  and  Tualitin,  by  Rev.  W. 

Hurlburt 

Condon,  $5;  The  Dalles,  $15,  by  Rev. 

C.  F.  Clapp 

Gaston   and    Hillside,    by  Rev.  J.  M. 

Beauchamp 

Hillsboro,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Dick. 
Hubbard,  Elliott  Prairie,  and  Smyrna, 

by  Rev.  E.  P.  Hughes 

Oswego,  by  Rev.  R.  M.  Jones 

Portland,  Ebenezer  German   Ch.,  by 

Rev.  E.  Grieb 


35  15 
5  00 


s 

00 

10 

00 

10 
3 

00 
69 

2 
2 
2 

50 
75 
60 

7 
3 

50 

ID 

2 

50 

IS 

00 

3 

5 

00 
00 
00 

I 
25 

25 
00 

3 
2 

91 
00 

S 

00 

3 

00 

6 

91 
CO 

18  42 
6  50 


10  00 
1  25 


CALIFORNIA-f93.6s. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  Southern  Cai., 
Mrs.  M.  M.  Smith,  Treas.: 
Santa  Barbara 

Avalon.  by  Rev.  E.  O  Tade 

Belmont.  Mrs.  E.  L.  Reed,  special... 
Cottonwood,    First,    by   Mrs.    M.   M. 

McCabe 

Guinda.  by  Rev.  G.  M.  De.xter 

Hesperia.  by  Rev.   L.  N.  Barber 

Pescadero,  by  Rev.  R.  Taylor 

San    Diego.    Mrs.    M.    Hadley,   $10; 

Miss  E.  M.  Hadley,   $20.    by   H.  L. 

Rowell 

San  Rafael,  by  Rev.  W.  P.  Hardy. . .. 
Sutton  Co.,  S.  E.  E 


WASHINGTON— $142.95. 

Woman's  H.   M.   Union,   Mrs.  J.  W. 
George,  Treas.: 

By  Rev.  R.  Bushell $25  00 

By  Rev.  W.  A    Arnold 25  00 


Colville.  $3.75;  Seattle,  W.  H.   M.  S., 

§25,  by  Rev.  L.  E.  Jesseph 

Coulee  City  and    Almira,  by  Rev.  J. 

Howell 

Eagle  Harbor,  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Clark     . 
McMillin.  Aldert'on  and  Rhode  Lake, 

by  Rev   O.  L.  Fow  ler  

Seattle,   Taylor  Ch.    by  Rev.  G.   H. 

Lee 

Toledo,   .?^oo;  Cowlitz   Bend,    $4.85, 

by  Rev.  W   A.   Arnold 

Vancouver.    Pilgrim.  #2.35:  Y.   P.  S. 

C.  E..  $j\  S.  S..  $i.6s."by  Rev.  A. 

A.Hurd. 

Washington,  T.  C.  Craig,  by  Rev.  A. 

J.Bailey 


CHINA-$5.oo. 
Taiku.  Shansi,  Miss  R.  Bird. 
Ho.ME  Missionary 


$io 


20 

00 

3 

60 

0 

00 

7 

52 

2 

53 

9  00 
10  00 

6  05 


30  00 
8  60 
5  00 


28  75 

6  00 
17  5° 


5  00 

73  57 

$14,816  6g 


448 


The   Home   Missionary 


December,    1894 


Donations   of  Clot)nng,    etc. 


Atlanta,  Ga.,  Wotr.an's  Bible  Class,  by 
Mrs.  Henry  B.  Wey.  box $50  00 

Bath,  N.  H.,  W.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  Annie 
S.  France,  bo.x 98  00 

Bennington  Center,  Vt..  First  Ch  ,  by 
Mrs.  i\.  H.  Harwood,  box 104  27 

Bethel,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc,  by  Miss 
H.  H.  Seelyc,  bo.x go  00 

Bloomlield,  Ct.,  by  Etta  E.  Bidwel., 
box  and  package 97  76 

Brattleboro,  Vt.,  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc,  by 
Mrs.  W.  H.  i^ond,  cash 5  00 

Chicago,  111.,  So.  Cong'l  Ch.,  ladies,  by 
Mrs.  R.  O.  Casself,  box,  barrel,  gro- 
ceries, etc 215  51 

Claremont,    N.    H.,     Ladies'   Asso.,   by 

Fannie  S.  Goss,  barrel 63  00 

Clinton,  Wis.,  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc,  by 
Mrs.  J.  M.  Covert,  box 5178 

East  Concord,  N.  H.,  by  Mrs.  G.  H. 
Dunlap,  box 5500 

Ellington.  Ct..  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc,  by 
Mrs.  Fannie  E.  Thompson,  barrel 
and  cash 124  54 

Geneseo,  111.,  by  Mrs.  A.  E.  Keyes,  two 
boxes. 

Kane,  Pa.,  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  C.  A. 
Jones,  barrel 77  00 


Lakeside,  111.,  Aid  Soc,  by  Mrs.  O.  E. 
Bcile,  box 

Litchfield,  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  H. 
R.  Coit,  box 

North  Coventry,  Ct.,  I  adics'  Fragment 
Soc,  by  Mrs.  R.  M.  Lillie,  barrel, 
package  and  cash 

North  liidgevillc.  O.,  Ch.  and  En- 
deavor Soc,  by  Mrs.  J.  P.  Riedinger, 
box 

Norwalk,  Ct  ,  First  Cong'l  Ch.,  Ladies' 
Benev.  Asso.,  by  Mrs.  E.  W.  Brown, 
box,  barrel,  and  cash  $10 

Norwich,  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Park  Ch. 
by  Mrs.  Geo.  W.  Lane,  box.  ~ 

Old  Saybrook,  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by 
Agnes  A.  Acton,  two  boxes 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Mrs.  D.  J.  Pierson, 
box. 

Simsbury,  Ct.,  by  Mrs.  A.  J.  Holcomb, 
box 

WaUingford,  Vt.,byMrs.  Ned  Scribner, 
barrel ....■"■" 

West  Woodstock,  Ct  ,  Miss  H.  E.  Car- 
penter, box. 

Winchester.  Ct  ,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc. 
and  Busy  Bees,  by  Mrs.  E.  A.  Bron- 
son,  barrel 


$25 

00 

145 

38 

75 

00 

29 

24 

158 

00 

200 

00 

192 

00 

55 

00 

64 

57 

AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 

MAINE    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Maine  Missivnary  Society  from  June  13  to   October  i,    lE 
John   I..    Crosby,    Treasurer 


Abbott  Village,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams...  $4  52 

Albany,  by  J.  E.  Bird 6  12 

Alfred,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Island   Falls 

Ch.,  by  G.  L.  Akers 25  00 

Amherst   and   Aurora,    by   Rev.    W.   J. 

Minchin 12  00 

Annual  meeting  at  Bangor 25  02 

Anson,  by  S.  Dinsmore 5  00 

Bangor,    First,    Prof.  C.    A.    Beckwith, 

for  Island  Falls 5  00 

Cash 3  00 

Essex  Street,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams  ...  5  58 
Legacy  of  N.  Kittredge,  add'l,  by  B.  B. 

Thatcher,  e\ 750  00 

Bar  Harbor,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 26  00 

Bingham,  by  Mrs.  Calvin  Colby 6  25 

Boothbay  Harbor,  Second,  to  const.  Rev. 

M.  O.  Patton  a  L   M 2000 

Bridgeton,  by  H.  W.  Webb i  00 

Bristol,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 54  50 

Bucksport,  Elm  St.,  by  E.  Swazey 61  10 

By  E.  Swazey 58  24 

Burlington,  by  M.  S.  C.  Porter 807 

Calais,  by  Rev    Chsts.  Whittier 10  00 

Castine.  A  Friend,  special 90  00 

S.  S.,byA.   F.Adams 850 

Legacy  of    David   Dunbar,    add'l,  by 

George  M.  Warren 28  27 

Charlotte,  by  Rev.  Charles  Whittier 3  00 

Cornish,  by  Margie  C.  Marr 12  85 

Cumberland  Center,  Legacy  of  Mrs. 
Mary  M.  Rideout,  by  Silas  M.  Ride- 
out  100  00 

Cumberland  Mills,  Warren  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

D.  Martyn 56  09 

Deer  Isle,   First,  by  Rev.  J.  S.  Richards.  400 

Second,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 5  00 

Sunset,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 5  00 


Denmark,  by  Mrs.  Augusta  C.  Brown..  $5  25 

Dennvsville,  by  Edwin  R.  Gardiner 28  90 

East  Bangor,  by  S.  E.  McGcehon 11  00 

East  Orrington,  by  T.  B.  George 7  79 

Ellsworth  Falls,  A.  J.  Richardson 4  82 

Farmington,  C.  N.  Bixby   i  00 

Gorham,    S.   E.   Stone,   by    Rev.   J.   E. 

Adams  500 

Hallowell,    Legacy  of  Mrs.    Mary   Fi- 

field.  add'l,  by  J.  S.  Fifield,  ex loi  82 

Hampden 4  84 

Harpswell,  by  W.  C.  Eaton   20  00 

Hiram,  by  Rev.  G.  C.  Wilson 400 

By  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 3  00 

Island  Falls,  by  Rev.  Charles  Whittier.  15  00 
Kennebunkport   South,  by   Rev.  C.  H. 

Pope 7  00 

Limerick,  by  Rev.  G.  C.  Wilson 17  36 

Limington,  by  Rev.  C.  S.  Wilder  23  00 

Lincoln,  by  Kate  E.  Warren 2  50 

Litchfield    Corners,  Miss    Lettie    Alex- 
ander, by  Rev.  James  Richmond   . .  60 
Lovell,  two  chs.,  by  John  M.  Farrington  22  69 
Machias,  Center  St.,  by  A.  L.  Heaton...  2  48 

Marshfield.  by  Mrs.  J.  W.   Foss 4  00 

Medway,  bv  Rev.  Charles  Whittier 220 

By  Rev.  W.  C.  Martyn 3  00 

Minot  Center,  by  James  E.  Washburne.  6  42 

North  Augusta,  bv  H.  W.  Webb 8  00 

North  Heitast,  by  W.  S.  Hatch 7  00 

North  Ellsworth,  by  Mrs.  Cora  James..  3  20 

Northfield,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 3  00 

North   Yarmouth.  Y.    P.    S.    C.  E.,   by 

Gertrude  L.  Rowe 6  00 

Oakfield 12  20 

Olamon,  by  J.   E.  Adams 2  79 

Oxford  Conference,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cou- 
sins   6  21 


December,  1894  The   Home   Missionary 


449 


Confert'iicc  Mission,  by  RcvS.  S.  Ycirk 

Pittston.  by  li.  A.   Laptiani 

Portland.    St.    Lawrence    St.,    by   J.    J. 

(Wirish 

Wrst.  l)y  B.C.  Fuller 

Willision,  by  A.  K.  P.  Mcsscrve. . .    . 
"  A   former    resident  of    Maine,"  by 

Kev.  .1.  (1.  Merrill 

John  Elliott,  by  Kev    E.  M.  Cousins.. 

Red   Beach.   Mrs.  E.    A.    Harlow,  with 

prev.  don.,  to  const.     Walter  Newell 

Harlow  a  L.  M 

Rockland,   lunma    Machcllcr.   to    const. 

Mrs.  M.  H.  Miller  a  I..  M 

To  const.   Dea.   A.  J.  Shaw   a  L.   M., 

by  A.  \V.  I5utk-r 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  A.  W.  Butler 

Rumford  Point,  by  Rev.  D.  S.  Hibbard, 

Second 

Sanford ,  by  Rev.  G.  C.  Wilson 

Searsport,  First,  for  Frankfort,  by  E.  B. 

Sheldon 

Sebaijo  Lake,  by  A    E.  Saunders 

South  liardiner.  by  Chas.  H.  Capen 

Standish,  bv  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 

Sumner  Hill,  Y.  P.   S.  C.  E.,  by  Annie 

H.  Heakl 

Temple,  Coni,'.,  by  Rev.  E.  R.  Smith. . . 


$1 

80 

'3 

U7 

10 

00 

2.5 

00 

3i 

39 

10 

00 

5 

cw 

5 

00 

20 

00 

21 

82 

10 

00 

10 

00 

20 

00 

23 

2.S 

5 
8 

00 
60 

10 

00 

3 

00 

9 

00 

Treniont,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 

Union  Conference,  by  A.  (i.   Fitz 

Vancehoro.  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 

Veazie,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 

Watervillc,  by  A.  M.  Kennison 

Westbrook,  Le},'acy  of  Nath'l  H.  John- 
son, add'l,  by  Lewis  R.  Johnson. 

West  Brooksville,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams. 

West  Dresden,  by  Rev.  A.  H.  Mulni.x  . 

Whitinfj.  by  Rev.  Chas.  Whittier 

Woodfords,  by  J.  H.  Clark 

S.  S.,  by  J.  H.Clark 

These  two  donations  to  const.  Linus 
Seely,  Edwin  Thompson,  Edith  Soule, 
F.  H.  Morrill,  and  Albion  D.  Wilson 
L.  Ms. 

Woolwich,  A  Friend  (omitted  in  Mayi. 

York  Conference,  by  Rev.  Geo.  A.  Lock- 
wood  

York  Corner,  Cong.  Soc,  by  C.  C.  Bar- 
rel!   

York,  S.  S.  .ind  Field,  by  Rev.  E.  M. 
Cousins 

Woman's  Maine  Missionary  Aux 

Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins,  preaching 

Income  from  Investments 


$7  28 

5  00 

6  20 
2  8s 

39  90 

2T7  26 

6  84 

S  27 

4  OS 

73  42 

26  58 


5 

77 

3 

60 

5 

2.S 

218 

72 

7 

00 

975 

50 

$3,607  70 


VERMONT   DOMESTIC    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  V^erinoitt  Domestic  Missionary  Society  from  September  20  to  October  20.  \i 
\Vm.   C.   Tyler,    Treasurer 


Albursfh  Springs,  for  C.  H.  M.  S $4  60 

Harnet 93  50 

Bennington,  North,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 25  00 

Berlin 15  32 

Bethel 457 

Brattleboro,  West 16  69 

Duxbury 6  25 

Grafton 14  37 

Hardwick,  East. 2965 

Northfield 16  81 

Norwich,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Smith   400 

Pawlet 8  10 

West       2  50 

ForC.  H.  M.  S 3  55 

Pittsford 5000 

Randolph.  West, '"Hannah  Wood  Fund"  11  13 

Royalton,  for  Women  Evangelists 15  50 

South 1557 

Sunday-school i  04 

Thetford,  North 7  25 

Waterbury,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Women 

Evangelists 6  98 

Windham 800 

"  Banks  Fund  "' 2  00 

Windsor  County  Conference 3  70 

Vermont  Missionary . . 2  70 

Interest  on  invested  funds i6g  08 


Woman's      Home      Missionary 

Union  : 

Berlin.  W.  H.  M.  S 5700 

Rutland,  W.  H.M.  S 5000 

Burlington,  First   Ch.,  W.  H. 

M.  S,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 25  00 

For  Miss  Reitinger 20  00 

Barton,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  for  Rev. 

L.  E.  Canfield 15  co 

Chester,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  for  Rev. 

L.  E.  Canfield 10  00 

Esse.x     Junction,     A    Friend-, 

Thank-offering,    for  C.    H. 

M.  S s  00 

Middlebury,  L.  D.  M.  S.,  for 

C.  H.  M.  S 2500 

Richmond,  Homeland  Circle, 

for  Miss  Reitinger 5  00 

Westminster,  West,  W.  H.  M. 

S s  21 


Pittsford,  S.  S.,  for  East  Dorset  Parson- 
age        25  00 


$167  21 
8705  07 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in   October,    1894. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Palmer,    Treasurer. 


Abington,  First $11  80 

Amherst,  Merrick,  Harriet  B.,  Estate  of, 

by  Jonathan  Merrick,  adm 100  00 

Montague,  W.  L 10  00 

Andover,  Conference,  Methuen  Session, 

by  A.  W.  Burnham,  Treas 48  75 


Young   Ladies'    Society   of  Christian 
Workers,     by     Florence     Kimball, 

Trea« $.^7  50 

Auburn,  by  Rev.  Charles  M.  Pierce  ....  59  57 

Bank   Balances.  September  interest  on.  22  50 

Belchertown,  A  Friend 5  00 


450 


The   Home   Missionary 


December,   1894 


Bernardston,  by  H.  L.  Crovvell 

Boston,  Ara  K'elyan,  J.  J.,  by  Rev.    M. 
H.    Hitchcock,   (or   local  Armenian 

work 

Dorchester,  Second 

Gulesian.  M.  H..  by  Rev.  M.  H.  Hitch- 
cock, for  local  Armenian  work 

Jamaica  Plain,  Central,  by  M.  R.  Wen- 
dell, jr 

Mt.  Vernon,  by  D.  R.  Craig,  in  part.. 

Park  St.,  by  E.  H.  McGuire 

Ro.xbury,  Eliot,  by  Alpine  McLean.. 
West,  South  Ev^an.,    by   Mrs.  C.  H. 

Botsford 

T.  G 

Brookfield,  by  J.  W.  Grover 

Brookline,  Harvard,  by  James  H.  Shap- 

leigh 

Cambridgeport,   Hope,  by   Rev.  C.    M. 

Carpenter 

Pilgrim,  by  N.  H.  Holbrook 

Carter,  Sabra.  fund.  Income  of   

Carver,  North,  by  Theron  M.  Cole  ...    . 

Charlemont,   East,    raised    by    pastor's 

wife  in  5  cent  gifts,  by  Chas.  H.  Lea- 

vitt .. 

S.  S.,  by  Master  John  Kendrick 

Coleraine,  by  Rev.  F.  H.  Hodman 

Smead,    Mrs.  S.  R.,   by    Rev.   D.   H. 

Strong 

Dalton,  Crane,  Mrs.  Z.  M.,  for  C.  H.  M. 

S 

Danvers,    Maple    St.    S.    S.,  by   H.    M. 

Bradstreet  : .... 

Dedham,  Islington,  by  Rev.  W.  F.  Bick- 

f  ord     

Non  resident  Member,  by  Rev.  W,  F. 

B 

Eayres,  E.  P.,  fund,  Income  of 

Everett,  A  Friend,  S.  R.  S 

Fitchburg.  A  Friend,  interest 

Lawrence,   Mrs.  A.    G.,  of  the  C.  C. 

Ch 

Framingham,    South,  Grace,     by    Geo. 
M.    Amsden,  "for   Eastern  Weekly 

Pub.  Co." 

Grace  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E,,  by  Miss  Mary  L. 

Chamberlin 

Grafton,  Evan.,  by  George  K.  Nichols. 

Gurney,  R.  C,  fund.  Income  of 

Haile,  S.  W  ,  fund.  Income  of 

Halifa.x,  by  Lydia  H.  Grover 

Hampden  Benevolent  Associa- 
tion, by  George  R.  Bond, 
Treas.  : 

Agawam $34  50 

Holyoke,  Second 47  89 

Longmeadow,    Gentlemen's 
Benevolent  Association. . .       2100 

Springfield,  Olivet 57  00 

South 60  00 

West  Springfield 17  75 

Mittineague 4005 

Hardwick,  Gilbertville,  by  A.  H.  Rich- 
ardson   

Hawley,  West,  by  C.  Fuller 

S   S.,  by  Mrs.  W.  Vincent 

Hinsdale,  by  C.  J.  Kittredge 

Holden,  bv  Marion  E.  Warren 

Holyoke.  French  Evan.,  by  Rev.  C.  H. 
Vessot 

Huntington,  First,  by  C.  H.  Kirkland.. 

Ipswich,  Linebrook,  by  J.  H.  Tenney.. 


$7  30 


2'; 

00 

5 

00 

5 

OD 

206 
704 

55 
152 

7<5 
39 
00 
76 

•  2 

00 

20 

00 

10 

75 

77 

14 

4 
.37 
25 
33 

OD 
00 
00 
00 

3 
2 

50 
00 

II 

17 

5 

00 

100 

00 

25 

00 

6 

27 

I 

00 

24 
10 

00 

24 

50 

10  00 
80  77 
18  00 
62  50 
8  47 


278  19 


136  84 

21 

42 

2 

5a 

7 

25 

18 

00 

6 

25 

3 

00 

18 

75 

Marsh.lcld    Hills,    S.   S.,    by   Agnes    L. 

Sherman   

Medford,  Mystic  S.  S,,by  Geo.  S.  Mont- 
gomery   

Middleboro,  North,  by  S.  White 

Milford,  by  George  G.  Cook 

Newton  (Center)   First,  by   J.  E,  Rock- 
wood  

Northbridge,  Whitinsville.  E.-C.-a  Day 

Band,  by  Mrs   A.  C.  Whitin 

North    Brookfield,    First,     by  John    S. 

Cooke 

Peabody,  Second,  by  Rev.  F.  I.  Kelly., 

Pepperell,  by  Charles  Crosby 

Plymouth,  Chiltonville.  by  Miss  C.    E. 

Langford,  Assist.  Treas 

Quincy,  Evan.  S.  S.,  Primary  Dept.,  by 

Mrs.  M.  E  Taber 

Wollaston.  Y.   P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  F.  K. 

Belcher,  for  Rev.  F.  Wrigley 

Reading,  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearson 

Lewis,  J.  B 

Reed,  Dwight,  fund.  Income  of 

Rochester,  North,  by  Mrs.  N.  A.  Bennett 
Royalston,  South,  Second,  by  E.  L.  Rich 
Saugus.  Band   of  Willing  Workers,  by 

Miss  A.  Learoyd 

Sharon,  by  D.  W.  Pettee,  to  const.  Fred 

W.  Mitchell,  a  L,  M 

Shntesbury,  by  N.  A.  Briggs 

Southboro,    Pilgrim,    by   Mrs.    Charles 

Temple 

Pilgrim   S.  S.  Infant   Class,   by   Mrs. 

Charles  Temple 

Wall,  fund.  Income  of 

Walpole,  East,  by  Rev.  W.  F.  Bickford 

Waltham,  Trin.,  by  T.  W.  Temple 

Ware,  French  Evan. .by  A.  B.  Simoneau 
Westminster,  Ladies"  Sewing  Circle,  by 

M.  A.  Wood 

Westport,  Pacific  Union  S.  S.,  by  J.  C. 

Macomber 

West    Tisbury,    First,    by   Ulysses    E. 

Mayhew 

Whitcomb,  David,  fund,  Income  of 

Whitin,  J.  C.,  fund,  Income  of 

Williamstown,  F"irst,  by  Charles  S.  Cole. 

I.  H.  N.  (  of  which  $5  special) 

Wilmington,  by  A.  O.  Buck 

Winchendon,   First,  by  Mrs.  Sarah  M. 

Rich 

Woburn,  North,  by  S.  A.  Thompson 

Worcester.  Bethany,  by  Charles  Hardy, 

Taf t  Thank-offering 

Hope,   by  Mrs.  Emma  G.  Hall,  Taft 

Thank-offering  

Piedmont,  by  Charles  F.  Marble 

Plymouth,  S.  S..  by  Miss  .Mary  J.  Em- 
erson,   for    Bible    Readers    School, 

Cleveland,  Ohio 

Smith,  A,  L 

Union,  by  C.  B.  Greene 

Union,   E.   C.  a   Day   Band,  by  Miss 

H.  S.  Boardman 

Woman's  Home  Missionary  Association, 

by  M.  L.  Woodberry,  Asst.  Treas. : 

Boston.  Ro.xbury.  Walnut  Ave.  Aux., 

for  Rev.  Samuel  Deakin,  Cowles, 

Neb , 


Home  Missionary. 


50 

36 

00 

82 

71 

32 

187 

00 

16 

72 

39 

58 

11 

00 

13 

23 

28 

00 

5 

00 

18 

40 

2S 

00 

10 

00 

64 

00 

I 

20 

20 

00 

8 

00 

4 

25 

15 

00 

14 

CO 

I 

00 

32 

00 

I 

53 

20 

97 

9 

00 

26 

00 

14 

42 

9 
ig6 
362 
86 

80 
00 
50 
87 

20 

00 

6 

75 

25 

00 

5 

00 

6 

CO 

18 

00 

26 

75 

50 

00 

15 

00 

141 

29 

8  77 


^524  59 
6  60 


Donations  of  Clothing,   etc.,   received  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the  JVo7nan's  Nome 
Missionary  Association  in    October,   1894.      Miss  Anna  A.   Pickens,  Secretary 


Barre,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Oramel  Clark, 
barrel 

Dorchester,  Village  Ch.,  Home  Miss. 
Soc,  by  Mrs.  F.  M.  Swan,  box  and 
barrel 


Gardner,  Ladies'  Social  and  Benev. 
Circle,  by  Mrs.  G.  H.  Heywood, 
box $63  87 

Maiden,   Ladies'  Benev.   Soc,  by  Mrs. 

B.  T.  Tilton,  three  barrels 230  14 


December,   1894 


The   Home   Missionary 


451 


New   Bedford,     Moiiie    Miss.    Soc.,    by 

Mrs.  W.  C.  Parker,  bn.x $225  00 

Newton  Center,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  A.  L. 

Harwood.  Ii\c  barrels 286  21 

Oranjjc,  Ladies'   Au.\.,  by  Mrs.   M.  J. 

Pomcroy ,  barrel 86  97 

Sa.xonville.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  J.   13.  John- 

.son,  l>;irrel 70  00 

South  Deertield.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  A.   M. 

Riee.  barrel 71  15 

South    Framinj.jham,   Ladies'  Au.x.,   by 

Mrs    F.  W.  Taft.  barrel         73  95 

West  Brooktield.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  A.  M. 

Rockwell,  box 103  29 


West  Newton,  Mrs.  S.  L.  Bragdon,  bar- 
rel         Jso  00 

Wincliendon,  Ladies'  Hcncv.Soc.($^4.84, 
by  L.  E.  O.  Sor.),  by  Mrs.  C.  C. 
Parker,  bo.\ 167  28 

Winchester.    Western    Miss.    Soc.,    by 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Houiwell,  barrel 71  29 

Worcester.  Bethany  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 

A.  C.  Tourtcllot,  bo.x   27  25 

Old  South  Mission  Circle,  by  Miss  E. 
M.  Sibley,  two  barrels 190  00 

$1,9  [6  08 


MISSIONARY   SOCIETY  OF    CONNECTICUT 

Hetei/'ts  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  in    October,    1894.     Ward  W.  Jacods, 

Treasurer 


Andover,  by  Rev.  G.  A.  Curtis $1  30 

Avon,  West  Avon,  by  D.  A.  Hadsell 9  87 

l5ridgeport,  Olivet,  by  L.  F.  Marshall..  16  50 

West  End,  by  Rev.  Henry  Ketcham. .  i  00 

Bristol,  by  L.  G.  Merick 25  00 

Canton  Center,  by  W.  G.  Hallock 12  64 

Colchester,    First,    by    E.    L.    Strong, 

Treas.  Bencv.  Fund 63  42 

Derby,  Birmingham,  by  James  Ewen..  15  00 

East  Granby,  by  James  R.  Y^iets 3  15 

East  Windsor,  First,  by  Rev.  William 

F.  English 20  00 

Fairfield,    Southport,    by    Mrs.    H.    T. 

Bulkley 60  00 

Griswold,  First,  by  Rev   F.  E.  Allen...  2  00 
Huntington,    Shelton,    by     George    E. 

Mitchell 57  50 

S.  S. ,  by  George  F.  Cook 1 2  50 

Madison,  First,   Cent  Society,  by  Mrs. 

Elizabeth  Wood 39  00 

Manchester,  Second,  by  Levi  Drake....  91  80 

ForC.  H.M.  S 91  80 

Meriden.  First,  by  Wilbur  H.  Squire...  100  00 

Middletown,  South,  by  G.  A.  Craig 49  42 


New  Britain,  South,  by  William  H. 
Hart   

New  Haven,  Taylor,  by  John  N.  Krapp, 
$14.50 ;  S.  S,  Ss  :  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  S4.50 

New  London,  First,  by  H.  C.  Learned.. 

Orange.  West  Haven,  by  S.  J.  Bryant.. 

Pomfret,  Abington,  by  Edward  L.  Wil- 
liams  

Preston,  by  H.  H.  Palmer 

Ridgebury,  by  Mrs.  J.  P.  Keeler 

Somers,  Somerville,  by  H.  L.  James 

ForC.  H.  M.  S 

Southington,  by  J.  F.  Pratt. . .    

Stamford,  First,  by  R.  M.  Anthony 

Tolland,  by  H.  L.  James 

Washington,  New  Preston  Hill,  by  W. 
L  Birkins 

West  Hartiord.  by  E.  S.  Elmer 

Weston.  Georgetown,  Swedish,  by  Rev. 
A.  -"V.  Nordlund 

Woodstock,  Swedish,  by  C.  A.  Hag- 
sirom 


24 

00 

51 

7S 

41 

42 

6 

00 

16 

00 

13 

00 

12 

93 

8 

90 

8 

II 

3 

80 

24 

26 

IS 

00 

12 

28 

5  00 


51,041   64 


ILLINOIS     HOME     MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts   of  the   Illinois  Home  Missionary  Society   in    August   and   September,    1894. 
Aaron  B.  Mead,   Treasurer 


Albany,  E.  Olds,  $2  '■  Rent  of  building, 

Sio 

Albion.  Union  Ch.,  O.  S.  Rice 

Algonquin 

Alton.  Ch.  of  the  Redeemer 

Atkinson 

Atlas 

Beverly 

Blue  Island 

Chestertield 

Chicago.  First    Individuals) 

Millard  Avenue 

Jefferson  Park.  German 

Duncan  Avenue,  Rev.  J.  D.  McCord.. 

Auburn  Park 

Evan.  Lutheran 

Chillicothe. 

Danway,  in  support  of  services,  $53.21 ; 

S.  S..  80  cents 

Dundee 

Evanston,  Ch.,  $6;  S.  S.,  $35.09 

Galesburg.  Union 

Gridley,  Ch.,  S7  ;  S.  S..  $4 

Hamilton 

Hillsboro 


$12 

00 

25 

00 

4 

00 

92 

,56 

10 

64 

2 

00 

8 

75 

10 

00 

36 

61 

17 

00 

6 

20 

5 

00 

25 

00 

14 

02 

6 

25 

2 

00 

54 

01 

12 

00 

41 

09 

2 

12 

II 

00 

7 

00 

5 

5° 

Hinsdale $15  50 

Ivanhoe,  Mrs.  Eliza  A.  Dean i  00 

Laccn 12  00 

Malta II  00 

Marseilles,  Scandinavians 2  48 

Metropolis  6  50 

Oneida 77  °o 

Ottawa.  Rev.  W.  F.  Day 25  00 

Princeton 1891 

Mrs.  Rufus  Carey 100  00 

Rantoul.  Ch.,  «277  ;  S.  S.,Si.53 430 

Ridgeland.  S.  S 10  81 

Rockefeller 17  61 

Roodhouse 3  70 

Rosemond 39  5° 

Seneca,  Scandinavians 2  75 

Shabbona 35  74 

Sycamore.  Eltham  Rogers 10  00 

Thoraasboro,  '"  R." '700 

Wataga 2  15 

Waukegan,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 10  00 

Wauponsie 275 

Wilmette ' 29  00 

Woodburn.  A.  L.  Sturges 10  00 

White  Willow,  Lewis  Sherrill lo  do 


452 


The   Home   Missionary 


December,  1894 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union  : 

Chicago,  New  England   $2000 

Lincoln  Park 2  50 

Dundee 5  00 

Eminglon,   for   German    and 

Scandinavian  work 500 

Marseilles  ($10  special) 2000 

Metropolis i  60 

Oak  Park 1 7  5° 

Payson . .    . .  2  co 

Pittsfield,      Young      People's 

Miss.  Soc 30  00 

Rockford,  First ly  Q7 

Second 425 


Roodiiousc $5  00 

Sandwich,    Jr.    End.  Soc,  for 

Mrs.  Hinckley 100 

Shabbona,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Stark 1000 

Wilmette,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,   for 

'■  Rescue  Fund  ". .    .    1500 

•      S163  82 

Estate  of  John  Riseaer,  per  S.  E.  Hewes, 

ex 4.592  10 

Bureau  Association,  special .so  00 

A  Friend  in  Southern  Illinois   4 1  56 


,722  03 


Received  in    October. 


Albion,  First,  Rev.  F.  B.  Hines 

Algonquin 

Batavia 

Cable 

Chicago,  Lincoln  Park 

Ravenswood 

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

Creston,  S.  S 

Dongola,  J.  D.  Benton 

Dover  

Earlville,  J.  A.  D 

Emington 

Forrest 

Galesburg,  First 

Griggsville,  Mrs.  Anna  E.  McWilliams. 

Lacon 

Lawn  Ridge 

Melville 

Mount  Forest 

North  Aurora j 

Oak  Park 

Ontario 

Rockford,  Second,  S.  S 

Rollo 

Sandwich,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

St.  Charles 

Sterling,  S.  S 

Stillraan  Valley ...    

Streator,  Bridge  Street 

Waukegan,  First 


»I2    50 
27    50 

66  26 
2d' 00 
10  50 
S  00 
10  00 

1  5° 
125  00 

IS  00 

25  00 

5  00 

.34  15 
100  00 

10  00 

5  00 
7  40 

2  41 

6  17 

4  00 
154  94 

61  00 
20  00 

11  IS 
6  76 

31  25 

5  00 
36  26 

I  94 
4  .SO 


Woman's  Home  Missionary  Union: 

Chicago,  New  England $20  55 

Leavitt  Street 7  05 

Lincoln  Park 15  00 

Covenant i  10 

Geneva 

Y.  P.  S.  C.E   

Hinsdale 

mini 

Loda 

Marseilles,    for  support  of  J. 
Wallace  Greene,  Steamboat 

Springs,  Col 

Oak  Park 24 

Ontario 10  00 

Peoria,  First 25  00 

Plainfield 11  00 

Rockford.   Second 39  5° 

Mrs.   Julia   P.  Warren,    for 
support  of  L.  E.  Camfield     100  00 

Spring  Valley 10  00 

Sterling 25  00 


S  00 
20  00 

3  00 
14  36 
20  00 


5  00 


Estate  of  Mrs.  S.  P.  M.  Avery,  per  Rev. 

W.  R.  Butcher,  e.\ 

Rev.  S.  F.  Porter,  for  North  Dakota... 

Interest  on  Invested  Funds 

Sale  of  Produce,  Edgewood  Farm 

A  Friend  in  Southern  Illinois 


355  56 

526  66 
25  00 

316  7S 
75  98 
20  83 

$2,145  97 


MICHIGAN    CONGREGATIONAL   ASSOCIATION 

Receipts  of  the  Michigan  Congregational  Association    in  October,  1894.      Rev.   John  P. 

Sanderson,   Treasurer 


Ada,  First 

Bancroft 

Bangor 

Bangor,  West 

Bellaire 

Bradley 

Cannonsburg,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 

Che'ooygan . 

Chippewa  Lake 

Clare 

Clarksville 

Custer 

Detroit,  Plymouth 

Dundee 

East  Paris   

Eastport 

Ewen 

Ewen,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Freeport 

Gaylord 

Gilmore . . 

Grand  Rapids,  First 

Second 


$5  95 

7  75 

3  00 
3.  00 
5  00 

8  00 

4  00 

12  00 

13  60 

4  74 
10  00 

2  06 
21  87 
16  60 

8  00 

2  II 

15  50 

1  5° 

16  25 
4  00 

2  25 

SOD  GO 

10  75 


Plymouth |ii 

Hartford 6 

Jackson,  Plymouth 6 

Second,  S.  S 7 

Lawrence i 

Mecosta 6 

Mendon 5 

Minden  City 2 

Muskegon,  First ■ 21 

Grand  Avenue ........  3 

O.xford 12 

Port  Sanilac 2 

Rodney 8 

St.  Ignace 

Saginaw,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 15 

Sand  Lake 5 

Sault  Ste.  Marie 7 

Seney 

South  Lake  Linden 12 

Trout  Creek 5 

Wayland 2 

Westwood I 

Wheatland 39 


December,   1894 


Tlic   Home   Missionary 


45, 


S.S $7  15 

Whittaker ii  65 

Interest  on  Jubilee  Fund 150  00 

On  sale  of  Harbean  Ch.  property 50  00 

\V.    H.    M.    U.,   by   Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill, 

Treas 577  02 


Receipts  of  :hc  W.  H.  M.  U.  in  October, 
as  reported  by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill, 
Treas : 


SENIOR    FUND. 

AUcfran,  W.  H.  M.  S $300 

Addison,  W.  H.  M    S 6  00 

Almont.     of    which     Thank- 
offering,  S5.81 7  00 

Ran^mr.  W.  H.  M.  S 3  50 

Bay  City.  W.  M.  S 14  10 

Bcinon  Harbor.  W.  H.  M.  U.  10  00 

Renzonia.  \V   H.  M.  U 6  53 

Rrcckcnrida;c.  \V.  H.  M.  U.. .  3  77 

Cadillac,  VV.  H.  M.  U 3  50 

Chcboypran,  W.  H.  M.  U 1000 

•  "overt.  T,.  M .  S 9  00 

Detroit.  First. Woman's  Asso., 

Thank-offering 19  10 

Woodward  Ave.,  W.  U 50  00 

Dowagiac.  W.  H.  M.  S 17  00 

Dundee,  W.  H.  M.  S 13  00 

Edmore.  L.  A.  S , 125 


1,659  '6 


Flint,  W.  H.  M.  S S15  00 

Galesburg,     W.    H.     M.     S. 

(Thank-offering.  $io) 2000 

Grand  Ledge.  W.  H.  M.S...  6  00 

Greenville.  W.  H.  M.  S 4  80 

Kalamo,  W.  H.  M .  S 3  00 

Kendall 4  16 

Lansing,  W.  H.  M.  S 18  70 

Ludington.  W.  H.  M  S 22  57 

Manistee,  W.  H.  M.  S 35  00 

Mattawan 11  30 

Morenci,   Thank-offering 2  31 

Mulliken,  W.  H.  M.  S 170 

Olivet,  L.  B.  S 15  50 

Rockford,  L.   M.  S 5  00 

St.  Joseph,  W.  H.  M.  S 1000 

Sault  Ste.  Marie,  W.  M.  S 10  00 

Stanton.  W.  H.  M.  U 889 

Three  Oaks.  W.  H.  M.  U 2145 

Vermontville 12  00 

Watervliet 17  79 

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^A^OMAN'S     STATE     HOME     MISSIONARY 
ORGANIZATIONS 

OFFICERS 


1.   NEW    HAMPSHIRE 
FEMALE  CEXT   INSTITUTION 
Organized  August,  1804 
and 
HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  June.  iSqo 
President.   Mrs.  Cyrus  Sargeant.  Plymouth. 
Secretary^    Mrs.  John  T.  Perry.  E.xeter. 
Treasurer. 'iWi.'i  Annie  A.   McFarland,  196  Main 
St  ,  Concord. 

2.  MINNESOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  September,  1872 

President,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols.  230  E.  9th 

St..  St.  Paul. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon.   17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E.,  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer ,  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner,  Northfield. 

3.   ALABAMA 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  March.  1877 
Reorganized  April,  1889 
President.   Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews,  Talladega. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  T.  N.  Chase,  Selma. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  H.  S.  De  Forest,  Talladega. 


4.  MASSACHUSETTS    AND    RHODE 
ISLAND  * 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 

Organized  February.  1880 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell,  The  Rochdale. 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary.  Mrs  Louise  A.  Kellogg,  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer ,  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess,  32  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 


5.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  AUXILIARY 
Organized  June.  iSSo 

President,   Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Denio,  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 

Treasurer.  Vlr%.  Rose  M.  Crosby,  26  Grove  St., 
Bangor. 


*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  list  as  a  State  body  for  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
Island,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


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6.  MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  May,  1881 

President^  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane,  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave..  Detroit. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield,  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,y[.v%.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 

7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1881 

President,   Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  George  L.  Epps.  Topeka. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  D.  DeLong,  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1882 

President,   Mrs.   Sidney  Strong.   Lane   Seminary 

Campus,  Cincinnati. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  J.   W.   Moore,  836  Hough  Ave., 

Cleveland. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  George   B.   Brown,  2116  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 

9.  NE'W   YORK 
WOMAN'S  HOME   ^MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President,   Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   Wm.  Spalding,  511  Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   J.   J.   Pearsall,   230  Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 

10.  'WISCONSIN 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President.  Mrs.  E.  G.  Updike,  Madison. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman,  Whitewater. 

II.  NORTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1883 

President,   Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland,  Caledonia. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Harwood. 
Treasurer,  M.rs.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 


13.  WASHINGTON 

Including  Northern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  July,  1S84 

Reorganized  June,  18S9 

President,   Mrs.  A.  1.  Bailey,  323   Blanchard   St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  W.  George,  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.  SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  September,  1884 

President,   .Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  Ashton. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall,  Huron. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilco.x,  Huron. 

15.   CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  January,  1885 

President,   Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   C.   T.    Millard,    36    Lewis    St., 

Hartford. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   W.   W.   Jacobs,   ig   Spring    St., 

Hartford. 

16.   MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  gi6  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    E.    C.    Ellis,   2456   Tracy   Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   K.  L.  Mills,  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 

17.  ILLINOIS 

..WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Isaac  Claflin,  Lombard. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  C.   H.  Taintor,  151  Washington 

St.,  Chicago. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field,  Wilmette. 


12.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

President,  Mrs.  John  Sommerville,  246  Washing- 
ton St.,  Portland. 

Secretary,   Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell,  Oregon  City. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Palmer,  546  3d  St.,  Port- 
land. 


WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1886 

President,   Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass,  Grinnell. 
Secretary.    Mrs.    H.  H.  Robbins,  Grinnell. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Belle  L.  Bentley,  300  Court  Ave.. 
Des  Moines. 


Deceinl)er,   1894 


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ig.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Orpfanizcd  October,  1887 

President,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  572  i2tli  St.,  Oak- 
land. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Howard,  qii  Grove  St., 
Oakland. 

Treasurer,  Mr^.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 
Oakland. 

20.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1S87 

PresiJcut.  Mrs.   J.     T.    Duryca,     2402    Cass    St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  H.  Bross,  2904  Q  St.,  Lincoln. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Ci.  J.    Powell.  30th  &  Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

21.   FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February.  1S88 

President^   Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale,  Jackscmville. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows.  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown,  Interlachen. 


26.  WYOMING 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 
Reorganized  December,  1892 

President.   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker.  Cheyenne.  , 

Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple,  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,MY5.  H.  N.  Smith,  Rock  Springs. 

27.  GEORGIA 
WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

28.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris,  142 1  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary.    Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer,  tAr^.  L.  H.  Turner,  3112  12th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 


22.   INDIANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  E.  C.   Bell,   221  Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   F.   E.   Dewhurst,    28   Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

23.   SOUTHERN   CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  18S8 

President,  Mrs.  Emma  Cash,  1658  Temple  St., 
I.os  Angeles. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  K.  W.  Bent,  Bo.x  442,  Pasa- 
dena. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place, 
Riverside. 

24.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  June.  1888 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine.  Windsor. 
Treasurer,MTS.   Wm.    P.    Fairbanks,    St.   Johns- 
bury. 


29.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1889 

President,   Miss  Bella  Hume,  corner  Gasquet  and 

Liberty  Sts.,  New  Orleans. 
Secretary,    Miss  Matilda  Cabrfere.  New  Orleans. 
Treasurer,MT5.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 

30.    ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY,   AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY  UNION  OF   THE 

CENTRAL  SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore.  Box  8,  Fisk'Uni- 
versity,  Nashville.  Tenn. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith,  304  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Treasurer,  yiri,.  ].  E.  Moreland,  1214  Grundy  St., 
Nashville,  Tenn. 

31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman,  Dudley. 
Seer  eta  ry    \ 

and  '      .-Miss  A.  E.  Farrington,   High  Point. 
Treasurer ,  \ 


25.  COLORADO 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  B.  C.  Valentine.  Highlands. 
Secretary.  Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Bo.x  508.  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Horace  Sanderson, 1710  i6tn  Ave., 
Denver. 


32.  TEXAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin.  Dallas. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt.  Lock  Box  563.  Dallas. 
Treasurer, yirs.   C.    I.    Scofield,    Lock    Box   220, 
Dallas. 


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33.   MONTANA 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  i8go 

President,   Mrs.  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,   410  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones.  Livingston. 

34.   PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 

President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  274  Manhattan  St., 
Allegheny. 

Secretary,   Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennie.  Ridgway. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones.  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 

35.   OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Parker.  Kingfisher. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt.  Guthrie. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Hammer,  Oklahoma  City. 


35.  NEW  JERSEY 

Including  District   of  Columbia,  Makyl.^nd, 

AND    VlRGINl.\ 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 
THE  NEW  JERSEY   ASSOCIATION, 

Organized  March.  1891 

President,    Mrs.  A.  H.  Bradford,  Montclair. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weeden,  Upper  Mont- 
clair. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150  Belleville  Ave., 
Newark. 


37-   UTAH 

Including  Southern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1891 

Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,    Mrs.   Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt   Lake 

City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.   Hawkes,  135  Sixth  St.,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett,  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  Pocatello. 

38.   INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1892. 

President.  Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd.  Vinita. 
Secretary,  Miss  Louise  Grap^r.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 

39.  NEVADA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  Octo'oer,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint.  Reno. 
Secretary.    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.  NE-W  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuquerque. 
Secretary,     Mrs   E.  W.   Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St., 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 

41.   BLACK  HILLS,   SO.   DAKOTA 

BLACK   HILLS   WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President,    Mrs.  J.  B.  Gossage.  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Secretary,    Mrs.   H.   H.   Gilchrist.    Hct    Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  Miss    Grace     Lyman,    Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 


A  Happy  Thanksgiving  to  all  friends  of  Home  Missions,  particu- 
larly to  those  whose  enlarged  contributions  have  helped  to  make  up  the 
increase  in  receipts  recorded  in  ourTreasury  Note  for  the  month,  and  to 
the  Boys'  and  Girls'  Home  Missionary  Army  from  whom  we  are  expect- 
ing to  hear  of  noble  offerings  as  the  fruit  of  their  Rally  Day.  And  if 
any,  youths  or  adults,  of  either  sex,  shall  be  moved  at  this  joyful  season 
to  send  a  special  Thank-offering  in  view  of  our  country's  brightening 
prospects,  and  to  make  them  brighter  still,  we  believe  theirs  will  be  an 
act  pleasing  to  our  country's  Savior. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Field  Secretaries 

Rev.  W.  G.  PuiJDliFOOT,  South  l'rainiii),'liaiii,  Mass. 

Rev.  C.  W.  SiiEi.rON,  Derby,  Conn. 

Rev.  H.  D.  WiAKD,  151  Washington  St.,  Cliicago,  HI. 

Superintendents 

Rev.  MoRiTZ  15.  Eversz,  D.l").,  German  Dopartmcnt,  151  WashinRton  St.,  Chicago,  III. 

Rev.  Scandinavian  Department, 

Rev.  Kenrv  a.  Schai'ffler,  D.D.,  Slavic  Deiiartmcnt,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Edw.  D.  Curtis,  D.D Indianapolis,  Ind.        Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall Huron, .S.  Dak. 

Rev.  S.  F.  Gale Jacksonville,  Fla.        Rev.  H.  C.  Simmons Fargo,  N.  Dak. 

ReV.  J.  H.  MoKLEV Mnmoapolis,  Minn.        Rev.  H.  Sanderson  (Acting) Denver,  Col. 

Rev.  Alfkeu  K.  Wrav Springfield,  Mo.         Rev.  W.  S.  Havvkes Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Rev.  L.  P.  Broad Topeka,  Kan.         Rev.  J.  K.  Harrison San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Rev.  E.  H.  AsHMUN Albuquerque,  N.  M.         Rev.  James  '1'.  I'oi;i) Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Rev.  A.  JunsoN  Haii.ev .Seattle,  Wash.         Rev.  C.  F.  Claim' Forest  Grove,  Ore. 

Rev.  T.  G,  Grassie Ashland,  Wis.         ■,■,        r,,   ■■,,    tr..,„^    11  11  \  511  Woodland  Terrace, 

,,         A     i    Tj  ,        j  Black  Hills  and  Wyoming.  Kev.  1.  w.  jONkS,  J  J.  i). . . . -^       Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Kev.  A.  A.  BROWN... -j  jj^j  Springs,  South  Dakota.        Rev.  W.  S.  Bem Helena,  Mon. 

Rev.  Harmon  Bross Lincoln,  Neb.        Rev.  S.  C.  McDaniei Atlanta,  Ga. 

Rev.  S.  E.  Basseit (Supt,  Alabama) Ft. Valley,  Ga.        Rev.  J.  Homer  Parker Kingfisher,  OkL 

Secretaries  and  Treasurers 

of  the  Auxiliaries 

Rev.  Jonathan  E.  Adams,  D.D.,  Secretary... Maine  Missionary  Society Bangor,  Me. 

John  L.  Crosby,  Esq.,  Treasurer , "  "  "      Bangor,  Me. 

Rev.  A.  T.  HiLLMAN,  Secretary New  Hampshire  Home  Miss.  Society. . .  .Concord.  N.  H. 

Hon.  Lyman  D.  Stevens,  Treasurer "  "  "         "  "      ....Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  Secretary Vermont  Domestic  "  "      ..  ..St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Wm.  C.  Tyler,  Treasurer "  "  "  "      .  ...St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Rev.  Joshua  CoiT,  Secretary Massachusetts  Home         "  "      . . . .  |  9  Cong'l  House, 

Rev.  Edwin  B.  Palmer,  Treasurer "  "  "  *'....(  Boston,  Mass. 

Rev.  Alexander  McGregor,  Secretary Rhode  Island  "  "       ....Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

Jos.  Wm.  Rice,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "      ....Providence,  R.  I. 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut Hartford,  Conn. 

Ward  W.  Jacobs,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  Hartford,  Conn. 

Rev.  Ethan  Curtis,  Secretary New  York  Home  Miss.  Society Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

William  Spalding,  Treasurer "  "         "  "       Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser,  D.D.,  Secretary Ohio  "  "  "       Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Wm.  B.  Ho wla-nd,  Treasurer "     _  "         "  "       New  York  City. 

Rev.  James  Tompkins,  D.D.,  Secretary Illinois  "         "  "       I  151  Washington  St., 

Aaron  B.  Mead,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "         "  "       (        Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Homer  W.  Carter,  Secretary Wisconsin      "         "  "       Beloit,  Wis. 

C.  M.  Blackman,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "         "  "       Whitewater,  Wis. 

Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass,  D.D. ,  Secretary Iowa  "         "  "       Grinnell,  Iowa. 

J.  H.  Merrill,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "         "  "       Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Rev.  William  H.  Warren,  Secretary Michigan  Congregational  Association... Lansing,  Mich. 

Rev.  John  P.  Sanderson,  Treasurer "  "  "  ..  .Lansing,  Mich. 

Geo.  H.  Morgan,  Secretary Cong.  City  Miss.  Society fSt.  Louis,  Mo. 

Rev.  Arch'd  L.  Love,  Superintendent "         "        "  "       St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Lewis  E.  Snow,  Treasurer,,,,. "       "      "         "      ,,,,St,  Louis,  Mo. 

Communications 

relating  to  general  business  of  the  Society  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries  for  Correspondence. 
Communications  relating  to  the  Editorial  Department  of  the  Home  Missionary  may  be  addressed  to  Rev. 
Alex.  H.  Clapp,  D.D.  Correspondence  of  the  Woman's  Department  may  be  addressed  to  Mrs.  H.  S. 
Caswell,  Bible  House,  New  York. 

Donations   and  Subscriptions 

in  Drafts,  Checks,  Registered  Letters,  or  Post-Office  Orders  may  be  addressed  to  Wm.  B.  Howland,  Treasurer, 
Bible  House,  Aster  Place,  New  York. 

A  PAYMENT  OF  $50  CONSTITUTES  A  LIFE  MEMBER 


Form  of  a  Bequest 


1  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  z«  trust,  to  pay  over  the  same, 

in  months  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is  payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer 

of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to  the  charitable  use  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York 


Major-General  Oliver  O.  Howard 

President. 

Rev.  David  B.  Coe,  D.D.,  Honorary  Secretary 
Rev.  Alexander  H.   Clapp,  D.D.,  Honorary    Treasurer 

Secretaries  for   Correspondence 

Rev.  Joseph  B.  Clark,  D.D. 

Rev.  William  Kincaid,  D.D. 

Rev.  Washington  Choate,  D.D. 

Mr.  William  B.  Rowland,   Treasurer 

Executive  Committee 

Wm.  Ives  Washburn,  Esq.,  Chairman 

Asa  a.  Spear,  Esq.,  Recording  Secretary 

Rev.  William  M.  Taylor,  D.D. 

Mr.  Charles  H.  Parsons 

Rev.  James  G.  Roberts,  D.D. 

Rev.  Samuel  H.  Virgin,  D.D. 

Mr.  Joseph  Wm.  Rice 

Mr.  Herbert  M.  Dixon 

Rev.  Robert  R.  Meredith,  D.D. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Richards,  D.D. 

Mr.  George  P,  Stockwell 

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The    Churches  Aided    by  the  Mis- 
sionary Society  of  Connecticut.  457 

Two      Early      Home      Missionary 

Enterprises 466 

Revived  Religious  Interest 471 

An  Experience  in  Pastoral  Work.  472 

How  to  Get  into  Touch  with  Our 

Home  Missionaries 474 

A  Sacred  Golden  Offering 478 

Items  from  the  Field 478 


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Notes  of  Long  Service  in  Colorado. 

I.  The  New  Field 481 

That  Wonderful  Fur  Coat 484 

Annual  Conference  of  Secretaries.  484 

A  Business  Man's  Suggestion....  486 

Clothing  Wanted 488 

Life  from  Death 489 

How    Some     Little    Girls    Raised 

Money 489 

Prompt  and  Generous  Response  . .  490 
Treasury  Note 491 


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The    Home    Missionary 

Vol.  LXVII  JANUARY,   1895  No.  9 

THE    CHURCHES    AIDED    BY    THE    MISSIONARY 
SOCIETY    OF    CONNECTICUT 

By  Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  its  Secretary 

HE    Society  aids   in   Connecticut,  old    churches,   new   American 
churches,  and  churches  of  foreigners.     This  article  presents  a 
sketch  of  one  of  each  of  these  classes  of  churches,  with  a  picture 
of  its  meeting-house. 

EAST    HARTLAND 

Hartland  is  a  part  of  that  tract  given  by  the  General  Court  of  Con- 
necticut to  the  towns  of  Hartford  and  Windsor,  in  1686,  to  save  it  from 
the  grasp  of  Sir  Edmund  Andros,  royal  governor  of  New  England  for 
1686-1689  ;  and  the  part  which  is  now  Hartland  was  deeded  at  a  later 
date  to  Hartford,  and  hence  its  name.  It  is  a  mountainous  region  in  the 
northwest  corner  of  Hartford  County,  bordering  on  Massachusetts,  con- 
tains about  thirty-four  square  miles,  and  is  divided  by  a  branch  of  the 
Farmington  River,  flowing  through  a  deep  valley,  into  East  Hartland  and 
West  Hartland,  locally  known  as  East  Mountain  and  West  Mountain. 

In  1733  ^^  ^^''^s  bounded  and  named  Hartland,  and  the  proprietors  held 
their  first  meeting  that  year.  The  first  white  resident,  John  Kendall, 
moved  in  in  1753,  but  left  the  next  year  for  fear  of  the  Indians.  In  the 
meantime  his  wife  bore  him  twin  daughters,  the  first  white  children  born 
in  the  place.  The  first  permanent  settler,  Thomas  Giddings,  came 
from  Lyme  in  1754;  Simon  Baxter  came  in  1755,  but  later  joined 
Burgoyne's  army  and  died  in  Halifax.  In  1756  the  population  was 
twelve.  In  that  year  Joshua  Giddings,  brother  of  Thomas,  came,  and 
had  three  sons — John,  the  first  male  child  born  in  the  place  ;  Joshua, 
who  later  moved  to  Pennsylvania,  where  soon  after  his  son,  Joshua  R. 
Giddings,  the  noted  abolitionist,  was  born  ;  and  Benjamin,  father  of  Rev. 
Salmon  Giddings.  Other  settlers  came  from  Saybrook,  East  Haddam, 
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January,  1895  The   Home   Missionary  459 

East  Hartford,  Hartford,  and  Windsor.  One  of  these  settlers,  Jonas 
Wilder,  who  came  from  East  Haddam  in  1760  and  located  in  West 
Hartland,  was  living  there  in  1796,  in  his  ninety-seventh  year.  He  had 
married  twice,  and  had  lived  with  his  second  wife  about  sixty-five  years, 
and  had  twelve  children,  (;f  whom  seven  sons  and  four  daughters  were 
then  living.  His  sons  included,  besides  town  and  society  officers,  one 
colonel,  one  major,  one  captain,  two  lieutenants,  three  justices  of  the 
peace,  three  representatives,  and  three  deacons.  In  1773  his  posterity 
numbered  232,  of  v/hom  only  sixteen  had  died. 

The  town  was  incorporated  in  1761,  and  had  then  thirty-seven  families 
and  212  inhabitants.  That  year  Ashbel  Pitkin  was  employed  to  preach 
in  private  houses,  and  was  followed  by  George  Colton,  both  licensed  by 
Hartford  North  Association  in  1758.  Mr.  Colton  was  pastor  at  Bolton, 
1763-1812.  The  first  meeting-house,  erected  in  1764,  or,  as  others  say,  in 
June,  1770,  stood  about  half  a  mile  south  of  the  present  house,  on  the 
road  to  Barkhamsted.  The  church,  of  seven  males  and  four  females,  was 
organized  May  i,  1768,  and  Sterling  Graves,  of  East  Haddam,  was 
ordained  its  pastor,  June  18,  1768,  in  the  open  air  on  a  knoll  about  a  mile 
south  of  the  present  house  of  worship.  That  year  the  General  Court, 
acting  as  a  church-building  and  home  missionary  society,  ordered  a  tax  of 
threepence  an  acre  yearly  for  four  years  on  all  divided  lands  east  of  the 
river,  for  settling  a  minister  and  building  a  meeting-house.  In  the 
poverty  of  the  early  days,  sometimes  it  took  twenty-five  years  or  more 
to  complete  the  first  meeting-house. 

By  the  terms  of  his  settlement,  Mr.  Graves  was  to  have  seventy-five 
acres  of  land,  and  an  annual  salary  beginning  with  thirty-five  pounds  and 
increasing  till  it  reached  seventy-five  pounds,  two-thirds  to  be  paid  in 
provisions.  He  died  in  1772,  leaving  land  as  a  fund  for  the  support  of 
the  Gospel  in  the  parish,  and  also  property  to  the  colony  to  refund  a 
bounty  he  had  received  as  an  enlisted  soldier  but  had  failed  to  enter  the 
service,  which  property,  amounting  to  twelve  pounds,  the  General  Court 
gave  to  the  parish  toward  the  settlement  of  another  minister.  In  1773 
East  Hartland  was  incorporated  as  an  ecclesiastical  society  to  enable  it  to 
hold  this  property. 

The  next  pastor,  Aaron  Church,  was  ordained  in  October,  1773  ;  w'as 
dismissed  in  1815  ;  and  died  April  19,  1823,  in  the  seventy  eighth  year  of 
his  age  and  the  fiftieth  of  his  ministry.  "  The  half-way  covenant  "  was 
in  use  during  a  part  of  his  term.  His  pastorate  was  the  longest  and 
most  fruitful  the  church  has  enjoyed,  adding  118  members  in  seven  years 
between  1774  and  1790.  He  was  held  in  high  esteem,  and  was  a  delegate 
to  the  convention  which  framed  the  present  constitution  of  the  State, 
adopted  in  181 8.  Under  him  the  second  and  present  meeting-house  was 
erected   in   1801.     In   1S75,  under   Rev.   Lyman  Warner,   the   house  was 


460  The  Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

remodeled  without  debt,  at  an  expense  of  ^4,142.05 — of  which  $1,688  came 
from  outside,  principally  from  Hartford — and  was  dedicated  October  20, 
1875.  It  is  now  a  notably  beautiful  and  cheerful  place  of  worship,  stands 
on  ground  1,250  feet  above  sea  level,  and  fifty-seven  meeting-houses  can 
be  seen  from  its  tower. 

The  next  pastor,  Ammi  Linsley,  was  ordained  July  19,  1815,  and 
dismissed  in  1835.  He  was  a  humble,  devout,  and  successful  laborer, 
adding  forty-two  on  confession  in  the  three  years  18 15-18 18,  and  thirty 
in  1832  and  1833,  besides  bringing  five  young  men  into  the  ministry. 
The  church  began  to  be  aided  by  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut 
in  1826.  In  a  letter  in  1827,  he  says  that  the  annual  subscription  has 
amounted  to  $240  to  ^250,  which  he  accepts  and  asks  no  aid  for  that  year. 
He  died  at  North  Haven,  December  21,  1873,  aged  eighty-five,  having 
received  $900  from  our  Fund  for  Ministers  in  1869-1873.  His  two  sons 
graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1843.  His  daughter,  in  a  letter  speaking  of 
him,  says  :  "  We  were  trained  from  childhood  to  have  few  wants,  and  to 
get  a  comfortable  living  from  a  small  income." 

Since  his  day,  the  church  has  been  served  as  follows  :  Rev.  Aaron 
Gates,  1836-1 841  ;  Rev.  James  C.  Houghton,  1843-1845,  adding  twenty- 
three  on  confession  in  1843  ;  Rev.  Nelson  Scott,  1846-1857.  In  1849, 
fifty  dollars  was  asked  to  pay  him  $350,  and  in  185  i, $100  to  pay  him  $400. 
In  1S54  he  says  his  salary  is  $480  ;  he  lives  plainly,  and  his  wife  does  her 
own  work.  They  use  no  tea  nor  coffee  ;  he  takes  no  quarterly  nor  daily, 
and  reads  notices  of  new  books  often  with  pain.  Rev.  Ogden  Hall 
served  1858-1859  ;  Rev.  Alfred  White,  1859-1860  ;  Rev.  David  Beals, 
Jr.,  1860-1865,  adding  fourteen  on  confession  in  1863  ;  Rev.  John  B. 
Doolittle,  1867-1872  ;  Rev.  Lyman  Warner,  1872-1876  ;  Rev.  Nathaniel 
G.  Bonney,  1876-1878 ;  Rev.  Josiah  G.  Willis,  1879;  Rev.  Merrick 
Knight,  1880-1890,  representing  the  town  in  the  legislature  in  1889,  and 
adding  eighteen  on  confession  in  1890  ;  Rev.  Charles  H.  Riggs,  1890- 
1891  ;  Rev.  Clarence  H.  Pease,  1892-1894  ;  and  Rev.  Arthur  E.  Davies, 
1894,  and  now  in  service. 

For  more  than  forty  years  from  1754,  the  population  increased,  reach- 
ing 500  in  1774,  and  1,318  in  1800.  May  4,  1780,  the  church  in  West 
Hartland  was  organized.  The  lay  of  the  ground  is  such  as  to  afford  no 
convenient  spot  where  the  town  can  meet  for  stated  worship,  and  it  would 
not  be  wise  for  any  minister,  in  view  of  the  severity  of  the  winters  and 
the  condition  of  the  roads,  to  engage  to  take  proper  care  of  both  parishes. 

As  the  land,  though  high  and  healthy,  is  not  favored  in  its  soil,  is 
largely  covered  with  forests,  and  lacks  facilities  for  travel  and  ready 
access  to  markets,  the  inhabitants  for  three  generations  have  been  dis- 
posed to  move  away,  in  hope  of  bettering  their  condition.  Rev.  Thomas 
Robbins,  in  his  diary,  October  30,   1804,  being  then  in  Hartford,  Ohio, 


January,  1895  Thc   Home   Missionary  461 

says  :  "  Twelve  families  have  lately  moved  into  this  town  from  Hartland, 
Conn."  Other  families  moved  to  Claridon,  Ohio,  where  they  and  their 
descendants  are  in  force  to-day.  Since  1800,  each  successive  census  has 
recorded  a  decline  in  the  population,  which  is  true  of  no  other  town  in 
the  Stats.  In  1890  the  census  reported  only  565,  or  sixteen  to  a  square 
mile,  thc  ratio  for  thc  State  beinij  149  to  a  square  mile.  Only  fourteen 
towns  had  a  smaller  population.  In  1892  the  town  had  138  families, 
namely,  one  Adventist,  two  Ikiptists,  two  of  some  other  name,  four 
Episcopalians,  six  Catholics,  fourteen  "no  choice,"  twenty-seven  Metho- 
dists, and  eii;hty-one  Congre^ationalists,  Of  the  whole,  only  five  were  for- 
eign. The  "list  "  of  the  town  was  $204,792,  or  an  average  of  $1,480  for 
each  family,  and  of  ,*i>362  for  each  person — the  average  for  the  State  being 
$511  for  each  person.  West  Hartland  has  a  small  Methodist  church. 
East  Hartland  has  only  the  Congregational  church.  A  Methodist  church 
started  many  years  ago  has  disappeared,  and  its  house  of  worship  is  now 
owned  by  the  Congregationalists,  and  used  as  their  chapel.  West  Hartland 
began  to  be  aided  by  our  Missionary  Society  in  1839,  and  is  still  depend- 
ent. In  1834  the  two  churches  had  11 1  and  84=195  members.  In  1894 
they  had  58  and  48—106  members.  In  1834  they  were  sixteen  per  cent, 
of  the  population  of  the  town,  and  in  1894  they  were  eighteen  per  cent. 
In  1860-1893,  while  the  population  declined  thirty-three  per  cent.,  these 
"churches  declined  only  two  per  cent. 

In  i8ig  thc  town  had  six  cider  distilleries  and  four  taverns  ;  now  it  has 
no  distillery,  and  is  a  "no-license  "  town.  At  one  time,  some  years  ago. 
one  member  of  the  East  Hartland  church  was  a  distiller.  When  the  pastor 
was  asked  why  they  did  not  deal  with  him,  his  reply  in  substance  was  •: 
"  He  lives  in  a  remote  part  of  the  parish,  seldom  attends  church,  is  an  old 
man  who  belongs  to  a  former  generation  in  which  church  members  were 
allowed  to  be  distillers,  is  so  deaf  that  he  cannot  hear,  and  so  blind  that 
he  cannot  read,  and  we  find  it  very  difficult  to  get  light  enough  into  him 
to  convince  him  of  his  wrongdoing."  As  long  as  present  conditions  con- 
tinue, both  these  churches  must  be  helped. 

In  1 894  the  "  list  "  of  the  resident  members  of  this  church  was  $21,008, 
and  of  the  rest  of  the  congregation,  $33,574;  in  all,  $54,582.  They  have 
a  fund  of  $1,550.  The  church  had, fifty-eight  members,  forty-five  families 
under  care,  a  Sunday-school  of  eighty,  and  a  Society  of  Endeavor  of 
twenty-eight.  It  received  from  the  Missionary  Society  in  1826-1893 
$9,297.81.  Its  total  charities  for  1859-1893  were  $1,796.45,  or  a  yearly 
average  of  $51.33  for  the  church,  and  of  $1.02  for  each  church  member. 
The  records  do  not  give  the  total  additions  to  its  membership,  but  208 
were  received  in  1773-1794,  and  236  in  1803-October,  1894.  It  will  not 
be  far  from  the  truth  if  we  call  the  total  enrollment  for  1 768-1894, 
500. 


462  The   Home   Missionary  January,  1895 

The  church  has  furnished  valuable  helpers  for  missionary  and  minis- 
terial service.  It  has  raised  up  six  women  who  have  been  missionaries  or 
wives  of  ministers.  Their  maiden  names  were  Lydia  Cowdrey,  Jane  Cor- 
nish, Jane  Miller,  Miss  Herrick,  Jane  E.  Cornish,  and  Mattie  E.  Gates. 
Several  of  the  persons  whose  names  follow  were  born  in  that  part  of  the 
parish  which  lies  in  Barkhamsted  :  Chauncey  L.  Loomis,  born  in  Bark- 
hamsted,  April  21,  1818;  graduated  at  Western  Reserve  College,  1846  ; 
studied  at  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York  City,  1856-185 7  ;  was 
a  medical  missionary  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  at  Corisco,  West  Africa, 
1 859-1862.  His  wife  and  child  dying  there,  he  returned  to  this  country 
an  invalid,  and  resided  in  Middletown,  where  he  died  January  13,  1894, 
aged  seventy-six.  He  preached  occasionally,  but,  so  far  as  appears,  was 
not  ordained. 

The  church  is  also  credited  with  the  following  nine  ordained  ministers, 
all  born  in  East  Hartland  parish,  who  are  sketched  in  the  order  of  their 
ordinations  : 

Salmon  Giddings,  born  March  2,  1782  ;  graduated  at  Williams  Col- 
lege, 181 1,  where  he  was  tutor  1814-1815  ;  studied  at  Andover  1814, 
and  was  licensed  that  year  ;  was  ordained  at  Berlin,  Conn.,  December  20, 
1814  ;  and  in  December,  1815,  under  commission  of  the  Missionary 
Society  of  Connecticut,  started  on  horseback  for  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where 
he  arrived  April  6,  1816,  and  was  the  first  missionary  located  by  this 
Society  beyond  the  Mississippi  River  ;  served  the  Society  1815-1827,  with 
headquarters  at  St.  Louis,  and  in  ten  years  gathered  eleven  churches  in 
Missouri  and  Illinois,  including  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  St. 
Louis,  which  he  supplied  1817-1826,  and  of  which  he  was  pastor  from 
1826  till  he  died,  aged  forty-six,  February  i,  1826,  in  consequence  of 
being  thrown  from  his  carriage. 

Orson  Cowles,  born  January  14,  1801  ;  graduated  from  Yale  College 
1828,  Yale  Seminary  1832  ;  ordained  pastor  at  North  Woodstock,  Conn., 
April  25,  1832,  and  dismissed  September  4,  1837  ;  District  Secretary  of 
the  A,  B.  C.  F.  M.  for  southern  New  England,  September,  1840-August, 
i860  ;   died  at  North  Haven,  December  23,  i860,  aged  sixty. 

Lemuel  Foster,  born  November  24,  1799  !  graduated  at  Yale  College 
1828,  Yale  Seminary  1831  ;  married  Lydia  Cowdrey,  of  East  Hartland, 
May  3,  1831,  and  in  the  fall  of  1833  they  rode  to  Illinois  in  a  buggy, 
where  he  began  work  for  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  ;  was 
ordained  in  September,  1833  ;  preached  and  taught  in  several  towns  in 
the  State,  and  died  at  Washington  Heights,  III.,  April  i,  1872,  aged 
seventy-two.     He  was  a  laborious  and  useful  pioneer  in  Illinois. 

I,ewis  Foster,  brother  of  Lemuel  Foster,  born  February  5,  1807  ; 
graduated  at  Yale  College,  183 1  ;  was  two  years  in  Yale  Seminary;  or- 
dained as  pastor  at  Clinton,  December  3,  1834,  and  died  there,  in  that  office, 


January,  1895  The   Homc   Missionary  463 

October  27,  1839,  aged  thirty-two.  As  a  scholarly,  spiritual,  and  successful 
minister  of  Christ  he  is  still  remembered  with  affection. 

Selden  Haines,  born  November  27,  1800  ;  graduated  at  Yale  College, 
1826  ;  studied  law  and  practiced  in  Ohio;  later  studied  divinity,  and  be- 
came pastor  of  churches  in  Ohio,  New  York,  New  Jersey,  and  Massa- 
chusetts ;  and  died  in  Rome,  N.  Y.,  March  21,  1886.  He  received  the 
degree  of  D.  D.  from  Marysville  College,  Tenn.,  in  1872. 

Elisha  Cowles  Jones,  born  July  14,  1807  ;  graduated  at  Yale  College 
1831  ;  Yale  Theological  Seminary,  1 833-1 835  ;  tutor  in  Yale  College  one 
year;  was  ordained  pastor,  Southington,  June  28,  1837;  and  died  there, 
March  9,  1872,  aged  sixty-five.  Was  in  the  corporation  of  Yale  College, 
1862- 1 872  ;  over  500  were  added  to  the  church  on  confession  under  him. 
In  our  Connecticut  "Minutes"  of  1863,  in  speaking  of  Joseph  H. 
Twichell,  who  was  ordained  to  serve  as  chaplain  in  the  Seventy-first 
Regiment,  N.  Y.  S.  M.,  January  30,  1863,  and  who  has  been  pastor  of 
Asylum  Hill  Church,  Hartford,  since  December  13,  1865,  and  in  the  cor- 
poration of  Yale  College  since  1874,  he  says  :  "  He  is  one  of  seven  young 
men  of  this  church  who  are  just  now  entering  the  ministry  and  in  whom  I 
take  great  satisfaction,  as  those  over  whom  I  have  watched  from  child- 
hood— four  of  them  having  been  ordained  within  about  a  year,  and  the 
other  three  just  graduating  from  the  seminary  this  summer."  His  son, 
Franklin  C.  Jones,  pastor  at  Franklin,  Conn.,  February  4,  1863-October, 
1880,  was  one  of  the  seven. 

Anson  McLoud,  born  June  22,  1813  ;  graduated  at  Yale  College,  1838  ; 
studied  divinity  at  Union  and  Andover  seminaries  ;  was  ordained  pastor, 
Topsfield,  Mass.,  December  8,  1841-April  27,  1869  ;  represented  that 
town  in  the  Massachusetts  legislature,  1872  ;  died  at  Topsfield,  February 
21,  1883,  aged  sixty-nine. 

Edgar  Perkins,  born  March  22,  1814;  not  a  graduate;  two  years  at 
Yale  Seminary  ;  ordained  pastor,  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  June  25,  1845-1849  ; 
principal  of  Gloversville  Female  Seminary,  1855-185 7,  and  of  Kinderhook 
Academy,  1857-1861,  and  of  Hamilton  Union  School,  1865-1868  ;  pastor 
of  Congregational  churches  in  Phoenix  and  Copenhagen,  N.  Y.  ;  is  now 
residing  at  Wolcott,  N.  Y. 

Lorin  Samuel  Gates,  born  September  i,  1845  ;  graduated  at  Williams 
College  187 1,  and  at  Yale  Seminary  1875  ;  was  ordained  at  Cambridge, 
Vt.,  July  7,  1875  ;  has  been  in  the  service  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  since  that 
time,  and  is  now  at  Sholapur,  India. 

These  nine  show  an  aggregate  of  279  years  of  ministerial  life,  while  the 
church  is  only  126  years  old  and  has  never  been  large.  As  a  body,  they 
have  been  superior  to  the  ministers  who  have  served  the  church  ;  and  all 
of  them  bat  one  have  entered  the  work  since  the  church  began  to  have  aid. 

In    1816-1894  we  have  aided  sixty-four  old  churches,  of  which  one 


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January,   1895 


has  died  and  two-thirds  cire  now  taking  care  of  themselves.  The  sixty- 
four  have  given  for  charities  more  than  twice  what  we  have  spent  on 
them,  and  have  raised  up  about  450  ministers.  These  facts  show  the  im- 
portance of  aiding  these  churches  with  reference  to  the  supply  of  ministers 
and  missionaries  for  the  home  and  foreign  fields. 

WATERBURY,    THIRD    CHURCH 

We  have  aided,  in  1816-1894,  fifty-four  new  American  churches,  of 
which  the  latest  which  has  secured  a  house  of  worship  is  Waterbury, 
Third.  The  church,  of  fourteen  males  and  sixteen  females,  four  from  the 
First  and  sixteen  from  the  Second  church,  was  recognized  by  Council 
December    19,   1892.     The    meeting-house,  which  cost  j|i6,ooo  and  will 


THIRD    CONGRKllAI  loNAL    I'HURCH,    WATERBURY,    CONN. 


BETHANY   SWEDISH    CHURCH,    NEW   BRITAIN,    CONN. 


466  The  Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

seat  500,  was  dedicated  July  13,  1893.  The  society  has  a  debt  of 
i|8,ooo,  of  which  one-half  is  assumed  by  the  First  and  Second  churches. 
The  church  is  in  the  southwest  part  of  the  city,  in  the  midst  of  a  con- 
siderable foreign  population,  and  the  pastor  is  Rev.  Frank  P.  Waters. 
Starting  with  thirty  members,  it  had,  January  i,  1894,  fifty-five  members, 
with  a  Sunday-school  of  125,  and  150  families  under  care.  It  has  been 
affected  by  the  financial  depression  of  the  last  two  years,  but  is  doing 
well.  Its  history  is  yet  to  be  made,  and  we  need  not  doubt  that  in  time  it 
will  earn  a  goodly  place  among  the  evangelizing  forces  of  the  city. 

Though  eight  of  these  fifty-four  new  churches  have  died  in  1816-1894, 
the  amount  of  the  charities  of  the  whole  has  been  more  than  three  times 
the  aid  we  have  given  them.  The  present  condition  of  this  body  of 
churches  is  prosperous,  and  the  outlook  is  good. 

BETHANY    SWEDISH    CHURCH,    NEW    BRITAIN 

This  is  the  oldest  Swedish  Congregational  church  in  Connecticut.  It 
was  recognized  by  Council  July  15,  1886.  It  has  groAvn  constantly,  and 
now  has  200  members.  Its  edifice,  bought  of  the  Methodists,  is  on  the 
main  street,  in  the  heart  of  the  city,  and,  including  the  pipe  organ  and 
improvements,  is  worth  ^15,000,  but  is  under  a  debt  of  ^8,000.  It  will 
seat  500,  and  has  a  congregation  of  300  to  400,  under  the  care  of  Rev. 
Erik  G.  Hjerpe. 

The  city  has  from  3,000  to  4,000  Swedes,  and  has  two  Swedish 
churches  besides  this  one.  The  church  is  steadily  befriended  by  the 
Congregational  churches  in  the  place. 

We  have  aided,  in  all,  seventeen  churches  of  foreigners  in  1886- 1894, 
of  which  two  have  died.  Of  the  rest,  two  are  Danish — one  in  Hartford, 
one  in  New  Haven — and  thirteen  are  Swedish.  During  the  present  year, 
1894,  in  connection  with  the  work  of  our  German  missionary,  Rev. 
Herman  Seil,  a  German  Congregational  church  of  forty-five  members  has 
been  formed  in  Ansonia. 

The  blessing  of  the  Lord  is  with  us  in  what  we  are  doing  for  these 
foreign  churches,  and  the  work  is  likely  to  grow  on  our  hands. 


TWO    EARLY    HOME    MISSIONARY    ENTERPRISES 

Students  of  the  early  history  of  our  American  Home  Missions  need 
not  to  be  told  of  the  moving  spirit  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers — that  which  led 
them  to  these  shores  :  "  the  great  hope  and  inward  zeal  they  had  of 
laying  some  good  foundation,  or  at  least  to  make  some  way  thereunto,  for 
the   propagation  and    advancement  of  the  Gospel  and  the  kingdom  of 


January,  1895  The   Homc   Missionary "  467 

Christ  ;  yea,  although  they  should  be  but  stepping-stones  unto  others  for 
the  performance  of  so  great  a  work."  "  For  that  the  propagation  of  the 
Gospel  is  the  thing  we  do  profess  above  all  to  be  our  aim  in  settling  this 
plantation  [Massachusetts  Bay],  we  have  been  careful  to  make  plentiful 
provision  of  godly  ministers,  .  .  .  that  not  only  our  own  nation  may 
be  built  up  in  the  knowledge  of  God,  but  also  the  Indians  may,  in  God's 
appointed  time,  be  reduced  to  the  obedience  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ." 
And  Higginson,  of  Salem,  spoke  truly  when  he  said  :  "  New  ]^>ngland  is 
originally  a  plantation  of  Religion,  and  not  a  plantation  of  Trade." 

No  better  demonstration  of  the  depth  and  strength  of  the  missionary 
motives  that  actuated  the  Fathers  can  be  asked  or  given  than  was  pre- 
sented by  the  self-sacrificing  lives  of  John  Eliot,  "  the  apostle  to  the 
Indians,"  and  his  successors  and  imitators,  five  generations  of  the  May- 
hews,  Bourne,  Cotton,  Treat,  and  others,  in  Massachusetts  ;  Pierson, 
Fitch,  and  others,  in  Connecticut ;  and,  later,  John  Sargeant  and  his  son, 
Jonathan  Edwards,  Stephen  West,  David  Brainerd,  and  the  rest  of  that 
saintly  brotherhood. 

Then  followed  the  unorganized  but  energetic  and  fruitful  missions  of 
the  New  England  churches,  acting  in  concert  with  the  government,  sent 
with  or  after  the  colonies  going  out  from  the  older  parishes  to  new, 
unsettled  regions,  there  to  set  up  schools  and  to  maintain  the  preaching 
of  the  Gospel  for  themselves  and  those  who  should  come  to  be  their 
neighbors. 

Thus  was  gradually  evolved  more  clearly  the  home  missionary  idea, 
and  thus  was  awakened  the  desire — to  be  fulfilled  later — for  a  well- 
considered  and  carefully  organized  system  of  Home  Missions,  securing  to 
every  settlement,  older  or  newer,  greater  or  smaller,  the  Christian  privi- 
lege valued  beyond  all  others  :  the  Church  with  its  ordinances,  a  qualified 
ministry,  and  the  stated  preaching  of  the  Word. 

The  following  brief  sketch  of  two  of  the  earliest  enterprises  in  the  way 
of  home  missionary  evangelization  of  communities  more  distant  from  New 
England  will  interest  such  readers  of  The  Home  Missionary  as  may  not 
be  familiar  with  the  facts. 

In  May,  1642,  "bewailing  the  sad  condition  for  want  of  means  of  salva- 
tion," seventy-one  well-disposed  persons  in  Upper  Norfolk,  Va.,  wrote  and 
sent  by  messenger  a  letter  to  the  pastors  and  elders  of  Christ's  Church  in 
New  England  for  three  pastors,  to  be  selected  and  commended  by  the 
Massachusetts  churches.  The  letter  was  publicly  read  in  Boston  on 
"lecture  day."  The  neighboring  ministers,  people,  and  magistrates  were 
called  together  for  prayer,  fasting,  and  consultation.  As  the  result, 
Messrs.  Knowles,  of  Watertown,  Thompson,  of  Braintree,  and  James,  of 
North  Haven,  were  appointed  to  the  mission,  with  high  hopes  for  the 
advancement  of  the  kingdom  of  Christ  in  those  parts.     "  They  were  sent 


468  The   Home   Missionary  January,  1895 

forth,"  says  the  late  Dr.  Joseph  S.  Clark,  "just  as  our  home  missionaries 
now  go  to  Kansas  or  California,  except  that,  instead  of  a  commission 
from  the  American  Home  Missionary  .Society,  it  was  ordered  in  general 
court  '  that  the  Governor  should  commend  them  to  the  Governor  and 
Council  of  Virginia,'  which  was  done  accordingly."  After  eleven  weeks' 
hard  travel,  the  three  brethren  reached  their  field  and  were  much  encour- 
aged.    They  were  warmly  welcomed,  and  all  seemed  full  of  promise. 

The  people  were  greatly  moved  by  their  preaching.  But  shortly  they 
were  warned  by  the  civil  authorities  that  none  but  Episcopal  preaching 
was  allowed  in  Virginia.  For  a  time  the  people  thronged  to  hear  them  in 
private  houses,  until  an  order  was  passed  that  "  all  such  as  would  not  con- 
form to  the  discipline  of  the  English  Church  could  depart  the  country  by 
such  a  day,"  and  in  1844  they  came  home,  followed  by  some  of  the  best 
of  their  Virginia  hearers,  who  preferred  the  freer  air  and  more  democratic 
rule  of  Massachusetts.  This  home  missionary  enterprise  failed  as  to  its 
immediate  object,  but  it  is  said  to  have  greatly  modified  the  Episcopal 
preaching  of  Virginia,  and  it  did  much  to  give  currency  to  the  home  mis- 
sionary idea — Christian  care  for  the  destitute  of  our  own  people  in  our 
own  land. 

There  was  a  remarkable  episode  connected  with  this  mission,  in  keep- 
ing with  very  many  divine  interpositions  for  the  welfare  of  our  Fathers. 
While  these  brethren  were  on  their  voyage  homeward,  the  Indians  rose 
upon  the  region  where  they  had  been  laboring,  and  massacred  about  500 
of  the  inhabitants. 

Another  home  missionary  enterprise  of  exceeding  interest  was  the 
colony  sent  by  the  church  in  Dorchester  to  South  Carolina  in  1695,  of 
which  the  late  Rev.  James  H.  Means,  D.D.,  gave  a  graphic  account  in 
7'//e  Co7igrcgatio7ial  Quarterly  for  April,  1868.  He  called  that  band  ''  the 
first  home  missionaries  of  New  England,"  because,  as  he  says,  "  it  is  the  first 
which  had  permanence  and  success."  But,  first  or  second,  it  was  genuine 
home  missionary  work  in  the  true  home  missionary  spirit,  and  marks  the 
point  which  the  rising  tide  of  home  missionary  effort  had  then  reached. 

It  seems  that  in  1695  applications  came  from  some  pious  settlers  in 
the  southern  district  of  Carolina,  asking  the  Dorchester  church  "  to 
encourage,  by  a  Christian  colony,  the  settlement  of  churches  and  the  pro- 
motion of  religion  in  Southern  plantations."  The  Dorchester  church, 
under  the  lead  of  its  pastor,  Danforth,  readily  responded.  Mr.  Joseph 
Lord,  a  graduate  of  Harvard,  then  teaching  in  Dorchester,  and  eight 
others,  were  organized  as  a  church  by  a  council  of  neighboring  churches 
of  Boston,  Roxbury,  etc.,  and  "  Mr.  Lord  was  set  apart  to  be,  in  the 
language  of  the  present  day,  a  home  missionary."  How  many  went  with 
them  to  form  the  new  colony,  is  not  on  record. 

Mr.  Danforth's  sermon,  preached  before  their  departure,  is  full  of  the 


January,  1895  The   HoiTie  Missionary  •  469 

missionary  spirit,  glowing  with  pure  desire  for  the  advancement  of  Christ's 
kingdom,  and  with  tender  h)ve  for  the  brethren  about  to  encounter  the 
|)erils  of  a  winter  voyage,  h)nger  and  far  more  formidable  than  the  voy- 
age to  Europe  is  to-day,  and  then  to  face  the  perils  of  savage  environ- 
ments in  their  n.ew  settlement.  "  One  candle,"  he  says,  "  may  serve  to 
light  uj)  many  more  " — that  favorite  figure  of  the  Pilgrims — "and  one 
church  may  lend  material  for  the  furnishing  of  another.  The  candlestick 
which  holds  the  candle  must  not  monopolize  its  light  and  influence.  Our 
Lebanon  is  not  for  ourselves  only,  but  to  inclose  others  with  doors  of 
cedar.  Our  mines  and  treasures  must  stand  open  to  our  Solomon  to 
build  more  palaces  of  silver  with.  Hath  the  l,ord  inclined  places  remote 
to  send  hither  for  spiritual  help  ?  Hath  the  Lord  inclined  the  hearts  of 
sundry  of  our  dear  brethren  to  accept  of  mission  unto  such  service,  and  are 
they  now  going  forth  ?  What  we  all  owe  to  Ood  and  to  His  kingdom  we 
have  separated  them  to  discharge  it  for  us,  and  they  are  New  England's 
offering  to  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  for  the  service  of  His  kingdom."  "You 
must  work  for.  as  well  as  pray  for,  the  salvation  of  souls  and  the  enlarge- 
ment of  the  kingdom  of  Jesus  Christ,"  he  says  to  the  colonists.  "  There 
is  something  worth  seeking,  if  God  lights  the  candle.  Your  pams  is  well 
paid  with  the  gain  of  one  soul.  You  will  be  most  happily  situated  to 
spread  religion  in  the  American  islands  and  continent.  If  schools  of 
learning,  fundamentally  necessary  to  the  propagation  of  godliness  forward 
to  the  nations  and  onward  to  posterity,  will  not  agree  with  the  govern- 
ment and  people  there,  I  charge  you,  in  the  name  of  God  and  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  and  as  you  have  any  regard  to  the  souls  of  your  posterity, 
to  return  to  us  again.  However,  despair  not  till  you  have  made  the 
trial." 

How  characteristic  is  this  of  a  New  England  mission  !  What  was  there 
already  cropping  out  in  the  Southern  character  to  excite  this  foreboding, 
this  foresight  of  a  contingency  realized  so  many  years  afterwards  on  a 
larger  scale,  when  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  withdrew  its 
missionaries  from  the  South,  for  this  very  reason  :  that  the  New  England 
principles  of  universal  education  and  civil  and  religious  freedom  did  not 
"  agree  with  the  government  and  people  there"  ? 

After  a  stormy  voyage  of  fourteen  days,  the  eighth  of  which  they  kept 
as  a  fast  on  account  of  the  perils  which  threatened  them,  the  colonists 
reached  Charleston  and  were  received  with  a  salute  of  nine  guns.  They 
soon  established  themselves  on  the  Ashley  River,  in  an  unbroken  forest, 
twenty  miles  from  any  civilized  man,  naming  their  settlement  Dorchester. 
There,  on  the  second  day  of  February,  1696,  under  shelter  of  an  oak,  they 
celebrated  the  Lord's  Supper,  the  first  celebration  of  that  ordinance  in 
Carolina.  Here  they  soon  built  a  meeting-house,  and  enjoyed  their  Con- 
gregational church  polity  and  privileges,  with  steadily  increasing  numbers 


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470  The   Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

and  moderate  property,  for  half  a  century.  Then,  in  1752,  for  healthier 
climate  and  better  land,  they  removed  to  a  place  which  they  called  Mid- 
way, in  Georgia,  between  the  Rivers  Altamaha  and  Ogeechee,  where,  in 
1754,  they  numbered  816  souls.  Cordially  welcomed  by  the  people,  and 
by  the  legislature  with  a  large  grant  of  land,  the  colony  entered  on  a  new 
era  of  prosperity.  Strictly  adhering  to  their  Congregational  principles, 
"  they  were  a  marked  community,  differing  from  the  surrounding  inhabit- 
ants," says  one,  "as  greatly  as  did  the  Jews  from  the  Canaanites."  True 
to  their  New  England  love  of  country  and  of  liberty,  when  Georgia  was 
hesitating  whether  to  send  delegates  to  the  Continental  Congress,  this 
parish  sent  one  on  its  own  account,  and  "on  the  13th  of  May,  1775,  the 
Continental  Congress  at  Philadelphia  was  composed  of  the  representa- 
tives of  twelve  united  colonies,  and  Dr.  Hall  from  this  Midway  parish 
of  St.  John's  " — a  name  soon  changed  to  Liberty  County,  in  commemora- 
tion of  their  patriotism. 

It  would  be  interesting  to  follow  out  further  here  the  fortunes  of  this 
faithful  band,  "  whose  descendants  have  spread  themselves  over  Georgia 
as  the  pioneers  of  religion,  education,  and  jurisprudence."  It  has  given 
to  Georgia  two  governors,  two  of  its  most  distinguished  judges,  a  minis- 
ter to  China,  a  speaker  of  the  Georgia  legislature,  a  bishop  of  the  Metho- 
dist Church,  seven  professors  in  different  institutions,  missionaries  to 
Burmah  and  China,  able  and  useful  pastors  of  many  churches — "  nearly 
seventy  of  them,"  says  an  intelligent  writer  on  the  spot.  This  writer,  in 
a  Macon  newspaper  of  March  22,  1874,  after  a  most  interesting  outline 
of  the  history  of  the  old  church  in  which  he  was  brought  up,  and  for 
which — bitter  "  rebel  "  as  he  shows  himself — he  manifests  a  tender  rever- 
ence, goes  on  to  bewail  its  present  desolation  :  the  people  scattered  by 
Sherman's  march  to  the  sea  ;  the  sacred  house  of  worship  given  up  to 
negroes;  "the  pulpit,  which  for  more  than  a  century  had  resounded  to 
the  eloquence  of  almost  every  eminent  divine  in  the  land,  now  given 
over,"  he  says,  "  to  howling  dervishes,  who  mouth  and  shout  and  travesty 
Christianity  with  their  demoniac  dances,  monotonous  and  senseless  re- 
frains, and  disgusting  fetichism. "  His  Southern  blood  boils  at  such  a 
spectacle  ;  "but  yet,"  he  says,  "who  shall  say  that  the  old  Midway  church 
has  existed  for  naught  ?  Indeed,  like  Samson,  she  is  greatest  and  most 
glorious  in  the  hour  of  her  seeming  dissolution.  Her  noble  children  have 
gone  forth,  resolved  to  illustrate  their  spiritual  mother  by  noble  deeds  in 
every  department  of  life,  all  over  this  broad  land.  Her  converts  and  her 
sons  have  leavened  the  country  from.  Carolina  to  California." 

Could  there  well  have  been  a  more  striking  prophecy  and  foretaste  of 
the  future  of  Home  Missions  than  the  history  and  work  of  this  early  col- 
ony afford  ?  And  what  can  be  more  profitable  to  those  now  in  the  work, 
than  an  appreciative  study  of  their  predecessors'  labors  ? 


J;.nuai-y.  1895  The   Homc   Missionary  471 

REVIVED    RELIGIOUS    INTEREST 

Rejoicing  over  Inc.a  1  hkrings. — On  my  late  trip  of  visitation  I 
found  the  Morehead  churcli  depressed  and  the  members  much  discour- 
aged, but  I  commenced  a  meeting  with  them  on  a  Friday  evening,  and  by 
Sunday  the  church  was  very  much  revived  and  joined  heartily  in  the 
work.  When  I  had  to  leave  on  the  next  Friday  morning,  thirteen  had 
professed  conversion,  several  were  reclaimed  and  strengthened,  and  six 
had  united  with  the  church.  Brother  Pope  came  to  my  relief,  and  1  left 
the  meeting  in  his  hands  while  I  went  on  to  other  places.  At  one  of  these 
places,  the  Cross  Roads  in  Polk  County,  last  Sunday  and  Monday,  we 
had  a  blessed  time.  Five  united  with  the  church  as  the  result  of  last 
month's  meeting  there.  In  five  weeks  I  have  been  at  home  only  two 
whole  days,  and,  of  course,  1  have  had  no  rest.  1  have  traveled  by  private 
conveyance  320  miles  and  by  railroad  150  miles,  preached  thirty-one 
sermons,  and  conducted  four  prayer-meetings  during  the  last  month. 
Christians  have  been  strengthened,  and  thirteen  persons  hopefully  con- 
verted.— North  Carolina. 


Young  People  brought  in, — I  report  six  more  hopeful  conversions. 
On  last  Sunday  evening  an  audience  of  about  150  was  present,  and  much 
interest  was  manifested.  Six  or  eight  young  persons  arose  and  expressed 
their  desire  to  lead  a  Christian  life.  Our  Young  People's  Society  con- 
tinued its  meeting  all  summer,  and  our  Junior  Society  resumed  a  fortnight 
ago.  Some  of  the  new  converts  will  be  cared  for  in  these  societies,  and 
brought  into  the  church  at  our  next  communion,  we  hope. — Maryland. 


Joy  and  Fear. — The  quarter  has  been  one  of  large  spiritual  out- 
pouring. Eight  have  been  hopefully  converted,  a  thing  very  unusual  at 
this  season.  We  have  only  one  thing  to  distress  us,  the  financial  condi- 
tion of  this  section.  What  will  become  of  many  of  the  people  this  winter, 
is  a  question  that  presses  upon  us  all.  The  Lord  only  can  deliver  us. — 
Washington. 


Twenty-five  Conversions. — The  spiritual  condition  of  my  work  is 
very  good.  We  have  had  revivals  at  all  my  churches  but  one,  and  I  shall 
hold  a  meeting  there  as  soon  as  I  am  able.  I  have  been  ill  for  two  weeks 
and  am  not  well  yet.  I  joyfully  report  twenty-five  hopeful  conversions 
and  twentv  additions  to  the  church  on  confession. — Alabama. 


Young  People  Awakened. — We  have  done  much  personal  work 
among  our  members  to  hold  fast  the  ground  already  gained,  and  prepare 
the  way  for  harvest.     As  a  result,  the  attendance  at  the  young  people's 


472  The  Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

meetings  has  increased,  and  some  have  been  led  to  serious  thoughts 
regarding  their  salvation.  Three  weeks  ago  last  evening  we  saw  that 
God  was  with  us  and  had  not  forgotten  to  be  gracious.  About  thirty 
young  people  were  present,  and  at  a  call  from  the  pastor  they  all  went  on 
their  knees  before  God  to  implore  his  blessing  and  to  yield  themselves  to 
him.  Several  had  never  before  manifested  a  desire  to  become  Chris- 
tians. We  are  hoping  for  permanent  results  with  the  most,  if  not  all,  of 
them. — South  Dakota. 


Youth  and  Age  Rejoicing  Together. — We  report  three  members 
received.  All  are  adults,  and  are  proving  themselves  active  and  earnest, 
particularly  one  who  is  a  young  man  and  full  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  Another, 
who  is  a  great-grandmother,  is  as  bright  and  full  of  freshness  of  hope  as 
a  spring  morning.     We  thank  God  for  this  encouragement. — California. 


A  Month  of  Blessing. — The  past  month  has  been  one  of  blessing. 
Some  forty-five  have  professed  conversion,  most  of  whom  will  unite  with 
our  churches.  One  meeting  was  held  at  Crowell,  where  we  hope  to  form 
a  church  organization.  This,  of  course,  I  leave  to  the  pastors,  who  will 
report  as  they  shall  effect  the  organizations.  I  was  glad  to  see  some  old 
soldiers  coming  out. — Nebraska. 

AN    EXPERIENCE    IN    PASTORAL    WORK 

Shortly  after  holding  services  in  a  new  field  for  the  first  time,  last 
summer,  as  I  was  driving  by  a  home  near  the  schoolhouse  where  we  had 
met,  I  felt  impressed  to  call  upon  the  family,  but  seeing  no  one  about  and 
being  somewhat  in  a  hurry,  I  drove  on.  Coming  to  the  schoolhouse  later 
to  attend  another  meeting,  I  learned  that  an  infant  of  a  few  days  had 
died  that  morning,  and  that  the  mother  was  dangerously  sick.  So,  after 
a  short  service,  I  drove  to  the  house,  and  found  it  was  the  same  family  I 
had  been  impressed  to  call  on  before.  A  Catholic  neighbor  and  his  wife 
gave  me  as  kindly  welcome  as  I  could  wish,  the  husband  helping  me  to 
care  for  my  horse,  and  in  answer  to  my  question  as  to  whether  the  sick 
lady  was  a  member  of  any  church,  said  that  he  thought  she  belonged  to 
the  Catholic  church  before  she  was  married.  I  hoped  to  get  more  satis- 
factory information  before  going  into  the  sick-room  ;  but  not  feeling 
encouraged  by  my  first  impression  of  the  husband  of  the  sick  woman  as 
he  met  me  and  said  that  his  wife  wanted  to  see  me,  I  allowed  myself,  con- 
trary to  my  wish,  to  be  hurried  into  her  presence.  I  found  the  wife  too 
weak  to  make  any  one  understand  her  except  her  husband,  or  some  one 
listening  very  closely.     Through   him  she  asked   if  I  baptized  and  gave 


jaiuiai-y,  1895  The   Homc  Missionary  473 

the  Lord's  Supper.  'I'his  was  her  first  question,  and  made  me  fear  that 
she  knew  reUgion  only  as  external  rites,  and  desired  these  sacraments 
because  she  thought  they  were  saving  ordinances,  and  that  if  these  were 
administered  iier  mind  might  be  turned  from  the  only  hope  of  salvation 
through  Christ  alone,  by  faith,  to  just  the  visible  tokens  of  the  Christian 
hope.  Feeling  that  it  would  be  unworthy  of  a  I'rotestant  minister  to  ad- 
minister these  ordinances  as  having  the  saving  efficacy  which  many  Cath- 
olics attribute  to  extreme  unction,  I  tried  to  tell  her  that  these  sacraments 
do  not  save,  and  that  the  Lord  alone  can  save.  Reading  a  few  of  the 
promises,  I  prayed  with  her,  and  left  her  soon,  her  strength  not  allowing 
of  more  than  a  few  words,  but  I  could  not  feel  that  my  course  was  satis- 
factory to  this  poor  woman  who  might  be  dying.  I  asked  myself  whether 
the  outward  symbols  of  Jsaptism  and  the  Lord's  Supper  might  not  be  the 
means  needed  in  her  case  to  lift  her  eyes  in  faith  to  Christ.  But  I  was  not 
provided  with  a  "  wafer,"  and  if  she  had  known  only  the  Catholic  com- 
munion, ours  would  not  meet  her  expectation,  and  the  difference  might  be 
too  hard  to  explain  to  one  having  so  little  strength,  so  I  thought  it  best  to 
trust  the  Holy  Spirit  to  reveal  to  her  the  light. 

I  learned  afterwards  that  she  was  disappointed  after  she  found  I 
had  gone,  but  did  not  want  the  priest  to  come.  He  was  sent  for,  however, 
by  her  Catholic  friends,  came,  administered  extreme  unction,  and  was 
called  to  hold  the  funeral  services.  As  illustrative  of  his  kind  of  Catho- 
licity, he  refused  to  officiate  at  the  funeral  if  she  was  to  be  buried  in  the 
Protestant  cemetery,  where  the  grave  had  been  dug,  and  so  another  grave 
was  dug  in  the  farm  of  her  Catholic  brother.  It  is  to  be  hoped,  for  the 
peace  of  the  living  especially,  as  well  as  for  the  true  saving  efficacy  attrib- 
uted to  the  papal  burial  service,  that  the  shadow  of  a  Protestant's  mort- 
gage does  not  rest  on  that  Catholic  farm.  We  may  honor  the  Catholics  for 
keeping  their  sectarianism  outside  of  our  places  of  burial  at  least.  The 
last  resting  place  of  the  worn-out  and  now  useless  tabernacle  of  the  de- 
parted spirit  is  of  less  consequence.  The  heavenly  flight  of  the  saved 
is  not  hindered  by  the  earthly  gravitation  of  a  cemetery. 

I  learned  after  the  funeral,  from  a  friend  of  hers  who  was  a  near  neigh- 
bor, that  this  lady  was  manifestly  one  of  the  saved.  "  She  was  converted 
in  one  of  our  meetings  in  this  schoolhouse.  You  know  she  attended  one 
of  the  first  meetings  you  held  here."  No,  I  said,  I  did  not  know  it  ;  the 
people  were  strangers  to  me  then.  "  Well,  she  did,  and  she  told  me  that 
after  that  it  seemed  as  if  the  angels  were  right  with  her.  And  when  she 
was  sick  she  told  me  she  was  not  going  to  live.  I  asked  her  if  she  was 
prepared  to  die,  and  she  said  she  was.  And  after  she  was  too  weak  to 
talk,  she  sang  one  of  oyr  hymns  with  us,  and  she  sang  as  loud  as  I  did." 
I  trust  now  that  she  wished  for  Baptism  and  the  Lord's  Supper  not  that 
she  might  be  saved,  but  because  she  was  saved,  and  therefore  desired 
31 


474  The  Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

these  means  of  fellowship  witli  the  Savior,  and  to  bear  witness  to  his 
saving  grace  in  these  his  appointed  ways  in  the  last  act  of  her  life,  realiz- 
ing in  the  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death  the  fulfillment  of  the  promise  in 
the  comfort  of  his  presence.  Doubtless  her  preference  was  for  the  Prot- 
estant form  of  communion,  and  not  the  Catholic,  and  I  am  sorry  not  to 
have  learned  what  that  preference  was  while  she  had  strength  to  speak, 
as  I  might  if  I  had  called  sooner.  But  time  will  not  move  backward  ; 
people  are  dying  while  we  delay  ;  few  comparatively,  as  far  as  we  know, 
with  the  light  of  a  Christian  hope,  even  in  this  nominally  Christian  land. 
This  is  not  a  new  reflection,  but  its  lack  of  novelty  detracts  nothing  from 
its  truth. 

Three  questions  are  suggested  which,  if  not  newer  than  this,  are  more 
open  to  discussion:  (i)  How  far  should  we  follow  impressions?  (2) 
What  should  Baptism  and  the  Lord's  Supper  mean,  in  their  fullest  signifi- 
cance, to  Christians  ?  (3)  How  far  may  visible  tokens  be  safely  used  in 
promoting  a  true,  saving  faith  in  Christ  ? 

But  here  is  not  room,  nor  is  this  the  place,  for  discussion,  and  I  leave, 
as  it  is,  the  simple  narrative  of  an  incident  in  my  pastoral  experience  that 
may  perhaps  have  suggestions  profitable  for  others  as  well  as  for  myself. — 
Rev.  J.  S.  Kidder,  Hetland,  So.  Dak. 


HOW    TO    GET    INTO    TOUCH    WITH    OUR    HOME 
MISSIONARIES 

By  Mrs.  Lillian  C.  Whittlesey,  W^ashington,  D.  C. 

[A  paper  read  in  Washington,  D.  C,  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Woman's  Home 
Missionary  Union  of  the  New  Jersey  Association.] 

It  was  a  hot  day  in  early  September.  Men,  women,  and  children 
struggled  through  the  iron-railed  passage  and  out  at  the  turnstile  to  the 
broad  platform  with  its  lines  of  trains  impatiently  panting  to  start  on  their 
long  journeys.  Fifteen  children  in  one  day  coach,  and  every  seat  full, 
when,  just  as  the  brakeman  calls,  "All  aboard  !  "  a  woman  with  four  chil- 
drerf,  baskets  and  bundles,  blocks  up  the  aisle.  She  crowds  down  be- 
side a  lady  who  reluctantly  moves  her  satchel  and  books.  Two  of  the 
children  squeeze  in  also,  one  very  cross  and  crying,  neither  very  clean. 
Hidden  in  the  mother's  cape  is  an  eight-weeks-old  baby,  the  most  com- 
posed and  contented  member  of  the  party. 

Mrs.  Carlisle  Salisbury,  with  books  and  satchel  piled  upon  her  lap, 
stares  out  of  the  car  window  at  Chicago's  monotonous  suburbs  till  the  con- 
ductor comes  along.    Then  she  asks  :  "  How  many  people  do  you  usually 


jamiary,  1895  The   HoiTie   Missionary  •  475 

put  into  one  seat?"  "One  for  every  ticket,  ma'am.  This  lady  here  " 
(looking-  at  the  other  one)  "has  one  ticket  and  two  halves — halves  are 
down  by  the  door."  "  I  am  very  sorry  to  crowd  you  so,"  timidly  says 
Mrs.  Charley  Cook,  "but  children  have  to  have  so  much  lunch  ;  then  there 
are  the  baby's  things.  Claude  might  sit  with  Lottie,  but  he  won't  ;  the 
children  all  want  to  hang  on  to  me.  We  traveled  all  day  yesterday  and 
last  night,  and  will  have  to  be  on  the  cars  to-night." 

Mrs.  Salisbury  had  not  a  heart  of  stone,  and  soon  became  interested. 
She  hung  her  bag  on  a  hook,  gave  up  all  the  floor  space  she  could,  dried 
Claude's  tears  by  holding  him  so  that  he  could  look  out  of  the  car  window, 
and  forgot  her  books  in  this  story  of  life — very  active  animal  life  on  the 
l)art  of  the  children,  very  patient  practical  life  on  the  part  of  the  mother. 
It  was  a  story  too  common  this  year,  of  the  drought  that  had  burned  and 
blasted  all  their  living  for  the  winter.  '  "  He  "  had  stayed  behind  to  get 
what  he  could  for  the  stock,  and  she  was  making  her  way  to  her  old  home 
in  Pennsylvania  for  an  indefinite  stay.  The  children  were  not  all  hers  ;  two 
were  the  minister's.  Rev.  Mr.  Curtis  and  his  wife  would  not  desert  their 
flock  at  such  a  crisis,  and  were  sending  their  boy  and  girl  to  the  wife's 
parents  under  the  friendly  care  of  this  parishioner.  She  was  a  good 
guardian,  distributing  at  frequent  intervals  bread  and  butter  with  a  liberal 
allowance  of  sugar  on  it,  and  letting  them  trot  down  the  aisle  with  the 
bright  tin  cup,  for  a  drink,  in  regular  order.  Her  generous  lunch  basket 
was  passed  over  to  a  party  who  hungrily  said  that  she  had  forgotten  to 
bring  any  for  her  family  ;  and  when,  in  return,  the  suggestion  was  made 
that  "them  children  on  the  other  side  had  whooping-cough,"  the  minis- 
ter's children  were  first  warned  of  danger,  then  her  own  put  in  a  place 
of  safety,  so  far  as  the  now  partially  empty  car  allowed. 

Mrs.  Cook  talked  a  good  deal  of  the  little  church  she  was  leaving,  of 
the  help  that  the  minister  had  been  during  this  hot,  disappointing  summer. 
"  He  "  never  would  have  stood  it  if  the  minister  had  not  talked  so  good, 
and  prayed  with  us  when  we  found  that  we  must  give  up  the  place  and 
come  away,  and  so  on  and  so  on — details  of  a  narrow,  homely  life  through 
which  a  bright  cord  of  unselfishness  ran  that  seemed  to  have  been  woven 
into  it  by  the  hands  of  the  minister  and  his  wife. 

Mrs.  Salisbury,  partly  from  curiosity,  made  a  few  polite  inquiries  about 
the  Curtises.  "  Had  he  a  large  church  ?  "  Twenty-three  members  ;  they 
had  the  new  building  all  boarded  in  when  the  hard  times  began.  Mr. 
Curtis  worked  with  the  other  men  shingling  the  roof.  There  were  no 
floors,  no  doors  nor  windows,  but  they  had  put  long  boards  on  blocks  for 
seats,  and  Mr.  Curtis  used  a  dry-goods  box  for  a  pulpit.  They  had  had 
such  good  meetings  !  They  would  have  to  stop  when  cold  weather  came, 
for  they  could  not  finish  the  building. 

"Was  there  a  parsonage?"     Oh,  dear,  no  ;   the  Curtises   lived  in  a 


476  The   Home   Missionary  January,  1895 

"  shack,"  with  two  rooms,  and  a  loft  readied  by  a  ladder.  Yet  this  home 
was  better  than  some  of  those  about,  and  was  general  dispensary,  minis- 
terial hotel,  and  social  and  committee  room  for  two  counties. 

"  Do  you  have  committees  and  societies  out  there  ?  "  Oh,  yes  ;  we  have 
a  missionary  society,  and  divide  equally  between  home  and  foreign.  Last 
year  it  was  only  three  dollars  and  fifty-five  cents  for  each  one,  and  this 
year  it  won't  be  any  more  ;  but  so  much  has  been  done  for  us,  we  like  to 
give  a  little  ourselves.  Mr.  Curtis  was  helped  out  wonderfully  last  spring 
by  a  box  he  got  from  New  Jersey  somewhere,  full  of  clothes  for  the  whole 
family.  He  used  to  live  near  New  York,  and  when  he  finished  college 
and  Yale  Seminary  they  wanted  him  to  play  the  organ  and  be  an  assist- 
ant in  a  big  church  in  Brooklyn  ;  but  he  said  that  he  wanted  to  come  West, 
where  he  was  more  needed.  He  has  been  in  our  State  fifteen  years,  and 
he  says  that  he  hopes  to  stay  there  as  long  as  he  lives.  His  wife  feels 
just  the  same  way.  He  doesn't  have  any  organ  to  play,  but  he  teaches 
our  young  people  to  sing,  and  they  don't  forget  him  when  they  go  to  the 
big  cities  or  take  to  mining  out  on  the  coast. 

Mrs.  Carlisle  Salisbury  rode  in  the  passenger  coach  not  to  save  money, 
or  for  fear  of  a  Pullman  strike,  but  because  she  fancied  there  was  more 
air  there,  and  she  liked  the  variety.  To-day  she  had  had  enough  of  both, 
and  was  very  glad  that  she  had  telegraphed  ahead  for  a  section  in  the 
sleeper  for  the  night.  It  was  the  last  one  to  be  secured,  as  travel  was 
very  heavy. 

''Well,  good-by,  little  children,"  she  said  as  the  train  neared  Colum- 
bus. "  I  hope  you  will  sleep  ;  those  turned-over  seats  make  very  good 
beds  for  little  folks."  "Change  cars  for  Pittsburg  ;  all  out  of  this  car  at 
next  station,"  shouted  tlie  brakeman.  "  Why,  I  thought  we  went  through 
in  this  car.  I  won't  get  so  well  fixed  in  any  other,  and  I  can't  put  on 
these  children's  things  and  get  everything  together  to  go  out-doors  in  two 
minutes."  For  once  Mrs.  Cook's  placidity  was  shattered.  A  sudden  idea 
came  to  Mrs.  Salisbury.  "  Here" — picking  up  a  baby,  a  basket,  and  a 
bundle — "just  come  with  me."  Before  the  Cooks  and  Curtises  could  say 
a  word,  they  were  handed  over  to  the  Pullman  conductor,  with  rather 
peremptory  orders  to  put  them  in  Section  8  and  look  after  them. 

As  Mrs.  Salisbury  tried  to  find  a  pillow  on  the  hard  arm  of  the  day 
coach  that  night,  her  thoughts  were  not  of  the  first  experiences  of  her 
Nebraska  friends  in  a  sleeping-car,  or  of  the  dismay  of  the  other  passen- 
gers at  such  an  invasion.  She  was  thinking  of  that  Home  Missionary  and 
his  wife  who  were  sending  their  children  miles  and  miles  away  while  they 
stayed  by  their  work.  "  I  should  like  to  help  those  people,"  she  said, 
almost  aloud. 

A  few  days  later,  sitting  in  her  pew  in  church,  with  husband  and  chil- 
dren beside  her,  she  heard  the  pastor  announce  the  annual  meeting  of  the 


January,  1895  The   Homc   Missionary    "  477 

Ladies'  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  urge  all  the  ladies  to  come.  Mrs. 
Salisbury  accepted  the  invitation  ;  the  ladies  seized  upon  her  as  a  new 
element  to  be  worked  in,  and  elected  her  secretary.  The  books  and  file 
of  letters  were  promptly  sent  her  by  the  retiring  officer,  and  sitting  before 
her  open  fire,  the  new  secretary  spent  several  hours  perusing  a  class  of 
literature  entirely  new  to  her.  There  were  records  of  meetings  covering 
a  series  of  years,  a  constitution  signed  by  hands  long  ago  folded  in  the 
dreamless  sleep,  and  by  others  still  busy  in  the  Master's  service.  And 
there  were  letters  written  from  the  crowded  offices  at  the  Bible  House, 
and  from  missionaries  out  on  the  boundless  prairie.  There  were  short 
statements  of  barest  needs,  and  long  accounts  of  hopeful  work.  One  let- 
ter, written  in  a  sod  house,  had  become  grimy  from  being  carried  for  days 
in  a  pocket  barren  of  the  two  cents  with  which  to  mail  it.  A  mother  told 
of  her  struggles  to  educate  the  boys  that  they  might  become  missionaries 
like  their  father.  There  were  some  pictures  of  children,  a  pen-and-ink 
sketch  of  a  parsonage  that  had  become  too  small  for  the  ever-increasmg 
family,  and  a  photograph  of  a  church  in  Southern  California.  There  were 
letters  of  acknowledgment,  in  some  of  which  the  gratitude  was  purer  than 
the  English  ;  some  signed  by  each  member  of  the  family  ;  among  them  a 
letter  from  Mr.  Curtis,  dated  Cook's  Corners,  Nebraska.  "  So  it  is  this 
society  that  sent  the  box  to  that  man,"  said  Mrs.  Salisbury.  "  I  thought  the 
little  girl's  dress  looked  familiar.  It  must  have  been  one  that  was  my 
Dorothy's.  I  remember  now  one  of  the  ladies  asked  me  for  some  of  her 
outgrown  dresses  last  spring,  but  I  had  not  the  least  idea  what  became  of 
them.  1  might  have  done  so  much  more,  had  I  known.  I  am  going  to 
take  that  gray-green  magazine  and  find  out  about  these  Home  Mission- 
aries, and  do  everything  I  can  for  them." 

It  is  safe  to  leave  Mrs.  Carlisle  Salisbury.  She  is  not  only  '•  in  touch  " 
with  Home  Missions  ;  she  has  taken  hold.  I  think  there  are  no  absolute, 
dogmatic  rules  for  obtaining  knowledge  that  is  worth  anything.  If  we 
want  to  understand  birds  or  flowers  we  study  them — from  book-s  somewhat, 
far  better  from  watching  and  caring  for  them.  And  this  sort  of  interest 
is  reflected  from  ourselves  ;  we  become  like  what  we  study.  Not  that  the 
true  ornithologist  or  botanist  becomes  a  bird  or  a  flower,  but  some  of  the 
bird's  industry  and  gladness,  some  of  the  flower's  beauty  and  sweetness, 
comes  into  his  life  and  shines  out  from  it.  The  true  way  to  come  into  touch 
with  Home  Missionaries  is  to  he  a  Home  Missionary  ;  to  become  so  inter- 
ested and  fascinated  by  unselfishness,  as  shown  in  the  lives  of  those  who 
leave  comfort  for  hardness  that  they  may  win  some  to  the  Master  of  all 
good,  that  we  too  shall  find  our  greatest  joy  in  doing  for  others. 

[Mrs.  Salisburys  are  all  about  us,  ready  to  work  when  they  know  the 
facts.  There  are  always  Curtis  families  needing  help.  One  object  of 
this  magazine  is  to  bring  the  two  parties  together, — Ed.] 


478  The  Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

A  SACRED  GOLDEN  OFFERING 

My  early  morning  thought  was,  "  What  special  thing  can  I  do  for  Christ 
to-day  ?  "  While  engaged  in  household  work  this  came  to  me  :  Among 
some  cherished  treasures  left  by  my  darling  child,  whose  tenth  heavenly 
birthday  occurred  last  Sabbath,  there  are  some  gold  pieces.  These  I  send 
to  you,  hoping  that  our  Master  will  through  you  permit  the  sacred  offer- 
ing to  send  at  least  one  ray  of  light  into  some  dark  corner  of  our  land. 
The  dear  boy  in  whose  name  I  send  this  offering  was  a  great  sufferer, 
and  could  at  times  scarcely  endure  the  pain  until  reminded  of  Christ's 
sufferings.  This  thought  gave  him  strength  to  bear  the  intense  pain 
patiently.  And  now  I  send  these  bits  of  gold  as  an  answer  to  my  morning 
prayer. — A  Boston  Woman. 


ITEMS    FROM    THE    FIELD 

Church  Building  Needed. — Last  evening  our  church  building  was 
crowded  to  the  door  ;  but  let  it  be  remembered  that  the  house  is  simply 
a  cottage  without  partitions,  and  a  hundred  persons  will  crowd  it.  Con- 
sider too  that  our  ceiling  is  very  low,  and  that  the  house  is  lighted  by 
three  large  lamps,  which  give  out  almost  as  much  heat  as  so  many  stoves, 
and  you  will  understand  why  I  am  surprised  that  the  congregation  has 
kept  up  so  well.  If  we  had  a  church  building  I  doubt  not  the  congrega- 
tion would  increase  fifty  per  cent,  at  once.  1  trust  we  may  get  one  by 
and  by,  though  I  do  not  see  just  how.  Half  the  church  is  made  up  of 
young  people,  and  everything  is  moving  nicely. — Missouri. 


Four  Rainless  Months. — The  drought  has  been  the  worst  ever 
known  here,  there  beiiig  not  one  heavy  shower  or  its  equivalent  for  four 
months,  and  the  winds  being  worse  than  ever  known  here.  Some  of  our 
people  are  market  gardeners  and  have  not  had  a  quarter  of  a  crop.  My 
own  garden,  which  promised  abundance  in  June,  did  not  give  us  the  value 
of  the  seed.  For  the  last  two  weeks  we  have  had  two  or  three  showers, 
and  we  now,  in  October,  see  some  signs  of  green  grass,  but  too  late  even 
for  the  pastures.  It  is  probably  as  bad  in  this  county  as  in  any  place  in 
the  State,  because  our  soil  is  light  and  needs  frequent  rains.  We  have  in 
this  village  no  protection  from  fires,  and  hence  did  not  dare  to  leave  our 
homes  much  during  the  summer.  It  has  been  just  simply  holding  on  to 
what  is  left,  and  trying  to  keep  up  the  courage  of  the  people. — Minnesota. 


Modern  Superstition. — A  sad  thing  happened  in  our  town  only  a 
few  days  ago.     It  was  announced  in  the  Slavonic  Catholic  Church  that 


January,  1895  The   Home  Missionary"  479 

there  would  be  a  confirmation  by  the  bishop.  Everybody  was  urged, 
under  penalty  of  losing  life  eternal,  to  be  confirmed.  Crowds  came  to 
town  to  receive  the  sacrament,  and  because  the  saloons  are  lawfully  closed 
on  the  Sabbath,  the  church  society,  the  d^iy  before,  ordered  liquor  in  all 
forms  into  their  hall  where  the  thirsty  could  be  refreshed.  After  the  usual 
marching  and  disturbing  the  Sabbath's  peace,  the  crowds  went  home. 
Their  self-righteousness  was  satisfied,  while  in  reality  they  were  farther 
from  heaven  than  before  they  came.  Whose  fault  was  it  ?  I  spoke  with 
a  good  many,  and  they  did  not  even  know  the  meaning  of  the  ceremony. 
Who  will  one  day  answer  for  this  crowd  ?  An  experience  like  this  burns 
like  a  fire  in  me,  and  I  feel  like  crying  out :  Who  will  have  mercy  upon 
these  people  ? — Pennsylvania. 


Hard  up  for  a  Wedding  Garment. — While  away  from  home  in 
vacation  I  visited  a  place  from  which  missionary  aid  had  been  withdrawn 
for  lack  of  funds,  and  for  months  had  heard  no  Gospel  preaching.  Malice, 
envy,  and  backbiting  were  rife  in  the  community.  The  young  people  were 
growing  up  without  God  or  any  high  aim  in  life,  and  their  condition  was 
deplorable.  On  request  I  married  a  couple  there,  and  every  article  of 
clothing  the  groom  wore  was  borrowed.  It  was  with  some  difficulty  that 
he  found  a  white  shirt,  but  he  finally  procured  one  that  had  a  piece  taken 
out  for  a  mustard  plaster.  Yet  these  people  listened  attentively  when  the 
truth  was  kindly  presented.  I  preached  on  the  foolishness  and  sinfulness 
of  cherishing  ill  feeling,  and  the  next  day  two  near  neighbors,  who  had 
not  spoken  to  each  other  for  months,  met  and  in  a  Christian  way  settled 
their  difficulties.  What  a  g-rand  opportunity  for  one  to  go  in  the  spirit  of 
Christ  and  gather  souls  to  His  kingdom  ! — California. 


Short  Contributions. — The  State  Association  at  Austin  was  one  of 
the  best  we  ever  had.  But  all  hearts  were  made  sad  by  the  report  of  only 
1^6,000  raised  for  Home  Missions  in  the  State,  and  the  cutting  off  of 
all  new  work.  The  fact  that  a  much  larger  sum,  but  none  too  large, 
had  been  raised  for  foreign  work,  is  evidence  that  there  is  money  for  the 
Lord's  work  in  this  State.  Why  can  we  not  get  it  for  our  destitute  fields  ? 
We  are  hoping  and  praying  for  better  days  and  more  cheerful  reports  for 
the  remainder  of  the  year. — Minnesota. 


Fearing  Infant  Brain  Trouble. — The  average  spiritual  life  in  our 
little  church  has  been  better  than  ever  before,  and  promises  well  for  the 
future.  We  have  added  only  six  to  our  membership,  but  others  have  been 
convicted  and  some  I  hope  converted.  Our  Sunday-school  has  good 
cause  for  thanksgiving  in  its  fair  attendance  and  effective  spiritual  work. 
The  children  love  to  come,  entreating  their  parents  to  permit  them  when 


480  The   Home   Missionary  January,  1895 

kept  away  for  trivial  reasons.  The  little  ones  go  home  and  talk  to  their 
mothers  and  fathers  about  the  Lord,  and  their  infant  testimony  has  been 
graciously  used  by  Him.  This  has  led  some  parents  to  prevent  their  com- 
ing, on  the  plea  that  they  were  "  fearful  of  brain  trouble,"  as  the  little  tots 
"took  it  so  to  heart."  We  are  planning  for  our  Army  Rally  in  connection 
with  our  Christmas  exercises. —  Texas. 


"These  Hands  Ministered  unto  my  Necessities." — I  have  done 
no  little  work  with  my  hands  during  the  quarter.  Three  days  I  dug  pota- 
toes for  a  farmer,  taking  my  pay  in  potatoes,  as  the  crop  on  the  parsonage 
lot  was  a  total  failure.  The  potato  crop  has  been  harvested,  and  has 
proved  even  lighter  than  was  feared.  Several  farmers  have  told  me  their 
yield  was  less  than  the  seed  planted.  May  our  loving  Father  mitigate  the 
rigors  of  the  wintry  season  in  mercy  to  the  straitened  people  among 
whom  there  else  will  be  much  hardship.  For  ourselves  we  do  not  lose 
courage,  or  faith  in  the  promises.  Our  people  will  share  their  limited 
resources  with  us,  and  we  will  share  their  shortage  with  them.  Upon  the 
Missionary  Society  will  be  our  chief  dependence  for  procuring  our  daily 
bread,  and  we  have  a  loving  promise  of  help  from  the  ladies  of  an  Eastern 
church  in  clothing  the  children.  With  these  outside  helps,  and  by  dint 
of  close  economy,  we  think  we  can  see  our  way  through. — Minnesota. 


Work  of  a  Centipede. — There  are  several  inviting  country  fields 
that  I  am  preparing  to  take  up,  but  I  have  been  suffering  for  some  months 
by  reason  of  a  centipede  wound  over  my  heart,  which  came  near  being 
fatal,  the  result  of  going  to  the  river  to  baptize  some  persons  who  pre- 
ferred immersion.  We  have  been  much  affected  by  drought.  Many  of 
the  people,  and,  possibly,  some  of  our  members,  will  suffer  this  winter. 
But  while  this  is  true,  there  is  a  bright  side  to  the  picture.  The  people 
love  to  hear  the  Gospel,  and  while  their  clothes  wear  out  I  trust  grace  will 
wear  in.  No  work  here  is  more  important  than  the  establishment  of 
Sabbath-schools  for  the  children.  Thank  God  that  I  am  counted  worthy 
to  endure  for  His  name. — Oklahoma. 


Congregational  Literature  Needed. — The  polity  of  the  Congre- 
gational Church  is  new  in  this  part  of  the  vineyard  to  a  great  extent.  The 
people  have  not  been  taught  as  to  our  church  government,  but  when  they 
see  into  what  it  is,  they  fall  in  love  with  our  church.  We  need  a  vast 
amount  of  Congregational  literature  circulated  in  this  section  to  go  with 
the  Bible,  which  is  full  of  our  doctrines  as  Christ  gave  them.  We  report 
four  hopeful  conversions,  and  four  added  to  the  church  on  confession,  with 
three  by  letter.- — Georgia. 


January,  1895  The   Homc   Missionary  481 

NOTES    OF    LONG   SERVICE    IN    COLORADO 

By  Rkv.  Rosklle  T.  Cross,  York,  Neb. 

I. — The  New  Field 

The  day  after  his  arrival  your  missionary  engaged  a  house,  moved 
in  his  goods,  which  had  arrived  some  time  before,  bought  some  furniture 
at  a  second-hand  store,  and  on  Monday  was  keeping  house  again.  On 
Sunday  there  was  no  service  in  one  or  two  of  the  other  churches,  and, 
hence,  an  unusually  large  congregation,  seventy-five  in  all,  gathered  to 
hear  the  new  minister,  who  gave  in  his  first  sermon  what  he  desired  should 
be  the  keynote  of  his  ministry,  a  missionary  discourse  from  the  text, 
"  What,  could  ye  not  watch  with  me  one  hour?"  In  the  evening  there 
was  no  service  except  a  prayer-meeting  in  behalf  of  the  college. 

The  missionary  began  to  study  his  new  field.  The  place  had  about 
2,000  inhabitants.  It  had,  indeed,  been  losing  population  the  previous 
year,  and  there  were  many  empty  houses,  but  it  was  only  the  reaction 
from  the  first  building  excitement.  Every  Western  town  has  such  a  reac- 
tion sooner  or  later.  It  had  been  just  five  years  since  the  town  was  an 
unsettled  portion  of  the  plains,  over  which  buffaloes  roamed  and  Indians 
hunted.  An  ambitious  narrow-gauge  railroad  was  pushing  southward 
from  Denver  into  a  wild  and  almost  uninhabited  region.  Its  promoters 
had  to  start  towns  in  order  to  make  business.  They  had  located  this 
town,  and  extensively  advertised  it.  But  its  best  advertisement  was  the 
fact  that  it  was  '*  a  temperance  town."  In  the  deed  of  every  lot  sold  was 
a  proviso — afterwards  sustained  by  the  United  States  Supreme  Court — 
that  the  land  should  revert  to  the  original  owners  if  liquor,  as  a  beverage, 
was  ever  sold  on  it.  Although  now  a  city  of  13,000,  it  is,  in  its  twenty- 
second  year,  a  place  that  never  has  known  the  open  saloon,  except  possibly 
for  a  very  short  time  when  it  was  first  started. 

The  town  was  near  the  foot  of  a  great  mountain  pass,  over  which,  be- 
fore the  railroads  entered  the  mountains,  an  almost  continuous  procession 
of  freight  wagons  carried  supplies  from  the  railroad  to  a  vast  mining 
region,  and  brought  back  ore  from  the  mines.  It  was  five  miles  to  the 
mountains,  which,  when  one  was  not  looking  directly  at  them,  often  gave 
the  impression  of  being  a  huge  black  cloud  in  the  west.  To  the  north, 
south,  and  east  on  the  plains  there  was  a  large  stock-raising  interest  which 
centred  at  the  place.  Some  noted  mineral  springs  were  five  miles  away 
in  the  foot-hills,  and  these,  with  the  general  healthfulness  of  the  climate^ 
drew  many  invalids  thither. 

The  scenery,  too,  was  very  attractive.  Within  ten  miles,  in  different 
directions,  over  hard  gravel  roads,  was  such  a  combination  of  canons,  cas- 
cades, and   waterfalls,  parks  and  mountain  valleys,  precipices  and  weird 


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rocks,  mineral  springs  and  caves,  as  is  perhaps  found  in  no  other  one  spot 
in  the  world.  The  pastor's  study  looked  out  upon  many  of  these.  This 
remarkable  scenery  brought  many  tourists  every  year,  an  ever-increasing 
number  as  the  years  went  by. 

The  town  itself  was  beautifully  and  regularly  laid  out  on  a  gravel 
plateau  that  was  perfectly  level,  except  that  it  had  a  gentle  slope  to  the 
south.  This  allowed  water  to  run  in  the  irrigation  ditches  on  each  side  of 
every  street,  and  kept  alive  the  Cottonwood  trees  that  had  been  set  out  on 
all  the  streets. 

The  days  through  the  fall  and  winter  were  mostly  sunny  and  warm, 
while  the  nights  were  cool.  For  two  whole  years  the  sun  did  not  fail  to 
put  in  an  appearance  every  day,  and  even  in  March  were  counted  twenty- 
four  days  so  pleasant  that  on  them  people  could  go  to  the  mountains  on 
picnic  excursions.  All  beautiful  climates,  however,  seem  to  have  a  great 
deal  of  exceptional  weather,  and  occasionally  there  would  come  swooping 
down  from  the  mountains,  or  off  from  the  plains,  fearful  storms  of  rain  or 
snow,  of  wind,  thunder  and  lightning.  Sometimes  a  dust  storm  would 
rage  for  a  day  or  two,  sifting  fine  dust  over  everything  within  the  house, 
scratching  window-panes  and  cutting  faces  with  the  gravel,  and  piling 
drifts  of  sand  in  front  yards.  But  these  were  only  occasional,  and  hard 
storms  were  rather  welcome,  to  break  the  monotony  of  weeks  and  months 
of  constant  sunshine. 

There  was  something  almost  intoxicating  in  the  ozone  of  the  air  at 
that  altitude  of  6,000  feet  above  the  sea.  People  had  to  guard  against  the 
danger  of  overwork.  The  missionary  felt  much  of  the  time  as  though  he 
wanted  to  run  and  jump  over  a  fence,  and  two  steps  at  a  time  became  his 
normal  method  of  going  upstairs. 

He  made  it  a  rule  to  like  any  place  where  the  Lord  called  him  to  work, 
and  he  had  come  with  his  mind  made  up  to  like  this  place  and  this  people. 
When  he  came  to  know  the  people,  and  to  realize  what  the  climate  and 
scenery  were,  he  said  emphatically  :  "  There  is  no  pleasanter  place  than 
this  to  live  in,  in  all  our  country.  Surely  the  lines  are  fallen  unto  me  in 
pleasant  places." 

There  were,  however,  too  many  churches  in  the  place — eight  or  nine 
in  all — and  it  was  with  an  uneasy  feeling  that  the  new  pastor  learned  that 
the  one  which  he  was  to  serve  was  the  latest  one  organized.  It  had  a 
reason,  however,  for  being.  Two  and  a  half  years  before,  the  six  Congre- 
gational churches  in  the  Territory,  only  two  of  them  being  self-supporting, 
true  to  the  traditions  of  their  denomination,  had  organized  a  college,  and 
located  it  at  that  place.  That  necessitated  a  church  for  the  future,  and 
one  was  started  the  same  year.  When  the  town  had  increased  its  popu- 
lation many-fold,  all  the  churches  became  strong  and  wealthy. 

It  was  seventy-five  miles  to  the  nearest  church  of  the  same  kind  on  the 


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north  ;  on  the  east  and  west  it  was  many  hundred  miles  ;  while,  south- 
ward, one  would  go  nearly  round  the  world  before  finding  another  such 
church,  and  when  found  it  would  be  at  Cheyenne,  180  miles  north. 

There  were  three  invalid  or  aged  ministers  in  the  church,  besides  a 
returned  medical  missionary  and  his  wife.  That  same  week  another  min- 
ister, who  had, come  to  see  if  he  could  revive  the  almost  dead  college, 
arrived  in  town,  bringing  with  him  a  college  professor  who,  with  the  new 
principal  of  the  public  .schools,  who  came  about  the  same  time,  proved  to 
be  good  church  workers,  and  were  afterward  elected  deacons.  So  the 
church  took  on  new  life  and  courage. 

Some  of  the  people  feared  that  the  sad  experiences  of  his  journey 
would  discourage  the  new  pastor — for  in  the  course  of  it  he  and  his  wife 
had  stood  by  the  dying  bed  of  her  mother  and  had  buried  two  of  their 
three  children — but  at  the  first  prayer-meeting  their  fears  were  set  at 
rest,  when  he  told  them  that  he  and  his  wife  looked  upon  their  trials  as 
simply  a  preparation  which  God  saw  it  was  necessary  for  them  to  pass 
through  to  prepare  them  for  their  work  in  Colorado,  and  that  his  heart 
was  constantly  crying  out  for  the  only  comfort  that  would  satisfy  him  : 
the  privilege  of  seeing  souls  converted,  the  church  built  up,  and  the 
Lord's  work  prospered. 

As  soon  as  he  could  get  the  time  he  started  out  to  look  up  the  people 
and  see  them  in  their  own  homes,  not  waiting,  as  Eastern  pastors  some- 
times must,  for  a  deacon  to  go  round  and  introduce  him.  He  was  out 
calling  one  day  when  a  deacon,  the  depths  of  whose  spirituality  he  had 
not  yet  had  an  opportunity  to  sound,  overtook  him  and  asked  him  to  ride. 
The  pastor  supposed  that  a  deacon  would,  of  course,  be  interested  in  the 
spiritual  welfare  of  the  church  and  desire  to  see  the  Lord's  work  revived. 
Some  remark  was  made  to  him  about  the  work.     "Well,"  said  the  deacon 

in   reply,  "  what   we   greatly   need    here   in  this   place   is  a  revival " 

"■  Good  !  "  thought  the  pastor  to  himself,  "here  is  a  man  who  longs  for  a 
revival.  I  am  so  glad  to  find  such  a  deacon  ! "  But  when  the  deacon 
finished  his  sentence — "a  revival  of  business  so  that  the  town  will  boom 
again,"  the  pastor's  heart  sank  within  him,  and  his  hope  of  spiritual 
help  from  that  deacon  fell  below  zero.  It  was  not  so  bad,  however,  as  it 
was  with  the  minister  in  a  certain  mining  town,  who  had  to  postpone  his 
communion  to  the  Sunday  evening  service  because  his  deacons  were  at 
work  in  the  mines  all  day  Sunday. 

A  few  days  after  the  pastor  was  settled  in  his  new  home,  he  heard  one 
evening  the  cry  of  fire.  He  responded,  with  others,  and  for  a  few  hours 
worked  very  hard  in  carrying  furniture  out  of  buildings  that  were  in  the 
path  of  the  fire.  It  was  in  the  business  part  of  the  town,  and  twenty-five 
stores  and  dwellings  were  burned.  A  gun  store  was  burned,  and  when 
the  flames  reached  the  cartridges  and  they  began  to  explode  and  send 


484  The   Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

bullets    in    every    direction,   there   was   a    lively  scampering   among  the 
l)ystanclers  to  reach  a  place  of  safety. 


THAT   WONDERFUL   FUR   COAT 

I  AM  very  glad  to  learn  that  it  was  through  your  kind  forethought  that 
Dr.  M.'s  coat  became  mine.  I  did  not  see  how  he  had  come  to  know  my 
wants,  yet  I  surmised  that  the  New  York  office  had  brought  it  about. 
Please  accept  my  hearty  thanks.  It  is  a  great  help  and  inspiration  in  this 
work  to  experience  in  such  practical  ways  the  sympathy  and  kindness 
of  our  brethren. 

I  could  not  have  been  more  surprised  if  the  coat  had  come  down  from 
the  skies,  directly.  It  is  a  garment  such  as  1  never  dreamed  of  possess- 
ing. I  have  worn  it  now  on  my  recent  journey,  a  two  weeks' tour  through 
the  north  part  of  the  State,  and  oh,  what  a  strange  sensation  it  has  been 
to  feel  its  warm  comfort  enwrapping  me  !  Almost  every  man  I  have  met 
has  had  some  remarks  to  make  upon  the  garment  :  "  Where  did  you  get 
that  coat  ?  "  or,  "  Oh,  my,  what  a  coat  you've  got  !  "  "  What  kind  of  fur 
is  it  ?"  "What  did  you  pay  for  it?  "  etc.,  etc.  I  have  been  quite  be- 
wildered about  it,  myself,  and  felt  at  last  as  if  I  needed  to  apologize  to 
every  man  I  met  for  wearing  it.  I  had,  however,  a  safe  retreat,  for  to 
every  question  I  simply  said  I  got  it  from  a  friend  in  the  East. 

It  is,  I  suppose,  quite  natural  that  some  should  be  a  little  perplexed 
at  seeing  me  in  such  a  costly  wrapping.  Looking  at  the  coat,  they  might 
take  me  for  a  millionaire  ;  but,  ah,  me  !  looking  at  my  head  and  my  feet, 
they  would  easily  recognize  the  poor  missionary — a  felt  hat,  three-quar- 
ters of  the  brim  torn  off,  and  a  hole  an  inch  and  a  half  in  diameter  at  the 
top.  And  at  the  other  end,  a  pair  of  legs  hanging  out  of  trousers  that 
have  been  trimmed  and  trimmed  of  their  ragged  superfluity  until  they  seem 
to  disappear  entirely,  for  very  shame.  No  wonder  people  were  startled 
at  such  a  middle  and  such  extremities  ! 

Pardon  me  for  branching  out  in  this  dithyrambus  on  the  coat.  But 
the  fact  is,  it  is  a  new  revelation  in  my  life,  a  veritable  Carlylian  "  fact," 
to  be  stared  at  in  mute  wonderment  and  admiration. — South  Dakota. 

ANNUAL    CONFERENCE    OF    SECRETARIES 

The  Conference  of  Secretaries  of  State  Home  Missionary  Societies 
auxiliary  to  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society  convened  for 


January.  1895  The   Hoiiic   Missionary  485 

its  twenty- second  annual  nicetin<i"  at  llic  ("on^ret^ational  House,  Boston, 
Mass.,  at  9  a.m.,   I'uestlay,  October  30,  1894. 

I'rescp.t  :  Rev.  Jonathan  R.  Adams;  Secretary  of  the  Maine  Missionary 
Society  ;  Rev.  Alfred  T.  Hillman,  Secretary  of  the  New  Hampshire  Home 
Missionary  Society  ;  Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  Secretary  of  the  Vermont 
Domestic  Missionary  Society  ;  Rev.  Joshua  Coit,  Secretary  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Home  Missionary  Society  ;  Rev.  Alexander  McOregor,  Secretary 
of  the  Rhode  Island  Home  Missionary  Society  ;  Rev.  William  H.  Moore, 
Secretary  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  ;  Rev.  Ethan  Curtis, 
Secretary  of  the  New  York  Home  Missionary  Society. 

Also  by  invitation  :  Rev.  Washington  Choate,  Secretary  of  the  Congre- 
gational  Home  Missionary  Society  ;  Mrs.  Harriet  S.  Caswell,  Secretary  of 
the  Woman's  Department  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society; 
Rev.  William  G.  Puddefoot  and  Rev.  Charles  W.  Shelton,  Field  Secretaries 
of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society;  Rev.  Josiah  Strong,  Sec- 
retary of  the  Evangelical  Alliance  of  the  United  States  ;  Rev.  Charles  B. 
Rice,  Secretary  of  the  Congregational  Board  of  Pastoral  Supply. 

Mr.  Adams  was  made  chairman  ;  Mr.  Moore  was  made  scribe. 

Prayer  was  offered  by  Mr.  Merrill. 

Messrs.  Coit  and  Merrill  were  made  a  Business  Committee. 

The  report  of  the  registrar,  including  a  programme,  was  made  and 
accepted. 

The  report  of  the  treasurer  was  made  and  accepted. 

It  was  Voted :  That  the  next  annual  meeting  be  convened  at  the 
Congregational  House,  Boston,  Mass.,  at  9  a.m.  on  Tuesday,  October 
29,  1895. 

It  was  Voted:  That  the  minutes,  when  approved,  be  offered  for  publi- 
cation in  The  Home  Missionary. 

The  Business  Committee  reported  the  programme  presented  by  the 
registrar,  which  was  accepted,  and  the  following  topics  in  it  were  consid- 
ered: 

1.  How  far  is  it  right  to  go  in  aiding  churches  that  do  not  gain,  but 
rather  lose,  during  a  series  of  years  ? 

2.  How  far  is  it  wise  to  discourage  the  diversion  of  gifts  from  general 
to  specific  objects  ? 

3.  The  Maine  plan  of  securing  comity. 

4.  How  to  get  people  to  realize  their  obligation  to  the  State  work. 

5.  The  new  Congregational  Board  of  Pastoral  Supply. 

6.  The  relation  of  an  aided  church  to  the  Home  Missionary  Society. 

7.  What  suggestions  can  be  made  as  to  the  further  improvement  of 
The  Home  Missionary ;  and  can  anything  more  be  wisely  done  to  promote 
its  circulation  ? 

At  12.30,  recess  until  1.30. 


486  The   Home   Missionary  January,  1895 

8.  How  far  are  the  principles  of  the  so-called  "  institutional  church  " 
applicable  to  churches  in  country  towns? 

9.  The  effect  of  the  times  on  the  supply  of  ministers  and  funds. 

10.  Foreign  home  missions. 

11.  The  ordination  of  women. 

12.  The  ordination  of  men  of  limited  education  and  reading,  when  re- 
quested by  churches  in  which  they  are  doing  good  work. 

13.  The  value  of  missionary  rallies. 

At  5.15,  adjourned  till  9  a.m.  Wednesday. 

Nine   a.m.    Wednesday,  October   31st.     Opened   with   prayer  by  Mr. 
Moore. 

14.  The  working  of  the  new  plan  of  union  with  the  National  Society. 

15.  Our  relations  with   Free  Baptists,  and  cooperation  with  other  de- 
nominations. 

16.  The  outlook  for  the  coming  winter. 

The  minutes  were  approved.     Prayer  was  offered  by  Mr.   Coit,  and  at 
11.30  the  body  adjourned. 

William  H.   Moore,   Registrar. 


A    BUSINESS    MAN'S    SUGGESTION 

By  William  H.  Alexander,  Esq.,  of  Omaha,  Neb. 

At  the  late  annual  meeting  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary 
Society,  in  Omaha,  we  "  woolly  westerners  "  were  somewhat  disappointed 
over  the  non-attendance  of  many  delegates  whose  presence  we  had  been 
encouraged  to  expect,  from  New  England  and  other  Eastern  districts. 

This  lack  in  delegates  from  those  sections,  however,  was  in  part  made 
good  by  an  unusual  number  of  ministers  and  laymen  from  the  fields  of 
active  missionary  effort  in  the  West.  As  our  thoughts  run  back  to  that 
exceedingly  inspiring  occasion,  we  are  almost  ready  to  believe  that  the 
holding  of  the  meeting  in  Omaha  was  providential,  because  of  the  privi- 
lege it  gave  to  our  earnest  field-workers  to  mingle  with  one  another,  and 
with  the  officials  and  friends  who  had  come  from  the  Eastern  States. 

Men  were  here  whose  memories  will  never  release  the  good  impressions 
they  received,  and  most  surely  many  a  humble  servant  went  back  to  his 
lonely  but  Christ-blessed  parish  with  renewed  vigor  and  better  courage  for 
his  work.  They  are  noble  men,  giving  freely,  often  for  a  pittance,  the 
best  years  of  their  lives,  and  they  are  justified  in  the  hope  that  the  Chris- 
tian people  who  live  in  comparative  comfort — many  of  them  in  luxury — 
will  not  forget  them  as  the  prairie  winds  grow  colder  and  home  demands 
increase. 


January,  1895  The   Home  Missionaiy  487 

The  immediate  cause  of  this  allusion  to  the  missionary  meetinj^,  and, 
hereinafter,  to  the  State  Association  recently  convened  in  Neliii;h,  Neb., 
is  a  desire  to  offer  a  suggestion  concerning  facilities  for  greater  attendance 
of  our  patient  field-workers  upon  these  important  occasions. 

At  Neligh,  owing  in  part  to  hard  times,  to  uncertainty  of  full  compen- 
sation during  the  coming  winter  and  spring,  and,  possibly,  to  absolute 
lack  of  money  and  apparel  sufficient  for  the  journey,  quite  a  large  num- 
ber of  ministers,  and  some  laymen,  were  not  in  attendance.  Ten  or  fif- 
teen dollars,  to  a  family  whose  income  may  not  exceed  from  .^300  to  $500 
per  year,  and  much  of  that  in  farm  products  and  other  useful  articles,  is  a 
goodly  sum,  and  a  preacher  is  to  be  commended  who,  in  weighing  the 
matter,  gives  up  the  annual  meeting  for  his  family  requirements.  But 
he  ought  not  to  have  the  alternative  presented.  Still  water  stagnates. 
A  seed,  deprived  of  sunlight,  and  kept  away  from  moisture,  will  shrink 
and  die,  and  all  its  glorious  possibilities  will  never  be  known.  Can  we 
expect  better  things  of  man,  the  sensitive,  responsive,  dependent  image  of 
God? 

These  annual  meetings  are  reservoirs  of  comfort,  of  inspiration,  of 
hope,  of  courage,  from  which  each  liberated  worker  draws  full  and  last- 
ing draughts.  They  are  the  bright  particular  spots,  the  red-letter  days. 
Notes  are  exchanged,  friendships  formed,  confidence  strengthened,  the 
whole  man  awakened  and  renewed.  It  should  be  the  privilege,  as  it 
would  be  the  pleasure,  of  every  minister,  every  missionary,  and  many 
laymen — and  lay  women,  God  bless  them  ! — to  be  present.  And  would  that 
all  the  ministers'  wives  could  go  !  They  need  an  outing.  God  knows,  if 
we  do  not,  the  unvoiced  sorrow  which  isolation,  privation,  and  a  thousand 
cares  bring  down  upon  the  patient  hearts  of  these  dear  co-workers  in  the 
Master's  outer  fields. 

We  would  suggest  that  when  churches  send  their  pastors,  and  at  least 
one  delegate,  they  offer  to  pay  expenses.  In  many  cases  the  money 
would  be  returned,  but  it  frequently  happens  that  the  most  valuable  repre- 
sentatives are  not  the  ones  who  can  spare  the  time  and  the  money,  too, 
for  the  journey.  This  matter  received  some  consideration  at  the  Neligh 
meeting,  but  nothing  very  definite  resulted. 

Representation  is  of  vital  importance  to  the  churches.  In  earlier 
times,  in  this  country,  it  was  demanded.  Our  American  economic 
systems  provide  for  it  in  every  sort  of  deliberative  body,  but  we  are 
growing  careless  of  its  acceptance.  From  the  First  Church,  Omaha,  nine 
delegates  were  selected,  most  of  them  present  when  appointed,  in  the 
hope  that  the  full  quota  would  go  to  Neligh.  The  writer  was  the  only 
layman  in  attendance.  St.  Mary's  Avenue  Church,  rarely  behind  the 
leaders  in  progressive  things,  was  not  represented  at  all.  Hillside  Church 
was  without  a  delegate,  and  Plymouth   had  one,  its   pastor.     It  is  some- 


488  The   Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

what  disappointing  to  men  from  the  weaker  churches  to  discover  such 
apathy  in  metropolitan  districts.  It  is  a  duty  we  owe  to  our  churches 
throughout  the  State,  to  see  that  at  least  one  delegate  and  the  pastor 
attend  the  State  Association. 

It  is  true  that  some  churches  and  missions  are  not  able  to  pay  the 
expenses  even  of  a  pastor,  and  it  is  more  particularly  concerning  these 
instances  that  we  would  speak.  If  a  church  is  feeble,  the  salary  of  its 
minister  is  not  very  likely  to  be  in  good  health.  Neither  feels  able  to 
take  on  an  extra  expense.  And  yet,  of  all  the  churches,  and  of  all  the 
faithful  pastors,  those  having  the  least,  seeing  the  least,  giving  the  most 
and  doing  the  most  for  Christ's  sake,  are  of  right  entitled  to  thoughtful 
consideration.  We  would  suggest  that  each  State,  by  one  means  and 
another,  set  up  a  fund,  the  interest  of  which  shall  be  exclusively  devoted 
to  the  use  of  such  overworked  and  underpaid  missionary  preachers  as  do 
not  feel  able  to  bear  the  expense  themselves,  in  an  annual  pilgrimage  to 
the  Mecca  of  the  churches,  the  State  Associations.  It  should  not  be 
offered  as  a  charity,  but  as  a  just  reward  for  faithful  service.  If  such 
funds  were  started  in  the  home  missionary  States,  we  are  confident  that 
they  would  increase  rapidly,  from  expected  and  often  from  unexpected 
sources,  and  that  they  would  do  a  world  of  good. 

CLOTHING    WANTED 

Clothing,  especially  for  young  men  and  women  fi-om  twenty-five  to 
thirty  years  of  age,  is  much  needed  for  those  who  are  helping  by  interpret- 
ing for  me  in  my  camp  work  among  the  Cheyenne  and  Arapahoe  tribes 
of  Indians.  These  young  people  have  been  partially  educated  in  some 
of  the  Indian  training-schools  of  the  East,  and  are  loth  to  put  aside 
civilized  dress  for  the  blanket,  or  to  make  use  of  the  clothing  issued  them 
as  a  gratuity  by  the  government,  which  is  of  coarse  fabric  and  uniform 
manufacture  ;  this  latter  circumstance  seems  to  tend  to  place  them  on  an 
equality  with  others  who  are  not  at  all  civilized.  I  notice  that  when 
students  return  from  school  they  are  nicely  dressed  and  "  enthused  " 
with  a  love  for  the  Master's  work  ;  but  when  their  clothes  are  worn  out 
and  they  begin  to  look  shabby,  their  zeal  for  religious  work  among  their 
people  leaves  them.  They  then  rapidly  degenerate,  and  the  Master  loses 
efficient  help,  for  these  boys  and  girls  are  the  only  means  we  have  of 
conveying  the  Lord's  words  to  this  people.  I  cannot  too  strongly  urge 
upon  benevolent  persons  the  necessity  of  furnishing  clothing  for  these 
helpers  as  part  compensation,  at  least,  for  their  willing  service. — Rev.  O. 
S.  Rice,  Darlington^  Okla.     Address  for  freight,  El  Reno,  Okla. 


janiKu-y,  1895  The   Homc  Missionary  489 

LIFE    FROM    DEATH 

One  of  the  most  helpful  of  our  members  went  to  her  reward  August 
4th.  She  had  been  an  invalid  for  seven  years,  yet  she  was  an  inspira- 
tion to  all  who  met  her.  The  last  four  months  of  her  life  were  months 
of  intense  suffering.  I  never  saw  such  patient  waiting.  Those  of  us  who 
cared  for  her,  learned  lessons  of  patience  every  day.  It  did  not  seem  as 
if  she  were  facing  death.  We  used  to  talk  of  the  approaching  change  just 
as  we  would  of  a  very  long  journey,  and  far  more  hopefully.  Always  it 
was  sunshine  there  in  her  room. 

Her  husband  liad  been  given  to  the  drink  habit  years  ago.  About 
four  years  since,  he  professed  conversion  and  united  with  the  church. 
Last  year,  while  away  from  home  at  work,  he  took  to  drink  again  and 
made  a  wreck  of  everything.  We  did  the  best  we  could  by  him,  and 
thought  him  sufficiently  punished.  This  spring  he  was  away  from  home 
and  again  fell.  I  had  several  sober  talks  with  him,  and  he  quit  the  drink 
while  among  the  same  associations  and  surroundings. 

I  next  succeeded  in  getting  him  to  sign  what  has  proved  to  be  a  most 
solemn  pledge.  I  made  out  three  pledge  cards  :  one  for  himself,  one  for 
the  children,  and  one  for  me.      l"he  following  is  a  copy  : 

I,  A.  B.,  in  the  presence  of  Almighty  God,  do  solemnly  promise  that  I 
will  never  again  drink  of  any  variety  of  intoxicating  liquors.  [  further- 
more promise,  that  just  so  far  as  I  know  how,  I  will  be  true  to  my  children, 
to  myself  and  my  God.  I  call  my  dying  wife  and  my  children  to  witness 
this  pledge.  A.  B, 

Countersigned  by  his  7uife  and  three  children. 

The  week  following  the  death  of  her  mother,  little  Mary,  nine  years 
old,  was  taken  with  diphtheria.  From  the  first  it  seemed  as  if  there  was 
no  hel|)  for  her.  In  just  two  weeks  from  the  death  of  Mrs.  B.,  Mary  went 
to  her  mother.  This  was  a  terrible  blow  to  Mr.  B.,  and  makes  his  pledge 
doubly  binding.      He  is  keeping  it. 

Mary  was  a  beautiful  child,  and  her  character  was  more  beautiful  than 
her  person.  While  she  was  sick  the  physician  wished  her  to  take  some 
wine.  "  My  mamma  told  me  never  to  touch  any  such  thing."  The  doctor 
asked,  "  Would  you  rather  die  ?  "  She  simply  bowed  her  little  head  and 
waited  for  the  angels  that  she  knew  were  soon  coming  to  take  her  to  her 
mother. — Minnesota. 

HOW    SOME    LITTLE    GIRLS    RAISED     MONEY 

Our  little  society  read  the  interesting  piece,  "  Our  Counting  Up,"  in 
your  February  magazine,  and  we  thought  that  perhaps  other  bands  would 


490  The  Home   Missionary  January,  1895 

like  to  know  what  we  are  doing.  We  organized  in  April,  1893,  at  Hop- 
kins Station,  Mich.,  and  called  ourselves  "  The  Helping  Hand  Missionary 
Band."  It  is  composed  of  twenty-one  little  girls.  We  chose  a  president 
(our  Sunday-school  teacher),  a  vice-president,  secretary,  and  treasurer,  and 
voted  to  meet  every  month. 

In  the  summer  we  started  a  memorial  quilt,  each  member  taking  a 
block,  and  the  name  of  every  person  giving  ten  cents  was  worked  on 
the  quilt.  We  voted  that  if  three  or  more  would  get  fifteen  names  each, 
we  would  have  a  candy-pull.  One  lady  whose  three  little  girls  were  mem- 
bers promised  them  that  if  they  would  get  fifteen  names  apiece  she  would 
contribute  a  quart  of  maple  syrup  toward  the  candy-pull.  When  the  day 
came  to  bring  in  our  money,  we  met  at  our  leader's  house,  and  on  count- 
ing it  found  that  we  had  twenty-two  dollars.  Afterwards  we  had  our 
candy-pull. 

To  dispose  of  our  quilt,  we  got  up  an  entertainment  consisting  of 
recitations  and  music.  We  charged  ten  cents  admission,  which  entitled 
each  one  to  vote  who  should  have  the  quilt.  It  was  voted  to  our  leader. 
We  received  ^^8.20  that  evening,  making  our  total  received  for  the  quilt 
twenty-nine  dollars. — Vernie  Lane,  Secretary  of  the  Band. 


A    PROMPT    AND   GENEROUS    RESPONSE 

Dear  Brethren  : 

I  have  read  with  deep  interest  your  appeal  for  "one  generous  gift  this 
year  for  Home  Missions  from  every  Congregational  church  in  the  United 
States,"  and,  with  you,  feel  the  great  need  to  the  cause  of  the  Master  for 
this  extra  effort.  A  special  collection  of  fifteen  dollars  from  each  of  our 
5,000  churches  would  sustain  the  work  without  retrenchment,  and  pay 
the  debt. 

Ours  is  a  mission  church,  struggling  to  pay  its  debt,  yet  in  this  year 
of  depression  it  has  given  the  largest  offering  for  Home  Missions  in  the 
history  of  the  church.  But  we  want  to  do  our  part  in  keeping  up  the 
work,  and  paying  the  debt,  and  I  herewith  send  a  supplemental  offering  of 
fifteen  dollars,  and  pray  that  those  1,200  churches  that  failed  to  give  any- 
thing last  year  may  learn  the  precious  truth  that  "the  Lord  loveth  a 
cheerful  giver,"  and  seek  a  blessing  by  "giving  to  the  service  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord."  Praying  that  your  efforts  may  be  crowned  with  success, 
I  am 

Yours,  in  His  Nam.e, 

J.   Hervey  Dorbs. 
Palestine,  Tex.,  Decembers   1894. 


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January,  1895  The   Home  Missionary-  491 


TREASURY     NOTE 

CONTRIRUTIONS  LEGACIES 

1893  1894  1893  1894 

April.... $10,366  46  $18,936  34  April....  $6,681    14  $8,701  ^^ 

May 9,461   46  18,608  21            May 25,812  59  6,113  5^ 

June 15-136    17  15-24944           June 10,25435  35-^2654 

July 15-93  72  18,908  65           July 8,940  39  10,695  22 

Auijust. ..  9,479  91  7,886   18  August..  14,885   55  35,280  76 

Sept 13-79435  12,707   28           Sept 5,450   10  25,045  10 

Oct 7-342  56  9-523  04           Oct 4,025  00  5,369  02 

Nov '3-387   77  13,683  01           Nov 4,682  73  6,672  70 

$94,262  40  $115,502   15  $80,731  85  $122,904  19 

$115,502   15  $122,904   19 

94,262  40  80,731  85 

$21,239  75  ff'^in  in  contributions.  $42,172  34  gain  in  legacies. 

This  table  shows  a  total  gain  in  the  past  eight  months  of  $63,112.09; 
so  that  once  more  we  bring  our  report  of  advance  both  in  contributions 
and  legacies  over  the  corresponding  months  of  1893.  A  slight  increase 
of  this  average  rate  of  gain  will  insure  an  addition  of  $100,000  to  last 
year's  receipts,  if  it  be  kept  up  through  the  four  remaining  months — 
months  when  business  is  happily  reviving,  when  our  churches  and  indi- 
vidual givers  are  at  home,  when  the  pastors,  ladies'  societies,  Sunday- 
school  teachers.  Army  boys  and  girls,  Christian  Endeavorers,  and  our 
other  faithful  helpers  have  their  best  opportunity,  and  when  the  Holy 
Spirit's  reviving  power  is  usually  felt  in  largest  measure. 

This  advance  should  be  made,  (i)  Because  the  welfare  of  our  country, 
threatened  especially  in  its  newer  fields  by  materialism,  infidelity,  atheism, 
and  all  forms  of  false  religion  and  of  no  religion,  vitally  needs  that  only 
adequate  safeguard,  the  Gospel,  which  these  missionaries  exemplify, 
preach,  and  impress  upon  children  in  the  Sunday-school.  It  is  a  solemn 
responsibility  to  be  put  in  trust  of  the  Gospel  for  such  a  purpose.  (2)  It 
is  a  wise  economy  of  money,  time,  and  strength,  to  go  into  opening  fields 
with  the  very  first  settlers,  instead  of  waiting  til!  the  adversary  gets  a 
foothold,  and  then  coming  to  drive  him  out.  No  greater  responsibility 
was  ever  laid  on  man  than  comes  with  the  guardianship  of  such  a  treas- 
ure. (3)  Souls  are  every  day  going  unprepared  to  their  last  account  who 
might  be  saved  to  Christ  and  his  kingdom  were  the  way  of  salvation 
brought  to  them  by  the  loving  faithfulness  of  our  Home  Missionaries.  It 
is  a  fearful  responsibility  to  let  these  thousands  die  uncared  for  and 
unwarned. 


492 


The   Home   Missionary 


January,  1895. 


APPOINTMENTS    IN     NOVEMBER,    1894 


Not  in  commission  last  year 

Ambrosiani,  Frans  E.,  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J. 
Andrewson,  Andrew  J..  Merrill,  Wis. 
Biscoe,  George  S.,  Birnamw(j()d  and  Norrie,  Wis. 
Brown,  James  B.,  Hyannis  and  Reno,  Neb. 
Fayant,    Miss    Josephine,    Worcester    Academy, 

V'inita,  Ind.  Ter. 
Gray,  Edward  D  ,  Mecklinjjf.  So.  Dak. 
Hall,  George  D.,  Dover,  N.  J. 
Hardie,  Miss  G.  W.,  Worcester  Academy,  Vinita, 

Ind.  Ter. 
Heal,  Edward  G.,  Wilkes  Barre,  Pa. 
Hess,  Henry,  Knox  and  Boyd  Counties.  Meb. 
Holleyman,  Thomas  B.,  McAlester.  Ind.  Ter. 
Hopkins,  Harold  L.,  Worcester  Academy,  Vinita, 

Ind.  Ter. 
Knapp,  George  W.,  Grant,  Madrid,  and  Venango, 

Neb. 
Le  Grande,  O.  G.,  Soldier  Creek,  Okla. 
McKinley,  (jcorge  A.,  Pendleton,  Ore. 
Middlekauff.  B.,  General  Missionary  in  Colorado. 
Sallstrom,  J  .  Tacoma,  Wash. 
Shoemaker.  H.  C,  Whitewater,  Col 
Sumner,  Frederick  A.,  Glen  wood.  Minn. 
Thomson,  James,  Hannibal,  Mo. 
Upton,   Augustus  G.,    Villa   Park    and    Denver, 

Col. 
Wise,  Daniel  W.,  Ahtanum  and  Tampico,  Wash. 

Re-commissioned 

Atkinson.  William  H.,  Lake  Park  and  Hillhurst, 

Wash. 
Berry,  Edward  A  ,  Chattanooga.  Tenn. 
Bishop,  A.  W.,  Worcester  Academv,  Vinita,  Ind. 

Ter. 
Bixby,   William    S.,    Powhattan  and    Netawaka, 

Kan. 
Bleakley,  Nathaniel  A.,  Cross.  Okla. 
Brereton.  John,  Willow  Springs,  Mo. 
Bushell.  Jonas,  Port  Angeles  and  Pine  Hill,  Wash. 
Bultram.  Elijah  A.,  Potolo  and  Oak  Ridge,  Fla. 
Carter,  Elijah.  Edgerton.  Minn. 
Cheadle.  Stephen  H.,  North  Vakima,  Wash. 
Cressman,  Edmund.   Doniphan,   West  Hamilton, 

and  North  Hastings.  Neb. 
Davies.  William,  Spokane.  Wash. 
Fales,  Elisha  F".,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Fisher.  William  B.,  Wyandotte  Forest  and  Kansas- 
City,  Kan. 

Fisk,  Wilbur,  Freeborn,  Freedom,  and  Hartland, 
Minn. 

Flint,  Elbert  E.,  Kiowa,  Kan. 

Ford.  Lorenzo  M.,  Los  Ranchos  de  Atrisco,  New 
Me.x. 

Foster,  Guy.  Creede,  Col. 

Fowler.  William  C,  Genesee,  Idaho,  and  Union- 
town,  Wash. 

Frazee,  John  H.,  D.D.,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Haines,  Oliver  S.,  Ferndale,  Mountain  View,  and 
Enterprise,  Wash. 

Hardcastle,  William,  De  Smet  and  Lake  Henry, 
So.  Dak. 

Harper,  Richard  H.,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 

Hawks,  John  S.,  North  Enid.  Okla, 

Henderson.  T.  H.,  San  Francisco.  Cal. 

Hershner.  John  L.,  Hood  River,  Ore. 

Johnson,  J.  Wesley,  Newkirk.  Okla. 

Jones,  Abraham,  Carbondale.  Pa. 

Judah,  Solcmon  B.,  Coatsville  and  Wausau,  Fla. 

Lathrop,  Stanley  E.,  Washburn.  Wis. 

Loney,  Wesley,  Butte  and  Spencer,  Neb. 

Lyman,  William  A.,  Pierre,  So    Dak. 

McPhee,  Moses,  Bloomington,  Ash  Rock,  and 
New  Harmony,  Kan. 

McWilliams,  J.  W.,  Waynoka,  Okla. 

Merrill,  William  H.,  Gaylord  and  Twelve  Mile^ 
Kan. 

Miller,  Louis.  Bagdad,  Antioch,  and  Hurobo.  Fla. 

Mistr,  Miss  Emily.  Toledo.  O.,  and  Detroit.  Mich. 

Nelson,  A.  G.,  General  Missionary  among  the 
Swedes  in  Northeastern  Minnesota  and  North- 
western Wisconsin. 

Olsson.  Carl  F..  Ashtabula,  O. 

Pearson.  Samuel,  West  Point,  Neb. 

Piatt,  Luther  H.,  Alton.  Kan. 

Pope.  George  S  .  Charlotte.  N.  C. 

Roberts,  Richard  L.,  Bangor,  Pa. 

Savage.  John  W..  New  Whatcom.  Wash. 

Shockley.  Albert  D.,  Manville.  Wyo. 

Taylor  W.  A.,  Waukomis.  Hope,  and  Mt.  Calvary, 
Okla. 

Tenney.  Marcus  D..  Chandler.  Okla. 

Walters,  T.  W.,  General  Missionary  in  Washing- 
ton. 

Ward.  John  R..  Rloomer,  Wis. 

Woodruff,  Purl  G.,  Bagdad,  Crestview,  Bonifay, 
and  Caryville,  Fla. 


RECEIPTS    IN    NOVEM3SR,    1894 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Auxiliary  Societies,  see  pages  498  to  501 


MAINE— $126.93. 

Kennebunk,  Union  Ch.,  by  H.  S. 
Brigham 

Piscataquis  Conference,  by  J.  L. 
Crosby 

Portland.  "  Z.  R.  Farrington,  col- 
lector."  

Searsport,  North,  Samuel  Miller,  by 
Mr.  Martin 


NEW      HAMPSHIRE— $2,515.47  ;     of 
which  legacies,  $1,300,00. 


Concord.  A  Friend 

Exeter.  Second.  A  Member,  by  Rev. 
E.  B.  Palmer 


Mrs.    E.    L.   Hall,   by   Hon.    L.   D. 
Stevens,  Treas    N.  H.  H.  M,  Soc.  $1,157  °° 

Langdon.  by  C.  Winch 847 

5i  21  Milford,   On    account    of    Legacy  of 

Caroline  B.  Harris,  by  J.  E.  Foster, 

5  72  e.x 1,000  00 

North  Hampton,  E.  Gove    20  00 

58  00         Orford.   A.  W.   Newcomb,  a  Thank- 
offering    ...         5  00 

2  00         Pelham.  A  Friend 10  00 

Salem,  Legacy  of  Maria  K.  Gage,  by 
D.  W.  Gage,  ex 300  00 

VERMONT~$230.58, 

5  00         Vermont  Domestic   Missionary  Soc, 

by  W,  C.  Tyler.  Treas,: 
10  CO         Randolph,  "  Homeland  Circle  " 2500 


January,    1895 


The   Home   Missionary 


493 


S6 

68 

5 

00 

I 

00 

6 

00 

s 

00 

76 

90 

100 

00 

5 

00 

Brookficld.  First,  by  G.  B.  J.  Hall.... 

Castlctdii,  R.  M.  Wrifiht 

Dorset.  .Mrs.  H.  M.  Johnson 

Lunenburg,  by  Rev.  E.  F.  Blackiner. 
Newport,    Mrs.    E.    J.    Richmond,   a 

Thanksfjivinp:  offering 

Springfield,  bj-  B.  F.  Aldrich 

Vermont.  .A  Friend 

Vermont.  Frances  J.  Fowler 


MASSACHUSETTS-$5,466  76. 

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

Palmer 4,000  00 

By  request  of  donors  '38  93 

Woman's  H.  M.   Assoc,  Miss 

S  K.  Burgess,  Treas. : 

Amherst,  Au.\ $119  00 

Andover.  Union  H.  M.  Soc.      20  00 
Haverhill,    Mrs.     Mary    L. 

Clark    2  00 

Wellesley,  Mrs.  C.  B.  Dana      10  00 
South  Hadley.  Mt.  Holyoke 

College,    Silver  Circle, 

Miss  E.  M.  Bard  well,  $5; 

Miss    M.    Bradford,    Ss  ; 

Miss  S.  B.  Ives,  $5  :  Miss 

L.  Osgood.  $5  ;  Miss  M. 

Noble, $5:  Miss  C.  Stevens,  • 

$5  ;  Miss  E.  B.  Prentice, 

$5.  by  Miss  S.  H.  Mclvin.      35  00 

Williamsburg,  Au.\ 50  00 

236  00 

Boston.  W.  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund  50  00 

S.  F.  Wilkins 2000 

Brighton.  Mrs.  M.  F.  Keene  and  Mrs. 

A.  F.  Spaulding.  special 25  00 

Cummington.  A  Friend 10  00 

Dorchester,  Second.  B.  C.  Hardwick, 

by  Miss  E.  Tolman ...         100  00 

Florence,  by  W.  L.  Wilcox,  for  Salary 

Fund ...    60  00 

Gilbertville.  S.  S.  Rally,  by  T.  Leather.  14  01 

Greenwich  Village.  Mrs.  A.  E.  Cutler, 

'■  F.xtra  Cent  a  Day  "" 2  00 

Hawley,  Rally,  by  J.  E.  Harmon 36 

Hinsdale,  S.  S  ,  by  A.  S.  Storm 13  19 

Holbrook.  A  Friend ....    2  40 

Indian  Orchard.  Rev.  W.  T.  Hutchins, 

Sweet  Pea  Fund i  00 

Lawrence,  from  Estate  of  .Mrs.  M.  T. 

Benson,  by  Mrs.  A.  T.  Brewster...  20  00 

Littleton,  Orth.  Ch..  by  J.  S.'Hartwell.  14  00 

Massachusetts.  A  Friend 90  00 

Millbury.  Second  S.  S.  Rally,  by  C.  F. 

Holman 648 

Xatick.  Primary  Dept.  of  the  First,  by 

A.  M.  Morse 5  00 

South  Framingham,  Rev.  W.  G.  Pud- 

defoot.  from  sale  of  pictures,  special.  40  00 

South  Hadley.  Miss  S.  H.  Melvin.  Mt. 

Holyoke  Seminary,  for  freight 2  91 

South'  Hadley  Falls,  from  the  Estate 

of  Mrs.  E.  M.  Gaylord.by  Elizabeth 

Gaylord 500  00 

Spencer.  "  E.xtra  Cent  a  Day  Band," 

by  F.  E.  Dunton 50  00 

Springfield,  Memorial,  by  H.  N.  Bow- 

m  an 4030 

Ware.  "  .Member  of  the  Silver  Circle," 

by  .Miss  Hattie  S.  Hyde 5  00 

Worcester,  Bethany   S.    S..  by   C.    H. 

Hill 10  18 

C.  O.  Bachelor 10  00 


CONNECTICUT— $1,614.27;  of  which 
legacy,  $34.87. 


Miss.  Soc.   of  Conn..  W.  W.  Jacobs, 
Treas.,  by  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec 


165  59 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

W.  W.  Jacobs,  Treas   : 
Bridgeport,  Ladies'    Eenev. 

Soc.   in  So.   Ch.,  by  Miss 

M.    L.   Higby,  for  Salary 

Fund §24  13 

Canaan,    by    Miss    S.     W. 

Adams,  for  Salary  Fund..       10  00 
East  Haven,  by  Mrs.  Justin 

Bradley 18  00 

Hartford,  A   Friend  in  the 

First  Ch 10  00 

Kent,  .Au.x.,  by  Mrs.   S.  M. 

Roberts,  for  Salary  Fund, 

Sjo;  Bible  Readers  Home, 

$20  ;  special.  $18 88  00 

Pomfrct.  Au.x..  Miss  M.   E. 

Denison,  Thank-offering..      35  00 

Terryville,  special 35  00 

VVatertown,  by   Mrs.   T.    P. 

Baldwin 5  00 

822s  13 

Danbury,  First,  by  H.  Williams 100  00 

Eastford.  Mrs.  E.  S.   Huntington,  for 

Western  work 5  00 

East  Hartford,  A  Friend 200  00 

Greenwich.  Second.  Mrs.  R.  T.  Todd  2  00 

A  Friend  to  Missions 50  00 

Guilford,  First,  by  E.  W.  Leete 21  00 

Hartford,  "  In  memory  of  M.  C.  H."  250  00 

Higganum.  by  R.  J.  Gladwin 24  00 

Litchfield,  First,  by  Miss  C.   B.  Ken- 

"^■y 44  91 

Middletown,  First.  Miss  H.  L.  Starr, 

in  memoriam.  by  E.  P.  Augur 5  00 

Miss  S.  C.  Clarke,  special ico  00 

Millington.  by  Rev.  G.  L.  Edwards. .  2  00 

New  Haven.  Edmond  Pendleton 5  00 

Newington.  by  E.  W.  Atwood 39  28 

Newtown.  S.  S..  by  E.  L.  Wolcott....  5  00 
North  Woodbury,  North  S.  S.,  by  W. 

C.  Scott 4  50 

Norwalk.  A  Friend 2  00 

Salisbury.  Woman's  Board  of   Home 

Missions,  by  Mrs.  A.  B.  Robbins. . .  26  75 
Stonington.    Income   from   Estate  of 
Charles  P.  Williams,  by  W.  J.  H. 

Pollard,  e.\ 84  87 

X 10  00 

Terryville.  S.  S.,  by  G.  A.  Scott 13  00 

Bal.   of  coll.,   .¥36. 63  ;  special  coll., 

S74.76.  by  A.  B.  Beach m  39 

Vernon,  by  A.  W.  Post 30  50 

Washington,  First,  by  C.  L.  Hicko.x. .  26  75 
Willimantic.  Mrs.   .M.  A.  Williams,  a 

Thanksgiving  offering 20  60 

Windsor,   Y.    P.   S.  C.   E..  by  M.  G. 

Marsh 40  00 


NEW    YORK  — $5,819.27  ;    of  which 
legacies,  §4. 142.55. 

Received  by  William  Spalding, 

Treas.  : 

Angola.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E f  10  00 

Ashville 815 

Bust) I  35 

Camden 8  66 

Rally II  00 

Miss  Bertha  Conant 2  50 

Eaton    2  50 

Granville.  Welsh 10  00 

Middletovvn,  North  Street..  10  00 

Moravia 14  00 

Napoli 672 

Sinclairville 14  00 

Syracuse.  Plymouth 13  00 

Good  Will 17  00 

Winthrop 655 


494 


The   Home   Missionary 


January,    1895 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  J.  Pearsall,  Treas.  : 
Special,  of   whit  h    Rev.  W. 

and  Mrs    Kincaid.  $20  $45  00 
Brooklyn.    Ch.    of   the   Pil- 
grims        31  00 

Class   O,  Tompkins   Ave. 

S.  S.  special 1000 

Beecher  Memorial  Ch. ...       10  00 
Buffalo. Niagara  Square  Peo- 
ple's Ch iQ  00 

Canandaigua,  special 10  00 

Canton,  Rev.  H.  Miles  from 
the  Silver  Circle,  by  Rev. 

E.Curtis SCO 

Fairport 22  66 

Homer 15  oo 

Mrs.  B.  W.  Payne 5  00 

Miss  J.  M.  Stebbins i  oo 

Ithaca,  special 5  00 

Norwich 20  oo 

Rod  man ....      20  00 

Sherburne 71  00 

Walton 10  CD 

S299  66 

Black  River  and   St.  Lawrence  Asso.. 

by  J.  J.  Doty 434 

Brooklyn,  Tompkins   Avenue,  by  P. 

Palmer i.ooo  00 

Park,  by  J.  T.  H.  Ray  nor         835 

Puritan  S.  S.,  by  S.  E.  Hosford 20  60 

Rockaway  Avenue,  by  E.  E.  Stewart  500 

R  2  00 

Churchville,   Legacy   of  Zophar  Wil- 

lard,  by  J.  L.  Randall  2,000  00 

Clifton   Springs,  Mrs.   A.   G.  Warner 

and  daughter 8  00 

Gloversville,  Estate  of  Isaac  V.  Place, 
W.    D.   West  and    Cyrus  Stewart. 

exs 2,000  00 

Jamestown.    First    S.   S.,   by   W.    D. 

Brodhead 724 

McGrawville,  ^i.  D.  Corey i  00 

Mexico,  Rally,  by  I.  N.  Byington  ....  3  00 

Morristown,  First,  by  J.  More 8  00 

New  York  City,  Forest  Avenue  Ch., 

add'l,  by  W.  E.  Price i  75 

A   Friend,  for   Minute-men   on  the 

frontier 10  00 

Northville.  by  J.  T.  Downs 25  00 

Oswego,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Clark 2  00 

Potsdam,  On   account   o*   Legacy   of 
Harriet   Lamphire.    Henry   Strunz, 

adm Q2  55 

Rochester,  by  E.  W.  Peck 20  06 

Sherburne,  A  Friend 10  00 

Smyrna,  Legacy  of    Levi  B.  Collins, 
by  H.  M.  Dixon  and  Levi  Collins, 

e,\s 5000 

Warsaw.  S   S..  by  H.  L   Martin 44  04 

Wellsville.  First,  bv  M.  F.  Lewis ■     iq  86 

West  Winfield.  by  A.  A.  Leach 23  30 

Oneida.   Chenango   and     Delaware 

Assn..  bv  H.  M.  Dixon 14  09 

Woodville,  S.  S  Rally,  by  A.  Wood.  Jr.  4  00 


Drifton,  Welsh  Ch.,  by  E.  J.  Edwards  $1°  oo. 

Lansford,  by  J.  W.  Thomas 13  65 

Pennsylvania,  "  Cash  " 100  00- 

Ridgway.  First,  by  W.  H.  Ostcrhout  57  oo 
Slatington,    Bethel,    by    Rev.   W.   T. 

Williams 1000 

Warren,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Dahl- 

gren 2  00. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA     S86.00. 

Washington.  Fifth,  by  A.  Reoch 12  oo- 

Woman's   H.  iM.  Union  of  the   N.  J. 
Asso.,  Mrs.  J   K   Denison.  Treas.: 
Washington.    D     C..    First   Ch..   of 
which  .$50  toward  .Salary  Fund. . .  74  oo 

NORTH    CAROLINA- $^.00. 

Woman's  Missionary  Union.  Miss  A. 
E.  Farrington,  Treas.  : 
Charlotte,  Mrs.  G.  S  Pope 2  os 


GEORGIA -S60.6S. 

Woman's   H.  M.  Union,  Miss  Virgie 

Holmes.  Treas.  : 

-Atlanta,  Central $31  28 

Pleasant  Hill 3  00 

StarBand i  25 

Barnesville,  Fredonia 5  00 

Baxley.  Friendship,  Mrs.  G. 

N.  Smith 5  00 

Clara.  Center 3  50 

Dsmorest 2  00 

Ft.  VaHey.  Mrs.  S.  E.  Bas- 

sett.  $1  ;  Mrs.  Wilson.  25 

cents I  25 

.Macon.  Mrs.  Dr.  Jones        .  43 
Meansville,  Nine  little  girls 

and  one  boy 537 

Rochelle.  A  little  girl 10 

58  18 
Less  Expenses 5  00 

Amandaville,by  Rev.  T.  T   Adams  ..' 
Charlton.  Rev.  W.  A.   Ruis.  by  Rev. 

S.  F.  Gale 

Demorest.  by  Rev.  D.  A.  Campbell  . . 


ALABAMA-$7.4o. 

Fredonia,  Mt.  Pisgah.  by  Rev.   L.  P. 

Culpepper 

Kingston  and  Lightwood.  LTnion  Ch  , 

by  Rev.  W.  C.  Culver 


LOUISIANA- 


53   IS. 
2  00 


5  00 
2  40. 


NEW  JERSEY-$5o.96- 

Bound  Brook,  by  P.  V.  Bergen 

Cedar  Grove,  by  Rev   B.  F.  Bradford 

Paterson.  Auburn   Street  S.  S.,  by  C, 

C.  Hopper 


PENNSYLVANIA— $199.65. 

Woman's  Missionary  Union,  Mrs.  T. 
VV   Jone-,  Treas.  : 
West  Spring  Creek  

Chandler's  Valley.  Swedish,  by  Rev. 
C.  J.  Lundquist 


18  75 


Woman's  Missionary  Union,  Mrs.  C. 
S.  Shattuck.  Treas.  : 
Welsh,  Mary's  and  Martha's  Aux.. 

Calhoun,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Wall 


FLORIDA-$76.76. 

Received  by  Rev.  S.  F.  Gale  : 

Bagdad $2  00 

Florida  Western  Conference  i  85 

Hannfield   200 

Key  West 15  35 

One  Self-denial  Box 7  50 


3  78 
2  90 


28  70 


January,   1895 


The   Home   Missionary 


495 


Ragdad,    Bethel    Ch.,    Antioch.    and 

Hurobo,  by  Rev.  L.  Miller 88  00 

Eden.  S8.46  ;  White  City,  Si-6o,  by 
Rev.  S.  F.  Gale 10  06 

Sanford.  People's  Ch.,  by  Rev.  S.  I). 
Paine 30  00 


TEXAS-$2o.oo. 

Woman's   H.    M.    Union,    Mrs.  C.    I. 
Scofield,  Troas.  : 
Dallas,  lor  Salary  Fund 20  00 

OKLAHOMA     $36.50. 

Arapahoe,  by  R.  P.  Rrown i  25 

Carney,  by  Rev.  W.  Lumpkin 5  00 

Enid.  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  F.  Foster..  10  co 

Jenninjjs,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Snyder 10  25 

Perkins  and  Olivet,  by  Rev.  R.  B.  Fos- 
ter   10  00 


ARIZONA-S8.00. 
Tcmpe,  by  Rev.  E.  H.  AshmuTi 

OHIO-  $1,806. gi  ;     of     which     legacy, 

$963  •  53- 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser, 
D.D.  : 

Cleveland So  85 

Euclid  Avenue,  by  Justin 

Snow 30  75 

Lakewood   3  00 

Geneva,   S.   S.,    for    Salary 

Fund S  00 

Mansfield.    First,    add'l,   by 

Dr.  Hubbell         4720 

Medina,  by  H.  A.   Horn,   in 
full   to  const   O.    H.    Mc- 
Dowell. Curtis  B.  Abbott, 
Cyrus     E.    Clark,     and 

Clara  Stebb  L.  Ms 211  01 

Kent,  by  C.  M.  Power 20  00 

Paddy's     Run.     by    James 

Scott 21  00 

South  Newbury,  add'l 50 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G. 
Fraser,  D.D..  Treas.  Bo- 
hemian Board,  Cleveland: 

Andover $5  00 

Cleveland.  First 10  81 

Euclid  Avenue 6810 

Geneva.  S.  S 1000 

Medina.  S.  S 8  74 

Woman's  H.  M.Union,  Mrs. 

G    F^  Brown.  Treas.  : 

Austinburg.    V.    P.   S.    C. 

E..  for  Pvliss  Reitinger..        5  00 
Mary.sville,  Willing  Work- 
ers     ...         I  25 

Ravenna.  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C. 
E..    for    Bible     Readers 

School 54 

Springfield.  First 10  00 

L^nionville.  for  Miss  Reit- 
inger   5  00 

For       Bible       Readers 

School 2  85 

Wellington.  L.    B.  and  H. 
^L  S 10  00 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  G.  B. 

Brown.  Treas.  : 
Akron.     Firtt,    for    Salary 

Fund     S20  00 

Brighton,  for  Salar\'  Fund.         2  50 


Marysvillc.  Y.  L.  A.,  for 
Salary  F\)nd ^325 

North  Ridgeville.  Y.  P.  S.  C. 
E..  for  Salary  Fund 5  74 

Rootstown 5  50 

Windham,  L.  H.  H.  S.,  for 
Salary  Fund 2  00 


Alexis,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  Mrs.  G.  B. 
Brown.   Treas.  VV.  H.  M.  U 

Atwatcr,  by  G.  W.  Weldy 

Bellevue.  First,  by  H.  M.  Hoyt.  M.D. 

Cuyahoga  Falls,  Legacy  in  full  of 
Mrs.  Emily  P.  Coe,  by  C.  P.  Rich- 
ardson, E.\ 

Dover,  by  U    D.  Osborn 

East  Liverpool,  Mrs.  H.  D.  Kitchel  .. 

Jackson,  First,  by  Rev.  W.  O.  Jones.. 

Janesville,  First,  by  Rev.  C.  H.  Hanks 

Marietta,  Second.  Little  Muskingum. 
Lawrence,  and  Stanlcyvill'.;,  bv  Rev. 
C.  B.  Shear '. 

Oberlin,  Second,  by  N.  Huckins 

Mrs.  M.  A.  Keep 

Pittsfield,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Belanger...   . 

Rootstown,  of  which  $5  =5  from  Y.  P. 
S.  C.  E.  by  H    A.  Deming 

Springfield.  Lagonda  Avenue,  by  Rev, 
R.  Alberison , 

Weymouth  and  Brunswick,  by  Rev. 
F.  D.  Bentley 


INDIANA-$67.os. 

Andrews,  by  Rev.  H.  Janes 

Porter  and  Lake  Station,  by  Rev.  R, 

Smith 

Terre   Haute.   First,   by    Rev.   E.  D, 

Curtis,  D  D 

Washington     and     Cannelburgh,    by 

Rev.  R.  Mackintosh 


339  31 


S3899 


4 

60 

5 

24 

50 
85 

963 

S3 

30  35 

5° 

00 

2 

00 

2 

30 

12 

44 

11 

73 

75 

27 

13 

42 

80 

3 

50 

3 

50 

8  00 

5  15 

50  00 

3  90 


ILLINOIS~$33i.75  ;  of  which  legacy, 

$181.75, 

111.  Home  Miss.  Soc.  by  Rev.  J.  Tomp 
kins  : 

Designated   by  donors,    for    Salary 

Fund 20  00 

Buda.   Estate  of  John   F.    Hyde,  by 

Rev.  H.  D.  Wiard 181  75 

Chicago.    Mrs.    M.    L.    Burnham,    a 

Memorial  Gift 25  00 

Evanston,  Mrs.  C.  B.  Wells 5  00 

Rockford,  Second,  by  A.  R.  Rea.  to 

const.  Mrs.  H.  P.  Robertson  a  L.  M.         100  00 


MISSOURI-$9oo4. 

Amity,  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Field 

Breckenridge.  by  Rev.  A.  K.  Wray  . . 
Brookfield,  Park,  by  Rev.  I  .  Warren. 
Chillicothe,  LTnion  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  L. 

Gridlev 

Old  Orchard,  by  W.  L,  Bailev 

Thayer,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Dalton    , 


WISCONSIN- $31.58. 

Bruce,  $7.60  ;  Apollinia,  $4.75,  by  Rev. 
D.  L.  Sanborn 

Clear  Lake,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  T.  G. 
Grassie 

Eagle  River.  First,  by  Mrs.  J.  Mor- 
gan   

Fish  Creek.  A  Friend 

Tomahawk,  by  Rev.  A.  Thomson 


10 

10 

31 

00 

5 

50 

2 

00 

16 

00 
44 

12  35 

2  07 


496 


The   Home   Missionary 


January,    1895 


IOWA— $4081. 

Davenport,  First  German,  by  Rev  C. 
F.  Finger 

Lansin}^,  Rev.  A.  Kern 

Muscatine.  Proceeds  of  sale  of  Lucas 
Grove  Ch.  building.  Muscatine  Co., 
by  Rev.  A.  B.  Robbins,  D.D 

Winthrop,  Rally,  by  Rev.  C.  B.  Car- 
lisle   


MINNESOTA-$ii2.67. 

Duluth,  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  T.  M. 
Price 

Lake  Benton  and  Tyler,  by  Rev.  G. 
S.  Evans 

Mankato  and  Kasota,  Scandinavians, 
by  Rev.  C.  E.  Ryberg 

Mantorville.  by  Rev.  H.  Murdie 

Marietta,  by  Mrs.  H.  M.  Bell 

New  Richland,  by  Rev.  F.  M.  Hub- 
bell 

North  Branch  and  Sunrise  City,  by 
Rev.  P.  H.  Fisk 

Northfield,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  C.  H. 
Cooper 

St.  Paul,  Atlantic,  by  C.  L  Tracy 

People's  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  Oehler  . . . 

Spencer  Brook,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  A. 
P.  Engstrom 

Springfield  and  Selma,  by  Rev.  F. 
Wrigley 

West  Duluth.  The  Pine  Needles  of  the 
Plymouth  Ch  ,  Rally,  by  T.  M.  Price 

Upsala.  Swedish,  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Peter- 
son   

Worthington,  Ch  ,  $8.88;  S.  S.,  $2.92, 
by  G.  O.  Moore 


KANSAS -$278. 56. 

Received  by   Rev.  J.  G.  Dougherty, 
Treas. : 

Anthony $8  18 

Centralia .33  35 

Clear  Creek.  S.  S 2  54 

Douglass.  S.  S 5^0 

Highland 4  15 

Harvest  Festival  : 

Argentine  Ch.  and  S.  S. . .  9  30 

Bala,  S.  S 4  50 

Goshen,  S.  S 5  41 

Great  Bend,  Ch.  and  S.  S.  5  00 

Kirwin,  Ch.  and  S.  S 7  05 

Leona iS  77 

S.  S I  33 

Mt.  Hope  Ch.  and  S   S...  1026 

Neosho  Falls.  S.  S 7  23 

Netawaka,  S.  S  4  50 

Ocheltree.  S.  S 7  60 

Paola,  S    S 7  79 

Partridge.  S.  S     "47 

Sterling.  Y.  P.  S   C.  E....  400 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E I  00 

■    Wakarusa.  S.  S 3  30 

Wellington 5  00 


Atwood.  by  Rev.  J.  J.  A.  J.  Dixon... 
Bloomington.    Ash    Rock,   and    New 

Harmony,  by  Rev.  M.  McPhee.  , . 
Chase  and  Little  River,  by  Rev.  C.  T. 

Young  

Dunlap,  by  Rev.  W.  R.  Bair 

Garnett,  by  D   N.  Simmons 

Kansas,  colls,  by  Mrs  F.  J.  Slorrs... 
Kansas  City,  Pil,:jrim.  by  Rev.  H.  D. 

Herr ' 

McDonald.  S.  S.  Rallv.  hy  S  B.  Aten 
Sabetha,  by  Rev.  A.  C.  Hogbin 


$5  76 
2  00 


20  00 
13  05 


3 

25 

8 

5° 

2 

76 

24 

32 

24 

40 

9 

50 

2 

50 

I 

50 

7 

00 

5 

o5 

I 

50 

167  C3 


3  S'"-' 
8  00 
8  00 


4  00 

I  78 

27  02 


Valley  Falls,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  O.  K. 

Knouse $300 

Wakefield,  by  W.  Eustace  30  00 

Wellsville.  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie i  00 

White  City,  bv-  Rev.  R.  F.  Markham.  7  76 

Wyandotte   Forest  and  Kansas  City, 

Chelsea  Place  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  B. 

Fisher ^22 


NEBRASKA-$i78.52. 

Received  by  J.  W.  Bell,  Treas.: 

De  Witt $17  60 

Fairmont u  15 

S.  S Q  16 

Kilpatrick 3  80 

Omaha,  Plymouth q  05 

Sutton 30  00 

Cortland  and  Pickrell,  by  Rev.  F.  G. 

McHenry 

De  Witt  and  Beatrice,  Kilpatrick  Ch., 

in  part,  by  Rev.  G.  D.  Tangemann. 
Dustin,  Lonneyview.  and  Richmond, 

by  Rev.  W.  T.  Williams  

Hyannis    and    Reno,   by   Rev.   J.    B. 

Brown 

Inland.  German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M.  E. 

Eversz 

Minden,  Mrs.   H.    W.   Sprague,   Sio; 

Mrs.  N.  C.  Rogers,   $5,  by   Mrs.  H. 

W.  Sprague 

New    Castle   and    Daily    Branch,   by 

Rev.  J.  Roberts 

Sutton    and    Stockham,    German,   by 

Rev.  R.  Hilkerbaeumer 


Woman's   H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
A.  M.  Wilco.\,  Treas  : 
Armour... $385 


P.adger. 

Chamberlain 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Clark 

Columbia  

Deadwood 

Firesteel 

Henry 

Howard   

Y.  P    S.  C.  R..  J^LST  ; 
Y.  P.   S.  C.  E  ,.t2 


5  40 

5  00 

70 

I   60 

1  75 
4  80 
3  66 

2  24 


80  76 


31 

06 

8 

75 

8 

00 

15 

65 

2 

00 

IS 

00 

6 

30 

II 

00 

NORTH  DAKOTA-S122.73. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  Sattler  : 

Eigen''eld   $5  00 

Guadcnfeld i6  00 

Johanne 10  00 

Kulm 10  00 

St.  Paul   1000 

Zion   75 

■  51  75 

Buxton,  Ch.,  $17  :  Cuminings,  .913,  by 

Rev.  C.  H.  Phillips 30  00 

Hankinson.  by  J.  J   Jones   1000 

Inkster  and   Orr,  by  Rev.  A.  E.    Evi- 

son     1070 

Sanborn  and  Odell,   by   Rev.   N.  W. 

Hankmever 6   50 

Sykcston   and   Cathay,  by  Rev.  H.  E. 

Comptcn 13  78 


SOUTH  DAKOTA-f284.o6. 

Received    by    Rev.    W.     H. 

Thrall  : 
Huron,  by  Rev.  B.  H.  Burtt, 

to    const.  Rev.   and    Mrs. 

W.  H.  Thrall   L.  Ms $107  00 

Letcher 527 


Jr. 


January,   1895 


Tlie   Home   Missionary 


497 


Mission  Hill fs  oo 

Mitchell    2  00 

Rcdlield 14  47 

Vermilion 23  30 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 600 

Watcrtown.  M.  B 2  00 

Willdw  Lakes,  Jr.  V.    P.  S. 

C.  !•: I  OS 

Yankton 11  62 

M.B  3  80 

|io6  66 

Alexandria.  Rev.  J   Rowe 3  75 

Aurora,  by  Miss  K.  K.  Henry 7  16 

Ry  Rev.  J.  Kimball 527 

Reresford,  by  Rov,  H.  W.  Jamison.. .  6  00 

Bryant,  by  Rev.  I.  R.  Prior 3  16 

Klk  Point,  by  Rev   A.  M.  Pipes 2  00 

Fircstcel.  Letcher,  Bethel,  and  Lis- 
bon, by  Rev.  E.  P.  Swartout 642 

Hermosa  and  Rockerville,  by  Rev.  J. 

A.  Becker  .....     4  75 

Plankinton.  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  75c.  ; 
Howard.  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $1; 
Sioii.x  Falls.  Jr.  Y.  P.  S    C.  E.,  75c., 

by  T.  G.  Lan^dale 2  50 

Redfield.  by  Rev.  L.  Reynolds 14  12 

\Vebstcr  and  Waubay,  by  Rev.  C. 
Parsons 10  00 


COLORADO- $74.70. 

Bachelor,  by  Rev.  C.  M.  Thomas.   ...  5  25 
Denver.    Y.    P.    S.    C.   E.,  for  Salary 

Fund,  by  Miss  M.  A    Morrison 25  00 

Grand  Junction,  by  Rev.  S.   F".  Dick- 
inson   15  00 

Lafayette,  by  Rev.  J,  F.  Smith g  45 

Montrose,  by  Rev.  A.  D.  Blakeslce..  .  16  co 

Otis  and  Hyde,  by  Rev.  G.  Dungan ...  4  00 


AVYOMING-.Ss  25. 

Big  Horn,  First,  by  Rev.  C.  Anderson.  4  00 

Glenrock,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Brearley.. .  i  25 


MONTANA- Sso.oo 
Billings,  by  Rev.  H.  M.  Burr. 


IDAHO -$23  00. 
Weiser,  by  Mrs.  N.  L.  Hawthorn. 


j>23  00 


CALIFORNIA -$67.85. 

Alpine  and  Flinn  Valley,  by  Rev.  J.  A. 

Rof,'ers 240 

Antioch.  by.Rev.  J.  W.  Brier 4  00 

Lincoln,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Hale 28  30 

Los  A nf,'eles. Plymouth  Ch..  toward  L. 

Mp.  of  Rev.  C.  S.  Vaile,  by  Rev.  C. 

S.  Vaile 25  00 

Pescader,..  by  Rev.  R.  Taylor i  65 

.Sunol  Glen.  Iiy  Rev.  J.  H.  Strong....  4  00 

Vernondale.  Rev.  G.  A.  Rawson 2  50 

I  Correction  :  In  receipts  from  California  (H.  M. 
for  Nov.,  p.  402),  Lorin,  $57.50  should  read  $5.) 

OREGON-  S27.50. 

Oregon  City,  by  Rev.  C.  F   Clapp 26  00 

Sheridan  and  Willamina,  by  Rev.  O. 
B.  Whitmore i  50 


WASHINGTON    8175-38.      , 

Woman's    H.   M.  Union,  Mrs. 

J.  W.  George.  Treas.  -.   ..      $48  73 
Qiiillayute,  by  Rev.    R.   W. 

F"letcher 500 

Cheney  and  Spokane,  West  Side  Ch., 

by  Rev.  F.  V.  Hoyt 

Chewelah,  by  Rev.  D.  F.  Taylor 

Colla.x,    Plymouth,   by    Rev.    H.     P. 

James 

Endicott,  German,  by  Rev.  J.  Hergert. 
Everett,  First,  by  Rev.  T.  W.  fiuiler. 

Kalama.  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Nelson 

Pataha  City  and  Eureka,  by  Mrs.  E. 

Cobleigh 

Port   Gamble   and   Port   Ludlow,   by 

Rev.  W.  Butler ... 

Ritzviile  and  Griffith,  by  Rev.  T.  G. 

Lewis         

Steilacoom.  Oberlin   Ch.,  by   Rev.    J. 

M.  Lydgate.   ; 

Walla  Walla,  First,  by  T.  C.  Elliott. . 

Home  Mission.vrv 


5 

00 

5 

00 

^ 

7S 

8 

40 

14 

00 

3 

50 

10  60 
49  10 

62  00 


$20,158.27 


Donatiinis  of  Clothing,  etc. 


Akron,  O..  Ladies  of  West  Ch..  by  Mrs. 

Jennie  J.  Davies,  barrel $50  00 

Albany.  N.  V.,  Ladies  of  First  Ch.,  by 

Miss  Sarah  L.  White,  box 144  65 

Amherst.    N.    H.,    Ladies"     Charitable 

Asso..  by  Mrs.  Eveline  M.  Hartshorn, 

box 6700 

Atlanta,  Ga  ,   L.  H.  M.  U.  of  Central 

Ch..  by  Mrs.  F.  M.  Reed,  barrel 50  00 

Binghamton.    N.  Y.,    Helpers'    Poc.    of 

First  Ch..  by  Mrs.  H.  A.  Goff.  box....         180  00 
Black   Rock.  Ct..    Ladies,  by   Sarah  J. 

Bartram.  barrel 75  oo 

Brideeport.   Ct..  North   Ch.,    by    Miss 

Harriet  S.  Palmer,  box  and  package        14c  00 

Sewing     Soc      of     South     Ch.,     by 

Caroline  J.  Calef,  two  "oarrels 145  00 

Brooklyn.  Ct..  Ladies'  H.  M.  Union,  by 

Mrs.  P.  B.  Sibley,  box ico  00 

Buffalo.  Mo..  Mrs  J.  M.  Anderson,  cash  5  co 

Buffalo.  N.  Y..  Y.  P  S.  C.  E.  of  People's 

Ch.,  by  Albert  M,  Wilson,  box 82  50 

Cabot.   Vt  .    by    Mrs.  James   P.    Stone. 

barrel  and  cash 41  00 


Canandaigua.  N.  Y.,  W.  H.  M.   S.  of 

First  Ch.,   by  Mrs.  H.    T.  Parmele, 

box  and  cash $253  31 

Cleveland,  O.,  L.  H.   M.  S.  of  Euclid 

Ave.  Ch..  by  Mrs.  J.  W.  Moore,  barrel  80  19 

Concord,  N.  H..  South  Ch..  by  Mrs.  W. 

J.  Fcrnald,  box,  barrel,  and  package..  1C8  48 
Cortland.  N.  Y..  W.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  A. 

M.  Waterbury,  barrel 41  00 

Danbury,  Ct.,  Christian  Endeavor  Soc, 

by  Mrs.  C.  A.  Mallorv,  barrel 105  98 

East  Hardwick.  Vt.,  W.  M.  S.,  by  A.  T. 

Byington.  barrel 21  00 

East    Orange.    N.   J.,   Trinity    Ch.,   by 

Cynthia  E.  Quimbv.  box  and  barrel. .  250  00 
Elyria.  O  .  W.   H.  M.   S.,  by   Mary  N. 

Garford.  box ' 148  g6 

Fairfield,  Ct.,  by  Mrs.  Jane  A.  Kippen, 

two  boxes 175  00 

Fairport.  N.  Y  .  W.  H.  M.  U.,  by  Mrs. 

A.  T.  Baker,  two  barrels 102  00 

Foxcroft  and    1  over.    Me.,    Ladies  of 

Ch..  with  S^  from  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 

Miss  H .  T.  Evans,  barrel 63  60 


498 


The   Home  Missionary 


January,   1895 


Glen  Ridge,  N.  J.,  by  Clara  F.  White, 
box  and  barrel $175  00 

Hartford,   Ct.,   Ladies'   Henev.   Soc.   of 
Asylum  Hill  Ch.,  by  S.  M.  Capron, 

three  boxes 334  28 

Fourth  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  Henry  H.  Ktlsey, 
barrel 98  f>7 

Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  L.  H.  M.  U.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  G.  W.  Gifford,  barrel  . .  66  50 

Jefferson.  O  ,  L.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  A.  W. 
Simonds.  barrel 60  79 

Lexington,  O.,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  H. 
F.  DcLamater,  barrel 11  81 

Lincoln.  Neb.,  L.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch.,  by 
Mrs.  T.  H.  Leavitt,  box 69  00 

Littleton,  N.  H.,  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  L. 
D.  Hyde,  barrel  and  box 10445 

Manchester,  N.  H.,  Ladies'  benev.  Soc. 
of  Hanover  St.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  F.  C. 
Chase,  barrel  and  cash 172  45 

Meadville,  Mo.,  by  Mrs.  VV.  B.  Loomis, 
box 2725 

Middletown,  Ct..  Home  Miss.  Soc.  of 
First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  A.  R.  Crittenden, 
box  and  barrel 138  75 

Moline.  111.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  VV.  Atkinson,  two 
barrels  and  cash 105  80 

Muscatine,  la.,  Ladies"  Aid  S&c.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Agie  R.  Brooks,  barrel 50  00 

.Mystic.  Ct.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  £  ,  by  Helen 
Prentice,  barrel 28  00 

New  Britain,  Ct..  First  Ch.,  by  Emma 
L.  Pickett,  barrel 96  60 

N'ew  Haven,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc.  of 
United  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Cham- 
pion, box 230  62 

iVew  York  City,  Frances  E.  Lake,  two 
bo.xes 70  00 

Mew  Hartford,  Ct.,  Nepaug South  Ch., 
by  Mrs.  H.  A.  Tyler,  barrel  and  pack- 
age    50  00 

North  Hampton,  N.  H.,  Ladies'  Dorcas 
Circle,  by  Mrs  R.  M.  Chapman,  barrel  50  97 

Morwich,  Ct.,  Broadway  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 

G.  B.  Bishop,  box 257  00 

L.  H.  M  Asso.  of  Park  Ch.,  by  Louisa 
G.  Lane,  barrel 140  00 

Norwich,  N.  Y.,  Ladies'  Working  Asso., 
by  Mrs.  T.  D.  Miller,  barrel 55  00 

Oakland,  Cal.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  K.  McLean,  two  boxes 
and  cash 260  90 

Philadelphia,  Pa..  W.  H.  M.  S.  of  Cen- 
tral Ch.,  by  Mrs.  A.  W.  Goodell,  two 
barrels,  box,  and  package 132  00 

Portland,  Me.,  Benev.  Circ'e  of  Willis- 
ten  Ch,  by  Mrs.  W.  M.  Chenery,  two 
barrels 15000 

Portsmouth,  N.  H  ,  North  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 
L  H.  Upton,  barrel 112  48 

Providence,  R  L,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc, 
by  Mrs.  \Vm.  Knight,  box 2-0  00 

Redlands,  Cal.,  W.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch., 
by  Mrs.  John  P.  Fisk,  Jr.,  barrel 50  35 


Richford,  N.  Y.,  W.  M.  S.,  by  Mary  E. 

Allen,  package $27  30 

Ridgvvay,  Pa  .  W.  M.  S.,  by  Annette  D. 
A.  Hamblen,  box 49  42 

Rockford.  111..  W.  M  S.  of  First  Ch.,  by 
Miss  Anna  Carpenter,  barrel 62  30 

Rockville,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc.  of 
Union  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.  K.  Talcott, 
box 105  75 

Rootstown,  O.,  Ladies'  Sew.  Circle,  by 
Mrs   Ellen  M.  Parsons,  barrel 

Seward,  111.,  by  Mrs.  R.  E.  Short,  barrel 

Sherburne,  N.  Y.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Minnie  C.  Coats,  box 

Sherman,  Ct.,  Ladies"  Aid  Soc,  by  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Pickett,  barrel 

South  Egremont,  Mass.,  Ladies"  Aid 
Soc,  by  Mrs.  R.  C.  Tail,  box 

South  Hadley,  Mass.,  Mt.  Holyoke  Col- 
lege, by  Sarah  H.  Melvin.  box 

South  Manchester,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Benev. 
Soc.  of  First  Ch.,  by  Antoinette  B. 
Spencer,  box 

Staflford  Springs,  Ct.,  by  Ellen  J.  Mc- 
Laughlin, box 

St.  Johnsbury,  Vt..  W.  H.  M.  S.  of 
North  Ch.,  by  Miss  Mary  E.  Stone, 
barrel 

Syracuse,  N.  Y  ,  Plymouth  Ch..  by  Mrs. 
E.  N.  Packard,  barrel 

Terryville,  Ct.,  Benev.  Soc,  by  Mrs.  W. 
H .  Scott,  cash   

Thompson,  Ct.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  J.  Scott 
Lewis,  two  barrels 

Toledo.  O.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Washington 
St.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  D.  Price,  box  and 
carpet 80  60 

Twinsburg,  O.,  Woman's  Home  and 
Foreign  Miss.  Soc,  by  Miss  H.  Dodge, 
two  barrels 5323 

Vineland.  N.  J  ,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Ch.  of 
the  Pilgrims,  by  Miss  E.  L.  Sawyer, 
barrel 52  80 

Ware,  Mass..  King's  Daughters'  Circle 
of  Gleaners,  barrel  and  three  packages  55  00 

Wellington.  O.,  Ladies'   Benev.  and  H. 

M    Soc,  by  Mrs.  E.  H.  Wait.  box...  80  00 

Wellsville,  N.  Y.,  Ladies'  Miss.  Union 
of  First  Ch.,  by  J.  S.  Lewis,  barrel 
and  cash A3  00 

West  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  Ladies'  Bene/. 
Soc,  by  Mrs.  C.  S.  Clark,  box  and 
cash 70  00 

West   Hartford,  Ct.,  Elmwood  Soc,  by 

Miss  Julia  L.  Faxton.  barrel 83  64 

West  Hartford,  Ct.,  Miss  M.  L.  Whit- 
man, barrel. 

Westport.  Ct  ,  Saugatuck  Ch..  by  Mar- 
garet E.  Backus,  two  barrels 96  47 

Weybridge.  Vt  ,  Ladies'  Aid   Soc,  by 

Lucy  H.  Willard,  two  barrels 65  00 

Williamstown,  Vt.,  Ladies,  by  Miss  E. 
L.  Ainsworth,  box 12  oo 

Worcester,  Mass.,  Young  Ladies  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.  A.  Conrad,  box 65  00 


22 

00 

36  88 

82 

00 

3" 

SO' 

47 

00 

25 

00 

100 

00 

170 

00 

85 

24 

55 

00 

35 

00 

279 

51 

AUXILIARY   STATE   RECEIPTS 

VERMONT   DOMESTIC    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Vermont  Domestic  Missioni7-v  Society  froDt  October  20  to  A^ovcmber  20,  1894. 
Wm.  C.   Tyler,   7'reasur-r 


Cornwall 

Dorset 

Dorset,  East 

Fairfield,  First  Ch.  and  Soc. 


514  52  Fairfield.  East S'°  00 

13  30  Highgate,  King's  Daughters 4  00 

200  Johnson 45  o^ 

700  Kirby,  for  Women  Evangelists 1403 


January,   1895 


The   Home   Missionary 


499 


Leicester 

Lowell,  (!h 

S.  S 

Lyndon,  East,  for  Women  Evangelists. 
Manchester 

Samuel  G.  Cone 

Marlboro,  for  Women  Evangelists 

Mclndocs  Falls 

Newbury,  West 

Newfane,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Norwich 

Pomfret,  North 

Pleasant  Valley.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

St.  Johnsbury,  South  Ch 


So  25 
3  S8 

6  98 
12  00 

3S  30 
20  00 
II   10 

7  00 
I   16 

8  00 
17  00 
M  5« 

5  00 
57  75 


St.   Johnsbury,  South  Ch.,  for  Women 

Evangclibts $37  00 

Springfield 23  28 

Waitsfield 12  00 

Windsor 715 

Vermont  Missionary 3425 

Interest  on  invested  funds 508  00 

$930  93 
Woman's  Home  Missionary  Ihii'-n  : 
Randolph,   "  Homeland   Circle."  for 

C.  H.M.  S 25  00 


$955  93 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

J^txeipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  November,    1894. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Palmer,    Treasurer 


Amesbury.  by  C.  F.  Hovey %^^  64 

Andover,  Chapel,  by  W.  F.  Draper,  L. 

Ms.  to  be  named 200  00 

Bank  Balances.  Oct.  Interest 18  05 

Beverly,  Dane  St.,  by  Henry  Woodbury.  90  36 

Boston.  Collins,  Susan,  Estate  of.  by  A. 

J.  Coolidge.  e.\ 2.413  25 

Old  South,  by  Joseph  H.  Gray   797  43 

Ro.xbury,  Eliot,  by  A.  McLean 5  00 

An  aged  and  blind  Member,  by  A. 

McLean 65 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..Miss.  Gathering,  by 

A.  McLean 2825 

Braintree,  South,  by  H.  B.  Whitman 14  00 

Cambridge,  First.  Mrs.  Thurston's  S.  S. 

class,  by  H.  L.  Flint 10  00 

Cambridgeport.  Pilgrim,  by  N.  H.  Hol- 

brook    (of   which    $29.67    Mon.    Con. 

Coll.) 79  80 

Cohasset,  Second.  Ladies"   Renev.  Soci- 
ety, by  Mrs.  Sarah  Bates 15  00 

Y.  P,  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mary  A.  Cro.ker..  3  85 

Concord,  Trinitarian,  by  Thomas  Todd, 

Oct.  Coll 34  40 

Danvers,    First,  E.-C.-a-Day  Band,  by 

May  P.  Grover 2  00 

Danversport,  Richards.  Mrs.  L.  S 2  00 

Dedham.  S.  S.,  by  Miss  Sarah  K.  Bur- 
gess      ..    ..  1567 

Douglas.  Wells,  Mrs.   Mary  A.,   Estate 

of,  by  Chas.  E.  Gibson,  ex 1,000  00 

Dudley,  First,  add'l,  by  Chas.   A.  Eab- 

cock .> .  413 

Dunstable,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Wm.    P. 

Proctor 10  00 

Faston.  by  H.  Y.  Mitchell i  00 

Fall   River,  Broadway,  by   Adam   Cat- 

terall 4  47 

Foxboro,  by  Horace  Carpenter 28  1 1 

Georgetown.  First. by  Helen  H.  Daniels.  25  00 

Goshen,  by  J.  R.  Mollison 15  00 

Hampden    Benevolent   Association,    by 

G.  R.  Bond.  Treas.  : 
Southwick.Taft  Thank-offering,    gii  52 
Springfield,  First 87  08 

Hope 32  59 

North,  w.  p.  g.  to  const.  Mrs. 
Margaret  D.  Whitney  a  L. 
M 25  00 

West  Springfield,  Park  Street.      21  73 

177  92 


Hanover,  First,  by  H.  Barstow $3  75 

Harvard,  by  J.  W.  Bacon,  for  the  debt..  11  00 

Y.   P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  J.    W.  Bacon,  for 

the  debt 500 

Hinsdale,  by  C.  J.  Kittredge 89  30 

Hubbardston,  Grimes.  Mrs.  Abbic  D.. .  5  00 

Lawrence,  White,  Samuel 40  00 

Lexington,    Hancock,   by    Walter     W. 

Baker 47  00 

Lowell.  High  St..  by  Samuel  A.  Chase, 

for  C.  H.  M.  S 133  93 

Merriam.  Rev.  Charles  L 5  00 

Medfield,  A  Friend 50  00 

Merrimac,  First,  by  C.  I.  Churchill   ...  75  oo- 
Middlefield,  Johnson,  Edson,  special  for 

Chester  Center  Ch 10  00 

Newbury,  First,  by  Edward  Perkins 26  05 

Newburyport,  Whitfield,  by  H.  B.  Pack- 
ard    8  96 

Newton,   Auburndale,  by  C.   C   Burr, 

for  C.  H.  M.  S 5  00 

North  Evangelical,  S.  S.,  by  Wm.  E. 

Lowry 5  00 

North  Andover,  by  Jos.  S.  Sanborn  ...  25  00 
North    Attleboro,    First,  by    Chas.    E. 

Jordan 5  35 

Trinity,  by  R.  G.  Semple 1200 

Richmond,  by  C.  H.  Dorr 5  15 

Salem,  Tabernacle,  by  Jos.  H.  Phippen.  26  25 

Shrewsbury,  by  Henry  Harlow lo  oo 

Somerville,    West,    Day   St.,   by    J.    F. 

Terry 600 

Southbridge,  "  Our  Country  " 50  00 

South  Hadley,  First,  by  L.  M.  Gaylord.  13  00 

Springfield,  French,  by  A.  S.  Nadow. . .  5  00 
Stoneham.  A  Member,  by  Rev.  Geo.  E. 

Lovejoy i  00 

Wakefield,  "  S."' 2  50 

Wenham,  by  Mrs.  Mary  S.  Richards. . .  10  00 

Westhampton,  by  A.  D.  Montague 29  12 

West  Stockbridge,  Center,  by  Rev.  W. 

W.  Curtis 10  00 

West  Stockbridge  Village,  by  Rev.  W. 

W.  Cu'tis 27  50 

Whitcomb.  David,  fund.  Income  of 250  co 

Worcester.   Immanuel.  by   Rev.  Geo.  S. 

Dodge,  Taf t  Thank-offering •  25  00 

$6,045  84 

Ho.ME  Missionary s  10 

36,050  94. 


500 


The   Home   Missionary 


January,   1895 


Donations  of  Clothing,   etc.     receii'ed  and  irporfc-d  at  the  rooms  of  the  Woman's  Home 
Missionary  Associatioti  in  November,  1894.      Mrs.   Louise  A.  Keixogg,  Secretary 


Auburndale,  Aux..  by  Mrs.  H.  A. 
Hazen,  barrel  and  box 

Campello,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  N.  H.  Wash- 
burn, barrel 

Centerville,  Ladies,  by  Miss  Handy, 
barrel 

Danvers.  Maple  St.  Ch,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 
R.  C.  Ewing.  two  barrels 

Georfretown,  Firr.t  Ch..  W.  H.  M.  S.  and 
S.  S.,  by  Mrs.  Irene  M.  Taylor,  bar- 
rel  

Haverhill.  No.  Ch  ,  Bethany,  by  Mis?  A. 
G.  Kimball,  two  barrels 

Hinsdale.  L.  B.  S..  by  Mrs.  C.  J.  Kit- 
tredge,  barrel  and  box 

Holyoke,  Second  Ct?.,  by  Mrs.  E.  C. 
Weiser.  box 

Housatonic,  L.  B.  S.,  by  Mrs.  T.  G. 
Rarasdall,  barrel 

Lincoln,  by  Miss  A.  M.  Pi=rce,  barrel  .. 

Lowell,  High  Sf  Cn.,  Miss.  Assoc,  by 
Mrs.  Emma  '.  r'uller,  barre!   

Marlboro,  Soc,  by  Mrs.  W.  A.  Walker, 
box     

North  Brookfield,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  F.  P. 
Cutler,  barrel 

Pittsfieli:,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Mary  B. 
D-'.vis,  two  barrels 


S82 

00 

150 

00 

81 

75 

no 

97 

57 

00 

162 

06 

107 

54 

144 

08 

84 
8'j 

79 
4^ 

78 

45 

14-2 

00 

-'5 

^1 

140 

70 

Pittsfield,    Ladies,    by    Mrs.    Mary    B. 

Davis,  barrel $119  84 

Providence,   R.    L,    Central,    Aux.,    by 

Mrs.  S.  B.  Sto';kwell,  box 332  42 

Roxbury,  Walnut  Ave..  L.  K.  M.  S.,  by 
Mrs,  P.  Stevenson,  lour  barrels 225  77 

Shelburne    Falls,    Ladies"  Aid    Soc,  by 

Mrs.  Agnes  W.  Ashley,  box 137  92 

Southborough,    Ladies,   by   Mrs.  L.  A. 
Crouch,  barrel 49  §5 

Spencer,   Ladies,  by   Mrs.  C.  O.  Tyler, 
barrel 5192 

Watertown.  Phillips  Sewing  Circle,  by 

Mrs.  M.  Fuller,  barrel 114  00 

Westboro,  L.  S.  C,  by  Mrs.  E   P.  New- 
ton, barrel 95  00 

Whifmnn,  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  S.  P.  White, 
two  barrels 106  40 

Woburn,  Ladies,  by  Ivlrs.  F.  O.  Bryant, 
barrel 112  42 

Wcllaston,  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  W.  S  Wash- 
burn, two  barrels ,,..,....        120  00 

Worcester,    Central,    Ladies,    by    Miss 

Abbie  L.  Sweetser.  barrel 82  00 

I'lynxouth,  L.  B.  S.,  by  Mrs.   Manon 
K.  Sibley,  box 11925 

$4,044  22 


MISSIONARY    SOCIETY  OF    CONNECTICUT 

Receipts  of  the  A/issionary  Society  of  Connecticut  in  jVo7'emi>c".  1894.     Ward  ^V.  )ac0KS, 

Treast/rer 


Avon.  West  Avon,  by  D.  A.  Hadsell 

Chaplin,  by  F.  C.  Lummis 

For  C.  H.M,  S...: 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  C.  H.  M.  S.,  with 
cont.  of  April  9.  1894,  to  const.  F.  C. 

Lummis  a  I,.  M 

Clinton,  by  Daniel  W.  Stevens 

Danbury,  First,  by  H.  M^illiams 

East  Haddam,  First,  by  E.  W.  Chaffee, 

forC.  H.  M.  S 

Glastonbury,    South    Glastonbury,    Ch. 

and  S.  S.,  by  H.   D.  Hale  

Griswold,   by   Rev.  F.  E.  Allen,  for  C. 

H.  M.  S 

Hartford,  Windsor  Ave.,   by  Hart  Tal- 

cott 


5?»  25 
9  21 
10  42 


2  37 
54  70 
46  00 


13  20 
30  80 


Hartland,  East  Hartland,  by  E.  P.  Jones  $10  00 
New  Britain,  First,  by  A.  N.  Lewis,  for 

C .  H .  M .  S 100  00 

New  Hartford,  Nepaug,  by  J.  B.  Spencer  6  40 

North  Canaan,  East,  by  A.  B.  Garfield..  fi  44 

Norwich.  Broadway,  by  S.  B.  Bishop...  348  34 

Old  Savbrook.  bv  Robert  Chapman 17  88 

ForC.  H.  M.  S 17  88 

Plainfield,  First,  by  Walter  Kingsley...  10  65 

Wethersfield.  by  S.  F.  Willard. 44  go 

I770  27 

Bojces,  etc. 

Ansonia,  First,  Ladies,  Cash ,150  00 


MICHIGAN    CONGREGATIONAL    ASSOCIATION 

Receipts  of  t/ie  JMichigan  Congregational  Association  in  November,  1894.      Rf.v.  John  P. 

Sanderson.   Treasurer 


Allendale S15  70 

Alpena 7500 

Ann  Arbor 100  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 15  40 

Bay  Mills i  83 

Benton  Harbor ...  2657 

Bridgeport 20  00 

Calumei 114  45 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 65  GO 

Cannon,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 3  25 


Central  Lake S3  24 

Charlotte 35  00 

Chase 5  00 

Chesterfield 2  00 

Clinton 700 

Y.  P.  S.  C.E 12  00 

S.  S 8  00 

Columbus 505 

Coiinth.S.  S 325 

Dowagiac,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 6  00 


January,    1895 


The   Home   Missionary 


501 


East  Gilead $4  30 

Fremont '-'is 

Fruitport 6  05 

Grand  Haven 34  00 

V.  P.  S.  C.  E 3  66 

S.   S 7  34 

Hamburg 4  25 

Milliards 2231 

Hudson 81  10 

Hudsonville 16  82 

I  ronton 1000 

Kindcrhoolv 4  00 

Lake  Linden 25  00 

Lansing.  Plymouth 15  00 

Northport 25  00 

Nunica 7  48 

Old  M  ission 525 

Olivet 84  93 

Onondaga 5  00 

Pentwater 9  00 

Pickney 15  75 

Pittsf ord * . .  I  30 

Rochester 16  50 

Rocklord 1500 

Romeo 10  00 

Roscommon 2  25 

Saginaw 144  93 

St.  John  s 105  48 

Sandstone 23  28 

Standish 1760 

Wayne 85=; 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

West  Adrian 13  co 

W.   H     M.  U.,  by  Mrs.   E.   F.   Grabill, 

Treas 104  55 


$1,389  37 


Receipts  of  theW.  H.  M.  U.  in  Novem- 
ber, as  reported  by  Mrs.  E.  F. 
Grabill.  Treas.: 

Addison,  W.  H.  M.  S $900 

Alamo,  W.  H.  M.  S 700 

Allendale,  W.  H,  M.  U 500 

Ann  Arbor.  W.  H.  M.  S 28  00 

A  Ipena.  W.  H .  M .  S 7  00 

Benton  Harbor.  W.  H.  ^L  S..  i  00 

Benzonia,  W.  H.  M.  S 247 

Calumet,  L.  M .  S 25  00 

Chelsea.  W.  M.  S 5  00 

Clare.  W.  M.  S 7  47 

Coloma,  Aux 13  00 


Detroit,    W.    A..    First     Ch., 

dying  gift  of  a  member $2500 

Dorr,  W.  H.  M.  S 12  50 

Eaton    Rapids,    W.     M.    S., 

Thanksgiving n  50 

Frankfort.  W.  H.  M.  S 978 

Fremont,  L.  A.  S 4  00 

Grape,  W.  H.  M.  S 4  50 

Greenville,  W.  H.  M.  S 12  35 

Highland  Station.  W.  H.  M.  S.  10  00 

Maple  City,  W.  H    M.  S 500 

Merrill,  W.  H.  M.  S.    6  25 

North  Adams,  W.  H.  M.  S 21  00 

Olivet,  L.  B.  S 21   18 

Portland.  W.  H.  M.  S  2  co 

Ransom.  L.  A.  and  M.  S 2000 

Reed  City,   W.  H.  M.  S 7  25 

Rochester,  W.  M.  S 12  00 

Solon.  W.  H.  M.  S...    2  00 

South  Emmett,  W.  H.  M.  S...  50 
Southern  Michigan  W.  M.  S., 
Association  meeting  collec- 
tion   1300 

Traverse  City,  W.  H.  M.  S....  2c;  00 

Union  City,  W.  H.  M.  U 10  00 

Wayne,  W.  H.  M.  S 12  00 

West  Adrian,  W.  M.  S 500 

Whittaker 800 


YOUNG   PEOPLE  S    SOCIETIES   AND   fUNDAV- 
SCHOOI  S  : 

Ann  Arbor,  Children's  Miss. 

Soc $1000 

Flint,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 8  32 

Frankfort,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 122 

Kalamazoo 800 

Ludington.   S.  S.  Rally 18  76 

Ransom.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Shelby,  S.  S.  Rally 3  00 


S369  7i 


54  30 


$424  05 

DONATIONS   OF   CLOTHING 

Detroit.  First,  two  bo.xes $161  00 

Flint,  one  box 37  00 

Muskegon.  First,  one  bo.\ 6050 

Richmond,  one  box 35  00. 


WOMAN'S     STATE     HOME     MISSIONARY 
ORGANIZATIONS 

OFFICERS 


1.  NEW    HAMPSHIRE 
FEMALE  CENT   INSTITUTION 

Organized  .A.ugust,  1804 

and 

HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June.  i8go 

President.   Mrs.  Cyrus  Sargeant.  Plymouth. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  John  T.  Perry.  Exeter. 
Treasurer, '^Vii.s  Annie  A.   McFarland,  196  Main 
St..  Concord. 


2.   MINNESOTA 

WOMANS   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  September,  1872 


Prcsidctzt,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols.  230  E.  9th 

St..  St.  Paul. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon.   17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E.,  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner,  Nonhfield. 


502 


The   Home  Missionary 


January,    1895 


3.  ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  March,  1877 

Reorganized  April,  1889 

f  resident,  Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews,  Talladega. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  S.  Jackson,  Montgomery. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Silsby,  Talladega. 

4.  MASSACHUSETTS    AND    RHODE 
ISLAND  * 

WOMANS   HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 

Organized  February,  1880 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell,  The  Rochdale. 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Mrs  Louise  A.  Kellogg,  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer.  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess,  32  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 

5.  MAINE 

WOMANS   MISSIONARY  AUXILIARY 

Organized  June,  1880 

President,   Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis,  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Denio,  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 

Treasurer, yixs.  Rose  M.Crosby,  26  Grove  St., 
Bangor. 

6.   MICHIGAN 

WOMANS   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  1881 

President,  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane.  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave.,  Detroit. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield.  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,Vir's,.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 

7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1881 

President,   Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  George  L.  Eppb,  Topeka. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  D.  DeLong.  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMANS   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1882 

President,   Mrs.  Sidney  Strong.   Lane   Seminary 

Campus,  Cincinnati. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  J.   W.   Moore,  836  Hough  Ave., 

Cleveland. 
7>-f(i.r?/r^;-,  Mrs.  George    B.    Brown,  21 16  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 


9.  NEW   YORK 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President,   Mrs.  Wm.   Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,   Mrs.    Wm.   Spalding,  511   Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer,'iAr%.   J.   J.   Pearsall,   230   Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 

ID.  WISCONSIN 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President,  Mrs.  E.  G.  Updike,  Madison. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman,  Whitewater. 

II.  NORTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1883 

Presidetit.    Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland,  Caledonia. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  Silas  Daggett,  Harwood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 

12.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

President,  Mrs.  John  Sommerville,  246  Washing- 
ton St.,  Portland. 

Secretary,   Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell,  Oregon  City. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Palmer,  546  3d  St.,  Port- 
land. 

13.  WASHINGTON 

In'cluding  Northern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  July,  1S84 

Reorganized  June.  1889 

President,   Mrs.  A.  I.  Bailey,  323   Blanchard   St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  J.  W.  George,  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.   SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION  " 

Organized  September,  1884 

President,   .Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  Ashton. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall,  Huron. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilco.x,  Huron. 


*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  list  as  a  State  body  for  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
Island,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


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15.   CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  January,  1885 

President,    Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Secretary.    Mrs.    C.    T.     Millard.     36    Lewis    St., 

Hartford 
Treasurer.  Mrs.    W.    W.    lacobs,    m   Sprinp    St., 

Hartford. 

16.   MISSOURI 

WOMANS  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

Presiiient.    Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  yif  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secrei(iry.   Mrs.    E.    C.    Ellis,   2456   Tracy   Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
Treasurer.  Jtlrs.  K.   L.  Mills,  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 

17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Isaac  Claflin,  Lombard. 
Secretary.,   Mrs.  C.   H.  Taintor,   151  Washington 

St..  Chicago. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field.  Wilmette. 

i8.  IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June,  1886 

President.   Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass.  Grinnell. 
Secretary.    Mrs.    H.  H.  Robbins.  Grinnell. 
Treasurer .  Miss  Belle  L.  Bentley,  3cxd  Court  Ave., 
Des  Moines. 

19.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 
Organized  October,  1867. 

President,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  572  12th  St.,  Oak- 
land. 

Secretary.  Mrs.  L.  M.  Howard.  911  Grove  St., 
Oakland. 

Treasurer .  Mrs.  I.  M.  Haven.  1329  Harrison  St. 
Oakland. 

20.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S   HO.ME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November.  1SS7 

President,  Mrs.   J     T.    Duryea.     2402    Cass    St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary.    Mrs    H.  Bross.  2004  Q  St.,  Lincoln. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.    Powell.  30th  &   Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

21.   FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  February,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale.  Jacksonville. 
Secretary ,    Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows.  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown.  Interlachen. 


22.   INDIANA 

WOMAN  S   HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  E.  C.   Bell,  221    Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary.    Mrs.   W.   E.   Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   F.  E.    Dewhurst,    28   Christian 
Ave.,  Indianapolis, 

23.  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 
WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President.    Mrs.    W.   J.    Washburn,   510  Downey 

Ave.,  Los  Angclts. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  P.  J.  Colcord,  Claremont. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Public  Library, 

Riverside. 

24.  VERMONT 
WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine.  Windsor. 
Treasurer, Mrs.   Wm.    P.    Fairbanks,    St.   Johns- 
bury. 

25.  COLORADO 
WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October.  1888 

President,   Mrs.  B.  C.  Valentine,  Highlands. 
Secretary.  Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Box  508.  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Horace  Sanderson, 1710  i6th  Ave., 
Denver. 

26    WYOMING 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

Reorganized  December,  1892 

President.   Mrs   G.  S.  Ricker.  Cheyenne. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple.  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smith,  Rock  Springs. 

27.  GEORGIA 

WOMAN  S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  November,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

28.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris,  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary.    Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer,  yirs.  L.  H.  Turner,  3112  12th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 


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29.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,   1889 

Presidents    Miss  Bella  Hume,  corner  Gasquet  and 

Liberty  Sts..  New  Orleans. 
Secretary.    Miss  Matilda  Cabrere.  New  Orleans. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 

30,    ARKANSAS.    KENTUCKY,   AND    TEN. 
NESSEE 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION   OF  THE 

CENTRAL  SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore,  Bo.\  8,  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville.  Tenn. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Jos.  E  Smith,  304  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Moreland,  1214  Grundy  St.. 
Nashville,  Tenn. 

31.   NORTH   CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  i88g 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman.  Dudley 
Secretary    i 
and         > 
Treasurer,  ) 


Secretary    ] 

and        vMiss  A.  E.  Farrington,   High  Point. 


32.   TEXAS 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY   UN^ON 

Organized  March,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin,  Dallas. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Bo.\  563.  Dallas. 
T7-easurer,M^T%.   C.    I.    Scotield,    Lock    Bo.x   220. 
Dallas. 

33.   MONTANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1890 

President,    Mrs.  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,   4:0  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones.  Livingston. 

34.   PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 

President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  274  Manhattan  St., 
Allegheny. 

Secretary,   Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennie,  Ridgway. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones.  511  'VVoodland .  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 

35.   OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October.  1890 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Parker.  Kingfisher. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt.  Guthrie. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Hammer,  Oklahoma  City. 


36.   NE-W  JERSEY 

I.SXLUDING   Dl.STRlCT    OF    COLUMBIA,    MARYLAND, 
AND    VlRGlNI.\ 

WOMAN'S  HO.ME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 

THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION 

Organized  March,  i8gi 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H    Bradford,  Montclair. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weeden,  Ui  per  Mont- 
clair. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150  Belleville  Ave.» 
Newark. 


37.   UTAH 

Including  Southern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1891 

Reorganized  December.  1892 

President,    Mrs.   Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt   Lake 

City. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  135  Si.xth  St.,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett.  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs   Oscar  Soiinenkalb,  Pocalello. 

38.   INDIAN    TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1892 

President.  Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd,  Vinita. 
Secretary.  Miss  Louise  Graper.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 

39.   NEVADA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
Secrctaty.    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow.  Albuquerque. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  E.  W.  Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St., 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 

41.   BLACK  HILLS,  SO.   DAKOTA 

BLACK    HILLS     WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY 
UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President,   Mrs.  J.  B.  Gossage,  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills.  South  Dakota. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    H.    H.    Gilchrist,   Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  Miss     Grace     Lvman,    Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Field  Secretaries 

Rev.  W.  G.  PuDDEFOOT,  South  FramiriKham,  Mass. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Shelton,  Derby,  Conn. 

Rev.  H,  D.  WiAKD,  151  VVashington  St.,  Chicago,  III. 

Superintendents 

Rev.  MoRlTZ  E.  Eversz,  D.D.,  German  Department,  151  Washington  St.,  Chicatjo,  III. 

Rev.  Scandinavian  Department, 

Rev.  Hrnrv  a.  Schaufflek,  D.D.,  Slavic  Department,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Rev,  Edw.  D.  Cuktis,  D.D Indianapolis,  Ind.         Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall Huron,. S.  Dak. 

Rev.  S.  F.  Gale Jacksonville,  Fla.         Rev.  H.  C.  Simmons Fan;o,  N.  Dak. 

Rev.  J.  H.  MoRLEV Minneapolis,  Minn.        Rev.  H.  Sanderson  (Acting) Denver,  Col. 

Rev.  Alfred  K.  Wrav Springfield,  Mo.        Rev.  W.  S.  Hawkes Salt  I.ake  City,  Utah. 

Rev.  L.  P.  Broad Topeka,  Kan.         Rev.  J.  K.  Hahkisun San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Rev.  E.  H.  AsHMUN Albuquerque,  N.  M.         Rev.  Jai^'R^  i-  Ford Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Rev,  A.  JuDsoN  Bailey Seattle,  Wash,        Rev.  C.  F.  Clati' Forest  Grove,  Ore. 

Rev,  T.  G.  Grassie Ashland,  Wis,         tj^„   t.  -.^t    t_.,_„    t-,  i>  (  511  Woodland  Terrace, 

„         ,     A    Tj  (  Black  Hills  and  Wyoming.  Kev.  1,  w,  Jones,  u.i>. ... -^       Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Kev.  A.  A.  BROWN... -j  ^^^  Springs,  South  Dakota.         Rev.  W.  S.  Beli Helena,  Mon. 

Rev.  Harmon  Bross Lincoln,  Neb.         Rev.  S.  C.  McDaniel Atlanta,  Ga. 

Rev.  S,  E,  Basse n"(Supt,  Alabama).  ...Ft. Valley,  Ga.        Rev.  J.  Homer  Parkek Kingfisher,  OkL 

Secretaries  and  Treasurers 

of  the  Auxiliaries 

Rev.  Jonathan  E.  Adams.D.D.,  Secretary... Maine  Missionary  Society Bangor,  Me. 

John  L.  Crosby,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "      Ban.gor,  Me. 

Rev.  A.  T.  HiLLMAN,  Secretary New  Hampshire  Home  Miss.  Society. ..  .Concord.  N.  H. 

Hon.  Lyman  D.  Stevens,  Treasurer "  "  "  "  "      ..  ..Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  Ch.\rles  H.  Merrill,  Secretary Vermont  Domestic  "  "      ....St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Wm.  C.  Tyler,  Treasurer "  "  "  "      ....St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Rev.  JosHU.\  CoiT,  Secretary Massachusetts  Home         "  "       .. ..  I  9  Cong'l  House, 

Rev.  Edwin  B.  Palmer,  Treasurer... "  "  "  "....(  Boston,  Mass. 

Rev.  Alexander  McGregor,  Secretary Rhode  Island  "  "      ....Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

Jos.  Wm.  Rice,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "      ....Providence,  R.  I. 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut Hartford,  Conn. 

Ward  W.  Jacobs,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  Hartford,  Conn. 

Rev.  Ethan  Curtis,  Secretary New  York  Home  Miss.  Society Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

William  Spalding,  Treasurer "  "         "  "       Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser,  D.D. ,  Secretary Ohio  "         "  " ..Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Wm.  B.  Howland,  Treasurer "  "         "  "       New  York  City. 

Rev.  James  Tompkins,  D.D.,  Secretary Illinois  "         "  "       )  151  Washington  St., 

Aaron  B.  Mead,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "         "  "       f        Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Homer  W.  Carter,  Secretary Wisconsin      "         "  "       Beloit,  Wis. 

C.  M.  Blackman,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "         "  "       Whitewater,  Wis. 

Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass,  D.D. ,  Secretary Iowa  "         "  "       Grinnell,  Iowa. 

J.  H.  Merrill,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Rev.  William  H.  Warren,  Secretary Michigan  Congregational  Association.  ..Lansing,  Mich. 

Rev.  John  P.  Sanderson,  Treasurer "  "  "  ..  .Lansing,  Mich. 

Geo.  H.  Morgan,  Secretary Cong.  City  Miss.  Society St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Rev.  Arch'd  L.  Love,  Superintendent "         "        "  "       St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Lewis  E,  Snow,  Treasurer,, "        "       "  ".    ,,,St.  Lx>uis,  Mo. 

Communications 

relating  to  general  business  of  the  Society  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries  for  Correspondence. 
Communications  relating  to  the  Editorial  Department  of  the  Home  Mi.ssionarv  may  be  addressed  to  Rev, 
Alex.  H.  Clapp,  D.D.  Correspondence  of  the  Wo.man's  Dep.\rtiment  may  be  addressed  to  Mrs.  H.  S, 
Caswell,  Bible  House,  New  York. 

Donations   and  Subscriptions 

in  Drafts,  Checks,  Registered  Letters,  or  Post-OtRce  Orders  may  be  addressed  to  Wm.  B.  Howland,  Treasurer, 
Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  PAYMENT  OF  $50  CONSTITUTES  A  LIFE  MEMBER 


Form  of  a  Bequest 


I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  /;;  tvjist,  to  pay  over  the  same, 

in  months  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is  payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer 

of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to  the  charitable  use  and  purposes  o.f  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York 


Major-Gen eral  Oliver  O.  Howard 

President 

Rev.  David  B.  Coe,  D.D.,  Honorary  Secretary 
Rev.  Alexander  H.  Clapp,  D.D.,  Honorary   Treasurer 

Sec7'etaries  foj"  Correspondence 
Rev.  Joseph  B.  Clark,  D.D. 

Rev.  William  Kincaid,  D.D. 

Rev.  Washington  Choate,  D.D. 

Mr.  William  B.  Rowland,  Treasurer 

Executive  Com7?iiiiee 

Wm.  Ives  Washburn,  Esq.,  Chairman 

Asa  a.  Spear,  Esq.,  Recording  Secretary 

Rev.  William  M.  Taylor,  D.D, 

Mr.  Charles  H,  Parsons 

Rev.  James  G.  Roberts,  D.D. 

Rev.  Samuel  H.  Virgin,  D.D. 

Mr.  Joseph  Wm.  Rice 

Mr.  Herbert  M.  Dixon 

Rev.  Robert  R.  Meredith,  D.D. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Richards,  D.D. 

Mr.  George  P.  Stockwell 

Rev.  Robert  J.  Kent 

Rev.  John  D.  Kingsbury,  D.D. 

Mr.  George  W.  Hebard 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Stimson,  D.D. 


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Contents  for   February,   1895 


Items   of  Early  Home   Missionary 

History 505 

One  Week's  Work  511 

A  Pastor's  Experience 513 

Rejoicing  in  a  New  Church  Home.  513 

The  Current  Events  Club,  and  what 

came  of  it 514  i 


PAGE 

Reports  of  Spiritual  Gains 518 

Notes  of  Long  Service  in  Colorado. 

II.    Showers  of  Blessing 520 

The  "Dispersion"    Truth 524 

From  the  Wide  Field 527 

The  Sweet-Pea  Fund 532 

Parting  Words  from  a  Loyal  Heart .  533 

Treasury  Note 534 


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Is  published  monthly,  at  sixty  cents  a  year,  postage  paid.  It  is  sent  without  charge,  on 
request,  to  be  made  annually,  to  Life  Members;  Missionaries  of  the  Society  and  its  Aux- 
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earnestly  requested  to  serve  Home  Missions  by  promoting  the  use  of  this  journal  at  the 
Monthly  Concert  and  among  their  people. 

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ITEMS    OF    EARLY    HOME    MISSIONARY    HISTORY 

[lEADERS  of  our  January  number,  page  467,  have  seen  how  the 
process  of  systematic  church  extension  began  in  the  going 
out  of  colonists  representing  their  spiritual  mother  and  often 
taking  along  one  of  their  former  religious  teachers. 

Thus  in  1647,  forty-three  churches  had  been  organized  among  a  pop- 
ulation of  30,000,  giving,  on  an  average,  one  minister  to  600  or  700  souls. 
In  1696  the  number  of  churches  had  grown  to  134  in  New  England, 
ninety-eight  in  the  province  of  Massachusetts,  and  the  fact  that  six  of 
these  were  destitute  af  settled  ministers  alarmed  the  whole  country  ! 

This  process  of  growth  went  on  in  much  the  same  fashion,  with  no 
more  formal  methods  of  supplying  deficiency  of  ministerial  care — perhaps 
with  little  need  of  more  formal  methods — until  well  along  into  the  eight- 
eenth century.  It  was  natural  that  these  colonies  should,  from  time  to 
time,  be  visited  by  their  former  pastors,  whose  preaching,  prayers,  and 
counsel  would  greatly  help  in  molding  their  young  institutions  after  the 
model  and  in  the  spirit  of  those  they  had  left  behind. 

Next  we  find  many  of  the  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut  pastors 
devoting  their  annual  or  more  frequent  "  vacations  "  for  rest  and  recrea- 
tion, to  these  apostolic  visits — "  missionary  tours  " — not  only  to  their  own 
former  parishioners,  but  such  other  settlers  as  they  could  reach,  especially 
such  as  had  gone  from  their  neighborhood,  desirous,  as  all  were,  of  this 
acceptable  voluntary  service. 

The  returning  pastors,  of  course,  told  in  ministerial  circles  the  story 
of  their  experience,  thus  encouraging  and  multiplying  the  number  of  such 
tours.  Next,  local  associations  of  ministers  began  to  be  formed.  Presi- 
dent Stiles  says,  as  early  as  1670  (we  have  manuscript  records  of  the  Cam- 
bridge Association  in  1690),  and  these  gave  opportunity  for  more  and 
more  concert  of  action  in  the  matter,  the  ministers  who  could  so  serve 
laying  out  their  trips  with  reference  to  the  greatest  need,  mutual  con- 
venience, and  the  best  promise  of  results  ;  and  the  neighboring  brethren 
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who  could  not  so  serve  cheerfully  supplied  in  turn  the  vacated  pulpits  at 
home.  When  the  General  Associations  of  these  States  were  formed,  that 
of  Connecticut  in  1709,  and  that  of  Massachusetts — always  jealous  of 
organizations  outside  the  churches  that  might  possibly  interfere  with  their 
independence — not  till  1802,  still  more  definite  form  was  given  to  this 
early  style  of  Home  Missions,  as,  with  the  growth  of  the  country,  the  need 
of  such  work  had  greatly  increased. 

These  voluntary  missionary  tours,  with  the  many  facts  they  spread  before 
the  churches  through  the  meetings  of  associations,  pamphlets,  the  early 
religious  magazines  and  otherwise,  i^iturally  led  to  the  formation  of  local 
societies  which  should  disseminate  information,  secure  laborers,  raise  the 
needful  money,  and  take  the  general  oversight  of  the  work,  each  in  its 
own  chosen  field.  By  far  the  most  interesting  portion  of  the  records  of 
New  England's  religious  history,  after  the  story  of  the  earlies,t  settlement, 
is  that  devoted  to  these  efforts  at  church  extension,  which  meant  with  the 
fathers  the  giving  to  each  new  settlement  those  priceless  blessings  for 
whose  enjoyment  they  had  hazarded  and  endured  so  much. 

Massachusetts  came  slowly  to  the  formation  of  a  General  Association 
(1802),  and  then  the  local  bodies  one  by  one  reluctantly  gave  in  their 
adhesion.  When  the  proposition  to  organize  was  made,  it  appears  that 
of  the  twenty-four  district  associations,  only  seven  approved,  four  disap- 
proved, four  were  undecided,  and  the  rest  do  not  appear  to  have  made 
reply.  To  this  Massachusetts  jealousy  of  ecclesiastical  dictation  it  was 
doubtless  largely  due  that  the  home  missionary  work,  which  in  Connecti- 
cut was  managed  by  the  General  Association,  was  from  the  first  carried 
on  in  Massachusetts  chiefly  through  these  voluntary  societies,  under  the 
care  of  prominent  ministers  and  laymen,  sustained  by  contributions  of 
churches  and  annual  members.  Some  brief  notice  of  these  societies 
may,  perhaps,  be  our  readiest  way  to  trace  the  progress  of  early  Home 
Missions. 

MASSACHUSETTS    SOCIETIES 

In  1787  was  organized  "The  Society  for  Propagating  the  Gospel 
among  Indians  and  others  in  North  America,"  in  cooperation  with  the 
Scotch  and  English  '*  Society  for  Promoting  Christian  Knowledge."  It 
devoted  to  the  Indian  work  in  New  England  and  New  York  the  money 
received  from  abroad,  and  (the  Legislature  having  granted  a  "  brief "  for 
contributions  from  all  the  churches  in  the  State)  raised  what  it  could  at 
home  for  the  support  of  missions  and  schools  and  the  distribution  of 
Bibles  among  the  people  of  the  new  settlements.  In  sixteen  years  it  had 
acquired  a  fund  of  1523,417,  the  income  of  which  helped  out  their  receipts 
from  annual  contributions. 

In  1798  was  formed  "The  Berkshire  and  Columbia  Missionary  Society  " 


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*' for  the  i)ropagation  of  the  (losi^el  in  new  settlements  and  among  the 
Indian  nations."  Its  sui-)port  came,  in  about  equal  parts,  from  Christian 
people  in  the  neighboring  counties  of  Berkshire,  Mass.,  and  Columbia, 
N.  Y.  This  society  liberally  distributed  Bibles  and  religious  books,  and 
■expended  about  5^13,000  in  aiding  an  average  of  four  missionaries  for  three 
months  in  each  year.  Its  New  York  members  in  time  joined  other  asso- 
ciations in  their  State,  and  the  Berkshire  friends  united  with  the  Massa- 
chusetts Missionary  Society.  This  Berkshire  and  Columbia  Society  sent 
out  the  first  missionary  who  crossed  the  Genesee  River,  Rev.  David  Perry, 
•of  Richmond,  Mass.  Penetrating  the  wilderness,  he  at  length  found  one 
man  who  had  been  a  professor  of  religion,  and  they  set  up  public  worship 
on  the  Sabbath. 

"The  Massachusetts  Missionary  Society"  was  formed  in  Boston, 
May  28,  1799,  with  Dr.  Emmons,  of  Franklin,  for  its  first  president. 
This  was  by  far  the  most  efficient  body  that  had  yet  come  into  being 
in  Massachusetts,  and  w^as  destined  to  a  long,  useful,  and  honorable 
life.  Its  original  declared  object  was,  "  to  diffuse  the  knowledge  of 
the  Gospel  among  the  heathen  as  well  as  other  people  in  remote  parts 
of  our  country,  where  ('hrist  is  seldom  or  never  preached."  This  was 
so  amended  in  1804  as  to  read,  "  To  diffuse  the  Gospel  among  the 
newly  settled  and  remote  parts  of  our  country,  among  the  Indians  of  the 
country,  and  through  more  destitute  regions  of  the  earth  as  circumstances 
shall  invite  and  the  ability  of  the  society  shall  admit."  Its  first  plan  was, 
what  they  thought  apostolic,  to  send  out  laborers  two-and-two,  an 
ordained  and  unordained  man  together  ;  but  this  they  had  to  abandon 
after  searching  for  men  and  corresponding  in  vain  for  nearly  two  years. 
Its  work  was  carried  on  in  close  connection  with  that  of  the  Connecticut 
Missionary  Society,  largely  in  the  same  fields,  with  mutual  good  under- 
standing and  helpfulness. 

This  was  the  mother  of  the  present  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary 
Society,  that  has  been  now  for  so  many  years  the  National  Society's  right 
hand,  raising  for  its  treasury  from  ^50,000  to  ^100,000  a  year — over 
^55.500  last  year  of  the  386,500  received  by  the  National  Society  from 
Massachusetts. 

After  the  early  tide  of  emigration  to  Connecticut  had  somewhat 
slackened,  and  that  State  had  come  to  take  care  of  itself  and  others  too, 
the  colonists  began  to  turn  their  faces  northward  and  eastward  to  New 
Hampshire,  Vermont,  and  what  is  now  Maine.  In  these  new  regions  land 
could  be  easily  obtained  by  the  poorest  actual  settler.  Very  naturally, 
therefore,  the  earliest  work  of  the  Massachusetts  Society  was  largely 
directed  to  these  States.  The  first  missionaries  sent  were  two  to  Maine, 
two  to  Northern  Vermont,  and  two  to  Western  New  York,  In  the  third 
3'ear  one  for  Pennsylvania  was  added.     In  1805,  besides  the  former,  five 


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were  commissioned  for  Rhode  Island,  "  at  the  request  of  some  inhabitants 
of  that  State."  The  Massachusetts  Society  did  its  full  share  in  keeping- 
up  the  interest  of  the  churches  in  these  emigrants  and  stirring  the  con- 
sciences of  young  men,  and  older  men  too,  in  the  ministry,  as  to  their  duty 
to  care  for  the  new  fields. 

We  used  to  hear  from  those  who  remembered  him  in  Vermont,  the 
story  that  good  old  ''  Father  Tufts  "  was  wont  to  tell  of  his  troubles  as  to 
"entire  consecration"  during  his  theological  studies.  With  all  the  rest 
looking  to  the  ministry  he  had  to  face  this  home  missionary  question,  and 
it  lay  upon  his  heart  day  and  night.  He  did  try  hard  to  be  sincere  in 
self-renunciation,  and  in  every  prayer  was  careful  to  say,  "  Open  before 
me,  Lord,  the  way  of  duty.  Send  me  where  thou  wilt  send."  "  But," 
added  the  honest  old  man,  "  I  don't  think  I  ever  was  quite  able  to  rise 
from  my  knees  after  saying  this  to  the  Lord  without  whispering  to  myself^ 
I  hope  it  won't  be  to  Vermont."  So  to  Vermont,  of  course,  the  Lord  did 
send  him  ;  for  which  he  never  ceased  to  be  grateful.  Nor  did  the  people 
with  whom  he  left  so  fragrant  a  memory  as  a  true  servant  of  God,  blessed 
to  the  salvation  of  many. 

In  1802  "The  Hampshire  Missionary  Society"  was  organized  at 
Northampton,  its  supporters  being  the  good  people  of  the  old  Hampshire 
County,  embracing  the  present  Hampshire,  Hampden,  and  Franklin 
counties.  Its  object  was  "to  promote  the  spreading  and  propagation 
of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  among  the  inhabitants  of  the  new  settle- 
ments of  New  England  and  the  aboriginal  nations  of  the  continent." 
Prior  to  the  foundation  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  it 
had  disbursed  $33,000  for  missionary  service  and  $10,000  for  Bibles  and 
other  religious  books.  It  had  an  annual  average  of  perhaps  five  men  in 
commission,  chiefly  in  Western  New  York  and  Maine,  from  three  to  six 
months  each.  By  subscriptions  and  legacies  it  had  accumulated  a  fund» 
the  annual  income  of  which  (several  thousand  dollars),  with  collections  of 
the  churches  accustomed  to  act  through  it,  were  divided  between  the 
American  and  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Societies.  It  has 
been  from  the  first  one  of  the  most  faithful  and  efficient  auxiliaries,  and 
to  its  influence,  doubtless,  is  largely  due  the  marked  liberality  of  many 
churches  and  individuals  in  Western  Massachusetts.  We  cannot  speak  in 
detail  of  its  early  work,  but  the  journal  of  Rev.  John  Taylor,  of  Deer- 
field,  who,  in  its  behalf,  made  the  tour  of  the  Mohawk  and  Black  River 
counties.  New  York,  in  1802,  shows  that  missionary  service  on  the  "fron- 
tier "  in  those  days  had  its  annoyances,  not  unlike  those  of  the  niore  dis- 
tant frontiers  of  our  time. 

Here  is  a  specimen  :  At  Northampton,  N.  Y.,  whose  name  would  natu- 
rally be  full  of  promise  to  him,  he  "  put  up  "  with  a  Dutch  deacon.  "  Had 
a  dinner,"  he  says,  "  of  boiled  squash  swimming  in  butter,  sweetened  a 


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little,  and  with  this  mess  the  family  mixed  vinegar  in  great  plenty.  'I'his 
is  a  poor  country,"  he  adds,  "  too  sandy  and  dry,  and  the  inhal)itants  may 
in  general  be  considered  as  the  fag  end  of  man."  At  another  place  he 
was  quartered  with  some  emigrants  from  a  New  England  State,  of  whom, 
Ave  grieve  to  say,  he  gives  this  account :  "  Here  is  a  mixture  of  all  the 
physical  and  moral  evils  that  can  well  be  conceived  of — filth  of  all  kinds, 
such  as  dust,  mud,  fleas,  bedbugs,  gnats,  decayed  meat,  and  sour  bread  ; 
and  as  to  moral  evils,  you  may  here  find  ignorance,  self-will,  self-suffi- 
ciency, ill-manners,  pride,  boasting,  fanaticism,  and  witchcraft."  Of  course, 
he  couldn't  expect  to  do  much  here  toward  a  Congregational  church  !  But 
four  miles  further  on  he  was  comforted  to  find  a  settlement  of  decent, 
respectable,  industrious  people,  mostly  from  Connecticut. 

In  1803  "  The  Massachusetts  Society  for  Promoting  Christian  KnowU 
edge  "  was  formed.  Its  object  was  "  the  promotion  of  evangelical  truth 
and  piety,  (i)  by  the  distribution  of  religious  books  and  tracts  among 
poor  and  pious  Christians,  and  also  among  the  inhabitants  of  new  towns 
and  plantations  ;  and  (2)  by  supporting  charity  schools  and  pious  mis- 
sions in  places  where  the  means  of  religious  instruction  are  sparingly 
enjoyed."  Its  first  distribution  of  books  was  made  in  1804  ;  its  first 
missionary  was  sent  out  in  181 1.  For  ten  or  fifteen  years  it  expended 
some  $2,000  a  j^ear  in  circulating  books  and  supplying  destitute  families 
with  preaching  in  various  parts  of  New  England,  especially  in  New 
Hampshire. 

In  18 18  "  The  Domestic  Missionary  Society  of  Massachusetts  proper  " 
was  formed  by  the  General  Association,  to  operate  exclusively  within 
the  State  of  Massachusetts  ;  its  declared  object  being  "  to  assist  needy 
churches  and  parishes  and  waste  places  within  the  limits  of  the  State," 
which.  Dr.  J.  S.  Clark  says,  "  the  old  Massachusetts  Society,  with  its  exist- 
ing charter,  could  not  do." 

Its  grandest  work,  perhaps,  one  that  entitles  it  to  perpetual  remem- 
brance, was  the  timely  aid  by  which  it  saved  scores  of  our  faithful  "  exiled  " 
churches  from  extinction,  in  the  time  of  the  Unitarian  defection  and  per- 
secution. In  1827,  when  each  of  these  societies  was  employing  about 
twenty-five  ministers — the  old  society  in  !Maine  and  the  Domestic  in 
Massachusetts — they  united  and  became  auxiliary  to  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society,  not  long  after  its  organization  for  the  national  work 
in  1826. 

But  while  "the  northern  wilderness"  naturally  depended  on  Massa- 
chusetts churches  more  than  any  others.  New  York,  including  Long 
Island,  received  a  large  share  of  attention  from  the  Massachusetts  and 
Connecticut  societies. 

The  population  of  Long  Island  had  been  early  infused  with  a  decided 
element  of  Puritan  Congregationalists,  the  eastern  end  being  populated 


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largely  from  Massachusetts,  almost  entirely  from  New  England,  and  "  for 
a  time  was  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  colonies  of  New  Haven  and 
Connecticut,"  a  fact  which  was  a  thorn  in  the  flesh  to  Governor  Andros 
and  some  of  the  other  early  lay  and  clerical  dignitaries  of  New  York. 
Governor  Dongan,  in  1687,  wrote  :  "  Most  of  the  people  of  Long  Island, 
especially  towards  the  eastern  end,  are  of  the  same  stamp  with  those  of 
New  England,  refractory  and  very  loath  to  have  any  commerce  with  this 
place,  to  the  great  detriment  of  his  majesty's  revenue  and  ruin  of  our 
merchants." 

Southampton  was  settled  in  1640  by  emigrants  from  Lynn,  who 
stipulated  for  "as  full  and  free  liberty  both  in  church  order  and  civil 
government  as  the  plantations  in  Massachusetts  enjoyed." 

Easthampton  was  settled  in  1648,  by  persons  from  the  same  vicinity,, 
on  the  same  conditions  ;  Upper  Aquebogue  and  Brook  Haven  in  1665,  by 
emigrants  from  the  vicinity  of  Boston.  Other  places  were  settled  from 
various  parts  of  Connecticut ;  and  between  the  settlers  from  these  twa 
States  was  a  mutual  understanding — in  at  least  one  instance  a  formal 
league — "  to  maintain  and  preserve  the  liberty  and  purity  of  the  Gospel 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  which  we  now  profess,  as  also  the  discipline  of  the 
church  which  according  to  said  Gospel  is  now  practiced  among  us." 

Nor  was  such  a  league  uncalled  for.  Many  of  these  early  churches- 
of  Long  Island,  and  also  many  more  on  the  neighboring  mainland  of 
Southwestern  Connecticut  and  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  disappeared 
from  the  rolls  of  the  Congregational  body,  "supplanted,"  as  Dr.  J.  P. 
Thompson  says,  "  by  an  ecclesiasticism  foreign  to  the  soil,  but  forced  upon 
the  people  b);-  the  civil  power." 

Taking  this  influence  of  the  civil  power  in  connection  with  that  less: 
violent  but  not  less  effective  ecclesiastical  shrewdness  which  drew  our 
unsuspecting  and  fraternal  ancestors  into  the  famous  "  Plan  of  Union,"  it 
is  not  easy  to  see  how  any  of  the  churches  in  either  Eastern  or  Western 
New  York,  or  further  west,  could  have  been  left  to  Congregationalism 
but  for  the  liberal  aid  and  watch  of  the  New  England  missionaries.  Dr. 
George  Punchard  had  the  names  of  about  ninety  churches  in  New  York, 
once  Congregational,  that  had  become  Presbyterian.  Dr.  Thompson 
stated  in  i860  that  one  hundred  and  twenty-four  Congregational  churches 
were  then  connected  with  Presbyteries  and  reported  in  the  minutes  of 
that  body. 

The  first  church  gathered  in  Western  New  York  was  (in  1790  to  1792) 
by  a  clergyman  from  Dighton,  Mass.,  who  had  settled  in  "the  Gen- 
esee country."  He  was  soon  followed.  1795,  ^'y  Rev.  Zadoc  Hunn  from 
Berkshire  County,  who  successfully  preached  the  Gospel  and  gathered 
churches  in  the  region  round  about  till  his  death  in  i8or.  After  him 
came    John    Rolph,   Reuben    Parmelee,  Timothy  Field,  Elizur  Fairbanks,, 


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and  others  from  Massaclitisetls  and  Connecticut,  as  were  a  large  majority 
of  the  Christian  settlers. 

Church  after  church  was  gathered  by  these  Congregationalists.  Rev. 
Chester  Colton,  in  1814,  names  tliirteen  in  the  "Holland  I'urchase " 
alone.  Association  after  association  was  formed,  the  first  in  1800,  the 
second  in  1804;  and  yet  as  early  as  1822,  by  some  mysterious  process, 
"  all  the  original  Congregational  organizations  of  ministers  and  churches 
in  ^Vestern  New  York  had  become  defunct."  But  the  blessed  influence 
of  these  unsectarian  labors  for  Christ  was  not  defunct.  It  will  never  be 
lost  from  His  remembrance,  though  it  may  have  made  little  show  in  our 
denominational  records. 

[Some  brief  account  of  tlie  Home  Missionary  Socic.lics  of  Connecticut  and  New 
York  may  follow,  preparing  the  way  for  the  story  of  tlie  organization  of  tlie  American 
Home  IMissionary  Society. — Eu.] 


ONE    WEEK'S    WORK 

Let  me  report  one  week's  work  as  done  by  me  from  Sunday,  Novem- 
ber 4th,  to  Sunday,  November  nth,  inclusive. 

Preached  at  home  station,  Dickinson,  November  4th,  attended  Sun- 
day-school and  taught  a  Bible  class  of  men;  left  for  an  out-station  by  train 
at  twelve  m.,  arrived  3.30  p.m.;  spoke  at  Sunday-school  there,  conducted 
Bible  class,  preached  in  the  evening  to  sixty  people.  Left  on  Monday 
morning  at  six  a.m.  for  a  trip  among  the  sheep  ranches  ;  addressed  a 
meeting  eighteen  miles  di-Stant  among  the  herdsmen  ;  started  with  our 
team  at  eight  a.m.  next  day,  Tuesday,  arrived  (sixteen  miles  out) 
at  three  p.m.  ;  spoke  to  several  families  of  winter  sheepmen.  Wednes- 
day, drove  to  a  hunter's  camp  and  found  quite  a  number  of  trappers, 
lumberers,  etc.,  who  at  first  were  greatly  afraid  of  the  missionary's 
company,  but  ere  long  we  found  ourselves  in  helpful  sympathy,  and  by 
song,  illustration,  and  a  bright  address,  won  our  way  to  the  hearts  of  all, 
and,  as  some  of  these  outwardly  rough  men  told  me,  they  were  in  prayer 
and  Bible  conversation  for  the  first  time  in  many  a  year.  Thursday, 
rising  at  four  a.m.,  breakfasted  at  five  (quite  dark),  I  was  invited  to  a 
day's  hunt  for  deer,  antelope,  wolves,  etc.  I  gladly  accepted,  and  walked 
seven  miles  to  another  camp  ;  from  thence  went  out  with  rifle  and  car- 
tridges, secured  a  beautiful  antelope  and  other  game,  returned  to  our 
morning  camp,  preached  again,  and  went  out  the  second  day.  We  secured 
a  beautiful  buck,  and  the  boys  unanimously  gave  it  to  me  as  a  specimen 
for  our  college  at  Fargo.  I  regret  to  say  that  on  account  of  lack  of  funds, 
President  Simmons  could  not  receive  it  just  now,  so  that  the  State  Normal 
School,  at  Valley  City,  became  the  possessor.     Returning  to  camp  that 


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evening,  carrying  the  heavy  buck  on  our  pony's  back,  we  were  much 
delayed  ;  but  this  proved  God's  opportunity  for  a  unique  and  beautiful 
answer  to  prayer.  We  were  within  a  mile  of  camp  when  it  became  quite 
dark,  and  we  lost  our  way.  For  two  hours  we  wandered,  and  our  hopes 
of  reaching  Chester  became  very  slight,  humanly  speaking.  It  was  two 
degrees  below  zero,  and  an  open  camp  on  the  prairie  would  be  somewhat 
unpleasant,  but  the  men  said  :  "There  is  no  help  for  it,  we  must  do  it," 
I  said,  "  Wait,  boys,  there's  one  thing  we  have  forgotten."  "  What's  that  ?  " 
they  said  in  chorus.  "Why,"  I  said,  "we  have  forgotten  to  tell  Father 
about  it."  Still  more  puzzled,  they  asked  what  I  meant.  I  said,  "My 
Father  and  yours  knows  we  shall  find  it  bitterly  cold,  and  perhaps  some 
of  us  will  be  badly  frozen.  I  will  tell  our  Father  in  heaven  about  it." 
With  willing  consent  and  with  reverence  we  knelt  and  put  our  case  in  His 
hands.  An  answer  came  to  me  direct  ;  it  was  this  :  Let  the  pony  loose 
and  follow  him.  We  did  so,  and  in  two  hours  reached  a  deserted  camp 
at  ten  o'clock,  Friday  night.  Directly  we  reached  here  we  knew  our  trail 
to  camp,  but  since  five  o'clock  that  morning  we  had  had  no  food.  Looking 
around  in  this  camp  we  found  flour  and  sugar  with  baking  powder,  and 
an  old  stove,  and  soon  the  sweetest  flap-jacks  that  ever  came  to  hungry 
men  were  ours.  Thus  the  dear  Master  guided  us  to  shelter,  gave  us  food, 
and  put  us  on  our  way  to  our  own  camp,  which  we  reached  at  two  o'clock 
on  Saturday  morning.  I  cannot  tell  you  the  way  in  which  these  fifteen  or 
twenty  men  received  this  answer  to  prayer,  such  as  they  had  never  seen 
before,  and  I  am  sure  they  never  will  forget  it.  We  turned  in  and  slept 
until  five.  Then  I  had  to  leave  for  home,  a  thirty-eight  miles  drive  across 
a  bleak  prairie,  with  a  thin  overcoat,  the  mercury  ranging  in  temperature 
from  one  below  to  fifteen  above  zero.  We  arrived  at  the  depot  in  the 
evening  at  seven.  A  freight  train  left  at  7.30,  and  I  reached  home  at 
two  o'clock  Sunday  morning.  Preached  at  eleven,  taught  Bible  class  at 
twelve.  Junior  Endeavor  at  three,  Senior  Endeavor  at  6.45,  preached 
at  7.30  P.M.  This  in  brief  is  a  week's  work  of  a  North  Dakota  missionary. 
Let  me  close  with  one  thought  on  our  meetings  among  these  men.  I 
was  the  first  minister  who  had  ever  visited  their  sheep  ranches,  and  when 
I  gathered  the  company  together  we  had  bright  singing.  Finding  an 
organ  at  one  place,  I  sang  several  solos,  among  them  "  Come  Home," 
"  Where  is  my  Wandering  Boy,"  "  The  Ninety  and  Nine."  After  I  had 
finished  singing  one  of  these  pieces,  I  found  them  nearly  all  weeping,  and 
one  old  man  said,  "  Sing  her  alone  again,  won't  ye,  minister?  I  like  it." 
I  sang  again  and  again,  and  for  two  hours  and  a  half  those  dear,  forsaken 
American  heathen,  men  and  a  few  women^  drank  deep  of  the  stream  of 
life.  My  journey  was  long,  arduous,  and  trying,  yet  the  glad  response 
from  these  men  made  my  heart  leap  for  very  joy. — Rev.  J.  Orchard, 
Dickinson,  No.  Dak. 


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A     PASTOR'S    EXPERIENCE 

An  incident  or  two  will  i;ive  a  glimpse  of  your  Home  Missionary's 
work.  JNly  pastoral  calling  found  me  one  day  in  the  sitting  room  of  a 
gentleman  who  has  all  his  life  enjoyed  the  blessings  of  civilization  and  the 
church,  yet  had  never  called  himself  a  Christian.  Six  years  ago  he  was 
taken  with  an  incurable  disease,  and  now  he  can  scarcely  live  many 
months.  I  pressed  upon  him  the  salvation  and  comfort  which  Christ 
offers  to  all  and  is  needed  so  much  by  one  in  his  situation,  but  he  would 
only  say,  "  I  do  not  understand  it.  Religion  may  be  all  very  well  for 
those  who  can  understand  it,  but  1  do  not."  He  has  to  be  treated  with 
morphine  constantly  to  be  able  to  live  at  all,  and  it  is  unspeakably  sad 
that  he  should  die  without  knowing  what  Christ  has  done  for  him. 

Yesterday  a  man  came  to  my  door  quite  early,  and  said  that  he  had 
been  robbed  the  night  before  while  playing  at  faro  in  the  city  gambling 
dens.  He  professed  to  be  very  much  distressed,  and  wanted  the  ministers 
and  Woman's  Temperance  Union  to  help  him  get  back  his  money,  or  at 
least  to  take  the  opportunity  his  testimony  would  afford  to  prosecute  and 
see  if  such  places  could  not  be  closed.  To-day  is  city  election,  and  he 
thought  votes  could  be  influenced  to  elect  officers  that  would  execute  the 
laws.  I  told  him  it  was  probably  too  late  to  do  much  at  this  election  ; 
that  his  case  was  only  one  of  many  similar  ones  ;  that  it  was  just  such 
men  as  he  that  kept  these  dens  running,  and  it  was  my  conviction  he 
could  not  recover  his  money.  I  found  afterwards  he  went  to  other 
ministers  with  his  story.  He  came  three  times  yesterday,  but  has  not 
appeared  to-day.  The  chances  are  that  he  was  a  hired  emissary  of  the 
gamblers  themselves,  to  get  the  unsophisticated  temperance  and  church 
people  to  divide  their  votes  and  give  them  a  better  chance  to  elect  their 
man.  I  fancy,  if  any  one  gets  a  chance  to  see  human  nature  in  its 
peculiar  phases,  it  is  the  home  missionary. — Oregon. 


REJOICING    IN     A     NEW    CHURCH     HOME 

Through  all  this  quarter  we  have  been  busy  building  a  little  church, 
the  aggregate  cost  of  which  is  about  $1,000.  To  meet  this  we  have  in 
receipts  and  pledges  over  $850.  How  has  this  been  done,  you  will 
ask,  where  the  staple  industry  is  farming,  which  this  year  is  little  less 
than  a  total  failure  ?  In  the  first  place,  our  Church  Building  Society  has 
pledged  us  a  grant  of  $200.  Then,  on  our  home  subscriptionlist  we 
have  $150  in  sure  money  and  $25  or  $30  in  hardware,  paint,  etc.     The 


514  The   Home  Missionary  February,  1895 

ladies  of  the  church  pledged  to  raise  $100,  but  they  have  exceeded 
this  amount,  and  probably  will  raise  I150.  The  Young  People's  Society 
of  Christian  Endeavor  has  given  125,  and  on  Dedication  Sunday  we 
raised  in  cash  and  pledges  nearly  $ioc.  You  will  see  that  the  above 
items  only  show  about  £600,  and  will  ask,  What  about  the  other  $250  ? 
Well,  I  am  more  than  happy  to  say  that  in  addition  to  the  above,  the 
whole  of  the  carpenter's  work  has  been  given,  and  this  at  the  very  lowest 
figuring  is  worth  $250.  Two  of  our  members  have  rendered  heroic 
service,  one  having  given  over  sixty  days'  work,  and  that  under  the 
pressure  of  his  own  business,  and  the  other  at  least  fifty  days,  and  at 
times  his  health  has  been  very  indifferent.  Other  members  who  are 
carpenters,  when  their  business  would  admit  it,  have  done  good  work  ; 
and  what  has  been  an  especial  pleasure  to  me  was  to  have  members  and 
friends  of  other  churches,  and  some  belonging  to  no  church,  come  with 
their  hammers  and  saws,  and  sometimes  for  three  or  four  days,  at  other 
times  for  a  day  or  a  half-day,  give  us  their  help,  thus  showing  their 
fraternal  feeling.  And  although  I  am  no  carpenter,  yet  almost  from  the 
very  commencement  of  the  framework  I  have  found  myself  very  busy 
with  hammer  and  saw.  I  don't  think  it  is  possible  to  find  out  a  better 
plan  for  encouraging  others  than  to  throw  off  one's  coat  and  go  to  work 
in  right  down  earnest.  After  much  hard  work  and  discouragement,  we 
are  now  rewarded  and  cheered  by  ha\'ing  a  very  neat  little  home  in  which 
to  worship,  and  our  people  feel  very  proud  of  it.  You  will  appreciate 
their  feeling  on  being  reminded  that,  although  they  have  been  organized 
for  about  fourteen  years,  they  have  never  till  now  had  a  home,  but  have 
worshiped  in  old  store  buildings,  or  on  alternate  Sabbaths  in  some  other 
church.  Such  conditions  do  much  to  thwart  church  growth  and  pros- 
perity. I  trust  that  the  opening  of  our  little  church  hom.e  may  be  the 
opening  of  a  brighter  era  in  the  moral  and  spiritual  history  of  this  people. 
And  "  not  unto  us,  O  Lord,  but  unto  thy  name,  be  all  the  praise  !  " — Rev. 
Wm.  Ellwood,  Stafford^  Kansas. 


THE    CURRENT    EVENTS    CLUB.    AND    WHAT    CAME 

OF    IT 

By  Miss  Katherine  MacNaughten,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

The  spacious  parlors  of  Helen's  home  were  ready  for  the  weekly 
meeting  of  the  Club.  Softly  shaded  lamps  shed  a  glow  over  the  tasteful 
furnishings,  while  all  around  were  evidences  of  refined  taste.  The  young- 
girls  assembled,  many  of  them  college  graduates,  and  others  whose  con- 


February,  1895  The   Home   Missionary  515 

genial  tastes  had  led  them  into  the  formation  of  this  little  club  for  united 
study  and  exchange  of  ideas. 

'I'he  subject  for  the  day  was  the  highest  development  of  wc^man  and 
her  influence  in  this  wondrous  century  of  the  world's  progress — an  ever 
new  and  absorbing  subject  to  each  class  as  it  steps  into  the  untried  world. 
Many  subjects  had  been  discussed  in  the  two  years'  study— political 
economy,  educational  problems,  abstract  questions  on  heredity,  Brown- 
ing's and  Edwin  Arnold's  philosophy  of  life — nothing  was  too  deep  to 
come  into  this  moderii  culture  club. 

Helen,  the  natural  and  acknowledged  leader,  a  bright,  enthusiastic 
woman  of  many  ideas  and  brimming  over  with  life,  opened  the  discussion. 
Physical  culture,  intellectual  advancement,  musical  and  artistic  develop- 
ment, all  had  their  earnest  advocates,  with  the  usual  firm  opinions  on 
each  side  as  to  the  manner  in  which  the  highest  development  of  a  rounded 
womanhood  could  be  achieved — and  the  tremendous  influence  to  be  ex- 
erted in  what  we  fondly  call  woman's  age  of  the  world. 

Finally  a  quiet,  sweet  voice  broke  in  on  the  discussion,  and  Edith  with 
her  earnest  serious  face  rose  to  speak. 

''  I  have  listened  to  all  the  plans  for  our  development,  and  also  for  the 
future  subjects  for  discussion.  I  wish  to  propose  a  new  one,  and  in  our 
current  events  to  include  the  study  of  the  missionary  work  in  our  country 
and  our  relation  to  it." 

"Oh,  dear  !  "  laughed  impulsive  Susie,  "turn  our  nice  Current  Events 
Club  into  a  missionary  meeting  !  I  just  hate  missions  ;  let  us  leave  them 
to  our  mothers  and  grandmothers.  Time  enough  for  us  when  we  grow 
old  and  have  nothing  particular  to  think  of." 

A  ripple  of  laughter  floated  through  the  room.  Edith  still  stood,  a 
slight  flush  on  her  cheek  the  only  sign  of  emotion  ;  but  a  little  twinkle 
in  her  eye  and  a  smile  curving  her  lip  as  an  involuntary  vision  rose  to  her 
mind  of  a  dimly  lighted  church  parlor,  with  a  solitary  figure  at  a  table, 
with  depressing  rows  of  chairs  in  the  open  space,  and  away  in  the  far  dis- 
tance a  few  people  scattered  here  and  there,  which  to  some  minds  still 
remains  the  fondly  cherished  traditional  notion  of  a  missionary  meeting. 

"  I  know  what  you  are  all  thinking,"  she  continued,  "but  I  did  not 
propose  a  missionary  meeting,  but  a  study  of  one  of  the  deepest  subjects 
which  have  come  to  this  nation  among  the  many  problems  which  confront 
this  peo[)le,  and  in  which  women  should  naturally  take  some  interest.  I 
think  we  might  take  one  evening  from  Browning  or  Edwin  Arnold,  or  the 
discussion  of  the  evolution  dof  the  moral  idea,  and  give  some  attention  to 
questions  which  the  brightest  intellects  of  our  age  do  not  think  beneath 
them."  Another  subdued  sound  of  laughter  was  heard,  for,  secretly,  some 
of  these  advanced  young  ladies  were  growing  a  little  weary  of  Browning 
and  Emerson,  and  the  endless  discussions  that  seemed  to  lead  nowhere  ; 


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but  they  lacked  the  moral  courage  to  show  what  they  knew  would  be  con- 
sidered a  lack  of  the  highest  culture. 

The  clear  voice  went  on  :  ''  Some  of  us  are  Daughters  of  the  King." 
and  she  touched  the  little  sign  of  special  service  that  hung  at  her  waist. 
"  Shall  we  leave  our  highest  privileges  to  others,  and  give  up  all  our  time 
to  our  own  cultivation,  with  no  thought  of  the  many  in  our  own  country, 
as  dear  to  the  King  as  ourselves,  who  are  shut  away  from  our  light  and 
privileges  ?  " 

A  hush  fell  on  the  little  group.  Gay  little  Susie  gave  a  little  sob  and 
for  once  was  speechless. 

Suddenly  the  leader  spoke  :  "  I  say,  girls,  we  are  too  mean  to  live, 
and  have  treated  Edith  abominably.  I  move  we  give  one  evening  a  month 
to  the  study  of  the  missionary  work  of  our  own  country." 

"  So  say  we  all  of  us,"  chanted  these  very  cultured  young  people, 
and  the  matter  was  settled.  Many  after  discussions  took  place  at  the 
close  of  the  meeting,  after  the  usual  way  of  women — at  least,  so  say  the 
brothers  and  husbands. 

The  first  meeting  after  the  "  new  departure  "  was  crowded.  Almost 
every  member  was  present,  not  all,  perhaps,  from  the  very  highest  motives. 

Edith  occupied  the  place  of  leader.  She  spoke  of  the  w^ork  under- 
taken in  our  country  ;  of  the  struggles  of  missionary  pastors  in  founding 
new  places  in  the  far  West  among  reckless,  irreligious,  or  indifferent  people  ; 
of  women  from  refined  homes  going  into  these  voluntary  exiles,  as  pastors' 
wives  or  as  teachers  among  the  alien  races  in  our  land  ;  of  young  girls 
like  themselves,  some  even  from  their  own  circles  of  acquaintance,  brav- 
ing the  unspeakable  misery  and  degradation  among  the  Mormons,  or 
the  equally  perilous  Mexican  w^ork,  to  teach  and  uplift  their  fellow 
beings. 

In  the  intermission  Helen's  beautiful  contralto  voice  gave  a  deeper 
meaning  to  the  touching  words,  "  The  Lord  is  Mindful  of  His  Own," 
which  was  her  contribution  to  the  meeting,  lifting  them  all  into  a  higher 
atmosphere,  and  touching  a  responsive  chord  in  many  of  the  eager  young 
souls.  The  meeting  was  quieter  than  usual,  and  no  more  opposition  was 
ever  heard  from  any  member. 

As  the  study  went  on,  and  the  wonderful  history  of  their  own  land  was 
taken  up,  with  its  many  alien  races,  with  their  singular  superstitions  and 
differences  of  environment,  so  many  side  subjects  came  up  that  the  study 
became  more  absorbing  than  any  heretofore  pursued.  Gradually  psy- 
chology and  Brow^iing  and  Edwin  Arnold  rejtired  into  the  background. 
Helen  took  a  little  time  from  Wagner  and  Chopin,  and  opened  up  a  new 
world  of  delight  to  many  in  the  divine  strains  of  Handel,  Haydn,  and 
Mendelssohn,  Those  who  had  been  roused  to  high  aspirations  by  Ruskin 
and  Emerson,  and  who  yet  had  felt  something  lacking,  found  in  the  dis- 


February,  1895  The   Home  Missionary  517 

cussion  of  the  deep  questions  of  raising  their  fellow  creatures  from  sin 
and  vice  a  deeper  interest.  They  were  led  by  their  own  helplessness  in 
dealing  with  profound  questions,  to  the  great  Teacher  whose  "  philosophy 
of  life  "  went  deeper  than  that  of  mere  human  teachers. 

Gradually  a  desire  to  "  dt)  something"  was  aroused.  Many  a  dainty 
bit  of  embroidery,  or  a  sketch  from  some  artistic  fingers,  went  along  with 
the  more  substantial  things  into  the  "  missionary  box,"  to  warm  the  hearts 
and  brighten  the  lives  of  these  lonely  workers  on  the  frontier  ;  or  a  box 
of  Christmas  good  things  went  to  the  colored  schools,  to  make  rapturous 
these  impressible  young  scholars. 

Years  passed  on,  and  the  little  band  was  broken  in  upon.  Edith  mar- 
ried a  struggling  young  lawyer,  and  with  many  cares,  and  young  children 
upon  whom  she  couid  lavish  her  tenderness,  yet  found  a  place  for  her 
beloved  Club  Meeting,  which  broadened  her  views  and  kept  her  from 
becoming  entirely  absorbed  in  home  duties.  Enthusiastic  Susie  pursued 
kindergarten  studies,  and  among  the  poor  waifs  of  the  worst  street  in  her 
native  town  put  her  learning  into  practice,  aided  by  her  native  wit  and 
easy  adaptability  to  new  ideas.  Much  to  the  amusement  of  her  friends, 
the  one  who  "  just  hated  missions  "  was  president  of  her  Church  Mission- 
ary Society,  and  turned  to  good  account  her  firm  convictions  of  "what  a 
missionary  meeting  ought  not  to  be."  No  one  ever  called  her  meetings 
"  stupid  old  things  "  ;  but  the  young  girls  flocked  to  them,  and  were  gladly 
welcomed  by  the  "  mothers  and  grandmothers  "  who  for  long,  discourag- 
ing years  had  held  the  fort  when  missions  were  not  popular. 

And  what  of  Helen  ?  From  her  far-away  home  in  a  frontier  town, 
living  in  a  shackly  frame  building,  "waiting  for  the  parsonage  which  yet 
lies  in  the  dim  future,"  she  writes  bright  letters  to  her  former  companions. 
She  describes  their  many  stratagems  to  make  the  two  ends  meet ;  the 
wild  efforts  to  keep  warm  when  riding  with  the  long-suffering  pastor  on 
his  extended  pastoral  tours  ;  of  how  her  glorious  voice  is  accompanied  on 
a  wheezy  melodeon,  as  she  tries  to  win  the  cowboys  and  miners  from  the 
too-attractive  saloon  in  the  neighborhood. 

Many  a  gift  from  her  old  friends  brightens  her  dull  home.  Even  the 
coveted  Browning  and  Emerson  give  a  scholarly  air  to  the  little  shabby 
sitting  room,  kitchen,  and  study,  which  is  also  their  reception  room  for 
"  church  sociables."  Her  heart  throbs  and  her  eyes  fill  sometimes,  as  she 
sees  these  reminders  of  her  girlish,  careless  life  ;  but  no  lasting  regret 
dims  her  bright  spirit,  for  in  the  service  so  dear  to  her  heart  she  has  found 
her  reward.  We  cannot  follow  them  further.  Who  can  fathom  the  deeps 
of  even  one  human  heart  ?  But  the  seed  sown  in  that  far-off  lime  is 
bringing  forth  its  fruit  in  noble  lives.  They  have  found  the  secret  of 
true  development,  and  in  the  service  of  the  loving  Christ,  who  came  "  not 
to  be  ministered  unto,  but  to  minister,"  they  had  found  an  answer  to  the 


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vague  longings  which  had  stirred  and  troubled  their  young  hearts.      They 
could  echo  the  words  of  the  sweet  singer,  Lucy  Larcom  : 

"  I  cannol  in  the  valleys  stay,  "  I  am  not  glad  till  I  have  known 

The  great  horizons  stretch  away,  Life  that  can  lift  me  from  my  own  ; 

The  very  cliffs  that  wall  nie  round  A  loftier  level  must  be  won. 

Are  ladders  unto  higher  ground.  A  mightier  strength  to  lean  upon. 

"  To  work,  to  rest,  for  each  a  time  ;  "  And  heaven  draws  near  as  I  ascend, 

I  toil,  but  I  must  also  climb.  The  breeze  invites,  the  stars  befriend, 

What  soul  was  ever  quite  at  ease,  All  things  are  beckoning  to  the  Best, 

Shut  in  by  earthly  boundaries?  I  climb  to  Thee,  my  God,  for  rest." 


REPORTS    OF    SPIRITUAL    GAINS 

One  Hopeful  Convert. — The  East  Association  of  Oklahoma  met 
with  us,  and  we  had  a  large  and  delightful  meeting.  After  the  Associa- 
tion, I  continued  the  meetings,  assisted  ten  days  by  Rev.  Joel  Harper, 
son  of  the  Rev.  Joel  Harper  who  died  in  your  service  a  few  years  ago  at 
Cortes,  Colorado.  Mr.  Harper  is  a  beautiful  singer  and  a  capital  preacher. 
The  good  done  in  the  meetings  is  not  to  be  measured  by  the  statistics 
herein  reported — one  hopeful  convert  and  ten  additions  to  the  church. — 
Oklahoma.  

Another. — I  see  that  some  hearts  are  being  touched,  and  in  that  I 
rejoice.  hX  our  last  communion  we  received  a  young  lady  who  has  found 
the  Savior  since  I  came  here.  At  her  father's  request  she  waited  six 
months  before  uniting,  "  to  see  if  she  held  out,"  and  she  has  been  grow- 
ing in  Christian  experience  all  the  time.  It  was  a  great  privilege  to  give 
her  the  right  hand  of  fellowship. —  California. 


Two  More. — I  report  two  hopeful  conversions,  and  three  additions 
to  the  church  on  confession.  One  poor  woman  has  recently  lost  a  child, 
and  is  almost  beside  herself  with  grief.  She  never  professed  to  be  a 
Christian,  and  one  great  source  of  her  sorrow  was  that  she  could  not 
meet  her  little  girl  in  heaven.  I  called  twice,  showed  her  how  plain  and 
easy  was  the  way  of  salvation,  prayed  with  the  family,  and  she  gladly 
signed  a  card  expressing  her  purpose  to  lead  a  Christian  life.  A  young 
lady  also  signed  a  similar  one.  While  I  cannot  point  to  any  great  results 
from  my  few  weeks'  work  here,  yet  I  hope  that  eternity  will  show  some- 
thing done  for  the  Master. — Missouri. 


Ingathering. — We  have  received  within  the  quarter  five  new  mem- 
bers, three  of  them  on  confession  of  faith.     We  held  our  annual  meeting 


February,  1895  The   Home   Missionary  519 

last  week,  and  the  records  of  the  work  showed  by  far  the  most  fruitful  in 
this  churcli's  history.  Seventy-five  new  members  have  been  received  in 
the  year,  of  whom  fifty-six  came  on  confession  of  faith.  It  is  safe  to  say 
that  the  congregations  have  doubled  since  we  came  into  our  new  church 
home,  one  year  ago. — Indiana. 


Happy  Man  and  Wife. — We  have  received  two  on  confession  of 
faith — a  husband  and  wife.  He  had  not  for  years  inclined  to  have  any- 
thing to  do  with  the  cliurch  and  its  objects  ;  so  mucli  so  that  the  wife 
did  not  dare  to  unite  without  his  consent.  Both  now  are  quite  hap])y  in 
the  husband's  change  for  good. — Michigan. 


An  Aged  Convert. — Let  me  speak  of  one  conversion  here  which 
God  wonderfully  brought  about — that  of  a  man  sixty-five  years  of  age, 
Avho  had  lived  in  sin  all  his  life,  and  had  become  hardened  in  intemper- 
iv.icc  and  other  vices.  He  is  a  man  of  learning  and  good  mental  power, 
but  had  grown  to  be  skeptical.  My  heart  became  burdened  for  him,  and 
I  induced  him  to  come  to  church.  To  the  great  surprise  of  all  who  knew 
him  he  came  once,  then  again  and  again.  The  third  time  he  came  with 
deep  conviction  depicted  upon  every  feature.  The  house  was  full.  I 
realized  at  once  that  God  would  have  me  change  my  line  of  thought.  A 
different  text  from  that  which  I  had  selected  came  to  my  mind,  and  I 
used  it.  "Come,  for  all  things  are  now  ready,"  Luke  xiv.  17.  God 
seemed  to  give  me  unusual  power.  At  the  close  of  the  sermon  this  gray- 
haired  man  came,  almost  tottering  with  his  weight  of  sin,  and  with  his 
hand  outstretched  to  me  he  cried,  "  I  am  ready  too  ;  "  and  there  upon 
bended  knees,  through  tears  and  sobs,  he  found  peace  and  pardon.  The 
audience  was  moved  to  tears.  He  received  baptism  and  is  now  a  devoted 
child  of  God,  regularly  with  his  family  in  God's  house  on  the  Sabbath. — 
Oklahoma. 


Gracious  Outpouring. — Ten  months  ago  this  church  appeared  to 
have  no  vitality.  Every  member  of  what  had  been  a  well-established 
church  then  felt  that  he  was  clinging  to  a  sinking  raft,  was  hurrying  to 
abandon  this  society,  and,  alas,  to  forsake,  in  this  community  of  more  than 
a  thousand  mechanics  and  trades-people,  the  entire  support  of  Christian 
work.  Now,  however,  the  congregations  at  our  preaching  and  prayer 
services  number  ten  times  as  many  as  then,  and  the  reputation  of  the 
church  is  most  promising.  Revival  meetings  held  in  October  led  232 
persons  to  indicate  a  desire  to  lead  a  Christian  life,  and  no  of  these  have 
so  far  manifested  to  their  old  acquaintances  a  sincere  purpose  and  a  real 
change.     Every  one  connected  with  us  rejoices  in  the  blessings  that  have 


520  The   Home  Missionary  February,  1895 

come  to  us,  and  the  prospect  that  inspires  us  to  larger,  more  faithful 
endeavor.  The  beginnings  of  our  present  growth  were  in  the  preaching 
in  our  pulpit  of  Dr.  John  K.  McLean  and  his  associate.  Rev.  William 
Rader.  They  supplied  the  pulpit  until  August  ist,  when  it  was  taken  by 
Mr.  Philip  Graif,  who  also  worked  gratuitously.  I  believe  that  with  the 
help  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society  we  shall  within  six  months  be  not 
only  a  self-supporting  church,  but  also  one  which  can  and  will  help  others 
financially. — Rev.  F.  E.  Hinckley,  JVes^  Oakland,  Cal. 


To  Save  the  Lost. — One  who  had  been  a  drinking  and  sporting  man 
was  taken  sick  and  asked  to  have  me  visit  him.  Before  he  died  he  gave 
himself  up  to  God  and  said  he  believed  Christ  had  forgiven  his  sins. 
The  night  before  he  passed  away,  a  small  company  of  us  around  his  bed 
sang  "  Rock  of  Ages,"  and  with  his  broken  voice  he  joined  with  us. 
About  the  same  time  I  was  asked  to  visit  another  man  who  was  out  of 
health.  I  went  a  few  times,  and  after  talking  and  praying  with  him  and 
his  wife,  trying  to  show  them  the  way  of  life,  they  both  gave  their 
hearts  to  God.  Last  evening  we  had  a  very  pleasant  and  helpful  cottage 
meeting  at  their  home.  We  rejoice  that  our  Heavenly  Father  has  been 
pleased  so  to  bless  our  efforts  to  reclaim  the  lost. — Ohio. 

NOTES    OF   LONG   SERVICE    IN    COLORADO 

By  Rev.  Roselle  T.  Cross,  York,  Neb. 

H. — Showers  of  Blessing 

Your  missionary  soon  became  acquainted  with  the  other  pastors  of 
the  place.  They  gave  him  a  cordial  welcome,  and  he  was  glad  to  find 
that  their  hearts  beat  in  unison  with  his  in  the  desire  to  see  the  Lord's 
work  revived.  The  time  was  drawing  near  for  "the  week  of  praver." 
The  pastors  decided  to  go  two-by-two  and  visit  all  the  houses  in  the  place, 
not  merely  to  make  a  religious  canvass  and  leave  programmes  of  the 
union  meetings,  but  to  converse  with  the  people  about  religious  matters. 

There  were  four  pastors  to  engage  in  this  work,  the  Baptist  and  Method- 
ist pastors  going  together,  and  the  Presbyterian  and  Congregational 
pastors.  Each  pair  canvassed  one  half  of  the  town,  the  work  being  so 
divided  that  each  pair  would  have  a  part  of  the  poorer  class  of  people 
to  visit. 

The  brother  who  went  with  your  missionary  was  decidedly  loyal  to  his 


February,  1895  Tlic   Home   Missionary  521 

own  denomination,  but  they  worked  together  admirably.  As  they  went 
from  house  to  house  they  took  turns  in  oj^ening  tlie  conversation  and  in 
suggesting  a  season  of  prayer  whenever  it  seemed  best.  If  they  found 
persons  of  other  denominations,  it  was  part  of  the  programme  to  report 
their  names  to  the  respective  pastors.  The  places  of  business  were  visited, 
and  also  the  billiard  saloons,  in  order  to  leave  notices  of  the  meetings,  and 
personal  invitations  to  attend  them. 

'I'hen,  as  at  other  times  in  their  Western  experience,  they  found  many 
a  homesick  Christian  whose  light  was  being  hidden  under  a  bushel.  Long- 
ing and  even  weeping  for  the  associations  and  privileges  of  the  old  church 
home,  back  East,  they  were  failing  to  make  themselves  known  or  their 
influence  felt  in  the  new  church  homes  which,  out  of  manifold  and  diverse 
materials,  were  crystallizing  around  them.  Frontier  pastors  soon  find 
that  a  large  part  of  their  work  is  to  hunt  up  such  Christians  as  soon  as 
possible  and  help  them  out,  or  dig  them  out,  of  that  homesick  reserve  and 
home-staying  habit  which  is  so  often  the  prelude  to  a  positively  back- 
slidden state.  A  pastor  in  a  new  Western  town  must  find  his  congrega- 
tion, and  he  is  almost  sure  to  fail  unless  he  is  a  house-going  minister.  He 
must  often  canvass  his  neighborhood  house  by  house.  He  must  keep 
watch  of  new  houses  that  are  being  built,  and  when  he  sees  a  k)ad  of 
household  goods  going  past  his  door  it  may  be  a  good  investment  of  time 
to  follow  it  up  and  ascertain  what  new  family  is  coming  into  the  neighbor- 
hood. When  he  finds  people  who  attend  a  sister  church,  he  can  bid 
them  a  cordial  God-speed  and  speak  some  good  word  for  their  own  church 
or  pastor.  He  can  also,  if  they  live  far  from  their  own  church  and  near 
to  his,  ask  them  to  drop  in  occasionally  when  they  cannot  get  to  their  own 
services. 

On  the  first  Sunday  in  December  one  person,  a  married  lady,  was  con- 
verted in  the  new  pastor's  congregation,  and  he  rejoiced  in  the  first  soul 
given  him  on  his  new  field.  The  following  week  a  fellowship  meeting 
was  held,  two  visiting  ministers  and  the  pastor  visiting  from  house  to 
house  during  the  day  and  holding  meetings  in  the  evening.  On  the  third 
Sunday  in  December  the  pastor  superintended  the  Sunday-school,  taught 
a  Bible  class,  preached,  and  received  one  person  to  the  church.  In  the 
afternoon  he  walked  three  miles  to  a  schoolhouse,  where  he  also  superin- 
tended the  Sunday-school,  taught  a  class,  and  preached.  Then,  after 
walking  home,  he  attended  a  prayer-meeting  in  the  evening  and  conducted 
a  combined  Bible  reading  and  praise  service,  and  went  to  bed  feeling 
good.  On  the  last  day  of  the  year  he  received  fourteen  new  members, 
half  of  them  on  confession. 

Before  the  week  of  prayer  arrived  the  town  had  been  well  canvassed 
and  the  union  meetings  well  advertised  in  other  ways.  The  week  before 
they  began  the  pastor  had  had  a  glorious  meeting  at  an  out-station  eighteen 


522  The   Home   Missionary  February,  1895 

miles  away,  with  some  conversions,  and  there  had  also  been  held  a  meet- 
ing at  a  private  house  to  pray  for  a  revival.  On  Sunday  there  was  a  fear- 
ful wind-storm,  and  the  congregations  were  small.  The  pastor's  wife  and 
child  were  sick,  and  he  had  an  urgent  call  to  go  to  the  help  of  the  brethren 
at  the  out-station,  but  the  campaign  had  begun  in  town  and  he  could  not 
leave. 

Tuesday  night  the  church  where  the  meetings  were  held  was  crowded, 
and  three  persons  rose  for  prayers.  One  of  them  was  a  man  who  had 
professed  conversion  in  Mr.  Moody's  meetings  in  Liverpool.  The  pastor 
went  that  day  to  call  on  a  beloved  physician  who  was  not  expected  to  live. 
"  I  have  been  thinking  much  about  you  lately,"  said  the  pastor  to  him. 
Before  he  could  say  more  the  man  replied  impatiently  :  '*  Oh,  now,  don't 
begin  to  talk  that  way.  I  have  heard  so  much  in  that  line  that  I  am  tired 
of  it."  A  few  words,  however,  were  spoken,  tenderly  and  tearfully,  on  the 
great  subject,  and  then  the  only  recourse  seemed  to  be  silent  prayer  for 
the  dying  man's  soul. 

The  next  day  there  was  a  crowded  children's  meeting,  and  the  next 
night  four  persons  rose  for  prayers.  The  next  day  from  thirty  to  fifty 
school  children  asked  for  prayers,  and  seventeen  remained  to  be  prayed 
with.  At  night  twelve  rose  for  prayers,  and  there  was  an  inquiry  meeting 
at  the  close.  Surely  the  tide  was  rising,  and  prayer  was  being  answered. 
One  heart  at  least  was  receiving  the  comfort  in  affliction  for  which  he  had 
prayed.  I'he  next  day  many  school  children  asked  for  prayers  in  the 
afternoon  meeting,  and  many  remained  for  prayers,  among  them  a  number 
of  young  men.  In  the  evening  twelve  rose  for  prayers.  One  of  them,  the 
daughter  of  an  infidel,  earnestly  requested  prayers  for  her  father.  After 
the  meeting  a  class  of  young  ladies  went  to  the  home  of  their  teacher  for 
a  class  prayer-meeting. 

Sunday  night  the  church  was  crowded.  The  text  was  :  "  How  long 
halt  ye  between  two  opinions?"  Several  persons  were  converted.  A 
young  lady  for  whom  there  had  been  a  special  prayer  circle  that  afternoon 
at  the  pastor's  house,  shot  up  like  an  arrow  as  soon  as  there  was  an  oppor- 
tunity, and  asked  for  prayers.  An  hour's  inquiry  meeting  was  held  after 
the  service. 

No  one  church  was  now  large  enough  for  the  meetings,  so  the  ministers 
agreed  to  divide,  the  Baptists  and  Methodists  meeting  in  the  Baptist 
church,  and  the  Congregationalists  and  Presbyterians  meeting  in  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  the  two  churches  being  across  the  street  from  each  other. 
Eight  rose  for  prayers  on  Tuesday  night  in  the  Presbyterian  church.  On 
Thursday,  while  out  calling,  your  missionary  had  the  great  joy  of  seeing 
three  souls  converted — a  lady  in  one  house  and  a  husband  and  wife  m 
another.  They  needed  but  little  urging  to  kneel  and  consecrate  them- 
selves to  the  Lord,  and   not  one  of  the  three   had   attended  any  of  the 


February,  1895  THc   Homc   Missionary  523 

meetings.  Evidently  God's  Spirit  was  at  work  in  the  coniinunit)'.  The 
next  Sunday  he  preached  three  times,  once  at  a  town  five  miles  away, 
and  at  night  he  was  tired,  but  when  tired  at  such  times  and  for  such  reasons 
it  was  a  blessed  feeling  of  tiredness,  and  his  heart  said  : 

"  One  more  days  work  fdi-  Jesus, 
One  less  of  life  for  me  ! 
But  heaven  is  nearer 
And  Christ  is  dearer 
Than  yesterday  to  me  ; 
His  love  and  light 
Fill  all  my  soul  to-night." 

And  so  the  meetings  went  on  ;  sometimes  encouraging  and  some- 
times discouraging.  They  lasted  about  four  weeks.  Some  who  started 
turned  back,  and  some  who  made  no  start  then  came  out  afterwards  and 
joined  the  church.  On  the  whole  it  was  a  blessed  work  of  grace,  a  shower 
of  blessing,  a  genuine  revival,  such  as  that  young  community  had  not 
known  before.  Those  four  churches  were  all  weak  then  ;  they  are  all 
strong  now,  each  having  several  hundred  members.  The  few  early  mem- 
bers who  are  still  there,  remember,  with  peculiar  joy  and  gratitude,  that 
first  extensive  work  of  grace  that  the  place  enjoyed. 

It  is  the  experience  of  all  workers  on  the  frontier,  that  revival  work 
goes  hard  in  new  towns.  The  materialistic  spirit  is  uppermost  in  the 
minds  of  people  who  are  making  new  homes.  The  people  are  largely 
strangers  to  each  other,  and  there  is  not  that  compactness  of  religious 
sentiment  which  is  found  in  old  settled  communities,  and  through  which 
a  whole  community  is  moved.  It  is  somewhat  like  the  difference  between 
moving  a  boulder  and  moving  a  lot  of  sand  or  gravel. 

One  man  was  greatly  interested  in  the  meetings  and  attended  them 
night  after  night.  His  daughter  was  converted,  and  he  was  almost  per- 
suaded, but  a  Sunday  livery  business  stood  in  the  way,  and  he  would  not 
yield.  Those  who  labored  and  prayed  for  his  conversion  doubtless  tried 
to  do  their  best,  but  probably  they  could  have  worked  and  prayed  still 
harder.  They  would  at  any  rate  have  had  a  new  and  strong  argument  to 
urge  at  the  throne  of  grace,  had  they  foreseen  that  in  a  little  while  that 
man  was  to  become  very  wealthy  through  a  lucky  strike  in  a  Leadville 
mine,  of  which  he  was  part  owner.  Many  of  the  church  members  were 
interested  in  the  mines,  and  some  of  them  had  great  expectations  of  the 
future.  In  some  cases  those  expectations  were  partly  realized,  and  in 
other  cases  they  slipped  from  the  grasp  just  as  they  seemed  about  to  be 
realized. 

A  good  sister  in  the  cluirch  suggested  one  day  that  a  special  meeting 
be  held  to  pray  that  the  Lord  would  turn  more  of  the  wealth  of  the  mines 
into  the  hands  of  Christians,  so  that  the  churches  might  be  helped  and 


ft 
524  The   Home   Missionary  February,  1895 

the  college  endowed.  The  pastor  suggested  that  it  would  be  better  to 
pray  that  Christians  might  get  into  that  state  where  the  Lord  could  safely 
trust  them  with  great  wealth,  as  it  was  the  easiest  thing  in  the  world  for 
the  Lord  to  turn  wealth  into  the  hands  of  his  children  when  He  saw  that 
it  was  best  to  do  so. 


THE    "DISPERSION"    TRUTH 

[Extracts  from  a  sermon  preached  at  the  143d  Street  Congregational  Church,  New 
York  City,  by  Rev.  W.  T.  McElveen,  Ph.D.,  to  stimulate  the  establishment  of  a  branch 
church  at  Wilton  and  Port  Morris. 

Text:  "Therefore  they  that  were  scattered  abroad  went  everywhere  preaching  the 
Word." — Acts  viii.  4.] 

Christianity  is  not  simply  a  religion  of  inward  composure  ;  it  is  a 
gospel  of  aggressive  activity.  Jesus  would  have  us  be  not  only  absorbent 
disciples  but  radiant  apostles. 

.  .  .  The  Christian  Church  at  this  time  was  about  seven  years  old. 
It  had  met  and  tried  to  solve  some  of  the  great  questions  of  the  day. 
After  a  fashion  it  solved  the  question  of  wealth  and  poverty  by  resolving 
itself  into  a  sort  of  communistic  society.  It  had  done  something,  too,  in 
the  way  of  organizing  the  church  and  administering  its  affairs.  Handi- 
capped by  temporal  matters,  the  apostles  advised  the  church  to  elect  from 
their  number  seven  deacons  who  would  attend  to  the  distribution  of  the 
funds  to  the  needy.  One  of  these  deacons,  Stephen  by  name,  was  a 
larger  man  than  his  office  ;  so  he  combined  with  the  diaconate  the  office 
of  preacher.  In  this  he  was  eminently  successful.  Stephen  was  a  man 
of  faith,  power,  and  the  Holy  Ghost.  His  words  were  sharper  than  any 
two-edged  sword.  They  cut  to  the  quick.  Those  whom  his  preaching  did 
not  convict  and  convert,  it  enraged  and  exasperated.  Finally,  on  a  false 
charge,  Stephen  is  arrested,  hurriedly  tried,  and  cruelly  stoned  to  death. 
His  murder  was  the  prelude  to  a  general  onslaught  on  all  Christians.  The 
rulers  having  tasted  blood  became  ferocious.  They  made  havoc  of  the 
church.  They  determined  they  would  stamp  out  this  heresy  by  perse- 
cution. But  "  the  blood  of  the  martyrs  is  the  seed  of  the  church."  The 
persecution  scattered  the  disciples  all  over  the  land  ;  and  each  disciple 
becoming  a  burning  and  a  shining  light,  the  whole  country  was  illuminated 
for  God.  The  rulers  thought  they  could  put  out  the  fire  by  scattering  the 
embers  ;  but  each  ember  became  another  fire,  and  the  blaze  spread.  The 
wind  of  persecution  carried  the  seed  of  truth  to  other  fertile  fields,  and 
abundant  harvests  were  the  result.  The  persecution  was  a  "  blessing  in 
disguise."     Thus  the  domain  and  the  work  of  the  church  was  enlarged. 


February,  1895  The   Home  Missionary  525 

Prior  to  his  departure  Christ  had  commanded  his  disciples 
both  to  "  J40  "  and  to  "  tarrw"  I'hey  were  "  to  go  into  all  the  world,  and 
preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature."  They  were  ''to  tarry  at  Jerusalem 
until  they  were  endued  with  power  from  on  high."  The  tarrying,  how- 
ever, was  to  precede  the  going.  On  the  tlay  of  Pentecost,  while  tarrying 
with  one  accord  in  one  place,  they  received  the  power  and  the  Holy 
Ghost.  The  next  step  was  to  go,  to  scatter,  to  disperse,  and  become  wit- 
nesses of  Christ  in  Judca,  in  Samaria,  and  in  the  uttermost  parts  of  the 
earth. 

But,  somehow,  the  disciples  forgot  thai  last  command  to  go.  They 
were  fond  of  Jerusalem,  as  well  they  might  be.  They  loved  the  Temple, 
its  services,  and  its  ceremonies.  The  keyword  of  Judaism  was  '^  Come." 
The  keyword  of  Christianity  is  "Go."  The  tendency  of  Judaism  was 
centripetal.  The  tendency  of  Christianity  is  centrifugal.  Christianity 
God  designed  to  be  not  a  local,  but  a  universal  religion.  If  the  infant 
church  will  not  disperse,  it  will  in  time  become  a  mere  sect  of  Judaism. 
God's  plans,  however,  are  not  to  miscarry.  If  the  disciples  will  not  obey 
the  command  to  go,  they  must  be  compelled  to.  God  guides  with  His  eye 
— the  gentle  method  of  love — but  if  we  do  not  follow  where  He  thus  leads 
He  will  guide  with  His  hand  and  rod — the  harsh  method  of  chastisement. 
The  church  is  shattered  that  its  members  may  be  scattered  ;  they  are 
scattered  that  they  may  everywhere  preach  the  Word. 

The  same  old  spirit  of  selfish  centralization  and  criminal  seclusion 
exists  in  the  Christian  church  to-day.  The  church  needs  to  learn  this 
truth  of  dispersion. 

This  truth  is  a  universal  one.  Embryologists  tell  us  that  when  we 
first  began  to  be,  we  were  tenants  of  a  tiny  microscopic  cell  that  could 
not  be  discerned  by  the  naked  eye,  and  did  not  measure  one-tenth  of  a  line 
in  diameter.  How  did  that  cell  grow?  It  grew  by  a  process  which  the 
physiologists  call  "segmentation."  That  is,  the  cell  grows  by  dividing 
itself  in  two,  by  splitting  itself  into  two  smaller  cells.  "  Reproduction 
begins,"  Drummond  tells  us,  as  rupture.  Large  cells  beginning  to  die 
save  their  lives  by  self-sacrifice.  The  cell  grows  then  by  partitioning 
itself,  giving  up  some  of  its  life  to  another  cell,  becoming  two  cells 
that  will  in  time  repeat  the  surrender.  Men  physically  grow  by  disper- 
sion. 

The  plant  crowns  and  completes  itself  with  a  beauteous,  fragrant  flower. 
Hidden  in  a  cradle  of  exceedingly  cunning  workmanship  is  a  capsule 
crowded  to  bursting  with  seeds.  One  day  as  the  plant  begins  to  droop 
and  die  the  capsule  breaks  open  and,  with  the  help  of  the  wind,  disperses 
the  seed  over  the  ground.     The  fiower  reproduces  itself  by  dispersion. 

Books  on  military  tactics  remind  us  of  the  Napoleonic  manoeuvre  "  to 
divide  and  conquer." 


526  The   Home   Missionary  February,  1895 

The  Heavenly  Father  acts  upon  the  truth  of  dispersion.  He  sent  the 
Son  :  the  Holy  Trinity  divided.  'i"he  first  step  that  Christ  took  in  his  re- 
demptive career  was  to  abandon  heaven.  The  old  Congregational  practice, 
which  in  New  York  has  fallen  too  much  into  desuetude,  of  sending  out 
colonies  from  a  mother  church  to  organize  independent  church  life  else- 
where, is  having  the  spirit  and  mind  of  Jesus  denominationally. 

.  .  .  Now  this  our  church  is  situated  in  the  most  rapidly  growing 
section  of  this  metropolis.  If  the  Twenty-third  and  Twenty-fourth  Wards 
of  New  York  city  were  a  city  separate  by  itself  it  would  be  in  size  the  fifth 
city  in  the  Empire  State.  According  to  police  and  health-board  statis- 
tics the  population  of  these  wards  is  125.000.  The  population  of  Albany 
is  97,000  ;  of  Syracuse,  91,000  ;  and  of  Troy,  64,000.  The  growth  of  this 
district  has  been  greatest  since  1890.  Four  great  new  bridges,  connecting 
this  section  with  Manhattan  Island,  are  in  process  of  erection.  Real  estate 
as  a  consequence  in  this  district,  in  the  teeth  of  the  hard  times,  has  in- 
creased twenty-three  per  cent,  in  the  last  year.  This  is  the  first  year  we 
have  had  the  continuous  five-cent  fare  to  the  city  proper.  The  elevated 
railroads  and  the  trolley  are  giving  us  excellent  service.  "  It  doth  not  yet 
appear  what  it  shall  be  "  when  we  get  real  rapid  transit.  This  section 
is  fast  becoming  the  residential  community  of  the  great  wage-earning 
class. 

The  assessed  valuation  of  the  Twenty-third  Ward,  the  greater  part  of 
which  is  our  parish,  has  increased  in  twenty  years  from  $11,000,000  to 
$3 7,000,000.  Already  the  New  York  Central  Railroad  is  preparing  to 
build  the  coming  Grand  Central  depot  at  138th  Street.  Next  spring  will 
witness  an  immense  exodus  (we  hope  not  of  the  children  of  Israel)  from 
the  city  proper  to  these  parts.  Business  men  generally  are  making  ready 
for  this  incoming.  Immense  buildings  and  blocks  of  handsome  residences 
are  going  up  on  all  sides.  Everybody  is  alert  and  active  except  our 
churches.  They  are  blind,  slothful,  poorly  equipped.  Fields  which  in  a 
very  few  years  would  support  strong  churches  are  neglected.  The 
points  of  advantage  are  not  occupied.  Districts  with  a  population  of  3,000 
are  without  a  single  church.  Everywhere,  if  we  had  ears  to  hear,  we 
could  hear  the  Macedonian  cry. 

Let  this  church  be  faithful.  Let  it  go  to  these  spiritually  poor  but 
materially  well-to-do  sections.  Let  it  "  disperse,"  that  everywhere  through- 
out this  rapidly-growing  community  Congregational  church  life  may  be 
created.  Spend  and  be  spent  that  we  may  take  this  region  "  for  Christ 
and  the  Church."  Even  new  churches  that  have  been  organized  in  this 
community  during  the  last  ten  years,  with  one  single  exception,  have  been 
the  result  of  a  church  quarrel  and  split.  God's  people  would  not  "  go"; 
and  perhaps  He  was  again  using  the  rod  of  persecution  to  compel  them  to 
scatter  and  everywhere  preach  the  Word. 


FciMLiary,  1895  The   Homc   Missionary  527 

FROM     THE     WIDE     FIELD 

Winning  by  Kindness. — Two  incidents  of  local  significance  have 
cheered  us  this  quarter.  A  Roman  Catholic's  little  child  died.  In  their 
indecision  the  parents  kept  the  little  hod)'  unburied  for  a  couple  of  days, 
and  finally  sent  for  me  to  conduct  the  funeral.  Next  day  the  father  handed 
me  five  dollars.  The  little  event  won  for  our  strui4'.i;ling  society  interest 
from  a  (juarter  coldly  isolated.  The  other  Sunday  eveninj^^  as  I  stood  at 
the  church  door  at  the  close  of  the  service  to  shake  hands  with  each  one 
as  he  passed  out,  a  saloon-keeper,  saturated  with  his  business,  remarked  to 
his  fellow  :  "  If  he'd  only  nj;ht  us  ;  but  he  melts  us  with  love."  His 
children  now  are  in  the  Sunday-school,  and  the  mother  and  two  large 
boys  were  at  church  twice  last  Sunday.  Events  like  these  are  as  precious 
to  us  as  the  "  loaves  and  fishes''  blessed  and  broken  by  the  Master  for  the 
hungry  crowd. — South  Dakota. 


A  Working  Veteran. — One  Sunday  in  the  month  I  have  a  special 
daj'  of  work  and  travel.  It  is  more,  perhaps,  than  I  could  endure  weekly 
at  my  age.  Dr.  Samuel  Hanson  Cox  said  that  "  God  never  made  a  man 
to  preach  three  times  on  the  same  day."  But  I  do  this  twelve  times  a 
year,  besides  attending  generally  two  Sunday-schools,  and  traveling  from 
eight  to  fourteen  miles.  Much  of  this  is  done  afoot,  for  I  can  get  along 
without  a  horse  and  really  cannot  afford  one  in  these  times,  hard  for 
missionaries  and  for  almost  everybody.  In  this  rice  country  of  irrigation 
and  overflow,  I  sometimes  have  to  wade.  When  it  is  too  deep  for  my  tall 
rubber  boots,  I  get  ferried  over  by  a  friend  for  nothing,  or  by  a  Roman 
Catholic  for  a  good  price.  But  if  I  can  only  "get  there  "  and  not  disap- 
point my  congregation  and  myself,  I  am  well  satisfied.  To  do  all  this 
on  a  Sunday,  and  come  out  fresh,  or  even  at  all,  makes  me  thank  God 
for  the  privilege  of  preaching  the  blessed  Gospel  for  now  almost  fifty 
years. — Louisiana. 


Christian  Comity. — Trinity  Church  is  a  practical  exemplification  of 
Christian  comity.  The  Congregational  and  Presbyterian  churches  have 
joined  forces  in  carrying  on  the  Lord's  work,  and  there  is  a  hopeful 
outlook.  I  confess  I  came,  with  some  misgiving,  as  a  Presbyterian 
minister,  to  take  charge  of  this  church,  especially  when  I  found  some 
indications  of  feeling  on  the  part  of  the  Congregational  people,  that,  with 
a  Presbyterian  minister  and  services  held  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  the 
odds  would  be  against  them.  But  as  there  seemed  to  be  a  hearty  unanim- 
ity by  both  congregations  in  the  invitation  extended  me,  and  as  I  was 
raised  a  Congregationalist  and   knew  little  besides  in  a  church  wav  till 


528  The   Home   Missionary  February,  1895 

grown  to  manhood,  I  concluded  to  quiet  my  fears  and  go  to  work  for  the 
whole  church  as  though  there  were  no  lions  of  divided  interest  in  the 
way.  'I'his  first  quarter's  work  has  been  very  pleasant,  and  justifies  a 
hope  that  a  genuine  spirit  of  m  itual  confidence  is  being  cultivated.  I 
live  in  the  Congregational  parsonage,  which  the  ladies  of  Trinity  Church 
have  refitted  very  comfortably, — Rev.  G.  A.  McKinley,  PcmUeion,  Ore. 


Blessed  from  the  First. — 'I'he  people  began  to  be  interested  from 
the  first  of  our  coming.  Sinners  were  converted,  and  now  our  member- 
ship is  double  what  it  was  when  we  reached  the  field.  1  have  adminis- 
tered the  ordinance  of  baptism  to  eleven  persons  within  the  past  two 
months.  The  church  has  risen  to  a  higher  standard  spiritually,  and 
many  are  striving  to  get  up  still  higher.  At  our  services,  twice  each 
Sabbath,  the  attendance  is  always  good,  the  house  often  being  crowded 
beyond  its  seating  capacity.  We  are  praying  God  that  the  saloons  and 
gambling  dens  may  yet  be  turned  into  places  of  prayer.- — Oklahoma. 


An  Uncomfortable  Fellow-Traveler. — At  our  out-station  the 
people  have  to  walk  long  distances  through  the  heavy  winter  snow.  It 
may  be  of  interest  to  some  to  mention  that  occasionally  these  people,  in 
going  to  or  from  the  meetings,  encounter  some  difficulties  that  are  not 
common  in  the  East.  Only  last  Sunday,  as  I  was  coming  from  the  meet- 
ing, I  had  with  me  in  my  carriage  a  lady  with  her  two  little  girls,  help- 
ing them  for  a  part  of  their  long  walk,  when  we  overtook  a  gentleman 
and  his  wife  who  were  somewhat  excited,  having  just  been  successful  in 
driving  a  large  black  bear  into  the  brush.  He  was  walking  leisurely 
along  the  road,  and  for  a  while  seemed  inclined  to  hold  the  right  of 
way.  I  travel  this  road  in  all  kinds  of  weather,  in  the  light  and  in  the 
dark  ;  and  the  Lord  most  graciously  has  kept  me,  and  guarded  me 
through  it  all. —  lVas/ii/ii^io?i. 


One  of  Our  Lord's  Lambs. — A  dear  little  girl  of  six  years  has  just 
died,  and  left  the  Sunday-school  for  heaven.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
the  French  minister  in  our  association,  who  is  reaching  with  the  Gospel 
many  Roman  Catholics.  Young  as  she  was,  she  seemed  to  realize  her 
earthly  departure,  and  died  a  calm  and  happy  Christian  death.  For  two 
communions  past  she  had  desired  to  partake  with  the  church,  and  said 
that  she  "loved  the  Lord  as  much  as  anybody  did."  At  the  last  she 
embraced  and  kissed  her  kindred  and  friends,  bade  them,  good-bye,  and 
closed  her  eyes  as  to  a  pleasant  sleep.  This  case  shows  the  power  of 
early  religious  training,  and  the  certainty  of  the  divine  blessing  on 
parental  faithfulness.  Many  years  since,  the  Protestants  of  Canada  sent 
to  Switzerland  for  some  French-speaking  ministers  in  order  to  reach  the 


February,  1895  The    Hoiiie   Missionary  529 

Roman  Catholics.  Among  their  first  converts  was  the  grandmother 
from  whom  tiie  little  girl  parted  ;  antl  the  first  child  of  Roman  Catholic 
parents  converted,  that  received  I'rotestant  baptism,  was  the  mother 
yielding  this  lamb  to  the  arms  of  "the  Cood  Shepherd."  She  was  indeed 
of  trne  Christian  lineage,  and  her  blood  as  well  as  education  told  well. — 
Louisiana . 


1*1  KASANT  lo  LOOK  i!.\cK  iTpoN  IN  WiNTER. — An  interesting  feature 
of  the  sunnner's  work  was  our  open-air  meetings.  There  is  a  delightful 
picnic  grove  on  a  wooded  island,  surrounded  by  the  tumbling  waters  of 
the  Spearfish  River.  It  is  quite  centrally  located  in  the  town.  We 
arranged  plank  seats  on  the  dancing  floor,  and  here  held  our  Sunday 
evening  services  for  five  or  si.\  weeks  during  the  hottest  summer  weather. 
The  Methodists  united  with  us  in  these  meetings,  and  their  pastor 
preached  on  alternate  evenings.  A  good  many  attended  these  services 
who  would  not  go  into  a  church.  Thus  many  were  reached  with  the  Gos- 
pel who  would  not  have  been  touched  if  the  services  had  been  held  in 
the  usual  place. — South  Dakota. 


Bible  Study. — I  have  started,  in  two  of  my  fields,  classes  for  the 
systematic  study  of  the  Bible.  In  both  places  are  many  young  people 
almost  wanting  in  even  the  most  elementary  knowledge  of  the  sacred 
Book.  To  educate  the  young  converts  in  the  Book  and  its  use,  seems  to 
me  more  needful  at  present  than  even  a  series  of  revival  meetings,  which, 
in  the  event  of  their  proving  successful,  would  only  give  us  material  such 
as  we  already  have,  and  equally  inefficient.  This  will  necessitate  my 
doing  a  great  deal  of  walking  over  most  wretched  roads,  as  I  must  go 
every  week  a  distance  of  ten  miles  to  conduct  the  class.  I  have  not  suffi- 
cient compensation  to  enable  me  to  keep  a  horse,  and  so  necessarily  have 
recourse  to  the  natural  and  primitive  method  of  locomotion.  This  would 
be  all  right  if  the  roads  were  good  ;  but  they  are  probably  the  most 
wretched  excuses  for  roads  to  be  found  between  the  two  oceans. — Ores:on. 


The  "  Drifting  "  Evil. — Our  friends  in  the  East  who  have  always 
been  connected  with  large  churches,  can  hardly  imagine  how  a  year  of 
crop  failure  like  this  interferes  with  our  work.  The  financial  part  of  the 
problem  is  not  always  the  worst.  While  the  draft  from  the  Society  comes 
regularly,  the  pastor  can  arrange  his  expenses  to  match.  But  oh,  the 
discouragement  of  seeing  the  result  of  past  effort  waste  away  by  removal 
of  members  and  workers  I  Last  spring  I  was  at  the  organization  of  a 
church  that  seemed  to  promise  permanence.  Now  its  members  are  scat- 
tered in  other  States.     Our  own  little  church  in  four  weeks  added  to  its 


530  The   Home   Missionary  February,  1895 

"  absent  "  list  eleven  names.  By  the  dismissal  of  these  we  lost  two  dea- 
cons, one  trustee,  our  Sunday-school  superintendent,  two  teachers,  the 
organist,  and  the  janitor.— .S'^/////  Dakota. 


A  Promising  Future. — I  spent  a  week  with  Brother  Nash  at  Mountain 
Home  and  had  some  excellent  meetings.  Two  united  with  the  church 
while  I  was  there,  and  several  will  come  later,  I  think,  as  a  result.  A  few 
weeks  since  I  went  to  a  point  about  fifty  miles  away  where  a  new  ditch 
has  been  taken  out,  and  had  sixty  out  to  an  evening  service.  It  is  across 
the  Boise  River,  opposite  Parma  Station,  on  the  railway.  It  is  new,  is 
fast  settling  up,  and  will  be  an  excellent  point  to  organize  a  church  before 
long.  It  is  being  settled  up  in  fifteen  or  twenty  acre  plats  for  fruit  rais- 
ing. I  am  sure  that  there  is  not  a  better  point  to  plan  for  a  church  in 
this  section.  A  Sunday-school  has  been  organized  through  the  aid  of  the 
members  of  our  church,  and  the  outlook  is  bright  for  work  there.  A 
bridge  is  being  built  across  the  Boise  River,  and  there  is  talk  of  a  large 
colony  from  the  East  being  located  at  the  place.  Of  course,  this  is  all 
uncertain,  but  there  is  no  uncertainty  about  its  being  an  important  point 
in  its  outlook  for  the  future. — IdaJio. 


Spiritual  Pay  better  than  Cash. — I  am  still  under  the  old  dis- 
advantage— the  want  of  a  conveyance  for  making  pastoral  calls.  With 
the  corn  and  oat  crops  almost  a  total  failure  and  liay  scarce,  I  cannot 
think  of  keeping  a  horse.  My  plan  is  to  try  and  buy  a  bicycle  for  about 
fifty  dollars,  and  with  that,  when  days  are  fair,  make  my  calls.  My 
income,  financially,  is  wretchedly  small,  and  yet  the  spiritual  power  and 
love  of  my  flock  is  so  strong  that  I  am  paid  better  than  more  money  could 
pay  me.  I  could  not  leave  these  fields  simply  because  there  is  so  little 
money  for  me.  That  is  a  weighty  reason  why  I  should  remain.  I  board 
myself,  my  poor  people  bringing  in  a  little  butter,  bread,  preserves,  etc. 
I  obtain  good  milk  from  one  of  my  members,  and  thus  I  have  reduced 
expenses  here  to  a  minimum.  Of  course,  railway  fare,  washing,  and  board 
at  my  out-station  call  for  cash,  and  with  some  of  my  old  debts  I  am  kept 
"on  the  qui  Vive."  God  knows  that  one  must  do  without  necessary  books, 
clothing,  etc.,  with  so  small  an  income.  Yet  there  are  others,  no  doubt, 
who  have  harder  fields  and  less  comfort  than  I  have. — Kansas. 


One  Way  to  Pay  Church  Debts. — We  have  just  held  our  annual 
meeting,  and  find  a  debt  of  $650.  This  is  due  to  me  by  reason  of  my 
consent  to  allow  the  salary  fund  to  be  turned  over  to  wipe  out  the  church 
debt.  This  I  did  to  secure  a  $500  gift  that  we  should  otherwise  have 
lost.     For  five  years  I  have  paid  an  annual  average  of  more  than  ^100 


February,  1895  Tlic   Home   Missionary  531 

out  of  my  salary.  Last  year,  resorting  to  a  skill  acquired  long  ago,  I 
went  into  the  mountains  and  earned  $100  by  surveying  mining  claims. — 
Co/(>r(f</iK 


Prefers  a  Country  Parish. — Ministers  usually,  I  think,  prefer 
village  or  city  pastorates  to  those  in  rural  districts.  At  least,  there  is  no 
evident  desire  on  the  part  of  many  to  receive  the  latter.  Let  me  have 
the  count rv  work.  1  write  from  limited  experience,  and  perhaps  the  joys 
of  the  lirst  parish  shed  a  ros}  light  over  everything.  There  is,  too,  a 
difference  in  churches  and  communities.  lUit,  in  the  main,  how  these 
people  on  the  prairies  do  listen  to  the  Ciospel  and  join  hands  in  the  work  ! 
May  we  not  take  a  pardonable  pride  in  a  church  which,  during  a  four 
weeks'  absence  of  its  leader,  maintains  its  prayer-meetings  with  an  aver- 
age attendance  equal  to  half  its  membership — this,  too,  when  many  of 
them  live  four  and  live  miles  away  ?  For  hearty  apjM'eciation  and  cordial 
cooperation  give  me  a  country  church. — South  Dakota. 


Armv  Life. — Our  congregations  have  been  excellent  for  the  last  two 
months,  part  of  the  time  filling  the  room,  and  there  has  been  quite  an 
earnest,  inquiring  spirit.  One  Sunday  evening,  a  few  weeks  since,  a  young 
man  came  to  me  and  said  that  he  wanted  me  to  pray  for  him.  He  said 
that  he  used  to  be  a  member  of  the  church  back  in  Boston,  but  had 
enlisted  in  the  army  and  was  far  away  from  what  he  ought  to  be.  I  found 
that  he  was  a  member  of  a  cavalry  company  stationed  here,  and  was  a 
wreck  as  to  his  religious  life.  The  Spirit  was  striving  with  him  mightily, 
and  he  was  repentant  for  his  sin.  I  am  hoping  to  help  him  into  an  active 
Christian  experience,  but  it  will  be  very  hard  amid  the  surroundings  of 
army  life.  One  soldier  united  with  the  church  more  than  a  year  ago,  and 
has  done  very  well  ;  but  the  immorality  in  the  army  is  a  disgrace  to  a 
Christian  nation,  and  it  seems  as  though  nothing  is  done  to  prevent  it. 
At  this  post  I  am  confident  that  a  man  who  is  trying  to  live  as  a  consistent 
Christian  will  be  treated  more  rigorously  than  a  man  who  is  known  to  be 
a  "  bummer  '"  and  all-around  bad  man. — Idaho. 


"I  don't  know,"  writes  our  Coal  Mine  Missionary,  "  v/hen,  in  the 
providence  of  God,  our  work  counted  for  so  much  as  during  the  past  year. 
'  Determined  perseverance  in  His  Name'  has  been  our  motto." — Indiana. 


Sunday-School  under  Difficulties. — At  the  Sunday-school  service 
on  the  afternoon  before  Christmas,  our  place  of  worship  was  full,  but  the 
building  is  a  very  old  one-story-and-a-half  cottage,  with  partitions  between 


532  The   Home   Missionary  February,  1895 

the  two  lower  rooms  removed,  and  the  upper  floors  supported  by  rough- 
hewn  columns.  This  makes  you  think  of  impending  disaster  like  that 
which  happened  to  the  Old  State  House  in  Virginia.  It  will  not  accom- 
modate more  than  150  persons.  It  is  situated  in  a  pine  grove  near  a  large 
cemetery.  Attendance  on  the  church  and  Sunday-school  would  be  largely 
increased  if  we  had  a  suitable  building.  We  own  the  lot.  Can  we  not 
have  aid  in  some  way  ?  There  are  si.x  good  churches  for  white  people  in 
the  borough.  There  are  several  brickyards  near,  and  many  colored 
people  are  employed  in  them  who  have  no  church  privileges  except  in  this 
place.     Sunday-school  literature  would  be  acceptable  to  us. — New  Jersey. 


THE    SWEET-PEA    FUND 

This  fund  reached  last  year  the  total  of  $520.  But  Tittle  was  reported 
of  the  results  of  the  hundreds  of  gratuitous  packages  of  seed  that  were 
sent  out,  but  $154  were  received  through  the  author  of  the  scheme.  The 
amounts  sent  to  the  treasurer  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety have  stood  for  the  last  four  years  respectively,  {^115,  $115,  $135,  and 
^[54.  This  sum  does  not  represent  the  extent  of  this  charity,  for  the 
proceeds  go  to  other  worthy  objects  also. 

It  has  grown  so  that  the  information  with  regard  to  the  seed  has  to  be 
put  into  a  printed  circular.  More  and  finer  seed  will  be  sent  out  this  year 
than  ever  before.  Circulars  will  be  mailed  to  everyone  who  has  at  any 
time  ordered  seed,  and  dixe  free  to  all  ^vho  wish  them.  No  one  is  so  poor 
that  he  or  she  need  be  deprived  of  the  pleasure  of  having  some  of  this 
seed.  The  mention  of  The  Home  Missionary  will  imply  that  the  proceeds 
sent  will  be  appropriated,  as  far  as  possible,  to  the  Congregational  Home 
Missionary  Society.  And  the  mention  of  The  Home  Missionary  will  bring 
a  fine  package  of  seed  whether  money  is  sent  or  not.  Write  to  Rev.  W. 
T.  HuTCHiNS,  Indian  Orchard,  Mass. 

[Our  readers  will  be  glad  to  see  from  the  above,  that  our  e.xcellent  Brother  Ilutchins 
does  not  tire  of  his  beautiful  sweet-pea  scheme,  great  as  is  the  labor  involved  in  it,  but 
renews  his  generous  offers  to  all  who  desire  to  help  this  and  several  other  good  causes, 
while  beautifying  their  own  homes  and  cheering  the  hearts  of  their  neighbors.  He  says, 
"  They  are  tite  Lord's  sweet-peas  yet,  and  the  proceeds  will  always  be  a  conscience  fund," 
and  adds,  "  I  would  like  to  have  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Sweet-Pea  Fund 
grow  to  $1,000,  and  do  not  see  why  it  may  not." 

That  $1,000  is  just  what  we  also  should  "  like  to  see. "  If  our  readers  will  write  to 
Mr.  Hutchins  he  will  send  them  his  priced  circular,  with  the  names  and  brief  descriptions 
of  at  least  seventy-seven  varieties  of  this  charming  flower,  among  the  most  exquisite  in 
color  and  fragrance  of  all  the  Lord's  gifts  to  his  children. — Ed.] 


February,  1895  Thc   Homc   Missionary  533 


PARTING    WORDS    FROM    A    LOYAL    HEART 

This  is  to  be  my  last  report.  I  confess  to  a  feelin.y;  of  tenderness  at 
severing-  my  relations  with  the  Society  as  one  of  its  missionaries.  I  have 
regarded  the  home  missionary  service  as  a  calling  of  peculiar  privilege 
and  nobility.  The  commission  of  the  Society  I  shall  always  cherish  as  a 
badge  of  honor.  The  change,  in  December,  1891,  from  the  pastorate  of 
the  wealthiest  church  in  an  Ivistern  State  to  the  shepherding  of  this  little 
flock,  had  its  trials.  Many  things  were  left  behind.  The  thing  most 
missed,  I  believe,  has  been  the  privilege  of  asking  large  and  frequent 
benevolent  offerings  from  my  people  ;  a  sweet  privilege  it  was  in  a  church 
whose  annual  benevolences  were  about  ^8,000.  But  even  in  this  I  have 
not  been  without  consolation.  This  little  church  will  grow  up  ;  and,  with 
God's  blessing,  as  we  gain  in  ability  to  do,  we  shall  gain  in  eager  readi- 
ness. 

Great  has  been  my  thankful  joy  in  this  privilege  of  service  !  The  con- 
sciousness that  the  Master  placed  me  here,  and  that  the  work  was  for 
him  ;  the  spirit  of  loving  loyalty  and  sacrificial  service  among  the  people  ; 
the  privilege  of  laying  foundations  for  the  future  in  an  important  field — 
these  have  given  me  a  delight  for  which  "  happiness  "  is  a  word  all  too 
thin  and  weak.  (It  is  not  a  gospel  or  a  Christian  word,  anyway.)  And 
that  I  have  been  permitted  to  engage  in  this  work  at  some  measure 
of  personal  sacrifice — this  has  put  the  bloom  of  a  supreme  joy  upon  it 
all. 

1  am  sorry  for  the  brethren  w-ho  hang  around  the  Congregational 
House  in  Boston  because  they  must  needs  keep  within  sight  of  the  golden 
dome  of  the  State  House.  I  am  sorry  for  any  who  regard  it  as  a  cross  to 
"go  West,"  to  undertake  pioneer  work,  or  to  accept  the  commission  of  the 
Home  Missionary  Society. 

The  great  joy  is  to  be  in  the  place  to  which  the  Master  points,  wher- 
ever it  be.  But  there  is  a  peculiar  privilege  in  putting  in  some  of  one's 
best  years,  if  God  will,  amid  the  plastic  conditions,  the  tremendous  needs, 
and  the  splendid  possibilities  of  this  newer  country.  Beloved  brethren  at 
"  the  Rooms,"  let  me  thank  you  for  the  personal  kindness  and  fraternal 
courtesy  you  have  shown  me  ever  since  the  day  when  some  of  you  wrote 
me  about  this  field  and  its  possibilities.  We  are  all  grateful  for  your 
interest  in  this  little  seed  in  the  far  Western  field.  We  could  not  have 
done  without  you.  W^e  shall  bear  you  in  our  hearts  lovingly  and  grate- 
fully, and  pray  for  you  during  these  days  when  your  hearts  are  sorely 
tried. 

May  the  God  of  Israel,  the  faithful,  covenant  God,  supply  all  your 
needs,  and  lead  his  people  into  a  deeper  life  and  a  larger  service  !       B. 


534  The   Home   Missionary  February,  1895 


TREASURY     NOTE 

CONTRIBUTIONS  LEGACIES 

1893-4         1894-5  1893-4        1894-5 

April.... $10,366  46  $18,936  34  April....  $6,681    14  $8,701  36 

May 9,461   46  18,608  21  May 25,812  59  6,113  5^ 

June 15,136   17  15,249  44  June....  10,254  35  35.c^6  54 

July i5'293   72  18,908  65  July 8,940  39  10,695  22 

August...     9,479  91  7,886  18  August..  14,885   55  35,280  76 

Sept 13,794  35  12,707   28  Sept 5,450   10  15,045  01 

Oct 7,34356  9^52304  Oct 4,02500  5,36902 

Nov 13,387  77  13,683  01  Nov 4,682  73  6,672  70 

Dec 15,693  27  17,72767  Dec 10,943   n  io,575  52 

$109,956  67  $133,229  82  $91,674  96  $133,479  71 

$23,273.15  gain  in  contributions.       $41,804.75  gain  in  legacies. 

Gain  in  the  nine  months,  April-December,  here  reported,  $65,077.90. 

Our  careful  readers  will  bear  in  mind,  however,  that  in  the  latest  (68th) 
Annual  Report,  page  94,  was  acknowledged  the  sale,  and  use  in  last 
year's  work,  of  securities  amounting  to  $33,062.28.  These  securities  were 
not  a  part  of  the  Society's  permanent  funds,  but  of  legacies,  which  for 
various  reasons  could  not  properly  be  earlier  disposed  of.  Taking  these 
special  receipts  of  last  year  into  the  account,  we  are  left  with  an  excess  of 
but  little  over  $32,000  as  a  just  ground  of  comparison  at  this  date  between 
the  first  three-fourths  of  the  sixty-eighth  and  the  sixty-ninth  fiscal  years. 
What  shall  be  the  condition  of  the  treasury  at  the  end  of  the  current  year, 
March  31,  none  can  foresee.  It  will  depend,  of  course,  upon  the  liberality 
of  our  friends  in  these  closing  months.  It  is  our  hope  and  prayer  that 
the  entire  year's  income  may  warrant  the  Executive  Committee  in  making 
a  substantial  advance  towards  restoring  the  reduction  which  they  were 
last  spring  compelled  to  make  in  the  appropriations  for  this  year's  work. 

The  time  is  short.  What  the  friends  of  Home  Missions  find  it  in  their 
hearts  to  do  must  be  done  quickly,  to  be  of  large  avail.  This  is  always  the 
most  trying  season  of  the  year  in  our  home  missionary  families.  It  is 
specially  trying  this  year  when  so  many  of  their  people  are  unable  to  meet 
their  pledges,  leaving  many  of  these  households  wholly  dependent  on  the 
drafts  of  this  Society.  These  drafts,  in  many  cases,  ought  to  be  increased, 
and  would  be  if  the  offerings  of  the  churches  made  it  possible.  We  can 
only  leave  the  matter  with  our  faithful  helpers,  reminding  them  of  our 
Lord's  words,  "  Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it  (or  ye  did  it  not)  unto  one  of 
the  least  of  these  my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  (or  ye  did  it  not)  unto 
me."  In  the  person  of  many  of  these.  His  "  brethren,"  He  is  waiting  for 
YOUR  response. 


Feljiuary,    1895 


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535 


APPOINTMENTS     IN     DECEMBER,    1894 


N'ot  in  C(iiii>iiissio7i  last  year 

Byers,  Wm.  L.,  Topeka,  Kan. 

Doanc.  Frank  V,.,  Dayton,  Wash. 

Henning-.  (Ico.  W.,  Nci-dles.  Cal. 

Johnson,  Orrin  H.,  Kagle  Harbor.  Wash. 

Osinek,  Miss  Anionic.  St.  Louis.  Mo. 

Rccd,  Mrs.  E    M.,  Salt  Lake  City.  Utah. 

Rich,  Ulysses   G.,  Michigan   City  and    Niagara, 

No.  Dak. 
Shoeinakcr,  Henderson  C  Whitewater,  Colo 
Thompson,  Thomas,  Winfred  and  Freedom,  So. 

Dak. 
Twyford,    Lucy    E.,   Bethel,  Deer    Creek,    and 

Spring  Creek,  Okla, 

Ri'-coniinissioiicd 

Armitage,  Durand  E..  South  Shore,  So.  Dak. 
Baker.    George.   Washougal    and    Mt.    Pleasant, 

Wash. 
Barber,  Jerome  M.,  Wilsonvillc  Butlcrvillc.  and 

Champoeg.  Ore. 
naskerville,  Mark.  Sprague.  Wash. 
Bates,  John  M.,  Wakonda,  So.  Dak. 
Battey,  George  J.,  Strang.  Bruning,  and  .Shickley, 

Neb. 
Bormorse,  Niels  N..  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Brakemeyer,  Gustavus  L  .  Chicago,  111. 
Brett,  Geo.  S..  Springfield,  Mo. 
Bright,  D.  Franklin.  Taylor.  Neb. 
Brown,  Frank  J.,  Rose  Creek  and  Taopi,  Minn. 
Cole,  Thomas  VV.,  Grand  Island.  Neb. 
De    Groflf,    Charles    F.,    Revillo,    So.    Dak.,   and 

Marietta,  Minn. 
Doolittle.  John  B.,  Harbine  and  Plymouth,  Neb. 
Eckles.  John  G..  Portcrville.  Cal. 
Edwards,  Jonathan,  Hiliyard,  Wash, 
Funk,  George  N..  Jennings.  La. 


Graf,  John  F.,  Springfield,  Mo. 

Hall,  George  C,  Nebraska  City,  Neb. 

Isakson.  Andrew  J.,  Titusville,  Pa. 

Kirkwood,  Wm.  A.,  Parkvillc,  N.  Y. 

Lewis.  Jolni,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Lich,  John,  Lincoln,  Neb. 

Lich,  Peter.  Friend  and  Turkey  Creek,  Neb. 

Loba,  Victor  E.,  Noble.  Mo. 

Lopez,  J.  M.,  Spanish  Church,  N.  Y.  City,  N.  Y. 

McConaughy,  Frank,  Edmonds  and  Richmond, 
Wash'. 

McDonald,  Alexander  P.,  Pullman,  Wash. 

McLcllan,  .Archibald  S,,  Oro  Fino,  Callahan's, and 
Mound,  Cal. 

Martin,  Edwin,  Bloomfield,  Addison,  and  Dol- 
phin, Neb. 

May,  I'xlwin  M.,  Cleveland,  O. 

Miller,  Henry  G.,  N.  Y.  City,  N.  Y. 

Murphy.  Charles  (i..  Wallace,  Neb. 

Pease,  Wm.  P.,  Hay  Springs,  Neb. 

I'ottcr,  L.  Eugene,  Capioma  and  Connet,  Kan. 

Reynolds,  Lauriston,  Redfield,  So.  Dak. 

Robertson,  Angus  A.,  Pclhamville,  N.  Y. 

Smith.  [.  I'ranklin,  Sargent  and  Westcott,  Neb.  " 

Smith,  John  H.  B..  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Smith,  Jonathan  (i..  Chillicothe,  O. 

Smith,  L.  Adams,  Christopher  and  Star  Lake, 
Wash. 

Stevens.  Julius.  Faulkton.  So.  Dak. 

Strong,  Mi.ss  C.  M..  N.  Y.  City,  N.  Y. 

Swartout,  Edgar  P..  Firesteel,  Letcher,  Bethel, 
and  Lisbon.  So.  Dak. 

Tingle,  Geo.  W.,  Oneidaand  A.\tell,Kan. 

Travers,  Robert  M.,  Milford,  Neb. 

Waldrop,  Isaac  M.,  Buffalo  Park  and  Collyer, 
Kan. 

Willett,  George,  Buena  Park,  Cal. 

Wright.  James  C,  Fairhaven,  Wash. 

Williamson,  Lawrence  J.,  Georgetown,  Minn. 


RECEIPTS    IN    DECEMBER,    1894 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Au.xiliary  -Societies,  see  pages  542  to  549. 


MAINE-S55.7S. 

Castine,  Rainbow  Band,  by  Mrs.  C. 

M.  Cushman 

Dennyville.    S.    S.    Rally,   by    L.    K. 

Gardner 

Fort   Fairfield,    by  Rev.  G.  B.    Hes- 

cock 

S.  S.  Rally,  by  G.  B.  Hescock 

Portland,   St.    Lawrence    St.  Ch.,  by 

T.  T.  Gerrish 

W.    C.    Rideout,   $1  ;    Miss    C.    A. 
Rideout.  25  cts.;  S.  H.  Rideout, 

25  cts 

Skowhegan,  Island  Avenue,  by  W.  F. 

Bacon 

Thomaston.  bv  Miss  H.  E.  Tillson. . . 
Waterville.   Kennebec,  and  Somerset 
Conference,  October   Union    Meet- 
ing, by  J.  Richmond 


3  80 


12  57 
5  00 


Manchester.  A  Friend %     10  00 

Nashua,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  F.  F.  Kim- 
ball   45  16 

VERMONT-$455.6o. 

Berlin,  Mrs.  J.  E.   Perrin.  for  Salary 
Fund 3  80 

Burlington.  First,  by  M.  H.  Stone 348  00 

East  Corinth,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  Rev.  E. 

W.  Hatch 6  30 

East  Dummerston,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  A. 
F.  Miller 2  50 

North    Bennington,    Mrs.  S.   D.  Jen- 
nings   15  00 

St.    Johnsbury,    S.    S.    Rally    of    the 
South  Ch., by  Mrs.  R.  P.  Fairbanks.  10  00 

Waitsfield.by  Mrs.  G.  Olmstead   20  00 

West   Brattleboro.  Elvira  Stedman.  to 

const.  D.  B.  Stedman  a  L.  M 50  00 


NEW   HAMPSHIRE-$i43.i6. 

Franklin,  by  D.  S.  Gilchrist 

Goffstown.  Miss  M.  A.  Hadley 

Gorham,  by  B.  Pratt 

Henniker,  A  Friend,  add'l 

Lyme,  by  D.  A.  Giant,  to  const.  Dea. 
Allen  G,  Washburn  a  L.  M 


5  <5o 
5  00 


56  00 


MASSACHUSETTS  —  $12,435.84  ;     of 
which  legacies.  $2,929.56. 

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

B.  Palmer.  Treas 3-500  00 

By  request  of  donors S    225  81 

For  work  among  foreign- 
ers in  the  West 4.500  00 

■ 4,725  81 


536 


The   Home   Missionary 


February,   1895 


Woman's  H.  M.  Assoc,  Miss 
S.  K.  Burgess.  Treas.  : 

For  Salary  Fund $152  oo 

Athol,  Ladies'  Union  Evan. 

Ch 35  00 

Lexington 25  00 

Lynn,  First,  Au.k i  50 

North  Adams,  Aux 1000 

Princeton,  Aux 1200 

Southbridge,  Aux 10  00 

$245  50 

Amesbury,  Union  Evan.  Ch.,  by  E.  A. 

Goodwin n  37 

Amherst,  South  Ch.,  by  W.  B.  Rose  .  9  70 

Andover,  Legacy  in  part  of  Edward 

Taylor,  by  O.  B.  Taylor,  ex 200  00 

Boston,  W.  A.  Wilde,  ior  Salary  Fund  50  00 

Boylston,  by  D.  E.  Burtner 27  00 

Cambridgeport,    A  Friend,  a  Christ- 
mas offering 3  00 

Charlestown,    Legacy  of   Opphia    N. 

Tenney,  by  R.  E.  Pickthall,  ex.   ...         700  00 
Easthampton.   Payson  Ch.,  by  H.  L. 

Clark,  in  full  to  const.  A.  B.  Morrell, 

E.  W.  Wood,  S.  Brown,  R.  G.  Lea- 

vitt  and  J.  N.  Lyman  L.  Ms 9°  77 

Great    Harrington.    Legacy   of    Lucy 

Tucker,  by  F.  H.  Wright,  ex 1,671  56 

Harvard,  Rev.  C.  C.  Torrey 10  00 

Hatfield.  Ch.,  of  which  $10  from  the 

Branch  S.  S.  of  North  Hatfield,  by  A. 

Cowles,   to    const.    Mrs.    Helen   M. 

Belden  a  L.  M 50  00 

Hinsdale,  S.  S.,  by  A.  S.  Storm 7  50 

Lee.  X 1500 

Ludlow,   Union   Ch.,    by  Rev.   A.   J. 

Quick 13  00 

Massachusetts.  A  Friend,  special. ...  25  00 

Middlefield.  by  L.  C.  Kimball 36  57 

Monson,  Edward  F.  Morris 200  00 

By  E.  F.  Morris 12  38 

New  Bedford,  by  J.  W.  Henry 52  17 

North  Amherst.  Mrs.  E.  E.  Fisher  ...  10  00 

Northampton,  Dorcas  Soc.  of  the  First, 
by  Mrs.  J.  E.  Clarke,  for  Salary 
Fund 56  25 

Mary  E.  Byrd 5  00 

A  Friend    ...    5  00 

North  Brookfield,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  E. 

H.  Grout 862 

Pittsfield,  Mrs.  F.  S.  Bissell 500 

Sheffield,  by  A.  T.  Wakefield.  M.  D.  .  9  05 

Shelburne  Falls.  Primary  Dept.  S.  S., 

by  F.  W.  Main i  50 

Southampton,  by  H.  G.  Healey 29  76 

Springfield.  Income  of  Missionary 
Farm  of  Levi  Graves,  by  D.  W. 
Wells,  trustee 58  00 

Memorial  Ch.,  by  H.  W.  Bowman  .  19  25 

Taunton.  Estate  of  Dr.  E.  M.  Jones. 

by  E.  P.  Washburn,  adm.  . .    500  00 

To wnsend  Center.  M  iss  Mary  E .  Patch  40 

Ware.  Miss  E.  H.  Hyde  of  the  Silver 

Circle 500 

Webster,  First,  by  E.  L.  Spalding 64  68 

Worcester,   A  member  of   Plymouth 

Ch.,  by  F.  W.  Chase 2  00 


RHODE  ISLAND-$6o.oo. 

East  Providence,  Newman  Ch..  by  W. 
W.  Ellis,  to  const.  Miss  A.  M.  Perry 

a  L.  M.     

Providence,  Free  Evan.  Ch.,  by  N.  J. 
Shepley  


CONNECTICUT— $5,159.98  ;   of  which 
legacies.  $2,546.76. 

Miss.   Soc.  of  Conn.,  W.  W,  Jacobs, 
Treas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec.        277  58 


Woman's  H.    M.   Union,   Mrs. 

W.  W.  Jacobs,  Treas $20  00 

New  Britain.  South  Ch..  Mrs. 
J.  W.  Cooper  of  the 
Silver  Circle,  by  Mrs.  S. 

H.  Wood 5  00 

South    Ch.,    .S.  S.  class    of 

Swedes,  by    Mrs.    E.  H. 

Case,  for  Salary  Fund. . .       5  00 

Norwalk,      Ladies'      Benev. 

Assoc,  of  the  First,  by  Mrs. 

A.  B.  Hill,  for  Salary  Fund     14  00 

Norwich,  Broadway  Ch..  by 

Mrs.  S.  B.  Bishop 500  00 

Orange,  by  Mrs.  O.  A.  Treat, 

for  Salary  Fund 13  00 

Pomfret,  Ladies'  H.  M.  Soc, 
by  Miss  M.  E.  Denison,  for 

Salary  Fund 30  00 

South  Norwalk,  by  Miss  G. 
H.  Benedict,  for  Salary 
Fund,  of  which  $50  to 
const.  Miss  Ella  H.  Day  a 

L.  M...    9000 

W^allingford.  Mrs.  S.J.Parker 
of  the  Silver  Circle 5  00 


Berlin,  Ch.  and  S.  S.  of  the  Second,  by 

F.  L.  Wilcox 50  34 

Bethel.  A  Member 5  00 

Bethlehem,  A  Friend 500 

Bridgewater,  by  A.  J.  Bennitt 7  50 

Chaplin,  H.  T.  Crosby 2  00 

Cheshire,  North  Union  S.  S.  Rally,  by 

B.  L.  Tuttle 1  27 

Chester,  by  Rev.  Alexander  Hall 20  00 

Clinton.  S.  S.,  by  J.  M.  Wellman 5  33 

Cornwall,  Estate  of  Silas  C.  Beers,  on 

account 750  00 

Coventry,    Legacy    of     Mrs.    M.    L. 

Brewster,  by  E.  Kingsbury,  ex 191  03 

East  River.  H.  A.  C.  Stone,  special...  5  00 

East  Woodstock,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  R.  C. 

Paine 254 

Farmington,  First,  by  R.  H.  Gay. .    .  70  00 

Greenwich,  Second,  by  C.  N.  Mead..  21  24 

A  Friend  to  Missions 80  00 

Hadlyme,  by  R.  E.  Hungerford 8  00 

Hartford,  Asylum  Hill,  A  Friend,  by 

C.  E.  Thompson.   .     50  00 

Mrs.    Mary    C.    Bemis,   by    E.    H. 

Carter loooo 

Ivoryton,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by   Mrs. 

L.  S.  Griggs I  00 

Mrs.  E.  A.  Northrop,  special 20  00 

Lisbon.  S.  S.  Rally,  by   Rev.  Q.  M. 

Bosworth 2  00 

Madison,  by  J.  S.  Scranton 6.75 

Middlebury,  Rev.  W.  F.  Avery 5  00 

Middletown,  Silver  Circle.  Mrs.  C.  V. 
Coffin.    $5.30  ;    Mrs.  G.  N.  Ward. 

S^.^s.  by  Mrs.  J.  H.  Bunce 10  65 

A  Friend,  a  Christmas  offering 20  00 

Milford,  First,  by  F.  A.  Tucker 55  62 

Monroe,  A.  Wheeler 3  48 

Nepaug.  A  Friend 2  40 

New  Britain,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Strong,  Sil- 
ver Circle  of  the  First  Ch.  of  Christ, 

by  Mrs.  Emma  L.  Picken. 5  00 

New  Haven.  First,  by  M.  E.  Mersick, 

for  Salary  Fund 250  00 

Yale   College   Ch.,  by  W.   W.  Far- 

nam 395  00 

A  Friend 5  00 

Norfolk,  Estate  of  Mary  L.  Porter,  by 
F.  E.  Porter,  ex..  Securities,  ap- 
praised value.  Si. 490. 75 1, 60s  73 

Northford,addM,by  Miss  M.  J.  Malt- 
by 50° 

North  Stonington,  by  T.  S.  Wheeler 
through   L.    S.  Ward,  Treas.  A.  B. 

C.  F.  M 87  00 


February,    1895 


The   Home  Missionary 


537 


Norwich,  Park  Ch.,  by  H.    L.   liutts, 

for  Salary  Fund Sigg  28 

"  A.  P." 25  00 

Plainficid,  S.  S.  of  the  First,  by  R.  A. 

Hall 5  36 

South  Britain,  by  Miss  M.  C.  Bradley.  31  .l^ 

Tcrryville,  S.  S.,  by  G.  A.  Scott,  spe- 
cial   1875 

Watcrbury,  Mrs.  Israel  Upson i  00 

West  Hartford,  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  by 
E.  S.  Klmer 47  " 

Whitncyville,  by  J.  M.Payne 1600 

Earninfjs  of  three  children,  by  C.  F. 
Clarke 275 

NEW  YORK-  Si. 484.25. 

Received    by  William  Spal- 

din),',  Treas. : 

Clayton I  .■;  64 

Cortland 50  00 

Crown  Point     31  44 

Eaton 60 

Ellinjitton 10  55 

Oasi)ort 9  50 

Homoyc 44  00 

Madrid 13  oo 

Moravia 5  cxd 

Osceola 10  00 

Phocni.x,  S.  S.  Rally 500 

Roscoe 5  00 

Siloani 24  36 

Syracuse,    Danforth    Ch., 

Christmas  offering 983 

223  92 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

J.  J.  Pearsall,  Treas.: 
Brooklyn,  Tompkins  Ave. 

S.  S $75  00 

King's  Daughters. ...  25  00 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 12  CO 

Ch.  of  Pilgrims 6  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 1000 

Cortland 10  00 

Homer,  Aux 10  60 

Mrs.  Joseph  Stebbins...  i  00 

Mrs.   William    A.  Bean, 
Hon.    Member    Silver 

Circle 5  00 

Honeoye,  W.  H.  M.  U 15  00 

Lysander,    L.    M.    S.   and 

M.  B n  30 

New  York  City,  Broadway 
Tabernacle,  Soc.  for 
Women's  Work,  to 
const.  Mrs.  C.  Brainerd, 

Jr.,  a  L.  M 50  00 

Oswego 20  00 

Wells'ville,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  1000 

260  90 

Albany.  Calvin    Holmes,  Hon.  Mem- 
ber Silver  Circle 5  co 

Angola,  A.  H.  Ames ' 5  00 

Aquebogue,  by  G.  L.  Wells 10  40 

Bay    Shore,    Junior    Helpers    of    the 

First,  by  Rev.  S.  W.  King 10  00 

Brooklyn,  Lee  Avenue  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

C.  H.  Gillespie 107  25 

South  Ch..  by  E.  D.  Ford 33  73 

Puritan  Ch.,  by  E.  Nash 59  13 

Bushwick   Avenue   Ch.,    by  W.  H. 

Leviness 30  00 

King's     Daughters     of     Bushwick 
Avenue  Ch.,  by  Mrs.   S.  E.  Cas- 

key.  freight 2  00 

Park  Ch.,  bv  H.  Barrett 17  64 

Parkville,  by  Rev.  VV.  A.  Kirkwood.  12  88 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Tompkins  Avenue 

Ch.,  by  P.  Palmer  25  00 

Buffalo,  First,  by  R   K.  Strickland. . .         136  85 

Clifton  Springs,  A  Friend 5  00 

Cortland.   Mrs.  Jerome  Angell.  Hon. 
Member  of  Silver  Circle 5  00 


Flushing,  S.  S.  of  the  First,  by  C.  P. 

Harris $  18  01 

Fillmore,  S.  M.  Norton i  00 

Ithaca,  First,  by  S.  D.  Sawyer 106  10 

A  Friend 10  00 

Jamestown,  First,  by  F.  R.  Moody...  102  00 

Keene  Valley,  Rev.  C.  M.  Perry 2  00 

Lawrcnceville,  by  L.  Hulburd 5  00 

Little  Valley,  by  Miss  R.  W.  Chase  ..  6  00 

Lockport.  First,  by  J.  H.  Moshcr. ...  10  00 

Miss  E.  A.  Moore 50 

Lysander,  bv  M.  C.  Van  Doren 16  40 

Marcy,  Bethany  S.  S.  Rally,  by  R.  P. 

Jones I  70 

New  York  City,  Welsh  Ch 10  00 

Mt.  Hope.  Ch.  of  Christ.  S.  S.  Rally, 

by  Rev.  H.  M.  Brown 14  00 

Bedford  Park,  S.  S.,  by  S.  Bourne..  3  25 

A  Friend,  for  freight 1  50 

"  Cash  '' 100  00 

Northfield,  by  Rev.  T.  H.  Griffith ....  10  00 

North  Lawrence,  by  N.  Williams 5  00 

Almira  Williams 3  00 

Oswego,  by  W.  B.  Couch 42  55 

Olean,  First,  by  W.  S.  Brickell 4  25 

Saugerties,  by  B.  M.  Coons 6  00 

Sidney,    Ch.,    Si5-59,   of   which  $5.73 

from  the  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  M.  C. 

Johnston '5  59 

West  Bloomfield,  by  J.  S.  Ayers 4°  70 


NEW  JERSEY--$284.64. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  the  N.  J. 
Assoc, Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison, Treas. : 
Montclair,  First,  for  Salary  Fund..        100  00 

East  Orange,  "  K  " 100  00 

Guttenburg,  First  Ch.,  and  S.  S.,  by 

G.  Ewell 5  00 

Jersey  City,  Waverly  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

C.  Emery 22  00 

Newark,  S.  S    of  the  First,  by  C.  F. 

Mackin 1000 

H.  N.  Doolittle,  a  Christmas  gift...  20  00 

Orange  Valley.  A  Friend 5  00 

South  Orange,  A  Friend 510 

Vineland,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  T.  A.  Gard- 
ner   4  71 

Westfield,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  S.   G. 
Carberry 1283 


PENN.SYLVANIA— $318.07  ;  of  which 
legacy  $99-20. 

Woman's      Missionary    Union, 
Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones,  Treas.  : 

Allegheny $2  15 

King's  Daughters 2  25 

Mayflower 2  00 

First,  by  Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin     3  26 
Pittsburgh,    Ladies'    Soc.    of 

Puritan  Ch   3  14 

Juvenile   Band   of    Puritan 
Ch 2  75 


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

Assoc,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison.  Treas. : 

Philadelphia,  Central  Ch.,  for  Salary 

Fund 

Arnot.  Puritan  Ch.,  by  J.  W.  Jackson 
Braddock,  Ch..  $1.70;  S.  S..  $3,  by  T. 

.'\ddenbrook 

Delta.  Bethesda,  by  Rev.  J.  Cadwala- 

der 

Germantown.  by  S.  J.  Humphreys... 
Guy's  Mills,  by  Rev.  E.  T.  MacMahon 

Johnstown.  Miss  Fannie  Bochek 

Kane.  S.  S..  by  W.  H.  Davis 


81 

.36 

4 

00 

4 

70 

2 

5° 

9 

10 

8  60 

5 

00 

20 

00 

538 


The   Home  Missionary 


F"ebruary,  1895 


Mcadville,  Park  Avenue  Ch.,  by  J.  T. 

Stem 

Mt.  Jewett.  Swedish  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 

A.  Widinjj 

Nanticoke.   Moriah  Welsh  Ch.,  by  D. 

P.  Thomas   

Pittsburg.  On  account  from  Estate  ot 

Ellen  Price  Jones,  by  G.  N.  Monro. 
Plymouth,  Pilgrim  Ch.,by  Rev.W.  L. 

Evans 

Ridgway,    Swedish   Ch.,  by  John  E. 

Swanson 

Shamokin,    Welsh,   by    Rev.    D.    T. 

Davies 

Wilkes  Barre,  First,  by  R.  George... 

MARYLAND— $6.00. 
Frosburg,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Moore 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA-$78.83. 
Washington,  First,  by  W.  Lam  born. . 

VIRGINIA-fi.go. 

Snowville,  Mrs.  N.  M.  Richardson... 

WEST  VIRGINIA-$7.9i. 
Ceredo,  by  Rev.  G.  Gadsby 


NORTH  CAROLINA- 


'■so- 


Woman's  Missionary  L^nion, 
Miss  A.  E.  Farrington, 
Treas.  : 

High  Point,  S.  S.  Rally $i  50 

A.  E.  F 5  00 


GEORGIA— 129. 35. 

Woman's    H.     M.    Union,   Miss    V. 
Holmes,  Treas.  : 
Atlanta,  Central  Ch.,  S.  S.  Rally. .. 


Cartecay.  by  Rev.  F.  G   Smith 

Meansville.  bv  Rev.  3.  C.  McDaniel. 
Woodruff,  by 'Rev.  P.  H.  Reese 


ALABAMA-$i9.2.s. 
Received  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Stallings 

Central,  Equality  and  Balm  of  Gilead 
Chs.,  Mount  Olive  and  Tallassee,  by 
Rev.  A.  C.  Wells 

Courtland,  Liberty  Grove  Ch.,  by  R. 
Hardin 

Talladega.  Talladega  College  "  Little 
Helpers,"  by  Mrs.  H.  S.  De  Forest. 

MISSISSIPPI-io  cents, 
Columbus,  Friends ,.,...... 

FLORIDA-$29.5o. 

Coatsville  and  Wausau.  by  Rev.  S.  B. 
Judah    

Georgiana,  Mrs.  Mary  C.  Munson 

Macclenny,  A.  A.  Stevens,  a  Christ- 
mas gift   

Oscall  and  Bethel,  by  Rev.  E.  D. 
Luter  


TEXAS-$29.io. 

^  ^  ^^         Austin,   Tillotson    Ch.   of   Christ,   by 

Miss  M.  J.  Adams 

'^         Palestine,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Dobbs 

,„  __         Sherman,   St.   PauPs  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 
F.  Sheldon 

99    20 

10  00     INDIAN  TERRITORY-70  cents. 

McAlester,    Second,    by   Rev.    T.   B. 
4  51  Holleyman 

26  75      OKLAHOMA-$ii.38. 

Alva   and    Woodward,    by    Rev.    A. 

Connet 

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

6  00         West  Guthrie,  by  Rev.  L.  J.  Parker.. 

NEW  MEXICO-$i.oo. 

Albuquerque,  by  Rev.  E.  H.  Ashmun 
78  83 

ARIZONA-$i6.o5. 

Tempe,  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc.  of  the  First, 

by  Mrs.  M.  B.  White 

1  90  •' 

KENTUCKY-$i.oo. 
Covington,  H.  E.  Cree 

7  91 

OHIO- 8313.75. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas.  : 

Bellevue,  for  Salary  Fund . .      $2  75 

Burton,  Mrs.   E.  A.  Hitch- 
cock, for  Salary  Fund....         5  00 

Cleveland,   Euclid   Avenue, 

for  Salary  Fund 25  00 

6  50  Medina,  L.  M.  S.,  for  Salary 

Fund 10  00 

Toledo,  Central,  for  Salary 

Fund 8  00 

Akron,  West  Ch.,  by  J.  E.  Patterson, 

'°  55  special 

Claridon,  by  A.  L.  Bruce 

5°         Cleveland,  Cyril  Chapel,  Bohemians, 

^750  by  Rev.  J.  Musil    

^  °°         Columbus,  Eastwood  Ch.,  by  F.  Hum- 
phreys     

Kirtland,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  H.  Clapp. . 

S.  S.  Rally,  by  Miss  G.  Flyer 

Lorain.  First,  by  C.  E.  Pierce 

3  5  Mt.  Vernon,  First,  by  O.  F.  Murphy  . 

Olmsted,  Second,  by  F.  G.  Robb 

Tallmadge,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  J.  W.  Se- 
ward   

■^  °°         Toledo,    Plymouth,   by   Rev.    A.    E. 

Woodruff 

"5         Wakeman,  by  W.  W.  Whiton 

Wellington,  Mrs.  M.  R.  Hamlin,  by  H. 
'°  °°  B.  Hamlin 

Erratum  :   Legacy  of  Emily  P.  Coe, 
S963.53,  ack.  in  January  Home  Mission- 
j^     ary,  under   Cuyahoga  Falls,  should  be 
ack.  as  from  Tallmadge. 

INDIANA-$s2.7i. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

2  00  F.  E.  Dewhurst,  Treas.  : 
20  00             East  Chicago,Young  Ladies' 

Band  and  S.  S $2  81 

500  Macksville 500 

Michigan  City,  First 9  50 


\  3  85 
15  00 


2  00 

4  38 

5  00 


16  05 


76 

55 

30 

25 

20 

00 

8 

60 

10 

00 

4 

to 

18 

=59 

46  3« 

8 

50 

6 

83 

4 

00 

8 

70 

20 

00 

February,   1895 


The   Home   Missionary 


539 


$•  75 
28  65 


10  00 

50  00 

1 00 


Central,  Ccchirwood,  and  Beechwood, 
by  Rev.  J.  Tnieblood 

Indianapolis,  Mayflower  Ch.,  by  W.  F. 
Brunnor 

Michif^an  City.  Thanksgiving  offering, 
by  Rev.  K.  Freitag 


ILLINOIS-$86.oo. 

Alton,  C.  Phinney 

Chicago,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  Lcavitt 

St.  Ch,.  bj;  M.  A.  Crane 

Illinois,  A  Friend 

Morrison,  Miss  E.  S.  Brown 


MISSOURI-$289.92. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
K.  L.  Mills,  Trcas.  : 

Amity $200 

Cameron 1 2  00 

Cheltenham.  Memorial 10  00 

Hannibal.  Pilgrim 485 

Kansas  City,  Olivet  Ch.,  Jr. 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 2  50 

Lebanon 19  00 

St.    Louis,    People's  Taber- 
nacle Ch 13  50 

Compton  Hill 21  00 

Springfield,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.  of  the  First 5  00 

Bevier,  Welsh,  by  T.  J.  Rowland 

Green  Ridge,  by  Rev.  A.  H.  Rogers.. 

Lamar,  by  A.  C.  Burnett   

New  Lebanon,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  C.  W. 
Whittlesey 

Noble,  by  Rev.  V.  E.  Loba 

St.  Joseph,  Tabernacle,  by  O.  M.  Car- 
penter   

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  G.  E.  Jones 

Twin  Spring,  Rally,  by  J.  Brown 

Webster  Groves,  First,  by  L.  C.  Die- 
trich     


MICHIGAN-$i,030.72. 

Ann  Arbor,  Estate  of  Dr.  C.  L.  Ford, 
on  account  of  Permanent  Fund,  by 
Walker  and  Walker 1,000  00 

Detroit.  Mrs.  T.  K.  Adams,  by  Rev. 
H.  D.  Kitchel 25  00 

Lowell.  S.  S.  Rally,  by  W.  J.  Hull  .    .  2  57 

Metamora,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  E.  Aldrich  3  15 


WISCONSIN -$25.61. 

Amery,  First,  by  Rev.  P.  A.  Simpkin  6  00 
Clintonville,  Scand.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 

F.  Josephson 155 

Eagle    River.    First,    by    Mrs.   James 

Morgan S  00 

Prentice,  by  Rev.  T.  G.  Grassie 13  06 


89  85 


31 

10 

10 

09 

>,5 

00 

5 

00 

42 

00 

5 

00 

MINNESOTA-$5, 144.01;  of  which  leg- 
acy, $5,000  00. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Morley: 

Brownton $     2  00 

Custer,  Welsh 5  co 

Graccville 8  00 

Ortonville 13(0 

Rochester 3°  38 

Sleepy  Eye 1035 

St.  Cloud,  .Swedish 2  05 

Spring  Valley 10  00 

Zumbrota,  Legacy  of   Mrs. 

T.  P.  KcUet 5,000  00 

$5,080  78 

Ada,  by  Rev.  I.  Terborgh 21  47 

Big  Lake,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Evans 3  00 

Dawson  and   Boyd,   by  Rev.   T.  H. 

Lewis 8  00 

Cannon  Falls,  by  C.  W.  Gress 2  20 

Edgerton,  by  Rev.  E.  Carter i  25 

Freedom,  $5;  Hartland,  $2.08,  by  Rev. 

W.  Fisk 7  08 

Lake  Park  and  Sanborn,  by  Rev.  F. 

C.  Emerson   i  50 

Marietta,    and  Revillo,  So.   Dak.,  by 

Rev.  C.  F.  De  Groff i  58 

New  Duluth,  by  Rev.  W.  N.  Moore..  3  40 

Pillsbury,  by  J.  F.  Okerstein 2  00 

St.  Cloud.  W.  F.  Hicks 500 

St.  Paul,  Pacific  Ch.,  by  J.  Stoddart..  6  75 


KANSAS-$2oo.i2. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Dough- 
erty, Treas.  : 

Chapman $    483 

Eureka,  S.  S 9  82 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 7  00 

Paola 45  25 

Received  by  Rev.  L.  P.  Broad  : 

Athol $  7  35 

Clay  Center,  Harvest  Fes- 
tival    15  00 

Douglas,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  i  50 
Kansas   City,   Pilgrim  Ch., 

S.S.  Harvest  Festival....  5  00 

Linwood,  Harvest  Festival..  1500 

Westmoreland /  50 

White  Cloud 800 

Cora,  by  Rev.  W.  O.  Town 

Emporia,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Dale 

Kiowa,  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie 

By  Rev.  E.  E.  Flint 

Leavenworth.    First   Ch.,  in   full,   by 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Johnson 

Oneida  and    Axtell,    by   Rev.   G.  W. 

Tingle   

Stafford,  by  Rev.  W.  Ellvvood , 

Strong  City,  by  Rev.  H.  E.  Mills 

Wabaunsee,  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  by  J. 

F.  Willard 

Wichita.  Plymouth  and  Fairmount,by 
Rev.  F.  G.  Ward 

Plymouth  and  Fairmount,  by  Rev. 
J.  S.  Gould 


66  90 


2 

50 

I 

00 

4 

30 

8 

00 

'7 

00 

3 

13 

7  43 

3 

00 

IOWA— $85.98. 

Iowa  Cong.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  J.  H. 
Merrill.  Treas 

Burlington 

Plymouth.  Miss  M.  D.  Allen 

Siou.x  City.  German  Ch..  S2.!;o;  S. 
S..  S2.S8,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Wuerr- 
schmidt 

Storm  Lake,  by  E.  C.  Cowles 


NEBRASKA-$497.74. 

Received  by  J. W.  Bell.  Treas.: 

2500             Arlington $    600 

3120             Berlin 308 

6  40             Calhoun 4  10 

Crete   60  00 

David  City 10  80 

5  38              r  remont '43  35 

1800            Friend 500 


540 


The  Home  Missionary- 


February,  1895 


Irvington $16  20 

Kearney,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 10  00 

McCook 1271 

Madrid i  50 

Oak  Creek,  German i  00 

Omaha,  First 1983 

Plymouth S  00 

Rising  City 1800 

Riverton 5  00 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  J.  Powell,  Treas. : 

Beatrice,  S.  S 844 

Clark's,  S.  S 2  49 

■     $332  50 

Albion,  $19  :    Park  S.  S.,  $4.50,  by  Rev. 

W.  J.  Paske 23  50 

Arcadia,  by  Rev.  M.  J.  P.  Thing 10  00 

Avoca  and  Berlin,  by  Rev.  G.  C.  Hicks.  4  45 

Crawford,  by  Rev.  J.  Jeffries i  35 

Crete,  German,  by  Rev.  W.  Fritzmeier.  25  00 
Dodge  and   Howells,  by  Rev.  A.  Farn- 

worth ; 8  19 

Franklin,  by  A.  C.  Hart 18  05 

Grant,  Madrid  and  Venango,  by  Rev. 

G.  W.  Knapp 2  00 

Hastings  (Ch.,  Sn  ;  Ladies'  Soc,  $5),  by 

Rev.  G.  W.  Goerlitz 18  00 

Hildreth,  S.  S.,  by  Mrs.  J.  M.  Henry. . .  3  65 

Inland,  German,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Goerlitz  25  00 
Linwood,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  Miss  A.  Huse- 

netter 7  20 

Princeton,  Rev.  J.  Morach 981 

Taylor,  by  Rev.  D.  F.  Bright 5  00 

Waverly,  S.  S.,  by  E.  P.  Fruit i  55 

Wescott,  .S.  S.,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Smith 2  49 


COLORADO-$i2o.79. 

Received  by  Rev.  H.  Sander- 
son, Eaton $15  95 

Vi  Oman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

H.  Sanderson,  Treas.  : 

Denver,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc.  of 

the    Second,    toward    L. 

Mp.  of  Mrs.  L.  M.  Bart- 

lett   5  00 

Highland  Lake 12  80 

Longmont ,  Y.  P.  S.C.  E. .     1500 

$48  75 

Creede,  by  Rev.  G.  Foster 3  33 

Crested  Butte,  by  Rev.  C.  D.  Craw- 
ford   2401 

Denver,  Manchester,  by  Rev.  W.  B. 
Robb 16  50 

Flagler,  Seibert,  and  Claremont,  by 
Rev.  G.  E.  Tuttle 7  00 

Silverston,  $8 ;  Denver, Boulevard  Ch., 
$13  20,  by  Rev.  H.  Sanderson 21  20 


WYOMING-$7.oo. 

Rock  Springs,  S.  S.,  by   H.  D.  Clark 
Sheridan,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Bostwick 


MONTANA-S51.S0. 

Red  Lodge,  Ch.,  $28.50;  Rev.  W.  H. 

Watson,  S21.50,  to  const.   Rev.  W. 

H.  Watson  a  L.  M 

Thompson  Falls,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Beil. 


6  00 

I  00 


NORTH    DAKOTA-$94.74. 

Received  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Sim- 
mons : 

Amenia $  12  00 

Fargo,  First 30  00 

Plymouth 2  00 

Gardner 2  64 

Valley  City 13  25 

Getchells 985 

69  74 

Dickinson,  by  Rev.  J.  Orchard 17  00 

Gardner,  Miss  A.  Hunter,  by  Rev.  W. 

Edwards..   i  00 

Glen  Ullin,  by  Rev.  A.  C.  Tenber 4  00 

Williston,  by  Rev.  W.  J.  Isaacs 3  00 


SOUTH    DAKOTA-$i46.88. 

Academy,  Colvin,  and  Kirkwood,  by 

Rev.  L.  E.  Camfield 4  00 

Athol,  by  Rev.  A.  H.  Robbins 2  00 

Armour,  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Hubbard. ...  9  00 

Buffalo,  by  Rev.  S.  Weyler 10  55 

Cambria,  by  Rev.  T.  P.  Reese 2  00 

Carthage,  $15  ;  Centerville,  $6.71,  by 

Miss  E.  K.  Henry 21  71 

Deadwood,  First,  by  Mrs.  G.  G.  Ben- 
nett    22  00 

Frankfort  and  Turton,  by  Rev.  C.  H. 

Dreisbach 5  00 

Hudson,  $6  ;    Faulkton.  S.  S.  Rally, 

$2.12,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 8  12 

Plankinton.  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Rexford. .  27  00 

Powell,  by  Miss  E.  Williams 2  oo 

Sioux    Falls,    German,    by    Rev.   F. 

Egerland 500 

Spearfish,   Ch.  and  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  H. 

M.   Richardson 1800 

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

Schmalle ....         4  50 

Wessington    Springs  and  Anina,   by 
Rev.  S.  F.  Huntley 6  00 


UTAH~»25.oo. 
Salt  Lake  City,  Rev.  D.  W.  Bartlett.. 

IDAHO— $20.40. 

Boise  City,  by  Rev.  R.  B.  Wright 

Challis,  First,  by  Rev.  C.  E.  Mason.. 
Weiser,  S.  S.,  by  R.  E.  Wolfe 


CALIFORNIA— $103.77. 

Fresno,  German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  Leg- 
ler 

Hesperia  and  Halleck,  Rev.  L.  N.  Bar- 
ber   

Highlands,  $25.10;  East  Los  Angeles 
S.  S.  Rally.  S6.17,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Ford 

Lorin,  Park  Ch.,by  Rev.  J.  D.  Foster 

Pacific  Grove,  Mrs.  H.  S.  Goldsmith. 

Pomona,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  A  Friend,  by 
J.  H.Dole 

San  Bernardino,  M.  B.  Smith 

West  Saticoy,  A  Friend 


OREGON-$ii2.9i. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
W.  D.  Palmer,  Treas.: 

Champoeg $5  00 

Forest  Grove 863 


Albany,  $4.75;  Ontario,  $6;  Hunting- 
ton, $7.  so.  by  Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp 

Ashland,  First,  by  Rev.  E.  P.  Childs. 

Condon,  by  Rev.  E.  Curran 

Hillsboro.  First,  by  Rev.  ].  M.  Dick.. 

Hood  River.  Riverside  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
J.  L.  Hershner 


3  80 
II  60 


31 

27 

43 

70 

I 

00 

10 

00 

.■; 

00 

I 

00 

13  63 


18  25 

17  IS 

5  50 
II    II 

6  50 


February,   1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


541 


rortland.  S.  S.  of  Hassalo  Street  Cli., 

by  Ucv.  C.  F.  Clapp $13  02 

Mary  A.  Hurnham 100 

Salem,  I'irst.  tiy  (lilbert  Bros 22  75 

Slicriilan  and   VVillainina,  by  Rev.  O. 

li.  Wliilniore 4  00 


WASHINGTON-$i30.95. 

Aberdeen,  First,  by  Rev.  G.  Lindsay.  10  00 

Ahtanum.  $6.10;    Rev.   D.   W.   Wi.se, 
S5  ;  Tampico,  I2.40,  by  Rev.  D.  W. 

Wise 13  50 

Chelan,  by  R.-v.  W.  C.  Wise 5  00 

Edmonds,  by  Rev.  F.  McConaughy..  10  00 
I'erndale,  Mountain  view,  and  Enter- 
prise, by  Rev.  O.  S.  Haines 15  00 


North  Yakima,  by  Rev.  S.  H.  Cheadlc        $  9  00 
Port  Angeles  and  Pine  Hill,  by  R(?v. 

J.   Bushel! 1030 

Roy,  by  Rev.  J.  Wolfe 500 

Spokane.    Pilgrim,     :l'q.2o;     Pleasant 
Prairie,  $30.90;  Trent,  $2.90,  by 

Rev.  J .  Edwards 43  00 

S.    S.    Rally  of  the   Second,   by  A. 

Townsend     815 

Tacoma,  East  Ch.,  by  A.  J.  Smith 2  00 


JAPAN    $10.00. 


J:ip;>n 

Ho.MIC    MlSSIONAKV. 


529,310   46 


Donations  of  Clothing,  etc. 


Akron,  O.,  Miss.  Soc.  of  First  Ch.,  by 
H.  S.  Chase,  four  barrels,  package,  and 
freight $131  75 

Amherst,    N.     H.,    Ladies'    Charitable 

Asso.,  by  Eveline  M.  Hartshorn.  bo.\.         113  co 

Auburn,  IVle.,  Young  Ladies'  Miss.  Band 
of  High  St.  Ch.,  by  Miss  F.  C.  Little, 
barrel 2600 

Bristol,  Ct.,  W.  H.  M.  Au.x.,  by  Mrs.  A. 
E.  North,  barrel 87  38 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of 
Tompkins  Ave.  Ch..  by  Mrs.  Sarah 
L.  Higgins,  four  barrels,  cash  and 

freight 364  00 

King's  Daughters  of  Bushwick  Ave. 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  S.  C.  Caskey,  box 25  00 

Bucksport.  Me.,  Ladies'  Sew.  Circle  of 
Elm  St.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  Edward  Swazey, 
bo.v 85  00 

Buffal.j,  N.  Y.,  W.  H.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch., 
by  Miss  Lucy  F.  Sander,  two  bo.xes...         164  83 

Burlington,  Vt.,  Ben.  Soc.  of  College 
St.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  M.  K.  Bowers,  four 
barrels .         318  31 

Carthage,  N.  Y.,  Ladies'  Soc.  and  Y.  P. 
S.  C.  E..  by  Mrs.  J.  B.  Felt,  barrel. . .  62  00 

Castleton,  Vt..  W.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Lillie  T. 
Clark,  barrel. 

Chapin,  111.,  Joy   Prairie   Ch,,  by  Mrs. 

Arthur  Williams,  barrel 2 1  56 

Chester.   Ct.,   Ladies'  Benev.    Soc,  by 

Hattie  B.  Daniels,  barrel 37  00 

Woman's     Miss.     Union,     by     Miss 

Harriet  A.  Melvin.  barrel 30  00 

Cleveland,  O.,  Christian  Endeavor  Miss. 
Committee  of  Plymouth  Ch.,  by  Sara 
E.  Farquhar,  barrel 40  00 

Collinsville,  Ct.,  by  Mrs.  J.  B.  Flint, 
two  bo.xes 129  00 

Cornwall.  Vt.,  Willing  Workers,  by 
Estelle  D.  Lane,  barrel 42  5° 

Danbury.  Ct.,  Ladies'  Sew.  Soc.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.  W.  Brown,  barrel  ...  75  73 

Dora,  Kan..  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc, by  Mrs. 
S.  E.  Petersen,  barrel 36  66 

East  Bridgeport,  Ct.,  Ladies  of  Union 
Park  Ch  ,  by  Mrs.  C.  K.  Bishop,  two 
barrels    125  08 

East  Hartford,  Cl.,  First  Ch.,  by  Mary 
A.  Street,  barrel  75  25 

Elmwood,  111  .  Ladies'  Soc.  and  Y.  P.  S. 
C.  E.,  by  Mrs.  E.  S.  Pre.ssey,  Christ- 
mas box 65  00 

Exeter.  N.  H.,  by  Mrs.  W.  L.  Ander- 
son, barrel loi  70 

Falls  Ch.,  Va..  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Gertrude 
Nourse,  barrel 85  12 

Fredericksburg,  O.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 
Mrs.  Emma  Firestone,  barrel 35  00 

Gloversville.  N.  Y..  Ladies'  Benev. 
Soc  ,  by  Mrs.  Frank  Burton,  box 50  00 


Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  M. 

E.  Marshall,  barrel $  63  00 

Hanover,  N.  H..    Ladies'  Benev.  Soc, 

by  Mrs.  Susan  A.  Brown,  two  barrels        200  00 
Hartford,    Ct  .    Second   Ch.,   by    Mary 

Parker  Billings,  barrel no  42 

L.  H    M.  S.   of   First  Ch.,  by  E.    C. 
Curtis,  barrel  and  freight 92  31 

Pearl  St.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.  K.  Lee.  box        154  68 
Ivoryton.  Ct..  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  J. 

E.  Northrop,  barrel 7000 

Keene,  N.    H.,   H.   M.   Assoc,   of   First 

Ch.,    by   Emma  W.     Richards,    two 

barrels 1S6  00 

Kensington,     Ct.,     Endeavor     Mission 

Circle,  by  Mrs.  S.    M.    Cowles,  half- 
barrel  and  cash 

Marblehead,  Mass.  Ladies,  barrel 

Marietta,  O..  First  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  E. 

Dickinson,  box 

Medina.  O.,  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc,  by  M. 

R.  Calvert,  barrel 

Meriden.   Ct..    Ladies'    Benev.    Soc.   of 

First  Ch.,  by  Mary  A.  Curtis,  box.. . . 
Middleton,  Ct.,  H.  M.  Soc.  of  First  Ch., 

by  Mrs.  A.  R.  Crittenden,  barrel   .... 
Milford,  N.  H.,  Ladies'  Charitable  Soc, 

by  Mrs.  J.  B.  Melendy,  barrel 

Montclair.  N.  J.,  W.  H.  M.  S  ,  by  Mrs. 

W.  M.  Brown,  two  barrels 

Mt.  Vernon.  O.,  Ladies'  Soc,  by  Miss 

Mary  Sealts,  barrel 

National   City,    Cal.,    Ladies'   Aid   and 

Miss.  Soc,  by  Mrs.  L.  E.  Boyd. box.. 

New  Britain,  Ct..  W.  H.  M.  S.  of  First 

Ch..  by  Emma  L.  Pickett,  box 

Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  South  Ch.,  by 
Mrs.  S.  H.  Wood,  box  and  cash  ... 
New  Hartford,  Ct.,  Y.   P.  S.   C.  E.   of 

Nepaug  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  E.   J.    Merrill, 

barrel 

New  Haven.  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First 
Ch..  by  Mary  E.  Bennett,  six  boxes 

Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  Dwight  Place 

Ch..  by  Mrs.  H.  P.  Downes.  barrel. 

Newington.  Ct.,  Eumean  Soc,  by  Mrs. 

F.  C.  Latimer,  half-barrel     

New  Milford.  Ct  .  Ladies'  Sewing  Soc, 

by  Mrs.  J.  A.  Johnson,  two  barrels... . 
New   York   City,    Hospital,    Book    and 

Newspaper  Soc.  package. 
North  Brookfield.  Mass..  Ladies'  Benev. 

Soc.  of  L^nion  Ch.,  by  Laura  M.  Miller, 

barrel 39  00 

North    Cornwall,    Ct..    Ladies'    Benev. 

Soc,  by  Harriet  F.  Rogers,  barrel ...  60  35 

Northwood.  N.   H.,  by  Mrs.  M.  A.  D. 

Grace,  barrel 53  cxj 

Norwich.  Ct.,  Greenville  Cli.,  by  M.  E. 

Gardner,  barrel 62  00 

Broadway  Ch..  by  Mrs.  S.  B.  Bishop, 


17 

00 

55 

00 

94 

44 

38 

SO 

184 

00 

108  62 

66 

00 

180 

00 

77 

00 

53 

00 

75 

59 

160 

51 

39 

01 

1,317 

24 

90 

00 

55 

79 

175 

00 

542 


The   Home   Missionary 


February,   1895 


box,  $233.68  ;  box,  with  supplement- 
ary. $277.88 $511  56 

H.  M.  S.  of  Second  Ch.,  by  Jennie  H. 
Bushnell.  two  boxes 202  62 

Norwich  Town,  Ct.,  W.  H.  M.  S.  of 
First  Gh.,  by  Herbert  L.  Verrington, 
barrel 102  50 

Oberlin,  O.,  Ladies'  Soc.  of  Second  Ch., 
by  Adell  N.  Royce,  two  barrels 78  34 

Old  Lyme.  Ct..  Benev.  Soc,  by  Edith 
G.  Perkins,  barrel 45  00 

Peacham,  Vt.,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  by  MaryG. 
Pattridge.  barrel  and  cash 86  61 

Piermont,  N.  H.,  by  Mrs.  W.  A.  C.  Con- 
verse, barrel. 

Providence,  R.  L,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Be- 
neficent Ch  ,  by  Elizabeth  W.  Olney, 
one  box  and  two  barrels 102  71 

Putnam.  Ct.,  W.  H.  M.  S.  of  Second 
Ch.,  by  Hattie  E.  Clark,  two  bar- 
rels   79  62 

Redding.  Ct.,  H.  M.  U.  Aux.,  by  Mrs. 
Edgar  Field,  barrel 50  00 

Riverside.  Cal.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc,  by 
Maria  P.  Lyman,  barrel  and  box 183  35 

Saco,  Me.,  First  Ch.,  by  Mary  S.  East- 
man, barrel 7500 

Salisbury.  Ct.,  S.  S.  Class,  by  Mrs.  K. 
R.  La  Place,  two  packages 4  25 

San   Diego.  Cal.,  First  Ch.,  by  Anna  L. 

Marston,  bo.x 5200 

Sharon,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc,  by 
Mrs.  C.  J.  Barnum,  barrel   79  41 

Shelburn,  Mass.,  Ladies'   Circle,  barrel. 

South  Windsor,  Ct..  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs. 
O.  S.  Jones,  barrel 102  79 

Stamford,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  F.  R.  Ridell,  two  barrels        148  99 

St.  Louis.  Mo.,  Ladies'  Asso.  of  Pilgrim 
Ch.,  by  Hattie  A.  Carman,  two  bar- 
rels          143  60 


Y.    P.    S.    C.   E.,   by   Miss  Ellen   M. 

Moody,  box $  60  00 

St.   Joseph,    Mo.,  Tabernacle    Ch.,   by 

Mrs.  H.  K.  White,  two  boxes 80  00 

Stonington,  Ct.,   Second   Ch.,   by  Rev. 

Charles  J.  Hill,  box 115  00 

Swanton,  Vt.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Ellen  E. 

Ranslaw.  barrel  and  cash 54  97 

Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Golden  Gossip  Club  of 

South  Ch..  by   Mrs.  O.  C.  Crawford, 

barrel 63  62 

Ladies'  Miss.  Committee  of  Danforth 
Ch.,   by    Mrs.  W.   H.  Nodine,  two 

barrels 20  00 

Walpole,  N.  H.,  Ladies'  Sewing  Circle, 

by  Mrs.  G.  L  Bard,  barrel 73  25 

Ware.  Mass  ,  S.  S.  Class,  by  Mrs.  M.  A. 

Barlow,  bo.x 75  00 

Washington.  D.  C,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  L.  C.  Whittlesey,  two  bar- 
rels          19070 

L.  H.  M.  S.   of   Mt.   Pleasant  Ch.,  by 

Mrs.  A.  B.  Chattield,  barrel        60  00 

Waterbury,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of 

First  Ch.,  by  Mary  D.  Griggs  box. . .  122  00 
West  Stafford.   Ct.,   Ladies'    Industrial 

Circle,  by  Mrs.  F".  Z.  Fairfield,  box..  15  00 

Windham.  O..  by  Mrs.  James  Shaw,  box  65  00 

Windsor   Locks,    Ct.,    L.  H.  M.  S.,   by 

Mrs.  Charles  Henry  Coye.  two  barrels  142  66 
Winsted,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc.  of  First 

Ch..  by  S.  G.  Williams,  box   82  71 

Worcester.  Mass.,  Ladies  of  Immanuel 

Ch.,  by  Mrs.  L.  W.  Murdock.  barrel. .  36  50 

Zanesville.  O..  L.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  Carlos 

H.  Hawkes,  box 37  32 

£rraium.— West  Hartford,  Ct.,  H.  Dept.  Chris- 
tian Workers"  Asso.,  by  Miss  Mary  L.  Whitman, 
box  for  distribution.  Erroneously  ack.  in  H.  M. 
for  January. 


AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 

MAINE    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Alaine  Jllissionary  Society  frotii   October  i   to  December  i,    1894. 
John  L.   Crosky,    Treasurer 


Andover,  by  Rev.  F.  V.  Norcross 

Y.P.S.  C.  E 

Augusta.  Hon.  J.  W.  Bradbury 

Bangor,  First,  by  W.  P.  Hubbard   

First  ch.,  special 

Miss  Louise  Stetson,  for  Cranberry 

Isle  Mission 

Hammond  St..  by  E.  T.  Rich 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Prof.  L.  L.  Paine,  $5;  P.  McConville, 


i>5. 


Central,  Y.    P.   S.    C.   E.,   in  part  to 
const.  B.  C.  Pond  a  L.  M.,by  Miss 

Porter 

John  L.  Crosby,  to  const.  John  S.  Pen- 
man a  L.  M 

Bar  Harbor,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E   

Belfast,  First,  by  B.  P.  Field 

Bingham 

Blanchard,  in  part  for  L.  M.,  by  Martin 

Gilman 

Bluehill,  to  const.   Mrs.  Carrie  Lord  a 
L.    M.,     by    Rev.    E.    Bean    (ch., 


)  18 

oS 

5 

00 

25 

00 

44 

65 

114 

00 

100 

00 

35 

00 

20 

00 

II  7» 

2C  00 

7  00 
10  GO 

14  03 

15  00 

8  12 


$17.65;  Y.  P.  S.  C  E..  $5;  Junior 
Endeavor,  25  cts.) $  20  90 

Mrs.  Anna  D.  Hinckley,  to  const,  her- 
self a  L.  M 

Brewer.   First   Cong.    S.  S.,  by  W.  H. 

Merrill 

Bucksport.  Elm  St.  S.  S.,by  E.  Swazey. 

Y.  P.S   C.  E 

Calais,     First    Cong.    Soc,  by     A.    L. 

Clapp , 

Casco,  Union  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  M.  S.  East- 

^   man 

Corinth,   legacy   of  Sarah    E.    Pcrham, 

add'l,  by  Edw.  Stetson,  Adm 

Cumberland    Center,    by    Rev.    F.   W. 

Davis 

Cumberland  Mills,  Miss  McDcnald,  by 

Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 

Deer  Isle,  F^irst.  by  Rev.  J.  S.  Richards. 

Heart's  Ease  Circle  of  King's  Daugh- 
ters  

Denmark,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  and  S.   S.,  by 

Mrs.  M.  H.  Jones 

Dexter,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 


20 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

9 

37 

42 

CO 

5 

00 

739 

12 

44 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

4 
7 

75 
65 

February,   1895 


V h e   M  o m c   M  i  ss  i  o  n  a ry 


543 


East  OrriiiHtoii,  by  T.  H.  George 

S.  S   

Y.  P.  S.  C.  K 

East  Otisticld,  Mrs.  Susan  Lovcl),  $1  ; 

Mrs.  Susan   K.  Lorin^^,  $4 

Eastport,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 

Eliot,  by  Rev.  A.  L,  Goldcr 

F:irinin";ti)ii  Falls,  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Young 
I'-o.xcroft  and  Dover,  by  C.  H.  B.  Wood- 
bury  

Freeport,  of  which  $5  from  Rev.  E.  C. 

Brown,  by  Rev.  E.  C.  Brown 

Garland,  by  Rev.  P.  B.  Thayer 

Greenville,  by  Rev.  Chas.  Davison.... 

S,  S 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Harpswoll.  by  W.  C.  Eaton '. 

Harrison,  special,  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Fitz. . . 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Cong.  S.  S 

Hiram 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Hubbard 

Holden,  by  George  C.  Wiswell 

S.  S 

Y.P.  S.  C.  E 

Island  Falls,  by  Rev.  H.  H.  Noyes.... 

S.  S 

Jackinan.  by  Rev.  Charles  Davison 

Jackson,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 

Joncsport,  Cong.  S.  S.,  by  D.  J.  Sawyer, 

Sup't 

Kennebec  Conference,  by  Rev.  James 

Richmond 

Kennebec   and     Somerset    Conferences 

Kennebunk,  Union,  by  Rev.  George  A. 

Lockwood 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Lebanon  Center,  by  Rev.  John  S.  Curtis 
Lewiston,  Pine  St..  by  A.  L.  Templeton, 
to  cor  St.  Herbert  L.  Pratt  and  Fred- 
erick B.  Sands  of  Lewiston,  and 
Nathan  C.  Dinsmore  of  Auburn,  L. 

Ms 

Ligonia,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 

Limerick.  Rev.  J.  A.  Waterworth 

Litchfield,  by  Rev.  James  Richmond. . . 

Rev.  James  Richmond 

Machias  Center,   by  A.  L.  Heaton 

S.  S 

Y.P.  S.  C.  E 

Medway.  by  Mrs.  Charles  Cimpher 

Mercer,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Jones 

Milford.  by  Rev.  S.  D.  Towne 

Mt.  Desert,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Bowman 

New  Gloucester,  by  Rev.  H   G.  Mank.. 

New  Sharon,  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Young 

Norridgewock,  by  C.  E.  Warren 

North  Anson 

North  Bridgton,  special,  by  Rev.  A.  G. 
Fitz 

S.  S.,  $2.31  ;  S.  S.,  special,  S5.10 

Oldtown,  by  Rev.  S.  D.  Towne 

O.xford.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  and  S.  S.,  by  Rev. 

J.  E.  Adams ' 

O.xford  Conference,  by  H.  N.  Bolster... 

Perry,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 

Phillips,  A  Friend,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cou- 
sins   


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10 

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12 

8 

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8 

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2 
6 

35 
00 

5 

50 

5 

44 

14 
16 

10 
00 

24 
6 

00 
50 

10 

00 

7 

6 

41 
25 

4 

00 

I 

50 

5 

00 

Phipi)sburg,  Cong.  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  C.  L. 

Nichols $  3  00 

Piscataquis  Conference,  by  Rev.  E.  M. 
Cousins  (of  which    $5.72  for  Cong. 

H.   M.  Soc.) II  44 

Pittston,  by  E.  A.  Lapham 3  37 

Portland,  State  St.  S.  S.,  to  const.  Ansel 

G.  Dewey  a  L.  M 20  00 

West,  to  const.   Rev.   Leroy  S.   Bean 

a  L.  M.,  by  B.  C.  Fuller 24  30 

S.  S.,  $11.03;   Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $12.00.  to 

const.  William    H.  Morton  a   L.  M.  23  03 

Bethel ,  A  Friend 2  00 

A  Native  of  Maine  and  Friend  of  the 

Soc,  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Merrill 50  00 

A  Friend 20  00 

Povvnal,  by  Rev.  E.  D.   Disbrow 22  50 

Princeton,  by  Charles  S.  Rich 5  29 

Riverside   (Vassalboro),   by   Rev.   J.  E. 

Adams i  50 

Rockland.  Mrs.  Elliott  J.  Tolman 10  00 

Rockport,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 8  oo 

Sandy  Point,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 4  25 

Sanford,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 6  50 

Scarboro,   by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 38  00 

Searsport.  First,  by  E.  B.  Sheldon 58  50 

First,  for  Ch.  in  Frankfort 4  90 

Scbago  Lake,  by  A.  E.  Smith 3  00 

S.  S 200 

Sherman  Mills,  by  Rev.   L  C.  Bumpus, 

to  const.  William  Ball  a  L.  M 20  00 

Skowhegan,  Island  Avenue,  by  W.  F. 

Bacon 20  75 

Solon,  by  Leon  S.  Merrill 15  3° 

South  Berwick,  by  Rev.  George  Lewis.  no  00 

South  Freeport,  by  Rev.  A.  Smith 27  31 

South  Gardiner,  in  part  for  a  L.  M 15  56 

M.  C.  Phillips,  to  complete  L.  Mp.  of 

Deacon  Charles  H.  Capen 4  46 

South  Paris,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 6  24 

Temple,  in  part  to  const.  Deacon  Samp- 
son a  L.  M.,  by  Rev.  E.  R.  Smith. . .  613 
Union  Conference,  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Fitz.  12  00 

Warren,  Second,  by  L  P.  Starrett 4  50 

Washington  Conference,  by  Rev.  C.  S. 

Holton 1800 

Wells,  First,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Bailey 10  20 

Second,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  McBride 7  85 

West  Newfield 17  00 

Whiting,  by  Herbert  E.  Lombard 3  00 

Whitneyville,  by  R^ev.  J.  E.  Adams 3  17 

Wilton,  by  Miss  A.  R.  Bass   q  09 

S.  S 2  69 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 3  22 

West  Woolwich,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  special, 

by  Rev.  S.  W.  Chapin 5  00 

Woolwich,  Friends,  special,  by  same     .  7  00 
York  Conference,  by  Rev.  G.  A.  Lock- 
wood  8  50 

Woman's  Maine  Missionary  Au.\iliary.  94  99 

Income  from  Investments 132  50 

Total  from  Oct.  i  to  Dec.  i,  1894 $2,806  75 

Previously  acknowledged 3,607  70 

Total  from  June  13  to  Dec.  i,  1894 $6,414  45 


Receipts  of  the  I^laine  Missionary  Society  from  December  i,  1894,  to  Janiiarv  i,  1895. 
John  L.   Crosby.    Treasurer. 


Acton  Ch.,  by  Rev.  John  A.  Lawrence. . 
Aroostook    Conference,     by     Rev.    G. 

B.  Hescock 

Ashland,  by  Rev.  C.  Whittier 

Bangor.   First  Ch.  and   S.  S.,  to  const. 
George    P.   Cowan   a  L.  M.,  by    P. 

A.  Hubbard 

Hammond  Street,  Prof.  L.  L.  Paine.. 
Central  S.  S.,  Mrs.  Porter's  class 


$16  00 


15  00 
2  50 


23  43 
2   CO 


Bath.   Winter  Street,  special,  by  G.  J. 

Mitchell $166  45 

'■  A  father's  tribute    to  the  memory 
of   his  daughter,"   by  Rev.   O.  W. 

Folsom 10  00 

Brewer,      First.      Mrs.    Catherine     S. 
Hardy,     to     const.    Mrs.    Catherine 

Bates.  Portsmouth.  N.H..  a  L.  M 20  00 

Brownville,  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Curtis 26  20 


544 


The   Home   Missionary 


February,    1895 


Brunswick,     Willing    Workers'    Circle 

of  Kitifj's  Daughters $  10  00 

Bucksport,    Mrs.    W.  H.   Gardner's  S. 

S.  class 3  00 

Camden,  to  const.  Capt.  H.  J.  Hem- 
ingway a  L.  M 2700 

Carroll,  by   Miss   Myrtle  P.  Harlow.   .  i  75 

Cumberland  Mills,  Warren  t  h..  Y. 
P.  S.  C.  E.,  to  const.  F.  H.  Swan  a 
L.  M.,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 20  50 

East  Madison,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  same  4  25 

Farmington,  First,  to  const.  Wilbert 
G.  Mallett.A.M.,a  L.M.,  and  in  part, 
another  to  be  named,  by  Geo.  C. 
Purington 30  00 

Fort  Fairfield,  special,   by  Rev.  G.  B. 

Hescock 10  00 

Grand  Lake  Stream,  by  Rev.  C.Whittier  3  67 

By  Miss  Myrtie  P.  Harlow 5  08 

Gray,  by  Answcll  W.  Merrill 20  00 

Harps  well . .  2327 

Houlton  and  S.  S.,   by  Rev.   H.  L.  Mc- 

Cann 12  50 

Kohala,  Hawaii,  A  Friend 200  00 

Lewiston,  Pine  Street,  add'l  2  00 

Lovell,     Rev.    and    Mrs.    H.  E.  Earn- 

ham 5  00 

Machias,  Center  Street  S.  S.,  by  Hat- 
tie  M.  Heaton 3  41 

Madison,  Dy  Frank  Dinsmore 15  00 

Monson,  Ch.,  $13.75:  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
$5  ;  S.  S.,  $1.25,  to  const.  Mrs.  Anna 
Humphrey  a  L.  M.,  by  Rev.  H.  A. 
Freeman 20  00 

New    Gloucester,     legacy    of     Martill 

Merrill,  by  S.  H.  Chandler,  e.\ 500  00 

North  New  Portland,    by    Rev.    H.  E. 

O.xnard 2  50 

Patten.  Ch.,  $7.27  :    Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $20, 

by  Rev.  J.  S.  Strong 27  27 

Phippsburg,   Ch.,    $7.25,    Branch    Ch., 

Basin,  75c.,  by  Rev.  C.  L.  Nichols  .  8  00 

Portland,  Bethel    Ch.,  $5:    Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E . ,  $5 10  00 


Portland,    State   Street,    Miss    Grace 

Brown's  S.  S.  class $  4  70 

Lawrence  Street,  by  J.  J.  Gerrish..  10  00 

W.  C.  Rideout,  $1  ;  C.   A.   Rideout, 

25c.  ;  Susie  Rideout,  25c i  50 

Princeton,   Ch.,    f 9  :   Y.   P.  S.  C.  E., 

$1.50,  by  Rev.  C.  Whit  tier 10  50 

Red  Reach,  by  Rev.  E.  A.  Harlow. . .  7  00 

Robbinson,  by  Rev.  K.  A.  Harlow...  10  00 

Sanford  Ch.,  I20  ;  S   S.,  f  5  ;  for  L.  M. 

to  be  named,  by  Rev,  J.  E.  Adams.  25  00 

Searsport,  First,  by  E.  B.  Sheldon, 
which,  with  previous  donations, 
const.  Miss  Mary  McClure,  Miss 
Margaret  Sargent,  and   Miss  Edith 

Pendleton  L.  Ms 2  00 

South  Bridgton,  by  T.  B    Knapp i  90 

Springfield,  by  Myrtie  P.  Harlow....  13  75 
Standish,  S.  S.,   by  Rev.   E.  M.   Cou- 
sins   2  00 

Sumner   Hill,    S.  S.,    $5  ;   Miss     Mar- 

rett's  class,  $3,  by  Rev,  J.  E,  Adams  8  00 

L'nion  Ch.   (annual),  by  Rev.  H.  J. 

Wells 10  00 

Vanceboro,  S.  S.,  by  J.  E.  Adams 9  25 

Washington,  Stickney  Corner,  by  W. 

A.Humes   500 

Westboro,  Mass.,  E.  F.  Newton 5  00 

Whiting,  by  Rev.  C.  Whittier i  50 

Woman's  Maine  Missionary  Au.xil- 
iary,  by  Rose  M.  Crosby,  Tr.  (in- 
cluding $25  for  church  building  at 
Bingham  from  Gorham  Ladies' 
Auxiliary) 255  54 

Income  from  Investments. ...   69  00 

Total  from  Dec.  i,  1894,  to  Jan.  i,  1895  $1,702  52 
Previously  acknowledged 6,414  45 

Total   from   June  13,    1894,  to  Jan.  i, 

1895 $8,116  97 


VERMONT    DOMESTIC    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Vermont  Domestic  Missionary  Society  frotn  November  20  to  December  20, 
1894.     \Vm.  C.   Tyler,   Treasurer 


Burke,  East 

Danville 

Essex 

Granby 

Hartland,  "  Thanksgiving  " 

Ludlow 

Newbury,  West 

Newport ,  First  Church 

Pittsford 

Rupert 

St.  Albans.  W.  D.  Wilson,  for  Women 

Evangelists 

Sheldon 

Stowe,  District  work 


>i5  25 
31  20 

6  28 

7  00 

10  00 
0  22 
2  00 

20  65 

11  50 
16  50 


5  00 
12  38 


Wallingford I  32  65 

Ladies'  Cent  Society 19  24 

Westford 14  16 

Windsor,  Old  South  Church,  add'l i  01 

Martha  J.  Clark 400 

Vermont  Missionary 12  31 

Woman's  Home  Missionary  Union  : 

Rutland,  W.  H.  M.  S $5000 

Swanton,  W,  H.  M.  S 850 

Newbury,  West,W.  H.  M.  S.  9  40 

■ 67  90 


$308  25 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 


Receipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  December,    1894. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Palmer,    Treasurer 

Acton,  by  Isaac  T.  Flagg $3500  Amherst,  North,  by  E.  H.  Dickinson. . .        : 

South,  by  W.  F.  Hale 8  45  Andover,  Chapel,  by  W.  F.  Draper  (of 

Adams,  First,  by  T.  K.  McAllister 4300             which  $10  for  debt) 

Alford,    Ticknor,    Mrs,    Emma   A.,  by  Free,  add'l,  by  Mrs.  Minnie  C.  Cole. . 

Rev.  J.  Jay  Dana 10  00  Attleboro,  Second,  by  Chas.  E.  Bliss.. . 


Fel)ru;iry,    1895 


The    Home   Missionary 


545 


Bank  balances,  November  interest  mi..  $  iS  80 

Barnstable,  Hyannis,by  Rosie  C.  Mearse  4  00 
Bedford,    Trinitarian,    by   Rev.   Edwin 

Smith 106  41 

Berlin,  by  Rev.  Henry  K.  Markham 25  25 

Billeriea,'  Orth.,  by  Geo.  H.  Hall 18  00 

Blackstone,  by  C.  H.  Lee 1327 

Boston,  A  I'riend 2  00 

Allston,  by  {'' .  15.  Wheeler 10  00 

By  I.  C.  Wheeler,  w.  p.  y.  to  const. 

Rev.  I).  S.  Birnie  a  L.  M 29  43 

S.  S.,  by  James  H.  Ball 5  67 

Central,  by  A.  G.  Stanvvood i,8g  »  16 

Charlestown,   Mrst,  Y.  P.  S.  C.K.,  by 

Mrs.  B.  G.  Lincoln 6  50 

Dorchester,  Central,  by  D.  McCurdy.  33  29 
Second,  a  member,  by  Miss  £.  Tol- 

man 2  00 

VilUific,  Ladies'   Home  Miss.  Soc, 

by  Mrs.  Reuben  Swan 19  00 

Jamaica  Plain,  Central,  by  M.  R.  Wen- 
dell, Jr 94 

Neponsct,  Trinity,  by  H.  Tucker 50  00 

Norwegian,  by  S.  Clements 2  67 

Old  South,  in  part,  by  Joseph  H.  Gray  861  00 

Park  St. ,  by  E.  H.  McGuire 394  05 

Ro.xburv,  Wal.   Ave.  S.  S.,  by  Chas. 

T.  Barry 28  48 

Prim.  Dept.,  by  C.  S.  B 639 

South,  Phillips,  by  H.  C.  Bird 150  00 

Box  ford.  West   by  Mrs.  C.  L.  Hubbard.  2  00 
Bradford,   Ward   Hill,  by   Rev.  F.  Lin- 
coln Davis 10  00 

Braintree,  First,  by  A.  B.  Keith 771 

Bridgewatcr,    Scotland,   by  Mrs.  S.  O. 

Keith 8  80 

Brockton,  Campello    South,  by  Geo.  A. 

Morse 225  00 

Brookline.  Harvard,  by  Jas.  Shapleigh.  151  75 

Rutan,  Charles  H 100  00 

Carlisle,  by  N.  B.  Chamberlin 10  00 

.  Charlemont,  by  Rev.  Ira  A.  Smith,  for 

debt 3  50 

Clinton,  First  Evan.,  by  J.  A.  Field 30  62 

Conway,  special   for  aged   and    needy 
missionaries    aiid    their    families,   by 

Francis  Howland 2581 

Cummington,  West,  by  Mrs.  R.  F.  Bird  10  00 
Dalton,  First,  by  H.  A.  Barton,  to  const. 
W.  S.  Warren,   Herbert  Messenger, 
Luna  Chadvvick.  and  Mrs.  Grace  S. 

Parker  L.  Ms.  of  C.  H.  M.  S 214  03 

S.  S..  Prim.  Dept.,  by  W.  B.  Clark...  10  00 

Weston,  Mrs.  L..  for  C.  H.  M.  S 100  00 

Dighton,   North,   Home  Miss.  Soc,   by 

Mrs.  S.  N.  Smith 10  00 

Douglas,  Wells.   Mrs.  Mary  A.,  Estate 
of,  interest  balance  by  C.  E.  Gibson, 

exec'r 90  00 

Dover,  by  J.  W.  Higgins 10  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  ,  by  Mrs.  Dea.  Smith. . .  10  00 
East  Bridgew^ater,   L^nion,  by  Geo.  M. 

Keith 8  6g 

Easthampton.  First,  by  W'.  H.  Wright..  38  6o 

Eayrs.  Emily  P..  fund,  income  of 10  46 

Erving.  by  Rev.  J.  W.  BrownWlle 5  00 

Everett,   Mystic  Side,  by  G.  W.  Jack- 
son   3  75 

Fitchburg,  C.   C,  by   Miss  L.  A.   Hol- 

den   43  oS 

Framingham,  Sa.xonville,  Edwards,  by 

Geo.  H.  Tower 3040 

Freetown,  Assonet.  Nichols,  Irene  L     .  2  00 
Gloucester,   Magnolia,  Union,  by  Mrs. 

R.C.Hunt  1200 

Granby.  bv   Rev.   R    C.   Bell,  to  const. 

Rev.  Robert  C.  Bell  a  L.  M 43  00 

Great  Barrington,  First,  by  Florence  R. 

Sabin   8267 

Greenfield,  Second,  by   Lucy   A.  Spar- 
hawk 4801 

Gurnev,  R.  C.  fund.  Income  of 1 1  76 

Hale,  E.  J.  M.,  fund,  Income  of 25  00 


Hampden    Benevolent    Association,   by 
(ic:o,  R.  Bond,  Treas. : 

1  lolyoke.  First $40  70 

South  Hadley  Falls 10  73 

Westtield,  First 9  52 


Hanson,  by  I.  C.  Howland 

Haverhill,  Jones,  Mrs.  Mary  B.,  forC.H. 

M.  S 

West  S.  S.  Harvest  Festival,  by  H.  A. 
Poore,  to  const.  John  A.  Bean  a  L. 
M.of  C.  H.  M.  S 

Hingham,  Evan.,  A   Friend 

Hyde  Park,  "  Christmas  Offering  " 

Clarendon  Hills,  by  Mrs.  A.  H.  John- 
son      ... 

First,  by  S.  B.  Balkam 

Huntington,  Second,  by  Schuyler  Clark 
Anonymous,  by  Schuyler  Clark 

Lee.  Cong.  Ch.,  $635  ;  S.  S.,  $35,  by 
W.  J.  Bartlett 

Lenox,  by  E.  C.  Carter,  w.  p.  g.  to  const. 
Henry  Sedgwick  a  L.  M 

Leominster,  North,  by  Lucy  T.  Shedd.. 

Lincoln,  W.  H.  M.  Soc,  by  M.  C.  Flint 

Ludlow,  "  A  Grateful  Christian  " 

Lynn,  Central,  by  Isaac  K.  Harris 

First,  by  Mrs.  C.  M.  Staton  (of  which 
$So  to  const.  Miss  Abbie  A.  Bul- 
mana  L.  M.  of  C.  H.  M.  S.) 

Lynnfield  Center,  by  L.  B.  Smith 

Maiden,  by  Charles  F.  Belcher 

Marlboro,  Patch,  Mrs.  Lucy  A 

Marshfield,  First,  by  Rev.  E.  Alden 

Medway,  Third.  West,  by  George  W. 
BuUard 

Melrose  Highlands,  Barber,  Mrs.  H.  G. 

Millbury,  First,  by  O.  H.  Waters 

Putnam,  Mrs.  Louisa  S.,  by  Rev. 
George  A.  Putnam 

Montague,  First,  by  Sanford  Marsh... 

Newburyport,  North,  by  J.  B.  Creasey. 

Newton,  Eliot,  by  F.  C.  Partridge,  for 
local  Armenian  work 

North  Adams,  by  W.  W.  Richmond   . . . 

North  Brookfield,  First,  S.  S.  Children, 
for  enrollment  in  Boys'  and  Girls' 
H.  M.  Army 

Northfield,  Trinitarian, by  Mary  T.  Dal- 
ton  

Orange,  Central  Evan.,  W.  H.  M.  S., 
by  F.  D.  Kellogg,  to  const.  Mrs. 
Carrie  M.  Mayo  a  L.  M.  of  C.  H. 
M.  S 

Orleans,  by  J.  Higgins 

Pittsfield,  First,  by  Frank  W.  Dutton.. 

Plainfield,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Woodhull  (of 
which  $5.26  Taft  thank-offering) 

Plympton,  by  Edmund  Perkins 

Reading,  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearson   

Go§:gms.  G.  A.,  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearson.. 
Smith,  Mrs.  Sarah 

Reed.  Dwight.  fund.  Income  of        .... 

Rochester,  First,  by  George  B.  Haskell 
First,  by  Mrs.  N.  A.  Bennett 

Rockport,  First   lof   which   $5   from  Z. 

A.  A.,  by  Zeno  A.  Appletoni 

Pastor's  S.  S.  Class,  w  p.  g.  to  const. 

Rev.  Israel  Ainsworth  a  L.  M 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  L.  A.  Nickerson, 
through  Z.  A.  Appleton 

Royalston,  First,  by  J.  T.  Nichols 

Salem.  South,  by  Frank  W.  Reynolds.. . 

Tabernacle,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Jos.  H. 

Phippen.  special  for  Rev.  J.  B.  Doo- 

little.  Harbine,   Neb   

Saugus,  bv  John  E.  Stocker 

Cliftondale,  Cross.  Rev.  Allen  E 

Somerville,  Winter  Hill,  by  S  A  Under- 
bill, to  const.  Rev.  C.  L.  Noyes  a  L. 
M 

Southbridge,  Globe  Village,  Free  Evan., 
by  W.J.  Keith 


60  95 
3  45 


70  00 
20  00 
2  00 

15  00 

38  36 
6  28 


670  00 


27 
16 

52 
36 

50 

00 

10 

00 

25 

00 

93 
8 

40 
00 

95 

^4 
80 

24 

38 

33 

SO 

2 

00 

49 

i8 

5 

00 

27 

00 

18 

52 

100 

00 

118 

44 

7 

77 

8 

00 

70 
13 

00 
6S 

70 

00 

21 

61 

4 

66 

30  70 

2 

00 

10 

00 

41 
8 

80 
00 

6s 

14 

S8 

25 

50 

9 

80 

12 
248 

55 
03 

10 

00 

25 

50 

II 

00 

40 

00 

39  07 

546 


The   Home   Missionary 


February,    1895 


Springfield,    First,    M.    C,    by    H.    G, 

Camp $200  00 

Sterling,  by  Rev.  George  H.  Pratt 31  10 

Stockbridge,  by  D.  R.  Williams 13  '9 

Taunton,  Trin.,  Broadway,  by  George 

M.  Woodward   ...  250  00 

Winslow.  S.  S.,  by  H.   A.  Walker....  15  00 

Tewksbury,  by  Enoch  Foster 8  74 

Townsend,    A     Friend    in,    by    C.    T. 

Haynes,    to   const.  Mrs.  Samuel  S. 

Haynesa  L.  M.  of  C.  H.  M.  S 5000 

Wakefield,  by  W.  P.  Preston 6  25 

Wall  fund.  Income  of 20  90 

West  Boylston,  by  E.  Beaman  Rice....  18  25 
Weymouth,  South,  Old  South,  by  Rev 

H.  C.  Alvord 37  00 

Whitcomb,  David,  fund.  Income  of 279  34 

Winchendon,  North,  by  H.  S.  Allen ....  125  00 


Winchester,  First,  by  Eben  Caldwell...  $50  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  E.  A.  Bigelow 10  00 

Special,    for    Rev.    W.   C.    Merritt, 

Snohomish,  Wash 5  oa 

Windsor,   by   Rev.   R.    M.    Taft,    Taft 

thank-oneriiig 5  00 

East,   Chapel,  by  Rev.  R.    M,  Taft, 

thank-offering  2  00 

Worcester,  Immanuel,  by  Rev.  George 
S.  Dodge,   w.   p.   g.  to  const.    IVirs. 

Louisa  W.  Murdock  a  L.  M 2  00 

Plymouth,  by  F.  W.  Chase 52  82 

Yarmouth,  West,  by  Abbie  B.  Crowell  8  40 

$9, 001  22 

Home  Missionary 19  00 


Donations  of  Clothing,  etc.,   received  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the  Woman  s  Home 
Missionary  Association  in  December,  1894.      MRS.   LouiSE  A.  Kellogg,  Secretary 


Allston,    Ladies'    Aux.,   by  Mrs.  E.  A. 

Raymond,  barrel $43  83 

Andover,  South  Ch.,  Ladies"Benev.  Soc, 

by  Miss  Alice  Rogers,  barrel 102  05 

Ashby,  Ladies'  Charitable  Soc,  by  Mrs. 

F.  W.  Wright,  barrel 55  co 

Athol  Center,  Ladies'  Union,  by  Mrs.  E. 

S.  Gould,  barrel 92  00 

Boston,   Old    South,    Ladies'   Aux.,   by 

Mrs.  W.  B.  Garritt,  box  and  barrel.  105  00 
Park   St.   Ch.,    Homeland   Circle,    by 

Mrs.  E.  Smith,  barrel 200  00 

Bradford,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs,  J.  H. 

Bird,   barrel 97  00 

Bridgewater,   Ladies'    Charitable  S.   S. 

Soc.  by  Miss  Hattic  M.  Wilbar,  bar- 
rel   57  44 

Brighton,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  Benj. 

Wormelle,  barrel 114  01 

Brockton,    Porter   Ch.,   Ladies'  Benev. 

Soc,  by  Mrs.  Annie  L.  Pierce,  bar- 
rel   91  42 

Cambridge,  First  Ch.,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by 

Mrs.  R.  B.  Hall,  three  barrels  25000 

Dorchester,  Harvard  Ch  ,  Ladies' Aux., 

by  Mrs.  M.  F.  Bailey,  barrel 90  00 

Pilgrim   Ch.,    Ladies'  Aux.,   by  Mrs. 

N ellie  French,  barrel 59  66 

Fitchburg,  RolLstone  Ch.,  Ladies'  Aux., 

by  Miss  Ida  L.  Fox,  three  barrels. .  147  67 
Florence,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  Fannie 

B.  Look,  pack.ige 77  65 

Hyde  Park,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Miss  E.  E. 

Brooks,  two  barrels 115  00 

Jamaica    Plain.    Central    Ch..    Ladies' 

Aux.,   by   Mrs.    R.  W.  Wood,  two 

barrels 100  00 

Lynn,  Central  Ch.,  H.  M.  Soc,  by  Mrs. 

Amelia  J.  Parker,  barrel 75  00 

First  Ch..  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  C.  S. 

Bird,  barrel   69  43 

Marion,    Ladies'   Aux.,  by  Miss  Abbie 

Trevett,  barrel 50  00 

Medford,  Mystic  Ch.,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by 

M  iss  M .  S   Clark,  barrel 4  7  00 

Melrose    Highlands,    League,   by   Mrs. 

Alice  I.  Calkins,  box  and  barrel. ...  60  77 


Middleboro,  Central  Ch.,  H.  M.  Circle, 

by  Mrs.  M   J.  Belding.  barrel $fo  00 

Millbury,  Second  Ch.,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by 
Mrs.  Amos  Armsby,  three  barrels, 
etc 27472 

Northampton,  Edwards  Ch.,  Ladies,  by 

Mrs.  A.  F.  Kneeland,  barrel 96  00 

Providence,  R.  I.,  Beneficent  Ch.,  Mis- 
sion Band,  by  Mrs.  S.  E.  Slade,  two 
barrels 100  00 

Salem,  South  Ch.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Asso- 
ciation, by  Miss  Susan  S.  Driver,  two 
barrels 20561 

South  Weymouth,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  J.  A. 

Deane.  carpet  and  barrel 79  57 

Springfield,  First  Ch.,  Ladies' Aux..  by 

Mrs.  Charles  A.  Graves,  two  barrels        iqo  12 

Sunderland,   Ladies'  Aux.,  by   Mrs.  H, 

D.  Graves,  cash,  $40,  and  barrel 107  28 

Taunton,  Winslow  Ch.,  Ladies'  Benev. 
Soc,  by  Mrs.  Harriet  L.  Davis,  bar- 
rel    80  00 

Walpole,  Ladies'   Aux.,  by  Mrs.  M.  H. 

Piper,  two  barrels 130  00 

Ware,  Ladies'  Aux.,   by  Mrs.  Mary  E. 

Taylor,  barrel 100  00 

Watertown.  Ladies'   Aux.,  by  Mrs.  M. 

Fuller,  barrel 7 1  00 

West  Boxford,  F,  C.  Soc,  by  Miss  Anna 

P.  Park,  barrel 73  00 

Westfield,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Miss  Lucy 

C.  Smith,  box igo  39 

West  Roxbury,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  by 

Miss  Jessie  C.  Dennett,  two  barrels        loi  14 

Whitinsville,    Ladies'    Benev.    Soc,  by 

Miss  Lila  S    Whitin.  box 26743 

Williamstown,  Ladies'  Benev,  Soc,  by 
Mrs.  Eleanor  Ralston  Duncan,  cash, 
$38.  and  three  barrels 259  96 

Woburn,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  Eustis 

Smith,  barrel 70  00 

Worcester,  Central  Ch.,  Ladies'  Penev. 
Soc,  by  Miss  Abbie  L.  Sweetser, 
barrel 70  00 


$4,626  15 


February,    1895 


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MISSIONARY   SOCIETY    OF    CONNECTICUT 

J\trt-i/'/s  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Coniuctinil  in  Diceniln-r,  1894.     Ward  W.  Jacobs, 

Trcasitrcr 


Bridgeport,  Park  St.,  by  F.  W.  Storrs. 

to    const.    Miss    Mary    Gabriel,    of 

Hridticport.  a  L.  M $  50  00 

Canterbury.   First    by   Rev.   A.  J.  Hct- 

rick,  for  C.  \\.  M.  S 14  69 

East  Haddam.  First,  by  E,  VV.  Chaffee.  21  33 

Franklin,  by  Rev.  H.  E.  Hart S  00 

(iranby.  South,  by  C.  P.  Loomis i  56 

Guilford,  First,  by  K.  W.  Lecte  11  00 

Haddam.  Haddara  Neck,  by  William  F. 

Braincrd 6  oo 

Hamden.    Whitneyville,    "  Two     C'hil- 

dren" 2  35 

Hartfonl,  First.  "  Personal."  special. . .  3000 
Fourth.     Be(iuest    of     Margaret     M. 

Case,   by    E.   B.  Thrall    and    A.  F. 

Rannev,  e.\s 100  00 

Hartford,  Park,  by  Willis  E.  Smith....  47  55 
Hartland,    West    Hartland,    by    H.    L. 

Wilcox 5  o3 

Kent,  by  George  R.  Bull 18  06 

Litchfield,  Milton,  by  S.  D.  Page 7  50 

Marlboro,  by  VV'illiam  W.  Bolles   5  00 

Meriden.  Center,  by  Mary  A.  Wood. ...  25  00 

Middletown.  First,  by  E.  P.  Augur....  126  34 

A  Friend 20  00 

New  Britain,  First,  by  A.  N.  Lewis,  for 

C.  H.  M.  S 27  41 

New  Haven,  Westville,  by  A.  Z.  Downs  20  75 

North  Canaan.  East,  by  A.  B   Garfield.  3  63 

Norwalk,  First,  by  E.  L.  Beyer 50  00 

Orange.    West    Haven,   by   Rev.   S.   J. 

Bryant 13  20 

Plaintield,  by  Walter  Kingsley 4  26 


Putnam,   Second,  by  F.  J.  Daniels $  3  20 

For  C.  H.  M.  S 4  81 

Redding,  by  T.  M.  Abbott 8  86 

Sherman,  by  M.  G.  Gelston 32  00 

Stafford.   StafCordvillc,   by  Rev.  H.   M. 

Vaill    4  80 

Torrington,  Third,  by  Frank  M.Wheeler  29  76 

Torringford.  by  C.  H.  Barber 5  00 

Vernon,  falcottville,  by  M.  H.  Talcott.  100  00 

For  C.  H.  M.  S 247  77 

S.  S.  Rally,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 25  00 

Washington,  Swedish,  by  P.  J.  Ander- 
son    5  00 

Weston,  by  Rev.   C.  H.  Pease 15  00 

"  Personal  " 22  50 

Winchester.    West    Winsted,    by    John 

Hinsdale 2000 

Windsor,  Poquonock,  by  L.  R.  Lord...  7  69 

Wolcott.  by  S.   L.  Hotchkiss 1500 

Woodstock.  First,  by  H.  T.  Child 25  46 

W.  C.  H.  M.  U.  of  Connecticut,  by  Mrs. 
George  Follett.  Sec.,  from  Ladies' 
Home  Missionary  Society  of  First 
Ch.,   Hartford,   for   Rev.    Mr.  Did- 

ricksen  of  Danish  Ch..  Hartford 10  00 

Rev.  H.  C.  Alvcrd,  of  South  Weymouth, 

Mass I  00 


Boxes. 

Hartford.  First.  Ladies'  Society,  box.. 

Trumbull,  for  Sabbath-school  of  Silver 

Creek,  Neb.,  cash 


$1,198  48 
82  00 

ID    00 


ILLINOIS     HOME     MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  tlie   Illinois  Home  Missionary   Society  in    N'oveniber   and  December,    1894. 
Aaron  B.   Mead,    Treasurer 


Albion,  First $  13  25 

Amboy,  Mrs.  T.  A.  Lyman 15  00 

Aurora,  New  England 41  07 

Batavia.  Rev.  J.  E.   Bissell 700 

Big  Rock,  Welsh 1500 

Bluffs 31  12 

Buda 51  45 

Cable 13  47 

Carpentersville S  30 

Champaign  "8  37 

Chenoa.  Trimmer  S.  S 6  30 

Chicago.  First  (Mrs.  L.  W.  Curtis,  $10)  160  60 

New  England 1 76  92 

Leavitt  St 143 

Lincoln  Park 28  00 

Union  Park.  Oakley  Ave.  Branch 5  00 

Mrs.  L.  A.  Bushnell 50  00 

L^niversity 33  40 

Englewood.  North 27  69 

Duncan  Ave.,  Rev.  J.  D.  McCord 25  00 

Central  Park 20  00 

Douglas  Park 60  00 

Union.  Rev.  H.  T.  Sell 5  00 

Waveland  Ave i  36 

Chillicothe 7  00 


Crescent  City $ 

Dallas   City 

Danvers  (Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $15.40) 

Decatur 

De  Long 

Downer's  Grove 

Earlville 

Elgin.  Prospect   St.  (S.  S..  S5-93  :   Y.  P. 

S  C.  E.,  S7) 

Farlow  Grove 

Granville 

Greenville  S.   S 

Griggsville 

Hampton 

Henry 

Hillsboro 

mini 

Jacksonville 

Joy  Prairie 

kangley,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Kirkland 

Lacon 

La  Salle 

Marseilles.  J.  Q.  Adams 

Mendon,   S.  S 


12 

39 

3 

00 

49  40 

33 

S5 

6 

00 

20 

00 

19 

50 

28  06 

II 

80 

21 

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8 

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44 

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4 

34 

15 

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40 

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10 

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71 

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44 

so 

2 

00 

37 

28 

29 

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6 

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Mill  Creek $420 

Naperville 40  00 

Nejjonset 655 

Normal.  First,  S.  S 2  00 

Norris  City,  S.  S 300 

Ottawa  (Rev.  W.  F.  Day,  $25  ;  S.S.,  $20)  94  49 

Paxton  (S.  S.,  $3.03) 184  00 

Payson 9  8g 

Peru 3  50 

Pittsfield 5  50 

Poplar  Grove 10  53 

Port  Byron 1328 

■  Princeton 41  47 

Ridgeland .  S.  S 9  26 

Roberts  iS.  S..  $5) 13  45 

Rockforrl,   First 3860 

Second , 223  75 

Rosemond    (Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,    $25) 3100 

Sandwich 102  50 

Seward,  First,  Kendall  Co 8  00 

Winnebago  Co.,  S.  S  i  72 

Sherrard 3  07 

St.  Charles.  S.  S 4  30 

Sterling  (Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $5) 69  67 

Stillman  Valley,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 7  54 

Swedona 2  50 

Sycamore m  75 

Toulon   85  10 

Udina 5  00 

Vienna 1500 

Warrensburg 18  19 

Waukegan,   First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E S  00 


Waverly $  15  00 

Western  Springs,  S.  S 5  70 

Wheaton,    First,  S.  S.  Rally 410 

College 13  65 

Winnebago 20  00 

Woman's  Home  Missionary  Union  : 

Alto  Pass $  5  00 

Chicago,  New  England 22  50 

Lincoln  Park,  Y.  P.  M.  Soc.  2  50 

Warren  Ave   2  50 

Geneva,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 2000 

La  Salle 5  00 

Lombard 19  00 

Metropolis 2  00 

Moline,  First 21  71 

Oak  Park 31  00 

Pittsfield  I  Young  Ladies'  Soc, 

$10) 20  00 

Rockford,  Second 11425 

Sandwich 41  50 

Toulon 2  13 

Wa\erly 7  00 

316  09 

Bureau  Association 5  44 

Daily  News 28 

Interest  on  Invested  Funds 72  00 

A  Friend  in  Southern  Illinois 62  51 


$3,156  62 


MICHIGAN   CONGREGATIONAL   ASSOCIATION 

Receipts  of  the  Alichii^an  Congregational  Association  in  December,  1S94.      Rev.  John  P. 

Sanderson,   Treasurer 


Ada,  Second  $  5  00 

Alba 6  40 

Jun.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 16  00 

Almont 33  16 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 1  52 

Allenville 55 

Ann  Arbor 62  80 

Bay  City ."..... 2800 

Benton  Harbor,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 9  06 

Byron 3  09 

Calumet 29  26 

Carmel 500 

Chippewa  Lake,  S.S i  11 

Detroit.  First 550  00 

Woodward  Ave 250  00 

Mt .  Hope 2  00 

S.S 5  00 

Brewster 33  31 

S.  S 3  35 

De.xter 7  40 

Dennis  Warner 30  00 

Dowagiac 67  80 

Eaton  Rapids 381 

Edmore .• 8  83 

E.xcelsior  2  00 

Farwell,  S.S 3  39 

Fisher's  Station    982 

Freeport 18  90 

Garden 3  15 

Grand  Blanc 30  00 

Grand  Junction 12  75 

S.  S 3  55 

Grand  Rapids,  Plymouth  S.  S 5  65 

East I  54 

Grandville 10  27 

Greenville 33  41 

Homestead 13  75 


Hopkins,  First  S.  S $  4  70 

Isabella 30 

Lake  Ann 35 

Lake  Linden 60  00 

Leslie,  S.  S 3  79 

Ludington 27  57 

Maple  City 500 

Mattison 400 

Maybee 4  00 

Mendon 500 

Muskegon,  First 37  78 

Nahma 79 

Newaygo 25  00 

Northport 7  84 

S.S 5  91 

Orion 1500 

Port  Huron 50  00 

Red  Jacket 56  39 

St.  Ignace i  00 

St.  John's I  25 

St.  Joseph ....  77  25 

Solon 8  50 

South  Haven 26  00 

South  Lake  Linden 88 

Stanton,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 10  00 

Union  City 31  27 

Vanderbilt 13  94 

Vicksburg 10  40 

Webster 1362 

West  Branch 1000 

Westwood I  00 

Williamston   455 

Rev.  D.  F.  Bradley 8  00 

W.   H.  M.    U.,  by  Mrs.  E.    F.   Grabill, 

Treas 387  05 

$2,233  76 


February,   1895 


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549 


DONATIONS   OF   CLOTHING 

East  Newton,  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc,  i  box 
Jackson,  First,  Ladies'  Soc.  2  boxes... 
Detroit,  Woodward  Ave.,  Ladies'  Soc., 

2  boxes 

Saginaw,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  i  box 


Receipts  of  W.  H.  M.  U.  for  December, 
18.^)4.  as  reported  by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Gra- 
bill,  Treas.  : 

ST.\TE    WORK,    SENIOR   SOC. 

Allegan,     W.     M.    S.,    $3.50; 

thank-offering.  Sio.  38. . $13  88 

Alphona,  VV.  H.  M.  U 3  00 

Hridgoport,  W.  H.  M.  U i  00 

Charlotte,  L.  S 25  00 

Cheboygan,  \V.  H.  M.  S 5  00 

Church's  Corners,   W.   H.  M. 

t' 7  25 

District  Association,  W.  M.  S.  3  85 

Greenville,  W.  H.  M.  S 6  25 

Harrison.  VV^  H,  M.  S 400 

Hopkins  Sta,  W.    H.M.   U..  500 

Irving,  W.  H.  M.  S 4  25 

Leland,  W.  H.  M.  U 5  50 

Lickley's Corners,  W.  H.  M.S.  7  00 

Litchfield.  L.  M.  S 14  28 

Morenci,  \V.  M.  S 605 

Mulliken,  W.  H.  M.  S 300 

Napoleon,  Mrs.  A.  A.  Rexford  10  00 

Otsego,  W.  H.  M.  S 2  50 


Ovid,  VV.  M.  S $5  00 

Pontiac.  W.  H.  M.S   540 

Salem.  Second   Ch.,  W.  H.  M. 

S 10  00 

Stock  Andge,  Mrs.  E.  W. 
Woodward,  a  Thank-offer- 
ing   1000 

Three  Oaks,  W.  H.  M.  U 9  25 

Vicksburg,  W.  M.  S 14  00 

Watervliet,  W.  H.  M.  S 455 

Wyandotte 8  50 


$193  5> 


YOUNG    PEOPLE'S   WORK. 

Alpine    and    Walker,    S.    S., 

special  Col 3  60 

Ann  Arbor,  S.  S 1500 

Detroit,  Primary  Dept.,  S.  S., 
$3;  C.  E.,  $6;  K.  C.  D.,  S3 
(special  for  Boys' Club  Alba)      1200 

Edmore,  S.  S.  Rally 4  00 

Hudson,  Y.  P.  S.C.E 300 

Traverse  City,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.       17  47 

Vestaburg,  S.  S.  Rally i  00 

Watervliet,    S.     S.,  Birthday 
Box,   a  Christmas  gift  to 

Home  Missions 12    06 

Y.  L.  M.  S.,  Plymouth  Ch...        9  25 

77  38 

Total  for  State  Work $270  89 


WOMAN'S     STATE    HOME     MISSIONARY 
ORGANIZATIONS 

OFFICERS 


I.  NEW    HAMPSHIRE 
FEMALE  CENT   INSTITUTION 

Organized  August,  1804 

and 

HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  iSgo 

President.   Mrs.  Cyrus  Sargcant.  Plymouth. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  John  T.  Perry.  Exeter. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Annie  A.   McFarland,  196  Main 
St..  Concord. 


2.   MINNESOTA 
WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  September.  1872 

President,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  230  E.  9th 

St..  St.  Paul. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon.   17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E..  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner.  Northfield. 


3.   ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  March,  1877 

Reorganized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews,  Talladega. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  S.  Jackson.  Montgomery. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Silsby,  Talladega. 

4.  MASSACHUSETTS    AND    RHODE 
ISLAND  * 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 

Organized  February.  18S0 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell,  The  Rochdale, 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Mrs  Louise  A.  Kellogg.  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer.  Miss  Annie  C.  Bridgman.  32  Congre- 
gational House,  Boston. 


*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  \\f.t  as  a  State  body  for  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
Island,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


550 


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February,   1895 


5.  MAINE 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   AUXILIARY 

Organized  June,  1880 

President^   Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 
Secretary,   Mrs.    Gertrude   H.    Denio,    168   Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   Rose  M.  Crosby,  26  Grove   St.. 
Bangor. 

6.   MICHIGAN 

WOMANS    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  May,  1881 

President,  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane,  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave..  Detroit. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield.  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 

7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  188 1 

President,    Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  George  L.  Epps.  Topeka. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  D.  DeLong,  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  May,  1882 


II.  NORTH  DAKOTA 

WOMANS   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1883 

President,    Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland.  Caledonia. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Harwood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 

12.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

President,    Mrs.  F.  Eggert,  The  Hill,  Portland. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell.  Oregon  City. 
Treasurer,'^\^.  W.  D.  Palmer,   546  3d  St.,  Port- 
land. 

13.  'WASHINGTON 

Including  Northern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  A.  1.  Bailey,  323   Blanchard   St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs  J.  W.  George,  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 


14.  SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  September,  1884 


President,   Mrs.  Sydney  Strong.  Lane  Seminary 

Campus,  Cincinnati. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  J.   W.   Moore,  836  Hough  Ave.,      President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  Ashton 

Cleveland.  Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall.  Huron. 

Treasurer,  y\.r%.  George   B.    Brown,  2116  Warren       Treasurer,  "nix's,.  F,  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 
St.,  Toledo. 


9.  NEW   YORK 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MLSSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President,   Mrs.  Wm.   Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave. 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary ,   Mrs.   Wm.  Spalding,  511   Orange  St. 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   J.   J.   Pearsall,   230  Macon    St.. 

Brooklyn. 

10.  'WISCONSIN 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 


Organized  October,  1883 

President.  Mrs.  E.  G.  Updike,  Madison. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman,  Whitewater. 


15.  CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  January,  1885 

President,   Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St  .  New 

Britain. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   C.   T.    Millard,    36    Lewis    St., 

Hartford. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.    W.   W.   Jacobs,    19  Spring    St., 

Hartford. 


16.   MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,    Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    E.    C.    Ellis,   2456   Tracy   Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
Treasurer,  M.r&.  K.  L.  Mills,  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 


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17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President^   Mrs.  Isaac  Claflin,  Lombard. 
Secretary^   Mrs.  C.   H.  Taintor,   151  Washington 

St..  Chicago- 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field.  Wilmctte. 


24.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Orjjanized  June,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Rrattleboro. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  M.  K.  Paino.  Windsor. 
Treasurer, "^Xrs.   Wm.    P.    p-airbanks,    St.   Johns- 
bury. 


18.  IOWA 

.WOMAN'S    MO.MK    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June,  1886 

President,   Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass.  Grinnell. 
Secretary.   Mrs.    H.  H.  Robbins.  Grinnell. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Belle  L.  Hcntley,  300  Court  Ave., 
Ues  Moines. 


25.  COLORADO 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  B.  C.  Valentine,  Highlands. 
Secretary.  Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Box  508.  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Horace  Sanderson, 1710  i6tn  Ave., 
Denver. 


ig.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 
Organized  October,  1887. 

President,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  572  12th  St..  Oak- 
land. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Howard,  911  Grove  St., 
Oakland. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 
Oakland. 

20.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S   HO.ME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1887 

President,  Mrs.   J.    T.    Duryea,    2402    Cass    St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  H.  Bross,  2904  Q  St.,  Lincoln. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.    Powell,  30th  &   Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

21.   FLORIDA 

WO.MAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  February,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale.  Jacksonville. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows.  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown,  Interlachen. 


26    •WYOMING 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  i883 

Reorganized  December,  1892 

President.   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker.  Cheyenne. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple.  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smith,  Rock  Springs. 

27.   GEORGIA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  November,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

28.   MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April.  18S9 

President.  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris.  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary.    Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer, Mrs.  L.  H.  Turner,  3112  12th  St.,  Me 
ridian. 


22.   INDIANA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Bell,  221    Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary.   Mrs.   VV.   E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   F.  E.    Dewhurst,    28   Christian 
Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

23.   SOUTHERN   CALIFORNIA 
WOMAN'S  HO.ME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  188S 

President.   Mrs.    W.   J.   Washburn,   510  Downey 

Ave.,  Los  Angeles. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  P.  J.  Colcord.  Claremont. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Public  Library, 

Riverside. 


29.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1889 

President.    Miss  Bella  Hume,  corner  Gasquetand 

Liberty  Sts..  New  Orleans. 
Secretary.    Miss  Matilda  Cabrfere.  New  Orleans. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 

30.    ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY,   AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION  OF  THE 

CENTRAL  SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April.  1889 

President,  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore,  Bo.x  8.  Fisk  Uni- 
versity. Nashville.  Tenn. 

Secretary.  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith,  304  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooga.  Tenn. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Moreland,  1214  Grundy  St., 
Nashville,  Tenn. 


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3J.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1889 

President^  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman,  Dudley. 
Seer  eta  ry     \ 

and        VMiss  A.  E.  Farrington,   High  Point. 
Treasurer.  ) 

32.   TEXAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March,  1890 

President.,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin.  Dallas. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Bo.x  563,  Dallas. 
Treasurer, tArs.   C.   1.    Scofield,    Lock    Box   220, 
Dallas. 

33.  MONTANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,  410  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones,  Livingston. 


37-   UTAH 

Including  Southern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1891 

Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,    Mrs.   Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt   Lake 

City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  135  Sixth  St.,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett,  Salt  Lake  City. 
Par  Idaho,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  Pocatello. 


38.   INDIAN    TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1892 

President.  Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd,  Vinita. 
Secretary,  Miss  Louise  Graper.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 


39.  NEVADA 


34.  PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 

President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  274  Manhattan  St., 
Allegheny. 

Secretary,   Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennie.  Ridgway. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones.  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 

35.  OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Parker.  Kingfisher. 

Secretary.   Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt.  Guthrie. 

Treasurer ,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Hammer,  Oklahoma  City. 


WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  October,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
Secretary,    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 


40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1892 

President,   Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuquerque. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  E.  W.  Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St. 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 


36.   NEW  JERSEY 

Including  District  of  Columbi.\,  Maryland, 
AND  Virginia 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 

THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION 

Organized  March.  1891 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H.  Bradford,  Montclair. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weeden,  Upper  Mont- 
clair. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150  Belleville  Ave., 
Newark. 


41.   BLACK  HILLS,  SO.   DAKOTA 

BLACK    HILLS    WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY 
UNION 

Organized  October.  1893 

President,   Mrs.  J.  B.  Gossage,  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    H.    H.    Gilchrist.   Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  Miss     Grace     Lyman.    Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Field  Secretaries 

Rev.  W.  G.  PuDDEFOor,  South  Frainingham,  Mass. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Shelton,  Derby,  Conn. 

Rev.  H.  D.  WiARD,  151  Washington  St.,  Chicago,  III. 

Superintendents 

Rev.  MoRlTZ  E.  Eversz,  D.D.,  German  Department,  151  Washington  St.,  Chicajfo,  111. 

Rev.  Scandinavian  Department, 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Sciimifflku,  D.D.,  Slavic  De])artment,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Edw.  D.  Cuktis,  D.D Indianapolis,   Ind.         Rev.  W.  H.  T 11  hall .Huron,  S.  Dak. 

Rev.  S.  F.  (Jale Jacksonville,  Kla.         Rev.  H.  C.  Simmons Fargo,  N.  Dak. 

Rev.  J,  H.  M  OK  LEV Minneapolis,  Minn.         Rev.  H.  Sandkkson  (Acting) Denver,  C(j1. 

Rev.  Alfred  K.  Wkav Spriiijifield,  Mo.         Rev.  W.  S.  Hawkes Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Rev.  L.  P.  PiKOAD Topeka,  Kan.         Rev.  J.  K.  Harrison San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Rev.  R.  H.  Ashmun Albuquerque,  N.  M.         Rev.  James  T.  Foki) Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Rev.  A.  JuDSoN  Bailey Seattle,  Wash.        Rev.  C.  F.  Clatp Forest  Grove,  Ore. 

Rev.  T.  G.  Grassie Ashland,  Wis.         p„„   rp   -jjr    t„.,_-   t-i  n  i  511  Woodland  Terrace, 

■  Black  Hills  and  Wyoming,  ^^'^^-  ^*  ^-  JO^ES,  JJ.U....  -^       Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Hot  Springs,  South  Dakota.        Rev.  W.  S.  Bell Helena,  Mon. 

Rev.  Harmon  Bkoss.  . ! Lincoln,  Neb.        Rev.  S.  C.  McDaniel Atlanta,  Ga. 


Rev,  A.  A.  Brown. 

Rev.  Harmon  Bros; 

Rev.S.  E,  BASSETT(Supt,  Alabama). ...Ft. Valley, Ga.        Rev.  J.  Homer  Parker, ,,,,,,,,,,,Kingfisher,  Okl, 

Secretaries  and  Treasurers 
of  the  Auxiliaries 

Rev.  Jonathan  E.  Adams,  D.D.,  Secretary. .  .Maine  Missionary  Society Bangor,  Me. 

John  L.  Crosby,  Esq.,  Treasurer , "  "  "      Bangor,  Me. 

Rev.  A.  T.  Hillman,  Secretary New  Hampshire  Home  Miss.  Society.... Concord,  N.  H. 

Hon.  Lyman  D.  Stevens,  Treasurer "  "  "         "  "      ....Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  Secretary Vermont  Domestic  "  "      ,...St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Wm.  C.  TvLER,  Treasurer....; "  "  "  "      ,.,. St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Rev.  Joshua  Coit,  Secretary Massachusetts  Home         "  "      ....  I  9  Cong'I  House, 

Rev.  Edwin  B.  Palmer,  Treasurer "  "  "  "      ....  (  Boston,  Mass, 

Rev.  Alexander  McGregor,  Secretary Rhode  Island  "  "      ..,,Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

Jos.  Wm.  Rice,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "      ..,. Providence,  R.  I. 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut Hartford,  Conn. 

Ward  W.  Jacobs,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  Hartford,  Conn. 

Rev.  Ethan  Curtis,  Secretary New  York  Home  Miss.  Society Syracuse,  N.  Y, 

William  Spalding,  Treasurer "  "         "  "       Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Frasek,  D.D. ,  Secretary Ohio  "         "  "       Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Wm.  B.  Howland,  Treasurer "  "         "  "       New  York  City. 

Rev.  James  Tompkins,  D.D.,  Secretary Illinois  "         "  "       t  151  Washington  St., 

Aaron  B.  Mead,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "         "  "       f        Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Homer  W.  Carter,  Secretary Wisconsin      "         "  "       Beloit,  Wis. 

C.  M.  Blackman,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       Whitewater,  Wis. 

Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass,  D.D. ,  Secretary Iowa  "         "  "       Grinnell,  Iowa. 

J.  H.  Merrill,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  "        Des  Moines,  Iowa, 

Rev,  William  H.  Warren,  Secretary Michigan  Congregational  Association... Lansing,  Mich. 

Rev.  John  P,  Sanderson,  Treasurer "  "  "  ...Lansing,  Mich. 

Geo.  H.  Morgan,  Secretary Cong.  City  Miss.  Society St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Rev,  Arch'd  L.  Love,  Superintendent "         "       ^'  "       St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Lewis  E,  Snow,  Treasurer "        "       "  "      St.  Louis,  Mo, 

Communications 

relating  to  general  business  of  the  Society  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries  for  Correspondence. 
Communications  relating  to  the  Editorial  Department  of  the  Home  Missionary  may  be  addressed  to  Rev. 
Alex.  H.  Clapp,  D.D.  Correspondence  of  the  Woman's  Department  may  be  addressed  to  Mrs.  H.  S. 
Caswell,  Bible  House,  New  York. 


Donations   and   Subscriptions 


in  Drafts,  Checks,  Registered  Letters,  or  Post-0  ffice  Orders  may  be  addressed  to  Wm,  B,  Howland,  Treasurer, 
Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York, 

A  PAYMENT  OF  $50  CONSTITUTES  A  LIFE  MEMBER 


Form  of  a  Bequest 


I  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  t7-!tsi,  to  pay  over  the  same, 

in  months  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is  payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer 

of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to  the  charitable  use  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York 


Major-General  Oliver  O.  Howard 

President 

Rev.   David  B.   Coe,  D.D.,  Honorary  Secretary 
Rev.  Alexander  H.  Clapp,  D.D.,  Honorary   Treasurer 

Secretaries  for   Correspondence 
Rev.  Joseph  B.  Clark,  D.D. 

Rev.  William  Kincaid,  D.D. 

Rev.  Washington  Choate,  D.D. 

Mr.  William  B.  Rowland,   Treasurer 

Executive  Committee 

Wm.  Ives  Washburn,  Esq.,  Chairman 

Asa  a.  Spear,  Esq.,  Recordim::;  Secretary 

Rev.  William  M.  Taylor,  D.D. 

Mr.  Charles  H,  Parsons 

Rev.  James  G.  Roberts,  D.D. 

Rev.  Samuel  H.  Virgin,  D.D. 

Mr.  Joseph  Wm.  Rice 

Mr.  Herbert  M.  Dixon 

Rev.  Robert  R.  Meredith,  D.D. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Richards,  D.D. 

Mr.  George  P.  Stockwell 

Rev.  Robert  J.  Kent 

Rev.  John  D.  Kingsbury,  D.D. 

Mr.  George  W.  Hebard 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Stimson,  *D,D. 


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Contents  for  March,   1895 


Our  German  Work  553 

Further  Items  of  Early  Home  Mis- 
sionary History    ....    561 

Times  of  Refreshing 567 

Good     Horse,     Buggy,     and     Barn 

Needed 569 


A  Minute-Man's   Success 569 

Grateful    Reminiscence 570   '   Treasury  Note 


An    Island  Parish 571 

Notes  of  Long  Service  in  Colo- 
rado. III.  Home  Missionary 
Camping   Trip    572 

What  Home  Missionaries  are  Say- 
ing   576 

Major-General   O.    O.    Howard 580 


Decease  of  Drs.  W.  M.  Taylor  and 

D.  B.  Coe 580 


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Is  published  monthly,  at  sixty  cents  a  year,  postage  paid.  It  is  sent  without  charge,  on 
request,  to  be  made  annually,  to  Life  Members;  Missionaries  of  the  .Society  and  its  Aux- 
iliaries ;  Ministers  securing  a  yearly  collection  for  it  in  their  congregations  ;  also  to  individu- 
als, associations,  or  congregations,  one  copy  for  every  ten  dollars  collected  and  paid  over  to  the 
Society  or  an  Auxiliary.  Suitable  names  should  accompany  the  payment.  Pastors  are 
earnestly  requested  to  serve  Home  Missions  by  promoting  the  use  of  this  journal  at  the 
Monthly  Concert  and  among  their  people. 

Immediate  notice  of  discontinuance  or  change  of  post-office  address  should  be  given. 


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Vol.   LXVII  MARCH.    1.S95  No.   11 

OUR    GERMAN     VV^ORK 

P>v    Rf.v.    Moritz   E.   F.VF.RSZ,    D.I).,   .SUI'F.RINTF.NDRNT 

K  are  asked  to  furnish  an  illustrated  article  on  our  German  work. 
The  year,  with  all  its  unfavorable  conditions,  has  brought  us  much 
to  be  grateful  for.  In  spite  of  hard  times  and  severe  retrench- 
ment, an  unusual  number  of  churches  have  been  born.  Quite  as  many  as 
usual  have  been  housed,  and  in  turn,  several  have  housed  their  pastors. 
We  are  filled  with  pride  and  gratitude  for  the  many  earnest  workers  in 
humble  places  who  have  borne,  without  murmuring  or  complaint,  retrench- 
ment on  the  one  side  by  the  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  on  the  other 
by  churches  unable  to  meet  their  pledges  on  account  of  failure  of  crops — 
men  who  in  the  joy  of  the  harvest  of  souls  forget  their  own  hardships  and 
trials. 

We  rejoice  that,  in  spite  of  poverty  and  want,  the  need  of  our  papers, 
Der  Kirchenbote  and  Die  Sege?iS(/ueile,  in  the  home  is  so  generally  recog- 
nized that  comparatively  few  "discontinuances"  come  in,  and  that  their 
self-support  is  but  just  ahead  of  us.  Many  special  instances  of  faith  in 
and  love  for  God's  Word  might  be  recorded. 

When  floods  compel  the  abandonment  of  home,  and  next  to  wife  and 
mother  the  Bible  is  borne  above  the  raging  floods,  while  appeals  like  the 
following  ring  out  above  the  tumult,  "  Dear  God,  take  all,  if  thou  wilt, 
but  leave  me  this,"  faith  is  not  dead.  Another,  speaking  of  his  hungry, 
half-clad  family,  bewails  more  than  all  that  his  Bible  is  falling  to  pieces 
and  the  print  is  too  fine  for  his  failing  eyesight.  How  beautiful,  that  an 
infant  class  furnished  him  with  an  elegant  Bible  ! 

"When  the  Son  of  man  cometh,  shall  he  find  faith  on  the  earth?" 
Yes,  thank  God  !  and  not  least  among  the  poor  and  lowly. 

Among  the  special  providences  in  our  work  we  gratefully  record  the 
long  step  forward  in  our  educational  institutions  :  Wilton  German-Eng- 
lish College  and  the  German  Department  of  Chicago  Seminary. 


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"  Another  college  set  up  !  "  some  one  exclaims.  Not  "  set  up,"  but 
naturally  developing.  Not  anof/ier  college,  but  the  only  college  of  its 
kind  fostered  by  our  churches  in  all  the  land,  if  it  were  only  "another," 
it  were  not  needed.  It  began  as  a  baby,  under  the  shadow  of  its  kind 
and  stronger  brother,  Doane  College.  It  was  christened,  and  struggled 
hard  under  the  title,  "  Crete  German  Theological  Seminary,"  a  title 
which  held  out  no  invitation  or  promise  to  Christian  young  women  seek- 
ing a  liberal  education  and  a  preparation  for  active  Christian,  work. 


wiLTO.x  gkr.m.\.\-i:m;].ish  culi.ege — i. 


Tt  could  attract  only  young  men  in  w'hom  the  ''call  "  to  the  ministry 
had  become  a  conviction,  and  who  were  not  over-anxious  to  get  the  best 
training.  We  can  but  feel  that  a  special  providence  led  pastor  Fath  to 
suggest  to  a  trustee  of  Norton  Academy  how  useful  the  buildings  and 
grounds  might  become  if  transferred  to  the  German  Congregationalists. 
The  seed  fell  into  good  ground.  It  grew  and  expanded  until  Crete  Semi- 
nary found  a  lodgement  under  its  boughs  and  unfolded  into  Wilton 
German-English  College.  The  buildings  have  been  thoroughly  repaired 
at  a  cost  of  more  than  $6,000.  The  interest  and  enthusiasm  of  the  citi- 
zens of  Wilton  has  already  carried  their  cash  subscriptions  over  the  five- 


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thousand-dollar  mark,  and  is  likely  to  reach  $6,000,  while  they  give  us  a 
generous  lilt  toward  securing  permanent  funds  in  a  guaranteed  subscrip- 
tion of  ,Si3,5oo  to  be  i)aid  in  ten  annual  installivieiits. 

The  nine  students  at  C'rete  last  year  have  increased  to  over  eighty  at 
Wilton.  Of  these  nearly  one-half  are  (ierman-Americans  of  the  first  or 
second  generation.  If  only  si.xteen  or  eighteen  are  in  the  regular  course, 
we  may  hope  that  the  strong,  wholesome,  spiritual  atmosphere  of  the 
institution  will  prepare  others  to  hear  the  divine  call  to   put  their  best 


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energies  into  the  developing  of  highest  Christian  manhood  rather  than  the 
accumulation  of  things.  The  spirit  and  /c/at  of  the  students  have  greatly 
improved  with  the  larger  numbers.  May  we  not  regard  it  a  good  indica- 
tion of  the  character  of  our  students,  when  on  an  average  not  more  than 
one  out  of  seventy-three  students  fail  to  attend  chapel  exercises  during 
a  term  ?  Students'  prayer-meetings  in  German  and  in  English  are  held 
each  week.  Regular  services  are  conducted  on  Sundays  in  German, 
while  English-speaking  students  attend  the  church  of  their  own  choice  in 
town.  A  live  Young  People's  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor  holds  its 
meetings  on  Sunday  evenings,  and  recently  a  church  of  twenty-two  mem- 


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REV.    E.     G.     L.     MANNHARDT 


bers    was  provisionally    organ- 
ized. 

In  addition  to  the  above 
cuts  of  our  buildings,  we  pre- 
sent the  portrait  of  Rev.  E. 
Mannhardt,  to  whom,  as  much 
as  to  any  one,  the  progress  of 
our  educational  work  is  due. 

Of  his  earlier  history  he 
speaks  as  follows  : 

''  I  was  born  in  1864,  in 
Thiiringia,  in  a  village  not  far 
from  the  Luther  Castle,  Wart- 
burg.  Among  my  early  recol- 
lections two  things  stand  out 
most  vividly  :  The  beauty  of 
the  home  scenery  with  many 
points  of  great  historical  inter- 
est, and  the  singularly  consist- 
ent Christian  life  of  my  father. 
My  family,  of  course,  belonged 

to  the  State  Church,  and  in  our  region  that  church  was  at  that  time  quite 
dead,  so  that  it  was  difificult  to  find  a  converted  minister.  On  that  account 
my  father,  with  a  few  friepds  of  like  convictions,  would  meet  privately  for 
prayer  and  devotion,  and  in  this  way  these  men  would  often  walk  many 
miles  to  have  an  hour  of  prayer,  in  which  each  one  could  take  part.  I 
frequently  went  with  him  to  these  meetings,  and  there,  more  than  any- 
where, the  desire  was  awakened  in  me  to  become  a  missionary  to  the 
heathen.  With  that  in  mind,  I  was  educated  first  at  home  and  in  a  neigh- 
boring town,  and  at  the  age  of  about  sixteen  I  was  sent  to  a  Lutheran 
Gymnasium  and  Seminary,  and  there  spent  six  years  in  classical  study. 
While  at  this  school,  and  somewhat  because  of  the  absence  of  anything 
that  would  cultivate  personal  religion,  I  grew  religiously  indifferent,  and 
at  last  no  longer  thought  of  being  a  missionary.  About  this  time  I 
became  acquainted  with  many  American  students,  who  studied  in  Ger- 
many, and  so  was  led  to  come  to  this  country  to  take  up  some  line  of 
business  rather  than  study.  In  this,  I  think,  I  was  quite  successful,  but, 
as  it  seemed  afterward,  this  was  not  the  way  God  would  have  me  go. 
For  almost  as  soon  as  I  had  come  to  this  country,  I  found  a  friend  in  a 
student  from  Harvard  College,  who  so  influenced  me  that  I  entered 
Union  Theological  Seminary  in  the  fall  of  1887.  About  this  time  I  also 
date  my  conversion.  Since  graduating  from  Union,  in  1890,  I  have  been 
working  in  our'own  Congregational  church." 


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557 


I  may  add,  that  Mr.  Maniiliardt  \v(!rkcd  with  energy  and  success  in 
fcnuKlin;;  our  Mission  at  Detroit.  It  was  with  great  reluctance  that  we 
asked  him  to  leave  that  field  to  take  u))  the  more  important  work  at  Crete. 

lie  has  been  ably  seconded  in  his  work  by  Mr.  Albert  Moser,  a 
graduate  of  Oberlin  College.  Circumstances  had  led  the  latter  to  pay 
considerable  attention  to  physical  culture  in  addition  to  his  studies, 
which  he  applied  to  the  great  advantage  of  the  students  and  institution. 


GERM.\N    CONGREG.\'noN.\L    CHURCH,    MU:^C.\11.M;,    luWA 


558  The   Home   Missionary  March,  1895 

After  devoting  four  or  live  years  to  study  liere,  the  students  are 
expected  to  enter  our  Theological  Seminary  at  Chicago.  We  are  glad 
to  report  that  the  German  department  has  now  been  well  manned.  Rev. 
Prof.  C.  A.  Paeth,  assisted  by  Prof.  A.  N.  Fox,  presides  over  the  depart- 
ment with  great  ability.  He  is  at  the  same  time  pastor  of  one  of  the 
oldest  German  churches  in  the  city,  which  is  now  organized  as  inde- 
pendent, and  which  he  successfully  led  in  a  building  enterprise  under 
great  difificulties. 

We  may  hope  that  in  the  future  our  foster-mother,  the  American 
Education  Society,  will  not  patronizingly  pat  our  young  students  on  the 
shoulder,  like  the  timid  captain  in  the  face  of  battle,  saying,  "Boys,  my 
heart  is  with  you,  but  I  can't  go  " — until  you  are  well  along  in  your 
college  course — and  that,  when  the  young  aspirant  for  the  best  things 
knocks  at  our  seminary  door,  he  will  not  be  met  with  the  notice  :  All 
non-collegians  will  please  step  into  the  special  department  at  special  half- 
fare  diet  and  rates  ;  no  matter  how  much  real  culture  may  be  implied 
in  a  command  of  two  of  the  best  modern  languages  and  their  literature. 
What  better  method  could  we  adopt  to  keep  out  of  our  work  young  men 
of  highest  gifts  and  aspirations  ?  Do  we  not  owe  them  an  education  so 
good  that  they  will  not  need  to  falter  and  stammer  in  the  presence  of 
German  ministers  educated  in  other  denominations? 

Among  our  churches  we  take  pleasure  in  calling  attention  to  our 
church  at  Muscatine.  Organized  in  1854,  it  is  the  oldest  of  our  German 
churches.  For  many  years  it  struggled  under  great  difificulties,  and  with 
varying  degrees  of  success.  But  since  1882,  when  Rev.  Jacob  Fath  be- 
came its  pastor,  its  progress  has  been  steady  and  sure.  Soon  after  his 
advent,  a  small  Reformed  church  joined  its  membership.  In  1891  the 
present  beautiful  church  was  erected.  In  spite  of  the  generous  gifts  of 
the  people  and  their  friends,  a  debt  of  ^3.000  remained. 

Hard  as  the  times  are,  pastor  and  people  set  to  work  last  fall  to  clear 
this  off,  and  they  now  rejoice  in  one  of  the  finest  churches,  without 
incumbrance,  of  our  German  Congregational  Zion.  They  deserve  all 
credit  for  their  pluck  and  self-sacrifice. 

The  following  picture  represents  but  poorly  the  church  home  of  our 
Evangelical  Lutheran  C'ongregational  Church  of  Chicago.  At  the  begin- 
ning of  this  century  there  were  many  of  the  "Stillen  im  Lande  "  in 
Further  Pomerania.  Not  satisfied  with  the  spiritual  condition  of  the 
State  Church  and  its  ministry,  small  companies  gathered  in  many  sec- 
tions for  prayer  and  mutual  edification.  As  usual  in  such  cases,  they 
were  misunderstood  and  looked  upon  as  dangerous  to  the  church.  The 
State  was  stirred  up  against  them.  They  were  scouted  and  persecuted  as 
"  Separatists,"  and  suffered  much  for  their  faith.  Gradually  their  blame- 
less walk  and  conversation,  their  genuine  piety  and  inoffensiveness,  won 


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for  them  the  respect  and  finally  tiic  toleration  of  the  State.  More  than 
forty  years  ago  a  band  of  these  people  came  to  the  city  of  Chicago  and 
organized  themselves  into  an  independent  Lutheran  clnnxh.  At  different 
times,  and  l)\-  all  manner  of  means,  Lutherans  and  other  denominations 
have  sought  to  bring  them  mider  their  yoke,  but  all  without  avail.  'J'hey 
believed  too  fn-mly  in  the  ])rayer-meeting  and  the  self-government  of  a 
church,  and  in  conversion  as  a  personal  experience. 

.\  little  over  two  years  ago  they  learned  of  "the  Congregational  way  " 
through  their 
pastor,  Rev.  Carl 
Freitag,  now  of 
Michigan  City. 
Believing  that 
they  had  found 
t  h  e  fellowship 
w  h  i  c  h  t  h  e  y 
craved,  they  ap- 
plied for  recog- 
nition. A  large 
representative 
council  of  Con- 
g  r  e  g  a  t  i  o  n  a  1 
churches  was 
convened  in  this 
city  last  year, 
and  c  o  r  d  i  a  1 1  \' 
received  the 
church  into  our 
fellowship,  after 
a  full  inves- 
tigation of  the 
facts. 

An  elevated  railroad  was  laid  out  to  run  through  their  church,  erected 
only  two  years  before  it  had  to  be  sold,  and  then  a  new  house  was  built  in  a 
more  eligible  location.  \\'hile  it  is  not  as  stately  as  the  old,  it  fully  meets 
their  wants,  and  has  by  its  side  a  comfortable  parsonage,  which  does  not 
appear  upon  the  picture.  Having  sacrificed  twice  to  build,  the  church 
is  soon  to  be  wholly  free  from  debt  by  the  aid  of  our  Church  Building 
Society.  Mr.  Carl  Dettmers,  of  the  present  senior  class  in  Chicago 
Seminary,  has  yielded  to  the  urgent  appeals  of  the  people  to  become 
their  pastor,  and  will  undoubtedly  be  ordained  and  installed  at  the 
close  of  his  examinations.  Thus  it  appears  that  Congregationalism 
is   the    natural   expression    of    Christian    life    and    fellowship,    suited    to 


EVANGELICAL    LUTHERAN    CONGREGATIONAL    CHURCH,    CHICAGO, 
ILLINOIS 


560  The   Home   Missionary  March,  1895 

all  who  take  the  responsibilities  of  their  own  Christian  life  upon  them- 
selves. 

Anotlier  exceedingly  interesting  part  of  our  work  is  among  the  Ger- 
man Russians.  Believing  that  the  Bible  forbade  war,  and  being  com- 
pelled to  join  the  army  if  they  remained  in  Germany,  very  many  of  these 
Pietists — converted  Germans — migrated  to  Russia  about  a  century  ago. 
The  father  of  our  own  Dr.  Schauffler  preached  to  many  of  them  there  in 
his  missionary  tours.  Now  that  the  Russian  government  is  compelling 
their  Russianization,  large  numbers  have  settled  in  Dakota,  Nebraska, 
and  Kansas. 

If  they  have  not  kept  pace  with  the  rest  of  Germany  in  general  culture 
and  education,  they  are  far  in  advance  in  the  simplicity  of  their  faith, 
love  of  the  Bible,  the  prayer-meeting,  and  the  church. 

Seven  years  ago  we  had  but  one  church-building  among  them.  Now 
there  are  fifteen  in  the  Dakotas  alone.  On  the  Indian  Reservation  near 
the  border  of  South  Dakota  and  Nebraska,  a  student  has  spent  two  sum- 
mer vacations  under  the  direction  of  the  nearest  pastor.  Missionary 
Sattler  has  also  assisted.  As  a  result  we  have  four  churches.  Two  have 
already  their  own  church  homes.  True,  they  will  not  compare  with  our 
city  churches.  One  of  them  is,  indeed,  only  a  "sod"  church.  As  the 
people  had  no  money  and  no  crops  last  fall,  they  built  up  the  walls  of 
their  Zion,  trusting  that  help  would  arise  to  them  from  some  unknown 
quarter.  Missionary  Sattler  made  an  appeal  for  them  at  our  Association 
in  November,  and  while  the  missionary  collection  always  taken  on  such 
occasions  was  generous  under  the  circumstances,  these  brethren  of  South 
Dakota,  who  had  themselves  no  crops  whatever,  and  were  sending  their 
cattle  away  to  keep  them  from  starving,  furnished  some  seventy  dollars  to 
buy  material  for  a  roof  and  floor  in  the  new  sod  church  of  their  brethren 
across  the  Missouri. 

After  the  Sunday  morning  sermon  at  the  last  session  of  the  Associa- 
tion, a  young  man  approached  us  with  the  declaration  that  he  had  no 
rest.  He  could  no  longer  resist  the  call  of  (iod  to  his  work.  We  found 
that  he  had  been  urged  into  a  marriage  by  his  parents,  two  years  before, 
when  this  same  question  was  on  his  conscience.  We  asked.  "  Can  you 
deny  yourself  ?  Is  your  wife  one  with  you  in  this  matter  ?  "  etc.  Two 
weeks  ago  we  met  him  with  radiant  face  in  our  college  at  Wilton.  He 
had  sold  what  he  had,  to  invest  it  in  an  education  for  the  work  of  the 
ministry.  His  wife's  face  was  equally  beaming  in  her  new  surroundings. 
They  had  rented  two  little  rooms,  where  they  kept  house  in  a  very  small 
way.  She  was  assisting  in  the  house  of  the  principal  as  a  servant,  while 
he  was  pursuing  his  studies. 

May  we  not  again  say.  Yes,  the  Lord  finds  faith  on  the  earth.  May 
He  touch  many  of  His  children  with  an  equal  spirit  of  consecration  ! 


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FURTHER    ITEMS    OF    EARLY    HOME    MISSIONARY 

HISTORY 

CONNECTICUT    SOCIETIES 

Connecticut  from  the  first  has  gone  hand  in  hand  with  Massachu- 
setts in  Home  Missions,  and  has  an  equally  bright  early  home  missionary 
record.  Other  States  have  had  a  greater  number  of  home  missionary 
organizations  ;  Massachusetts  has  exceeded  her  in  contributions  of  money, 
and  perhaps  of  men,  as  she  well  might,  with  her  so  much  larger  terri- 
tory and  resources.  But  in  zest  for  Home  Missions,  Connecticut  has  from 
the  first  been  consjiicuous.  The  earliest  exhibition  of  it,  after  the  work 
among  the  Indians,  appears  to  have  been  made  by  "divers  ministers 
in  the  eastern  part  of  the  Colony,  who,  early  in  the  last  century,  were 
at  the  pains  and  charge  of  going  and  preaching  in  the  town  of  Provi- 
dence, by  turns."  Contributions  were  afterwards  taken  in  several  towns 
and  congregations  for  the  support  of  preaching  there,  and  in  1724  the 
Legislature  "allowed  a  brief  to  be  emitted  to  encourage  the  building  and 
finishing  of  a  meeting-house  in  Providence."  Thus  our  people  first  gained 
a  foothold  in  that  Baptist  domain. 

Beginning  as  early  as  1774,  the  Connecticut  Association  commended  a 
subscription  for  sending  missionaries  "  to  the  scattered  back  settlements 
in  the  wilderness  to  the  northwest  "  in  what  is  now  Vermont  and  Northern 
New  York,  and  from  that  time  to  17S8,  the  General  Association,  having 
previously  sought  the  counsel  of  the  wisest  brethren,  took  the  subject  into 
more  serious  consideration  than  ever  before.  "  Informed,"  as  they  said, 
"that  many  new  settlements  in  the  north  and  west  parts  of  the  United 
States  were  unable,  on  account  of  infancy  and  adverse  circumstances,  to 
support  the  preaching  of  the  (xospel  among  themselves,  that  some  of  those 
destitute  settlements  had  made  explicit  application  to  particular  Associa- 
tions and  individuals  and  ministers  for  help,"  they  recommended  the  par- 
ticular Associations  to  send  missionaries  of  their  own  members,  according 
to  a  rule  then  drawn  up  by  the  General  Association.  This  rule  was  adopted 
and  tried  for  a  year,  but  was  found  to  be  attended  with  great  inconven- 
ience, and  the  method  could  not  be  pursued. 

In  1792  the  Association  drev/  up  a  petition  to  the  Legislature  for  a 
brief,  for  a  general  contribution  through  the  State,  to  supply  the  pulpit  of 
the  ministers  who  should  undertake  these  missions.  It  was  granted,  and 
the  Governor  issued  his  proclamation  to  that  effect,  resulting  in  a  con- 
tribution of  over  £380.  The  next  year  eight  ministers  were  appointed  by 
the  Association,  and  they  were  among  the  first  class  of  Connecticut 
pastors:    Huntington,    Robbins,  Vaill,    Mills,  Kinne,  Welch,  Eells,  Cotton 


562  The   Home   Missionary  March,  1895 

Mather  Smith — pastors,  because  (as  the  Association  said)  "candidates  and 
unsettled  ministers  could  not  with  so  good  a  grace  press  on  the  people  the 
important  duty  of  supplying  themselves  with  a  settled  ministry."  They 
were  "  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  the  destitute,  administer  the  ordinances, 
organize  churches,  and  ordain  ministers.  Each  was  to  give  four  months 
to  the  work,  and  was  to  receive  four  dollars  and  fifty  cents  a  week,  over 
and  above  four  dollars  a  week  for  the  supply  of  his  pulpit  in  his  absence." 

The  com.pensation  was  raised  in  1794  to  five  dollars  a  week  for  service, 
horse  hire,  etc.,  an  advance  of  fifty  cents  a  week,  which  the  committee  of 
Association  gravely  agreed  was  "  reasonable,  considering  the  advanced 
prices  of  the  principal  commodities  of  life  over  what  they  bore  in  the  pre- 
vious year."  President  Stiles,  as  chairman  of  a  committee,  prepared  an 
address  to  the  people  of  the  new  settlements,  setting  forth  the  occasion 
and  design  of  sending  missionaries  among  them,  requesting  them  to  receive 
them  in  a  proper  manner,  and  to  cooperate  with  their  design.  This  address 
the  missionaries  were  directed  to  read  and  scatter  among  the  settlers. 

Shortly  the  President  was  able  exultingly  to  report,  "The  Gospel  has 
been  preached  through  that  vast  tract  of  country,  ixowi  Northwest  New 
Hampshire  to  Great  Bend  in  Pennsylvania  ;  as  far  west  as  the  Genesee 
River,  southwest  to  Great  Bend  in  Pennsylvania  ;  as  far  north  in  New 
Hampshire  and  Vermont  as  the  Canadian  line  ;  in  New  York  as  far  north  as 
Crown  Point  ;  northwest  to  Fort  Stanwix  (now  Rome),  and  to  Baron  Steu- 
ben's settlement  ;  most  of  the  new  settlements  west  of  the  Hudson,  as  far 
as  Genesee  River,  and  south  of  the  Mohawk  as  far  as  Pennsylvania,  having 
repeatedly  heard  the  Word  preached  with  thanksgivings.  Such  engaged- 
ness  was  there  to  hear  that  people  traveled  on  foot,  eight,  ten,  and  twelve 
miles,  and  even  women  made  their  way  barefoot  long  distances  through 
the  woods  to  hear."  After  describing  the  new  settlements  of  New  York, 
etc.,  peopled  from  Connecticut,  Massachusetts,  and  other  parts  of  New 
England  with  those  who  understood  and  prized  the  privileges  of  their 
native  States,  reverenced  the  Sabbath,  the  sanctuary,  and  Word  of  God, 
he  presses  "  the  unspeakable  importance  of  keeping  the  emigrants  and 
their  children  instructed  in  the  Gospel,  until  they  should  be  able  to 
found  churches  and  settle  a  regular  ministry  among  them,  thus  doing 
them  and  their  posterity  and  the  States  they  are  founding  a  lasting  serv- 
ice ;  and  what  is  still  more,  it  might  be  the  saving  of  many  souls  more 
valuable  than  a  world,  and  bring  endless  revenues  of  praise  to  our  com- 
mon Father  and  Redeemer." 

From  this  time  the  annual  reports  of  labor  increase  in  magnitude  and 
interest,  until  the  organization  of  the  Connecticut  Missionary  Society, 
which  entered  on  its  work  in  September,  1798,  its  object :  "to  Christianize 
the  heathen  in  North  America,  and  to  support  and  promote  Christian 
knowledge  in  the  new  settlements  wjthin  the  United  States.     Among  its 


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thirteen  earliest  missionaries,  we  find  the  (added)  well-known  names  of 
Williston,  Badger,  I'orter,  Dana,  in  Western  New  York  and  Pennsylvania, 
and  David  Bacon  (the  father  of  Rev.  Dr.  T.eonard  Bacon)  as  its  repre- 
sentative among  the  Indians.  Tradition  ascribes  the  origin  of  this  Society 
to  the  gift  of  three  dollars,  which  a  poor,  pious  woman  put  into  the  hands 
of  her  pastor  for  a  missionary  use.  He,  not  knowing  how  to  appropriate 
it,  took  it  to  the  Cieneral  Association  and  sought  counsel  of  his  brethren. 
The  incident  and  the  discussion  it  caused  are  said  to  have  led  to  the 
organization  of  the  Society. 

It  at  once  systematically  took  up  the  work  with  a  wisdom,  zeal,  and 
self-denial  worthy  of  all  praise.  Hand  in  hand  with  Massachusetts,  the 
Connecticut  Society  sent  year  after  year  some  of  the  best  men  from  her 
home  pulpits  to  keep  alive  the  religious  spirit  and  love  of  Christian  insti- 
tutions among  the  settlers  who  had  gone  from  these  two  States  into  "the 
wilderness  "  of  what  was  then  known  as  "  the  West."  For  our  readers  will 
remember  that  at  the  beginning  of  this  century  the  country  bordering  on 
the  Hudson  was  called  "the  frontier,"  and  the  title  "  Western  New  York  " 
was  given  to  all  beyond  that  river.  Our  New  England  people  had  indeed 
found  out  the  mistake  of  Elder  Robert  Cushman,  who,  to  his  "  loving 
friends"  in  England,  carefully  described  the  new  world  as  "  an  island 
about  the  quantity  of  England."  Nor  did  they  longer  pin  their  faith  to 
that  report  of  a  commission  whom  the  solid  men  of  Boston  appointed  to 
lay  out  a  road  to  "the  West."  Having  surveyed  about  ten  miles,  to 
a  rough  region  now  known  as  Newton  Lower  Falls,  the  commission 
reported  that  they  "  had  gone  as  far  as  travel  was  ever  likely  to  go  in  that 
direction  "  !  But,  though  they  had  discovered  these  mistakes,  the  people 
were  not  yet  aw^ake  to  the  actual  dimensions  of  "the  West,"  and  a  migra- 
tion beyond  the  Hudson  was  looked  upon  as  a  very  serious  matter. 

His  friends  have  often  heard  the  late  Hon.  William  E.  Dodge  describe 
in  terms  at  once  amusmg  and  touching,  the  scenes  attendant  on  the  emi- 
gration in  his  boyhood  of  a  leading  family  from  the  church  of  his  fathers  ; 
the  day  of  fasting  and  prayer  observed  by  the  church,  the  solemn  farewell 
meetings,  in  which  this  family  were  prayerfully  commended  to  the  Almighty 
care,  as,  never  expecting  to  return  or  to  see  their  friends  again  on  earth, 
they  went  forth  to  the  far-off  land  of — Utica,  N.  Y.  It  was  called  in  the 
missionary  tours  Fort  Schuyler,  and,  in  1794,  consisted  of  a  log  cabin  and 
two  or  three  other  buildings.  One  of  the  earliest  recollections  of  the 
writer  is  that  of  crying  bitterly  with  his  kindred  as  one  of  our  relatives 
with  his  wife  took  final  leave  of  us  all,  departing  to  a  little  town  called 
Mexico,  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Lake  Ontario.  It  was  less  than  200 
miles  away,  but  the  southern  Mexico  now  seems  vastly  nearer — practically 
it  is  nearer — than  that  land  of  exile  seemed  to  us  then. 

Hotchkin's  "  History  of  Western  New  York  "  gives  an  account,  for 


564  The    Home   Missionary  March,  1895 

several  reasons  well  worth  our  readers'  study,  of  the  home  missionary 
operations  in  that  State  by  ministers  sent  from  Massachusetts  and  Con- 
necticut to  look  after  their  emigrating  brethren  who  were  settling  new 
towns  and  founding  churches,  reproducing  the  spirit  and  perpetuating  the 
principles  of  the  Fathers  in  "  the  wilderness  "  from  the  Hudson  and  Lake 
Erie,  then  in  the  Military  Tract,  the  Genesee  Country,  and  the  Holland 
Purchase,  as  they  were  successively  secured  from  the  Indians,  sole  inhabit- 
ants of  Western  New  York  up  to  the  Revolution,  and,  in  terms  whose 
glow  shames  even  our  modern  land  speculators,  were  thrown  open  for 
sale  and  settlement. 

Early  records  bear  ample  testimony  to  the  character  of  these  settlers 
from  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut,  and  the  evil  influences  they  had  to 
contend  with  from  others.  The  process  of  settlement  was  coeval  with  the 
French  Revolution  and  the  spread  in  this  country  of  the  infidelity  which 
then  had  its  hour  of  triumph.  Some  of  the  settlers  of  New  York  were 
tinctured  with  this  poison  and  were  joined  by  others,  renegades  from  the 
restraints  of  Christian  society.  Others  were  so  immersed  in  temporal 
cares  as  to  give  little  heed  to  the  weightier  matters  of  religion.  But  the 
most  influential  of  the  settlers  were  godly  as  well  as  enterprising,  intel- 
lectual men,  determined  to  maintain  and  perpetuate  the  religion  of  the 
Fathers.  Some  of  them  were  liberally  educated,  nearly  all  had  the  com- 
mon school  and  academic  training  which  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut 
gave  to  all  their  sons.  In  the  Lincklaen  tract,  where  the  settlers,  though 
mostly  from  New  England,  were  more  "  mixed  "  than  in  many  other  dis- 
tricts, the  clerk  records  that  "  of  those  who  took  up  land  with  him  during 
four  years,  only  one  man  could  not  sign  his  name."  "  They  loved  the 
house  of  God,"  says  the  historian,  "  and  the  institutions  of  the  Ciospel, 
and  an  opportunity  to  hear  the  Word  of  God  preached  by  an  itinerant 
missionary  was  to  them  a  feast  of  fat  things.  At  any  time  they  were 
ready  with  their  families  to  go  miles  on  foot  or  on  an  ox  sled  to  hear  a 
sermon  when  notice  was  given  that  a  missionary  would  preach.  Where 
two  or  three  families  of  this  description  settled  near  each  other,  generally 
public  Sabbath  worship  was  immediately  commenced.  In  numbers  of 
instances  this  was  the  case  in  neighborhoods  where  but  a  single  male 
professor  of  religion  resided.  The  exercises  consisted  of  prayer,  singing, 
and  reading  a  printed  sermon.  In  some  cases  where  no  person  was  will- 
ing to  lead  in  prayer,  the  neighbors  would  come  together  to  read  a  sermon 
and  perhaps  sing  vl  psalm."  And  as  the  churches  grew,  and  settled  pastors 
began  to  take  the  place  of  transient  missionaries,  very  "  special  care  was 
taken  that  none  but  pious  and  orthodox  men  should  preside  over  the 
churches."  Days  of  intense  interest  have  been  spent  by  the  writer  over 
the  pages  of  the  Connecticut  Evangelical  and  other  early  magazines,  the 
annual  narrative  pamphlets  and  other  records  of  the  work  of  these  Con- 


March,  1895  The    llomc   Missionary  565 

necticut  and  Massachusetts  missionaries — work  growing  in  amount  and 
effectiveness  year  by  year,  attended  and  followed  by  precious  revivals  of 
religion,  whereby  the  Master  testified  his  approval  and  acceptance.  Many 
interesting  items  from  these  missionary  journals  would  be  given  here,  did 
our  space  allow.  They  could  not  be  read  by  friends  of  Christian  work 
without  their  catching  son'.ething  of  the  Christ-like  spirit  of  their  writers. 
Externally,  the  events  of  chief  interest  were  the  settlement  of  "  New 
Connecticut  "  in  the  first  years  of  this  century  and  the  awakening  thereby 
of  a  new  zeal  in  Ilome  Missions. 

The  Society  began  its  work  there  when  the  entire  population  of  the 
region  was  less  than  1,200  ;  and  in  1812-1813  advanced  it  by  sending  out 
Rev.  John  F.  Schermerhorn  and  Samuel  J.  Mills  in  joint  behalf  of  the 
Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  Societies  through  the  Western  and  South- 
ern States.  They  were  instructed  not  only  to  perform  missionary  services, 
but  to  incjuire  particularly  into  the  moral  and  religious  state  of  the 
country.  This  tour  occupied  a  year,  and  its  valuable  results  were  pub- 
lished in  1 8 14.  It  is  interesting  to  one  who  watches  the  progress  of  this 
work  to  know  that  "  they  found  but  two  or  three  Presbyterian  ministers 
(of  course  no  Congregational)  in  the  States  of  Indiana,  Illinois,  and 
Missouri  ;  not  one  in  Michigan  ;  not  more  than  one,  if  even  one,  in 
Mississippi  and  Alabama  ;  and  only  one  or  two  Bible  Societies  in  the 
whole  Mississippi  Valley."  This  first  exploration  of  the  Mississippi 
Valley  in  the  interests  of  religion  led  to  the  establishment  of  missions  in 
Kentucky,  where  Mr.  Banks  was  sent  ;  in  Missouri,  under  Simeon  Flint 
and  Salmon  Giddings,  who  organized  at  St.  I.ouis  the  first  church  in 
Missouri  ;  in  Tennessee,  by  Cyrus  Kingsbury  ;  and  the  founding  by  Rev. 
E.  Cornelius  of  the  church  in  New  Orleans,  of  which  the  devoted  Sylvester 
Earned  was  afterward  pastor. 

The  Society  collected  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars, 
employed  some  300  missionaries,  and  organized  probably  fully  500 
churches,  before,  except  so  far  as  the  appropriating  of  the  annual  income 
from  its  permanent  fund  is  concerned,  it  gave  place  to  its  successor,  the 
Connecticut  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  1816  to  look  after  the 
feeble  churches  in  Connecticut  itself,  as  well  as  those  out  of  the  State. 
This  new  society  has  been  even  more  vigorous  than  its  mother,  taking 
care  of  the  home  destitutions  and  sending  abroad  thousands  of  dollars 
annually.  In  1830  it  became  auxiliary  to  the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society,  and  has  from  that  time  ranked  next  to  Massachusetts  in  the 
amount  of  its  contributions  for  the  national  work.  These  Connecticut 
contributions  to  the  National  Society  have  for  the  last  ten  years  averaged 
$66,500  annually  in  cash,  and  at  least  half  as  much  more  in  other  forms 
of  donation.  East  year,  memorable  for  "  hard  times  "  all  over  the  land, 
Connecticut's  cash  offering  to  the  National  Society  for  work  in  the  newer 


566  The   Home   Missionary  March,  1895 

regions  was  ;ij;56,8i6.63.  But  who  shall  reckon  up  the  indirect  influences 
for  Christ  and  his  truth  which  these  societies  have  all  exerted  and  to 
which  statistics  furnish   no  clew  ? 

Speaking  of  the  yearly  missionary  tours  to  Vermont  of  such  men  as 
went  from  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut,  Prof.  D.  Howe  Allen  says  : 
"  When  these  men  came  back  and  told  their  children  what  they  had  seen 
and  heard,  they  kindled  a  fire  the  results  of  which  they  little  anticipated. 
When  Samuel  J.  Mills  told  his  father  of  his  determination  to  preach  the 
Gospel  to  the  heathen,  the  old  man  in  surprise  asked,  '  Where  did  you 
learn  to  be  a  missionary  ? '  '  From  my  father,  sir,'  was  the  reply.  The 
old  man  learned  it  at  the  feet  of  Christ  and  practiced  it  in  Vermont  ;  the 
young  man  took  it  to  Williams  College  and  Andoverand  so  to  the  Eastern 
hemisphere." 

The  world  is  not  converted  yet  ;  no,  not  even  our  own  domain  in  it. 
Other  households  in  years  to  come  will  need  the  like  teaching  of  godly 
example.  Have  we  not  some  youthful  readers  who  covet  a  place  in  this 
lii)e  of  true  apostolic  succession  ? 

NEW    YORK    SOCIETIES 

Of  the  New  York  organizations,  faithful  according  to  their  ability, 
cooperating  with  the  older  and  more  favored  churches  of  New  England,  we 
have  room  for  but  few  words.  With  the  wide  extent  of  their  Empire  State, 
nearly  seven-tenths  as  large  as  all  New  England,  and  then  rapidly  settling 
up,  they  for  many  years  found  occasion  for  all  their  strength  at  home 
and  in  their  immediate  borders. 

"  The  New  York  Missionary  Society  "  was  formed  in  1796,  "  to  send 
the  Gospel  to  the  frontier  settlements  and  among  Indian  tribes  in  the 
United  States." 

"  The  Northern  Missionary  Society  "  was  organized  by  the  churches 
of  Northern  New  York,  in  1797,  with  the  same  design,  and  as  auxiliary  to 
the  New  York  Missionary  Society. 

In  1809  was  formed  "  The  Assistant  Missionary  Society  of  New  York," 
afterwards  the  Young  Men's  Missionary  Society,  which,  in  seven  years, 
made  over  to  the  parent  society  about  ;$5,ooo,  and  in  1816  setup  for  itself 
because  the  labors  of  the  New  York  Missionary  Society  were  chiefly  among 
the  Indians,  "whereas  to  this  society  the  destitute  condition  of  the  whites 
upon  the*  frontier  seemed  to  open  a  door  of  missionary  usefulness 
that  ought  to  be  zealously  improved."  In  181 6  also  was  formed  "  The 
New  York  Evangelical  Missionary  Society,"  and  "The  Genesee  Missionary 
Society  "  was  organized  at  Phelps,  N  Y.,  in  January,  1810,  to  assist  the 
feeble  churches  of  Western  New  York.  Taking  from  the  shoulders  of 
their  Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  brethren  such  portion  of  the  bur- 
den  as,  these   young  churches  could  bear,  they  succeeded  in  gaining  the 


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support  of  all  the  Congregational  and  Presbyterian  churches  in  that  part 
of  the  State,  and  were  largely  aided  by  Ladies'  Cent  Societies  in  those 
churches.  They  were  supplemented  also  by  the  "  Young  People's  Mis- 
sionary Society  of  Western  New  York,"  1814,  and  the  "  Female  Mission- 
ary Society  of  the  Western  District,"  1817,  and.  besides  doing  something 
for  the  Indians  in  the  vyay  of  preaching  and  schools,  heli)ed  a  number  of 
feeble  churches  until  about  1827. 

In  May,  1822,  "  The  United  Domestic  Missionary  Society  "  was  formed, 
its  members  being  from  various  evangelical  denominations.  After  four 
years  of  vigorous  life,  in  which  years,  res[)ectively.  it  employed  fifteen, 
nineteen,  thirty-five,  and  forty-two  missionaries,  mainly  in  Western  New 
York,  it  was  merged  in  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  on  its 
organization,  in  1826. 

As  was  also,  later,  "  The  Western  Domestic  Missionary  Society," 
organized  at  Utica  in  1826,  which  in  1829  reported  sixty-four  missionaries 
ministering  to  about  no  congregations.  Meanwhile,  for  carrying  on  the 
work  of  Home  Missions  in  their  respective  States,  "The  New  Hamp- 
shire Missionary  Society"  had  been  formed  in  i8oi  ;  "The  Rhode  Island 
Home  Missionary  Society"  in  1803  ;  ''  The  Maine  Missionary  Society  "  in 
1807  ;  and  "  The  Vermont  Domestic  Missionary  Society  "  in  1818.  These 
State  societies  began  their  work  by  voluntary  tours  of  their  ministers  in 
turn  after  a  settled  plan,  these  tours  varying  from  three  weeks  to  six  or 
eight,  and  as  the  destitutions  became  known,  employing  one  man,  after- 
wards more,  paid  by  pledges  of  the  churches. 

This,  in  the  line  of  organizations,  brings  us  down  to  the  formation  of 
''The  American  Home  Missionary  Society"  in  New  York  City,  May  10, 
1826,  to  combine  and  rally  all  these  State  societies  for  a  national  work, 
and  to  act  as  the  organ  of  all  evangelical  churches  that  should  choose  so 
to  prosecute  their  home  missionary  enterprises. 

TIMES    OF    REFRESHING 

Joyful  News. — We  have  good  news  this  morning  from  the  Cherrv 
Hill  church,  Omaha,  and  I  saw  one  of  the  principal  members  yesterday. 
They  have  had  a  genuine  revival  there.  The  church  has  become  unified 
spiritually,  encouraged  and  strengthened,  and  fifteen  have  joined,  six  of 
them  heads  of  families.  Special  work  will  begin  this  week  at  Saratoga, 
Holt  County. — Superintendent  Bross. 


Thirty-seven  begin  new  Lives. — We  have  just  closed  preparatory 
revival  meetings,  held  for  a  month  in   a  storeroom,  with  gracious  results. 


568  The   Home   Missionary  March,  1895 

We  report  thirty-seven  hopeful  converts,  two  of  whom  have  been  received 
to  membership. —  Alissouri. 


Many  Saved. — We  have  had  joy  and  gladness  in  our  work.  In 
revival  services  we  have  seen  many  saved  from  sin  who  in  due  time  will 
be  added  to  our  working  membership.  Among  such  are  some  for  whom 
our  life  was  burdened.  The  whole  community  has  been  moved  to  think 
better  of  God's  people  and  his  Zion.  Altogether  these  have  been  the 
best  months  of  our  work  in  this  field.  God  has  blessed  us  in  Christ  Jesus 
our  Lord,  through  the  working  of  the  Spirit  of  truth,  to  whom  united  be 
the  praise  of  God's  people. — Northern  California. 


About  Thirty. — We  held  revival  meetings  for  three  weeks  last  month. 
About  thirty  expressed  a  desire  to  become  Christians.  Among  them 
were  children  whom  we  hope  to  see  developing  into  sincere  working 
Christians.  Quite  a  renewal  of  interest  was  also  manifest  on  the  part  of 
members  of  the  church. — Soiit/i  Dakota. 


To  Leaven  a  Household. — At  my  farthest  country  preaching  point, 
eight  miles  away,  I  have  held  a  series  of  meetings  covering  eight  nights. 
The  people  turned  out  to  the  meetings  well  and  seemed  much  interested, 
though  there  was  but  one  professed  conversion.  This  is  a  girl  of  fifteen 
years,  who  begins  earnestly.  She  has  at  home  seven  brothers  and  sisters, 
over  whom  I  hope  she  is  going  to  have  a  saving  influence. — Kansas. 


Sixty  Gathered  In. — I  have  been  on  the  field  one  year,  and  rejoice 
that  I  am  permitted  to  see  something  accomplished  for  the  Master.  The 
Lord  hath  done  great  things  for  us  whereof  we  are  glad.  About  sixty 
have  been  added  to  the  church,  and  other  branches  of  the  church  work 
have  been  built  up.  We  have  succeeded  in  starting  a  small  mission  down 
town  which  is  doing  good  work  ;  a  reading-room  and  small  library  are 
kept  up  in  connection  with  it.  On  the  whole  the  Master's  cause  is  being 
strengthened  on  all  sides. —  Wisconsin. 


Spiritual  Gains. — Here  closes  a  year  of  spiritual  gains — twenty- 
eight  having  been  added  to  the  home  church,  and  140  hopeful  converts 
gained  in  the  oyt-stations  to  which  much  of  my  time  is  given,  and  where  we 
hope  to  organize  churches  in  the  future.  I  have  witnessed  revival  scenes 
such  as  I  never  saw  before  in  my  ministry. — Alabama. 


Pentecostal. — Sixty-five  were  at  the  altar  for  prayer  last  night,  of 
whom  nineteen,  we  believe,  were  soundly  converted.  It  looks  as  if  we 
were  about  to  have  a  Pentecostal  time. — Denver,  Col. 


Maich,  1895  The    Home    Missionary  569 

GOOD  HORSE,  BUGGY,  AND  BARN  NEEDED 

'•  Having  obtained  help  of  Cjotl,  I  continue  until  this  clay,"  and  am 
endeavorinjj  to  do  somethinti'  for  Him  and  for  fallen  humanity.  As  you 
know,  this  is  a  lield  which  demands  heroic  service  and  self-denial.  It  is 
a  kind  of  "  forlorn  hope,"  being  known  as  one  of  the  hardest,  toughest 
]ilaces  in  the  region.  1  cannot  fmd  record  of  one  conversion  for  several 
years  past,  (lood  men  and  true  have  labored  here,  but  with  no  apparent 
success,  no  minister  having  been  able  to  stay  here  long  enough  to  do 
much  good.  The  salary  has  been  too  small  for  a  minister  and  his  family 
to  live  on.  My  immediate  predecessor  was  compelled  to  leave  on  account 
of  inadequate  support,  and  left  in  debt.  This,  of  course,  left  a  bad  im- 
pression on  the  minds  of  many  of  the  people,  and  makes  the  work  more 
trying  than  it  was  before.  1  do  not  want  to  leave  this  field,  for,  with 
sufficient  support  and  proper  equipment,  I  am  convinced  that  by  patient, 
persevering,  self-denying  labor,  great  good  can  be  done  here.  But  it  is 
impossible  to  support  my  family  on  the  present  salary.  What  must  I  do  ? 
The  great  Head  of  the  Church  knows  that  I  want  to  do  right  and  be 
where  He  would  have  me.  Can  you  kindly  help  me  in  this  crisis  ?  The 
"  proper  equipment  "  referred  to  consists  of  a  good  horse  (a  poor  horse 
is  no  good  on  these  roads),  a  buggy,  and  a  barn.  Thus  equipped,  I 
could  travel  from  village  to  village,  and  hold  services  during  the  week,  so 
reaching  people  whom  it  is  impossible  for  me  to  reach  now.  Cannot  such 
an  equipment  be  provided  ?  There  are,  doubtless,  many  generous,  large- 
hearted  souls  who  would  gladly  supply  the  means  for  such  an  outfit  if 
they  only  knew  the  great  need  of  it.  Oh,  that  I  knew  how  to  reach 
them  !  Anyway,  I  will  pray  that  God  may  touch  the  hearts  of  those  who 
are  able  and  willing  to  help  in  this  good  work. —  Washington. 

A    MINUTE-MAN'S    SUCCESS 

We  gladly  report  decided  progress.  Considering  the  drought  and  finan- 
cial depression  this  church  has  done  exceedingly  well,  surpassing  any  previ- 
ous year  of  its  history.  The  members  have  made  an  honest  and  earnest 
effort  to  do  their  part,  and  I  have  never  met  people  more  willing  to  give  ac- 
cording to  their  means.  Yet,  when  we  began  to  talk  about  improvements 
we  did  not  receive  very  much  encouragement.  When  we  arrived  here 
the  grounds  of  the  church  were  without  a  well  or  a  fence.  The  place 
looked  barren  and  forsaken.  Now  the  pastor  had  to  become  one  of  Rev. 
Mr.    Puddefoot's  "  minute-men."      He    undertook   the   responsibility  of 


570  The   Home   Missionary  March,  1895 

having  the  well  bored.  It  was  not  long  before  we  had  one.  Then  he 
went  around  with  a  subscription  paper  and  got  the  money.  Everybody 
subscribed  cheerfully  and  felt  interested.  The  next  thing  wanted  was  a 
fence.  We  felt  that  this  was  an  absolute  necessity.  The  hogs  and  cattle 
were  a  nuisance.  One  day,  the  pastor's  wife  placed  a  plate  of  butter 
outside  on  a  bench  to  cool.  When  she  returned  she  found  an  aged  sow 
with  her  nose  in  the  butter,  testing  its  quality.  This  was  very  discourag- 
ing to  the  wife  about  this  time,  but  she  made  the  best  of  it,  as  she  always 
does  ;  still  she  felt  more  than  ever  that  it  was  absolutely  necessary  to  have 
a  fence.  We  needed  the  fence,  too,  so  as  to  plant  out  trees  and  make  the 
place  more  attractive  and  agreeable  during  preaching  hours  in  summer. 
Again  the  pastor  had  to  be  a  minute-man.  He  went  to  one  of  the  ladies 
of  the  church  and  borrowed  a  wagon  and  span  of  horses,  and  went  to 
Tulare  and  purchased  the  fencing.  When  he  returned  home  his  wife 
helped  him  to  unload.  A  day  was  set,  and  the  men  were  called  upon  to 
dig  the  post  holes  and  put  up  the  fence.  Only  a  few  responded,  but  these 
worked  nobly.  After  all,  the  men  seemed  to  make  a  failure  of  it,  so  the 
women  set  a  day  and  came  together  and  nailed  on  all  the  pickets.  The 
next  thing  was  to  get  the  money.  This  also  fell  back  upon  the  women. 
They  concluded  to  have  an  "  election  dinner."  This  was  a  success  be- 
yond all  expectation.  Some  of  the  ladies  worked  hard  all  day  and  night, 
and  they  made  forty-five  dollars.  This  paid  for  the  fence  and  taxes  and 
left  money  in  the  treasury.  The  ladies  have  come  forward  nobly  to  help 
the  pastor.  He  owes  the  most  of  his  success  to  them.  'I'he  pastor  has 
had  great  jileasure  in  ministering  to  the  people  of  Tipton  and  Pixley.  He 
has  never  enjoyed  his  work  so  well  before.  It  must  be  because  the  people 
are  so  appreciative  and  because  God  is  with  us.  We  held  two  weeks  of 
revival  meetings  in  Pixley  with  glorious  results.  We  expect  several  to 
unite  with  Tii)ton  church  on  Sunday. — Rev.  W.  N.  Huffman,  Tipton,  CaL 


GRATEFUL    REMINISCENCE 

The  end  of  the  year  1894  calls  for  a  report  of  the  first  quarter  of  my 
tenth  year  with  this  church.  I  find  occasion  enough  to  be  thankful  and 
encouraged.  The  grace  of  the  Lord  was  with  us  every  day,  enabling  me 
to  work  in  his  vineyard,  preaching  regularly  every  Sabbath,  also  on 
Thanksgiving  Day  and  on  Christmas,  and  one  night  in  English  for  a 
Methodist  church,  the  pastor  of  which  was  called  away.  I  have  taught 
my  classes  in  the  Sunday-school,  and  superintended  the  school  ;  on  Sab- 
bath afternoons  have  held  Bible  readings,  and  have  lately  attended  also 
the  Endeavor  meetings.     So  my  Sabbath  days  are  well  occupied.     Hard 


M.uch.  1S95  The    Home    Mi'^sionary-  571 

as  tlu'  tunes  are,  our  people  are  liberal  aeeordino-  to  their  means  ;  the 
youny  people  especially  are-  willin.y  to  contribute  for  every  srood  cause. 
On  ''  Rally  Dav  "  the  school  and  cliurch  .tjave  seven  dollars  and  a  half  for 
Home  Missions.  The  iMuleavor  Society  sent  five  dollars  about  two 
weeks  ago  to  a  student  of  the  Chicago  Seminary  who  had  been  a  member 
of  their  society.  On  Christmas  evening  four  dollars  were  contributed  to 
Foreign  Missions,  as  one  of  our  seminary  school  teachers  is  now  a  mis- 
sionary at  Mardni,  Eastern  Turkey.  If  liberality  in  giving  is  to  mcrease 
in  a  church,  they  ought  to  send  one  or  more  of  their  poor  young  people 
to  the  seminary,  and  one  of  their  teachers  to  a  foreign  mission  field. 
Then  i')raying  and  giving  will  go  hand  in  hand,  'i'his  is  now  our  new 
experience  ;  tiie  minister  himself  will  lose  notlnng  thereby.  With  one 
exception,  wc  have  only  laboring  men  in  our  church  and  congregation  ; 
yet  they  are  good  people,  and  having  been  with  them  almost  ten  years,  I 
can  see  how  they  have  been  blessed  by  the  Lord  year  by  year.  Often  I 
had  to  make  an  extra  step  to  get  work  for  them,  and  to  say  an  extra  word 
warning  them  against  dissatisfaction,  especially  during  strike  times.  I'heir 
children  have  grown  from  little  boys  and  girls  to  young  men  and  women, 
who  have  become  church  members,  and  I  can  thank  the  Lord  from  my 
heart  for  all  the  good  He  has  done  to  myself,  to  my  family,  and  to  my 
churcli,  during  the  last  (juarter.  during  the  last  year,  and  during  the  last 
thirty  years,  since  I  began  work  m  this  country.  Looking  still  further 
back,  I  have  still  more  cause  to  humble  myself,  remembering  how  the 
Lord  in  his  mercy  preserved  our  lives  when  we  sailed,  December  31,  1861, 
along  the  east  coast  of  Africa,  crossing  the  equator  in  an  old  frail  Arab 
'"dhow."  Yes,  He  is  the  same,  yesterday,  to-day,  and  forever.  Blessed 
be  his  holy  name  I — Rev.  J.  F.  Craf,  Spriii^^field^  Mo. 

AN     ISLAND    PARISH 

Coming  here  from  Michigan  an  entire  stranger,  through  the  kindness 
of  Superintendent  Bailey  and  others  I  was  invited  to  visit  this  church. 
So  cordial  was  the  reception  that  at  the  close  of  the  first  service  I  was  by 
a  unanimous  vote  invited  to  become  its  pastor.  This  call  I  as  *'  unani- 
mously "  accepted,  and  the  next  Saturday  found  us  "  on  deck,"  that  is, 
occupying  the  upper  rooms  of  the  Eagle  Harbor  church's  unfinished  par- 
sonage. Since  then  we  have  been  at  work.  A  new  kitchen  has  been  built 
in  rear  of  the  parsonage,  the  lumber  for  which  was  given  by  the  Port 
Blakely  Mill  Company,  and  was  transported  in  a  scow  towed  by  the 
pastor  and  some  of  the  brethren  in  row  boats.  We  had  to  anchor  the 
scow  four  times  and  wait  for   more   favorable  winds  before   we   finally 


572  The   Home   Missionary  iMarch,  1895 

anchored  it  safely  in  Eagle  Harbor.  The  carpenter  work  was  done  by 
the  pastor.  The  parlor  and  dining-room  were  painted  and  papered,  the 
pastor  acting  as  painter,  paper-hanger,  etc.  Other  improvements  of 
minor  importance  have  been  made  in  the  church  property  since  our  com- 
ing. We  are  looking  hopefully  forward  for  a  revival  of  pure  and  unde- 
filed  religion  here. 

It  may  interest  some  to  know  that  Eagle  Harbor  church  is  located  on 
an  island  in  Puget  Sound,  one  of  the  most  remarkable  bodies  of  water  in 
the  world  ;  and,  although  surrounded  by  the  briny  deep,  we  have  an 
abundance  of  pure  fresh  water,  which  never  fails,  and  which  makes  cis- 
terns and  vessels  for  catching  rain  w'ater  of  no  account,  for  it  is  as  soft  as 
any  water  caught  from  the  clouds.  There  are  plenty  of  clams  to  be  had 
for  the  digging  when  the  tide  is  out,  and  this  is  fortunate,  as  there  is  no 
butcher  shop  in  town.  This  is  the  only  church  on  the  island,  and  we 
have  to  hold  our  services  as  yet  in  the  schoolhouse.  At  Port  Blakely, 
two  miles  distant  across  lots,  there  is  no  organization,  but  a  Christian 
machinist  in  the  employ  of  the  Mill  Company  is  a  consecrated  worker, 
and  there  is  preaching  every  Sabbath  evening.  I  preach  there  tw'o  Sun- 
days out  of  three,  every  third  service  being  conducted  by  the  chaplain  of 
the  Seamen's  Bethel  of  Seattle.  The  audiences  there  are  very  apprecia- 
tive. I  have  also  a  regular  appointment  at  the  Anderson  schoolhouse 
once  in  three  weeks,  with  good  attendance  and  interest  ;  also  at  the 
schoolhouse  on  the  south  side  of  Eagle  Harbor  once  a  month,  with  good 
prospects.  I  have  only  visited  Port  Madison  once  ;  it  is  an  abandoned 
mill  town.  I  walked  seven  miles  and  return,  fourteen  miles  in  all,  to 
preach  to  six  people,  and  have  concluded  to  wait  until  there  are  better 
roads  or  an  increase  of  population.  The  only  way  1  have  of  reaching 
these  various  outposts  is  to  go  on  foot  or  by  water,  and  I  sometimes  find 
it  rough  either  way. — Rev.  O.  H.  Johnson,  Madrone,   Wash. 


NOTES    OF  LONG   SERVICE    IN    COLORADO 

By  Rev.  Roselle  T.  Cross,  York,  Neb. 

III. — A  Home  Missionary  Camping  Trip 

Nearly  a  year  had  passed,  and  the  pastor  had  been  so  busy  with  his 
work  that  he  had  found  but  little  time  to  explore  the  wild  mountains  that 
were  so  near,  or  to  visit  the  noted  places  of  resort  whose  fame  had  gone 
over  the  land.  It  was  six  months  before  he  rode  out  five  miles  to  see  the 
finest  caiion  in  that  region,  where  a  mountain  stream  in  seven  successive 


March,  1895  The    I  [oiiic    Missionary  573 

cascades  ]iluii<;c(l  iti  white  foam  three  luindred  feet  down  into  the  canon. 
He  had  tried  twice  to  take  his  family  to  the  "  (larden  of  the  Gods,"  whose 
towering  red  rocks,  four  miles  away,  were  in  plain  sight  from  his  study. 
Once  the  borrowed  horse  was  so  skittish  that  his  wife  dared  not  ride  after 
it,  and  once  they  had  gone  but  a  little  way  when  the  horse — another  one — 
became  frightened,  suddenly  wheeled,  upset  the  carriage  and  threw  them 
out,  the  wife  landing  on  her  feet  with  the  little  girl  in  her  arms.  The 
first  tinie  the  pastor  went  into  one  of  the  canons,  a  small  one  comj-jared 
with  some  that  he  visited  afterward,  it  seemed  to  him  so  overwhelmingly 
grand  tliat  he  said  to  himself:  "I  cannot  go  on  ;  I  must  wait  until  my 
wife  can  come  and  enjoy  this  with  me." 

One  day  in  June  he  went  with  a  small  party  up  the  Cheyenne  toll  road. 
It  took  from  five  in  the  morning  until  noon  to  go  ten  miles,  the  ascent  of 
the  last  five  miles  being  nearly  four  thousand  feet.  Lunch  was  eaten 
beside  a  crystal  mountain  stream  that  flowed  through  a  tiny  green  valley 
set  among  the  great  rocks. 

In  June  also  the  pastor  and  his  family  camped  for  a  few  days,  with 
some  friends,  at  the  mineral  springs,  five  miles  from  home.  A  heavy  rain 
storm  came  on,  while  it  snowed  two  hundred  feet  above  them  on  the 
hills.  Part  of  the  company  went  to  a  closed  hotel,  which  they  found  so 
thickly  inliabited  that  they  envied  those  who  remained  in  the  tent. 

Plans  were  slowly  matured  for  spending  the  pastor's  four  weeks' vaca- 
tion in  a  missionary  camping  trip  to  Twin  Lakes,  one  hundred  and  twen- 
ty-five miles  distant  in  the  mountains.  The  Sunday  before  starting  there 
were  ten  ministers  in  the  congregation,  so  that  there  seemed  a  fair  pros- 
pect.that  the  pulpit  would  be  supplied  during  the  vacation. 

The  camping  party  consisted  of  the  pastor,  his  wife  and  child,  five 
young  ladies,  three  of  whom  were  school  teachers,  Mrs.  S.  and  her  boy 
of  twelve.  Rev.  Mr.  Bliss  of  Massachusetts,  and  the  driver.  The  trans- 
I'jortation  consisted  of  two  shaky  wagons,  one  double  and  one  single,  and 
two  saddle  horses.  Camping  utensils,  two  tents,  and  provisions  for  four 
weeks  completed  the  load.  It  was  a  long  weary  climb  from  Tuesday  noon 
till  Saturday  night,  up  the  Ute  Pass,  through  Hayden  Park,  past  the  petri- 
fied forest  and  crystal  beds,  over  Puma  Pass,  and  through  South  Park  to 
the  old  salt  works,  where  they  spent  the  first  Sabbath.  But  the  novelty 
of  camp  life,  the  glorious  views  and  ever  changing  scenery,  the  bracing  air, 
the  evening  camp  fires  and  praise  meetings,  the  crystals  that  abounded, 
the  rosy  effects  of  sunrise  on  the  mountains,  these  and  many  other  things 
made  the  journey  a  delight.  They  passed  one  ranch  whose  owner,  a  hard- 
looking  character,  should  have  been  in  prison  instead  of  at  liberty,  for  the 
man.  or  men,  that  he  had  killed. 

On  Sunday  the  pastor  rode  four  miles  and  hunted  up  a  Sunda3'-school, 
which  the  scattered  settlers  in  one  corner  of  South  Park  were   sustaininor. 


574  "The  Home   Missionary  March,, 1895 

In  the  afternoon  services  were  held  at  the  salt  works.  On  Monday  the 
horse  that  the  pastor  was  driving  that  day,  plodded  along  soberly  until 
the  middle  of  the  afternoon,  and  the  minister  was  beginning  to  think  that 
it  would  make  "a  good  faniily  horse,"  when  suddenly,  and  without  any 
provocation,  that  deceitful,  two-color-eyed  broncho  began  to  kick  the  dash- 
board furiously  with  his  hind  legs  and  run  away  with  his  front  legs.  There 
was  no  getting  out  from  under  the  canvas  cover.  The  little  girl  began  to 
cry  out  :  "  Too  bad  !  too  bad  !  poor  horsie  I  "  The  mother  kept  quiet 
and  calm  ;  her  husband  uttered  an  ejaculatory  prayer,  and  on  they  dashed 
down  the  rocky  hill.  Fortunately  the  harness  was  weak,  and  at  the  foot 
of  the  hill  the  horse  broke  loose  and  disappeared  down  the  road.  He  was 
caught  by  the  man  ahead  ;  the  broken  harness  and  thills  were  tied  up  with 
old  rope  ;  the  pastor's  own  horse  was  harnessed  to  the  wagon,  and  they 
drove  on  thankful  that  no  one  was  hurt. 

Three  days  were  spent  at  Cottonwood  Hot  Springs,  where  one  of  the 
absent  church  members  lived — a  good  long  pastoral  call.  The  noisy 
mountain  stream  had  an  abundance  of  trout,  as  did  also  the  lake,  four 
miles  up  stream,  embosomed  among  peaks  that  rose  a  mile  above  it,  and 
were  reached  over  a  fearfully  rough  trail. 

The  next  Friday  night,  while  on  their  way  up  the  Arkansas  Valley, 
they  had  in  camp  with  them  a  minister  who  was  on  his  way  to  take  charge 
of  a  church  enterprise  which  the  general  missionary  had  just  started  in 
California  Gulch,  where  Leadville  now  is.  A  prayer-meeting  in  the  tent 
for  him  and  his  work,  a  very  hard  rainstorm  in  the  night,  the  thunder  of 
falling  rocks,  the  constant  sound  of  the  mountain  stream,  and — sleep, 
sound  and  sweet  I 

Saturday  night  after  dark  the  party  reached  Twin  Lakes,  so  tired  and 
hungry  that  the  fat  bear-steak  which  they  had  for  supper  was  by  all  pro- 
nounced excellent.  The  tents  were  pitched  by  the  shore  of  the  upper 
lake,  ten  thousand  feet  above  the  sea,  above  which  Mount  Elbert  and 
Twin  Peaks  rose  four  thousand  feet  higher.  A  week  was  spent  in  boat- 
ing, fishing,  mineralizing,  botanizing,  berrying,  sketching,  climbing,  eating, 
and  sleeping.  They  had  trout,  elk,  venison,  mountain  sheep,  bear  meat, 
grouse,  wild  ducks,  and  raspberries  to  eat. 

Other  camping  parties  were  near  them,  and  on  the  first  Sunday  a 
Bible  class  of  twenty-six  was  held  in  the  pastor's  tent.  In  the  afternoon, 
he  rode  through  thunderstorms  eight  miles  to  Granite,  a  rough  mining 
camp,  where  there  was  but  one  professing  Christian.  Near  the  town  was 
the  grave  of  a  judge  who  had  been  shot  dead  in  his  seat  while  holding 
court.  The  sermon  was  preached  to  an  attentive  and  quiet  audience, 
quiet  after  one  drunken  man  had  left  the  room.  He  was  the  first  really 
intoxicated  person  that  the  preacher  had  seen  in  Colorado.  A  joyful 
praise  meeting  in  camp  closed  the  day. 


Marcli,  1895  The  Home   Missionary  575 

The  driver  of  the  double  wagon  was  a  character  in  his  way.  For 
years  he  had  led  the  rough  life  of  a  teamster  on  the  plains.  Two  years 
before,  while  hunting  in  a  cabin  for  some  novels  to  read,  he  found 
a  Bible,  and  read  it  much  of  his  spare  time  for  two  years.  A  few  weeks 
before  the  pastor  had  baptized  him  by  immersion.  His  "light  reading" 
on  this  trij)  was  Edwards's  "  History  of  the  Redemption." 

The  second  Sabbath  at  the  lakes  brought  the  finest  view  and  the 
crowning  blessing  of  the  whole  trip.  As  the  sun  was  going  down  behind 
Mount  Elbert,  the  party  gathered  for  a  praise  meeting.  It  threatened 
rain,  and  they  saw  the  finest  mist  and  sunshine  display  they  had  yet  seen 
in  the  mountains.  The  whole  mountain  side  was  covered  with  mist  and 
falling  rain,  through  which  the  sun  was  shining  with  a  subdued  yet 
golden  brilliancy  that  words  cannot  describe.  The  sharp  peaks  that  had 
seemed  so  near,  now  seemed,  as  seen  through  the  golden  mist,  miles  and 
miles  away.  Some  of  the  party  were  artists,  and  they  all  stood  and 
admired  the  glorious  scepe  with  many  an  exclamation  of  delight.  The 
rain  soon  drove  them  into  the  tent,  but  they  were  called  out  to  see 
another  sight  more  glorious  than  the  first.  The  tent  was  quickly 
emptied,  and  they  all  stood  there  in  the  rain  gazing  on  the  most  beauti- 
ful and  brilliant  rainbow  they  had  ever  beheld.  The  right  of  the  bow 
rested  on  the  edge  of  the  lake  only  a  few  rods  away  ;  the  left  rested  on 
the  dark  pines,  and  turned  them  into  brilliant  red  and  orange  and  yellow. 
The  colors  of  the  first  and  second  bows  grew  more  and  more  distinct, 
until  the  eastern  sky  fairly  reveled  in  the  gorgeousness  of  rainbow  colors. 
Slowly  the  bow  moved  across  the  lake,  the  rain  passed,  the  sun  dropped 
behind  the  mountains,  and  the  party  went  into  the  tent  to  sing  with  glad 
hearts  the  praises  of  Him  who  had  spoken  to  them  through  the  beautiful 
bow  in  the  clouds. 

Monday.  What  a  contrast  it  often  presents  tcj  our  Sundays  !  The  con- 
fusion of  breaking  camp,  the  long  drive  up  and  down  the  hills,  losing 
stove  and  kettle  off  the  wagon  and  going  back  after  them,  a  wagon  stuck 
in  the  ditch,  a  storm  of  wind  and  rain  bursting  upon  them  as  they  went 
into  camp,  trying  to  put  up  tents  in  a  gale  of  wind,  a  straying  horse  cau.s- 
ing  the  party  to  be  divided  for  a  night  and  a  day,  one  part  having  the 
food  and  the  other  ])art  having  the  dishes,  a  hunt  for  minerals  in  South 
Park,  a  Sunday  camp  thirty  miles  from  home,  a  dead  horse  discovered 
near  by  after  the  tents  were  pitched,  hands  blistered  in  trying  to  cover  it, 
a  Sunday-school  in  the  house  of  a  ranchman,  a  visit  Monday  morning  to 
the  petrified  stumps  and  the  beds  of  fossil  insects  a  mile  away,  the 
arrival  of  two  of  the  party  who  had  made  a  long  detour  to  ascend  Mount 
Lincoln  ;  a  halt  at  the  foot  of  LTe  Pass  to  have  their  picture  taken  as  a 
party,  the  loss  of  a  tire  from  one  wheel  of  the  pastor's  wagon,  a  fruitless 
search  for  it,  looking  out  again  on  the  great  plains,  and  then  home  again 


ft 


576  The  Home  Missionary  March,  1895 

— a  dusty  and  dilapidated,  but  healthy  and  happy  set  of  campers,  tender- 
feet  no  longer.  How  they  did  appreciate  sitting  in  chairs  again,  eating 
from  a  table,  and  sleeping  on  a  bedstead  !  They  had  discovered  during 
their  camping  trip  that  they  were  not  all  angels,  but  they  agreed  to  forget 
all  little  unpleasantnesses  of  their  trip  ;  and  very  pleasant  to  them  all  after 
the  lapse  of  years,  are  the  memories  of  that  camping  trip. 


WHAT    HOME    MISSIONARIES    ARE    SAYING 

The  Florida  Freeze. — Christmas  came  in  with  bright  prospects,  but 
went  out  in  gloom.  We  had  on  Friday  and  Saturday  nights  the  coldest 
weather  on  record  for  Florida.  The  thermometer  was  three  degrees 
lower  than  in  1886,  when  it  fell  to  twenty  degrees  above  zero.  In  this 
freeze  it  was  eighteen  degrees  above  zero.  The  loss  here  is  very  heavy, 
as  this  is  probably  the  largest  orange  county  in  the  State.  Less  than  half 
the  crop  had  been  gathered,  and  consequently  most  of  it  is  lost.  All  of 
the  fruit  is  ruined,  and  many  of  the  smaller  trees.  The  damage  is  variously 
estimated — supposed  to  aggregate  in  the  State  about  $5,000,000  — Orange 
Couut\\  Fla. 

More  Frozen  Oranges. — Our  State  and  our  work,  as  everybody 
knows,  has  lately  met  with  a  great  loss,  not  to  say  calamity,  in  the 
destruction  of  most  of  the  orange  crop.  Three  million  boxes  of  oranges 
is  the  estimated  loss  by  one  night  of  freezing.  The  thermometer  here 
went  to  fifteen  degrees  above  zero,  which  of  course  destroyed  all  tender 
growth  in  fruit  and  vegetable.  The  loss  will  cripple  us  in  every  way, 
financially,  as  the  whole  country  is  interested  in  our  orange  crop. —  Volusia 
County,  Fla.  

Home  and  Foreign. — Last  Sunday  the  pastor  preached  on  foreign 
missions.  One  young  lady  offered  herself  for  that  work,  and  two  others 
have  promised  to  support  two  Bible-women.  With  this  young  lady  there 
are  now  seven  of  our  members  anxious  to  go  to  the  foreign  field.  One 
of  the  new  members,  a  mechanic's  wife,  has  just  paid  me  the  first  install- 
ment of  her  pledge  of  thirty  dollars  a  year  to  support  a  worker  of  the 
American  Board  in  India. — Texas. 


.Seed  Long  Buried,  but  Alive. — 1  feel  almost  discouraged  over 
some  in  the  church  who  do  not  respond  to  the  call  for  higher  spiritual 
life.  Perhaps  Christ  intended  to  fortify  us  against  such  discouragement 
by  the  parable  of  the  sower.     Some  one,  after  we  pass  on,  may  see  the 


March,  1895  Tlic   Hooic   Missionary'  577 

grain  growin.fj  where  \vc  thought  there  was  nolhin.i;  but  stony  ground.  1 
was  deeply  moved  to  find  up  in  the  country,  on  a  rough  farm,  a  family 
the  wife  and  mother  of  which  was  deeply  interested  in  missions.  She  has 
had  little  missionary  literature,  but  the  effect  of  a  returned  missionary's 
address,  given  some  years  ago,  has  remained  in  her  heart  a  constant 
incentive  to  prayer  and  effort  for  China.  She  has  saved  twenty-four 
dollars  which  she  gave  me  a  few  days  ago  to  send  to  the  missionaries. — 
A'i7;/sas. 


Sunday  Evening  Hearkrs. — Four  saloons  are  open  every  day  in  the 
week.  The  men  who  work  in  the  woods  and  in  the  mill  from  six  a.m. 
till  six  P.M.,  six  days  in  the  week,  give  Sunday  to  resting,  visiting,  hunting, 
and  driving,  but  when  Sunday  evening  comes,  quite  a  number  of  them 
gather  at  church,  and  there  is  opportunity  to  urge  on  them  the  great  and 
precious  truths  of  the  Gospel.  The  town  has  a  considerable  Cierman  popu- 
lation. Some  say  half  the  town  is  (ierman,  and  certainly  the  larger  part 
of  the  settlers  in  the  little  clearings  in  the  woods  around  l>irnamwood  and 
Norrie  are  German.  The  fact  that  quite  a  number  of  them  attend 
church  in  the  evening  is  encouraging. —  JViscoiisin. 


More  Hard  Times. — It  looks  doubtful  whether  I  shall  receive  much 
of  anything  from  the  field  in  the  next  six  months,  and  if  the  crop  fails 
again  the  people's  part  0/  my  salary  will  never  be  paid.  I  sometimes 
feel  like  leaving,  but  when  1  go  from  house  to  house  and  find  that  the 
people  have  but  little  food  and  raiment  for  themselves,  and  many  have 
scarcely  anything,  I  willingly  cast  in  my  lot  with  them.  I  spent  much  of 
this  quarter  in  doing  carpenter  work  on  our  new  church.  If  you  hiwe 
any  special  gifts  from  those  who  wish  to  give  direct  to  missionaries,  and 
think  this  field  worthy  of  help  to  pay  for  the  lumber  used  in  this  new 
church,  all  such  offerings  will  lie  thankfullv  received. — N(braska. 


Pastoral  Helpers. — There  is  one  encouraging  feature  in  my  church 
w(~)rk.  The  ladies,  and  some  of  the  men,  are  helping  me  make  church 
calls.  Perhaps  they  are  not  ••*  pastoral  "'  calls,  but  they  border  on  them. 
This  quarter  about  thirty  such  calls  have  been  reported,  and  I  think  fully 
half  as  manv  more  have  been  made. — Kansas. 


Sorely  Pinched. — Our  collection  is  very  small,  but,  brotheis,  this  is 
not  a  stingy  people.  They  are  honest  laboring  men,  who  have  been 
thrown  into  poverty  by  the  closing  dowm  of  works  and  by  the  money 
panic.  It  will  seem  strange  to  you  were  I  to  tell  you  that  quite  a  number 
of  our  church  members'  wives  and  children,  and  also  three  of  my  own 
children,  are  to-day  entirely  without  shoes  and  the  ground  is  covered  with 


» 


578  The  Home  Missionary  -  March,  1895 

snow  ;  but  that  is  the  truth,  and  it  is  almost  impossible  to  reach  a  man's 
purse  while  such  facts  as  this  are  staring  him  in  the  face. — Alabajtia. 


Encouraged. — The  prayer-meetings  have  been  attended  by  a  larger 
number  of  late  than  at  any  time  in  the  history  of  the  church.  We  have 
three-fourths  of  an  hour  of  prayer  and  song,  then  a  recess  followed  by 
forty-five  minutes  more  of  Bible  study.  We  are  trying  to  arrange  to  keep 
open  a  reading-room  every  night,  ^^'e  are  also  preparing  to  reopen  our 
Institute  work.  The  most  disheartening  thing  is  that  on  every  side  we  are 
hampered  by  lack  of  funds.  I  have  seized  the  opportunity  of  preaching 
to  the  railroad  shop  hands  at  the  noon  hour,  as  1  have  access  to  the  Mis- 
souri Pacific,  Union  Pacific,  and  Santa  Fe  shops.  I  feel  greatly  blessed 
in  such  work.- — Kansas  City,  Kan. 


Giving  That  Costs. — A  few  families  have  gone  to  the  country  on 
account  of  there  being  so  little  work  in  the  factories,  and  the  struggle 
for  existence  is  very  close  and  sharp  with  many  of  our  people.  Church 
finances  are  necessarily  cramped.  A  committee  of  three  ladies  have  come 
to  the  church  on  Saturday  afternoons,  now  for  sixteen  weeks,  to  bake  pics, 
earning  a  little  over  a  dollar  a  week  to  pay  on  their  church  subscription 
of  one  hundred  dollars.  One  dear  sister  takes  in  washing  at  right  cents  a 
dozen,  and  pays  that  on  her  church  subscription  of  twenty-five  dollars. 
We  keep  the  church  open  daily  with  an  average  attendance  of  fifty,  and 
employ  no  janitor.  This  collection  of  $3.56  I  took  out  of  twenty-eight 
envelopes,  all  brought  by  adults,  and  one  envelope  contained  fif^y  cents. 
Our  ladies  have  now  for  six  months  washed  the  batJi  toivcis,  so  that  we 
might  keep  on  giving  the  street  boys  free  baths  on  Saturdays.  Under 
such  conditions,  calling  for  sacrifice  and  even  for  distasteful  service,  the 
sermons  are  well  listened  to,  but  not  by  large  audiences. — Ohio. 


Varied  Experiences. — The  last  three  months  have  taken  me  through 
varied  experiences,  sometimes  full  of  joy  and  hope,  with  prospects  all  flat- 
tering, the  church  apparently  prospering,  sinners  turning  from  their  wicked 
ways  to  Christ  their  Savior,  finding  peace  and  exulting  in  his  love,  and 
causing  my  poor  heart  to  rejoice.  Then  again  some  of  those  we  have 
recently  received  into  fellowship  have  shown  themselves  untrue,  have 
caused  a  great  deal  of  trouble  in  the  church,  and  by  their  conduct  have 
proved  the  truth  of  the  wise  Preacher's  saying,  "  One  sinner  destroyeth 
much  good."  May  the  Lord  forgive  them  and  give  them  a  better  mind. 
— North  Carolina. 


Western   Nebraska   Destitutions. — My  work  for  the  past  month 
has  very  largely  concerned  the  ministry  to  the  destitute  in  Western  Neb- 


March,  1895  THc    Honic    Missionary  579 

raska,  but  other  interests  have  not  been  neglected.  The  appeal  made  in 
the  Advance  of  November  15th,  written  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Preston,  of  Curtis, 
and  indorsed  by  me,  and  also  a  letter  published  in  the  Christian  He7-ald, 
which  I  have  not  seen,  is  bringing  a  large  number  of  responses  from  dif- 
ferent i;)arts  of  tlie  country,  and  has  developed  upon  me  a  heavy  responsi- 
bility in  the  distribution  of  these  gifts.  I  have  received  enough  already 
to  buy  two  carloads  of  Hour  and  feed,  three  carloads  of  coal,  eight  bo.xes 
of  assorted  groceries,  besides  sending  quite  an  amount  of  money  to  differ- 
ent pastors  for  use  among  the  sick  and  the  aged. — Superintendent  Bross. 


Early  T,ost,  Early  Saved. — A  sad  incident  in  connection  with  our 
Sunday-school  was  the  death  of  one  of  the  most  lovable  of  our  scholars, 
little  Daisy  Hunt.  She  was  the  only  daughter  of  one  of  our  families,  and 
while  playing  hide-and-seek  near  her  home  was  buried  in  a  sand  pit  by 
the  bank  sliding  in.  She  was  twelve  years  old,  and  was  a  faithful  little 
scholar  and  Junior  Endeavorer.  Many  of  the  children  from  the  public 
school  attended  her  funeral  at  our  church.  The  Junior  Endeavor  Society 
sang  her  favorite  song,  and  the  pastor  preached  from  the  Scripture  she 
especially  loved  :  Christ's  invitation  to  little  children.  I  have  preached 
at  many  sad  funerals,  but  at  none  so  pitiful  as  this.  Yet  we  hope  our  bright 
little  friend  has  entered  into  the  joy  of  her  Lord. — Kansas. 


On  the  Frontier. — The  work  on  this  field  during  the  years  1  have 
been  here  has  been  characterized  by  two  things  :  intensely  hard  work  on 
my  own  part,  and  showers  of  blessing  on  God's  part.  It  takes  both  to 
win  on  a  frontier  field.  The  lack  of  either  will  insure  a  failure.  During 
a  good  part  of  my  stay  I  have  been  preacher,  pastor,  Sunday-school  super- 
intendent, chorister,  church  cleaner,  bell  ringer,  and  coal  hauler,  regard- 
ing either  one  of  the  ofifices  as  high  as  any  other  one,  for  "  he  who 
sweeps  a  room  as  for  His  sake  makes  that  and  the  action  fine."  (iod  has 
so  smiled  upon  our  labors  that  no  communion  season  has  passed  from  the 
time  of  our  coming,  without  seeing  some  confessing  their  faith  in  the 
world's  Redeemer,  and  becoming  a  part  of  his  church.  My  work  on  the 
frontier  has  revealed  to  me,  as  I  never  saw  it  before,  the  value  of  the  Con- 
gregational Home  Missionary  Society  in  the  bringing  in  of  the  kingdom 
of  our  Lord. —  Wyoming. 


Filling  the  Dime  Banks. — The  little  girls  in  my  wife's  Sunday- 
school  class  have  been  making  little  salable  knicknacks,  most  of  which  they 
disposed  of  yesterday  afternoon  at  a  sale.  The  things  sold  at  from  one 
to  fifteen  cents,  and  they  took  in  nearly  three  dollars.  This  money  goes 
into  their  home  missionary  dime  bank. — Kansas. 


580  The   Home   Missionary  March,  1895 

MAJOR-GENERAL    O.   O.    HOWARD 

V(3TF,     OF      IHE    EXECUTIVE    COMMITTEE     ON     HIS    RETIREMENT 

V(jTED  :  'J'liat  the  following  resolution  be  adopted,  entered  in  full  on 
the  minutes,  a  copy  sent  to  General  Howard,  and  published  in  The  Home 
Missionary. 

In  view  of  the  retirement  of  Major-Cleneral  Oliver  O.  Howard  from 
active  duty  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States,  this  Executive  Committee 
desire  herewith  to  congratulate  the  President  of  this  Society  upon  his  long, 
faithful,  and  brilliant  services  as  a  soldier  of  the  Union,  and  to  rejoice 
with  him  in  the  honor,  gratitude,  and  love  which  his  character  and  deeds 
have  won  from  all  classes  of  his  fellow-citizens.  They  are  especially 
grateful  that  in  his  hands  the  Cross  of  Christ  has  ever  been  equally 
uplifted  with  the  flag  of  the  Union,  and  that  his  name  will  be  remembered 
not  only  as  that  of  a  defender  of  his  country  in  time  of  peril,  but  as  a 
friend  of  humanity  in  all  its  forms  of  need. 

We  follow  General  Howard  with  our  kindest  wishes  into  his  retire- 
ment from  public  life,  and  shall  hope  that  for  many  years  to  come  he  may 
continue  to  be  the  standard-bearer  of  our  great  Home  Missionary  Army 
as  it  advances  to  enlarged  and  more  glorious  victories. 

DECEASE  OF  DRS.  V7.    M.  TAYLOR  AND  D.  B.  COE 

As  these  last  pages  are  going  to  press,  the  Society  and  its  friends  are 
called  to  mourn  the  loss  of  two  of  the  most  eminent  and  valued  promoters 
of  its  work  through  patient  and  laborious  years. 

Rev.  William  M.  Taylor,  D.D.,  LL.D,  became  a  member  of  its 
Executive  Committee  in  1872,  and  gave  to  its  counsels  his  best  services 
until  the  sudden  failure  of  his  health  in  March,  1892.  Since  that  time  he 
has  rallied  strength  to  attend  six  meetings  of  the  committee. 

•His  death  occurred  at  midnight  of  the  8th  of  February. 

Rev.  Dr.  David  B.  Coe  entered  the  service  of  the  Society  as  one  of 
its  Corresponding  Secretaries  on  the  ist  of  January,  1851,  and  was  con- 
stant in  the  active  duties  of  that  office  until  partly  laid  aside  therefrom  by 
ill-health  in  1882,  when  he  was  appointed  Honorary  Secretary,  and  from 
that  time  until  recently  rendered  substantial  aid  to  the  administrative 
officers  in  lines  with  which  his  long  experience  had  made  him  familiar  and 
his  judgment  most  valuable.  He  died  at  his  home  in  Bloomfield,  N.  J., 
February  13th. 

Fuller  notice  of  both  of  these  useful  lives,  in  their  connection  with 
Home  r\Iissions,  may  be  looked  for  in  a  later  issue  of  the  magazine. 


March,  1895  Th(j   Homc!   Missionary  581 


TREASURY      NOTE 

CON ■]■  R 1  lU'  r IONS  l.KG ACl KS 

1893-4         1S94-5  1893-4        1894-5 

April....  $110,366  46  $18,936   34  April....  $6,681    14  $8,701   36 

May 9,461   46  k8,6o.S  21  May 25,812   59  ^,'13  58 

J"iit; i5'i36    17  15,24944  June 10,25435  35,02654 

July '5.-93   7-  18,908  65  .h'ly 8,940  39  10,695   2- 

AujTust.    .  9,479  91  7,886   18  .August..  14,885    55  35,280  76 

Sept 13.794  35  12,707   2S  Sept 5,450   10  15,045  01 

Oct 7,342  56  9,523  04  C)ct 4,025   00  5,369  02 

Nov 13.387   77  13.683  01  Nov 4,682   73  6,672  70 

'^ec 15,693   2'j  il,-i2-  67  Dec ii,943    i'  'o,575   52 

J^" 38,416   74  30,322    17  J^in 15,688  59  i4,4'5  46 

$148,372  41  $163,551   99  $108,363  55  $i47>895   17 

$15,179.58  ^ain  in  contributions.       $39,531-62  gain  in  legacies. 

Before  they  see  this  page  our  readers  will  have  received  a  communica- 
tion from  the  Executive  Committee  and  officers  of  the  Society  con- 
cerning the  present  state  of  its  Treasury.  They  will  have  learned  that,  to 
meet  promptly  its  obligations  to  the  missionaries,  the  Society  has  had  to 
add  to  its  bank  dues  by  borrowing  $44,000  since  the  beginning  of  the 
fiscal  year.  The  Society's  notes  at  the  banks  were  then  $125,000.  It  had 
in  hand  $57,000,  leaving  its  net  obligations  188, 000.  Its  notes  in  the 
banks  on  the  first  of  February,  1895,  arnount  to  $169,000,  and  it  has  cash 
in  hand  $18,000,  leaving  its  net  indebtedness  $151,000.  As  appearsfrom 
the  above  table,  the  receipts  in  the  ten  months  already  past  show  a  grati- 
fying advance  over  the  same  months  of  the  previous  year,  a  generous  per- 
centage of  it  being  gain  in  the  offerings  of  living  givers.  This  advance 
in  a  time  of  such  business  depression  shows  how  warmly  the  hearts  of 
Clod's  people  are  with  the  work. 

But  to  close  the  current  fiscal  year  without  increasing  the  dues  at  the 
banks  over  those  of  the  31st  of  March,  1S94,  the  Treasury  must  receive 
$135,000  in  February  and  March — $25,000  more  than  the  income  of  those 
months  of  1894.  If  this  seems  to  any  too  large  a  sum  to  hope  for,  let  it 
be  remembered  that  those  two  months  of  1889  brought  in  $12,000  more 
than  is  here  asked  for  the  closing  months  of  1895.  The  receipts  in  the 
single  month  of  March,  1889,  were  $108,000,  of  which  $80,500  came  from 
living  givers.  True,  "the  times  are  hard."  But  how  much  harder  are 
they  with  the  missionaries — sharing  their  food  and  clothing  with  some 
of  their  people  actually  in  danger  of  dying  from  cold  and  hunger — than 
with  the  great  majority  of  those  to  whom  these  worthy  brethren  look  for 
temporal  support  !     They  have  never  yet  looked  long  in  vain. 


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The    Home    Missionary 


March,  1895 


APPOINTMENTS     IN     JANUARY,    1895 


Not  in  commission  lasl  year 

Anderson,  Aaron,  Winona,  Minn 

Bumstead,  Rev.  Miss  Mary  G..  Hig-hland  Lake. 

Colo. 
Henry.  J.  A..  Colwich,  Kan. 
Jenney,  K    Winthrop,  Chamberlain,  Sn    Dak. 
Jones,  Richard,  Highmore.  So,  Dak. 
Jones,  Thomas  H.,  Williamstown,  Pa. 
Jones,  William  C,  Cripple  Creek.  Colo. 
Lundberg.  Albert,  Michigan  Cily,  Ind. 
Lyman,  wm.  A..  Ft.  Pierre.  So.  Dak. 
McCook,  Hamilton  M.,  Leon,  Ala. 
Millar,  Franklyn  C,  Tecumseh.  Okla. 
Pettigrew,  Rev.  Mrs.  Nina  D.,  Lusk,  Wyo. 
Wattenbarger,  O.  T.,  Haven,  Kan. 

Re-commissioned 

Albertson,  Ralph,  Springfield,  O. 

Ball.  Marcellus  A.,  Garretson  and  Valley  Springs, 

So.  Dak. 
Bartlett,  Dana  W.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
Bascom,  Geo.  S.,  Hankinson,  No.  Dak. 
Billman,  Howard,  Richmond  Hill,  N.  Y. 
Binder,  George  J..  San  Bernardino.  Cal. 
Bradley.  Nelson  S.,  Mitchell,  So.  Dak. 
Brooks,  Edward  L.,  Ft.  Recovery.  O. 
Brookshier,  R.  R.,  Gen'l  Missionary  in  No   Car. 
Butler.  Thomas  W.,  Ph.D.,  Everett  and  Lowell, 

Wash. 
Cushman,  Charles  E  ,  White  Cloud,  Kan. 
Denison,  Robert  C.  Little  Rock,  Ark. 
Di.von,  J.  J.  A.  T.,  Atwood,  Kan. 
Doyle,  Amos  A.,  Seattle,  Wash. 
Dreisbach,  Charles    H.,   Frankfort   and    Turton, 

So.  Dak. 
Edmonds,  Robert  H.,  Mansfield,  O. 
Egerland.  Franz,  Siou.x  City,  So.  Dak. 
Elwood,  William.  .Stafford.  Kan. 
Emery,  John  C,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Finger,  Charles  F.,  Davenport,  Iowa. 
Fletcher,  Rufus  W..  Quillayute,  Wash. 
Francis.  David  R.,  Tucson.  Ariz. 
Gillespie,  Wm.,  Hooe,  No.  Dak. 
Green.  George  E.,  Canova  and  Dover,  So.  Dak. 
Hansen,    Carl    J.,    General     Missionary     among 

Scandinavians  of  So.  Dak. 


Harrison.  Hiram  B..  Hillsboro.  No.  Dak. 

Heald,  Josiah  H.,  Nogales,  Anz. 

Hemenway,  Frank  W.,  Newton,  Kan. 

Hergert,  Jacob.  Endicott.  Wash. 

Herr,  Horace  D.,  Kansas  City.  Kan. 

Hindley,  George.  Ridgeville.  Ind. 

Hoyt.  Fred.  V.,  Cheney  and  West  Spokane, 
Wash. 

Johnson,  William,  St.  Louis.  Mo. 

Killen.  John  T.,  Portland,  No.  Dak 

Kimball,  Jeremiah.  West  Superior,  Wis. 

Kindred.  Geo  ,  Tolt,  Wash. 

Lambert,  C.  E..  Yaquina  Bay.  Or. 

Langdale.  Thomas  G.,  Clark,  So.  Dak. 

Lehtinen.  Franz,  Ashtabula  Harbor,  O. 

Lindsay,  Geo.,  Aberdeen.  Wash. 

McRae.  Isaac,  Starkville,  Colo. 

Mason,  Charles  E.,  Challis,  Idaho. 

Mobbs,  Horatio  M.,  Farmington  and  Endicott, 
Wash. 

Moody,  Benj.  F.,  Adin,  No.  Cal. 

Paske,  Wm.  J.,  Aten  and  Blyville,  and  General 
Missionary  in  Nebraska. 

Perry,  Frank  S.,  Coolville,  Centennial  and  Ire- 
land, O. 

Poling,  Daniel  V.,  Albany.  Or. 

Robbins,  Anson  l5.,  Iroquois  and  Osceola.  So. 
Dak. 

Robertson,  A.  A.,  Port  Morris,  N.  Y. 

Robertson,  Albert  A.,  Butternut,  Wis. 

Root,  Edward  P.,  Buena  Vista,  Colo. 

Shear,  Charles  B.,  Marietta.  Lawrence,  Little 
Muskingum  and  Stanleyville.  O. 

Slyfield,  Frederick  A.,  Brightwood,  Ind. 

Stewart,  John  L  ,  Henderson  and  Rose  Hill,  Ala. 

Storm,  J.  E.,  Springfield.  Neb. 

Taylor,  David  F.,  Chewelah  and  Springdale, 
Wash. 

Totten.  Matthew  J.,  Rose  Valley,  No.  Dak. 

Travis,  David  Q.,  Pocatello,  Idaho. 

Van  Alstyne.  J.  Sylvester,  Long  Pine  and  Spring- 
view,  Neb. 

Veazie,  W.  C.,  Evangelist  in  Kansas. 

Walker,  Lyle  B..  Chattanooga.  Tenn. 

Wallace.  Louis.  Alturas,  No.  Cal. 

Whittlesey.  Charles  T..  Blaine.  Wash. 

Wise.  William  C,  Chelan.  Wash. 

Young,  Harry  W.,  Portland,  Or. 


RECEIPTS    IN    JANUARY,    1895 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Auxiliary  Societies,  see  pages  592  to    597 


MAINE— $231.75. 

Augusta,  A  Friend 

A  Friend 

Auburn,  High  Street,  by  J.  F-  Atwood. 
Bangor,  Central  Ch.,  by  G.  S.  Hall... 
Belfast,  Jr.Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  E.Dunton 
Kennebunkport,  South  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

C.  H.  Pope 

Limerick,  Miss  E.  P.  Hayes 

Minot  Center,  Miss  L.  E.  Washburn, 

$5  ;  Dea.  J.  E.  Washburn.  $5 

Portland,  State  Street  Ch.,  by  H.  M. 
Bailey 

West  Ch.,  by  B.  C.  Fuller 

Saco,  by  F.  A.  Lord 

Waterville,  First,  by  A.  M.  Kennison. 
Yarmouth,  First,  by  C.  L.  Marston... 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE- 


1.92. 


s° 

00 

I 

00 

8 

00 

40 

10 

00 

20 

00 

19 

00 

13 

SO 

F.  C.  I.  and  H.  M.  Union  of  N.   H., 
Miss  A.  A.  McFarland,  Treas. : 
Bristol,  toward    L.    Mp.    of 

Mrs.   F.Bingham $1500 

North  Hampton,  Au.\ 7  00 


Chester.  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc.  by  Miss 

H.  A.  Melvin 2  12 

Concord,  A  Friend 10  00 

Durham,  by  L.  Thompson 4  00 

Epping,  E.xtra  offering  from  Ch 15  00 

E.xeter,  Rev.  J.  Chapman 100  00 

Xenophon 10  00 

Francestown,  by  A.  Downes 22  71 

Hanover,  A  Friend 5  00 


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58: 


Hebron  and  Groton.  Y.  P.  S.  C.   K., 

by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shi-lton 

Manchester,  l-'ranklin   Street  Ch.,  by 

A.  F.  Emerson 

Franklin  Street  C"li..  J.  Fastman.  by 
A.  F.  Emeison,  10  const.  Rev.  A. 

F.  Cross  a  L.  M 

■■J    W.J.'- 

Nashua.  Mrs.  S.  M.  Sarfjent.  by  Mrs. 

F.  S.  Could 

Miss  E.  A.  Titcomb.  by  C.  VV.  Tit 

comb 

Newmarket.  T.  H.  Wiswall 

North  Conway,  A  Friend 

Oxford.  Mrs.  .M.  B.  Pratt 

Piermont,   by    Rev.    W.  A.    C.    Con- 
verse   

Pittstield.  First,  by  Dea.   M.   H.  Nut- 
ter  

West  Rindge,  G.  G.  Williams 


VERMONT-$56i.ii. 

Vermont  Dom.  Missionary   So- 
cietv.  W.  C.  Tyler.  Treas.: 

Brattftboro.  West $  27  00 

.St.  Johnsbury,  North  Ch...     no  15 

Waterbury 7  00 

Williston,  MissC.  Douglas.      50  00 

194  15 

Woman's  Home  Missionary 

Union  : 

Berlin $    4  00 

Georgia 5  00 

Milton 8  00 

Rutland 30  00 

St.  Albans 2500 

St.  Johnsbury.  North  Ch. 

for  Salary  Fund 57  82 

South  Ch 50  00 

South  Tu.xbury 335 

Waterbury 8  00 

Wells  River 6  25 

197  42 

Bennington.  Second,  by  Mrs.  M    B. 

Kinsley 

Burlington.  College  Street  Ch.,  by  G. 

G.  Benedict 

Ludlow.  D.  F.  Cooledge 

Manchester.  Mrs.  S.  A.  Swett,  freight 

Middlebury.  Mrs.  C.  S.  Burditt 

New  Haven,  by  W.  H.  Partch 

West  Rutland,  by  C.  A.  Parker 


50   CO 

50  00 


•  50 
10  00 
3  40 
5  00 

10  00 

14  00 
8  80 


42  61 


4  00 
16  33 


MASSACHUSETTS  — $19,408.05  :    of 
which  legacies,  $8,304.29. 

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

B.  Palmer.  Treas S.ooo  00 

By  request  of  donors 440  00 

Woman's  H.  M.  Assoc,  Miss 
A.  C.  BridgTnan,  Treas. : 

For  Salary  Fund $  76  00 

Boston.    Mrs.    O.    Bennett. 

for  the  debt 100  00 

New  Bedford,  North 85  46 

Trinitarian 43  49 

Second     Ch.       at     Union 

meetings 71  05 

North  Adams 10  00 

Watertown.    Phillips    Sew. 

Cir.  Au.\ 15  00 

401  00 


.■\mesbury.  Union  Evan.  Ch.,  by  E. 

A.  Cjoodvvin $4  '4 

Amherst,  North  Ch.,  by  C.  S.  Crocker  4  40 

Rev.  J.  H.  Seelye,  D.  D..  special...  50  00 

L.  A.  Greene 2  65 

Andovcr,  South  Ch.,  by  T.  I"    Pratt. .        462  94 
Ashburnham.  Mrs.  I'.  E.  Fairbank...  =  00 

Belleville,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Miss  A. 

E.   Wiggin 2500 

Bcrnardston,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  K.  M. 

Crowell 2  06 

Boston,  Interest  on  Legacy  of  Miriam 
G.  Burrows,  by  PVank  W.  Co- 
burn,  Ex 48  51 

W.  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund 50  00 

Boxford,  Mrs.  E.  I,.  Sawyer,  special.  5  00 

Brookline.  Mrs.  J.  S.  Stone,  for  Salary 

Fund,  special 50  00 

Curtisville,  by  I).  H.  Newton 22  06 

Dorchester,  Second,  by  Miss  E.  Tol- 

man 216  87 

Enfield,  Specific  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Sarah 

H.  Blodgett.  by  D.  B.  Gillett,  Ex..     2,000  00 
Fall   River,   First,   by  E.  S.  Thayer, 

special 75  00 

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

by  A.  P.  Jones 20  00 

Gardner.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  P.  Wilder, 

special 10  00 

Greenfield,  Estate  of  W.  U.  Washburn, 
by  W.  N.  Washburn  and  F.  G.  Fes- 

sendcn,  Exs 22  93 

Hadley,  Income  from  Estate  of  James 
B.  Porter,  by  W.  P.  Porter.  Trus- 
tee   3,  48 

S.  S.  of  the  First,  by  E.  E.  Conant.       ^  16  56 
Haverhill,  Union,  by  C.  H    Ordway, 

Treas '. 5  00 

Haydenville.  by  C.  D.  Waite 1000 

Holliston.  Estate  of  George   Batchcl- 

der.  by  J.  M.  Batchelder 26  12 

Lowell,    Kirk   Street    Ch  .   by   A.    L. 

Thompson 277  50 

Massachusetts.  W.  L 200  00 

Middleboro,  A  Friend i  00 

Monson.  by  E.  F.  Morris 18  92 

Miss  S.  E.  Bradford 10  00 

Monterey.  Extra  Centa- Day  Band,  by 

Miss  J.  A.  Townsend '  15  00 

By  Miss  J.  A.  Townsend.  special...  4  00 

New  Braintree.  G.  K.  Tufts,  special..  25  00 

Mrs.  H.  M.  Tufts,  special 10  00 

Newton     Center.    Extra    Cent-a-Day 

Band,  by  S.  F.  Wilkins 1400 

North  Brookfield,  From  Estate  of  Mrs. 
E.  W.  Johnson,  by  A.  W.  Whiting, 

Ex 50  CO 

Norton,  Trin.  Ch..  by  S.  H.  Cobb 9  55 

Palmer,  L.  H.  Gager 50  00 

Paxton.  Mrs.  A.  ^lorton,  in  memoriam 

of  Rev.  A.  Morton 10  co 

Pittsfield,  S.  S.  of  the  First,  by  A.  A. 

Mills 25  00 

Rehoboth,  by  F.  A.  Bliss 1000 

Salem,  J.  H.  Towne,  special 10  00 

Shelburne.  by  Z    D.  Bardwell 37  00 

Southampton,  S.  S..by  E.  M.  Tiffany.  32  61 

South  Framingham,   by  Rev.   W.  G. 

Puddefoot 100  00 

South  Hadley.  Mt.  Holyoke  College. 
'  Silver  Circle."  by  Miss  S.  H.  Mel- 
vin.  Miss  A.  Lyman.  S5  :  Miss  B. 
Bidwell,  $5  :  Miss  G.  Voorhees.  fc  • 
Miss  F.  E.  Kellogg,  $5  ;  Miss  V. 
Bond.   $5  ;    Hon.     Mem..   Miss    H. 

Noble.  $5 30  00 

Spencer,  Legacy  of  David  Prouty,  by 

G.  A.  Craig.  Ex 5.125  25 

Miss  S.  Eaton,  for  freight 100 

Springfield.  Park  Ch..  by  F.  A.  Tuck 

er IOC  00 

Friends,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shelton 25  00 

Stockbridge,  Mrs.  W.  Fuller 10  00 


584 


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March,    1895 


Topstield.  Legacy  of  Charles  Herrick, 

by  R.  Lake.  Ex $1 ,000  00 

Turner's  Falls,  Y.  P.  S.  C  E..  by  Rev. 

H.C.Adams  360 

Ware,    jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Miss   S. 

R.  Sage,  special 1000 

H.    M.    "Silver  Circle,"   by  N.    S. 

Hyde 10  00 

West  Newbury,  Second  S.  S..  by  H.  S. 

Noyes 1 2  00 

Whafely,  by  C.  K.  Waite 19  00 

Williamsburg,  by  H.  W.   Hill,  in  full 

to  const.  Mary  S.  M.  Hill  a  L.  M.  . .  35  00 

Worcester.   G.    W.    Ames.   Sioo :     P. 

W.  Ames,  $100.  by   G.  W.  Ames  to 

const.  A.  A.  White  a  L.  M....  200  00 


RHODE  ISLAND-$i7o  13. 

Woman's  H.   M.  Assoc,    Miss   A.  C. 
Rridgman,  Treas. : 
Bristol,  R.I 


Newport,  United  Ch..  by  E.  P.    Allan 
Providence,  Pilgrim  Ch.,$24.64;  Wom- 
an's  Foreign  and   H.   M.  Union, 

$26,  by  R.  P.  Jenks 

Pilgrim,  by  R.  P.  Jenks,  special 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Miss  E.  W  Olney, 

$16.45.  bal.  in  full  to  const.  F.  R. 

Stafford  a  L.  M.,  and  Sio,  special. 

Mrs.  S.  E.  Blade,  special 

CONNECTICUT— $5,996.79  ;  of  which 
legacies,  $2,869.04. 

Miss.  Soc.  Conn.,  W.  W.  Jacobs,  Treas. 
by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
W.      W.    Jacobs,    Trsas.: 
Salary  Fund  : 
Bridgewater,   by  Mrs.  E. 

Rvitts $  15  00 

Brooklyn,     by     Mits    E. 

Beard 7  50 

Enfield,  Miss  Lusk,  thro. 
Ladies     Ben.    Soc,    by 

Miss  K.  C.  Abbe 5  00 

Hartford,   Ladies'    H.    M. 
Soc,  of  the  First,  by 
Mrs.  S.  M.  Hotchkis'i.        5  00 
Mrs.   G.  W.   Moore  of 

South  Ch 50  00 

Mrs.  F.  B.  Cooley,of  the 

First  Ch 10  00 

Kensington.    Mrs.    A.   A. 

Hart,  special s  °° 

Prospect,  by  Miss   M.  A. 

Clark II  00 

Willimantic,  by  Miss  M.  S. 

Elliott 10  00 

Ansonia,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Downs 

Bethel.  First.    §175.28  ;  A  Friend,  S5, 

by  A.  H.  Knox 

Branford,  S.  S.,   by  H.  E.  Thatcher, 

special 

Bristol,  by  L.  G.  Merick      

Cornwall,  First,  by  J.  E.  Calhoun 

Cromwell,  by  S.  M.  Savage 

Danbury.  First,  by  H.  Williams 

East  Hampton,  by  S.  M.  Bevin 

East  Hartford,  First,  by  A.  P.  Hills. . 
East  Morris,  J.  W.  Skilton 

A  Friend 

Enfield,  First,  by  F.  A .  King 

Gleaners'  Mission  Circle,  in  part  to 
const.  Mrs.  O   Olmsted  a  L.  M., 

by  Mrs.  L.  P.  Abbe 

Fairfield,  S.  S.,  'oy  W.  H.  Donaldson. 


50  64 
50  00 


26  45 
10  00 


319  38 


118  50 


20 

00 

.so 

00 

82 

50 

III 

04 

49 

24 
169 

6^ 
83 

4 
8 

40 
00 

42 

80 

30 

00 

27 

77 

Farmington,    by   H.    D.    Hawley,  to 

con.st.  l)ea.  A.  Hart  a'L.  M $100  00 

Greenwich,  H.  M.  Silver  Circle,  Mrs. 

S.  M  ead 5  00 

Hartford,  West,  from  Estate  of  Nancy 

S.  Gaylord.  by  Francis  H.  Parker     2,250  00 

Fourth  Ch.,  by  C.  E.  Miller  25  38 

Mrs.  H.  Bushnell 100  00 

M.M.Smith 2500 

Mrs.  S.  C.  Kellogg  12  00 

Harwinton,  by  A.  W.  Buell 11   s6 

Ivoryton,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Northrop 25  00 

Kensington,  by  S.  M.  Cowles  .......  26  08 

Ledyard,  by  G.  Fanning 12  50 

S.  S.,  by  J.  M.  Gray 2  10 

Lyme,  Old  Lyme  Ch.,  by  W.  F.  Coult  44  22 

Marlborough,  Estate  of  Charles  Buell, 

on  account,  by  W.    W.    Jacobs  for 

the  Ex 480  39 

Meriden,  First,  add'l,  by  W.  H.  Squire  i  00 

Miss  S   H.  Rice's  S.  S.  class  of  the 
First,  by  S.  H.  Rice 5  10 

Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  Center  Ch., 
by   Mrs.   F.    Augur,   freight  and 

cash  gift 10  00 

Middletown,    A   Friend,   by   Rev.  C. 

W.  Shelton  2  00 

Miss  S.  C.  Clark,  special 5000 

Silver   Circle,    Mrs.    A.  W.  Hazen, 
$5:  Miss   E.   Tracy,  $5,  by  Mrs. 

J.  H.  Bunce 10  00 

Mt.  Carmel,  by  H.  B.  Tuttle 3923 

Mystic,  by  A.  F.  Young ^o  45 

New  Britain,   Miss  M.   L.  Stanley  of 

the  South,  by  M.  F.  Peck 20  00 

Miss  A.  G.  Stanley 5  00 

New  Haven,  Mrs.  S.  S.  Bronson i  00 

New  London,  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  by 

H.  C.  Learned 71  83 

First  Ch.  of  Christ,  A  Friend 25  00 

New  Milford,  James  Hine 15  00 

New  Preston,  E.  C.  Williams 2  00 

New   Preston  Village,    add'l,   by   D. 

Burnham 8  00 

Newtown,  by  G.  F.  Duncombe I5  00 

Norfolk,  by   ].   N.  Cowles,  to  const. 

Rev.  John  De  Pue  and  wife  L.  Ms,.        313  37 

Northfield,  by  H.  C.  Peck 2629 

Norwalk,   First,  by  E.    L.  Boyer.  to 

const.  Miss  L.  K.  Stanley  a  L.  M...  97  70 

Norwich,  Second,  by  A.  D.  Allen    . .  128  41 

Second.  S.  S.,   by   H.    D.   Johnson, 
special 16  21 

Greenville  Ch.,  by  F,  H.  Potter 15  00 

Pomfret.  First,  to  const.  Mrs.  H.  H. 
Davenport  and  B.  Grosvenor  L. 
Ms.,  by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Williams 198  79 

S.  S.  Rally,  by  L.  S.  Hayward 8  86 

Salem,  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  E.  W.  Merritt..  9  00 

Salisbury,  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Goddard,  to 

const.  G.  C.  Selleck  a  L.  M 77  33 

Woman's  Board  of  H.  M.,  by  Mrs. 

A.  B.  Robbins 19  05 

Sharon,  First,  by  R,  E.  Goodwin 22  34 

South    Manchester,  Center  S.   S.,   by 

F.  W.  Mills.   .. 9  64 

South  Windsor,  First,  by  R.  Grant. . .  54  25 

Stonington,  Balance  from  Estate  of 
Charles  P.  Williams,  by  W.  J.  H. 
Pollard,  Ex 138  65 

First,  by  B.  F.  Williams 14  00 

Thomaston,  Jr.  Y     P.   S.    C.    E.,   by 

Rev.  E.  W.  Shelton 300 

Unionville,  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  by  J. 

R.  Jenkins 30  00 

W^allingford,  S.  H.  B 2000 

West  Farmington,   First,   by   G.   I>L 

Whiting II  00 

Westport,   Saugatuck  Ch.,  by  H.  C. 

Woodworth,  to  const.  G.  Fairchild 

a  L   M 79  87 

Woodbridge,   H.  M.  Soc,  by  W.    M. 

Beechcr  44  00 


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58: 


NEW  YORK— S2,228  90. 

Received  by  William  S.  Spald- 

ing^.  Treas.  : 

Berkshire,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. . . .  $5  00 

Brandon 2  00 

Canandaifjua 38  05 

Decrfield,  Salem  Ch 2  50 

East  I'harsalia,  $2  ;  Y.  P.  S.  • 

C.  K.,  $1 3  00 

Fairview,  Welsh 10  00 

Groton 38  00 

Maine,  Mrs.  C.  T.  Barnes..  21  00 

Morrisville 16  10 

North  Java 4  00 

Rensselaer  Falls,  Ch..  ?5.8f, 

of    which     $2    toward   L. 

Mp.  of  A.  M.  Doty  ;  S.  S., 

$1.21 7  07 

Rochester,  South  Ch lo  00 

H.  C.  Riggs 25  00 

Sherburne,  b.  S 27  05 

Strykersville 2  00 

Syracuse.  Plymouth 10  16 

Goodwill 500 

Geddcs 13  00 

$238  93 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  J.  Pearsall,  Trcas.  • 

Barry ville 16  00 

Brooklyn,  Entertainment  at 
Plymouth  Lecture 
Room,  by  Mr.   Monteli- 

orc  Isaacs 150  00 

Central  Ch.,  for  Salary 
Fund,  contributed  by 
Rev.  A   J.  F.  Behrends, 

D.D 50  00 

Tompkins  Avenue.  L.  B. 

S..  for  Salary  Fund 67  40 

Buffalo,  First 50  00 

For  Rescue  Fund .S5  00 

Pilgrim,  special 14  00 

Carthage i  65 

Central  Asso.,  annual  meet- 
ing          5  40 

Churchville 20  00 

S.  S.  M.  C  5  00 

Cortland 10  00 

Evans 5  00 

Hamilton,  W.  A 13  00 

Homer,  Miss  E.  Phillips i  00 

Ithaca,  special 5  00 

New  Haven,  Aux 17  00 

New  York  City,  Broadway 
Tabernacle    Ch.     Society 

forW.  W 115  34 

Oswego,  special 15  00 

Poughkeepsie 25  00 

Walton 25  00 

665  79 

Albany,  A  Friend 25  oo 

Brooklyn,   Ch.    of    the    Pilgrims,   in 

part,  by  J.  E.  Leech 782  57 

A  Friend  to  the  Cause 70  00 

J.  J.  Trappan ' 10  00 

Buffalo,  People's  Ch.,  by  E.  C.  Wil- 
son,  toward   a  L.  Mp 10  07 

First,  by  R.  K.  Strickland 100  oo 

Canaan  Four  Corners,  Miss  A.  Warner  4  73 

Clifton  Springs.  Miss  J'.  M.  Gilman..  25  00 

Mrs.  E.  R.   Marvin 10  00 

Fairport,  S.  S.,  by  W.  F.  Dobbin 10  00 

Flushing.  Miss  A.  H.  Parsons 310 

Homer,  by  L.  F.  Rice 13  00 

Ironville,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  M.  J.   Peas- 
ley  2  00 

Jamestown,  S.  S.,  by  F.  R.  Moody...  8  31 

Lisbon.  First,  by  M.  T.  Stocking 921 

Massena.  Second,  by   M.  J.   Stearns, 

M.D S  00 


Middlctown.  First,  by  S.  R.  Corwin.. 

Millville.  S   S..  by  S.  Linsley 

Mt.  Vernon,  Ch..  $31.61  ;  S.  S..  $18.39, 
by  Rev.  L.  F.  buell.  for  Salary  Fund 
and  to  const.  E.  B.  Fuller  a  L.  M.. . 

New  York  City.  C.  B 

Francis  Steele 

North  Walton,  Union  Miss.  Soc,  by 
W.  S.  Webb 

Norwich,  S.  A.  Hopkins,  a  Thank- 
offering  

Orient,  by  C.  B.  King 

By  M.  B.  Brown 

O.xford,  by  J.  W.  Thorp 

Port  Chester,  S.  S.  of  the  First,  by 
Rev.  E.  Bonfils 

Rockaway  Beach,  First,  by  G.  R.  Hen- 
drickson 

Rockville  Center,  by  Rev.  M.  H.  Fish- 
burn  

Spcnccrport,  Ch.  and  S.  S.,by  Miss  A. 
Mclntyre 

West  Brook,  by  T.  S.  Hoyt . 

West  Groton,  Ch.,  $15  00  :  Y.  P.  S.  C. 
E.,  $8.25,  by  Rev.  J.  Cunningham.. 

Whitestone,  Mrs.  E.  Bleccker,  Silver 
Circle  


P3  53 
2  24 


50  00 

5  00 
5  'o 

15  90 

10  00 
25  CO 

12  50 
50  00 

S  00 

2  70 

3  77 

13  40 

4  00 

23  25 

5  00 


NEW   JERSEY-$253.54. 

Woman's  H.  M.  LTnion  of  the  N.  J.  As- 
soc, Mrs.  J.  H.  Denisoii,  Treas.: 
Orange  Valley,  for  Salary  Fund 7*  28 

Chatham,  S.  S..  by  J.  T.  Wagner 25  00 

Closter,  by  L  H.  Demarcst 7  00 

East  Orange,  Swedish,  by  A.  P.  Nel- 
son    I  50 

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

by  S.  F.  Beach 9  00 

Roselle,  A  Friend 100  00 

L^pper  Montclair,  Christian   Union  S. 

S.,  by  F.  W.  Dorman 32  65 

Vineland,  Miss  M.  E.  Gardner's  S.  S. 

class,  special 3  10 

S.  S.,  by  T.  A.  Gardner i  01 


PENNSYLVANIA- S176. 35. 

Woman's  Missionary  Union, 
Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones.  Treas.: 

Guy's  Mills,  special Ss  00 

Kane 10  00 


Woman's  H.   M.   LTnion  of  the  N.  J. 

Asso..  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison.  Treas.: 

Philadelphia.  Central  Ch.,  of  which 

$8. So  for  Salary  Fund 

Audenried.  Welsh,  by  W.  Hughes 

Blossburg.  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Matthews  . . 

Edwardsdale,    Bethesda    Ch..    S4  26  ; 

S.  S.  Rally,  §4.54,  by  Rev.  D.  L. 

Davis 

Welsh,  by  Rev.  T.  C.  Edwards 

Mt.  Carmel,  S.  S  add'!,  by  M.  Davis. 
Nanticoke.  Bethel,  by  Rev.  W.  Smith 

Philadelphia.  "  Chelsea  " 

Pittsburgh,  Swedish  Ch..  by  Rev.  A. 

Danielson 

Plymouth,  Puritan    Ch.,   by  Rev.  T. 

McKay 

Scranton  City.  Providence  Welsh,  by 

Rev.  R.  S.  Jones 

Sharon.  Welsh  S.  S..  by  W.  J.  Tomes. 
Wilkesbarre,    Puritan   Ch.,   by  J.  R. 

Williams 

Williamstown,  by  Rev.  T.  H.  Jones.. 


6  50 


8 

80 

10 

00 

2S 

00 

12 

63 

30 

00 

3 

00 

2 

50 

2S 

00 

2 

62 

10 

00 

I 

50 

586 


The   Home  Missionary 


March,   1895 


MARYLAND-$643.5o. 

Baltimore.  First,  by  G.  L.  Brown 

S.  A.  Walker,  special 

Canton,  by  Rev.  T.  M.  Beadenkoff. . . 
A  Friend 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA-S79. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  the 
N.  J.   Assoc..  Mrs.  J.  H. 
Denison.  Treas. : 
Washington,  D.  C  .  Mission- 
ary Circle  and  Juniors  of 

Plymouth  Ch $500 

First,  of  which  $50  for  Sal- 
ary Fund 74  00 

GEORGIA-$94.63. 

Atlanta,  Central  Ch.,  by  C.  E.  Kemp. 

Barnesville,  Fredonia,  by  Rev.  W.  L. 
Jones 

Braswell,  Plainville,  Poplar  Spring, 
$3.35 ;  Rev.  W.  B.  Armstrong, 
$1.50  ;  colls,,  $1.58 

Burroughs,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  P.  Blake.. 

Clara.  Pleasant  Hill  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 
E.  Newton   

Clark's  Mill,  Bowers  and  Magdalena, 
by  Rev.  G.  Home 

Columbus,  First,  by  Rev.  G.  W. 
Cumbus 

Duluth.  $1.25  ;  Flowery  Branch,  Lib- 
erty Ch.,  $1.25,  by  Rev.  W.  F. 
Brewer ' 

Five  Forks,  $1.80;  O.xford,  $3.50: 
colls.,  20  cents,  by  Rev.  J.  C.  For- 
rester   

Juno,  by  Rev.  H.  M.  Gober 

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

Powersville,  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Carter. . . 

Stone  Mountain  and  Antioch.  by  Rev. 

A.  J.Lyle 

Zoar.  by  Rev.  M.  G.  Fleming 

ALABAMA-$55.o2. 

Dadeville,  Oak  Ridge  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E. 

B.  Gunn 

Echo,  Christian  Hill  Ch.,  Friendship 

Ch.  and  Wicksburg,  Bascom  Ch.,by 

Rev.  M.  V.  Marshall 

Hackleburg,  Prospect  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 

P.  Lunsford 

Haleysville,  Union  Grove,  by  Rev.  G. 

W.  Rovve 

Jackson's  Gap,  Liberty  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

W.  J.  Dunaway 

Kingston  and  Lightwood,  Union  Ch., 

by  Rev.  W.  C.  Culver 

Lamar,  Union  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M.  Pres- 

cott 

Millerville,     Bethel     and    Oak    Hill, 

Mountain    Meadow,    Shady  Grove 

Ch,,  by  Rev.  T.  Wright 

Milner,  Union   Hill,   by  Rev.  T.    M. 

Lindley 

Perote  and  Catalpa,  by  Rev.  N.   H. 

Gibson 

Phcenix  Citv,  Bethany  Ch.,  New  Site. 

Antioch  Ch.,  and  Bluff  Spring.  Mt. 

Carmel  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Gipson.. 
South  Calera.  Rev.  J.  L.  Busby,  $2-75  ; 

Maggie  Busby,  $1  ;  K.  M.  Jones,  35 

cents  ;T.  M.    Redlin,   25   cents,   by 

Rev.  J.  L.  Busby 

Tucker,  Union  Hill,  by  Rev.  W.  H. 

Brisendine 


S13S  20 

2  80 

2  50 

500  00 


44    II 

8   44 


I 

00 

3S 

CO 

13 

92 

3 

32 

1 

00 

3 

38 

LOUISIANA -$10. 

Lake  Charles,  by  Rev.  S.   H.  Barteau         $5  00 
White   Bay  Springs,    by  Rev.   M.  J. 
Owens 5  00 

ARKANSAS-$i4.35. 

Rogers,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Scroggs  5  00 

First,  by  Rev.  R.  C.  Walton 9  35 

FLORIDA— $60.62. 

Coatsville  and  Wausau,  by  Rev.  S.  B. 

Judah  

Interlachen,  W.  H.  M.  S.,by  Rev.  W. 

D.  Brown 

Key    West,    First,    by   Rev.    C.    W. 

Fraser  

Longwood  and  Palm  Springs,  by  Rev. 

G.  W.  Hardaway 

Potolo  and  Oak  Ridge,  by  Rev.  E.  A. 

Buttram 

Tangerine,  by  G.  H .  Wood 

6  4^, 
60      TEXAS -$80.90. 

3  00         Woman's  H.  M.  Union,   Mrs. 

C.  I.  Scofield,  Treas.: 
10  00  Dallas,  S.  S.  Rally  of  Grand 

Avenue  Ch $2392 

3  00  First,  for  Salary  Fund. ...      24  go 

S.S.  Rally 1338 

Paris 10  00 

2  50  Sherman 2  20 

5  50         Dallas,  Grand  Avenue  branch  of  the 
50  First,  by  I.  Carroll 

5  00      INDIAN  TERRITORy-$2.5o. 

50         McAlester,    First,    by    Rev.    W.    H. 

3  55  Hicks 2  50 

OKLAHOMA— .¥46.02. 

Alpha,   Park  and   Mount   Pisgah,  by 

3  00  Rev.  J.  F.  Robberts 2  00 

Chandler,  by  Rev.  M.  D.  Tenney i  75 

Choctaw   City,  First,  by  Rev.  L.   B. 

4  25  Parker 3  77 

Kingfisher,  Union  Ch.,by  Rev.  J.  C. 

1  60  Calnon 15  00 

Lincoln  Co.,  Forest  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M. 

100             D.  Bogue 200 

North  End,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  S.  Hawks  3  00 

2  00         Okarche,  by  Rev.  W.  Kelsey 15  00 

Soldier  Creek,  by  Rev.  O.  G.  Legrande  3  00 

2  57         Waynoka,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  McWilliams.  50 

5  00 

NEW    MEXICO— $5.00. 

6  50         AVhite  Oaks,  $3.55  ;  Rev.    S    V.  Dil- 

ley,  $1.45,  by  Rev.  S.  V,  Dilley 5  00 

5  00 

2  75     ARIZONA -$24.00. 

Tempe.  S,  S.  Rally,  by  R.  Walsworth  4  00 

15  00         Tucson,  First,   by  Rev.  D,  R.  Francis  20  00 


TENNESSEE— $88.43. 

Chattanooga,  Central   Ch.,  and   East 
Lake,  by  Rev.  E.  A.  Berry 


74  40 
6  50 


March,   1895 


The   Home   Missionary 


58: 


Knowillr.  S.  S.  ■'Company  A"  Ten- 
ncsstc  R<-'Kt.,  by  S.  C.  Roney 

Memphis,  Mission  Soc.  of  Stranjjer's 
Ch.by  J.  G.  Boch 

KRNTUCKY-$i2.oi. 
Hcrca,  by  A.  J.  Hanson 

OHIO -$1,641.98. 

Received  in  Dec.  and  Jan.,  by 

Rev.  J.  G.  Frascr,  D.  D.  : 
Ashtabula.  Second,  by  Rev. 

W    H.  Blease '. $2  36 

Austinburg,  by  M.  Parker..  3  50 
Belpre.  by  A.  W.  Glazier...  12  25 
Canal  Dover,  Union  Ch.,  by 

W.  Fay  and  T.  Evans. ...        3  00 
Cleveland,    First,  by   F.  E. 

.Spelman 12  05 

Pilgrim,  by  H.  C.  Holt    ..      6156 

Frank  L.  Ford,  special 10  00 

Garrctlsville.    Ch.,    824-70; 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $5,  by  Rev. 

E.  S.  Rothrock 29  70 

Geneva,  by  S.  P.  Searle  ...  30  00 
Greenfield,    by   Rev.    J.    B. 

Warren 6  20 

Hudson,  by  Miss  E.  E.  Met- 

calf,  in  full  to  const.    Mrs. 

H.  E.  Smith  a  L.  M 2150 

Huntsburg,  S.  S.,  $5  :  Y.  P. 

S.    C.   E.,   $1,    by    A.   W. 

Tuttle 6  00 

Kelley's    Island,   by   H.   B. 

,  Upp 2  32 

Kingsville,  Miss  E.  S.  Com- 
ings         10  00 

Le.xington,    by  Rev.  J.  A. 

Kaley 10  25 

Lodi.  by  A.  B.  Taylor 10  51 

Lucas,  by  Walter  Fletcher  .  3  00 
North  Monroeville,  by  Mrs. 

H.  S.  Cornell 2  45 

North    Ridgeville,   by  Rev. 

J.  P.  Riedinger ig  00 

Oberlin,     Dudley    Allan. 

M.D..    to    const.     Prof. 

Jewett  a  L.  M 50  00 

Painesville,  by  I.  Everett  ..  48  33 
Penfield,  by  W.  A.  Schwrim- 

ley.  for  work  in  Utah 16  50 

Radnor.  S.  S..   Sio  ;   J..  S. 

J..  W.  R.,  J.  W.    Powell, 

Si  each  ;    D.   H.   and  E. 

Powell,  50  cents  each,  by 

John  Povvell 15  00 

Rock  Creek,  by  John  Pogson  740 
Sandusky,  by  H.  H.  West..  So  01 
Strongsville.  by  R.  Gibbons  10  co 
Sullivan,    add'l    by   M.   De 

Moss I  00 

Tallmadge,  add'l,  by  J.  W. 

Seward i  00 

T  h  o  m  a  s  t  o  w  n  ,    by    Miss 

Rachel  Davies 2  00 

Tokio,  Zion  Welsh,  by  John 

J .  Jones 12  20 

Toledo.  Washington  Street, 

by  A.  U.  Young 9  24 

Troy,  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  S.  R. 

Dole 5  55 

Wayne,  Ch.,   $30  ;  Y.  P.  S. 

C.E.,$2o,  by'W.  B.  Smilie      5000 
Wellington,   of    which    $10 

from  J.  S.  Case  to  const. 

Mrs.    Kate   A.    Wait    and 

Mrs.  Rosa   L.  Overbacher 

L.  Ms.  by  T.  F.  Rodhnuse     loc  00 
Wheatland.    Pa.,    by    Rev. 

T.  M.  Griferh 322 


Received  in  Dec,  by  Rev. J.  G. 
Fraser,  D.D.,  Treas.    Bo- 
hemian Board,  Cleveland, 
Ohio  : 
y»nd<)ver,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..      $500 
Chatham    Center,   S.   S., 

Christmas  Gift 25  00 

Cleveland,  Euclid   Avenue, 

by  J.  Snow 52  22 

Plymouth,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..       1500 
Thomas  Piwonka  1000 


107  22 


667  10 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  by 
Mrs,  G.  B.  Brown, 
Treas.  : 

Burton,  Mrs.  E.  Hitch- 
cock, Bible  Readers 
School 5  00 

Cleveland.  Euclid  Avenue, 

A  Friend  ...    10  00 

A    Friend,    for    Bible 

Readers   School 10  00 

First.  L.  H.  M.  S.,  Bible 
Readers  n  00 

Hudson,  S.  S.  for  Bible 
Readers   School  5  00 

Tallmadge,  Cheerful 
Workers,  for  Salary 
Fund 2  00 

Toledo,  Central,  Y.  P.  S. 
C.  E.  for  Bible  Readers 
School s  00 


Received  in  Jan.  by  Rev.  J.  G. 
Fraser,  D.D.,  Treas.,  Bo- 
hemian Board,  Cleveland: 

Cleveland.  First  S.  S $17  74 

Pilgrim,  by  H.  C.  Holt...     11485 

Manstield,    First    S.    S.,   by 
Dr.  Schaufiler 10  41 

Troy.  S.  S 5  00 

148  00 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas. : 

Alliance,  S.  S.,  Bible  Read- 
ers School    9  70 

Ashland,  for  Bible  Read- 
ers School 3  50 

Austinburg.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

Salary  Fund 5  00 

Cleveland.  Pilgrim.  W.  A., 

Bible  Readers  School. .         15  00 

Cortland 2  00 

Elyria.      Bible       Readers 
School 10  00 

Geneva,  Y.  P.    S.    C.   E., 
for  Salary  Fund 17  10 

Medina 8  66 

Oberlin.  Second,  L.  A.  S., 

Bible  Readers  School.       15  00 
For  Salary  Fund 10  00 

Tallmadge.     Cheerful 
Workers 5  00 

West  Williamsfield 500 

105  96 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  'Ireas. : 

Columbus,  P.  L.  A $2000 

Eastwood         40  00 

Marietta.  First 10  co 

Oberlin,  Second,  L.  A.  S...  25  00 

Tallmadge    7  48 

Salary  Fund : 

Bellevue 3  00 

Chardon 5  00 

Chatham  Center 5  00 


$155    22 


253  96 


S88 


The   Home   Missionary 


March,   1895 


Cleveland,  First $1300 

Houfjh  Avenue 20  00 

Plymouth 14  oo 

Columbus,  North,  L.  A.  S.        5  00 

Conneaut 6  50 

Greenwich 4  4° 

Hudson 9  00 

Y.  L.  A.  S 6  00 

North  Fairfield 2  50 

Oberlin,  Second 25  00 

Sandusky 5  00 

Sullivan 3  00 

Toledo,  Washington  Street 

W.  M.  U 14  00 

Unionvillc 2  00 

I 

Akron,  West  S.  S..  by  C.  E.  Bingham 
Ashtabula  Harbor,  Finnish,  by  Rev. 

F.  Lehtinen 

Clarkstield  and  Brighton,  by  Rev.  C. 

A.  Ruddock 

Cleveland,  Union  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  E. 

Scovill 

Swedish,  by  A.  W.  Franklin 

Coolville,  Centennial  and  Ireland,  by 

Rev.  F.  S.  Perry 

Gustavus.  by  Rev.  J.  L.  Olmstead. . . 
North     Kingsville,     S.    C.     Keilogg, 

special 

Oberlin.  First,  by  A.  H.  Johnson 

h  irst,  by  L.  W.  Upton 

Mrs.  E.  B.  Clark 

M.  A.  Keep 

W.  M.  Mead 

Saybrook,  Mission    Band,  by   L.  Hil- 

kert 

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

M .  L.  Lawrence 

Tallmadge,  $52.10;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  , 
$3  63,  by  J.W.Seward,  to  const.  Mrs. 
E.  S.  HartaL.  M 


INDIANA-$5o.6s. 

Woman's  H.    M.    Union,  Mrs.  F.  E. 
Dewhurst,  Treas  : 
Indianapolis,  Mayflower  Ch.  for  Sal- 
ary Fund 

Ft  Wayne,  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  J.  S. 

Ainslie 

Marian,  S.  S  ,  by   Mrs.  G.  A.  Southall 


20 

00 

5 

-5 

7 

47 

7 

00 

.S 

00 

20 

00 

53 

50 

10 

00 

100 

00 

10 

CO 

20  00 
5  15 


ILLINOIS-$3,i67.89  :  of  which  legacy, 
$2,800.00. 

Illinois  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by  Rev.  J. 

Tompkins,  D.  D  .  Rockford,  Second 

Ch.,  W.  H.  M.  U.,  for  Salary  Fund.         100  00 
Brighton,  On  account  from  Estate  of 

L.  P.  Stratton,  by  N.  J.  Stratton.  Ex.        800  00 
Chicago,  Legacy  of  O.  H.  Piatt,  H.  V. 

Freeman,  E.x.,  by  N.  D.  Smith. . .     2,000  00 

Edmund  Noyes 80 

Delavan,  R.  Hoghton 20  00 

Geneseo,  Woman's  Miss.  Union,  Mrs. 
P.  Huntington,  by  Mrs.  P.  H.  Tay- 
lor    9  40 

First,  by  J.  Gray 18  89 

Illinois,  David   Fales,  by  Rev.  H.  D. 

Wiard 25  00 

Kevvanee,  Mrs.  J.  A.  Talcott i  00 

La  Grange,  First,  by  G.  H.  McKay..  59  82 

Moline.  First,  by  Rev.  T.  B.  Wilson..        122  g8 
Morrison,  William  Wallace 10  00 


MISSOURI-$6i4.32. 

Bonne    Terre.   First,   by   Rev.  J.    B. 
Fiske 


Kidder,  by  Rev.  A.  L.  Gridley 

Republic  and    Billings,  by  Rev.  I.  T. 

Hull 

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

First,  by  F.  T.  Knox,  M.D 

Springfield,     First,    by    Rev.    E     C. 
Evans,  to  const.  William  K.  Fmk 

a  L.  M 

German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Graf. . . . 


MICHIGAN -$5.36. 

Detroit,  Y.  P.  S.  C.   E.  of  Plymouth 

Ch.,  by  W.  B.  Johnson 

Grand  Rapids,  Mrs.  H .  R.  Peck 

Jackson^  Mrs.  R.  M.  Bennet 

VVISCONSIN-$66.4i. 

Appleton,  Mrs.  R.  Smith,  special 

Ashland,  Ladies"  Soc,  by  E.  P. 
Wheeler,  Treas.  No.  Wis.  H.  M. 
Soc 

Beloit.  Woman's  Miss.  Soc.  of  the 
First,  by  Miss  M.  E.  Simmons 

Birnamwood  and  Norrie,  by  Rev.  G. 
S.  Biscoe 

Bloomer,  by  Rev.  J.  R.  Ward 

Fifield,  by  Rev.  T.  G.  Grassie 

Washburn  and  Bayfield,  Scand..  by 
Rev.  H.  P.  Peterson 

Wood  Lake. Grantsburg,  and  Doctor  s 
Lake,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  N.  I.  Nel- 
son  


IOWA— $65.82  ;  of  which  legacy,  $^5.82. 

Des  Moines,  Rollins  Estate,  by  S.  A. 

Merrill 

Estate  of  Mrs.  H.  L.  Rollins,  by  S. 
A.  Merrill 


MINNESOTA-$9i5.2i. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Mor- 
ley  : 

Alexandria,  S.  S $3  74 

Austin,  S.  S 404 

Barnesville.  S.  S 3  00 

Brownton.  S.  S 85 

Custer.  Welsh 5  00 

Edgerton,    $1.40  ;      S.    S., 

$3-'5 4  55 

Freeborn 8  15 

J.    Woods,   50    cents;    J. 

Pierce.  50  cents i  00 

Glencoe 5  00 

Glyndon.  S.  S 3  50 

Graceville 4  50 

Grand  Meadow 300 

Graveland.  S.  S 200 

Hawley 5  60 

Lamberton,  S.  S 5  00 

Little  Falls 500 

Madison.  S.  S i  25 

Mankato.  $12  ;  S.  S.,  $2.54'.  14  54 

Marshall 12  24 

Medford 5  00 

S .  S 5  00 

Mentor,  S.  S i  00 

Minneapolis,  Vine,  $7.65  ;  S. 

S.,  Birthday  box,  $5.70.  13  35 

Union  S.  S 2  75 

Robbinsdale 300 

First.  .$68.79  ;  S.  S.,  $15..  83  79 

First  Scand 6  62 

Fifth  Avenue,  $15.14;  S. 

S.,  $3.85 18  99 

Montevideo,  S.  S 2  00 


233  50 
225  22 


2  26 

I  20- 
I  90 


10  26 

.i   90 
5  00 


27  67 
38  15 


March,    1895 


The   Home   Missionary 


589 


Ne-A"  Ulm 812  00 

Northfield 1 :6  25 

Pelican  Rapids 4  oo 

Princeton 54  52 

Rush  City.  S.  S 2  50 

St    Paul,  Plymouth 11  73     . 

Park 56  00 

So.  Park,  Jr.  V.  P.  ?.  C.  E.  6  25 

Bohemian  S.  S 3  38 

Spring  Valley 4  41 

Staples.  S.  S S5 

Stillwater.  $5-25  ;  S.  S..  $3  .  8  25 

Taopi.  S.  S 50 

Tracy.  A  l-'riend 7  00 

Wadena.  S.  S 3  00 

Waterville.  Ch.  and  S.  S 11  20 

Zumbrota 30  25 

565  27 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

M.  W.  Skinner.  Treas.: 

Alexandria 20  00 

Claremont 4  50 

Duluth.  West 5  CO 

Faribault 5  00 

Mankato 1275 

Minneapolis,    Park    Ave- 
nue   59  65 

Como  Avenue 20  00 

First.    $17  :   Young  La- 
dies, §20 37  00 

Princeton 5  00 

Sauk   Onter.   $25.70 ;   Y. 

P.  S.  C.  E..  $1.90 27  60 

Springfield 5  00 

St    Paul,  Park 6  00 

Villard 2  00 

Wabasha 5  20 

Annual    Meeting    Rescue 

Fund 3  75 

218  45      $783  72 

Custer.  Bethel  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  L.  Mar- 
tin    3  25 

Faribault,  by  A.  Young 51  56 

Fertile  and   Mentor,  by   Rev.    R.    P. 

Upton 825 

Glenwood.by  Rev.  F.  A.  Sumner....  2  50 

Glyndon,   Ch.   and  S.   S.,   by  C.   G. 

Tracy 4  30 

Hudson,  by  Rev.  A.  L.  Brown i  25 

Lake  Emily,  by  Rev.  W.  D.  Stevens..  i  20 

Mazeppa  and  Zumbro  Falls,  by  Rev. 

Q.  C.  Todd IT  53 

Red  Wing,  D.  C.Hill 10  00 

Robbinsdale.  by  Rev.  S.  R.  Rogers  . .  8  00 

Rose  Creek  and  Taopi.  by  Rev.  F.  J. 

Brown 3  00 

Sherburn.   Sio:  Lake   Belt,   ijs  ;  Era- 
ser. $4.  by  Rev.  E.  C.  Lyons 19  00 

AYorthington,  Union  Ch.,  $6.48  ;  S.  S.. 
$1.17.  by  G.  O.  Moore 7  65 


KANSAS-$38o.7i. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 
E.  K.  De  Long, Treas.: 

Alma,  bank S500 

Argentine 1700 

Blue  Rapids 9  00 

Burlington,  three  banks 20  95 

Carson i  10 

Centralia.  towards  L.  Mp.  of 

Mrs.  B.  U.  King 15  00 

Comet 3  00 

Cora ....  I  25 

Eastern  Assoc,  collection...  i  95 

Emporia 10  00 

Ft.  Scott 5  00 

Garnett 4  50 

Goodland,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 


Highland $5  00 

Jetmore 2  00 

Kansas   City,    First,   in  full 
to  const.  Mrs.   Lillic  15. 

Trickett  a  L.  M 20  00 

Pilgrim 5  50 

Kirvvin i  25 

Lawrence.  Plymouth 37  53 

Plymouth.  S.  S 209 

Leavenworth 10  00 

C.  E..  two  banks 10  00 

Linvvood i  35 

Louisville 1  25 

Newton,  one  bank 5  00 

Osawatcmie 4  50 

Paola,  one  bank 17  co 

Ridgeway 2  50 

Russell 600 

Sabetha 835 

Sedgwick 14  00 

Sterling 5  00 

Stockton 6  00 

Ch.  and  S.  S.,  three  banks.  15  00 

Udall.bank 500 

Wakarusa  Valley 7  00 

Wellsville 3  00 

S.  S 5  00 


Less  expenses 


298  07 
5  96 


Arkansas  City,  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie 
Bloomington,    Ash    Rock    and     New 

Harmony,  by  Rev.  M    McPhee 

Logan.  Herndon  and  Ludell,  German, 

by  Rev.  W.  Suess 

Milford.  H.  M.  Silver  Circle,  by  W.  C. 

Sanf ord 

Mound  City,  by  A.  M.  Gregory 

Newton,  First,  by  Rev.  F.  W.  Hemen- 

way 

Osawatomie,  First,    by    Rev.    T.    S. 

Roberts 

Pittsburg,  Tabernacle,  by  Rev.  J.  H. 

B.  Smith 

Twelve  Mile,  by  J.  Gledhill 

Village  Creek.  S402:  Scatter  Creek, 

$2.03,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Pfeiffer 


NEBRASKA-S186.19. 

Received     by     J.     W.     Bell, 
Treas.  : 

Ashland $yj  50 

Irvington 8  80 

Indiancla  4  78 

Kearney 30  86 

S.  S 426 

LincC'ln.  Plymouth 22  50 

Paisley 7  50 

Sargent 10 

Red  Cloud 16  02 

127  32 

Less  expenses 5  08 


Woman's   H.    M.    Union.    Mrs.   G.  J. 
Powell.  Treas.  : 
Princeton,  Woman's  Miss.  Soc 

Bloomfield,   Si  :    Dolphin,   St. Co.    by 

Rev.  E.  Martin 

Culbertson.  Hayes  Co.  and  Palisade, 

German  Chs..  by  Rev.  A.  Hodel  . . . 
Doniphan,  West  Hamilton,  and  North 

Hastings,  by  Rev.  E.  Cressman 

Friend  and   Turkey  Creek,  German, 

by  Rev.  P.  Lich : 

Germantown,   German  Ch..  by  Rev. 

F.  Woth 


S292  II 


45  20 


6  25 


16  65 


5  00 
45 


6  05 


590 


The   Home   Missionary 


March,    1895 


Guide  Rock,  Superior,  and  Beaver 
Creek,  German,  by  Rev.  F.  Bren- 
necke 

Hyannis  and  Reno,  by  Rev.  J.  B. 
Brown 

Lincoln,  German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  Lich 

Omaha.  Saratoga  and  Cherry  Hill,  by 
Rev.  E.  L.  Ely 


$2    30 

.6  50 
10  00 


NORTH   DAKOTA-$44i.86;  of  which 
legacy,  $376.31. 

Received  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Sim- 
mons : 

Sanborn $i  oo 

Wimbledon 3  45 

Wogonsport 2  00 

Mary  F.  Parmenter 2  00 

8  45 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Fisher,  Treas.: 

Cummings 3  00 

Michigan     City,     Mission 
Band 2  50 

5  50  13  95 

Buxton,     from    estate    of     James    P. 

Gould,  by  Asa  Sargcant.  E.x 376  31 

Caledonia,  by  Re\-.  V\'.  Griffith 20  10 

Gardner,  collections,  by  Rev.  W.   Kd- 

wards 3  00 

Jamestown  and  Eldridge,  by  Rev.  J. 

D.  Whitelaw 6  27 

Michigan  City  and  Niagara,  by  Rev. 

W.  G   Rich 9  43 

North  Dakota,  A  Friend,  by  Rev.  M. 

E .  E  versz 5  00 

Oberon,  by  Rev.  O.  P.  Charaplin  ....  7  80 


SOUTH   DAKOTA-  $202.31. 

Received  by  Rev.  C.  J.  Han- 
sen. Scandinavian  Chs  : 

Aberdeen $2  02 

Centerville i  14 

Elk  Point I  38 

Lakeport 2  12 

Vermilion 1407 


Received  by  Rev.  J.  Sattler  : 
McPherson  Co.,  Emmanuel  2  26 
Parkston,  Friedensfcld, Ger- 
man    7  50 

Salem 2  50 

Scotland,  by  Rev.  J.  Scharer  10  og 

Aberdeen.  Plymouth  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T. 

J.  Dent 

Aurora,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  B.  Jewett 

Bonne  Homme  and  Lakeport,  by  Rev. 

N.  P.  Steves 

Bowdle  and  Sprmg  Lake,  by  Rev.  L. 

A.  Brink 

Buffalo  Gap,  by  Rev.  G.  Wadsworth. 
Columbia,  United  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  H. 

Kevan 

Cresbard   and  Myron,  by  Rev.  P.  B. 

Fisk 

De  Smet,  $4  ;    Lake  Henry,   $2,  by 

Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 

Duncan,  Gann  Valley,  and   Pleasant 

Valley,  by  Rev.  F.  L.  Drew 

Emery,  by  Rev.  H.  Gregory 

Erwin.  by  Miss  E.  K.  Henry 

Glenview,  by  Rev.  M.  Doty 

Hot   Springs,    First,  by  Rev.   E.    E. 

Frame 


6 

58 

10 

47 

10 

00 

6 

00 

15 

25 

26 

00 

4 

25 

6 

00 

6 

00 

2 

81 

27 

50 

I 

75 

Howard,  by  Rev.  D.  R.  Tomlin f6  70 

Mission  Hill,  by  Rev.  D.  B.  Nichols..  7  75 

Powell,  Welsh,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Lewis..  i  10 

South  Shore,  by  Rev.  D.  E.  Armitage  6  66 

Spring  Hill,  by  Rev.  G.  L.  Helms....  i  00 
Springfield.  Running  Water,  and  Wa- 

nari,  by  Rev.  C.  Seccombe 3  00 


COLORADO-$io6.39. 

Denver,    First  German,   by   Rev.   A. 

Trandt 6  70 

North     Denver,     by    Rev.    C.     M. 

Clark 5  00 

Harmon  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Rose. .  10  00 

Plymouth,  by  C.  S.  Burwell 22  86 

Glenarm,  Y.P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  First, 
by   M.   A.    Morrison,   for    Salary 

Fund 25  00 

Fruita.  by  Rev.  H.  M.  Skeels 3  76 

Littleton,  by  J.  A.  Hamer 5  60 

Pueblo,  First,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Tanner.  23  01 

Starkville,  by  Rev.  L  McRae  : 3  56 


WYOMING-$5.So. 

Rock   Springs,  First,  by  Mrs.  M.  A. 
Clark 5  80 

Erratum— Buffalo,  by  Rev.  S.  Weyler.  $10.55, 
erroneously  ack.    under  So.    Dak.    in    February 

Home  Missionakv. 


MONTANA-$35,6o. 

Castle,  Mrs.  H.  H.  Barnes,  by  Mrs.  H. 

E.  Jones,  Treas..  W.  H.  M.  U....- 
Missoula,  First,  by  Rev.  O.  C.  Clark 
Thompson's     Falls.     $2.70  ;      Horse 

Plains,  gocts.,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Bell.. 


3  60 


NEVADA-$6.oo. 
Reno,  by  Rev.  T.  Magill 

IDAHO— S5. 22. 

Mountain  Home,  First,  by  Rev.  F.  W. 
Nash 


CALIFORNIA— $2,048.82. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Ford  : 

Dehesa,  (_h.  and  S.  S.  Rally  $18  00 

De  Luz    2  00 

Mentone,  S.  S.  Rally 3  20 

Ventura 31  75 

S.  S 5  6s 

Villa  Park 6  66 

California   Home  Missionary 

Soc.  by  John  McKee  : 

Antioch 15  00 

Berkeley.  First 10  00 

Campbell,  S.  S 10  40 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 6  00 

Ferndale,  S.  S 5  00 

Green  Valley,  S.  S 2  55 

Kenwood 15  00 

Lewiston,  S.  S 3  45 

Mrs.  E.  E.  White 200 

Little  Shasta g  25 

Lodi 5  55 

Oakland,  Plymouth  Avenue  76  80 

Petaluma 7  go 

Rev.  F.  B.  Perkins 1665 


67  26 


March,    1895 


The   Home  Missionary 


591 


Redwood,  Ch $1105 

S.  S 2  80 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Perkins 5  00 

Sacramento 50  00 

San  Francisco,  Park  Ch 10  10 

S.  S 10  40 

First 2  00 

Plymouth  Ch 15  00 

Rev.  VV.  1).  Williams 5  00 

Stockton.  First 23  50 

C.  M.  Circle  lo  oo 

Edward  Coleman ;oo  00 

830  40 
Woman's     Home     Mission- 
ary   Society,   Mrs.   J.    M. 

Haven,  Treas 855  00 


$1,685  40 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, Mrs.  M.  M.  Smith,  Treas.: 
Los  Angeles,  Younj;  Ladies' 

Miss  y  See.  of  the  First.. $16  45 

A  Friend 6  00 

North  Pasadena 3  00 

Ontario,  S.  S 6  00 

Pasadena,  S.  S.  of  the  First. .  16  00 
Riverside,  S.  S.  of  the  First..  5  25 
Saticoy,  S.  S 481 

Alturas,  by  Rev.  L.  Wallace 

Bethany,  by  Rev.  F.  Watry 

Bloomington,  Rialto,  and  Etiwanda, 
by  Rev.  E.  R.  Brainerd 

Hydesville,  Rohnerville,  and  Alton, 
by  Rev.  W.  Gordon 

Needles,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Henning 

Nordhoff,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Milligan 

Pacific  Grove.  ^Layf^ower  Ch.,  by  Miss 
iVI.  L,  Holman 

Pico  Heights  and  Hyde  Park,  Chs.,by 
Rev.  J.  M.  Schaefie 

Pomona,  Pilgrim  S.  S..by  A.  P.  Nich- 
ols  

Porterville,  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Eckles 

Rocklin,  by    Rev.  E.  D.  Haven 

San  Francisco.  A  Friend 

San  Rafael,  by  Rev.  W.  P.  Hardy. . . . 

Santa  Monica,  by  Rev.  G.  H.  DeKay. 

Wyandotte,  Ch.,  §10.45;  Thermalito, 
$2. 95  ;  Cherokee,  Sio  55  ;  A  Friend, 
5  cts.,  by  Rev.  A.  S.  Parsons 


26  75 
15  00 
42  00 


20 

00 

10 

00 

12 

70 

20 

00 

10 

00 

26 

70 

OREGON     $44.20. 

Astoria,  First,  by  I.  A.  Macrum, 
Treas 

Beaverton  and  Tualitin,  by  Rev.  W. 
Hurlburt 

Forest  Grove,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  Rev.  C. 
F.  Clapp 

Independence,  Miss  C.  Irvine 

Cswego,  bv  Rev.  R.  M.  Jones 

Pleasant  Hill,   Mrs.  E.  Y.  Swift 


WASHINGTON     ?i4i.3i. 

Received  by  Rev.  A.  J.  Bailey  : 

Christopher $2  25 

Green    Lake,    Union   S,   S. 

Rally,     by     Mrs.    W.    D. 

Wood 3  31 

Puyallup,    by    Mrs.    A.    B. 

Gibbs I  50 

Star  Lake 35 

Edison,  by  Rev.  R.    Bushell 

Colfa.N,    i'lymouth,    by    Rev.    H.    P. 

James 

Colville,  by  Rev.  L.  E.  Jesseph 

Fairhaven.   Plvmouth,   by  Rev.  J.  C. 

Wright. .' 

Lake  Park,  Spanaway  Church,  $6.45  ; 

Hillhurst,  $2,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Atkin- 

scm 

Marysville,  by    Rev.  R.  Bushell 

Mima.  S.  S.  Rally,  by  S.  L.  Seward.. 
Pullman.  Ch..  #4.50  ;  V.    P.   S.  C.  E.. 

$5,  by  Rev.  A.  P.   McDonald 

Seattle,  Edgewater,  by  Rev.  J.  T. 
Nichols 

Taylor  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G.  H.  Lee 

South    Bend,    First,    by    Kev.    E.   R. 

Loomis 

Spokane,  Westminster,  by  Rev.  F.  B. 

Cherrington 

Tekoa,  Ch.,  $;=;  ;  S.  S.  Rally.  $6. 10.  by 

Rev.  O.  F.  Thayer 

Wenas  and    Nacliez,  by    Rev.   R.  G. 

Havvn 

Home  Missionakv 


I20 

00 

6 

00 

7 

70 

3 

00 

2 

50 

5 

00 

7  41 
4  00 


38  eo 
1  25 


6 

45 

4 

00 

2 

50 

9 

50 

10 

00 

2 

00 

8 

50 

21 

25 

II 

10 

2 

75 

233 

c8 

§41,194  65 


Do>7ations  of  Clothing,  etc. 


Albany,  N.  Y..  The  Home  Circle,  by 
Miss  Caroline  MacNaughton,  pack- 
age          §2o  00 

First  Ch.,  by  Sara  L.  White,  five  bar- 
rels           275  00 

Baltimore,  Md.,  Ladies'  Soc.,  by  Mrs. 

F.  S.  Brown,  box 25  00 

Barre  Plains.  Mass.,  Mrs.  Wm.  W.  Gla- 
zier, bo.x. 
Biddeford,  Me.,  Pavilion  Ch.,  by  Eliza 

F.  Evans,  barrel. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y,,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of 
Central  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  John  Bliss,  five 

barrels    368  85 

Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  South  Ch.,  by 

Mrs.  C.  Zabriskie.  bo.x 235  11 

Boscawen,  N.  H.,  by  Mrs.  M.  P.  Web- 
ster, four  sacks. 
Bo.xford,  Mass..  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc,  by 

Mrs.  E.  L.  Bradford,  two  barrels. 
Burlington,   Vt.,    Benev.   Soc.  of   First 
Ch.,  by   Mrs.   E.    H.    Powell,   two 

barrels 163  31 

Benev.  Soc.  of  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  E. 
H.  Powell,  clothing  for  distribution        211  08 


Burlington.  Vt.,  College  St.  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 
M.  K.  Bowers,  two  barrels S' 

Chatham,  N.  J.,  Woman's  Miss.  Soc.  of 
Stanley  Ch..  by  Mrs.  Stanley  S.  Cov- 
ert, barrel 

Cheshire,  Conn.,  Ladies"  Aid  Soc.,  by 
Miss  Hattie  E.  Beach,  barrel 

Cornwall  Hollow,  Conn.,  Katharine  M. 
Sedgwick,  barrel. 

Cortland,  N.  Y.,  by  Mrs.  A.  M.  Water- 
bury,  two  barrels 

Darien,  Conn.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Annie 
Brady,  barrel  

Dover,  N.  H..  First  Ch.,  barrel  and  cask        : 
Ladies'    Miss'y   Soc,   by   Mrs.   S.  E. 
Petersen,  barrel 

Exeter,  N.  H.,  Benev.  Soc.  of  First  Ch., 
by  Frances  P.  Dudley,  box 

Falmouth.  Mass.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc 
of  First  Ch.,  by  Eugenia  F.  Hamlin, 
barrel    

Fredericks'Durgh,  Ohio,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
by  Emma  Firestone,  barrel 

Guilford,  Conn.,  First  Ch.,  by  Fred- 
eric E.  Snow,  barrel 


S2  50 
97  28 


>40 

72 

36  66 

25 

42 

93 

00 

36 

71 

84  00 


592 


The   Home   Missionary 


March,   1895 


Hampton.  N.  H.,  Woman's  Miss.   Soc, 

by  Mrs.  Isabel  Shaw   barrel ^31   54 

Hartford.  Conn.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc  of 
Asylum  Hill  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  S.  M.  Ca- 

pron.  bo.\ 193  68 

Henniker,  N.  H.,  Susie  M.  Gutterson, 

bo.x. 
Henrietta,   N.  Y.,  by  Mrs.  D.  W.  Bull, 

four  barrels  (with  cash,  $5.50) 60  50 

Ivoryton.  Conn.,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  J. 
E.  Northrop,  half  barrel  (with  cash, 

$20 1 ...  50  00 

Jacksonville.  111..  W.  H.  M.  S..  by  Miss 
Flora  A.  Smith,  bo.x.  eleven  barrels, 

package,  and  two  carpets 423  40 

Lockport,  111..  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch., 
by   Mrs.    M.    F.    Goodnoh,    box   (and 

cash.  |io)  22  00 

Manchester,  N.  H..  Ladies"  Miss.  Soc. 
by  Mrs.  W.  M.  Furber,  barrel  (vvith 

cash.  $10.75) 56  55 

Manstield,  O.,  W.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch.,  by 

Susan  M.  Sturges.  two  barrels 83  71 

Meriden.    Conn.,    First    Ch..    by   Miss 
Mary  A.  Curtis,  three   barrels  and 

one  hogshead 250  00 

Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  Center  Ch.,  by 
Mrs.  Fannie  Auger,  two  barrels. 
Middletowft.  Conn.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  South 
Ch.,  by  Sarah  P.  L.   Browning,  two 

barrels 135  00 

L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch..  by  Mrs.  A. 

R.  Crittenden,  barrel  93  00 

Montclair,  N.  J.,  Y.  W.  M.  S.  of  First 
Ch  ,  by  Grace  J.  Porter,  two  bar- 
rels       1 29  00 

Montpelier.  Vt..  L.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  J.  V. 

Babcock,  barrel. 
New   Haven,    Conn..    L.    H.   M.    S.,  of 
First  Ch.,  by  Mary  E.  Bennett,  four 

boxes ' 912  70 

United  Ch.,  by  Sarah    E.  Champion. 

box  and  barrel 349  75 

L.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  W.  A.  Hotchkiss. 

bo.x    100  00 

New  London.  Conn..  First  Ch.  of  Christ. 

by  Miss  Alice  Chew,  barrel 82  00 

Newport.  R.  I..  Benev.  Soc.  of  United 
Ch..  by  Eliza  R.  Hammett,  box 98  00 


New    York   City,    Hospital    Book    and 

Newspaper  Soc,  package. 
Norfolk,  Conn..  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  R.  I. 

Crissy.  barrel S166  48 

Omaha,    Neb..    Missionary    Ladies    of 

First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  S.  L.  Wiley,  two 

barrels ••  6867 

Pavson,  111.,  Daniel  E.  Robbins,  barrel 

(with  cash,  $5). 
Pomona,   Cal..    Ladies  of  Pilgrim  Ch., 

by  Mrs.  L.  P.  Frary,  barrel 47  00 

Portland,  Me.,  L.  M.  Circle  of  State  St. 

Ch.,  by  Harriet  N.  Hobsons,  bale 117  90 

Providence.  R.  I..  Benev.  Soc.  of  Union 

Ch..  by  Mrs.  William  Knight,  box  ...         150  00 
Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  Beneficent  Ch., 

by  Mary  S.  E.  Slade,  two  barrels..  158  00 

San  Francisco.  Cal.,    Ladies'  Aid  Soc. 

of  Plymouth  Ch.,  box 84  50 

Spencer,  Mass,  Miss  Sarah  Eaton,  box. 
Springfield.   O.,    L.  H.  M.  S.,  of  First 

Ch.,  four  barrels 100  00 

Springfield.  Mass.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc. 

of  Hope  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  B.  F.  Thomp- 
son, two  barrels 129  10 

St.    Louis,    Mo.,    Ladies'    Aid    Soc.    of 

First   Ch.,  by  Mrs.  G.  S.  Anderson. 

two  barrels 159  75 

Stonington.  Conn.,  Agreement  Hill  W. 

C.  H.  M.  of  First  Ch.,  by  Emma  A. 

Smith,  two  barrels 100  00 

Tavares,  Fla.,  LTnion  Ch..  by  Mrs.  C. 

H .  Newell,  package s  84 

W.    H.    M.    Aux.,  by  Cora   L.   Peet, 
package 3  00 

L.    H.    M.  S.,   by   Marion   L.   Tripp, 

package 2  00 

L'^pper  Montclair.  N.  J,,  Woman's  Miss, 
and  Aid  Soc.  of  Christian  Union, 
Ch.,  by   Miss    Jennie    M.    Phillips, 

two  barrels 160  28 

Warsaw,  N.  Y.,  Ladies'  Soc,  by  Mrs. 

Mary  D.  Jenks.  box 8884 

Wauregan,  Conn..  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc, 

by  Miss  C.  L.  Fellows,  package 32  50 

Winchester.  N.  H.,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs. 

Arline  Atherton.  barrel 46  00 

Woodbridge.    Conn.,     Ladies'     Benev. 

Soc,  by  Mrs.  R.  C.  Newton,  barrel . .  66  45 


AUXILIARY    STATE     RECEIPTS 

NEW    HAMPSHIRE    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts   of  the  New  HampsJii^-e  Home  Missionary  Society  from  N'ovembcr  i,    1894,  to 
February  i.  1S95.      Lyman  D,  Stevkns.    Treasurer 


East  Barrington 

Conway,  Y.'  P.  S.  C.  E.,  %--,  \  Ch.  and 
Soc,  $4.50 

Charlestown.  Ch.  and  Soc.  $4;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Wm.  M.  Holden,  $1 

Webster 

Littleton 

Hollis 

North  Groton 

Chatham 

Hanover,  Cong.  Ch.  in  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege  

Rochester 

Croydon  

South  Merrimack 

Alstead,  Third 

Exeter.  First,  to  const.  Mrs.  Joseph  W. 
Merrill  a  L.  M.  of  C.  H.  M.  S..  $180.19; 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  L.  Hall,  for  C.  H.  M. 


s 

00 

28 

34 

23 

00 

18 

33 

I 

00 

4 

00 

:69 

00 

65 

00 

q 

00 

0 

76 

S..  $1,157  ■  legacy  of  a    Friend,  $200; 

Second.  Ch.  and  Soc.  $191.22 Si. 728  41 

Epsom 7  28 

South  Barnstead 7  12 

Dublin,  legacy  of  Lucy  B.  Richardson.  275  00 

Northwood  Center -. 6  25 

North  Weare 10  28 

New  Hampshire  Cent  Institution 180  25 

Manchester,  First,  to  const.  Mrs.  J.  B. 

Sawyer  and  M.  H.  H.  Dustin  L.  Ms. 

of  C.  H.   M.   S.,  $118.50;   legacy   of 

Abigail  S.  Knowles,  in  part,  $1,000...  1,118  50 

Nashua.  First 80  00 

Chesterfield s  00 

Somersworth,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 52  76 

Stratham,    1^7.65 ;     for    C.    H.    M.    S., 

$6 13  65 

Keene,  First,  $6.06  ;  S.   S.    of  Second, 

$20 26  06 


March,   1895 


The   Plome   Missionary 


59: 


Rye ^25  00 

Chester lo  60 

Rindgc 4  24 

Nelson 18  02 

Marlboro i  00 

East  Alstead.  for  use  at  Stoddard 10  00 

Hampton 8  05 

Dunbarton.  S   S 5  49 

East  Jaffrcy.  lefracy  of  Mersylvia  Hub- 
bard    300  00 

Warner 1 7  00 

Eppinij   21  00 

Lcbr>nc>n 38  00 

Durham 212 

Dover.  First 51  75 

Brentwood 9  00 

Ne\vint;ton 13  07 

Gilmanton.  Mrs.   Mary  E    Hidden.  §10; 

S.  S.  of  Church  and  Soc.,  S2.10 12  10 

Gorham 4  oc 

Campton,     Ch.   and    Soc..    $23.35  •    A 

Friend.  $3 26  35 

Seabrook    and    Hampton   Falls,   Boys" 


and  Girls"  Home  Miss.   Soc.  of  First 

Evan.  Ch $6  00 

Gilsum,  Ch.   and   Soc,   $26.98 :    S.    S.. 

$1.92 28  QO 

Kingston 1055 

Langdon i  00 

Cornish,  Income  of  Sarah  W.  Westgate 

fund ■. . .  24  29 

Candia,   Ch.  and  Soc,  $5;  S.  S.,  for  C. 

H.  M.  S.,  $5 • 

Lee 

Greenfield,  Union,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Alton 

East  Concord,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Plymouth,  S.  S,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Salem 

Hampslead 

Center  Ossipee,  $7.80;  S.  S..  for  C.  H. 

M.  S..  S7.92 

Raymond 

Concord.  Swedish  Cong.  Miss.  Soc 

Tilton.  $44  75  :  S.  S.  and  Ch.  and   Soc, 

$58.50  ;  S.  S.  Class,  §3.04- . .   106  29 


10 

00 

10 

00 

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4 
6 

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5 

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8 

00 
60 

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72 

10 

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50 

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MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 


J^ea'ipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  January, 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Palmer.    Treasurer 


1895. 


Abington.  First,  by  E.  M.  Nash $8  48 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  E.  M.  Nash    10  00 

Acton.    Mrs.    Snow,    by   Rev.   Bernard 

Copping 200 

Amherst.     First.   Y.    P.   S.    C.    E..    by 

Bertha  K.  Pierce 7  00 

Second,  by  Herbert  Sabin 9  00 

S.  S.,  by  Miss  Nellie  Curtis 3  34 

Andover.  A'  I'ricnd,  for  Rev.  Dr.  Schauf- 

tler's  work 10  00 

West,  by  F.  S.  Boutwell 52  96 

Arlington,  by  Pliny  B.  Fiske  103  73 

Bank  Balances.  Interest  on 18  15 

Barre.  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Gaylord.  to  const. 
J.  A.  Carruth.  J.  B.  Colby,  and  Mrs. 

Clara  Greene  L.  Ms.  of  C.  H.  M.  S. ..  147  27 
Bedford.  Church  of  Christ.  Loomis.  E. 

G..  by  Rev.  Edwin  Smith 200  00 

Boston.  Dorchester.  Pilgrim,  by  W.  S. 

Brown 8550 

Second,    by   Miss    E.   Tolman.   tor 

Armenian  work 10  00 

Barry.  J.  L..  by  Miss  E.  Tolman.  ic  00 
E.  C.  a  Day  Band,  by  Miss  E.   F. 

Merrill 20  00 

S.  S.  Class,  by  Miss  E.  L.  Tolman  3  43 
Hitchcock.  Rev.  M.  H.,  advanced  for 

Armenian  work 7  50 

Mt.  Vernon.  A  Member 500 

Old  South,  by  Joseph  H.  Gray,  add'l.  751  00 

Park  St.,  by  E.  H.  McGuire,  add'l 102  50 

Ro.xbury,   Eliot,    by  A.  McLean  and 

others 17500 

Highland,  by  John  W.  Hall 17  85 

Immanuel.  by  Francis  J.  Ward 119  75 

Walnut  .Ave.,  by  F.  O.  Whitney 165  10 

For  local  Arm.  work 25  00 

Sanford.  Mrs.  L.  C 3  00 

Shawmut.  by  D.  E.  Partridge 150  00 

By  D.    E.    Partridge,   special,    for 

Johnsonville.  0 10  00 

Union,  by  Wm.  H.  White 203  69 

Bo.xboro.   by  .\.  W,  Wetherbee   ($8  of 

wh  is  Taft  thank-offering  1 31  00 

Bradford.  First,  by  S.  W.  Carleton 50  02 

Brimfield.  Second,  by  Geo.  M.  Hitchcock  "  8  43 

Brookfield.  by  J.  W.  Grover 11  09 

Cambridge.  No.  Ave.,  add'l,  by  Edwin 

F.  Fobes 55  19 


Cambridgeport,  Pilgrim,  by  W.  H.Hol- 

brook  ($20  of  which  special  coll  ). . .        $55  36 

R   L.  S 75  00 

Charities,  for  Starving  in  Nebraska i  00 

Chelsea,  A  Friend.  "•  R," 100 

Central.  Soc.  of    Women  Workers,  by 

Mrs.  I.  C.  Flagg 25  50 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Susie  E.  Bigelow, 

special 4  00 

Chester.  N.  H..  Anonymous ...  2  00 

Cummington,  by  Rev.  J.   W.  Strout...  27  00 

Dalton,  Crane.  Clara  L.  (with  gifts  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Zenas  M.  Crane),  to 
const.  Carrie  F.Brown. Mrs. Cornelia 
A.  Brown.  Flora  L.  Cobban.  Mrs. 
D.  W.  Maynard.  Mrs.  J.  E.  Milner. 
Daniel  J.  Wyland.  Justus  M.  Stearns, 
Mrs.  Lydia  D.  Sturgris.  Mrs.  H.  E. 
White.  Geo. N.Perkins,  Mrs. William 
Cooper.  Mrs.  Grace  Flansburgh, 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Fuller.  Mrs.  H.  P.  Kit- 
tredge,  and  Mrs.  Harlem  Lawrence 

L.  Ms.  of  C.  H.  M.  S 30000 

Crane.  Mary  E..  Mrs.,  to  const.  Mrs. 
Charles  Lathrop,  Mrs.  Charles  F. 
Slater,  Mrs,  W.  B,  Warren,  and 
Mrs.  H.  Toole  L.  Ms.  of  CH.  M.S.        20000 

Crane,  W.  M 250  00 

Crane,  Zenas  M.  (see  under  Clara  L).        250  00 
Crane,    Mrs.    Zenas    M.    (see   under 

Clara  L.  1 300  00 

Dedham.  "  Freight.""  special 2  00 

Deertield.  by  Rev.  E.  N.  Munroe 5  86 

Douglas.  East,  by  T.  H.  Meek 364' 

Easthampton.  Payson.  S.  S..  by  John  T. 

Lyman 50  00 

Enfield,  by  L.  D.  Potter 6229 

Exeter,  N.   H.,  Xenophon.  special,  for 

Rev.  Dr.  Schauffler's  work 10  00 

Fall  River.  First,  by  E.  S.  Thayer 202  67 

S.  S  .  by  Harrj-  H.  Hale '5  00 

French  Prot  .  by  Rev.  J.  Allard u  13 

Falmouth.  North,  by  Ward  Eldred 25  66 

Fitchburg.  C.  C,  Friends 25  00 

Rollstone.  by  David  Salmond.  to 
const.  John  E.  C.  Powers.  Mrs. 
M.    M.    Harrington,    and    J.    May 

Gould  L.  Ms 9650 

Swede,  Evang.,  by  Carl  J.  Hokansen.  10  00 


594 


The   Home   Missionary 


March,   1895 


Foxboro,  Phelps,  Mary  N.,  for  C.  H. 
M.  S S50  00 

Framingham.     South,      Emrich,     Rev. 

F.  E.,  for  Nebraska  Sufferers 25  00 

Plymouth,  by  John  H.  Temple 56  20 

Gardner.  First,  by  F.  A.  Turney 90  00 

Gloucester,  Trinity,  by  Joseph  O. 
Procter 14476 

Granby,  Cook,  S.  M.,  to  const.  Mrs. 
Geo.  Eastman  a  L.  M.  of  C.  H.  M.S..  50  00 

Granville,  West,  by  Rev.  T,  S.  Robie..  5  00 

Groutville,  So.  Africa,   Bigelow.  .Agnes 

M.,  by  Annie  F.  Co.\,  forC.  H.  M.  S.. .  lo  00 

Hadley,  First,  by  J.  N.  Pierce  54  68 

Hampden  Benevolent  Association,  by 
Geo.  R.  Bond,  Treas. : 

Chicopee.  Second $22  41 

Ludlow,  First 18  29 

South  Hadley  Falls 12  04 

Springrtield,  Olivet 58  00 

West  Springfield.  First,  special, 
for  Rev.  Geo.  W.  Reed.  Ft. 

Yates,  No.  Dak 10  00 

Mittineague 14  32  • 

135  06 

Hardwick,  Gilbcrtvillc,  by  A.  H.  Rich- 
ardson   1644 

Harvard,  by  J.  W.  Bacon 13  00 

Haverhill,  West,  by  Walter  F.  Poore. . .  12  00 

Special,  for  French  Protestant  College, 

by  W.  F.  Poore i  00 

Extra  Collection,  by  Mrs.  H.  B.  Lowell  4  30 

S.  S.,  by  Henry  A.  Poore 20  37 

Hopkinton,  First.  Primary  Class  in  S. 
S.,  birthday  offering,  by  Mrs.  S.  I. 
Valentine 5  00 

Hyde  Park,  Clarendon  Hills  S.  S.,  by 
J.  H.  Day    4  75 

Ipswich,  First,  by  N.  R.  Farley 57  27 

South,  by  Rev.  T.  F.  Waters ^o  00 

Jessup,  C  A.,  fund.  Income  of     150  00 

Lancaster,  Evan.,  Ladies'  Benevolent 
Circle,  by  Harriet  A.  Keyes 10  00 

Lawrence,  Lawrence  St.,  by  C.  K.  Pills- 
bury 60  00 

Leicester,  First,  by  J.  C.  Watson ^63  79 

Leominster,  North.  Estate  of  Leonard 
Burrage  (remnant),  by  M.  D.  Haws, 
ex'r I  13 

Lexington,  Hancock,  by  W.  W.  Baker..  28  51 

Lincoln,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  M.  C. 
Flint,  add'l 300 

Lowell,  First,  bv  Joseph  W.  Griffin,  for 

C.  H.  M.  S....' 41  00 

Kirk  St.,  by  A.  L.  Thompson 3050 

Swede  Ch  .  by  Nils  O.  Dellgren 3  68 

Maine,  A  Friend    2  50 

Maiden,  Linden,  S.  A.  D 2  00 

Maplewcod.  by  Thomas  Rushton,  Jr.  4  02 

Marblehead,  First,  by  N.  P.  Sanborn,  to 
const.  Jane  H.  Stacey  and  Hannah 
Atkins  L.  Ms 61  00 

Marshfield.    First,    add'l,   by    Rev.    E. 

Alden i  00 

North,  H.  M.  Rally,  by  Agnes  L.  Shu- 
man  375 

Medway,  West,  Second,  by  A.  G.  Par- 
tridge   1400 

Melrose,  Orth..  by  C.  C.  Goss     .    '  '5  89 

Natick,  First,  by  R.  H.  Randall,  L.  Ms. 
to  be  named 300  00 

Newbury,  Saunders,  Miss  H.  N.,  by 
Rev.  W.  W.  Taylor 2  00 

Newton,  Eliot,  by  F.  C.  Partridge 192  38 

West,  First,  by  J.  E.  Rockwood 206  67 

Second,  by  J.  J.  Eddy 85  83 

Northampton,  Bodman,  Mrs.  Luther, 
Estate  of,  in  fulfillment  of  parental 
wish,   by  four  children.  Miss  C.  P. 

Bodman,  agent 500  00 

Edwards,    Benevolent  Society,  by  S. 

D.  Drury 96  00 

First,  by  J.  H.  Searle 272  58 


Northbridge,  Whitinsville.  E.  C.  a  Day 

Band,  by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Whitin 

North    Brookfield,    First,    by    John    S. 

Cooke 

Northfield,  District  No.  6  meetings,  by 
C.  L.  Robbins 

East,  A  Member 

Norwood,  First,  by  Edsen  D.  Smith  . . . 
Orange,  North,  by  Maria  L.  C.  Blodgett 
Oxford,  by   Rev.  H.  E.  Bradstreet  and 

others,    to  const.   Erlunia   Smith  and 

EllaC.  Ball  L.  Ms 

Peabody,  South,  by  Benj.  N   Moore, , , . 

Peppertll,  by  Charles  Crosby 

Phillipston,  by  Mrs.  T.  H.  Chaffin 

Plympton.  Parker.  Mrs.  Hannah  S 

Prague,  Bohemia,  Porter.  Rev.  John  S., 

by  L.  S.  Ward,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Reading,  Special  Collection,  by  S.  G.  B. 

Pearson 

Reed.  Dwight.  fund.  Income  of    

Rockland,  by  Will  A.  Clark 

Rowley,  Ladies'  Benevolent  Society,  by 

Nellie  F.  Jackson 

Salem.  South,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Brodie,  for 

C.  H.  M.  S 

Samokov.  Bulgaria.  Clark,  Mrs.  Isabella 

G.  D.,  Estate  of,  by  Miss  F.  H.  Ayer, 

forC.  H.  M.  S 

Somerville,  East,  Howard,  Mrs.  Henry. 
Southboro,   Pilgrim.   Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by 

Miss  Emma  A.  Davis 

Southbridge.  by  Edwin  S.  Swift 

Svvampscott,  First,  by  Rev.  George  A. 

Jackson,    to   const.     Carrie    Bradford 

Millett  a  L.  M 

Tolland,  by  Rev.  T.  S.  Robie 

Truro,  First.  Ch.  and  S.S..  by  John  B. 

Dyer 

Waltham,  Trin..  by  T.  W.  Temple 

Warren,  by  H.  S.  H"we 

Wellesley  Hills,  by  L.  V.  N.  Peck 

Wendell,  by  Andrew  Baker 

Wenham,  by  Mrs.  M.  F.  Richards 

West  Brookfield.  by  A.  G.  Blodgett.  to 
const.  Miss  Lilian   Barnes  a  L.  M. 

S.  S.,  Class  of    Marv  P.    Foster,  for 

Rev.  R.  W.  Fletcher 

Class  cf  Nellie   E.  Foster,  for  Rev. 

I.  R.  Prior 

W^estport.  Pacific  Union  S.  S.,  by  J.  C. 

Macomber 

Weymouth.  North,    Pilgrim,    by   S.  G. 

Rockwood 

Whitin,  J.  C,  fund.  Income  of 

Williamsburg,   S.    S.  Rally,  by   H.  W. 

Hill 

Williamstovvn,  Carter.  Franklin,  LL.D. 

First,  by  Charles  S,  Cole 

Winchester,    First,   by   Eben   Caldwell 

(with  $189,06  on  foreign  acct,) 

Woburn,  First,  by  F,  H,  Richardson,,. 

Worcester.  Hope,  add'l,  by  Mrs.  Emma 

G,  Hall 

Piedmont,  by  Charles  F.  Marble 

Pilgrim,  by  A.  H.  Knight 

Salem  St.,  by  Lewis  C.  Muzzy,  for  C. 
H.  M.  S 

Union,  by  C.  B.  Greene   

E.  C.  a  Day  Band,  by  C.  B,  G..  for 

Mrs.  H.  T.  Boardman 

Yarmouth,  First,  by  E    D.  Payne,  w.  p. 

g.  to  const.  R.  W.  Marston,   Mrs.  E. 

L.  Marsh,  and  Wm.  H.  Matthews  L. 

Ms 


»I7  42 
43   72 


145  00 

8  92 

8  89 

2  00 

5  CO 

16  91 

90  00 

40    CO 

12    00 

250    00 


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33  59 


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19  97 

206  q6 

41  81 

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180 

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6  76 


Ho.ME  Missionary. 


^10,046  76 
27  00 


$10,073  76 
\Erratum  :  In  June  Home  Missionary,  page  97, 
third  line,    under   Boston,    for   "  Boylston  "  read 
'■  Brighton."] 


March,    1895 


The   Home   Missionary 


595 


Doniitio>is   of  Clo/Ziiiti^,    e/c,    received  and  reported  at  tlie   rooms  of  the   Woman's  Home 
Missionary  Association  in  January,   iS(_)5.      Mrs.    I,(juise   A.    Ki;i.L(k;(;,  Secretary, 


Bostiin,  Mt.  Vernon.  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 
M.  Wc'ob  Reed,  two  barrels  ..    ... 

Old  South ,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  W.  B. 
Garritt.  barrel 

Shawmut.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  VV.  A. 
Richards,  barrel 

Union,  Yount;  Ladies,  by  Miss  Marion 

Gay,  barrel 

Brighton,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Kecne,  box. 
Brockton.  First  Ch..  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 

Mrs.  Ada  L.  Whitney,  barrel 

Brooktield.  Ladies"  Bencv.  Soc.,by  Mrs. 

EllaC.  In^ralls,  barrel 

Cambridfje,    North    Ave.    Ch.,   Ladies' 

Benev.  Soc,  by   Mrs.  Sarah  B.  Hill, 

two  barrels 

Danvers     Center,    First    Ch..    Ladies' 

Benev.  Soc.,  by  Miss  Sarah  W.  Mudge. 

barrel 

Granby,   Ladies'   Benev.   Soc.,  by  Mrs. 

Maude  I.  D.  Clark,  barrel 

Holyoke,  Second   Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 

E.  C.  Weiser.  bo.K 

Lee,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Wm.  May,  barrel. 
Lowell,  Kirk  St.  Ch.,  Ladies'  Au.x.,  by 

Mrs.  Adiline  VV.  Paterson,  bo.x 

Lynn.  North  Ch.,  H.  M.   Soc,  by  Mrs. 

W.  F.  Haskell,  barrel 

Maiden,   Ladies'    Au.x.,  by    Mrs.    L.  C. 

Tilton,  barrel    

Newburyport,  North  Ch.,  Powell  Mis- 
sion Circle,  by  Mrs.  K.  B.   Anderson, 

barrel   

Newburyport,  Prospect   St.  Ch..,  H.  I\L 


:54 

C7 

36 

44 

75 

00 

118 

38 

33 

00 

25 

00 

51 

70 

156  35 


84  36 

37 

00 

102 
96 

37 
15 

130 

00 

75 

00 

59 

65 

Soc,   by    Miss  A.    S.    Edwards,   cash 

$22,  and  two  barrels §'5°  <55 

Newton   Center,  Ladies'  Aid   Soc,  by 

Mrs.  A.  L.  Harwood,  barrel 92  42 

North    Brookfield,    First    Ch.,  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E.,  by  Clara    E.  Cr.iwford,  barrel.  75  00 

Peabody,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.   Mary 

E.  Trask.  barrel '37  55 

Plymouth,  Ch.  of  the  Pilgrimage,  H.  M. 

Soc,  by  Mrs.  J.  W.  Cooper,  cash  $15, 

and  barrel 108  12 

Providence,  R.  L,  Central  Ch.,  Ladies' 

Au.x.,  by  Mrs.  Harriet  E.  Stockwell. 

bo.x go  II 

Providence,  R,   I  ,   Union  Ch.,  Ladies' 

Aux.,  by  Miss  Anna  Williams,  box...  216  35 
South    Framingham.    Ladies'   Aux..  by 

Mrs.  G.  H.  Hooker,  box  and  barrel..  107  oa 
Spencer,   Ladies'   Aux.,  by   Mrs.  E.  E. 

Stone,  barrel 95  05 

Springfield,   Memorial  Ch.,  Ladies'  H. 

M.  Soc,  by  Mrs.  B.  F.  Peirce,  two  bar- 
rels         13838 

Stockbridge,    Ladies'   H.    M.    Soc,  by 

Mrs.  Marshall  Warner,  barrel 47  62 

Waltham.  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc,  by  Mrs. 

Sarah  J.  Luce,  barrel 63  70 

Ware,  East  Cong.  Ch.,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Taylor,  barrel   62  80 

Winchester,  Mission  Union,  by  Mrs.  C. 

E.  Kendall,  barrel 66  02 


$2,831  II 


MISSIONARY    SOCIETY    OF    CONNECTICUT 

Receipts  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  in  January,  1895.      Ward  W.  J.vcobs, 

Treasurer 


Andover.  by  Rev.  G.  A.  Curtis 

Barkhamsted.  by  Wallace  Case 

Bristol,  by  L.  G.  Merick 

East  Windsor,   First,  by   Rev.  William 

F.  English    

Enfield,  by  Frederick  A.  King 

■•  A  Friend  of  Missions  "" 

Greenwich,    North    Greenwich,    by    B. 

Close   •. 

Hartford.  First,  Homer  Blanchard.  per- 
sonal   

Fourth,  by  C.  E.  Miller 

Asylum  Hill,  by  Charles  E.  Thomp- 
son   

Killinglv.    Danielsonville,    b)'    Charles 

Phillips 

ForC.  H.  M.  S 

Killingworth,  by  N.  H.  Evarts 

Lyme,  by  Rev.  E.  F.  Burr 

Meriden,  First.  S.  S..  by  W.  H.  Squire. . 

Montville.  by  Henry  A.  Baker 

New  Britain.  First,  by  A.  N.  Lewis 

South,  by  William  H.  Hart,  to  const. 
E.  Allen  Moore,  John  H.  Kirkham, 
Mrs.  Melissa  B.  Wood,  and  Mrs. 
Charlotte   R,   Dunham,   all  of  New 

Britain.  L.  Ms  

New  London.  First,  by  H.  C.  Learned. 
Norfolk,  by  J.  N.  Cowles 


»9  35 

8  95 

25  oo 

12  69 
20  00 
20  00 


20  00 

8  90 

3S9  72 

46  17 
58  52 
II  00 

57  76 
15  oo 
8  50 
22  03 


202  22 
48  76 
181  09 


North  Haven,  Ladies"  Benevolent  Soci- 
ety, by  Mary  Wyllys  Eliot $28 

Norwich,  First,  by  Lewis  A.  Hyde 121 

Old  Lyme,  by  William  F.  Coult 16 

Orange,  by  S.  D.  Woodruff 9 

Plymouth,  First,  by  George  Langdon..  10 
Ridgefield.  by   John   F.  Holmes,  for  C. 

H.  M.  S  35 

Salisbury,  by  T.  F.  Dexter 112 

Thompson,  by  George  S.  Crosby 21. 

For  C.  H.  M.  S 21 

West  Hartford,  by  E.  S.  Elmer 5 

Anson  Chappell.  personal 10 

Mrs.  Hannah  E.  Town,  personal 3 

Estate  of  Abigail  P.  Talcott.  by  S.  A. 

Griswold.  Trustee,  for  C.  H.  M.  S..  73 

Wetherstield,  by  S, F.  Willard i 

Winchester,  by  E.  B.  Bronson 17 

Windsor,  by  .S.  H,  Barber,  for  C.  H.  M. 
S  .  to  const.  William  H.  Harvey,  of 

Windsor,  a  L.  M 64 

S.  S..  for  C.  H.  M.  S 25 

Woodbury,  by  J.  H.  Linsley 10 


Si,7'J6  86 


Waterbury,  Second,  '•  Ladies,""  box  and 
cash $115  16 


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ILLINOIS     HOME     MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 


jReceipts  of  the   Illinois  Ho7ne  Mis';ionary  Society  in  January,  1-895. 

Treasurer 


Aaron  B.  Mead, 


Albion,  First.  Rev.  F.  B.  Hines 

Austin,  Junior  Endeavor  Society 

Batavia,  Mrs.  L.  C.  Paterson 

Mrs.  Lucy  C.  Bull 

Big^  Rock 

Bowen 

Brirnfield 

•Chicago,  Union  Pari<\  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. . . . 

Warren  Avenue,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Denver,  St.  Albans 

Dover 

Elgin,  First 

Galesburg,  First 

First  Congregational 

Geneseo 

Granville 

Hindsdale 

Ivanhoe,  ( Y.  P.  S,  C.  E.,  $2.201 

Lacon 

Morgan  Park • 

Morton 

Naperville,  ( S.  School  $2.001 

R.  H.  Dickinson 

Normal.  First , 

Oak  Park,  Clarence  S.  Pellet 

Plainfield 


12 

so 

2 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

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15 
8 

5° 
00 

10 

00 

10 

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7 

29 
36 

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65 
58 

24 

6q 
86 

70 

27 
88 

21 

84 

10 

00 

12 

77 

14 
29 

50 
88 

7 

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.3 

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.S 

00 

10 

CO 

10 

00 

40 

00 

Ridgeland $26  67 

Roseville,  S.  School 3  52 

Shirland,  S.  School 4  77 

Thawville 361 

Woman's  Home  Missionary  Union  : 

Chicago,  New  England $  25  00 

Covenant 4  00 

Pilgrim 30  00 

Pilgrim.  German 5  00 

Geneseo,  Mrs.  P.  Huntington.         5  00 

Godfrey 7  00 

Metropolis  i  14 

Rockford,  Second 28  00 

Winnetka 754 

112  68 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred. Stephens,  Kankakee.  3  10 

Edgewood 5°  40 

Proceeds  sale  of  Brighton  church  build- 
ing    500  00 


MICHIGAN    CONGREGATIONAL    ASSOCIATION 

Receipts  of  the  Michigan  Congregational  Association  in   January,  1895.      Rev.  John  P. 

Sanderson,   7'reastirer 


Ada.  First $370 

Armada.  S.  S   1920 

Bridgman 8  00 

Cadillac 26  69 

Cedar  Springs 35  00 

Chassell 17  84 

Clinton,  S.  S 4  00 

Custer 200 

Detroit,  Fort  St.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Jr 5  00 

East  Fulton 1656 

East  Nelson 2  50 

East  Paris 5  14 

Gaylord 1 1  00 

Gladstone 8  00 

Grand  Rapids,  First 150  00 

Grand  Rapids,  Second 29  00 

Harrison 4  70 

S.S 3  II 

Hersey 7  00 

Howard  City 857 

Jackson.  First 164  40 

Jackson .  Plymouth 6  co 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E S  00 

Lament 1925 

Lansing.  Plymouth 10  00 

Pilgrim 20  58 

Lawrence 7  00 

Mancelona  31  75 

Middleville 3000 

Nahma , i  92 

Old  Mission 2  75 


Port  Huron,  S.  S 

Pine  Grove   

Rapid  River 

St.  Ignace 

St.  Jacques 

St.  Johns,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Stanton ; 

Y.P.  S.  C.  E,  Jr 

Trout  Creek 

Vestaburg 

Whittaker 

Williamston 

Rev.  J.  Vincent,  Tecumseh   

N.    B.   West,    Allegan,   to   const.    Miss 

Kate  Hudson  and  Miss  Ruth  Packard, 

both  of  Allegan,  L.  Ms.    of  the  C.  H. 

M.S 

Pulpit  Supply 

A-Uonymous 

W.  H.  M.   U.,  of  Michigan,  by  Mrs.  E. 

F.  Grabill,  Treas 


Fso 

00 

6 

20 

5 

06 

08 

77 

25 

50 

59  03 

2 

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I 

00 

52 

6 

00 

I 

20 

10 

00 

[OO 

00 

6 

30 

DONATIONS   OF   CLOTHING 


Saginaw,  i  bo.x , 
Vernon,      "     , , 


150  00 
S3  00 


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Receipts   of   W.   H.    M.    U.   of  Michigan,  as  ac- 
knowledged by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Trcas.: 


Allendale.  W.  H.  M.  S 

Breckenridpe.  W.  H.  M.  S 

Ceresco,  L.  M.  S 

Cooper,  Mrs.  O.  C.  Walker 

Detroit,  W.  A.,  First  Ch 

VV.  v..  Woodward  Ave.  Ch.  ... 
Grand  Rapids,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  Park 

Greenville,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Highland   Station,  W.  H.  M.  U... 

Homestead,  W.  H.  M.  U 

Hopkins.  First,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Ithaca.  Mrs.  S.  J.  Thoenon 

Kalamazoo,    W.    H.    M.    U., 

pledges $51  29 

Thank-offering 14  28 


Litchfield.  L.  M.  S 

Muskegon.  W.  H.  M.  S  .  First  Ch... 

Napoleon,  Mrs.  O.  F.  Colgrove 

Saginaw,  W.  Asso 


$10  00 
2  50 

q  Si 

25  00 

'So  00 

50  00 

23   40 

5  31 
5  00 
5  00 
10  00 
I  00 


65  57 


7  72 

IS  00 

10  00 

100  00 


St.  John's,  W.  Asso 

South  Lake  Linden,  W.  Asso. 

Stanton,  W    H.  M.  U 

Three  Oaks,  W.  H.  M.  U 

Tipton,  L    M.  S 

Webster,  W.  H.  M.  S 


VOU.N'C;  PEOI'LE  S  WOKK 

Addison.   "  The   Armor  Bear- 
ers "  of  S.  S   $1  00 

Allegan.  Jun.  C.  E.  S i  00 

Ann  Arbor,  S.  S.  Miss.  Soc, . .  10  00 

Bcnzonia,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Cheboygan,   S.  S.,  Christmas 

offering 10  00 

Detroit.  S.  S.  of  First  Ch 41  50 

South  Haven,  Y.  P.  S.  C  E. . .  5  00 


5  °o 
22  07 

6  00 


WOMAN'S     STATE     HOME     MISSIONARY 
ORGANIZATIONS 

OFFICERS 


I.  NEW    HAMPSHIRE 
FEMALE   CENT    INSTITUTION 

Organized  Augrust,  1804 

and 

HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  June.  1890 


President,   Mrs.  Cyrus  Sargeant.  Plymouth. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  John  T.  Perry.  E.xeter. 
Treasurer.  Miss  Annie  A.   McFarland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 


3.   ALABAMA 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  March,  1877 

Reorganized  April,  1S89 

President,  Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews,  Talladega. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  S.  Jackson.  Montgomery. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Silsby,  Talladega. 


4.   MASSACHUSETTS    AND    RHODE 
ISLAND  * 


2.   MINNESOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  September.  1872 


Presidftit,    Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols.  230  E.  9th 

St..  St.  Paul. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  A.   P.   Lyon.   17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E..  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner.  Norihfield. 


WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 

Organized  February.  1880 


Presidetit,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell,  The  Rochdale. 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Mrs  Louise  A.  Kellogg.  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Annie  C.  Bridgman.  32  Congre- 
gational House,  Boston. 


*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  list  as  a  State  body  for  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
Island,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


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5.   MAINE 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   AUXILIARY 

Organized  June,  i88<) 

President,   Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary.  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Denio,  i68  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 

Treasurer. "^Im.  Rose  M.Crosby.  26  Grove  St., 
Bangor. 

6.   MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1881 

President,  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane.  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave..  Detroit. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield.  301  Elm  St..  Kala 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 

7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  October.  1881 

President,   Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  George  L.  Epps.  Topeka. 
Treasurer .  Mrs.  D.  D.  DeLong.  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May.  1882 

President,   Mrs.  Sydney  Strong.  Lane   Seminary 

Campus,  Cincinnati. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  J.   W.   Moore,  836  Hough  Ave., 

Cleveland. 
Treasurer .  Mrs.  George   B.    Brown.  2116  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 


II.  NORTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1883 

President,    Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland,  Caledonia. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Harwood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 

12.   OREGON 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

President,   Mrs.  F.  Eggert.  The  Hill,  Portland. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell.  Oregon  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs   W.  D.  Palmer,    546  3d   St.,   Po-t- 
land. 

13.  'WASHINGTON 

Including  Northern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  July,  1S84 

Reorganized  June,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  A.  J.  Bailey.  323   Blanchard   St., 

Seattle 
Secretary.   Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer.  Mrs  J.  W.  George,  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 


14.   SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  September.  1884 

President,   .Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins,  Ashton, 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall,  Huron. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilco.x,  Huron. 


9.  NE'W    YORK 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  October,  18S3 

President,   Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave. 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,  Mrs.   Wm.  Spalding,  511   Orange  St. 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   J.   J.   Pearsall,    230   Macon    St. 

Brooklyn. 

10.  'WISCONSIN 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 


Organized  October,  1883 

President.  Mrs.  E.  G.  XTpdike,  Madison, 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
Treasurer,  Mrs,  C,  M,  Blackman,  Whitewater, 


15.  CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  January,  1885 

President,   Miss  Ellen  R,  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Secretary.    Mrs.   C.   T,    Millard,    36    Lewis    St., 

Hartford. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.    W.    W.    Jacobs,    19   Spring    St., 

Hartford. 


16.   MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    E.    C.    Ellis,   2456   Tracy   Ave., 

Kansas  City, 
Treastirer,yix<i,.  K.  L.  Mills,  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 


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17.   ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Orfjanizcd  May,  1885 


24.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY    UNION 

Orjfanized  June,  1888 


President,   Mrs.  Isaac  Claflin,  Lombard.  President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro. 

Secretary,   Mrs.   C.   H.  Taintor,   151  Washington  Secretary,   Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine.  Windsor. 

St..  Chicago.  Treasjirer,  Mrs.    Win.    P.    Fairbanks,    St.   Johns- 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field.  Wilmette.  bury. 


WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  June,  1886 

President,   Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass.  Grinnell. 
Secretary.    Mrs.    H.  H.  Rubbins.  Grinnell. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Belle  L.  Bcntley,  300  Court  Ave., 
Des  Moines. 


25.  COLORADO 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  B.  C.  Valentine,  Highlands. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Box  508.  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Horace  Sanderson, 1710  i6tn  Ave., 
Denver. 


19.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 
Organized  October,  1S87. 

President,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  572  12th  St.,  Oak- 
land. 

Secret.iry,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Howard,  911  Grove  St., 
Oakland. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St.. 
Oakland. 

20.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1SS7 

President.  Mrs.   J      T.    Duryea,     2402    Cass    St.. 

Omaha. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  H.  Bross.  2904  Q  St.,  Lincoln. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.    Powell.  30th  &   Ohio  Sts.. 

Omaha. 

21.   FLORIDA 

WO.MAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February,  1S88 

President,   Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale.  Jacksonville. 
.Secretary,   Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows.  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown.  Interlachen. 


26    'WYOMING 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

Reorganized  December.  1892 

President.    Mrs.  G.  S-.  Ricker,  Cheyenne. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple.  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smith,  Rock  Springs. 

27.  GEORGIA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  November.  1888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St..  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

28.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  April.  1889 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris.  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary.   Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treas?erer,  Mrs.  L.  H.  Turner,  3112  12th  St.,  Me 
ridian. 


22.   INDIANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   .MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May.  1888 

President,   Mrs.  E.  C.  Bell.  221    Christian  Ave.. 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary.    Mrs.   VV.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   F.  E.    Dewhurst,    28   Christian 
.Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

23     SOUTHERN   CALIFORNIA 
WOMAN'S    HO.ME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  18S8 

President.    Mrs.    W.   J.    Washburn,   510  Downey 

Ave..  Los  .Angeles. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  P.  J.  Colcord.  Claremont. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Public  I-ibrary, 

Riverside. 


29.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1889 

President,    Miss  Bella  Hume,  corner  Gasquet  and 

Liberty  Sts..  New  Orleans. 
Secretary.    Miss  Matilda  Cabrfere.  New  Orleans. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 

30     ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY,   AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY    UNION   OF   THE 

CENTRAL  SOUTH  ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore.  Bo.x  8,  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville.  Tenn. 

Sec7-etary,  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith,  304  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooga.  Tenn. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Moreland,  1214  Grundy  St., 
Nashville.  Tenn. 


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31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1889 

J'restdent,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman,  Dudley. 
Secretary     J 

and        vMiss  A.  E.  Farrington,   High  Point. 
Treasurer,  \ 

32,  TEXAS 

WOMAN'S   HO.ME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  March,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin,  Dallas. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Bo.x  563.  Dallas. 
Treaszirer,yir%.   C.    I.    Scotield,    Lock    Box   220, 
Dallas. 

33.  MONTANA 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  1890 

President,   Mns.  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,   410  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones,  Livingston. 


37.   UTAH 

In'Cluding  Southern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1891 

Reorganized  December.  1892 

President,    Mrs.    Clarence  T.    Brown.  Salt   Lake 

City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.   Hawkes,  135  Si.\th  St.,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett.  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Ida/to.  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  Pocatello. 


38.   INDIAN    TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1892 

President.  Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd,  Vinita. 
Secretary.  Miss  Louise  Graper.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 


39.   NEVADA 


34.   PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 

President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  274  Manhattan  St., 
Allegheny. 

Secretary,    Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennie.  Ridgway. 

Treasjirer,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones.  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 

35.   OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Parker.  King^fisher. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt.  Guthrie. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Hammer,  Oklahoma  City. 


-    WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  October,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
Secretary.    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 


40.   NEW   MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  Novem'oer,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuquerque. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  E.  W.  Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St. 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bullock,  Albuquerque. 


36.   NE'W  JERSEY 
Including  District  of  Columbia,  Maryland, 

AND    ViRCINI.A 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 

THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION 

Organized  March,  i8gi 

President,    Mrs.  A.  H   Bradford,  Montclair. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weeden,  Upper  Mont- 
clair. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150  Belleville  Ave., 
Newark. 


41.   BLACK  HILLS,  SO.   DAKOTA 

BLACK    HILLS    WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY 
UNION 

Organized  October.  1893 

President.   Mrs.  J.  B.  Gossage.  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills.  South  Dakota. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    H.    H.   Gilchrist.   Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills.  South  Dakota. 
Treastirer,  Miss     Grace     Lyman.    Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Field  Secretaries 

Rev.  W.  G.  PuDDKFOOT,  South  tramingham,  Mass. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Shelton,  Derby,  Conn. 

Rev.  H.  D.  WiARu,  151  Washington  St.,  Chicago,  HI. 

Superintendents 

Rev.  MoRiTZ  E.  EvERSz,  D.D.,  German  Department,  151  Washington  St.,  Chicago,  Til. 

Rev.  Scandinavian  Department, 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Schaufiler,  D.D.,  Slavic  Department,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Edw.  D.  Curtis,  D.D Indianapolis,  Ind.         Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall Huron,  S.  Dak. 

Rev.  S.  V.  Gale Jacksonville,  Fla.        Rev.  H.  C.  Simmons Fargo,  N.  Dak. 

Rev.  J.  H.  MoRLEV Minneapolis,  Minn.         Rev.  H.  Sandekson  (Acting) Denver,  Col. 

Rev.  Alfred  K.  Wkav Springfield,  Mo.         Rev.  W.  S.  Hawkes Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Rev.  I,.  P.  Broad Topeka,  Kan.         Rev.  J.  K.  Harrison San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Rev.  v..  H.  AsHMiiN Albuquerque,  N.  M.         Rev.  James  T.  Ford I.os  Angeles,  Cal. 

Rev.  A.  JuDSON  Haii.hv Seattle,  Wash.         Rev.  C.  F.  Claii' Forest  Grove,  Ore. 

Rev.  T.  G.  Grassie Ashland,  Wis.         tj^^   rp   ..^jr    t.,.,_._   r>  n  t  511  Woodland  Terrace, 

„        A     »    15  (  Black  Hills  and  Wyominir.  Ke\.  1 .  w.  jones,  u.D. . . . -^       Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Kev.  A.  A.  UROXN  N. . .  -J  p,^,^  Springs,  South  Dakota.         Rev.  W.  S.  Beli Helena,  Mon. 

Rev.  Harmon  Bross Lincoln,  Neb.         Rev.  S.  C.  McDaniei Atlanta,  Ga. 

Kev.  S.  E.B.\ssETT(Supt.  Alabama).. ..Ft. Valley,  Ga.        Kev.  J.  Homer  Parker Kingfisher,  Okl. 

Secfttaries  and  Treasurers 

of  the  Auxiliaries 

Rev.  JoNATH.^N  E.  Adams,  D.D. ,  Secretary.  ..Maine  Missionary  Society .Bangor,  Me. 

John  L.  Crosby,  Esq.,  Treasurer , "  "  "      Bangor,  Me. 

Rev.  A.  T.  Hillman,  Secretary New  Hampshire  Home  Miss.  Society Concord.  N.  H. 

Hon.  Lym.^n  D.  Stevens,  Treasurer "  "  "  "  "       Concord,  N.  H. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  Secretary Vermont  Domestic  "  "      St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Wm.  C.  Tyler,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Rev.  Joshua  CoiT,  Secretary Massachusetts  Home         "  "      . . ..  I  9  Cong'l  House, 

Rev.  Edwin  B.  Palmer,  Treasurer "  "  "  "      ....f  Boston,  Mass. 

Rev.  Alexander  McGregor,  Secretary Rhode  Island  "  "      ....Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

Jos.  Wm.  Rice,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "      ....Providence,  R.  I. 

Rev.  William  H.  1\Ioore,  Secretary Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut Hartford,  Conn. 

Ward  W.  Jacobs,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "  "  Hartford,  Conn. 

Rev,  Ethan  Curtis,  Secretary New  York  Home  Miss.  Society Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

William  Spalding,  Treasurer "  "         "  "       Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Fkasek,  D.D.,  Secretary Ohio  "         "  "       Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Wm.  ft.  HowLAND,  Treasurer "  "  "  "       New  York  City. 

Rev.  James  Tompkins,  D.D.,  Secretary Illinois  "         "  "       f  151  Washington  St., 

Aaron  B.  Mead,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "         "  "       \         Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Ho.mer  W.  Carter,  Secretary Wisconsin      "         "  "       Beloit,  Wis. 

C.  iNI.  Bl.\ckm.\n,  Esq. /Treasurer "  "  "  "       Whitewater,  Wis. 

Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass,  D.D. ,  Secretary Iowa  "         "  "       Grinnell,  Iowa. 

J.  H.  Merrill,  Esq.,  Treasurer "  "         "  "       Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Rev.  William  H.  Warken,  Secretary Michigan  Congregational  Association... Lansing,  Mich. 

Rev.  John  P.  Sanderson,  Treasurer "  "  "  .  ..Lansing,  Mich. 

Geo.  H.  Morgan,  Secretary Cong,  City  Miss.  Society St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Rev.  Arch'd  L.  Love,  Superintendent "         "        "  "       St.  Louis,  Mo, 

Lewis  E.  Snow,  Treasurer "        "       "  "      St.  Louis,  Mo, 

Comm  unications 

relating  to  general  business  of  the  Society  may  be  addressed  to  either  of  the  Secretaries  for  Correspondence. 
Communications  relating  to  the  Editorial  Department  of  the  Home  Missionary  may  be  addressed  to  Rev. 
Alex,  H.  Clapp,  D.D.  Correspondence  of  the  Woman's  Department  may  be  addressed  to  Mrs.  H.  S. 
Caswell,  Bible  House,  New  York. 

Donations   and   Subscriptions 

in  Drafts,  Checks,  Registered  Letters,  or  Post-Office  Orders  may  be  addressed  to  Wm.  B.  Howland,  Treasurer, 
Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York. 

A  PAYMENT  OF  $50  CONSTITUTES  A  LIFE  MEMBER 


Form  of  a  Bequest 


1  bequeath  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  dollars,  in  trusty  to  pay  over  the  same, 

in  months  after  my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  is  payable,  shall  act  as  Treasurer 

of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  twenty-six,  to  be  applied  to  the  charitable  use  and  purposes  of  said  Society,  and  under  its  direction. 


Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 

Bible  House,  Astor  Place,  New  York 


Major-General  Oliver  O.  Howard 

President 

Rev.  Alexander   H.  Clapp,  D.D.,  Ho7iorary   Treasurer 

Secretaries  for   Correspondence 
Rev.  Joseph  B.  Clark,  D.D. 

Rev.  William  Kincaid,  D.D. 

Rev.  Washington  Choate,  D.D. 

Mr.  William  B.  Rowland,   Treasurer 

ExeczUive  Committee 
Wm.  Ives  Washburn,  Esq.,  Chairma?i 
Asa  a.  Spear,  Esq.,  Recordtni^  Secretary 
Mr.  Charles  H.  Parsons 
Rev.  James  G.  Roberts,  D.D. 
Rev.  Samuel  H.  Virgin,  D.D. 
Mr.  Joseph  Wm.  Rice 
Mr.  Herbert  M.  Dixon 
Rev.  Robert  R.  Meredith,  D.D. 
Rev.  Charles  H.  Richards,   D.D. 
Mr.  George  P.  Stockwell 
Rev.  Robert  J.  Kent 
Rev.  John  D.  Kingsbury,  D.D. 
Mr.  George  W.  Hebard 
Rev.  Henry  A.  Stimson,  D.D. 


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Bible  House,  Astor  Place 

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Contents   for  April,   1895 


f.\r,E 

Dr.  Storrs'  Address  at  the  Funeral 

of  Dr.  David  B.  Coe 602 

Rev.  David  B.  Coe,  D.D 606 

Extracts  from  Dr.  Storrs'  Address 
at   the    Funeral   of   Dr.  W.   M. 

Taylor 608 

Personal  Tribute  to  Rev.  Dr.  Taylor  612 

Reports  of  Revivals 615 

Interesting  Incidents 619 

Visiting  the  Miners 620 

A  Struggle  for  Life. ...    621 


PAGE 

About    a  Missionary  Box 622 

How  Much  Missionary  Boxes  Mean  623 
A  Romance  of  Home  Missions...  624 
Itinerancy  of  a  Portable  Chapel..   625 

The  Gospel's  Vital   Power 626 

The  Gospel  and  Strikes 627 

Work  That   Pays 629 

"  Institutional  "    Churches    for    the 

Frontier 629 

A  Hard  Field 631 

Treasury   Note 632 


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request,  to  be  made  annually,  to  Life  Alembers  ;  Missionaries  of  the  Society  and  its  Aux- 
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earnestly  requested  to  serve  Home  Missions  by  promoting  the  use  of  this  journal  at  the 
Monthly  Concert  and  among  their  people. 

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The    Home    Missionary 


Vol..  LXVII 


APRIL,   1895 


No.   12 


KEV.    UAVIU    B.    CUE,    D.t). 


6o2  The   Home   Missionary  April,  1895 

ADDRESS    AT    THE   FUNERAL    OF   DR.   DAVID   B.   COE 

By  Rev.  R.  S.  Storrs,   D.D.,  LL.D. 

T  is  perhaps  always  true,  when  one  stands  at  the  point  of  the 
dej^arture  out  of  life  on  earth  of  a  friend  who  has  been  kncAvn 
many  years,  that  there  comes  a  sudden  and  ahnost  peremptory 
vision  of  the  long  course  of  acquaintance,  and  of  frequent  mutual  con- 
verse, which  has  preceded.  It  is  as  when  one  rises  to  the  summit  of  a 
crest  on  a  long  journey,  from  which  he  looks  back  at  a  glance  over  the 
miles  which  have  been  traversed,  and  notes  again  the  chief  objects  of 
interest  which  have  attracted  attention  on  the  way. 

It  comes  to  me  with  a  sense  of  surprise  to-day  that  it  is  sixty  years 
since  I  first  heard  of  our  dear  brother  now  gone  from  us,  although  I  did 
not  at  that  time  personally  know  him.  I  had  become  a  pupil  in  an  acad- 
emy in  Massachusetts,  which  he  had  left  two  or  three  years  before  to 
enter  Yale  College,  in  which  academy  he  had  been  an  honored  scholar, 
so  that  his  name  was  often  spoken,  while  I  was  there,  with  peculiar  regard 
and  esteem.  I  was  thus  early  familiar  with  it.  After  coming  to  New 
York  and  Brooklyn,  a  few  years  later,  I  of  course  came  to  know  him  well. 
We  were  associated  in  great  public  trusts,  and  in  great  public  movements 
— always  delightfully  associated — and  I  look  back  upon  those  years  with 
an  unfeigned  and  an  unfailing  gladness. 

There  are  some  lives  which  disappoint  us,  some  impressions  of  char- 
acter which  we  have  to  revise  in  later  years,  possibly  even  to  reverse. 
The  impressions  which  I  formed  of  him  at  the  first  have  continued  un- 
changed to  the  very  end  of  his  life  ;  and  in  these  later  years  my  acquaint- 
ance with  him  has,  of  course,  been  even  more  close,  personal,  and  familiar 
than  it  was  in  the  earlier  time. 

I  have  known  him  in  periods  of  tranquillity,  of  undisturbed  progress 
in  the  missionary  work  with  which  he  was  so  intimately  connected  ;  and 
I  have  known  him  in  times  of  strenuous  and  vehement  controversy  ; 
and  always  he  has  been  the  same.  He  was  a  man  of  remarkably  can- 
did and  clear  intelligence.  He  was  never  hurried  in  his  mental  progress 
toward  conclusions,  but  was  always  sufficiently  rapid  in  it  ;  and  when  his 
conclusion  had  been  reached,  it  was  decided,  dispassionate,  final.  I  do 
not  think. that  I  ever  knew  him,  after  he  had  fairly  and  largely  consid- 
ered a  subject,  to  depart  from  the  ground  to  which  he  had  decisively 
come.  Indeed,  I  should  as  soon  have  thought  of  seeing  an  oak-tree 
uproot  itself  from  the  soil  in  which  it  had  been  planted,  and  transport 
itself  to  some  other  locality,  as  to  sec  Dr.  Coe  depart  from  a  conclusion 
which  he  had  carefully,  deliberately,  prayerfully  reached.     No  urgency  of 


April,  1895  The    Home   Missionary  603 

external  pressure  could  cliange  his  judgment  ;  and  unless  his  judgment 
and  conviction  were  changed,  there  was  nothing  that  could  disturb  the 
ecjuipoise  of  his  mind. 

At  the  same  time,  in  carrying  into  effect  the  conclusions  to  which  he 
had  come,  he  was  extraordinarily  patient  and  persevering.  He  omitted 
no  detail  needed  to  the  accomplishment  of  the  purpose.  He  was  observ- 
ant, wide-sighted,  courageous  in  spirit  ;  seeing  difficulty  and  danger 
wherever  they  existed,  but  always  expecting  good  results,  and  always 
recognizing  the  providence  of  God  in  the  midst  of  whatever  difficulty  and 
danger — a  man  to  be  greatly  honored,  greatly  trusted,  greatly  beloved. 

I  remember  that  when  1  first  saw  him  it  seemed  to  me  that  his  very 
figure  and  face  must  be  an  index  and  a  symbol  of  the  mental  and  moral 
power  behind — erect,  graceful,  clear-cut,  as  we  remember  him  ;  of  fine 
fiber,  harmoniously  molded,  yet  vigorous  and  sinewy  ;  ready  for  fatigue, 
ready  for  exposure,  not  yielding  easily  to  any  stress  or  strain  of  adverse 
circumstances.  Such  he  was  in  the  days  of  his  mature  vigor,  as  all  recall 
him.  And  the  mind  and  spirit  which  dwelt  within  this  form,  and  behind 
this  fine,  attractive,  cordial  face,  were  in  perfect  harmony  with  them. 

I  have  not  spoken,  of  course,  of  the  things  which  were  most  intimate 
in  him.  It  is  not  needful  for  those  who  knew  him  ;  least  of  all  is  it  need- 
ful in  this  hour  and  in  this  place.  His  profound  and  earnest  piety,  his 
reverence  toward  God,  his  unfaltering  trust  in  God's  Word  and  in  His 
promise,  his  tender  and  deep  affection  toward  those  closest  to  him  in  life 
— all  these  are  perfectly  known  already  in  the  circle  which  is  here  gath- 
ered. All  are  known,  more  or  less  distinctly,  by  all  of  us,  whatever  our 
relation  to  him  may  have  been.  And  to  touch  such  inmost  secrets  of 
character  and  life  seems  always  like  touching  the  delicate  and  celestial 
blooms  which  pale  or  vanish  when  common  hands  are  laid  upon  them. 
I  have  spoken  of  him  only  as  of  a  man  having  important  relations  with 
others,  and  with  the  public,  whom  we  all  knew  in  those  relations,  though 
some  of  us,  no  doubt,  knew  him  better  than  others. 

He  was  a  man  eminently  fitted,  by  native  faculty,  by  character,  and 
by  the  habit  of  his  life,  for  great  administrative  office.  Such  men  are 
rare  — as  it  seems  to  me,  sometimes,  rarer  than  they  were.  A  man  so 
vigilant,  patient,  cordial  as  he  was,  such  an  intuitive  judge  of  men,  so  pro- 
foundly responsive  to  the  trends  of  public  opinion  and  of  social  movement, 
as  well  as  of  Christian  movement,  he  seemed  predestined  from  the  begin- 
ning to  some  high  office  in  a  great  Society.  As  pastor  of  a  parish  he  was 
always  highly  honored  and  beloved  by  those  to  whom  he  ministered  ;  and 
they  who  remain  testify,  to  this  day,  to  the  affectionate  reverence  with 
which  in  childhood  they  met  his  benignant  presence.  But  he  was  the 
ideal  Secretary  of  a  great  Missionary  Society  ;  by  reason  of  his  coolness, 
his  equanimity  and  his  sympathy  ;  his  temperate  judgment  ;  his  conserv- 


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6o4  The   Home  Missionary  April,  1895 

ative  tendency  in  matters  of  belief,  associated  with  his  genial  interest  in 
whatever  was  liberal  in  the  movement  of  thought  ;  by  reason,  too,  of  his 
readiness  to  undergo  fatigue,  to  undertake  long  journeys — while  always 
coming  back  to  his  office  and  his  home  with  tender  and  renewed  delight. 
He  was  one  whom  the  churches  confided  in  and  honored,  in  that  great 
office.  And  therein,  it  seems  to  me,  is  eulogy  enough  for  any  man.  It 
is  much  when  a  single  congregation  elects  and  rejoices  in  the  service  of 
one  of  us.  It  is  more  when  a  great  Society,  an  Institution  representing 
many  churches,  elects  and  rejoices  in  the  man  who  performs  high  offices 
for  it.  It  is  a  still  nobler  eulogy  when  all  the  churches,  cooperating  in  a 
great  and  manifold  work,  so  welcome  and  honor  a  man  who  continues 
their  representative  in  it,  and  by  whom  they  are  engaged  to, it  more  earn- 
estly.    And  that  has  been  his  honor  ! 

How  immense,  too,  has  been  the  work  that  has  been  thus  accomplished 
by  this  dear  friend  !  We  feel,  when  we,  as  individual  pastors,  reach  two 
hundred  families,  or  three  or  four  hundred  families,  that  our  influence  is 
wide  ;  and  so  it  is.  We  may  not  disparage  it.  But  here  has  been  an 
influence  which  has  reached  out  over  hundreds  of  churches  every  year  ; 
not  through  the  precincts  of  a  single  village,  or  even  of  a  single  city,  but 
over  lake  and  prairie,  over  mountain  ranges,  wild  ravines,  and  distant 
forests;  to  the  rough  mining-camp,  and  the  cowboy's  ranch;  to  the  insig- 
nificant hamlet  which  is  growing  up  to  become  by  and  by  the  center  of  a 
mighty  city.  Our  brother's  influence  has  gone  thither,  in  all  these  years, 
till  the  increasing  weariness  and  infirmity  of  age  detained  him  from  the 
service  to  which  his  youthful  strength  had  been  given,  in  which  his 
maturer  vigor  had  been  employed,  and  in  which  he  rejoiced  with  all  his 
heart.  How  vast  and  vital,  too,  has  that  influence  been  in  its  importance, 
since  in  all  those  regions,  to  us  unfamiliar^  unattractive  and  remote,  he 
has  been  laying  the  foundations  of  social  order  and  public  welfare,  by 
those  whom  he  sent,  whom  he  instructed  and  sustained,  and  to  whom  he 
ministered  of  his  own  inspiration  in  all  their  work.  He  has  been  further- 
ing the  great  educational  institutions  and  interests  of  the  land,  helping  all 
noble  humanitarian  effort — in  fact,  fixing  the  foundations  of  the  best  and 
finest  American  civilization  !  And  this  work  has  not  ceased.  It  still 
goes  forward,  to  continue  as  long  as  the  history  of  the  country  continues, 
and  to  reach  into  the  Eternities.  He  has  wrought  his  labor  and  life  into 
the  life  of  the  American  nation,  which  is  more  and  more  to  have  such 
signal  and  mighty  power  upon  the  earth. 

I  marvel  when  I  think  of  it,  and  of  the  country-farm  in  Granville  from 
which  he  came  !  I  used  to  marvel,  as  I  talked  with  him,  and  held  the 
hand  that  was  being  so  quietly  but  so  effectively  laid  upon  the  levers 
of  empire  in  this  nation  of  ours!  I  see  clearly  why  he  should  have  been 
so  interested  in  missionary  work;  and  it  is  only  in  a  natural  genesis  of  that 


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interest  that,  wlien  he  was  a  hid  ii'^on  his  father's  farm,  he  slioukl  have 
l)een  (iiiickeiiecl  in  his  desire  to  gain  an  etlucation  in  college,  as  he  liimself 
testified,  I)y  >eeing  one  pass  daily  who  was  going  to  Dr.  Cooley's  for  theo- 
logical instruction,  who  himself  became  afterward  a  famous  and  heroic 
worker  for  Christ  in  the  then  almost  unknown  and  repellent  wilderness 
of  Oregon.* 

It  has  been  a  great  character,  a  sweet  character,  on  which  we  lovingly 
lo(>k  back.  It  has  been  a  great  work,  a  wide-reaching  work,  immortal  in 
its  influence,  which  we  to-day  contemplate  and  commemorate.  We  all 
may  be  grateful  for  the  privilege  of  having  known  him,  and  having  worked 
with  him,  in  one  way  or  another,  in  these  past  crowded  and  fruitful  years. 

I  cannot  but  be  reminded,  as  I  stand  here,  beside  his  coffin,  of  that 
great  circle  of  men,  revered,  honorable,  influential  as  they  were,  with 
whom  he  was  associated  when  my  early  acquaintance  with  him  began — Dr. 
Badger,  Dr.  William  Adams,  Dr.  Asa  D.  Smith,  Dr.  Erskine  Mason, 
Dr.  Hatfield,  Dr.  ("!ox.  Dr.  Skinner,  Dr.  Patton,  Dr.  Cheever,  and  him 
with  whom  1  was  more  personally  associated  for  many  years,  Dr.  Joseph 
P.  Thompson.  Others,  too,  1  might  name,  of  somewhat  different  church 
connections,  yet  contemporaneous  with  these — Drs.  Potts,  Spring,  Krebs, 
Phillips,  McElroy,  Dr.  James  Alexander,  Dr.  Prime,  Drs.  DeWitt  and 
Knox,  with  many  more  whose  names  come  up  to  us  in  vivid  remembrance 
— now  all  departed  out  of  life  upon  the  earth.  He  is  the  last,  so  far  as  I 
at  the  moment  remember,  who  was  personally  acquainted,  and  in  some 
forms  of  service  was  associated,  with  these  men  when  I  first  knew  him. 

It  is  good  to  have  known  such  men.  It  is  good  to  have  known  them 
in  our  own  youth,  when  impressions  upon  us  were  immediate  and  most 
vivid.  It  is  good  to  have  known  them  at  a  time  and  in  circumstances 
when  our  knowledge  of  them  could  be  more  intimate  than  perhaps  it 
could  be  amid  the  present  conditions  of  life,  in  these  days  when  the  hurry 
of  affairs  crowds  us  into  comparative  isolation  from  each  other,  and  leaves 
scant  time  for  converse  and  for  friendship.  It  is  good  to  have  known 
them,  to  feel  their  influence  upon  us  still. 

And  it  is  still  better  to  look  forward  to  meeting  them  again,  and  this 

*  "  He  [Gushing  Eells]  studied  the  greater  part  of  the  ne.xt  summer  under  1  )r. 
Timothy  M.  Cooley,  the  pastor,  walking  there  on  Monday  mornings  and  returning  on 
Saturday  afternoons.  Near  that  road  lived  Deacon  Coe.  His  son,  David,  was  then 
at  work  on  his  father's  farm.  As  he  saw  Gushing  walking  to  and  from  school,  he 
thought  that  he.  too,  might  be  doing  something  besides  working  on  a  farm.  His 
thoughts  took  such  a  turn  that  he  went  through  Yale  College,  and  entered  the  ministry. 
For  many  years,  as  D.  B.  Goe,  D.D.,  he  was  one  of  the  Secretaries  of  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society.  About  forty-five  years  afterwards,  when  he  commissioned 
a  son  of  Dr.  Gushing  Eeils  as  a  Home  Missionary  to  the  Pacific  Goast,  he  told  him  how 
those  walks  of  the  father  had  had  an  influence  in  leading  himself  into  his  great  life-work." 
— Biography  of  ^'Father  Eells,"  page  26. 


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our  honored  friend  among  them — to  meeting  them  in  the  serene  peace 
and  the  open  vision  of  the  Heavenly  Life,  in  the  fullness  of  the  new  and 
glorified  power,  in  the  beauty  and  might  of  the  immortal  youth.  How 
Montgomery's  fine  image  cornes  back  to  us  : 

"  Thus  star  by  star  declines, 
'J'ill  all  are  passed  away  ; 
As  morning  high  and  higher  shines 

To  pure  and  perfect  day  ; 
Nor  sink  those  stars  in  empty  night  : 
They  hide  themselves  in  heaven's  own  light.'" 

CjO(\  bring  us  all  to  that  perfect  light,  to  that  city  of  the  living,  not  of 
the  dying,  to  the  vision  of  God,  and  to  the  welconiing  face  of  Christ  ! 

REV.    DAVID   B.    COE,    D.D. 

David  Benton  Coe  w'as  born  in  (iranville,  Mass.,  August  :6,  1814; 
was  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1837,  among  the  first  in  a  class  num- 
bering Hon.  Wiiliam  M.  Evarts,  Judges  Morrison  R.  Waite,  Edwards 
Pierpont.  and  John  P.  Putnam,  Dr.  Andrew  L.  Stone,  Profs.  C.  S.  Lyman 
and  B.  N.  Martin,  with  others  who  attained  to  distinguished  eminence. 

He  was  tutor  in  Greek  at  Yale  in  1839-40  ;  was  pastor  in  Milford, 
Conn.,  for  four  years  ;  in  New  York  City  (the  Allen  Street  church)  for 
about  five  years  ;  was  District  Secretary  of  the  American  Board  for  two 
years  ;  and  on  January  i,  1S51,  became  a  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society,  in  which  ofifice — for  these  latest 
years  as  Honorary  Secretary — he  continued  until  his  death  at  his  home  in 
Bloomfield,  N.  J.,  February  13,  1S95.  Though  successful  as  a  teacher 
and  pastor,  events  proved  that  he  was  foreordained  and  providentially 
fitted  for  the  office  to  which  his  life-work  was  mostly  given.  Reared  by 
Christian  parents  in  a  New  England  farmer's  home — his  father  being  also 
a  deacon  in  the  Congregational  Church  of  Granville — he  was  early 
soundly  converted,  was  inured  to  toil,  learned  manly  self-reliance,  and 
gained  an  experience  that  enabled  him  to  sympathize  with  the  self-deny- 
ing Christian  workers  in  new  and  exacting  fields  with  whom  he  was  later 
brought  closely  into  contact.  'Phey  easily  and  naturally  took  him  into 
their  hearts.  His  thorough  scholarship  also  enabled  him  to  be  their 
strong  helper  in  mastering  the  difficult  points  of  science,  theology,  and 
Biblical  interpretation  that  sorely  beset  young  preachers  in  fields  far  from 
brethren  fitted  to  advise  and  help  in  the  conflict  with  acute,  educated 
infidels,  not  seldom  found  in  new  and  distant  settlements  where  one 
would  be  slow  to  look  for  them. 


April,  1S95  The    Home    Missionary  607 

Next  to  his  deep  piety  and  absolute  conscientiousness,  one  of  Dr. 
C'oe's  ]ironinuiU  characteristics  was  his  strong  practical  common  sense, 
a  native  gift,  but  sharpened  by  experience;,  and  so  sanctified  by  the  Divine 
Sjiirit  as  to  adapt  it  to  the  higliest  C'hristian  uses.  'J'liis  cjuality  he 
sliowed  in  common  with  his  associate  in  office,  Dr.  Milton  liadger,  for 
thirty-eight  years  Secretary  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society, 
and  one  of  the  wisest  men  ever  called  to  administer  affairs  in  our  churches 
and  benevolent  organizations.  Then-  joint  advice  and  cooperation  were 
sought  on  every  hand,  in  the  forming  of  churches  in  the  East  and  the 
West  ;  in  councils  for  ordaining  and  dismissing  pastors  or  reconciling 
differences  ;  in  healing  wounds  caused  by  want  of  Christian  charity  and 
comity  between  rival  denominations  ;  in  the  founding  of  colleges  and 
finding  fit  officers  to  man  them.  With  these  and  other  services  too  numer- 
ous to  speak  of,  their  lives  were  crowded.  Those  charged  with  heavy 
res|ionsibilities  soon  learn  to  trust  the  judgment  of  men  like  Dr.  Coe,  and 
only  in  the  hereafter  will  it  be  known  what  a  debt  our  most  sacred  insti- 
tutions and  various  interests  owe  to  his  far-seeing  wisdom,  his  sincerity, 
candor,  and  unselfishness,  his  strength  of  mind,  his  unshaken  faith  in  the 
divine  promises,  his  loving  fellowship  with  all  God's  people. 

These  qualities  gave  the  greatest  value  to  his  services,  especially  in 
those  days  when  the  secretaries  were  members  of  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee, sharing  equally  with  the  other  members  the  .responsibility  for  the 
committee's  decisions.  In  those  earlier  days  the  secretaries'  duties  had 
wider  range  than  now.  Besides  sharing  the  Executive  Committee's  work. 
Dr.  Coe  for  some  years  edited  this  magazine,  and  under  "  power  of 
attorney  "  from  the  nominal  treasurer — as  was  then  the  general  usage — 
added  his  share  of  the  detail  of  that  branch  of  the  business  also  to  his 
secretaryship. 

The  intimate  acquaintance  so  gained,  with  the  entire  administration  of 
the  office  in  all  its  branches,  and  the  wide  range  of  experience  acquired  in 
more  than  forty  years  of  activity  in  office  and  in  field,  made  his  counsel 
of  inestimable  value  to  his  associates  after  his  hands  had  become  too 
feeble  to  bear  all  of  their  long-accustomed  burdens. 

When  he  came  into  ofifice  the  Presbyterian  and  Congregational  churches 
together  were  supporting  1,032  missionaries,  serving  1,575  congregations 
in  twenty-seven  States  and  Territories.  More  than  half  the  number  were 
in  the  New  England  and  Middle  States,  only  488  being  stationed  west  of 
these.  Two  had  just  entered  Minnesota  Territory,  two  were  beginning 
in  Oregon  and  three  in  California.  For  all  the  vast  interval  between 
Minnesota  and  Oregon  not  a  man  had  yet  been  commissioned.  The  year's 
expenditure  was  less  than  $124,000.  He  lived  to  take  part  in  com.mis- 
sioning  more  than  2,000  in  a  year  for  nearly  4,000  congregations  in  forty- 
seven   States  and   Territories,  at   an  outlay  of  more   than  $700,000,  the 


6o8  The   Home  Missionary  April,  1895 

offerin<js  of  Congregationalists  alone.  He  saw  the  number  of  Sunday- 
school  pupils  in  the  aided  churches  go  up  from  70,000  to  over  164,000  ; 
the  additions  of  members  to  those  churches  increased  from  107,600  to 
more  than  422,000.  With  similar  gains  in  other  items  of  the  work,  our 
covenant-keeping  God  year  by  year  blessed  the  labors  and  devisings  of 
Dr.  Coe  and  his  colleagues. 

None  could  have  had  more  than  a  casual  acquaintance  with  our  friend 
without  seeing  that  he  was  one  of  the  most  amiable  of  men.  His  native 
disposition  was  loving  and  lovely.  Marked  feminine  traits,  beautifully 
blending  with  his  masculine  robustness,  called  for  and  delighted  in  recip- 
rocated friendship.  It  is  pleasant  to  remember  and  to  bear  record  that 
in  thirty  years  of  closest  association  not  a  cold  or  unfeeling — much  less  a 
harsh — utterance  came  from  his  lips.  Chastened  by  sorrow  and  disciplined 
by  years  of  pain,  he  knew  well  the  value  of  sympathy,  accepted  it  frankly 
and  repaid  it  in  Scripture  measure. 

Pure  in  heart,  he  now  sees  God.  And  if  it  is  permitted  those  in  glory 
to  look  down  upon  the  prosperity  of  Christ's  kingdom  here,  what  a  tide  of 
joy  must  be  swelling  in  the  soul  of  our  brother  whose  life  was  consecrated 
to  that  single  end  ! 


EXTRACTS    FROM    DR.    R.    S.    STORRS'    ADDRESS    AT 
THE  FUNERAL  OF  DR.  WILLIAM   M.  TAYLOR 

.  .  .  In  all  our  churches  a  most  welcome  and  animating  presence 
has  his  always  been,  with  his  stirring  and  mighty  eloquence  of  the  truth, 
with  the  fervency  and  the  majesty  of  his  prayers.  And  this  is  true  in 
all  the  churches  throughout  the  land  to  which  his  frequent  and  wide 
embassies  for  the  Master  have  at  any  time  carried  him. 

He  will  be  missed  and  mourned  by  the  great  missionary  societies  to 
which  he  has  given  counsel  and  wisdom,  and  to  which  he  has  imparted  of 
the  courage  and  enthusiasm  of  his  own  courageous  and  far-seeing  spirit. 
Yes  ;  he  is  mourned  to-day  by  multitudes  who  have  never  seen  his  face, 
or  heard  his  voice,  but  who  have  been  impressed,  quickened,  and  morally 
molded  by  his  luminous  and  stimulating  thought  as  it  has  appeared  in 
his  printed  discourses.  He  is  mourned,  indeed,  by  those  who  have  never 
even  read  his  sermons,  but  who  have  known  that  he  was  filling  with  power 
this  eminent  pulpit  in  this  great  and  commanding  metropolis,  to  which  the 
eyes  of  the  nation  are  all  the  time  turned.  They  have  known  his  stead- 
fastness of  purpose,  his  purity  of  aim  and  of  endeavor,  his  fidelity  to  the 
Lord,  and  they  have  rejoiced  in  his  character,  while  unfamiliar  with  his 
person.      He  has  been  to  them  a  rock  of  strength  in  their  own  feebleness, 


DR.    WILLIAM    M.    TAYLOR. 


6io  The   Home   Missionary  April,  1895 

a  bulwark  of  defense  against  all  assaults  made  on  the  Gospel.  He  has 
been  such  a  living  source  of  succor  and  encouragement  to  those  on  the 
far  missionary  fields  along  our  frontiers,  in  other  lands,  in  Africa  and  in 
India,  under  the  palm  trees  and  on  coral  reefs,  not  long  since  reddened 
with  cannibal  blood,  the  homes  of  savage  men  and  women,  but  now  echo- 
ing with  Christian  song  and  prayer  ! 

Hardly  any  other  could  have  been  called  from  life  on  earth  in  all  our 
circles,  the  intelligence  of  whose  death  would  have  carried  wider  sorrow 
to  the  world  than  has  his.  It  is  a  sorrow  of  the  best,  on  either  side  of  the 
separating  seas.  Yet  we  who  have  known  him  most  intimately,  and  have 
met  and  heard  him  most  frequently,  have  doubtless  been  most  distinctly 
impressed  by  the  peculiar  combination  of  grace  and  of  power  which  was 
in  him.  We  have  recognized,  not  only  in  his  public  discourse,  but  in  all 
our  persona]  conferences  with  him,  his  clearness  and  vigor  and  patience 
as  a  thinker  ;  the  wide  and  generous  ranges  of  his  reading  and  study, 
especially  the  intensity,  the  earnestness  and  persistence  of  his  study  of  the 
Scriptures,  in  which,  I  might  almost  say,  he  was  preeminent  among  us. 
How  often  he  used  to  bring  out  latent  and  precious  meanings  from  texts, 
with  which,  as  we  thought,  we  had  been  thoroughly  familiar,  but  all  the 
secret  of  which  we  had  not  explored  !  He  seemed  sometimes  to  take  off 
the  surface  words,  to  unclose  the  native  gold  beneath  ;  at  other  times  we 
felt  that  he  would  exhaust  language  in  order  to  bring  out  the  native  force 
and  meaning  of  the  text.  How  steeped  his  mind  was  in  Scriptural  idioms 
both  in  sermon  and  in  prayer  !  His  thoughts  took  the  form  of  the  Scrip- 
tural language  for  its  expression,  as  though  it  were  his  very  vernacular. 
And  in  all  his  study  of  the  Scriptures,  how  instantly  and  surely  he  came 
to  Christ,  as  the  supreme  revelation  of  God,  as  that  manifestation  upon 
which  everything  rests,  and  with  which  everything  is  vital,  from  the  begin- 
ning to  the  end  !  His  clear  apprehension  and  vivid  conception  of  Christ 
as  Heavenly  Lord  was  the  power  of  his  ministry,  as  it  was  of  his  charac- 
ter. He  felt  himself  a  witness  for  the  Master,  and  he  meant  to  be,  and 
was,  a  faithful  and  loyal  minister  for  Him.  He  was  a  man  with  a  mes- 
sage— not  a  theorist,  not  a  doctrinaire,  not  a  mere  instructor  in  theologi- 
cal propositions.  He  was  here  for  the  Master,  whose  glory  was  in  all  the 
Scripture,  and  whose  presence  he  felt  in  all  his  personal  life  and  work. 
He  had  a  message  to  deliver,  and  was  straitened  in  spirit  until  it  was 
delivered.  So  it  was,  indeed,  that  he  became  the  eloquent  preacher  whom 
we  knew.  Every  fiber  of  his  being,  physical  and  moral,  came  in  to  con- 
tribute to  the  intensity  and  power  of  his  utterance,  and  brought  men  and 
women  in  such  vast  numbers  to  hear  his  words.  I  used  often  to  think, 
when  I  was  in  the  pulpit  with  him  or  in  the  congregation  before  him,  that 
even  that  mighty  physical  frame  would  be  shaken  to  pieces  with  the 
earnestness,  the  momentum,  the  self-forgetful  intensity  of  his  thought  and 


April,  1R95  The    Homo   Missionary  611 

nlltM";ui('c.  I'>iil  so  it  was  that  he  put  himself  into  other  h\{'s  ;  i)iit  his 
thoui^ht  into  other  minds,  his  fccHnji'  and  purpose  into  other  spirits,  and 
swayed  assemblies  with  his  impressive  and  masterful  utterance. 

W'c  have  known  him  as  a  threat  ])reacher,  and  some  of  us  have  known 
him,  no  doul)t,  in  the  playfulness  and  affecticnateness,  the  thou.t^htful  ten- 
derness of  his  domestic  household  life.  How  much  he  contributed  to  the 
jov  and  strength  of  that  dear  household  !  How  surely  <:,dadness  and  re- 
ward, a  sweeter  confidence  and  exrdtation  of  spirit  came  with  him  into  it 
as  often  as  he  entered  the  door  ! 

We  have  known  something,  too,  of  his  warm  and  wide  sympathies  for 
the  needy  and  the  weak  to  whom  he  ministered.  .     . 

It  was  in  the  impulse  of  this,  his  sympathetic  spirit,  that  the  effort  for 
building  parsonage  houses  for  those  who  needed  them,  and  who  could  not 
otherwise  provide  them,  especially  in  the  churches  along  the  frontier,  took 
from  him  its  mighty  furtherance.  It  was  a  movement  not,  I  think, 
originating  with  him,  but  which  certainly,  through  him,  \vas  carried  for- 
ward to  sudden  and  magnificent  success,  and  which  will  remain  a  monu- 
ment to  his  self-forgetting  zeal  and  energy  as  long  as  the  history  of  the 
country  shall  continue.  How  much  of  comfort  and  of  encouragement  he 
has  thus  given  to  those  laboring  on  the  far  frontiers,  or  nearer  home — to 
those  who,  without  such  sympathetic  and  victorious  help,  would  have  been 
still  desolate  in  the  wilderness  ! 

These  were  traits  which  we,  all  of  us,  perhaps,  knew — his  intimate  and 
beautiful  affection  towards  his  own,  the  responsiveness  of  his  heart  to  those 
who  loved  him  and  to  whom  his  love  went  out  in  return.  Tender  as  the 
soft  and  sunny  meadow  in  summer  was  his  spirit,  while  stern  toward 
iniquity  as  the  flintiest  rock. 

But,  perhaps,  you  did  not  know — I  confess  for  myself  that  I  did  not — 
that  which  still  remains  in  my  thought  as  the  consummating  grace  in  all 
his  character.  .  .  .  Our  personal  relations  have  been  as  intimate  and 
affectionate  as  it  is  possible  for  those  of  two  men  to  be,  not  living  side  by 
side,  but  at  some  little  distance,  yet  often  and  gladly  meeting.  And  yet, 
though  I  thought  I  knew  him  to  the  center,  I  did  /?<?/  understand  that 
power  of  sovereign,  conquering,  God-given  patience  which  he  exhibited 
in  the  closing  years  of  his  life.  Think  of  it,  my  friends  !  A  man  in  the 
very  fullness  of  vigor  and  power,  with  every  faculty  disciplined,  with  all 
the  instruments  of  public  speech  at  his  perfect  command,  with  his  settled, 
steadfast,  and  mighty  convictions  of  evangelical  truth,  and  of  the  privilege 
of  declaring  this  to  men,  having  ju.st  reached  the  grand  climacteric  of  his 
life,  is  suddenly  overtaken  by  this  unexpected  and  subtle  cerebral  shock, 
is  thrown  aside  from  public  service,  shut  within  the  doors  of  home,  and 
admonished  that  his  end  on  earth  is  not  far  distant.  I  wonder  how  many 
of  us  can  say,  "  That  was  a  strain  which  I  could  bear  !  "    I  say  for  myself, 


6i2  The   Home   Missionary  April,  1895 

frankly,  "  I  could  not,  thus  and  then,  have  borne  it."  And  I  went  to  his 
sick -chamber  when  I  first  heard  of  the  stroke  which  had  fallen  upon  him, 
timid,  for  the  first  time  in  my  life,  in  my  approach  to  him.  It  seemed  to  me 
impossible  that  there  should  not  be  a  deep  despondency,  a  dire  depression, 
perhaps  even  something  of  painful  rebelliousness  against  the  divine  will 
and  appointment  ;  certainly  something  of  sadness  and  moroseness  as  he 
looked  out  upon  the  life  which  was  swelling  around  him,  and  felt  that 
in  it  he  could  never  resume  his  place."  Instead,  I  found  a  perfect  peace 
and  utter  resignation  to  the  divine  will,  a  desire  to  have  God's  will 
accomplished  in  him,  as  it  had  been  accomplished  by  him.  I  took  away 
more  blessing  from  that  sick-room  than  I  had  even  dared  to  hope  to  carry 
thither.  The  maiden  whose  name  is  "  Peace  "  was  there.  He  was  in  the 
land  of  Beulah,  where  the  shining  ones  walk.  He  was  looking  forward 
from  the  summit  of  the  Delectable  Mountains  to  the  land  and  the  city 
which  are  beyond.  He  wanted  to  live,  if  he  might  ;  indeed,  he  longed  to 
live,  he  prayed  to  live,  that  he  might  still  further  serve  God  and  His  Son 
in  the  ministry  of  the  truth.  Yet,  whensoever  the  summons  should  come, 
he  was  ready  to  "depart  and  be  with  Christ,  which  is  far  better."  He 
accepted  whatever  had  come,  or  should  come,  as  the  loving,  divine  appoint- 
ment; and  while  I  may  forget  many  lessons  of  the  truth  which  I  have  heard 
from  his  lips,  and  many  inspirations  to  nobler  work  which  I  have  received 
from  his  spirit,  I  shall  never  forget,  while  life  continues,  the  benediction  of 
that  blessing  which  was  on  his  face  and  in  his  utterance  while  I  sat  by  his 
bedside  and  knelt  there  in  prayer.  It  was  the  crown  and  consummation 
of  all  his  character  and  of  all  his  career. 


A    PERSONAL    TRIBUTE    TO    REV.    DR.    WILLIAM 

M.    TAYLOR 

The  story  of  Dr  Taylor's  coming  across  the  sea,  twenty-three  years 
ago,  almost  an  entire  stranger  to  every  one,  the  Broadway  Tabernacle's 
success  in  drawing  him  from  his  Liverpool  charge,  the  speedy  filling  of 
the  church  to  overflowing,  and  the  increase  of  its  income  to  a  point  never 
before  thought  of,  is  already  well  known  to  the  religious  world.  For 
twenty  happy  years  that  congregation  and  many  thousands  of  appre- 
ciative souls  from  all  parts  of  the  land  enjoyed  feasts  of  fat  things,  the 
memory  of  which  his  hearers  will  never  lose.  Christian  literature  will  be 
ever  the  richer  for  the  series  after  series  of  biographic,  expository,  and 
miscellaneous  discourses  from  his  pen,  and  issued  from  the  press  in  rajiid 
succession,  until  the  volumes  nearly  tallied  with  the  years  of  his  Taber- 
nacle ministry,  and  it  seemed  as  if  he  had  invented  a  new  and  wonderful 


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method  of  preaching.  Not  the  least  of  the  precious  fruits  of  his  service  is 
seen  in  the  number  of  his  younger  brethren  who,  inspired  by  his  exam.ple, 
have  been  moved  to  preach  from  the  Bible,  rather  than  from  magazines 
and  newspapers,  and  to  seek  to  save  souls,  rather  than  to  tickle  the  ears 
of  the  curious  or  to  feed  intellectual  pride. 

Trained  from  early  childhood  in  his  Scottish  home  by  godly,  praying 
parents,  who  lived  upon  the  divine  Word  as  their  daily  food  ;  taken  in 
hand  by  the  very  best  teachers  in  the  highest  college  and  theological 
school  of  that  land  of  Biblical  scholars  and  thinkers,  young  Taylor's 
whole  being  became  permeated  with  the  spiritual  aroma  of  the  Book  he 
profoundly  believed  in  as  (lod's  Word,  loved  with  his  whole  heart,  trusted 
as  his  perfect  guide,  and  whose  treasures  of  wisdom  and  love  he  was  later 
to  unfold  for  the  illumining,  uplifting,  and,  under  God,  the  saving,  of  his 
fellow-men  on  both  sides  of  the  sea.  Wide  and  various  as  was  his  reading 
— and  in  this  he  had  few  equals — in  a  very  real  and  marked  sense  he  was 
"a  man  of  one  Book."  Highly  as  he  valued  many  volumes  of  good  men 
as  sources  of  varied  knowledge,  stimulants  of  thought,  and  aids  to  illus- 
tration, they  all  combined  were  of  small  account  in  comparison  with  this 
beloved  daily  companion,  his  light,  strength,  solace,  inspirer,  and  guide. 

His  remarkably  retentive  memory  was  never  at  a  loss  to  recall  the 
passage  that  he  wanted,  in  either  the  Old  or  the  New  Testament,  to 
teach,  illustrate,  or  enforce  the  truth  with  which  he  was  dealing.  That 
he  was  "mighty  in  the  Scriptures,"  appeared  not  only,  perhaps  not 
chiefly,  in  his  pulpit  discourses.  Indeed,  those  flashes  of  Biblical  illumi- 
nation so  characteristic  of  him  quite  as  often  surprised  and  startled  his 
hearers  in  the  informal  mid-week  meeting  for  conference  and  prayer. 

He  had  no  heart  for  "  meetings  "  or  discussions  or  formal  work  of  any 
kind  on  Monday  mornings  ;  and  there  is  a  quiet  corner  of  an  office  in  the 
Bible  House  that  memory  will  forever  associate  with  our  now  sainted 
friend,  who,  year  after  year,  made  it  his  frequent  Monday  morning 
resort,  that  he  might  freely  unbend  and  rest  himself  with  frank,  fra- 
ternal converse.  In  these  hours  of  slackened  tension,  between  the  lines 
of  anecdote,  of  reminiscence,  of  literary  criticism,  of  practical  suggestion 
for  ministerial  work,  along  with  sparkling  humor  and  brilliant  wit,  keen, 
pure,  genial,  harmless,  would  frequently  drop  into  the  talk  some  Scripture 
passage  from  which  he  drew  an  entirely  fresh  meaning. 

It  was  these  conversations  which  led  to  the  suggestion  that  Dr.  Taylor 
should  write  for  The  Cotigregationalist  a  series  of  articles  on  difficult  or 
often  misunderstood  passages  of  Scripture — a  service  which  he  promised 
and  began  to  render,  but  which,  with  so  many  other  plans,  was  cut  short 
by  the  blow  that  fell  upon  him  three  years  ago. 

Alas  for  that  cold  March  day — the  saddest  in  his  home,  one  of  the 
saddest  in  the  lives  of  hosts  of  loving  friends — followed  by  three  years  of 


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changeful  physical  infirmity,  but  of  much  of  the  old-time  intellectual 
brightness  and  a  steady  glow  of  calm  Christian  resignation,  cheering  to 
see  and  more  helpfully  instructive  than  were  the  best  sermons  that  even 
he  could  write.  On  a  few  rare,  bright  days  the  cozy  corner  in  the  Bible 
House  beamed  again  with  his  personal  presence  and  heard  again  the 
genial  tones,  mirth-provoking  and  serious  by  turns,  as  of  yore. 

But  this  could  not  last.  The  Master's  call  for  our  brother's  ministry, 
whether  by  voice,  by  silent  patience,  or  by  assured  testimony  of  word  and 
life;  was  fully  answered,  and  at  midnight  on  the  7th  of  February  the 
summons  came  to  meet  his  Lord. 

On  Sunday,  February  loth,  Dr,  Stimson  paid  a  just,  tender,  and  loving 
tribute  to  his  memory.  On  Tuesday,  February  12th,  funeral  services,  con- 
ducted by  the  pastor,  were  held  in  the  Tabernacle,  thronged  with  minis- 
ters and  the  people  of  his  own  and  other  flocks.  Hymns  that  Dr.  Taylor 
had  named  three  years  before,  at  the  time  of  his  first  attack,  were  sung  ; 
Drs.  John  Hall  and  M.  R.  Vincent  offered  prayer,  and  Dr.  Storrs  made 
the  address.  None  knew  the  departed  more  intimately,  appreciated  him 
more  fully,  or  loved  him  more  sincerely  ;  and  even  this  princely  orator 
can  never  have  spoken  more  justly,  appropriately  or  feelingly  than  on  this 
occasion.  Then  filing  past  the  casket  for  a  last  earthly  look  upon  the  be- 
loved face,  the  great  assembly  parted  at  the  doors,  and  faithful  hands  bore 
our  friend's  earthly  part  to  Woodlawn  for  burial. 

The  Wednesday  evening  church  meeting  naturally  resolved  itself  into 
an  informal  but  tender  memorial  service,  Dr.  Stimson  and  si.x  or  eight 
of  the  deacons  and  others  nearest  to  Dr.  Taylor  in  his  ministry  testifying 
to  the  blessing  he  had  been  to  them,  in  various  lines,  as  pastor  and 
friend.  On  the  next  Friday  evening  a  somewhat  similar  commemoration 
was  held  in  the  Church  of  the  Pilgrims,  Brooklyn  ;  and  on  Sunday  even- 
ing, February  16,  a  memorial  service  in  the  Tabernacle  was  participated 
in  by  ministers  of  several  denominations. 

All  this  is  well,  and  relieves  the  burdened  hearts  of  his  friends,  but  his 
best  memorial  is  in  the  hearts  of  those  friends  themselves  ;  hearts  that  he 
has  drawn  to  Christ,  illumined  by  gospel  truth,  comforted  by  deepest 
sympathy  in  sorrow,  lifted  to  the  very  throne  by  those  unique  prayers, 
reverent,  adoring,  dictated  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  uttered  as  if  in  the 
visible  presence  of  the  infinite  Hearer  of  prayer.  The  lea.st  sympathizing 
hearer  could  not  fail  to  see  that  the  suppliant  knew  and  loved  God  in 
Christ  as  a  man  knows  and  loves  his  closest  friend. 

The  words  of  our  beloved  brother  are  ended.  We  shall  hear  his 
persuasive,  uplifting  tones  no  more  on  earth,  save  in  the  sensitive  ear  of 
memory.  Blessed  be  Cod  for  the  hoj^ie  that  through  His  grace  we  may 
hereafter  grasp  that  hand  and  hear  (jnce  more  that  loving  voice  in  some  fair 
mansion  of  our  Father's  house. — "Huntington,"  in  The  Coinires-atiotialist . 


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REPORTS    OF    REVIVALS 

[Reports  from  l)rcthrcn  in  nearly  all  parts  of  the  field  for  some  weeks  have  brought 
accounts  of  revived  religious  interest,  bringinsj  into  the  churches  in  some  cases  consider- 
able numbers,  and  in  many  others  from  four  to  ten  or  fiflccn  hopeful  converts.  Not  a 
few  of  the  reports  date  the  beginning  of  the  good  work  back  to  "  the  week  of  prayer." 
From  the  mass  we  select  the  following  extracts,  knowing  that  they  will  cheer  the  hearts 
of  many  friends  of  the  Society  and  its  work,  with  whose  offerings  go  up  continual  ])rayers 
for  the  salvation  of  souls. — Ed.] 

TiiKKF,  HuNDRKD  CoNVKR'is. — Wc  have  just  closed  seven  weeks  of 
special  meetings,  the  most  satisfactory  of  any  we  have  held  for  the  i)ast 
ten  years.  Over  three  httndred  were  converted,  seventy-five  of  whom 
have  already  united  with  our  church,  and  others  will  come  soon.  Our 
Sunday-school  cliildren  have  been  reached  as  never  before.  The  revival 
spirit  has  spread  into  other  churches,  and  they  are  now  having  a  refresh- 
ing from  the  presence  of  the  Lord. — Denver,  Colo. 


Young  Converts. — As  the  result  of  revival  services  with  the  Metho- 
dists and  Disciples,  about  thirty-one  cards  were  signed  and  over  fifteen  at 
once  united  with  the  churches.  Ten  of  the  converts  were  from  our  con- 
gregation and  Sunday-school.  Three  bright  children  over  ten  years  old, 
who  came  out,  were  prevented  by  parents  from  joining  any  church.  Much 
good  was  done,  and  the  feeling  is  hopeful  for  our  little  church. — Ohio. 


Prayer  Answered. — Beginning  with  the  week  of  prayer  we  sought  a 
revival  of  "  pure  religion  and  undefiled."  We  have  been  long  praying  and 
laboring  for  it,  and  it  has  come.  We  have  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing 
twenty  confess  Christ  and  rejoice  in  a  new  heart. —  Wisconsin. 


Six  Adults. — We  have  received  on  confession  of  their  faith  si.x  adults, 
and  believe  they  will  develop  into  active  helpful  workers. — Nctv  Jersey. 


Spiritual  Victories. — We  have  had  this  quarter  two  decided  vic- 
tories. One  man  of  sixty  had  been  halting  long,  resisting  long.  Three 
years  ago  his  wife  and  child  were  murdered  on  the  same  day,  and  I  need 
not  say  his  life  has  been  lonely.  He  has  been  in  my  Sunday-school  class 
for  over  a  year.  There,  and  in  the  prayer-meetings  and  at  public  worship, 
we  have  tried  to  make  the  way  plain  ;  but  still  he  held  out  until  two  months 
ago,  when  his  work  took  him  to  the  country.  At  his  last  visit  to  us  he 
told  us  that  it  was  all  right  with  him.  Alone  with  God  he  had  yielded. 
He  has  joined  our  Endeavorers,  and  is  now  praying  for  his  son,  who  is 


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a  father.  Another  man  of  twenty-seven  years  who  has  spent  these  years 
as  an  active  worldling,  has  yielded  to  God's  call.  He  says  that  he  has 
enjoyed  more  during  the  last  few  weeks  than  in  all  his  past  life.  Yes, 
we  have  had  another  victory.  Three  from  the  Sunday-school  have  come 
into  the  church,  two  of  these  young  men  who  are  very  earnest. — Florida. 


Good  Work  Increasing. — We  report  four  hopeful  converts,  and  the 
good  work  increasing.  Two  have  joined  with  us,  and  others  are  on  the 
way  to  their  Father's  house. — Pe?insy/vania. 


Men  Converted. — One  striking  feature  of  the  work  of  grace  here 
reported  was  the  remarkable  turning  of  ?nc)i  to  God.  Of  thirteen  converts 
eleven  were  men.  Every  man  who  attended  the  meetings  regularly  I 
believe  to  have  been  converted.  Of  nine  received  to  membership  on  con- 
fession, seven  were  men.  Six  or  seven  other  men  were  deeply  moved, 
and  I  have  reason  to  believe  that  at  least  three  of  them  were  converted. 
The  methods  used  were  the  simplest  possible  ;  the  Gospel  was  preached, 
and  men  were  asked  to  accept  it  and  begin  a  new  life. — North  Dakota. 


Awakening  Interest. — Much  interest  is  felt  in  the  country  districts, 
and  several,  we  trust,  are  converted. — Missouri. 


Working  in  Hope. — We  have  been  holding  special  meetings  for 
seven  evenings.  Seven  cherish  a  new  hope,  and  fifteen  express  a  desire 
to  become  Christians. —  Washington. 


Fifty-seven  Hopeful  Converts. — We  have  held  meetings  for  a 
little  over  four  weeks.  For  three  weeks  we  met  twice  a  day.  Great  was 
the  result.  All  praise  is  due  to  God.  Bless  His  name  for  ever  and  ever  ! 
Many  miserable  homes  have  been  made  very  happy.  We  report  fifty- 
seven  hopeful  conversions,  and  thirty-nine  added  to  the  church  on  con- 
fession of  their  faith. — Indiana. 


More  Conversions. — We  have  held  a  meeting  at  Mount  Pisgah, 
Superintendent  Parker- and  Rev.  Joel  Harper  conducting  it.  A  goodly 
number  were  converted,  and  twenty-five  united  with  the  church.  I  am 
now  holding  a  meeting  in  Park,  where  all  indications  point  to  a  work  of 
grace  going  on  in  the  community. — OkJalionia. 


An  Infidel  brought  in. — We  have  held  a  three  weeks'  service  of 
special  meetings — twenty-six  services,  with  an  average  attendance  of  150. 


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There  were  several  marked  conversions,  especially  one  man  who  had  been 
an  aggressive  infidel.  A  great  change  had  been  made  in  his  life,  and  now 
he  is  as  anxious  to  have  his  influence  on  the  side  of  Christ  as  formerly  he 
was  to  oppose  Him. — Soiith  Dakota. 


Age  and  Youth  together. — Six  new  names  are  added  to  our  little 
flock— one  who  is  over  sixty  years  old,  and  one  a  young  man  who  means 
to  be  a  missionary. — New  Mexico. 


Eight  New  Converts — We  have  received  nine  new  members,  of 
whom  eight  came  by  confession  of  faith.  These  give  us  six  new  families, 
all  helpful.  We  are  still  having  good  meetings,  and  shall  admit  more 
members  on  the  first  Sabbath  of  next  month. — Indiana. 


A  Harvest  Quarter. — This  quarter  has  been  one  of  harvest.  I 
have  been  permitted  to  conduct  two  series  of  revival  meetings  at  our  out- 
stations.  There  were  ten  professed  conversions  at  one  and  eighteen  at 
the  other.  Of  these  we  have  gathered  nineteen  into  the  church.  Others 
will  come.  Of  those  received  and  candidates  now  before  the  church 
there  are  five  heads  of  families. — Katisas. 


Ten  Converts. — Do  not  be  discouraged  as  to  this  field.  We  have 
had  ten  hopeful  conversions,  of  which  four  have  been  received  into  mem- 
bership. Others  have  been  voted  in  and  expect  to  enter  into  covenant 
next  Sabbath. — Nebraska. 


A  Year  of  Blessing  — We  have  just  closed  our  church  year.  Surely 
the  Lord  has  been  with  us.  We  have  received  eighty-five  members,  only 
seven  of  them  by  letter.  Our  church  now  numbers  ninety-eight  males 
and  seventy-six  females.  We  love  our  sisters,  but  we  are  as  yet  a  mascu- 
line majority.  Here  is  food  for  the  infidels  who  say  that,  because  of  the 
weakness  of  their  sympathies,  there  are  more  women  than  men  in  the 
churches.  Many  of  our  new  converts  are  very  successful  workers  and 
are  bringing  others  to  Christ. — Key  West,  Fla. 


Work  well  Rewarded. — At  one  of  my  out-stations  where  I  have 
preached  one  Sunday  in  the  month  for  some  time,  I  held  gospel  meetings, 
gaining  ten  hopeful  converts,  and  organized  a  church  with  sixteen  mem- 
bers joining  on  confession.  A  few  others  have  been  converted  and  will 
probably  join  the  church  soon. — Oregon. 


Twenty  Converts — I  report  about  twenty  hopeful  conversions,  the 
present  result  of  our  special  meetings.     One  of  the  first  to  be  moved  and 


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to  take  a  stand  for  Christ  was  the  head  of  a  family,  whose  wife  and  daugh- 
ter were  members  of  our  church.  He  has  united  with  the  church  since 
then  and  gives  good  evidence  of  a  Christian  Hfe.  One  very  important 
effect  of  the  work  here  was  the  deepening  of  the  spiritual  life  and  purpose 
among  Christians.  It  was  worth  all  the  effort  and  expense  to  see  how 
Christians  were  aroused  by  faithful  preaching.  We  expect  to  be  gather- 
ing up  the  results  of  the  meetings  through  the  whole  year. — South  Dakota. 


Thirteen  Added.— Thirteen  valuable  members  have  been  added  to 
our  church  as  the  result  of  the  recent  revival,  and  many  for  family  reasons 
have  placed  their  membership  in  Methodist  or  Baptist  churches.  Every 
department  of  our  work  has  shown  the  influence  of  the  revival.  The 
attendance  at  the  mid-week  prayer-meeting  is  now  twice  as  large  as  it  was 
when  I  came  here,  and  the  average  attendance  at  the  Sunday  morning  ser- 
vice has  risen  to  fifty-two  for  the  last  quarter,  counting  stormy  Sundays. 
The  young  people  of  our  Endeavor  Society,,  animated  by  the  missionary 
spirit  of  the  revival,,  have  gone  to  an  outlying  district,  where  there  is  an 
abandoned  Baptist  church-house,  and  organized  a  Sunday-school.  The 
attendance  at  our  children's  prayer-meeting,  held  on  week-day  afternoons, 
has  been  for  some  weeks  twenty-one  or  twenty-two.  The  religious  inter- 
est of  the  place  is  steady  and  strong.  The  people  are  very  attentive  to 
the  preaching  of  the  Word. — Alabama. 


A  Good  Year. — Spiritually  I  have  had  a  very  good  year.  Starting 
with  three  churches  the  first  of  the  year,  I  have  had  forty-three  additions 
to  these,  and  have  organized  a  new  church  of  thirty-five  members.  The 
care  of  the  four  takes  up  all  my  time. — Georgia. 


Joy  in  Success. — I  joyfully  tell  of  victories  and  successes.  Fourteen 
have  been  added  since  my  last  report,  and  the  outlook  is  hopeful. — Cali- 
fornia. 


Twenty-nine  Conversions. — Twenty-nine  conversions  and  twenty- 
four  received  on  confession — about  two-thirds  of  the  converts  in  our  union 
meetings. — Oregon. 

Fifteen  Ready  to  come  in. — Fifteen  hopeful  converts  are  ready  to 
unite  with  us  next  Sabbath.  When  at  the  close  of  our  meetings  we  ask 
those  who  mean  to  serve  the  Lord  to  rise,  the  whole  audience,  save  two 
or  three,  are  on  their  feet. — North  Dakota. 


Twelve  Conversions. — And   fifteen   additions  on  confession.     The 
whole  community  is  aroused  on  the  subject  of  salvation. — Minnesota. 


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INTERESTING     INCIDENTS 

Most  of  our  members  are  poor  in  earthly  possessions,  but  rich  in 
faith  and  <jood  works.  Look  at  this  instance  :  Mrs.  M.  suppbes  us  with 
milk  at  one  dollar  a  month.  My  wife  offered  her  the  dollar,  and  she 
replied  :  ''  No,  keep  it  ;  I  give  that  dollar  to  the  Lord."  What  a  sacrifice, 
when  we  consider  that  she  had  to  walk  two  miles  to  work  in  the  fruit 
orchard  for  fifty  cents  a  day,  carrying  her  baby  along  with  her.  I  did 
not  know  how  to  take  the  dollar  when  I  remembered  that  she  had  to 
work  a  whole  two  days  from  early  morning  till  dusk,  with  the  mercury  at 
100  degrees  in  the  shade,  to  replace  that  dollar  which  she  cheerfully  gave 
to  help  make  up  the  missionary's  salary.  You  may  know  of  a  greater 
sacrifice,  but  one  never  came  under  my  own  observation.  Were  I  not  in 
debt,  and  must  have  had  a  dollar  to  keep  soul  and  body  together,  I  would 
not  and  could  not  conscientiously  take  that  dollar  from  the  good  lady, 
who  is  the  clerk  of  our  church  and  wife  of  one  of  our  deacons. 

Mrs.  N.  and  her  three  beautiful  daughters  were  converted  in  our 
church,  and  joined  with  us  some  time  ago.  They  moved  to  A.,  where  Mrs. 
N.  herself  joined,  but  they  preferred  to  let  the  names  of  the  daughters 
remain  with  us.  hoping  to  come  back  in  the  future.  But  she  liked  so 
well  our  Congregational  church  in  A.,  and  especially  its  minister,  that 
she  determined  to  take  her  daughters'  letters  and  make  their  home  where 
they  are  for  the  present.  And  so  our  loss  is  our  sister  church's  gain. 
We  are  glad  that  our  church  was  the  spiritual  mother  and  nurse  of  those 
dear  young  Christians,  and  there  is  no  loss  in  the  transaction  :  only  three 
less  on  our  church  book,  and  three  more  on  theirs.  But,  dear  me  !  it  is 
like  pulling  our  eye  teeth  to  lose  any  one  when  we  are  so  weak  and  few. 
We  must  try  to  replace  them  by  conversions.  There  are  twenty-five  in 
the  Sunday-school  that  ought  to  be  in  the  church.  But  so  far  the  world 
and  its  pleasures  have  too  strong  a  hold  on  them.  Yet  God  is  able  to 
raise  up  children  unto  Abraham. 

About  a  year  ago  Mr.  T.  brought  his  wife  and  little  boy  to  our  town 
from  Idaho,  hoping  that  the  warm  climate  of  California  would  save  her 
from  an  early  grave.  She  was  a  true  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church, 
but  she  felt  at  home  at  once  in  our  church,  although  she  did  not  join  us. 
Early  in  the  spring  we  saw  the  hectic  flush  of  consumption  in  her  cheek. 
She  wanted  your  missionary  to  pray  with  her  often,  and  was  very  partic- 
ular to  send  her  little  boy  to  our  Sunday-school.  Finally  she  was 
anxious  to  know  when  our  communion  was  to  be  celebrated,  although 
she  could  not  move  from  her  bed.  We  told  her  we  would  go  to  her  house 
and  commune  with  her.  About  ten  of  our  members  went,  and  oh,  what  a 
communion  !     The  Master  was  present.     All  wept,  for  we  saw  that  those 


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beautiful  eyes  would  soon  close  on  earth  to  open  in  heaven.  In  a  few 
days  she  passed  from  earth  to  receive  the  harp  and  the  white  robe  and 
join  in  the  doxology  of  the  redeemed.  May  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  con- 
vert the  soul  of  her  kind  husband,  and  save  him  and  the  little  boy  to 
eternal  life  ! — Northern  California. 


VISITING    THE    MINERS 

When  I  heard  your  address  last  spring  concerning  work  among  the 
miners,  I  little  thought  that  I  should  have  the  privilege  of  visiting  that 
very  field.  Since  you  were  there  your  missionary  has  added  another 
camp  to  his  list,  where  the  roughs  still  think  it  sport  to  hitch  the  two 
reins  of  his  horse  on  one  side,  or  bury  a  pin  in  its  face  while  he  is  con- 
ducting service.  The  reading-room  and  the  presence  of  the  pastor  have 
almost  transformed  his  first  parish,  so  that  they  have  no  more  such  per- 
formances there.  It  is  delightful  to  see  the  change.  I  hope  the  donors 
to  that  reading-room  know  how  much  good  they  are  doing. 

How  I  do  wish  there  were  funds  for  a  reading-room  at  another  mining 
camp  quite  a  distance  from  this  one.  I  spent  last  Sabbath  there  in  the 
home  of  your  missionary.  You  told  about  the  church  walls  in  the  first 
camp  being  pierced  by  bullets.  The  church  walls  in  this  camp  also  are 
pierced  with  bullets — one  of  them  playing  around  the  feet  of  the  mission- 
ary's wife  daring  service,  after  it  had  passed  through  the  door  and 
rebounded  from  the  opposite  wall. 

Your  missionary  came  here  four  years  ago.  At  first  his  church  num- 
bered twelve  ;  now,  sixty-eight.  They  have  supplied  themselves  with  a 
cottage  organ,  pulpit,  nice  chairs,  hanging  lamps,  ingrain  carpet  for  the 
pulpit,  a  neat  home-made  carpet  for  the  aisles — and  with  the  picture 
charts  for  the  Sunday-school  on  the  walls,  and  the  bright  bouquets  of 
goldenrod  and  ironweed  and  yellow  asters,  the  church  is  bright  and  neat. 
I  wish  they  had  a  reading-room  joined  to  the  church,  as  at  Coal  Bluff. 

I  wish  there  were  some  opening  for  the  education  of  the  pastor's  two 
elder  children,  a  girl  sixteen,  and  a  boy  fifteen.  They  are  both  Chris- 
tians, both  refined  in  manner,  like  their  dear  mother,  who,  by  the  way, 
hjis  a  brother  in  London  who  is  valet  to  Prince  Leopold's  widow,  as  he 
was  to  the  Prince.  None  of  her  family  approved  of  her  leaving  the 
Church  of  England. 

Your  missionary  receives  $200  from  the  Congregational  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society.  From  his  people  he  has  received  since  January  only 
thirty  dollars  ;  and  because  of  the  strike  among  the  miners  in  his  field  for 
three  months,  and  the  lack  of  work  since  then,  he  does  not  expect  more 


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than  thirty  dollars  additional  from  his  church  before  the  next  quarter. 
Yet  he  has  urged  their  giving  to  the  home  and  foreign  work  fifteen  dollars 
each.  The  money  was  chiefly  "  sacrifice  money,"  saved  by  the  members 
giving  up  sugar,  coffee,  and  tobacco.  The  children  helped  by  selling 
chickens. 

The  public  school  is  of  a  low  grade,  and  my  heart  aches  for  the  good 
pastor  and  his  wife  as  they  pray  for  the  way  to  be  opened  for  the  further 
schooling  of  their  two  elder  children. 

1  have  not  tried  to  describe  the  Sunday  appearance  at  another  station 
in  this  field  :  the  men  in  shirt-sleeves,  the  barefooted  children,  the  women 
in  black  sun-bonnets,  the  attempts  at  fashionable  attire  yet  more  gro- 
tesque, the  brass  jewelry,  the  pink  neckties  on  the  "gentlemen,"  and  the 
odd  combinations  of  color  everywhere.     You  know  all  about  it. — Indiafia. 


A    STRUGGLE    FOR    LIFE 

A  FEW  minutes  ago  your  commission  was  put  into  my  hands.  For  a 
long  time  I  have  waited  for  it  as  the  watchman  waiteth  for  the  morning. 
Time  after  time  I  have  returned  from  the  post-ofifice  with  a  heavy  heart, 
and  have  had  to  say  to  my  patient,  suffering  wife,  "No  news  from  New 
York."  More  than  six  months  have  passed  since  I  received  any  salary, 
except  very  small  driblets  in  the  shape  of  collections.  How  I  and  my 
family  have  existed  during  that  time,  the  Lord  alone  knows.  One  thing 
is  sure,  however  :  we  have  neither  been  "  clothed  in  purple  and  fine 
Imcn  "  nor  "fared  sumptuously  every  day."  We  have  often  had  to  sit 
down  to  a  meal  of  bread,  potatoes,  and  salt.  You  will  admit  that  this  is 
not  a  very  dainty  fare,  especially  for  one  who  has  been  sick—  very  sick  at 
times — for  more  than  a  year.  I  think  you  also  will  admit  that  this  is  not 
the  best  fare  that  one  should  have  to  rebuild  a  constitution  broken  down  by 
hard  work  and  exposure  in  malarial  districts.  Yet  what  else  could  we  do  ? 
In  order  to  live  as  we  have,  we  have  sold  many  of  our  household  goods — 
beds,  chairs,  tables,  stoves,  washing  machine,  and  things  too  numerous  to 
mention  have  gone — gone  along  with  every  dollar  of  money,  and  now 
every  particle  of  flour  is  consumed,  and  we  are  utterly  destitute.  Hence 
our  anxiety  to  hear  from  you.  You  know  what  my  income  will  be,  if  to 
your  appropriation  to  this  field  the  people  add  what  they  pledge.  Take 
from  this  our  needful  expenses,  our  daughter's  school  expenses,  and  cost 
of  rent,  clothing,  horse  hire — for  a  horse  is  absolutely  indispensable  in 
this  work — how  much  is  left  for  me  and  my  wife  to  live  on  ?  \\\\\  some 
kind  friend  figure  out  for  us  how  to  make  ends  meet  ?  This  problem  is 
too  much   for  me.     "It  is  high,  I  cannot  attain  unto  it."     Perhaps  some 


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spiritually-minded  man  and  woman  may  be  found  who  live  almost  entirely 
on  spiritual  food,  so  that  they  need  little  or  no  other  kind.  If  such  can 
be  found,  they  doubtless  can  do  very  well  on  our  salary.  During  the 
quarter  I  have  done  the  best  I  could  on  this  field.  I  have  taught  publicly 
and  from  house  to  house  repentance  towards  God  and  faith  in  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ.     May  the  Lord  prosper  this  work. —  Washmgtofi. 


ABOUT    A    MISSIONARY   BOX 

We  have  been  at  work  all  day  packing  our  missionary  box,  and,  tired 
as  I  am,  I  must  tell  you  about  it.  First  of  all,  we  collected  $106.69  ;  so 
we  had  that  to  begin  with  in  good  hard  cash.  In  addition,  we  had  valu- 
able donations  of  clothing.  The  missionary  vvrote  me  that  he  was  living 
over  a  hardware  store,  in  two  rooms  that  were  innocent  of  carpet,  the 
furniture  conspicuous  by  its  absence  ;  that  he  had  no  overcoat ;  and  that 
he  drove  every  Sunday  forty-five  miles,  and  preached  at  four  stations. 

When  I  read  that  letter  I  concluded  that  nothing  would  come  amiss, 
and  set  about  getting  something  to  brighten  that  home  and  cheer  their 
hearts.  We  thought  bare  floors  must  be  dreadfully  cheerless,  so  we  put 
into  the  box  twenty-five  yards  of  extra  quality  superfine  ingrain  carpeting  ; 
also  one  ingrain  "art  square,"  measuring  fourteen  and  a  half  by  twelve 
and  a  half  feet  ;  one  Berlin  rug  three  and  a  half  yards  long  by  one  and  a 
half  yards  wide,  all  fresh  and  new,  right  out  of  the  store.  The  rug  was 
the  gift  of  one  lady,  and  it  is  a  beauty. 

Next,  we  remembered  those  long  rides  without  an  overcoat.  A  physi- 
cian was  asked  if  he  would  give  us  a  cape  coat.  We  knew  he  had  one, 
and  thought  he  might  like  to  give  it  to  us  and  buy  another  for  himself. 
Being  a  friend  to  Home  Missions,  he  came  into  our  plan  most  cordially. 
This  is  a  splendid  cloak,  not  much  worn,  so  we  ladies  thought  it  would 
be  a  good  idea  to  turn  it.  We  took  it  to  a  tailor,  who  said  he  would  turn 
it  for  five  dollars,  if  we  \yould  do  the  ripping  ;  so  we  ripped  the  cloak  and 
had  it  turned,  after  which  it  was  almost  as  good  as  a  new  cloak.  Now,  as 
this  was  a  riding  cloak,  made  to  be  worn  over  another,  and  as  the  mission- 
ary had  written  us  that  he  had  none,  we  bought  him  a  nice  new  beaver 
overcoat.  This,  with  a  new  suit  of  clothes,  and  a  warm  cap  which  he 
could  pull  down  over  his  ears,  and  a  pair  of  fur  gloves,  completed  a  pretty 
good  outfit  for  this  devoted  pastor. 

You  may  be  sure  we  have  looked  carefully  over  the  wardrobe  of  the 
missionary  wife.  She  also  has  a  nice  warm  cloak,  material  for  a  woolen 
dress,  with  all  the  trimmings,  etc.,  to  say  nothing  of  other  necessary 
clothing,  to  which  may  be  added  gloves,  handkerchiefs,  and  aprons.     We 


April,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  623 

have  also  remembered  necessary  utensils  for  the  kitchen,  pictures  for  the 
walls,  needles,  thread,  etc.,  for  the  work-box,  warm  bedding,  table  linen, 
and  a  host  of  other  things  too  numerous  to  mention. 

We  remembered  that  of  their  two  rooms  one  must  be  a  kitchen  as  well 
as  a  parlor  ;  and,  as  we  were  sending  a  carpet  for  it,  there  must  be  oil- 
cloth about  the  cook  stove  to  protect  the  carpet. 

Would  that  we  could  look  into  that  home  when  our  box  is  opened  ! — 
'Massachusetts. 


HOW    MUCH    THE    MISSIONARY    BOXES    MEAN 

At  last  the  purse  strings  have  given  way,  and  the  remnant  of  our 
tithings  for  the  past  year  is  inclosed — only  a  mite,  but  the  dear  Lord 
blessed  that  other  mite,  and  I  trust  He  will  bless  this.  Who  that  reads 
The  Home  Missionary  can  wait  for  calls  more  pressing?  We  know 
something  of  what  it  is  to  sacrifice  and  save  in  a  vain  effort  to  make 
supply  and  demand  balance  each  other,  though  we  have  neither  drought 
nor  the  stern  realities  of  a  Northwestern  climate  to  resist. 

We  greatly  enjoy  reading  the  numbers  of  The  Home  Missionary. 
When,  last  fall,  we  read  that  story  of  the  "  rats  and  table-cloth,"  I  said  to 
my  husband  :  "  I  think  I  have  the  companion  to  that  table-cloth,"  and, 
going  to  our  own  dining-table,  I  counted  the  patches.  There  were  only 
twenty-one,  but  as  it  needs  more  work  of  the  same  kind,  the  lack  can 
easily  be  supplied.  I  am  better  off  than  the  sister  of  the  story,  for  I  have 
a  reserve  of  two  good  table-cloths  which  have  been  contributed  by  a  dear 
sister  in  New  Hampshire. 

Speaking  of  missionary  boxes,  I  wish  the  friends  who  send  them  to  us 
could  know  how  much  they  mean  to  the  missionary.  Really  I  don't  know 
how  those  with  families  of  children  could  get  along  without  them.  We 
missionaries  were  somewhat  surprised  to  read  certain  statements  in  last 
August's  magazine  concerning  the  methods  of  some  ladies'  societies  in 
selecting  a  missionary  family  whose  needs  they  wish  to  supply.  I  am 
glad  that  an  "  undesirable  family  "  does  not  mean  an  unworthy  family, 
but,  as  I  understand  it,  a  family  without  small  children,  or  the  family  of  a 
foreign  missionary  at  home,  or  the  family  of  a  missionary  who  has  not  the 
gift  of  painting  vivid  pictures  to  the  ladies  concerning  the  missionary 
box. 

May  r,  as  a  missionary  wife,  without  being  misunderstood,  ask  one 
question  :  Don't  you  think  it  is  a  little  hard  on  families  with  whom 
correspondence  has  been  opened  about  a  missionary  box,  and  who 
(unfortunately .'')  may  be  too  much  absorbed  in  their  busy  lives  to  find 
time  to  send  back  glowing  accounts  of  their  needs,  and  so  lose  the  timely 


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help  ?  I  think  these  societies  would  be  touched  to  the  heart  if  they 
really  knew  the  economy  practiced  in  many  families,  and  what  disappoint- 
ment comes,  not  alone  to  the  children,  who  have  looked  for,  dreamed  of, 
and  talked  about  that  box  so  long,  but  to  the  father  and  mother  also 
when  it  fails  to  come.  The  little  money  that  would  have  been  used  for 
absolutely  necessary  things  but  for  the  expected  box,  has  gone  to  supply 
other  need?. 

If  a  society  decides  not  to  work  for  a  missionary  family,  should  it 
not  at  once  let  the  missionary  know,  instead  of  leaving  him  to  find  it  out 
by  the  failure  of  the  expected  box  to  come?  And  should  they  not  also 
report  to  headquarters,  that  the  family  may  be  otherwise  cared  for  ?  I 
speak  what  I  know  w^hen  I  say  that  a  mother  and  children  have  suffered 
in  the  cold  weather  for  needed  clothing  which  they  did  not  buy  because 
these  articles  had  been  mentioned  among  "things  most  needed"  in 
response  to  questions  in  correspondence  with  the  secretary  of  a  ladies' 
society  who  had  sent  the  glad  message  :  "  We  are  preparing  to  send  vou 
a  box,  etc. " — A  Home  Missionary  Wife. 


A    ROMANCE    OF    HOME    MISSIONS 

By  Rev.  A.  L.  Gridley,  late  of  Greenville,  III. 

Self-sacrifice  and  heroic  endurance  are  manifested  in  Home  Missions 
as  truly  as  in  Foreign.  This  fact  is  well  illustrated  in  the  founding  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church  in  Greenville,  111.  This  church  was 
organized  by  a  committee  appointed  for  that  purpose  ;  but  the  only  mem- 
ber present  was  Rev.  Thomas  Lippincott,  the  man  who  officiated  at  the 
funeral  of  Freedom's  proto-martyr,  Elijah  P.  Lovejoy. 

The  church  at  once  began  the  erection  of  a  house  of  worship,  theie 
being  no  church  edifice  in  the  region,  though  the  town  was  the  county- 
seat  of  Bond  County.  Subscriptions  were  secured  from  those  who  had 
simply  a  business  interest  in  the  general  improvement  of  the  place,  as  well 
as  by  those  who  longed  to  see  a  house  of  God  erected.  But  financial 
affairs  were  not  as  prosperous  as  was  anticipated.  The  subscriptions  were 
not  paid.  They  had  gone  on  but  a  little  way  when  it  was  found  that  not 
enough  money  could  be  realized  to  pay  even  the  board  of  the  workmen. 
All  progress  ceased.  Finally  the  building  was  sold  by  the  sheriff  to 
satisfy  a  lien.  The  little  church  of  pioneers  could  not  redeem  it.  Heroic 
effort  must  be  put  forth,  and  help  must  be  secured  from  abroad. 

The  church  appointed  Captain  Asa  L.  Saunders  as  financial  agent. 
He  was  a  man  who  could  say  from  his  heart  :  "  I  love  thy  church,  O  God." 


April,  1895  The    Home   Missionary  625 

After  exhausting  the  financial  possibilities  of  the  new  and  poor  settle- 
ments in  the  county,  he  started  east.  In  order  that  he  might  not  be 
compelled  to  use  any  of  the  donations  received  for  the  church  for  his 
personal  expenses,  and  that  he  might  not  be  "  a  common  beggar  on  the 
road,"  in  case  of  sickness  or  other  emergency,  he  took  his  most  valuable 
horse  to  St.  Louis  and  sold  it  for  forty  dollars.  With  the  proceeds  of 
this  sale  as  a  fund  to  be  used  in  case  of  accident,  he  started  on  his  long 
journey  afoot.  He  walked  first  to  Cincinnati,  O.,  where,  through  the 
influence  of  Dr.  Lyman  Beecher,  he  received  some  assistance.  He  con- 
tinued his  wearisome  journey  to  New  York  city,  where  he  received 
further  aid,  but  not  enough  to  allow  him  to  return  and  serve  the  church. 
So  he  continued  his  march  to  Boston.  On  his  way  he  was  sometimes  so 
exhausted  that  he  could  scarcely  reach  a  place  of  shelter.  Once  he  came 
near  perishing  on  the  road.  He  was  in  such  a  condition  of  exhaustion 
that  he  had  entirely  lost  the  power  of  speech  when  he  finally  reached 
the  house  of  that  earnest  and  benevolent  Christian  worker,  Deacon  Daniel 
Safford.  Restoratives  were  applied,  and  after  a  time  he  was  able  to  make 
known  the  sacred  errand  that  had  brought  him  there.  His  faith  and 
heroic  sacrifice  were  rewarded  with  success  in  obtaining  the  means  neces- 
sary to  redeem  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

But  he  never  recovered  from  the  exhaustion  of  the  journey  ;  and 
never  again  had  the  free  use  of  his  voice.  Friends  in  the  Mount  Vernon 
Church,  Boston,  furnished  the  means  for  him  to  return  home  by  public 
conveyance  as  far  as  such  conveyance  existed.  He  was  permitted  to 
reach  his  home,  to  see  the  house  of  God  completed,  and  in  a  short  time 
was  taken  to  the  "  house  not  made  with  hands." 

This  is  but  one  of  many  incidents  which  show  the  heroism  and  self- 
sacrifice  of  those  who  are  struggling  to  establish  the  kingdom  of  Christ  in 
the  pioneer  regions  of  our  land. 


THE    ITINERANCY    OF    A    "PORTABLE    CHAPEL" 

Bv  Rev.  J.  B.  Drew,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

It  may  be  of  interest  to  the  readers  of  The  Home  Missionary  to 
know  that  the  portable  chapel  furnished  for  work  in  Minneapolis  first 
did  service  for  a  Sunday-school  on  Lyndale  Avenue,  which  grew  into  a 
church  now  known  as  the  Lyndale  Congregational,  with  a  membership  of 
350,  and  a  building  worth  $20,000.  Then  it  was  moved  to  North  Minne- 
apolis, and  sheltered  a  Sunday-school  that  developed  into  the  Silver  Lake 
Church,  with  a  membership  of  209,  having  a  fine  house.  Next  it  was 
taken  apart  and  set  up  again  on  Fifth  Avenue,  South  Minneapolis,  and 


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occupied  by  a  Sunday-school  that  has  grown  into  a  church  of  105  mem- 
bers, with  a  good  house  of  worship.  From  MinneapoHs  it  was  taken  to 
St.  Paul'  for  a  Sunday-school,  the  nucleus  of  Bethany  Church,  which  now 
has  a  beautiful  home.  From  there  it  was  moved  to  Mohawk  Park,  and 
housed  another  school  until  the  roof  and  timbers  were  so  decayed  that 
it  was  not  considered  safe,  and  the  school  was  suspended.  Now  upon  the 
corner  of  Forest  and  Case  Streets,  with  new  roof  and  gables,  and  painted 
inside  and  out,  it  is  doing  good  work,  sheltering  a  school  of  125  scholars 
and  a  congregation  of  forty  to  fifty,  with  prospect  of  a  church  organiza- 
tion within  the  year.  Surely  the  donors  to  this  building  may  feel  that 
their  money  has  been  wisely  used  for  God  and  his  people.  Pray  for  us, 
that  its  last  work  may  be  its  best. 


THE    GOSPEL'S    VITAL    POWER 

I  HAVE  here  been  brought  face  to  face  with  the  greatest  difficulties, 
yet  never  have  I  been  more  convinced  of  the  vital  power  of  the  simple 
Gospel  of  Christ.  The  success  has  been  simply  astonishing  to  me  and  to 
others.  One  difficulty  arose  from  the  fact  that  our  congregation  was  a 
confusing  mass  of  heterogeneous  elements  :  Unitarians,  Congregationalists, 
Baptists,  Methodists,  and  some  who  had  not  got  so  far  along  in  religion 
as  to  have  any  denominational  preferences.  Many  of  these  esteemed 
themselves,  and,  1  believe,  correctly,  as  "  highly  intellectual  "  persons. 
Not  regarding  myself  as  remarkably  intellectual,  and  yet  being  deter- 
mined, if  possible,  with  the  help  of  the  Lord,  to  give  them  satisfaction, 
and  more  especially  to  do  them  good,  I  felt  that  my  only  course  was  to 
ask  the  Lord  to  make  and  keep  me  as  useful  as  possible,  by  making  me 
honest — honest  to  myself,  honest  to  them,  and  honest  to  my  high  calling 
as  a  minister  of  Jesus  Christ.  To  give  me  a  good  stock  of  sterling  com- 
mon sense,  and  a  message  to  deliver,  with  power  to  deliver  it  so  as  tvo 
captivate  their  attention,  make  them  feel  and  acknowledge  the  grandeur 
and  the  glory  of  the  Christian  religion,  and  bring  them,  with  their  "  high 
degree  of  intellectuality,"  to  the  foot  of  the  cross  to  love  and  serve  Him 
who  died  thereon  that  they  might  live.  My  prayer  has  not  been  in  vain. 
Every  Sunday  since  I  have  been  here  some  of  the  hearers  have  come  up 
to  thank  me  for  the  sermon,  and  to  tell  me  that  it  had  done  them  good. 
And  every  Sunday  morning,  whether  the  wind  blows — and  it  blows  most 
terrifically  here — or  whether  it  rains,  or  whatever  it  may  do,  I  am  greeted 
with  a  fine  congregation.  We  are  working  for  an  outpouring  of  the 
Spirit  on  the  people.  Indeed,  it  has  already  begun.  We  had  a  grand  day 
last  Sunday. — North  Dakota. 


April,  1895  The   Home   Missionary  627 

THE    GOSPEL    AND    STRIKES 

By  Rf.v.  Jamks  Hayes,  Coal  Bluff,  Ind. 

In  the  providence  of  God  a  great  deal  of  my  life  has  been  spent  with 
coal  miners,  so  that  I  have  seen  what  might  be  termed  the  inside  and  the 
outside  of  the  strike  business.  The  strike  has  been  called  a  necessary 
evil.  We  all  believe  it  is  an  evil,  and  that  continually.  All  of  the  many 
strikes  that  1  have  known  could  have  been  settled  by  the  parties  concerned 
if  they  would  only  do  right.  The  solution  of  the  problem  is  not  in  secret 
organizations,  no  matter  how  large  the  numbers  ;  nor  is  it  in  the  ballot 
box,  however  sacred  that  may  be  ;  but  it  is  in  the  home,  which  lies  back  of 
all  these.  When  a  man  turns  his  back  on  wife  and  little  ones,  gives  his 
attention  to  the  "walking  delegate  "  or  trading  politician,  he  is  preparing 
for  the  worst  that  may  follow.  I  have  no  sympathy  with  any  church  work 
that  does  not  aim  to  correct  these  evils,  be  they  strikes,  politics,  intemper- 
ance, or  anything  else.  "  Righteousness  e.xalteth  a  nation,  but  sin  is  a 
reproach  to  any  people." 

Many  of  our  miners,  and  also  many  of  our  coal  operators,  are  tired  of 
strikes,  and  believe  there  is  a  better  way  to  adjust  their  difficulties.  But 
the  overwhelming  majority  are  on  the  other  side.  If  we  go  back  in  the 
history  of  these  towns,  before  we  began  our  church  work  we  find  riots, 
lawlessness,  and  murders  in  the  time  of  strikes,  and  that  used  to  be  every 
year.  With  the  beginning  of  our  Cardonia  work,  a  few  miners  met  each 
other,  talked  over  the  situation,  and  decided  on  trying  to  start  a  new 
departure  with  reference  to  these  troubles.  Three  miners  were  chosen  to 
meet  the  coal  operators  and  try  to  bring  about  a  better  state  of  things. 
Your  missionary  was  one  of  these  men.  We  met  in  the  morning,  and  had 
a  long  conference.  Noon  came,  and  our  operators  invited  us  to  dinner 
with  them.  In  the  afternoon  we  drew  up  an  agreement  on  a  certain  basis 
for  a  year,  which  both  miners  and  operators  were  to  sign.  This  was  the 
beginning  of  the  State  Federation  which  was  adopted  by  other  States, 
when  both  parties  met  in  council  once  a  year  to  settle  whatever  difficulties 
had  presented  themselves.  It  worked  well  for  several  years,  but  after  a 
while  the  annual  agreement  was  broken  by  some  Illinois  operators,  and 
since  then  strikes  have  been  far  too  common. 

When  a  strike  takes  place  too  many  of  the  men  have  an  idea  that  all 
law  and  order  are  suspended,  and  some  become  openly  wild  fanatics. 
Having  no  reason  to  appeal  to,  but  prejudice  and  ignorance,  persecution 
always  follows.  So  in  these  times  we  not  only  preach  a  straight  Gospel, 
but  take  up  some  attractive  line  of  work  in  and  around  the  churches.  At 
Cardonia,  last  summer,  during  the  strike,  the  miners  painted  the  meeting- 
house themselves,  going  in  debt  for  the  material.     The  women  also  added 


628  The   Home  Missionary  April,  1895 

their  approval  by  carpeting  the  platform  and  putting  matting  on  the 
aisles.  During  all  that  tremendous  time  there  was  not  a  single  misde- 
meanor committed  in  the  town.  I  often  met  the  boys  and  praised  them 
for  their  good  behavior,  and  God  has  been  blessing  them  all  the  time. 

A  few  weeks  ago  I  was  at  Caseyville,  and  after  preaching  in  the 
morning  I  took  dinner  with  the  man  who  has  the  care  of  all  the  company's 
houses  in  that  town.  I  put  the  question  to  him  straight  :  Has  the  Chris- 
tian work  done  by  us  in  this  town  had  any  influence  on  the  miners  during 
the  late  strike  ?  He  said  :  "  Yes,  sir,  it  has.  Before  this  last  strike  we  had 
to  watch  all  our  property  very  closely.  Riots,  fights,  and  even  murder, 
were  common  things.  We  had  to  put  a  double  guard  on  our  railroad  to 
keep  the  miners  from  tearing  it  up,  and,  notwithstanding  all  our  care, 
the  miners  turned  out  and  stoned  the  train  ;  but  during  this  late  strike  we 
have  had  nothing  of  this.  Church  and  Sunday-school  work  have  been 
the  means  of  bringing  this  better  state  of  things  about." 

One  Sunday  night,  after  preaching  in  that  town,  a  lot  of  fellows  under 
the  influence  of  liquor  came  around  our  cabin  where  we  had  been  holding 
our  services,  shouting,  "  We'll  burn  the  bridges  ;  we'll  tear  up  the  track  !  " 
A  few  of  us  stepped  up  to  them,  and  told  them  if  there  was  anything  of 
the  kind  done  we  would  have  them  arrested  at  once.  It  is  wonderful  to 
see  what  a  little  Christian  backbone  and  grit  will  do  at  such  times.  Our 
Caseyville  people  are  getting  a  better  record  now.  You  know  what  Coal 
Bluff  used  to  be,  and,  with  its  eight  saloons,  it  is  bad  enough  now.  A 
drunken  miner  reeled  into  the  depot  at  Terre  Haute  some  time  ago,  and 
said  to  the  ticket  agent  :  "Here,  give  me  a  ticket  for  hell."  They  put 
him  off  at  Coal  Bluff.  A  saloon-keeper  met  me  on  the  track  a  little  while 
ago,  and  was  going  to  give  me  a  whipping  ;  but  he  left  me,  saying  he 
was  going  to  get  up  a  petition  to  get  me  out  of  town  because  I  was  inter- 
fering with  his  business.  Some  of  the  boys  told  me  since  that  they  had 
boycotted  his  saloon.  Here  the  pressure  came  from  all  around  to  induce 
our  miners  to  lawlessness  and  riot.  (See  The  Home  Missionary  for 
October,  1894,  page  326.) 

As  the  outgrowth  of  the  Coal  Bluff  work,  four  other  Sunday-schools 
were  organized  last  summer,  and  are  all  going  to  stay,  gathering  in  250 
more  children.  There  have  been  also  two  large  Sunday-school  rallies 
this  fall,  which  have  made  the  Sunday-school  cause  popular.  I  don't 
know  when  during  all  our  work  on  this  field  it  has  counted  for  so  much 
as  it  has  during  these  troublous  times,  and  this  is  only  one  dark  spot 
in  our  State  where  the  blessed  Gospel  is  shedding  its  rays  of  light  and 
life  in  the  hearts  and  homes  of  the  people.  If  there  has  been  so  much 
peace,  harmony,  and  good  will  brought  about  by  one  Home  Missionary, 
what  must  be  the  result  of  the  work  of  more  than  2,000  missionaries  who 
are  kept  at  their  posts  by  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society  ? 


April,  1895  The   Home   Missionary  629 

WORK    THAT    PAYS 

Months  ago  I  visited  a  young  man  sick  of  typhoid  fever  in  one  of 
our  hotels.  I  found  him  tossing  on  the  bed  in  a  bare,  hot  room,  and,  reaHz- 
ing  that  to  leave  him  there  would  be  to  let  him  die,  I  ordered  him  to  he 
taken  to  my  home,  and  gave  him  a  nice,  cool  room  and  comfortable  bed. 
I  shall  never  forget  the  expression  of  his  face  as  he  said  to  me  :  "Oh,  Mr, 
B.,  this  is  like  going  to  heaven."  With  the  assistance  of  kind-hearted 
friends,  we  nursed  the  young  stranger  through  four  weeks  of  suffering  and 
gave  him  back  to  his  dear  ones— I  trust  also  to  the  life-long  service  of 
God.  When  Christ  was  on  earth  he  touched  the  sick  and  healed  them.  I 
could  not  do  tiiis;  but  all  that  I  could  do  was  cheerfully  done  for  his  sake. 

I  wish  you  could  know  one  of  our  brethren  who  was  converted  last  winter. 
God  has  made  a  wonderful  change  in  his  heart.  I  gave  him  a  Sunday-school 
class  in  the  spring,  and  if  you  could  see  him  with  his  little  class  of  twenty- 
nine  boys  and  girls  under  eight  years  of  age,  it  would  stir  your  heart  as  it 
stirs  mine.  The  little  ones  all  love  him.  The  man  is  a  physical  giant,  able 
to  take  any  two  ordinary  men  and  shake  them  as  a  cat  shakes  a  mouse. 
Conquered  by  the  Spirit  of  (iod,  he  has  become  meek  and  gentle  in  heart 
as  a  little  child,  and  the  little  children  gather  round  him  in  perfect  confi- 
dence. Ah,  my  brethren,  there  is  a  joy  in  the  service  of  Christ  here  in  the 
far  West  that  exalts  the  ministry  of  the  Gospel.  For  does  not  the  royal 
Master  use  us  to  work  the  greatest  miracles — those  whereby  a  man  be- 
comes a  new  creature  ? — South  Dakota. 


"INSTITUTIONAL"   CHURCHES    FOR   THE  FRONTIER 

After  working  for  thirteen  years  in  the  Black  Hills  and  Wyoming 
missions  I  am  convinced  that  the  slow  progress  of  evangelical  churches 
of  all  denominations  is  largely  due  to  church  rivalry — competition,  where 
there  should  be  cooperation. 

It  is  obvious  that  any  number  of  churches  whose  doors  are  open  to 
the  public  for  only  a  few  hours  each  week  cannot  counteract  the  evil  of 
an  equal  or  larger  number  of  saloons  running  every  day  and  night. 
Furthermore,  when  there  are  more  churches  in  a  Western  village  than 
the  Christians  in  the  place  can  support  by  direct  giving,  pastors  must 
depend  for  their  salaries  upon  the  questionable  schemes  adopted  by  the 
majority  of  churches  for  getting  money  from  outsiders  ;  such  as  the  quilt 
lotter}^  the  grab-bag,  the  public  dance,  and  wine  and  card  parties.  These 
schemes,  together  with    the    petty  jealousies   and  contentions    naturally 


630  The  Home  Missionary  April,  1895 

arising  from  them  among  ambitious  workers  in  different  competing  soci- 
eties, bring  the  Christian  religion  into  low  repute  among  those  who  stand 
off  and  look  on. 

Suppose  we  have  three  towns  in  the  West  in  each  of  which  there  is  a 
Baptist,  a  Methodist,  and  a  Congregational  church,  each  doing  the  same 
work  at  the  same  hours  of  the  day  and  on  the  same  days  of  the  week. 
The  result  is  small  congregations,  poor  choirs,  lack  of  Sunday-school 
teachers,  and  few  conversions.  Now  it  will  readily  be  seen  that  the  cost 
to  missionary  societies  would  be  no  more  if  the  three  Baptist  missionaries 
were  in  one  town,  the  three  Congregationalists  in  another,  and  the  three 
Methodists  in  another.  If  three  missionaries  of  the  same  denominational 
faith  were  sent  into  one  town,  instructed  to  work  it  thoroughly,  different 
lines  of  work  could  be  taken  up  by  each,  and  a  much  larger  number  could 
be  reached. 

First,  as  the  children  of  the  West  need  help,  suppose  one  of  the 
missionaries  were  instructed  to  establish  a  kindergarten — an  institution 
which  should  by  all  means  be  fostered  by  the  church. 

The  Golden  Gate  Kindergarten  Association  of  California,  which  more 
than  twenty  years  ago  established  kindergartens  in  the  worst  parts  of  the 
city  of  San  Francisco,  tells  us  that  out  of  eight  thousand  children  who 
have  passed  through  these  schools  only  one  has  ever  been  under  arrest. 
These  were  the  children  of  criminals  and  desperate  characters. 

A  free  kindergarten  established  by  Christians  in  the  city  of  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  and  visited  several  times  by  the  writer,  in  six  years  entirely 
changed  the  character  of  the  neighborhood  in  which  it  was  placed,  making 
it  quiet  and  respectable,  while  before  it  had  been  noisy  and  troublesome. 

A  kindergarten  was  run  for  one  year  in  connection  with  the  Method- 
ist church  of  Sundance,  Wyo.,  with  most  happy  results.  The  kinder- 
gartner  had  charge  of  the  primary  work  in  the  Sunday-school.  At  the 
end  of  the  year  the  class  was  accidentally  taught  for  one  Sunday  by  the 
superintendent  of  the  Black  Hills  mission,  who  pronounced  it  the  finest 
class  in  the  whole  mission,  and  was  very  enthusiastic  in  his  praise  of  the 
work. 

Under  our  present  mode  of  working,  the  primary  teacher,  oftentimes 
being  not  interested  and  attending  irregularly,  has  charge  of  the  children 
for  one  hour  in  the  week.  In  the  instance  cited  above,  the  kindergartner, 
interested,  always  in  her  place,  and  understanding  the  management  of 
children,  had  charge  of  them  for  sixteen  hours  in  each  week,  with  the 
result  described.     The  children  were  all  praying  Christians. 

My  argument  is  this  :  The  churches  and  Sunday-schools  of  the  West 
under  our  present  mode  of  working  are  saving  too  few  of  the  children  of 
Christians,  while  the  free  kindergartens  of  cities  are  saving  the  children 
of  criminals. 


April,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  6 


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Again,  the  young  men  of  the  West  need  help.  The  young  man  brought 
up  by  Christian  parents  in  the  East  has  usually,  after  he  goes  West,  no 
home  except  his  dreary,  cheerless  room  at  the  little  hotel.  As  a  rule  he 
has  no  fire  in  his  room,  and  cannot  spend  his  evenings  with  his  papers  and 
books  in  a  room  where  the  thermometer  shows  a  temperature  twenty, 
perhaps  thirty,  degrees  below  zero.  In  the  hotel  office  there  is  usually  a 
bar,  and  the  uncomfortable  parlor  offers  no  attractions.  Now,  if  in  con- 
nection with  the  kindergarten  the  church  should  also  establish  a  night- 
.school,  and  a  reading-room  to  be  kept  open  days  and  evenings  and  Sun- 
days, except  during  the  hours  at  which  services  are  held  in  the  church, 
the  young  man  would  have  a  place  to  go  where  he  would  be  helped.  Such 
an  institution  sujely  needs  no  argument  to  prove  its  utility.  It  would 
benefit  the  entire  community. 

Berkeley  Temple,  in  Boston,  and  other  "  Institutional  "  churches  of 
the  East  have  been  attended  with  results  which  should  prove  the  wisdom 
of  such  a  plan.     Why  not  try  it  in  the  West  ? 

N.  D.  P. 


Tabor ^  Iowa. 


^ 


A    HARD    FIELD 

The  Congregational  is  the  only  English-speaking  church  on  the 
north  side  of  the  river,  and  although  we  have  a  great  many  people  on 
that  side,  there  are  very  few  who  speak  English.  Our  Sunday-school  is 
largely  composed  of  German  children,  and  it  is  a  great  blessing  to  them  ; 
but  while  the  Germans  are  willing  that  their  children  should  come  to 
Sunday-school,  they  will  not  themselves  come  to  church.  The  position  of 
the  church  is  not  favorable  to  a  large  growth  in  the  immediate  future,  but 
it  is  certainly  doing  work  for  God.  During  August  and  September  last 
we  had  to  compete  with  a  Sunday  picnic  on  one  side  of  the  church  and 
Sunday  ball-playing  on  the  other,  but  the  winter  broke  up  their  business 
for  the  time  being,  and  we  hope  to  be  able  to  keep  it  stopped  hereafter. 

Nearly  all  the  stores  and  saloons  here  keep  open  every  day  in  the 
week.  Every  corporation  in  town  breaks  the  law  of  the  State  every  Sun- 
day, and  they  compel  their  employees  to  break  the  law  or  be  discharged. 
They  only  object  to  law-breaking  when  it  touches  their  pockets.  However, 
we  have  organized,  and  are  engaged  in  an  attempt  to  close  the  stores  on 
Sunday.  We  first  went  around  to  the  storekeepers  who,  we  thought, 
would  favor  Sunday  closing,  and  got  them  to  sign  an  agreement  to  close 
if  the  rest  would.  By  taking  them  one  at  a  time  we  have  induced  two- 
thirds  of  the  merchants  to  agree  to  close,  and  we  intend  to  try  and  get 
the  others  to  do  likewise. — Indiana. 


632  The   Home   Missionary  April,  1895 


TREASURY     NOTE 

CONTRIBUTIONS  LEGACIES 

1893-4  1894-5  1893-4        1894-5 

April...  410,366  46  $18,936  34  April....  $6,681  14  $8,701  36 

May 9)46i   46  18,608  21            May 25,812  59         6,113  5^ 

June 15.136    17  15.249  44           June 10,254  35  35.^26  54 

July 15.293    72  18,908  65           July 8,940  39  10,695   22 

Augu.st.    .      9,479  91  7,886   18  August..  14,885  55  35,280  76 

Sept 13.794  35  12,707  28           Sept 5,450  10  15,045  01 

Oct 7,342   56  9,52304           Oct 4,025  00         5,36902 

Nov •3.387   77  13,683  01           Nov 4,682  73         6,672  70 

Dec 15.693   27  17.727  67           Dec 11.943  n  io,575  52 

Jan 38,416   74  30,322   17           Jan 15,688  59  14,415  46 

Feb 10,538  94  13,699  46           Feb 17,248  48  16,324  14 


$158,911    35    $177,251    45  $125,612   03  $164,219  31 

$18,340.10  gain  in  contributions.       $38,607.28  gain  in  legacies. 

Total  gain  in  eleven  months  (April,  1894,  to  February,  1895),  $56,- 
947.38.  Needed  in  March  $100,000,  to  leave  the  Treasury  in  as  good 
condition  as  at  the  close  of  the  previous  fiscal  year. 

The  ofiicial  statement  and  special  appeal  sent  to  our  readers  last 
month  is  meeting  with  a  very  prompt  and  kind  reception.  Between  400 
and  500  responses  have  already  come  in,  fully  half  of  them  containing 
remittances,  many  of  which,  though  small  in  amount,  were  the  fruit  of 
genuine  sacrifices.  The  rest  brought  words  of  sympathy,  of  love  for  the 
work,  and  best  wishes  for  its  success,  from  those  unable  to  give  at  the 
moment.  Some  of  these  letters  we  hope  to  lay  before  our  readers  in  a. 
later  issue. 

These  words  from  hundreds,  representing  thousands,  of  friends  of 
Home  Missions,  have  greatly  cheered  and  encouraged  our  faith.  "  Im- 
possible things  "  become  possible  when  God's  people  set  their  hearts  on 
doing  that  for  which  He  calls. 

How  much  He  has  done,  is  doing,  and  will  yet  do  for  us  !  Are  we 
satisfied  with  what  we  have  done  and  are  doing  for  Him  ?  Is  it  all  that 
we  shall  feel  we  owed,  all  that  we  shall  wish  we  had  done,  when  we  look 
back  upon  life's  completed  account  ?  Future  regrets,  however  bitter,  will 
not  amend  that  record.  Only  strenuous  action  to-day  and  henceforth  can 
brighten  the  present  and  coming  years  with  the  making  of  a  new  history 
for  ourselves  and  for  our  country,  on  which,  through  divine  grace,  we  may 
not  so  greatly  dread  to  look. 


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APPOINTMENTS     IN     FEBRUARY,    1895 


Not  in  commission  last  year 

Baumann,  Henry.  McPhcrson  Co.,  So.  Dak. 

Bessey,  William  N.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Danford.    James    W.,    Brownton    and     Stewart, 

Minn. 
Dilley,  Samuel  V.,  White  Oaks,  New  Mcx. 
Gerrie,  William  A.,  Embarrass,  No.  Wis. 
Hannah,  William  J.,  Big  Timber,  Mont. 
Jenney,  E.  Winthrop.  Oacoma,  So.  Dak. 
Jevvett,  John  E.  B.,  Aurora,  So.  Dak. 
"Johnson,  Aupust  G..  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Maillcy.  James,  El  Reno,  Okla. 
Mannhardt,  F.rnest  G.  L.,  Wilton  Junction,  Iowa. 
Marsh,  Hammond   L.,  Winona,  Minn. 
Morris,    Maurice    B.,    Fairport    and    Richmond. 

Ohio. 
Schenerle,  Gottlieb,  Ritzville,  Wash. 
Trandt,  .Adam,  Denver,  Colo. 
Treiber,  D.  J.,  Sycamore,  Kan. 
Wheeler,  Charles  T.,  Coal  Creek,  Colo. 
Williams,  Samuel,  Riverton,  Neb. 


A'c'-  com  m  issioncd 

Baumann,  G.  B.,  Butte.  Neb. 

Bingham,  Charles  M.,  Dayton  and  Port  Orange, 
Fla. 

Bosworth,  William  A.,  Perry.  Okla. 

Boyle,  Frank  W..  El  Paso,Te.xas. 

Brunker,  T.  A.,  ,  Okla. 

Conard,  William  J.,  Ellsworth,  Ash  Creek,  and 
Kanaranzi.  Minn. 

Davies,  William  A.,  Bladen,  Campbell,  and  Up- 
land, Neb. 

Deakin,  Samuel,  Cowles  and  Pleasant  Ridge, 
Neb. 

Drew,  Frank  L.,  Henry,  So.  Dak. 


Evcland,  Samuel,  Joplin,  Mo. 

Fisk,  Pliny  H.,  North    Branch  and  Sunrise  City, 

Minn. 
Foster,  Fcstus,  Enid,  Okla. 
Hankcmeyer,  Nathaniel  W.,  New  Rockford,   No. 

Dak. 

Harper,  Joel, ,  Okla. 

Hawn,  Robert  (i.,  Sunnysidc,  Wash. 
Hayes,  James,  Coal  Bluff  and  Cardonia,  Ind. 
Holbrook,  Ira  A.,  Stillwater,  Okla. 
Humphrey,  Thomas  A.,  Johnstown,  Pa. 
Icnkins,    David    T.,    Dwight   and    Grafton,   No. 

Dak. 
Kucera,  Miss  Magdalena,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
McHenry,   Feargus   G.,  Cortlandt  and   Pickrell, 

Neb. 
Moffatt,  T.  Clemence,   Palisade,   Hayes  Center, 

and  Hayes  Co.,  Neb. 
Nelson,  Andrew  P..  East  Orange,  N.  J. 
Nutting,  John  D.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
Oehler,  William,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Page,  Charles  E.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Palmer,  Oscar  A.,  Trenton,  Neb. 
Perry,  George  H.,  Pueblo,  Colo. 
Pfeiffer,  George  M.,  V^illage  Creek   and    Scatter 

Creek,  Kan. 
Richards.  Samuel,  Parker,  Okla. 
Rid  er.  Albert  E.,  Alma  and  Naponee.  Neb. 
Robb,  William  B.,  Denver,  Colo. 
Rogers.  Enoch  E.,  Groveland,  Minn. 
Routliffe,  Charles  H.,  Granite  Falls,  Minn. 
Scott,  George,  Lead  (Black  Hillsi,  So.  Dak. 
Shepard,  Herman  T.,  Butte,  Mont. 
Shuman.  Henry  A.,  Monroe  and  Wattsville,  Neb. 
Smith,  G.  Ernest,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Stocking.  James  B.,  New  Castle,  Colo. 
Vogler,    Henry,    Blumenthal,   Friedens,   and    St. 

Matthew,  So.  Dak. 
Wood,  Samuel,  Havelock,  Neb. 
Young,  Arthur  G.,  Harvey,  No.  Dak. 


RECEIPTS    IN    FEBRUARY,    1895 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Au.xiliary  Societies,  see  pages  641  to  645 


MAINE-S540.69. 

Maine  Miss.  See,  John  L.  Crosby, 
Treas.  : 

Income  from  the  Kittridge  Fund, 
Auburn,  Mrs.  E.  T.  Little,  by  G.  T, 

Little 

Augusta,  A  Friend 

Bangor,  Dr.  T.  U.  Coe 

Castine.  mon.  con.  coll.  of  the  Trin. 

Ch..  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Cushman 

Frankfort,  by  J.  Greer 

Freeport.  Mrs.  D.  Lane 

Hallowell,  Ladies"  Cent.  Soc,  by  Miss 
M.  C.  Dole 

Mrs.  M.  H.  Russell 

Harrison,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  A. 

G.  Fitz   

Kennebunkport,  Mrs.  L.  S.  Cook 

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

Heaton 

Naples.  Mrs.  A.  S.  Perley 

Norridgewock.   Rev.  B.  Tappan,  $5; 

Mrs   C.  F.  Dole,  .$5 

Phillips,  by  Rev.  W.  W.  Ranney 


$295  00 


.5 

00 

40 

00 

25 

00 

4 

50 

3 

00 

5 

00 

8  82 
10  00 


10  00 
5  00 


Portland,  Williston  Ch.,  by  A.  L.  Bur- 
bank  $84  33 

"  Z.  R.  F..  collector  " 10  00 

Sherman  Mills.  Washburn  Memorial, 
S6.88  ;  Sr.  and  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
$2.62,  by  Rev.  I.  C.  Bumpus 9  50 

Topsham,  F.  E.  Purinton i  00 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE— $621.08. 

Received     by     Hon.     L.     D. 

Stevens,  Treas.  N.  H.  H. 

M.  Soc.  : 

Candia.  S.  S §5  00 

Center  Ossipee,  Ch.,  §7.80  ; 

S.  S.,  S7Q2 '5  72 

Deerfield  Center 21  60 

East  Concord 6  00 

Greenfield,  L^nion  Ch.& Soc.  1750 

Hooksett 15  00 

Plymouth.  S.  S 5  00 

Somersworth 52  76 

Stratham 6  00 


144  58 


634 


The   Home  Missionary 


April,   1895 


F,  C.  I.  and  H.  M.  U.,  Miss  A.  A.  Mc- 
Farland,  Treas.  : 
Candia,  Ladies'  Benev.Soc, 

special $10  00 

Exeter,    A    Friend     in    the 

Second  Ch 5  00 

Tamworth, Mrs.  A.M.  Davis      5000 

$65  00 

Amherst,  by  A.  S.  Wilkins 8  50 

E.  D.  Boylston 100  00 

Berlin  Mills,  Junior  Soc,  by  J.  B.  Car- 

rutliers,  for  Salary  Fund 11  50 

Canterbury  Depot,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Glines  2  00 

Concord,  G.  F.  Page 5  00 

A  Friend 5  00 

Derry,  M.  1*.  Pinkerton 200 

Miss  J.  A.  Choate 5  00 

Durham,  Mrs.  G.  Mathes 2  00 

Manchester,  E.  Ferren 10  00 

Mrs.  J.  A.  West 2  00 

Mason,  E.  Whitaker 50 

Nashua,  E.  Spalding 100  00 

Newmarket,  A  Friend,  by  T.  H.  Wis- 

wall 5  cx> 

Newport  Ch.,  A  Friend 30  00 

North  Hampton,  Mrs.  A.  Gove 10  00 

Orfordville.  Mrs.  A.  L.  Pierce,  50  cts.  ; 

Miss  M.  S.  Lane,  $1 150 

Pelham,  A  Friend 10  00 

Penacook,  by  L.  M.  Currier 8  50 

Pike  Station,  D.  G.  Morgan 10  00 

E.B.Pike 500 

Tamworth  Iron  Works,  Faxon  Gan- 
nett and  wife '  20  00 

West  Rindge.  Dea.  H.  E.  Wetherbee.  50  00 
Winchester,  Y.  P.   S.   C.  E.,  by   Miss 

D.  I.  Smith,  special 8  00 


VERMONT— $272.91. 


Vermont    Dom.     Miss     Soc, 
by  W.  C.  Merrill,  Treas.  : 

Barnet,  S.  S 

Hardwick,Mrs.  E.  F.  Strick- 
land   


5  00 


$9  83 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union  : 
Barnet,   Y.  P.   S.   C.  E.,  for 

Salary  Fund 3  00 

Brattleboro,  West 45  00 

Mrs.  M.  A.  Bigelow 5  00 

Mrs.  Herrick. i<  00 

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

Fund 9  00 

Charleston,  West,  Y.   P.  S. 

C.  E.,  for  Salary  Fund. . .         i  03 
Howe,  Y,  P.   S.  C.  E.,  for 

Salary  Fund 4  80 

Rutland,   S.    S.,   for   Salary 

Fund 25  00 

Troy,  Y.   P.    S.   C.    E.,   for 

Salary  Fund 3  20 


$97  03 106  86 

Barton,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  M.  M.  Cur- 
rier   7  50 

Brandon,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Young 6  00 

Brattleboro,  A   Thank  offering,   Mrs. 

T.J.  C 2  00 

Cornwall,  coll.  in  part,  by  Rev.  S.  H. 

Barnum 35  65 

Middlebury,  L.  P.  Boardman 500 

Pittsford,  N.  H.  Parmelee i  00 

South  Royalton,  Mrs.  S.  H,  Jones,  by 

E.  Foster 100  00 

West  Cornwall,  S.  S.  Rockwell 4  40 

West  Randolph,  Mrs.  F.  S.  Carter. . .  i  00 
West   Rutland,   J.  J.  May,   by  F.  A. 

Morse 3  50 


MASSACHUSETTS  — $17,464.33;       of 
which  legacies,  $13,013.39. 

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

Palmer,  Treas $1,500  00 

By  request  of  donors '  879  02 

Woman's  H.   M.   Asso.,  Miss  A.   C. 
Bridgman,  Treas. : 

Dorchester,  Second 4  00 

Abington,  S.  P.  Locke 10  00 

Amherst,  First,  by  W.  Hamlin 112  00 

Attleboro,  S.  S.  of   the  Second,  by  W. 

E.  Richards 19  30 

Auburndale,  A  Friend 5  00 

Bedford,  A  F"riend 40 

Berkley,  A  few  Friends 50  co 

Boston,    W.     A.    Wilde,    for    Salary 

Fund 50  00 

S.  F.  Wilkins 500 

Brighton,  Y.   P.  S.  C.   E.,  by  F.  W. 

Dickerman 20  00 

Brookfield,  R.  B.  Montague 5  60 

Mrs.  R.  B.  Montague 600 

Erookline,  Harvard  Ch 100  00 

Curtisville,  A  Friend 5  00 

Dalton,  Mrs.  F.  Couch        25  00 

East  Pembroke,  H.  W.  Hodgdon. ...  i  00 

Fiskdale,  W.  H.  Shumway 500 

Greenfield,  L.  A.  Lamb 2  00 

Greenwich    Village,    S.   S.,  by   N.  L. 

Snow 600 

Groton,  Legacy  of  Elizabeth  S.  Blood. 

by  W.  N.  Haskell,  Trustee 1.281  18 

Haverhill,  A  Friend 25  00 

J.Flanders 500 

Hofbrook,  In  Memoriam  of  Carleton 

B.  Whitcomb,  by  Mrs.  R.  E.   Pratt.  5  00 

Lakeville,  A  Friend 5  00 

Marlboro,  C.  F.  Robinson. ...    10  00 

Marlow.  E.  D.  Howe 5  00 

Massachusetts,  A  Friend 200  00 

A  Friend,  special 50  00 

Mattapoisett,  by  M.  L.  Hathaway....  13  70 
Middleboro,  S.  S.   of  the  First,  by  A. 

Deane 10  00 

Milton,  Mrs.  T.  E.  Ruggles i  00 

Mittineague,  S.  A.  Goodman 5  00 

Newbury,  Legacy  of  Miss  Lucy  Cof- 

lin,  by  J.  Coleman.  Ex 49  71 

Northampton,  A.  L.  Williston 3C0  co 

S.  Maltby 5  00 

Peabody,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  South, 

by  N.  Poor 10  00 

Pittsfield,  by  H.  A.  Brewster 10  00 

A  Friend ;o  00 

A  Friend 2  co 

Reading,  M.  H.  Leeds 5  00 

Roxbury,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Dwight 100  00 

South  Egremont,  Estate  of  Mrs.  Hul- 

dah  Bills,  by  W.  B.  Peck,  Ex 5,808  co 

South     Framingham,     Rev.    W.     G. 

Puddefoot,  special 15  co 

South  Hadley,   Estate  of  Caroline  J. 
Bolton,  O.  B.  Bolton,  Adm.,  by  C. 

A.  Gridley 50  00 

Mt.     Holyoke     College,     Miss     M. 

Stryker 5  00 

South  Hadley  Falls,  Friends  of  Mis- 
sions   20  00 

Springfield,    Carrie    E.    Bowdoin,   in 
full,  to  const.  Miss  E.  J.  Marsh  a 

L.  M 15  00 

Miss  Church 10  00 

I.  Merrill i  20 

A  Friend 250  00 

A  Friend 40 

Stockbridge,  Miss  A.  Brewer 2  co 

A  Friend ico  00 

Wakefield ,  by  W.  P.  Preston 55  78 

Watpole,  Legacy  of  Mary  B.  Johnson, 

in  part,  by  Frederic  Guild,  Ex 4-75°  00 


April,    1895 


The   Home   Missionary 


635 


Warren,  Legacy  of  Mrs.  E.  M.  Car- 
penter, by  S.  N.  Gldason $1,124  5° 

Wcl)st  r,   Y.  P.  S.  C.    E.,   by  W.   P. 

Hlakc 7  43 

Wcstboro,  E.  E.  Eddy 5  w 

M.  F.  Andrews 2  00 

West  Boylston,  Mrs.  S.  L.  Cowee 5  00 

Westfield,  Y.  I',  b.  C.  E.  of  the  First, 

by  I.  C.  A.shley 3  15 

F.  (irant 5  00 

Westminster,  First,  by  L).  W.  Hill...  22  13 

West  Newton,  "  Pa.\  " 5  00 

Weston,  S.  J.  Pennock 2  00 

Worcester,  Central,  by  E.  Whitman. .  156  03 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Sanford 2  00 

J .  Logan 50  00 

j .  ( jaret 10  00 

Thank-offering,  D.  B.  Goddard  and 

family 20  00 

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

Cole 4  80 

RHODE   ISLAND-$i22.76;  of  which 
legacy,  $52.16. 

Providence,  Balance  of  Legacy  of 
Susan  P.  Gladding,  by  J.  G.  Park- 
hurst,  Adni 52  16 

Pilgrim,  by  W.  M.  Bangs 55  60 

Mrs.  E.  P.  Johnson 10  00 

J.  W.  Taft 5  00 

CONNECTICUT-  $3,684.35  ;  of  which 
legacies,  $2,136.55. 

Miss.   See.  of   Conn.,  W.  W.  Jacobs, 
Treas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec.  :        189  27 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 
W.  W.  Jacobs,  Treas.  : 
Bridgeport,  Olivet,  by  Mrs. 
C.  E,  Sherwood,  for  Salary 

Fund   $1265 

Hartford,  First,  Jr.  Aux.,  by 
Miss  Clara  M.  Cooley,  for 

Salary  Fund 50  00 

First,  by  Mrs.  S.  M.  Hotch- 

kiss.  special 15  00 

Hartford.  Mrs.  F.  B.  Cooley 
of   the  First,   for   Salary 

Fund 2o  00 

Hartford,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of 
the  Pearl  Street  Ch.,  by 
Mrs.  G.  Follelt,  for  Salary 

Fund 18  50 

Middletown.  Mrs.  J.  H. 
Bunce  and  Miss  F.  E.  Rus- 
sell,  Silver  Circle  of   the 

First 10  00 

South  Manchester,  Ladies" 
Benev.    Soc,   by  Mrs.  A. 

B.  Spencer,  special 2000 

Stratford,  L.  H.  M.  L'nion, 
by   Mrs.  G.  H.  Spoil,  for 

Salary  Fund 20  00 

Torrington,  New  Year's  gift 
from    two     Friends,     for 

Salary  Fund 100  00 

Wallingford.  Ladies'  Benev. 
Soc,  by  Mrs.  L.  B.  Bishop, 

for  Salary  Fund 100  00 

366  15 

Berlin.  C.  M.  Jarvis 25  00 

•    Bridgeport,  A  Friend 5  00 

Bristol,  H.  A.  Carrington,  M.D 1500 

A  Friend 2  00 

A  Friend 2  00 

Buckingham,  S.  S  ,  by  F.  J.  Leavens.  25  co 

Canton  Center,  W.  G.  Hallock 10  00 

Clinton.    Y.    P.    S.   C.  E..    by   C.   W. 

Arnold,  for  Salary  Fund 20  00 

Durham.  S.  B.  Foster 5  00 

East  Haddam,  A  Friend 6  00 


East  Hampton,  Samuel  Skinner $10  00 

East  Hartford,  Y.    P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the 

South  Ch.,  by  Rev,  F.  P.  Bacheler  .  i  88 
East  Woodstock,  N.  S.  Child,  50  cts.  ; 

Julia  D.  May,  50  cts i  00 

Ellington,  A  I'riend 2  00 

Greenwich,  E.  Brush 5  00 

F.  A.  Hubbard 5  00 

A  Friend 2  00 

Hartford,  Mrs.  R.  Seymour 2  00 

Rev.  C.  H.  Bullard i  00 

Higganum,  S.  S.,  by  Mrs.  D.  Hunting- 
ton    30  00 

R.  J.  Gladwin 13  00 

Ivoryton,  Mrs.  N.  D.  Miller i  00 

Manchester  Green,   Rev.  C.  S.  Sher- 
man    10  00 

Marshapaug,  Miss  A.  Paul 500 

Meriden,  (i,  A.  Abell 2  00 

Middletown,  A  Friend,  a  thank-offer- 
ing   2500 

Morris,  by  S.  A.  Whittlesey 8  00 

New   Haven.  Legacy  of  Lorinda  M. 

Hall,  by  A.  M.  Blakesley,  Ex 1,63655 

Mrs.  M.   C.  Johnston,  to  const.   D. 

K.  Johnston  a  L.  M 50  00 

R.  A.  Bcnham 20  00 

W.  E.  Chandler 15  00 

R.  Crane 10  00 

C.  L.  Kitchel 5  00 

Mrs.  J.  T.  Lyman 50  00 

E.  B.  Whitney 5  00 

Mrs.  E.  A.  Whittlesey 5  00 

"J.  M.  B.  D." 25  00 

A  Friend 5  00 

New  London,  First  Ch.  of  Christ 15  00 

J.  N.  Harris 5°  00 

A  Friend 25  00 

New  Milford.  H.  Ives 5  00 

Norfolk,  ■'  S." s  00 

Norwalk,  "  Highwood  " 10  00 

Norwich,  Broadway,  by  G.  P.  Bard, 

special 25  00 

Fifteen  Ladies,  by  Mrs.   H.  L.   Fer- 

rington 8  00 

J.  P.  Story 10  00 

I.  E.  S.,  "special  " i  00 

Thank-offering 10  00 

Norwich  Town,  Mrs.  O.  S.  Smith. ...  10  00 

Putnam.  Mrs.  C.  C.  Brown i  00 

Ro.xbury,  by  E.  W.  Preston 8  40 

Salisbury,  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Goddard,  to 

const.  T.  L.  Norton  a  L.  M 100  00 

Saybrook.  Rev.  A.  S.  Chesebrough. ..  10  00 

A  Friend 30  00 

Southport,   Misses  E.  A.   and   G.  A. 

Bulkley go  oo 

Stamford,  H.  Lockwood 10  00 

Stratford.  S.  S.,  by  E.  F.  Hall 15  00 

W.J.  P 5  00 

Storrs,  G.  F.  King 5  00 

Suffield,  First,  by  W.  E.    Russell,  to 
const.   Miss  L.   M.    Stedman   a    L. 

M 50  00 

Terryville,  Lois  Gridle>' noo 

Thomaston,  First,  by  G.  H.  Stough- 

ton II  33 

Thompsonville,  D.  Pease 5  00 

Waterbury,  A  Friend lo  00 

Windsor.    Y.    P.  S.  C.  E.,  in   full,  to 
const.  John  B.  Wilbur  a  L.  M.,  by 

M.  G.  Marsh 10  00 

Woodbury.   Legacy  of  Isaac  Strong, 

by  F.  F.  Hitchcock,  Ex 500  00 

Woodstock,  First,  by  H.  T.  Child  ....  17  77 


NEW     YORK,     S 


VOKK,      $1,791.20;      Ot 

which  legacy,  $225.00. 

Received    by    William    Spal- 
ding, Treas.  : 
Black  Creek 


636 


The   Home  Missionary 


April,  1895 


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

Pilgrim  Ch $3  83 

Busti 1  25 

Eldred 200 

Gasport,  y.  P.  S.  C.  E 7  50 

Hopkinton 21  31 

Millville 15  00 

Summer  Hill 5  00 

Potterville,  Penn i  00 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  J.  Pearsall,  Treas.  : 
Broolclyn,  Ch.  of   Pilgrims, 

for  Salary  Fund $100  00 

Lewis    Avenue,    Earnest 

Workers 7  40 

Canandaigiaa 25  00 

New  York  City,  Broadway 
Tabernacle,  for  Woman's 

Work 300  00 

Syracuse,    Pilgrim    Chapel, 
L.  A 700 


439  40 


Brooklyn,  Plymouth,  by  H.  Porter. . .  271  12 

Lewis  Avenue,  by  A.  Morris 96  22 

Bequest  of  Miss  E.  Taylor,  by  M. 

A.  Davis 225  00 

M.  L.  Roberts  and  daughter 52  00 

Little   Morris's   Birthday   gifts.   In 

Meraoriam 2  00 

Rev.  W.  W.  Fessenden i  00 

Mrs.  S.  R.  Hubbard i  00 

G.  Clark i  00 

A  Friend 6  00 

Castile,  M.  M.  Van  Arsdale,  by  G.  A. 

Davis 5  00 

Chazy,  Rev.  A.  C.  Dill 5  00 

Clifton  Springs,  F.  W.  Spaulding 10  00 

Crown  Point,  Second,  by  J.   A.   Pen- 
field  25  00 

Danby,  Ch.,  $6.75;    Y.  P.   S.   C.   E., 

f  1.93,  by  L.  H.  Hollister 8  68 

Elizabethtown,  A  Friend 5  00 

Flushing.  F.  A.  Janes 5  00 

Gloversville,  by  D.  H.  Farr 97  00 

Miss  C.  Van   Voast,  through   Rev. 

W.  E.  Park 2  00 

Hillsdale,  Mrs.  C.  R.  Stevens 2  00 

Homer,  S.  S.,  by  H.  J.  Barber 36  00 

Hopkinton,  by  Rev.  F.  Hassold,  for 

work  in  the  West 20  00 

Jordanville,  A  Friend 25  00 

Lawrenceville,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  Hul- 

burd 5  00 

Newark  Valley,  by  Mrs.  H.  Winship, 
to  const.   Mrs.   J.   S.    Ellsworth    a 

L.  M 5000 

New  Haven,  C.  S.  Shepard 100  00 

New  York  City,  A.  Carter 50  00 

C.  L  Fisher,  M.D 10  00 

J.  M.  Hyde 5  00 

L.  Stoiber 10  00 

A  Friend,  special 2  00 

Owego.  First,  by  E.  E.  Strait 15  00 

Peekskill,  Miss  A.  W.  Baker 5  00 

Perry  Center,  Ch.,  $16.72  ;  S.  S.  Rally, 

$7,  by  H.  C.  Butler 23  72 

Port  Chester,  Ch.  and  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

by  Rev.  E.  Bonfils 14  00 

Richmond  Hill,  by  V.  M.  Cornelius. .  16  50 
Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  Union  Ch.,  by 

Miss  G.  C.  Reis 8  00 

Rutland,  First,  by  F.  Underwood 6  00 

Sherburne.  C.  S.  Gorton 25  00 

Warsaw,  by  F.  W.  Relyea 19  67 

Waterford,  S.  Knickerbocker 1000 

Waterville,  Rev.  T.  Wilson,  a  thank- 
offering  2  00 

Weedsport,  Mrs.  E.  A.  Hanraer 1  00 

Wolcott,  E.  Perkins i  00 

Yonkers,  C.  M.  Russell 5  00 


Americus,  by  C.  A.  Rouse. 


I 

00 

2 

I 

50 
00 

10 

00 

3 
10 

00 

00 

I 

CO 

5 
20 

00 
00 

10 

00 

7 
5 
36 

33 
00 

NEW  JERSEY-$i!2.5S. 

Woman's  H.   M.  Union  of  the  N.  J. 
Assoc,      Mrs.     J.     H.      Denison, 
Treas.  : 
Orange    Valley,    add'l     for    Salary 

Fund $    72 

Bloomfield.  W.  Phraner 

Bordentown,  Anarchist 

East  Millstone.  Miss  S.  T.  Howell... 

Elizabeth.  C.  H.  Langdon 

Franklinville,  J.  F.  Nute 

Newark.  W.  R 

Mrs.  S.  Snyder 

Passaic,  A.  Boynton 

Paterson,  W.  Mitchell 

So.    Vineland,    C.    W.    Gardner,   for 

Salary  Fund 

Vineland,  by  T.  A.  Gardner 

West  Hoboken,  A.  Smith . . 

Woodbridge,  First,  by  D.  S.  Voorhees. 


PENNSYLVANlA-$239.64. 

Woman's   Missionary   Union, 
Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones,  Treas.: 

Horatio,  S.  S $2  09 

Kane 5  00 

7  09 

Allegheny,  S.  M.  Y 5  00 

Braddock,  First,  W.  H.  M.  Soc.  by 

Rev.  H.  M.  Bowden 5  55 

Cambridgeboro.  W.  Grassie i  00 

First,  by  C.  F.  Chamberlain 15  00 

Chandler's  Valley,  Swedish,  by  Rev. 

C.  J.  Lundquist i  50 

Philadelphia,  Mary  Tryon 100  00 

A  Friend 100  00 

Spring  Creek  and  West  Spring  Creek, 

by  Rev.  W.  D.  Ferguson 3  00 

Warren,    Swedish,    by    Rev.    J.    A. 

Dahlgren i  50 


MARYLAND-$i4i.o5. 

Baltimore,  First,  $35.05  ;  Mrs.  M.  R. 

Hawley,  $100.  by  G.  L.  Brown 135  05 

Frostburg,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Moore 6  00 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA-$273.oo. 

Woman's    H.    M.   U.    of   the    N.    J. 
Assoc.,     Mrs.    J.    H.      Denison, 
Treas. : 
Washington,  D.  C.,  First,  of  which 
$25  for  Salary  Fund 53  00 

Washington,  S.  C.  Warren 200  00 

R.  Dunning,  by  C.  A.  Boardman. . .  15  00 

Mrs.  F.  H.  Montague 5  00 


GEORGIA— $6.00. 

Woman's    H.     M.     Union,    Miss    V. 
Holmes,  Treas.  : 
Americus,    Davis    Chapel     Mission 
Band,  by  I.  W.  Rouse 


ALABAMA— $35.06. 


Gorham,  C.  F.  Smith 

Shelby,  by  E.  T.  Witherby. 


3  00 
3  00 


5  00 
30  06 


April,   1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


637 


FLORIDA— $504.94  ;  of  which  legacy, 

$213.27. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
W.  D.  Brown,  Trcas.  : 

Intcrhichcn $5  00 

Ocoec 50 

Winter  Park 2  75 

$8  25 

Daytona.  G.  H    Clark 2  40 

I'crnandina,  A  Friend 200  00 

Ft.  Meade.  Estate  of  Thomas  Jewctt, 

in  part,  by  A.  Williams 213  27 

Orange   City,    First,    by    Mrs.    R.    S. 

Lcavitt 50  50 

Orlando,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Morton.  8  40 

Tampa,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  I.  G.  Morey.  15  00 
Warnell  and  Panasoflkee,  by  Rev.  J. 

J.  Melton 7  12 


TEXAS -S4. 50. 

Sherman,  W.  H.  M.  Soc  ,  by  Mrs.  E. 
Hefliim 


OKLAHOMA-$io.25. 

Oklahoma  City,  Pilgrim,  by  Rev.  R. 
H.  Harper 7  50 

Pound  Creek,  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Mc- 
Cune I  75 

Waukomis,  Hope,  and  Mount  Cal- 
vary, by  Rev.  W.  A.  Taylor i  00 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

G.  B.  Brown,  Treas.: 

Claridon $5  00 

Columbus,    Plymouth    Y. 

P.    S.    C.    E.,   for   Bible 

Readers  School 5  00 

Obcrlin,  First.  L.  A.  S 5  00 

Tallmadge,       for       Bible 

Readers  School 5  00 

Toledo,    Washington    St  , 

L.  A.  S 5  00 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas.: 

Claridon $6  (.x> 

Gustavus 5  00 

Norwalk,  L.  M.  U 3  10 

Springfield 5  50 

Canfield,  by  E.  P.  Tanner 

Cleveland,  Union,  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Sco- 
vill 

C.  F.  Marvin 

T.  Piwonka 

Elyria,  J.  F.  Brooks 

Springfield,  Lagonda  Avenue,  by  Rev. 
R.  Albertson 

Primary  Dept.  of  the  First  S.  S.,  by 

E.  C.  Folger,  Rally 

Tallmadge,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  add'l,  by  J. 

W.  Seward 

Wakeman,  S.S.,  by  Rev.  C.  A.  Glea- 

son 

Weymouth  and  Brunswick,  by  Rev. 

F.  D.  Bentley 


ig  60 
ID  00 

2  50 
I  00 
5  00 
10  00 

5  00 


10  00 
50 


TENNESSEE-S14.50. 

Kno.wille,   Pilgrim    Ch., 
Samuel 


by  D.    R. 


OHIO-$288.8o. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Era- 
ser, D.  D.: 

Austinburg,  add'l,  by  M. 
Parker $4  2s 

Cincinnati,  Vine  Street, 
special,  by  Rev.  N.  For- 
rest         50  00 

Cleveland,  Plymouth,  by  S. 

H.  Stilson 66  30 

Irving  Street 12  60 

South  Welsh,  by  Rev.  D. 

Jones,  D.  D 10  00 

Grace,  by  H.  H.  Allan. . ..        6  09 
Hough  Avenue,  by  E.  L. 

Clarke 10  40 

Olivet I  86 

Lakeview,  by  Rev.  A.  B. 
Cristy 7  50 

Fairport,  Rev.  M.  B.  Mor- 
ris          5  00 

Hartford,  by  L.  P.  Bushnell.        5  00 

Oberlin.  Prof.  A.  H.  Cur- 
rier, D.   D 300 

Rockport 6  GO 

Steubenville,  by  Mrs.  M.  W. 
Campbell 3  40 

Wellington,  W.  L.  Richard, 
"the  price  of  one  day"s 
work  " I  67 


Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser, 

D.    D.,  Treas.,  Bohemian 

Board.  Cleveland.: 

Cleveland.  Lin  Ludlow,  by 

Dr.  Schauffler 


INDIANA-$92.46. 

Received  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Cui- 
tis,  D.D.: 
Bremen,  Dea.  J.  J.  Wright..      $5  00 

Dunkirk 4  50 

Liber i  70 


Woman's   H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

F.  E.  Dewhurst,  Treas.: 

Angola.  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.E....  $500 

Cardonia 4  25 

S.  S.  Rally 200 

Coal  BlufT I  50 

S.  S.  Rally 5  40 

Elkhart 8  00 

Terre  Haute,  First 35  00 

Fort  Wayne,  South  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 
Kerr •. 

Hammond,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Suth- 
erland   

Washington  and  Cannelburgh,  by 
Rev.  R.  Mackintosh 

Westchester,  P.  Walter 


61  15 

8  00 

5  00 

2  II 
5  00 


ILLINOIS— $731.47  ;  of  which  legacies, 

$683.77. 

Buda,  Estate   of  John   T.    Hyde,  by 

Rev.  H.  D.  Wiard 419  87 

Chicago,  by  Rev.  G.  L.  Brakemeyer..  11  00 

J.  Mabbs 10  00 

Rev.  F.  Risberg 5  00 

Elgin,  H.  F.  Derr 490 

Galesburg,  Legacy  of  Mary  J.  Brown- 
ing, by  W.  H.  Browning,  E.x 263  90 

Griggsville,  W.  Cree i  80 

Moline.  Alfred  Williams,  special,  by 

Rev.  T.  B.  Willson 10  00 

Sycamore,  Mrs.  E.  Wood 500 


638 


The   Home   Missionary 


April,    1895 


MISSOURI    $184.67. 

Woman's  H.  M.   Union,  Mrs. 
K.  L.  Mills.  Treas.  : 
Kansas    City,    Olivet    Ch., 

L.  A.  S $7  50 

St.  Louis,  First 15  00 

Pilgrim 91  49 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Compton 

Hill  Ch.,  special 500 

Springfield,  Pilgrim  Ch i  00 

S119  99 
Less  e.Npenses. ...        10  49 


Brookfield,  Park  Ch.,  by  Rev.  L.  War- 
ren   

Eldon,  H,  Phillips 

St.  Louis,  Pilgrim  Ch 

German  Ch.,  S12.50  ;  Ritzville,  Ger- 
man Ch..  ^7.  by  Rev.  M.  E.  Eversz. 

Springfield,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  Ger- 
man Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Graf 

Windsor,  by  Rev.  G.  H.  Woodhull. . . 


WISCONSIN-$79.45. 

Received  by  Rev.  T.  G.  Gras- 
sie  : 

Hayward,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E $20  00 

Rhinelandcr,  S.  S 12  81 


Amery,  First,  Rev.  P.  A.  Simpkin 

Apollonia,  by  Rev.  G.  T.  Holcombe. 

Beloit,  Woman's  Miss.  Soc.  of  the 
First,  by  M.  E.  Simmons 

Bruce  and  Apollonia,  by  Rev.  D.  L. 
Sanborn 

Clear  Lake,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Ing- 
ham   

Iron  River,  by  Rev.  H.  J.  McClem- 
ents 

Washburn,  First,  by  Rev.  S.  E.  La- 
throp 

IOWA— $8o.co. 

Muscatine,  Mrs.  E.  Kirby 

Waterloo,  J.  H.  Leavitt 


MINNESOTA-$338.36. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Mor- 
ley  : 

Ada,  S.S $2  13 

Ale.xandria 8  10 

Ash  Creek  , 3  83 

Dexter 4  00 

Elk  River,  S.  S 250 

Elkton 2  50 

Ellsworth   2  47 

Freeborn 66 

Freedom 3  51 

Kanaranzi 2  55 

Maplet<m 500 

Merritt-Riwabik 3  00 

McKinley 2  00 

Minneapolis,  Park  Avenue.  i  00 

St.  Cloud,  S.  S 5  72 

St.  Paul,  South  Park 2  50 

•I51  47 
Woman's  H.  M.  l^nion,  Mrs. 
M.  W.  Skinner,  Treas.  : 

Ale.xandria 5  00 

Afton,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Bus  well  5  00 

Benson,  S.  S 2  00 

Claremont 5  00 

Dawson 7  00 


$109  50 

2  00 

2  00 
25  00 

19  50 

3  00 
23  67 


32  81 


I  00 
3  64 


1  50 

2  75 


55  00 
25  00 


Detroit f  10  00 

Duluth,  Pilgrim 8  75 

Fergus  Falls 5  00 

Freeborn 8  50 

Groveland 7  50 

Glyndon 5  00 

Hasty 2  00 

Hutchinson 5  00 

Madison i  07 

Mazeppa,Jr.Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  250 

Minneapolis,  Park  Avenue  4395 
Plymouth,  to  const.  Mrs. 

G.B.  KirkbrideaL.M.  5983 

Missionary  Union 10  65 

First II  4.5 

Lora  Hollister 10  00 

Robbinsdale,   Y.    P.    S. 

C.  E 3  50 

Owatonna 25  00 

Sleepy  Eye 5  00 

Springfield i  25 

Stillwater 2  50 

St.  Paul,  Bethany i  50 

Villard.  S.  S 3  30 

Winona,  First 8  36 

Worthington.  $12  ;   Jr.   Y. 

P.  S.  C.  E.,  $1.88 13  88 

WaterviUe : 3  50 

S282  99 
Less  expenses 50  00 

$232  99- 

Brainerd.  Second,  $2  ;  Parker,  $2.25  ; 

Randall,  $2,  by  Rev.  G.  F.  Morton 
Burtrum  and  Grey  Eagle,  by  Rev.  E. 

N.  Ruddock 

Duluth,  A  Friend 

Faribault,  J.  L.  Noyes 

Lake  Benton  and  Tyler,  by  Rev.  G. 

S.  Evans 

Mankato  and  Kasota,  by  Rev.  C.  E. 

Ryberg . .   . 

Minneapolis,  Park  Avenue,  by  O.  B. 
King 

"  Rodelmer ' 

Spencer  Brook,  Swedish  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

A.  P.  Engstrom 

Upsala,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Pat- 
terson  , 

By  A.  J.  Petterson 

Winona,  Jr.   Y.   P.    S.    C.  E.   of   the 

Second,  by  Miss  C.  M.  Crozier 


KANSAS-$345  35- 

Received      by     Rev.     J.     G. 

Dougherty,  Treas.  : 

Alma $700 

Barker's 120 

Carbondale,  S.   S.,  Harvest 

Festival 5  00 

Downs 4  26 

Dry  Creek 6  10 

Eureka 9  39 

Goodland,    S.    S.,   Birthday 

Boxes 3  97 

Haven 11  50 

Hill  City 2  00 

Kensington,  S.  S 2  20 

Mt.  Union i  40 

Severy 7  96 

Wellington 25  15 

Miss  A.  M.  Bigelow 725 

Dial    and     Mt.    Ayer,    by    Rev.    N. 

Emmerson 

Dunlap,  by  Rev.  W.  R.  Bair 

Emporia,  First,  G.  L.  Bonteccu 

Welsh  Ch.,  by  C.  J.  Williams 


f 248  46 


6  25 


7 

09 

5 

00 

5 

00 

6 

00 

5 

00 

ro 

58 

2 

00 

I 

75 

I 

66 

2 

57 

94  38 


8  75 
2  70 
15  00 
8  so 


April,   1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


639 


Garden  Citv,  First,  by  Rev.  L.  Hull.  $3  00 

Kansas,  colls.,  by  Rev.  S.  D.  Storrs..  2  00 
Kansas  City,  Hcthcl  Ch.,  by  Rev.   F. 

G.  Mitchell. 20  00 

I'ilf^rim.  by  Rev.  H.  D.  Herr 5  00 

Overbrook.  $10.25  ;  Ridgcway,  $7.53, 

by  E.  J.  Hilkey 17  78 

Parsons,  $io.6i;  ;  Great  Hcnd,  $18.40, 

by  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazic 29  05 

Tooeka,  First,  by  H.  C.  Bowman 25  00 

1' irst,  in  part,  by  H.  C.   Bowman...  8500 

White  City,  by  Rev.  R.  F.  Markhain.  29  19 


Pierre,  Rev.  W.  A.  Lyman 

Redfield,  S.  S.,  by  L.  W.  Black 

Revillo,  by  Rev.  C.  F.  De  Groff 

Rosebud,  Helen  and   Ruth   Cross,  by 

Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 

Sprin(,'field,   Y.   P.   S.   C.    E.,  40  cts.  : 

Children's    Mi.ssion   Band  of   Coral 

Workers,  75   cts.,  of   which    25  cts. 

earnings  of  a  little  girl,  by  Mrs.  H. 

M.  Seccombe 

Webster,  Y.  P.  S.  C.   E.,  $3.50  ;  Wau- 

bay,  $7,  by  Rev.  C.  Parsons 


$5  00 
2  77 
2  00 


I   '5 
10  50 


7 

20 

10 

00 

4 

02 

2 

00 

8 

76 

14 

30 

NEBRASKA-$i44.77. 

Received     by     J.    W.     Bell, 
Treas. : 

Fairfield $4  i."; 

Geneva,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 10  00 

Omaha,  St.  Mary's  Avenue.  50  00 

Wisner 25  00 

Alma  and   Naponee,  by  Rev.   A.  E. 

Ricker 

Beatrice,  Mrs.  B.  F.  Hotchkiss 

Crawford,  by  A.  C.  Bowdish 

Rev.   J.  Jeffries,  $1  ;    Mrs.  Jeffries, 

$1 

Curtis,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Preston 

Hallam,  by  Rev.  J.  Morach 

Strang.    Shickley,   and    Bruning,   by 

Rev.  G.  J.  Battey 


NORTH    DAKOTA-$73.63. 

Received  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Sim- 
mons : 

Cayuga $1  90 

Mayville 25  03 

Portland 10  00 

Valley  City,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  1000 

$46  93 
Woman's     H.     M.    Union, 
Mrs.     J.      M.      Fisher, 
Treas.  : 

Caledonia $S  70 

Lisbon,  Pioneer  Ch i  00 

$6  70—    53  63 

Dwight  and   Grafton,    by  Rev.  D.  T. 

Jenkins 10  00 

Fargo,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  L.  J.  Peder- 

son   5  00 

New  Rockford,  by  Rev.  N.  W.  Hanke- 

meyer 5  00 


SOUTH   DAKOTA-$i74.37. 

Received     by     Rev.    W.    H. 
Thrall  : 

Friends $ioo  00 

Garretson 3  00 

Lula  Patterson 2  00 

105  00 

Alexandria    and    Bard,    by    Rev.    J. 

Rowe 925 

Bryant,  by  Rev.  L  R.   Prior 2  00 

Canova.  by  Miss  E.  K.  Henry 4  00 

Eureka,  Rev.  H.  Hetzler 250 

Friedens,    $1  :    Jakobs.    Sio :    Mound 

City  Mission.  $3  :  Jakob   Gross,  $5, 

by  Rev.  H.  Vogler 19  00 

Hermosa  and  Rockerville,  by  Rev.  J. 

A .  Becker 7  00 

Hoflfnungsberg,     $2  ;      Freidensfeld, 

fr.is.    German    Chs.,    by    Rev.    J. 

Sattier 3  15 


COLORADO    $161.14. 

Colorado  Springs,   by    Rev.    M.    D. 

Ormes 

Denver,  First,  by  A.  W.  Gillette...   . 

People's  Tab.,  by  Rev.  T.  A.  Uzzcll. 
Elyria,  Pilgrim,  by  Rev.  C.  B.  Wells. 
Greeley,  Park  Ch..by  C.  B.  Mayhew. 

Lafayette,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Smith 

Lyons,  by  Rev.  H.  Harris 

Otis  and  Hyde,  by  Rev.  G.  Dungan.. 
Pueblo,  Pilgrim,  by  Rev.  G.  H.  Perry. 

Woman's  Aux.  Miss.  Soc.  of  Pilgrim 

Ch.,  by  Mrs.  E.  B.  Coleman 

Telluride,  $10  ;  Julesburg,  $5.02,   by 

Rev.  H.  Sanderson 


WYOMING-$5.oo. 
Green  River,  by  Rev.  T.  Thirloway. 


MONTANA-$ii.5o. 

Woman's  H.   M.  Union,  Mrs.  H.    E. 
Jones,  Treas.: 
Billings,  King's  Daughters 

Billings,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Rally,  by  Mrs. 

D.  E. Jones 

Horse  Plains,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Bell 


UTAH-$29.2o. 
Park  City,  First,  by  G.  D.  Gregor 


CALIFORNIA— $140.25. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Ford  : 

Highlands $810 

Redlands 80  35 

Westminster i  80 

Alpine  and  Flinn  Valley,  by  Rev.  J. 

A.  Rogers 

Antioch,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Brier 

Compton,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Harwood. . . . 

Lincoln,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Hale 

Los  Angeles.  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  C.  S. 

Vaile.  in   full,   to  const.  Rev.  C.  S. 

Vaile  a  L.  M 

Sunol  Glen,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Strong 


OREGON— $41.73. 

Woman's  H.  M.  LTnion.  Mrs. 

W.  D.  Palmer,  Treas $10  00 

Wilsonville,    of    which    $7 
from  the  Silver  Circle 10  00 


Eugene.  First,  by  Rev.  H.  F.  Gill. . . . 

Portland.  First,  by  I.  A.  Macrum 

Mississippi  Avenue,  by  Rev.  H.  W. 
Young 


7 

00 

63 

33 

15 

00 

10 

00 

21 

21 

4 

00 

7 

25 

2 

00 

IS 

18 

I 

'S 

15 

02 

5  00 
i  50 


10 

00 

3 

.so 

2 

50 

5 

00 

5 

00 

24 

00 

7  00 

9  73 


640 


The   Home  Missionary 


April,   1895 


WASHINGTON— $112.15. 

Received  by  Rev.  A.  J.  Bailey  : 

Anacortes $1  00 

Dunjieness i  00 

Fox  Island i  00 

Franklin i  00 

Holly I  00 

Loon  Lake i  00 

Lyle I  00 

Marietta 100 

Mt.  Pleasant 100 

Paradise  Valley i  00 

Port  Townsend i  00 

Ritzville,  German i  00 

Skokomish i  00 

Snohomish 100 

Sprague,  S.  S.  Rally  "  15 

Tacoma,  Atkinson i  00 

Scandinavian 100 

Swedish I  00 

Wenstcher i  00 


$2g  15 


Blaine,  by  Rev.  C.  T.  Whittlesey $12  50 

Chewelah  and  Springdale,  by  Rev.  D. 

F.Taylor 2  50 

Dayton,  First,  by  Rev.  F.  B.  Downs.  8  00 
Genesee,  Ch.,  $7.35  :  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

S2.75  ;  Idaho  and  Uniontown,  $2.65, 

by   Rev.  W.  C.  Fowler 12  7s 

Medical  Lake,  $12.25  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

$5,  by  Rev.  J.  D.  Jones 17  25 

New  Whatcom,  Rev.  J.  W.  Savage. . .  15  00 

Sprague,  by  Rev.  M.  Baskerville 15  00 

JAPAN— $10.00. 

Japan 1000 

UNKNOWN- $3.00. 

Unknown,  Miss  Campfield 2  00 

J.  B.  Kelly 1  00 

Home  Missionary 149  25 

$29,035  36 


Dofiatioiis  of  Clothing,  etc. 


Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Plymouth  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 
F.  A.  Van  Iderstine,  two  barrels. 

Cleveland,  O.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Euclid 
Ave.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  W.  Moore, 
package $8  55 

Cornwall  Hollow,  Conn.,  by  Katharine 
M.  Sedgwick,  barrel. 

Dover,  Me.,  L.  M.  S.  of  Dover  and  Fox- 
croft  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  M.  W.  Hall,  box 
and  barrel 35  00 

Elgin.  111.,  L.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch„  by 
Mrs.  A.  F.  Curtis,  box 140  00 

Flushing,  L.  I.,  First  Ch.,  by  Emily  H. 
Thompson,  two  boxes  and  one  bar- 
rel           300  00 

Francestown,  N.  H.,  Ladies'  Benev-. 
Soc,  by  Mary  Pettee,  barrel 50  00 

Hartford,  Conn.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Center 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  E.  C.  Curtis,  barrel 37  20 

Haverhill,  N.  H.,  First  Ch.  and  Society, 

by  Mrs.  R.  Jenkins,  barrel  and  cash  30  17 

Ladies  of  Ch.  and  Society,  by  Mrs.  A. 
M.  R.  Skinner,  box 80  21 

Hebron,  N.  H.,  Homeland  Circle  of 
Hebron  and  Groton,  connected  with 
Union  Ch.,  barrel 33  4° 

Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  L.  H.  M.  U.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  G.  W.  Gifford 60  00 

Kansas  City,  Mo..  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  A.  S.  Kimberly,  two  bar- 
rels and  carpet 55  5° 

Ledyard,  Conn.,  by  Mrs.  Anna  Gallup, 
box 66  75 

Lorain.  O.,  L.  M.  S.,  by  Eva  E.  Hills, 
barrel 75  00 

Manchester,  N.  H.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc. 
of  Franklin  St.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  L.  H. 
Daniels,  eight  barrels 365  10 

Meriden,  Conn.,  Ladies'   Benev.  Soc.  of 
Center  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  Fannie  Auger, 

barrel 53  85 

Ladies'   Benev.   Soc.  of  First  Ch.,  by 
Mrs.  Mary  Curtis,  barrel 50  00 

Middletown  Springs,  Vt.,  Ladies'  Miss. 
Soc,  by  Rev.  Henry  L.  Bailey,  bar- 
rel   2500 

Montclair.  N.  J.,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs. 
W.  M.  Brown,  four  packages 145  00 


New  Haven,  Conn.,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Dana, 
package. 

United  Ch.,  by  Sarah  E.  Champion, 
box $92  94 

Ladies"  Aid  Soc.  of  Humphrey  St.  Ch., 
by  Miss  Sarah  C.  Atwater,  seven 
barrels 235  00 

L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch.,  by  Mary  E. 

Bennett,  five  boxes I1053  25 

Newton,  Conn.,  by  Mrs.  Eloise  Barker, 

barrel 53  29 

New   York    City,   Hospital    Book    and 

Newspaper  Soc,  package. 
Omaha,  Neb.,  Ladies  and  Friends  of  Y. 

P.  S.  C.  E.  of  St.  Mary's  Ave.  Ch., 

boxes  and  supplies 638  07 

Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  by  Mrs.  L.   B.  Goff, 

box 15000 

Pierpont,  N.  H.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  W.  A. 

C.  Converse,  barrel. 
Plainville,  Conn..  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc, 

by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Blakeslee,  barrel  (and 

cash  $20) 42  10 

Portsmouth,  N.  H.,   H.  M.  S.  of  North 

Ch.,  by  Mrs.  I.  H.  Upton,  barrel 100  00 

Ridgway,  Pa.,  by  Mrs.  B.  Bevier,  eight 
barrels. 

W.  C.  T.  U.,  by  Mrs.  L.  H.  Ravens- 
croft,  eight  barrels 250  00 

Salisbury,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc,  by 

H.  W.  A.  Goddard,  box  and  barrel. ..  35  00 
Southport,  Conn.,  by  Antoinette  Sher- 
wood, box  and  barrel 55  00 

Stratford,  Conn.,   Ladies'  Sew.  Soc,  by 

Mrs.  R.  W.  Bunnell,  box  and  barrel. .         149  00 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  H.  M.  S.  of  Central  Ch., 

by  Miss  E.  Mullen,  one  box  and  three 

barrels 176  30 

Taunton,    Mass.,    Miss    L.    E.    Deane, 

barrel. 
Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  First  Ch.,  by  Thirza 

B.  Wernstein,  two  barrels 114  50 

Terryville,    Conn.,   by   A.   S.    Gaylord, 

two  barrels  42  00 

Washington,  D.  C.,  Mrs.  Emily  S.  Cook, 

package. 
Wilton,  Conn.,   L.  H.  M.  S.,   by   Mrs. 

Edward  Olmstead,  barrel 73  95 


April,   1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


641 


Donations  of  Clothinf;,  etc.,   received  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the  Woman'' s  Home 
Missionary  Association  in  February,  1895.     Mrs.  Louise  A.   Kellogg,  Secretary 


Auburndale,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  H.  A. 

Hazcn,  barrel $85  00 

ncrnardston,  Goodale  Memorial  Ch., 
Ladies'  Soc,  by  Mrs.  L  N.  Dewey, 
barrel 51  5' 

Boston,  Old  South,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  W. 

B.  Garritt,  barrel 167  00 

Fio.x  of  books 80  00 

Two  barrels 75  00 

Chautauqua,  N.  Y.,  Friends,  box 25  00 

Dorchester,    Second     Ch.,    Ladies,    by 

Mrs.  L.  H.  Foster,  barrel 134  24 

Cash  $46,  and  barrel  159  94 

Jamaica  Plain,  Central  Ch.,  Ladies' 
Aux.,  by  Mrs.  Nathaniel  Green,  bar- 
rel         105  00 

Nashua,  N.  H.,  Ladies'  B.  and  S.  Circle, 
by  Miss  M.  L.  Andrews,  barrel 64  19 

Newburyport,  Whiteficid  Ch.,  Ladies, 
by  Mrs.  J.  H.  Rcid,  barrel 91  95 

North  Brooktield,  A  Friend,  cash  $5, 
and  barrel   5  00 

Palmer.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  W.  H.  Hitch- 
cock, barrel 76  33 


Pepperell.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Carrie  P. 
Smith,  two  barrels $98  48 

Providence.  R.  L,    Beneficent  Ch.,  Mis- 
sion Band,  by  Mrs.  S.  E.  Slade,  two 

barrels 158  00 

Central  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Harriet 
E.  Stockwell,  two  boxes 344  48 

Roxbury,  Immanuel  Ch.,  Ladies'  Aux., 
by  Mrs.  C.  A.  Martyn,  cash  and  bar- 
rels          282  56 

Salem,  Tabernacle  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 
Choate 206  00 

Sprmnfield,  South  Ch.,  Ladies'  H.  M. 
S..  by  Miss  Harriet  L,  Lathrop,  three 
barrels 440  50 

Taunton,  Trinity  Ch..  Ladies'  H.  M.  S., 
by  Mrs.  Louisa  L.  Rhodes,  box 94  77 

West  Newbury,  P'irst  Ch..  Ladies'  Aux., 
by  Miss  Annie  L.  Rogers,  box  and 
barrel 120  00 

West  Somerville,  Ladies'  Sewing  Soc, 
by  Mrs.  W.  C.  Stickel,  barrel 33  75 


$2,998  70 


AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 

VERMONT    DOMESTIC    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Vermont  Domestic  Missionary  Society  from  December  20,  1894,   to  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1S95.     \Vm.   C.   Tyler,   Treasurer 

From  December  20,  1894,  to  January  20,  1895 


Arlington,  East $7  00 

Ascutneyville.  Mrs.  Newton  Gage 5  00 

Bellows  Falls.  First 1541 

Bennington,  Second 74  00 

Berkshire,  East '. 10  00 

Burlington.  College  Street 142  61 

A  Member  of  First  Ch 10  00 

Burke 12  00 

Brattleboro,  Mrs.  Mary  L.  Hadley 25  00 

West 20  70 

For  C.  H.  M.  S 27  00 

Mrs.  Elvira  Stedman 25  00 

Chelsea 40  71 

Chester,  S.  S 12  62 

Coventry 10  00 

Craf tsbury.  North 6  00 

Franklin 11  04 

Granby,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 2  50 

Guildhall,  for  Women  Evangelists 6  55 

Hartford 4  15 

Hyde  Park,  Ch.  and  S.  S 25  00 

Johnson 3  50 

Montpelier,  Bethany 39  67 

Olcott.  S.  S..  Infant  Department 4  75 

Pawlet,  West 2  00 

Richmond,  Church 16  00 

Friends 15  00 

Royalton,  South,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Rutland 50  00 


St.  Johnsbury,  North $97  50 

ForC.  H.  M.  S     no  ,5 

Thetford,  "  Friend  of  Home  Missions  "  20  00 

Waterbury,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 700 

Wells  River ig  80 

Williston,  "Thank  Offering." 27  00 

Miss  Cynthia  Douglas,  for  C.  H.  M.S.  50  00 

A  Friend 5  38 

Japan 5  00 

C.  C.  Torrey 5  00 

Vermont  Missionary 44  55 

Income  from  Invested  Funds 61  00 

Si-080  59 
Woman's  Home  Missionary  Union  : 

Dorset,  W.  H.  M.  S $1900 

St.  Johnsbury,  South  Ch.,  W. 

H.  M.  S 50  00 

Waterbury,  W.  H.  M.  S 8  00 

Woodstock.  W.  H.  M.  S 30  00 

Berlin.  VV.  H.  M.  S.  for  C.  H. 

M.  S 4  00 

Georgia,  W,  H.  M.  S.  for  C. 

H.  M.  S 5  00 

Milton,  W.  H,  M.  S,  forC.  H. 

M.  S 800 

Rutland,  W,  H.   M.   S.  for  C. 

H .  M .  S 30  00 


642 


The   Home   Missionary 


Apri],   1895 


St.  Albans,  W.  H.  M.  S.  for 

C.  H.  M.  S $25  00 

St.  Johnsbury,  North  Ch., 
W.  H.  M.  S.  for  Mr.  Cam- 
field  25  00 

North,  for  Miss  Reitineer. .       25  00 
S.  S.  Class,  for  Miss Reit- 

inger 7  82 

South,  W.  H.  M.  S CO  00 

Waterbury,  W.  H.  M.  S "8  00 


Wells  River,  W.  H.  M.  S $625 

South  Du.xbury,  Ch 335 

$304  42 

$1,385  01 
Received  for  East  Dorset  Parsonage  : 

Bennington,  Second $50  00 

North  Ch.  and  S.  S 25  00 

$75  00 


From  Jamiary  20  to  Februay-y  20,  1895 


Barnct,  S.  S.,  for  W.  H.  M.  S 

Benson 

Cabot 

Cambridge,  Second 

Charlotte 

Craf tsbury,  North 

Dorset 

Essex  Junction,  S.  S 

Hardwick,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Strickland 

For  Indian  Work 

Hartford,  Second  Ch.  and  Soc 

Jamaica 

Marlboro,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Middlebury,  A.  C.  Hooker 

Newport,  First 

Supply 

Northfield 

Rochester 

St     Johnsbury.    North,     Mrs.    Horace 

Fairbanks,  for  Women  Evangelists.. 

Shoreham,  a  Friend 

Waterbury 

Waterville 

Worcester.  Mrs.  S.  S.  Hobart,  to  const. 

Rev.  E.  O.  Grisbrook  a  L.  M.  of  C.  H. 

M.S 

Japan 


$4  83 

6 

00 

.S 

51 

lb 

52 

II 

00 

6 

5° 

I 

57 

10 

07 

.S 

00 

•S 

00 

9 

51 

'.3 

50 

3 

00 

I 

00 

IQ 

00 

1.5 

00 

12 

23 

10 

86 

75 

00 

10 

00 

18 

08 

10 

CO 

50 

00 

5 

00 

Vermont  Missionary $51  25 

Income  from  Invested  Funds '. . . .        127  50 

$502  Q3 
Woman's  Home  Missionary  Union  : 
Brattleboro,West.W.  H.  M.  S.    $16  65 

Burlington,  First 25  00 

Barnet,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  for  Miss 

Reitinger 3  00 

Brattleboro,  West,  W.  H.  M. 

S.,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 4500 

Mrs.  M.  A.  Bigelow,  for  C. 

H.  M.  S 5  00 

Mrs.  Herrick,  for  C.  H.  M. 

S  I  00 

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

Reitinger 9  00 

Charleston,  West.  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.,  for  Miss  Reitinger i  03 

Rutland,  S.  S.,  for  Miss  Reit- 
inger    25  00 

Stowe,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Miss 

Reitinger 480 

Troy.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Miss 

Reitinger 3  20 


$641  61 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  February,    1895. 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Palmer,    Treasurer 


Amherst,  Fearing,  Mrs.  H.  D.,  for  C. 

H.  M.  S.,  Relief 

Andover,    Ballardvale,  Y,  P.  S.  C.  E., 

by  Lizzie  M.  Rowland 

Arlington,  E.  C,  for  Utah  Mission. ... 
Ashburnham,  First,  by  M.  M.  Stowe... 

Bank  Balances,  Interest  on  ...    

Barnstable,  Centerville,  by  Rev.  W.  R. 

Joyslin 

Bedford,  First,  by  Rev.  Edwin  Smith.. 
Belmont,  Waverley,  L.  H.  M.  Soc,  by 

Mrs.  G.  P.  Gilman 

Beverly,    Washington    St.,    by   Samuel 

Abbott 

Billerica.  North,  Gould,  Mrs.  E.  R.,  for 

C.  H.  M.  S.,  Relief 

Boston.  A  Friend 

AUston,  S.  S.,  by  James  H.  Ball 

Benedict,  Mrs.  F.  W.,  for  C.  H.  M.  S., 
Relief  

Boylston,  by  G.  E.  S.  Kinney 

Dorchester,  A.  M.  B 

Harvard,  by  E.  L.  Gleason 

"F.  R.  A." 

Ro.xbury,  Eliot,  C.   E.  Day,  offering 

by  Mrs.  H.  G.  Wellington 

Highland,  by  John  W.  Hall,  for  Ital- 
ian work 


$5 

00 

5 

00 

20 

26 

02 

17 

04 

15 

00 

9 

51 

6 

25 

88 

84 

10 

00 

20 

00 

6 

73 

10 

00 

4,3 

45 

I 

00 

9 

50 

10 

00 

II 

03 

13 

25 

Thayer,  F.  G.,  for  Salary  Fund $25  00 

Thayer,  M.  E.,  for  Salary  Fund 25  00 

Union,  A  Member,  by  Mrs.  S.  D,  Lane, 

for  Armenian  Work 25  00 

A  Member,  by  W.  H.  White 50  00 

X 5    CO 

Brockton,  Campello,  South,  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.,  by  Lewis  Pearson 8  00 

Brookfield,  by  J.  M.  Grover,  Taft  Thank- 
offering  20  00 

Brookline,  Adams,  G.  E.,  for  C.  H,  M. 

S.,  Relief 50  00 

Harvard.  A  Member,  by  J.  H.  Shap- 

lei«h,  C.  H.  M.  S.,  Relief  . , 50  00 

Cambridge,  North  Ave.,  by  Edwin  F. 

Fobes 15  00 

Prospect  St.  ^of  wh.  $128.76  for  C.  H. 

M.  S.) 149  02 

Cambridgeport,  A  Friend,  for  C.  H.  M. 

S.,  Relief  2  00 

Pilgrim,  W,  H.  M.  Soc,  by  Mrs.  Geo. 
H.  Rugg,  special,  for  Mrs.  Chas. 
H.   Burroughs,   Belle  Fourclie,  So. 

Dak 10  00 

Carver,  North,  by  Rev.  N.  Lincoln,  Taft 

Thank  offering 10  00 

Charlton,  by  F.  O.  Wakefield  (of  wh.  $5 
forC.  H.  M.  S.) 2477 


April,    1895 


The   Home  Missionary 


643 


Chelsea,  Dutch,  Miss  Ann  M $5  fo 

Frost,  Rufus  S.,  Est.  of,  to  const,  trust 
fund  for  benefit  of  Hifjhland  St. 
Chapel  in  Chelsea,  by  H.  G.  Nichols, 

K.\ 2,000  o) 

Clinton,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  G.  S.  Strout, 

for  Nebraska  sufTerers      6  00 

Danvcrs,  Houc,  Mrs.  H.  R.,  and  daugh- 
ters Ida  and  Margaret 3000 

Dedhani,  First,  by  Geo.  W.  Humphrey 
(of  wli.  j!4.42  con.   coll.),    for  C.   H. 

M.  S    151  14 

S.  S  ,  by  Sarah  K.  Hurgess '4  64 

F'unstablc,  by  VVm.  P.  Proctor 40  00 

Easthampton,  First,  L.  H.  Soc  ,  by  Miss 
H.  E.  Chapman,  for  German  work...  15  00 

Everett,  A  Friend   i  40 

Falmouth,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  anniver- 
sary offering,  by  Miss  A.  P.  Jones,  lor 

C.  H.  M.  S 5  00 

Fitchburg,  Whitticr,  D,  B.,  for  C.H.  M. 

S.,  Relief 25  00 

Fo.xboro.  Ladies'  Sewing  Circle, by  Mrs. 

B.  F.  Boyden 5  00 

Framingham,  South,  Grace,  S.  S  ,   Pri- 
mary  Department,  by  Mrs.    F.   G. 

Stearns 5  oo 

Puddefoot.   Rev.   W.  G..  special,  for 

Rocky  Mt.  Reading  Room 20  00 

For  Oklahoma,  support  of  Miss  Mof- 

fatt 85  00 

Gloucester,  Knight,  for  C.  H.  M.  S.,  Re- 
lief    50  00 

Ladies"  H.  M.Soc,  A  Friend 5  00 

Greenwich  Village.  Haskell,  Mrs.  P.  T.  2  00 

Hadley,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  J.  N. 

Pierce 7  00 

North,  Second,  by  J.  W.  Clark,  to 
const.  William  H.  Wilson  a  L.  M. . .  30  00 

Hampden   Benevolent    Association,   by 
Geo.  R.  Bond,  Treas.: 

A  Friend $10  00 

Agawam,  S.  S  15  00 

Chicopee,  Second 5  00 

Third 3  49 

Holyoke,  Second 128  42 

Palmer,  First 5  70 

Second 70  00 

Springfield,  First  (of  wh.  $30 

special  coll.) 94  53 

South 100  00 

Westfield,  First 295  09 

Second 106  36 

Wilbraham,     North,     Grace, 

Union 12  99 

846  58 

Hardwick,  Calvinistic,  by  Rev.  Harlan 

Page '. 10  00 

Gilbertville.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  W.  J. 

Irwin,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 1022 

Ila.erhill,  A    Friend,  for  C.   H.  M.  S  , 

Relief 20  00 

Fourth    by  Rev.  Geo.  L.  Gleason..    .  8  00 

Haverhill,  Riverside,  by  Rev.   Geo.  L. 

Gleason 6  58 

Hawley.  First,  by  T.  T.  Clark 5  47 

I.  O..  for  needy  Home  Missionary  ...  10  oo 

Ipswich.  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  W.  L. 

Augur 800 

Kingston,   Mayflower,   by   Mrs.  M.  M. 

Peckham 17  00 

Lancaster.  Evan.,  by   L.  Rowell,  for  C. 

H.M.  S 44  73 

S.  S..  by  Miss  E.  F.  Merrick 8  36 

Lawrence,  Beanland.  John  and  Ellen. . .  i  00 

South,  by  J.  Y.  Buzzell 7  66 

Lincoln,  Baker,  Sarah  J.,  Estate  of,  by 

Adams  &  Blinn.  attys 200  00 

Lowell.    First,    by  Jos.  W.  Griffin,  for 

work  among  Jews,  $3.01. 


Lynn.  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Walter 

E.  Russell $2  o(j 

Lynnfield.  Center,  by  L.  B.  Smith 75 

Marion,  by  Dana  M.  Dustan '7  30 

Ladies'    Sewing    Society,   by   D.    M. 

Dustan c  00 

Medway,  West,  Third,  by  Geo.  W.  Bal- 
lard    30  00 

Middleton,  by  C.  P.  Stiles 3  25 

New  Boston,  by  Rev.  Chas.  H.  Couch  .  9  00 

Newbury,    (-"irst,    mon.    con.    coll.,    by 

Edward  Perkins 23  20 

Newbur>'i:iort.    Dodge,  John  W.,  for  C. 

H.  M.  S.  Relief loo  00 

Newton,  Eliot,  by  A.  A.  Sweet 100  00 

Highlands,  by  (ieo.  May,  of  which  $30 
to  const.  Mrs.  Delia  H.  Warren  a 

L.  M 122  29 

North.  Evan.  Soc.  S.   S.,  by  William 

Lowry 5  00 

S.  A.  and  E.  H.,  for  C.  H.  M.  S.,  Re- 
lief     IOC  00 

Norfolk,  Union,  by  W.  E.  Mann 10  00 

Quincy,  West.  Swedish  Ch.,  by  E.  Lung- 

quist,  for  Nebraska  Sufferers i.s  20 

Pelham,  by  Alfred  Lockwood 3  50 

Princeton,  by  Rev.  Chas.  A.  White 10  48 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,by  Rev.  C.  A.  W 5  74 

Raynham,  First,  by  Joseph  W.  White..  14  85 

Reed.  Dwight.  fund.  Income  of 9000 

Rochester,  North,  by  Mrs.  N.  A.  Ben- 
nett    I  30 

Sharon,  by  D.  W.  Pettee,  to  const.  Miss 

Sara  H.  Chute  a  L.  M 35  co 

S.  S.  by  D.  W.  Pettee io  00 

Shelburne  Falls,  by  L.  M.  Packard 38  90 

Somerville,  Broadway,  by  F.  S.  Holden.  24  35 
Southbridge,  Globe  Village,  Free  Evan- 
gelical, by  W.  J.  Keith 4  66 

South  Hadley,  First,  by  L.  M.  Gaylord, 

L.  M.,  to  be  named 30  00 

Spencer.    First,   by   F.    E.   Dunton,    to 
const.  Rev.  Sherman  W.  Brown  a  L. 

M 263  74 

Springfield,   St.  John's,  by   Rev.  J.  W. 

Tolliver 500 

Sterling,  by  Rev.  Geo.  H.  Pratt 20  00 

Walpole,  a  Friend.  '"  G" 25  00 

East,   by  Rev.  W.    F.    Bickford,  Taft 

thank  oflfering 4  00 

Waltham,  Trin.,  by  Daniel  French 10  00 

Weilesley,  by  Geo.  T.  Hall 149  17 

Gillette,  Mrs.  J.  H 100 

Wellfleet,  South,  by  W.  Paine 5  00 

Westboro,  Life  Member,   for  C.   H.  M. 

S.,  Relief 1  00 

West  Brookfield,  Bliss,  A.  L 1307 

Westfield.  First,  for  C.  H.  M.  S..  Relief.  10  00 

Westhampton,  by  A.  D.   Montague,  w. 
p.  g.  to  const.  Edwin  B.  Bridgman 

a  L.  M .' 25  28 

West  Tisbury.  Church   and  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E..  by  LHysses  E.  Mayhew 15  28 

Weymouth  1  Heights).  First,  '•  F.  E.  L.."' 

forC.  H.  M.  S  .  Relief 15  00 

Williamstown.  White  Oaks,  Nickel  in- 
vestments, by  Rev.  Warren  Morse,  in 

part 10  22 

Worcester,  Case,   Mrs.  L.  G.,  for  C.  H. 

M.  S.,  Relief i  00 

Old  South,  by  Edward  Jerome 38  18 

Wheeler,   S.    E.,  special,   for  special 
needs 30  00 

S5.936  10 
Home  Missionary 11  78 


§5:947  88 


644 


The  Home  Missionary 


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MISSIONARY   SOCIETY    OF   CONNECTICUT 

Receipts  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  in  February,  1895.     Ward  W.  Jacobs, 

Treastirer 


Barkhamsted,  by  Wallace  Case $15  42 

Colchester.    Miss    Esther    Porter,    $5 ; 
Mrs.  S.  G.   Willard,   %i  ;  Miss  A.  G. 

Willard.  |i  ;  all  for  C.  H.  M.  S 7  00 

Fairfield,  Greenfield,  by  Oliver  H.  Mee- 
ker   1400 

Glastonbury,  South,  Church   and   Sun- 
day-school, by  H.  D.  Hale 6  56 

Haddam.  First,  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Lewis...  13  68 

Hifijganum.  by  R.  J.  Gladwin 14  00 

Hartford.  First,  by  C.  T.  Welles 169  17 

For  C.  H.  M.  S 122  68 

From  "  Hawes  Fund  " 35  25 

Second,  by  H.  E.  Harrington 300  00 

Glenwood.  by  H.  M.  Smith 5  60 

Kent,  S.  S..  by  E.  \V.  Bull 400 

Killingly.  South,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Beard.  5  00 

Middletown,  First,  by  E.  P.  Augur 24  77 

New  Britain,  First,  "  A  Friend,"  for  C. 

H.  M.  S 3  00 

New  Haven,  College  Street,  by  Samuel 

Lloyd 18  00 

Norwich,  Park,  Rev.  John   Avery,  per- 
sonal    6  00 


Old  Saybrook,  by  Robert  Chapman,  for 

C.  H.  M.  S $18  59 

Somers,  by  H.  L.  James,  $25.66  ;  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E.,  $1.40 2706 

Somersville,  by  H.  L.  James 4  12 

Southington,  Plantsville,   Mrs.  T.  Hig- 
gins,  $25  ;  Miss  Hattie  Higgins,  $10  ; 

Cash,  $10  ;  all  for  C.  H.  M.  S 45  00 

Torrington,  Third,  by  Frank  M.  Wheel- 
er   20  30 

Waterbury,  First,  by  F.  B.  Hoadley. . . .         100  00 

Windham,  by  William  Swift 3208 

W.  C.  H.  M.  U.  of  Conn.,  by  Mrs, 
George  Follett,  Sec,  from  "A 
Friend'  in   Asylum   Hill    Church, 

Hartford 8  00 

From    "Junior  Au.xiliary"   in    First 
Church,     Hartford,    by    Clara     M. 

Cooley 40  GO 

Mrs.  George  Bradford,  of  Southbridge, 
Mass 5  00 


$1,082  87 


MICHIGAN   CONGREGATIONAL  ASSOCIATION 

Receipts  of  the  Michigan  Congregational  Association  in  February,  1S95.      Rev.  JohN  P. 

Sanderson,  Treasurer 


Allegan $35  25 

Y.P.  S.  C.  E 4  00 

S.S 75 

Cannon 7  50 

Charlevoi.x,  S.  S 5  52 

Cheboygan 10  00 

Chippewa  Lake 3  29 

Columbus I  50 

Crystal  S  32 

Custer 3  94 

Detroit,  First 170  00 

Douglas 14  50 

East  Gilead 2  50 

East  Nelson .  12  50 

Edraore i  00 

Farwell 36  61 

Fruitport i  00 

Garden i  50 

Garth..    ..   34 

Gaylord 31  50 

Grand  Blanc,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Grand  Rapids,  First 100  00 

Grand  Rapids.  Smith  Memorial 5  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Grand  Rapids,  East 2  35 

Hancock,  S.S 30  00 

Hopkins,  First 13  33 

Imlay  City,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  10  00 

Ironton  ...    3  00 

Isabella , 62 

Kalamo 6  50 

Kendall 12  77 

Kinderhook i  00 

Laingsburg 10  00 


Lake  Odessa $25  00 

Leroy 4  50 

Lowell 13  00 

Manistee 34  00 

Maple  Rapids 17  00 

Milliken 6  01 

Muskegon,  Grand  Avenue 1  50 

Nahma 29 

Nunica i  00 

Oakwood 7  50 

Onondaga 14  =;o 

Ovid,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 4  00 

Pierport.  C.  W.  Perry 5  00 

Pleasanton 5  00 

Rockford,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Romeo 163  25 

Sault  Ste.  Marie 432 

Tipton 3  00 

Vermontville,  A  Friend 20  00 

Vestaburg 3  68 

Westwood 4  00 

Wolverine 15  00 

Ypsilanti ...  2040 

W.  H.   M.  U.,  by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill, 

Treas 399  18 


DONATIONS    OF  CLOTHING 

Lansing,  Plymouth,  Ladies,   i  bo.\  and 
2  barrels . .   


$150  00 


April,   1895 


The   Home  Missionary 


645 


Receipts  of  W.  H.  M.  U.  of  Michipan, 
in  February,  iSgs,  as  acknowledged 
by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Treas.  : 


SENIOR   SOCIETIES 

Allcpan,  W.  M.  S 

Ann  Arbor,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Armada,  L.  A.  S 

Cercsco,  L.  M.  S.,  thank-ofrerinfj,add'l 

Cooper,  L.  H.  M.  S 

Covert,  L.  M.  S 

Detroit,  L.  A.  S.,  Fort  St.  Ch 

Woman's  Asso.  First  Ch 

Dorr 

Edmore.  L.  A.  S 

Galesburg,W.  H.  M.  S 

Grand  Rapids,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  First  Ch. 

Greenville,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Hopkins'  Sta.,  W.   H.   M.  U.,  $1.50  ; 

Church  ci)l.,  $26.40 

Hudson,  W.  M.  S 

Mrs.  C.  B.  Stowell 

Kendall,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Lansing,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  Plymouth 

Thank-offering 

Lawrence,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Lickley's  Corners,  W.  H.  M.  S  

Merrill,  L.  M.  S 


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4 

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Morenci,  W.  M.  S  

North  Adams,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Olivet,  L.  B.  S 

Pleasanton,  W.  H.  M.  S  ., 

St.  Joseph,  L.  M.  S 

Somerset.  W.  H.  M.  S 

South  Haven 

West  Adrian,  W.  M.  S.... 
Whitaker 


YOUNG  PEOPLE  S  WOKK 

Allegan,    Juvenile    Y.    P.   S. 

C.  E $1  00 

Ann  Arbor,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 25  00 

Detroit,  Miss.  Army,  First  Ch.  5  00 

Greenville,  Juvenile  Miss.Soc.  i  01 
Hopkins'   Sta,,  Helping  Hand 

Miss.  Soc 2  10 

Leland,  S.  S.  on  Rally  Day. . .  2  cxj 

Rochester,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 500 

St.  Joseph,  S.  S 2  00 

Stanton,  Y.  L.  M.  C 1500 

Union  City,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E . . . .  7  25 


»6  55 


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7 

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S450  88 


65  36 


$516  24 


^A;'OMAN'S     STATE     HOME     MISSIONARY 
ORGANIZATIONS 


OFFICERS 


I.  NEW    HAMPSHIRE 


3.  ALABAMA 


FEMALE  CENT  INSTITUTION 

Organized  August,  1804 

and 

HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 

Prcsiiiott.   Mrs.  Cyrus  Sargeant.  Plymouth. 
Secretary^    Mrs.  John  T.  Perry,  E.xeter. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Annie  A.   McFarland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 


2.   MINNESOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  September,  1872 

President,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  230  E.  gth 

St.,  St.  Paul. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon.   17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E.,  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner,  Northfield. 


WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  March,  1877 

Reorganized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews,  Talladega. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  S.  Jackson,  Montgomery. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Silsby,  Talladega. 


4.  MASSACHUSETTS   AND    RHODE 
ISLAND* 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 

Organized  February,  1880 


President,  Mrs~.  C.  L.  Goodell,  The  Rochdale, 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Louise  A.  Kellogg.  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer.  Miss  Annie  C.  Bridgman.  32  Congre- 
gational House,  Boston. 


*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  list  as  a  State  body  for  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
Island,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


646 


The  Home   Missionary 


April,   1895 


5.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   AUXILIARY 

Organized  June,  t88o 

President^   Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis,  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Denio,  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Rose  M.  Crosby,  26  Grove  St., 
Bangor. 

6.   MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1881 

President,  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane,  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave.,  Detroit. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatlield,  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 

7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  October,  1881 

President,   Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  George  L.  Epps,  Topeka. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  D.  DeLong,  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1S82 

President,   Mrs.   Sydney  Strong,  Lane   Seminary 

Campus,  Cincmnati. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  J.   W.   Moore,  836  Hough  Ave., 

Cleveland. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  George   B.  Brown,  2116  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 


:i.  NORTH  DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1883 

President,   Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland,  Caledonia. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Harwood. 
Treasurer,  Vir^.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 

12,  OREGON 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

President,   Mrs.  F.  Eggert,  The  Hill,  Portland. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell.  Oregon  City. 
Treasurer,'V\.X'S,.  W.  D.  Palmer,    546  3d   St.,   Port- 
land. 

13.  WASHINGTON 

Including  Northern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  A.  J.   Bailey,  323   Blanchard   St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  W.  George,  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 


14.  SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  September,  1884 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  Ashton. 
Sec7-etary,    Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall.  Huron. 
Treasurer,  Mt%.  F.  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 


9.  NEW   YORK 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President.   Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave. 
\  Brooklyn. 

Secretary,   Mrs.   Wm.  Spalding,  511   Orange  St. 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   J.    J.   Pearsall,    230   Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 

10.  W^ISCONSIN 
WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President.  Mrs.  E.  G.  Updike,  Madison. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman,  Whitewater. 


15.   CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  January,  1885 

President,    Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  g  Camp  St.,  New 

Britam. 
Secretary.    Mrs.    C.   T.    Millard,    36    Lewis    St, 

Hartford. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.    W.    W.    Jacobs,    19   Spring    St., 

Hartford. 


16.   MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1S85 

President,   Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary,   Mrs.    E.    C.    Ellis,   2456   Tracy   Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
Treasurer, Mr%.   K.   L.  Mills.   1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 


April,    1895 


The   Home   Missionary 


647 


17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Org-anizcd  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Isaac  Claflin,  Lombard. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   C.   H.  Taintor,   151  Washington 

St.,  Chicago. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field,  Wilmctte. 


24.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  Juno,  i888 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Mrattleboro. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine,  Windsor. 
Treasurer, Mm.    Win.    P.    Fairbanks,    St.   Johns- 
bury. 


18.  IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June,  1886 

President,    Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass,  Grinncll. 
Secretary.   Mrs.    H.  H.  Robbins,  Grinncll. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Belle  L.  Bentley,  300  Court  Ave., 
Des  Moines. 


25.  COLORADO 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  B.  C.  Valentine,  Highlands. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Box  508,  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Horace  Sanderson, 1710  i6tn  Ave., 
Denver. 


19.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 
Organized  October,  1887. 

President,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  572  12th  St.,  Oak- 
land. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Howard,  gii  Grove  St., 
Oakland. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 
Oakland. 

20.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1887 

President,  Mrs.   J.     T.    Duryea,    2402    Cass    St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  H.  Bross,  2904  Q  St.,  Lincoln. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.    Powell,  30th  &   Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

21.   FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  February,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale,  Jacksonville. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows,  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown,  Interlachen. 


26.  WYOMING 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker,  Cheyenne. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple.  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smith,  Rock  Springs. 

27.  GEORGIA 
WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  November,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

28.   MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris,  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary,    Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  H.  Turner,  3112  12th  St.,  Me 
ridian. 


22.   INDIANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Bell,  221    Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,    Mrs.   VV.   E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   F.  E.    Dewhurst,    28   Christian 
Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

23.   SOUTHERN   CALIFORNIA 
WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,   Mrs.    W.   J.   Washburn,   510  Downey 

Ave.,  Los  Angeles. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  P.  J.  Colcord,  Claremont. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   Mary  M.  Smith,  Public  Library, 

Riverside. 


29.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1S89 

President,    Miss  Bella  Hume,  corner  Gasquct  and 

Liberty  Sts..  New  Orleans. 
Secretary,   Miss  Matilda  Cabrere.  New  Orleans. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 

30.    ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY,   AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY    UNION   OF   THE 

CENTRAL   SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April.  18S9 

President,  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore,  Bo.x  8,  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville,  Tenn. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith,  304  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Treasurer,  Mr.s.  J.  E.  Moreland,  1214  Grundy  St., 
Nashville,  Tenn. 


648 


The  Home  Missionary 


April,   1895 


31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1889 

President^  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman,  Dudley. 
Secretary     \ 

and        VMiss  A.  E.  Farrington,   High  Point. 
Treasurer^  \ 

32.   TEXAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March,  1890 

President,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin,  Dallas. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Bo.x  563,  Dallas. 
Treasurer, '^r^.   C.    I.    Scotield,    Lock    Box   220, 
Dallas. 

33.  MONTANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,   410  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones,  Livingston. 


37.   UTAH 

Including  Southern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1891 

Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,    Mrs.    Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt   Lake 

City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  135  Si.xth  St.,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett.  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  Pocatello. 


38.   INDIAN    TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1892 

President,  Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd,  Vinita. 
Secretary,  Miss  Louise  Graper,  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 


39.   NEVADA 


34.  PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  June,  1890 

President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  274  Manhattan  St., 
Allegheny. 

Secretary,   Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennie,  Ridgway. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones,  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 

35.   OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1890 

President.   Mrs.  J.  H.  Parker,  Kingfisher. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt,  Guthrie. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Hammer,  Oklahoma  City. 


WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  October,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
Secretary,    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 


40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1892 

President,   Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuquerque. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  E.  W.  Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St. 

Albuquerque. 
Treastirer,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bullock,  Albuquerque. 


36.   NEW  JERSEY 

Including  District  of  Columbia,  Maryland, 
AND  Virginia 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 

THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION 

Organized  March,  1891 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H.  Bradford,  Montclair. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weeden,  Upper  Mont- 
clair. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150  Belleville  Ave., 
Newark. 


41.   BLACK  HILLS,  SO.   DAKOTA 

BLACK    HILLS    WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY 
UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

Prcsidctit,   Mrs.  J.  B.  Gossage,  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Secretary,   Miss  Carrie  Towner,    Custer,    Black 

Hills.  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  Miss     Grace     Lyman,    Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 


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